The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-10-19 00:00:00

THE BRITISH PRESS.

LONDON,
FRIDAY. Demise 19.

Various reports eta bottle in Portugal sinee that
of the nit% s ere eiratiated yesterday. The follow-
ing
are poise of the awtherities wont which it rest-
ed.—Eat:am how privat• lours

a. F•1.111011T111. OCT. 16.

" The 2treetwe pocket, from Cadiz. is *Meld
here ; she mama eft the sth Umlaut ; oa the 7th
.evict arrived at Catha from Lisbon, from *hence
she sailed on the 3J inst.—The Master brought the
iCCOODi of the action of the 47th ult. and stater.
that on the 2cl instant another eogsgement took
1.:4c.e, is which the French lost 20,000 mom in kill.
•d and monocled."
A manias LSTTCA.

" Dispatches have been received from Cake.
doted the Pas instant. The Captain of the pullet
er;..,rts, that before he left Coid.a. • street had aro
nrefl from Lishos, which she left the 3d instant,
the Master of which ',port*, that great rejoicings
took place at Lisboa. and sllumieateoas, in ease.
vience of a ',scowl vector, obtained by Lord Wm.-
§ over the French.'
That • ►attle has token place 'hues that of the
rth is very rrobable, but we believe this account
is or rely an anticipatoon of that *vest.

r L. tree Item Y mammoth, received yeeterday.
oe'e., Oat Drearis pit•-iong, Laid. BlTlVeirm,

has had a smart affair with a French privateer, of
14 guns, and full of men. Tue privateer ran the
B ' ' alungside on Sunday night last, and at-
tempted to carry her by boarding, but was repuls-
ed; at length the Briseis hoarded the privateer
■nd'carried her. We have lost in this affair four
men killed, and ten wounded ; the privateer eigh-
teen wounded.

We have extracted from the Parisskepees, into
whit% it hat been copied from the Leyden Gazette,
an account of the movements of the French army,
winch influenced the early part of Lord Witu.tviti-
Totes retreat. The wind having become favour-
able, fresh advice, may be ezp.cted from his Lord-
ship. which must be of importance; although those
who .peculate upon a bait!e having been fought on
the 51.4 will probably find themselves disappointed.

We understand that it is the intehtion of Govern-
ment to send British Officers to Minorca, for the
purpose of trasottnc, land organizing
the deserters frontsktee French Armies and other fe-
et nits collected is that island; after which, it is
said, they are to be sent to gustely.

Sir JANE, SAUMARIZ haring understood that the
Emprass of Russia occasionally bathed near Riga,
Kaye orders th it no cruiser should approach withal)
15 miles of that place, and wrote the Empress to
that effect. The Emperor of Rveu♦ has written
Sir J* is Savismicz a way complimentary letter
on the occasion.

A mistake has crept into The Gazette account of
the battle of BIM leo, by which the well-earned
praisefjustly intended to be 'widowed by the Com-
mander-in-Chief on the 43d light infantry. has been
erroneously attached to the 48th regiment : as it
was the 43d. Sid, 95th, and dd Cagadores, who re-
pulsed with ilw bayonet the division of infantry that
succeeded in ascending a part of the Sierra, and not
the 4ith, 52d, 95th, and dd Casadures ; that gallant
corps, the 48th, wryer haling been attached to the
light division.
On Monday sennight, the remains of Professor
Beanie were carried from his house, in Aberdeen,
and placed in the Public Hall of that University ;
from whence they were nest day attegded to the
grave by the Lmd Provost and Magistrates, and by
the Senatus Academicus of King's College, as well
as that of the University of which he was m distiii-
goiAttil an ornament, together with a numerous as-
semblage of relatives and friends.
The graM continues to look down both in the
London and pros Metal markets. In our own market,
01.1 Saturday, it again,lell about 14. per quarter, and
is further redurtiw. tniy be expected. At Durham,
on the same d there was an onus,* it supply of
wheat, which caused a redaction in prices of nearly
tea shillings per qatarter: and a great quantity re-
mained unsold.--(Neierairk Paper.)

On Frhl iy se'nnight, about eight o'clock, a anot-
her of sinned ruffians attacked Major KELLY'S
house at Ballyk:niskia, dein.itiding nilinittance, and
insisting nn getting gun-powder. Luckily, at the
tune, the outer-door wa. fastened, and Major
KELLY instantly armed himself, cud proceeding
sop stairs. opened a window in order to tint wit at
the assailants, which hr had on sooner done, lima
one of the villains calling nut 16 him, " Take care.
Sir." discharged his piece at him. and Major
ICELt.Y received several graiw of gun-powder in his
her. fie instantly marked the man, mid levelled
at hun, but uliforturudely his piece mined Are; and
the cowardly rascals, nn the attempt of reetatance.
immediately fled. In the attack there was a strange
mixture of rashness and cowardice; fur the villains
spade the attempt with the previous knowledge.
that, bel.ities Major KSI.LY and Mr. Lamritia,
(also a military Gentleman.) there were two sol.
semints, aid another faithful determined
domeptir. and that they acre all amply provided
with arms.

We have received from Yarmouth the melee'.
eholy intelligence of the loss of two large Dantzie
ships upon the Whiting, laden with wheel ; one die
Apries, Capt. BaocwilaN, of 800 tons ; the other
.
a fine new ship, commanded by Capt. JAMMU', ante
laden with wheat. A gating was likewise totally
lost spots the Whiting, and a;1 hands perished.--
The crew of the Apries, on her striking, jeniped
iuto the bort, while the Captain and Mate were is
the cabin easrutuing the chart. The Mate, upon
the ship's striking, ran upon deck. and seeing the
danger, jumped into the boat, which put off and
left the Captain on board, who ',ea% himself thus
abandoned, and the ship going to pieces. got upon
the mast, and remained in this perilous ntaatiou
all night. In the inuroing a boat from the shore
put off and saved him. We are sorry to say‘that
one of his bands is so dreadfully bruised, thilt he
will be obliged to have one finger amputated. The
Aguas. Capt. Ci.itet LTA. was also on the Whit-
mg, but was get off, and pat into Harwich, full of
water. These ships funned pirt of toe Avec which
senved off Yarmouth last Tuesday week storing
the pie of wind from theleastwer.l. They made
load to the afternoon ; night was coming ou, it wee
blowing • gale of wind dead upon the land, and
only two pilots to be had. who hail Lees at sea all
night. Our Correspondent ole.erves, thgt if the
Commander of the eouvoy bed thought proper
to !ay by the wind till wooing. he might have put
the two pilots on board the two largest ships of the
conioy, with ma officer and flogs to maiimovre the
fleet till day-break ; thew most likely not one ship
would have been lost ; hut the men of war, es ap-
proaching the laud, sailed away percipitately, and
left the ships of the amen to provide for them-
selves. Capt. Rename's, one of the headmort
ships. got • fisherman (theire being no pilot to be
had, both being on board the sternal:in ship.). but
the sea moaning high, he was obliged to follow the
tishing-boat, which led him on the Whiting. The
other ships (uot knew tug what to Jo, unacquaiuted
with the e 01.114 and bolus lost sight of t%ir Corn.
modem) naturally followed tile Aries, owl on see-
ing her Wilke, would hare avoided her fate. hid
not the curtest* drawn them ou the Whiting. lo
abort. if it had continued to blow all night. sows hod
there bons no moon, it is more thou probable that
two-t4inis of the fleet would have been lost. No-
thing. indeed. clonal haie saved them, from their
ignorance of the scant, and the want of pilots.

POS772Y.

THE HVE AND CRY.

O Yes ! sy good people draw near,
My story surpasses LIAO,
Yet deign fur a moment to hear,
And assist me to catch a stray thief.
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Aduru'd like an angel of light,
In a robe that Sow'il down to her feet,
No snow on the isumutaitss so white.
Waver brilliants bespangled her shoe,
Amber lucks on her shoulders were spread,
Her waist had a girdle of blue,
Aad a beaver-pluni'd kit ha.l her lard.
Wesley' an impression tearer leave,
She bounds o'er the meadow so soon.
Iler smile is like nistuniu's mild eve,
And her look is serene as the noon.
Her cheek has the blushes of day,
Her neck has outdone the swans wing,
Her breath has the odours of
And her eye lOU lie dews of the spring.
She has reibk.l ;if its crimson the ruse,
She has the carnation to sit ip ;
The bee who has pluis.ler'd them knows,
And would two till his hive front her lip.
Yes, yes ! She has ransack'd above ;
She has beggar'] both UAWe and art ;
She has got all we honour and love—
And frosts me she has palfer'd my heart.
Bring her home, honed friends, bring her home,
And set be: dawn safe at my door ;
Let her once soy coinpaision hccume,
And I swear she shall wander no more.
Bring her home and I'll give a reward
Whose valise can never be told ;
More precious than all you regard,
Maria worth than profusion *Ciotti—
A reused, suck as nose bat a dunce,
Seek r soar bat a madman would miss,
Oh Yes ! I will give you—..for user--
From ibis charmer you ring 114 e—a kw.


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