The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-01-11 00:00:00

ARRIVID.

At Leith—The Pursuit, Ait is, (non Yat mouth ; Caledonia,
Rare's!, hem Newcastle, with goods; li-idvort,
Mull, with ballast; Montague, Stevenson, from (lull, with
goods ; Bacrlcush, Watson ; Albion, C.oper; Caledonia,
Nolstit ; Queen Charktte, Nishett ; Clyde, Baldwin ; Cunt.
Isilinreisii Lon.lon, Hallibuiton ; Ord.

OffOporto-4hr l'horn..s,Ke^y; William, liallalien; Swift,
Knowles; Recover:, Phillips; Venus,
Blundell; Swallow; Richards; Jane, (Why; and
navigate, front Newfoundland.
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On Sunday last, the 11,1sevi of Montrose, Capt.
/AWING, having sailed from Sunckrlaud, wa, ion
on board of by a loaded collier, coming out of
Shields, off Soutcr Point. and so daoiaged, as to be
obliged to put back and run for Sunderland bar, to
prevent her sinking in deep water. She is since got
. into the harbour in he repaired.
Thursday se'nright, a large vessel with Danish
colours was seen to run upon Stoney Bink., ar the
entrance of the fluinber.—•fhe ship went to pities
soon after striking, but the crew were all saved by
a pilot boat.
The American ship Naky, of Pentland, Massa-
chtissett's, Ca/4110E1., master, which sailed from
Liverpool, with a cargo of salt. kc. for Boston,
having sprung a leak soon after sailing. sunk on
til•inio, near the month of Bantry Bay, in
endeavouring to get into Beerhaven. Capt. CRAM.
?). t. and his crew Lived themselves in their boats ;
hut Acre plundered on their landing by the savages
of the place; five of whom fell victims to their
avarice; for having hoarded the NetArf, ter the
purpose of plunder, they sunk with her, never to rise
again. The condition of the unfortunate Americans
was, however, alleviated by the kind attentions of
RICHARD DONOVAN, and Dame:. Mei.i.rroke,
settetusity is the thelba et general en-

cuniium.
The following tai the :first order for the making
Reprk.tls upon Engl;sh property, i-,:zed by the
PitISCP of PEACE., upon tEr Ynth ct Nlcrember.
The effect of this order, it will be ob<erved, is to.
tally snpersedej by die Nl:mile:to, in which Ow Kir.;
of SPAIN promises to c:mdema every capture in I-ts
Courts of Adm:ral:y, upon the mere proof et its
being EngLsb property, sod abandons the toeal
claim to the ousel parts of it
d. The -vorod, which idc Fliglish hire OSserved since the
event of the sth or Otiohrr• is almost wsfrivlle T'wv
tack our ships of war in sibatwiever situation they, roe, appear,
and detain our coal usercisl vcss:is, obliging •.'lem Afterwards to
return a the ports frJrn whence they rime, KO that the otnc.i
et their voyage is who:lv frAstr.ikrl. There lose& proceedings
have c.doinsined 11.1 'Anew., to atrindlei the pacific
stall-
snents ulinth he has coneiditio.l heretofore Inuit conducive to
the happ ince of his hetored sa(iels; and he is %tiltrotor,: driven
I r the necessity of inocurire,: ItC.,Mi.,n for thew insufti, by
making reprisals on rdigdsh property !as lactase With 'ravel to
tipaiiiiih property iii England). Ili* Majesty, howevc-, requires
that the seizures consequent on this arra•igeinent skeins' he
proceeded ns with such meth:o And rv:eu:A. pr, that the effiNTs
hely be prmerved entire, and tin.njurtri, u.,t,1 the fertile, plop.
sues at His Majesty be made known r..sprOing them 'f fie
command toe that purpose, which this paper conveys, to be
ieumedistely obeyed, under your dire9ioo, and you .111 ems-
eider the steps proper to be takes reilivoing such commercial
trassaCtions as are yet In progress, la whom such English ef-
fees may be concerned.
" Order of the Consoled°. Cadiz, 27th Nor. 1801."

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WEST-INDIA DOCK MEETING.
Tuesday there was a General Meeting of the above
Institution Mr. JACKSON opposed the confirma-
tion of the former minutes, as far as respedesl giv-
ing salaries to the I Nreflors. The Learned Gen-
tleman recapitulated his former arguments; 1w
cordially consented to the elegant gifts of plate which
had been voted, but he maintained that salaries
could not legally be given while any part of their di-
vidend was in arrear. Ile pointed out the order in
which their fi :lids were strictly appropriated by the
Aft, and expressed his apprehensions that any de-
parture from the strict letter of the statute might
be regarded as working a forfeiture if their exclu-
sive privilege, and would give their enemies an ad-
vantage over them, which common prudence should
prevent. He desired to be understood as pro-
testing, in the name of himself and friends, against
the Diredors voting upon the question of their area
salaries: and said he shonld demand a ballot, not
with any hopes of success ; for he knew how vain it
was to argue against the passions; but to put upon
record so singular a fad, and which might become
an important document in proceedings elsewhere.
Lastly, the Learned Gentleman denied that he was
influenced by any sordid mcvive ; on the contrary,
he pledged himself, that when the works were
finished—when their revenue should be ascerta'a-
ed, and their expenees known ; he would support
an application to Parliament for a clause, giving
them leave liberally to reward such Directors as
really devoted any material part of their time to their
service; bist, in the present stage of their existence,
he thought the measure premature; and, if done at
the erpence of their dividend, highly illegal.
Mr. SAMUEL Dims renewed his former objec-
tions, and shewed, from the Aft, the impossibility
of the Aldermen and Common-councilmen receiving
salaries, without the most flagrant disobedience of
the principle., the pradice, and the declared will, of
the Corporation. He asked if the pieces of plate
were not already in great forwardness, although the
minutes had not been confirmed ? The Chairman
admitted they were, which occasioned a laugh.
Mr. Ht BERT (the Chairman), in a speech of con-
siderable length, defended the measure. He dis-
claimed :ill idea of personal gratification, and ar-
gued that the paying salaries to the Directors was
manifestly the interest of the Proprietors. He re-
ferred to the example of all other Companies of
consideration, particularly the Bank and East-India
Company. He admitted that one Director, from his
age, annsher, from his office ; a third, from his mi-
litary duty; and others, from various pressing pub-
lic engagements, had been prevented from attend-
ing ; bat charged it as illiberal making such distinc-
tions. He contended that the Corporation of London,
• who had no m.vre to do with their affairs than the
Divan of Cnnsirintirople, were presuming to dictate
to them tile lice iit their conduct. He particillArly ad-
verted to the conchs& of the Committee of the Corpo-
ration who received no pay; and asked if salaries
given to some of the most intelligent would not be
better for the public than their prodigal law ex-
pences, their tavern biUs, and the injurious tardiness
of all their proceedings ? He drew a more flattering
pidure of the state of the Company's affairs; he
wished to dissipate all uneasiness and dissatistaftion
from the minds of the Proprietors ; he admitted
the doftrine which had been circulated in parnph.
lets and speeches, that the Proprietors were entitled
to an equalshare of consideration with the public, and
to the compensation which the Legislature had as-
signed to them, in return for the spirit of their under-
taking They might be assured that the Direflors
would ad upon that principle, and be saw not the
slightest hazard of any future interruption taking
place, either as to the amount or the period of their
dividends. Even the one-and-half per cent. arrear,
which had been so often alluded to by the Learned
Gentleman, was now under consideration, and they
were prnvi Jed with assets for its payment, as soon as
the opinion of Counsel should be obtained. Mr. Hib-
bert repeated his ennvidion, that it was to the inte-
rest of the Proprietors that the Direflors should be
paid. anit, under that impression, it was their deter-
mination and duty to vote upon the question.
. .

After some &fuer, upon it point of order relating
to the City's tight of representation ;
Mr. JACKSOK repli!d. lie defended, with great
animation, the Corporation of London from the ob-
servations which had been made. He reminded the
Meeting, that it w.s owing to the vigilance and to
the unconquerable perseverance of one of those
Committees, that the West-India Dock Company
owed their existence. It was much easier, he said,
to level sarcasms at that great body, than to enu-
merre the stupendous works which it was con-
tinually undertaking and accomplishing for the
public good. He himself, he said, had had many
opportulities of witnessing the advantage derived by
the kingdom at large from the Co. proration of Lon-
don and declared, that while be had breath he
would defend iii honour. He expressed the
most entire satisfaßion at the account which the
Chairman had given as to their funds, and their
:,leas' of their due application I and which would
prevents a motion he had otherwise intended
to make. He pointed 'out several se Lions, both
in the Wapping Aet and their • own, which seem-
ed to 'hew, beyond the possibility of contro-
versy, that when, from ,detention of convoy, or other
incidents, over which they had no commit, the asset.
of one year should fall short of paying the full divi-
dend, it might be made up from the extra arrivals
of the succeeding year. Mr. J. concldded with re-
peating hij readiness to assent to the payment of
salaries at a proper period, and when explicitly au-
thorned by Parliament.

Upon die ballot being taken, the Direaors cured
Mei-deer (who pr:sessuss among them so consi-
derable a number of votes), the majority for the sa-
laries was much the same as upon a former (Kea-
lion: we believe 100 to 27.

A few days ago, as two children, each about
three years old, were playing by the 6re at Mr.
Crow's, cahinet.maker, Norwich, one of them
pushed the other towards the grate, and, to save
itself, it caaght the spout of a tea-kettle, which was
then trailing, by which it was upset, when nue of
the children, the daughter of Cap:ain SH EP Niko,
was so dreadfully scalded, that she langei.hed for
three days is excruciating agonies, and expired ;
the other was also much scalded, as was Mr. Clow,
who was sitting by the fire at the time of the ac-
cident.

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THE CANAL OP LINGULDOC.
•
lliitory of the Canal of Languedoc, comiclued in relation to
Art, Invention, Administration, Jic. By ANDREOSSY,
Gcueral of Artille,y, First o:hoer of the Legion of Honour,
Member I,f the Order of Egypt, &c.

(Co.ltinu..4 from our Paper of Yesterday.)
After having described this Canal, in all its ez•
At

teat, General Jreossy skews its actual openings
into both seas; that which induces him to treat of this
important question is, to know whether it would not
he advantageous to substitute, instead of the pOrt of
Cette, a new port, that should be made in the road
of Breseon. He precedes this examination by a to-
pographical description of the coast of the Mediter-
ranean, comprised between the Rhone and the East-
ern Pyrenees. He points out the course of dried
rivers and seas, which, for a great length of time,
have been converted into canals and cultivated
lands, subject to accidental inundations; also the
bays and creeks of the primitive coast of the Gulph
of Lyons. He points ont how the sands, which
every year fill up the port of Cette, are the natural
result of the current of the Mediterranean, and that
the actions of the winds, which blow in various di-
redions, throw into this port the sands detached from
the shore, when the sea is agitated, sands which
cannot force the waters from the Lake Tehan,
whilst they are emptying themselves into the sea, by
crossing the port of Cette, and which, by conse-
quence, heap themselves up in this port, and from
their depots, more or less considerable, which must
he carried off at a great expence every year. Thi,
great inconvenience should have disposed th:e
Administration of the ancient province of Lan-
guedoc to interest themselves in facilitating the
advancement of the canal which crosses it, by
multiplying, on its coasts, the points at which
they could land. The put of Agile, placed at
the mouth of the Herault, which communicates
with the canal, is one of those about which they are
most employed. They have executed, then, some
works which have been attended with soils: success ;
but this opening does not present all the advantages
which they expeded. It is the same with the works
undertaken at the mouth of the Canal of Narbonne,
in order to facilitate the entrance into the Gran-de-
la-Nouvelle, which our trade ss ith Spain makes a
very important place.
It is upon the Channel of Breseon that General
Andreossy fixed his particular attention. This point
was the only one of the Gulph of Lyons which could
be sheltered from the current, and, of course, from
the overflowing of the sea, he thinks that in making
the principal mouth of the Canal of Languedoc open
into the Islediterranean, and to insure the duration,
of the establishments formed there, it was sufficient
to stop, by known means and pratliees, the flood
of sand to which this harbour is exposed, as are all
the points of this coast.
The openings of the Canal of Languedoc into the
Garonne should excite the same interests as its open-
ing in the Mediterranean. This indication induced
General Andreossy to propose new views on the
river navigation, and what he said, on this head,
added a new weight to the considerations which be-
fore had determined them, sooner or later, to make
canals which should cut through France, shewing
all the advantages that they offer to commerce, to in-
dustry. and to the draining and amelioration of
the soil.

Here terminates the part wholly descriptive of the
Canal of Languedoc. -r, e fifth chapter has for its
objet the management and manoeuvring of the
waters which maintain it. The Author discloses there
the principles and the forms necessary to rate the
loss of water, as well that occasioned by the move-
ment of the boats, as that issuing out, by filtrations
and evaporations. He tells there the quantity of
water necessary for the navigation, and comparing
this quantity to the total produce of the sources Irom
the mountain Noire and intermediate supplies, he
readily determines the quantity of water which can
he drawn from the canal to be employed in private
works.

Although the body of water which supplies this
canal is sufficient for navigation, as, even in it, must
flourishing state it has existed, in our days, it may
nevertheless happen that extraordinary. 4iemands will
one time or other make a more considerable waste
of water than that on which they *dually reckon
it is necessary, in the supposition of this order of
things, to examine how new resources can be added
to those which have been already dispr;sed of.
General Andreossy found them in some stream
which run over the northern side of the mountain
Noire, towards Sorge. He found it in a new
reservoir projected above the head of the Alzan, and
proposed in later times by Clansade, engineer in
chief, under the name of ReterrOlr dr Cols.
(To be omtutuefl )

MEETING OF CREDITORS, AT GUILDHALL,

so-wrontow.
Sit French See•le, Knight, Kingston-open Thames.,
Surrey, .•.i.41 Aral -merchant
G-o,ge Wiliii.hiost, late of Itederogbetreeti, carpenter 3 10
John Alle.i, late ..f the Inner Temple, but now of
I•mrd.m-road, St. lionryge's-fiel.l4, mono•-scrivener 3 11
Richard Henri (:dreni, K itthltnin, St Lulv!, dealer 3 11
Jinhisa In.,non (hid!, and John Odd,, tat* of St. Mary-
eke, merchants . . ll
Henry Hutchii.gs, the younger, Hugh-Holborn, Niiilille-
.iee, irkaler mod chapman . . it
Willa,, Ci...lklen, Deiithed. Kent, drip -r • • 2 1.
j,,,,,1 isAker, Illif bottle Middlesex, horn draper . ii 11
Rohe.' Leaner P.•n;r, eltaries-rtinare, Motion, Mid-
dlesex, stock broker . . I It/
Francis Bateman Du.ilowood, late of Cein's•hilt, near
Huntingdon, werst.lul-manufacturer . .. I I
___ DIIi'IDENDS.

Joseph Augusta' e Victur (TS'arneau,Altsensarlaatreet,
bookseller 11
. . .
William Pryer. Hackney, 11.1i4,11esex, stock-broker . II
Stephen PAterson, City of Oxford, Isoldstdesher . II
I Icnry Fre.cher, Shoe-lane, London, victualler . 12
Janus Matgetson, Church•court, Chmietit'is•Line, Lou-
don, merchant ll
Mimes Watkins, Hereford, • ininer IU
Witham Joyce and Witham Batchelor, Bristol, silver-
smiths . . 10
Hierouvinus John Claason, late of America-square,
London, merchant lO
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CERTIFICATES.
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Nicholas Nobler of ikrrier, Cumberland, dealer in butter and

hams.
Comic Christ mas, of Carer-street, London , I isery stab!, kceper.
Tripp, of Bristol, tailor.
Andrew Delauney, of Great Pultilsey-street.
Edward Dickenson, of Rerner's street, Oxford-road, druggist.
Allen of Broiel-street, R.artla, cheese-
eiongn,
'4w:A kakis', of Hanivunii, Middlesex, 'lining in Itay and
QOM.