The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-05-29 00:00:00

INDIA.

I.

11t)742A•:. JAN. 20, 1905.
" Our letters trim Calcutta, to the 24th of December,
asentleo, that Gener3l Lake was lovettlig the 'tenor fortress
of Deer, under the wails of *bier 1436.1, 4as C-71C411ped wale
his army ; the fall of that oadis was short,/ eXpected."

Yesterday anchored io the Ifarbour, antler a salute from tber
battery, Hie blea aty *3 ship Tutioachore, Cd plain Bathurst,
%ether ‘,-.01 his ;wise, the Elisabeth, a valuable Uutrh East.
lodi:iman.
On WeAneisiley night law!, a beautiful frigate, named
Pitt, being the tint ever built io India for klia Maieltya srf..
rice, was 'ann.:lied (mot the dock-yard. rwitween eleven
aud twelve o'clw!:, on that a:vol.:tad bCaig given,
,tie move,. m•jestizally into the water, amid the limb-
ma!'oti% of a yea* enncoune of spcetaties. a.• 'irides a saute
fr.irn the salotitio htttety. From thesti'{l, of the isi#47 and
_
the ship's being Malay till .
koa,ATl:nly graced.

ARRIVALS IN IsTrY.l.

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•T CILCUTTA. . _____
DCC. I, SoVeICII7
N0v.29, Lady Itirgese Dec. lt, Tottenham
laostr Ca-...1e Lost F.Hors ,
Dec. 1, United Kingdom Dec.l74 Cop.mt.agen, Sai.th4
Duk. n( Montrose bolo Copen:,atten •
Worcester .r 1111.1URAI.
, Hawkosinny .. De^. 10, Culloden • . e
Aides Castle Dtc. 26, Marlins of Exetet „s .
i Swint Aso
Alexander Doe. 27, Mitquis Well...s.h°
...„,
Monarch from Penang. •

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The Persererince, DICKSON, from Virginia, fr+i
Cork, has put into New York with four feet water is
her told.

The Frierdi, R• Mr, from Poole and Water,
ford, for Newfoundland, has been taken by the
OW" French corvette, of twenty gone, and re-
taken by the Rosario sloop of war.
The .5/1,,z/ret, CH A P PEL ; and the Hunter.
S revita-, belonging to Arbroath, were captured by
the corvette previous to her falling is with the New-
foundland convoy.
By a private letter from an Officer on board the
AISION frigate, we are informed that that s:iip tta
captured two very valuable Spanish prizes. one from
Vera Cruz, with a cargo on board, nearly as fol-
lows :—Cocoa, 309 bags ; sugar, 1014 ditto •, In-
dia, 13 ditto t cochineal, 7 ditto ; sarsaparilla, 4/
ditto; some whalebone, 12 turd eine Ow-, COO
irides, a quantity of coffee, 147,135 &liars,. and,
some bars of gold ; the other from the River Plata,
whose cargo consist: of 4003 dollars, 13,000 hides,
100 bags of coffee, 2000 horns, 50 bales of wool
several piens of gold, and other valuables.
Mr. Foorr, the Banker, sties fell a sacrifice on
Friday last, to his passion for sailing, was of the
firm of MARTIN and Co. LomSarci-street, and con-
littered one of our first-rate amateurs in that science.
He had jnst got a new pleasu:e-boat built, one of
the mist el •zant of the day, end, atectecianiel by
his sister, and two servants, went the beginning of
the week to Gravesend, to inclair in his favourite
amasement. Oa Friday marling they emsarked,
as usual, and sailed up and down, under the most
Receiving auspices of wind and weather ; when, on
a sadden, a breeze from the land upset the boat,
which instantly sunk, and it is supposes, the body of
Mr. Foor c is under it, as it has not yet bent found.
Miss Foos' was buoyed up by her cloAhs, and
floated upon the water until sere was taken up, in a
state of insensibility. The servants were also saved.
Mr. Foorz was a very handsome and very amiable
young man, about twenty-eight years of itr, and
brother to Captain FOOTE, of the RoyaLNavy. He
was very athletic, and considered the list amateur
rower on the fiver.

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On Sunday last was interred at St. Clement's
Danes Burial-ground. Mr. ilt`.lES PARKIA, an emi-
nent portrait and historical engraver, faha,e talents
have for many years bei•ti sitccershilly employed in
ornamenting the best editions of thc Engelsh Classics,
and other works of taste, which h.. setierrd still
more v.iluable by the finest prodtiliont di his art.
His loss will be much regretted by the at-nazi:ors of
tine engraving; but by his friend., and he had
many, who had the pleasure c f kno-„rir.l; kis equa-
bility of temper, his suavity r f rr.anners„ a•ol
gt ity, his death mnst be for ever deplored, thAgh Sy
none more sir.cerely lamented than by ths Sisaciy of
Engravers, of which he was a Governor, and, who
attended hint to the grave. By his zeal br.d in-
defatigable endeavours, he cantribi
formation into a sociny for the
htimanity • and his meritorious
he remembered by the fatherless
those of his profeuion who may
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