The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1806-02-22 00:00:00

MRS. ELIZABETH CARTER.

This venerable ornament of Literature, and mnst
respeßable member of .society, closed her aniiable
and meritorious life on Wednesday last, at her lodg-
ings, in Clarges-street, Piccadill♦ : she was in the
89th year of her age. Her underitanding and
scholasic attainments. if she hail been of the other

sea, would have quiliffal her for a distinguished
station in the world; and her purity of morals and
religious principles would have disposed her to exe-
cute its duties with unimpeachable integrity. She
had a strong turn tewaids Poetry, but its all her
compositions she endeavoured to make Poetry sub-
servient to the interests of Virtue. Her first poetical
effusion that appealed in print, was, we believe, the
beautiful Ode re Fri.iiem, which was originally intro-
duced to the public in the celebrated novel of Cla-
ruse. S: e afterwards presented a volume of Poems
to the world, all of which are charafterized by sen-
timent. tenderness, delicacy, moral energy, philoso-
phic elevation, and fervid piety.
This lady wrote two papers in The Rawtter,; one
Oa Religion Skspe,stitioa, and the other entitled
Tee V.sage of l yr, which appear sa uniform wiih
the style and sentment of the work in general, teat
they might be token for the produltscins of the re-
vered Author of that admirable work.
The wink, however, fur which she is most dis-
tinguished, is A Tratslatien of ttiartio, which has
justly placed her upon a rank with the first solio-
lan of the age Her introdue:inn and rotes to this
work, display pule taste, deep erudition, and a phi-
losophic power of relleflion, congenial with that of
the ori.final author, whom she has, with so Much
elegance and precision, introduced into British
li-
terassre.
But Mrs. CARTER possessed all the softer vir-
tues, as well as the talents and attainments that
adorn the human charaAer ; she was as ardent to
promote the interests of humanity, as to culti-
vate those of learning, and a desire to sowed the
influence of a Philosophy, tvhich, in addition to the
dielates of religion, might teed to reconcile man to
the evils inseparable from his condition, was her
principal inducement for &ring a translatim of
Epitl•
Mrs. CANTU was esteemed by a very large cir-
cle of friends, and those friends were of the most
amiable and valuable description ; among the chief
of whom is the venerable Bishop of Lottoom, at
whose house she was always one of the most ho-
noured guests, and whose virtues she held ie the
highest respell.

NAVAL IN7ILLIOLNCE.

PORTSMOUTH, VEIL i".O.
Arrived the Cheer gun-”rig, from A cruise.
Sailed the Heron sloop of war, on a crui,e.—Wind
S. E.

PLYMOUTH, sal. 19.
Last evening, arrived in Cawsand Bay His Ma-
jesty's ships Prance of Woks; of 98 guns; Achille,
74 ; Illottraora, i 4; Celivraree, 74; and Siolto, of
80 gulls. Admiral lhornbnrongh immediately
hoisted his flag on board the Pawn of Wafer, and he
will sail this evening, o:. to-morrow morning, for his
station off Rochlort, with 511 sail of the line. Also
arrived, from the eastward, the Patios frigate, the
Conic,' and V per curlers; 1 ody Warren hired ship;
DisfratrA transport ; Ade lugger ; a new ship from
Dartmenth, called the Fence, to be fitted out here ;
and the Prospero and knrbantrest gun-brigs.
Sailed the Pee, of SO guns, with the Avenger
gua brig, and a large sonvy to the westward; also
the heptune and Selina tenders ; Orpj.rd transport;
and Piever sloop.
The Intelt seri gun brig was this day commis-
sioner!, and the Sport:ate anducked; the Kent is to
take her place.

FAI.4OVTII, FEB. 18.
Arrived the Unity, Atwell, from London ; /Irv,
Alms, from Ne.sth iraar Anarat cur, Skurtkle-
burg, from 1..0ue ; Americas ship Mary, Knight,
from Antwerp.
Sailed the Endeamar. armed brig, with a fleet of
erusters under conv.,y, tor W4l. s; and M.r,bani
Taykr, I-416e, for Luisduu.—Wind N.E.

nest., Tr a. 20.
Sailed the raderion homb, for Sheerness ; and
many of the transports which arrived in the Downs
ye.ter.lay from tiic Elbe and Wexer, for Ramsgate,
to di.embark their troops.—Wind Southerly.
tti ATRAN, ►u. 21.
Sir John Hens.low, Ban. arrived here on IA ed-
nvsday, and after inspecting the Vitarsh and other
'ships lying in the harbour, proceeded to examine
the various branches of the nasal operatekn, rat ry-
ing on in the Dock Yard. He appeared highly sa-
tisfied with the general conduct of every depart.
mewl.
Ihe r gun br:g arrived here from the More
en Wednesday, to take the seamen from the Princess
O►aejr, to the Guard Ship at the Norsk