The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-09-07 00:00:00

LIFE PRI- SERVER.

The Patent Life Preserver, with which an exiseri-
merit wit* made in the Thames last week, is the sub.
jea of general conversztinn. With this curious
machine on, you may easily save two pcv.ons from
drowning, one in each hand, and thus float thern
ashore. Its utilities are en varoJii,, that they can
hardly be euttnwrated : as, for inc.:rice, in c is-s of
ire by sea, iiaving one dozen tor two of th4-•e on
board, let as many persons put :hem or.. esters :tug
themselves in aline with a rope between them; Its
the remainder of the crew hold by the 'or... rs.•
they will all &Mt %inst. refer eornes. to Ike is Inter
in case of shipwreck. Also touts putting tuu Cs
save crew*: each person in these boars having one
oil, suppose a boat roes down, Ihe men thus s quip.
ped will be perfectly *de. Boat, going ots in view
cases should always take some along with them le
the crew. If the boat should not be lurTs enutvli vs
csntain the crew, the crew, thus equ'pped, us sr be
towed along by the boat, each of th.m ho:ding by
a rope made fast to the boar. Also, stony ti,es may
be made of those, when it is inconveniona to lower
a boat. The machine is divides, into cells, by .livi-
sions intetnally ; so that an accident happenin;7 is
one or two of them, it would still t.ave power to
float the body, and is commndicusl7 fnrined to fit
it. This Life Preserver, when nn the swell Or
belly, is to be immediately before your breast, ti.e
two ends passing under the arm,, and brought close
up to the arm-puts; the circular strap rit vie trout
of the machine to go over the head, t •••• two straps
on the ends are to oe brought across one Ai.. titer tm
the back, round the wa.st, an.l tied thr orb the
pendant loop at the tinder :.art of the machine v. ry
tight. Thus equipped, you cannot sink if ever
SO stormy.

Yesterday morning the priviners were rern4s-e1
from the different prisons to the jail of N •wg.o e,
to take their triads at the ensuing sessions at the Old
Bailey.
Yesterday evening, a Coroner's Inquest was
at M. Pond, in the Borough, on the body of the
unfortunate man who was killed at Burtho:omew
Fair on l'unday last. It appeaied, that the owner
of a swing in the fair being absent, his stiffs hpd
employed the deceased to assist in playing the swing.
Whether from aukwardness or intosication it did Ir t
appear, but he received a violent blow on the sto-
m,ch, which ins:antly laid h.m senseless ; le was
carried to Messrs. HOLLIMO6WORT ti a d start*,
surgeons, in Smithfield, bu: was past the power
of medical aid ; fr.)m thence he was ca red h )me
to the Borough. The Jury faun., a sera of Act..
mental Dretb.

On Wed- esday morn;ng. a ;mime: man car-
penter, employed in repairing the (misc.! of the ..re-
mises belonging to the Cross Keys Its, Grace-
church-Street, fell from the scaffold, two ,t ,T;ca high,
into the yard; but beam be touched the pavement.
his fall was broken by touching against the r.n4 a
coach ; be was shockingly bruised, but is Ltd)
recover.

We lately mentioned the death of Mrs. !Of STOP..
Lady of W. T. Eusecom. Isq M.P. She IVAlllung
from her chaise, and survived the accident but a few
minutes. She was m the last stage of her relresan.
cv, and therefore, :n the hope of savinu tie iofenq
the Catalelln oprrAtit n w.its performed 'llw child
was co:rafted alive $ it ha.t. !olvrevi r, sustained so
mach injury by the tall, that it lived but fur a verg
few h.nirs.

An alarming accilent rook pirate nn Movl s Meg
bra fire bte.tking out in !lin ham Down :'snip : Lae
troops at Canterbury thought that the fire b ream
was eeen on tire, an .1 the t-Nr:is at—. A I tr ~ e ..,J
preparation, howe:er, am. PIT, s. •C 44 . •... . k.er
neral W. to•rte, '....; eh prevv.ara th- re , - -al
marcuing, and the fire was happily esti: g . lied,
with tut dying moth Nun. %Se :War th et h .1.,
ref )11 of the Guards 41.4 • ady.l .st , r per ; 'clothe
Sec. to the automat of &M. toot nu Leo wise lus;,.

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NAV.iL INTELLIGENCE►.

PORTSMOUTH, sit PT. 5.
Sailed the Rea sloop of war, on a cruise off
Havre.

Tisz Von armed cutter is appointed convoy for
the Dtmns.—Wind Easterly.

PLYMOUTH, SETT. 4.
Arrived the Helena sloop of war, with several
ships under convoy from Portsmouth, bi:und to the
West-Indies; Cod men tiigate, from a cruise; and
the Fsast, french privateer, of lti guns, and 72
men, captured an the i3l August, in Lt. 48 deg.
.12 min. inn. l 2 deg. by th Bewley, Eliza
4144, and the LL.owi East-IndLimva. Wind S.W.

DEAL, SEPT. 5.

Sailed the Cliarviqn frigate, and the Orestes sloop
of war, on a crui•e off Ostend; and the C'adair:ec
sloop of war, whit the outward bound vessels under
convoy for Portsmnath.
Arrived the Archer, gun-brig, from a cruise off
Boulogne, and remains in the Downs with the ships
as per last.

YARMOUTH, SEPT. S.
A very handsome brig cutter, of t:',o guns, was
Launched yesterday morniq; from the dock-yard of
Mr. John Preston, of this town ; she is called tlr2
Mrs The. launch was a very fine one, and
witnessed by many hundreds of spectators. This is
the second ship of war launched by Mr. Preston
within three months, the former one being the He-
lene sloop of war, of 20 guns. To-morrow morn-
ing a very fine sloop of war, of the like force, called
the ('4 t, is expected to be launched from the
yard of Mr. Nath. Palmer, Who has another vessel
of the same description in a state of fortvardness.

H•RIPICH, LZPT. S.
The Mae, Captain Osborne, arrived :his day
from Husum, with the Mails and two passengers.
The Auck/iiti, Captain Bridge, is hourly ex.
peeled, as also the rest of the packets that are due.
The D 40114 packer, Captain Osborne, is cleared
out to take the Mails of the 4th tur Husuni, there
being no other packet on this side at present. She
will sail to-morrow, wind and weather permitting.

GREENOCK. SEPT. I.
Arrived yesterday the Esher, Jones, from Quebec,
in 42 days ; spoke on the sloth ult. near Quebec,
the Adeena, Kirby, from London, and the City
ej EdliAlorgh, Rostock, with troops; on the Ttb,
its lat. 4.6, 48, long. 30, the American ship Vine,
of and for New York, from Petersburgh, out 59
days--on the 12:h, in La. 48, long. 43. the An■ and
Yaw, Maxwell, three weeks from Shiclds, for Que-
&tc, was spoke with, passing Harbour Beck, by the •
Atirplice frigate, all wed.