The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-10-14 00:00:00

DUBLIN, Ocr. 10.

Thursday, the Duchess of Richmond visited the
Magdalen Asylum, Leeson-street. Her Grace is a
liberal subscriber to the addition now building to
the Chapel.
Lord Castlecoote and his Lady have arrived in
town, and Thursday his Lordship presided as First
Comraisrioner of the Custams at the Board.

On Monday evening, a plan was neatly elicited
for the escape of 14 prisoners, confined ii the
County Tipperary Gaol. Mr. Hayden, the gaoler,
in going round the windows. discovered that of one
window two bars were cut through, aid that the
saw had dons so much of its duty with two bars
more, that they required little effort for their re-
moval. By this providential discovery the escape
of some very desperate fellows was prevented.—
TiAis is the third attempt which has been made
within a short time, by various prisoner; confined
in the gaol there, to effea their liberation.
The private Theatre, at Percy's, in Stafford-street,
now attraas much public attention, our Theatre
Royal having closed.
We are happy* to be able to state, that the pre-
sent amiable ctraraaer, Mr. Solicitor Gen. Bailie,
is so far recovered trun his indisposition, as to be
pronounced out of danger by his Physicians.
We are concerned to state, that Mr. Gibson, of
Baggot-street, Architect, fell into the Grand Canal,
near Ringsend, on Wednesday, and was unfortu-
nately drowned.
Wednesday morning a duel took place at Cove.
between Lieut. Hills, second of His Majesty's ship
Drvcd, and Lieut. barmy, third of the same vessel.
They exchanged two shots each, and were both
wounded, but not dangerously, ►efere the affair was
adjusted.

A letter from Aberystwith, dated 04tolser 3, says,
" Our neighbourhood was enlivened last week by
the excellent sport afforded at the races at Goger.
than. Several prizes were gives by Mr. Parse,
the principal of which was won by a horse belong.
iag to Mr. Moss r, which, though little snore than
13 hands, ran in an admirable style. Mist of the
beauty and fiteoon of the town and country were
present, wh , after the sports, which afforded great
diversion, partook of the elegant her:Fatalities of the
amiable host and hostess, and the day concluded
with great hilarity.
In the south of Devon, where carts are of late

become so common, much inconvenience is felt
from the narrowness of the roads, and the hilliness
of the country. An accident of a serious nature,
and which threatened the most fatal consequences,
lately occurred to a gentleman, with a lady and
child, travelling in a gig. In one of the cross roads,
in the neigifbburhood of Totness, where two car-
riages cannot pass, they were met, while ascending
a steep hill, by a cart with two horses, coming down
at full trot, the driver riding in the cart, without
reins. Alarmed by the lady's shrieks, the man
leaped down in order to get to his horses' heads, but
failed, and in the attempt broke a limb, and dislo-
cated his shoulder. The party in the gig, with the
horse and gig too, must noose. most probably, have
been all destroyed, had not the gentleman had the
happy presence of mind to turn the carriage so as to
°tumid the road entirely, which luckily stopped
the horses. This prattle, of riding in carts, without,
or even with reins, cannot be too severely repro-
bated ; and it is the duty of every master to caution
his servants against it, as well on account of their
own, as the danger to others ; and ha ought like-
wise to apprise them, that by Ad of Parliament,
they are in every instance liable to a penalty of ten
shillings. Much to his honour, a public-spirited
Magistrate, in the South Hants, has, we learn. en-
forced, in frequent instances, this salutary law, and
means le persevere in repressing the evil.
On Thursday se'nnight, the brig Lisa,. of Salt-
coats, *a her passage from Utibftn to inhcoats, was
driven so far to leeward of Saltcoats harbour, as not
to fetch or lie into it, and in endeavouring to run for
the Fairlie, her ballast shifted. Nothing remained,
after this, for the Captain, but to run the Lively on
shore, which he did War to the harbour of Ardros-
san, where the shelter of the South Pier, now build-
ing (although the vessel was by no means in a pro-
per birth) saved her. and she was got off, next day,
and hauled to a mote convenient situation...oder
the shelter of the south wall or dyke. 'there she
lay in perfect safety during the gale, until next day,
the wind at west, and sometimes rather to the north-
ward of west, apnint or two, they hauled her from
under the seuib pier, not half way to Greenan Rock,
when the Lively made sail. and lay out at one stretch,
clear of all the rocks. and came round to Saltcoats
harbour safe. In the evening, with the same wind.
a loaded vessel was obliged to warp out of the har-
bour et Saltcoats, before the could clear the nicks
of Nebbricks, a convincing proof that vessels will
sail from Ardrossan harbour. straight to sea, when
they cannot sail front Saltcoats, or any other in the
Frith of Clyde, to the northward or southward of it.
As a proof of the goodness of the anchoring ground
in the bay of Ardrossan. the anchor was 10 wrench-
ed, from its holding fast, that an experienced ship.
master. who was sou board, deflates he has seen no-
%llk.c it.