The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1809-09-02 00:00:00

NArAL LVTELLIGEVCE.

rmasuotrni, Atm 31.
Arrived the Serrtpis wthre-Phip, front off Flushing,
with prisoner.; tie dimethyst, 36 gnus, Sir 'M.
Seymour, from the ham.- place; and Transit,' a four-
masted dispAtelt vend, from the Downs, with the
Hval .Vorereipt yacht; also a fleet of merchant-
men from the Downs.

Shaded the Sorrel!ante, as guns, Captain Sir J.
Collier, to cruise off Rooheron: the Jasper. to fol-
low the Beet fur Portugal ; mod the Mediator, which
left Cowes Road this mornitig.—Wind F..

, BRIXIIAM, TORBAY, •UG. 80.
Sailed this aftentoou, the Har/equiu, with a con—
voy for Plymouth.

PLYMOUTU-DOCK, AUG. 29.
This morning arrived the York, of 74 gum, Capt.
Barton, after a long pqmotge from %%reit:herrn,
having on board about C 0.50 pribeners. She is or-
dered up Floutoeze to-d., where the prirontrs are
to be removed.

Sailed the Adrian cutter, Lieut. Carter, for Roch-
fort ; the Wedsle t.chonne,, antl,the Swallow Sloop
of war, for Fuleuoutli.—V. iud E.; fair weather.
'flie report of the I venehaven having risen tu the
York, is totally told of truth.
•uaustr c 29.
Soled the Cossack, Is, with several Spaniards,
as passengers for
Went &rata to Caws:nal Buy in great style, the
Milfurd, of 74 gaol, Capt. Bayntuit ; site has every
appearance of bung u very Stile sailer.

FALMOUTH, AUG. 20.
Arrived the Dispatch packet, from the Leessard
Islands, in 38 days. J'ut Lack, the Mermaid
frigate, with the Quebec convoy.

DRAI, AUCVIT 31.
Sailed the Bruce, Burrlon. cud frilliaui Awl!,
Denham, far Quelwr ; Sacramento de Sacza, for
Pernambuco: Santa I.orea:a, Felix, and Pacywet
de Bahia, for the Brazils; and ILs Majesty's slop
Hermes, for Portsmouth.—Wind N.E.
EX7IOUTN,AU6.39.
Arrived, the John, Bihhins, from Ptctow, with timber;
William, Baker, from Ne..th, with calm; and Pa, Mss...,
from Plymouth, in ballast.—Sailed, the Busy, Weeks, and
John, Parker, foe Neatb ; amid Industry, Hurt, fur Newport,
ill ballast; Julia stud Sarah, DiXOll, fur Sunderland, iu bet
last; Richard and June, Treat, for Poole, with r%der
sod oats ; N Hliam and Mary, Gilpin, for Teiumnnuth,
with part of het cargo of coals; Auu, Hoye; th,
Maddock! ; Two Biotheis, Pearce; and Unity, Barrett,
for London ; l.luydr, Barret ; Bum Chergain ; Jane,
Vincer ; New Ault, Shears; Joint and Jane, Perriam ;
hree Brothers, Down; and Partridge, Webb, for Plymouth,
all with sundries; tad John, Lewis, far Dulthsi,aitla bark.

FROM LLOID'S LIST.
GILA IMPEND, AI:G. .11.—Arrived the Providence-, Artier,
from Hushing and Adulphia, Edwards, from Nova SrotiA.
—.Sailed the Hope, Mills, for Fluabiag ; Woodland Castle,
Freeman, for °rya° Lewis, ear Gomm!) ; and
Quecaborough, Croke'', ti r WslciMs.

At a Court of Directors of the Bank of England,
held at tha Bank on Thursday, the sum of Five
thousand Pounds was voted unanimously as a sub
seription to the Patnotic Fund at LLOYD'S.

To FAIMBIII.—A traveller, in passing from Lon-
don through Windsor, Reading, Newbnry, Marl-
borough, Caine, and Chippenham, to Bath, was
extremely surprised to see no corn hooded during
this rainy season. In Staffordshire and the sur-
rounding counties, when the wheat is cut in shoilts
or sheaves, they place their► aviiiist each other to
season in the field, in the swine manner us is ob-
served in these parts of the kingdom ; but in unify
weather, or in any but the must settled tine
weather, they spread open two sheaves of corn and
place them with the ears downwards over the heads
or tops of the other sheaves, and by which means
these two uppermost sheaves become as it were a
thatching Of complete slaiel•l against the west her to
all the under ours. Thin they rill hquclimg the earn ;
and a most excellent plan it is, and would he ex-
tremely useful and velnal.le to gentlemen farmers
(luring the preseut mifortusiate wet weather. Lest
the two uppermost slit-ayes should bc•bnown off by
the wind, they fasten them together very firmly, by
cntw' g a small hatiolful of the curia of each
sheaf with each other, and Rivslig it a twist, which
the slightest experience pill I,e sufficient to teach
soy one why is iimlined to liconit by the atiave
practice.