The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1806-01-31 00:00:00

itTATAL INTF.LLIOLNCE.
PORTSMOUTH, JAL 29.
Arrived the Pfeesta frigate, Sir J. Gore, which
carried out the Marquis Cornwallis to India, with
accoUnts of his, having died soon of er he left Cal-
cutta, to hail; the army, which were more than one
thouslndmilei front' Calcutta. He was only ill a
few horn's. Dicpitche weir landed from the Me.
duia, and sent to London ; and vveral passengers.
arriongs; whom art; Cevetal Weals and Captain
Nlowbrav, tom Ceylon; haie landed. The Al t-
de3a has had the quickest paisage ever made. She
did tint speak to any ship on her Passige, except the
which WA. cruising in the gay of _Ravigal.
She was two Jays at St. llelena, white she heard
that Sir Home Pophain had pas ed by a few day.
before, far the Cape of Good Hope.
The Childers sloop, from the Mediterraecin, was
released from quarantine this morning; and the
.[anti frigate went out of harbour.
Arrived the Prospero bomb, with several' vessels
from the Downs.—Wind N.E.
PLYMOUTH, JAN. 65.
' Arrived His Majesty's ship Impellota, 74 guns,
Capt. Lawfard, from the Eastward; fire, 74 guns,
and !their frigate, $6 guns, Capt. Loring, Harlequin-
hired armed ship, Millbmuk schooner, Matto
transport, Viper cutter, Garnett and Brisk sloops of
war, Chearly and Redbreast, and Swallow, a new
gun-brig, from the Eastward, to be fitted out here.
His Majesty's s'aip Primer of Mks, Captain
Cumming, came Just to the entrance of the Sound,
and then bore away to the westsvaid.
Came in the Kr,,t man of war, from the eastward.
Sailed the Veaas, Lawson, for Naples. Wind N.E.
FALMOUTH, JAN. 2.7.
Arrived the armed brig Hoteld, Tallman. from
Norteik, in 0 days, with tobacco ; and the retests,
Paint, from Naples, laden with brandy, in 42 days
passage.
Sailed the American ship Corseits.s.. Ca pt. Past,
for Rotterdam ; Prittress karlra packet, Capt. Ste-
vens, with Mails, for Barbadoes arid Jamaica • Dale
glf Atarlhotorsh.feacket, Copt. Bull, with Mail:, for
the Leeward Islands; liVet.inghive packet, Capt.
Roberts; and the Lard Hobert packet, Rawson,
with Mails, fur Lisbon.—Wind N.E.
DEAL, JAM. 28.
Arrived the lifervitit• sloop of war from Yar-
mouth ; Foshrt, naval transport, 'from the River;
Thames frigate, and the (rrient gun-brig. from Sheer-
ness, and remain in the Downs with the ships as per '
last.—Wind W.S.W.
coat, JAN. 22.
The sloop Margaret, of Limerick, M.Donogh,
Master, from Greenock, for Limerick, with a cargo
of sugar, is lost, crew saved.
On Monday night law, in a gale of wind, the
ship I.lrel Gardner, lately arrived from ()uebee,
having just discharged her cargo, and nn ballast on
board, upset at the back of the East Quay. Glee-
nn,k, but was righted on Wednesday, with very
little damage.
FRUM LI.OYD's LIST.
Guaranies, Jam. 29.-.Paseiri,.by the Copp;ne,
from filziluee.—..Sailed Vrebed, for Carwrak ;
Farmer, Corneby, for Lisboa; William 164.1tra, fir Rehm( ;
Mrit.mola Tacht,Stsneker; nod she Martha. Lewisagma, for
ablin.
A IttIITALS.
At Southaeoptoo•Th• Nancy, Mills, from Youghall.
At Yarmouth—Favourite, Jones, from Riga; Cum, Alley;
and the Favourite, Jones, front Oporto.
At Portsmonth—Wiliberdag`i, Stephens, from St. Anders.
At St. Ifeleoa—Seringapatam, —; and eltt Caletlo4lhl,
from the South Seal ; (ma, Als,-
Sias ; Union, —, from Bengal ; Nuithumoerland,
.and the Euphrates, from Lumina.
At Benc.,l--thneral htew.re, Mania, --; sod
the Calcutta, from London.
The Sewers, WAY, from Cork,--fer Liverpool. la
on shore in Bootle Bar.
The Jahn, SP•LIMMII, from Liyerrool, for
America, is on shore near Liverpool.
The Pitll,Vi sum am, from Petersburgh, for Lon-
don, was lost near Lowestoft', on the 27th inst.
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Dublin.

REAL APPARITION.

The Castle of Ardivillers, near Breteeil, was re.
reported to lee haunted by evil spirits. Dreadful
noises were heard, and flames were seen, by night,
to issue from various apertures. The farmer, who
was entrusted with the care of the house, in the ab-
sence of its swami, the President D'Ardivillers,
could sinee live there. The spirit seemed to re-
sped him; bat any person who ventured to take
up a night's lodging in the Castle, was sure to hear
the marks of his audacity.
Superstition, you know, is catching. By and by
the peasants in the Iseighbourhnoa began to see
strange sights. Sometime, a dozen ghosts would
appear in the air, above the castle, dancing a brawl.
At other times, a number of Presidents and Curia-
eellors, in red robes, appeared in the adjacent meat-
01*
idow. There they sat in judgment on a gent an
`in the eointtry, who bad beets beheaded. f e
crime. a hindred years before. Another pe t
met, in the night, a gentleman related to the P si-
dent, walking with the wife of a gentleman in the
neighbourhood, who were seen caressing each ether,
aid then vanished. As they were both alive, per-
haps they were both obliged to the devil for pre.
venting scandal. la short, many bad seen, and
all had heard of. the wanders of the castle of Ar-
div illers.
This affair had continued four or five year,. to
the great loss of the President, who had been obliged
to let the estate to the farmer at a very low resit.
At length, suspedling some artifice, he resolved to
visit and inspea the castle.
Taking with him two gentlemen, his friends,
they determined to pass the night in the same apart-
meat ; and if any noise or apparition disturbed
them, to discharge their pistols at either ghost or
sound. As spirits know all things. they were pro-
bably aware of these preparations, ar.ii not oi.e ap-
peared. But in the chamber just above, a dreadful
rattling of chains was heard, and the wife and
children of the Comer ran to the assistance of their
lord. They threw themselves on their knees,
begging that he would not visit that terrible room.
" My Lord." said they, ' what can human force
effeft against people 6Pi I.' other *odd? M. de 1- e.
cancour attempted the same enterprise, year. ago.
and he returned with a dislocated arm; M.
I)'l;4.elim tried tic,; he was over whelrin•J with