The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1809-12-09 00:00:00

ST: ANDREW'S DAY.

• This anniverssry'was celebrated iu Birmingham
last Thursday. and did honour to the 6. Land or
Cakes." The following gentlemen dined at the
Hen sod Birdies:
Cel. Maclean, 1. F. 0.
earl Piabertiei, I. M. W. Walker, TATP.
P. Walker, Fag. Dr. Maar.
I.irat. Stark, std. Capt. Wliregar, 7Gth
Lalot Garde's, oil. Lieut./titles, es,l Lt. Drag.
The dinner was most sumptuous, entirely coin.
po•rd of Scotch dishes. The following tassta, end
e• St. Andrew." were driit:k in hiniour of the day :
" The kirk of Saotlnud;'—"'rite The Queen:"
Prince of lirilcs,"—" Puke of York, awl, tlw set of
the !Lipid Painily,"—" Sir Ito ail Duadae,"—" The Wish-
Linelers,"—Seng, Donald 31'IMautsl.
" Has Mafesty's forces by sea and land,"—" l.nrd
wood,"--•• the Stars of the Ocess,"—" vied
The Land in shuck we live,"—" The Laud uf
boa,. liarpr I.eusdrr.
" May the rose, shanwork, and thistle, crer flourish
iiiiite3,--Sung, Sprig qt. Altilletalk.
" May the Highland chiefs have many fillowers,--" He
who will out desert his friend,"—" The Highlanders el t.
err to shuuldur,"—Soog, A Mall., Ma 0:w a' thgt.
" Pipe and Standard,"—" Sword and Plaid,--" The
Lutes • h.. dance un heather,"—a Gabe Snug.
" Ily Friend and my (iirl,"—'iong, the ,11il1.
" Fkilsery, Agriculture, and Manufactures."
A number of Scotch songs and stories were sling
rind told in the course of the evening, the whole
concluded with Gud tare tire King. and Mlle Bra-
&moue: and the wanes being of the choicest kind,.
stimulated by the happy mecums, the company did
but break up till * late hour.

•.• la our List of the Meinhers who viitsd in Farringdon
Without, Messrs• Hardin and Crook voted for the Address,
instead of against it t arid, is .Eatrinigdon Within, Mr. paw,
whose name was omitted, voted for the Address.

THE BRITISH PRESS.

LONDON,
SATURDAY, Dratmsse 9.

An account has been received, at the East India
House, of the capture of the Europe, GeLs•rosr ;
and Streatham, DALE, early in the month of June
last, by the French frigate Curolixe ; which ships,
with the Ocean, WTAGGAIT, extra ship, sailed
from Bengal (it is said) the _!9th of April.--. The
Oeetut• escaped, and proceeded to Prince of Wales's
Island with the intelligence.

It is added, that the Caroline, with tenth her
prizes, had been drib en on shore at the Wand of
Bourbno, by the British blockading i‘quadron off
the Isle of France.

The Asia,TnemEmtiesne, was lost in the Bengal
River.

l'lte Lord tavtlerea4ll, lieu n, it is said, has
urrivrd ut Ventoo

The Agate/de, True Briton, Cumberland, and
ticalrby-Castle, arrived ut Bawl,3y, the 23th June,
all well.

l'he Lord Meleille, Persererance, Lord Duncan,
rarnatic, Nottingham, and Ltariu,,, arrived at Ma-
dras uu the ad and Slit July last.
All was quiet at China; a new Viceroy had been
nomiosted.

Mrs.Misi, Lieutenants DRIIIINIOND and Couar,
and Mr. J. Et.riitsisTort E and Family, are pas-
sengers in the Upunt Cu3lle.

• Another •crowd Mips it was the Lind Keith.

We are concerned to state, that the Harlequin
hired armed IS:w.p of war, of let guns, with 'six ves-
sel', part of it convoy of 23 s3tl from Plymouth,
went ashore at Seaford, on Thursday morning, and
acre tutdlly wrecked. The following is en extract
from a letter, received yesterday from Brighton,
on this subject :
K MOUTON. DEC. 7.

" Early this morning, signal guns of distress,
rockets, &r. were tired iu the hay of Seaford, a dis-
tance of 12 miles fmiu this place. The people 'in
the neighbourhood hastened to the beach, when a
most melancholy spectacle presented itself !—as
many as seven vessels being ashore, the whole with-
in the distance of half a mile. At day-break, the
scene was such as almost to pass description—men
on rafts, others on the shrouds, while many were
discovered washing. from the decks—drew tears
front the behol den; but every exertion was used
to preserve as many lives as possible. The follow-
ing description, though only of a small part of this
melancholy catastrophe, will, no doubt, prove satis-
factory to the friends ur those who have escaped a
watery grave; the particulars of which have been
collected from the crews of the different vessels:—
On Toe:4day last the Itarkgain hired armed sloop of
war, of 18 guns, having soder convoy twenty-three
sail sail of ships, sailed from Plymouth, at 4 o'clock
p. rm.; and en Thursd:iy morning, abast 3 o'clock,
one of the ships was orderesl to direct the fleet to
keep within the convoy. About en hour alter. the
Harlequin, with six others, struck, and became
total wrecks. The following are the names of the
ships which are lost :—the !Vernon/A ship, four of
her crew lost ; Traveller brig, Albion schooner,
and Unite, crews all saved ; Prawriticiboto ship, 14
lost; and Meikdacht sh.p, all lost."

The cause of WARDLE O. Mrs. CLARKE and
Orutas, fur a conspiracy, which was fixed for this
day, in the Curt of King's Bench, was yesterday
postpsued until Monday. Their Royal Highnesses
the Dukes of YORK, KENT, and another, are sum-
moned aswitnesses. There has not been, fir many
years, a cause of so much expectation.

The kicky transport, Capt. A. TAY Loa, arrived
at Harwich, on Thursday, from Flushing, with
small detachments from the several regiments of
the line. They left the island last `Sunday ; at that
time about airily sail of transports put to sea. The
means fur the demolition of the fortresses were
then partly carried into effect, and the work of de.
molnion would be completed in a few hours.
A paper of last evening announces the receipt
of a letter trout Palermo, dated the 28th of Octo-
bers from which the following is an extract
P. S. 25th Oct.—l open in/ letter to inform
you, that a report is this moment circulated, that
Constantinople has been taken by the Russians !
I baler lint been able yet to leain the precise truth ;
but, certain it is, that some dreadful intelligence
bits beta received from that quarter."

The pailet for Malta and Gibraltar is detained
by order of Gover 1111 l rut. until further advice. are
received from Cadiz, whithe► it is to carry divpatchvg.
It is the ticral opinion at St. Helena. that the
four India ships,so bong missing, have all foundered.

Letters of the 29th ult. have been received from
Ilolland, which state, that King Louts had set off
fdr Paris, and that the King of BAY Ail • has arrived
in that eity.—S A eint.CUN'S Dew title, it is said. will
nut be ls'tt•r.etutt, hut " Autocrat of the Wen."
Mr. IV AIDLE has brought an action against the
proprietor and primer of a certain monthly publi-
c Awn, for at libel, to which he imputes the km of
his popularity. lie has laid his damages at 5,0001.

A Cram. co*. cause is announced for trial, this
Amy, in the Coon sr King's Bench. in which the
Mother Abbess of the Key, in Ciiandos-street, and
all her Vestal Virgins. with their cha..te male attend-
ants, are summoned to give evidence.