The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-11-23 00:00:00

N.41.1L IMTPLLIGENCE.

DOVER, Nov. 21.
No doubt but you, like us, hay expeadd better
this to have heard something re—e t,t tle expedition
under Sir Sidney Smith. I have taken pains to
colte," tF“.• best information respeeing it ; and 1 be
the accounts I have transmitted to be nearly
c rret. r 1 boat arrived this morning, which bring•
no furth.r information, except itt.s: nue of the French
guard lanai. fired into one Of those double boats (I
elo not know how lie to describe them) of which
so much has been said. aro killed five of the men ;
there were only two them fitted out ; and one, which
was towed into this harboor,pt for to the fleet's sailing,
sunk to the water's eslg... having been damaged
alongside one of the ships.
Came into harhour this afternoon, the Yehaana.,
oF and for Helsingford, intvannas. from
pool ; the Tedart, of Ha m hut gh, Zet ieter.
w:th brandy, wine, skms. ke. from tiourdeaux. for
Tonningen; the Ve .'"oy, of and for Emhden,
Williams, with sugar,l'inm Portsmouth; the If'.. taw
and C,ralitse, of and for St. Petetshilegh. Dirks
with fruit, from houribeaux ; thhC,
of and
for G•ittenbitigh, Hersen, with salt, hides, Stc.
seism St. Cis,. ; the C/poistfe, of and for Copen-
liageo, &even, with sugar and coffee, from St
Croix.
1 have heard some acconnt of a French spy being
apprehended, on his passage, in a fishing-boat
hut it appears so imperfect a one, that it may not
deserve notice.
TON I'SMOVTit, NOV. 21.
Sailed several sail of West Indiamen, for the
Downs.—Wind N E.
TLC MOUTH, NOV. tO.
Since my last, the arrivals h tve been very few,
owing to the wind centinising to the Eastward. We
have several convoys, to the amount of '2OO vessels,
now in Hamoare, anxiously waiting for a shift of
wind.
Yesterday arrived ths Majesty's hired armed
cutter Arvada,. with letters and dispatches from Ad-
miral Cornwallis, off Brest, where the enemy is very
quiet ; to-day, the Ifesigke and .4siautt gun-brigs
from a cruise ; the Lowden, Kerr, from Surinam ;
the Peraerrs Royal, and the William, Healy, from
Newfoundland.
Sailed the Rapid and winch, gun-brigs ; the
&
Atalanta, Nillii44l, and Slnr, sloops of war, and Re-
,gat tannairr frigate.
Ili, Majesty's ships Prioress Royal, and Prince
Grorae, of p$ guns, will be paid wages to.mosrow,
and Friday. and on Saturday sail for the Chan-
nel Seet.—Wind S.W.

DEAL, tiov.
A/rived the Maiwi, Wilson, from Surinam;
Pionsis, Baird; and the Aniiabd'o, Abercroiribie,
from Tobago. lot from rortionoutli; and semain
in the Downs with the slops as per last.—Wind
N.W.-1-iaty weather.

ailw,cw.wov. 21.
The Ladv FrIVICt. packet. Captain Flyn, sailed
this morning, with the Mails of the 19th, for Cux-
haven ; and the Diana. with those of the same date,
for Gottenboeg.
The Mails that are due from the other side, are
hourly expelled.
CHATWAM, nor. 22.
The detachments of the German Legion which
passed thrrtsgh this town on their way to the coast,
a few days hack, ate to remit, to Gravesend and
Northlieet. awl to be joined by four companies of
their comrades, quartered at Maidstone, in order to
be immediately embarked.
Large detachments of the Waggon Train have,
for many days past, been entering and departing
from Itoeliester and Chatham, one company is es-
paled here. this day, from Canterbury ; there that
are in quatlers herr to proceed immediately to N
fleet—they are in expe6tation of being embarkedorth-
Lln
Monday.
The Kent, Capt. Garrett, ymterday event d.,wn to
the N ore.

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10.

111111101:TH, NOV. 40.
Since my last. arrived the .le.eph, Griffith, from
Milford ; Jacob, 'rocker ; and Tree Willow:, Four-
acrec, from Liverpool ; limenthhorn, Dixon ; and
Prenelg Resale!, Hornsby, from Sunderland and
Claude ; Culiewa, from Shields, all with coals ;
Rty.ter. Englaad, from Yarmouth, with wheat.
Sailed the Hazard, Waller, for Shields, in ballast.

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FROM LLOYD'S LIST.
n,505.21 .spa a.ed by the King Georr, Turner,
from litalsun'a Rae ; Sally, Jackson, Irons Dantaie; Mentor,
{corn; and the I fame. Moberly, from Petegburg. Sail, d,
the Frage-Second, Stesenom ; Lore, Brown ; and the British
Queen, Wardlaw, for J.tinatra ; Robert, Black, fur YuLicatsbonan
%;,r, Fol6ll'. for New York; Friherien, Law., for ;
I'..oes. R. r you,. for ; Henretta, Attschbotte, for
K ncobesi; Johanna Margaretta, Dohbman, fwr Gotten.
ha ; Ara, Saeger; Vren Alto., Retsdwwk ; and the Goode
II for Bremen ; Ilennetta, Fillers, for Stralsoml ;
Sharp; Fame, Anderson ; Faltnheater Bryson; and the
Maria Elisabeth, Aclaeland, Ilamburgh.,

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At Leith—The Jane, Dar Aron end the John I I oleo,
from Toonin gen, fur London.
At Coses-4.)tympu,, Smith. front Malaga.
At Ilnylake..-elocity, f.mn Anto.
At Layer puol —Afnca, Cook, from Pate oho rg
At 1V:44 --Lady Finale. from St. Vihrent% ; Con-
told, ; sad the trots
A. t• —n oust ch ?Alford, trout ditto ; and the Mercury,

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frew, %V
At lAelfatt—D. 'Ft e Hy. from Antqua
At New fennoilmnd...ll4.-r maol, Roby kron 811401.
At .Weteekei—Ann , palaoll,a, from Pete/shard.
At Stoektnes.—Cha.Latt.., Patterson ; and the Stockton.
packet, Gwir, (p.m Ton *mien.
At Quebec—Fne. Grave.; and Them, }fasting., from
Jerni;ia ; I'6l...adept, Mattock and the Quebec, o

DEAN KIRIF.4N.

ARACTER OF THE Malt DEA% KIRWAN,
Tat CLLIIIRATED IRISH PIO:ACM[II.

Mr. Kirwan exemplifies the remark. that a man
of eminent met it anti talents, is not ugly, with the
most irregular features. The lines of his face are
acme and angular It is not the wavi.ig outline
that sinks and swells with easy unditlation, distin-
tuished by the globous eye, the bulbous nose, and
he blubbering lip. It is not in ho cheeks OT in /0
chin that you need look for what Johnson calls "the
convexity of content." Even his celestial eye has
something in it sharp and scrutinizing. Fashion
seems at present to preter those pur-blind e!f.2s, where
the lids curtain and contraB the sight into shrewd
ness, rather than sagacity ; fitted only to pore °vet
the worm, the inseB, or the manuscript ; but more
to he admired is the angust and ample tange of eye,
which, like those in the portrait of Shakespeare,
open widely on the book of Nature. Their majestic
orbs roll from heaven to earth, from earth to hea-
ven, and the light of the soul meets the light of the
sun without blenching. Mr. Kirwan's eyes flash
with the tire of fancy, and, at times, even with the
flame of frenzy. Tue result of his countenance is
neither sfunothness, nor suavity, but rather the
point and acumen of satire. When he speaks, his
visage in a smile, there is somewhat of mockery in
that smile; yet rigid as his features are, it is a hard•
ness which admits the polish of this world, and
seems to have received it. There is an ugliness that
is genteel, and one that is vulgar.
He makes much of a small' figure. The same
spirit that dilates the metaphor, seems to inflate
the man. Even in the culture and composition of
his hair, we sec elaborate art. While his whole
frame enlarges in its dimensions, his audience
swarm and are straitened; and the peatest Lords
of the Council, the Seraphs of the State, reduce
their shapes immense, and are diminished to atoms.
Ile t;ses not with an air of self-annihilatii n, but an air
which announces his relationship to man, rather than
to God. I cannot much approve of a cet thin spruce
familiarity of manner which has crept into the Pul-
pit, a foppishness of preparation, an easy arrange-
ment of little accommodations, and an abundance
of handkerchief, that make us at a loss to Loon,
whether the gentlemen deem themselves belote their
glass or before their Maker! Mr. K. has not much
of this, but something more of it than I should re•
quire in the grave, authoritative, authentic Atebas-
hAdOr of Heaven. He seems very early to put him-
self coolly into a passion, that his powers may, as
soon as possible, be stretched to that tone which ex-
cites lognui of coneeptio with hardihood of ex-
pressina, and gives confidence alike to his audience
and to himself.
I will not dishonour his eloquence by supposing
that he commits it to the mercy of a momenta thee I
gifted elocution, which of itself is nothing more that 1,
copious barrenness, appears in him to bays been ela-
borated to a degree of excellence, by study and me-
ditation. His words do not pour out from mere
laxity of intelleB ; the inventive power that seleas
with much previous care, a natural ease of ex-
pression, and great energy of aCion. are here united.
It is this combination which gives to an elaborate
composition the appearance of happiness, rather
than art, and makes the most ornate language flow
in a pure and perennial stream, with all the facility
of inspiration. When he appears most hurried and
precipitate. he is the most studiously correB ; he
drives like Phaeton, with the prudence and foresight
of Apollo.
His voice is not uniform, nor full chested ; it is not
an energetic voice, such as, when ended, leaves us
still listening to hear ; yet, on the whole, it serves
him well. His eloquence is, in general, too brilliant
for sublimity ; and his language too figurative for
pathos. His fancy is indeed a firework, that bursts
into a thousand little stars, that sparkle with meta-
phorical magnificence, and spangle the whole men-
tal horizon; but not that sublime,which thunders and
lightens from the top of the mountaio, moves along
in those masses of light and shade that fill the soul
with the passing glory, arresting every faculty, and
even stifling exclamation. Neither is it that pathos,
in which modest art hides itself, and strives only to
decorate nature, where infantine simplicity sits upon
the lips, and the natural idea that springs (torn the
.imiaOle ingenuousness of the heart is seen wafted
through the plain and pellucid expression. Mr.
Kirwan has neither that sublimity, nor that pathos,
and yet I do not say that he is not sometimes sub-
lime, and often pathetic.
He is rhetorical, more than oratorical ; amusing.
rather titan instruflive ; pungent, rather than pa-
thetic ; singular, rather than original. His eche-
rrif to fancy kindles every sentiment into a passion.
and his energetic anion hurls the glowing idea into
the breasts of his bearers. His attion is indeed very
ardent, very impressive : the produil of a sanguine
temperament, much sensibility, and much self-autos
ranee. His dlion is rather compulsive than persua-
sive ; it does not wind round the heart with sweet
insinuation; it strikes repeated blows; its energy
unWeft netimes rises above the value of the impression.
I now asked, What was the charafteristie
and discriminating trait of this celebrated preacher 1
I could not answer, It was his ,eice, or bit face, or
his figure, or his gesture, or his gesticulation, his vi-
vid fancy, or his vehement inveBive. No ; *either,
nor all. But it is a portion of that wonderful
qua-
My, without which, every mat of talents most ever
remain in vulgar ntediocsity ; without which, no
one ever became a great mane no charade, can
ever emerge into glory. A particle of that divine
breath, which, in a favoured view, is superadded to
the breath of life, ills them with double bunt, and
accumulates around some grand purpose. all the
-of human nature, les such men the uni•

thusiasrn prochried ? It has decayed a great city
into charity ; it has dazzled the public eye'; it hahs
arrested the peblie ear, alluring the attentions
out impressing the heart. A great light shines sud-
denly around us, journeying on our way. hitt whit,
besides the preacher himself, is converted'? It has
made worship, if net a duty, at least a pastime, and
introduced most strange noise and bustle into the still
sanfl;ty of the house of God.
The mob and the niilitary that surround and
guard the house, the career of coaches, the internal
tumult t•,r Seats; the abuse of that sublime instru-
ment, the orrin.• which has se totally forgotten the
essentials of expression, in the caprices and the pet-
nnesses of etecution ; the assembled congregation
of amateurs; the busy whispers that till up the puses
of the orator, whets it is found hard to repress the
involantary bravo! all this sheds a glare of festivity
at mind the pulpit, that, I think, in some degree, pro-
fanes it, wholly dispels the " dins religious light,"
and makes us ask.if this be an asylum from the world,
where contemplation can prune ber ruffled wings.
where we can commune with our hearts, and be
Enthusiasm is to be applauded every where, esoeptgill ?
perhaps, in the pulpit. We ought at least to be on
our guard, with respell to that eloquence that leads
the head and heart captive, by a certain fascination
of the senses, and which seems willing to infuse a
foreign and intoxicating spirit into the sober cup of
our national religion. 'Vet, let it be observed, that
this religion has been, for some time, verging to ano-
ther extreme. withering away into a barren unpru-
dullive morality, and stiffening into frigid pinion).
phic indifference. The objeft of this preacher's
eloquence surpasses human praise ; and when he re-
tires into the recess of a heart (which, I believe, to
be as good as he declares it to be) and then counts
up, with a glorious avarice, the stints which Isis ex-
et lions have obtained for those who were "ready to
perish ;" wren he considers the hoard of happiness
which, from thence, accumulates in his own bosom,
let him tall down before his God, in a transport of
gratitude. At night, when he sinks asleep, the
sweetest thought will soften his repose, will be the
angel of his dream ; and, when he awakes, it will
shies through his soul like a ray from the highest
heaven.
1 have aggravated the faults of this preacher ; I
have undet valued his excellencies. Praise is always
too general, and censure too particular.

7 /!E MARKETS.

CORN-F.XCIIANGF., Fatovirs Nos. 15.
The ioippeUl of Wheat t 041.1 are few, hilt grind supplies are
:It hand : this wide, foe second and inferior quality, is cheaper
and heavy in sale; but ins simples support the qtaolatioll.
Earley is rather chemises . Matt and White Peas are nearly as our
last. Grey Peas, Mollie. Kraals ei each sort in extreme sh," sup-
Ay, and ma dearer. There are many arrivals of Oats, expo ting
a siedectinw, few sales are made. Prices of Flour are without
alteratunz.
CURRENT PRICE OF GRAIN•
Wheat 3114 55• 665. Beans. ........ 525. gge. 04.
Pose do 6lls. 741 0.1. Trek s 34. SO.. On.
Eve. 311. S7s. 04. Wu 244. 2114. 64..
Barley 404. Se. 6d. Poiamts r.ss 36. 6d
V01t....725. 764. 0,1 Rape Said 411. 441. 04.
White Pew 514. Od Fine Mew 60e. 65. 0.1
Gres Peas 00s talk. Od. Soweto. 551. 60s. Od.

T IN MARK LANE,
id limr. to tbe 9th of Nw.
M aew Act.

RITMO OF WHEN
IseWho. way Ross Ws Kb
avosably as tl
s d. I 1. d
tit Qoartars at $4 56/ ••••••—•- at IS
7 at 80 626 at 67
12 ---- at 78 1611 at 66
98 at 77 I 239 at 65
451 at 76 432 ---- at 66
at 75 1696 at 63
977 ----- at 74 60 -- at 62
sa at 73 6 I 100 .----. at 60
492 ----- at 73 200 ---- at 58
414 ----- at 72 28 ---- at 56
joj --- at 21 t 4 at 54
32118 ---- at 711 90 ----- at 54
26 -- at 69 I 195 -- at SI
And 145 Qouten at 301.
Total, Mt A Quarters.—Average cis. 01d.
ss. 21d. blewr than last Return.
UXBRIDGE
The ('urn tfl
Inspeor's Return, on Thursday, Noy. 11
WheAt. per lead 141 Od to 191 101
Kele), per fir 35/ 011 to 571 Od
04
tom Od 54s
44a 04 to 3r41 04
re: es

PRICE OF HOPI.
SAGO. 1 VOCE.. fl.
Ke.,t ....... 61 69 t. 71 C. Coot 6l 10t to SI Ss
Sussex.... .61 6e to 71 .-II Surer
61 in to 71 10,
Ewes ...... 61 68 to /I —4 Farnham)... 101 ...4 tel4l ...me

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PRICK Or SLEDS IN MAR.K-I.ANE.
C,arraway .50. 04 to SS+ Od per ewt.
Coriander l3s Od to 14,1 Od
Trefoil 134 Od to Its 04
Whoa Mustard Seed . 6s 641 to 144 del per bushel.
Brow!, ditto 9s Od to Its Vd
•fuosip 104 Od to 164 od
Broad ;leans ?Si Od to 70s Od per quartz
Long Pods 3O. N to Ws 0.1
Tares 3O. Ott to Sos Od to &Os Od
30
Rye-Grass 15. Od to 4Od
Csnarr Ups 0.1 to !Ss 0J to 60.

PRICFS OF IIAY
SEITIII

IT / AMISS'S
31 -ma a 4! 56
11 a 11 16.

f AND STRAW
ioAr.

wastacw *vas.
11$, 3l Ws • 41 S.
New 01 0• • 01 I.
41 10. • 61 S•
Straw .ll S• • II 16s

GDAITIIFIGLD. Feteee, Nov. 2*
To molt the Oftel—per Stone of Sib
fte.f
41 t• (h 1 .41 1111 to St 4d
fired ef Cattle this ,
Daus*. *boat 100-... Sheep and Lambe, 601),

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NAVVDATIL AND LRADENNIALI. 84 %RAM-TS.
11y the Calcite.
14,f 26 le 1 to 46 0.1 I Vint i -2,
-- 84 to 411 11,1
‘1,3tt,1 ...i. 04 to 4. 0.1 Pork 46 84
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