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

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neer 'mid dear to tlietn4 as to expose themseters to
uunecus,,..y ,I..ogcrft; and, lastly, who, ttre.' an i.e..,
.gardless of their health, ac to bring upon themselves
either an initiinely death, Or premature ttld ate; 11-t
me entreat them to sit down mid calmly consider
whether they would not be very great gainers by
applying themselves iv:th diligence to their law!Ul
employment' or, if they kel in themselves that he-
roicardour whi, h they profess, whether they would
not do well to devote it to the honourable service of
the State, by leading their assistance towards bring-
ing into subjection the arbitrary oppressor of Eu-
rope, and the great did arber of the peace and tran-
quillity of the world ? Your's, &c.

PACIFICVS.

BRITISH raIARYR.

In the year 1.571, Queen Elizabeth sent a sins-
&on of seven men of Fir. under the command of
Lord Thos. /Inward, for the purpose of endeavour-
ing to intercept.the galleons of the Spanish King ;
but that Monarch being informed of thin, fitted
out a great force of 5.5 sail, and sent them to escort
the Indian fleet. They fell in with the English
fleet, which, despairing of a successful contest. re-
treated to England, except the vessel of Sir Richard
Grenville, Vice-Admiral of the Fleet, who, dis-
daining to fly, dose encountered the whole force of
the enemy. The Spaniards had onboard their ships
10.000 no a : and, from the time the tight begun,
which was about three in the afternoon, to the break
of day next morning:, he repulsed the enemy fifteen
times.

Iu the beginning of the action, Sir Richard him-
self was %rounded, lint continued doing his duty
shove deck till eleven at night, when receiving
fresh wound, he was carried down to be dressed.
Dining this operation lie received a shot in his head,
and the sorgvon was killed by his side. The Eng-
lish began now to want powder; all the smell inns
were broken or become useless ; of their number,
winch eta but 103 at first, 40 were killed, and id-
npret all the rest wounded ; their masts were beaten
owes:board, their tackle cut in pieces, and nothing
WI M hulk left, unable to reeve one way or the
otker. to this situation; the brave commander '
proposed to this ships s eompatly to trust to the
istercy of God rather than to the Spanisrds, and to
destroy the slip with themselves. The master-
gunner and many of the seanseu agreed Ai-this des-
perate resolution ; but others opposeri it, and
obliged Grenville to subunit. Ile died us Tr* ditja
after; and his last words were: " (tete die I,
Richard Grenville, with a joyful and quiet mulish ;
for that I have ended my life as a. true soldier ought
to do, fighting for his country, queen, religi sssss and
honour : my soul willingly departing from this
body, leaving behin4 the lasting fame of having
behaved as every valiant soldier is in his duty bound
to do."
The Span;ards lost in this sharp, though unequal
affair, four .ships and about 1000 men ! And Gren-
ville's vessel perished won after, with about inn
Spaniards in her.

A messenger was list night expected to leave
town with dispatches for the Brazils.
We are inforinid that no more licenses will be
granted to import f. ow, or export to, the coasts of
Hollund and France. Repeated application., sup-
ported by urgent remonstrances, have been made,
to obtain such licenses, particularly for the impor-
tation of grain ; but we understand that they have
been, and will continue to be. at present, wholly
ineffectual.
Letters to the 10th last from Riga, rin Gotten-
burgh, state, diet whetever ma) hate been the: in-
dulgence at Riga, with regard to the departure of
American ships and others, the lame ling not been
conceded to those which enter the labour. It
ii still required that the masters ehould stud
their papers from thence to St. Petcrsburgh to
be verified, and nearly six weeks elapse before
they are returned with the necessary sanction
from that Cann. The unavoidable consequences
of this delay are, that the freights are exorlsi.
taut, that a great number of the vessels must
winter in the Baltic, and that the returns of the
most essential articles from Russia will be procured
with great difficulty during the present season.
A Surgeon in respectable practice, in partnership
with his brother, at Chertsi y, pill a period to his
existence on Wednesday morning, by drowning
himself in a ditch admining the town. Ile ruse
earlier than naual in the morning, dressed himself
in clothes which had bran left off some years, and
in two hours after was found in the ditch quite
dead, his stick was stuck in the ground near the
spot. The usual methods to restore suspended
animation were resorted to, but is vain. The de-
ceased had been for some days disturbed iu his
mind.
The Merino sheep. lately arrived at Portsmouth
from Cadiz, arc in a feeble and exhausted state,
owing to their having been driven from Seville
to Gadie with too much haste, and too little
care ; in consequence of which the mortality,
winch has taken off ito many of • them, began be-
fore they were embarked. The ewes are in general
with lamb, and we are informed that the distribu-
tion of them, in obedience to His MAJESTY'S
coinmands, will not take place until they have
yenned. Those who receive then, are to pay a
sum per head suffirsient to cover the cost of em-
barkation, the pay of their shepherds and their
provender. The freight is not to be charged to
them, as the expense of the return of transports
would have been equally incurred, whether th• v
had brought home the sheep or not. Not half of
the number originally embarked are now alive.
Thursday sawmills, a youth. who was an appren-
tice to a tradesinan in Kensington, was drowned in
a pond near the ride in Hyde Park. The lad, it
seems, had gone to lathe.
Thursday, at Exeter 'Change, a man of genteel
appearance, who appeared rather inebriated, on
entering the narrow door at the upper euil of the
'(hange, reeled ageinetline of the stalls and knock-
ed doom a pocket-book which was lying near the
edge, this he mistook for his own, and immediately
picked up and conveyed into his pocket ; the mis-
tress of the stall, however, whose conception was
clearer, endeavoured, but in vain, to convince him
of the contrary, and he insisted on carrying off his
prize; tins was strongly resisted, and a great tu-
mult ensued. The man maintained a running
fight as far as Snathatnldow.trert, but was at
length secured, and cinise)...l to Bow-street.