The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-12-10 00:00:00

BRIGHTON, Dzu. 7.

,We are sorry to have to state to our readers the
capture of the sloop Mania, of New Shoreham,
Richard Holland., late of this town, mastar,
by• 4 French lugger privateer, and the unfor-
tunate death of the Captain, in getting into his
boat to prevent being taken prisoner by the ene-
my, as detailed by his brother, who formed a pan
of the unfortunate little crew. The sloop Morena
sailed from New Shoreham, with a cargo of whont,
consigned by Mr. Rice, (who was a part owner of
the vessel), to a merchant at Plymouth, but through
contrary winds, Captain Holland. found it pru-
dent to put into Lymington Creek, from eel:nee
he again &ailed foe Plymouth on Saturday se'anight.
the With of November, about 12 o'clock at nacre ;
but at ten in the eveaing, h“.. was hailvt oty
Portlat.d, u or 7 miles from the land, by the crew of
a French lugger privateer, who attempted to hoist
out ;heir small boat in order to board him ulna
while they were doing this, Captain Hollands steer-
ed away from the privateer, hoping, if he mold
get a little farther from them, as is was a dark night,
the Frenchmen might not get sight of him again;
but the privateer boding this, desisted from hoist-
ing out their boat, and proceeded again for the
sloop; and upon coming near, fired a volley of
small arms into her; Captain Hollands then lay to,
and observing that the Frenchmen were again pro-
ceeding to hoist out their small boat, he steered away
from them, when the privateer, as before, set sail
again Sher the sloop, and, upon coming up, fired
into:lW a second time. Captain Holland& now
perceiving that he had no means left of eliciting
the escape of his vessel, put several articles into
his boat, which was then upon the deck of the
sloop. gat his watch and pocket-book, put on his
coat, and a jacket over it, and then proceeded to
launch his beat from the sloop, the privateer still
firing into her; but while in the ad of launching,
and before the boat got seated upon the water,
the Captain not knowing (as is supposed) that the
rope was still fast to the vessel, and tearing the
boat might be launched away without them, Jump-
ed into it, when it immediately overset, and floated
with the bottom uppermost. The other part of
the crew, three in number, were still on board the
sloop, among whom was George HoUands, who
heard the Captain (his brother) call out several
times while in the water, but the night was so dark.
that he could not be seen, sus could any assistance
be afforded him, as the little crew were still annoyed
by a very heavy fire of musketry from the privateer;
and thus was lost a very deserving and iudusui,us
man, a wader heehawed, and as alisetionats Await;
and what is still more to be ransenteri, he has left a
wife, very far advanced in her pregnancy, and four
children, =provided for.
The Euglish people. especially in the coenty of
Sussex, have of late not been wanting in generosity
on such occasion, and as a snbscription is imosedi-
I ately to be set on foot, we doubt not but that this
poor widow and het infant offspring, will find many
hearts glow with sympathy in the relict of a case of
such keen distress.
The crew of the privateer, while the Captain was
struggling with the eatery element, boarded the
sloop, and although they were informed by Captain
Holland,' brother, of the disaster which bad hap-
pened, they were hardened to 1);$ distress, berried
the crew into their boat, and told them to go on
board the privateer; but instead of which, they
dropped astern from her, and through the darkness
of she night, escaped their enemies, whom they af-
terwards saw lookirlg cut for them, but the boat
ben% very small, the Freochmen could not discover
then.. The, were taken up the next morning,
about tilf o clock (almost spent) by a Hamburgh
ship, ari got on shore the second day at BM:Iwo
Ilayblp Devonshire; and the brother on Saturday
last arrived here, to Mare the n.elancholy tidings
to the poor widow sad children, cud ether telaitts.
•

GLOUCESTER, Die. 7.

Oa Monday last, a ladJer, of a constrnaina to
resider it portable by folding up, was found in a
piece of ground near our county gaol. It is im-
possible to determine egad!), how long it had re.
mained there ; but it sremi probable that it was in-
tended to facilitate the operations of a'..gang of
house-breakers, who have lately infested the coun-
try ; and it behoves all persons to be extremely
vig hot in securing their premises at n'ght, in order
to disconcert the attacks of these marauders.

On Monday, WyMem C4r/ was committed to our
County gaol, by H. COOKS. Esq. charged with
stealing a piece of black kerseymere cloth, the
property of Meurs. Norton, of-the parish of Ares.
ing.
On Satarday, Mary Harris was committed to
stye same prison, by J. B. Clumsy+, Clerk, to be
confined to hard labour for fourteen days, for clan.
dcstindy leaving the service of her master, Mr.
Samuel Barris, of Brockthorp Cow. At the es•
piry of her imprisonment, she is to return to her
master's service, in order to fulfil her contrth,
agreeable to a hiring, till Michaelmas next.
Mary Mown has been committed to Bristol
Newgate, for uttering a forged el. note, purport.
ing to be the promissory note of the Ola B: istol
Bank.

Last week, Thomas Note was committed to Wor-
cester gaol, for one month, for tidying threshed
out some peas in a negligant manner, to the great
injury of his master, Mr. Walker, of Ripple. Also
Lepward (owe!!, to PI months Imprisonment and
hard labour, being charged by his master, Mr.
Edward Steward. of Berrington, near Tenbury,
wish carelessly taking a lanthora, wish a lighted
candle tbessin, which he negligently suffered to
fall out upon, and set Ere to the hay, whereby the
Wilding', containing the lent grain, hay, two cows,
with ►arious implements in husbandry, and part
of the dwelling-house, were deatroyed, at a losi to
the proprietor of upwards of SOM. This we hope
will he a c4atiou to servants its general.
Two you., pen were last week convi4ted and
fined at Worcester, for carrying guns on Sunday,
for the purpose of shooting, thereby profaning the
Sabbath.
A robbery was committed at the public-house
called the Black Boy, Durdham Down, Bristol, on
Monday last, attended with circumstances of rather
unusual coolness and deliberation ; the robbers, we
understands regaled themselves with a cup of sou-
ehong during their see) itrtkehouce, and afterwards
left the candle, which had lighted them to their
depredations, burning in the porch door on the out-
side of the house. They stole several silver articles,
and about 121. in money.

The fallowing is a copy of a letter from the
Master of the brig William, of Glasgow, bound from
Boston, in America, to Berbice. to her Owner in
Glasgow, giving an account of /lis capture, on the
12th of August, off Berbice River, by L' ntesprise,
French privateer :
" Point Petro, Guadeloupe, Sept. 14, 1807.
" informed you in my last letter, of the 22d of Aue.
of the capture of vont brig Wilharn, on the 1211* of August, of
Perbiee liar, with the Pilot wi beard, by L'Llissepries.
I rroch privateer 'chanter, isiousiting six short twelve and
two long Gibe poimdr s, manna with seventy atria, besides
*Seers. She epriged the William ne..rly •n hour god a
waster, rhea she sees obliged to them o'f. beat oe.irly sunk ;
after having plueeed up their soot holes (bettor reee.red fit4r
between wind arid watt): Next day. the wind still of
we could oat get ia, and the privateer at anchor in 'bore of us;
at 4 p.m. she got under sail, and envied o. for a few abigluth.,
when she sheered off, and Battened riot io tea, but the tile not
answering as to get over the bar, I eodd not get in. At five
pm. she engaged us, whew the spring that way on our Cable,
unfortunately wave w.sy, which occasioned our go stet to sw:ng
towards her, which they perceiving, cams up, and obliged at
to strike our colours ; we had two killed, and myself slightly
wounded; they ray on board of the privateta, they hart two
killed, and six w•undrid ; but I observed ten wounded men
in tide hold my self, and 1 have reason to believe there were more
than two killed.
" L'Enterpriae proves to be one of the privateers;that we
fell in with going to Boston. I had uric man impressed by His
Majesty's ship Blond, off Surinam, which reduced our number
to 18 vas there was one below sick). lam sorry to inform you,
that the Genie, French privateer of 14 6.pounders, and
long 24 ditto, and 125 men, cap:oral and brought in hers this
day the Clio, Dew ; America, M'Ewing ; brig Marvels,
M'Farlan Clyde ships; mid the rattan btig, Clark, of Li-
verpool, who has not arrived here yet. The Clio had six men
wounded, the test I believe had none. There is no exchange
of posoneis at present, nor has bees this six mouths past,
which occasions the prison ships to be crowded with people;
they allow me to stay on shore, which is a favour granted to
very few of the Masters, and to none of the mates. The
above Shiba ware from Demerara and Berbice, running ves-
sels, and were eaptured the next day after they sailed from Da-
eserara."

The T►ites. CATTLY, from Petersburgb for Lon-
'den, is stranded near Marstrand.
A shocking accident happened last week in the
•icinity of Carmarthen : a woman who had left her
two young children alone in the house, while she
conveyed some •iefuals to her husband, who was
employed in Carmarthen, found, on her return, the
house in names, be: children destroyed, and the
little property of the unfortunate family entirely
consumed. This dreadful catastrophe is supposed
to have been occasioned by the children playing
with the fieeslewiug the snether's absence.
On Thursday se'nnight, a melancholy accident
occurred at Hull ; Mr. Hsnav D MIAS, of Bridling-
ton, ha•ing been doing with a friend in Dock-
street, left the house a little before seven o'clock,
so come into the town. The night being dark and
wet, it appears he hartmistaken his road, and in-
stead of going along Dork-street into Savile-street,
had turned to his left. opposite Crown-court, and
proceeded straight forward into the Dock. A gen-
tleman passing along Dock-street, about that time.
thought he heard the groans of-some person in dis-
Areas. in or near the Dock, and ran towards the
place whence the sound proceeded, in order to ren-
der every assistance in his power ; but on reaching
the side of the water, and hearing nothing further,
he cnucluded that he had been mistaken, and went
away. No tidings transpiring of Mr. Dais, on
Saturday morning, his friends began to be greatly
alarmed for his safety; and these circumstances
coming to the knowledge of the above gentleman,
he direded them to the spot %hem:e lie' fancied he
heard the sounds: grappling irons being procured,
the body of the unfortunate man was sorts brought
up. His hat had been found by a sailor boy, in the
Dock that morning. brit he did no: make it known
until the body was discovered. ph: dzccased was
49 years of age. •

LIMERICK, I)LC.
Ewa& of a Letter (torsi Sagan
Dublin, to his Father, Doaor Hargrt
City :—M I went with ►sy lredihersan Sul
ing, to Black-ttock. sin osider
some particulars of the ship'',
and cannot describe my feelings o,
scene of this most lamentable catastrophe,
were attracted by a crowd, near 4ealotnt,
four carts, full of dead bodies, err r
and children, some of the infants
braced ia the death-folded arms of

ore of whom, in partictiler, held .
close to her breast, tb.it it required lot,
loose the grasp, so rigid were ttie muscles
quence of the exertioue of the fond
her tender offspring in the agonies 4
then saw the body of Lieutenant k'os
not disfigured ; he was in regimentals,
surtout coat on. and appeared to be
young man—next, that ut Ensign W'
knew; he was bruised and wounded,
many of the rest were. in the most
ner, mutilated ; some, as if almost ,
strilltng against the sharp points of the
rusks. Thepoor woman whom I snentiossed to
her two children in her arms, was buried with the.
in the sane colfsn—so that it might he literally
said ' in death umy were not divided.' Colonel
Lyon was there, and in my life I never saw so
much grief pictured in any man's countenance—he
was present during the interment, aniLthe attention
he paid on that melancholy occasion, reflects the
highest honour on his charader. We then pro-
ceeded to the Rochdale, and this presented such *
frightful piEtnre as I never before coocetved—the
forecastle and poop were retained together by the
intervention of a plank, and it the bed of rocks 4 on
which the vessel was fixed, did not keep it ih the
form, nothing else could; for her sides, down to the
keel, and all the parts which formed the middle of
the ship, were, to all appearance, scooped clean
out. and yet both ends of the deck were whole. Ott
looking down into the cabin, casks of provision's
Mattered about, clothes, fire-arms, swrds.
Illityonets, lay in a confused manner, am ,rag deac!
'bodies, extended M the most afflicting postures—.
some under beams that put an end perl:4,7s to •Ileit
suffnrings sooner than the raging element in whit*
they were overwhelmed ; some in the ad of suip.
ping off
.their clothes, apparently intending E.!
Jump overboard and try to save themselves by
swimming. The entire appearance in this vesti:l
was a perfea chaos; trunks, boxes, and peceiv.
military clothes, chests crashing some of the ood:cs
to mummy. I saw about 12 muskets wrappe.i op
together, and they all bent and twisted like a bit of
a hoop."

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ndther,on Sunday moin•
at to be able to give y 0..:
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table catastiophe.—W•
I, near 4ea-pOtnt,
rs, art bed, men, women,
le infants closely eui•
arms of their mothers=
ir, held two children sii
It required sortie force
'ere Me muscles iu coils
the fond parent to clasp
agonies of (leash.
ienant Power, which was '
.egimentals, with a blue.
ared to be a very ti,
Ensign Way, whom yam
wouncled a good deal. al
the most shocking in 4
if almost scalped, Ly
P points of the ruggeo
hom I mentioned to haws
31, was buried with theca