The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-08-07 00:00:00

FROM LL' ,VO's LibT.

Ga.vratawo, Acct. S by the Albion, Rawls!!
feom WrtLrfaul ; Aurora, Wattens, and Minorca,
/root B.:19 dots; IS p.seit, Co tlaon, from Green,and; Har-
mony, V..0u0 ; rr‘ovid,s.ea, Hor,burga ; and the Presidenda
---, from Memil ; Cirr, frorn
Deotriv ; Amelia. Geakett ; and The Vrow Aletra, Ja.r et,
"from Palau. Sa I. d the Hower', liskar, for Barcelona ;
yary, Fmelenek, frr G,h,a!tar ; lawn, Sanddl, for Cads;
Crzata'ces, for DI: din Al:Na Carolina
ilantze ; Vrow Wee; Johannes, Haniott; Han
Mfrs Bele,dera, ---; a..d fur
Embden.

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Arrived at Dundee, on the 27th ult. the lifer*.
Atm, Captain IIcuCHA RS, of that port, from the
Davis's Straits whale fishing, with ten large.fish
a full b;lip.
Extraa of a letter from Capt. Wn. T.tatt S TT.
•If klaoN. late Master of the Pearl, of Hull, dated
Antigan, done 29, t o 4:
es I am happy to inform you I have got liberated
from that horrid and miserable place, the French
prison in Guadalnupe, which was not fit to gut a dog
fa V eked up in a dangeon every night vMh about
fifty more poor fellow sufferers; for my bed 1 en-
deavoured to pick the softest part of the floor, and
ply pillow was a large stone ; our viCtitals were
seamy, but bread its plenty, and, thank God, a
spring 14. fresh water ran through the prison yard,
1 left them last Friday, and arrived here two days
ago, with Captain Dk.NN is, late of the Duke of Kent
packet; I got aw..y by assuming the name I f rgy
awiser, and passing for supercargo and owner of
the ship."
On the e3d ult. the Stag, revenue cutter, of Rye,
commanded by Mr. JOHN BLTTS, the mate, fell in
with, oir 11-achy Head, two large French loggers,
in pursuit of a collier, and gave chace to them, but
they escaped ; however, following their direCtiou, he
again got sight of them, just ss they had taken pus.
session of an English brig ; he soon came up with
them, and after a few !met hides from the cutter,
the lugger, separated in different direCtious, !caving
the vessel they had captured; he pursued the leemost
of the two, %%hie!: he di ove on share at Dieppe. He
t ^o tacked and stood for the English shore, in the
diredion where he thought the other lugger and
brig might be, and goon alter discovered the lugger,
taring the brig in tow, who perceiving the cutter
tom; ,g up, took Ins men out of the prize, and made
mail for the French shore, to which he was chased by
the cutter, until he got under the proteCtion of the
batteries of Trepott. The tutu r then rejoined her
recapture, when she found her to be an Irish trader,
with a cargo of provisions, worth 12,0001. The
master of the brig, who was left on board by the
Frenchmen, says, that they informed him (anti
which agrees with the ob.:creation of those on board
the cutter), the one of the tuggers had 16 guns, and
100 men, and the other 11 guns, arid 70 men. The
force of the cutter was IC guns, and 10 men.
The followinx is the average price of grain, Etc.
in England and %Vales, from the returns received in
the week ended the 2dt.i July :—Wheat, 545. 101—
Rye, 54t. 31—Barley, 2;s. 511.—Oats, 221. 3d.—
Deans, 93s.—Pease, 47s.—Oatmeal, ear. 7d.
Saturday the Loyal Westminster Volunteers, St.
Margaret's and St...lohn's, fired for a medal given
by Mr. Met ER. the Quarter -Master of the first corn•
pang, which was won by Mr. Ness ease, having shot
the bull's eye.
A ludicrous circumstance occurred on Mondoe,
at Leigh-woods, Somerset.—A party cf Ladies and
Gentlemen on a rural excursion, having seated them-
• hedge, and lighted a tire to regale
presently surrounded by Peace-
warrants for their apprehension as va-
county having been lately infested by
orders had been issued for seizing
fires in the open air.

1 totituemcn vu a •..
them
elves,sehclnd e
under a he di
officers. with warm
grants.—The noun'
gangs of rypsies,
all pampas snaking