The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1806-11-20 00:00:00

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into
alive service again. It was rumoured yesterday,
on 'Change, that this enterprising gentleman had
Bred at BONAPACTS from a winilnw, in the city
of Berlin, and killed his Corsican Majesty upon the
spot.
The Westminster 4leCtion finally closed yesterday,
when Sir SAMUEL Hoon and Mr. StICRIDAIt were
declared duly eleded. The various arocredings con.
netted with this event are detailed in our subsequent
columns. Among these, Mr. Phurt.'s dinner, and
its toasts, deserve particular notice.

Yesterday. a Court of Direaors was held at the
East India House, when Capt. WM. HAY, of the
ship Retreat, took his final leave of -the Court. pre-
vious to departing for China dire& The ships
Surrey and Cheri/se were thus stationed, viz :
skaacv.—, Madras and Bengal ; CArrPen,
Bombay. The following Captains were sworn into
the command of their respective ships. viz :—Capt.
.IQI4II ht ICY, Henry &halting, Madras and
China 1 SA mutt Sarre, Lard H..sitie,birry, St. He-
lena and Bengal The Court adjourned at six
o'clock, till to-morrow.
The Elizabeth; Captain PEARSON, arrived in the
Clyde on the 15th inst. from St. Thoma.'r, from
whence she sailed on the 13th tilt. and brings aco
counts, that on the evening of the Ist of Oartber,
rearly half the town of St. Thomas's ass reduced
to ashes by a fire, occasioned by the carelessness of
a Negro.' About 22 store., and from GO to 10
Looses, were destroyed.
The Jamaica frigate, with a fleet under convoy
frem Portsmouth, was off Oporto Bar on the Gth
instant.
'The Royal Oearge, Kaye, from London fir
Buenos Apes, was all well en the 20:h of Olober,
in Lat. 40. Long. 18. with the wind at N.W. byW.
The Henrietta, —, from Campbeltown, for
Lisbon, was lost on the 22th ult. on the Mull of
Gallearay.
The ireiielia, Sr Ar r, from Loaddo for Demerara,
sailed from Portsmouth no the 11th inst. ender
convoy of His Marasov's ship Illteude, and was
Missing chi dal 12th. The irrainior fire, froth
London for Africa, did n4a4l with the above feet,
as suppniod•
The eaten, BASKS., from London, for LsiStr n, Is
reported dilate captured. •
The 144elta, fleece, from, Null, for Oporto,
was totally lost near Vida de Gonale.on the 3Jist. sic.
The Robert and ttizalretS, eLatr, from Liter-
rool, for Oporto, is captured, and catried into
Guircla.
Email of a later from Oporto, dated O SO :
Yesterday, about twelve o'clock, a light brig,
with English coloors flying, was captured blase to
the Bay, 1:41 two Spanish rowboat privateers, after
a smart action ; she it suppoied, by the pilots, to he
the Zephyr, of Lynn. The coast is covered with
Spanish row-boats' and not a silgle vessel of war
to protea such vessels as may come over the Bar,
which, at this time, ought to be well proteSed, as
the Newfoundland ships are daily expearJ.”
Erttaft of a letter from °potter, dated Nze. 4 s
—.I Yesterday came its. with great flak, the brig
Jam. of Leith ; she sailed from 1i:1r:tooth about
three weeks since. todczcortiroy of she /Gera sloop
of war, which ship parted about fourteen days
since."
Captdirel-fewstects. df the Jamehn packet, who
arriv4 id England, speaks in terms of the
}sighed eionamendatina dills efficacy of the Yellow
Fever- Rensttsly.
Late on Monday night, cv sally on Tuesday
morning, the Chapel belonging to Greenwich
Hospital was broken open. Upon the discovery
beiog made on Wednesday naoining, Lord anoo.
the Governor of the Hospital, seta information
to Bovostreet Office. In consequence, ANTHONY
was dispatched there. He examined the premises.
and found the strong outer door had been broken
open, the roper one, which is made of solid ma-
hogany, sear fouriolesibrek. and which, we un-
derstand, cost 5001. and the vestry door were likewise
broken open, and the iron chest, in which the sacra-
ment plate is deposited, load been '
attempted, ip
Which ailit was !apposed she villains bmke their
iron crow, as part of one was folioed near it, and
there is no doubt but the plate was their objeft ;
they however made off with two of the Minister's
surphees,the sacrameot linen and the gold frioge be-
longing to the pulpit and the sealing de.k. They
are supposed to be old thieves.,
Peculiar dolicacy;as to family :feelings, op a
to prevent us from inserting an account' of a duel
which took placer near Limerick, An Thursday. last,
but one of the party havOrg died on Thursday, in
conseqacnce of the wound he received, anJ an in-
guest being neceuary to be holden by the Right
Worshipful Mayor, we can no longer refrain from
mentioning this untenonate affair, and would wish
that the melancholy result might contribute, in some
degree, to prevent the horrid and detestable praaice
of duelling. The panic' were, Captain Braves. of
the 69th Reginsent, and Captain B-----„-of the 6th
West India Regimes'. The antagonists exchanged
one shot each, and Captain Baceas received a ball
in his sire, which has proved 'mortal. The Co-
roner's Jury were summoning when ihli Facer was
Fut to Ares .--.(L4er.-di Chrmelc.)

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