The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1806-10-08 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
GOTTENIIIIRG MAIL
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OOTTlV.atimo, stir.
The Beeefey packet, Capt. Morris, arriver
terday, express with a Russian Courier, who
bearer of important dispatches for St. Petersbv
We yesterday also received intelligence
Hamburg!), that the Fiend; had declared war
Prussia.
WT.
This morniw. arrived the Dow: Packet,
Hamilton, having on board Count Michas
rontaaw, who is on his Journey to St. Patera
mser,
The King of Sweden is at present at Beck
in Scarria, the country seat of General 'foil,
also is the Queen ; the English and Russian
ters are expelled soon to join him there.
Letters from Stockholm state, that
Swedish West Indiaman was lately tak
13artholumew's by a French privateer.
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The first, proclamation issued by the E
Besroan. are dated Thursday last. One r
if for revoking the Order of Couacil, is
November, 1804, for vessels coming from
perform quarantine, which, is appears, is ne
necessary ; the other is for taking off the ensn
hitherto imposed on the importation of rs
Ireland.
The bells of St. Clement's, and other C
in the Strand, rang a merry peal yester,
honour of Earl Pcacv's election as Reines
for the city of Westminster.
We understand twelve serjeants of the I
ment of Guards, dressed in full mournit
walk, six at each side of the pall-bearers,
Fox's funeral. The body will be convey
open hearse.
Lord Horne arrived on Sunday at Port
on his way to Ryde, to visit his wounded
Sir Ss NIU/L Huoo. His Lordship set off,
day mottling, en his return to London,
A letter from Ryden in the Isle of Wigl
Monday, nys—" Sir SAhltigi. HOOD coca
improve in health, and his wound is as
possibly can be. The ball was fired fror
of the G 1055..."
The Friendship (an American), Cs.em ea
Gibraltar, for London, is captured, and ca
Algesiras.
'fhe Triton, FL,:011tILO, from St. Barth
for Stockholm, is captured by a French
and carried into St. Martin's, and cased=
The Carmarthen, from Jamaica for Lou
into Bermuda, on the 7th of September,
condition.
The Jane, Coe tre ens, from Jamaica fa
bore away, the :2ath of August, for Amer
leaky.
The Chance, W tutors, from St. Vincent's
tholomew's, fot Guernsey, is cut out of S
lomew's.
The Defence, W a t.r.l ass, from Btisti
melee, has been on shore near Cork, saw
damaged.
Yesterday week, the Ordnance Cani
Upper Barracks, Chatham, was let by a
the term of coo year only, for the very
of G5Ol. The present occupier and his I
held the above Canteen ever since it has
(upwards of 40 years) at the rent of on
annum. It is likely that for the future a
nonce Canteens will be let by auetion,
large sum by that means will be put into
purse.
On Wednesday last, D !yid and Ark,
:en, millers, at tinnur mill of 'Medal
Rrdliam Rrad, nt to JAMAS Foci
there, were brought to trial before the Sh:
of Haddington, and a respectable Jury,
quence of a remit from the King's Cour
irne of stealing, on various occasions, c
grain entrusted to their care as millers.
unanimously found "them gni!ty. On
Sheriff sentenced David and Andrew R
stand on the pillory, at the Tr on of Had
two successive market days, with a Is
breasts, expressive of their crime, and t
be banished the county for life, under tt
tification ; and I:34aid to be banished th
life, under the like certification. On t
the Sheriff expressed his regret, that. as
hitherto been understood, hie poWet s
to the inflißing a sentence of banish!
might 'hi the country at large of offer
description; that while it gave a the: i
several cases, •end particularly in thel
length even of a capital sentence, it has
shod to deny him that of transport:
sea.
On Thursday morning, between si:
o'clock, a private in the Royal Horse G
gait tared at tie Elephant, in Reading,
is his bed•roctn, with a pistol, which ;,
with nails and tebacco-pipes ; the cap
away his upper jaw and part of his
languished in great agony till one
morning rand, by signs he made n
when spoke to, he was sensible almost
moment. He had been in the regh
years, and was respelled by his Office!
form good condua. A Coroner's Inc;
on the body yesterday afternoon, as
evidence being preduckd to the Jury
of late been at times deranged in his
Jury returned then verdlia—Lunacy.
Hortnser and Co. usperifully acqi
lic, that they are selling 'rickets and
will entitle the Purchaser to 10,0001.
morning, besides several Canital Pris
10,0001. and 5,0001. at their old eat
Lottery °lces, 26, Oornhill, 54, 1
and St. Margaret's Hill, Illormigh.
In former Lotteries, tAe Capital Pi
usually fixed for partienlar days, s
have net made their purchase but
morning on which such fixed Prii
drawn. The Capital Prises in the 1
commences on Monday, the ISt:
are all afloat, and have an equal
drawn on the first as on en?. other
caused an unusual demo, 4 for 'I kit
there being only 40,000, end no or
be drawn this year.