The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-12-22 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENC'E.

FORTSMOUTII, DCCIMISER 40.
Arrived the Hope, Griffiths, from Loudoof, for Duran.
ham ; ■nd Prince Leopold, Wrangler, frum St. Jo►n's, N B.
the latter wit► loss of boats, bulwarks, stanchion, hew.
sprit •prong, maim-topmast, mainmast, and topsail•yard
carried away; die. having experienced a severe gale on lbs
Ist inst.

ORAL, DFCZNICIL to.
The Peace did not sink yesterday as was reported, but
floated utt, sail the boatmen are esideavouriag to pt be,
into ibis ►arboar.

t.lvva►not., Irr.cusrsa 19.
Arrived the British Tar, Fishley, frosts INinnnehi. Os
the Ist of Decenther, is lat. 44 33. long. 41.36. she experi-
enced s heavy gsk, a hick laid the vessel OW her berm ends,
and she lost bee deck load. The Bristol, frees
Loader, for Chester, was totally lost rear Bardskir bland,
18th instant.

NORTH SHIELDS, DECRIES= 19.
Tier sloop Roseberry is us shore ue.r Monaco neck, bat
Is expected to be cot or.

The Dolphin, Reid, of Dover, was nen foul of by • brie,
which carried away her mainmast. and drew her v♦ the
Black Middens, where she hilged—crew used, sad pert of
the materials will be used.

LVDD, DECENZIeII 20.
The galliot Carl &atrial., etGriefswsld, from Lisboa, roil
on shore on the west side of Dniveoess, but expected to be
got off if the weather moderates.

Tants, macaroni 13.
Two smugglers, of a larger size than ever before visited
our coast, put its during the last week to kliltow• Mal.
bay, and sold • large quantity of tobacco, and some
chials of tea. We hare heard that one vessel in the
course of twelve hours discharged over three thousand
pounds worth of prime Virginia, at 14 guineas each bale.
Both vessels carried over twenty gnus each, and went well
manned. ti'hite the numerirr who first entered, was busily
engaged in trafficking with the customers, the odor appeared
in she offing; she master of the latter, suspecting the sail
inside not to be friendly to his calling, sheered off expe4i•
lionsiy, which the other observing, in all the parade and iris-
lence of lithe', irslantly gave chase, and by this samiataavre,
hail the coast a sufficient that to herself is nate ask of her
entire cargo.

Out Lnndred thoustuul pounds is the sum esti.
rniteil for the eziraurdinsiies of the Civil List, fur
the ensuing yew..

A •e►y -numerous and respectable Meeting of
the Freemen of the city of Hereford, residing in the
metropolis and its environs. was lately held at the
White Lion, Oxford-street, Colonel FOLLY, M.P.
in the Chair. The Meeting was attended by the
worthy Repres►ntative for Hereford, R. P. SEWER.
MORE, EN. when the Meeting. one and all, signed
a Declaration, to support at any future election
none but men who would pledge themselves to so; .
port a Reform in the Commons House of Perlis.
went, and the rights and liberties of the people.
The Meeting was highly pleased with the address
of their worthy Chairman, and the political conduct
of their worthy Repre►entative, R. P. ftODAMORA,
Esq.
SINGULAR MRIRTIIIO.—The mail cinch ;which
left Waterford on Thursday afternoon. for Driblin.
fonnd itself at one o'clock to the night insuperably
obstructed at Moon. ha-tweets Castledermot and
Timolin, by all enormous tree, which the extreme
violence of the weather had uprooted •nd throws.
right across the road. An hour was *petit in fruit-
less endeavours at extrication, when the mail from
Dublin for Waterford arrived at the other aide of
the tree, similarly impeded. The conches caching.
eti passengers slid parcels. and ea►ily lishilled the
destinatino of each other, by turuisitt buck to the
towns from which they had respectively departed.
No accident happened at either side.

A NEW Moue or Escara.—A farmer in the
neighbourhood of Clevedon was assaulted by a foot.
pad, and soddenly struck off his home ; the farmer
did not however think proper to surrender In. pro.
perty, but vet to, and bad a scuffle with the villain.
Tile latter finding he had to do with a troublesome
cu►tomer, and thinking' that the better part of
valour was discretion, dieetegaged himself from his
antagoni►t, jumped upon the farmer's horse, and
gallopped off. He was pursued by two Gen.
denten, who came by soon after, as far as Horse.
man's-g►een, where be di►monuted, and vanished,
leaving the farmer's horse to be returned to its
osuer.—(Gloncerter ✓nimaL)