The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1809-11-22 00:00:00

FROM LLOYD'S LIST.

Ca V E'EN n,Nay. oo.—Arri% eel tire King George, Ram -
say ; Priare of Walrv, Howell. from Hudstair.-11:1; Sarreno,
Brown, from Gotrenlotrgh Hawkesbury,
for Scsilb ; Churle4, tirory, fur Tohigo ; Sir Edward Ida-
'ninon, R.•II; tio,d, Morgan; Cannon. Dore ; Lord Cutts-
cart, &aII) ; ; nod Aid, —, far Jamaica.

The Cumfianee sloop of war, with asconvoy from
Rio Janeiro, is arrivsd at Crookhaven.
In-.truce of heroic comage of Mr. WORTH, a
midshipman, and son of the late Admiral Wonvu :
—At the latter end of last year, or early in this,
Mr. tVORTII, with five more Englishinen,atterupted
to make lois escape
France, by memos of a rope made from their sheer,.
The be;:lot of that part of the fort from whence
they &so:ended, is ilear!tei bet perpendicular. Five
succeeded, but the sheet unfortunately broke, and
precipitated this brave lad .tear JO feet, by which
he broke leis thigh. Such was his courage, although
in 'unbending pain, that he remained at the foot
of the fort from seven o'ctrock in the evealog till
eight the next moruiog. While he lay in torture,
the night patrole passed close to hum ; in the morn-
ino, they found him still lying in the ditch, and
asked him why he had not called for assist-
ance ? Hi• aaswcr was—.. What, and betray
toy comrirdes? No—thank God ! they have a
night's start of yon."—lle recovered, and, insole.
diately em his recovery, acconfirog to the) French
humanity, was put into a dungeon for several weeks.
This same yonag maim male the same desperate
attempt two years before, with six others ; hut at
the moment of the rope being fixed to the bar of
the souteraine, as 'raker tumbled over the rope ;
this gave the alarm. Instead of retreatipg into the
souteraine, they all deer:elided on the rope, which
broke about seven feet from the post, and they
fell near 100 feet right perpendicular. lieutenant
Easel was killed, and the other five II into a small
tank of about two feet water, which broke their
fall, but they were all senseless, and it was many
weeks before they recovered ; immediately on
which they were all confined, for three months, iss
the depth of winter, in dungeons.
The London Company, who have the Duke of
GORDON'i forests en lease, have determined to try
floe experiment of tar-nuking in the extensive
forests of the Spey. Three Dane. passed through
Berrie, on their way to the forests, about six or
eight weeks ago, for the purpose of beginning the
tututafacture, and iaatzuctias the Uthabitaste to its

FROM LAT vrcurs GAZETTE.

MILITARY PROMOTIONS.

tear-Ofee, Nor. 20, i 9.
ltd Regimen t of Life Gnarde--Captain William Henry Spi-
cer, from the ed Dragoon Guards, to be Captain of
Troup, without punch:is*, vice Hopkins, appointed to the
bid Foot,
111 Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Captain Peter limiter,
From bad Foot, to be Captain of* Troup, vice Spicer.
Cottermirtioss in Volunteer Corps, Tigard by Bit .11afesty's Com-
missioners of Liertextiotry ./Or the (if), of Luaidost.
Bank of England Volunteers.
William liarria, Gent to be Ensign, vice mom, deceased—
dated July If), !sots. •
• Bank of England Supplementary Corps.
Edward Tonikins, Gem. to be Ensign, vice Trotter, resigned
v.—dated Jul) 19, 110)9.
Cußtiiiiillotiae Volunteers.

Lieutenant 11lcbard John Williams to be Adjutaut, 'lce
resiened—dotal August yJ, long
Thomas Cope, lieut. to be Limp, rice Bicknell, scsizned—
dated as above.
E%cise Office Volunteers. _ _

Captain Thomas Marion to be Lieutenant-Colulti, vice
the Honourable Augustus Phipps, resigucti-.-ilatcti July

19, tool.
Licuteuatit .1. T. Catherwood to ha Cuptitia, site Mayhew,

deceased--dated as nbove.
Lieutenant K. Leete to be ditto, vice Jackson, promoted—

dated as above.
Ensign Richard Morgan to be Lieutenant, vice Catherwood,
promoted—date.% as above.
F.usigoflionsas Richards to be ditto, vice Leete, promoted

—Tinted us übove.
Eitbign A. M. Dufour, to be ditto, rice Edwards, rcsigued

laird us above. -
liobatt Burton, Gent. to be Ensign, rice Lest!beater, pro-

ill ot ett—Jalcol as above. .
V.: Aviv! Riddle, juts Cent. to be dittos vice Seabrook, pro.

ototed--datei as above.
William Malin., Geist to be dittos rice Morgan, promoted.--

date) us above.
!stars %emit, (;cat. to be ditto, vice Rickards, pcoutotcd—
dated as above.

Admiralty-Office, Nor. tl, 11409.
Vice-Admiral Campbell, Commander-in-Chief
in the Dawns, has transmitted to John Wilson Cru-
ker, Esq. a letter from Captain 111aswell, of Dis
Majesty's Aloop the Royalist, an ace; tof
his having, on the 1701 instant, captured, ben V.
Dungeness and the South Foreland, Le Gram!
Napoleon, a fast-sailing French privateer, ul lb
guns and 7:5 men.
Rear-Admiral Sir Richard John Straeltan tins
transmitted to John ‘VJson Croker, E‘ii. a letter
from Captain 4.13 e, of 11i. Majesty's sloop the
flriseis, giving an account of his having captured.
on the 6th instant, off Deligolatid, the Reciprocite,
Danish privatt er„ of four guns cud 11 men, out
twelve days from ilusuur. without making auy
capture.