The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1809-02-09 00:00:00

BRIGHTON, Fss. 6.

By the excessively high wiud of Moods, last.
the sea was risen to a very annsual heights aria beat
violently against the Cliff. but we • are happy to
state without doitig any yruhuolerabk damage. A
great many casks ut fireign brandy were driven on
share at different 'Arts of our coast, and were pick-
ed up by the populace but they were afterwards
generally taken possession of by the revenue offi-
cers, and scented in ills Majesty's warehouses.
A pipe of excellent port f Ihu Tues-
day last near illetchington, was drawn off in small
easks, by the persons who Maud it, and safely
conveyed to their respective homes.
Repairs are actively applied to the different
groins, which, from the heavy press if the late
swelling tides, have suffered eurisidciably. Oii the
cliff', lending to Rottin:44l new and sultstisitial
railiagy have been phice.l, by which, though the
p,91. s wineirlha narrowed. its comforts, on th •
nears; of safety, are einisiderahlr increased.
.tt Ulake's farm, in the perish of Ashurst, near
S.:epilog, a clihnney that wit,. blown down, about
o'clock on Monday evening, rarsied with it a
part of the roof into a Iwii-chamber, and covered
two children edit tiles mad other rubnish. One of
toe children had a thigh badly fractured by the
occident, lint the other was extricated without ma-
terial injury.
At Chichester, Amadei. Thakeharti, and Pm.
wroth, a number of trees were blown up by the
viiots; burnt and corn-ricks were unroofed, usai
other considerable damage was done by the vin.
lent.• of the wilt.. the sharpest and latter port of
which was fro-ii the north.we•t.

It is not the :4/7 1.9011 of Lord Ste:gown, lint
of Mr. Hi Litt •etNuxon, who is going to
with Lord AsiticusT.
The lnta Regiment of Light Dragoons, recently
returned from Spam, wiia expected at Canterbury
yesterday, where it is to be stationed.
Au Eitertanienelit was on Tue.day eVyn•
i g. at tile Circus, at Brighton, for the benefit .4'
the soldiers' widows and orphans of the 10th Light
Dragoons, who have returned from
Earl I trzwict tAst liad stiftseribed one Itauslie:l
pounds, Meier, IVALKEI4 of liOtherhair, fifty
guineas, and Messrs. Walton., Ifirwinas
Watuier, of Usill, guineas, towards the fund
now raising for tile additional tchet of the pour iu
lielliald.
The Lord Bishop rif Dean tst. sail the L'arl of
DAILLISIirON. Lord Lientersant of the ...limy of
Durham, with a liberality suitable to tin it exalted
rank. have each enutributed Sul. towards keeling
t to original at South Smelt's, in readiness
to relieve tie:Mien in distress.
General Roacit•r Citacruao arrived on Sunday
morning at hotel. front Commas.
On Wednesday Mr. P.ow. Bastwev,
Am of the Rev. Or. lie ..saw. of Snaith, York.-
shire, put a period to his fife in an outbuilding, in
his father's garden, by siinottng himself through
the hew!. The deetiowil, for some (Lacs irrecons
to this melancholy «veal. had manifested syniptouss
Of uneutot derangement. •
The Patent Life Boat, the invention and pro•
dilution of Sir THOMAs CLAIMS% wits. by • pur-
posely coastructed carriage and ten horses. us.
turday brought front Shoreham Harbour, and
placed at the bottom of the Stayer, at linghtun,
from whence. by the men in the pay of the bene-
volent owner, it may, at any time, so a few minutes,
he applied to the preservattoo of suiferer% isms-
bining at once the valuable properties of a clerked
sailing vessel, with the preservative qualitieo of cite
lifeboat. It has been a general ',object of con-
versation and investigation sitter ate a
Part or the cliff between Folks. e.e and Sind-
gate, to the extent of 300 feet and 40 no
depth, has recently fallen, and oilier purls of it ap-
pear to he giving way.
One of the Irrze bees at the entrance to Sprott--
stoti flail, Nod', ilk, vas blown dowse on :Monday
sennight. It is remarkable that et was planted tile
day king Cit tat.rs was beheaded, Jag. 30, 16.19,
sad -blown down the saute day, 1808, being dm
years old.
Sir Tuov is CARR'S hounds lately ceoght a pia-
Uctiv white hare, will, sisort eare, uu.l loud claws.
resembling those id a eat.
A few days since, as some workmen were
moving a corn-stai k belonging to T. 11. Hs ears.
Esq. at Berwick, near Lewes, they observed a
pig which had been fe,iling on the ',nattered yore,
titii4ticroig. awl apparently in great agony, in whit b
state he mu against a wall. fell backwards. and
died. To dis,'wer titer:ruse of the animist's rteal h,
the l'afeaSe elitleeeteil by a h 0,4-
botcher, who itiscoverisl, taw ly &Zed 111 die wind-
pipe, n mouse ! which the pig must have 'atm up
With his f):ml, in the pigmies. of insallos mg.
His M a.; ei,lrt '9
flock of Merino hare sof.
fired very weer. lv this winter, a emisideraole part
of them, both in 11 iialsor and itichinninl Parks,
died of the int.
ila Tivisitty hist, l'hnmar Jilrorarnt, of Al&
work, iu the Noah-Will:14 of V,,ck-hire, was sum-
named before one of Ills MAJi.srv's Jostires of
toe Peace, for destroying hares iu tsite snow ; hot
t 'emelt the facts appe4rcii clear, yi t as there were
'on two witnesses, ria :irecautino in this raSe tthich
s idway. be takoo,) the Mis.:l4rstr thought.
"?.rper to discharge lulu, though much against his
raring the late strum, the Rittlit Hon. the ENO
of CAAI iii is gave the boo litifin and seit•osinhic
tharitv of one cart I of coals to ~nett paw
:10iliekeelW: ill ti.i• !Owl, 01. Brampton,
'
The wrters are greatly abated. hut the road
r.1,1i Slough to Wool,or is tint yet passable with-
out the n7o4,4:iiece of 11,409.
re. BKAUMUNT, alto made so successful a de-
b.': at the Haymarket Theistic, ea:lle i'sbfliarcl ion
Moodily se' .t at the Glasgow Theatre, for the
his! time, is. the ordinals and ;inert-sting char:te-
r, r of ne the play of l'emac Presererd.
ler recention was equally roter-big to her, as tie-
manstriti ve of the good sense awl wishes of a gels.
and riverdosiug audience. fru her first entry.
6 le was received with a tninalt which
..101 not subside for a considerable turn',; snit,
thresti.thout tte whole perforinanee, she retortsl so
much taste. jiidgment, mid pathos, as to draw from
all ports of tholtuuse loud and repeated marks of
• iptulastium

EDINBURGH, JAIL t 5.

llkneed of a letter from Captain Cameros, of the ship
Thistle, of Limerick, ou her plunge from Leith to Dub-
lin, dated Poetess, Isle of Skye, 1 tth lastest, to a Mend
in Leith
" en the 7th we set sail from 144 h, and on
Sunday, the Bth most, at 10 a. rn. 35 tiles N.E.
from the Bell Rock, we observed a vessel to lee-
ward, carrying a press or v.ul to come up with us.
At one p. re. we Oserved that she was an enemy's
privateer, and accordingly set all the sails that the
vessel was able to earq. At live p. or. the priva-
teer came close to our stern, and tired three gulls ;
but 1 did not mind their, for tits see nun ru g so
very high that they could not board us. We still
carried on, and did iii.t spare the new CallVas.—
The gale continued all the time we run the dis-
tance to Dualism's-bay-Head, and still the euenly
close at our sterna We luckily got the first of ebb-
tide in die Pentlarsd Frith, and carried on with the
tide. The first dive • vessel gave she was like
to wash all off the deck ; but 1 was happy to find
a heavy sea there, for when the privateer clone in
the same tide they 111010 a they a ere all going ttie
the b"lt(1111 41' 011 CM. I hoisted a signal for pilots,
and io a sliolt ume a boat with ten men clone off
to us. 1 than jumped into the boat, and with the
assistaaee of the l.oai a. crew boarded the privateer,
and t,,ok the cahoot:op' of her with little resistance,
there 'r tor; such a strong tide and heavy s,•:t that
they mere afraid of f !critic:. They haul town
six weeks front Denmark, had eleven in. ti on
hoard, and bud taken one prise, which they.hiel
left in the gale. gave her up to the ten Outu
to bring her to Langhope or Sqouniess."
(The Thistfr haul tl cargo of gin and whisky on
lewd, valued at 15,0601.1