The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-12-06 00:00:00

NAV4L INTELLIGENCE.

IPORTIMOVTII, DECEMIttIt 4
Arrived the Sparrowhauk from the Duarms ; Ogle Cast:e
from ditto fur Madras and Bengal ; guinea fruni ditto let
Batavia ; Ann Kern!) (tom ditto for the South &as; and a
Neel of 21 h'eatiel, floss the Downs, bound in the West Ind,ti.
Pet back the Now Fr. &reek Ansaian frigate and store.
alop, Sir Charles hl.Cartlty. Kitty, St, Ann's, lia•hes,
%Valium Manning, .Kose, Prima Y,. .at, sad Liverpool.
Sailed the Intrepid tritioport far Chatham.
rotantrali. orctintla 3
%%Ind Nurth.—All ships bound furrigu remain at the
Antehorago.

PAILMOVTR, nreestnea 3.
The Wind ha►lal come from the Morris early this more.
Ill& the following °toward hound ha►e sailed Vizi, fee
Madras and Bengal; Andromeda, sad Thalia, for Vss
man's Land ; Coromandel, Nina, Westhrook, and It Om
Harris, all for Jamaica k M•nhy, for Bernice;
for Antigua; Ealingro►e, fur Dominica; Apia., for Dsena-
rata ; sad she rest of the outward booed, mitosatio;
thirty sail.

HARWICX, DEMMER ♦.
Arrived the Lord Montan packet with moils from Cat.
haven, and sailed again with mail. for Holland.
Sailed the Leicester packet with mails (or Cenchareoi
Arrived *eyelid cowers fur shelter.

;sear., orcratnet 4.
Came dawn from the River, and sailed lasi might, the St.
Geom... Brow's, fur Greneda ; Auteua, Byers, for Antigua ;
and Bee, Wisher:, for Smyrna : and to-day, and remviu
wiedvbssued, the StourArid, Sinclair, frees Newcastle, and
klaetwood, Beek, from Slilady, both few lansaimi.
Pot bark this offenses:is the Nesbit, Grey • Lively, Mit-
chell; fit. George, Boma; sod severshathen, particulars
unknown.

NOYAL BATTLI.—On Saturday lest two crows
were observed playing and gambolling with a sea-
gull on the island in the Luue, at Kirkby Loma.
dale. In an iostsot, sod apparently by concert,
they Loth pounced upon the gull, sad struck it
dead at one blow with their beaks, and immediately
proceeded to strip off the feathers and deem the
flesh.
Cuarous Concustrrauct.—Lust week the fol.
lowing curious occurrence took place in the house
of a shoemaker in the south aide of Edinburgh.
While he was engaged its cleaning a cage in which
he kept a lurk, 1w left the door of the cage open.
which the bird took advantage, and flew away Iry a
window et which its owner was Alien standing. TI a
lark being a favourite, its loss was much lamented.
But it may be imsgined what was the surprise of
the house, when in shout an hour and a half the
cat belonging to the some person made its appear-
ance with the lark in its mouth, winch it held by
the wings over the back, in such a manner that the
bird had not received the least injury. The cat.
after dropping it on the floor, looked up to those
who were obeerviog her, and messed, es if to attract
attention to the capture. 'file lark now occupies
its wiry prison with the same noisy cheerfulness as
before its sioguler adventure.
AN AVARIFIQUI SNAIL—We relate the follow-
ing fact just as it has been communicated to its by
a most respectable gentlemani—A friend of his,
who resides at Tratunere, 600)e lime ago lost from
his breast a gold pin, about ripe inch and a half in
length, with a small brilliatit head, Five weeks
afterwards, • snail was observed in his garden, having
apparently subsisted on a cast away apple, in the
remaining part of which it was theu reposing. The
person who noticed it perceived something bright at
its mouth, and on examination lie fuuud the lost
breast-pin, the whole of which, except the head,
had been swallowed by the snail, without proving
fatal to it !—(Liverpool Mercury.)
AN ANErNoTIL IN H fart Lire.—A man of high
fashion, who deals largely in a certain eosibuctible
material, had long been attracted by the peculiarly
flue form of a widow Ireteireked, then under the
PrOtection of a gentleman of great wealth. He had
frequently said that lie would give fifty pounds
solely to be seen walking by her side in Boud-etreet.
His wish was accidentally one day gratified thus:—
Al the movent of a slight Mover, the object esiatinaally
uppermost iss his thoughts appeared in Ike very seem. The
gentleinau tendered Ms onaktells—n was accepted. Under
the awning of a jeweller', shop they stoppedt mid chatted
shoot the weather—the Lady s eye being occasionally ditect-
ed to the glittering toys in the window. " They are very
pretty," she said. " Very pretty, kilted! suppose yea co its
sod look at them," was the rejoludir. The Lady seceded.
" That is wanly beautiful! is it not " speaking of a neck-
lace. "It is! hot bow will it look round yuor heck
Try." He did try; when the Lady dropping a cortices
added, with the annum sang from, "Timok yore ! the rain
is over: we will now, if you please, walk." In sit instant
she was its the street, leaving the Gentleman behind. The
latter looked at the shopkeeper, and then at the door, and
then on the Jeweller again ' • la, tly at his picket.. This
nwitooroil adventure, for the Lady was gone, coveted by hi,
giving the tradesman his raid; it was deemed sai;dlictory.
In three days the bill was sent in; the item consisted of lk
aecklace of brilliants, valued at 600 guineas. Wheel • (re-
tain witty Dowager beard of this she said—. Well! I hope
this will teach married men to be more cautious its future,
mid perti.ciasfly pheu they toad' gunpowder."

RIRTFIF.

Lately, at Naples, (be Lady of crow Bring, Esq. of •
son.

Lat,ely, at siolte Hail, Noninylaaapai?iee, lbw Lady of Sir
Robert Howe p royalty, Bert. 91 ■ sou.

DEATHS..

LatelA, II Parisi, a a &thole, Nikes Mixlamb Home, niece
of Arthur Hume, T.llcr the I.tole FAclsequer. and
geoid niece of the late Me•quis of Watt. fora.

Monday last, the 14 instant, in the 3I nee of hi•
•p, John Wright, jun. Esq. ot I.ament sr Place, Nese firer.
ga,rentro.
Os Samlay, the 24111 alt. .t Farallon., Hanle,
beih Freeman, aged 14 years.

At Msleers Wells,a; Monday limit, Matelot, the wilt. of
William T. Rorq of Tesby, mod verily daughter of the
bale Galore*le, lot' Twiekrultain.
On the IlMb June, •1 the house of Boni-hire Wrey, Erg. at
Medea., its the 19th year of bit age. Lieutenant Climb,
George Luard, td batestinisMh 4;ave intimacy, Garth
of John beard, of e igh
Ois the nth Juae, Corset A. R Clirfney, at the Ist rev.
ment‘f 11/1141esa rivalry, diooned while batlike( in a
at Konapoor, near Hydrahed, 'fed t
Os the elm Atigust,on hoard t Feel William, at 11,e
early lige of sixteen iems and • few amaih., Mr. Editind
Atkinson, sun of E. Atkisson, Esq. of Bath. Bewas it
youth of great promise, inheriting a mind endowed with
many amiable (pistil...o, and power-sett talent., which, h 4
he hied, wuubl peobattly have raiser him to mishear, iv so•
rimy.; his premature death, therefore, is • soiree of mush
.grief to his sfferr urinate partials, sad will be rioatrely felt
*god regyelged 4y all who lamp him.

*WU ,WAVER THU; DAV AT LONDON-BRIDGE.
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