The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-01-03 00:00:00

Fir•F

KAIAL ZATOLIffOENCE.
, --
TOETSMOUTII, J•l4. 1.
The C. ..fops, awned enfilete, Capt. Heathcote, ly-
ing an gua.ii-ship off Lymington, drove from her
moorings, and r:tn ashore near the Jack-in.the-bas-
kat. Ihe next day she was hove off without *much
damage, it being soft ground, and resumed her
station. However the Der,,ic frigate, Capt. Ru-
fiierford, was going through the Needle, while she
was in that situation, and was, in taking hor for a
lauding-mark (judging she was at anchor on her
station), led on shore, but she got off with the flow of
the tide, and went on for her station off Cher-

bourgh.
Amved the Rae cutter, Lieut. Talbot, from a
cruise off the Wight.
Dropped down to St. Helen's the Greyhound
frigate. The Prariyte frigate has shifted into Stokes
bay.

HARWICH, JAN. 1.

A Dutch se}myte arrived this day from Catwyck,
vith a hag of letters, Ir• which we learn that all
fo:t4er cinnmanication between this country and
11.,1140d i., for the present, put a stop to. Several
Data schures, aiting here a favourable wind,
have received iudess not to proceed till further di•
Nikons.
The Mails frarn 14th oh. for Husurn and
G. ttenburgh, are still detained here.

DEAL, .1•11. 1.

Arrived the Speedy sloop of war, and Lortut gu n-
iir4. from a erui-e, and remain in the Downs, wit
the ships as per last ; and the !fella and Joh■ mod Ro
burl transports.
P.S. afternoon, Admiral Lord Ke.rh shift-
ed his Sag from the Mongrrcl. to Or. Ardent mar of
war; the Moßarch has sailed for Portsmouth.

rrr r.t, nec. 31.

So very destruftiv.as the late boisterous weather
been on the Holderness and Northern coasts, as to
exceed the outlawry of the oldest inhabitants. Large
hnantbor
ities of wreck of all descriptions have floatt.d on
at almost every village on the roast between
ough Head and the Spurn, particularly at
-Itiegbroegb, where nearly eighty planks and spars
have been secured, part of the cargo of some unfor-
tunate vessel. A large hrig-tigged vessel, snpposed
to be a foreignor, was observed a few days ago to
founder, about two leagot s to the Eastward of Flam-
borough Head, and all the crew, it is apprehended,
have been drowned. as they have not yet been heard

of.
The indaiseii, of Grangemiuth, with ordnance
votes from Carron, was driven on shore near Ea-
aington, on the 15th instant, and wrecked : crew
Laved.
Thursday a large vessel, with Danish colours, was
seen to run upon &nosy Rink*, at the entrance of
the Humber t—the ship went to pieces soon after
striking. but the crew were all saved by a pilot boat
The Slone, hom Shields to London, with
coals, is on shore near iialtileet, after being on thc
Inner Dowsings.
The Vine Lowrie, of Leith, with wine, from
Oporto to Leith, has lint into Harwich, with loss
of anchors and cables.
The Reeldale, a constant trader betwixt London
and Selby, is aground on Lowestesff Beach, and her
cargo is likely to sustain Much damage. A large
. proportion of the goods on board, we mulerstand,
belong to the trade in Leeds, ‘Vakefield, Bradford,
and Halifax
On Sunday evening the hoy reatsF Lott, of El_
eingner. Johan Jacobion, master, from Riga to
them% ukh wheat and hemp. went ashore near
Tlambro' Dikes. Greatest part of the cargo is
landed, bet considerably damaged. It is uncertain
whether the vessel will be got off.
It is repotted, that the Delia, Featherstone, from
Riga, and belonging to this port, is on shore on the
Island of Gothlansl.
The Adelaide, Gerdes. hound from this port to
Tonningen, has been obliged to put into Varel.
On Villklnesday last. the IVeeihregee, Captain
Roster, banns, horn Tendon Vars.!, put in here,
not being able to enter the river from ice.
The Coeur:ln' Chapman, of Bridlington, from
Dantvig to I aindon, with wheat, was taken by a brig
cutter, ow the 215th November. shoot I 4 miles from
Flamlsorough (lead.—All the people, excepting one
hoy. vret4 taken on hoard the privateer, whale they
'fluid seven other ships companies, that had been
tab" fram the ,ameeenvoy ; they arrived at Dun.
kirk on the hilt December.

•
At !full-41e Frientlt, from Oswalt.
in the Wrier—the Kest, Card, Antis
At I ons cnitisna.ltionne, 1101.
A irtiuto'in--the Vann' Skinny Fall, Una reterihnreh
At %'stall.—flans listens, Ortinii, In•en whin; the If •ti
twit ail Christian, inhalant*, both tram
Mart

The death of JA ars Rsn►n, Profer.or of Fin-
mullet, and of the Latin Toagne, at the University
of Copenhagen, is a serious loss to the literary
world ; he began his conneeion with that institution,
is 1779 ; his labours were not confined to the
pupils at the National College ; he devoted a great
portion of his time to Advance the Danish lan-
guage to its highest state of improvement t and his
translation of TACI tus rivals the original for pre-
cision, taste, and purity of diction. He also pub-
lished a German and Danish Dictionary, known to
every modern I inguisr. In the latter years of his
Init. be Greed him'. If inaJetpute to the Active
of his public situation, and retired, but not with-
rut an honourable proof of the approbation of the
Danish Government.
- - - •

Toosden atilAtiberouAh-ureei. a ynnn! man,
dip sun of s mt. ch.arged with secreting
hissoolf in the house of Mr. WAssi,„, Marquis-
ism, 11ary.la-bnne, with .an evil, intent. The &fen-
iLait was in the habit of visiting a fen *cream of
the house, an.atter Mr. W. had retired to rest, on
Monday night, be suyale..i n.ething imptoper.
and on ring to the servant's !. amber. be bsbeld
her locked in the arms of her 0140mraio, whom be
'loafed in the wAtch-bouse. Magistrate wag
about tikaseesatic *e Prisoner as a rngne and raga-
hood. bet br tie 'lnterposition ot the (abet, litho
gave a wretched scrams of 114 6011.4 depravity, it
was juskr.! expedient, that be slwuld alarm his
IL :no ami t .'unity, andl be was ascardiogly &-
aimed to choice of the dtrna y Navy.

MbWOW' FIiRNITURE.

Since the classic taste of the ancients is about to
be restored, our apartments in rooms of state bid
fair to rival the most celebrated chambers of Hercu-
laneum and of Athens. The following grand spe-
cimens from the cities of Pompeia and Corinth, will
serve to illustrate the subjeB. The sides on which
the chimnies are placed, are selected for the descrip-
tion, and the whole is' agreeable to the ideas of the
Prince of Wales, under whose immediate patronage
these improvements will be shortly ushered into the

fashionable world.
The chimney piece is of the purest statuary marble,
consisting of simple blocks, without mouldings.
The front offers to view one continued frieze, beau-
tifully decorated with ivy in leaf and blossom, finish-
ed in bronze. The frieze is supported on each
side by two grand termini*, highly decorated and
finished in entire bronze. In the frame is placed
a magnificent plate glass, sixty inches by one
hundred. The frame is composed of pillars, imi-
tative of the bamboo cane: the branches on each
side supporting antique Etruscan lamps in gold.
The upper part is firmed into a pediment by two
bamboo sticks crossing each other, and united by
bronze cords. In the celtre of the pediment is an
Etruscan painting with a.provate emblems en each
side, elegantly disposed The bamboo canes are
All finished in bronze. 'l'he breast of the chimney
is formed into one panne! by an Etruscan border in
red and brown colours ; and the centre of the pan-
nc4 is of a plain buff colour. The dado and cornice
t.f this room are painted in imitation L* marble.
On these chimney pieces are placed elegant Etrus-
can t ups and vases. The stoves are of an entirely
new pattern: they are in form perfealy straight and
square, nod afting upon a retiring principle. They
are composi-1 of the hest polished steel, ornamented
with bronze and supported by chimera figures or
telmistis.

BATH, Dec. 29.

The Ball at the Upper Rooms on Wednesday
evening attrafted a most brilliant asseMblage of
company. The crowd was so great, that, in faa,
it was almost impossible to move, and the Dancers
were more numerous than usual.
The American Chief was present, and seemed to
be " much stoned by the soft glance of Ladies pass-
ing by," Inn declined dancing.
Rauzzini's subscription concert on Thursday even-
ing was, if possible, more crowded and more fa-
shionable than the one on the precedingsMonday.
Indeed, had the young Remiss himself been an-
nounced, it would have been scarcely possible that
more anxiety could be shewn than the belles of Bath
manifested to secure places.
Many patties west so early as between two and
three o'clock, and their servants were permitted to
carry them refreshments. The Concert did not be-
gin till half past seven, and long before that time
every avenue to the room was completely filled.
Those who came late were obliged to ask Mr.
Rauzzini's permission to sit in the orchestra, which,
instead of presenting rows of catgut and .ff/r/kitiris,
offered to the view a much more beautiful and better
relieved prospett, that of some of the finest women
in Bath. Every seat, stool, and bench, was in fait
occupied, and the performers were obliged to stand
the whole evening, at the imminent risk of knocking
out a lady's eye at every quiver of the elbow.
Mica Cubbins, and Miss Caldwell (Lady Belmore's
sister), occupied two of the front seats next to
Braham and Storace, which were happily calculated
to display their fine figures to advantage, and to
receive the beaux's compliments, who crowded into
the front passage.
The performance at last commenced, and fully
answered the eager expettations of the audience.
The selenine was made with great judgment, re-
senting some of the finest specimens of ancient
composition, with the attraCtions of novelty from
modern produClions.
In the Recitative from Handel, and the air of
Nail her, Angel., Braham was truly inimitable.
Storace sang one of the songs from the nee Ope-
ra of Thirty 7 wusord, uncommonly well. and was
encored, as was Braham in the song of The ineath
Abercrombie, from the same piece. A Briderta Duets
between Morelli and StOrACe. was given with spirit
and humour, and was also encored.
Morelli certainly appears to great advantage in
the Orchestra, for he not only sings excellently, but
silts with die& This, however, produced rather
an unpleasant consequence on his visit to Bristol some
time ago, for the audience, not understanding a word
of Italian, ti ok it for granted that he was laugh-
ing at them, and loudly expressed their indignation.
-Braham, Storace, and Ineledon, sang at the Catch
Club last night, and this mottling took their depar-
ture from Bath. Incledon has performed once at
the 'Theatre, which was very crowded.
But the greatest novelty at that place of amuse-
ment will be next week, when Mr. Paul Me-
thuen is to perform the part of Rata. He says
that he has got five-and-twenty new Readings, and
fifteen new Postures, infinitely finer than any Kern-
ble ever exhibited. But the grand improvement
is to be in die introduttion of a competitor with
Carle, of Drury-lane celebrity. Mr. M.'s dog Nep-
tune is.te catch Corals child, which Rolle is to let
fall out of his hands on the bridge, and bring it
upon the stage, of coulee amidst the thundering aC•
clamatinns of the admiring audience. ft,,quite is
certainly an excellent performer, much in the same
style with his master. They danced a aliniset ea
the ice lately, much to the amusement ut the spec-
tators, and Neptuae only wants a pair of skaits to
equal the agility of his owner.
Bath, it is said, is become the focus of politics, un-
til the meeting of Parliament. ,Mr. Pitt, Lord Mel-
ville, Lord NfulgtAve, and the Addingtons, ate ex-
penes' here to settle their plan of operations for the
ensuing campaign. Hiley Addington is here al-
ready, and brother Henry and cousin Bragge are
shortly espefhed. The Lord Chancellor is assn ex-
petted. His son (the lion. JOhn Scott), with his
bride, and Sir M. W. and LadLotsUey, have been
here some deys, and have takes iu the Circus.

On the evening of last Friday selsaight, some
mischievons person or persons secretly approached
Tarhani.house, Sussex, and fired a gun at the win-
dows, which drove the glass of near forty panes,
and some shot into the middle of the hall. Quick
search was maJe through the seow, titer the author
et this unprovok:d ogee-big. but without etHit.

fl_

A DiSclitrtforir
OF THE ISLAKtr AWD-CITY OF MALTA. t
ET CITIZEN ROPERT, CHIET PHYSICIAN TO THE
MILITARY HOSPITAL OP MALTA.

Malta is situated in the middle of the Mediterra-
nean, between Barbary and Sicily, in latitude 95.30.
longitude 32. 30. This island, which has for its ba-
sis a calcareous rock, contains, according to several
travellers, nothing interesting to the natural historian,
except a few fossils. Its figure is irregular, composed
of small valleys, defiles, and hills ; and may be re- j
presented as a plain = whiling from the south west I
to the north-east, so that the calcareous strata, of
which- it is entirely composed, are eery nearly pa-
rallel to each other, rising
.towards the south-east,
where they form the declivities nearly two hundred
toises above the level of the sea. A chain of low
mountains, running from southeast to north-west,
divides the island through the middle, so that only
one half of the country can be seen from the city.
Malta is seven leagues in length, three in breadth,
and twenty one in circumference.
The city is situated to the north-east of the island,
on the borders of the sea, and is divided into the
eastern and western city. The last is called Va-
lette, from the name of its founder ; it is built on a
peninsula between two spacious harbours ; to the
southeast is found the large port, and to the north-
east that of Mal samuchet. The eastern city is di-
vided into parallel portions, the one called Burmola,
and the other Isola, which are also situated betwixt
two large ports, contiguous to the great harbour,
which they cut perpendicularly. These natural .
harbours afford a safe shelter to vessels navigating
the Mediterranean, and appear to be so conveniently
formed as not even to admit of any improvement
from the interference of art.
The city of Valette, although built upon irregular
and broken ground, is nevertheless extremely hand-
some. The houses are low ; they have all one or
more balconies, and a terrace for walking on ; the
apartments are large, commodious, and well-lighted,
and the cielings are extremely lofty.
The streets are wide, with commodious foot paths
in each side; they are paved with flat square stones,
and so free from mud, that even during winter the
feet remain perfefly dry. The four principal streets
con in a parallel direaion from north-east to south-
west. Under each street is a canal, which carries
off all kind of filth into the sea, and another by
which are condui9ed into each house, the waters
that are brought.frous the country, by means of an
aquedult emit-deserving the notice of travellers.
It is one of the sixongest cities in the world, being
built on a very high rock, and so fortified by nature
as not to require the assistance of art; the ditches
are extrensely large, and have been dug in the solid
rock. It is not concealed, or buried under the for-
tifications, like the muter of fortified
cities; the houses areexposed to view, and the
air every where circulates freely the ramparts af-
ford a delightful prospect, as they command a view
both of the eta and the country.
The works proceed from the side of the country
inclosiog La Florianna. a. small village that may
Irish propriety be termed the suburbs of Malta; its
streets are well lighted, arid on the whole it is ex-
tremely salubrious.
The Eastern city forms a very inclinedlrlane. from
the east to the west ;it is far from possessing the
same salubrity as the western city; the are
more concealed by the ramparts, the streets are nar-
row, ill paved, and ill lighted, and few of them are
supplied with any water but what is colleaed in
caster ns.
The great number of gardets scattered through
Malta, particularly in Florianna and towards the
east, not only greatly add to its beauty, but tend
to preserve the air in state of salubrity.
l'he.greatest part of the country is planted with
cotton, which is proteaed from the vicissitudes of
the weather, by walls of about five or sis feet high.
placed at a small distance from each other. The
grain produced on she island is scarcely sufficient to
subsist the inhabitants during three months ; but
there is in the city of Valette an establishment, call-
ed the University, on which they depend for a sup-
ply, and from which they are obliged to purchase
it. The grain which is imported. is laid up in pits
hollowed out of the rock, in the form of truncated
cones hermetically closed, where it can be preserved
several years; and there is usually contained in
these stores a sufficient quantity fee one yeas's con-
sumption. The soil, which has been mostly brought
from Sicily, is very fertile during the spring and
autumn, bin in summer it becomes dry, arid, and
sterile. The French soldiers, however, during the
blockade, afforded a proof to the natives, shat may
be done on such a soil byyudicious culture, as during ,
the greatest heats of summer, they raised every spe-
cies of leguminous plants and other ve.,:etables.
These artificial gardens produce the ,Anit fruits
and vegetables as those of the count' y ; we found in
them abundance of cauliflower, water-melons, and
every species of grape, but not in a sufficient quan-
tity to be converted into wine. most commie;
trees are the orange, the citron, the fig, the pome-
granate, the peach, and apricot; we also sometimes
observed pear,. apple. cherry, and walnut trees.
fhe fruits of all these trees are of the eery best qua-
lities. There are also. principally in the Cotonnete,
some fields sown with wheat, barley, and cotton.
The Botanical Garden might easily be rendered
very valuable in Malta. as nothing nurse is necessary.
in order to naturalise the different plants, r: bids
grow in the four quarters of the globe. but to ex-
pose such as flourish under the line to the west in-
tense heat of the sun, and carefully to protea from
its iniuencethose that are indigenous in colder coun-
tries.
In this inclosure they already cultivate most of the
plants used in medicine, and among others squill,
and the folio rme;alemui, of such boasted ettica. y in
hemorrhages.
The hog is the most common animal in this city.
and also the dog, a great number of which the tra-
veller encnunte:s in e 5 cry street ; hence the Indian
proverb, eleilin d,l :WINO "VI ii sac wilt dral
c tae Fooscrsi. con, • fore : At mid day senbing is t J
he seen in the streets hut Frenchm re, dogs. and hogs.
Horses are very rare in this island; as beasts of bur-
den. asses or mules are mostly employed, which are
esceediugly hardy, and of a very large s.se ; goats
ale also numerous, but there are few black cattle.
the os is brow :lit either from Barbary or Sicily. sad
is fattened with the seed at the outset, slash readies

she flesh delicate. ThC poultry ton siPestkof
hens. and a greet abundance of pigeons; game is
exquisite and very plentiful. particularly at tbe
of their passage; rabbits also abound in die island.
Malta is well supplied with a great variety of &h.
The inrats are numerous, and the ants and mus-
quitoes prove estretnely troublesome during rht
summer. Lizards are observed in great numbers,
but they are perfeetly harmless ; anJ rhe venomous
reptiles, such as the serpent, are seldom foiled us die
island. •

The influence produced by the state of die 'at-
mosphere on the life, the health, t T the diseases ci
mankied, is generally acknowledged. At Malta the
qualities of the air vary according as the wind pro-
ceeds from different points of.the compass; and as
it frequently changes several times a-day. an almost
contmna! variation of temperature is thus produ-
ced. The north winds are always cold. and thoce
from the south warm ; it is somewhat singular that
when the north or north.west winds prevail thwing
the day, their force i 'diminished during 6.
whilst on the contrary, the south win.' Iwc•tme
sensibly increased at that period. The ser..l,. Cif el
m the north-west are colder and ore pore, Ie:
tfiey blow over a larger extent of sea, tirm
from the west, which touch a little se the , „
coast. The north wind is sufficiently pure IS i.ru -
vez s'ing Italy and Sicily, where vegetation is abun-
dant, as well as that from the north-east and-ean,
which blows over a considerable space of sea The
south and south-eau winds are the most anythoie-
some, and the least pate, as they pass over throws-
tinent of Africa ; and the strait, which separates
this burning and arid country from ?'alts, is ma
sufficiently broad to produce on them any ameliora-
tion in their course.

PIUCF. OF STOCKS.
tsatsr.o•t.

- -- - - - - -
9 te, C int. Noil.. . .. 68t 59 At
6 per Cent. .. .
5 per Cent. Loyalty 4tJ .1
Lang Aonnities l7 1-19
imperial 8 per Cent 574
Oesuient.
Exchequer Rills is tit die.
Ituallsh Lottery Tickets l3l. Vs.
Cuticula fur 5911i
T. 413H,3sicit.brArer,
No. 4, Cambial, and% Charing Cr 36‘

PRIM OF IRISH STOCKS. Doc 47.
Glavernment Debentures, 5 par cent
Onad Canal Laan,Atet

lot, Tuasoat, lAu 1.
Glenda 4i U, Fx.
Force SEIi. Visa.
Lisbon GP
Ow",

aou.triew. v. 4.
Portugal Gold in Coin
and Bare per et— • 'lO 4
Duukioo t.
New Dolly'
Silver in Bari 4
New I...tuis each , 0 .
Ann on the i 4 ine of 4114Bleigg
4h pat Cent.