The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1806-09-09 00:00:00

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IMMBURGII, Ster. 4.
The Association for Defence of the Frith of
Forth, and of the country in general, at its last
meeting, on Monday, the let curt. well pleased to
find the opinion formed of the Sea Fencibles, on thy
first institution of that useful body in this distri9.
fully justified and confirmed by the alacrity and
zeal with which they volunteered their services on
board the Text..? ship of war, to enable her to pro-
ceed to sea in pursuit of three French frigates cruis-
ing to the northward, to intercept our Greenland
and Davis's Straits whalers, unanimously voted
(out of the small remaining fund) the sum of 50
guineas, to be placed in the hands of Captain D
Milne, their Commander, and distributed among
them in the name of the Association.
The readiness shown by the Sea Fencibles of the.
Frith of Forth to quit their homes, and to suspend
their peaceable arid profitable employments, and to
risk their lives for the interests and honour of their
country, becomes doubly praiseworiby, from the
consideration that, on their being inrolled as fen-
cihles, the duty they undertook to perform was
expressly limited to the Frith ; but, in a few hours
after, receiving an intimation that their services,
without restriaion as to the length of time, or dis-
tance of cruise, would be acceptable, upwards of
;300 able seamen, with several shipwrights, Etc.
made their appearance as volunteers on board the
Tezel—and more were pressing forward to join,
when they were prevented by meeting 90 hands re-
tursine nn shore, by orders of the Captain. as being
more than were really wanted.
We are happy to find. that the city of Edinburgh,
yesterday, also voted 50 guineas to the Sea Fenci-
bles of the Ft ith of Forth, in testimony and appro-
bation of their zeal on the same occasion.

DUBLIN, SEPT. 4.
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NEW BANK OF IRELAND.
Yesterday, his Grace the Duke of Bedford and
several of the Nobility, were invited, by the Go-
vernor and Comp any of the Bank of Ireland, to view
the model of the new Bank in College-green, which
is *Just finished, and represents, upon a scale of three
eighths of an inch to a fOat, what it is intended that
building .half be when finished. The Governor,
Deputy Governor, and Board of Dire'actors, received
and COTtiueled his Grace and suite through the seve-
ral parts of the building, at which his Grace seemed
highly pleated.
The Magistracy of the City of Dublin are particu-
larly directed to the detetlion of a species of outrage,
at once unmanly and mischievous, by which the
streets are recently infested. The apprehension of
some of the ruffians concerned woul.i, we have no
doubt, soon pot a period to the °Neff of complaint.
We shall proceed to Lay before them an account
which was transmitted to our Office yesterday even.
ing: OnTuesday evening, between t!.e hours of eight
and nir.e o'sidck, a lady and her sister, while walk-
ing from Grafton-street to College-green, were, by
some unknown villains, sprinkled with oil of vitriol
to such a degree, that not only their upper gar-
ments, hut their under ones also were instanta-
neously burnt. Very fortunately its effects were soon
discovered, so as to prevent farther mischief. Sue.
picion rears very strongly ea two persons who were
noticed following them very closely. This species
of courage hair not been renewed for nearly four
years. No candidates for transportation havinm
made their appearance in the same way since the.
apprentice of a certain Apothecary of this city was 1111
transported for the same offence—a praCtice which
was, at that period, very common.
The Commander of tire Forces, the Earl of Har-
rington, who recently arrived in this city, evinces a
splendour, in retinue and appointments, highly ho-
nourable to that illustrious charallev. To the ma•
nufaaures of this countrf his Lordship means to
give a preference ; and Mr. Gibson, of Dawson-
street, a respe4lable citizen, we understand, is ap-
pointed sadler to that nobleman.
(Extra& et • Litter from Culegain, dated August SO )
An unfortunate incident occurred yesterday eve-
ning, near Portrush : A large brig, in ballast, sailing
from that port, off the Skerries, (a number of rocks
about three nails from that shore), was becalmed ;
the tide running rapidly down the channel, soon
drove her upon one of these roe ks, where she im-
mediately bilged. In this precarious and deplorable
situation she remained but a short period, the rolling
billows launched her once more into the deep, when
she instantly went down, to appear no more.—
Every person on board WAS saved, except the Cap-
tain, John Fierce, from Peterhead, who was killed
by a stroke of the boom. lam informed, from good
authority, that the greater part of the brig was his
i own property, be has sailed to and from this town
fur several years past, and was always much esteem-
ed by the merchants for his honesty and sobriety.
On the 16th ult. the ship f.i!y, from Jamaica,
Iladen with sugar, rum, coffee, cotton, &c. was
wrecked on the island of lnis Boffin, county of Do-
negal. We are happy to say the crew are saved ;
1 but the greater part of the cargo is damaged.

Last week, the right Reverend the Lord Bishop
of Exttsa licensed the Reverend FesozeiCe
:Aortas Ls Caine., to the perpetual cure of Pen-
zance, on the nomination of the Mayor and Corpora-
tion of that town. void by the resignation of the
Rev. CLOIIGE Colevoron.
In the Get man Papers received by the last Mail,
there is a letter from Messina, which contains the
following paragraph : Among the British troops
which arrived in Sicily, there was a regiment of
Scotch mountaineers, 1500 men strong. They are
a fine set of men, brawny and well built the greater
part have blue eyes and fair hair. The peculiar
dis:inOion of their national dress renders them real
sans culottes. Those who know the sanguine tem-
perament of the fair sex in Sicily, will easily con-
ceive what sort of an im,sression such a corps as this
was likely to produce among them. In fa& matters
got at last to such a state, that the Archbishop con-
sidered it necessary to apply to General Stuart, and
to request that he would order his li'sld Afgenteinrers
to put on some acklisional clothing. lie was laco-
nically answered, " that this possibly might he done
it the Archbishop thought he could make the Oicilian
Ladies themselves dress with more regard to c'-co-
rum." The Highlanders were, however, soon after
embarked for Calabria, tfa the great consolation of
the Reverend Prelate