The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-10-03 00:00:00

STORM.

Extra& of a letter from Jeal, dated °Sober 1
—" The wind being ro the Northward this morn
ing. the onward-bound Beet, nuder convoy of t.,e
11 suave, weighed. a, J made art attempt to proceed
but their prowess ass won checked by the wind
chopping mood to the Southward ahoy neon,
which ooliged them to put back again into the
Downs. A small sloop irom Plymouth, bound to
itanisgate, with stores, foundered in the Downs last
night. crew saved. We experienced the highest
flood-tide, last night, known for many years on
this mist. .kt the north enJ et town the lower
,rooms of sever tl houses were corn, letmly 61/ad wick
water, and the town. for several hour., was in a
state of gen ral bustle, seine removing dm e farni.
tore, others sheltering ve•ir boats, and securing
the small woodemetoreaboues, for materials, by
the water side ; Whilst thus- inhahiting the houses
near the shore, were olockading their fences, ac.
which were much exposed to the wash oi the sea ;
no very in..teriel damage, leiwever, has been done
here. Much injury is said to be done amongst the
stock in the marshes by the sand hills and Sand-
wich Rats. The felts and castle en Sandown have
sustained considerable damage ; At Whitstable the
tide was equally rapid. Nothing Wither bas
transpired, sutiicinit to inform us of the name of that
' unfortunate vessel wrecked yesterday merging upon
the Sand, only that she went to piece before the
boats lett the place, The Deal boatmen deserve
great praise for their exertions, in risking their own
lives to save the poor vietim., in this and all other
opportunities;similar although, in the present in-
stance. they were not successful in their attempts,
in which several boats were nearly tilled with water,
and in great danger."

Almost the whole of the valuable property of the
Ahrgarenny EAU-LA.I4MM 134 s been recovered from
the wreck of that ship, near the Race of Pintl.insk
Chests, containing 70.0u0 dollars, and also 30 pipes
of wine, have been weighed up from her in the
course of the present summer.

Amongst the various inscriptions which have been
offered for the Glasgow Monument to Nctsort. we
think one suggested by Sir .Infin CA as. a gen-
tleman known for his travels. who is upon a visit to
that city, worthy of notice. Sir Jouti remarked.
that, as the monument was simple and grand, the
inscription would be mote correspondent and dig-
nified, in proportion to its irsvity, and more worthy
of the glory of the illustrious obj.ed, whose heroic
deeds require no detailed illustration, and conceived
that the following inscription might serve
GLASGOW TO NELSON ;
upon large projeding charatlets, richly bronzed.

About three o'clock on Saturday afternoon, a fire
broke out in a gentleman's house. at the east end of
Greenock, which at one time bore rather an alarm-
ing aspen ; but. by the immedia.e exertions of the
family and neighbourhood, it was got under with
no other material injury than burning a part of the
roof. Among the crowd, where all 'vete willing
to contribute every aid which their skill and ability
enabled them to do, the prompt and efficient exer-
tions of Mr. ions Id aoonw, and Mr. PONTIII,
shipbuilder, were particularly distinguishable. The
former, the moment the alarm was given, repaired
to the spot with all the men from the timer-yard
of Joust Flanooar and Co. who scaled the walls, at
certained the seat and strength of the burning, and
dirated their operations accordingly. The latter,
who has distinguished himself upon other occasions.
was no less useful upon this. It should be added,
that the fire-engines were at the riace with a most
commendable promptitude, but happily. it was net
necessary to employ them. Had this accident hap-
pened in the night, not only the house in which it
originated mug have ban consumed, with its fur-
slime, bat, most probably, mimes adjoining.