The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1809-10-26 00:00:00

NAVAL INTILLLIGENCL

PORISMOUTII. OCT. tt
Dropped down to St. Wen's, th. Christiet
Vlllll. 74 gnus, Capt. Sir Joseph Yorke.
'llse Port Nation, of lb gout', Cupt. 1.11W1.00,
ordered to take u tom oy to Cork.
Arrived at the slothe, bank, the Patriot, —,
front Malts.—Nothing sailed.
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his Alsjesty's shipSpartiate has ben releasel
from quatautiue; shoo the ►hip Martha
PLYMOUTH HOCK, OCT. 23.
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Came in the American ship Brutes, CatdiGood-
rick, front New York to Toineingeu, with sugar,
_taken three days mice by a French schooner pri-
vateer, and retaken by the Medusa frigate.
Arrived the Maser, Capt Browne, front a fortit-
nate cruise ott• the Land's End, having recaptured
two prizes, which she lent in on Saturday, and
brought in with her this day the privateer whirls
took them. She was taken off Falmouth, yester-
day ; is schooner built, anti called the Ihronetelk,
16 guns and 70 men, from St. Maks': hsd inade
only two captures, which are before mated.
Sailed the Pheasant sloop of war and Mariner
gun-brig, oil a cruise in the Channel ; taw the
Medusa frigate On a cruise.
DBAL, OVT. 24.
The Humber armed ship, Captain Englikud, ha'
arrived with convoy front Plymouth.

Adiniral Sir /bairn! StraChan Ivaa this day
hoist-
ed his flag cis board the .ast Domingo. of 74 gore*.
Arrived this morning, the Wasp. Uriersciat.fnuu
the river ; the wind haring this &Remain shifted to
the eastward, she, with the Haywood. M•latosh.
■od several other outward-bound whip*, have sailed
to the westward.

Arrived the Dirraa frigate, and Pilchard schoo—
ner, with a fleet of transports, from Flushing.
P.S.—The convoy has jw.t sailed, with thy whole
of tile ositwaril•hound.— Wind S.W.
COVE Or coat:, OCT. tO.

Ve,terrisy. Ilia Majesty'r skip Druid, Gipt. Sir
Wiliaus &Alum; sailed fron► our harbour ou a
cruise.

This day, Admiral Whitshed te expected to
sail fut. Portsmouth in His 111.kje%ty's ship ltrisk
Copt. Coodv. lu the ahsence of the Admire!, the
command of the Irish station devolves ott Captain
Br.ter.

It was on Satur.tay ',venni, that the first firing
was heard nn the French coast—on Sunday it was
continued—on 'Moutlay morning it was repeated,
but still heavier than on Saturday. so much so, as
to shake many of the houses iii Dover. It was so
thick at the time, that the coast of France could not
_be discerned from the !tills; hut from the report of
some boatmen who have arrived at Dower, we lean),
that besides the dischargers of artillery, there were
illuminations. on Saturday itight, along several
parts of the French coast.
We are ex rein •le concerned to hear, that same
very outrageous proceedings have takeit place at this
East India Compait's College at llisyley Bury, in-
stigated, it would appear, lay certain young men.
whose conduct on a Ginner occ;reinti bud attracted
the censors of the Court of Directors, who hare beta
at Ivngth'ohliged to take strong measures.
Her Royal Highness the Princess CII4III.OTTII
of WALES. yesterday accompanied her Royal Parent
to Windsor.

The %editions gong who nightly make n bitrlr%elne
of God met the King! ale ad %11... a to recollect, that
their shal:ow offeet.itinit of loyalty th:e. not m 3,4
their real ; and that thry are not less hank:
to the penal tics of the law, for converting that ad-
mirahle song into the tocsin of not in the Th. s tre,
than if they excited and encouraged ►t by ►uy a thtt

The hsrrie►s belonging to T. Tnosirsoe, F.• 9.
of Bergh await, Norisolk, hod lain week our of the
severest and longest runs they ever experienced.—
Mr. DTIR'S &mous horse died in the tield long lie-.
fore the death of the here, and three other c.ipiral
horseswerr completely knocked up at the same Lute.
Only a few of the most da•hitg sportsmen, oho
went straight forward," could keep nittjui siLhe
of the hotinda. The Nora ich city pack also bad
some excellent running, on Friday, in Yelvertou
and theadrining parishes. Capt.Dasatk'sheunds.
nu the seine day, at ariningliall, Maley, and lakt ti-
ham, ran a lea►lt of hares, and killed a brace.

On Friday last; a General Sleeting of the Wor-
sted and Silk and Worsted Manufacturer' was
held iii Norwich, when it was resolved to increase
ti.. wages of the weavers. It is supposed that the
amount to be paid by this advance will b. about
WM. per annum.

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