The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-08-26 00:00:00

EAS7' INDIES.

The following is an extra& of a letter from Cap-
tain Waters, late Commander of the EilZl, be-
longing to the port of Calcutta, dated sadras, 17th
February, containing the unwelcome news of the
capture of that ship:—
" 1 aria sorry to inform you, that I arrived here
this day, having been captured on the 9 h inst. by
the French frigate, La Psyche, Captain Bergeret, on
my passage to Bengal. The Lima was dispatched
to the Mauritius on the 10th, and on the lath, my-
self, Officers, and servants, were put on board a
very small schooner, under Burmah colours, to
make our passage to Calcutta.
" The conditions on which they granted us our
liberty were as follow:—That we were to continue
on an easterly course for five days, when we might
make for this coast ; but on no account to land any
where, until the expiration of one month.
" On the night after parting with the frigate, we
experienced very bad weather, the boat making so
much water, that we could barely keep her free; we
were therefore compelled, for the preservation of
our lives, to bear up for the land, and happily ar-
rived safe at this place to-day, thirteen in number.
'• As I had given my word of honour to the
French Captain, to pert; am the conditions he an-
nexed to granting our liberty, I assure you, that
nothing but the didates of self-preservation, and an
impossibility to have kept the sea, should have ever
induced me to break the promise; I had given.
" I, and every part of the crew, were extremely
well treated, indeed, I consider myself under great
obligations to Capt. Bergeret and his officers, for
their extremely polite and attentive condua chile
on board the frigate, and amply supplying our
wants when we quitted her.
" The appearance and management of the fri-
gate was such, that I took her for an English fri-
gate, and was not undeceived until she was along-
side.

" We are sorry to observe, by the amounts from
the Isle of France, that the English prisoners there
are not treated with that liberality and attention to
their wants which might have been expefted one
of these statements is as follows, viz.

Oor treatment was very bad ; we were march-
ed in the same ranks with the seamen from the

south-east port round to Port Louis, about fifty
miles. in four days, with only a small portion of
black bread and bad pork for our subsistence, and
that only twice during the march. ‘Ve were after-
wards all confined in a gaol together, without dis-
tinction of rank or person, and scarcely allowed to
look through the windows of our prison. In this
situation we received only fourteen and a half dol-
lars per month, which was barely sufficient to sup-
port our existence on bad pork, bad bread, and po-
tatoes."

Letters brought from Cochir China by a Spanish
ship, arrived at rranquebar, and which sailed from
thence the 19th JArlllAty, say, intelligence has been
received, that the King had conquered nearly the
whole of Tonquin.
NAVAL APPuIMI ALlNTlL—Ciptlin Christian, of
the irrogini, appounted to the Vitior Captain
Hobble, Governor of His Majesty's Naval Hospital,
to the Arrva Lieotenant Montague, of ;fie M-
elva. a Commaudet, and to command the Dasher.

WE EARL OF ST. PATENT.

At a Meeting of the C., viratiott of Yort, held
on Wedn..sday, at the Onsehfidge Hall, it was
unanimously resolved, That the Freedom of that
City be presented in a BOX of Heart of Oak, to the
Right Honodrable John Earl St. Vincent, t-sti
niony of the grateful sense which the Corporation
entertains Of the very important and faithful services
he has rendered to the flow Onited Kingd ims,
during a life unremittingly devoted to the glory of
his country, the heinous of his Sovereign, and to
the just rnainten ince of the rights and interests of
his fellow suhjeit.." At eight o'clock in the even•
ing the Lord Mayor, Aide:Men, City Council,
'I own Clerk, Sheriffs, aud Common Cduncil, waited
on his Lordship, at the Deanery, when S. W.
Nicoll, Esq. new of the City Council, addressed his
Lordship to the following purport :
" MY LORD,
" The Lea MAyer, the /Mennen, the Sheriffs. and Com-
mit.. Council of this ancient and loyal City, wait on you.
Lordship for the purpose of presenting you with its freedom :
to present it in a form less solemn, had appeared 0. them un-
worthy of your Lordship's charaiter; of a char..der never OW-
'wised in the meal annals of this kingdom,ap,tl ney,r eq•valled
in those of spy other ectimuy Nor it it as a Na...al C.m winder
alone that we Let the deepest sense of gratitude •o your Lord-
shio : Mot, ei departments of the State ,our Lor.l.loi.hitsettions
have not lateen less COII4IIICIIOIIII ; and when we cousichr pm as
the grand founder and film suppoiter of that most im..entant
national measure, the Naval Inquiry, we are convinced that
your name will he d to the latest poste.ity, equalhir
entitle:o tor patriot.mi in the Senate, as fur 'allay in bait
Mr. Nicoll then read the unanimous ri solution
stated above, and his Lor iship, alter expressing
with much much feeling the high sense he had of
the honotr conferred upon him by the Corporation
of this ancient city, took the usual oaths.

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FROM SATURD IT NIGHT'S G.IZLTTE.

PARTNER DISSOLVED.
Rebore Wills and Thomas litykins, tobacconist% No 6,
king-weer, Seven Dies.
Goole la,ter and William Litter, wholesale stationers and
rag-merchants A-gost g 2, 184'5.
G.Nirga Brown Robert Samuel Jackatei,l4,llolSdark, And
Jame. Cy 04 Fah street, London, ClitlDlSti and druggists.
Jiay le U.
Samuel Taylor, of Masten, in the county of Laticsater,
and J ihn Prince, of Sunni,. te, sear Ilaslingdm, in toe said
county, calico-in inufactur IL August 80, 18u3.
S muel Tav!cr, of Ni of at, in the comity of Lancaster,
and Jams; Attie& of Stockport, in the county of Chester,
COl.Oll ~.inner. A•igust S 9, MOS.
W Mans and Mar. E 44011. of Aogel.stree, St. Martin's le-
Grand, trunk- ..akers. August 1, 1805.
Tuumas o.lei amid Jacoa Watson, of Bridgwater, in the
county of Somerset, asevers and lineuArapeni. Augu,t 9,
18(.4.

ILANKRUPICIRs ENLARGED.
James Dawson of C.rpthall•hniklr.g., to the cite of Lon-
don, er-irehouxentaii, daler and ch.ipman, from September
VI to Nwreinber 5, at ten, at Guildhall, Loudon.
Beo•on, late iif Tai-kenhain, in the county of
Middlesex, maltator, fi.,m August 27, to September 27, at
teat, at Guildhall, Lmiilon..._.

BANKRUPTS.
John Edgar, of the city rS New Sarum, in the eountr of
Wilts, sorgeon, apothecary, dealer and chapman, to surrend.tr
A• gust SO, at six, 31, at ten, and tl.ftoSer 5, at one, at thu
Antelope Inn, in New Saturn. Attorneys, Mr John Nod-
ding, jun. Salisbury and Mears M.llet and Son, Terrace,
Gray. Inn Ise*, London.

George Landiert. of Holborn, in the county of Middlesex,
viSualler, dealer and chairman, to surendrr Augud at
six, 51, and Otto dr 5, at ten, at Cuildh 11, lorido.i At
honey, Mr John Ellis, James-street, Rockingham gate.
Richard S frith, of Lidterworth, in the county of Leicester,
mercer and draper, to surrender September 13, at six, 14,
and Ofloher 3, at eleven, at the house of Mr. Charles Elston,
dimmonly caged or known by the name of the. Hind Inn, in
Lutterworth, of Attorneys, Mr. %Vatson. Lotter-
worth ; ar.d Mears. Kinderley, Long, and Ince, Syrnond's.
inn, Chain ety.laae, London.
M..rk Hughes, of Bury court, Love lane, in the city of
London, wool merchant, t. (or, dealer and chapni.,n, to sur-
render August 27, 31, and 03ober 5, at ten, at Guildhaj.
Attorney, Mr John Pollen, No 34, Fure.streer, London.
John Williams. of Leigh, in the County Palatine of Lancas-
ter, Cabinet-maker, dealer and chairman, to surrender Sedt.
5,6, a.,d Odoher 5, at eleven. at Mr. Richard And..rsuri's, the
sign of the Leg' of Man, in Preston, in the said runty. At-
torneys. Mr. Jo. n Trorighton, Preston ; and Mr. Map
Hord, King's Bench-Walk, Templet, London.
'lents, Hanlon Angell, of New Bond-ar et, in the Cninitv
of Middlesex, haberdasher, dialer and ChAVITIAII, to strati-ier
August 27, 31, and Ud.iSer 5, at ten, at Guildriall, Loird.m.
Attorney, Mr. Berry, Welbrenk.
Gorge Dodgem, of Kendal, in the County of %Vertnime•
land, grocer, dealer and chapman, to surrender S .ptember
3, 7. and Ofinber 5, at ten, G0n1,11143, London. Attorney, Mr.
T I'. Rigby, of the New City Chamber'.
Alexander Aberdein, late of Calcutta, in the Fad In I;es,
hut now of Lisle-street, Leicester-fields, in the county of M !-
dlesee, merchant, to surrender .kugust.27, September 7, and
October S. at twelve, at Guildhall, Landers. Attorneys,
Messrs. Russ and Hall, New Ro,well-court, Carey-street.