The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-01-08 00:00:00

Arrived the &rob, Vandyke, front London, bound
to Demerara; Hal ely and Archer gue-brigs from a
cruise.

JAM. 6.

Came down the Utrecht man of war ; Franc', and
Elisa; Heart If Oak, and Maria transports ; and
remain in the Downs with the ships as per last.
Wind Westerly.

HULL, JAN. 4.
The Delia, Featherstone, of this port, is reported
to be on shore in Gothland.
The Rochdale, a constant trader betwixt London
and Selby, is a ground on Lowestoff Beach, her cargo
has sustained considerable damage.
The boy rouse Lett, of Elsinore, stated to have
gone ashore near Flambro' Dikes, took fire and
WAS totally consumed on the 27th ult. together with
part of the cargo.
On Friday the 14th nit. the brig 4fargasst of
Sunderland, sailed from Shields on the day tide,
coal loaded and bound, by positive orders from her
owner. Mr. Hayton, to the Captain (Thomas Wat-
son, Monkwearmouth), to Portsmouth harbour, and
to no other port. The wind proving remarkably fa-
vourable, on the Monday morning followin4, at six
a.m. (being only 6.5 hours after the had left Shields),
the Captain made the Isle of Wight, when, in going
into Spithead, an African trader upset about a ca-
ble's length astern of her. At this jundure, the
crew of the Margarti were employed in double-reef-
ing the topsails, the wind strong from the Eastward;
as soon as this wa; effeded, the Captain ordered the
ship to be veered, and most humanely went to the
assistance of the vessel in distress; when, by the
greatest exertion and perseverance, aided by a smack
and her crew, who witnessed Captain Watson's
condud, and very laudably joined in it, 20 out of
24 of the African trader's crew were fortunately
saved. This occupied seven hours, during which
time, the Margaret had drifted so far to the west-
ward of the Island, that the Captain was necessi-
tated to go to Plymouth, and where he arrived safe
on the following day.
On Wednesday last, the brig Mary, employed in
the service of the impress at Leith, put into Whitby
by contrary wind, having on hoard about eighty
Dutch prisoners, including several officers, with
whom she is bound to some port in Holland, to ex-
change them for part of the crew of the Romney
man of war, lately wrecked upon that coast.

FRONT LLOYD'S LIST.
Ge At 'SEND, JAN. G—rassed by the British Tat',
front S4111%101; Two Sisters, White, from Nee futmdland ;
l'alboliim, Buid..am, trona St. Übe's; Jean, Smith; and the
Penelope, Lainb, from Riga; Areitoria, Imbatt, from Dublin;
Fortune, Crawley, Asia thv Providentia, .1111A.0:Nt.ii, 00.0 Dallt-
Z,C the Bombay Cagle, fur the F. Ali Indies ;
and
the Friends, Howell, fur Jamaica.

On Monday evening last, an alarming cry of fire
was given in the streets of Ringwood, occasioned
by the chimney of a thatched house being on fire,
which communicated with the thatch ; and, as the
wind was very brisk, and set exattly in the direaion
of other thatched houses across the street, the most
serious consequences were apprehended ; but fortu-
nately, by the very prompt and spirited efforts of
the inhabitants, aided by the favourable circum-
stances of the thatch being frozen, which prevented
the flames from spreading very rapidly, it was soon
extinguished without any material damage being
done.
A fine boy, about six years old, son of a person of
the name of TA Y LOR, who resides in Union.street,
Leeds, was on Monday last burned in so shocking a
manner as to occasion his death. Tire child and
two others having been left in the house, he lighted
a match, and in attempting to extinguish it, rubbed
it against his clothes, and set fire to his bib ; the
piercing cries of the children brought the neighbours
to their assistance, and every effort was made to tare
the little sufferer, but invaia, as he only survived
the accided a few hours.
MI 14011 Of EXTa•CTINO a PIN T ROM TRIE
Tuaosx.--A young person of the name of BR y-
• iT, of chippenbArn, Wilts, a mantuaanaker, being
in the habit of putting pins in her mouth (a habit,
it seems, very frequent with persons of her profes-
sion), last week accidentally swallowed one, which,
however, stuck in the lower part of her throat. The
pain occasioned, as well as the alarm excited, by this
accident, ultimately led to an application for sur-
gical assistance ; and Mr. GREENSUITIII, a medical
prsaitioner of the place, was called in, who soon
extratied the objea of alarm, by a method which,
as it is extremely simple, and may prove of public
utility, it may not be unacceptable to repeat :—The
patient was placed with the head bent back over the
back of a chair, an egg was then broken, and the
contents poured down the throat ; previous to this
process, an instrument was prepared, which is call-
ed professionally a probang, bat which is nothing
more than a piece of sponge fastened on to the end
of a smooth and slender piece of whalebone, about
half a yard long: this insutuneut, in the moment
that the patient endeavoured to swallow the con-
tents of the egg, was forced, with a quick steady
hand, down the throat into the stomach, and is
brought up the pin sticking in the sponge.