The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1806-03-06 00:00:00

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N 4 ?4L INTELLIGENCE.

tOIItS3I.OI:TH MARCH 4.
Sailed, with a good breeze at NOrth.East, the
whole of the East India convoy, Ender the protec-
tion of the Farm., of 74 guns, Poly/Ammo, and .Ifriev,
of 44 guns each, and the Adenieer, of SO pith ; also
two transports, with provisions for the Cape of Good
Hope. The name& of the ships which sailcd from
et. Helen's. are. David Seel. Alrovv,(4 Cagle, Essex,
Bowl, Lard Cavilrreor 4, Sir William Beitarv, Wal-
e," Castle, Cara, Hash laglii, Lark Jane Dandas,
Ponievevaaere Ainilver, and Wiwrh i/ea.
Arrived His Majesty's ships 'lure(' and 16`apper,
with the Walliavestiew, Lod !film., Asia. and Fflate,
'test Indiamen. and about ninety sail of vessels un-
elarnionvoy from the Downs. several of which have
lgoestriled to join the East India convoy, among
6 Oho the Bruessts. Gnodsherd, for the South Sea ;
Ai" —; and the Fame. --., for the East
lashes.
TbeJewseire frigate. Capt. Dick, was taken into
sleek this morning ; and the Thisbe frigate, Captain
e J. was Taken out.
itliiedisr. of 80 guns, is ready to go oat of
bmboter.
The wind continuing at N.E. the Mediterranean
convey is etpofted to sea in a day or two.
VALYOUTII, MARCH 3.
Sailed the Pomp«. Admiral Sir S4ney Smith ; and
the Astor" Sbaseremsassadil SOWIIIIII MN& under convoy,
bmild to ebo . S.ut NW; Vice-Ad-
miral Sir *min Conti. Prinevolltvel Borneo,
ArisidaiAN aid eilssy, for a cruise eE liest.
The Prue* fieirge. and Woodier each, vestal u
tu
• port
aloe the .Arckland packet, Schuyler, for
Tilibou, with Mails.—Wind N.W.
3
DIAL, MARC* 4.
..
•? : Sailed the remit frigate ; Rosario sloop of war,
sod several jigs, for the French coast ; Ham.
I. used ship and the Devaatativo bAmb, with a
einvoy to the Westward t. and several homeward-
bowl vends, for the River.
Analyst' the alwarenthr sloop of war, from a
gale; mad remains in the Downs. with the ships
8::last; mid the ladefeligaile, Weir. (tom Ja-
The Exert gum-brig, has a signal dying for a
amp to the Neethweed.—Wind N.N.E.
—on—
' TROIS LLOYDS LIST.
tiliumesoo. MAACK 4..—Soiled tom Albion, Riobsrdres.
Ow New Sonata Wm or; Crown. Mono, for Tnntelot ; Iroquois,
Solway. ter St. ?locos'.; Nile, Hy% (or Summar ; Jams,
Veber. foe Croundal moms. Royal, New, for Deeinfa j
If.trieties. Swan, kr Is. Ezter• Laing O. --... few SA.
VidemoS'S; Mafelsish leassAZl. for Antwerp; New Verner,
Voterbors, for GibosbAr.; Wand** halm ; alla the Duke of
Tea, !rep Ow "AIMS.
WICNEWISWSZSIIMMIN

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sznuomsaie T INSTANCE OP
• BRaIERY.
.
Is the- late priceless *aeon with the Combined
Them, Hie Maps?, ship D4airee, comnemsdad
by P.C. Durham, hod engaged a French 80-gee
eldp, within pistol shot. Mr. Sprats, mate of the
slows ship, frmis his great aftivity, had been ho-
lamed wit thd essassand of the boarders, and like-
wise...is:sod la opportunity to signalise binsself. •
This brave young Officer, in the midst of the aition,
askte by gallant Captain permissioa to board, alto
iis
' y ordered the helm-a-weather. and the
heirdws sobs ready ; but this tips son of Nep-
alese, haring • dig ship would not close, and
unwilling to lose se glorious an opportunity, re-
alties men that could swim, to follow him.
L'",ard into the water, swam to the enemy's
Mira, sad entered the gun-room port alone, by the
assistaace of the rudder-chains. His men either
misunderstood. or did not hear him, in the clamour
of hauls; but our hero made his way courageously
threw* the differest decks, and was soon aver
OM la she malsestsagpoop, with his hat on the point
of hisiadaso, • the boarders to his assistance,
who wee then anxiously waiting for the ships to
IMO. He attesepsed so haul down the French co-
lumn, bat was attacked by several grenadier% whom
he =pulsed with memos. The ships being pretty
elem. mend of oar tars got over, who bent their
neagenese ei an Aka. He trial* mercy, and
threw hismillat sew hero's feet, who saved his life.
its had awe* performed this piece of service,
whoa a eteekst was WNW at his breast, but
lINO, OM be filtellssilly struck it downward ;
tessilla. barmy, the shot through his leg,
aleldierse wow* (mitered. Hi afterwards fought
sups die main se his knees, whe were soon Jis-
asimpsZli mime( the brave tars by wham he was
se suppetted. The ship Woe after struck,
Ls4sil lo be rAigk. This young officer is in
the sad. we are happy es hear, in a
kit way .I=i4we IL --WS. CS..s. JOk 1 1, 1 806.
IMIINEMBEIMErI."II.

The Nee *pot" ----, frau London, for
]riled, Wes misses in the Severe.
Ildierderietleight, as a sentiment was trolling for
11"1111=111 Riven awe .=, a sea-gull
at his bait fa ). which it
szo—end seized &gaits: the gull was
okissassiy hooked, sigh its beak. and taken unhurt.
Is is a vvry las bird, of beautiful plumage. and is
aro to the pond of a neighbouring seat. The sea.
pa is vary randy wets so far inland ; and, when
gm, is eipaildered as indicative of vsry heavy and
want Ivanhoe.
yeaw Os., doled with the wilful murder of
Jolson Laws", et Si. DognePr, Pembrokeshire, has
Mss apprahrsied at Dihasmowddy, in Merioneth-
shire, and lodged in the gait at tiaterfordwest. A
War intercepted at the Pint Office, at Cardigan, was
she seems* of tirs' covering where be lay concealed.
There was a vrechlinx at Aston, near Sheffield.
an Monday week : the bridegroom was loosed from
his apprenticeship. he was married, his wife was
ohareheal, sad their child christened, all on that day.
His father killed the pig, and they made so merry
as almost to kill themselves with feasting in the
aveniag.
The alleged, father of an illegitimate child, at
Aberystwith, Wales, having refused to give secu-
rity to indemnify the Parish, was lately committed
to the House of CorreCion, at that place, till the
h i,n. of marriage had been legally published be-
tween him and the mother. They were afterwards
iutended to church by the officers. aid a great con-
course pt Reeple, which' the novelty of the wedding
htsiSitsensble.

AhfPnre A.

NEW VOIII. TCII. t.
A the circumstance mentioned in the following
comminitated article (from The Commerriei
hie, of last remiliM. is said to have occurred :eons
than a inn since, it can scarcely obtain audit.
Any thing ye peqing Tom soon becomes notaal.ius
A3.ASSINA riaC.—An attempt has been tn.tie to
assas,inatc Thoma, Paine, in his house at r:rw Ro-
chelle, in the star• of New-York. Last Ciiristmas
evening, Paine's t•.vo servants went to visa some of
their acquaintances. leaving him and a neighbour's
boy together In the house. A short time atter this,
a musket was fired through the window, the ball
narrowly missed Paine, and lodged in the opposite
wall. Next day the supposed assassia was Appre-
I banded, and admitted to bail."

waslittraToN, JAN. 29.
A Resolution, of which the following is a copy,
ras this morning offered to the 11 u;e by Mr.
Gregg, and is referred to the Committee of the
whole, on the State of the Union :
" Whereas, Great Britain ininresies citic•rt; of the United
States, and compels them to serve on beard her ships of war,
and alto wines and condemns eeseels belonging to the citizens
of the United States, and their cargoes, bring tire benefits pro-
perty of American citinens, not contraband of war, and not
proceeding to places besieged, or blockaded, under the pre-
text of their being engegial id time of war, in a trade with her
enemies, which was not allowed in time of peace
" And whereat, the Government of the I.T.iired States has
repeatedly remiiii.irated to the Briti,h Government against
these injuries, and deinau4sid sati,factiun therefor, but wadi-
effea.
" Therefem Bemired, 1 hat until equitable and satisfaflory
arrangements on those point., • ..all be made between the two
Governments, it is espenient, that from and after the
dap of next, no goods, or merchandise of the growth,
produft, or manufacture of Great Britain, or of any Colonies,
or Dependencies thereof, ought to be imported into the United
States.
Provided, It...sever That whenever arrangements deemed
satisractory by the Pre dent of the United State., shall take
place, ashen be lewhl fur him, by Peoclamatien, to fix a
day un which the peslibides ainessmul r alarse."

MASONIC BANQUET TO GENERAL
MORE AU.

On Saturday, the lath of December last, the
Members of the French Lodge Amenity, No. 73,
gave a banquet in Philadelphia, to their illustrious
brother, General Moreau, at the Long Room, Shalt-
spears Hotel, corner of Chesnut and Sixth-streets
The room was decorated with an allegorical paint-
ing, eight feet by six, molted by an eministerist
of that city. The following is a descri7tion of the
painting:—Trophies of war on each side of a me-
dallion of oak leaves, surrounded by white ribbons,
on which are written the principal towns besieged
and carried by the Hero! via. Biberach, Ifuniague,
Kell, Newbourg. Neresheim, Etlingen, Renchin.
Eagen, Nordlingen, Delmesingen, HoschteU, Er-
bach, Feldkireh, and Hohenlinden. In the centre
of the nastiallien is represented the river Rhine, and.
at ease ofeetesee, the siege of a German town on
dß* 115P3alhellk I the General is seen on horse-
back, followed 14 ale of his Aids-de-Camp.—The
medallion is sweeeeeded by a crown of laurel and
two trump*, MVOs of fame ; on the plinth,
Masonic aulpie.
usizeas, In the of the Mk was a dame, supported
by t* nadir 111.111116 was placed a white
Usti', illiek reread, on each face
of were the tollewhe inscriptions :
taixtforesa. )A . To Vie. Moreau.
Ci toyen. • (.2 i Wattior Cantata,
Aen Vertu,. At? .F. TO leas Virtues,
Aas Triumphs,. 3to To his Triumphs.
The greatest hilarity reigned through the whole
of the banquet, which was intermixed by several
songs made on the occasion, and a number of others,
mostly martial. The General appeated to be pet-
fetetly at home among his countrymen and brethren,
whom he did not leave till nearly midnight. His
appearance, his deportment, and his conversation,
all tended to confirm the reputation of his great
talents and virtues. and have made a lasting im-
pression on these who were present.
The toasts on the occasion were but few ; each of
them was accompanied by an appropriate stanza,
sung by the Master of the lodge :
The land we live in ; the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania ;
our native country ; its warriors • the fair SOX ; and all the
stae.ns en the surface of the 11111b1
The brethren retired at midnight in the greatest
order and quiet.

FATAL DUEL.

The following is an extra& of a letter from a Correspondent
in Pittshongh. to the Editor of The Unit/413MM Chlitetle,
dated Janeary la, 11106
On Wednesday last (the Bth instant). a duel was
fought in the vicinity of Pittsburgh. between Tarte-
ton Bates. Esq. the Prothonotary of Allegheny
county. and a person of the name of Stewart, a store
keeper here, in which Mr. Bates was killed at the
second fire. The ball of his antagonist entered the
upper part of his breast, about an inch left of the
centre, and lodged in his left shoulder, passing near
his heart. He immediately fall, and almost immt-
diatelv expired. Political animosity and party dis-
putes,led to this fatal catastrophe. Stewart is said
to be one of our patriot 4'76, arrived since Ilse reser
hotels fern Ireland. and one of Duane's faCtion.—
Mr. Bates was an American. In consequence of
certain abusive publications, Mr. Bates attempted to
horse-whip Pentland, the publisher of " The Common-
wealth." Pentland first wrote him a ante that he had
applied to the law for redress; but shortly after
a challenge, probably advised by Stewart and
some other of the Irish incendiaries of the place.
Mr. Bates thought proper to refuse the challenge,
on account of Pentland's being a boy, and an ap-
prentice of Doane's, and perhaps for other reasons.
Pentland had him posted in hand-bills as acoward, Bcc.
Mr. Bates published a statement in The Tree of Li-
herty, in some degree reflelliag on Stewart (without
mentioning Isis name) who WAS the bearer of Pent-
land's challenge. This is understood to have pro-
dueed the challenge from Stewart. The minds of
the people in Pittsburgh appear much inflamed.
Something was threatened to day towards the t'e-
struflion of Pentland's press ; and, it is said. the
Militia were ordered out to defend it. The fag is,
I saw armed men passing in the streets. Something
serious may yet take place. The Colonel of the
Militia, in this town.is an Irishman, and of Duane's
Cation. sod perhaps a majority of the officers of the
same description. The poor Americans seem pre-
pared to surrender their rights, and to become the
passive tools of foreign desperadoes.