The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-10-13 00:00:00

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Sur.

ciiattlari ♦vcnst 7.
CAPTURE OF Till! SCSAN3Ati.
Seth S.,ely, late mar.rr of the British same ill
Swamis:h. of St, John's, N. B. t..ken by the French;
arrived, a few days since, in the brig Slily, from
Barracita ; and, for the mercantile interest, gives the
following statement of his treatment, and the teso•
lotions fixed by the French privateersmeu as relate
to American vessels

That on the I 9th of July, being abotit 30 leagues
to leeward of the Grand Cayos, saw a French fe-
lucca rigged privateer, who soon came up; the
Frenchmen boarded, and, without asking any
questions, drove him and his crew into the boat,
and on board the privateer, where they were imme-
diately ordered down into the forecastle, war many
threats of their lives, and were not permitted to say
any thing on the subjed of their capture. The
schooner was ordered away for Barracoa, without
any questions being asked.
F /rtunately for Capt. Seely, the Dostor of this
privateer was on board one which took him in Ja-
nuary last, who recognised Capt. Seely, and ex-
postulated with the French Captaia. After about
an hour and a half, Captain Seely was ordered on
deck, to breathe the fresh air, and. as soon as he
produced the papers of the vessel, and found it to be
English, the crew ;were immediately allowed the
liberty of the deck, and treated (after having clothes,
&c. taken from them) with every, attention that
could be expeaed ; a gun was fired in order to bring
to the schooner whom the.. accan.partiva to B4r-
newt. Tise reason of his first beiagtreated with so
much brutality was, the Frellchmen .sappoted her
prize to he American. That, in conseipseoce of a
runs iur among the French, t!tot an .Imerican arm:d
vess:l had retaken a goosed of the United States from
the French, and nad pa; th Fr:nehmen onshore at
ot. bu ttt i t /go, o, be 111.1i4 At' red by the brigands, the
privatcars had formed a ist.vliution. to mintier every
American gi.ing to St. lkoningo, or put them oa
some uninhabitated ishtr.J, tie aV.cuit sound their
neck, and let them run. Capt. .ietily was told, that
this had been done, and would have been their fate,
had they not proved to he Englishmen.
Capt. Seely learned that several American vessels,
nut bound to St. Pomin„oiii, had met with French
privateers, who carried them within four leagues of
the island, then manned and sent them in as legal
prizzs, swearing they had tound them within such a
distance. Capt. S. highly recommends to all masters
of American vessels, if possible, to avoid siAiht of
the islands ; and assures them, the information he
has given, is a determination fixed on by the French,
and which he was assur-d on board the privateer.

Some improvement has been mule at Woolwich.
in the con,truCtion of shell., which, on exploding,
discharge a large quantity of swan shot in every di-
reaion. to the distance of 150 yards from the point
at which the shell bursts. Some experiments have
been male on this destraittive engine with the deAr-
cd raid.

IFF

TO TAE iDITOR OP THE RRITISII PRESS.

I believe it was Dr. Johnson who rths !reed, and
I think with singular propriety, that " the man who
,made a blade of grass grow where none grew
before, dererved well of his courery." Se.isihle
of this mull, we may hourly remark, how mankind
;ye always eagerly straining their wits after im-
provements, and hope to distioguish themselves, if
not by transmitting theienames to post erity, at least, t
hyliving ifs the pratses of their context p-rraries, and en- ~
_toying motto substantial profits, in the r. sons or empty i
expeceatious. Among those who art pressing for- -.
ward. in this path towards the temple of UM , none t
SJJEZI is deserve better of mankind, than those w'no
.linss themselves in pro jeding useful. institutions. - i
Such, for instance, as-that planned by Hers ANI r a
given in your paper some days ago; which mast
strongly recommend itself to the notice of every
friend to virtee. I have, indeed, often thought tiunt
such an institution was almost the only thing want- •
lag to make this great and generous nation on every
r eslisin complete, j da.not, nor do I think How Se le
i a.. meant to insinuate that inch instituilorto met sw.
ua-ivers illy wanted. 24 to C.sllfor a plan or' ,-..i no./ r I
tlt.'end to every class of society. For wit are:. -oont -:
women have, among the lo tree or l: r, Is -en giti -!‘•
of 1! all indiscreet indtillehrer -Of their passioni,"
and have, as every frequently happe.....s. the appeal
pension of becoming • Mothers, .. ere the celesta l .
vows of matrimony, had sena itmod the cono.cistion,ol; i
the parish ar:orkhonse is before them; iced, i, general,-, ;
I do not %repose there are many instances of. unfair t
meals being used to conceal th: sham-. And when
the hapleis &rubel, in the extremity of her swain's-
taboo:Wing, or of his helot so taste:As •as to wafer
a prison to her tender embraces, can he d,srnitisel •
from bar temporary retirement, she can remelt- •
to her friends, arid' be restored ti society with are
fair a character as i)::'Ore, without having iser mntiest
.and delicate cars drirde Iby elione gross and vet- • j
gar epielatn, which it is-the duty of this more re. I i
fined age to banish out or ogr language. As to the
higher and fashionable rariFs.,ol society, we never,
hear of such a thing happeaing amr.ng then, 1
and, thenefore, conclude, that it never dues happen.
To neither of these, therefore, can the instinition i
roposedby HUSI4sITAS apply. liar I can easslyili-
rine hoste Wishet to be undentocal, though lie tar' 1-
nof, in the Erst instance, se-rhap., from a conamonda-
Ole berry in, bringing his pr.ijeft forward. been
quite so ex,nicit in the particulars as 'he ,will, .no
doubt, be herearter. You are w:11; a-enre, SlrX.
Editor, that there are end.ris instances in this king-
dom, where the laudable rata ty of parents, inducing '
them to look on their female otfsp. hig to be as farr•
*Deltas habdibille As many other , who have been
'born to ride in their carriages, cannot in.:pose whys
thir,should no,: be seat to b carding SCllOOi, as well
:at their neighbows. To boarding wheel,- there-
fore, they go, and learn ei:ery tki4, ' tl• fo.id
0
mother, to pay fix by items (f)r uluesa :. be paid rti
for, hew would it be possihre to knew' .refier they 1
ail
be le.o ned or not?), nine, herr.if even in her neces-
satiet. $ and the father, though** fits his money
well. altos to see Miss a tine lady ibises,. .lye
learns music, dancing, French, drawing, geogra-
phy, nay. even Astronirnie—in env worst. ~ -- it!....,,,,, - •
—eteriri* hrr triple. awl the prn'eoti of :thwart '
and morxlity„ whgth, peraa; s, the rni.acst, and beg,
governesses, war very propgrAy conclude to he of rm
use. Such an rolucauon as this naein airy manta a
finish; and I have alwaya tbooorhi et hard, that oar
sea, after leaving, school, should havrinstirntions, so ..
well endowed as our universities, to r-'tire to, where/ ti
.we can finish, and the ell:len:ion of the other se
should be entirely without a finish I shall not at i •
present enter farther into a prujen, the utility of
which is so self-evident, that, the trittre I rert:it upoi
it, the mote I am surpriied that it sites Sle/Cr
thought of before. As to money, the state will
i supply that. Reckoning upon the number . Imeni-
.bers that might reasonably be snryosed to mitrict! '.
late alter the projedt was brought to bear, 1.,10 not ell
think that one of these c011..-g.s would 'se sulEci. irt., '?;t
Thi a must be thought of lierstafter: I hope Hu sa A.s. 0
erras and myself may not be forgotten. as I S. 11.•• ,
pose there will of course be sons: few lac, orve sic . 0
tuations to be disposed of. It happens rather un- .14. r;
fortunate that we should be at scar with the only • '';
nation in the world that cuuid assist us in a plan ..f 1,
this nature; that, joined to the necessities of the r•
State at the present juno.ltute, may, perhaps, retard ',.
US a little; but we ass not so easily difilliteJ ; aid I i,
hope you, Mr. Editor, will lend us every assistance, (
by publishing our letters in your useful and widely • ,
circulated Paper. I am, dec. CJIIIT•S. f::

The afgiding accounts from Spain, relative to
the progress of the epidemical disord:r which has•
caused such havoc at Malaga, and some ot" Cr
ports in that conntry, have length
attention of Government
neded with the tra,t of Spaii
make every inquiry, aad en
tior., that may tend to sigh
and rirulcuze of it s: Jitter
port, it is understood, will
consequent measures which
vernment may induce it t
that consiJer.,:ilic apprehen•
at Gibraltar, that the coati
garrison, and that every
adopted by the Governor to
silnlity of its introduidion.
had been eredied upon the .
was c tkulated to teeeive abossi
we are happy to hear, that tF
sped. at the daze of the II
accommodations seer! likely .
An old man hanged hinssei
lodgings in lKiugi&a.•d-rnai.
posed to gave been the anise
Mr. Maaoa, of Gray's Inv
turn to town on Thursday
hoi s. upon Turoham Green,
broken.

The dividends payable at
come very opportunely for tlt
takers of Fortune's favour
Drawing. Such nnmense
in.lependent of the First
morning, being the Seventh
will be entitled to Ten Thou:
First Drawn the Eighth Dar
Pounds, are benefits never
Four Days to Draw.

e AT length cngageJ act ;
and a Mei Chant C.,14-
:tin, has been decired :o
coilea every Infirmare
stablish the real eaten
rn ee's-. Upon his se-
-4 pra;:cipally de:-..end time
h t'..e prudence of Co-
to at:: t. We know
rumens v.• -re entertaifeal
tagion ra;gic, retryt:usa,
r precAzAtio,) ha.l hens''
a gusri against the p, -
, A
temporary hospital
Ilial. / ground. which
bout fifty patients e boa,
there was butlit•le 41.
lad account., that those •
v to he occupied.
golf on Ifas...uarr at his
I. Extreme wnt ii ;up... ~
up of th•s rash ..a. t •
ut-I4ne, was up.* hi* re- 3
• lASI, thrOWil from Lis '.
1, and had hs cu.l ar bone
the sank sent Monday , 4
those alio with to be par-
ors. in the Lottery now
sums in Capital Priztv, ii,.-•
Dr.awn on Wednesday
a Day's Drawing, hick
()Viand Pounds, and :ha
ay to T.ven:y Thou,ani
before equAlcd• t/"Jj. •
..s..

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NygrAL INTWLLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, OCTAL
Anived the Po'hnhethar, of 64 guns, Cal,r. Lan-
ford, which sliip, with the Armormtson and V,'eene,
of fit guns, will be fitted immediately for foreign
sea vice.
' The Trusty, of 50 guns, Capt. Agles, returned
last night after post, but sailed this afternoon to
join the squadron off Dungeness.
Arrived the Co'quest gun-brig.
The ship PM,Ct IV El z,sluth, Capt. Ferresdaile,
from London, bound to Bermuda and New Provi-
dence, will sail und:r cn.:vny of His 'slajesty's ship
efueue •r. which intends le tying hence in about six
or seven days, for Newfoundland and Halifax.—
Wind West, with rain.
MIKAN, OCT. 10.
Last evening, after post, the wind being inclina-
ble to the Eastward, Admiral Cornwallis, with the
ships under his command, got under weigh, to pro-
ceed for his station off Ca. The wind changing,
be returned to Torbay this day, with the File do Pa-
ha, Sao Josef; IP-ince, A-toes George, Przneess 120,/-
ed, Warp, Tenirevirr, IVnthor Cottle, and Plailla.v.
ars • also, arris from a cruise. His Majesty's ships
Neieseis and Heron.
II•I.MOUf 14, OCT. 9.
Arrived last evening the P,i:we Adolphus packet,
%alders" in 31. days from Jamaica, having four
skied of the fever, she is goo • into quarantine ;
Yak was this day fumigated, and will be for-
' warded be to-morrow's ma 1. . .

The Dyke of I'embe►la'd packet, Lawrince, with
Mails (rim England, was arrived at FLArbitd..es pre•
Irions to the Pri.,cc .IdoLhas leaving it.
Appeared off this port, and landed letters. the
bornevrard bound Eat India ship General Street,
Captain Mortimer, from Madras, which she left
*Bich six others, under convoy of His Majesty's
ship Cusragear, 74 guns, which she parted with on
Ilemaday last.
. Sailed this day the fullowidg packets, viz. Ws/.
ltobarts, with snails of the 2d instant, for
en ; fslita, Patergy; with ditto, of the Sd inst.
fo► New-York and Halifax ; Lord Charles Spenr.r,
Coasesworth, with ditto, of Cie 3d inst. for Bar-
badoes, Crooked Isl ind, and Jamaica.
' Arrived this evening the American ship Intrepid,
Cardin Robert E. Stead, from Norfolk, twenty-
sit days passage.
DLAI., OCT. 11.
Arrived the General Strom, from the
East•lndies, aid remains in the Downs with His
Majesty's ships. the defence ships, the homeward-
bound East•lntli:tmen, and several outward-bound
vessels, as per last.
P. S. Arrived the Discovery bomb.—Wind S.
W. blows bud, with rain.

HARWICH, OCT. 11.
The Prince Geom., packet, Capt. Saunders, sailed
yesterday with the mails for HUM= ; and the Puttee
sf Wales, Captain Hearn, this day for Cotteuburgh.

FROM LLOYD'S LIST.

gIi.ISIIIM.e)CT lt.--Pored by the Vmw Niw00....—,
EmMilo ; F.lisalwth. iti.ey, from Cork ; Nan, D 0...
Quell -;; Sr., Nv.n..h. Ito*. ; awl the Aurora, Wdlcitt.,
aanta...., • •.• •I t...t...11'., R /I.t.s. 1... C..... V-
ego; Andras, Whot,o, for Ton.o,og, o ; Vrow Elosabeth,
woffunn ; and the Janne 'Ana, CArtlbitl, for Yawns.

41411IV•Le

At liahAxwwthe Adventure, Douglas, from Liverpool.
At Pl.ltiirtoon he Atlantic, Chem, /ton' Liverponl.
A• Charlogoin.wahc Alexander, riompra hunt Africa ;
laid The lel I r!, Ann, Taylor, hunt t.:1!. de.
At New Yo.k—dhat Flora, DJ Hirt, front Peter,biergh ;
Ann, Cult, font pall; Limpont picket, Meek; So ma,
tnlo;;,..Ariadrit, !Parker; and the Romulus, Runl:.g, tiJ n
I.
At fri,:mdelAna—glio 4miable, Suckeny, an I ill: fro-
spanty, fmm Liverp
At Houdgrai-r-the Nnn, Srocand; and el), Rd :preen, A 441%,
tem London ; Hope, B..itiet., from Hall; Europa, Davis;
and SW E ua, Sheppard, from Rridol.
Its the thmil,--th, Guidon, Re•r, June, Cadenhead, Alex-
ander, Li*, Rms, Warr, Vicissitude, Stem, F-irl St. Viiiront,
Nmad, Rii!raret, Valiant, Mary, Godwin, lairry,
Delver, Romp, Wilin, Pursuit, Smith,
Rnimn, CoryOrerlsild, Simpson, Loridnii,
Alfieri, ',moth, Royal FriwThi, Slut:heart, Lady enrhcs,
Gerirby, Duk • of York, New, .11ert, Peauv, Tr:lawns,
Planter, Simmorp, Lads, Johnston, Fau!sion, and the St
Geort•, I Jamaica.
Off Darer—the New /tr.'s, Coon-r, from Piidadiphia;
Elisa, flue, from New York and the Ruralising%) from
Jamaica.

At C 01.1.4 —the 114• titer, Willi, from flavAntiali.
At Liverpmil—the C.immerce, Sl.farlane, from Phi'Jilrl
Ph a ; Princeit Rosa', Norton, from Haysnnah ; Atla,, Stiick•
dale ; Sarah, Lightfoot; and the Westmorland, Oliver, torn
hismi A.
At klinitol*the Quiker, feral, frmn Honduras; and the
Yount Ile.rdrrck, —...., (p.m f;
At Dundee the Ron, Wilson, from Prtrr.tmigh.
At Clide—Two t;imerali, Ataiont, from Costlesno George
Aimmoo. Pont N-sr Yo-k ; Pomona, Ibt•Nitcge, Aifraxl, Cl.iik,
sad the Al Ales., der, foam Jamaica.
At C.wk—the the Cora, fltamn, from JamaTa.
At Dublin.—the Hr-a, Smith, and the V.ilentina, from
Antigua.

The aelivity of the Police has happily cleared
our streets nt the formidable gangs of /terdert and
with which they were so long infected.
Indeed the salutary praclice adopted by the Magis.
!rates, of sending on beard of Tenders all sturdy
vagrants who can prove no means of honest radns-
rrious livelihood, has contributed, in a very eminent
degree, to the diminution of crimes against the
, safety of persons and property.
• The species of impostor. recently practised on
Lord Cr, rasnos's benevolence, is by no means
new or unusual, but coeval with the various other
species of frauds that have been practised for a
century on the credulous and unsuspecting. There
is scarcely a lady or gentleman of property and
known benevolence in England, v.-ha has not been
more than once the dupe of similar artiF.ces; and
the sums that have been drawn from the pub-
lic by epistolary and advertising mendicants for
many years past, as well as the consummate
artifices that have been employed to support
such claims, would exered all belie, and have at
last operated to excite so much suspicion as fre-
quently to exclude from pity and beneficence the
most deserving übj-Lrts. Mr. Sataromr, in the
first introduction of his admirable Comedy of The
Critic, had some excellent strokes at this species of
imposition ; but they were so ill relished by the hu-
mane part of the audience, who did not understand
clearly their obje3, that they were either wholly
withdrawn or nest l; modified, upou the se oral re-
present:Rion