The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-12-10 00:00:00

ELECTRiCAi

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Tire tikis tn., lower provinces of
Venezuela &nil Cari seas are fun .4 Om elo,ctricsl
refs (culled Tre.noc6s by fir- :iptuttsrols. and
dagrifirs Treardahaates lay the French Costunists
of tioryaii.o). They era, also in-the smaller
lake. which are seattered lu:duals to the Iran
plains that lie hdwedi the river. I humid' auol
Apart. The ancient road which lea ii:•ar Llnttica
has beets abandoned, on Item:nit u 1 tile 'Unger,
run by those win, cru,sal the water-, itt which the
moles were soddenly struck with ago iriaisuble cow-
motion. retidtreal part lytte, rod afro thotritett..
Veit' Mira trie ti•hcruisti rtco.,:ted eat elect rte. shod:,
the couiluctor of *lnch tea.. hi% Gut.•
'foe electrical eel is six feet loin.—Tice Indians
hare so great r (1111141 ol' this ere.li Ili ~itch re-
, pogo:ince to approucli it while living, tldt M. de
HutuMililt had the utmost difficulty to 'Audi' si.b•
jects for his experiments. lie *sited several de)s
for this purpose in the little taro 11 of Calabozo,
having learned that here they abounded. The
owner of the house where he lodged exerted him-
self to procure some. hut i.i vain.—At tenon
he resolved to repair to the spot, where tlisso,
eels were met with. Here occurred n spectacle of
the newest description sod most rat rani-11113r). kind,.
About thirty mules 11111s1 horses had been splieia)
driven together from the neighlsouri;:g.savannahs,
where they live almost iu a wild at ate, o pl ore so
o Immo. that the price of tiny one is but seven
shilliogs, when are proprietor ran be ascension-41.
The luintris. by driving them on ail woes, forced
them to seek reluge in the water. where they kept
thrin by piesenting harpoons tis.e.l at the end or
100 C cities, suit by violent shunting..

The eleetricial eels, routed by this tumult, row I
to the surface of the water, And saionniitig
like so tunny livid serpeotv, pursued the !•iclte.ss
quadrupeds, sod glidi..g wider their ti,i,set, c•.ro-
tounu•ated the most violent and mild shocks. The
terrified horses, sufferiii4 aguis:ct, raising their
mattes, soil (Willing lire from weir *tonsil: 1z eye-
balls. rolling tit icon, in vita endeavour. ii to
escape. Is less than five minutes two of them
sunk wrier the waiter, and were dromned. Vic-
tory seemed DOW to &Chill!
But their activity began to faiigued he
the repotted exertions of 'heir ner.oivi misty
1.44 frequently discharged tlicir electric flood.—
The horses which had survived the etrly aus..ks,
gradually recovered their strength, mid •t the end
or as. hour the gyiunoli retired flout toe comfort in
such 8 VIM. ,i 1 livigitor and 81111.18,1.1011, that thee•
were without difficulty &siva to the shore by curds
having little brink• "i thvi

The Court of isoug's Seiren did not *it on Se-
torday, Lord Ett.saannoLuit having on I tidily
tinislird the busmen at W.e. reasuater. The Sittings
us the City commence chi- day.
An order was expected throug!,out the whole of
Salutary for au embargo me all Swedish vessels;
but although as account ha* hero taken of the
number ships under that in the venous ports
in the kisigiluiri,,Criavermuent. we understand, leave
net ensue to any determinatiou an the sons et.
Saturday afternoon a convoy, in which were se-
veral large ships, sailed from tbe Down* to toe
Westward, coder mower of the Victory, of um
wrier.
There are letters, it is mid, in town, from Bour-
deaux, to the date of Monday last. winch men-
tion, that the Eepedition lining, out in the Scheldt
were to take cm hoard a body of 10,000 troop., for
the purpose of ramming our coasts, and reuswiug
the alarm of invasion.
Some more American Journals have been ,e•
ceiveri, including a 1. w Notches Papers to the mid-
dle of Ostoher. The revolotiou in ear Florida
was occasioned by the Convention receivi,,g intel-
ligence that they were betrayed. and that Cilivernor
Fuleh had a galley at Dalvestoon, iu which he
meant to embark the Menthes for Pensseole; mod
that he himself wee in the taster's part of the pro-
Mace, alarming and MOVill,g snow: (lie
people. Afar the reduction of Boon Hoag..
the troops of the Convention seciired the (;41VCS31-,r
in his own house, hot not maul he hail mule a des-
1111 resiatance, and been severely wounded.—
The Convention wan, rid to be divided as to the meat-
surei they should pursue ; three of the Members
Gettig decidedly in favour o acceding to the Ame-
rican Confederation, to which the President him-
self was not supposed to be averse ; a bile the
otheis were bent upon ['mint lining, by arms, their
recently proclaimed independence. Several ageots
had arrived at Washingren. and had an interview
with Mr. Madison ; but the precise object of their
unworn' wee lint known.
A large ship from Malave, with not more than
half of s cargo. OM% ea os Saturday iii the Downs,
after having landed several proem:-re at Dover.
OW 11.hant she fell in with a Freuch privateer,
which. .ner a smart action, she succeeded iu best-
ing elf without any lam in either killed or wounded.
Her slits were full of shot holes, cud although one
shut pleased through the cattier windows, moue of the
paoiem;ers were hurt. Oo her teenage, she saw the
arifesiy. of Dover. Capt. NIIDDLITON, with fruit
from St. Michael's. for London.
The ship Pomona. of Hull. Writ with timber.
from Quelerc was sent us' Friday night into Dover
by the Goshawk sloop (.1 war. which recaptured
her. She reports that s-versl of the ves..-ls, of
winch she formed a part, h rye been taken by
French privateers.—Tim Frenchmen when they
found they could not ewe off the Poo time. re•
turned and took out their men, with whom they
mole their escape, wi.hie 004 voyage.
They slid not take ally of her crew, or soy thing
nu liii•ad her.

A &serer fro•n the FreiwN army in Spain an
tied 4 few tla►r since sat ilath ; he ie 1 native of
A:191)+6. awl followed the oerupition of a ra•aonl-
iurs:..r ; hut wa: compelled by the Cun•crtnt Law
to join the army; urdervil into the Tyrnl, and was
enKage.l in the heat of th it drstn►chre
This poor German lea nfterw•r.l4 in wehv,l into
Spaist. liie nt.conitt of Oie .ittrrriitaci of 'Mown'
o•imen tt eolitrates. form• a inn-t interesting
Sill rhe"4 h..w the Contno•nt has sunk
muter the allicting tyraiwical rod 13ua*%'milt*►..
11 Os-,prd f►..m the Anne or the Urolint, stsikabg
with fimine *ad hi. watrirlo, and ren••hed 641401 w.
aivre hr Hirt **eh a goad Satsumas,. who adtui-
r.i.torei: to hit, recovry, tind prururtd him a passage
t Effilaoite

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LA' LYTP.LIGENCE.

COURT Or comm4.4s ELE.ts,

SAVAGE V. rcror.

The Plaintiff, a Captn.o t,••• army, and 'soli
of Admiral Savage. brun4tit tt.io. at 1.011 to recover
of the Defendant, a Kentlrw.o ,i 1 the eervice of ifie
East India Cotnpaoy. lit. fur three. quarters' rent,
"tater, to Ire doe (or tit, use of ;i hotpot: at
toil. It appeared that the Pr.oitt::if had t"keti
lease of the preinOes of a Mr. 1/oi:ca, for ...vets
scare, and the Dytentlatit rc,trreil to take tl:e house
Coon the naiad". fur a part of the trim of the tea"e.
S lore dilf..rei.ce sit coo r..,1 on the t of nutiee
in gat!, It waA all, ,al that the Defendant had
left ilia pioentoie. inm,eoe.erlt, auti 1141. thy Plaintiff
had a right to ill. ~nose ,ttn,, incluti2d
charge for fixturo th—The Plaiti.tt, atter a Ictig triad.
was notisiiit"d on a point of Id., with liberty to
more to u ve(dict.— file Sitting% ended at
VVe"taninater, and the Jails &Alai grd the Court.