The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-02-06 00:00:00

11'ffr4t LYTELLIGENCS.

roaTesieurn,N. 4.
Arrived the Larkiag, sod Gaserel weliesky.
East bynames', from Bengal, last from the Cape of
Good Hope.

rLvuourn, vas. 2.

Arrived the Ckarks, French_
privateer, of 14
guns and 70 men, prise to the Phenix frigate.—
Armed the Scipio man of war. and Croats frigate.
from a cruise. the latter is pat under quarantine
for baring had communication with a Spanish brig.
Alm), the Alereatar transport free

IFLII. 3.
Arrived the Amason and Dipkw frigates front a

Fal.lll9OTll, FEB. 1.
Arrived the Doke */ Kent packet. Capt. Coates.
worth, in 30 days lio:u New York—she brings uo
particular news ; Mr. Jackson was at Philadelphia.
Alsoarrived the Townshenti packet, Capt. Western,
with Mails from the Leeward Island, 19 days from
St. Thomas's. The Chichester packet had arrived at
Antigua. Two packets had arrived at Barbadoes,
and proceeded on fur Jamaica. The Princess Eli-
sabeth and Express packets were at New York, the
former txpected to sad its about ten days after the
Linke if Kent.
Sailed the Jean*. Middleton, far London.

TORBAY. FEB. 3.
Arrired.-phis morning, lion ii-crui.e the //ester
frigate.—Wind S.

Doll6lt, FIB. 4.

'For these few days past, the *Hid having crime
round to the westward, the weather has been uti.
txnuiaooly holy, during which the Caa;es East-
Indiainaa (which has since totte up the river) was
very 'Mat on shore, on a reef or rocks between this
and Folkstonr, hut for a cutter, which was joat in
titillate, warn them of their dauger„—A smeggling-•
boot, about the same time and place, and provably
front the same cause, was taken by a hoot belong-
ing to the Lire!, Excise cutter, stationed herr,
Capt. Lilburu, with betiveru 1 and Sou kaki of
spirits.--Sincr the Scheldt expedition, a coniusuni-
cation is opened again for smuggling, the ports for
which Stella to vary according to cucuriptances.—
We ere bold, that, by the very great itudships many
of our paw fellows hare been made sutler, in the
different prisons in France, they have been forced
to triter into the service of the French, to the
amount, it is said, of several hundreds.

On Friday night, about eleven o'clock, two
French prisoners, who had broken their parole, and
were, about three years mote, taken in a frigate, (a
Lientcaaist and n Docior,) were detected at the
mouth of the hal boar, nialsiss their rvcape in a taut
which they had rude•. They were immediately
conveyed by the military to the gitaid-Maus!
on the following morning, another was picked up
near the harbour, taking • survey, who was, of
course, sent to juin his comosiiions, when he .rent-
ed much surprised at finding them there,
they had given him the and got home before
him.

tutee Friday, three West !no:limner), and a 'Arc,
whip Iro.agiielwc, have pad Isere, and took in pi-
lots tar the river.

The wit„( havmg come round to the North. thi4
afternoon, two 74-gun ships, two frigate•. and titre('
East (oilman-a, with several cuastera and coLierl,
have passed for the IVe‘twarri.

Wi;nt out of harbour at the fame the Sole-
bey. of Sanderlona, with so cargyo' of corals fur to
morktt; and th. Fririrly, of thvor, llottillze, with
w moment of CPO* fur Folk•tioir Beiwii; the Wit.
/UM. of Suiiilerlantl, * wlitioner, uiait Pseud heft
with a cargo of coals for Ilythes

DEAL, FEB. 4.
Railed Hi, N ijesty's a!lips Aboukir. unit knife,
hoperietise and Circe frivalc., f..r Net,moutli ; 41.
fred. Woodford. and Elpkbrgoor. End filename 1,
and a large dret,under convoy of the Trincolv vlor,p
of war.

FROM LLOYD'S LIST.
dtt• 9. Fret. al—Arrived tLe Act re, Painter; and
Princess Amelia, Roberts, Cant 11 ate. fwd.—Sailed the t . .
for India i anJ Jima flay. Baker, Gar Jamaica.

Friday arnved at Plymouth Duck, the French
brig privateer, Le Charles, of fa guns, ■nd a com-
plement of fin men. (iti of whom were in prizes)
captured by His Majesty's ship Phenix, of
gum, Capt. WOGS ; she was fallen in with on
Sunday morning. the etch ult. and chased for seve-
ral boors, but a thick fog coining on, she was soon
lost sight of.—Early in the marnmg, on the follow-
ing day, the privateer was discovered at anchor
under the French coast ; five boats were ordered t.,
be manned, and sent in after her, then a very th•ck
fog. and a heavy sea flinging: they, notwithstand-
ing, stood in to attack her, and, on coming
within gun-shot. the two beadinost boats. one
commanded by Limit. Mott Dar. the other by Mr.
MUDGE. midshipman, received a most tremi.ndout
Err of grape and musketry. which considerahly da-
maged the boots, and killed and womided two STA.
men. Notwithstanding this. they pos'iert alsrag.
side the enemy with the utmost gallantry ; the
Frenchmen then ran below, and, in evusequeoce.
had none hairdo/ wounded.—Owi,:g Waite violence
of the marl, throe of the boats did not arrive in tune,
the privateer having been taken po-session of before
they canoe alongside. Ten Envligh Captains, mud
13 "Rai:lieu. were found on hoard her, hsving
taken out of two ve•srbt that had been preciously
captured. one of which was from Norway, t'ie
other from Newifoondiaiirl ; the PAatsir was I. f• in
chase of anoiher. privateer..
lia the Legi-lature of Maryland. a motion puc..'d
to prohilsit the • pplication of tar sad /bathers to any
person whatsoever, on penalty of confinement
the penit-ntisry. A motion to add, as an rimecid-
entut, any person except is Owl, wan Lot by a ma-
jority of three or four.

A few itlye once, as EVAN NIORGAN, of
Glomorganshire, and n !tenpin rif the chime o(
Fisuie, were trackinv a h.le in the A WX. art pa,-
sing • hedge, a gun, carried by the latt r, went utf,
and the contends lodgiaz in Nionh ite% body. he
expired in a few hoot*. Verdict—.4eridt alai Jeuti.
On Monday, at Ket.oo.l. Snineesf Wltre, ten
bola, one faur and the other not t .ona
of MATIIIaW SMITH, were left at hone be the:r
mother, wino the c!der boy, p'.q watt ago
which the lather had left chargP I, a' the yreter.e
through the head as lie IVY SlPero;ti4 no the
The co•bther did not kw" that the gist, lied
left charged.