The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1809-12-20 00:00:00

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Ito. of. Abraham Joseph Swept' of Sur}-street, Loolosi,
merchant, et ten, at Guildhall, L 004041.
Jan. to l'hionae Hibbert, of Liverpool, wine end spirit- '
merchant, at eleven, at the Globe Tavern, Liverpool.
Jatt.'t I. William Simpsuo, of She Ale% Turk, innkeeper, at
twelve, at the Tontine Inn, Sheffield.
Jan. to. Paul Taylor, of SlwAield, York, serre-rnanufacto-
rer, at eleven, at the Angel inn, Shealeld
Jan. 12 Wiiihin Green Smith, late of Billingfura, Norfolk,
merchant, at eleven, at the Swan Inn, Hailestun.
i'tl CATES—Lc N 9.
J emcee Union, of Detestable, Beelfor, .yletnaller.
William Hope, of Manchester, Lancaster, grocer.
James Coma, of Minciug-laue„ London, merchant
Ambrose Eyre,, of Union-street, Mary-la-boner, Mieldlcacs,
grocer.
John James Fuller, of Voxford, Seffulk, shop keeper
William Keuuett, of Snow •hill, Loudon, bake,.
INSOLVENTS.
Prisoners in the KING'S BENCH Prituu, in the enmity
of Starry.
HIP'? NOTICE.
Henry Rork, formerly of Lundeen- road, St. George's. fields,
and late .of Canino-street, Fcochurch-street, London, met
chant.
Oakley, formerly of Mark xtreet, Shoreditch,
aid late of tercet Leutiaro-stiert, Shoreditch, timber-mer-
chant.
John GI iffith, formerly of Feces runt, and late of Eas-
ton-court, Gloucester, yeoman.
William Tockei,Surenerly and late of Exeter, serge-maim-
fact urcr.
Frederick ll'illiam Murray, formerly of Ilonuslow, Mid-
dlesex, mud late of Welitierrow, St. George's fieleks, Soucy,
Gentleman.

.tiAf.AL C E. •
rbuysmuyin, DEC. 18.
Arrived the. Apollo frigate, Capt. Taylor, bearing
I%ice-A(l4+4ot Thortsbortruirh's flag. mod the Herrera
store ship, both from the Mediterranean.
Caine into harbour the Escort brig. Lieutenant
Crosby.—Weu•.out of harbour the Coquette. La
guns, Capt. Forties. Duvea, usc 111.
Last inglitat blear very hard, dun.% which' the
wind shirt. d from the W. to the S. and track espial.
Early in the morning, two very large ships passed,
Gar the Oov.ns, hut the sea ran en high, no boats
could get otf. On Saturday night, we are informed,
am American ship, loaded with door, was lost on the
Goodwin Sands. Sit.: had hero dela:nod by the
(Thervot sloop of war, in consespience'of her coining
out of a I- r. mit port, and hiving ihs papers on
board ; tt appeared she had been carried in by a
privateer, and afterwards liberated; istonsequenee
of which she immediately put to sea, without wait-
ing for tier papers, knowing the danger attending
a delay in a French port. rhe crew of the ship
(except the mate and supercargo) were .saved, as
were the people putt un board from the Oberon, in
all about 20 person.. She was ashore on the Good-
win Sands a consOleroble tittle. 'flue people 'were
landed at Ramsgate. DCA.I4, DEV.IB.
It blew very hard, last night, rod early this
moriong, from the S. and,S.S.W. The only ship
that lies suffered, that we hear of, is the Samuel.
Captain Sughrue, for Trinidad, who has lost au
anchor and cable. •
Arrived and sailed for the River, the Young
Henry. for Oporto. ~ HARWICH. DEC. lit.
This porawg. the Lady Frunccs poebet sailed
for Gottemburgh, with wails of the Hth and Litis
natant; the Heligoland mail of the 13th still re-
mains, on account of there being uo pickets iu the,
harbour.—Wind West: .
• YARMOUTH, DEC. 118.
Arrived the Vestal, Barber, front Oporto; Musv,
Salter, from Walcheren • left no Saturday last. iben
ell the troops were embarked, with the exception of.
centinels, and they did not amount to
.400 men.—
The number of transports on sliore is about H or,
Li; the crew are all (except one) sired. As boors
as the wind shifts, they will finally quit the i laird.
—Arrived two slaps dismasted ; one is iu the Otfing
in the seine state.
DE „C. 1.
Oo Wednesd my night lottr the brig Ediztli or Ex-
eter, Copsam Tromp; laden with fish, Sic, from St.
John's, Newfoundland, was totally wrecked on the
Islands of Kane. to the westward of I,..raittotv Buy.
The crew consisted ,of the Captain mid tour hands!
of whom the Captain and two men were last ; the
remaining two ascended the topmast of the vessel,
which fortunately wax some *et above the surfaies
and the vessel giving a heel, they uniticUlotisly
tainted an adjoining rock, and were saved. On the
seine ivight, a small sloop. from Toiler, laden with
kelp. was driven Into Tramore Bay, and went to
pieces. The mow were saved.
The Master and 11'urdens of the Bakers' Com-
pany waited on the Luau MAYOR, ye;terelity, to set
the assize unit price of bread. His Lordship, aft, r
examining the 51ealweighers account, ordered the
price to be continued tie same is last week, viz.
Qusrtern Loaf Wheatca Is. 41J., sad Household
is. 41.1. s
The LORD CitancBi.t.oa has appointed Isaac
Pluorr, of St. Albati'l, in the county of Hertford,
Gent. to be a Master,' Faxtuaotdipary in the nigh
Court of Clierteery.
On Saturday. the Fading coach ran over the
gaidenheed waggoner, on Sinallberry Green, fed
bnike.his thigh in so shocking a manner, that it is
(bought amputation most be resorted te. He now
lies at the Chaise and. Horses public-house.
Yesterday afternoon, rs souse work Men were fi-
nishing a house its Sloaite-,treet, the scaffolding, its
well as the side of the house, suddenly gave way ;
by which means, six unfortutoste persons were Pre-
ppitated to the ground. They were soon after dug
out of the rub's, in such a bruised and lacemteal
state. that no hopes are entertained of their
very. They were all conducted to St. Gersrge's
Hospital.
On Thurday night, a violent gale of wiuddie-
companied by very heavy ram, was experienced
in Gloucester, amid excited great alarm, as well for
the safety of the *hipping upon the coast. as for
property of every description, exposed to the
fury of the storm. At the Bishop's Palace, a large
chimney was blown down, and forced its way across
a strong roof into a sittisig.ronot beneath, the floor
of which, with apparent ditfiruhy, sustained the
era.ll of the falling ruins. Oise barn, at the
the end of Barton-street, and antler at Barn-
wood, were blown down; and a small hot-houser
belonging to Rnainer Moms. Esq. at the lattee
place, was Dearly. despoiled of all its glass. Th-
winclnws a the infirmary. and the roofs of a num-
ber of other buildtaga, sustained considerable