The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-07-22 00:00:00

PROM) ENTIAL ESCAPE.

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• (From the Green** Adreether of Tuesday.]
Arrived here on Sunday hut, the Latona, of London, James
Paterkm, master, from Cape Breton, with timber. When off the
Mull of - Knoyre, Captain Paterson discovered a small boat, with
two itidn and a woman on board, labouring hard to bear up against
a tremendous sea. With genuine sympathy he bore down to relieve
theta from their perilous condition, the yawning waves threatening
every moment to overwhelm them, and succeeded in getting them
on board of the Lawns, where he treated them with much huma.
nit till they were landed here.
The story of this frail bark, about thirteen feet keel, and her
worn-out crew, is no less remarkable than it is interesting. Samuel
Adamson, master of the boat, proceeded from his abode at Birsay,
in Orkney, with lobsters, for Mr. Davidson, in Stronmess, on Fri-
day, flue 7th. current, accompanied by J. Sinclair, who was engaged
tet:h him in this employment, and his wife, who went to Stromness
to produre medical advice. After delivering their fish, they set out
trout Stromneas on the evening of the same day, directing their
course to their native haven at Rimy. but were soon enveloped in
a must impenetrable fog., by which they lost every trace of the land,
and then, under the influence of the strong currents that are so
rernaritable in those oeu, without the ukl of compose or any other
guide, tor-rounded by a dense atmosphere, and the wind in such
c,rctimatatiefs genetally treacherously variable, they kept steering
w,ch a. course as they concluded would catch sonic pat tot the land ;
but the wind having shifted during night, and beitig misled by this
inconstant agent, they a ere carried by the tide through the Pent.
land Firth, which charged their course to quite an opposite
direction.
About two, P. If." ea Saturday, the fog cleared up, but being
then out of sight of hind, they took the sun as their guide to re.
cover their native shore, but haring reversed their position during
night. they were rapidly eatending their distance from it, and in
this way they kept, unconscious of their error or their danger,
till about seven, P. H., when they were picked up by the Bliss.
both, Morison, master, a Prussian ship, from Memel, bound to
Wexford, in Ireland, with timber, then fotty miles out of sight of
land in the North Sea. Captain alorison inhered to them with
greet 'humanity, and kept theta for eight days on board, till at
Adatnson's own request he was turned elf between the North of
Ireland and the Mull of Kintyre. with the intention of landing on
the timer coast, where, as has already been mentioned, they were
stain picked up by the ',atone, whip again in Imminent danger
of perishing. It need hardly be added: that they art lit objects of
t impassion and liberality. to enable them to regain their desola.e
and dimmed family of five helpless
.childreo, one of them a
mete infant, who have long ere now despaired of ever recovering
- their protection again ; and it Is presumed that their ease only
requires to be known, wben the necessary aid will be generously
affected them, they bring at present destitute of every means of
eutoinuence. They have been for the present lodged with a Mrs.
bhewatt, East Quay-lane, at the chair of a few individuals, to
wheal% their misfortune, became first Shown.

Since Saturday eve have been without any apprehensions;
there his been no fresh attempt on the part of thieves to'
raise a mob, that they might profit by confusion; and we
are very much persuaded, that severely as we are sure the
poor working classes feel the pressure of the times, that the
ttD aigstors of the late aiten.pt w raise a disttubance did not
urrginate with any of their body, but with men who de-
lg .L to fish in troubled waters.—llanchester Herald of
. Thursday.,
Suttee NO Ace DEN T.—Yesterday, at about oue'cloek,
a int hoe, seven.years old, nephew to Mr. Plash, plumber,
of 130. Chancery-lane, fell out of a two pair of stairs win-
ders of his honer, in:u the street. The little sufferer was
takeu up alive, but very little hopes are entertained of his
recovery. This is another proof of the necessity of having
guards to windows to which children have access.
We regret to state that Mr. Thomas Long, Mr. Brennan,
and the Rev. Mr. Kirby, having prom (led in a boat, off
Bray Bead, on Sunday last, en an excursion of pleasure,
and en their return finding it difficult to make the head,
entered a small one in order to row to shore, leaving the
other at anchor, in charge of two sailors. When some
distance from the shore, Mr. Long let his oar slip from him,
and endeavouring to recover it, upset the boat, when he
and Mr. Brennan were unfortunately drowned. Mr. Kirby,
we are happy to state, was saved. Mr. B. was to be Sub-
Sheriff next year.—Fir WM'S Jot, rnal.
On Monday eve ning one of the waggons used in build-
ing thu pier at Dunleary came in contact with some loose
estones, left carelessly near the metal track wav, by which a
large mass' of stone, of near two tons weight, was rolled
-*on, its place on the waggon, and unfortunately fell on
the thigh of • tine girl, of about eleven years old, the
deugleer of a Mr. Atkins, one of the inspectors of the
works. The sufferer would have been brought into town,
a distance of six mites, in that state, hut for the profession-
al skill of Surgeon Ferrell, who amputated the limb im-
nredistely. It is to be regretted that the Commissioners
lease not procured a resident Surgeon in a neighbourhood
where, for such a knot)) of time. accidents must tiecewts-
rile have occurred.—Freernort's Journal.
ATPREIILNSTON OF A GANG or IfOODERS.-011 Sun-
day night last the houses of Rt dwond Callaghan and t )wen
M'Carthy, near Mallow, County Cork, were broken into
by an manta party of robbers, and plundered of various
articles of wearing apparel, a quantity of flour, and eleven
shilings in cash A report of the se robberies having been
made to Lieutenant CreQsley, Chief Constable of the he-
avily of Fernley, that orcer promptly set on foot a search
minor" the boosts, of characters whom he suspected ; the
result, we are happy to add, has been the finding of some
of the articles stolen, and the apprelit nsion of the entire
gang, via :—D,,nis Molcny, Jerome!! Sullivan, John Eng.d
limit and Michael Tobin ; these men hare been examined
. before Mani Newman, Esq. and the Rev. Mr. Lombard,
and committed for trial at the next Assizes. The exertions
of Mr. Ctoseley, and the m o under his command, on this
mad on every other occasion, are deserving of the public
aptrebation.