The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-09-07 00:00:00

SPORTING &Roomy MATCH.

The snatch betwees Captain Smith sod Mr. Desbargh,
TIM *old kill most head of game from live o'clock In the
moraine till live o'clock In the afternoon, was decidtd on
Tuesday in Hertfordshire. The conspeteiiirs are elbinitieredl
as good Gehl shots as as is &gland, and this match, Which
was for NO guineas aside, proved it. They 'feria to.
gether from the neighboothed of Wade's Mill, oo the
livistingslon road, takiag opposite thrections-..Mr. Des..
burgh to the south-west, in the direction of Welling, and
Captain Smith radial,' himself to the solithwast side of the
road, In the directions of Cambridge. Each Was samara.
sled by • hired of his opponent as empire, two Markers,
and two brace of dugs. Mr. De:berth fell in with a eatery
of Awoke* birds within a few misuses, and is lees than
three beers he bagged eight of them, sot missing • shot. By
twelve o'clock he had killed twenty head of game, aril he
afterwards killed eighteen others withla ten miles from when
he started, altogether seventeen brace of birds and four
hares. The Captain had killed 14 bead at use o'clibek, after
which be was rather unlock, in iisoliog, sod he bagged SS
head, via. slaters brace of birds mid three hares. He had
31 shots, and hie adversary 33. They fogad abustlauce of
game.

Ltllllll. getTealglll 4.
A meeting has bees held at this place (*Jay, mrsoisikef
of iiboot-S,llooCiflSlod todivideals, tir euosiderthe propriety
of eikmeirtlisg' an Addreee'of Cm iiiiiilmice aid :of Coogreltila-
tams to the Queen It was called by • member of Hewer.
holder., who signified. their intrados to she Mayory sod
received from him, though an his assert, as amarance
that tbe meeting should be in nu way distarbeA. It was
held, therefore, In the open air, at the outfights or Ow tows,
sod kill believe, the hest whirls has been held iso that maw
oet.sieee the peasiug of the Five Bills. The mover. ion ibis
mien wore peiscipally small tradesmen soil artisans of She
lower dames. The Climrinan was • respectable man, •
' woolsoapler, of the same of Whiliesii, and the speaker. were
Messer. Meson, Ward, Mann, and Brayabaw, whose names
are not *unknown as public antlers in.famour of Reform.
age. blaseit, wivi is sr exceedisely bones, arid Weans.,
spoke with great feeling soil considerable powers of ele.
quesie and digermiSt : his speech was temperate, and af.
forded • very good rumunirot rpm the injuries. treatment
' received by the Queer, and the manlier iii which she had ens.
tallied sod mieunatered that ireatinimi, es affording the
strisisgeat mumble presumptive of her insocessee.
Mr. Balidll, of The Leeds Mercury. attended the Meet.
ing, and spoke with great 'verity la the cause of the Queen.
He bens by stating, if he hail been consulted in this anise,
heolieliald certainly have not *denied the rresentatioss of so
Address al this period. Before the commencement of Its
trial, or after its close, should the Queen receive an bundler.
aide acquittal. be would most gladly join in a loyal mid
affeetiossie Address to ion; but when all the charges and the
elideice were brought scansat her, and were still surefilled,
reel* twat for as they refitted thealselves, be did net cam.
eider Hits a very At time fur the prriestattoe of an Adana.
It vos iliaJ, in the fitniajr, however, of this inewsore, that
he 4 ?rioted Pam the proposers of an Address no its pruprie.
I filly cooeurred is their principle and object. lie
lifseboided•strongly to comment on the conduct of bit
aestess Hie Misisters Sowards Quarry previously So her
oj.
airiest ill fiegliseel, wheis .be landed um stir abort", tied in
every step of the roceedjup. lie combated else principle
of ax Feet fade laws, and exposed the impropriety of sot
granting • list of wieeesees to bee Majesty. lie ridiculed
the malastroste 'video', of Signor Muni Mleordo and Ma.
dkomelosile Doable Inelopitt., sett ets premed his detessalloo
oft* moo Who andil bring tursord ebaremers es suspicions
sash bsfsmoss, I. swear to the aloft licsatiosta angdoet in
the part of the (amen.
The Resolution's were worded with great seal in the came
of the Qeees; and the Addresses,' ems of 'bleb was from
the *gleaned she Miser from the :ferule inhabitants of the
lowiry were of ass extremely elfectiomile sod loyal east.
They were carried wills the utmost osaminily on the part of
the ateetime, and'otdered to he feigned by die Chairman, sad
traasmitted to Landow for preshotatlue by Alderman Wood
and lllajur Cartwright to bee Majesty.
Frain ibis mobilities, she troggiplezien of she merlin may
be perceived. It was mainly composed of the bower rude's,
with • esioliderable addition, however, of very respectable
tindeunin. The mealert of the meeting was of an rum.
plary tenter,, said she feeling mimed In f of the Quasi'
Meet lively sod estbesiastit.

CAPTURR OP rut? CLINTON AND LIBERTY,
sEUGGILERs PROW NNW YORE

His Majesty's sloop Sappho, at sea, of Down.
Ostrich -Head, gagin g 13, 11120
Sii-1 beg perotissioa to express my satiebartios is has.
mg the hoopoe to report ibis his Majety's sloop order my
comossad this monde; rammed the Clinton pilot-bust
sekgremr, No.!, of New York, eighty-one tons hardest,
Oliver Hicks, Ilsater;and eight ems, very deeply laden with
s cassidlog of Ike hundred mid ifty-ieven bake of
tohotdo, seism kw grapes sad silks, sods Mall gloomily
of moo
pri,g close is with Dowopetriek Head, at six o'clock,
a.m. the wind S.W. moony, awl exceedingly thick Way
weather, the chest comasesced and combatted with crassidere
giblet Interest (al limos Ohmic at tb• rate of tea knots) moil
oleo' d'elselr,• by which time we bad chased bee resod Mil-
litto.floy ander grew lire, and completely soceeeded in beim
wing her is between Kinuisbarruck Poise and Putigrochee
os7,llkocks—the latter gorily distant one or two cables length,
VIII VS were obliged to tack, at the same time (in stays.)
lowering the larboard quarter aid merit boats, sad look
pommel,* of the prise.
I have the boomer to he Ste.
(lipid) I. H. PLUM RIDGE, Commander.

R: The Chutes is well found, capered, 'ad copper.
[Mewed, her late master avers, the " fastest sailing bust oot
of Aiserica ;" sod may 1 add, the wort beautiful sad perfect
picture of what the Americaus destomiaate " a clipper."
To Rear-Admiral Sir J. Rowley, Bart. 8.C.8.
Commander-is-Chief. am. Joe.
Bis Ithjesty's sloop Sappho, at See, off the Stagga
of Broadhares, 14th August, 1040.
Stn.—Obtaiaiag information by a louse neuberamikun
amougst the 'tapers taken about the perms of the late master
of the Clinton, that • sloop named the Liberty sailed os
the 11th of Jo; from New Yurk, with a cargo of tobacco,
mid Soiling this corroborated by the oral commasicatio• of

her iiebriated crew, I deemed it expeilleut out only to avail
impel( of the information so obtained, but to tuns the su-
perior fast sailing of the Clinton to the greatest advantage
for hia Majesty's service; Cattier she was very mach over-
loaded, I lightened bee of BO bales of tubaceo, and by so
doing, made a material differeace in her rale of sailing.—
Thom ipproved, armed, sad furnished with a capital crew
sad code of signals, I decided in ley own mind the Stages
of fienadhavei to be the most probable place to intercept
the slo^P is question; and so ilialreceS (with the Clinton to
windward;) as to be about eight miles N.W. from those
rocks about tour o'clock a. es. of this day. :Between tour
owl lee o'clock, the laud about Biroadltaves bailee SAM.
a cutter was descried N.S.W. standing in fur she laud, to
which chase was immediately gives, and the Necessary Me-
asly as per lug, Made to the Clinton; fur it the Gest view,
I felt pettedly satoilied, from her very particular appear.
sane and wavering asameavrieg, that she was the *loop
anticipated. At 6.30. had her within reach of mu guns
when a few well-directed larboard broadsides added to the
Clintus's musketry to wiadvrard, made her desist from any
further attempt to escape, and I had DM gratillestios of
boarding and raking prize of the Liberty of New York; 7$
tells burden, lades with Of bales of Whiter°, Gear**
Natvig, Maier; L. Areastruog, Supercargo; fire seamen,
and live calling themselves passengers; in all IS person..
I have the honour to be, &c,
(Signed) I. fl. PLUM RIDGE, Cammaltder.
To Cie J. lloarley, Bait. E. C. B. Bear Admiral at the Bed,
Cemmarider-to-Chief, iii. he.

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