The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — 1805-04-17 (London, England)

JAR.. MaJoa. is arrived at Bengal. Oa th • 10th of line, a small privateer arrived at the entrance of Pequer River ; she has captured the brig Tria! from :Madras, and the Harriet. Hassel'. a new coppered ship, pierced for IS gore. laden with piece ponds and 4,500 t'ollars. • he .Ifeywid,flotiot AS, left the Pdia all well the 19th or Oaotser ; and we exped her, as well as the Aoa ant' ?law, from China, the b o gi riving of next month' Mi.s Jactsos, Miss Evans, and their fa her, who were so miraculously saved firms the wreck of the lliergarenov East Indianian, are now going out in the Hope. Those young ladies, although Possessing the most gentle and feminine manners, on that melancholy occasion displayed the most uncommon heroism. The Sweoisn Miters-riga and suite arrived at Harwich on Monday morning, by the Diana packet, from Gottenburg. The South Essex for began their march from Harwich Barracks, for Chelmsford, on Saturday morning. Advice, it is said, has retard the Ad-iicaltv, from. Admiral DOUG!, AiS, stating, that the flotilla at 11 •ologne had, during the last week, resumed much of its former activity. Capt. Goouaui, who so much distinguished him-'f towards the conclusioa of the last war, and the commencement of this, as the commander of 3 private ship of war, has I,een killed in an anion, and the vessel widen 'ost commanded, the Westmoreland, of I averpaol„ captured. The Austrian i e on the frontiers of Turkey has bete lately reiisfioced, s., th.lt the renewal of hosti. Idles in Sereia is no longer a stesjed of any doubt. M. K. vzesut Las now printed at Berlin an ace ,nit of h. bawls in I ialy. The Spaninish Admiral Gauvtns is to hoist his flag on board the numerm s quadrons equipped m d r his &maim at Cadiz. This sq:iadron will soon sail. in order to relieve the port of Ferrol from the blockade, and form a jundion with the force in that harbour. In cue of such a junction, the two squadrons will foram a rispeda'sle. fitiet, competent to undertake some important enterprise. Gun-boats, bomb-brigs, and other vessels of twat description, we preparing with more activity than ever in the Bay of Algesiras. The camp at St. Ruch is also to be reinforced with a fresh body of light troops. The Spanish Conn seems fully determined, it• we may judge by their preparations, which are of a magnitude un,isual in that country, to prosecute the war with vigour ; and offensive operations will shortly conor,-;lce on many poiuts at the tame time. Within a tew days, m my individuals in Frankfort have put an end to their existence ; some who were miabie to endure the consequences of their miscondad, others vidims of a leash love. The laws of tlic country inflict on this kind of weakness a just ignominy Suicides are exposed for two days, and then abandoned to the school of surgery, to be die. seded. In certain cases they are even buried at the foot of a gibbet. The Professor Ro atlases, who is now at Peters. burgh, proposes, in the second volume of the Areal:us de don!, to ectistruft a balloon, which will measure 132 feet in diameter, will carry 74,400 ponn.ls, and in which fifty persons, with provisions and other necessaries, may embark for many months, in order to m..ke researches and experiments in na, 'mid philosophy and askronomy at all heights, in all seasons, in every kind of weather, and over every point ot the earth therthink proper.  SIR,  FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE=  Rf.urtfr*OM,.l. dpN 16, 11105. Cops of a Letter from the •Ilet:t Hoo. Lord G.odocr. Admif.l rit We Sloe, dee. Williams .rade.t, Esq. data! at boati the Hi'aeroO, tiff U.lsai.t, stput 10. IY, 5.