The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — 1803-03-09 (London, England)

CIBRALTAR, FEB. 10. On the 7th the Atlive frigate sailed for Malta : she cars ied up money for the payment of the troops there.  Ye.;:erday his Royal Highness the Governor presented the SO wub their new e.,:ours, v hen he nixie them a very han is(.me sp..ech on occasion; doing jas;ice to the gallantry they had shcwn throughout the war, and di inking them for their exemplary conduet since they had been uadcr his comn 411,1 in this garrison. • There is grand boar.tunt in Spain to-day, ut ten miles from this, to which many of the officers in the garrison have gone to partake in the amusement.  •' Vie have at present a set of Izallan and French performers here, and a Spahislt Company eve Equestrian Performers, by no means contemptible."  An unfertunate young female, in consequence of her mental peace being dearoved, and be;ag pr,7nant, last Thursday plunged into the Thanies near Vauxhall. Lifeless she was brought to Mr. Kipping's. Perseverahc? by Mr. Stuart in the usual methods, restored sensibility atal animation. Last Sunday the Rev. Mr. Batley, at Lambeth Church, read the following thanksgivii.g : " A young wo' man, under great trouble of mind, being tempted to commit the unnatural and heinous sin of suicide, was providentially rescued from the watery grave, and afterwards, by tile blessinr, of Almighty God, upon the means dire&ed by the 1-hunane Society, was restored to life and to her friends : she, for herself, and those also who were made the instruments of her restoration, desire to return their most humble and unfeigned thanks to, the merciful Ruler of all events for the great blessing vouchsafed to her and to them." Mother and child both saved. The trlas...rer has paid five guineas to the parties recomp mended, who have returned thanks fur the rewards of the Humane Society. The followie.g. occurrence took place lately at Shields :-1 gentleman and his wife, after having paid an agrwahle s'isit to their friends in Holland, satelT arrived in the harbour, though not without experiencing a rough and dangerous passage. After the vessel was moored, they prepattd to go on shore in a boat; which having conic alosig-si.k, the first attentions bt. the ship's company was direaed towards the laity,: 'rho was politely handed in.; but, as for • the gentleman, he, in descending rapidly from the ship's side by the assistance of a rope, just at the moment when the boat had sheared off a little, was suddenly immersed in the river. The' lady, seeing her husband:in imminent danger, by an impulse foreibie as it was instantaneous, plunged into the Water atter him, ,ard vticceeded in wiring bin} by the neck of his cat, though she had not pcmer jpi*e, i4ti to thesurface. In this terrible dile., , 4 was -every moment apprehltded that ;an ...would disappear, as r.either could make yt}t.p eaertion to:save themselves: but happilv the bchitmtp ,tot up in sufficient time to cati.li hLrld-Of4l*.k.lady's gosui„ juft as six war thiling, and thus was the happy instrument,of rescuing au Alni-. able couple from a wawry grave I  '-7- ''';'W  . 4 p • H A .1; • .Ve . • AMERICA, rza. 9. • Mr. Monroe, our Minist:x Extraordihary to France and Spain, left Richmond the 2Sth ult. fur this it whose he will embark for France. The brig .yrion,- Captain •Dean, has arrived at Wilmington N. C.) in fourteen days from Point Potre, Guadaloupe, where a contagious fever raged, which carried off a great number of American seamen. Captain Dean lost till his crew except two men, and his mateb who was confined by severe sickness daring the passage. Captain Gardner of the dorm —, of Bri"tol, ( R. 1.) having !oh all his crew but 'one man, sailed on the 10th ult. to leeward, in order to procure seamen.