The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-08-02 00:00:00

NAVAL I4tIiiiLI4EACE.

PoonaiouTn, at,., 31.
Arrived the Active schooner. with Gun from Li,
bou ; sire sailed from thence on the lOth inst.
rice. had been received there of the enwere , f
Ciudad Rodrigo, from the Spaniards, by the Freuvil
army under Marilral Massimo: nothing farther hl4
occurred, as the enemy bad not edema ed in i nose,
quence of their success. Arrived also, the coati
store ship front Rio Janeiro.

Sailed the Rifleman, of 18 g-sus, Captain laws,
for Guernsey; the Pheasant, Is gulls, Capt. 1n.,,
for the Westward ; the Naiad, ~ti guns, Capt. Ku,
tor the opposite coast; and the Rapid 1111 ones,
Capt. blather, and Pheasant, on a cruise; and the
Maida frigate, off Cherbourg.—Wistd W.S.W.

PLYMOUTH-DOCIL, JULY 30.
Arrived the President, 36 gnus, with specie bow
the Brazils; Seine frigate, Capt. Atkins, from ;he
coon of France, having re-captured an Entlsh
West llndininan in the month of Brest hnibour.—.
Came in also the North Star ; she was driven bak
by the strong S.W. winds, which hate prevailed ha
the last two days.. Arrived also the Anierrai, hog
HOT, Irons New York, bound to Rourdenitx sick
9.5 ladies and gentlemsn passengers, detained oil
Thursday last by the Emerald, 36, Capt. Maitland,
—These passengers, it is said, escaped from Gus.
ilaloupe to America, where they had the brig built
on purpose fur their conveyance.
Sailed the Niemen frigate, Sir :%I.Seytno:ir, Bart.
Captain, wish dispatches for Lshon ; sod the
Cheerly gun-brig for Guern-ey.—Ako, the ilt:irt
(cartel), for Morlaix ; and Peanck sloop of war,
with a consoy, for the Downs.

treen, JULY
011 Sunday night a whaler, i.i pas.M4 lair, „"
spa boarded by a French privateer, rite crew of
which held possession of her for half an hour;
in the end, the Englishmen r•ncceedal in dar:s4
the Frenchmen back into the smvateer; Mimi;
which, we are informed, tithe of he Freoehw•n,
and two or three of the English were killed. T,
flashes from the small arms, which appeared to Lie
the only ones hired, were distinctly seen fur a car.
aiderahle time.
Two large bags of levers were brought not shsre
to-lay, and earned to the Post by the crew 4.f the
Custoinboese4soat, ►tationed here. They are hoot
Gibraltar, and were sent in a faat-sotliag schooner,
armed for the parpwe.
Transports are expected in here every hoar. to
take on hoard four companies of the Art:reir, said
to be for Portugal ; oue couipa3; has already
marched in.

Yesterday mnr:ing died, at his house is St.
James's Palace. Wbl.Vi. y snow. Esq. attest 67 pan..
Fast Master Cook to the Mao, after war ,s 3
years houotirable and faithful discharge of his duty
to hi, Reps! hi-tater. He was apprenticed in Ile
MAJINTY when he DIG Prince G4oans. as ars it
custom in those days ; and OD flu MAJESTY
reeding to the thro.,e, he appointed him one et it.:
Cooks; and from his good and meritorious conduct.
he fo4e to he First Cook.

A lady of title, who has male a great noise in the
world. and 0 ho hus a con-iderable fortune in thu
coontry.is said to have taken her departnre for l'erN
where she will add to the spletulkur of the Count cf
the Theilleries, provided she is pii.nitteil by fix
young Empress.