The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-08-31 00:00:00

proba')V, endeavouring to intercept our homeward-
bound fleet.

Admiral CORNWALLIS, since he detached the
squadron under Sir Roocitr C ',toga, has been re-
inforced by six ships, viz.—Wort,' 9g ; Ilindsor
Castle, 98; Worror, 74; Captain, 74 ; Audacious,
74 ; and Repulse. 74; amounting to '22 sail of the
line.

Sir R. CALDER arrived off Ferrol on the 21st,.
and having ascertained, that the Combined Fleet
was neither in Ferrol nor Cotunna, he immediately
stood to the Westward. At the time the Combined
Fleet railed from Cadiz, on the 9th of May, fur the
West Indies, many pers'lns conversant with nauti-
cal affairs, regretted, that Sir JOHN (hoe, when he
was forced to raise the blockade of Cadiz, did not
leave a frigate behind to watch the motions of the
enemy. This precaution, we understand, has not
been neglened upon the present occasion, as Capt.
Ila ACE, of the Lie, who saw the Combined Fleet
off Ferrol on the 13th, has, according to report.
been sent in pursuit of them: We trust, that Sir
RoBERT CALDER, if not favoured by chance, may
derive from Captain BRACE, or such other sources
of intelligence as Government may have prepared,
A clue to the perplexed course which the enemy
have steered. Sir Rummy's squadron, we under-
stenJ, amounts to twenty sail of the line, one fri-
gate, and two gun-brigs, viz.
P-inee of Wales,9B; Stit3llllll, 110 ; Prince 08; Tem,.
cairn, •. Neptune, WI; Canopus, 74 ; Donnegal, 64 , Con-
queror, 74; Spence-, 74 ; Tigre, 84; Dram, 74; Levi-
athan, 74; Revenge, 74 ; G.diath, 741 Terri.sle, 74 ; Swat-
ting, 74; 6!iartiate, 64; Orion, 74; Zealous, 74 ; P3lrpbe-
niui, 64; Sirius, 36 ; two gun-brigs, bundes three frigates,
on the Ferrell stotion.

Lord Net sow is said to he of opinion, that the
Combined Fleet is gone to Rochfort, as the nearest
port where the ships can be refitted, and difficult to
blockade. It is alio the most convenient port for
theta, if their intention be, as there is some reason
to believe, to am:rapt a junftion with the Brest
Fleet.

The Lovely 11,-t!ry, lately -arrived at Cork from
Barbadoes. sailed on the 1 I.th of Jly, in company
with about 9.0 sail, under convoy of his Majesty's
ships Roelodoes and Creel, for Tortola ; and was to
sail from thence, with the fleet, on the Ist of August.
The Loreto Bet,ty parted, soon after sailing from
Barbudoes, having carried away her foretop-mast.

The &fide, BAY ngs, from St. Lucie, is arrived at
Liverpool; she sailed on the 6th of July, under con-
voy of the Brazil :vas frigate ; on the Bth, fell in with
the Grenada fleet, which she joined, and parted
from them the next day.

The Marie. from Rhode Island, is detained
and sent into Dover,
The Lterbice Packet, SM AST, from Londonderry,
for Spain, is captured, and carried into A lg!Sir,li.
The Serena, Capt. Jacoa RODUAA N I A, from Gib-
raltar, is captured and carried into Malaga.
The Lord Nelson, WHITT LK, from Messina for
Liverpool, is captured and carried into Martinique
by the Combined Fleet.
We have already announced the loss of the P ;re
cutter, of 12 guns. The following account of that
event is taken from the Jersey Paper of the 17tit
inst.—" Last Saturday, Ilia AJCSTY'S cutter the
Figs', commanded by Lieutenant Satre, on its
way to this place from Guernsey, touched upon one
of the rocks of Scilict. She immediately made
signals of distress, and the boats and pinnaces of
the Almost and Albacore frigates were sent to her
assistance ; but notwithstanding all their exertions
to save her, she is totally lost, with the exception
of a considerable part of her rigging and stores.
We have, however, the pleasure to state, that
none of the crew were lost."

The following is an extra& from an advertise-
ment, in T,is LeoPrpsol Chroisarle, of the Q&h inst:—

ORDERLY ROOM.

!EGON° RROVMENT Of LIVERPOOL VOLUNTEERS.

August fto, 1809.
At a Meeting of the Committee of this Cow., coriveoel
at the desire of the Commanding Officer, it is arc:d, that the
establishment of the Corps ought to be completed without rt..-
lay ; and, to effal this, no other more practicaVe means of er
thin to address the Manhood of this Town, to awaken the
insensible to the prevent exigency, and to deniand, publicly,
whether soy man can remain an inactive spectator of the tre-
mendous preparations of the enemy, mow ripe for execistion,...
Need any more be said to those who labour under nu dtishility ?
The Committee will sit at the Orderly ROOllll. in Water-
sweet, from twelve till two o'clock, every day (Sondays except-
ed), to receive and enrol such per.ons as maw be desirous of en-
tering the Corps. GEORGE WILLIAMS.

Mr. THOMAS 304INSOV, a member of Colonel
W PAIS'S Corps, in Liverpool, was convicted, on
Friday sennight, before the Worshipful Mayor, in
the sum of two hundred and seventy-four pounds four
shillings, being the amount of his fines for nen.at-
tendancc on the drills of the corps.—Liverpool
(Armtek.

The French have long been proverbial for Ines-
r,vereantion as well as gasconade, and a glaring
proof of their talents in the former rasped, is ob-
servable in the returns they have made rrlstive to
the late aelion between VILLFNEUVX and Sir Ro-
sales- CA Lou. According to all the arconnts from
our Fleet (irt which the Spanish Captains fully con-
cau), the French ship Scipio was very severely
ft iodic(' by our gallant tars, and ha I absolutely
3tru4 A, though she contrived to make her escape, fa-
voured by the state of the atmosphere--yet, in the
French Admiral's Official Return of this ship, it was
stated, that she had neither Aslied nor evariedrd. A
• more impudent falsehood hardly ever appeared,
even in the naval records of BsprVie.ix or berm/
France.

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