The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1803-07-06 00:00:00

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PORTslisoirit, :LIN 4.
Last evening dropped down to St. Hei:ves his
lAlajesty's ship Blau, ke, of 313 guns, Captain Mudge,
with her eoneny, which consists of sixteen sail of
outward bca.md \Vest Indiamen.
Arrived his Majesty's ship Orpheus, of 32 guns,
Ciptain Hill, from Guernsey, and remains with the
Defiance, of 74 guns, Admiral Montagu, and Cap-
tain Durham ; Puissant, of 74. guns, Captain ;
Afri,aine, of :Ai guns, Captain Manby ; Amazon, of
38 guns, Captain Parker; Ph mix, of 36 guns,
Captain Baker ; Seabees(' of 36 guns, Hon. Captain
Boyle ; Galatea, of guns, Captain Heathcote ;
Arrow, of '2O guns, Captain Vincent ; Perms,' of
guns, Captain Melhuish ; Wasp, of 18 guns,
Hon. Captain .1 lmer ; Spe!ing, of 14 guns, lacut
Guyon ; and Petv,,rante armed storc-ship, of 22
guns, W. Brown, master commanding.—Wind west
and moderate.

The Seahorm, of 36 pins, the Hon. Capt. Boyle,
and Prevoyantc armed store-ship, «•crc this day paid
bounty and advance; and are under orders to sail,
withtittt loss of time, with the convoy fur the Medi-
terranean.
His Majesty's ship Persetu is waiting, with the
signal flying, to collect the convoy for the Downs.
DOVER, JULY 4.

The AtePand packet, Captain Hammond, sailed
Yesterday with foreign mail, and twelve passengers,
for Calais, and returned last tide with dispatches.
Bonaparte has set off for Dunkirk and Ostend, to
irispea the harbours, &c.
We barn by a neutral vessel gone past from Ca-
lais, that two hugger privateers, with small arms,
were laying in Calais Roads last night, bound to
Boulogne : they had taken an E.,st country ship,
colliers, and two smuggling boats, and had on
board forty-four English prisoners, when they hailed
the neutral, which they were going to land at Bou-
logne; they informed him, that they had fallen in,
with an English cutter, which they were afraid
would have captured one, or both of them, but which
vessel, supposing thcm to be of force, stood away
from them, with a press of sail.
As these marauders have already begun their de-
predations, it is hoped that the Admiralty will take
care to keep the ports of Calais and Boulogne
blo.-katiod, and provide fast critizers fir this narrow
pass between Boulogne and Calais, without which it
will be utterly impoi:sible for the cnastrnp trade to
pass in. safety, the distance being so short, that ves-
sels taken in the night are generally in the enemy's
pats in the coarse of three or four hours ; ar i it is
supposed that more vessels were taken by the Bou-
logne privateels last war, between Dover•and Bou-
logne, than at any other part of the Crannel ;" and
the smuggling boats being built for fist soling,
when they take them, by cutting them asunder, and
lengthening them from ten to twelve feet, they
make the best privateers that they can havtt; and
which annoy our trade more than any other descrip-
tion of vessels whatever.

DEAL, Jul."; 4.

Arrived and sailed for the River, the Nader, l'un-
demo, from Chepstow ; Hannah Mar lial4 from
ditto ; Stert, Knell, from Plymouth; and ?,:ie, Tho-
mas, from Carnarvon. Came down from .;I,eer-
ne'..s, his Majesty's ship Utrecht, and Lark sloop of
war. Rear-Admiral Montague has sHfted his -flag
from the Gelyibeid to the Uteeht. Ihe Get grid
has sailed on a cruize to the French coast. Iten-Li;it'
in the Downs the Utrecht, Rear-Admiral Montague,
Captain Rovrs ; Lark sloop, Captain Tower ; Sea-
', 6all sloop ; Champion cutter, Lieutenant Skinner ;
acid Dtgbir/ of Lust:herbal/ cutter, Sebrell; Robert,
Bellman, for orders ; i•argaret, Griffiths, for St.
Michael',; ;ignei, Henderson, for Oporto; Sryrk,
Moore, for Virginia ; and Ann, Carpenter, tor
Oporto. fhe ;ircbe r gun-brig sailed yesterday, wi.h
the Sulphur bomb, on a cruize off Dunkirk. The
Seagull sloop of war has a signal for convoy to the
westward.