The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1806-08-14 00:00:00

THURSDAY, At oust 14.
A Gentleman. ;strived in town yesterday.
from Kent, stated, that " 'lite C/./.1,
frith te,
Capt. Owes, returned •on Tue,day ev• nit! g
from off Boulogne. On her arrival off. Sand-
-gate, she hoisted out a boot with a naval ~fli-er
nn
board, charged with dispatches for our Govern-
ment, from Mr. Goo 14 A RD, Lord LAUDVADA LOS
secretary, at PAILS. The tracer was landed a' S and-
gate; and as the Hythe and F ilkstone coach, which
comes to London through Maidstone, was nearly
ready to set out, and promised as expedition. a con-
veyance as posting,- he pi oceetied in it for town.
From the conversation which the people of the
Clyde had with the Messenger oho hi-au:1111 the dis-
patches to, Boulogne, it was understood that the
people gi France were become less sanguine in their
expettations of peace." This is only one nt many
reports upon the !Arne suhjea, which we Jo not coo.
cider entitled to any credit. Up to a late hour last
night, %re could not learn that any Messinger had
arrived from France. The funds, mean time. te.
main tolerably steady. They suffered very little
fluctuation yesterday.

The remainder of the Old reAimenr, consisting of
three companies, ansi the regim,ntAl baud, embark-
ed on Tuesday morning, at Ramsgate, and sailed
for the Downs The 89th regiment is expeacd there
this day or to-morrow, to ems rik, as more trans-
ports are ezpveied there immed;ately.

Mr. Fox, we are happy to scar, continues in a
progressive state of amendment. The report y, s-
terday, to erigniring friends, w rs, " Mr. Fox has had
another very good night, and continues mending."
He was visited, yesterday mordng, by Viscount
HOWICK and Mr. WINDHAM.

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Yesterd ty. about twelve o'clock, Their Mats
TIIII and the PRINCESiti, attended by Lady h.-
roast aa, arrived at the Qucce'• Palace, from
Windsor.
tinrm after two o'clock, Its v hell a 'titi-
vate Levee, which was attended

The Archbishop n Canterbury.
*roe 1... rd Chantel'or.
The Fir.t Lied ..f the Trevor,.
To. Secteiaries of State for the Nome and Colonial Depart-
ment..
T. a Judge Advocate and Martial General.
Vermin( Wentworth.
t atheart.
Sr. A Patin and S. Contrail.
Gertrri, Ilan:ours.
I),lnkwatcr.
t main Tow y, R N.
The following had the honour of being presents
to His 1114airstv
:
Su A thur Nut, upon his return from his Cullum at the
Court of Vienna,
Captai, T .wry, of the Royal Nave, upon his 14eiag ap
tt,lCommissioner ..f the r.inspoit Board.
A (Aim Knight, Lyon his return from Gibraltar.
Colonel DRlNitwATia laid before His MAJESTY
the Report of the Commissioners of the Military In.
quiry.
Atter the Levee. His btsotsry held` a Privy
Council, at which, we umlerstand, the Parliament Was
prorogued from the 28th init. to the 9th of OCtober.
At the close of the Council His Ma)Esr v give,
audiences to Sir AIiTHUR PAGET and :qt. pomp,
who laid before His Majesty the proceedings of
several Courts Martial.
Soon after five o'clock, His Mai CSTir set off on
his return to Windsor.
It was reported last night, that an engagement
had taken place between Admiral COCHR ANE and
Jeaowe Bow AAAAA s's squadron, in which several
of the enemy's ships were taken.
Yesterday, a Court or Direaors was held it the
East India How, when the undermentioned ships
were thus stationed, vis. Anneacsv,
and Genera! Stuart, Room, for Madras and Bengal;
Travers, Saw peas, and Carniur:hen, —, for
Bombay.
The following ships were also taken up for two
additional voyages, viz.:—the Alfred, of 1189 tons,
and the Notlisghato, 1152 tons.
The Court adjourned, at six o'clock, till Wed-
nesday next.
A letter in the Hamburgh Papers, dated July 11,
says. a '1 he English landed, on the 4th instant, in
Calabria, with a small body of troops, and GC() gal-
ley-slaves; but they were driven hack to their ships
by General Veanixa." From this statement, we
are justified in concluding, that the late engagement
in Calabria was greatly exaggerated by the Dutch
Papers.
It is announced, in Public Orders, to all the Re.
giments in Garrison at Plymouth, that Lieutenant-
General ENGLAND, Commander-in-Chief at that
part of the Western Distrio,• is appoiptes,l Corn-
mander.in.Chief of the whole Western District,
mire Lieutenant-General Sincoe, promoted to the
command of the British Army in India, vire Gen.
Lord Laze, who is coming home.
The Great Military Hospital, near State Church,
Plymouth, veh,.ll cost nearly 80,0001. in its etc Lion
and fitting up for a Military Hospital, is to be con-
verted into a barrack for soldiers. The furniture, Ste.
was sold last week, and the rooms are cleared out
for the purpose of receiving troops.
The Queen's Bays, which were in barracks at
Dorchester, and in quarters at Blandlord, on Sa-
turday, towards the evening, very unexpeCtedly re-
ceived their route to march to Plymouth, with po-
sitive orders not to halt 01 they reached Bridpert,
and then to proceed on with as little delay as pos-
sible. jo twenty minutes alter the division at Bland-
ford received their orders to march, they lett the
town.

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