The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1806-08-21 00:00:00

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NArdl, INTELLIGENCE.

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Poe rsmoure. rimiest ill.
The transports fer Sicily did ii,tt get up to St
Helen's till after dark last night ; but this morning,
at day light, only two of them could be seen, ,;hey
had stood down Channel with the 12.,dre4, Clkiri,
and Ki,t'sfiher, men of war. Ihe Henry trans.
: port. from St. Helen's, joined them with a fine
wind at S E.
Arrived the Deradntion bomb, Capt. Milner, with
a convoy from the Downs.
• The fret tt.r sloop, Cant Agassiz ; and the Ric.i-
wail gun vessel, are fitting fora birei:sit station.
Arrived the Foy and Loptosse:r bombs, from the
Downs.
Soled the Fornintrd gun brlo, on a cruise ; also,
Tor Plymouth, tli- ('.re,.. bound. to the South Se.ss,
te join convoy.—Wind E.
PLYMOUTH, AUG. 18.
Came in the Nrpiltre, French cartel, creme Moe-
leis; Lard ,Wrivil/r tender ; Sapp& transport ; Bene-
dict., Dale, from Bourdestre, detained by the Qu, Tv-
leverigh privateer; Memos, —, from —, de-
tained by the Unity privateer ; and the Teva Brnrl•e,
Fellow, from Drontheim, detained by the Hero priva-
teer.
Sailed His Majesty's ship fer,eoroc, of RI) guns,
fitted for foreign set vice, to follow Earl St. Vincent
to his secret destination ; also the romone, 40 gulls.
'send kir frigate, on a cruise ; the {lin'''. cutter ;
Unita Brolbert tender ; Rchereo, Nimmo, for Lee.
born; and Latena frigate, on a cruise.
The convoy, with the transports, on a secret ex-
pedition, remain as per last. A signal suss made
this morning, the wind being fair, to get ready for
' OS mart the moment the remaining part of the convoy
• .ehoold anecar from the eastward, which are ex.
t
pelted this evening.—Wind S.E.
FALMOUTH, AUCITST 17.
Arrival His Majesty's ship Nernee;s, of '2B guns,
Capt. F. Somerville, from Portsmouth, to give in-
*mations to the put tv ird.hriund vessels waiting con-
:'sroy here for Newfoundland and Quebec. Also
derived yesterday the American ship Wooden. sinus,
'Capt. 'Aline', from Nottol.k, with tobacco, twenty-
eight days passage, called here for,orders.
Sailed yesterday the brig klisatetb, Capt. Ruby
foe Cork.
Aline of battle ship was in the Offing, this even-
ing. standing for the harbour, hut it getting very
:Lazy, her signal could not be discovered.
DEAL, AUO. 19.
arNfesterday, after post, the Kangaroo sloop of war,
pt. Baker, arrived its the Downs, and landed a
Messenger wkh dispatches, who immediately pro.
.needed for London.
Sailed the Kangaroo, this day, on a cruise ; and
the Wm reayoie 510,.p of war fir Sheerness ; also
throa,;h the Downs, the Gold Haat r, Vase, for New
Yu, ic.
• . Arriv-d the &kite sloop of war, from a cruise,
and remains in the Downs with the rest of the ships
,ws per Lt.

FROM ti.oyrrs Lig%
Cs rogsano, Acov.s. 1) --;•assPet be the L:sbon Packet,
-1410 ke, horn "f invoinsisi ; Town, Ili Wit, from Vann ; Mo-
vie and Ann, Wilson, In.rts Gottenburg ; Louisa, Emerson;
Crn.rti Pince, We;lsFiiid ; Const.etia, Pratt; Copenhagen,
Naniserrsim,• Count Lerwick, Caitson ; Norway, Natwick ;
owl the £..a Catherma, Newmm, frnm
Norway —Sail-
N the Margaret, re r(usols, hw the East Indies; Alliance, Cie-
. insets, for Guernsey ; and the hgeonoria, Scheer, for Bremen.
s- At Lanramer-.the Bal•elia, Coihm, from Antigua.
I, At SlisAls—the Ecretta, Boswell, front Dayees Streights.
At Leith—the John, Beve,l,tr, from Virginia.
At Wei—Me Hunter, Berrofilale, from Virginia.
At the Bahamas—the Anel, Brown ; Speedwell, Turekall ;
ilad elba Martha, Jackson, from Liverpm.l.
mmeestelsosemoss&
WEST INI)I4 FLEET.

The following is a Copy of a Letter. written by
Capt. K. Mackenzie.. of the Carpi-erg frigate, to the
Committee at Lloyd's ;
4! GshrLellerl-4 have the honour to acquaint you, that
bigefew tinder convey of Her M.jesty's ship I command. thirty.
fent West indiaitivo, ant lying at ani:het at St. Christer
Omni, waiting fiothei mite, from the Commander-in-
Churl; that on the .3d of July, 1 reeciv•il intelligence cf
art anem)'s equadron, ton.id.rne of five rail of the line,
awl or. Ulster, being off Niootserrat, caning the wri-
st!' out, autt that tory were beyond doubt on their
way to attack the Merchant Fleet nodar my proterection.
Miring perfectly aware Vita they might take end ileum,
every sl,ip there, 1 took Nino myself the Nsponsihility
(without code a from my Commandet.in•Chief) to get under ,
way as quick as passible with the convoy, mad make the best
of my way for Fll.O, steering such courses as I thought
moat lik•tly to avoid the enemy, should they follow ate to the
Northward ; end I now sincerely hope to congratulate you on
theirufe arrival, after a passage of six weeks. 1 parted com-
pany with the ships bound ep St. George's Channel on the
9th, and sent lii, hlajernios ship Dolphin (which wan under
any coders) with them, so that, by this tune, they must have
arrived. 1 urn, &e.
The Gentlernrs rt 4.lnyres" " K. ht .keK ENZIE."
We give the following article as a specimen of the
• ingenuity with which the Masters of American vet-
te'• manufafture their stories to suit the taste of those
they fall in with on their voyage :
.'coax, AVCA:CT IS.
ci A Coos pint boat boarded Oft American vessel yesterday,
off Cane Clear, the :Aiwa' of which in:ornie4 lam, thee he had
Owed through $4 sail of the Windward Islands homeward bound
fir-t, wok, convoy of a ',team. Thom ships were part of 12d
• sail, which sailed (p.m the Win.lward Islands, to rendezvous at
Tereele. Oe their way d .wn they were chased by four Fermis
line or battle ships, and were oblige/ to take refuge under Brim.
ovine hill, in the Wand of St. )(der'. While in thin situation,
four Intuits line of battle Vitus here down upon awl eegaged
gm "ranch scusdron, and at the merchant vessels had teen
good at be the enemy, and a probability existed of their brine
Plural, a .irrnsl had been made for them in disperse for their
paw non. and a frigate was 41Srlitrhed to Centel them when
out of the enemy's reach. Such is the statement we have re-
' tetrest ore circumstance, which, if correct, is of considerable
i toopertenee,
the Tenet of the acrinn we attested ,111,rawel, hut we
-ilatiC,SlO victor,/ to true Vielthee. Some of the ships whit h
. the Americo Captain spoke, were observed Of Cape Clear
• yerreitfair. We shalt, writs anaisty, expect something more
• explicit taiwinghts subject "
Last week, the hnnse of Mrs. Anise I evtr, of
East-gate, Rochester, was searched by a Bow-street
Officer, in consequence of aninformation being laid
against her, when a quantity of copper, iron, and
other stores, the property of His Meassyy, were
discovered on the premises. She was taken into
custody, and carried before Cninmissioner Hope.
.v.-ho fined her in the Mitigated sum of 101. an ',
after pointing out to her the danger of purchasing
such %ben she Inew them to be the K an's
gores, ht ler off, without further punishment, its
conasdcsastiou of tic: old age.