The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-07-02 00:00:00

THE BRITISH PRESS•,

LONDON,
TUESDAY, Jo.cv e.
170.11111 N 0 FLEI:T.

Authentic intelligence his been,at leoptll, recc
of the arrival of the Combined Fr •nch and Spi..
Squadrons at Martinique, on the ac.T!,
important information has been brought home
the 7; iron, Capt. MARSHALL, who arrived on Sa•u:-.
day at Liverpool, from which place die
letters were received in town yesterday :

Liverpl .1, June 29.
Thie day arrived here the Triton, Capt. M..rshat!, Inns
St. l.ucit, which piece he kft uu tip! 15th May. and brh
the following intelligence

" St. Lucia, May :a
" leformarion was reeeisel from Captain Morna,coem,ol.
in` at the Diamond Rock, that a French force, cuesistoi
of
1G sail of the line, six frigates, and three brigs, had thvt c 1.4
passed the Rock, and gone into Fort Royal, Martinique.
" On the 21,1 May wa; boarded by a boat from Ilia Majeits's
ship Goelan, Capt. Ascough, off Cape Sainana„ St. norn:r".
and informed hint of the arrival of the above fleet at Miaow.
aloe, with which iafOrroation he immediately proceeded to
Jamaica, to gee the information to the Admiral. On Mirada!
the lifth June was spoke by llis Majesty's frigate Mercury, is
lat. 49. 51. N. long. 4d. bound from Jamaica far England
"The Triton called at Twks Island on the 24th o(:11.", to
fill ep her water, and was informed that the Jamaica fleet Lad
passed Cape Niehola Maliabotat a wodc hefare.

" 1 he Cr 41e 41nop of war, mid a 44 +ruled en flute, ate :9-
lured by the French Nest.'•

Copy of Letter from Messrs.BARCLAV, SA LKA f
and Co. to Scorr, Lot. it, and Co. Esqrs. Lor.Ln;
dated Liverpool, June 29, 1605 :
st as—wo tike eteiest opportunity to aennai;it toe,
that the Triton ha: jon c?ine in Piro St. Lucia, and b:,ng:
&trice, that the C,:nbiatd Sit I lf, is rfOln CAL% can:Mi..: of
sixteen fail of the lute, besid,s frigate% arrived at Mutini•nt
on the 13th of M ,y. The i,lf•nroAtirsts WAS swum St Luna
by the Lieutenant eonsisaading at the Diamond Rock, Mar.
tiniqiie. The 'lrriton IA St. I: m. 3 on the I ith of Nity, ant
!welt was the or reipttaney of h dean ire. thtt .itt was eS:4I.
ed to water on her pauage. Oa the lath of Ml' she fel la
with an En'ish sloop, wliich iin nediately st:lert to Ja era
with the newt."

Estreft of a;iother Letter from Liverpool, to
Messrs. Scorr, I ot.e, and Co. dated June ;,`,.).
" Gentletnen—el beg learr • to infons you that tb.
Captain Marshall, Cron St. I.3:it, has thiv dap a-rived her..
She left St. Lucia on the I.sth of New, and bring a s acee:set
of the French Fleet, sixteen sail of the line, sir ti:ratea, arid
three brio, being arrived at Martinique on the iYh or I 4
nC M ty.

To all those, and, we believe, they constitute the
majority of the people, wbo feared that the destina-
tion of the Combined Fleet would announce itself is
the report of some terrible blow. this must prove
most grateful news. The sailing of the enemy's
fl:zt from Cadiz WAS undoubtedly a combined
movement with the expcd:tion of the Rociifort
squadron, and the greatest danger t 3 our West India
colinLs was in the surprise of a sudden attack. In
both these poi;lts, the enemy have complett4
failed; and Lord Net.sort, with his unlit
good fortune, is probably at this moment blockad-
ing them at M irtiniqu.:. Although he sailed
from Lagos Bay one month after the Combined
Fleet left CaTz, it i> c &alined VIA the latter,
having takm a circuitoai course, did nit arrive is
the West Indies more than tun days before him.
Its Lordship had with him eleven sail of the line,
which, united with ten sail of the line, under Ad-
miral !Jac %Es, cruising o F Jamaica, would consti-
tute a force greatly superior to the enemy. The
Jamaica Fleet had cleared the Windward P. assagzi
and was supposed to be out of all danger from the
enemy. An account of the arrival of two of them
in the Bristol Channel, the Nile and the Afinove,
was yesterday received at Lloyd's.

Yesterday morning Sir Evart Neetax, Earl
Warrssoataso, and the Rowan AMBASSADOR,
transacted business at Lord Mutcaavt's Office.
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Admi-
ralty, from Lord GARDNER, dated off Brest, the
25th ult. at which time the enemy's forces appeared
SS MU 41.
There is a cinsiderahle degree of bustle at the
Downs. The fleet assembled there has been joined ,
by no less than fourteen small fire ships; a larger
number than is usually attached to such a fleet,
which has given rise to many conjedlares.
The Diener packet, Captain Sr. Au ova, arrived
at Falmouth on Thursday last, in eighteen days
from Lisbon. A Portuguese frigate from the Me-
diterranean had arrived at Lisbon, which left the
squadron in the Bay of Algiers, threatening it with
a blockade, if not a bombardment.
The American Minister, Mr. Masao, quid witted
Madrid on the 2Gth May, the negotiation being
broken off.
A fleet, consisting of about 41 sail of merchant-
men, was to sail from Malta on the lst of May, tu.
England.
At a Court of Common Council held in the
Guildhall of Chipping Wycomb, on Thursday lag,
Sir FRANCIS BARING, Bart. was eleCti.d an Alder-
man of that Corporation, in the room of the late
Marquis of LAME/OW/I.
Lord H Awl( assuar gave a grand dinner on S.in-
diy, at his seat at Coombe Wood, to several of
LI the
Nobility, the PORTGUICI ASIOASSADOR• and
, Count and Countess Da hoar. the