The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1803-03-15 00:00:00

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AtAVAL IYTELLIGENC:E.

PI.YMOTITH, MARCH 11.
Last Thursday, and yesterday, several useful
hands were picked up, mostly seamen, who bad
been concealed in their different lodgings, and were
discovered by their girls.—A few slight cuts and
bruises, were suffered in the many scuffiesof the press,
gangs with the persons they impressed. The -diffe-
rent bodies of seamen and marines were so judi-
ciously placed, on the Northern and Eastern roads,
that all communication was effectually cut off. Se-
veral prime seamen were yesterday taken, labour-
ing in the different marble quarries round the town,
pressed in old soldiers' jackets, and sent on board
the Cu/Wes, 74 guns, Rear-Admiral Dacres, Capt.
C. H. Lane, in Hamoate. Contraas are adverti see;
from the War Office here, for teams of horses In
convey more speedily the wheat from the king'.
Granaries here to the King's Mills without Old
Town Gate, to be ground into flour for buiscits for
the Royal Navy. Several additional bakers are eft
tered.--.--The activity which pervades every depart
ment of the dock-yard since Wednesday is astonish-
ing. The following men of war, which have been
thoroughly repaired, arc ordered down the harbour,
preparatory to being commissioned forthwith, vit..
Malta, of 84 guns, Spartiate, of 74, Mars, of 74.
Conqueror, of 74, and Tonnant, of 74. These are
all fine ships of their class. Yesterday the Atasta.
of 44 gulls, Captain Wood, which arrive! from
Guernsey on Thursday last, (forced out in a g Ile of
wind) although she had her top-masts struck, was,
per signal, ordered to sea immediately, supposed fir
Guernsey, to get seamen for the fleet. She sailed
immediately. Several recruiting parties of -Royal
Marines are expected to be ordered out on that
service, as soon as the vote of the House of
Commons takes place, specifying the number to be
included in the additional 10,000 seamen voted yes-
terday. Blown in through the late high winds,
several French fishing-boats, with poultry, oysters.
&c. from Concale Bay and St. Maims; also a large
Dutch ship, name unknown.
The CuLoden and Courageux, of 74 guns, are nearly •
fit to leave the harbour. Came in the Spit,fr.., of
:10 guns, Capt. Keen, from the coast cf Ireland.
POIITSMOUTII, MARCH 12.
Went out of harbour his Majesty's ships Alwnene,
of 3'2 guns, Capt. Styles, and Hydra, of 38 guns,
Capt. Mundy, and remain, with his Majesty's ship
Neptune, cf 98 guns ; Isis, of 50 guns ; Janos of
32 guns; „Apollo, of 36 guns; Castor, of 32 guns;
Calcutta, of 54 guns ; La Minerva, of 42 guns, and
La Determinie, of 21 guns ; with the sloops of war,
Kite, of 18 guns ; Morg,ana, of 16 guns ; Port Ma-
hon, of 18 guns; and gun-brig Censor, of 14 guns.—
Wind N. E. and moderate.
William Domett, Esq. captain of his Majesty's
ship Dryad, of 36 guns, having received bis appoint.
ment of commanding officer on the Irish station,
has sailed this day in consequence thereof.
This morning arrived express a King's messenger,
from London.
His Majesty's ship Dreadnought, of 98 guns, is
commissioned, and to be commanded by Captain
Bowen. _ _ _ _

A fleet, consisting of fifteen sail of the line, is or,
dered to be fitted immediately for commissioning,
at this and the other ports.
Henry Peake, Esq. builder of tellis Dock-yard, it
removed to Deptfori, in the room of 7dmard Tip-
pet, Esq. who is superannuated ; and PAcholas
Did-
dams, Esq. from Sheerness, is appointed to the of-
fice of builder here, and is expeaed to assume his
situation on Monday next.
The workmen in this Dock-yard are ordered to
work extra time; and a peculiar spirit of animated
exertion is observed to prevail in every depart-
ment.
All the ships fitting in the harbour will, frorit
the unexampled emulation of their officers and
men, be enabled to proceed to Spitlicad in a few
days.
In consequence of the offered bounties for sea-
men and marines, numbers are flocking in, happy
and desirous to be employed on the preterit °cm.
sion.

The following Ships of the Line were put into
commission on Saturday, viz.:—
Dreadnought - 98 Mars
Malta - - 80 Minotaur
80 Thunderer
80 I C.mqueror
74 Sceptre -

- - 74
- 74
- 74
- 74
- 74

Tonnant
Sdartiate
Vantageraet

DIED.
Friday, after a short illness, Mrs. Aso Stvutt, of Sloan•
street, Chelsea.
Sunday night, at his house in Sion-square. Mr. Richard
Wallis, aged 69, forrntrly a Stationer us Cornhili.

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