The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-08-31 00:00:00

pßom oyrys INT.

Da ~ , ev, Antiwar 29 —tneei by the Eliza, a Trite;
Taal and Cad' tan% lacotteatt, from Norway; City of Celt,
gyoeett,n 3 Ir glttea lot, 11T.tt kry ; and the Jamie, Gray,
don, tre'lmosrl aa,ied the Chris:lima Eitsatteth, Ath-
reirg, I. Stotkan m ; Conantdsa, Dublingt ; and Libtrty,
biena,nt.dd, for Tormingen.

tvtivtts.
Daimmith—The !what's, Sealbv, from LaSra,lnre.
At Liverpool... Pl.. Emery,' from 71/41ifamar'm ;
110ftss Sells'tery, Corn Say.mnah ; and the Superb, Bosworth,
qMes inte^n.
At [Mb ia—Tbe Dann. Evans; Tien Friends, Ilughes;
Wry NA Tony, Dobbins; anfl the Charlotte, Rog.:ts, from
At Malece..—The Induttrv, 11,11'1n4er, ditto
At f 'Ante .--rhe Wash; oeton, —, from It .L'ast.
At Qmsbee.—The Ann D.mell, from Bri.tol.
At Labrwlore•—The —, I n:n it '•i‘h
T.t, Mte, from Lmtann ; In ban Last, and tl, Ann,
Robertson, from Live rpiml

THE LATt. AFFAIR AT RREST.

[FL-CTMER PARTICUL•2II.]

Tativol of a Letter fin= an Officer on board His Majesty's
shat t wear, distort off 11,nant, Aug 25, *515.
On the 21st the ?Ilia joined us from the in-shore
squadron, with the signal flying for the enemy's
making a m,.vement ; we stood very close in, and
enunte i twenty-one sail of :he line, four frigates, one
corvette, and several smaller ves.els, lying in or be-
tween Berthaume and Camerat roads. Admital
Cornwallis, in the Vit'e de Paris, Teconnoitred their
position himself, and came to a determination to at-
tack them the Ley morning, if they continued in the
same ; we anchored that night off the
Black Reeks, and weihcd in the morning, formed
in close order of battle ; hut the wind falling (al-
Trott to a calm), prevented our proceeding farther,
until halr-nast eight, when a breeze came from
the N. N. E. ; we then tacked and stood towards
the French fleet, who by this time saw our determi-
nation, and all got under sail ; we continued standing
in tid ten o'clock, when three of the enemy's line of
battle ships were advanced in Berthaume-roads. and
ahnto two miles from us (one of them had a Rear.
Admit al'. flag flying) ; they then hove to, apparently
to wait kr their whole fleet to come net. The flag-
ship nriw opened her fire, and fired a broadside at the
1..1(5.:,1.7bit, but all dropt short. We now hove-tn
about half gun-bho! fir,m their batteries. Seeing all
their fket were now under sail, it appeared to us
that their intent ins %sere to bring us to anion, but we
were deceived ; they ranged themselves along their
own hart- ries, and sc.slwd to decoy us with the flood-
tide, in that situation we should have met with many
difficulties before we could return again. Admiral
Cornnviallis now filled, and made our signal with
the Mohiazi,‘'s to attack the rear of the enemy's
fleet; we hauled out of the line, and began the ac-
tion, at five minutes past eleven. and continued to
engage for forty minutes. l'he Atm:tapir beirg ra-
ther a-stern of us, could not come up until the busi-
ness was almost over. We were engaged with three
80-gun ships and a frigate. with batteries, with se-
venty pieces of cannon. We lost three men killed,
sod seven wounded. The enemy retreated to Ca-
merat-roads, where they now remain, the same force
RS before stared ; ours was 17 sail of the line, three
frigates, two brigs, two schooners, and two cutters.
A shell struck the l'ilie Ile Peru' anchor, and broke
a piece. rebounded to the quarter-deck, and struck
the Admiral on the breast. but did not hurt him.—
.4# great miracle, that none fell on board our ships.
Our fleet is now completing pr2visions out of
twelve transports, which joined us last evening:—
The PArrnir 11as taken the French frigate La Didrn,
• after an anion of more than three hours. to the west-
ward of Care Finisterre ; the Phanis bad 32 killed
and wounded, and La Dam 138.
me-serenemeeirsearee
Thursday the 3d London, Col. Kerrweros:, and
two other of the Londpp regiments, *ere inspeetad
in S'A
wits taken out of the crib of a flloot bird
(which was shot near Whitelkiven on Friday laat),
imassonishing quantity 42 heath, heathiperries, and
moss:he:ties The grass. ts kb its flow% as heal
as if `dii Strnwine, and the berries quint.perket, not
bruised. nor ev4n arty dampness
• rep s, which filled a half pinr, and
sr, alter being ezposed to

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