The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1806-02-12 00:00:00

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NAY IL ISTI'LLIGLNCE.

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PORTUtOlilti, PLS. 10.
Arrivt-d the Piece ri. Wales, of 98 guns, from
Plynoth ; A.imital Douglas has shitted his flag to
her. Also the Ike, frigate, Capt. &tiling, from
th- West Indies; *be sailed from Jamaica, with e
, - convoy. hot none 0# them arrived with her ; she lost
every Officer, except the Captain. since she has beet.
' in the West Indies, by the ye low fever.
Dropped down so St. Helen's, the Polvphernat, of
64 guns, on • nt A..miral Dougl is% .quads n ; the
Plv.triuni, Prier, of Welea, ilehili.!, Fait/par:nay, and
Crereerre, rem on at St Helen's.
Sailed a convoy for Cork, with the Arens sloop.
The ildlqsaml..,t Sa gnu*, has made the signal for
a convoy to the East Indies.
The dock-yard cotioneaced paying, for the last
quarter, vris moriring. The amount to be paid ts
greater than on any former occasion.
Phis twornirv, font seamen belnagicg to toe .4tia-
nraal, were flogrd round the snips in the harbo•::,
terr.4oserting, with a boat belonging to that ship, in
'the coast of Holland. They received 303 lashes
Ouch.
T•LMOI.7TII, TM 8.
Art d the bark HP derfeld, Capt. John Bruce,
from '
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ristol, bound to Oporte,laden with iron, &c.
lea one of the fleet under convoy of His Majesty's
skip sada; the Wariseray, Jones, from Lonrinn,
for Swiss= ; and the Haute, Omay, from Green-
ock, fdr Lisbon.
Sailed the Fretrh ship privateer, Prinre Murat,
for Plymouth ; Kitrgsseart, Blackby for Dover ; and
the Edward, Power, for Lnnden.—Wind Westerly.
TORBAY, rata 9.
Arrived, this morning, from Plymouth, the
late de Paris, Admiral Cornwallis; also the Ifibernta

and a brig.
Arrived the Cepoor armed schooner, with the loss
of her boom; and the London packet, from Tortola,
having experienced a heavy gale of wind, in whi g.
Capt. Pitt, with the fall of the guns, had his leg and
foot crushed to atoms.—Wind W.N.W.
DEAL, TM 10.
Sailed the Ki'r sloop of war, and the Valeretts
praam, on a cruise ; and the (Merlin sloop of war,
with a convoy to the Northward.
Came down from the river, His Majesty's ships
Dorret and Faint ; Lxd Cootirreazi, and the ;Palmer
Goole, bound to the blast Indtes ; the Laudon Parker,
M'Dougall, for Philadelphia ; and the Otter, Phil.
lips, from 1%13W York.
Arrived the rriter sloop of war, and the Drspersie
gun-brig, fr^m a cruise; and remain in the Downs
with the rest of ,the snips as per last.
Arrived, and saiied for the river, the Wiliam.
Ackworth, from Lialsou ; Irir, Batley, from Deme-
rara ; Lates,M.ti:P., from St. Kitt's ; Apollo, Brown,
from Surinam ; P1.,11, Danly, from Grenada ; So
re'.'jn, Maley, from Tobago, and several other
vessigs under convoy of His Majesty's ship Beau/ire,
which Tema's.
Arrived in the Downs the brag Cicero, —, from
Chepstow, Listen with timser, Etc. bound to Dept-
ford dock-yard; she was taken by a French priva-
teer, and re-taken off Farleigh, after a chase of three
hours, by the MoJkzle gon.brig, Lieut. Simmons!,
Commander; also arrived the Perenoo, Capt. Len-
eon, from St. Kitt's, laden with sugar and wive,
tround to London ; she was captured early this morn-
-1.4 off the South Foreland, by the Reflace. Dutch
lugger privat:er, and recaptured by the Jackellgun-
brig, Lieutenant Stewart, Commander.
SCARBOROUGH, res. A.

Paned by the B,rsfee sloop of war, with a feet
of transports under convoy from the Elbe, which
sever they left un Wednesday last.—Wind.W.N.W.