The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1809-01-28 00:00:00

NA rd 1. IMPELLIGENCh.

PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 26.

Arrived a fleet of transports from Span', among
them are the Bruce Grove, Thomson;
eerry; Leda, Wilmot; Lord Nelson, Pearson;
Westmorland, Wheatley ; Esk, Chapman ; Wil-
liam, 11' attion; Eagle, ; Prompt, Laveriek ;
Cakdinsia, 111. Iver; 114.ellasi ; Laurel,
Bales; Reprisal, limes; Sally, Braid; Atom --;
and the mends, Revell; the latter sots off Co-
runa& on the 22d instant, not knowing it had bem
evacuated by the British furees. The taws) ap-
peared to be on lire iu several places.
l'ut bark, the Clorintle, (Alia sailed front hence
on Saturday last, vial* a fleet, for the East
with the loss of mainmast ; also three of the con-
voy, viz. the Cuffiiells, with the loss of minimalist
and bowsprit sprung ; Tree Witco, with damage;
and Sir Sidney Smith, Bradford, for the Cape of
Gond Hope, Itmky.
Autiral Moutavie received two Expresses during
the night ; the nature of the rommunitatiotis made
to him, of course, cannot Ina known; but the
Blake, Hero, illustrious, and Defence line-of-battle
ships, which expected to go to the westward, with
sealed orders, are to sail for the Downs imme-
diately.
Arrived the Bombay and Leviathan, from the
Dewitt,. An East Indiaman mad Lao trinispoits
are reported to he on shore, on the back of the Isle
of Wight; the Illaiyters transport, drove last night
from Spitheed, no the Hospital shunt, and has Lost
two asteltom and tables, but is expected to lie got
off neat W. blows hard.
1.1. v MotTil, JAM. 25.

Arrived the Norge, 73, nod Weyasuaitli store
ship, from the westward ; Weasel stood, from the
Meaiterratt an; Jaatetira, 1:4; with dispatches from
Lisboa ; Favourite and Sprightly cutters, Cachou
schooner. Lavinia 44, Capt. Lord William Stuart,
with transports under convoy, which hose dying
artillery on board. destined, it is said, for CeJiz,
Ceuta, and Gibraltar.
Canoe in the Beagle, tram (;ihnJtur, and
Cadiz. and the Rubert 'railer (transport) from Lis-
bon, with troops.
Sailed the Weymouth, Lyra, and Parthiam to the
westward.

The Adams cutter, which arrived yesterday, pass-
ed through several pieces of wreck on Sunday last.
Most of tite transports are now arrived, which we
understand ate to proceed to Portsmouth to disim-
hark the find fair wind. Aluily of the sink and
wom.ded are taken to the Military Hospital.
To n-thirds oCtiett officers and omen are without
which war tae principal cause of so many of
our brave fellows being crippled and left behind.
orders are come down to victual every• ship in
the port or harbour. Orders are likewise received
for two companies of artillery to embark for Gi-
braltar.

TOIMAT, JAL 26.

The fleet of Admiral Gambier, which arrived
siip;ht, consisted of the following ships, vis.--•
Caledonia, Maya! Geurge, St. George. Dreadnought,
Impel war, Revenge, Achilles, Christian filth,
Warspite, and Mearisa ; aka arrived the Brilliant,
with a tenant convoy for the• Brasile ; the Cumber-
/and and lard Melville nntward bound East India
ships ; and the Eleche sloop, Cochrane brig, and
Gambier cutter.

cow, JAN. 36.

A large ship is on shore at thr• 1•ar•I; of the
hut the sea running mountains high, cannot learn
•,iarticsilars. It is report' d that two other ',hip. am
on shine. and that one of our pilots is on board a
disruasted Eazt

Arrived the Doke. If Kent, Machin', from Lon-
don, for the Brazils, with the loss of 111117eLl
Wind W. blows hard.

nr.Al., JAN. 26.

Pat back by adverse wind the Canaltic East
Indiataan, and the schooner Snapdragon, boutal to
Ih West Indies ; the luttat is gone to Rawl/ate
Pier.

Arrived a transport with sick soldiers from Co-
nsume ; two others are also coming round the
South Fort-lend to the Don us.
The Britannia mid Admiral Gardner test-India-
men remain in the same situation on the Goodwin
Sands, as yesterday. The ling is the Apollo, Capt.
' Riddle, from London, for etli dcnal ; she went on the
Saud early yesterday morning. At ten a.m. the Cap-
tain and eighteen men took to the boat, which soon
upset, and all on board perished. One man refused
to venture into thehuat, and remained in that peri-
lous situation till ten this morning, when he was
taken off the wreck. and brought on shore by a
Deal boat ; he is iu a fair way or recovery.
Doyen, JAN. `TG.

The wind this afternoon having blown strong
from the oestwartl. several ships and ►essels hare
past licre for the Downs, among which is one bf
the ships of the Emit India Hret winch lately past
here. and has since rode out the gale under Iftiii-
gvuess, oith a Portuguese ship from the Brazils.
SAUSGATE, JAN. 26.

The crews of the Admiral Gardner anti Britmatia
East-11011;mm, wrecked on the Goodwin Saudis,
were hamled last night at Deal. The ships are
sinking very Fie, awl will, no doubt, be soon swat-
towed up u, the sands, or go to pieces ; and we un-
derstand that very liul•: has been wired. as the water
was pretty well up to the lower deck before the
boats conk! got oil board; the third ves4rl, near
then, nn the name •nw!s. w hick was nipitonned tolls. a
gun brig, is now said by the boatmen %rho have been
off to her, to he a forrifrn vessel, and. it is conjec-
tured, to ill! a Portuguese. The boat went near,
anti hailed her ; lit as on answer was received, they
conclude! that the eiew either were drowned on
board or till* to their boat•. and in that caw most
rrobably hist their liven, as they hare not Lq•ii
heard of on this coast or Dm!.

On the 4th inst. a inelanchnle accident occurred
at 11•11:vally, a few nOi•R lasmore, on the
Hiver fillet:water, in the county of 'Waterford.—
Sixteen klerirers, who were in the employment of
Mr. (11. i., in building nn the opposite side of the
river, Were in the habit of eneetiii% it daily in a heat
to their meals, when tWs eff, unfortunately, the
boat upset, and fourteen men peridied. What
makes it snore di,trirwving, that the wives acd
children of the sufferers vitae on the bank waiting
these arrive!. sod were spectators of the sad carts-
tropliN