The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-02-15 00:00:00

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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH. FEB. 13.
This morning the West-India convoy got under
weigh, with the Magietenne frigate, hut the wind
being small, they did not get through the Needles.
Arrived the Lord Eldon and &hones armed ships,
with the Charlton and Walpole East-India ships, from
the Downs.
Sailed the Beretta sloop, Capt. Savage, for the
Downs; and the Explown bomb, Captain Prevost,
en a cruise.
Sailed the Lilly sloop of war, for Falmouth, to
give instruetions to the shipf lying there, botind to
the West-Indies; Ellen transport, under convoy of
a cutter for Guernsey.
Captain J. Waller is appointed to the Serpent
sloop, at this port.
The Dragon is taken out of Dock.

HARWICH, TEL IS.
A Dutch schuyt arrived this day from Katwyck,
with a bag of letters, but no passengers. The wea-
therou the other side continues very severe.

The Lair Ntpeon, that sailed from hence on Sun-
day laa, w:, h the mails of the nth, f, r Gottenburg,
Isut hack .iirough stress of weather, and arrived
ere yvaterday.
The Diana packet, for Hnsum, and the brig with
the Spanish Ambassador, proceeded on their voyage.
The mails of the 12th, for Husum and Gotten.
burg, are detained here by contrary winds.

DEAL, FILL 13.
Sailed the Chen piia frigate, and Ga/go sloop of
war, for Sheerness ; Greykessidel frigate, and several
gun-brigs, on a cruise.
Arrived the Alert sloop of war, from Margate
Roads • and remains in the Downs, with the ships as
per last.

FROM LLOYD'S LIST.
Goavasawo, Fsa. 12.---Sailed the Jonge Gaust, \Plinks,
for Linbelm; Vruw Mafia, Thurl, for Saville; Galles,
Rand; and the Julius, Anthe,a, fir St. Kitty; Fame, Jones,
for China; Three Brothers, •PAricl, for Oporto ; Rashleigh,
Huffman: and the Sally, Williams, fur Jamaica.
Fes 13.--Ftued by the Res.x, Bonham, from Bombay;
Glory, Perry, front Madras; Gauges, Maim% from Riga;
y•tnge Airey, Bloote, from Rotterdam; Lord Middleton,
Howkini; and the Welleibs, Lnvert, front Jamaica. Stiled
the CartnaitheA, Lockener, for the East Indies; and the
Kingston, Ladd, for Trinidad.

LI.
to S,lndeate Creek—the Susanna, —, from Valentin.
At,P.wurmuth—the Hero, Callaghan,, from Dublin.
Plymouth—the
At Swallow, Brady, fro Lisbon.
At FAlinowth—the Hatt, Rowe, dam.

At Liverpool —.Me Mary Anne, Thomren,ftom Barbadoes;
and the Cornet, M.Neale. from New Orleans.
At Duittiii7the Mary. Patterson, (ron, London.

At Cadia—the Cosice;tion, Acka, ditto.
At o,nuto--the Bellona, klentin, from Dublin.
• At Li,rion—•the Thereia. from LIVCfp4IIII ; Mary,
Dyer, from New woodland; Gitst.iff, and the Sole
Lopez, c,,ins Cork.
Barbado- ....tbe Aurora, Ansell ; and the Elisa, Peshley,
ditto.
At St. r.ornas's—the Crowe Isla, Campbell, front Clyde.
At Demeraia--the Demerit' Diner, ditto; Crtei, B itisfield,
front Lirnelon ;an the Duke of Kern, Douglas, limn Liverpool.
At flerbice•wwhe Toms's, Windom, ditto.
At Antigus—•the VIZ; Moo,. from Lancaster; Hamilton,
Dariisoi ; Radii, DAVVOII; Bryan, Dunn ; and the West
Won, Drew, from Afn•...i.
As Surinam—Miry, White; and th., William, Ainsworth,
data.

EDINBURGH, FEB.

GTIINEAMAN AT LOCH CRI:'4I.N.

The following particulars, on a very interesting
subjeff, cannot fail of being sati,fitaory to the
public :
(COPY.)
" SIR, al toegrary, 6th Feb. 1005.
" In compliance with your rod os of the II st tilt I pre-voted
immedratelir to Inverary ; and though I wan tormented by !Aid
John Campbell that, in consequeuce of more accurate aftf)/111t/
of the state of the ship George, of Liverpool, than had hero
conveyed in Captain Barrie's letter, that all appreheipoor.a that
any *fedoras dist...inner extortion board that drip hart cooed ;
yet I deemed it prudent to go on to Conan, and from my roans
observations to report to you the rral c;reurnstancial of the came,
as far u I could ascertain, for the information of the Com•
*ander in Chief.
"irt the Ann place, haring been well informed that none of
the great numb", of the initabi•ants who lied had communica-
tion vitas Om above "Jr, had fallen sick, we •sparieocert the
slightest indeiposation f-om it, 1 went on b and ; aid the
eons:stingof thineon 111••• modal e captain., Wong turned up on
deck, I 0,04 not discover among them any appearance of sick
ems,me even of convalescence Rpm sickne,s.
s. I their asked it they had lira any men on the passage, and
was inharined, that only one man, Richard S,rencer, had died,
• and that that had hanoened since they rancho id 111 C Rey
Hi- dioa, they could not tell, but it waa of .5 lingering nature,
for ha had done no duty for twelve weeks Lrfore his death. He
had great di:Wily, was much einamated, and .cad a trot,
Meanie cough. They attributed hi* great detwitty to want of
proper nourishmont„ the whole crew being upon an allowance
of half a pound of mean, and three pounds of hocurt per week.
The poor Irian was /ft anxious to tee land, that he insisted to be
earri-d on deck, men white it snowed, after she) came to an.
dim at Crisman, and they supported the cult! hurried the termi-
.

nation of theitigealle, Lie he caned entmerliansly aft• r.
" I next enquired what nun•ber of men bad died, and if
what diseases, since they sailed from Engtind 3 (hi this head
I was informed, that the crew Consisted of 33 when they sailed
fr.on Liverpool; that 19 had 'died at Off Callahan, on thy coast
of Gerwea, most of them a fever' but that they had neither
medicates nee medical assistance. They stated, that the fever
did not prevail among the natives; that it chiefly attacks
strangers; that it often proved final from the tumid Li the fifth
4.4; and that it had evident symptoms of putridity, for the
body 'often turned black after 'death. Many, however, re-
covered, for all uo bear I had been attacked. It never recurred
after they sailed, and all the eirnyalescente recovered fast.
" To the 13 who died at Callabar, and one who fell ever
board there, and the loan that died at Crinan, add five left on
shore at Me Island of Pico, and the 13 now rem i sa.n.og (for he
present Caresser came on board form another ship on the coast
of Africa), and you have the original number that left Eng-
land. The five men who were left at P,co, emit on shore fsir
provisions; but the ship was driven sad in a gale of wind before
they could return.
" They have had no sickness on hoard since they sailed
from Old Catheter; meat of the men who died on the coast
were in sick quarters.
" The George is laden with red wood, palm oil, arid a few
eleph.int's teeth. She is tolerably clean; but, in addition to
other precautions, I directed her to be fumigated.
" Alter the above details, it is scarcely necessary for me to
add, that there is not the least ground us suspect that any ma-
lignant disease has existed on board the G-ocye since she left
the coast of Africa, or to cause the slightest apprehension that
easy contagious distemper may be communicated from her.
" I exemined the log book, and found it to correspond with
the amounts! nyiermil from the crew. Mr aimpbell, the
Sheriff Substitute, who accompanied me, administered an oath
to the Captain, as to the veracity of the accounts given to me,
mod that no false ItTIVI4 had been entered on the ship's journal.
" I have the honour to he
" 91r, most obedient humble

your . servant,
(Signed) " F.. BROWN, Surremi to the Ferrer."
4. W illapter, K.D. lolpecke of Hospuls."

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