The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-10-20 00:00:00

Pird I/ L INTELLIGENCE.

PORT*MOUTO, OCT. le.
This morning arrived the Phccbe, Sli guns, Capt.
Oswald, from Lisbon. Geuerals Sir Hew Dal-
rymple, Major Dalrymple, and Captains Gubbins
and Fanshaw, came passengers in her.
This afternoon arrived the NW& from Lisbon:
Sir William Scott is returned in her.

TM Repulse, of 74 guns, Hou. Captain Legge,
was this day cleared from tlanuitme.
Sailed the L.iu►►ei, Llefr►uMiaud LaGloire, on a
cruise; also the Egeria, Nitl► a couvoy fur the
Downs.

The Escort is appointed cOnioy fur Guernsey.
—Wised S.W.

PLYMOUTH. OCT. 17.
Caine is Ls Seine, from • Corunini ; and the
Ramie, Capt. l'rewaver, from Lisbon, which she
left on _d lust. The Master reports that the mune
of the transport winch foundered at sea, having on
hoard part of the ttl division of the French army
from Lisbon; is the Two Brothers, of London.
Sailed a sloop of war with a fleet to the eastward.
—Wind S.W.

TORBAY, OCT. 17.

Just now coming in, under command of Admi-
ral Lord Gambier, from is cruise otf Usham, the
Calndonin, !loyal George. Dreadnought, St. George,
Temeraire, Achille, and Drage*, of the Line ; and
the iiketent frigate.
Dolma, OCT. 18.
A fishing smack, with about two hundred half••
atikers of spirits on board, •au last night sent in
here by the Pandora sloop of war, Captions Spence,
, which she took ull the Galloper. boon sifter the late
gale. During thee chase the Master of the smack
was washed overboard and lost ; it is not known
where she belongs, as the Milne is erased.
• On the Pentium cowing into the I)ownii, she
. sent off a boat to two men who were discovered
hanging by some fishing nets, but before the boat
could reach them, one had sunk, and the other,
who was master of a fishing-bent belonging to
Kingsdowm, near Widmer, was taken on board the
Pandore. The boat had upset, bet how long they
had been in that awful situation is not known.
Much fear is entertained for the safety of the brig
Hope, Nlaiskall, of this place, with a cargo of coals,
she having sailed in company with several others,
from Sunderlasal, which hare arrived near a week,
and no account has been received of her.
The signals at the signal station, a little to the
east of the Castle, have been flying, this morning,
announcieg that French pnvaiCeTl are out.
Caine in the Frieirdg hint, ad Oliver, Wills, with
sundries, from London. ' '");"
Sailed the teerge and Harriet, of Dover. Hall,
light, for Nosincastfe.s—Little lint' at W.N.W.
DIAL, OCT. ie.
Came clown from the River, the E.rprrinseset,
Dodd ; and the ilarouess Lougaierille, Pitt, for the
Stattli Seas atal remain in the Downs with the
shim as per last.—tk ind S.W.
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FALMOUTH, OCT. 15.
S.r David Caird's army, embarked on boar.'
Alt one hundred and fifty transports, rode ou:
the violent storm of Saturday last, in Falmouth
harbour, without any of the vessel:; receiving the
slightest dm:nage. On Sunday morning, the whole
of this g.aiiil armament sailed with a hue breeze at
north-west, and were all clear of the harbour in two
or three hours, without the slightest accident. At
four in the afternoon they passed the 31sitaeles.—
We have paid partimilarattention to the wituls sitter
they sailed ; and have no doubt that they reached
the coartof Spinal 01.1 Weduesday or Thursday at
fattiest.

The Officers having left directions at Falmouth
pnst-oltee, to forward their letters by the packets
to Coruntia, roubriu our opinion that they are des-
tined for the North of Spain. Their escort con-
sisted of Loire, 49, Captain Schotriberg; Amelia,
4.4, Captaht Irby; and tfinatrion, s 4, Cuptuils
Crawford. .. 1-:"" "11'
The number Of 'itoopa W2(11%256, and consisted
Of the whole. or parts of the Thlloiving regiments,
• 2,4u0-of the ist Foot Guards; Ist, 14th, iuth,
i7tll, :list, 4341, 510, sfith, 60th, 76th,
AOth, Olst, and 95th foot, with detachments of tar-
• , waggon train, engineers, mud staff corps,
and sinalf detachments of the id, 4th, 9th, and
path regiments. The Generals err, Sir David
Baird, Nlaunlngliain, M•frienzie, Craufurd and
Warde. We understand they are to be followed
by the sul (or sth) the 7th, Loth, 14th, 15th, and
16th cavalry. The 7th sailed from Portsmouth on
the 4th inaant, but put back again. At the same
hour that. the above Expedition sailed from Ful-
month, time tra-sports sailed front Plymouth to
join them. One of there tntosportn got into Fal-
i on Tuesday, and another on 'Thursday, at
an hour wOati, it is wore than probable, Sir David
Baird was in Spain; but the third has not yet ar-
rived ! oci'. 16.
Arrived the Eadreoore armed-brig, from Ply-
mouth, with a fleet of roasters for Wales; the b.-
ligelre, Ellis, from London for Chester ; the Lady
Ai:obeli. packet, Porteus, from the Mediternantati.
IP days bogs Gibraltar, no news; and the Alban
cutter, Lieutenant Weir, with dispatches from Rio
de Janette, 10 weeks passage, with which Lieut.
Weir tat off immediately on his arrival ; they are
from Sir S. Smyth ; ootlitsig particular hats tram.
paired. I,nrd Blayney came passenger in her.
SailoLthirevening the LhspatrA schooner, Harris,
with grails for Corulne. The Eliza packet, Samp-
son, will take the next mail (link inst.) and sails on
Saturday oe‘t.
Dispaitehrs were this evening received from Co-
runns, and will be forwarded on to-morrow by the
Cricket sloop of war.
The Amato* frigate is hourly expected here to
takaj.void Molland and family is Spain.
MILL, OCT. 17.
A convoy has been petitioned for to take the
ships sow loading at this port for Cadiz and the
Metliterrauesia, to Spithead, and to sail about Fri-
day next.
Copy of a letter reeeived from the Admiralty-
Office, dated 13th OCidlser, 11109 :
" answer to year triter of the b isb
instant, on the subject of a mover to the Downs or Spit-
head, fie your vessels flu Cadet, beside, Malta, sad Sicily,
au tbe gist instant, last ceassiesiled by wy Lends Cow-
seisseemers of the 114ealralty to arquaitit you, that they Rare
directed Adaural Douglas a afford these Feuds protective.
" 1 Gas, de. JOHN DARROW.
" To Messrs. 1, Bidwell sad Sac, Hull "

COME, OCT. 14.

The fleet which was to have sailed from this
port for the West Indies, under convoy of the
Sparrow sloop of war, ou the 10th iustant, has been
delayed for the reason stated in the following note,
which was received yesterday :naming by the
President of the Committee of Merchants :

Vire-Adosiral N hitalied presents his compliments to Mr.
Cotter, acquaints him, for the information of the merchants
of Cork, that there being but few vessels at present collected
at t►is port, bound to the West ladies, &c. the sailing of the
convoy will be delayed for sonic tune, in order to afford the
ade bound thither, *hull are detained by contrary winds or
•dirt circunistasees, at the several ports, au upportusity of

it —Cove, (ice. is, lOW..
" J. Cutter, E.sy. l'eerident of the Com-
mittee of Mend:mots. Cork."
LEITH, OCT. 15.
Arrived His Mnjesty's gnu-brig, Basilisk, (from
having seen the Shetland convoy in safety to Ler-
wick), with the less of six of her gulls, which her
Commander was obliged to throw overboard iii the
late gales, experienced by her soon after she left
Lerwick ; the Clyde and 'lover sloops, from cruis-
ing to the northward, for the protection of the
trade ; the Neptinte.x Inereuse, fishing vessel, of
London, with thirteen men belonging to Hi. Ma-
jesty's ship Cygnet, which she took out of a Da-
nish privateer captured by the Cygeet, on the Bth,
off Bueliannees, kiting in so leaky a state that the
prize-master Wits obliged to quit her, and leave her
to her fate ; the Danish privateer -Hrooreaen, of
four glans, and 31 men, prize to His Majesty's ship
Ariailee. The privateer was out four days from
Stavanger, but had made no captures. Sailed His
Majesty's sloop Spitfire, with convoy for Gotten-
burgh ; also, the Queen Charlotte cutter, with the
trade to Heligoland ; as likewise the Childers, on •
cruise to the northward.

• AOERDT.EN, OCT. 15.

Saturday last we experienced a very hard gale
from the uorthward, accompanied for some hours
with heavy rain. The gale commenced between
four and tire o'clock in the morning, and continued
with great violence during that day and great part
of the following night, veering from N.N.E. to N.
and N.W. A number of fishing boats, which had
gone out early in the morning to haul their Imes,
fortunately regained the harbour, some of them
with difficulty. In the more elevated situations,
different houses and buildings in this city and
nei4lthestrhood had part of their chimnier thrown
down, and were otherwise damaged. The gable of
a Citapel, building near (;olden-square, was com-
pletely blown down and demolished, and the side
walls materially injured; and we are informed, that
some houses iu the country were unroofed, and
trees torn up by the roots.
The effects at sea, we regret to state, have been
very disastrous, and great losses and damage of ship-
ping have happened on different parts of the coast.
Elie sloop Aeptane, of and for this place, from
Milton, with apples, after losing port of her sails,
went ashore in Lunen Buy, near Montrose; crew
saved, and the vessel expected tole got off without
mach damage, or loss of the Litre. The schooner
Bre, of this ittace, for Newburgh, with lime, caught
tire by the set breaking over her, and when neer
the Toil-Mewl ViJS driven to Berwick, where sloe was
put asinue, and totally wrecked ; crew saved. A
it is contideutly reported, foundered off At-
breath in the gale, and all the crew perished.
'rlte .11ert, Johnson, of and for this place, from
Sunderland, after being off the Tod-load, was
driven to the southward, and got into Sunderland
with the lugs of sails, boats. &e. besides other de-
!urges. A .tlllllllO of the nerve of Williemson was
uhfortimutely washed overboard from the helm
and drowned, leaving a wife and destitute young
faintly of four or live children to lament his hiss.
The following Aberdeen vessels have been heard
of since the gale The Allred, Jack, at Sunder-
land; Adosiral Nekton, Massie, for Portsov, with
balk: and the Comsela, Cochrane, front St. -John's,
New Brunswick, with timber at Shields, the for-
mer the sth, and the latter the loth. The Lovely
Ana, Smith, was in Birdlington Bay on the Intl.,
with a large fleet, many of which had lost anchors
and cables.

Arrived at Aberdeen October 7, the Forth
packet. Nlaidotiold, I..c.th, with goods.-9. Free-
stoma, Sic Peterh. sad, with goods. 11. Tyne
packet, Buxter. Nrwesei:le, with goods. Two VI ith
coals, three wind-bound.

FRAstRIBUIGH. OCT. 11.
Saturday last, dining the treracwlous gale from
North, the sloop babella. of Ilosehearty, Capt.
Yule, coal laden, was driven ashore in the bay of
Frwserlsurgli. As soon as the vessel struck, the
life-boat was hurried to the beach in an instant by
the crowd ; ai.d although the first instance of her
being u.ed, she was, without hesitation. manned by
several stout sourig men, under the direction of
Capt. Alexander Dalrymple and Capt. Torrie, and
'snitched into the enraged elements. At this time
the am was ru g mountains high, and making a
fair passage over the vessel ; end the wind con-
tinuing morn boisterous if possible, the life-boat
was driven so touch to leeward, that she could
render the crew no assistance, nor were the men
able to pull her up aguimit the teinproistosa wives :
the crew of the life-boat were not. however, to be
discouraged by this—they lauded, and, with the
assistance of those on shore, the boat was carried
to the windward, and again launched, but was a
second time blown to leeward. Many of the crew
being now exhausted with fatigue, their places were
supplied by ralunteen from the beach, and the
life-boat again carried by the strength of men to
windward. and launched. She now fortunately
gained the ship, and. to the inexpressible joy of
those present, succeeded in relieving from their
cold and perilous situation, Capt. 1 nit and his
dew.

FROM LLOYD'S Liar.
mutt VeD,
At Sbeentree—the Laity —, from Quebec.
Is ow De... .--the leastedgehte, from Btrbice
sad Enestatieei, ---, Rem the Brasile

At Brisiol--iihe Eliza, Ogee, from TeneritTc ; and the
Racisael, Willimus, front .%frica.
At Liverpool-4w Elinbctlt, Sbnply, from Prince P. -
ward', Island ; Pointer, Cluistte ; and Adventure,
boo ?ienfinreilland
At

Irwin, Pears, from Jamaica
At Neeforoillsod--the I7riare, Tullock, from Liverpool
At Liehon—the Isabelle, Bache, from Cork ; lailostry„
remold* from Liverpool; aad the Hope, Gikbrist, from
Bristol

At Cadia—the Elirtahetb, Kirby ; Brilliant, EN.
penitent, Smith ; Heury, rcpt, and Lila Salt Cat, Aid'
antsan, float Liverpcal