The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1806-08-29 00:00:00

especial order in the fltOph cf 'Florida, tb make
the best of his way to France in the Vrterax.
ing the rest of the squadron to shift fur themserte.
Up to the latest account, he had no reasms to A.
Bret his obed:ence to this command. diarist e rYlr.
persed a whole fleet, and burned a part of it. A3•l
did not lay , about him more furiously is ttt
midst of the flock of sheep, than du..Yr/train firth
away arnrinti the Quebec convoy In justice,
ever, to the gallantry of dotome, we must net ItO•
get that the Captains of the captured visls, ar-
rived at Portsmouth, acknowledge, that Jilting tht
three days they remained on board his ship, tbsl
were treated with the greatest attention el.:
polite-
ness. As the Veteran was left waifs 200 wiles fit
the French coast, with a fair wind, d:e same gA
fortune which enabled NAPOLEOtti in his flight tram
Egypt, to escape L' rd NeLson's cruisers, may be*
carried JLRONIS into a friendly port, throllah rAW
squadrons. Sanguine hopes, however, are elutes
tained, that the rest of his fleet will not be so sums*
fu'. Much information upon this iaterestir!,, s^?!.-
jell, will he found under the head of Portstm ad:, A
our last -

The Co, k Paper of the `.:3.1 instant dontsi:,; r'
fallowing article :-4. This morning the
of this port, JOH 1 RAY:. Its, blasters an is'od i ;
harbour, from Jamaica. Csptain RAY cs
that he sailed from Jamaica on the 21.. h
in company with IMI sail of rnerchantni,o,
convoy of His MAJrITY's ships Sur°. iitinft. If:•y..
and Porturiee, with the tcha sloop of
the 10th of July, being to windward if the H.
vannah, they fell in with a Spanish fleet c f SS 1111.
of vessels, laden with sugar, undo convoy of t !:at'±
of battle ship and two gun-brigs, ail of wl.i h
destroyed l)y the British ships of war, a.
the merchantmen, except the line of hatti: ;.%
which escaped by getting under the Moro
at the ervunce of the Havanttah. Mcst of t!..e
Spanish crews escaped by swimming ashore. S ,tre
sugar, and a ,doable cargo of quicksilver, were
taken out before the ships were destroyed."

A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afterroont
at Mr. Fox's Office, in Downirignstreet. At:A
which, dispatches were made up to be forwarded to
Constantinople. The result of the deliberatici
was sent off to Mr. Fox, at Chiswick.

The Funds flußuated considerably in• the conye
of yesterday : the Unman. rose to 84, and lett t.,ti
at 71.

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Yesterday, the dispatches for fieugal end i..ectrek
were finally closed at the East India Heise, and
delivered to the Pursers of the following ships, viz_
The Skelton C414.1e, Captain Hem, V.ughan, tut asag2l
tined.
The Union, Captain I. Macinto.h, and Matilda (eoentry

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ship), Captain P. Scott, . Madras and fl,tigal.
PASSONOIRS PIl eIiILTON C•ST g. R.
For Rental... Mr. SA011; Borgia Mervlratit ; Detainer!.
Colonel Sainte hieing. White ; Mr. Mts. and Maw Ras ; Mr.
Humphreys ; Mr. Deafen' ; Messrs. G. Sainte, Man, Word.
van, Stanley, Neale, Templer, Hautenvl.e, D. Camp'. I!,
Pfeittr, Campbell, CJI,w , Kernoel, Hunter, Brow no Anderson;
Maley, ktaillie, Noble, Baker, and Willis, cadam.
Fur Madras—Mr. W. P. T. Brown, cadet.
PASSINCCRI Pee UNION.
Fur Bengal—Mmrs. Bernell and Davidson, Writers ; Mr.
C8.110'441 ; Mr. Adamson, Assistant Siirgenn ; Captain, Mr:.
and Miss Muller; Mr Yount and Mr. Roliertusii, free
raters; Mr. ; Morals. Continent, Ken.iedy, FAtle,
Day, Shickle, WO, cadets ; MIL ;wet ILa Lark,.
Fob ; M'Andrew, A•-,r-tar:!
Surgeon; Me,srs. Msrklove, Redding. Siinnoce,
Stramtan, Ferguson, Curshani, Casey, Nash, Crowe,
Crook, Fell, Newlnd, Greenhill, Logan, and Brett, clidcts
and 11. Lucas.
ASSIINGEIt, PRI II ATI LO••
Ent Rental--. Mr. NICIIUIIOII, Sjfertift ; ,tom
Kid, Li•lC^Sii•r, arid St.altae, free manners; Mn Leic,Ma
Sun.; Messrs. Oliver, Bell, arid Itadenach, cadets.
For Madras-.. Messrs. Kellie, Stewart, N. ways, Crofter, a:11
hlPLesst, assistant surgeons ; Mamas. J. Milner and Diane.,
cadets.
The Mathew, Jeer Etre, from Jamaica, for !Aro
den, is lost in the Queen's Channel—Crew saved.
The 1/i/toes from Newfoundland, and- the .18'.eo
from Antigua. fot Dublin, are captered, and but..t,
by the Veterax man of war.
The last dispatches received by our Ministers from
St. Pctersburgh, ate said to contain ,*
assurances of the Emperor Alex
lute determination to preserve his !
maintain his co-operation with tf.is crmin
There were reports of great rej&
French coast--of f. ax de Jaw, tllurrtinat
Wednesday. Our own letters are
subjed. Some persons suppose them
rejoicings in consequence of Madame 1
Birth-day. Others, that they were
the arrival of the Russian TAU lication.
The Anna Mona, Elmes, arrived at
Sunday last, from Newfoundland,
of sixteen days, from land to land.
fell in with the LI", Boag, of and
from Jamaica (one of the fleet), on S.
in lat. 55. IS. long. Cs. and kept convert'
till Saturday se'nnight, when the Lae
sail. Captain E. lost sight of her
o clock, p. rn. Saw her next morning
Tory, on a sand beach. Capt. E. thy
have been got off, had timely auks
forded from the land ; but he is afrai'
to pieces, if the westerly winds set
lay over at low water, arid Captain
struck at the height of the tide.
being becalmed, and cbliged to col
to keep her from drifting ashore,
give no assistance. She is supposed
on shore about two o'clock in the
smart breeze was blowing at that
day-light. fired a gun of distress.
valuable cargo on board.

.11 the stronged
[Atones rem:
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!joicings nn e.:O
nations, &C. etl
silent upon the
nt to have beret
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occas:oned by
n.
at Greenock, o
after a passage
1. Capt. El=
id for Greeneock
on the 13th trot
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