The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1803-03-30 00:00:00

POLICE.

N4V4Z, INTELLIGENCE.

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PORI .01011.:TH, MARCH 28.
Arrived his Majesty's sloop Sylph, of 18 guns,
Capt. Coate, from the eastward, and remains with
the squadron.
At St. Helens, remains his Majesty slr,p Mee-
giana, of 16 guns, Cayt. Raynsterd, under sailing
orders.---Wind S. W.
His Majesty's ship Eurydice, of 24 guns, Capt.
Malcolm,• is ordered to take to Guernsey a part of
the 81st Regiment, which she brought from the
East-Indies : this ship -parted company with his
Majesty's. ship Vitioriou.l of 74 guns, and La SyMlri
of 44 guns, off Lisbon at which place they both
fortunately arrived, the former in a Nery leaky state,
with several other serious defects, and the latter with
the loss of her rudder.
La Sj4elle may be exoe&ed here shortly, but the
Vitioriosa, it it reported, must undergo a considera-
ble repair first.
The press enntinnes hero and ;n thr onrircny, to
be very hot ; large parties having landed upon that
service, at a convenient distance, so as to come in
upon the back of the towns without giving any
alarm, and have impressed a number or usual and
very proper persons for his Majesty's service.

DOVER, MARCH 28.
Arrived last night thg Rambler passage vessel,with
Mons. O•ry. with dispatches• for General Andreosti;
also Colonel Stewart and family, Chas. Belntir.ont,
Esq. Mr. Polland, Mr. Buff, Mr. Lavall, and seve-
ral other passengers.

• lIARwICH, MARCH 23.
The Diana post-office packet; Captain ST Ew A FT,
arrived this morning • ftont. Cuxhaven, with the
Hambro' and Bremen mails. Eighty-ix casks of
foreign silver coin and bullion were imported in this

A Letter from:the- Cape of Good Hope, dated
Jan. 14, brought to Plymouth by the Active, Capt.
NlcitoL T.s, contains the following important intelli.

gence

new has occurred since the sailincr, of

utg
the litiogeni except that the Dutch Admiral CLAMS
is making every preparation in his power for sailing
to Batavia—a step highly necessary, as he is imme-
diately to send off to Europe the produce of that
island, which has been accumulating for many years,
and is now impatiently expeeted in Holland. God
grant, that in case of hostility recommencing, we
' may ste their cargoes safe in the Thames—they are
•of immense value. The Dutch Commissary. ex-
peas reinforcements every hottra; present, how.
ever, they are seriously alarmed for their safety,
and not without reason ; for although they have
stated their strength to be 2,400 men, yet the aeon.
raw return is as follows

Rauk and Filet

Regiment at Waldeck... tioo
Cvittranies of Gum atlitr l.io
Two ditto of Chasseurs
(Poe dim, of Riflemen 1-111
Dist oons dismounted..
Artillery ........ 2,150

1410

" They are well posted at therWynebergr • but in
case of attack, there could be no doubt bat. that
they must capitulate. The greater part, of these
troops are Germans, who have already shewn great
inzlination to change their masters, and in case of hos-
tilities wou'A desert to us. Some of them.have already
gut away on board the merchant ships of different na-
tions that have been lying in the Bay. Those who pre-
tend tobe in the secret say, that we shall receive iwslers
f 0.4 carrying the evacuation into eze:.-altion is about
three weeks at. farthest. We know nothing of the po-
litical reasons for all this fluctuation in your Coun-
cils at home ; but you well know my opinion on the
ignominious cession of this invaluable Key to oar
Eastern Empire ; and every hour that I have passed
here, for these last four yeas's, .convinces me.of the
truth of the assertion made by that great statesmaa,
Mr.llumo As, in Parliament, viz. " That any Minister
who gave up the Cape deserved to lose his head."
"P. S. The Indiamen that were to have taken
us to India (the- Utteus, Bcc.) are detained till farther
orders ; if we do not hear soon from England the .
itadrat s will lose their voyage."