The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-09-02 00:00:00

PROM SATURDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. 1 The letters received from them state, that the loss
I sustained by the enemy ia that engarment, was

Admirelty.6 uce, elnga,t ii. laOS.
t (mit of a Letter from the Ilinourible svaani Cornwallis.
Admit,' of the W hoe, Sc.:. to William Margie., rim oat,
on Wird His Maje-dy's Ship Yale de Puts, off Uahant, the
.141. in.tadt.
-
Si't-1 h,ve the honour to send to you, to be communicated
to lie Loris Commissioi•ers of the Admiralty, a copy of infor-
ms, ion e; rived by the Diagen, which ship joined me yeetem:.ty_
ice i.ar.;c.thr pleasure in soudiiig the Lordships that
Fait sty the account in which the g &ant emiduCt of
Rake-, of the Mantis, is so conspicuous, in taking tie Dirlcii
Peach frig de of superior force, so touch to his Iva.our, and
that of his ta and men, who must have seconded hint in
the most spirited manner upon that occasion.
I have the honour to be, &e. W. CORNWALLIS.
Mmulav, Aneu4 10, Civic Ortega! ►eari•ig about e.u•-suuth-
east, finied or aixteen Ivaco fell in with Ilia Majeary', ship
ricenix, haring a dismasted French frigate in tow, wii,ch she
hod rammed an the 10th in tam, in Lit. 4J der. 16 min. N
long 12 dig. 14 min. W. ai:cr a setrere action of three hitters.
The name of the FICIICII trigate is the Didon of fort)-four
door and three bombed info. She was from the
Combined Squadrons a few hour, after their arrival at Co-
ronae, and was cruising when On rhaanix MI in with her.
(Signed) F:DW.
Dragon, off &Want, August 21, 1805.

very cons:al:Table.

Some packets of papers from New York and
Charleston were received yesterday. A leiter from
the latter place, dated 25th July states, that two of
the homeward bound Jamaica-men hid put in there
fur wood and water.

The Newfoundland. Halifax, and Quebec Rent,
About tiU sail, had put into Falmouth.

An express arrived, at A late hear list nigLt., at
the Admiralty, we believe from Dover.

A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday, at the
Foreityn Office. It was the first which has as.
setnbb-el since the prorogation of Parliam-nt
The Loan CHANCELLOR, Lords NILLGRATE, HAR-
RowsE, CAsTL ER I ACM, and Mr. Pitt, were
present.
The following is an extraet of a letter received in
town on Saturday, from im Officer on hoard the
Ildigtart, off Boulogne. dated the tl9th August:
" We are ..gsin in iig of the enemy, mid in site of the
scene"( ow Olin of list Wtolnestiy. This. of the *nein,
are laving totiily wrivkioli and one sunk w the edion; the
noinieot the Iwo d &mulcts to the EntwAlt we cern* some
tension rut of mom-nt front them, and the hinne.vestali are
coOkrvil o the Donnis. We hol 14m nrl,o,llltle to lose tea
brave met. in the seti in, and one wounded."
Lord Kuria has returned to the Downs in the
Edgar, accompanie i by the Adamant, from off the
Teach
It is much regretted at Cadiz. that the block-
ade should he so rigorothly continued. Not a ship
of any nation whatever is suffered to pass or repass
to or from that port. Several American vessels
that atteopted to violate the blockade, have been
taken, and sent into Gibraltar In a.'judication.—
A number of Americans were in Cad..c at the date
of these letters, who were utdoading inconsequence
of a notice sent in to them by Admiral COLLING-
WOOD, " that he would capture all sutth vessels as
he should meet with cargoes on board."
The COMllleFef. FARRELL, from America, is de-
tained and sent into Yarmouth.

••• No communir.stioos swoonnciog Blahs, Nlarriaget,
or Dosths, w 11 be inserted in thin Paper, miler: duly atithen
ticated, or in the hand•writing of some person. with which
the Editor is well arquiOnt,d.

'the number of varnports assembled at Sheerness,
amounte .t, on Saturday, to thirty-six ; they are fitted
and prowironed for troops. sold are placed under
the sliders of Lieutenant 131141tHW AiT t, the active
and intelligent ag-nt for the tran.port service at
that port. The masters of these v ssels, as well as
their owners, are wholly uninformed as to their
place of destination ; but Government eanno4 AC-
cordinz to their eha•ter party, send them furthor
than Gibraltar. This fleet will, we understand,
before the close of the present week, exceed one
hundred sail.
An Order has been received at Chatham Dock-
yard,
for regulating ..he future pay of the artisan.,
&c. ; they arc to have a portion of their wages,
weekly, as subsistence. by which means they will
receive a very considerable benefit, as they will
henceforward have no occasion to dispose of their
pay, to which unpleasant necessity they have hereto-
fore been reduced, their money being sent to them
only once in three morrhs.
Thursday evening, an express arrived at Canw-
bury, from the War-office. for the march of the
brigade of guards, under the command of the lino.
General FlNcis. for Deal barracks ; accordingly,
the right wing of the Coldstream regiment com-
menced their mrreh en Friday
The boys belonging to the East India Company,
21 in number, from SO to 100 tons burthen, are now
fitted with four carriage guns each, and a swivel
tore and aft. They are capable of carrying well from
30 to 100 men, and are now lying at Sommer's-
quay, waiting for orders for a grand reeter-, which
w 11 t.tice place immediately after the burial of the
Duke of Gnovc est ca. Sea-reach is na23tioned as
the place nt :teflon.
The general drawing for the Militia commences
this month, to fill up the skeletons of the regiments.
The amount of the force under Admiral Coss-
W A ILLS, is as follows:
. . .

Tbe Ckianuel fleet . 24 Said of ate Lino.
And Sir Roimeet Cilder
Thee If I I la.n.rae ready for sea S
And 111 Canband Bay

St Sail of the Line.
This Nl* will be further increased by sh;ps from
Portsmouth.

The Marielln Towers now building in the
neightinurhood of Folkstone, are considerably ad-
vanced in their progress; they are three in number.
and form in position an unequal triangle. They are
intended as a proteiion to East Wear Bay- the moil
exposed and assailable point of any nu the coast of
Kent. The Keep of Sandgate Castle is also con-
verting into a Tower of this description. aad two
others are building within the wall of the Castle of
a smaller size, each of which are conneavd with the

central tower by an arched covered way.
Mr. JAsecs HAMILTON, formerly an eminent
bookseller of London, is About to commence an
English Periodical Work at Harnburgh, and to
open an establishment, by means of which, English
literature may obtain readier access to the Continent.

The National Institute has eleCted M. BUNCK.
MAID r to fill the seat in the Seßion of Astronomy,
vacant by the death of M. MECHAM They have
also appointed M. Mtai.t it, keeper of the Cabinet of
Antiques, in the room of M. Cacaos, deceased.
The note from the Austrian Government to the
different Magistrates. which we lately inserted,
proves that strong suspicion attaches to the French
Government. of having promoted and fomented the
disturbances that lately occurred at Vienna. l'he
phrase resfe3ise Ambassadors is used in the note.
in speaking of the passports delivered subsoSuent to
the 7th and Bth of July, the days of the disturb-
ances, to different strangers to quit Vienna ; mutt it
was used to avoid marking the French Ambassa-
dor. He was, however. the only one who had
granted passports—indeed, as every Ambassador
ma have supposed that those concerned in the di,.
turbances would attempt to make their escape, and
as it was generally known that foreigners were con-
cerned in them, no Ambassador. except the Arnbas-
sailor who aCtually employed those foreigners,
would have run the risk of attaching suspicion to
himself or his Government by graleing passports
Asked for immediately after the disturbance;.