The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-04-16 00:00:00

PUPAL INTELLIGENCE.

roarsmouret arm 14.
Arrived the Tiviett, Anderson ; eedy Horn:old,
Budge; /.itoceim, Bruton; and atioare, Phillips,
bound to the West Indies; and several other out-
ward bound vessels from the Downs.
Sailed the Manta frigate for the East Indies.
. The following ships of w.tr have signals flying.
viz. the Blenheim for the East Indies ; Serpent, for
the West Indies; Drazon and Queen for the hledi-
terranran.—Wind, N.E.
PLY NIOUTII, APIIIL It.
Sailed !His Majesty's ship Mahn, of 80 guns,
Captain Buller. to join the Ferrol squadron.
Arrived the Co...spoor, Captain Boyle, from the
fleet of Brest. The French fleet being apprehensive
of their being attacked under their, own batteries,
have retired to the inner harbour.
Arrived the immortatite from a cruise.
Arrived His Majesty's ships Ceiories and &vain-
est, from off Ferrol ; they bring intelligence of the
Spaniards lying very quiet ; they have added a large
new ship to their force.
APRIL 13.
Arrived the General Prorate, Brand, from Opor-
to ; she parted from the fleet of 'this port, yester-
day ; Lady Warren armed ship; with a fleet, under
convoy, from the Eastward; Rohde. cutter, Rowdier
sloop of was.
r•LMOUTH. APRIL IE.
Arrived this day the dreiland packet, Skuyler.
with mails from Lisbon, twelve days passage; left
lying in the 'l'agus, His Majesty's ships Lively and
Witte. also the Tomes/wad and Ifolaisigheen packets,
with mails from England.
PA per elsekland—Messrs. Brian, Price,
and
Also arrived of this port, and proceeded on for
Cadiz, the American ship Mentrerielln, Capt. John
Wilson. from NorfOlk, with rice and flour, twenty-
seven days passage. Also arr Ahovticam ship (whose
name I cannot learn); which ship spoke the Ame-
rican ship Corenorast, Captain Coburn. from Liver-
pool (belonoing to Hallowell, in America), in long.
46. lat. `25.: which ship had on board twenty-two
men belonging to the ship W. oinerelend letter of
marque. which had been taken by a Stench
privateer, after an action of one hour arid a hall ;
the Captain of the Wedmore/end privateer died of his
werands shortly after the adion.
Also arrived, the brig Ann, Capt. Bibben, having
parted with the Oporto fleet this morning, under
convoy of Hos Majesty's ship La Peebles. of 20
Leans, Capt. Duntosir, about twenty-sit sail. The
vessels for Liverpool. Ireland, and Bristol, parted
from them about two days since. •
Also passed here this day the homeward-bound
Leeward Island fleet, under convoy of His Majesty's
ship Serape, of 44 guns. and a sloop of war.
Sailed yesterday, the Prioress Antacids packet,
Thompson, with mails of this month for Jamaica.—
Wind S. W.
ORA", AM". 14.
Lan night and this morning.the Commanders of
the armed drfrnce ships in the Downs (except the
abearn and Royalist) struck their pendants and left
their ships; the greatest part of the sailors are taken
eat and put on lsoard the Utre.rht g.sard ship, the
thios are employed in moths/ ',PRICY. Last night
brit. suoginsed to be an American. which ran as shore
on the North Sand-head, is by the assistance of the
Deal boats got off. and conducted to Ramps* Pier.
Sailed yesterday the Nei* frigate to Dingresi ;
Ad.-itiew It why, for Quebec ; Lord MdaWleton,
Hawkins, for Jamaica.
Came down from Sheerness, the Pewees frigate
and Harm sloop ; and remain in the Downs with
His Marge. ships Montrth, Utrecht, and Dideuele;;
Caster frigate, Gallo and Arab sloops; rloston,
Prospero, DSTlMlaalian, Recta, DittOWV, and Zebra
bombs ; several gun brigs; and Africa, C..arnth,
for Africa.
Sailed the Patriot, Barron, for Providence; Africa,
Canith, Africa ; the name of the American brig,
which was on elate on the Nortli•Sand•head, is the
Olcina, from Bremen, with bate goods for New
York. All yesterday and this day a very heavy
firing has been beard from the Eastward.
Arrived the Mariner gun-brig from off Ostend, and
sailed again for same place.
Y•RMOUTIN APRIL. IS.
Passed by the offing a large fleet of merchantmen
for the Baltic, under convoy of three ships of war ;
they were joined here by the Perseverance, Baker,
Mena, John Carter, Agenwin, Bthey, Iltotkers,
*mph, Diann, Peace, Siber, Engle, Ceres, Oak, Dol-
phin, and Liberty, for the Baltic, with the Priem'
Aagneta cutter. The Scorpio,' sloop arrived this
atiernoon. and has brought in with her a Dutch
schooner privateer, carrying 12 guns; I cannot learn
her name at present. The Seorpion remains in the
roads with the Montnoieb. St. 44111eis'a, Majecti.
telopr, Amethyst, and Prince If Wales.—Wind