The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-02-19 00:00:00

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eneTsmourn, F. 17. ,•
APIS the o,reas sloop of war, from t ettift ;
and the de. 'H.yling. from London, bound to the
with the losi of bowsprit.
Sailed the Ilownii+ ori a cruise ; lame-
slant frigate, to take the transports from Smith:swap-
ton to Cork; and the Afediistar frigate, with the
IR,Pial (ham., Werford, Itrary Addington, Bon,bny
C' 41r, and the Winne* ffastings. , under convoy for
the East- _
rte. 16.
Arrive.l the /Vert& Ind l'hito sloops of tsar; a
French •r flotbMortair;. the Elio;—, from
Morant, Lisboa% detaitied:lty the Naiad frigate ;
Lubinis ratlonrint Dorothea, Morant tor
St. Andero, detained by theColp?yr sOonner.

ALPAOUTN, Fre. 15.
Arrived Ilk Majesty's ship. ,!.vier', Is guns,
C ...r on ‘Vhite, front Porumouth, to give instruc-
t to vessels hound to the Mediterranean and

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t'... Lille; sloop i;f war, called off the Port, and
made agnal for silios bound to the West ladies ;
none being here she wade ,atl an ay.
The ,Vacisetia., Purdy, and Brutherr, Pocky, both
from London; Spredwell, Mudge, from Ezetert two
Fre...ch guu loggers, No. 286 and 430, with one
24-pounder each and SO men, the latter with a Com-
modore, captured on the 10th inst. off the Saints by
His Majesty's ship .11drn►psw, 36 guns, Capt. Poyra v.,
Abode and Fri,k cutters in company, also the French
gun brig" No. 193, armed with two Is-pounders and
one 24-pounder, 30 men, and commanch:d by a
Lieut. de Vaisseau ; :he above were part of a flotilla
of 2.5 sail from Amboulette, bound to Brest, but
blown off the land; nine in all were taken,'three of
which are arrived 'at Penzance. No. 193 was
captured off the Penntarks by His Majesty's brig
Crovv.fer, Lieutenant ItoFte ; they are most wretched
craft, the men on beard the Riggers have nothing
better than straw to lie on.

Also arrived slcwin Union and Cetheriae, both
from Carmarthen, laden with oats, butter, he. cap-
tured rrt the 2th: ihst. of Scilly, by a French brig
priviteer, of 16 guns ;•and recaptured same day
by the Gomel brig, of 16 guns, Captain Bass; a
ketch laden with timber was captured at the same
time, ar.d also retaken by the Gamut, sad is sup-
po.•ed tr 71311, put into Scilly.
The Mediterranean convoy are hourly expelled
to arrive cif this harbour.—Wind

DEAL, YCII. 17.
Sailed yesterday evening, the Leopard and 41,,te-
ruff" men of war L Leda Ind .148116 lee frigates; Ra-
iny, Harlow, and Aalama iienps of war: Flamer.
Rani ilk, Griper, Archer, Arender, Acru. Mertner,
.firmiser, Consiafft, and Starling gon-brigs,
for their respective cruising stations, off the French
coast.—Wind E.S.E.

coax. eta 6.
A quant;ty of old rags have been bronght into
this port, in a vessel from Leghorn, called the Mara.:
Charlortr,Peter, Hollander, Master; whkls the con-
current vigilance anil propriety in the Port Surveyor
and his Winship the Maser have prevented boo.
being removed or unpack:4, until the pleastou of
Governscelit is understood. •
WEYMOUTH, FEB 13.
The following particulars, respeaing the loss of
the Earl of elb•rsareeny, have transpired, in addition
to what has :Weedy appeared in the public prints:—
Capt. Forbes and three privates. taken from the
wreck 111 a wet and benumbed state, and put. into
the hold of a small fishing vessel, with as many as
she could safely stow, to be cotivcy d to Weymouth,
died in gaining the shore, Vion,gh a distance of not
more than two inles at lardtest ; all of whom. to-
gether with Serjcant Hiate'velnii died the same day,
were buried on Fr.d.y Military honours, at-

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tended by all their survive companions, and hun-
dreds of speaatork tae witness this melancholy scene.
Another Serjeant, who has fortunately
_survived,
nlig had his arm shocki y lacerated by his wife, who,
being with him in t • ' ship's rining, as her last
taint to save life, !sits er husband' in the arm, and
when she fell, ner‘? mare to rice, tore with her
mouth, and bore away a part al her husband's arm.
Webber (a Somersetshire lad), the Cap-
tain's carpenter nr jeimer, had a very mtraculous es-
cape; he was washed overboard when; the ship
went dowry and with him, that is at the same time,
the ship's launch, haying ;n it a cow and some
sheep; after swimming some time, on seeing this
boat, he fortunately gained the same, and got there-
in among the cattle, from whence he was taken some
time afterwards.

;le spar-deck of the ship is come up, and with it
so my trunks and bglit goods, among ,t. others the
siiing-case :: t Burgoyne: It was found
by some peaunts n. i: s....mangton, who, not know-
ing the nature or con.equence of --,me papers there-
in (as a will and other documents, with a consider-
able sum of money), took it to Mr. Coates, the
remtor of the parish, who-received the whsle, and
sent to inform Ms. Burgoyne thereof, who is come
down to take posses•don of his property. •Siace this,
many tw.ses have been found empty.
Ti:e ship has been surveyed, and the Company in-
tend rnakirg an attempt to weigh her; every hope
is entertained of their succeeding in it, as the ground
where sheiks is favourable for the purpose, and not
more than ten fathvms of water. Her yards, top-
masts, rtc. &c. have been taken down and brought
into this harbinart by the Company's agent, Mr.
Samuel Weston, merchant, of this place.
'She inhabitants of Weymouth have shewn every
mark of attention and humanity to the unfortunate,
by giving or lending pecuniary relief to them, some
tarnishing food and aaiment. , •