The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-09-01 00:00:00

AMkttiCet.

srxw.veatt, JUIN 21. I
At an early hour yesterday afternoon, a great
concourse of cititrns attended on the battery, to wit-
sets the txrlrsion announced by Mr Fulton. Owing
tc some accident, the rr•eriment did not immedi-
ately succeed. Seem' trials having been made,
61644 h.i et up. It this jos-anion could
Ile canted into c' mplere aft ,it would prove a va-
unable Lerence for our exposed harbours. and be of
mews real utility than all the gun.'uoats in the Ame-
rican Navy.
It has been stated in several papers, that Mr. Er. ,
skine was atiiashington, when a discussion, relative
to the seamen. took pl ice between 4r. Madison and
that Minister, who had consented to ware all claim
TG) them Mr. F.riltine, we are well- rform•rd, de-
ities that his rpin:co was ever asked, or ill -t he ever
gave any upon the rutjeß, and we mor--i.ver under-
stand that he has expressed a wish that the report
should be rentradiraed.— ( reap r's kricni
ISTRACI 01 • Li 111 l /rote arcussawo, DATID
J 1 Ll' IS
We are authorised to state, that in consequence ,
cf i .for mation received. that the British squadron
had &parted Iran Hampton Rends, a:.d had take n
a itilt'oll off our Capes, the Executive have sus-
pended the march to fiarr.p•on of the .509 rn litia
ordered out from General Wisite's brigade. They
bare been perm teed to return to their se:WE+,
berms, wit tvders to hold themselves in readiness
to take the field at a nu ass nt's warr.irg.
The two companies of iu'antry and the troop of
cavalry already rationed at Hampton. will be con-
tinued. We are rne.reover authorised to state, that
fee onnuquence et the •above irfermmitnt, and of
poshise assurances, from General Mathews, that the
militia already called into service from his brigade,
aided by the cavalry from Petersburg and Rich-
mond, will be amply sufficient to repel any attack
that can be made by any force which can be spared
from the British squadron ; the intently from Pe-
tit-Ist:lg and this place will be immediately dis-
c!:arg. d ; "lijir Ambler, under whose command
the y marched to Notfolk . is authorised to chatter
or ms re vessels for the use of such of them as
may think proper to avail themselves of this con
sq.:lice. All the other forces now under the sour-
ni.iod of General Mathews, at Notfolk, will be
c.)116: st d, urgil mote substantial eviderice is oh-
: tn•ned of a change of disposition on the part of the
British squadron. '!'nose forces. together with the
ti )00 st4:ioned at Hampton, will occasionally be
relieved at short periods by oth'a• detachments of
militia.

MONTL-VlDati. MA V 23.
His fir:elleney, Governor Whiatockt, 'star 67
rrK.:4n.,41 omens'. thgt aU Perv.ris who are wit

Spaniards, or Snoth American Inkiede, who metal
Monte-Video previous to its caFture, or. tin
sot belorg to merchant ships, do give in their names
nd residence at the CAvild. Office, before the
3th, under penalty of forfeiti.T the prate Rion of
he British Government.

LITRACT OF A LITTER FROM NORFOLK, .71.:LY 18.
• SOME RE rAt.i.vrioN.

Last evening an tepress at rived at head- goattet.,
-0 the Commander, General Nl:tdiews, from Cir.
Shepherd, of the ttoop of cavalry stationed near the
Cdpe.--Thit intelligence the exptr,s bronOt is of
:treat importance—it anmunce. tf.c fiat a,:t of re-
,aliatitm far the outrage. of the Bi;ti.lt squa-
dron.

The substance of the intelligence', as far as we are
informed, and our information may bo relied on, is.
-that a boat ve4li five men. viz two midsLipmen acid
.hree sadists, were seen to land on Thursday evirnieg,
,n the east side of the inlet ; the people came on
shore, an I were fired at by a detachment of Militia
I under the command of a Lieutenant from Kemps--
vile. They retreated, and took refuge in the woods.
Information having been given to Captain Shepherd
of the place to which they had retired, it was imme-
diately suriennded. In the maPisg they were dis-
covered. and surrendered themselves prisoners with
iut resistance. The lsat.aud arms on :ward of her
have been taken posse,si.s I of; and tile men are
now prisoners at Mr. Lemuel Cornick's, waiting the
orders cf the General."
About an hour before the above afeount arrived,
another detachment of cavalry, under the :cm:nand
of Capt. Taylor, set off for Cape Henry.

hrwsuevena r, r:L Y 17.

UNPLEASANT AFFAIR.

We learn by the master of 20 eastern sloop
which arrived here on Monday, the fallowing par-
ticulars; for their correeness we cannot vouch—
the eastern papers are silent on the subject:
That an Ei.glish privateer, of I 5 gans, from St.
John's, had come into the Jurkilidion of the United
States, at a place called Snug Cave, near Passama-
quaddy, where lay a coasting vessel belonging to
Harriwell,Captain Merriman. An officer and men
from the privateer came on hoard Capt. M. and in
an insolent manner ordered bim to call Lis p.ople
on deck, (they being below, fearing the intention
of the privateersmen,) which Capt. M. refused.—
The officer said he would be d—d if he did not
have some of them ; he then proceeded to open the
hatches, at which instant the Americans below told
him if he attempted to descend they would shoot
him. Not regarding the ceutiln, he wte about to
effect his purpoce, when the mess below, as good as
their word, let drive, and shot three balls through
him, when he fell instant ineously dead. hew the
affair terminated, our informant does not know.

JLLY
A letter dated Nrrfelk, July 17, says, that the
Ches.prah will he fit for service in ten days.

A Philacf:lphi.s paper obser►es, is We are inform-
ed that Capt. Hardy now commands the squadron
in the Chesapeake, Commodore Dctilas having
gone t fr."
The pilot-beat schooner, Bald Baer, has lately
been chattered, and sent off with all possible dis-
patch, by J. Beckman, navy agent of this city,
under command of Capt. Hull, of the Navy, with
sealed orders. It is said she is bound to Gibraltar,
to call home the American squadron from the Me-
diterranean.

We are informed, upon good antbo.ity, that the
S cretary of the War D-pastrnent has, by express,
been ordered hack to ‘Vashingtm from Ncw-York,
and that he has passed through this city on his way
to the seat of Government.—/P 51 . Pap.)

. Of A L Err Et PRf It WASHINGTON,
JULY

Accnunts have reached this city, dated late in
June, that the Spaniards at Mobile have seized two
hundred stand of arms, and a quantit:. t ammuni-
tion, Weaving to the United States, of sane 1 from
N. Oilcans to Fort Stoddcrt. This seizure was
made by the Spanish Commandant at Mobile, and
afterwards approved by the Governot4eneral of the
Florida'.

The above information may he relied on as cor-
refl. It comes from unquesti.in ible authority ; the
letter contaiiiing it is from ;,n ()dicer of the United
States, who was a v. limess to the a&
MORTOIK, JULY le.
Yesterday afternoon a detachment Iron the bat-
talion of cavalry under the command of Major
111,11ae, set cll. for the Ett.tern shore of Princess
Anne, where we are informed the squadron under
the commant‘of Commodore Douglas rides song
at anchor close under the shore. If these doughty
veterans, Douglas, Hardy, Humphries, &e. are dis•
poqd to try the sprit of Virginia, they will have an
opportunity, and we have no doubt but they will re-
quire all the slain irs they ever gainei on the ocean,
to wash away the cti94t see they will meet with on the
landfrorn the ere of thew patriotic tons of Vir-
ginia.

THE BRITISH PRESS.

LONDON,
TUESDAY, SgrreNßEN

The Rome, schooner, is arrived at F.lmouth,
with the long expeaed thipatches front the A ane•
rican Passim:Pr, relative to the affair ly:varen the
Leopard aid the Chewed,. The l(e.enge had pre-
viously touched at Brest, where the 1 ind.:d dis-
patches for the French Government.
It is stated, in the Arnelicati G.vernornt Pap•rs,
that the •Rerrtige is sent to England with diyatches
to the Ministers, direaing" them to deasand of the
Bluish Government an explicit and Immediate dis-
avoa•al of the outrage which has been ralun.red
op.!. the American flag by the and an a.n-
p;e I,:parttion for the injny ; and in case of non,.
cluipli.ince with this deraand, the Ministers are to
leave the Court, and retort, home in th.: Rem:v.-
1c is added, verbally, eta the authority of persons
who are said to be in the secrets 'of ;he American
Cabinet, that Congress are not to be convened until
the time at which the rem.n of the Revenge is to be
expelted.

The Cheerful cutter is arrived at Falmouth from
Lisbon, in seven days, with di,patehes. Private
letters represent that •lace under considerable ap-
prehension from the French.—Some state that
they have demanded an exorbitant sum, with a threat,
131 case di refusal, to shut the ports et Portugal
against the English. Compliance will only pur-
chase a respite. Other accounts state, that Poi-tuial
is to be annexed to Spain.

We have received New-York papers to the 28th
July. The spirit of hostility against England (Jeri
not appear to have abated in Amok*. Public meet.
ings, military enrolments, and preparations of all
kinds, were continued with the greatist possible ac.
tivity. It is now sad, that Commodore Doeo:.“
did not as to V: t:lringtrn, and the report that Mr.
ERSKtMe was tl-.:re when a discussit.n took place
with Mr. Ni4D.SON. in %Mal Mr. IiaSILINIC cots.
seated to wave all claim to the seamen taken by
the Leopard. is also sutural:led, by tire authority
of that Gentleman, who denies that his opinion was
ever asked, or that he ever gave any opinion upon
the truhjell.

The report that two English midshipmen and
three stairs, who laniel near the Capes of Virginia.
for water, have been taken primates, is repeated in
t..ese Papers. it is also said, that the Captain of en
English privateer, of la pins, was shot at Newbury
port, in attempting to search an American vessel.
It is said that, on application to ti.e Secretary of
the Treasury, on the subject of the President's Pro-
clamation, he has advised, that its prohibitions are
not meant to include British merchant vessels, al-
though armed, and bearing letters of marque.
The Ameri:an Papers contain several letters from
Canton, in China, from the 4th of March to the
24th, inclusive, stating that a serious miionder-
standing had taken place between the Chinese and
the English, al Canton, in consequence of the death
of two Chinese, killed in an affray with the sailors
of the Neptune. The Chinese had demanded one of
the Neptune's crew in reparation ; but this demand
being peremptorily refused, the Chinese threatened
hostilities, and the British Fa Rory had determined
to send the ships to England with such cargo as was
then on board, although it scarcely amounted to
ballast.

The long-expeeted dispatches from Admiral
GA 111111114 bad not arrived when C.is paper wu put
to press.
The Savage Savage sloop of war. with the fleet ender
convoy for the West Indies, which sailed troan'Cork
on Monday last. put beck the next day:

The following East Indiameu artivei at Ports
mouth on Friday, trom the Downs, to wait for
convoy :7

Sarah Christiana, CA;rtain T. hfimiceocto, for Madam, ma i
H. ukal.g I•tty, I ihroorr, thin.) Northam...ton,
Thowt, Sa..4c.a, ditto i Union, Frederic* titillated, lirtuttay
T:grn, Pug MaL.lo.lBr Id. Madan, 114.m.as and Monett.
11. e following ale to jnio them. horn the !Civet.,
before they sail
'Ann, Jame. M.,ton, for Ntadria and Bro:al i Diaoa,
John Eck..nd, ditto , • r rultciar, 11.0. y CM( is•
plie,, ditto; Earn—wt.:. John Lope, ?Amiens. Maffei, ant
L. pl.
Diu Plover. Capt. Banos, sailed on Thursday
night. with ruder, to 4.1v.4.111 Dams. dna Artare4
at Plymouth again in Faiday with two Danish
East liidianten, which she luckily met with.
Fifteen llani-s have been svot tin,' Puiitosowh
since the orders for detaining the res.cla of Lint
nation were received.

I he tollowing is a statement oldie dis riSutino of
our 1dv.41 Fc.rte, up to this day :—At pit, 96 sea
o; the line ; 10 ships from 50 to 41 guns 134 hi.
gates ; 153 sloop.; end I,Sa9 gun-brigs and maths
; making -a total 01 592 ships of war. Thor
numbs' in Commission is-143 sail of the line, 111
horn !,2 to 44 guns ; '172 frigates; 195 sloops, ite.
L 42 gun-brigs; which, isseludittg vessels its
port and fitting, guard, huypitel, prison, a.id f Ilegh4
tag ships makrs a total at 770 ; the grand total,
complying Si :t,ips hwl tas, and 1611 to orgy,l is 10416.