The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-10-30 00:00:00

FROM LIST NIGIIT's GIZETTE.

Add nelis-11d, r. 0.1.!.er ?I, 1303.
Cupy of a Letter form the 110 .o William Cont
,Admiral,of the White, .1:c to •Villiain Allaraden, Esq Oaten
Vire& Paris, at S •a, 0 toi.t 21, 1303,
sr it..-1 have the 1 our to ilci,tsr, he the infiwmation
'lie Linda of the A-I.iiiratty, a Letter I have no
r-cried fmni Goa Livia, of Its Majesty's ship Irk giving;
an account of his having fallen iu wet i and ermined the
redo, Spanish corvette privateer, and recaptured the Magdalen,
behinging to Gieeriock.
!have the honour tube, &e. W. CORNWALLIS
SIR, Iris, at Sea, October 21, 1303
I have the honour to acquaint you, that, at daybreak, on
the 13th instant, being off Les Roche &mom, two sail were
discovered steering towards Flour.leJux. It was sosn ascertain
ad that one was a schooner armed smael, the other a merchant
ship, her prim. Though it blew strung on the shore, I was
fortunate enough to cut off the ship. She proved to be the
Magdalen, of Greenock, who had separated from the Leeward
Is .nd Convoy, and had been needy a month in possession of
the enemy.
On the same night, a ship opened her fire upon me, and
did not surrender until iMe had rereiv.d several broadsides. She
proved to be the St Pedro Spanish corvette privateer, mount•
ins sixteen guns, eight of which are eighteen-pounders, the
reit Spanish efx•rimiders, with one hundred and fifty men on
board when she sail'', part of whom were distributed in fire
l'eStelri she had capterei. I tin sorry to add, that we had one
man killed, and the enemy two killed and four wounded. The
senior Lieutenant, Mr Inn., and the rest of the Officers and
ship's company, conducted themselves, on this occasion, much
to my satufactio- I have the ho.mur to be, &e.
(Signed) T. LAVIE.
Admiral of the White.

William Cornwalli.,

f, &e.

War-offire, Oct. 29, 11105.
3d Regiment of Font Guara..--Johe A.tchinson„ Gent. to be
Ec.ign, by purchase, vice Hyrne, who retires.
To bey-mien., without purchase--CharleslfFner,

William Henry Scott, Gent.
27th Regiment of Foot... Major the Hon. G-orge Carlet•ur,
from the 40th root, to be Major, vies Shaw, who exchang.....
37th Ditto—Captaitt Simon Hart to be Major, without por-
ches-, vita Pleckwith, deceased.
40th Ditto—Major John Shaw, from the 47th Foot, to be
IN -Or. vice Carleton, who exchanges.
44th Ditto .—Captain George Harding to be Major, without
purchase, vice Denser, decca,ed.
4th Royal V,tvratt Rattalion.--I.i•utenant-Colonel W. 0. Ha-
milton from the 9th Royal Veteran Battalion, to be Lieute-
nant in
Colonel, vice Walker, who exchanges.
9th Dit.o.....l.ieutenant-Colonel Robert Walker, from the 4th

Royal Veterran Battalion, to Is
Ilamilton, who exchanges.

STAFF.

.ieum lant•Gnvernor Cornelius Smelt, to be an inspetting
Ft:id-Officer of FenciOles and Volunteers in the Isle of Man,
'sub the temporary rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
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itoitittant Commi.soy J.rnea Pipun, to be a Deputy Commis.
sary-General of Store 4. Provisions, and Forage, to the Force'.

MILMOR DUM.

The appointment of Captain John Lord Burghersh, from tire
Foot, to ba Captain of a Troop in the Bth Light Dr.igoons,
•ice Hawkins, deceaseJ, as stated in the Gazette of the 22d
instant, has not taken place.
Lieutenant Nathaniel Farwell, of the 36th Regiment of
Foot, is superseded, being absent without lease.