The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-08-06 00:00:00

ieurst INTELLIORNCE.

PORTSMOUTN, AtFOUST 4.
Arrived the American ship /Nue,. trom
Bordeaux for Ants aim, demigod Hi's Ma
ksty's ship Plot.
Sailed the ksplesio• bomb, with two transports to
the Eastward.

raysioure, ASS f.
Arrived the Sewpiee sloop of var. 'rim a ci
and the Edger transport. Captain Sanwa, Iron,
Monte Video, with Spanish prisoners.
Sailed His Majesty's ships Ardscieso and affeerrar,
on a mtge.—Wind S.W.

It&I.110gIrM. AUL t.
Arrived late this evening the Printers Mary
Packet, Pocock, with Mods from New-Yolk
and Halifax ; left the former on the 4 h of
July, on which day the Doke er Packet
arrived there with Mails from England. By the
New• York Papers to the 3d iost. several meetings
had been held at Norfolk, New-York, &c re-
specting the capture of the Chesapeake by the La.
Vargas XI supplies of water, provisions, Ikc. w-re
ordered he di,continued. In consequence, the
busts from our ships landed and brought off alp,v•
tatty ne.id of ; and had stated, that
supplies were granted them, they would lay the;c
ships alongside of Hampton, and take the same
force. Commodore Barron, of the
was wounded in the leg. Colonel Boit has bren
committed. Bill, to the amount of 100,140 dol-
lars, had been offe!,d, and refused. All naval of-
ficers have been summoned, by the Secretary of the
Navy, to repair to Norfolk. The Princess Mary
Packet left at Halifax His Majesty's ships Pills Is
Miles and Obsereaisse.
Suiled•s•verral coasters to the westward.
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Arrived His M.4jesty's schooner Clegg, from
Tot hay. %vim dispatches for Admiral Gardner.—
Wind S.S.W.

♦uo. 3.
Arrived the .latheivar, 74 guns, from Plymouth,
and .araocoa and ellconrur frigates from a anise.
We have just received information of a line-of-
battle ship, and a frigate, having got out of Brest,
and that they are cruising off Calais Bar. Two
sh.ps of the line are getting under weigh to look
atter them.

o'clock—Tin- signal is this moment made far
the Colossus, Monorrh, and 7 harms to proceed to sea,
supposed to De going off ltochfort. Wind \V.

YAIMOWTH, Alla. 4.
Last nieht Mr. Congreve embarked rn boar('
cutter, having under convoy three sloops, !Aden
with rockets, made under his own in.peetion; they
are supposed to be destined to the Baltic —Wind
S.W.

DUTRA, AUGUST 4 ; ;6'c/wk.
A fleet of West indiAmen is now passirg. l'here
are at present in sight about 50 sail. Inuir convoy
of a 74 ; the wind is fair, a fine breese.

An American schooner, from St. Peter:burgh, has
been some time at anchor in the /toads, but Eas not

communicated with the shore. She has now g-t
her anchor, and is beating to windward.
A fine cutter brig, mounting 110 guns, lot the use
of Governmeet, was launched hero, this mot ninA,
about eleven o'clock, from Mr. King's yard she
went off ragnarkably weW
There are now fitting out h. re several cutters, as
tenders, for the use of Government.
•CAL, AU(VST J.
Came down from Sheerness, last night, the No:e..
buy frigate.
P. S. Just ruoived His Majeuy's ships Cassia,
from the Leeward Islands ; and the Hared, from
Plymouth, with convoys, both of which an tilled
for the River.—Wind S.W.

MULL. •MUWT f.

The fleets bound for the Baltic and Tonniogen,
which have been detained in Giim.by K iads,
c‘mot of the embargo, seikd from thence this inora.
ing, nnler their respedive convoys.
The following •essels have gone down from hence
into Grimsby Roads to join convoy, viz.—Piaui& aer.
Burns ; Proftor I Sarah, Auhone ; nape,
Bartlett; and Malays*, thing, all for Lisbon.- -
1-ivoivo Gibson; Finch; Whiw, ;
and Mallard, Bruce, all fee Oporto: they are es-
peffed to sad the first fair wind.