The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-05-11 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGExCE.

PORTSMnI;TM, MAY 9.
Sailed the Note sloop of war, and Speedwell brig,
en separate cruises.
Lbsciditedzirnd,ufiroSmt. Helens, the tl:heeDieei
eedxe
SD bet former station of Cherbourg.
the Arniaso F.astandiarnan ; and several
atiir outward-bound vessels, from the l)owns.
The Falcon revenue cutter is appointed to convoy
several sail of transports lying here, to Guernsey.
Wind S.W.

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FALMOUTH, rcsir 7.
• Arrived HisMajesty'sship liesard, of 18guns,from
a cruise; also, dae following vessels towait for convoy :
t Prioress Royal, Campbell ; Brother", Hammond; and
• ifitter,from Bristoltfor Newfoundland; Cartioa,
1416ivin, front Glatgow, for Jantaic a ; and Uilion,
t MiMillan, from Glasgow, for Barbadoes ; Jamaica,
- . Welber. from Liverpool, for Barbados's ; lifer/v,
Sands;Ctres, Bentley; Pil, Sharp, from Liverpool,for
Lisbon; Daum, Meadows, from Dublin, and .1/44e,,,
Wren, from Swansea, for Oporto; Nerd:, Harper,
from London. for Lancaster ; also, the Danish !hip
Elv.ev,,r, Evanson, from Dram ; the American ship
Amelia, MiDermot, from 14•,earnah, thirty-six Jays
passage; the E,:glc'. Bash, Courteney ; the Fiu.r/ete,
Trewry, both front London ; and the If aellsheat;
$ • Silver, from Chichester, under convoy of the Vipr
. ewter, which sided again this evening with the
i Dora ;Teague, and Them, Roswell, for 1 „ondtm ; and
Almond Subauntsh, Dunn, for Portsmouth, under her
convoy. .
Bailed also the Ire/,inghans packet, Roberts, with
Mails of the Ist inst. for Lisbon; ;and the Eli.., do.
' Paterson, with Mails of the 2d instant, for Jamaica
and Barbadoes. The Fraita (Swedish ship), Knut-
son, for Rotterdam.
• The MIMI packet arrived on the sth inst. with
No mail from Lisbon ; six days passage ; sailed from
lit
thence in company with the fleet for England, un-
der convoy of His Majesty's ship at/seas, of 32
gum
• The Ifflrrod sloop of war sailed on the 3th inst.
estanvoy round land..-. Wind N.
DEAL, MAY 8.
The Speedy sloop arrived this 'morning from off
Boulogne. The enemy's flotilla remained in nearly
the same state, except that some of the gitn-bzuts
are gone into the inner-harbour. The Stone Erpe-
r dition is entirely given tip. and the ships are ordered
, *mud to Sheerness immediately. Yesterday a Court-
Martial was held on board of the Illustrious, on the
frnsourer belonging to the Leda frigate, for having
thrust a red-hot iron into the left side of a seaman
i belonging to the same •hip, which pierced his heart,
and occasioned his death in about five minutes after
be had received his wound. The Armourer is con-
dimned to be hanged at such time. and on board
"loch ship. as the Lords of the Admiralty may think

INIETed she Stelphtir bomb for the river ; L'lmmar.
*lke frigate on a crone ; and the Soave sloop of
war for Margate Roads.
Cane down from Sheerness the rifts's:Mtn sloop
ef war.
,Arrived the Regale: man of war and the Sreirrel
frigate from a cruise off Boulogne, and remain in
tati Downs With the rest as per last.
werrsnavre, Nair S.
The fallowing vessels, belonging to this port
port of the West India convoy) were lost on
soon of Portugal :—Fortitade, King La new
t • )1 jangle!, Steward; Mary Isniella, Harper ;
Errs. Atkinson.—The Ltdfy C 10110,414 ClbisOn,
of this port, was saved, and proceeded on her
voyage.
Tho radosiry, Bragg, sailed from hence (coal
I 'Weal. for Dublin about six weeks ago, and has not
talmoe beam beard of.

FROM 'LLOTD's LIST.
Onalsadats, llar 9,4111166.1 by the Kline Martha, ;
May, Corm ; and mach —, from I.i on ;
may Ifikenh, from Waterford ; Endieshr, Faker, and Vrtrw
Hatarnah, Haltnar, from Toninorn; Elisabeth, Hanks, from
istbden; 301W01114 Werks; Young Peter, Hat ; Vruw
Ca-
rrolina, !floor; and the Henry Coonekton, —, from Amstcr-
MK Tinny, Matthews, (or Dominica ; Bra-
'ohm, C.4es, for Lisbon ; MA,* Gerdes, for Tonninten ;
triendrehaft, Overland, for Aninerdaret ; grow Aorta 'Aria,
LUCAS, fiir Palled; Janie Amy, —; and judanw palm,
for En.bilen.