The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1803-03-21 00:00:00

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NAMIL INTELLIGENCE.

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Its Majesty's ship La Alinerve, of 4.2 guns, Capt.
Brenton, is um-poured, and hotsrly expelled to put to
sea.
His Majesty's ship Alcmene, of 52 guns, Captain
Stiles, is under orders for sailing.
The Pigmy cutter, of 14 gum, Lieut. White, com-
mander, is to proceed to Pool fur impressed men.
Remains at Spithead the squadron as per last.
Arrived at St. Helen's, his Majesty's ship glow
with the fklorgiana sloop of war.

DOVER, MARCH le..
This morning arrived from Boulogne, the Alexan-
der passage vessel. Also arrived this evening the
Two Friend:, with passengers, from
We are sorry to learn that an embargo is now
laid on at Calais, on goods of every description des-
tined to this country. Two vessels laden with mer-
chandiz at that port bound to London, are stopped
until further orders from the French Government.
A messv'nger has arrived here from town with dis-
patches, who is expeacd to sail early to-morrow
morning in the Exprert packet.

MAL, MARCH 18.
Arrived the Hydra frigate, and the Vixen gun-
vessel from the %%esti.vard.—Wind S.W.

PLYMOUTH, MARCH 17.
Arrived the Plenty, Ham, from Wales, in distress,
and Trimmer, liaskQll, from Cherbourg.

E:ctretsl of a letter from an Officer on hoard his Maje,ty's
ship Braave. dated Gape of Good Hope, Jan. 3.
On Saturday last the Dutch were to have had
possession of this place; it being New Year's Day,
and on Sunday, 1 was to have sailed for England
with the Yripiter and Tremendous, but the Imogene
arrived a little after noon on Saturday, and has up-
set all our arrangements. Her dispatches for keep-
ing possession of this place were landed about a
quarter before one o'clock. At five the Dutch were
to have been put in posses,ion of all -the guards,
previous to their flag going up the next morning.
Thus the place was only saved by about five hours,
and it will be considered as a very extraordinary
event, as one halt of our soldiers were embarked on
board ships for the East Indies, and the other half
were encamped about eight miles out of town. We
had only about fifty men in the castle, as a matter
of form to keep possession till the Dutch entered.
The Dutch have about 1600 excellent troops in towu
here, and 'they might with the greatest case have
taken the castle, as the report of the place being
to be kept got all over the town long before mea-
sures could have been taken to secure the place.
By six in the atiernwn we had landed a thousand
troops that were embarked, and marched them into
the castle. The Dutch are confounded and dis-
mayed ; the English not a little astonished and dis-
appointed. Almost all here wish to get home. What
are you about at home? Are we going to logger-
heads already again? or, is this place, according to
some reports, going to be purchased ? We wait
for further orders, which I dare say must soon cone.
We have about 1700 or 1800 troops here in all.
The Dutch have three sail of the line armed en, flute,
two frigates, and two sloops. We are stronger, hav-
ing the Lancaster, Tremendous, Jupiter, Diomede, Ilin-
duitan, Braave, Rattlesnake, and Penguin."

Extra 3 of a Letterfrom an Officer on board the Britan-
n:a, dated St. Helena, January 17.
44 His Majesty's ship Imogene arrived 'heti this
morning, and sails for England again this evening :
she brings intelligence of war being abcut to break
out again. She has been to the Cape of Good Hope.
with orders for our army not to give it up, and A
regiment of soldiers here, on their way home, are
ordered immediately back again. Th!s news, as
you may suppose, has put the ships here in great
confusion, and, in all probability, we shall nut be
home quite so soon as we expeEted."

MEETINGS OF CREDITORS, AT GUILDHALL,
TO-MORROW, N. N.
.1011t1 George Williams, of Marshall-stmet, London-road,
Suff./3', merchant
Morgan Hughes, of Mourning-lane, Hackney, milkman 3
William Clancy, of Waterford, Ireland, merchant 3 I()
John Tench the younger, of Toketitiousoyard, mer-
chant ' 2 10
T Harris, of Waltham I loly Croc4, F.sex, pin-maker
Fiancis Calvart, late of Caccland-street, Fitzroy-square,
hut now of Richmond, Surrey, stable-keeper
Samuel Newman, late of Finsbury-place, nu rchant 13

BIRTH.
The wife of the Re;-. W. It. Wake, Rector of Great
Bromley, and Vicar of Backwell, of a son.
MARRIED.
On Saturday, at St. Mary-le Strand, Mr. T. BrOwn,
of St. Pam's Church yard, to Miss Fletcher, of the Strand.
Yesterday, at Mary-ie-hone Church, Mr. Joseph God-
frey, of Highgate, to Miss Wallace, of Cavendish-square.
;On Saturday, Mr. William Ken', of London, to Miss
Ann Ciaphani, ut. Luton.
DIED.
Tuesday, at Bath, Elias Tuckett, Esq. of Tottenham.
On Sunday, at E'smLv Lodge, Bedfordshire, s-Colqut-
hoon, relit ..t Colonel W. Colquhoun, late of the Guards-
Yesterday, at Biompton, deservedly regretted. David
Heady, Esq. Agent ViCtualler during the late war in the.
Mediterranean, .n.l at Lisbon.
On Monday last, at his house in the Spa Fields, in his
Gist year, Robert Bishop, Esq.
On Wednesday last, at his house in Devonshire-place.
W. Patterson, Esq.