The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-01-21 00:00:00

NATAL lICTELLYGENC

PORVISIOUTM )IN. 18.
Went out of harbour the Clinker gun-brig.
Sailed the Dami•,e gun-vessel, on a cruise.
Came into harbour the Ranger sloop of war, Capt.
Coote.
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This day being appointed for the celebration the
birth-day of our most gracious Queen, the nuns on
idle platform at twelve o'clock fired a Royal Salute,
and every ship at Spithead doing the same at i p.
117: At .5 p. m. three rockets ascended from the
King's battery, when another Royal S.ii ire was
fired, which was immediately followed by a feu II(
joie froni the troops at Gospost, and continued along
the Lines, and South-Sea Beach ; and in honour of
the day, grand entertainments are provid, d by Ad-
miral Montagu, General Oakes, and Commissioner
Sir C. Saxton, for the Officers of the Navy, Army,
and His Majesty's Dock Yard.
asixnam, J At,:• 17.
1 informed you the other day that Capt. Somer-
ville, of His Niejesty's ship Nemesis, was preparing
ca.ks, &c. for buoying off His Majesty's ship D.'iria,
which unfortunately got ashore in the late gales at
Last. 1 amnow happy to inform you, that they
succeeded last evening in gctling her about her
* length astern, and it is expected she still be got to-
tally off this evening tide. Underneath is a list of
His Majesty's ships in Torhay :

Guns. Commandoes.
Vale de Paris ..1 it 1 Aami.al the tfoitottrAble W.
Corns/Am
Sin Josef IPO --i—. Sir C. Cotton
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t. 48 -- C. Colliogwood, Esq.
OS - Sir Robert Calder
100 --- I.nrtl NO4thesk
Mt Captain M Dixon
_ .eraire 4)3 -- Kelly
DeSance .74 Durham
Warrio- 74 -- Bllgh
A tla4 74 -.Yvm (actin)
coil, Irma 74 -Bo le
:Lewes:* fb Somerville

Dreadnotrelii
Prince of W
gluten ...
Temecaire

PLYMOUTH, JAN. 17
Came in the Pretty Lass, armed ship, from a
cruise.
Sailed the 3falta man of war, Carelinr and Char-
lotte armed ships, on a cruise. Wind IV.N.W.

•lAL, TAM. N.
Came down from Sheerness the AleraPdria store-

ship ; and remains in the Downs with the Ardent,
Utrecht, TrWY, Leopard, and Inflexible men of war ;
1.1/in nortnlite, Mediator, Castor,•Champion, Leda, J.-
smarm, IVeyestanth, Magicienne, and L'An.iabie fri-
gates ; Harpy, Zephyr, Dart, Holletta, Alert, Arab,
Lilly, and Alonzo sloops of war ; Bala, Lucifer, Di,.
rovers,' Deoastatcon, Volcano, and Zelaa, bombs ;
a large fleet of armed defence ships. transports, sail-
ing cutters, &C. koit/ Georw, Hearn Addington,
Earl al Abergnvenny, Warren Ratings, fir shirt, and
Bcaubsy Castle East Indiamea, and several other out-
ward bound vessels.
P. S. Arrived the Carlatrcer sloop of war, with a
convoy from Falmouth, which are sailed fur the
River; the Cocked; ice remains.
JAN. 19.

Arrived the Ocean, --, from the River, bound
to the East Indies; the Kin,vton,—, from New-
castle, bound to .Jamaica; and several armed defence
ships, from the westward, and remain in the Duwns
with the ships as per hate—Wind S.\‘'.

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PROM LLOYD'S LIST.
6. AvintY b, JA N 18 wwPaNed !Ye the Ruyal Cl•arlotte,—,
from Rd! It.AX Perseserance, Stroud, from Oporto ; Two
I►r Nughas ; Endeavou-,...luitet ; Chester, Carnit ; mid
the 013111, Purcell, from Dublin Malmsuury, Adams, from
Wino:Ful; Wil um, Atmng ; and the Lucy, Edwards, from
Cork —Sailed the Mews, Douglas ; And the Brunswick,
Shaw, for Jamaica ; Pitt, Newcombe, of New Pourtdence ;
s.r.ow Albertina, iiartadt. ; and the Vrow Lekina, Sans, fur
Ernbden.

asmisr(
At Cowv—Vie Alert, Seale, from Virginia.
04 the %Viglit—tbe America, Sele,r, from Pled irlelphia.
Off Itunit Delia, Featherstone, from Riga.
At Liverpool—the Ugh., SOLl!cry, from New York ; and
Triton, Smit•,, from Halifax.
At Hoylake—tiie A mewl, Cole, from Charleston ; Daphne,
klaholus ; Cleopatra, Davenport; and the .Missmippi, UAW.
ann, from Savannah.
At Cork—the Marv, Walker, from Philadelphia; Sally,
Webber, from Charleston; amid the Enterprise, —, from
London.
At Linh'inthe Liffey, Walker, from London.
At OpomtO—the William and Emma, Courtney, front Lon-
flea Zephyr, Miller, from Shields; and the Wakefield,
Ranee, from Hifi.
At Virginis-a.the Thomas Wilson, —, fromdbtn.
At Olt Calabar-ethe Ross, Hume, from Liverpool.

PORTABLE LIFE BOAT.

The love of our country and of humanity is a
powerful incentive, which leads to discoveries of all
kinds. It seems as if it were a matter of necessity
to a Frenchman to invent some objeft of utility.
Every day is marked by some discovery which
honour to the human mind, and entitles the inven-
tors to all the favour due to their efforts a,:d their
intentions.
Amongst ti.is number is M. Bernier, of I lavre,
who has contrived, Lir a single man, a boat, which
is portable, and cannot be sunk, by its ans of which
he may save two ether isneson., and retain sufficient
provisions, arms, and ammunition, which he may
use quite at hi, convenience.
M. Bernier, on the 22d and 25th of last month,
made trial of his boat from the Pont Neuf-to Nay,
in the presence of M. Magin, lnspetor General of
tie Navigation and the Ports, and M. Brasse, the
chief hydraulic engineer, who drew up a statemenr
of it. after having witnessed the utility of the in-
vention : Bernier made his third experiment in going
from the bridge of Concorde to the Fete of St.
Cloud, which he performed with the same ease as in
his former att?mpts. As to the reality and advan-
tages of the discovery, it will be necessary to consult
the report of :he Commissaries.
" Extra& from the Report of the 22d Thermidor,
made by the InspenorGeneral of the Navigation
and Harbour, and the Chief Hydraulic Engineer,
on examining the Portable Life Boat, of which M.
Bernier, of Havre, is the inventor.
This boat, built upon a new constration. is
finished with small lockers well closed, one proper
to receive different utensils, provision., &c. Two
small oars ale attached to it by leather straps, a
mast with a sail, a gun and bayonet, a sahte,
‘8 The boat, tbas provided with pro.. isivits,