The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-08-29 00:00:00

NAVAL INTCLIAGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, •U 4. 27.

Arrived the Hernia, lanky ,t war, Capt. Lusack,
from Sheerness, and sale .1 again for Guernsey.
Sailed the Ajax of 80 guns, Lord GatLes to join
the Channel fleet.
Came lots harbour the :fat, schooner, Lieut ttaf-
fin, seined by two boats belonging to Mr. Mottl •y,
as l the Aieciope, cutter, with 110 casks of spirits,
awl a quantity of tobacco.
Sailed the Aaana•d, of 50 guns. Capt. Ilutiton,
with A convoy tor the Downs; Dryad of SS guns,
Captain Giffard, for Col k ; Speed: NU, brig, Lieut.
Robertson, and Mi»rrea cutter, on a cruise.
DEAL, AUGUST 27.
Sailed the Diadem armed-ship, Captain Pearce.
to the northward.
Came down from Sheerness the Dart sloop of
war, and remains in the I)nwris with the rest of the
ships as per last. Wind S.W.
YARMOUTH, AUGUST 27.
Arrived the lager Ktkna, Thorson, from J'oon.
Sailed the Aarora, Moss, for Tooningen ;
Woodcock, for Ernhden.
The Frybariana, Wardior, with pitch, tar, iron,
and dealt, from Stockholm for Dieppe, is sent in by
His Majesty's ship Arretter.
YASMOUTII ILOADS, AUGUST 2S.

Arrived the Ferreiter, Hecate, and Censor, bun•

bdSailed the Masirienno fri;act, Cormorant sloop,
Desk sad Alert catters.—Wind W.

FROM LLOYD's LIST.

Goatreatno, Auc. `27 —riyiryl by the TWO Brother.,
Moos* ; Experiment, Mint; Yua g flmitah, Broni.n
Abbe% Map: and the VfOW Marg.nita, Crew, from Riga;
Grant, from Liahon ; Vicar, and Spicidorid,
Ambler, from Stettin; Fortuna, Vandordot ;
=; and the Jonge Toiler, Ram), from Entry] .n.—
the &oder, Bedroom, for Jamaica; Elizab-xh, Smith, ror
ikkini; Camilla, Future, for lt,ga ; Progress, Dawynn, for
rtioriburgh ; Leonid, Mille:, and tko Now Vomit, Urquhart,
'Elk Mei; !num* Souring, for Stettin ; %%one, Vander.
=fir Car :ek ; Jong. 'Wolof, and the Jong/
fyr Embdon.

CAPTURES IN THE EAST INDIES.
(FROM TEA CALCUTTA oArarral
Maim? 1110%1 • LETTIR 111011 CAPTAIN r•ot,
DALTLD 6th JANUARY !
" I request you will inform JANUARY,
Most Nuble the
Governor General in Council. that I had the good
fortune to capture the French privateer brig Les
"on Uais, of 140 tons, pierced for sixteen nine
and six pounders, but with only eight on board,
and having 134 men on board, fifteen of whom
were officers, and forty soldiers, from Bourdeaux iu
July. and from Mauritius the 11th November, going
to cruise off the Sand Heads, and had not made a
.„

occarior !IRON ♦ LITTER. /sou CAPTAIN PACE,
DATED THIS 14T11 TEN. 1804.
HI request you wiU inform his Excellency, the
Most Noble Marquis Wellesley, Goverlor-General
is Council, that I am arrived at Kedgeree, in His
Majesty's ship under my command, with her prize,
she French ship General De Caen. of 26 guns, and
200 Melt, which 1 captured between the Cocos and
Andaman Isles, on the 4th. inst. and before she had
made a capture.
*This slip was built for a vessel of war, equal to
our twenq•gun ship, and carries eighteen nine-poun-
den on her gun-deck, besides those on her emote -
deck and foretasee, which are heavy carrouades."

OXFORD, Auu. 25.

On Wednesday the 15th inAart the Regin-r•nt of
Olthrrd Loyal Volunteers was ilisprard by Bri radier-
• Glidstanes and Sir Nathaniel Dunkenheld, on
Didasarsh-beath, in the neighbourhood of Reading ;
and on Thursday the 16th was br;pcled with the Ist
. and lld battalions of the Reading Carps, and
reviewed by Brigadier-General Gledstanes.
On Monday last the Regiment was re-
viewed on the same Heath by His Royal High-
*tea the Duke of Cambridge. The Regiment
paraded in the Forbury at sia o'clock in the morn-
mit, sad arrived at the Heath about nine, where
His Royal Highness very shortly afterwards made
Ms appearance, aecoMpattied by his suite ind retinue.
He was saluted in• the accustomed way as he rode
up and down the line, and then proceeded to hi-
pped, in the minutest manr.er, the arms and dress of
• the officers and men. After them ceremonies he took
lastest is from, and the Regiment then went through
r she anal manoeuvres on a review, faring br compa-
nies', grand divisions, and vollics.
mess diem rode up to Colonel Sheldon, expressA his
pporfed and most iiimualiticd approbation nt the Re•
enent, and assurai him that it was sufficiently dis-
ciplined to aft with the best regiments of the line.
His Royal Highness was then pleased to express
the regret which His Majesty felt at ant being able
• personally to review the regiment, the necessary
preparations previous to his departure for Wey-.
mouth c, Friday unavoidably preventing him ; and
added, that his regret would be still more sensibly
, felt
terry
by His2!terety when he should represent tothem
" the ay e and regular manner in which this
Regimen had gonethrough their varion s movements.

Tbe Diana packet sailed on Fricla) last from Cal
mouth, with a mail for Listassh

A letter from a gentleman in New-York, to his
friend in Glasgow, dated I9th of July, says,—
Upon my own per-onal observation, and upon the
first medical authority, I beg leave to say, that
though the thermometer is the shade has been at 90
23 s, this town is in the higie.t health at pre ent,
77 is now thought there will be no yellow fever
this season."

On the Ist inst. the mock Empress Jost, tat in-
speßed the remains of Cu Anti NI AGIN E 9 And the rai-
gious treasures of the Great Church, at Aix-lA-Cha-
pelle. Among them is a small casket, which has
not been opened since the year 1326, And which is
called seek are tang,rer (touch me not) ; with this
casket rainy superstitious ideas are emir:died,
and it was only to be opened on an extraerdirary
occasion. The Eaters; opened it with eAse,
though, se'. rd %mantis of the cAtliedi ti I ..ve b,Aote
attempted it in rein. L
and time of opening•it was t!-..is particularly
propitious ; it was again shut up with the relics
within it.