The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1809-11-29 00:00:00

NAVAL INITLLICiNCE.

YORTSSIOUTai WOY. 27.
Arrived the CroCndile sloop of war, with' a fleet
from the Dowini....—Arrived a fleet from Malta.
Meath'', and Gibr.ii oar ; Gannet sloop of war, front
a cruise 3. and Herring achouuer, from the West-
the Persian. of IS guns, Captuiti
Colcittitt, fur the West-Indies; and Repulse and
Victorious men of war. for the. Black
nal Holloway removed his flag on board the Ante-
lope, of 74 guns, Capt. Id' Leod, this worniaig, tram
the fore to the main-toast, on his promotion to au
Admiral of the Blue.—The Ant schooner taker
convoy for Guernsey.

PALICIIIITI6 Ker. !S.
Anived the Wahiughant Packet with mails front
Lisbon, in 2.3 days' palwag,e.

RAMSGATE. NOY. 47.

A person is just arrived here, who lat. Dunkirk
on Sunday morning last, and informs us, that iin
account had been received there of an action
tween the English and French fleets, and that la,
sail of ships had liven taken and destroyed of tt,t
latter; but the account was kept so private, thrt
we could not learn any particulars, except the whore►

.PEAT., NOV. 27.

Arrived the Bonne Citnyenne, with a fleet under
convoy, from the Westward, a hid) are sailed fur the
Itiver.—The Echo sloop of war has recaptured, and
brought into the Downs, the ship Neptune, Irma
Teneri fie for London.
Last eight the Plantagenet, Impetueux, and Vial..
guard, of 74 guns each, and a fleet of transports,
arrived from @ hushing, with sick troops ou board,
which have been landed from the ships this day.....
The Intpetueni lands her sick to-morrow mornings
Several of the transports which arrived, are or-
dered to proceed to the Westward, cud will sail as
soon as the wind is fair.—Wind E.

DOVER. 11101`. 27.

The Mary cutter has captured and sent iii the
Mabel, from Christiausand.laden with tar and 6,1 i.
The extra East-India ship /'arid Scott, front 80111
bac, is now parsing for the Downs.
The Oberon sloop of war tins sent in the ship
William, or New-Bedford. She is from New-York,
maul is loaded with tobacco and cotton. They found
her hovering on the French coast. which is said to
be the cense of her detention.
Came in the Ann and Just. of Dover, Ikluinry.
with a cargo of cools from Sanderlatal.• She hint
the misfortune. ou her passages, to have the mats
and a Week boy washed overboard, going into tire
Tees ; at the seine time the Edward of Dover, with
a cargo of coals, was totally lost, crew saved ; the
Wan, of Dover, which was ►n company. is arrived
safe ; we are informed, that, at the muse time and
place, two loaded colliers, with their crews. were
lost, but we do not know their names.

Seat(' the Harpooner tran*port, having brought
troops from Flushing ; likewise the Elizateth of
Dover, with a iletarhinent of the 9th root, to jmu
trenvort in the Downs, under orders for
raltnr.

The bug Sinai. of Sunderland, late in the
transport service, on Saturday night drove into the
Bay. a little to the Gast of the Castle, where the
brought up, but the crew fearing.the would drift
nn the rocks, quitter! her; later which, the wind
iaifting to the 1,;.W. some of our boatmen took
charge of her, and went with her to the Downs or
itutusgate harbour.
On Sunday morning, a boat, in putting off from
the Main, to some ships which were passing Nun
the IVestwaril, upset; but, by the exertion of those
who were there, to assist in getting her off, the elms
were with much difficulty bared.

Some persons have arrived here from Flushing,
which place they lett on Saritoloy last, at w hien.
time, the troops that contained titer,: were ernbask.
Mg; and the building wh•ch hid been erected for
their nse„ was rkinutishing. The troops which
went from the Duwns last Tile:ahoy, supposed as a
reinforcement, proved only to be to cove► the em-
harliatitm of those ttoops, which were already there,
(they being in so bad a state); so that in a few days.
shoold the weather continue as it is at present, the
wind being from the eastward, we may expect to
see what is left of them, returned.