The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1806-04-17 00:00:00

NAVAL* INtriLtIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, ARIL 15.
Arrived the .Ifrivrn frigate, Capt. Rouverie ; Pau-
;;,,,! sloop, Captain Lumley ; ar.d the Dapp,r gun-
vend, from a cruise. The Mrdmor anchired at St.
Helen's (she being fitted for a foreign station), when
the Deve.t,tior, bomb di upped down this morning.
Sailed the Proper%) bomb, Capt.Stupart ; and the
Do'red,r gun vessel, on a cruise ; Qarbec frigate,
front St. Helen's, for the Downs; and the Dez•alta-
tini bomb. Capt. Milner, with a convoy, for the
same place.
Arrived thclAmarontire Arum, from off Calais ; and
the Gorton, from the viver Shannon.
The Diem frigate, Captain Mating ; and the
Ra,thdrsr, a new brig, Captain Forbes, ate gone out
of harbour.

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PI TIMOUTPI, APRIL 14.
Came in the Si. Antonio Spanish lugger, price to
the Capo.nr schooner ; and the Elliat. shutticworth,
from the South Seas, for London.
Sailed the Lorena frigate, and !tipadweil lugger, on
a cruise.—Wind N.W.

DEAL, APRIL 15.

Sailed through the Downs, from the River, with-
out stopping, the Two Frunds, Livingston, for
Charlestown. _ _ .

Remain in the Downs the Edgar, Utrecht, fuse,
Aidelope, and Regular, men of war ; Artud,r frigate ;
Fetru• bomb ; ralourour pram ; several sloops of
war ; Harmony viEtuAller ; Speculator lugger ; several
Ran-brigs detained, and outward-bound vessels.—
Wind N.E. blows hard.
• APRIL 14.
We understand, that Mr. Daniel Flowerdew,
agent in London, has applied to the Lords of tl.e
A dmirall-. on behalf of the ship-owners of this port,
to vest the Collet-tor and Comptroller of the Customs
here, with power to issue licences themselves, which
are required by law, for all vessels that arm for
their defence, and for those, the length of which
shall be greater than in the proportion of 3; feet to 1
foot in breadth ; from which, if he succeed, the
most beneficial consequences will result to the trad!
of this port, inasmuch as a licence can then be oh- I
tained immediately, without the delay of the official
pro:cedings, at the different offices in bmdon, and
which, at times, has been most seriously felt by the
ship-owners and merchants, as' vessels with their
cal goes. have frequently been delayed a fortnight,
expresily ter a licence.
The following ships which, previous to the receipt
I of the accounts from Prussia, had gone down the
Humber and joined convoy for the Baltic, returned
last week to this port, viz.:--
Mar Flower. Kirke's; Ruby, !grown; Samaritan, Lnwe;
Calla Packet, Horst vend Pallnor, Hurd, for Memel; Horn-
• o.ltman ; Sally, Itradon; and Datitzi:, knvindale, far
Dating; Advice. Lowe, for LuSee ; Onto, Rye; and Fre-
▪ Surtrenrth, fat Elrineur ; Ann, Wa:kden ; Aid:trough,
It ..n den ; Mar:, Cox: George, Hague; aid Bm, Stone-
finwe, fur Rlta; Traveller Al :son, for Kunings•Julg W.I.
hcrfo ce, Horrrnod, f Traveller,
Sioannah, Maxwell,
for Marva ; and Courier, Collin., for L▪ iebau.
List of snips or vessels under the Prussian flag,
detained at this port :
A WWII. Lind; August Wilhelm, Andenon ; Hazard, As.
chend if; Dolphin, Pi•Ah; Vrnw Dever M atenr; JONl-
phuc, Yeterend•; Goede Verwagting, Ctsmen; JuifowJeitxe,
Veer; Zwey Freunde, Prook; and Tercel, Maths.
The names of the Prussian vessels detained at
Newcastle. are, _ _

Javr: of Lt:et; Amicita, Jot'Far Anna, Fre-
derick Wi hAno, limns, of Emiglen; Vier U•Mtml. n, M 1f..1.
thounn; Fortuna, ..f Colf..l.eavel ; licn•hialta J,.11111112, of
Honda; Vior Joh •una, and tln.lrmerming. Knphuario.

FROM LLOYD'S ffs.r.

GRACUMMID, Pet,. IS —Pik.sed 1,1- the Rnhert and J.ae,
Nlay, for Hanthro'; Canstaatia, Saniud, and the Free 'dude,
from Norway.
Alllll,llO
In the River—Atielleughin.m, Smith; and th'2. Amhulatur,
Abbott, fmm Hambrn`.
At Weymonththe Zephyr, Riddle, fmm St. Michael's.
At Milford--the St Pedro, —, trorn
At Liverpool—the Africanne, bum Baiiiadoet
At Ref fast—the Hibernia, Caitlin:ham, freer teuerifa.
Ut Rui•ry Ray—the Fertztt, sad the Caledonia,
••••••••••• 110111 the South Szaa.

A letter from Dover states, that the Colletlor of
the Customs at that place issued cutlers on Monday
morning, prohibiting any boat going of to any aolg
of truce from France, which might arrive in the
Roads, under the penalty of having the men =pre:-
std, and sent on board a man .f war.

The Mani.", Capt. SNIiTII, arrived in the River
on Sunday afternoon, from Cuxhaven, after an un-
cam:firmly quick passage. She sailed trout that port
at eteven o'clock on Friday n:ght. In the course of
the day, Capt. SMITII had gone on board His Ma
JESTY'S ship 3.144, lying at Cuxhaven, to inquire if
there was any danger in his protrading his stay, as
he had heard it whispered, that there was a proba-
bility of British ships being detained. The Captain
informed him. he knew of none ; that the Com-
ment/ant of the fort was dining on hoard of him.
and had received no orders to that effed. At the
close of the day, however, Capt. SUITH received a
communication from the Captain of the Nyipa, in-
forming Wm, that he had better take his departure
as soon as possible, as he had received advices by a
cutter of an intended blockade; in conseqnence,
the Picaien sailed the same evening.
When Eaton, the scat of Lord Gsosvraos, in
Cheshire, is completed, it will he one of the finest
houses of its kind in the kingdom. It consists cf an
enlargement and entire alteration of the old family
mansion, which now appears to have assumed a
Gothic crtarader, arrayed in all the splendour of thitt
species ci architecture. Nor is it proposed that the
interior finishing and fitting up shall belie its exte-
rior appearance-1 mistake so fisquently imputable
to our most .celebrated ATchitefts. Igloo JONI,
and Sir COSMO/411M %Via/4 have both ciccasion-
ally introduced Grecian parts and decorations law
Gothic buildings. At Eaton, we understand the
whole is ts, be in an exclusive state of uniformity.
and that the interim' arrangement will maintain the
general charader of the superb edifice. Puente is
the archited.

Coca Flour:ea.—Monday the Grand ?slain
cnanmenced at cue Moral Cockpit, St. James's r.nk,
and WAS attended by all the sporting men in town.
Mr. S'ls.t.s.isis, who whatever may be his success.
is certainly ;eau .1, 11:s adventurel ye• y largely upon
the event. The match will aurae great attenticn.
ASS Lahr and Pella. sty supposed W be the 4w Leed-
om in the country.