The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-09-01 00:00:00

INVASION.

DEAL, AUCLST 3f).
The cause of the heaec firing mentioned iu my letter .4 yrs.
terday, it in ...rite degree a..ertained —Tih Guner.d Coute
loner arrived in rhe U,wnsthismorning at day-beealt, from
idf Roulogn,. When the left tb...! squadron, *me of our
frigites, with several tinallerneil4, w,•re closely engaged with
all host of the enemy': flotilla, as cans: in t!iore as the deo,' of
water would saf,ly admit.

A quantity f and veer:tables has been supplied
with the utmnst pro mete,,, and the Ingrer sailed from the
Downs for her sr rtion ahntir titter o'clock tin+ afternoon. A
strong .iong wai liter! doting Len flight, and still continues to
bl heard at interval.

'rhe of !in and all the dis,visable force on
this station. have sailed to rciii or rc uor qua run. Something
decisive may *non be es ueete,l —At this moment the Corsican
has iine-ry thing in hi. favour; a strong flood tide, the wind
rest and fair for erossiog the narrow channel, and a no.
ili•!iout hazy fog arising, so thick drat we cannot see two miles
trout our coast. Every thing lie could wlsti to hope for routs
the elements sums monition, bin, whether th,s
invodsrs will have courage su'fficient to risk a hip to the
" white cliffs of England," is !et to be determined.

EXTRACT or ANOTHER LETTER.
Came down from Slime neva yesterday Afterii,on the Rattler
sloop of war, and sailed tow with His bfaHty's ship Ada-
mant, the Dart sloop of war, aod Ftaeliak gun-brig, to their
rearective cruising stations off the French c.rast. Arrived the
Anacreon armed defence ship. from Shields, and remains in
the. Downs with II a M.jeaty'• ships otarch, Utrecht, and
Inflexible, C *sow f.igate, So.wrly Scourge dorros of
Bruiser guit-hvir, tit • tinned detche3 ships. 5;,..-culatur lugger,
and rnirpered armed transports.
Arriv:l the King ftl.,-wge cutter, commanded by Lieut.
Phiughinan, front off °rend, who brings nn inte,ligeriee of
the h.,ary hr.ng which was yeneriar heard. The it•it:sh
spiadrosi west all wail off o.tenl, the enemy's flualfa :n har-
bour.

DOVER, ACG. 10.
Some very heivy firing hat heel heard today, from .er!y in
the morning until two p ;we arc not able 1.. account for it,
as nothing hat arrived, hut tupiais.2 it V. he oar cruiser+ off
B nilogne and the French Run-boat. and hatnnies Tine Mr.l-
- which was rkwr in the niimiing, h.. suddenly changed, and
a thick fog hay come nit, so that nave cannot see a mile boil
the diore; the wind, whirh was F 'steely, has thang.,.l, and
a pretty breeze at W.S.W A. the French have told us
a fog was fain ioralile, and they a-e known to haven many haste
out, we think they have no excuse if they don't come, only
tn • dead of encountering us Ml,* A.lll•frd . At all rveats if
the sill freshens, which it somut inclined to do, they can't
lay outud.- the Pir, not Inuit endeavour to g• 4 'MO Boulogne
again, a bear away for some other port. A hiy,ger has just
gore p st to the Downs, iipposed to cone from the fleet; and
our ton• who hace had severe work for ~aearal days. may, ;o
the event of a wrong wind at We.t, retire to a safe r...td•.tcad,
an I «limy a little r•lawe. Two companies of the timtliamiann
Millie have come into torus to wu•k at works going on on the
heights, which go on apace, and if the weather crintinues mild.
will be well adnisced before the severity of the winter
COMM 1.14.