The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-04-23 00:00:00

THE BRITISH PRHESS•

LONDON,
TUESDAY, Aratt. 23.

The following Extra :1 of a Letter from, a G.n-
tleman at Portsmouth, dated the 20th of April,
1805, corroborates the contradiaron already given
to the report of the capture of the Prmce of Wales
Indiaman :

A Danish Indiaman, the Enigheii,Capt. Wei-L-
-ost:, has jnit come into harbour, having put in here
on account of the indisposition of the Captain ; all
the intelligence I can get from him is, that he sailed
from the Mauritius on the 31st of December, put into
the Cape of Goud Hope 31st of Jan. and sailed from
thence Feb. 6, and did not put into St. Helena.
The illereugo man of scar was undergoing a
thorough repair, but was not expected to be equip-
ped for sailing till February or March. The
Belie Pogle. Semilloote, and ifteriaiiie frigates, were
out on a cruise. The Primer s Charlotte and
a brig, bound from India for England, were the
only English-built prizes lying there, with about
eighteen country ships of large burthen, whichltad
been carried out at different times; he is positive
that no ship of the name of the Prince of Wales
had been carried in there, and I much fear the re-
ports of her safety are too flattering ; it was re-
ported at the Cape, when he touched there, that a
war was on the eve of taking place between Great
Britain and Spain ; he spoke no Indiaman on the
voyage ; but on the 22d of March, in long. 55.
lat. 19. N. he was boarded by an English sloop of
war with a fleet (he imagined of West Indiamen),
consisting of from 80 to ships, and several
King's ships; they were steering to the Westward."

New measures of severity are undertood to have
been recently adopted in Holland, and the greatest
precautions have been taken to prevent the convey-
ance of letters or papers to this country. Persons
going from hence are stopped, and not permitted to
land ; letters are opened; and an Austrian Messen-
ger, with dispatches for Count STAHRESIRILRO, who
had embarked at Rotterdam a few days ago, was
not permitted to sail until his papers and person had
been strictly searched. Perhaps the French Go-
vernment suspects that some intercourse unfavour-
able to France is carrying on between our Court
and the Court of Vienna, and searched the Messen-
ger for the purpose of ascertaining whether their
suspicions were well founded. We have reason,
however, to believe, that such measures have been
adopted since the robbing of WAGIT•FF, as will
prevent the enemy from deriving any benefit from
the repetition of such an outrage. These flesh
measures of rigour in Holland may also be for the

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purpose of concealing some Expehost.
tions are stated to be .actively carrying on
French and Dutch ports, and vessels are fitting out
with great expedition. The following is an E.
tract of a Letter from Rotterdara, ;dated the Bth
instant, received by the Elting, just arrived at Hull:
It is with much regret I have to acquaint you, that all
Ship Brakera are agreed together, not to lay on ships ow"
Provisionally, as long as trade meet* a number of difficulties as
at the.prevent time. A new tax is again laid on all goods going
autwa de by the French Government. I sincerely with tlua
tint turaulence will not be of long dutition, and that very mew
neutral vessels will again ceme to tha Birth."

A Gottenburgh Mail arrived yesterday. A
letter from that city, of the 12th instant, says—
" Nearly 200 sail of ships, supposed to be two ton-
voys, have, in the course of yesterday ,ad to-day,
passed this place for the Sound." ,r.
Many incorrect accounts of the report made by
the Captain of the Demerara, respelling the opera.
tions of the French squadron at Dominica, having
been published, that Gentleman has Made the fol.
lowing communication upon the stair& to the Mas.
ters of LLOYD'S Coffee-house:—
'
" Liverpool, April 20.
" Gt r the information of the ;whim at
1 Like the opportunity to inform you, that I sailed from De.
mcrara, in till sin:, Demerara, on the Sth of March, and passed
Barb,doas on the 6th, late in the evening; in pawing Carlisla
Riy, a boat came off with Mr. Hutton and Mr. Dare on bind,
who remained with me about half an hour; they are both
Gentlemen of respectability', and w !II known to the merchmts
of Liverpool ; cloy informed roe, that the at account they had
of the Ft,a:h force was, that they had left Dominica after
having captured and burred all the ships'at It”Voritl, and
exacted from the inhabitants of that place, and the sun.
try alja.:ont, a large sum; As we ran ci..iwn along tba
Wand about WIN or ten at night, we beard many guns firmg,
which we suppose,' was au alarm for a strange fleet. My ies.
son for addressing you thus is, that I have seen iny name in
the London and Proviocial papers, to reports which were nnr
cnrrect. The only further account I had, was the captor,.
an African vessel, called the Minerva, which had been titres
off Surinam, and part iif the slaves Liken out by the prieaturi
the Minerva was afterwards recaptured, and is arrived at Bat.
tau. a. t am, Gentlemen, your mn-t obedient servant,
" PETER ENGLISH,
" Master of the thy Demerara:*

A Writer in a Paper of yesterday, commenting
upon the proceedings of the Common Hall or:
'Thursday last, makes the following remark :
If indee.lthelCommon Ball meant really to epees,/ s'
the condudt of rhea Repreventatlees, their It eio:u:inns
drawn up in such a manner, that we sholaid suppose shy had
been committed to the ingenuity of Sir Boyle Rome,
50me ember Illietrlber .4 the Stier Xieedam." .
The Writer of this corr*!l and liberal pliagreph
,has not only heard of the Union, by which Ireland
ceased to be a " Sister lEin4dorn," but, as an out-
rageous partisan of Mr. Pi T l'S Government, be is
an admirer of that measure. How then does it
happen, that a man of such clear conception and
great powers of discrimination should he guilty of so
gross a blunder; and was it his own ingenuity that
suggested the revival of illiberal distindions and aa.
tional prejudices as a consistent mode of supporting
the Union and the other measures of Mr. PITT
We might put a few other questions to this coirrEt
writer; but these will suffice to shell that he has no
ohjeaion to precise that which he condemns is
others ; indeed, one would almost he tempted to
think he considered blundering his exclusive pro.
rerty, and any use of it by a stranger as an invasiou
of his right.

Letters received yesterday state, that several
French privateers were cruising on the coast of Afri.,
ca, near Siena Leone.
The ..elelphi, Roaillaall, from Africa, for Jamaica,
is captured and carried into Porto Rio,
'lle Aire, Duchess of Gael.m, Coma, and
/?etreot, Indiamen, have not arrived at Portstmutn,
which will prevent the fleet from sailing immediately
on the arrival of the pursers with the dispatches.
The Toosashencl packet, Capt. Donn, which' ar.
rived at Falmouth on Tuesday last, has brought
over dispatches of importance from Sir Joao Otos
'I heir contents are a profound secret to all on Ivard.
Cap.. Donn was hurried away from Lisbon with
more than ordinary haste, immediately after he re-
ceived them.
The Debate on Mr. WHITISIAU'S Met on
we understand, certainly take place on Thensd,y.
He intends to move for the appointment of a Com-
mittee to take the Tenth Report into consideration,
and also that the ATTORNLY GENERAL be direfled
t.) file Bills against Lord Ms.svier.s and Mr.
TROTTER.
His MAJESTY will review the Font Guards in
Windsor Little Park, on Wednesday, and the llorre
on Thursday.
The Banbury Volunteers, commanded by lklajor
Blotter. 1., have unanimously volunteered their set-
vic:s to go on permanent pay and duty.
The Wiltshire Cavalry are to commence duty for
a fartnight on the 10th of next month. 'I hey will
be quartered at Marlborough, Caine, Devizes, and
Chippenham. The different troops were asked, g
their last meeting, whether they had any objeSioo!
They answered, that, as farmers and man of
lay
ness, it would be inconvenient to leave their Irons
so long, and they wished to decline on that a'
count ; but if it were necessary, and their couor
wanted their services, they would certainly obey at
summons. It is expefted they will be soon ale!
together in troops, when it will he signified to WI
that the services of theme, to whom it may be ina
y a r
venient to go, will be dispensed with. The
fine body of meu, under the command of WI
BLa g.