The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-06-19 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 17.
Arrived the Cito of London transport from a
cruise, and the C.,mciir,/, Cooke, from Cadiz.
Came into Harbour the Lord !)uncap tran,pnrt.
Passed by for London the American ship Alf x-
ander, —, from New York. %Vind, S.W.

PLYMOUTH-DOCK, JUKE 15.

Sailed wit:. bullocks, &c. for the fleet off Brest,
the Agaiveniiivii of (it guns, and the Lod,' Warc,o,
with a convoy to the Eastward ; also the Harlequin.
Arrived Irn.: Guernsey the (7i,risidie, .Captain
Dutnaresque. Sailed the Estiegle.
Late in the evening came in from the West In-
dies with dispatches, the Joho 136111, Lieutenant Kort-
wright, which were immediately forwarded to the
Admiralty : the following are all the particulars :
On the 26th of April, Admiral Cochrane sailed for
Barbadoes with six sail of the line and two frigates ;
on the 90th of April, Admiral Dacres, in the Cen-
tauri with the Desiree and Fairy sloop from Port
Royal, to proud the homeward•bound fleet, con-
sisting of 126 sail. The John 801 l left them all
well on the 11th of May, in full sail.
The Goliaih is come into dock to be repaired.
This evening the Santa Margarrita goes out of
deck, after being newly coppered.

PLYMOUTH, JUNE 16.
Last night, after post, sailed with dispatches for
Lord Gardner, and Sir R. Calder, the Frisk cutter,
Lieut. Nicolson. A letter is received here from an
Officer of the Vifinry. of 110 guns, Vice-Admiral
Lard Nelson, which came through Ireland (post
mark, Tralee), dated the 14th of May, at sea :
This Letter states, that during the whole cruise up
and down the Streights, the squadron never made
a single prize; that his Lordship was, on the 1 Oth
of May, off Cadiz, and left Admiral Cnllingwood
there to cruise further into the IVastern Ocean, that
he might, if possible, get some intelligence of the
Cadiz and Toulon squadrons, when he would, as
this letter states, push on after them to the East or
West Indies. His Lordship had with him eleven
sail of the line, in high order and discipline.

IALt.MVTII, JUKE 15.

Arrived the Russian ship Dvt,hbarZot, Jchan
Rrimmer, from Wilmington—forty slays passage,
with tobacco.

Arrived, at !Telford, the Jolly Tar brig privateer,
of Guernsey, Capt. Davy, from a cruise off the
Canary Islands. On the 14th of May, at hall past
three o'clock, a.m. fell in with a fleet of large
ships in lat. 2S deg. it; min. N. long. 20 deg. .56
min. W. steering about S.S.W. with the wind at
N.E. blowing fresh : at day-light counted eighteen
sail, apparently of the line.
Sailed the Arekiond packet, Captain Skuyler,
for Lisbon, with the mail of the 11th inst. ; brig
Betsy, Captain Slade, for Swansea. Wind N.W.

SHLERNESS, JUKE 17.
Sailed this morning from the Nore, the Rosiii
armed ship with About 50 vessels under convoy for
the Baltic.

The Lord Eldon, armed-ship, remains with the
signal flying for a convoy for Tonningen, and
about six vessels are collcaed to proceed with her.

DIAL, .11.111 t 17.
Sailed the Leotard man of war, Admiral Doug-
las, for Dungeness ; and the War3ow Swedish East
Indiaman, for the Teel.
Came down the Alstiestk man of war, and the
Diligcrete sloop of war,•frum Sheerness.
Arrived the Cum./ and Abundance store-ships from
Portsmouth ; Arunine frigate, Cygnet sloop of war,
Dronslatiun bomb, and several gun-brigs, from a
cruise off the French coast.

CORK, JUNK 12.
Yesterday arrived in our harbour, His Majesty's
sloop Helena, Captain bread:, with her prize, the
Leocadia Spanish ship privateer, mounting 14 guns,
and 114 men—she was captured on the sth instant,
and had taken nothing. This morning, His Majes-
ty's ship hrtlitaq, Capt. Barrie, sailed on a cruise.
The Eke'', Captain Liebman, one of the New-
foundland vessels, that sailed from this harbour the
Nth ult. was taken eight days alter she left it, by a
Spanish privateer, of 16 guns, and sent for Sp.sin ;
but w.is retaken by the lirnsimarciand privateer, of
Liverpool, and sent for said port. The passengers
were landed sear Youghal, the lith inst.