The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-06-19 00:00:00

PORTSMOUTH, SATuiDAy, JUNE 17.

This morning the Edward trar.sport, Lieutenant Burney, arrived
from Sierra Leone, whence she sailed on the 20th March. The
Brazen, 26, Captain Willes, was the only ship of war there. Three
slave vessels she had captured, were condemned to her. The slave,
had been put to immediate work, as, by a new system, commenced
by the late lamented General Turner, and continued by the present
acting Governor, M•Cauley, they are now taught at once to earn
their own subsistence. One of these prizes is 06 feet long, and 226
tons burthen. She is to be sent to England under the name of the
" Mack Beauty of Southampton." The Edward had brought
home the master and mate of the ship Malta, of Liverpool, for
trial, on a charge of slaving. A prize belonging to the Athol,
which was supposed to have been lost, had arrived at Sierra Leone,
having been sixty days on her passage from Accra, during which
she lost 75 slaves. Part of her cargo, and the remainder, with the
crew, were in great distress for provisions. The Athol, on her
paa'aee to the Cape of Coed Hope, had captured a Brazilian vessel
from Badagry to Bahia, with 175 slaves on hoard ; but having
taken her in 5. 20. south latitude, her condemnation is doubtful.
When the Edward left the coast, Commodore Bullen, in the Owen
Glendower, was to leeward ; the Conflict and Leven were survey-
ing St. Ann's Shoal ; the Swinger had gone to the Gambia ; the
Redwing and Esk were in the Bights. The Commissioners, who
had hitherto been on board the Brazen, were about to join Com.
modore Bullets. for the purpose of finishing, under his directions,
the labours of their investigation, which, it was supposed, would
close about August.

On Thurday the Russian corvette, Enterprise, commanded by
Capt. Kotrebue, arrived here, after three years absence, during
which period she has been employed in exploring the coast of
North America adjacent to the Russian settlements, the Alenutian
Archipelago, the coast of Kamtschak ai-cl the Sea of Ochosk,
taking also the range of the South bra Islands, visiting the Sand-
wich Island of Owyhee, since the burial of the King and Queen
by Lord Byron. That Island was tranquil and advancing in pros-
perity. The natives expressed much gratification at the attention
bestowed on the remains of their late King and Queen. The En.
terprise touched at Manilla, which place she quitted on the 23d
January, when the Spanish settlers had abandoned the idea of
separating from the mother country of Spain, from which a new
Governor had recently arrived, with a reinforcement of European
troops. She touched at Sr. Helena for water, on the lath April.
She will remain at Spithead about ten days, and then to return to
St. Petersburgh.

Last evening the Layton transport, l.ieut. I/ivitt. arrived from
the Mauritius. with the head-quarters of the Stith Regiment, com-
manded by Colonel F. Barclay. She left the Mauritius on the 2d
of April, in company with the Cains, l.ieut. Burdwood, having
also a division of the same corps on board. The last division was
to embark in about ten days, in the Souiliworth, Lieut. Sanders,
which ship is to touch at the Cape, to bring home returned stores.
These ships took out the 99th Regiment, under Col. Harding. and
landed them without a casualty. The Layton left at St. Helena,
on the 6th of May, the Warren Hastings. Mason, from Madras
and Bengal. His F.xcelleney Sir Lowry Cole, and garrison at
Mauritius, were all healthy.

This morning passed by the Duckentield, Lyon, from Hon-
duras Burdon. from Sierra Leone. out eight weeks; William
Shandy, from Jamaica; and brig William, trout St. Vincent's—all
for London.

Yesterday the Arisdne, 28. Capt. Fitzclarenre. sailed for the Me-
diterranean station; the Procris, Hon. Capt. Waldegrave, arrived
from Chatham with Penmen. and returned again. Remain—The
Illorde, North Star, and linunprize, Russian corvette.--//amp-
e4ire Telfgraph.