The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-06-28 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSNOUTIN, JOIE 26.
Nothing arrived or sailed this day.—Wind
Easterly.

PLYMOUTH. JUNS 43.

Sailed the Me!silk, ta guns, lion. Captain
King, with four ships, having on board the Por-
tuguese emigrants, for the Brazils. Also the '
Deptford and Supply transports to the Westward.
Caine in the Spanish lugger Coaceptiosi, laden
with oil, paper, Ike. prize to flir Majesty's ship
Orestes, and the Harregoarsi Danish East Indianian,
prize to His Majesty's ship Otter. lions the Cape of
Good Hope.
Sailed His Majesty's ship Melville, with a con-
voy fur the l)owits.
To-day Rear-Admiral Harvey hoisted his flagon
board His Msjesty's ship Ammer, of 98 guns.
when the usual salute of 1.5 guns was fired, a hie!)
was answered by the Salsas:or, by 13.—Wipd S.W.
FALMOUTH. JUNE 1.1.
h Arrived the Print-en Amelia packet, Capt. Bor-
gus, with Mails, from Jamaica, in 38 days.
Sailed His Majesty's ships Belle POW., Pluto,
sad Cockatrice, with the Beet for the 111editerrs-
nean ; Strain', fur the coast of Spain ; and Prince
Adolphus packet, Captain Bouldersoo, with snails
for the Leeward bilasidiss—Wind N.K.

DiAL, JUNE 96.
Remain in the Downs His Majesty's as per last.
—Wind N.E.

We yesterday announced the aniral Of the fol-
lowing ships front China. off II) mouth. the stath
instant, via:— _ _ _

Trim Brits% Year, AJ,llszewr, Ciratbariamt, Britons*,
Nottingham, Calked% Smithy Castle, fleetest, eal,a ship.
The Charlton whaler, and the Her replete, Da-
nish prize, arrived off Plymouth with the alms
ship
Sailed frail) Chian 11th January last, under
convoy of Ibis MAJEttlei ship Corawaths, sod,
afterward,. exchanged the convoy for His M Atelier
ship Drake, which left the fleet 41st February.
The fleet passed Prima of Wales Island without
touching. On the tith February, *lat. S. :to. N.
and long. 92. 31. the fleet kit in with the F reach
frigate La Piedmoniere; in the forenoon of the 7th,
she exchanged shot in pa,sing in different tacks,
with the Druko. and some of the weatherman India-
men, and effected her escape 1.• her superior sailing.
Tate fleet sailed from St. Helena the 30th April,
under convoy of the St. Alliatis.
The following ships arrived in China the std
December, under convoy of the Jupiter, viz.
• Cants, Hope, Taunton Coatis, Earl Camden, and
. .

The juror Castle, proviag leaky, put into St
Salt' inure. _ _ _

The :Wird sailed from Malacca for China the
41,4 Decetniwr. _

'Cf►e
Comperdoicrs cutter arrived at !it. Heleu'•
the 14th ,tprii, and the Phteuia and Wiesner Coale,
outward...woad, the 17th of that
_ .

The Cyrus,'whaler, arrived ut llelena the
gust of April.
The Qum* Charlotte, from the Cape of Gor.d
Hope, which sailed from St. Helm', with the
China fleet, parted cou4rauy the st'a of June.
The Prisierm Amelia Packet is arrived at Fal-
mouth with Mails from Jamaica in 3.1 days.—The
papers brought by her are to the 14th May, tit
which date un intelligence had ranched that istiL.4
of the laiding of the French in East Florida, nor
had any event of importance taken place at that
date. The following, are the only articles 111 the
Jamaica papers that deserve notice
" The dross sloop of war, arrived at l'nrt Moral
on the loth May, passed through'part the lame-
ward-bound fleet on the nth, off Cape Tilrenua ;
there were very few veroeleclum to the Couaion.lore
(Ills Madtsrv's ship Aretkasa); a number were
scattered about in every direction. The Woy, and
a great part of the fleet were not in sight: teo
or three Of the convoy had been taken and re-taken
The ships which returned were to 1,411 from Port
Royal on the 17th May. for the rendevous, Ad-
miral Dacaes having appointed a convoy for dom.
The Canaka, T•Y LOD, for London, is reported to
he the only vessel of the Savannah Le Mar ditto
sloe, which joined the fleet off Port Antonia.
The Cokslossia. Thames, for New Providence,
and Sir :utter, Swish, LIDDLE. for Loudon, have
put hack to Jamaica.
the Eclipse, PALMIER; Dorothy, FOSTER • Swe-
den and Ceres, PALMER, arrived at Port Royal

on the tith May. They Left Savannah and Slid
River on the iStb April, in company with 18
others, under convoy of 116 M AJ vitt 's ship Serpent,
and arrived at Port Antonia on the ad May, and
finding no prospect of being able to join His M
JCSITT s ship Aret*esa, with the principal part of
the fleet which had previously sailed, they pro-
ceeded far Port Royal, and on their way they fell
in with His 11.causTY's ship Rein Deer, who in-
formed them, that upwards of eighty sail from
the out-ports Lad also missed the convoy. The
following arrived at Port Royal on the 7th :--the
Carlbary, Deiscot.; Hely, Rune; Hellas, Roo-

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SON ; Duke of KOSS, Rena; JOMok, CUMMINGS;
Lady Creutorme Make".,Bear, Cab;
twines, I loorldu;d ; and ord Sheffield.
The Orient, %mania, from-Beugal for Lis-
bon, tire ships. bideu with rice and lowlier, and a
lance ship from Bengal, for Muscat. were captured
in the Bay of Beugal, previous to the loth of Jan.
by the Rerenont French pr.vateer. of .44 guns.
The Ann, CARY, from London, for Toting°, has
been captured, re-captured, and carried into Anti-
gua.
The Pomona, I.ll.:slunan, and Trusty, CROSSE.
front St. Domingo. for London, are sent into Ja-
maica by the Amethyst.
The Nancy. ANDERSON, from London, and a
Liverpool ship, of 22 guns and Ai men, are cap-
tared and carried into Cuba.
The Feeders, Bowsaw', from London ; Dolphin.
LIRDRIRG, front Liverpool; CIIIIIIReTCCO MOLIARS,
Dolphin. Aser.aws ; Porno, Lore, and Sophie
31agdalema, --, for Stockholm, are captured by
the Danish gnn-boats. near Mala-ie.
Sir Gtoiasc STAVNTON, Dart. was a la-tenger
on hoard one of the ships just arrived from China.
He landed at Plymouth. am! armed at Salisbury,
on Saturday evening, on his way to Loadon. Sir
GEORGE left En,eand in 1804, and tut* conducted
some nezneintions at Canton. hi)-tily adi antagenus
to the India Con, pany. and to the rat interests
of tins cru it V.