The Sun. — London, England, 1805-08-09 00:00:00

L 0 .2V 0 .2V, FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1803. By our Letters from Falmouth, received 'this miming, we learn that the Diana Packet, whose - arrival from Lisbon we announced yesterday, fell in on the 2d inst. in the' latitude of Cape Finisterre, longitude 10. 20. with a 'quantity of wreck, such as tables, chaiTs, 'bulk-heads, suppOsed to haVe been thrown over by Men of. War clearing ,for ac tion; and on. the following day she saw a vast co " lunan of smolx to windward, which continued to ascend for elm space of two hdurs. From what cause these circumstances proceeded 'those on board the Diana were unable to explain. 'We have, hoWever, considerable hopes that it was an AEtion between Lord NELsou and the Combined Fleets, as.it would pro bably be about the ist or 2d that they Would fidl in with each other. We do mit wish to be too san guine upon this subjea, Jait from a comparison, of dates, ,we may fairly speculate upon the probability of the two Fleets meeting about the time we have' just mentioned. Our Plymouth Letter states that Lord NELsox arrived at Gibraltar on the j9th ult. This, however, we think highly improbable, and we have already stated; from the best author ity, that his Lordship. did not arrive till the 22d. ft is fur " ther stated, that the Fickle left Lord. NELsozsr off Cape St. Vincent on .the 286, having joined Admiral CuLtINTOWdov, and afterwards separated from him. We think it very probable that Lord NEC SON might -be off Cape St. Vincent on the 28 th, and having' then mceived further information,' he might then sail in quest of the Enemy.—Whcther he: remained off that Cape or sailed in puma of the Enemy, the chances are equally fay.atrahlo to his failing in with them. A supposition has however been started, that the Corti- bitted Meets might eruize about for a short time, and then make another attempt to get into Ferrol, at, a time when they would imagine our Squadron would he off its guard. This is not very improbable, and in that. ease Lord Nl4Lsoisr, in the event of his sailing, eight fall in, with there abOut the latitude of Cape Finiiterre. Intelligence mast, however, be fezeived • in the course of ,a day or two, or perhaps , a. few-hours, will put an end to all conjetture• upon this sabjea, and - which will, Nve confidently hope, an• nounce e brilliant and decisive Viflory. The,sup position in our Plymouth Letter, that Lord NULSON meant to steer . for Ireland, we' think Vert 'rapt-oho'. ble.; 11.)r e:an, we ,conceive that the Combh*ed Mks, their present. state, will attempt ,the . QuiP)tic project of going north about., We have since heard, that the latitude in. which the pie cos of wreck were seen: by the Diana, wa s 4 5 . 5 o By 4.c.,ttera from Gibraltar, brotight by the Vessels' learn, that the Expedition, un tler. Sir J.v,tr:s Ciato, left the Bay On the . 18th of i ttnt. tod continued cruizing till the .24th, when Sir IttcitAan Illocuturoll arrived With'four Sail of the Line, and joined the Expedition oft Tetuan Bay. On the next day Sir Jimks CRAIG and Ma Suite from Gibraltar, .in the Amphitrite Frigate, tia 'fro?p, whkli were to proceed immediate:, It was, however, retorted, that the ,:i.4ination of the Expedition:Was to grirri -1„,,,1fia, We are happy to ledrn that tlic t.,f Gibraltar, as likewise all the Troops in diOn, were 'in good health.' General.ld'ox ,f - ..:verely indisposed, but his' health_ WfIS t; y r•rolg 'rind he was 'spee,.... ,l ;' ly expe.' l 4-ed to 1•;t&1 .neat nave Issued orders for the irntnetliato .yr = 1 tfff Yeutn.avry and Vo;itinters• of tit t.. waggono - attafilivd tv CorP4' • NAV44 L N IP S. PLYMotrrtr, Atm 7.—The gcboaner mentioned in my Letter of yesterday- to have arrived here at five o'clock, supposed to be from Lord NELSON with Dispatches, proves to be corre& : it is the Pickle, of 14 guns, Lieut. J. I. u.::NOTILERE ; She left Lordship on the 28th off Cape St. Vincent ; he arrived at Gibraltar on the igth nit. and afterwards joined Admiral COLLINGWOOD'S Squadron of four Sail of the Line off 'Cadiz, but parted from him again in pursuit of the Combined Squadrons of the Enemy. When the Pickle left Lord NELSON'S Fleet; the account of the ACtion of the 22d with Sir It. CALDER had not been received, and it was supposed his Lordship meant to steer for heland, under an idea that the Enemy might have shaped their course thither. Arrived tlieFrencli Schooner letter of marque Cecelia, laden with gurn, ivory, s:e. from Senegal, bound to Bourdeatix, captured air Senegal Bar by the Squir rel Frigate, Capt. SHORTLAND ; and the American Ship Messenger, Captain BUFF,INTON, from Salem, laden with cotton, &c. bound to Amsterdam, de tained by the Fisgard Frigate. The, Fivard, 48 guns, which' came in 'at noon yesterday; with the Alouclter . on, 18 guns, it is said came fronii Cadiz, and conjeaures of various kinds were alit/at respec:ing the news she, brought. No thing, Jiowever ; transpired; though an express went off from them.thiS evening. - , ' Caine in an Ainerican,detained by the Pevolzitian. naire, 44 guns,: the Prize-ma,ste.r left her beating down Channel with a S.W. wind. • Sailed with Dispatches last night, the Charlotte, 14 guns, for CORNWAX.LIS'S Fleet off Brest; also' the Iris, 28, for Cork : .thef put back this morning; as it blew an hdrrithne in 'the Channel, And sailed again this evening, as the weather-is more mode rate. This morning the Aralto's wounded men were landed at Stonehouse, and conveyed to the. Royal Naval Hospital for cnre. • Came in the Lord Nelson; of 14 guns, with six Transports, having on board, for I'issage, in Spain, 600 Spanish prisoners, to be joined here 'l?y 800 men of the same Nation. They all went. up Cat water to wait for further orders. Alt back the ,Egbptienne, of 44 suns. She sails min in a few days, Arrived an American Brig,detained by. the Phoenix, 44 guns, Capt. BAKER, bound to a French Poilt: By the Amerimn is learnt, how true tiMe will de termine, thattlic Rochefort Squadron escaped ,iind stood to the Northward, on Wednesday,' the 15th; 'but later accounts have been received here, by letters from one of our Cruizers on that, Station, dated - Aug. t, which mention their hav'ing recon noitred Rochefort, when the same appeared in the Harbour which had been there for wine time past. Pom T 313 0 'UTE, AUG. 8 .--Arrived the Heart. II Gun brig from the -Downs. Also at the igotherbank; under quarantine,, the Thom . as, Glit:El4 . ) Master, from Messina; ADWZ,PLA.p.ora; from Sunderland ; fames, Jorrn, from Oporto. • • • • Sailed the Hazard Sloop of War, Captain R.. 1, NEvz, for Plymouth ; Hardy Gun-brig, Lieutenant READ ) on a Cruize ; also. the Boroughs PArnsoN, for Sunderland ; Die Demuth, Scii,» iIN G for Long sound; Dili ent, PHILLIP, for Malta; Niptune, 131,Acloortrr,fbr Sunderland and the Afeeter, Tad- MAS, for Newcastle. The Coiistary Gun-brig, Lieut. STOKES, has seized and brought in here- a tiloop laden with i tit tubs of spirits. - • Haf Pass &yen, have this Moment received a letter from the Thomas, now at quanintine, from which the . fellov.ing is au 'ewtraa We . left Gibraltar the loth of and have brought Dispatches' from ,Lard .NE L SON. ,rf he Mail iS trusted to my care, by General t‘e...c..." Lord sow', it appears, arrived at Gibraltar op the .1 so that he is just in time to give the. Combined Pleets another drubbing. lirom the Conr6 c , wero steering, it is probable that Lord NELSON was ap priSed-obti after the -4Zilion of Admiral Cm A:t.;,R; their course, and preHrdaccordingly .for their re ception.------The Thomas does not m!.trition luiving seen the Combined Fleets. . - Went . out of Harbour the. "Illit/tmok Schooner. The 'Diadem, of 64 guns, Copt, Sir Homt HAM is unmoored : she will sail this evei)ing or to morrow g 'for Cork, from WitCnce she will sail for the Alediterrapeat - t. It is said Sir Home will take the 'Troops embarked At Cork; tinder his charge to the Mediterranean. At;o, s.—Sailed the Ruby Mna 'of Ar , /,'ar, for 'Y.trtrionth 3r : eh/chart; Man of War, to the We t, ward ; the 13014411 e and Calaii; Squadron'i for their respKtive .Ariiveti the Xtp/ir Sloop a War, ?rem of 4tsP 7 /00 ; Dilig owe Fit-India River; and ,L'Espivk filQop War, with a Coil, voy frW.iplfoland, which .are Oat FA:LUCA/TR, AUG, 6.—Arrived the Diana Packet, in eight days from Lisbon ; left there the Prince ,of 'Pities, ,which arrived two days prcvidus to the, Plana's sailing. On the 2crinst. in lat. of Cape Finisterre, long. 10. the Diana fell in with a quantity of Wreck, such as tables, chairs, bulkheads of'oabitis; sup- posed to be thrown over -by Men of War clearing for action, and on the following day Saw a vast co-' lumn of smoke to windward about three or four leagues, which continued to ascend for the space of two hours, but what it proceeded from'cannot probably from an a6tion between two- hostile Ships or Fleets, or perhaps a Vessel on tire. Yesterday mmiing fell in with Admiral CORNWALLIS's Fleet off Ushant, all Well—could not giVe any intelligence respecting the Combined Fleets since the Engage ment. Isis Majesty's Ship Camilla, and Favourite Sloop of .War, whii.;h left hence isth ult; ivith . Fleet un d4:9Cotpidy for Portugal and Oporto, are arrived safe at Lisbon. • - • ' Arrl'hd the Mortcheron Sloop of War, and sailed' agniu immediately for Plymouth : they report that yesterday they fell in with Portuguese Vessel from Lisbon, the Captain of. which informd'thetn that ' theT were'brought to by five LiUe-of-batile Ships CAI H ' Cape CleAr. Tim. Auckland Packet, with Mail for Lisbon, will sail the first favourable wind. Fof.KSTONE, Auo. B.—On Tuesday evening three French Privateers came into Rye Bay ; and about three miles to the,westward of Dungeness one of them captured a Brig, which they carried oil: the' rangier and Constant Anted Rrigs went in pur suit of them, and ,on Wednesday fell hi with the Privateers, and chaccd them into Dieppti : the Brig taken they Suppose they sent for Boulogne.—ln the Road, the Leopard, Rear-Admiral Douot.ns, with the Spy,. I allure, Iliwnes, Explosion, and Utile.— Caine in the Wrangler and' Constant, from off Dieppe, with the Lord Keith Cutter, and Coasters. YARMOUTH, AUG. B.—Admiral Russst.r. sailed lost night with the Fleet•under,hic command, to re suthe his station off the Texel. Yeterday Capt. MAIrSicE, who commanded at Diamond Rock at the, time of its capture by the ("Onibined l iec ts, arrived at the. 'Admiralty with dispatches .from Rear-AdMiral - -C , ocnnANE at Bare badoes. . Capt. NlAtritreE was accompanied by Lieut. WADIIi,II, who Was Second- in Command . 4t, That mond Bock. . By the Lisbon Sail, the following,. Letter has. been: received from an Officer on board Sir :.1,11 , 41 , 3 eitmo's Expeditidn, dated off Tetuan, June, (c. I take the last Opportunity probably. c i eettr of 'writing to you, for some time,. to inform 'you, that ou the 1801 the. Expedition got Under , weigh from the Bay .of Gibraltar, to avoid the threzttetie(l attack (if the Enemy's Gun. ! ,bszats. We stood a few lelgiteS to 1116 Eastward of the Rock, and have :been sailing back Wards and forwards in sight of it ever sauce: . • sir BICNERIVS has just joined us in the 94froi, with three' other Ships of the Line, and when Bir JANXF,S CitAlo 'arrives froM Gibraltar, tram whence he ii hourly expected, we shall,,prooeed to. Nvhich is 'ear . iPltree Of rendezvous, : after which it . seems generially-thiderstend that we are to go •on to garrison Alexandria. The Army is all in high health `and spirits, and fit for any kind of service.'' • • .. A. TitAter, of which the 4 i Ilowing s a copy, was yesterday delivered at the India House, where very little credit %%Pas attached to the statement it contains .; tbirbester f 4UK. 7, 1 83 $ Three black Sailors (one of whom speaks - a little I:rig. 116), cane on shore this morning, en our c o ast , on a rat!,.: and from the best information wu c‘irt obtain of them, they. EicionA to a tionntry Ship, called the Sarab; Capt L)4wso from llninbay to London that about foltr days spice the Ship patted in the middle, and every soot on board 'perished ex cept these three men, who made a raft, by which means they saved their ..• . , The folldwing alarming circumstance took 'Axe. on board fl is ,g3i9Sty's ship Leopard, at Dunge fieBS, on .Mondity :-.—One of carpenter s crew went down intd the purnp-well to sonnd, while the Wfi,JS pumping out, WhO AN'3 perceived by tWo,other.f to have been longer down than neees-. sary, and the light extinguished ; .one of them fol-, loWe .w fi to fiad the cause,. ho also did - not return;' upon which the ,other attempted, hut fortunately, ftndiag himself suffocating, and the light, he had with lain put out by the ,eonfined air, rr.,!ttirned with the l A-cc ite4'dittictilty, - ;ihnost fionselesS; tnd gave the alarm to Mr. *Abraham. Prfston, - the -ptirter, and Mr. Dutton, the Conner of whorri, with'a commend able spiritt - And determination to saVe his follow,crea.!. tures, krendt,..d. (while th, alarM to` the whole Shii,), was _ , ;iven by the latter), and succeeded in raking the lit ui of the fir:it, apparently a lifeless sufferer, front under the water, and placed it on the keels*, when he himself swooned away in the titß : a man who followed him - vith a light,- .fell down from the ladder hke it stone on the top of the other 3. The alarm was now general, and every, One wail anxima to give his aisistance to the relief of his Shipmates.' 'Dut; uiore, entered the well. one alter the other, tiut .1a return, it pram now perceived tp befoul air colleeted, and tilt: hest means thought to the Sufferers : up, wan to tie a rope round cafe., to oeseend with another rope, ,and to hoist them ups. 'The tint who went dowu felt hint.-if so weil that-he unlashed. himself, and ti , .xt it n'pon 'anotin;r; who washeisted .4 , Out wh en the roPt- w :is put down again, he was found gone with the others. the scuttles had been - openctL and wincl,sails by this tittle. hAd been hoisted, w hen rwo More MCII deSCended, .and sue -e-tT&d tit ge:ting -every one On deck.' *Of .Mr, .P. an d 11 : C tWO first, therft•lappc;ired . but huh. hopes of: recd cry but every - 611;4. fIQW reAored to bus duty in 400 d hc:Atia and qJiriti,. I ................... FRO:4.TUE IoRTINIQUE GAZETTE OF JUNE 14. 4k. Report ? r am the Chief d'Escadron Bo yalt, Aid. de-tarap , tb the Captain -General VILLA'? rTJOETISEtwo , states, that - he embarked,. on the 9th Prairial, Jiun T dred teops, and. was convoyed by two 'i4'3, a •.I"rig-ate and a Brig. -On thatt th he divided them in tw 0 divisions; .hetween 9 and i 0 o'clock Ito wed a laading, •natich sooner than ho e:ipetied, Oda 3 most' heavy fire from the English, from the Heights. of the Rock, the lower part having been abandoned. The scaling of the Rock seemed perfeary easy, and .; I made my dispositions accordingly. But the and ~ talent vte had lauded this illusion ceased. 'I saw no- ':- thing,hut humense precipices; perpendicular mac, ; a threatening Enemy, whom it was impos4ble. to, reach; and, insurmountable difficulties on all sido. ~ : Our Troops suffered severely.froru a galliffk valicl., of musketry, - large fragments of rock, -cannonhA and ;asks tilled with stones; -which they pours :,... upon ,us.. They were intrenched' in a . number of ~ cavitias, which nature bad fluted at different t .1-leights, which -it Was impossibre to reach hut ladde-s forty feet bigh. , The tremendous fire of. the.knerny had obliged.the Boats, idretrest, andtk •,. Ship; had drifted into ..the Offin• and we, reinaito , ~, without support or provisions; -we had no resonro . but Jo'retreat into two, cavities in the RocotTak, h llcpc c o:,:ll which , the English succeeded in cu tting ii . muricaticin. • At night the E nemy did to lint at a ll re lax in their defence. , I endeavoured reconno:tro the Rock on all sides ; towards midnight a Boot V' preached •zad landed 60 grenadiers,- with provisionsi .. .on.tlid'-iptli, in the evening,'ll detertnined totur" . ~:•. xnons the Garrison to surrender the folloWif : f 01- . ing. .In the course of the night we received Mac provisions, Scc. Sec. and the rest of the grenadieri of the r ad. Oa examining* the Rock ately , over our cavern, it occrirredf. to mu that ,it could be scaled. 1 sent accordingly, for scaling lei tiers, and desired a Captain and Lieutenat, and 69 ' itnratdi: • grenadiers, to prepare for the attempt in the moniel . , . Xi intention to sumtnons the garrisonyvas ;4.0'11 • relinquished, and my pl an being formed , I tic.rvt i ill.my mcn .to search every where for an uu, Abont nine in the morning a number of thew iv titri," to me, that they had succeeded in clitlib.ing , t P. uifferent parts of - die rock. About at, hou r ',t ier i N,aptain•COßTEt informed me some Of fits men i-Y - 7- gaillefl a height which 'commanded the entrance 0 'the great house, and' had fastened to the rocks l ie - ropes ';'w.bielf they found ;_ but OS the roekwas v feet. high, they did not - descend within reach,.-1 Part .ctf - • the Jtaircase of the great house wa5,007e brought iwayi which, enabled them to .rack litii ropes;,,, ...but none . seemed: inclined to .S'n'it", '. t o f 4dieutcnant GIRANOON climb a 4 liP ' t° tha sut d 1 V'i4 soldiers,. To the height, with the rapidity of an arrow; ° I) ‘ o ;'d followed by a oum ber o f -grenadiers, tnar,ines, her of men . to conceal themselves in tho .1.° C 1.4 f e .. . building* facing the Little Savarnalt, in or der to p oi , assiSt this attack, I c attted,'4 • MIT; id Yent their supporting their right flaidT, ,Whit t ' our troops , had attacked. In.- the mean ti.,°‘ o , • .4 0 1- .BRyNET had .eliMbed up, 'at the head ()' the bog til,:rs, and . 'Captain COATES overcarne. every:,,_ ~i 0 Diamond, and. e should have had be loqud in his way. It was now till' Vet' ‘o f -,r• a I t In eY ho,cr, :When LeneArrived with 3 111 ,g : I „i ta bi. , the garrison having .thrown out a sign3ilul.ceeing. tion , which our-situation prevented to l'ui,,,pitoliv Th ' firikt -inunediatelv ceased--arOces t . t i,„; otb, . tion was . agreed upon---arid at son-rise, °" ' -,,„ • i'l4 gainson, Captain NI .. ~. 4AV RICE tieSCCI/ded With ''''" -f o a a . 1 4 ' front 0 . gfeeably tti the artidps4 flied °J. 111 • 'IV troops, amid Jaid dOwn their arms- and colour.i; ~,- w o nurnbtlof etfedive men amounted to I ° 7 ' had . 5 - p killed and Wounded." possession ,trtice, I or T w a o:ti s d p ecl an i a - rd at Ta p n pieces ; . _ . GIBRALTAR, JUNI; 23. Tkir .../w e i• --'—'7"'"7"--• 1 41. ire tcl ~„ _ ~., , . rPI a nd Ijakyo ariiveo LAO cr.,iti ;. I ,' ,..i !' s ` , :f t btward yesterday : `the forniec in cow l l A , terie: 'tucked bY three Gun=boats 'l4iiiier t h 4 t o fortimate'ly none of the ere?, Were f as t hey all her ri:ire:l,ol:4' discovered approached 'within pstol-shot be the I li Spaniards, it to supposed, suffered sCverele; vein the Nerlln to be a man of war . ~, te , - nicirt%! have now ups.vards of 120 Gaa.boato t this and Cdi 0, A vessel that came in here this mewing .. 0,00 and* (-r,aw eight S:Lil of the Lite, four Prig I ' rd, 0 tern Transports, with Troops oa boa days ago, - steering t • h c. i , 4 1 jo.„„; o,_ o•t e Don,.war . _ _eo), ‘,,- - . a • x estorday Sir Iticirmin liicio"_, to with tote Sail of the Line, pasF,ed this to conoydsir Itxpedition, which is D ow lying off 'Tetu an 3 l e aia the eRmG and his sitita cutoacked, and 5T.,,,0ci,, • e i,l . nituseade Frigate this day,:, at t welve 0 ' l ,. tc :. to jam the Army llwhich 'll v itittuetto Lip n, will no , 1y proceed to their destination. ' ,' s° ro' • The Garrison in zeneral is helitily. 1.1113 ther,' Lith • 1 - - ', - . hitherto, has been reparkably Mit,. The Expedition under the command 0011114 General Sir DAvip EMIL) mnsisting of "il. 'Y4tl), 71 t ^rd d ' d - cacti° s , i ,,, , , 83 , and 93 , Was 1. 1? from Cork last Sunday.' " id to l' ° Fine • Dramonds,by ‘vay of ilalrllenCei.aros3 „lt' Of the first water. if that criterion be)tist, °:' It rollOVir I kr& , that the Diamond t il.,:ii lately is we, , o i , in the West Indies, Of /20 tid/Ue, 81I1Ce it wP tenderod to them for ibant of water. to b e The Irlartello . Toweis are. at I ti beg° Aof , etig ) ' hbourlielP , adopted by GovernMent ' iii the ;wig.- , o j t oit igniceers‘au d a hid. Folk ,torio. Four of thelfl are in gre3t fer:',.,.' 4t di* ' 1 within a quarter of a .mile ,of the town, Jr' i;eocti, bottom of the hill,Avhiire thy corilll""d , t . I( '„ r odec ° and cras each other at, right an le:, iio ; 1 ` (.l r great havoc 00 an invadittervirk ", .` 4h 39t il P•• '. •" v i-fori ior . -e •to ; epatattons.are mai . ; nig ;, L 14 Iw bicil 10 asccusion of the Aeronaut Cy.kit:;oo, , take place , at the approaeliiii;.; Antiiina 1-4'4,ir.t n_to, 7 I.'llere are said to be two perfeci; dwarri,:t ,i t' ri v d to t in Normandy.; one fOrty-liiiie yclirsof 'Llg",j)e other inore tfl:Ui forty-tive inches" ia height ; ,"thohrit fi tY-tive yeaN Or. it ~r, i:, tWo in o.loll'l i., s ile. ~ ~ ot tne,to il, married to a female o f the orilholY , eel 00 bet ' According to the late 'lrcaty of IA-3 j ii th 6 . ,v, e ut. l, i o r the United, States and the PO!' 01 ~,„dtea ( Aaperkan OtficQrs in Slavery are to lit' 111; ty' tile, suni of 00,000 fiastre,;; and it is w ., 3 0 by P'' atc?Pd tilt 11° farther rt..trifratiun ii to be i ljuiteil-States.. would have the sarne credit for that r.ng and Shank az if he : returned the whole an- Would it appear 'from the statement of the Bo itswaint's, Accounts -that . such a ring and shank had been returned ?--.4Sre, it would appear as an an h • - Would it be stated as an anchor, or part of an an chor ?—As an anchor : he would have credit for an anchor. Do you know what. is become of the' fair copy of the statement of the Boatswain's Account ?—lt ne ver was in my possession it•was in the hands of the Secretary.. Those papers were under lock and , key ; so far as I know, they were. Could . you, or any other Commissioner in the Navy, have had access to those papers without ap plying to the tlerk for them ?—I could not 'certain ly and Ido not conceive any other could. You never had access to . theni..in the absence of the Clerks conld not have 'access to them in their absence. (Ta ton/it:Ad.) MAI LS, • ARRiv 10 —1 Gottenburkli, i Wd.terford, i Lisbnii. Du E. Gotterairgli, t Dublin, r Waterford. PR !CF. 01• B'L'OCKS • . THIS DAY AT TWiLVE. O'CLOCK.- - sgi KM, AIM. 57 1 Omphim 3 Consols 1-I E • SUN. DICIAL FALSLIS AUtIgAT ?