The Sun.
London, England, 1808-08-19 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

PLYMOUTH, AUG. 38 Sail of Trans.
ports, having on board the I Bth Light Dragoons and
other troops, under the command of Gen. STEWART,
for Portugal, under convoy of the Eurydice Frigate
and Primrose Sloop of War.

It was the Valiant:of 74 guns, which sailed yes-
terdai for Portsmouth, and not the Pompee, as
mentioned in our last; tho latter remains in Cawsand

silFEßNgps, Auq. 14.—Tbeionp,, a new Cutter
Brig, is taken into dock to be coppered.
Arrived the itggressor gun-brig, Lieut. WATSON,
from the North Sea.

Arrived from the River the illqnzo 4loop of War.
Some outward-bound East Indiamen have passed
for the Downs, and several hpmeward-boutid West
Indiamen have anchored to wait the flood, the wind
I.being foul

By a letter from an Officer of the Bed, of
74 guns, dated Rio Janeiro; June g, we learn, that
the 4jtish Squadron then lying in that harbour,con-
sisted of the following Men of War, viz. London,
go, Audrgant, 80, Marlborough, 74,. Monarch,
74, Bedford, 74, ilgamemnon, 64, Surveillante,
Corilian ce, 24, • Hyacinth, 16, and Pitt hired' Brig,
with rockets, &c. on board. The Cordiance and
Hyricinth were under orders, supposed for, the River
Plata, and'a rumour prevailed .that the whole Fleet,
with troops from Rio Janeiro, were to proceed.
against Monte Video, the news of the fa;liourable.
change in the affairs of Portugal and/Spajn not hav-
ing at that period reached them. •

AUG. 1.7.----Arrived the Piercer Gun-brig, Lient.
SIBBREL, from the North Sea; Exertion Gun-brig,
Lieut. FORBES, from the Downs ; and Camilla, 2p
guns; Capt. Bowim, from the West Indies.
The Nore has exhibited for these two days past,
one continued wood of shipping, passing for the
River.

Sailed this day his, Majesty's Ship Cherokee, for
Deal.

FALMOUTH, Auo. W.—Arrived Off, the Harbour
this afternoon, the Arnerican Schooner Hope, Cape,
WOODV'ARD, and landed a Messenger from Ale*an-
dria, in 23 days, with Dispatches for the Anieri'can
Minister. The Hope proceeded for Havre without
coming to an anchor.

The Duke of Kent Packet sailed for England en
the tgth ult. The Embargo still continued.

TORBAY, AUG. 17.—Sailed the Chatitiel Fleet,
under the command of Admiral Sir T. DuctcwoßTH,
to resume their station off Brest.

PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 18. His Majesty's Ship
Success is appointed Convoy for the Coast of Portu-
gil and Spain instead of the Pluto.

DEAL, AUG. B.—Sailed this morning His Ma-
jesty's Ship Trusty, with.a Fleet of Trausports, for
Harwich. Sailed throCgh the Downs the Cerberus,
BOND, for Corunna. ,

Extra& ol.a letter from an Officer qn board the
Tonnant, Admiral DE .COURCY, dated August ,g,
.brought to Plymouth by the Intelligent Gun-brig,
with dispatches to Governtnern.:—
Madrid is evocualed, and General•BLAKE IS in
pursuit of Marshal BESSIERLS. The animosity to-.
wards thv French is as great as they deserve. The
father-in-law of the American Consul, 72 years of
age, 60 of which he has been at Corunna, is in .pri-
son, with the French Consul; and every one of that
nation; one of whom found at large in the whole
'province of Gallicia would be instantly put to death_
Each individual 'wears a red circular cockade, with.
" Viva FERNANTO VII." with the light-house in
the centre, and theArcusolCurnnna around it; and
ribbons with " Conquer or die for F'ERDINAND the

The French Qlficers of La Sylphe, brought into
Plymouth on Monday by the Cumet, were examined
on the following day. After their examination, they
visited the Commercial Coffee-house, and read the
paper which gave an account of DUPONT's defeat
and surrender, which they said was impossible.
There might, to be sure, be some trifling disturb-.:
•ances in Spain,.bbt of no consequence. When told
of the surrender of the French Fleet to the Spanish
garrison at Cadiz, they said with a shrug and a great
deal' of non-chalance, Cc n'est pal

' By the hit accounts received from the East Indies
we learn, that his Majestyys Ship Russell captured
the Prench Privateer 44ek, on the sth of DCCillber
last. ' • '

The British Navy, in 1660, consisted of 108 ves-
sels ;. in • 1688,.•the total. •was 173 ; in 17.58, 303
viz. of the line, 74—North rates, 72—fifth, 45
sixth, and under, 11g. Its amount- in 1783 was
646 ; and the.present aggregate, exclusive' of hired
vessels, above one thousand. • If we estimate from
it's earliest date, the proportion of its increase wialin
the last half century has been'ainre than doubled.
• • The captain 'of a Vessel which arriVed• yesterday
from the Elbe, ..which site left on the.Bth instant,
states, that the'whole of /the French-force had'evii-.
cuated Berlin, by the 1514 ult. and had taken a direc-
tion towards Silesia. . , • .

Twenty Transports engaged for the conveyance
Of 9idnance,storolo Spain, are,,imrriediatcly to be
ireighted,-and will sail with aul.posSihle'dispatch.
• .A house in the City,'. conneaed with India, re-
ceived Letters yesterday, which positively State,. that
the King of Persia had doclared War against this
Country. , • ; • ,