The Sun.
London, England, 1808-11-07 00:00:00

NAVAL NE WS.

I'vvistouTH, Nov. s:—The- Transports with the
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I Oth Light liragoons, and, other Troops on ,board
~put into the Sound late—,on Thursday evening, from
Portsmouth, for convoy .; 'the "Nonpareil SldOp of
'w'as immediately appointed, ,and the whole
proeeede,d_.to.the_WebtwardTon-t-heir destivaTion'for

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Sailed
,tbe Scoipion :Sloop of War to the West-
,

PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 6.—Arrived His Majesty's
Iliant, hum Guernsey.
Sailed the Trio, for Sunderland.

His. Majesty's Ship.Cumilia, oh arrival, takes con-
-voy to the Mediterranean and the Cp2lSt of Portugal.
C4r_ne4nto Harbour his Majesty's Ship Li!ley.

—FAIii.otiTH, Nov. 4.—Arrivqd his Majesty's Ship
,Allitine,„with a convoy, for the Brazilt

, DEAL, Nov. 6.—Rertaiits in the Dovims his Ma-
-jtsty's Ships, Bre. as per last.

F. S. 5 P. M.—Three Sail of the Line have just
hove in sight, supposed to be Sir S. HOOD from the
•Baltic.

ISLANDS OP SCILLY,' Nov. 2.---,The Susanna, of
Dartmouth, WINSBOR4OW Mager, with pipe clay,
for Liverpool, is ender the necessity, to unlade her
cargo to receive ;he necessary repairs from Ihe da-
mage sustained by Ariking on some rocks in cowing
into Harbour. .

Came in the Neptune, MAY, from Jersey; the Hope,
Ews, from Bristol tht Mary and Betty, SANDER-
, ... .
sox, from Newport; and tine Translator:, .SA,NDRK-
SON, from Swansea, with Several other Coasters,
names as yet unknown.. , -

SHEERNESS, Nov. 3.—The A'assau, of 64 guns,
Capt.
,CAMPBELL, sailed for Cliattiatn..

Arrived the Thanderer, of 74 guns, late from the
Mediterranean.

Nov. 4.—The ThundereT is ordered to Chathatn.
Arrived the figgresser Gun•brig,, Lieut. WAT6oN,
from • Heligoland.

Nov. s.—Thisbing the Anniversary of the Gun-
po-wder-plot Treason, the Standard was displayed
and a salute of 17 gu:li fired from every Man of
War at the Nore ; the Garrison likewise saluted.
The Defence, of 74 guns, Capt. EICINS, was paid
bounty and two months advance.

• 'Arrived the Exertion Gun-brig from the North
Sea, and the Crescent, of 36 guns, Capt. TEMPLE,
from the River.

We lately announced the arrival.. of Gen. KEL-
LERMAN in the ilfricaine I.rigale, at Portsmouth,
from Lisbon, on his way to: Calais, at which port he
expressed a wish to Sir C. COTTON, that he might be
allowed to disembark, instead of Rochelle or L'Orient,
is conformity with the Convention, of which Gene-
ral KrmLERNIAN signed the basis. We understand
that • General KELLERMAN'S request was not con-
fined to himself; but that he has also requested the
permission of the British GovernMent for the gar-
risons of Elves and Almeida, as well as the remain-
ing French troops who were forced back to Lisbon
by stress of weather, to sail immediately for France.
The General), however,' has not been allowed to
pursue his journey to France, until information has
bees received that the Transports employed in con-
veying JUNOT'S troops from Lisbon have been per-
mitted to leave the French ports, and return to
England.: In the mean time, the General, after re-
maining a fortnight. on board the Africaine, at Spit-
bead, has been petmitted, on account of his,health,
to land at Ryde, in the Isle of Wight, on parole.
When Gener2 KELLERMAN gave up Col. TAYLOR'S
horse to the 20th Light Dragoons, Sir ARTHUR
WEI:LESLEY, upon hearing of it, presented General
KELLERMAN with one of his best horses, which he'
accepted, as a. proof of his esteem for Sir ARTHUR'S
noble and liberal character.

It is stated, in letters from Dresden, that during
the three- first weeks in September ,upwards of
80,000 French troops passed through that city for
Leipzic, on their return to the Rhine.
The marriage of a Russian Princess with an
Archduke of Austria is again spoken of.

F.•m the LONDON G 47 ETTE, Nov. 5, ISO.
Copy of a Letter from Lieutenant Robert Forbes:, command.'
ing His Majesty's Gun-brig the Exertion, to Vice-Ad-
miral iVells, Commander ill Chiet at Sheerness,: 14ted off
Heligoland, the 24th October, 1808.

SIR, •
I have the honour to inform you, that on my re-
turn from Heligoland,- in pursuance of your orders,
on the 20th instant, that Island bearing E N. dis-
tant twenty-three leagues, I was so fortunate as to
- fall in with. the Jena French Cutter Privateer, of
14 gnus (ten mounted)', two,. four, and,eight .poun-
ders, and 29 men, just on the' point of taking the-
Brig Peiseyerancer of Barmouth,. from toridan, with
a cargo-of-very considerable value. 1-ISving deceiv4cl
the -Privateer by displaying ,the Danish Flag, I was
lUckily :suffered_ to approach him -near enough to
render fruitless his-subsequent endeavours to .escape;
and I consider inyserf the mere_ happy in his cap-
ttire,:fiOm:hii being destined .to -creize in the track
_r,--Lieligoland, where'. he was likety.,after,ll. hard
gales;. to have -done great mischief to the trade of
"his Majesty .subjeas.7 • I lleg:Jd","ardd-, that I have
thou'glit it. my _duty to convoy the English Merchant
Vessel safe to this place, it 'being; the port of .htir
destination. „
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TheJeo4 was fit tedout at Amsterdam, and.sailed
'the preceding day, but had:nof taken any thing.
-.I have 114.1tonour to he,_;&e.
(Signed) - R. -FORBES.