The Sun.
London, England, 1808-03-04 00:00:00

NAVAL. NEWS. 4

FLYMOUTII,' MARCH '2.—Airived this morning
the Earl Spencer Cutter, with dispatches fur the Ad-
miralty, from Admiral Lord COLUNGWOOD, cruizing,
off Sicily, and from the Fleet off Cadiz ; left the
former on the 13th January, and the latter on the
12th of February, at which time both squadrons'
were' well.—lt has not transpired what intelligence
she brings, but soon after her arrival the Telegraph
was at work-, from which it is presumed .she may
have brought 'something of importance. The Cut-
,ter,touched,atdibralter, where it was reported, that
the Rochefort Squadron.had passed the Gnu on. the
27th January, but were not seen by' the Earl Spen-
' ccr in her, passage down.
Arrived the American Ship Emil; e, MAnuci,
laden with salt and dry goods, from Liverpool,
bound toNew-York,'captured by the Prince Jerome
French Privateer, and retaken. by the Indefatigable
Privateer oEthis Port.

PORTSWIGUTH, 3.—Arrived the Avenger
Sloop of War, Capt. WHITiI, with a convey; from
the DoWns; among which.are the Ganges,' MAI 3,
Acorn, —a—, and Samuel, Tratisport.
Arrived the Medusa. .-Frigate frorw'a eruize off
Havre-de•Grace.

DEA L, MARCH t .—Sailod the Leyden, of 64 guns,
for Portsmouth ; arrived the Earnest and Wrangler
Gun-brigs from a eruize ; the Earnest has been
obliged to throw all her guns overboard in the late
gale; sailed the Pigeon Schobner to the northward.
.a>

MARCH 2.—Arrived the Trompeuse Sloop from a
eruize ; the Tigress Gan-brig, from Plymouth.
MARCH 3.—Arrived the Minx Gun-brig, from a

cruize.

FALMOWTH, MARCH 1 Sailed 11i$ Majesty's
Ship L' 4clair on a ernize.
Passed by for London the Emeline, WATERMAN,
:from Magadore.

The following is an Estrad of k Letter from an
Officer on board • the Renown, one of Sir 11.
STAXCIIAN'S Squadron, dated off Cadiz, Feb. to
" After a long. and tempestuous passage out of.
the Bay, we have got off, this place. By the Raven,
Brig, off Cape St. Vincent, we received information
of the Rochefort Squadron having pass.d thc Got
on the 26th of last month; we are consequently, a
long way astern. This morning we joined the Squa-
dron off Cadiz, which had not then heard any thing
of the Enemy. Oar foremast' is badly sprung, and
we expect: to go to Gibraltar."

. The Demerara, Captain hostas, is arrived et
Liverpool from Demerara, which place she left on
the 301t1 of December, in company with the Sivas,
later for London, and parted from her the same
nighe; called at Barbadoes, and sailed from thence
on the 7th of January, and left there the Barton,
Loeb ; Lucy, .WILISON, and the 'Xinismill, Wawa,.
loading for Liverpool. , .
Letters from Russia, dated the 14th -of Jantiary,
received,at Hull, state, that 'tlid 'Ships belonging to
that port, detained at Petersburgh, were still in the
same condition as wheh first seized. Up to the
27th of December, the crews weresepporied At. the ,
Ships' expence ; but after that day they were sup•
..
plied by Sir S. SHARII: and the Merchants with.a,
poOnd of bread, a pound of beef, a quart of beer,
and eight (weeks, a man per day. The cre,,vs
were treated with .respeU, and allowed passes for
seven,days, when required. The, season was un-
commonly mild. The English,Uf4cers in the Rus-
si'an service, 'it is said, had, received, orders to give up
their commissions, but wore allowed. to reside at
tuiy place i9land, upon their full pay.. The fortitica-
lions Of.Cronstadt were repairing, and several new
works were treoling. According, to the Swedish
Letters BERNADOTT'E was expearal At Copenhagen,.
where a, palace was fitting up for his reception.
The Island' of Zealand was,fejl 'of troops, and a great
scarcity:. of previsions' was apprehended. The ob.
ja of BliiiNADoTTP.'s visit to. Copenhagen was,
it -was snppOsed, to arrange measures for an ex-
petlition against some part of Scania whilst the.
RuisiAn troops are attempting to invade Swedish
Finland,. We believe, however, that BERNADOTTIt,
no necessity to hasten the arrangements
Which he may have in contemplation against Swei.
den. A 13ritish Squadron will soon take possession
of the Sound, and render the invasion of Sweden by
the Danes. totally, intpraClicable. The Cnowts
P.itiNCE, according to the last accounts, was at Kiel, •
,in Holstein. ,

. The French are labouring, throughout the, Conti-
neat, to induce a belief that this Country is in a
state of extreme distress, afflieted with sickness and
poverty ; the necessaries' of life at a most exorbitant
price, and beyond the reach of the poor. A Gen-
tleman who is lately arrived, from the continent,
was informed that the moat was ten shillings a
pound, bread equally dear, and that many persons
dropt dowu daily in our streets, starved to (Lath.
his astonishment of Course was great, when he
found upon his arrival here, how utterly unfounded
all these Fre nett represeMations.were.
The Treasury is found, in such good plight, that
the CIIANCEI3.OII 0, TUX EXCkt!XQUfti has.sit nified
to Messrs. GOLDIMID, that inatean of two shillings
and sixpence tot: tool. he shall. in future only allow
one shilling for the discount business of Exchequer
; to Whiph .:alteration they have. acceded r
90001. per ann.., will thus he saved to the Public.'
No Loan, we understand, will bepreposed ter sutue
weeks, and the utinnSt extent, it is Un6rstood, cat,-
not 'exceed Eight Millions for England, and Two
for Ireland.

Papers were recejved from Boston, in America,
yesterday, to the iith of January, but they contamed
nuenigence.

; a i.t t+ Li. ;hued by 114.1 m I ut NCgj hp ..,ot Satan Multon.str obvtIiOt•NVIATCI
for the Paper, Laten for the ail (0r) &Cs rp•4t-ptlid), MUIR be addrebbed,