The Sun.
London, England, 1808-08-26 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

4-IM,INICA, JULY 3.—The Convoy for: England
will leave Barbadoes on-the-16th, this Island on the
18th, and Will finally depart from Tortola on the-
25th inst.. and Will be convoyed by His Majesty's
Ships
Galatea: Hippomenes; and Aiinr.od.—The lat-
ter was sent from Barbadoes last Tuesday to collea
the Surinam trade; &c. •

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PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 25.— Arrived this_ daY,': the. '
.11ace/tors'e Sloop of War, and Escort Gun-brig, trc;l,i.l
Glierliey-; *atlct the Ariiza Maria, IithIBARD, from
Jamaica; site. separated from the convoy, which has
'lately arrived, in.a gale of wind.

"IrtiIOIITII, AUG. 25.--,Sailed the Claudio .and
of Wales Cutters on a Cruiie.
Arrived Aboukir, and ..Va.3sau from
tie Dutch' Coast ; and Sparrowlzawk froax,a-
-

I,ruize.

DEAt,, •AUG. 2-5 .—Arnved His Majesty's Ships
Leviathan, (Varspite,
Illustrious, In-
t'lncible, Illinotatr, and the Hero; from off Flush..

841101 a rieet. of Tratlsports for the Wore.

FaLycoutii, 23,—Sailed the Lord Coriarral-
?is 'Packet,
_Captain .A::rrnoic'Y, for the
,Leewat-d. IS-
Jands, and A.alerle,in-Ship Flora, Capt. ANDER-
,
+air, . for New
Hutt., AUG.s HiT*-PQD, 01e master of
a vessel captured by the Danes; has arrived at Scar-
borough tram Copenhagen:: lie States that all the
masters of English ships had been liberated, except
in ilitiaad, which is in the possession of the,FrenClL
Sunday se'rpiglit arrived at Shields, eao• :31';`"
BONVWis, of the illelantho, of Leigh, Essei, which'
Vessel,. with 175 tons of hemp from St. -Petersbarei
to Plymouth, was captured by a Danish ptivaWell
°,l 4 guns, 4 swivels, and 42 men, off Bornholm', fiti)
tee 16th Nov. last, and carried
.into Earthholi.
.about the latter end of February he and othelic
'were removed into Copenhagen prison, and an 40,1'
18th tilt. liberated, and told to make. the best of
their . way hOrne. The prisoners were in geneial
-.well used.

By the last conveyance from his. Majesty's
off4ll-`
c the North Coast of Spain, the tolloWiig
Cony of a Letter from INlAjor Rocut to Captaiti At=
It as was received :

(Signed). "J. RoCHE, Major of, Brigade."
To Captain Atkin,s, conunanding I iis majesty's Ships ,
Anti Vessels on the North Coast of Spain."

" His Majesty's Ship Iris, Tub,' 9:off'St..Vincent,
SIR, North Coast of Spain.
" I have the honour to 'acquaint you, that being
one of three Officers of the British Army, lately ar.
Tilted by his Majesty's command upon the coast of
Spain, with a view of ascertaining the discitisiticn of
the inhabitants in the Asturias, and neighbouring
Provinces„ towards resjsting-the invasion of their
Country against the French, as, well as in,the evert
of their loyalty to their King being unshaken, of
giving them the strongest assurances of the Wile
support and co-operation of-his Majesty in so latida-
ble a
struggle.
" I therefore do Myself the honour to infirm you,
that Captain STANFELL, of his, Majesty's ship Scor-
pion, and myselt, had yesterday an interview with
general 'PbNiTE, who commands a corps of abjut
6000 Spaniards in the neightiotirhood of St. Vin-
,enle, whose intention,is, without delay, to attack
the French, at present only 1500 strong, in. Santan-
der,provided he has the co-operation and assistance
of the frigates upon the coast:
General Po `T$ has no wish that any sOrtuf risk
should be incurred by the Ships,, nor does hedeire a ,
single'searnan should be landed, his sole objeakeing.,
confined to their appearance off the harbour 64 the:
-rriotnent he makes his attack by land.' Under thei
convi&ion, therefore, of your assent to this plan, P
;19-ll return immediately to Gijon, as well to conitnu-
Ilicate this intelligence to Captains Dion and,i5ALY,
'of the Cossack, and Comet, as to bring up a few light
field pieces and anunianition.for the Spaniards. -
" I shall upon 'my 'arrtyal there venture to 4,0,1rie
'tile liberty, of. recommending it to the consideration
of these Officers; to lose not. a moment in realdrr4-
v°llsing off Santander, for your approval and fosic-
- lion to this plan of co-operation for the benefit of
7his Ma.jesty'S service.,
" I have the honour to be, with.great respea, Sir,
- Your most obedient humble servant,

• 'Wednesday a Court of Direlors eras held at the
East India House, when the undermentioned Ships
were taken Up for the ensuing season, and thus
Stationed; viz.—

N. S. Warren ,Hastings, Capt. T. Larkens—Bengal and
China.
- True Briton, 14 tons. Capt. Wm. S. Clarke ; Cumber-
land, 17,00, P,. Wedderburn ; scaleby Castle, r 2.44, I.Loch ;
.„,141!Ptune, tine. W. Donaldson; Henry Addington, 12J0, j.
A•itk patricic—For Bombay and Chinas
Otitannia, isco tons, Capt. lonathan Birch ; Perseverance,
noo, lames Twealale—Nadras.auct China.
Cuirntlis, !zoo tons, Capt. R. Wctbank—St. -Helens,
Bericoolen and
N• S. Hiodostan, T2OO tons, Capt. E. Balston • Royal
rAlarlotte, taoo, H. Rush; Glat:on, 17.00, lames ciaiibur.
ton; Thames, 12,00, M. Riches ; Albion, 961, 11: Richard-.
Ion; Marquis of Ely; 1200, lames Dalrymple; Nottingham,
JlSer, Walter Campbell—China direct.
Adasilal Gardner, 8t tons, W. I. Eastfield; N. Lady
Bwlitsile Zoo, A: F. W, Swinton—Madeira, Mathias, and
.11ebsaf.
Lord.Duncan,,B3n tons, Capt. E. C. Bradford;, Lorblel-11
SiS, ). N. Whyte; Baring, Bzo, I. Carnegie; Cieyofx!
London, $26, Yates; Dover Castle, Sze, Sampson-,Ma-
dras aral,Benga).
Castle Eden, BA tons, Cart. Colnett— Ceylon and
Mat • •
archioness of Exeter, Bzo tons, Capt. A. Nash—Madeira
zind Bombay.
Lady Castlereagh, Bzo tons, Capt. T. G. Murray; IThitedit
Xingdorri, 8:10, W. P. D'Estere—St. Helena and Bets d.
Captain JOSEPH BOULDERsoN is appointed* the
Fast India Company their Master Att-endOntrian4:
Capt. JOHN WUODBRIPOg Hivrow, Deputyiblaster.
Attendant, in the room of Captains CoGQAtr,and-,
ChittAgß; resigned.

Admiral DACRES had an audience with '.Lord
MULGE AVE, at the Admiralty, )csteiday, for the
,ftrt time since hys return. from•Jawieii.