The Sun.
London, England, 1808-07-19 00:00:00

NAVAL 'NEWS.

PLymourx, JULY 1 7 .-7,Arrivedttri; morning the
Cvzfouncier G t.l:-brig from off dadiz with Dis-
patches for the Admiralty, *bleb' *ere taken .off
immediately by the Commanding Clt&if. • SW-- is

sai ito h bro,i4ht ihtAigt-nce of importance, `but
nu ptrti Alars have trAnipired. Sir GEORGE SMITII
lah led here !roil] the Confounder, and set otf iinme•

diat,-ly fur Lon.loti.

Arrivel(l),! liindostan, of 54 guns, from off Lis-
t-au, with DiVatches, having six light__ Transports

under con vcy.

Clow in His Majesty's Ship; Growler from off
lochefort ; C./tampion and Cheerly from the gedni-
terianean ; and the Mediator With.a Fleet of Vic-
tuallers from utf Lisbon ; also two French Chasm
11lat26es, laden with naval stores, captured, by Eli,
'Alajesty's Ship ihnethyst, who has destroyed eight
others.

Passed up Channel His Majesty's Ship Hydra
'with a Fleet of Transports and Merchantmen under
convoy from the Mediterranean—part ofthe Trans-
!ports are arrived here.

Ft:NV:MOUTH, JULY 8.-.-ATTived his Majesty's
'Mali Alert, with a convoy, froth the Downs; Pur-
-80; Tvoi.Eß; and the Peggeit Success, TkiOMBSONs
(Transports) from the Mediterranean.

Sli'‘ed fits Maje,ty's Ships Pluto, with specie, for
Spain abd t lie Thrush, with the tollov.ing Vessels
under cOnVi)y, Vit.. the Fortitude, Buow_l4, fin Ja-
MalC3 Laza, -1 for Surinam 7 , GRIEvu,
and Two Sisters, v► ith Troops, torßdrbauoes.

His Majesty'i Ship eo'none has tpade the signal
to unmoor, and is expetted to sail to=titorrowtnmonw
ing, for the NlLldtterranean ; his Atije;ty's! Ship
Tlk2l is appointed convoy for the Brazils, and is
'4Petled to sad to-murrdw also.

DEAL, JULY is.—Arrived His Majesty's ship
litrnzei, from Si. Croix, having under convoy the
f°ll(loiii,g Ves.els, viz.—The babeili;
ttsre,M`ii.ENDßlcic; Friends, DONALDil34tellti;"
Xitty, Nestor ; and the 14vi-
‘41"4 which are sailed for the River.

44tb3cArrii,JULY 16. Arrived the Ranger, SR Ili.;
ar)uRN, and the Four Sisters, WALKER; from Malta
4140 tile Sally, UartiMlT, from LLverpool tor Malta,
to j(ini convoy. •

The Townshend Paoket sailed for Corunna this
((venom, but the wind corning to tlc South.
\v'ird SIIC bro 1, t oin the R )ads.

BIUGIIERSH, It is said, is going out upon a
special mission to Lisbon. His Lordship is expected
tU einh,ric at Ramsgate.
LADY BATIL-i-The. vast property of this Lady is
by her decease, among various heirs. Sir
lAME-; PULTNEv retaitTs a considerable part for his
eWu li:e, amounting to 10,0001. per annum.
()Vier part goes to Zonal lIKADY°IIIL Sir Jogs
Juimslorie succeeds, it is under.,tood, to a small
14irt ; while very considerable estates dewhe to Sir
4tttetrann SUTTON. it is believed that the Earl of
bARLINGTON has no claim t. 4 on ally part. He t;uc•
needed, on the late Mr. WILLIAMS'S decease, to the
Shropshire property. Lady BATH has left a Will.
There have been-very few ei etas in plicate life of
more melancholy kind than the death of, Lady
E'lleN• She was a veil: acconiplistied and truly
auti.ble character: " As • a wife, a mother, and a
friend, she traha be deeply deplored 6y all who lead
!ale pleasure ul knowing her. H r pi-rsott eorre-
laporided with her disposition, and tier tace, witieh
Vas very pleasing, was- rendered still more so by the
must interesting, expression of good sense, gentle-
114a, and unaffected ;simplicity. Ile loss of such a
Itlitale parther u dl. require all the good sense: and
r‘itude Sir FR DER EICK EDEN can stlizinion
l'ilstipport on so very 9tl, ere a
Air. CHRISTIE, a Baker, ut Brons,aon-row, has
P°sse•sea tor 15 years a Pear-Ttee' that, ac; wally hears
two blossoms':
,the second appears at -the. time the
Proauee of t. e first blossom exhibits the fruit itaif
iipe ; and, towards the close of the summer, the
tuit produced by the second.blossom is tit to gather.
• U. Since, the above GentteinLi has 1 ossesse4 the
4ree, be has ne%er knOwn it fail but-twice.
.6 A pras,,in, while walking beside a rivulet, near
ulitYcastle, iii the North of Ireland, on the 2011).01
4aq Julie, observed a hook ut glittering metals pro-
jecting trotu a part of the bank, where the earth
tad be, n recently washed away by the current ; on
stooping to pull it ow, lw loom' it to be the extre-
o)ity of a rod, 38 inches ions, tree trout rust, and
1:£ a bright straw-colour ; each nd was terminated
Dya harrow book, intleete)l in contrary directions ;
their
hooks were ulasive, two incites in diameter,
ettivatures not included in the length of the
11):, which, if extended it) a straight line, would
lo,‘""re 42 inches. About an inch and a half be-
div•dba4 Ilea of each hook, the body of tile rod was
twisted 411 u three distinct irgre, which were closely
unatceu,togrther in the manner of a toasting-fork.—
ciLa."`ed nth its value, the peasant suffered it
to be used as a bauble by his children, until his, at,
terl'i°ll was raised by a person offering tor it more
- than it was apparently worth. He then, with some
difficulty, wrenched off one of the hooks, and-took
it to a Gentleman in Ballycastle, who sent for the
rod, which, on proving it with aqua-fortis, be found
to 'be entirely of pure gold, and to weigh (in air)
20 ounces and a half, avoirdupois. The workman-
though neat, is simple ; it is void of all those
ornaments so generally used in gold or silver mate-
rials of the middle centuries ; it bears no religious
symbol, and its original purpose remains for the
skilful .Antiquarian to decide.
Sr riGULAa CURIOSITY—The vertebra and part of
the ribs of a large fish, enclosed in a tragment of
blue rock, werlately found at Charleton, near So-
' mama, irka quarry belonging to Mr. JouN CARY.