The Sun.
London, England, 1808-09-07 00:00:00

NAVAL NE 'W s.

From the LONDON GLZETTE, Sept. 6.

Admiralty-Odice, Sept. 6, Isos.
C°l3), of a Letter from Vice Admiral Whitshed, Commander
In thief of his Majesty's Ships and Vessels on the Coast
of Ireland, to the lion. W. W. Pole, dated on board his
Majesty's Ship Trent, Cork Harbour, Sept. s.

SIR,
` I transmit herewith the. Copy of a Letter *hiCh
this day received from Captain Upton, of his Ma-
jesty's ship Sybille, dated at Sea, the 16th ult. stat-
ing the capture of the French Brig Corvette L'Es-
Pegie, of 16 guns, and 86 ,men, which I request
You will be pleased to lay before the Lords Commis-
sioners of the Admiralty, and acquaint their Lord-
SLips that L'Espiegle arrived yesterday evening.
I have the honour .to be, &c. -
(Signed) J. H. WHITSHED:
His Majesty's Ship Sybille, at Sea, Aug. t 6, 030'8.
SIR,
s thtive the satisfa6tion of announcing to yon the
capture of the French Brig Corvette L'Espieo,' of
16 guns and 85 men, commanded: by Monsieur
CapiTaine de Fregate, six days- from
-VOrteitt, with secret orders. La Diligente, a Ship
eotvetie, of LB guns, etreded her escape from La
Sybille, by separating trom the Espiegle at the close
of day.
I have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) C. UPTON.
Vito Admiral Whitetail, &c. &c. &c. Cork.

POE T6MOUTH, SEPT. 6.—Arrived this day the
Goshawk Brig, Capt. INNks, and the Defender Gun-
brig, Lieut. PLOWMAN, from a cruize.
La Gloire Frigate has detained and sent into this
tort the Ship Exchange, of New,YOrk, LEDET
111. aster, from Guadaloupe, bound to London, with
sugar.

PLYMOUTH, SEPT, 5. Arrived the American Ship
Freedom,Yri, from Barcelona, laden with Wine,
'sound to thii Pori, for orders ; the Schooner Diana";
Wiyt.y; from Gotteuburgh, bound to Madeira,
laden with iron and deals, put In hbre to rent,-being
very

.Arrived the Ne*ne, of 98 guns, and Poinge, of
eci guns, from TOrbay; to fit for foreign service.
Arriied the American Ship Gosport, Deztitiiixt,
roni London, to load for Malta and Trieste; the
peean, ELLittsi ; and Flora, HAY ; both from
ctuebec, with masts for the dock-yard; the two
latti• came under convoy of the Nernesii Frigate;
*Nell ship, with some other vessels, mast-laden,
are gone up thalinel 'for Portsmouth, after seven
weeks passage.
Arrived the Eneeninter. Gun-brig, from a crUize
'11(,! Helena Sloop oi"Var, from Ireland.

the Swallow Sloop (4 War, with seven
light transports under convoy, for for the pur-
pose
of bringing over 2,006 Spanish sheep.
ailed the Enkavour Armed Ship, with a convoy
for Wales.

. .
AIitIVIOUTH, SEL T. 6.—Arrived this morning the.
.11/luvittito Sloop of War, with intelligence that' he
Russian Fleet, of 1 I Sail of the. Line; were off Stock-
liolin. It was not then known wheie Sir J'AMES
Sts:LAREZ was with his Squadron. She also brings
intelligenc4 that the Spanish-Troops had arrived at
ottenburgh.

SIiEERNES; SEPT. Majesty's Ship Cdmil-
la, 91 24 guns, was:this day taken into' Datk..

Captain MENDS, has succeeded Sir CiIARLES
taISBANi the command of the Arethusa ; and'
bas commissioned the Onyx, a new
Brig, fitted at thki -

DEAL, SEtT. 6.:-ZArriveci this morning hii Ma-
3sly's Ship Nemesis, from Quebec, with a convoy ;
they
.sailed on the 17th of July, and the nett day
spoke'his Majesty's Ship 474 ilia, with a convoy from
Portsthoutha in the River St. Lawrence.

The following is an Extra& of a Lette; from a
British Officer, dated in the. Great Belt, Aug. tg-
\ye had scareelj anchored here, when the
Joined with the account of the Rtissinn fleet
being at sea, arid at two this morning 1.40 rd SomEE-
TON arrived in the SWem, from the King of SWEDEN,
'with the same itiformition. We ate therefore mus-
tering all the Squadron we can to return to the Bal-
tic,. . and shall leave Admirth KEAts with' the
firunsivid. and Ectisrar in charge' of the troops. The.
Atissi4n Fleet =lslas of eleVen Sail of the IT.ine, and
eve shall muster nine. BERNADoTTE is said tti be to
Futien tlith 000 troops, perhaps with the view of
4ttaking the Spaniards in Langeland. There are
two ikegiMents of Spanish infantry in Zealand,
which, it is feared, will pot be got off; but they have
Paid down their arms; and determined not to fight
a!gainst the British. There
.is also,otte Regiment of
Cavalry left in Jutland, which was too. far off to
get clear. Our quarter-deck is full of Spaniards,
and, as you may suppose,' they are in high spirits."
Extra& of a Letter dated. Charleston, Jurie ;ICY:—
" The following fat will give you tome idea of the
strange climate of SoUth Carolina :—A* few days
since, I think about the 65th of May, the fore part
of the day, say to three o'clock, had been exceeding
hot, the thermometer 82 in the shade • when all at
once the sky darkened, and a very heavy ariall from
the north-west brought the severest hail shower. I
ever witnessed ; every particle that fell in' my view
was as big as good large marbles, and I have since
heard', the size of some that fell in .thecountry much
exceeded these. Great mischief has,been done to
'the crops." •

On Saturday there were landed at Mill Bay, Ply-
mouth, and concluded to prison, from _the Hindostan,
from off Lisbon, 140 French soldiers, taken in the
forts at Oporto. They are fine luting rneu„ and are
ad of then Swigs conscripts. • ,