The Sun.
London, England, 1808-06-13 00:00:00

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command, or the Vesiel,,receired the leastAlacriate.
I liavr the Elonohr to be, &c.
(Signed) M. R. LUCAS,
Lieutenant and Conirriander.
Sir dfsmuel Flood, K.B. Rear Admiral of
theOltite, t:.ee. &c. &c.
Admiralty... Office, June t 1, 1808.
Vice,Adruiral nacres, Commander in. Chief at Ja•
maica, hai transmitted to the Honourable*W. W.
Pole, a .setter from Captain Angles, of his Majesty's
Ship the Diamond, ,giving an account of his having
captured, on the egth of February last, the Spanish
Letter of Marque Nueatta Senora de Jos Dolores,
Captain Don Vitibento,Pica, of two guns', and :3
ben, bound from Vera Cruz to the ,fiavannah;
a cargo of flo)r, ticc. and having on board about one
thou,luld tun.. lnutdred dollars in specie. .

Admiralty-Office, June it, 1808.
Vice-Admiral ,Vashon, Commander in Chief of
Hs Majesty's Ships at Leith, has transmitted to the
Hohoorable W. W. Pole, a letter from Captain Far-
qutt.ir, of his Majesty's Ship the iliiadne, giving an
neetAill of his having, on the 29th of last month,
cat, tbed the Danish Sloop Privateer Kjokke, corn-
mill:led by Sigismund Richelieu, mounting six car-
I iage guns, „and fifty men.

PLYMOUTH, JUNI 1 1 .—Yesterday afternoon the
new prig crocus, of i 6 guns; was launched from the
Dock• Yard at this 'Port ,is to be forthwith
cont;nissionect, and was this 'day taken into Dock to
be t.opired.
Arrived the Joseph Cutter from a cruize to the
wyst ward.

Sailed the cuckoo Schooner to the westward;
Eurfrquiii hired Arrned-brig, and Intelligent Gtin-
bng, with a convoy to the westward.

The Cllianoi;l Fleet sailed from 'l'orbay this mOrri-
Itig, to resume their .statiun.olf Brest. •

PonTostoOTir, RINE 12.—Yesterday arrived La
Flecks; Sloop ul War from Plymouth ; and the Alert
Sloop of War and Escort Gun-brig with a Convoy
of outward-bound slerchanttnen and Transports
!ion.% (lie Downs. •

Sailed the Solebay Frigate on a cruize.

Tile Polyphemus gives convoy instructions to the
trade IsQund to the West Indies ; the Alert takei
convoy to the eastward.

Yesterday eternoon the East India convoy, con-
sisting of the Monarch, for Madeira,I Madras, mid
Benga this Bad Spencer and Trave)s, for Madras
nd Bengal; the Lora Eldon and dirmarthon, for
Bombay three Whalers, 4 Snip for the Brazils, and
a Brig tor AUtleira, sailed, under- convoy- of the
Cisilfimile Frigate, Capt. WAIN%VRIGIIT. The Chi/.
Am has 3n0,0001. on board belonging, to the Hon.
,bast--India Company, for Bengill.
itear-Adtuiral TYA,sa is appointed second in corn•
. rand off Lihboo; and Rear-Admiral °TWAT is ap-
pointsd &o V; second in command at this port.

DIAt., SUNS .18.'x
-Sailed Hi3Najesty's Ships Fis•
card and Desperate, on a mite,

armime 1
•
• DiSTItIatITION OF PRIZE.MONEY..
. the Vemenefor the recapture of the Amalthea, on the
s4th inst. as N 0.13. Norfolk greet, Strand, and evuy Tues.
4.1 mai Friday lit the same place, for three months.

'Saturday morning a Court-Martial was held at.
Portsmouth on Lieutenant W. Pitcher, of the Royal
Marines, 'of his Majesty's Ship his, who was, or-
dered to be tried for having degraded himself while
on shore, by grossly insulting a Gentleman, and
suffering himself to be repeatedly thrashed; and
for disobedience of orders. The Court did not in-
quire into the first charge, as, it did not happen
the juriscliclion of the Admiralty ; he was
P)urni guilty of disobedience of orders, and sentenced
tgbe dismissed from the Ship, and put at the bo,;Mm,
4/the list of Second Lieutenants.—Rear-Admiral
'ti.tat, President.
A,PromnsENTs.—COpt. HArLEY, to the Boadi-
cea Capt. J. WARREN, to the Meleager, vice
,
l_RauGuron, sick ; Capt. INcLEFIELD, to the Dm.
r„lus ,; Capt. WARD', to the Bacchante ; Capt. .4.
N•otitt7r,.to the Pelican ; l.leut. MORRISON, of the
011/11///aIa,4O•COM ITIIIIILi the Shark Capt Bev to
tile'Vfatarld, iiice WHITTER, sick ; Capt. BURT, 10
the Spariocr•;.Capt. BELL, to the Phipps ; Captain
.I,IALL, to the .Serpent (both lately purchased at
antaica) ; Lieut. WALLEE, to command the /,Voif
CNA. CLUbIENT, to the favauriie ; Capt. Flominli„
10 the G.celan ; ..Capt. COLBY, to the liciyal Save-
,(Achnirsti Tuctasestotsoit's FlagrShip); Capt:
7.. B. UVNT, to the ii/onzo ; Capt. IlnAnstiAl:V, of
the edlumbine,.is promoted to a Post Captain,and
"IPPeinted to ihe.Eurydice; Lieut. W. MILLER, to
be Agent for Transports at-Bermuda.,
The Endeutioni, . Co..vAN, from Demerara, is ar-
lived at Cork : she sailed horn Tortola on the -.3d of
743 Y with the Fleet for Great Britain; consisting of
95 Sail, and parted company .on the
A duel took place on Saturday afternoon on Ep-
eipg Forest, between Capt. R. of the Militia, and a
air. H. of the Light Dragoons.. On the third shot
thb former was wounded in the leg.

:Major-C3ex►. Mount, who !Aces the command at
Newfoundland, is going out in the convoy which is
tinder orders to sail with the Speedy, lrom Ports-
tnoutltr
Commissioner INGLEftzt.n, for Halifax,
',nu 8k ISAAC CUFFIN, Bart. who is going to sur-
"Y his estate in the Magdalen Islands, are going
I/41 in the Isis, with Admiral HoLtiowAY.

who
Yntmgy of fortune at Hammersmith,
ha* just reached her gI st ycar,, eloped on Thursday'
with a Naval Officer, whom she had been acquinnted
with only a fortnight.
Another elopement took place OP Friday from
Place, Kent Road., The Lady l daughter of a
"entleman in the Revenue Department, and will
i!ii,e •t an •
• Ti independence left by her Aunt,; the Gen.
in 'man is a member of a Ritle -Corpaitt:the nete,h.,
nrhood.

BALLAD.
hITTEN BY A SAILOR ON BOARD VICTORY.
Aumtt):,ll) To 1.0 K. 1.) VISCOUNT MiLVILLI., thE

IitLEND.

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The Sailor s 3 bold, who springs cheerly on board,
!Co fight for his country at sea,
When he parts from his wife and his children, and home,
Leaves a blessing, o:l%lskvito.s I for thei.
Talubbers, and land sharks, no longer a prey,
His pittanco front. plunder is free;
'1 is his own to bestovv; and his heart overflows.
With gratitude, Mat,v tt,us I to thee/
thoughthe girl of his heart, gives a tear to her;Tom;
As she fondles his babe on her knee,
Hope beams through the tear, and her God she imploreS
Fora blessing, 0 Aler.vit.tx ! on thee.

The father, the mother, the child, and the wife,
,Who trembled at thOubilts of the sea,
Their comforts now claim, from that turbulent source,
And are proud thit they owe them to thee.
Thrice blessed by the Sailor, while braving the storm,
• Whose family's snug under lee;
By the Country thrice blessed, who their Navy beheld
Proteded, and cherished by thee.

W hett that Navy by PITT was assigned to thy harn4
The P-opie delighted to see ;
For they knew•lbw no foe could its thunder withstand,
When tts thunder was wielded by thee.

EDINBUIiGH, JUNE 9.

GENERAL ORDER.

We have.pleasure,itt presenting our Readers with
the following General Order, issued by his Excel,.
lency Viscount CATIICA 11T, atter the Military Parade
ot Saturday. _

`«
The Commander of the Forces was very highly
gratified by the appearanc4 and performance at the:
Royal Artillery, of the Militia, and of the Yeomanry
..and. Volunteers, on the 4th of June. All that his
Lordship has hitherto had the pleasure of seeing of
the Yeomanry and Volunteers of this part of the
United Kingdom, exceeds the most sanguine ex-
. peautions he had formed, from the brilliant testi-
. mony of his Noble Predecessor in this Command,
and troni the reportsut mill:, distinguished Officers."
;
Yesterday, the Danish Privateer Jaques, of and
from Drontheim, in Norway, captured an,ait eight
day; since off the coast of Norway, by his Majesty's
Frigate Ariadiw, arrived in tenh Harbour.
Privateer hall only two carriage-guns mounted, but
it is reported threw overboard other four guns in the
chace. Her con plement of men was 56, but had
only 35 men on board, having captured two British
Ships and p,Swede, the last •ot which, and one of
the British Ships, were re-taken by the Ariudne.
The Privateer is Sloop-rigged, and might he mistaken
ford British Coasting Vessel.

VAcczwATroil.—A. a prejudice seems to be gain-
ing ground against 'this practice, which is to be con-
sideredas one of the most beneficial discoveries eviir
presented to mankind, we deem it oar duty to cow-
teract this prejudice as inuch as we can, -nod there-
fore readily insert the following, letter titim• Lord
itimusasi : . •