The Sun.
London, England, 1806-08-20 00:00:00

NJPAL NEWS.

Down, -AUG. Pn.LER, one of His
MajestY's Messengers, who arrived at Deal last even-
'
ing from France, is said to have stated that Lord,
'LAUDERDALE had got all his bagga'Ze packed up,-
and was on the road to Boulogne, proceeding on his
way to England, when the French Minister, TAL-
LEYRAND, sent a Special Messenger after his Lord-
ship to desire him to return back to Paris.

PORTSMOUTH, AUG. tg.—This morning eatly the
'Explosion, Fury, and Devastation Bombs came in
from the Downs, having under their:proteEtion the
Expedition,:consisting of 30 or Go Sail, which were
joined by 1.0 or 12 Sail from St. Helen's, and imine-
diately proceeded to sea, under Conyoy of the Cap-
tain, of 74 guns, Capt. LOBB, Ganges, same force,
Capt, HALKETT, and the Kingsfisher Sloop of War,
Capt. SUMOUR., , ,
Sailed also the Tisiphone Guard Ship for Lyrning-
ton, and the Forward Gun-brig on a Cruize.

Arrived the Heart of Oak, CARTER, from Riga ;
Fortsetningen, RITCHER ; Amazon, STROM ; Au-
dacia, SADERSTRAM and Agnes, MASS, Danish
Ships, from the Downs for Lisbon, laden with iron,
timber, and 4-ar.

PLYNOUTII, AUGUST 1 8 .—Sailed yesterday His
Majesty's Ship L'lmpetueux, of 80 guns, to join.
Earl ST, ViNettri, off Lisbon.

Arrived the Danish Ship Twee Broilers, STRUN
Master, from Drontheim, bound to Amsterdam,laden
with fish and copper ore, detained by the New
Hero Privateer, of this Port.
The French Cailel Neptune, from Morlaix, has
brought over Mr, -‘NrALLEII and family, detained
since the commencement of the war.

Arrived the' Martha, HI FLYER, from Waterford;
and Advenhire, HALL, from Dublin.

Sailed his Majesty's Ship Pomone, for the Chan-
nel Fleet ; and the
,American Ship Rebecca, Nisi,
mo, for Leghorn and Palermo,
The Humber Armed Ship has taken a Smuggling
Boat, with 170 ankerS of foreign spirits on board,
from Guernsey, and sent her into this Port.
The Horses belonging to the Train of Artillery
going out with the Expedition, were embarked (;$--
day on board a very large Transport, hired at this
Port.

FALmouni, AuG. 17.—Arrived last evening the
American Ship lfoodrove, HAYNES, from Norfolk,
with tobacco, called here for orders ; she brings no
news, 28 days passage.
Arrived this day the ~Vcnesis Frigate, of 32 guns,
Capt. P. SOMERVILLE, from Portsmouth, to give in=
struEtious to the outward-bound Quebec and New-
foundland Vessels waiting convoy here.

A Danish East India Ship called off the. Haibour
yesterday, and having redeived her orders, proceeded
up Channel.
,Sailed yesterday the Brig Elizabeth, Capt RUBY,
• for Cork.

Orders came down here, express, on Friday even-
ing last to prepare a Packet.to take on board Pis-
patche3for Lisban.at an hour's notice : the Princess
Elizabeth 'got quite ready against the morning, but
the Dispatches rare not, yet come down. A Portu-
gueze Messenger arrived here last evening to pro-
ceed in her.

The Prince cd tVgles, from Lisbon, with Mails,
may be soon es peed.

• HARWICH, AUG. 19.--,C3pt. MAcnoNouGu, of
the Diana Packet, arrived this day with a Mail from
Gottenburgh.

DzAL, Ago.. 1 9.—Yesterday, ailer post, the Kan-
garoo Sloop of War, Ctpt: BAKEIt, arrived in the
Downs, and landed a Messenger with Dispatches,
who immediately proceeded for London ; and the
Kangaroo ,sailed this day ()Lisa cruize ; and the.drna-
ianilte. Sloop of War, for Sheerness.
Sailed through the Downs the Gold-Hunter, NOSE,
for New-York.

Arrived the Bellette Sloop of War, -from a cruize,
and remains in the Downs with the rest of the Ships
as per last.

The following is a Copy of a Letter, written by
Capt. K. 111AcKEtquE, of the Carysfort Frigate, to
the Committee at Lloyd's :--
" (sENTI:EMEN,

" I have the honour to acquaint you, that having
under convoy of His Majesty's Ship I command 34
West Indiamen, and lying at anchor at St. Chris-
topher's, waiting further orders from the Comman-

der in Chief; on the 3d July I received intelligence of
an Enemy's Squadron, consisting of five Sail of the
Line and two Frigates, being off Montsel rat, cut-
ting the Vessels ont, and that they were beyond
doubt on their way to attack the Merchant Fleet
under my proteElion. Being perfectly aware that
they might taltd and destroy every Ship there, I
took upon -myself the responsibility (without 'or-

ders from my Commander in Chief) to get under
'• way as quick as possible with the Convoy, and
make the best of my way- for England, steering such
course as 1 thollght mast likely to avoid the Enemy
:'-Should they follow me,• to the Northward ; and I
•.
now sincerely hope to congratulate you on their
1 safe arrival, after a passak, of six. weeks. I parted
•

company with - the Ships bound up St. George's
Channel on the gth, and seat his Majesty's Ship
Dotphiv_(which was under my orders) with. them,.
so that by this time they must have arrived. •
" I am, Sm. " K-MACKENZIE."
‘r The Gentlemen at Lloyds" ,

We give the following article as a specimen of the
ingenuity with which the Masters of American Ves-
sels manufaaure their stories to suit the taste of those
they fall in with on their voyage :
Coax, AUG. 13.-" A,Cove Pilot-boat boarded aft
American Vessel yesterday, off Cape Clear, the Mas-
ter of which informed him that he had passed through
34 Sail of the Windward Islands homeward-bound
Fleet, under convoy 'of a Frigate. Those Ships were
part of i.5:).0 Sail, which staled from the Windward
Islands to rendezvous at Tortola. On their , way
down they were chased by four French Line-of-
Battle Ships, and were obliged to take refuge:under
Brimstone-hill, in the Island of St. Kites. While
in this situation, four British Line-of-Battle Ships
bore down-and engaged the French Squadron, and
as the Merchant Vessels had been fired at by the
Enemy, and a'probability eiisted of their being in-'
jured, a signal. had been made for them to disperse
for their protection, and a frigate was dispatched to
collea them when out of the Enemys reach. Such.
is the statement we have received of a circum-
stance which, if correel, is of considerable im-
portance.. _ .

" Of the result of the action we are not informed,
but we anticipate vi&ory to.our squadron. Some
of the Ships which the American Captain spoke
were observed off Cape Clear yesterday. We shall
with anxiety expe& something more explicit upoa
this subje&."

The Ship Mary, of Boston, 'MEN TRESCOFF mas-
ter, sailed from Canton on the gth, of February; on.
thr 18th of March, _at two P.M. in lat. 15. 30. south,
ltirng. 98. 30. east, a violent and sudden squall came
on, with which the Ship upset; they cut away the
mast, by which means she partly righted, but filled
in such a.manner, -that for seventeen days the crew,
twenty-six -in number, subsisted on- two gallons of
water. On the 18th day the, weather moderated,
and the sea being smooth, they cut' a hole in the
upper part of the main-deck, by which they pro.
cured some provisions that floated. After which
they built a raft on the weather quarter, and re.
mined fifty days in that dreL-clful situation, when
they were picked up by a Ship bound from -Batavia
to Philadelphia. At the time they were picked up
they supposed one third of the cat go to be .washed
out. .

Lieutenant TANCQCK is promoted to the rank of
Commander, and appointed to the St. Christopktr,
a new Sloop of War in the West Indies.
A seaman of the name of Wilson has been ap-
prehended at Plymouth, under suspicion of being
concerned in the mutiny and murder of the Officers
on bOarillheliermione Frigate, in the West Indies,
last war. He is detained on •board the Guard-ship
at that Port, until the measures necessary to identify
him are completed.

_ .
A disturbance of. a serious nature has recentl7
taken • place on board the Rochester Prison-ship at
ctutharn; between the French 'Prisoners arid some
Prussian seamy vec The Bristol, fitted as a Prison.
ship, has been, in consequence, put into] commis-
sion, and the Prussian seamen been removed, as the'
only means of putting an end to. the disturbgnces.

The following is a Copy of an Address published
at trinirtad by General MIRANDA

" NIY FRIENDS AND COUNTRYMEN,

" The,glorious opportunity now presents itself of
relieving from oppresston, and arbitrary Government
a people who are worthy of a better fate ; who
ought to enjoy the blessings of the finest Country
in the Universe, which -bountiful Providence has
given them—but who are shaCkled by a despotism
too cruel for human nature longer to endure.---.-
Groaning, under their present affliCtions, they hail
with extended arms the noble csuse of Freedom and
Independence, and call upon you to share with,
them in the God-like action of relieving your
distressed Fellow-creatures.—Hasten then to join
the Standard' of ONE who has the happiness to, call
himself your countryman, and is determined to
rescue his Country, and to shed the last drop of
his blood in promoting its happiness ; an objet} of
Which he has never lost sight for a moment of his
life. There will be made a liberal distribution of
land at the expiration of a twelvemonth, according
to‘rank ; and Privates, from the instant of their
enrolment, will be entitled to provisions and cloth-
ing, with a quarter dollar per day of pay, not sub-.
jca to any deduaions.—And you, brave Volun-
teers of the Islands, who have nobly come forward
to partake with Ifs. our honours, and to share with
us our prosperity—hasten
,to follow those Otfi-
.cers under' whose care you have already been
traioed, and who are impatient to lead you on
to viaory and wealth. The Gulph that Comot-
Bus first discovered and honoured with his pre-
sence, will now witness the illustrious at-tions of
your gallant efforts.".
The metropolis was visited this morning, about
nine o'clock, by another violent storm, though not
of so terrific a description as those which have re-
cently occurred. The flashes of lightning were fre-
quent and vivid, and the thunder was heard in awe-
ful peals. ' The rain fell in torrents; but the whole
of this elemental disorder lasted only a short period;
it excited much terror, but we du not hear that it
occasioned any mischief.
During one of the late thunder storms, there fell
upon some meadows, near Monasterevan, in the
county of Kildare, a shower of shells, which covered
the fields and even the public roads to a great extent.
We have seen some of these shells, collealed imme-
diately after they had fallen, by a Gentleman of un-
'questionable veracity, in whose possession they still
are—they are all of the same shape and appearance,
in form spirala, about half an inch long, and at the
mouth about one eighth of an inch in diameter ; the
shells are thin and brittle, and what appears most
extraordinary, contain living animals of the snail
kind. We give these fats as they are, leaving it. to
others to attempt accounting for so extraordinary a
circutristance !—(Dublin Journal)
A singUlar oincidenCe of names appears in a mar-
riage which wa, lately solemnized in a town in Sh
op-
shire, between Mr. Frost and Ain Snow,—Hail
weddOd love