The Sun.
London, England, 1806-01-20 00:00:00

NAVAL NE WS.

-PLYMOUTH, JAN: 18, = Arrived the . Gratitude,
Capt.-ROwE, from,Lisbon,,with fruit,,and the ./Vcd•
43Rox.ingi from Oporto,-
.with
beith.fOrthis port ; sailed from Lisbon in company
•with a Fleet of,goSail, under convoy of ,tile Con
stance and' Jamaica Sloops of War.„ and Hearty Gun-
brig. . •
When the above made.the Lizard' there were
only 20 Sail of the Fleet in sight, the remainder:
.
having been dispersed in heavy gales of wind 3 the'
Jamaica:. parted coMpanY to the westWa-rd` of Scilly,
with 14 Sail Of the Fleet; for'the Bristol Channel ;
the Constance; part of the Fleet, -are:_passed:
by to the Eastward.
Arrived the American Ship Hercules; Capt. DOM'.
'.IV6R7-1 , froin•Petersburgh
.(Virginia), with tobacco
.
and l'offWood for 'ordcrs'—also the Aline-rya from
7.LondOn, with clieese fors the Vi&uallingOiffice. .

• : • .
'PORTSMOUTH ,T JAN., I,9.—Arrived the Fleece, of
Iqnll, from, Oporto ; parted convoy in a gale_ of*ind
on' ther tsth inst. . -

Sailed the Peareast Gun-brig, Lieutenant JOHN
'MAXWELL, Cracker Gan-brig, Lieut. Gitr,-
GORY, on a Cruize 3 also the Isis yrigate, Captain:
LAvrE, on a Cruize. - - '

Came into Harbour the Captain, of 74 zuns,
Captain STEPHENS
_ „

In honour of HERMVESTY'S Birth-day, the
Guns in the Battery, arta e Slups at Spuhead , yes-
terday fired a Salute at noon.

HARWICif, 'JAN.- 1 9.'---Two 'of • His Majesty's.
Messengers, with Dispatches, and the Hamburg!'
and Bremen Mails, arrived last:pieit from Ckixha-
ven, by the PrinCe Packet
DEANE. •

Captain MAcnoNotcou, of the Diana Packet, ar-
rived this inOrning from Cuxhaven, having- yester-
day put the Mails on sliprefit Lowestoft.
Arrived the Jackall Gun-brig from a Cruize, and
remains with the Borer,.„Hecate, Aggressor) hml,
Charger. Gun-vessels.; the firgus, Huntek, Repulse;
and Iris A,evenue Crnizers.-

SHEERNESS, J. 19.--,-.A.'rlked the Spy Sloop of
War, Cao.. JOHN HUDSON, Zelra, Captain W. S.'
PARKINSON, Lucifer; CR1441 ROBERT ELLIOTT,
and a large Fleet of Transports under the orders of
Lieut. PURTIS, all from the Downs.

';flailed the ~Thetis
.for the Downs ; and the Bait
Gun-brig for the - •

Sailed the. Ttibuhe on a- Crnize in the North Sea.

Yesterday, during a vety.violent squall, the Flarn-
l•"aur Fire-vessel parteZL•lier cable in the Harbour,

•
and drifted out as far as the Great Nore, when such
assistance was r CA: cle red -b9 the Boats of the Men of
War at th,at anchorage; that she iorie perfect
safety until this mornings when she 'was towed inlay
the Bloodhozod Gun-brig.
Sailed a Mast Ship for the Downs.
Passed by an Indiaman for the Downs.

Arrived the Leopard, of 50 guns, - Capt:-R. RAd-
GFTT,. Emerald and Didon,.
_under jury-masts, Did=
dem, capt.R.PIERCY, and Sceptre, Capt.G.B. SALT,
Artne4 Ships, all, from the Downs.

DEAL, J. 19.--Sailed the Vesuvius Bomb for
Sheerness.

Arri+ed and sailed fob the,River the Sqfplk,
from Virginia; in 28 days passage ; Mentor, CIIRIS-•
TIE, and the Aqui/on, 131.A.scx-Bunx, from Lisbon.

Came down from theßiyet the Peeseoeranot,-,
for liidia ; Duke of Kent, BROWN for Constanth
nople ; Remittance, LANg, for New-York; and the
Backers, SOPER, for Grenada.

`Arrived and. sailed 'for, the Itiver,Jttie4quiidn",
Br. At klatnt la; from Lisbon; 8106414.-frimiNirginia ;
• Mentor,- Clißfs-rip.;..; from. Lisbon -;:..o;e' latter §hip.,
parted- with the Lisbon and Op.ortn:(on'yoy.
-1 and
,long.. i 5. Wdst : parted w itS the Nkrz
b le, CADD, and Speedwell, DOVEI4,'. Wit 4. nine. Sail
of Convoy; ia,lat, 47. long. 10.
Toul3 JA N. 16.-.—Mr.e..liave.:_had- Srertser dotes
storms of wind lately. Last night it mod:cot:ea, and
went to the Norili, wlien•the Mille de Pgris;-11{ind-
• . , •
sor Princess Rvql, Prince Georke, and the
Dragon; with the Penelope and L Aigle Frigates,
Humber Artned Ship, Enterpriz:e Cutter, 8.7 c.. sailed.

The litnil,Per in the gale drove under the boVvs of
, I;,poCko.away the fore-topmast,
lost two cables and anchors; and Was near founder-
ing- alongside the Admiral,: she is going to Falmouth
to refit.

Jt is coming on bad weather again, wind to the
southward, attended_ with thick rain, I conie4ture
the Men of War must rettirn.L-There is a small Fleet
of Brigs, Sloops, 1134 coming m under convoy
of a King's' Brig, the vriticulars (if of moment) you
shall have in my next.

I,open my letter to say, as I conjeaured, the Villa
d,.; Paris, Windsor .Castle, P,iincess Royal, Prince
George, and Dragon, are returnect to Torbay, as it is
cmning on to blow a whole gale again to the south-
.•
ward, att=ded with thici: rain.

They have just fired a ttoyal Salute la lic4PQtU' of
rth-day,.