The Sun.
London, England, 1806-01-30 00:00:00

NA VA L IV E WS.

PLYnOU.TII, JAN. 28.—Arrived the Kent; of 74
guns, from Portsmouth, on board which Ship Vice-
Admiral Tuourisitoult willshoist his Flag.

Arrived the Cheerly Gun-brig from Gibraltar
with Dispatches for Government, which were land-
-eTa Torbay on Friday last.

DEAL, JAN. 28.—Arrived tho Thames from the

Itjvpr3 Musquito from Yarrnouth and Urgent from

trio Nore,

FALMOUTH, JAN. e 7 . =Arrived the Atilericah
Brig Mir;ilei, TALLMAN, from Norfolk, in 25 days,
with tobacco.

Also arrived the Venus, PARIT, from Naples,
laden with brandy, in 4 days passage.
. Sailed the /Valsinglzam Packet, ROBERTS ; and
Lord Hobart Packet, , PAwsoN, for Lisbon, with
two Mails each ; Princess 'Amelia -Packet, STE-
VENS,
.for New York,. with Mails ; the Marlbo-
rough PaCket, BULL, for. Jamaica, with Mails ; and
the Ainrican Ship Cornaius, Capt: PAST, for Rot-
terdam.

PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 2. 8 .--Arrived the Medusa
Frigate from the East

Lord LAKE had re-assumed the command of the
Army in India, which he bad a short time before
resigned..
Admiral STIRLING arrived here this day to take his
passage to the Channel. Fleet.
Went out of harbour the Anson Frigate, Captain
LYDIARD;; she is fitting, to he, stationed at Gibraltar
to fight the Spanish Gun-boats, for which she is
pdairai-lfadapted, by the great weight and con-
Stru&ion of her guns. , •

Artived.'the Prospero Bomb, from the Downs,
iyith,n'Conirdy.

The Prospi!ro Bomb is appointed Convoy for the
Downs.

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YA.RMOLTTI4JAN. 29.—0 n the 27th instant, about
seven,,TvM. a Vessel was discovered on the Home
Sand, and shortly after disappeared ; as several let-
ters, dire&ed to the Master of the Nile, of Yar-
mouth, have been washed on shore between Corton
ilnd.:Lowestoft, it is feared that Vessel was the one
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seen on the Home Sand.

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DOVER, JAN. 29.—Last night; after post, the
Cotton Planter, T. MATTIIEWS, of New-York, ar•
rived here ffom Helvoetsluys,whieh place the left t1.4%._
day before, and landed here JAMES COLDRED, Jont.t.. •
FROST, and T. LANGDON SULLIVAN, passen .
gees. They had not heazd in Holland of the,
death of Mr. PITT ; but it was said in Holland
that Negotiations were carrying on, through the .
Prussian 'Ambassador, to include England in the
-Peace. People in Holland wish very much for Peace.

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" DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY. •
To the Officers and Company of Ills Majesty's Ship La -
Loire, for the Capture of the French Corvette La Contiance, .
the 4th of June ; Spanish Felucca San Pedro, alias L'Espe-
ranza, the 2d of lune; and Spanish Brig Maria De los Gar-
cias, the 4th of June, Laos ; every Tuesday and Friday, at
Mr. E. Lyne's Counting-house, Plymouth,

:EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM CAPT. JOHN MINER.,
OF THE SHIP HINDER DATED

.1 Loago Bay, Sept. 11, MIS.

," ,The. French Squadron have sent in a Boat with
Prisoners, one of whom, the Captain
,of the Re-,
tecca, says, informed him, they were proceeding
with their prizes to water, at St. Thomas, under the-,
Line, and from thence to South America, to dis-
pose of them. They had boarded the American
Ship Minerva, and after keeping Captain LAJDLER
some time discharged him."

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM AN OFFICER OF
12TH, OR QUEEN'S FOOT, DATED
River Tagus, under quarantine, lan; 8,1806.
" I am requested to inform you of our distressed
situation, having been taken prisoners by the Brest
Fleet on our return from Gibraltar. A gale of wind
separated us from our convoy, and on the 15tir of
December we fell into the hands- of the Enemy,
who lowered all their Boats and plundered us
of all Our baggage and the stores of the Transport,
which they set fire to immediately afterwards. We'
were taken on board the French- Foudroyant, of 84
guns, the flag-ship of the fleet; and after taking us
on a cruize four days towards the Western Islapd%
they judgetl ..(iest any-disteMperjuight
get into the Fleet), to send me and the sick, toge-!
ther with the women and children, by the first op-
' portunity, to :some neutral Port. On the 19th they
captured the..o94and,_ of Poole, bound to Lisbon-
with fish; andafter having plundered heroftbe great-
• est part of her cargo, provisions, Bcc.-sent us, 28 in
number, on board of her—we trusting to the mercy
of the.wayes, not having sufficient men to work the
ship,--,or. any provisions but such as they had ren-
t-Alered totally unfit for use.'
We have been 28 days on board that Ship on
the very dreadful allowance of half a pint of water
and one biscuit in twenty-four hours, for each indivi-
dual ; but this days (thanks to God) terminates the
whole of our distress, having.eotne to an anchor ;
but the number of days quarantine we are to under-
i• go is not yet ascertained."

The Maria, which arrived at Liverpool on-Satur-
day, from Charleston, performed the voyage in the
s4ori space of 23 days.

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