The Sun.
London, England, 1806-04-25 00:00:00

TEE hOCIIEPORT SqUiIDRDN.

By'a person who was made prisoner, on board;a
Merchantman, near Cape Fimsterre, by the ItoChe-
fOrt Squadron, soon after it sailed, and. afteri.;rards
made his escape from them at Teneritfe, • about the
h of Dec. last, we Fre informed, that hiS Vessel
having the misfortune to be burnt, with several others
that were captUred, he was put oh board the Lion, of
74 guns. Vigo was the first Port they put into after
the informant was made prisoner, when the number.
of Vessels burnt by them amounted to thirty-two.
At Vigo they beard that there. had been adengage-
ment, and that the Combined Fleet had departed..
but they remained there only 24. hours, as the objet
of the Government, in sending out this squadron,
was for them to forma jundtion with the Combined
Fleet., At VigQ, ALLAMAtib; the Commandant of
the French Division, prohibited tatty kind of inter-.;
course with the shore. After 'sailing again, they
approached very near Brest ; but almost. immedi-
ately returned to. Cape Finisterre. - While of} the
'lrish Coasi the Squadron took_ a convoy from Bar=
badoes, and .a Vessel from Grenada. The account
of the engagement; when the Calcutta was cap
tured, published by an Officer of the Indus,is'said to
be perfectly correct.. . Captain WOODIVOFFE, and
Capt. COOTE, of the Ranger, it is said, have no rea-
son to be proud of the reception they met with-on
board the illajcsteux. • .
After being a long time in quest of the Combined
Fleet, the Squadron learned, by an English Vessel.
from Gibraltar,; drat they were blockaded in Cadiz.
They then made sail for Vigo or Ferrol, in hopes of
selling the prizes. Otf Bayonne they met with ayes-=
sel convoying some Merchantmen to Oporto and Lis=
bon. Two, small Vessels were taken, while the Mag-
naninze chased a third a considerable time. ,During
this time the wind ,had changed, so that when the
, nanime rejoined the Squadron, it was impossible
to enter Gallicia. • Consequently orders were given to
sail for the Canaries; but, owing to contrary winds,
the Squadron was heating up between Mbgadore and
Madeira three weeks.' The scurvy during this period
began to make Considerable ravages ; the ilajesteux
had 300 sick, and the crew were reduced to one
bottle.of -water per day. At 'length, on the 3d of Oct.
the Squadron arrived at 'repel-ht.. While before
Ferrol, 'it Was., in imminent danger ; the Lion,
during a thick fog,' was within pistol-shot of the
breakerS, from which she was towed off by all' the
beats in the Squadron. The provisions on bOard
the" French Squadron were extremely bad, particu-
larly the beef. When, they arrived at Teneritfe
the passengers taken were allowed to goon shore
to refresh themselves, but were- obliged to return
on board every night. Soine that attempted to
. stay were 'brought on board by force: fie per-
sons only succeeded in making their escape, by
concealing themselves in caverns among 'the inditn-
' tains.

An American*Captain, who died soon after of a
consumption, was brought on board, notwithstand-
ing the certificate given by. the Physician of the Lion
of dangerous state. A woman eight months gone
with child, and an old man 70; years of age, were
also among the number. -
Among the persons,Prisoners ori board the Ganges,
were•Mrs.'M`GEACITY, the Wife of the Paymaster-.
General at Barbadoes ; Miss CARL and Miss Fonn,
of the same Island ; Mr. HENRY LANGLEY, Ord
nance Store-keeper (this Gentleman's Papers and
Dispatches were sunk) ; Mr. MALE, the Comp-
troller of the Customs at St. Kitt', ; Mr. MAC.'
DONALD, of St. Vincent's, and Mr. HEWEN, of
Southampton ; the latter was on his Voyage from
Southampton to Oporto in 'the Mercury,-7-Even an
old French woman, who was extremely ill, could
not obtain leave to land,at Teneriffe.

The ,Squadron, while 'at Teneriire, took in three
months provisions ,and Water,. under the idea of re-
turning, to France;' but the Commandant having
learned, on the 18th of Novefnber, that three Eng-
lish Squadrons were in pursuit of him, the idea of
returning was set aside, and there was a talk of their
sailing for the United States to repair their damages,
&c. Six. Prizes were sold by the Squadron during
its stay at Teneritfe. .
The French Squadron left Teneriffe on• the 18th
of November, but was seen A-orn the North of T,...-
neri tie about the 14th of December. On the same
day an English Sqqadron under Admiral DUCK-
WORTH, Consisting.pf three Ships -of so guns, three
of 74, and two Frigates, appeared in that POI, but
did not attempt any thing hostile; Captain ,Du&m,
of the Acasta Frigate, went on shpre for provisions ;
but the French -had exhausted. the Island. The
English:Squadron sailed again on the folloWing day.
However, the return of the French Squadron to
'Tenerifie was confidently expected ; because, when
they. sailed froM Rochefort,. on the '.l7th - of July,
they had but seen months provisions on board.—
Admiral DucKwO•itTfes Squadron brought the Eng-
lish Papers to Tenet-life; with: the accounts 'of the
Navzil Engagements on the t stir and loth of

After ail,vit appeared.that,the, French Squadron
had not been far from Tenetiffe,. as the centinels
upon the heights had-descried some FrigateS, sub4e,
quest to iheir'departure ; and an American Ship,
that had entered Oratova, had been boarded by a
French- Frigate.

As several erroneous accounts have been given
respeaingthe preparations in Westminster Hail fur
the trial .of Lord -Viscount MELvit.LE, it is proper
to state, that the accommodations are, with very little
variation, the same ,as on former occasions, and that
the whole Is under the direaion of Mr. Gitoves.
The carpenter's work is executed by Mr S'.WYATE
The Bristol Mail was robbed on Sunday night in
the following.curious. way:--74t is customary to de-
.posit.the, Mail bags at a, private house in Castle-
street, keading, near to which the horses belonging
to the Mail are changed., The Guard-announces the
approach of the Mail to the Inn by sounding his
horn, and whilst the horses are putting to, he goes
to the RedeivingliOuse, and exchanges his bags. A
hOrn was sounded iti the. street on Sunday night,, and
soon after a man called for the down Ward bag, which
was delivered to-him as usual out of a window, atd,
in 'return for Which, lie gave a bag, which was af-
terwards found to contain shavings. The robbery
was discovered on the arrival of the Mall, a short
time after the bag had ,been delivered. Two men
hake been taken into custody on suspicion of having
committed the robbery; but after 'an- examination
they were libc-rated, and the robber has not yet been
apprehended.