The Sun.
London, England, 1808-09-12 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

PLYMnUTH, SEPT. 10.—Arrived this morning the.
Queen Charlotte, NYE, from Malta, laden with oil,l
&c. for this Port and London ; sailed thence the
ult. On the 26th July, the Seahorse Frigate, of 38
guns, Capt. STEWART, arrived at Malta, in com-
pany with a Turkish Frigate, of 50 guns and 700
luen, which she captured some days before in the
Adriatic, after a desperate action of four hours, in
which the Turks had about 300 men killed, and 200
Wounded. The Seahorse is stated to have had 6 killed,
and 7 wounded. The.linemy is represented as be-
'ng a mere wreck, nut having a mast standing, and .

Seartely a sound timber in her. This Ship was one',
of three large Frigates sent out for the express pur..
P°se Of_ mptui tog the Seahorse, the first of which
that came into action was sunk, with all her crew,
by the first broadside ; the other Frigate, after wit-
nessing the tate of her companions, ran away.

Arrived the Dragon, of 74 guris, horn the Chan-
nel Fleet.

The patriot, PENSON, which sailed hence a few
days since tor Cadiz, put back yesterday to refit,
having received damage in a gale of wind.
Went up Hamoaze to be repaired the Proba Spa-
nish Frigate
Sai►ed the Sybille Frigate on a cruize; Growler
Gun-brig, Lieut. CROSSMAN j Alphea Cutter, and
6'uPP/li transport, tor the Downs.

FAL.Nouzu, SEPT. O.—Sailed this day the Armed
Brig Endeavour, S guns, with a Fleet of Coasters
Under convoy for Wales. His Majesty's Brig
18 guns, on a cruize ; and the Forrester
Sloop of War, 18 guns, with eight Sail under con,-
Voy, fig Gijon,

Arrived the 4/14 Armed Brig from Plymouth.
Put back yesterday his Mojesty's Ship Success, 32
guns, Capt. ,A,iscouGn (having the Turkish Am-
bassador on Othir(i), and Tortoise Store-snip, with
the outward-uound Lisbon, Oporto, Cadiz, and
Nediterradeau Fleet, by contrary wind--they are
expected to tiail again early to-morrow morning.
Dispatches were this day recei%ed by BENJAMIN
Lsci. Agent for the Packet Service, to be
for w arded to the Bi a z ils ; the 1 owns 'tend 'tend Pacii.-et
sails early to•tuurruw morning with them.

COWES, SEPT. 11.--Jfo-day several ships haVe
passed through our Road trona the Brazils, bound to
Poris.nouth and Loudon; and we have also the ar..
lival here last evening of a Bremen Hoy front Bil-
boa, in bailast, called the Teutonia, Capt. DEDERICK
PANLIT, nut only 11 days. She teft the place, tear-
ing an embargo, with another vessel, now off the
Ishnu; When she lett it, the French were in
session 01 that place, with a force of about 7000
men. Ti'e Captain reports, that the French were
preparing a very strong force to enter Spain, said to
be 150,000 men.

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PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 10.—The American Ship
Exchange, laden with sugar, and a few bags, of
coffee, is sent into this port, detained oil
Cher-
bourg by the Squadron under the orders of Capt.
CARTHEW, of La 3loire. She is from Guadaloupe,
said to be bound to London. She left Guadaloupe
on the Bth of July ; that Island was then in the
greest distress for the want of provisions.
INI.TONKINT has been several times down to the
Royal George, in a diving-machine, to survey her.
He stayed down about an hour and a half each
tame. He found that she lays on a bed of shingle;
her guns are all dismounted, the carriages being
rotted away ; her timbers are much shrunk, but
not rotted. Her guns are principally brass. We
understand that there is a prospect of his plan being
attended with success. Mr. T. is the same Gen-
tleman who broke up the igergavenny, and N,veigl-wci
her cargo.

The French General who commanded the French
troops in the province of Algarva is arrived here,
in a transport, from Gibraltar. The Portuguese rose
on the troops he commanded, and made them all
Prisoners. ;:'le made his escape to Lagos Bay, ac-
Qhnpanied by his Aid-d,..-Camp and two servants,
from whence he fled in an open boat to Gibraltar,
and surrendered himself to Sir Ii .w DALRYMPLE.

Captain GaaNiaa, of the French privateer Fou-
drycnt, sent into this port by the Linnet, says, there
are few French privateers now in the Channel, an
astonishing number having sailed, from all the ports
in France, with provisions for the supply of Guada-
loupe. He left S.. Maloes about ten days since :
So ignorant are the people of France kept, of the
transactions of their country, that he would not be-
lieve, when told, that BUONAPARTE'S intentions in
Spain had been defeated by the Spanish people, and
that they had beaten the French troops. He said,
they had learnt there had been insurretions in one
cr iwo places, but BUONAPARTE had quelled them !
When the English newspapers which contain the
sill re :der of the French squadron, were shelVtAilm,
his incredulity, in a degree., forsook him.—This-dis7
be,.et equally prevailed azoong all the French pri-
soners confined at ttu. port, till the prisoners