The Sun.
London, England, 1806-06-21 00:00:00

a Cruize.

PORTSMOUTH, Jutqz 20.—Arriveci the Rebuff
and Locust Gun-brigs from a cruize off Guernsey
and the Maria, )3rsoN, from Salo, and Speedwell,
KENNINGTON, from London.

Sailed L'Espoir and Avon Gun-brig on a cruize ;
and Vesuvius arid,,:/Etna Bomb for the Downs with

Convoy.

HARWICH, Ju E 20.---The Lady Frances Packet,.
Capt. FLYN, and the King George Packet, Captain
OhtmDEßs, sailed yesterday, . the fOrtner with the
Hamburgh and 13tenien Mails, and the latter' for
Gottenburgh.-
The Escort Gun -brig, Lieut. Smrra, brought.in
,Srnuggling Lug-sail Vessel with 192. casks of
spirits, captured on'the Suffolk Coast, which have
been lodged ih the Custom-House warehoue.
Sailed the the Indignant and Escort Gun-vessels
on a Cruize.

DEAL, .tti-NE yesterd# evening the
Cracker Gun brig, Lieut. J. LEACH. Commander,
with a Dogger under Hamburgh colours, laden with
Spanish wool, indigo, and othervaluable articles,
captured for a breach of the bloCkade, and since
vent to Ramsgate. The Cracker sailed again- this
bottling, with the Amaranthe Sloop of -War, on
a Cruize ; and the Naiad Frigate for Sheerness.
Arrived.the Bruizer Gun-brig froni a Cruize, and
remains in the Downs, with the, rest of the Ships as
per last.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM TirE CAFE OF

GOOD HOPE, DATED MARCH 224

" Sir David BAIRD has opened his Commission as
Lieut. Governor, with a salary attached of 10,0001.
per Annum. MajorTucKEß is appointed Deputy
Adjutant General and Military Secretary to the
Commander in Chief. Captains Soucr; and
MUNRO Assistants: to the Deputy Adjutant General.
Captain C. SMITH, Royal Engineers, to be Acting.
Colonial Secretary. Mr. M`KciiztE, Pay Master to
71st Foot, to be Acting Barrack Master General.
Brigadier General BEE ESFORD- Commandant of
Cape Town ; and Captain RONALD CAMPBELL,
Town Major and Commissary of Prisoners. Captain
Soucc has been named by the Commander in Chief
of the Cape as Prize Agent. Mr. VAN RYNEVELD
has been invested with unlimitted power and autho-
rity as Chief Magistrate of the whole Colony.
Several Dutchmen have. been turned out of Office.
for mal-practices. A large sum of money has been
recovered, which had been distributed by the
Members of the former Government, from. the
Treasury, at the time our flag of truce was• flying,
and when they had determined to surrender. •
" The 24th, under Colonel IVPDO'NALD, 38th,
under Colonel VASSEL, 83rd under Major TROTTER,
and 93rd under Colonel HALKET, are quartered in
Cape Town ; the 71st under Colonel PACK,
at Hynberg ; and 72nd under Major TUCKER, at
Simon's Town ; Colonel GRANT'S wound has lately
taken an unfavourable turn; we still hope that this
gallant and excellent Officer will not remain, in
much longer confinement. He is well attended by
the Medical Staff and enjoys every comfort, (at the
house of Mr. CONRAD GIIBE) in Cape, Town.
Brigadier General FERGUSON (who led the High-
land Brigade on must valiantly) returns to Europe
immediately. The prize money, amounts to
400,0001., and the share of a Field Officer will be
2,5001., and a Captain 1,2001., the Brigadiers will
share 8,0001. each ; every day discovers some new
article of public property.
" The Battle of Blue-Berg proved the intre-
pidity and dauntless, courage of every Individual of
the Highland Brigade, which advanced most. cou-
rageously in front of i 6 pieces of Artillery, and the
Enemy's whole force; the first Brigade formed a
kind of reserve, and only received ,a few partial
cannon shot ; the number of wounded was very
inconsiderable when the incessant and well-served
fire of 16 . field-pieces, with grape, is considered.
The 71st 93rd and 72d Regiments had a ,prodi-
kious number of their arms, canteens, and bonnets
nocked to pieces by 'shot, without injuring the
men. _ _

" Sir Hoa POIMANI has gained the esteem of
the whole army, by , his manly, gallant, consi-
derate, liberal and gentleman-like conduct. He is
now in pursuit of Admiral Litaors, and no doubt
will gibe a good, account of him."-

The Barbadoes Mercury, of the •15th of April,
says :—" The Enemy's Privateers, we regret to find,
have too successfully eluded our Cruizers of late;
and made several valuable captures. The Ship George,
of London, from Demerara, homeward-bound, was
taken on the Ist inst. dose under St. Lucia, by. a
Schooner of one gun and twenty-nine men, who car-
ried her into Martinique. The George mounted 18
guns, and had 23 men, who when landed at Marti-
nique, were,hooted with much indignation for their
non-resistance to so insignificant 'a force. The
Schooner Susanna, from hence to Surinam, has also
been taken and sent into Martinique." The Cede-
rus Frigate sailed-from Barbadoes the 7th of May,
with the London Ships for Jamaica.
As a Lowestoffe Boat was going out to fish, on
Thursday, running under a press of sail, a heavy sea
struck her under her bow, by which accident she
was upset, and a little boy, who was in her cabin,
went down in her • the rest of the people were pick-
ed up by a ship of war.
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