The Sun.
London, England, 1806-03-24 00:00:00

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7.l6Tteplae:st which was so seterely.feit
burgh and Altona on the 27th 'ult. also damaged
-many :houses at lel, and. shook others most vio-

NAVAL: N E WS.

F'rem she LoNpoY GAZETTE, March 22,

Adrniralty-Office, `l\farch 22, 1 gO6,
Copy off-a Leiter from the fdarl (-4. St. ITince;lt
and Caninitander trt CithiT(f.l.lis' s
Peel emplpyed, and to 'le emplOyert, rrt the'selitiniel,
' SOundings.; 'or ibkerevcr His.lialeStys
shall repare,. to- itlarc(len, Es'q. ddted on
Guard the Hil ernia, in Fafif.with harbour, the
loth inst.
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sit,, . •: : .
I have :the honour to transmit, for the inform-
tion.of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiraliy,
the, inclosed Copy.,of a Letter from Captain Paget
and. have great pleasure expressing my, adcniratr,on
of.the_gallant exploit therein-recorded. ~•
I am, ST, VINCENT.
Egyptienne,. 'Cape Finisterre,
pth March; •1806.

-.R' Y LORD,

I, have the. honour to inform your Lordship, that,
having receiVed intelligence of a large, French Pri••
vateet, being in the Harbour of Muros,l-decided on
seiiing the first opportunity of gaining-possession of
her ; I accordingly anchored His. Majesty's Ship un-:
der my command off that port last night, and iinme-:
diately sent the boats.away to endeavour to. cut her
out,. in: which, . I am happy to acquaint your Lord,
ship, they. succeeded,. though she was moored close
to the beaCh,, and under the prote&ion of two bat-
teries, which kept up an incessant fire till she Nrus._
towed clear of their range. •
•
This Vessel, which appears to be perfectly adapted
for His MajeStys service, proves to. be L'Alcide, of
Beurdeaux,. a'.Ftigatebuilt pierced for thitty
thur guns, only two years old, and had,. When.last at
sea, a complement. of two hundred and forty men.
This affair, swhonotirable,to these who achieved it,
.Was coududled by Captain Handfield, who was ably
supported by Lieuter.nnts Alleys and Garthwaite,ef
the Mariues,.the.Petty Officers and Boats' Crews.
To account for that, enterprising: zealous Officer,
captain Handfield, benag.in the Egyptiennc, I have
to inform your Lordship,. 'that not having received
an official conainunication of his promotion previous
to Our sailing, he volunteered remaining in the. Ship
as Fir-st Lieutenant during the cruize.
I have the Honour to be, &c.
CHARLES PAGET.
Tlu, Tarlpt St. Vin Cent, Admiral of the Red, .
and Conunandel'.,in Ch4f,..&c. &c. •

PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 23 .—Last night the Kings-
fisher Sloop of War,arrived here, and brought with
her the very important arid pleasing intelligence of
Admiral Si:: JOHN DUCKWORTH'S having fallen in
with a French Squadron, on the tth February, off
_St. Domingo,consisting of five Sail of the Line, two
Frigates arid a Corvette, under the command of
Admiral LE SAGE, and, after a smart action of two.
hours and a quarter, captured the three following
Ships., viz. Alexander, of 74 guns, Jupiter, 74, and
Dinmede, .74, and drove on shore and burnt the
Admiral's Ship L'lmperialeo 40 guns, rind Le Braave,
of 80. The two Frigates and the Corvette escaped

during the action: • , • -•
'Our force 'consisted' of the Superl, of 74, Admiral
Sir J. T. -Dqc KwouTIT, Canopus, so, Kuraztviber-
land, 74, Admiral COCHRANE, Spencer,74,Donegal,
:74,kts, 74,: and Againtinnon, 64; liagicienne
and 4casta Fri;,,ates, and Kinggisher SiOop of War.
The loss on our part, ,v,ve . are happy . to say, is
comparatively small-; but-the Snemy, it appears, has
'suffered considerably, havibg :nearly; 400 killed ion
board'L'lmperiale.
The .Prizes -are. arrived safe at jarnalea.
COCHRANE, immediately ,on his landing:from the
Kingsifis.4cr, .set off Express,in chaise and font ~
'
London,.with the Dispatches. •
Arrived to-daY the Prospero Bomb, With a Convoy
of Tniosporis, and two or three Wvst Indianaeri;
from the ,Downs. The Ar?sgr4' Frigate, sailed this
morning, but was shortly after recalled per signal.
yes,eiday. the 67zitance. Frigate, 'Capt.
GRIFFIThS,. on a Cruize off Cherbpurgh ; Thisbe
Frigate, Capt.. SHEPHERD', ,fer Guernsey ; • and the
. Chance Cotter on a Crtt ze Part of the ist
ment of Heavy, and the .Ist 'Regiment of Light
Dragoons of the King's German, Legion, embarked
I for. Ireland. • • - •

PLYMOUTH, MARCH .29..--Yestetday saint
M-ajesty'sSloOp Ilclenn,
,with a Conrgy fOr Ireland.
Went up the flutbour His Majestir:s Ship Wind-
sor Castle. 'Cainedown the-Hai-Ix= Alajesty'
Ship bnpileux into Cawsand Bay.
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Arrived the Danish Ship Mary, ANDUS NI CO;
tAYSON Master, from Barcelona to Altona, laden
with wine, brandy, &c. detaided by the Happy Re.
Privateer; and, the Danish Ship TOWN:Skin,
JA t'S WEST= Master, from Saloe and Malaga to
this Port, with wine, brandy, and nuts.
Also arrived' Etis Majesty's hired Brig cafoline,
Capt. Deßsi.r, from a Gauze ; ,and- the Hero. and
Happy" Return Privateers from ditto.

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DoyER, MARCH 22.—Passed by-for Antwerp the
Ship James, of-Philadelphia, Capt. SKINNER; out 67
days froiwCharlestpn, South Carolina.
Sailed the Ship Fancy, Capt. DUNCAN, with met-
-thandize, for Honduras ; this was the 'Ship Which
'went ashore near NeWhaven, and was deserted by
her crew, but was brought in here by the Haatings
Custem-house Boatmen ; .the Ship Ceres;. of Cadiz,
Gaol. Nam:), with wine, for 'HUH ; '.and the
Ship Pqpitne, capt.:Hocaotzm.; for Sheerness to
join
CiPmOY: .

• NI in tL l yad. ails 1.1:6-,cy's :Ship lbsdrio,
and- the .11aSilisk "11,1;iinolcf 'andDeTtrate...Gtin-
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brigs, from a erttize

The 914' fßegdnent of .1.,i0.1t -Dragoons, marched
in here th.k 'inoi;ning TrOnf rolkstone,-Bythe, and
Itemnel-, and is iil proceeki,..cn cg day for Sand-
ich, Deal, Rainsgate;.thek are ex-pe-ted.'to
I.;e:r"eplaced by the i ^th Drakoaiis.

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DEAL, iVtA4 yr ,23:--,arrived the kite Rr'uizer, ,
Ac'ute., Arrow; . Constant, and Speciacitor,•from off
Boulogne; Ear/ St. Vincent; illexander; and Lord
Melville„ East Indiarnen, from the River.,
Sailed L'lmmortalit,l, Valorous, Rosario, Pealless,
at ikute, off Boulogne ; ztimable:off: the Texel-;
Anzaranthe to the back of the-Ooodvsin Sands;
off Calais 4; and. Cracker off Havre.

Reinain in the Downs'—the Edgar and Utrecht: Men of
Wa r. ; Devastation and
,Expbsion Bombs ' Oberou and Kite
Sloops ; jackal', Flanier, Constant; and Bruizer'Gtm-brigs ;
and Speculator Litgger ; !Earl St. Vincent, S.:nierelgii, A lex-
'ander, and Lord Melville East Indiatnen,* with a large Fleet
of outwarthbound Merchant Vessels ami.Trat4orts..

YARMOUTH, MARCii23.-Thp Fleet.under corn-
'nand .of Admiral RUSSELL sailed- again yesterday for
the. Texel; ih cOnsequence -of the wind coming
Variable.; also several sPackets and Outward-bound
Vessels, having put in here by .contrary wind.

FAL Ig OUT fi, 'MARCH •21.-Yesterday arr:wed the
Snapper ,Schooner from a Crime. ' -
Sailed His .Mak4sty's Ships Hibernia, Pa7:ge:!r;
Formidable, and. Terenge, for, 'a Cruize ~off Brest ;
and the Speedy, LETON, .for the Coast of Africa:

Arrived to-day the Betsey, ST EE R fromPacistow' 3
and 'the Ferry, STocKs, from Ireland.

HARWICH, MARCH 23.—The -Beaufoy, Eleket,
Capt. MORRIS, and the Auckland, Capt. HAMMOND,
sailed, yesterday immediately on the arrival of the
Mail ,from London ; *the wind was fair, and ha's,
continued' so ever since. The former.
,Packet is
bound to Cuxhaven with the Hamburgh-and Bre-
. men Mails, and the latterfor Gottenburgh.
The: Iris Cutter arrived from, and the Charp;er
and Fcrriter Gun-brigs sailed fora Cruize..
Remain' the Pegasus. Frigate ; Borer and Expeil
Gun-brigs.; Hunti;r, 'Viper, and Iris• itevenue
Cruizers.

SHEERNF.SS, MARCH 23.—His Majesty's, Ship
•
Bonetta will sail to-morrow for the Baltic with
_Convoy. ;

Arrived His "Majesty's Ship Ilzkon, from Ham:-
burgh.

, •
His Alajesty':-.; Ship Antelope Nl:as paid .yesterday'',
and is tai sail this day to the Downs._ sty's
Ship 'Blazer sailed this.clay' for Deal:.
Ships at the More—Zealand, Certsi.WinchelFeq,
C 1714, 'Resolution, Lion, Blanche. Iu Harbour—
his; Mara, Vesuvius, Oritizer, Sussex, Zel.ra,,..Spitr
,fire, 'Combatant, Magnanime, Tickler Bomb' Ten-
der, .fr.c. • . -
Arrived an American and four or 'five SVil more,
and are gone to Standgate Creek, to perform quaran-
tine. •

:DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONt Nr.•
To the Officers and,Company of His Majesty!sS hip Thetis,
who were actually on board at the Capture ot the Ship Eliza.
alias La Barone Le Nine, on the r7Ol ot. April. [79(3, on the-
:7th
inst. at Atkins's Office,.Wafbrook 1 and every Thursday
and 3aturciav for-three years tp come.
To the Tificers and Crew ot His Majesty's late hired Armed
sehooper I ulia. who were at:Wally on board,on the loth De,
cember, 11k4, at the Capture of the Waxsanilieren, at the
Red Lion, High street, Portsmouth, on the 29th intt. and
att he salt= place every Monday and Thursday for four months
c0me.4,000

To the Officers and Company of His Majesty's Ship Mi-
notaur, theirshares of the proportion of the Proceeds arising
from the sales of the- Dutch Ships Lust
,Rust and Meyzorg.
'detained 2d lune, tBo3, at No., 22,- Arundel-street,-on the.
'jd 'of April, and for three years.
To the Officers and Ship's Company of !Us Majesty's Ship
Fhamix, who were attualtyon board at the-Capture of La
'Didon French Frigate, on the toth August, aces, tifeir re—
spedtve Onions, onboard the Plicen4 on fret arrival in Port;
and for three years to come at No. 12, Upper Thames-Weet.

tMITHFIELD MARKET, MARCH 24,

• The 'Stipply 6f Beasts ova's this dny tolerably good, i
though the market in general exhibited but an in:
different shb#, of Cattle ; Beef, Mutton, and Pork
are 'something- cheaper than our last.report ;
supports fast price, and the trade was very brisk.
The Sale-s in the Fayinffrket Were considerable ; Hay
and Clover have fallen in price since our last ; Straw
ciintlnues as per last .=—The fCllowing prices and
numbers are an accurate statement :

To sink, the Offal per stone of 81b. •
Beef ss. 6d. to 6s od.—Mutton ss. 6d. to'6s. od.—Veal
7s:od. togs. pd.—Pork ss. tod. to 61.6 d.
Beatts 1570.—Sheep too 7a.—Calves 87.-I'igs 410.
SMITHVIELII HAYMARKET.

1-127 31. 3S. to 41.'
45.-Clover 41. os. to 41. is.s...:..StraNy,
2.1. IDS. to 3S.

Com./ xtrtAiTot, MARCH 2.4:.—The Market;
to-day, is but thinly supplied with Wheat; the
trade is brisk, and early in the day it'fetched rather
better price's ; Barley 'is in 'tolerable 'supplies; the
few .samples of. fine are. rather dearer Malt- heavy
of sale ; in. Pease or Beans, of both sorts, little
alteration ; there being scarcely any arrivals of Oats,
this trade is named a trifle dearer; and the terms.of
Flour are without any alteration.

I Wheat • 4is a 58s a 7is od Beans -32 s a 39s od
Fine ditto - 74$ a 75s od Tick Beans 25.).a 32$ od
Rye. - .• 36$ a 4os od Oats 245. a 27s a 2.gs od
Barley - - 265• a 32s 6d i Poland ditto 3os a3is 6d
Malt - - 6zs a 68s cd 1 Rape'Seed - - 381 - 421
White Pease 34$ a 4os od 1 Fine Flour 6os a 63s od
-Grey dittp sus a. 345 od I Seconds . 55s a 6os od

POOLP., MAR Cli 2i.—Yesterday the first detach-
menrof the 7th,. or Royal Irish RlOleers, marched,
in oti ,:their way to Weymouth,, Wnere ..they.are to
remain seine tnue.; to-day_the seeonsl division fol-
lowed,. and to-4nOrrow.the last division inEirelies..in,
wbenfl3ey bait till ,Monday... 'They area very
_fine
Regiment, auiall young men.