The Sun.
London, England, 1808-04-20 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

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Admiralty-0.11kt,, April fj, 1808.

Copy rift ort Cetpt, Parker, of His Araf,:sto
Skip Stately, to the Hon. W. lit. Pule, dated
Zalands. Odde, .liarch 25. •

SIR,"

Ur!used I trancrnit to you, for the information of
my Lords Commis,ioneri of the Admiralty, a copy
of my letter to Vice-Admiral kuits4li, acquainting
him with the capture and, de'st tit/9km of the Dani 4)
Ship of the Line Prince' Christian Frederick, of 74
ons, on the night of the ;12d of Maroh.
I have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) GORGE PARKER.
His Majesty's Ship Stately, dr Zealands
• Sin, Odde, elth March, I sds, .

It is with much satisfaaion I have the honour to
acquaintyou with the capture and destruCtion of the
Danish Ship of the Line, Prince Christiau Frederick,
of 74 guns.-

Proeediniktowerds the Great Belt, in company
with
his
' Majesty's.ship Nassau, at two P.M. on the
22d lust 'we'ehserved a strange sail ; and the signal
being made to chase, at four P.M. Greenall on the
coast of Jutland bearing .N.W..by N. distant ten
miles, we discovered that it was an enemy; and at
five P.M. aseertaieed the chase to be a Danish ship
of the Line. I now saw that it was evidently the
intention of the Enemy to raw his Ship on shore;.and as the night was approaching,' he might hope
in our pursuit of him in. the dark, we would
have the same fate. This, I have since been assured,
was, his design. At 4,5* minutes past seven • P.M.
Captain, Campbeli, in the Nassau, got up with the
Enemy, and commenced
.the action, and in a tew
minutes after the Stately closed; a running fight
wa?i new maintained for a considerable time, the
Leetny fighting with great obstinacy, until Nye Ric^
q±eilth.l in getting very near, and gave some close
broadsides, on which he struck, about half-past
nine EM. At this moment the Ships were within
two cables' length of the shor, at Zealand ; and be-.
fore my First Peutemmt, who taut poksessiUtt of
the Danish Ship, could cut away her anchor, she
grounded. Fortunately this Ship nod the Na,,,u
brought up near to her.
During the remaining part Of the night- we were
employed in taking out the prisoners ; and at day'
light ot the 23d it was found iinpossible to get the
'captured Ship afloat, the wind blowing strong on the
shore, and therefore the only course I could
follow was to destroy her. Tbeuccessity for doing
this and for placing our owe ships out of danger,
soon became apparent as the Danes were prepar-
ing their artillery on the eOttit, and as our Ships
were at anchor only two cables' length from the
beach, they would have done us great injury. Atter
removing the prisoners and wounded, to doing
which we experienced much didiculty from the
wind blowing strong, and a :good deal of sea rtte-
Mug, the Enemy's Ship was set on tire in the even-
ing of the 23d, and in a short time blew up.
-I am happy to say our loss has been small. It is
trifling indeed, when compared with 4ite Enemy,
where the slaughter was great, he bavineb killed
,and Ks wounded'. We have, however. received Quo•
iittet.ibirs damage it our toasts and. rigging.
The Prince Christiau Fredefikk was a very fine
Ship, copper-bolted, CoMmanded by Captain Jay-
son, with a complement of WO, men, and , having
b 76 on board.
I feel much indebted to Captain Campbell for, his
zeal and ability in the commencement and during
the adieu, and to the Officers, Ship's Company,
and Royal Marines dills Ship. My warmest gratitude
and praise are due fo the Officers and Seamen,
and the Officers and Privates of Royal Marines of
this Ship, for their brave and gallant conduct during
the aaion' displaying
throughout the cool intrepidity
of British Seamen. The same spirit animated both
Ships.
I beg leave to recommend, in the strongest man-
ner, to the patronage of my LOrds Commissioners
of the Admiralty, Mr. David Sloan, my First Lieu-
tenant, to. whom I .ten greatly indebted, not only for
hint brave and spirited condua in the anion, but
also for his unwearied- exertion in removing the
prisoners and wounded from the Danish Ship, and
setting her on fire. He possesses, in an eminent de-
gree, every quality tequisite to form the -OttLer nd
Seaman. „

Herewith you will receive a return of the killed
and wounded.
I have the honour to be, &c.

(Siguett) GEO. PARKER.
To Vice-Adnzirul Racs.w.ll,
, List ul the Killedahti Inward.

' Slate/y-'2 seamen: z marines, killed; z 6 seamen, ma-
rines,' woialed. Total 42.
Aauau r seaman, kitte..l; t t seamen, 5 it-wines, wound.
ed ; ► seaman, missing.. 'foul 17.
Officer: wcunird.
Slairly—Lieutenant Cole, slightly; Mr. Lemon, Boat_
swain, severely,; Mr. Davis, Master's Mate, slightly.:
Nals.w —Mr. Edward 1. Johnson, Volunteer eat class,
slightly., • . - • •
(stoat) G.l'.
'Copy-of .a .tetter,frons Rear-Admiral Sir Edward
Burt. commander its (Will in the Lisst
to tr. MarSden, Esq.
Stlip Chitoden, Illadras Roads, 061. Is.
I the honour to. transmit to you, to be laid
before the Right lion.' the Lords Cinntniiiioners of
the Admiralty, a Letter kern Capt. Fleetwood Pel-
law, of his Majesty's Ship Psyche, staling the cap-
ture of the Dutch Corvette Ship Scipio, of 24 guns,
in Samarang Bay, in the Island of Java, on the 3 tst
of August last, together with the Dutch Armed Brig
cores, of 12 guns, and a large Merchant Ship under
their convoy from Batavia, which have since arrived
in safety at Madras. I have-only to express my en-
tire satisfa6tion at the judicious condud of Capt.
FicetwOod Pellew on that occasion.
I have the honour to be, Etc.
= EDWARD PELLEW.
[Ws gave Capt. F. Pellew's Letter in Ttig SUN of the
ith inst.)

PLYMOUTH, Atll/10 18..--On Friday night last, at

12. o'clock, the Sloop Four Sifters, Of this Port,
fcapt, WILLIAMS, laden with eulm, from Wales,
bound hither, was, run foul of near the Edystone, by
a' stout 'Cutter, running down Channel before the
wind (the nii;la being tstremely dark), when the