The Sun.
London, England, 1808-03-05 00:00:00

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NAVAL ,N'.E W.S.

PLYMOVIII, the American
Ship 4llaraic, GOVER, laden 'with, brandy and. w ine,
trom Charente, boUnd.to Teneriffe;detained by the
Growler Gun-brig;--By • thin- iesseil intelligence is
received, that the erribargbytitiAtnetican and Bre:
men vessels—is taken off in all the French ports.;
but that.•a Bremen vessel, laden with wine; had
sailed -from Bourdegtix, atid'a few 'dayS afterwards
returned thither, owing• to contrary _winds, when
the master and crew were examined,.. and it came
out, that the vessel had, tvhile at 'sea; been boarded
by an English privateer ; the ship and,cargo were
therefore condemned.

PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 4.--Arrived this: day the
Alargaretta, JAMES, from. Cork ; Farmer, STEWARD,
from theDoWns ; Serpent, SHARD, from Liverpool ;
Elizabeth, Wan, from Woolwich ; Friends, BER•
-RY, "inn, FENWICK, from Sunderland ;.and
PITTS, IYOrrs pyrnolltil ; Friendship, LINGHA MS,
from London ; Ran, IklmcitEm., from Berwick,;
2nd, Tyne, WRIGHT, from Newcastle.
Sailed the Three Sisters,' ChiLsoN, for Sunder-
land, .and Fortuna, for London.

• FALstount, MARCH 2.,--Arrived this evening the
Princess Charlotte Packet, with. Mails from the Lee-
Ward Islands, 37 days passage from St. Thortias's;.-4
She bringi an account of the capture of the Duke of
Montrose Packet. Capt. DYNLEY, by • the French
Privateer La Confance, 7 guns, and 90 men, after
an aaion of two hours and a halt, in which Capt.
his mate, and four of the crew fell. The
Packet was carried into Guadeloupe. The Princesi
Charlotte Packet left Barbadoes 23d December, at
which time was lying there his Majesty's Ships
Cerherus, and Dart Sloop' of War ; on the
27th December arrived at Barbadoe3 his Majesty's
Ships Diamond and Nimrod, with a French Schooner
Privateer:

Sailcd the True Briton PI ivateer on a cruise.

SHEERNESS, MARCH of the Gun-brigs
here are ordered to take on board two long eighteen
pounders each, and are to be employed in the Baltic,.
TheFire-vebsels and all. the small craft are littihg
for that station with• the utmost dispatch, and a
large Fleet is expeded to aecompany them, under
the command of Admiral oAMBllift, who is to. hoist'
lis.Flag'ott board the Acl4?ry, .016 late Lord. 1N181.7
SUN'S Ship. • •

Sailed the Spi(fire SlOop of \Var for the Norill

Sea

dfiELSINGBURGITIFEB, Freneh Privateer,
of, 16. gum, is urriveci at Stpvanger, after having cap•
Lured the Andalusia, Beiry Castle, and the ,E4mund
and Mary. An English Brig, from Archangel, ha 3
also been carried into Norway by a Danish Privateer.

DEAL, MARCH 4.—Sailed His Majesty's Ship
:Nagle, with the outward-bound,. &c. gnder convoy
for Portsmouth.

Arrived His *Alajesty's Ship Pigeon, from tlfe
Northward, and remains in the Downs with the rest
of the Ships as per last.

His Majesty!s Ship Nimrod captured the French
PriVateer Schooner .IVouvelle Enterprize, of 5 guns
and 45 Men, on the t6th December, ninety tb
the windward of Barbadoes, after a clufce of two
hours. His majesty's ship Hawke sailed from Bar-
badoes on the sth linuary, with the trade to Gre-
nada; &c.; and al4u his Majesty'a' Ship Satellite,
with the tradetoTriniclid, Tobago, &c,
Letters were received yesterday from Cadiz to the
3d ult.; they state, that the late French Decrees
had been promidgated there at the instance of the'
French Government: It was the general Opinion of
the Merchants that all intercourse with this Conn.-
try woald soon cease. Nothing could prevent it,
provided a rupture takes plaoe between Great Britain
and America. The two armies .already' thrilled in.
Spain are under the command of General DE Mo.
eey and General MOUTON.

Tire ORATonto.--The regular season for this
sublime .entertainment took place last night at Co-
vent-Garden Theatre, :under the
.direaion of the
Atut.aYl, whose respective abilities'and long .expe-
rience amply qualify 'them for. the task... Thi
Creatioz4 of HAYDN, was tho.compoiition perfortn-
ed on this occasion. 'lt is a noble work, and Wi'is
well supported by. the Performers ; BRAIIAM, in
patticular, displayed great excellenee; and almost
his airs were encored : Mrs. DIC!tONB also receiVed
a very favcatrable reeevtion, as well as Madame
MURK? Mrs. BLAND, BELLAMY? &C. &C. There
was a very numerous audience, who testified high
admiration of the Performances.

A cause is to be tried at the ensuing Astiies for
Cambridgeshire, wherein an eminent Fanner is the
plaintiff, and a Clergyman defendant; for the Tat-
ter's !giving seduced ihe daughter of the former, who
lays his damages at One Thousand Pounds

A few days since, Mrs. Baillie, wife of Captain
Baillie, of the nth Regiment of Dragoons, travelling
over Kilworth Mountain, accompanied by her maid
and child, was stopped by a party of highwaymen,
an,.l robbed of lick money, watch, jewels, &c,--
The two leading horses of the four she drove with
were shot ! This toad has been for some time in-
fesl44bY a single highwayman, armed a. ith a blurt-
derbuie,
who challenged the travellers front the
hedge, and made them deposit their property on the
roada-mrli.fnhesnifered them to pass ono and initroh-
ed off with his booty.