The Sun.
London, England, 1808-10-26 00:00:00

NAViL NEWS.

PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 25.—His Majesty's Ship Le
Tigre is ordered to Lisbon, with specie, and will
sail the first fair wind.

Yesterday arrived at the Motherbank, and was
put under quarantine, the Thames Frigate, the Hon.
G. G. WALDEGRAVIC, and the Nile Cutter, Lieut."
Syind:vs, 37 days from the Mediterranean, with a
large convoy of Merchant Ships; among which are
the 4/lion, HAMILTON; Philehe, 'DELANO ; John,
; Anna, ; Hero, Quiwros , Catherine,
; 4mi, CALDWELL ; St. George, W tirr
Primrose, --, -abd Ocean, -- with several
other Merchant Ships and Transports, and six or
seven Italian Ships.—The above Ships are all bound
to London, and the moment a convoy is appointed
will sail immediately for the Downs.

DOVER, OCT. ^5.-Three French Privateers iiiere
off here last evening, and captured a foreign Hoy.
dune, of • Grenada, Captam 'ATTE EN,
from London for Grenada, With the loss 011„,emitif,
.and two anchors and cables._ .

YAUMOUTIi, OCT. 25.—Yesterday, P. M. arrived
the 4ucklan(l, Captain DrANE, from Gattenburgh,
with Mails and Passengers.

PLYMOUTH, OCT. 24.--Arrived the Akm'ene Fri-
gate from Spain, and Scorpion Sloi.ip of -War frbm
Lisbon. It is not known that either of these Ships
• have brought any intelli7erce crf importarite:
Arrived the ilambro'Brig-fionta,-and the Arne-
; tie= Brig Altatross, Captain Ant.toCn, both Item
1-Teneriffe, laden with wines,'for orders.
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enz'ilie. LODOAT GAZETTE, oa. 9:6, 1808.

Offlee, 0 25, I'N)EI
7, •
CPPy of a Letter from Vice-Ail:64A Lord Coiling.wo&P
.Cominander in Chief of His Ikla:iesty's Ships and Vessels
rn the-Mediterraffean, to the Hon. IV. IV, Pole; dated on
I board the Oce4n, off Cape.Paltas,, the sth of Sept. t Bo&
SI R,-,;•.°
! I incroe, for the in farnation of the Lords Coni-
rnissioners' of the Admiralty, twO- Letters .whtch I
haVe;rlceiVed froth Capt. Stewart', of His Majesty's
Ship the SeahorSe., (lilted the 6th And sib of July,
giving an account 'Of l'!kt haling fallen in with a large
Ir'forkish Frigate and Corviitte on the evening of the
sthof that month, off the Island of Scopolo, and,•
after a severe action,"taketi the liadere 'bider, a
Turkish 'Frigate, of fifty-two guns and: five hundred
hien :—the Corvette was not seen in the Morning.
The -6aMple which Capt. Stewart has given in
this action of gallantry and of skill; by which his
own Ship was,so well preserved, while his opponent_
was ruined, must be highly gratifying to their Lord.
ships, and marks the highest state of discipline of
his Ship, and the ability of the °dicers who con-
ducted it.:

inclose also a Letter from Capt.. Hepenstall, of
his Majesty's Skop Kingsfisher, of the Q7th of June,
informing me he. had • captured a French Letter of
Marque, the Hercule, of twelve guns and fifty-seven
men, oft the Coast of Caramania._

I am, &F. COLONGWOOD.
• }Li Majesty's Ship Seahorse, offSkyro,
MY LORD, July 6, ISoS. •

I have,_tiie honour to inform your Lordship, that
yesterday evening we obierved two Turkish Men of
War and a. Galley coming round the East end of the
Island of 'Seopolo, towards which we immediately
made sail. On coming near enough to make out
that they were both single decked ships, I deter-
mined to bring them to action, haviiig every confi-
dence in the Officers :Ina Crew df this ship. The
action begat) at half past nine'," thee`f urks•going a
little off the wind under easy sail, and continually
endeaveuring to run us on board ; indeq,l'early saw
that their chief attention Was dire6ted to, this objeEt,
and as the largeSt • ship.appeared of great force and
full of men, I kept this ship' in a positiOn riot to be,
boarded. At ten o'clock, olosrving a good oppor-
tunity of more particularly attacking •the small ship ,
to advantage, we dropped aldngside of her, and after
a quarter of an hour's hot fire, at half pistol-shot dis-
tance, her fire having totally ceased, we left her in a,
state of the greatest distress and confusion, with her
sails mostly down, and just before we' had left her
she_ had'partially blown up forward. By this time
the large frigate, which, from having fallen a-little
to leeward, had not 'been able to assisther consort,,
had again got pretty •close up, and the naloll be-
tween us soon recotnmenced; still so obstinate was
the resistance of the Turks, that it was not till a
quarter past one we' 'endered :her a motionless
wreck. As. they now wOuldnoither.answer nor
fire, I conceived it most prudent;-knowing'the cha
rafter of the people, to wait for davliht, to send
on board her. At daylight; observing her colours
upon the stump of the 11,12-,en mast, we poured a
broadside into her stern,when she struck,' and [bad
the pleasure to take possession of_ the liadere Zaf-:
fer, a very fine Frigate of the largest dimensions,
carrying fifty-two 'long brass guns,- twenty-four
pounders on the main-deck, except—two which
are' forty-'rwo pounders, and, twelve-pounders on
the quartr deck and foreastle. She had a comple-
ment. of 500'.tneu, and 'was commanded by Captain
Scanderli Kichtic Alli, who, I am informed, was
only pfei'ented by hi's own people from blowing her.,
up, Her loss in kilted and wounded is prodigious,.
ft3'sk anti'•l es wonechel ; ours comparatitely
small,'lii•e killed and' ten w,itinded: Our mizen.'
mast fell soont'after the action, which is the greatest
injurr' we' htWe: sustained. The` other ship- was
named the "Alts Pezan, carte,;•io&' tWeirty4oUr thir-
teen-pounderi• and two monars, commatided by
Captain Dardv°ardi Ante with a complement of two'
hundred and thirty men. I understand' they 'took
most of therrien out of the Galley before the
and sent her away. •
HaVing now, my Lord:, givert'ynti details of
this•affair, there onlv-rethairt's the pleakiantoffice
recommending to pOl the officers Paid ship's corn
pansy, who, during a tedious night aetion, where
Much depended upon working the p;:i as well as the
behavedin'a'matmer to command toy utmost
gratitude.' The disparity of force,. 4.vitlf the loss in
the enemy's Ships, will.prove the greatness of their
exertions, to which I shall acid, that thirty men were
absent from the Ship. Mr. DoWnie, the First Lieu-
tenant, is :an,Ottieer of merit,
.ability, and experi-
ence; and I beg- strongly to recoU'unenl him to
yOur Lordshin's pfateClion for promotion. Mr.
Lester, Master's:Mate, who has.pfisect, is also very'
desierving•of promotion.. ThOmas Holly, Gunner's-
Mate,' and an excellent man, acted as -Gunner; -
and, from his conduet, is very desbrving of such a
situation. •

I am now proceeding with the prize' for any port
I can get first into amongst th,.lant.ls, as it is with
diflicu;ty we can keep her above ‘..rater.
I have the honot* to be;

(Signed) JOH7: STEWART.
Theßight Hen. Lord Collitgwood,

Conunandyr ir. Chief, &c.
• -
On board lii,s Majeity'e Sloop Kingsfisher,
off tbi:. Coast of Car:nozinia, Cape I3;ane
bearing -N.W. bylN,' tin leagues, lune
27, 1t3,8..

MY LORD,
It is with great pleasure I have the honcrur to in-
form yon, that, at daylight this morning, I saw a
large Sail in the "S.W. which 1 immediately went in
chace of, and, with the assistance t)f the sweeps,
the wind being very light, at twelve o'clock I had
the satisfa&ion of arriving IT within gnn-shot of
the chace, who had' hoisted French' coiours, when
I commenced firing on her, which situ returned
very warmly, and, after a .running tight of one
hour, she struck. She proves to be Le Hercule, II
very fine new French Ship Letter of Marque, with
a cargo of cotton on board, from Aleppo and Cy-
prus, bound to Marseilles or Genoa, armed with
twelve guns, eighteens, twelves, and eghts; man-
ned with fifty-seven men ; commanded by Mons.
Oerotne Cavassa, a Member of the Legion of Ho-
nour. I am, happy in being able to say that I have
every reason to be pleased with tbe steady excellent
condo d displayed by Mr. R. Standish, First Liute-
nant,r-the -other Officers, and Ship's Company on
thii occasion. t had but one man slightly wounded,
but • suffered. very much - the yards and running

rigging; the enemy had one man killed and thc,e
wounded. •
I ha►e the honour to bea
. W.
.HEPENSTALL.
Vice-Adniiral Lord 'o4lllgwbod, &c.
Airgirciity7:o9 ce, 067. 25, 1808., .

Copy Of another Letter. trom Vice-Admiral Lord Collin(-
wood, to the Hon William Wellesley Pole, dated on bard
the Ocean, at Sea, the ist of September, tBOB.
• SIR
,

I. have the pleasure to. ineose, tO be laid befOre
my Lords Comaissioners of the Admiralty; the
copy.W a letter transmitted to me by Vice Admiral
Thornbroagh from Captain. Rosenhagen, of his
Majesty's ship .the Volag,,, giving' an account of that
ship having captured, on the 4;8t1) of July last, the,
French Brig of war 'Requin, of sixteen guns (pie: cm!
for eighteen) conuminded by the Captain of Frigate
Berar,. i;vith a complement of one hundred and eight
men., .

AS this Vessel is represented to be nearly new,
and fit for his-Majesty's Service, I proposed causing.
her to be taken iuto it, if she is found so • on survev.
I also transmit .a Letter, with its incloSure, which
1 have received •from the' Hon. Captain Duncan, of
his Majesty's Ship Porcupine, who, on several tbr-
rn6r occasions has praised, in the highest terms, the
ability and zeal evinced by Lieut. Price; in conduct-
ing similar successful enterpfizes against the Enemy.
I am, &c. COLLING WOOD.
His Majesty's Ship Volage, Agincourt.
SIR, Sound, Sth Aug. 408.
I- have the honour to inform you, that I arrived
here yesterday morning with Le Requin French
Brig, of sixteen guns, and one hundred and eight-
men, which I had the good fortune to, fall in with in
the morning of the.2.Bth• ult. a little to the north-
ward ot.Corsica, and'captured her, after'a hard chace.,-
of nine, hours, in which her boats, boom, and an-
chors were thrown overboard.

She is commanded' by
_Capitaine de'Fregate Bdi-
rar,Meinber.of the Legion of Honour, and had left
Ajaccio only the morning before we fell in with
her, having put in thereon her way from Algiers to
Tonfon,, with three Prizes taken_ on her passage..
She is a very tine Brig, pierced for. eighteen guns,
built at Rochefort only fourteen mouths .S;nee, and.
is the same which the Wizard engaged some time

The number of prisoners I have on board will
:make it necess4tv' for ale to go to Malta ; hutl-shaii
return to my station without. delay.
.I..have. the honour to be, titc.
. (Sgined) 0.14: .i. ROSENHAGEN.
Vice. Admiral Thornbrough, ecc. ,

Two of the Brig's Prizes belonged to the Lavinik
and Spartan, who.e crews were recaptured. •
His Majesty's Ship Porcupine, at Sea,
MY LORD, fuiy 14, 180 g.
I have the honour to inform Yew-, Lordship, 'that
on the morning
_6l,the 9th instant, being off Mount•
Circello, on the Coast of 'Romania, I obserVed two
French Gun-boats, with a Merchant Vessel un-
der convoy, going alongshore to the NAlestward
as the Ship was becalmed, I sent Lieutenant Price
with the. Boats in pursuit of them ; after a row of
eight hours in a hot sun, he droVe the latter on,
shore, and forced the Gan-boats to take shelter un-
der the batteries of Port Dango. At this time,,
seeing three' very strspicions Vessels coming down
with a fresh breeze from the Westward, I was:
obliged to recal him ; but before we could cut them
off, they also •got into the same harbour. Ne)ft
Morning I Observed that one of them, a large Polacre
Ship, lay further our than the others, and having re-
connoitred, thoright it possible to take her ; I was
the mere induced to try it, from a -wish to give a
cheek to the Trade- along this Coast, which they-
think from their numerous batteries they can carry
'on .without mole Station. As soon as it was 'dark.
the. Boats went,in,lulder the Command of Lieutenant
Price, and, from under-the heaviest fire• I. ever savg,
bfoujit her ouf. She carries eight long six-pounder
pus, and had on 'board between twenty and thirty=
men, from Hieres kay, hand to Naples, vith
When I consider 'that thi; vessel was moored to a
beach, lined with French sOldiers, within, pistol-
shot of two batteries and a tower, and of three Gun-
boats, carrying each a .twentv-four pounder ',lurk,
thirty men ; that from. the bating winds she was
an hour.and twenty minutes before she got out of
range of grape, and that the enemy were at first,
,perfeetly prepared for the attack, I cannot find •
Words to express my admiration at the intrepid con-
dud of all the Officers and Seamen and Marines
'employed in it.

. _
I am sure that the services of Lieutenr,.,t Price,
he having been- inure thaut thirty times in. aaiou
with the boats of this Ship since Oaober last, and
his sufferings on this occasion, being severely
wounded on the head and right leg, will be a sut-
ficient excuse tor mfrequesfing, in -the strongest
terms, that your Lordship will recommend this gal-:
hint Officer to the consideration of the Lords of the
Admiralty.

Inclosed are the names of the Officers employed
in the boats, and a list-of the wounded, all of whorh,
I am happy to say, aro.likelrto do well ; fortunate..
ly we had none killed.
I arn, &c.
HENRY DUNCAN, Captain.
The Right lion. Lord_ Collingwood, Vice-Admiral

-of the Red, Commander in Chief:7 ' '''
' •
Names of the Officers employed in the Boats of His Majes-
ty's Ship Porcupine, on the night of, the loth of July,
1808.
;George Price, First Lieutenant ; Francis Smith, (2) Second'
Lieutenaut; fame4.f;Renwick, Lieutenant of Royal i‘ta...
tines ; Messrs. tarry, Featherstone, Wilkes, Adams and
Butler, Midshipmen ; Mr. Anderson; Captain's Clerk.
List of the Officers, Seamen, and Marines, wounded in the
Bottis of His Majesty's Ship Porcupine, on the night (4. the
loth of !lily, 1808.
Lieutenant George Price, severely. john O'Brien Butler,
Midstrpman, severely. john Campbell, Second Maiter'S-
Mate, ditto. tames Lewis, Able, ditto. Joseph Ger-
main, ordinary, ditto. Edward Edwards, Able, sl ghtly,
lames Rogers, Private of Marines, severely. William
Mitchell, Private of Marines, slightly.

(Signed)

HENRY DUNCAN.

Admiralty-Office, Oa. 25, 1808.

Vice-Admiral Vashou, Commander-in-Chief at
Leith, has minsmitted to the fionour4ble William
Wellesley Pole two leiters from Captains &ugh and
Dix; of his Majesty's Sloops Clio and Cygnet, of
which the following are copies
His Naisty's Sloop Clio' Leith Roads,
1308.

SIR,

I beg leave ro infortn you, that, on the 21st ult.
while c,t-aizing of F.:CC:R.Or°, I captured a smart

D:mish ‘.4 ;011 -six-guns-and eleven men.
11" e
(Signed) I. F. 131-N.LJGH, Commander:
_
Nice-AcirnaJl .

- • His Majesty's Sloop Cygnet, at Sea,
SIR, - Oct. 4, zBoti.
I Captured this dij, after a cbace of five hours,
Bergen, heiiriLg by -S. twenty-three leagues, the
1,),h bloT.p Privateer GienveldereA, of tour guns
alto twenty-tr,,enieu out titree lays without :t).-tvihg-
made any captures. "I:be 6ievgieicleten was fitted
at 13ergeo fora cruthe W -eigilt weeks of the coast
of bcotiand.

(Signed) EDWARD DI X.
Va iLe--Admirdl Om blue,
At Lei:a.

Cataraissioas siped by tiie Lora Lieutenaza of the County

autu~raaixt

To be Deputy 1.-wutei.a,its (..,,orge Granville Earl Gower.
.-tu.ust 3i, tJ b LordJAW as above.
-Kic,att tiara: Luta Ahab-anon. Dated as above.
Cominissi9o, ,A6:ed by the L rd Lieutenant of nants.
• North llants'tteiiiment Ot
vice Soutlibuse,
sioed• UAted k)U. S. • •
c,ounnissiotis Signed by the, Lora
.Lieutenarit of the Couiity

-ui CorloN4l.
Carii►rdi!

john Glasson, Gent. to be Lieutenant. Dated Tune
180. Wut.-,-kooot, heft. to be Dated lune 27,
.1011.4 uent. to be ditto. DAIL:It as above.
Rit;Oiitti blest, L.cut. to u ditto: l)ated as aDVVe•
tiatAera}, Gent, to OC !Jared Aug b, 1808.
Robert H. kitiubato, to' Dc litttu. I.4tetl itialauvc.
Muuttes Bay Artillery Volunteers.
• --• • -

Francis Hicheas, Ge,,t. to ot Scc.na Lieut4nartt. Dated
juste :7, tova. -l.corf;eBo! labc, CSigtlt. to Oe Lieutetkoit
aLtu Jufg.Qu. Dated a 5 aoove.

Latniceston and Newport Volunteers.
.john King Lentos:age, C;etit. to be• Lieutenant. Dated Tune
27, i.),ivict 1 titvtiebuti;.(ienr. to be ditto. Dated
. 9, 18.QS.- •
East Co'ruwali Volunteers. '

WiLtiatil i3ant, Eq. ti=tte Captain. Datest lane 1.5.• tBOB.
Poidge,..Es.q. to be ditt,, I.)4ltai June to, ISoS.
jolt oinurnacunio,... Bent. to be Lieutenant. .1..)41e,1 June
2.57 Uciit. to be ditto. I):,tvd
-SIR. 23. t'S.YS. .oitaiant Coucne, tient. to Ensign. -Dat-
eit '-...gnat 10 14)1;. Joins Lock, Gent. to be ditto. p.a.
ed at; .*UOVQ I quit.“.ycige, Gent. to aitto. I.34ted Sept.
23, 180. i,

I6y al Nleneage Volunteer 1 ntlmtry.

Smtpiott Crew. tu be Emigu. Date‘tluly zo, igtS.

Norte► C.:ono:vat), Volunteers:

bigary lose, Geot. to be Lnbign. Dated dmy i 6, ad.

Truro VOiuntet:rs.
Ld:rtund Turrt•ro Gent. to be Dated August tg.,
40034. Ndtilai4el, S. Sleerniut, Gent. to be. ditto. Dated
'Au6ust.ns, ttCOS. Win. S. Treleaven, Gent, to be ditto.
Liatett August i 7,

l'ende;wis Volunteers.

Wm. Blunt; Gent. to Lleutenant. Mateo Sept.
8, itteltard 11101;1153 gent. to LA: Quarter-Mater.
• LT.,teo. da 4ouve.
St. Alabyn and Net land Volunteers.-
_

4st.p. Datc‘t 4ptember 26,
003: • _ •

Coiniiiiisiuns in the'Royal S'outit Lincoln Militia, aped by
• clic: Lord Lieurendlit.

crsebrBe I >ensi.ire, to be Lieutenant- Colonel, vice Brom-
D.ted Ott-o, 1808. Coniligsby Wahto
Esq, to be Mayo', vice Deii)htie,
Datud ,t,ov e. .