The Sun.
London, England, 1808-11-01 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

DEAL, Oer. 31.—Sailed last evening, iftet:post;
his Majesty's Ships Arethusa, Quebec, artels.'ady-
mien, with part .of the outward-bound, Bcd. 4)6 tll6
Westward, with a light breeze at N.E. This morn-
ing sailed his Majesty's Ships Alert, Furious, and
Lefend,er,with the remainder of the outward-hound,
Sze• under convoy to Westward. Also a Fleet of
Vessels for Ramsgate Harbour.

TORBAY, OCT. 30.—Sail ,d this morning the Chan-
nel Fleet, under the command of Admiral GAM-
331ER, to reibine their station off Brest; also
Ills Majesty's Ship Mediator for Lisbon, with -Syi-
nish Troops re-embarked from the Brig ltieN2y,
Capt. FauxEß. The Betsey remains. io

, Is
PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 3 1 .—Arrived his Majesty's
"hips Aretitusa, Endgmiod, and a convoy of about
to sail of merchant ;.hips from the Downs; La
Gloire Frigate, from a cruize ; Juno, BUER ; Mary,
..1108 SO N Barnevant, FI NDLA Y ; &Oft, Pu R Y ;
i4arriOti, ; barittry, BELL, from Sunderland ;
i/ebe, NvTti, YerrnOtith Mary, ---,
Gibr,iltar; Harmony, --, Oporto; Speed-
Wejh--., London; Gratidao, from London, bound
to Pe:nambuco; Principe and Atalanta, also from
London, to the Brazils.

Sailed his Majesty's Ships Niobe and Dexterous, for
Spain; also the Hydra, Brazen, and La Prevoyante,
for the Mediterranean, with a convoy, of which the
following are a part—Christian, JOHNSON j Ad iphr¢,
STRATFORD ; Reward, —; Baron Nelson, ;
and Commerce, HASEWELL, for Gib-
raltar; General iirmstrong, ; Blucher, —;
and C/apton, -- for Malta.
His Majesty's Ship Linnet has re-captured the
liarntony, —, for Oporto, which had been taken
by a French Privateer, and brought her into this Port
kills day.

ThereTHE BRITISH NAVY.-There are now in corn-
miss"' 830 Ships of War, of which 16i are of the.
Line, 25 from 50 to 44 guns, 182 Fri ate.
SlooPs of War, 304 Armed Brigs; besides
there, are in ordinary, repairing for service,aditaiild-
ng, a nuinh,l that makes the grand total ri37, of
Frigates,
261 are of the line, 35 from 50 to 44, 259
Stoops of War,sanu 337 Armed Brigs.

r,„ Monday the nth ult. his Excellency Lieut.-
e?(Deo ral Sir HARRY BURRARD, Commander in Chief
:
-" 418 Britannic M !jesty's Army in Portugal, went
'ate to pay his first visit of ceremony to theirs
x,cellencies the Governors ot the Kingdom, on
fich or,,t,ion his Excellency was atteeded by
lillit^"Gneral FRASER and his Staff; Major-General
eettesPoitn, commandant .of Lichen ; Brigadier-
mral DIRNEY ; Col. DONKIN, Quarter-Master-
`metal • Lieut.-Colonel CAREY, Adjutant-General;
JOHN
EASKINE, Esq. Commissary-General ; the
st
6f° Rey'. Archdeacon T. OWEN, Chaplain-General
lithe British Army,- and the remainder of his Ex-
his Staff. And after the Usual compliments,
LS Excellency returned in the same manner to his
dead=quarters, and was, in return, visited the i.,3"
att~ by their Excellencies flit Marquis DAsltifi'sA-s,
CYPRIA/s7O RIBEIRO FREIRE, Metnbers.of the
,gency.
•
eff.l3Y accounts from Berwick we learn one of the
„e°3 of the thunder storm which prevailed over the
ticuth of Scotland on Wednesday morning. The
iutihder struck with a tremendous crash upon a va-
.,,,,a.rble court of offices belooging to Sir JOHN STEW
;)f ,Allanbank, which it
.materially injured.-
40.-1 lightning, which completely illuminated the
re -Igobou,,hood; was followed, in two seconds, by a
bt!3;,°rit like a cannon of the largest calibre, struck the i
ya-;('('ing, just under the cupola, to an extent of 12
_1
`ee-s, dri%incr in most of the solid* walls. It then
nied
f •
take a circle, ran up' again to the clocK-
br°°lni and alonc, the roof,' to the other side riiE.ttre
ioudfding
e •p• There are ten holei made in ti)Colated
' in the wall, three, in the.wall exactly as if
eya been baitered by cannon. The roof had
u.Ch the same appearance. One of them is three
eet long.
Most providentially, a family sleeping in
"le of !be rooms,
escaped with the .dreadful fright
(313°13'. The fire made its way out at two south win-
°"rs' which it broke, as well as injured the work,
and broke some other windows in the neighbour-
ltood by the shock. The gardener's house was filled
Witha strong sulphureous smell.
1,14 kitchen furniture of the family who lived in
vue building was destroyed; the covering to the
°rk of the clock was shivered to pieCes; the dials
tWere dispersed in all dire&ions to a great distance;
she irons which directed the hands, and those which
thrllck the bell, were melted and destroyed ; yet, to
ese,:toazement of those who saw it, the clock had
the?e,, d the shock, and continued going. The wea-
gardZk remained upright, but split in two. The
to 11,"ter, who had got up, on account of thb hail,
fich over the hot-houses, perceived a great bat!
two .e
t° pass over into the inner court', and not
artlel after, the explosion took place. Many
disiaiit
s in the building were violently removed to
uitn
to
of it. No such storm has ever been
essed in the memory of man there.
withe' 41. e Warranted in asserting, and which we do
time great satisfaction, that the disturbances for some
count Prevailing by night in different parts of this
'Lowe, Particularly in the Baronies of Upper and
subsidr„C°4hehoe, have at length in a great measure
sujh":"--(Limerick Paper)tt
in 11;ii- 's the flourishing state of the cotton business
rtesenta:r,
ithat a single manufacturing house, at
their
o,.°lPieying a great number, have posted.on
"Ice door, One Thousand Gingham beavers
anted. ,
On s
Fellow aft",rday. last JAmEs HENRY MONX, Esq..M. A.
Prof„,„`) ,trill:fy College, was elected to the Greek
t, the "rstip in ihe University of Cambridge, vacant
death of Professor PORSON.