The Sun.
London, England, 1808-06-29 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

From the LONDON GAZETTE, Yale 13,

iralty-Orrice, June 28, 1808.

A .I.etter and its Inclosures rec;:ived Iron, Vi,e-Admiral Sir
Hew. Bart. .Commander in Chiet of ItisAlajcs.
ty's Ships and Vesscls in the EaSt Indies, addressed to W.
Marsden, Esi.t. dated on hoard the Culloden, Griesse Hany
bout, the I.4ta Dec. t 8,7, conveys the. following intelli.•
getwe.:

It appears that the Vice-Admiral had sailed from •
Malacca on the 20th. Nov. last, and had arrived with
the squadron of his Majesty's Ships named in the
margin,* off Point Panka, at the Eastern extremity
of Java, on the sth of the following month, with the,
TrOops embarked orlboard them ; that, in-conjunc-
tion with Lieut.-Colonel 'Lock hart, commanding the.
Troops, he had sent a commission under a flag of,
Truce to treat with the Commandant of the. Dutch
force for the surrender of the Ships of War
lying at Griesse ; and by coes of the Correspond-
'euce which passed in consequence, it appears that'
the Admiral bad caused the ships named.at the foot
hereof to be burnt (they having b9en ptriously.
scuttled by the Dutch) ; that ail the guns, military
stores, Sirc. in the Garrison of Griesse, had, together
with the Battery of Sambelangan, on the Island of
Madura, been most effe&ually destroyed.
Sir Edward expresses his approbation of the zeal-
and perseverance manifested by the respethive Otli
cers and men employed upon the service above
mentioned. •
nevolutie, 70 guns; Pluto, 70 guns ; h.ortenaar,
68 guns, sheer-hulk; Ruttkolf, Company's ship, of
10(10 tons, pierced for 40 guns.
* CuOoden, Powerful. Carolina. Fox. Viaoitc,S:L•inuang.
Statlowcr, 14Seur, and Worcester Transport.

YAnatoUTH, JUNE 28.—A rr ived t.norning a
Dutch Brig Privateer, name unknown, prize to his
Majesty's Ship :Skylaik—she has made no captures.
Passed' by, from the northward, a beautiful new
Frigate, under jury-masts, for Chatham.
DEAL, JUNE 28.—Sailed though the Downs the
Sally, Goanoli' , for. the SoUth Seas; and the Clio,
LEN NONS., for St. kites.

Arrived His Majesty's Ship Invincible from Sheer
ness, and Alert from the westward, and remain it
the Downs with the Ships as per last.

DOVER, JUNE 28.—Passed by the bornewar4-
bound China Fleet, consisting of five Sail, and two
'Whalers, for the Downs.

► PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 2R.-4rrived this day the
Arethusa Frigate with a Convoy of 38 Sail from the
West Odies; Among which are the Lusitania,
CAR-
MAN ; Sir Godfrey Webster, Cornwall, Cradr-
BELL Sir Edivard Hamilton, ; London,— ;
Prince George, ; Apollo, ; Adeona,—;
Sir Eyre Quote, ; Albion, BUTLER Baroness
DeLo4 —; Speculator, ; Richard
(late Young Richard), PER n 1 ; , and Nile, PA .
The rest of the Convoy are beating to windward for
the River.

SHEERNESS, JUNR 27.—Sailed the Bloodhound
Gun brig, Licutcuant FLINDERS.
The Ceroinel Gun-brig, Lieutenant KING, is paid
up to six months.
Came down from the Tower the Deptford Tender,
Lieut. ANTRAId, with volunteers and impressed men
for the Fleet, and 27 French and Danish Prisoners,
lately. from the East Indies, which are put 9n hoard
the 'Pi/jaw/sea, to be sent `rout thence to the Pr4n-
ships at Gillingham.

COWES, JUNE 21.--Arrived here this morning,
from the Eastward, the Ainerican Ship Fabourite,
E. PEAR OE Master, from London, bound to Tan-
giers; also
,the Brig Betsey and Sophia, THOMAS
SHAW Master. frotH London for the Brazils; she is
n Armed Vessel, and means to run it without
'Convoy.

GREENOCK, JUNE 20..—Thd Catherine, Mpaat-
sow, Of this port sailed from Bermuda- for New
York, on the 22d of April. On the ..g7,,th, in lat.
31. N. long. 71. W. fell in with and was captured
'by ' the French schooner • Superior, LIEN WA R
mounting five guns, and manned with 70 men; site
had previously taken the Emerald, of Bermuda, on
her passage from Grenada to Jamaica. -At the time
Captain Mottatsox was captured, she was bound
to Piiiiadelphia, where Captain AloattisoN and his
,fae.tv waie „set at liberty-..--Captain-M. sei.6l Cretin-
New York, iu the Ship Aliznbeth, BAtau, of that
porttor Londonderryovhere they arrived in 22 days.
The Elizabeth lost herJanchors and cables on Sun-
day last, but sustained no other damage.