The Sun.
London, England, 1808-12-24 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

PLYMOUTH, DEC. v.—Arrived the Falioliri,tst
Cipt. SHAND, from Stockholm, with tar, for ,"1"
port ; and the Euretta, PArxElisoN, fr°lll
Quebec, bound to London.
PLYMOUTH, DEC. 29.—,-Arrived the Americ2P
Ship Two Sisters, MCASEY, from London, botladin,
Lisbon, in ballast ; put in, here in distress, having
been driven out of the Downs in a gale of wind'
.American brig Adamant, ALLEN, fromiSaloe,.howl
to Guernsey, laden with wine and brandy, Puljd
here by contrary wind; Brig- Non Pareil, BRuc*
,fiorn London bound to Figuera laden with iron, &c.
-put in here for convoy ; Jane, SLATER,-front Stock'
holm, bound to this Port, laden with tar, &c..
Sailed the Norge, 74, to the westward.
Arrived four light Transports,
from Fortsroot.ltb,
bound to Vigo; sailed, under Convoy of the
and Resistance Frigates, but parted company in a ga-
of wind in the Channel.

DOVER, DEC., Q2;-The gale of last Digat 110
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caused two melancholy suipwrecka near our h3r"-s..
and we fear to hear dreadful accounts of farther 1121.
chief along this coast. At day-break this tOrtullng
a Brig was discovered sunk nearly opposite gai,ic° or,
about half a mile to. the westward of the 11°-tlie
and from thence, to a considerable distatice'lsics
shore was covered with fragments of wreok
of butter, the remains of a Vessel and care ',lig
had gone on shore near the saint. place, and,b at'e
to
upon the rock, the Vessel bad literally
pieces—unhappily the shore presented t,he Pe'rroli
choly spectacle of the dead bodies of the crew, of
of whom perished, except the master 01 nine
of
of
them, who was most miraculously fi saved. L'm
of son,
the unfortunate Vessels is the Brig Helena,
derland, HENDERSON, master, from Cardiff to
don, laden with wheat and iron, which is still viu°ry
but under water, with her masts standing. E'ee,
soul on board perished.—The other Jis the Brig alo-f
of Caermarthen, THOMAS JENKINS, master. ire
her crew, who clung to the rigging of the mad;mast, after she struck, only the master was s3vocis
be was washed on shore from the bowsprit, flux.
after being several times drawn back by Ole
of the sea, succeeded in creeping beyond the r't of
of the merciless waves, and got upon a fragtrelllot
cliff, where he remained from eleven o'clock ,5
night until day, brcak this morning; when hetips
discovered, half perished; with one of his To
greatly injured, and otherwise sorely bruised.
add to his misfortune, he had embarked leis Al
this Vessel, and was uninsured.

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DEAL, DEC. •23.—Sailed through the Dowilc for
Fame, COURTNEY, and .the ,Succes;, ROsl3l°'
Jamaica.

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BOMBAY, MAY' 1808.—A comparison
4- de. r
made of the quality of:British and French rcor
lsci
used in the late gallant aCtion of his Majesty "e;
„Sun Fiorenio with the French Frigate Picchnonia,
,%e are har.py to exhibit to 'our Readers a dere
sive proof of the superiority of this essential in 6 r,
client in British thunder. From a 7-inch brass 111°Iii
tar, with three ounces of powder, a 601. boss bait
was projeEted, at an angie of 45 deg. and au qs"o-Icl
of three trials gave 595 feet to the San Floreli°,:e it)
5t 6 feet to La Piedmontaise, making a differell'och
favour of the British powder of 79 feet. After' the
an experiment, it must appear singular that
French should be so partial to a long shot.