The Sun.
London, England, 1806-05-17 00:00:00

NA 'kei'l 4 N E Ws S.

- MAX Squadron- under 'the
corm!! and of Aciiiiiral lirr.,LlA-rauz (as mentioned
du their pasiage captured Iwo Briglish
Transports, with 260 Troops on board, from Gibraltar,
.which were put: on board the Volontaire Frigate,
captured by the Diadem at the Cape. These Troops
were immediately landed, and seta to reinforce the
Garrison. The Squadron under- the command of
Sir HoNi:1: POPHAM; at the Cape, consisted of the
Diadem Ancl Ralsokalle, 0(64 guns each, the Dio--
mede, of jo guns, with the Narcis'slis and. another
Frigate, and the Volontaire. .The latter was manned
from the other Ships of War, and Me whole were
moored under-a Battery of 32 guns, with springs on
their cables j from which Battery, if VILL'IAMEZ'S
Squadron approached to attempt hostilities, it was
intended to fire "red-hot shOt.

Arried the Eurydice Frigate from 'the Mediterra-
nean : sailed from. Gibraltar With His Majesty's Ship
4Pritannia, of tqo guns, and Dreadnought, of 9.8
guns, with the San IldefOnso, Siviftsure, and Ba-
hania,.of 74 gulls each, taten• in the Anion off Tra-
falgar,—all of, which 'are_gone up Channel, .parted
from the Eutydiee last night off this Port.. About
thirty. Sail
,QfMerchantmen, chiefly Swedes, are
gone up Channel under their convoy.
l'he 'Gannet Slop; of War, Capt. 14oiS, 'which
Came cni!noy to the Oporto Fleet, ,captured on her
passage a Spanish Brig, laden with
.a valuable cargo,
'consisting of sugar and hides, from the River Plat%
The Gannet and. her Convoy are gone by to the
Eastward.

This morning 350 Spanish Prisoners embarked
frOm 'hence on board the Cartels Lord Boring don and
-George, and will sail the first lair wind thr Corunna ;
450 other Spaniards are to embark for the same
place in a few days. ti

ArriVed the American Ship America, JOSEPIT
RATE Master,' from the River Plata, laden with
bides and tallow, bound to London,`Eletained.by the
..Vipel• Cutter; the Danish Brig Hope, A. HANSON
Master, from Cette, laddn,withwine and btandy for
Stettin, detained by the Aaive Frigate; the Danish
Barque Dorothea Margaretta,. STLiiifENsow
Master, from pini.rdeau to Ha mixt i htden 'with
wine, detained by '.t Brig of W4r
Maria Charbtta, PETER -ESt:IIELS ' Master, from
Trieste, .laden with raisins and iitirrintS;hound to
Touningen, 'detained by the Live% Privateer ; the
Danish Brig Avp.,'clition, UANSON, frc.,niCette,
to Stettin, laden With bOndy and wine, detained by
the
,Frigate ;. the Danish Brig Diana, Rom-.
?lett, froth Cadiz, bound to Embden with Wine, de-
tained by the Unity Privateer the Danish Brig
Protistein, OLSEN, from Saloe, hound to Stettin,
with brandy., detained by the Lively Privateer ; the
Danish Shipp Ger;)u2nia,'ViAs, laden with wine and
brandy, from Barcelona, bound to Hamburg[]; de-
tained by the Minerva Privateer ; the Danish Brig
Xeptunus, SEM E NEIN., from Leghbrn, bound to Bre-
men, detained by, the Alcmene Frigate ;. the Danish
Brig Anna Dorothea, HOBLEN, laden with wine "and
brandy, from Cette, bound to Stettin, detained. by
the ACtive Frigate.; the Pappeuburgh. Ketch Piveite,
HOUCOMER, fro Maretines, bound to Pappen-
burgh, 'laden with salt, detained by the Atalanta
Sloop of War ; the• Danish Ship Boyle, Capt. AL-,
MAN, froni 'Cette, laden with brandy and wine,
bound to Stettin, detained by the ACiive-Frigate.

PORTSMOUTH, ' MAY 16.'-- Arrived the Jane,
OATEs, from Sunderland ; the Ceres.,. GRIFFITHS,
from Bristol ; and the. Providentia, DORmA N, from
Bremen to Algesitas, laden with bale goods, sent in ,
by the PeUew Gun-brig, Lien' t. EVELYN
Sailed the .Ameriean -Ship Romeo, BOSaUET, for.
Rotterdam; and the Bacchus, Gitoom, for Ham,
burgh,
Admiral Ltxots, late Commindpr of the Ala-
rengo, .was this day landed at Gosport, where he
will remain till to-morrow, when he will proceed
for Odiham, on his parole. • •

DOVER, MAY 16.—Passed by the Ship .Eliza,
BILLING, from St. Michael's, with fruit, for Lon-
don ; aho an American Vessel and a Swede for the
Downs.

Came into the Roads the. Kite Sloop of War and
Firm Gun-brig from a Cruize.
Some heavy firing has been beard to-day in the
direction of Boulogne,

FALMOUTH, MAY 14.—Arrived the Bremen Gal-
Hot Drie LeiLe, rapt: GAY, from Bourcleaux, with
wine for Copetthagen ; detained by the Hero Pri-
vateet.

The Diana Frigate, with the outward-bound Por-
tugal and Mediterranean Fleet, put in here this af-
ternoon by contrary wind.

DEAL, MAY 16.—Arrived the. Fearless Gun-brig
from a cruize off the French Coast'.

Came down the Satellite. Sloop of War,- and the
Thrasher Guti-i-essel, from Sheerness ; Menclon,
EITCH. from London, for the River Plata ; and the
Oliavia, COLLINS, front London, .for Cadiz ; and
remains in the Downs with the Ships as per last,