The Sun.
London, England, 1808-01-25 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

From the LONDON GdZETTE, fay. 23, 1808,

Admiralty-Office, Jun. 23, 1808.

Copy of i Utter from Admiral Montagu, Co-
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mander in Chief of His Majesty's Ships and Ves-
sels at Portsmouth and Spithead, to the Honour-
able IV. W. Pole, dated on board the Royal IVil-
liam, at Spithead, the 20th Inst. •

SIR, - • . I
I have the honour to inclov!, for thn infortpation
of my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, a
Letter which I have received from Lieutenant Tra-
cey, Commanding the Linnet' Brig, giving an ac-
count of .the capture or Le Courier French Lugger
Privateer, which shews &midi judgment' and gal-
lantry in that.Otlicer. ,
I have the honour to be,&c.
(Signed) G. MONTA6U. •
His Majesty's Brig Linnet, at Sea,
Jan. 16, 1808..

Sin,

I have the honour to inform you, on Saturday
• the ititheinsf. Cape Barfleur W. by N. six or seven
leagues, I saw a French Lugger in chace of an
I:nglish Ship and Brig: the two latter I immediately
joined, and thought proper. to run in company with
them until night should favour mk,closing with the
Lugger. .At half-past six. P. M, the Lugger com-
menced a tire on the Ship, which she gallantly re-
turned. At seven the Lugger attempted to haat off;
but my being within musket-shot, rendered his au;
tempt - fruitless. Ten minutes past seven I tired a
broadside of round and grape, with
,a volley of mus-
ketry, which carried away his bowsprit and main
lugg I then hailed him to strike; instead of which
• she hoisted. her lugg. I then commenced a steady
. . . .

lire, 'which lasted otie hour: and a half (with ;round,
grape, and musketry), during' which time her luggs
were knocked down, and as. often hoisted (at least
ten times): Fifty minutes past eight, being in a
sinking state, hailed she had struck ; proves to be
4,Courier, of Cherbourg, commanded by Captain
.41-exander Black, mounting eighteen guns, with a
cOrnplement.of sixty men ; Second Captain of which
was killed, and, three sealien wounded; sails re-
markablyfast ; out four days; made no. capture ;
but calve from under the isles of Alarcon, at eleven
A.M. thiS instant, where she anchored for shelter
from the' late gale.
I am happy to add we sustained no loss, and that
the conca& of. my Otliqrs and Ship's Company
merit my warmest praise.
I have the honour to be, &c.

(Signed) J. TRACE?,
,Lieutenant and Commander.
Montagu, 'Commander in Chief,
• &c. &c.4Spithead. •

COPy of a Letter from Vice-Admiral Rowley, Com-
mander iii Chief of His Majesty's Ships and
sels in the Downs, to the Hon. or. IV Pole, dated
on loard His Majesty's Skip Princess of Orange,
in the Downs, the 19th inst.
SIR,

I have the honour to transmit, for their Lord-
ships' information, a copy of a Letter from Captaiel
Spence, of His Majesty's Sloop Pandora, io Cora
modote Owen, giving an account of the capture of
the French Lugger Privateer L'Entreprenante, of 16
guns, and 88 men.
I have the
.honour to be, &c.
(Signed) B. S.,ROWLEY:
•
North Foreland 11- . six leagues;
SIR, • _ Jan. 14, 1808.

I am happy to inform you, that about ten minutes
before eight o'clock-last evening, Polkstone bearing
Iq:N.W. six or seven mites, I fell' in with the L'En.
treptenante. French Privateer L• ugger,. of iq guns ant
58 men, commanded by Captain Bloudin, which;
after a chace of an hour and forty minutes,:ive had
the gOod fortune to come up
,with and capture with.
two miles Of the French shore, Cape Grisne4.
bearing south. From his being so very close to his
own coast (the Batteries firing over 'is), he per»
severed in his attempt tp,escape, till our indsquetry
-had wounded the Captain, the Second • Captaini
and four pr five men, and would not shorten sail
till we run alongside of hit• 4. She has been out
three days from Calais, and has taken the Mary
Brig,' of Sunderland. She is a very fine large new
Lugger, and sails exceedingly fast. The Active
Cutter 'pitted in the chace, and assisted in removing
the Prisoners. I have, &c.
(Signed) HENRY HINE SPENCE),
,conantoctore -Open,

PLYWOOTII, JAN. 23,—Private Letters hwie been
received here fipm..the SquAdron,cruizing Oil' Ruche
fort, which state, that on • the Lath inst. a French
80-gun Ship came down the River,' and joined the
Squadron lying in the Harhonr,,making in the whole
six Sail of the Line, two Frigates, and two. Sloop;
of War; since which the En:reprenante Cutter is
arrived in Torbay, with aioatches, stating the
escape of. the French Squadron during a heavy gale
of wind at East; 'and that the Eurydice Frigate had
nearly been,captured by awl). The Squadron of
Sir RIClisAnD STRACBAN, which has been blockading '
the Rochefort Squadron,-are stated to have left their •
station for Brest previous to their escape,' and Sir
I.,PucxwoaTn, with six Sail of- the Line, is gone
in pursuit of them, said to be not more than fifteen
leagues. in their rear. In consequence of the above
intelligence, orders have been given for the'Ships of
War at this Port to get ready gad
.sail forthwith to
join the Squadron cruizing ,off Brest..
Arrived the Portuguese Ship Balvintas, from. Rio
Janeiro, laden with cotton, sugar, &c. 'bound to
Lisbon, detained by Sir Sitwai Sman's Squadron.
Arrived the French Galliot Le Funny, laden with
wine, from Bourdeaux, captured by -the Thdefati-
-04/e Frigate.
' -&fded the tbefiance, of 74 guns, to join ,the
41'
Squadron off Brest. . _

This afternoon twelyo Sail of outward-bound West