The Sun.
London, England, 1806-03-07 00:00:00

NAVAL .NE WS.

PLYMOUTH, MARCH .5.--ThiS day, at noon, the
outward bound East India Fleet passed by this Port
to the Westward, with a fine breeze at East.

Arrived the Gannett Sloop of War from a cruize.
Sailed the Wizard Sloop of War on a cruize to
the Westward, and the Ranger Revenue Cutter,
Capt. rRAzeR, for Mevagissey.
The Brilliant Sloop of War came into Harbour

this morning to refit.
Arrived the Helena Sloop of War, from Ports-

mouth.

1-Lawretr, MARCH 6.—The tech Johanna Do-
rothea, from Bourdeaux, D. H. LENDER, Master,
bound to Amsterdam with wine, was this morning
brought in as Prize to His Majesty's Gun Brig the
.aggressor.
The Diana Packet, Captain STEWARD, with the
nambro' and Bremen Mails of the Ist and sth inst.
bound to Cuxhaven, remain here, with the Lady
Frances, Capt. FLYN, bound to Gottenburgh, with
two Mails. Also remain the Diana Packet, Capt.
MACDONALD, the Pegasus Frigate, the Boren,
Borgni...mddigrator Gun-vessels Hula& and Iris.
Revenue Cruizers.

PORTSMOUTH, MA.RCH 6.......-ATTiVed the Juno,
BEaRy, from Berwick, and the Betsey, HODGE,
from Bristol.

Sailed the Astrea Frigate, Capt. CARTIIEW, with
a Fleet of Transports, with Troops on beard, under
Convoy. Sailed also the Conquest Gun-brig, Lieut.
LoswELL, for Guernsey.

The Medusa Frigate is dropped down to St. He-

lea's.

Dovga, inARCE 6:—Came into the Roads, from
the Downs, the following Gun-brigs, viz. Minx,
Dauntless, Urgent, and Monkey, and also His Ma-
jesty's Schooner Arrow. The above Vessels are
going to Dungeness, and off Boulogne, for the pro!
teetion of the trading Vessels, against the French
Privateers who' have so long infested this part of the
Coast, and who must have made rapid fortunes this
winter by the many valuable captures they have
made.

Came in, the following Colliers, light, bound to
Sunderland, waiting for a wind :

The Betsey and Nelly, of Sunderland, Denton, from Exe-
ter; Perseverance, of ditto, Ford, from Shoreham; Lean-
der, of ditto, Davidson, from Bridport ; Black Bird, of ditto,
Miller, from Topsham; and Harriet, of ditto, Pearson, from
Portsmouth.

A large division at Swedish Ships sagied from

hence this afternoon.

DEAL, MARCH 6.—Sailed the Bonetta Sloop of
War, and the ifrrow Schooner, on a Cruize. •

Arrived the Wrangler and Furious Gun-brigs
from a Cruize, and remain in the Downs with the
rest of the Ships as per last, with the Brunswick
Transport, Harmony Vidualler, and the IVelson,
STODDART, for Antigua.

SHEERNESS, MARCH s.—Arrived the lrynouth,
of 36 guns, Capt. J. DRAPER, from the Downs, late
from the East Indies.

This day the Aangaroo was paid bounty, and two
months advance, and will proceed to sea as soon as

the weather permits.
The Regulus, which has undergone a thorough
refit, is now ready for sea, and will drop down to
the Nore to-morrow.

Sailed the Kangaroo, Capt. BAKER, for Deal.
Arrived His Majesty's Brig Cruizer.
The Leopard went out of Harbour to the Little
'gore, and sails for Deal to-morrow.

The Spy. Sloop of War will sail on Sunday with
Convoy to the Elbe.
That meritorious-Offiqer Capt. R. YARKER is ap-
pointed to the Julia Brig, fitting at Chatham.

Ships at this Port—Zealand, Lion, Alkmaar, Antelope,
Leopard, Isis, Regulus, Romulus, Weymouth, Winchelsea,
Ceres, Magnanime, Sparrow, Ferret, Spitfire, Spy, Valor-
ous Praatu ; Explosion, Lueiler,Vesuvius, Hecla, and Zebra
Bombs ; Blazer, and several Gun-brigs, Fire-vessels, and
Transports.

The Gibraltar Chronicle, of Jan. 11, contains
the following extraordinary instance of bravery :
." in the late glorious action with the Combined
Fkett-His Majesty's Ship Defiance, commanded by
P. C. DURHAM, had engaged a French eighty-gun
' iihip within pistol shot. Mr. SritAxr, Mate of the
above Ship. from his great aaivity, had been h -
poured with the command of the Boarders, and,
'likewise promised an oppOrtunity to signalize him-
- self. This brave young Officer, in the midst of
the gliori, asked his gallant Captain permission to
board, who immediately ordered the helm a-wea-
ther, and the Boarders to be ready but this true
son of Neptune, fearing the ships would not close,
and unwilling to lose so glorious an Opportunity, re-
quested the men that could swim to follow
He plunged into the water, swam to the Enemy's
stern, and entered the gun-room port alone, by the
assistance of the rudder chains. His, men .either
misunderstood, or did pot hear him; in the clamour
• of battle, but our hero made his way courageously
through the different decks, and was soon after seen
on the Enemy's poop, with his hat on the point of
his cutlass, calling the Boarders to his assistance;
v, lm were then anxiously waiting for the. Ships to,'
- He attemi ted to haul down the French co
lows, but «as attacked by several Grenaol...:rs,
.