The Sun.
London, England, 1808-08-24 00:00:00

A tkai days ego the tirest meet, fives, of
Line ant, four Frigates, put to sea, but on seeing Sir
Ducmwormes Squadron; made the best of their wiy
again into port, in doing which one of their Frigates g't
upon a rock, and was -deserted by Iler crew, and
immediately after set on firc by our Squadron.

NAVAL NEWS.

Fr nt the LONDON q4lErtE, 4' g. z 3.

Adiniralty,Office,• 4.7 g. 23, ISO B .. •
Copy of a Letter from Vice-Admiral Sir john llorlase War-
ten, K.ll, Conunander in Chief of his Moje'sty's Ships and
Vessels at Halifax, to the Hono;.trable W. W. Pole, dated
at Halifax, Italy 1.4, tBoB.
WE last night received Paris and Dutch Papers, I
Sll2,
the former to the lath,-and the latter to the 19th! Be pleased to communicate the inclosed Copy of
a Letter I have received from Captain Austen, ac-
inst. 'We have seleaed the articles of any interest
quainting the that his Majesty's Sloop Indian, under
which they contain ; but it is hardly necessary to 1 his command, had captured La Jeune Estelle French
observe, that they still preserve a most cautious si- Privateer, of four guns and twenty-five men, from
lence respeeting the affairs of Spain. There is,
in the River St. Mary's, bound to St. Domingo with a
.
eargo of flour and provisions ; another was in COW-
deed, an article from Madrid, dated the 28th ult. patty, but escaped.
the day before JOSEPH ran away, which contains a I have the honour to be, Sze.
JOHN BORLASE 'WARREN.
pompous account of the ceremony of proclaiming
His Majesty's Sloop Indian, 1 une 27, 180 S
him King of Spain and the Indies, which took place
on the 26th. On that occasion his Majesty ap-
pointed his Council of State, and created Count •
.Csraro IYALANGE a Grandee of the first class. This
is. the whole of the information which BUON.APARTE.
has thought proper to communicate to his vassals re-
spewing Spain, and we venture to predi& it is.the
last which he will condescend to give them for some
time. Soe,e of tt.e unofficial French Papers have
recently received a very severe leaure from the Mo.
niteur, for having incautiously mentioned some ru-
mours that .were circulated on the Continent ;
and if they should repeat the offence, they will,
there is no doubt, share the fate of the Bayreuth
Courant, which • has been suppressed, " and it
is to be hoped;" says the Moniteur, " that other
Journalists may take warning from. this salu-
fary example." Bat 'it is not the propagation of
" unfounded reports" only that excites the 'vengeance
of BUONAPAETE against the unfortunate Editors of
the Continental Papers; sometimes the statement of
an undoubted faa draws down upon them the se-
verest punishment. A Paper published in Ham
burgh has within these feW weeks been suppressed
for having inserted the Prnclamation which was
issued in this Country for the cessation of hostilities
with Spain. This circumstance is not mentioned in
the Ataniteur, because it would have been necessary
state,the offence which the Paper had committed,-.
and it was not perhaps thought quite pendent to let
the People of France so much in o the secret respect-
ing the amicable relations which subsist between
this Country and Spain.
There is an article in one of these Papers which
states, that the Spanish Troops in Jutland, Funen,
&c. had taken the oatlis of allegiance to their new
Sovereign, Don JOSEPH, and that upon that occa-
sion " their enthusiasm was universal !"

-
I have the honour to inform you, that, at daylight
on the igth•instant, being in Lat. 28. 34. N. Long.
74. 4. W. I fell in with two Schooners, which in-
stantly made sail from us on different tacks 5 I chaced
the. one .which appeared largest, and sent the Boats
in pursuit of the other. , Atter a short chace I cap-
tured Ls Jeune Estelle French Privateer, of four
guns and twenty-five men, from the River St. Ma-
ry's to St. Domingo, with a cargo of flour and pro-
visions. lam sorry to add that, in consequence of
a breeze springing up when within halt gun-shot,
the Boats were not able to come up with the other,
,which I learn from the Prisoners was L'Exchange,
of six guns and ninety-five men, partly loaded with
provisions, and bound also to St. Domingo, •
La • Jeune Estelle had one man killed and one
wounded by our chace gnus.. From the nature of
her cargo I have thought it advisable to take her to
Bermuda, which I hope will meet with your appro:,
bation.

I have the honour to be, Sce.
C. J. AUSTEN, Comniander.
Vice-Admiral Sir lohn liorlase Warren,
&c. &c. &c. Halifax.

PLYMOUTH; AUG. 22.--Arrived the American
Ship Sally, nett°Ls, from Oporto, bound to this
Port, laden with wine : the English Brig Diana,
MAINWARINGO frori Cape Francois, laden with cof-
fee, bound to this Port for orders; and Endeavour
hired Armed Btig, with. a convoy from Wales.
Sailed the Emerald Frigate, to the' Westward,
With Dispatches ; and Slzeldrake Sloop of War, for
Jersey.

Eight Transports are new here, fluting for the
purpose of proceeding to *dill to'bring home-2000
sheep.

PORTSMOUTH, AUG. ;.),3.—Arrived this day the ,
Dapper Gun-brig, from a cruize to the. westward;
and Linnet Cutter Brig, from off Havre. Also ar-
rived' the Deu4nes, Union, Sir Stephen Lushing,ton,
and Ocean (for India), from the Downs.

The Success Frigate is under sailing orders with
be Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Mediterranean con-

BUONABARTE was expededi in Paris by the 15th
of this month. The French Papers give an account
of his progress, and detail with more than usnal.mi-
nuteness the joy which the presence of their "ador-
ed Sovereign" excited in the breasts of his faithfbl
subjects. CAMBASCER6 and LE BRUN have been
• raised to the Ducal dign4 the former is now called
Duke of PAR NIA, anll thelatter Duke of PIACENZA.
" JOACHIM NAPOLEON, by the Grace of God, King
of the Two Sicilies, Prince and Grand Admiral of
France," &c. has issued a Proclamation to hiS
ci-
devant Subjeds of the Dutchy of Berg, in which
he releases them from their oaths of allegiance.

DEAL, AuG. 23.—Sailed through the Downs yes-
terday evening, the Devaynes, Sir Stephen Lushing-
ton; and the Ocean East Indiamen, for PortsinOuth.
Arrived His Majesty's Ships Bustler, Nymph,
and Phosphorus,' from a cruize.

This morning a Mail arrived from the Leeward'
Island's, brought to Falmouth by the Francis Freeling
Packet. She sailed from St. Thomas's on the putt',
ult. •
• The Raven Sloop of War sailed from Cork on
the 18th instant, with seven :Vessels under convoy,
for the West Indies.
Yesterday and This morning, Dispatches were re-
teived at the Admiralty, from Admiral. itowLLY,
Commander in Chief at Jamaica.

SURRENDER. OF IRANCLUEBAR.- The followin
letter from an Officer belonging to . the 14th Regi
merit, was received in town yesterday : -
"TltAl4tatiEßAß, FEB. 19.—We embarked on the
loth inst. at Madras, on board his Majesty's ship
Russell, and sailed at day-break the following morn-
ing. On the afternoon of the 12th, we reached our
destination, the mouth of the river Caveri, off the
town of. Tranquebar. The place was immediately
summoned, and Articles of Capitulation were signed
10 P. M. between Colonel WATSON and Captain
CAULFIELD, on the part of the British, and the De--
puty.Governor on the part of the Danes,
The flank companies of our Regiment took
possession of the place on the morning of the 13th.
But as this out*aid-bound fleet, under Admiral
PRURY, appeared on' here as we were landing, we
expel to be immediately relieved, and, to proceed to
CalCutta."

Yesterday morning his MAJESTY, PrinCessOSO;• 1
PHIA3 AUGUSTA, and AMELIA, accompanied by Lady
'ISABELLA LINNNE, Generals HARCOURT, CART-
iiVRIGH,T,:aIId FITZROY, Count MUNSTER, and CO- '
• lonel TAN Lott, rode in Windsor Park; and returned
to the Palace at -half past eleven. • - 1
Yesterday, at one o'clock, the QUEEN and Patti- .
CESSF.S' set off in their.open carriages to Egliatu races.
A few days back. a French Officer and a seaman,
who had effecaed their escape trotu the lialianta
Prison Ship, at Gillingham, near Chatham, a short
time ptevious,were picked up by one of our Cruizers,'
in an open boat within a league of the French coast,
and were last , week safely deposited in their , old
quarter.i. The Officer, whose name is. RousssAu,
has three times escaped from his confinement,. and
,:been as often retaken. • .

We are sorry to learn that Mrs. WAuar:4, Lite
Mrs. MERRY, and formerly Miss BRONION, died
last month at Alexandria, in America.