The Sun.
London, England, 1808-05-13 00:00:00

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NAVAL. NEWS:

FALMOUTH, MAY I o.—Arrived His walestys Ship
'Camtricn,of 40 gims, Capt Vitqc4NT,. from Ply-
mouth, for Gibraltar and Stcily, having on board
General NIGHTINGALE. • •

'The In/sing/tam Packet, ROA E
Malta, and• Gibraltar, tit-rived this morning. On
the 6th of April information was received by Sir A.
BALi,, at Malta, that.. the French ..Fleet were seen
riff Sardiplion the Ist, and Lord' COLLING-7,V000 off:
Maretimo on the sth; the Townshend Packet had
arrived at Sicily. His •Maje Sty's Ships Lavinia,
Preserpiiie,AnAwcarlC, KAng s-Fis ier, and i'izito-
tteZ4ailed on theast, from Malta, on a cruize. On
the ttith the ifialsinghawipoke His Alajesty'scShip,
, having on beard Mr. J.. SmAii•AitT, boo
to,Sioiiy;. op the 26th spoke His' Majesty's Si-Pp.
Phrete.. 'On the. 28th . April a Fleet from England;
under Convey of His 'Majesty's Shin
rived at Gibraltar. Isi fiist. the PaCket join;
ed the Fle6t Pt:* twelve Sail of the Line,
We.).1.; The Rochefort- Squadron had been to C6rlu,
landed troops, and were s.ipposed to have returned
to Toulon,; LoreiCouittgoNioop had .proceeded to.
that port with fourteen Sail: of the Linea The 17151-
sing hunt. saw the Princess El4plith Pack her,
passage.from Gibraltar to Malta. ;' •,
Arrived' the Duke of •Kent Packet, Capt. LAIV.
tti;NCE, 28 days from Tortola ; left lying there his
Majesty's Ship Ga/alei.
,Ttie Fleet for England
were c xpeaed to sail from Tortola on the 20th of
April.

ArrivCd his Irajesty's Ship Lightning, froth Ports-
mouth, .
to c011e6.1. convoy for the Brazil's.

The At'iive Brig Privateer, of .London; Cant,
roc NET, arrived at• Milford yesterday, frottra eruize,
having engaged and beat oil' a French Cu, vette; of
18 guns. The ..463iva lost one mar; killed, and had
one ;woritidEd ; the engagement was 'a running onv,
and ,lasted niu6

PoßTsMourtr, MAY 12,—Sailed this day the'
Flying Fish, Schooner* Lieutt Gootpo ; and Ant,
Schooner, 'Lent. start,with a convoy of about 20.
Sail for the Downs"; ?rid the' Daiinig Gun-brig,
Lieut.:lLvvzo, with a convoy 'or Plymouth. •
4,,.

.Yrovrovrir, M4y 12.—Arrived the Ks/4: and
Alexandria' Frigates; Zenolia Sloop, with Captain
BLAND .and several OflicerE from Holland; Prase
lipmb, and Hound Sloop. , •

'•
DiAL, 2.—CLirne down horn Sheerriss
his Nliijcsiy's Shp, Lc Punt/Cie, and ii)//a,
ana.%in.tiii in the Downs with his Ntijeity's Shipg,
per last. .

J.4111e11C.-1 PAPERS.

KINGSTON,: MARCH 19....—The French Cartel
Schooner Union, GAZAN, from St. Domingo, in ten
days, arrived on Saturday, with, Mr.and.Mrs..
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MILTON,' five children, and, several slaves, ;and w Mr,
NI'DONALD, lately a rrrat6•6l.-: the: Schoouer Polly,
PagisusToii. HAMILTON'and hii family quittf!,d
Nevis in the Polly, on the. :20th January, for this
_lsland, but on the 24th, oft' Altavela,. 'fell in with the.
French Privateer Schooner Doi tWr, Capt. JERN Fe-
REST, which captured her by boarding, a calm,
atler a considerable chace: She was then ordered for
St. Dorningo,wbere she arrived safely. The conduEt
of Gen. FERRAND to Mr. HANiti.Turr.and his family
demandi the greatest praise. Every attention that Liu:
Inanity could diaate was bestowed' on them
his solicitude for their Comfort was unceasing: he took
them to.bii country residence, a short distancefrom
the city of Santo-Domingo, and- endeavoured by
every Method Jo alleviate the rigours always attend-
ant .01) CAPliVity, ;but pipte patticulai.ly to a female
with a'tintuber of infant's. When they were about to
depart, lie' furnished a cartel solely at his own
pence, and to the last moment of their stay in the
Colony continued to perform every friendly office
towaids them. , I

The Ilimed Sloop of War and 411011 Brig, of Is.
gutweech, Captains SYMOrips and l'ilaUSll) arrived
.froni.a -cruiZe. The former-Vessel brought in with
her the Spanish Schooner Santissiam Trinidada; of
-tour 4-pounders and 20. men, from Porto Bello,
bound to Cidtz; With coifed, cocoa, cochineal, -and
epptured by her otf St. Domingo on the lst
inst. and the Ship Elba, SHKPHLtmD, of Bristol, from
CapeTraraiois, with 170 tierces of sugar and -a.small
quantity, of eotfee, bound to Gonaiv'eS, Where she,
was to fill up with cotton, &c. detained on, the same
day' off Cape Nichola Mule, by the Deadalus. Fri-
gate, in consequence of not having a licence.
We lament to learn by a Schooner from 3anta-
Martha, that one of His Aiajesfyi!i Brigs, supposed
to be'La Raposa, Lieute Vimarrr, was lately lost off
earthagena. It appears that she had engaged sere-
ralttin.,:baati, and while in the aal of tacking, got
aground near that place. The crew made every n-
deavour to extricate her, but it proved fruitless; and"
they were ail taken Prisoners'atid carried into Cartha'.
gen 3. Tne Spaniards afterwards:ol3de sonic efforts
fur
.the same purpose, but were only enabled, te save
her masts and some other articles.