The Sun.
London, England, 1806-05-21 00:00:00

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From the LONDON GAZETTE, 1174 y

lliay 2,0, 180 G.

Copy of Letter transmitted by Vice-Admiral, bird
Coll.„ngivood, Commander ill Chief .211cdes-'
ty's, Ships and Vessel in the 111,2diterranean, to
Marsden,
• - H. IW. S. 11:ydra-, at Sea, April 28..
-,MY LORD,

I have the honour to inform you, His Catholic
Majesty's Schooner Argonanta, commanded' by
Lieut. Dort Josef De Mendivil, and deStined for
Buenos Ayres, with dispatches, was captured -this
morning by His Majesty's. Ship under my cOmmand,
after a chace of 230 miles, in laf. 34. deg. 9 min. N.
and long. 9 deg.-29 min. W. • She is a remarkable
fine Vessel of her -kind, having originally 'carried
10 six-pounders, and two eights, all of which, how-
ever, were taken oat previous •to her proceeding-
across the Atlantic, on the above. service; af the
time of Capture having only four sixes mounted on
stocks, and a complement of 1 Officers and men.
.She is coppered; and wAI found in every sort of
stores, and appears perfettly adapted fol'His Majesty's
service. I have the Honour to be, .8.7 c.

• ' • G. MU,NDY.
Right lion.'l,ord collingwood, Cornmandet in Chief.'

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Copy of a Le!ter transniiited Pice-21.;1Miral
Commander in Chicf•qf His .illjesy's
trips and,ressels at Jamaica; to. William
Mars-
den, Esq.

H: ill. Shop &rife izt, Port-Royal Harbour,
Janzaica, March S., 1806.

SIR, • . , .
I hire the honour tollitorni you,' that bh the
28th of November last-, '•being Off the Island of
Bonecce, •at- five P. 'two Sail appeared in the
N. -W. quarter. AS they were far to wind Ward,
and night approaching, I judged, by commencing.
a chace at that time, there tvas but little prpspea
of keeping Sight of them- after close of day; I
ttmefere continued with the Ship in thp same'sitn-,
ation as when first seen till dusk, and then.bOre•up;
made • for Trokillo Buy,• the entrance of
Which we reached before eleven o'clock the same
night. . I was induced td, 'believe, by thediteEti.on'
.they Were .steering, added to- other circumstances,
this wds their destination. At two in the morn.
ing of the 2gth,--these Vessels were seen rounding
the East Point forining TrUxillo Bay, but hauling
so close to the land that. they Were scarcely to lie
discerned. Bsperiencinga -strong current at the
Smile time setting the. Ship out, and the Wind'.alsO
-in that direaion,- which they avoided in-shore,
found; under these gre.at.disadvantages, there was
no probability of acting againSt them with effea
withouttheßoats, so they Wereinstantly dispatched
under_ the orders of Mr. William Pinttill, the Second
Lieutenant, and Mr. Charles-Trace,-Master's MAt,
in the Launch, aid the Cutter with Dar. Samuel `I
Ntsbett, MidshiPtnan, and:Mr. Thomas Scriven, the
Phiser, all Of whom came .forward iii a'Very
-some manner, offering their services, as well as every.
man employed "on this ',occasion. We -had made
them out-before night, one to be a Felucca, the
other Felucca-rigged forward, but having a SchoOner
sail aft,. which convinced me they. were Enciny'ir-
armed .Vessels; l: therefore direaed the Boats to a&
'together, and attempt the largest. first.. On approach-.
ing' 'her. they -received a heavy discharge from great
guns :.and small arms, but their :exertions 'soon
realised them to board and' Carry -their objea ; which
proved to be a Schooner-built Vessel and Guarda
Costa, called the- Si. Christo Vil-Pano, bearing the
ColoutS and belonging to His Catholic .Majesty,
. from the Havannah, :mounting one lOng traver.;ing
eighteen-pounder, :two four-pounders, four .brass
• three-pounders, small. arms, &c. and forty Men, -
cernmanded by Don -Juan, Christorel Tierror who,•
and twenty-five others, escaped by jumping over-
' board' and swimming on shore ; Lieutenant' Pat,
Itill; with •the Launch alone;- lost no time in pur-
suing the .other; but arn sorry to say .she
.eluded
his vigilance under cover of the night, by lo*eriit
• her sails, then sweeping round the opposite sidea
the Bay close to LtikeS Keys and. at daylight -
was nearly under the Fort Ttuxillo ;' a
.Spanish Fe
'hew .Privateer mounting one 4-pounder :and . 40..
men ; she had actidentally joined the captured Yes-.
sel Off Cape Antonio five days before. - I feel much
pleasure in . saying this sere ice was performecrwith-.'
out the loss of a man ; and great Credit is due to
Lieutenant. Patfnll, not. only for. his judgment in
)aving the Boats on board,. the gallant-manner he
le-c,l them on, but for his -aaive exertion respeaing
the puesuit the, other -Officers aiid Men employ.:
ed under his orders highly merit my' warMest ac,'
knowl6dgments ;, all of whom I. take the liberty of
-recommending to your notice. .
1- have the honour to be;-Lc. '
• - • J. WALL'ER..

To j'4, R. nacres. Et.,q Vice-Admiral
of the White, &c. &c.
copy of a Letter transmitted IT .Rear-Admiral the
Hon. -Sir Alexander Cochratre, Bart. commander
in 'Chief of His Majesty's Si:ips and Vessels at the
_Let:ward Mandy, to WilliaM Marsden, Esq. •
His Kajecky's Ship Agamemnon, at Sea,
Man-It e4O 806:

I have the honour to acquaint you, that.this.morn-
ing, at day-light (Martinique bearing S. Si deg. W.
distance 170 miles), two Sail were seen to wind,,
ward, evidently -a Frigate in chace,of a Brig, steering
large under a press of sail. ' Captain 11•'Kenzi4, of
the Carysfort, soon made himself known tome by.
Signal, and. that the chace was an Enemy ; the Cal.
rysfort having been in.chace 30 hours, and .by the
greatest perseverance and attention kept sight: of her
the whole night, the Enemy manoeuvring in a mas,
terly style the whole time.• At half paSt seven,
finding she could not cross us, 'she surrendered, nod
proved to be the French. National Brig La Lutine,
Mons. ()rocquct Dechateurs; Commander; from
L'Orient, bound to Martiniquei put 33 days, and
nad not made any capture ; 'sheis-a remarkably fine
Vessel, quite new, mounts 18 guns, :two of wliich
were thrown overboard in the chace i is well ap
pointed in every resin& ;. sails uncommonly fast,
and is, in my opinion, well ,calculated for His Ma:-
-jesty.s Service.

I have, &c.
E. BERRY, Captain.
To the Hon. Alexandar COchrane, &c,

PLYI‘,IOI7;Ti4, 11" AI. I§.--The retort i.:ircuiltet 4:

terday relative to the capture of the I.a-shale Scir,;:
dron cruizing offßrest,,there is the strongest clii.ind6
to believe is *holly „void of foundation ; at lev,s(ril
snob intelligence has'been received j
and it is more than probable the report. was circu-
lated by, and originated with, some maliOiouS person.
Arrived the Danish Brig Anna Johunna'; Capt
S'c-mONst, laden with oil frtiryi Gallipoii, ,bonfid to

Hamburg-If; detained by His Majesty's Ship Mau-
Chero ; the Arnerican Ship Ganges, Capt. PHILLIF.
laden With tea, Nankeen, -&c. bound to Ainsterdain;
detained, by the Unity Privateer, btt is since li7
berate.d ;- the Danish Brig Frieheiden, from Cettei
laden ,with brandy, bo-und to Hamburgh, detained
by HiS2Majesty's Ship. Alcmene; and the American.
Galliot-Fortuntr.., from Charlestown, laden with rice,
•
.dctainedi by His'Majesty's Ship Brilliant
Sailed the .1/V4e de Paris,, 116 guns,. L' Ez ptienne
and Lez Sybale FrigatesJ to join the Channel Fleet;
also the Squadron under the command of Rear-Ad-
miral
.Sir consisting of the Ca?scrii.
of 80 guns, Montague, - Helleisie,'Beilonet,•Teifitle,--
Triumph,' and" Audaiidus; of. 74 guns each ;
laneit;us and Decade Frigates-, for the East Isidi.s : in'
getting under way the. Ccesar ran foul of the .thzdw;
4Qus., and carried assay her quarter 'galleries.
. • - ,
The. Bel lona Cartel, from the Cape of Good
HopeJ having- on board.the. Dutch General JA...;-sENs
(late CoMrnander in Chief- therc) :and,part of his.
Troops, passed by for Holland.this, morning ;
thence the 4th March, and tonchecl'atSt: Helena,.
from'whence she sailed on the 24th following; Icft
there waiting . Convdy the Corripany's Ships Air/ey
Castle' and Baring, and the E?t.tra Ships, aynes ;
Trai,er, and one other; the Treine?4dous; of 74
;guns, which sailed froth ,Bombay Jancl;ry,
expeaed at ,St.. Helena 'to convoy
_them home ; all
-the Dutch and French Troops at 016 Cape had eta- •
balteCl-aricl sailed for Europe ; the ,Sir Johli jjorlase
Iferarren, Cartel', with a part of. the Troops, passed
this Port, to .the Eastward, two days:since.

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The Superb, of i 4 gins, J. T.
PUCKWORTH, came into Harbour this morning.

PO4TSMOUtiI, MAY .20.--ArriVgd last night. the
Neniesis Frigate, Captain SOIORVILLE, having seen
the Halitak Convoy to a certain latitude. She has
brought home the Crew of the Providence (one of.
that Convoy)„ which sprung a leak on the passage;
and soon atter founderech

The Hon. Al viral BERKELEY hoisted his Flat on
board the Ville-de-Milan,
,captain Sir R. LAwitie :
she was paid ways to-day-, and it is expeCted will
sail to-m6rrow morning..

The Foudroyant and Britannia, with the Trafal=-
gar Prizes, are released frorn quarantine.
The Defender Gun-brici has detained and sent in-
.
to this 'Nit the Danish Brig. Eliza; from Trieste,
bound toNarel and-Tonningen, laden with fruit.

'l-lAI:MICH, MAY 20.--LCapt. ANTHONY DEANE,
of the Prihce of (Vales Packet, arrived last night,
after Post; from Hasum, with two Hamburgh and
Bremen Mails., Two of the King's Me3sengers,
, with Dispatches, als6 arrived by this Packet.

The Aggressor Gun-brig remains ; and the Re-
pulse Cutter sailed on a Cruize.

YARMOUTH, MAY 520:—This morning arrived in
the Roads frona• .a Crt.tize • the Stately and Nassau
Meri:of War; L'Ainzallo. and*Orpheus Frigates, and
remain in the Roads with the•Roduck; Admiral
DOUGLAS, and two Gun-brigs: •
Sailed the druizer Sloop on a Cruize.

I• DEAL). MAY 20.—Arrived the- Rosario Sloop of
War from a Cruizei also arrived and sailed for the,
I. River the Camel Store-ship, Capt: JOYCE, .from

Gibraltar.

SfIEERNFM, MAY 2b.--=Arrived this day His Ma-
jesty's . Ship Agincouit left the .Texel yesterday
morning ; came 'in to be paid. The Banetta, with
Convoy to the'llaltic, will sail as soon as the wiiid,
is fait% .

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DI.StRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY,
• A distribution of the proceeds ot the hull and stores, and
Of the „final ptytrient or-the bullion captured On board the
Spanish Frikates Farm; Ciara,,a4cl.Medea, on the sth of Oc. •
tAair, 0.01, and of.tlie prateds of. the San Miguet, alias El
captured on the 7th.Dcer,l•4o4, by Majesty's
Ship Lively, will, be made.oi Ward, on.the 21st inst. ; and
for three years from that date, at No. rr, Cecil-street.
the Captain and Crew of His Majesty's Ship'llazard,.
ior the Capture of the Nostra Signclu del tarinvn, on the Ist of -
'February, iBot, a distribution will he made. on board the
Hazard, on the ezd inst. ; and at Sisen's,ol-lice, Plymuuto,
every Monday and Thursday for three months.
To the Officers and Company -of His Majesty's- Ship
L'Egyptienne, for the Capthre of ElDiekosa, on the irn
r oFebruary, Oes, their respeaive portions of-the final p,,y4
ment • thereof, on board, on her arrival at Plymouth ; and
every Wednesday and Thursday for .three months, at No. y,
New Itroad.street: •
To the Officers and Company of Lli-,Majesty's Shit Po.
mon', their proportions of the .Fortune (S;iti;glr), seized on
the 6th of May, 18os, on board the said Ship, on the 23,1 inst.
andevery day.tor three months, at No. 12i Upper Thames•
street. . .
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To the Officers and Company. of H. M. S. Tisiphone,- for
the capture of the Del Carmen, oh the rst of-May; their'
proportion of the condemned part Of the cargo, at No. 33,
St. Swithin's,lane Lombard-street, on the 24th instant, and
every 'fuesday anc:Friday Ibr three years.

On Monday last a
,yourig,. man, a %%leaver in Bel-
fast., put a period to his existence, by cutting his
throat in a shocking ivanner. He bore a very.godd
character ; and there is .no reason., assigned for this •
rash deed. A Coroner's Inquest sat on the body,
'and 'breught in a verdia of—Lunacy.. . . -