The Sun.
London, England, 1808-09-14 00:00:00

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NAVAL TIEW&

PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 12:—Arril.red the Ameilcitti
Ship Sally, PHILIPS; from AMerica, bound to Bout;
deaux, in ballast, delailid by the Indefatigable Fri-
gate, Capt. ROD!); the Ship S'iork, CHAMBEAS,
from Jamaica, bound to London; put in here by
contrary witid ; the Ships Ocian, FACEY, Trelawny,
WALKER, and Two Brothers, CHANTLIR, 11.0111
Quebec, bound to this Port, laden with timber and
deals ; the Brig Endeavour, Wow), from Malta;
bound to London, laden with oil and currants, put
in here by contrary wind; and the Portuguese Brig
Pentia Franca, from Pernambuco, bound to Ult.-
don, laden with sugar, cotton, and hideS.

The following Transports arrived hel-e yesterday-
from Gibraltar, under convoy of His Majesty's Ships
Queen and Windsor Castle, viz, the Lord Mulgrave,
TODD, Elizabeth, KENDAL, Sally, BRAID, and Mer-
chant, FOT HERINGII AM.

Arrived the Nimrod Sloop of War from Tortola,
which place she left the 31st Jialy last, in company
with His Majesty's Ships Adamant, Ramifies, and
Hippomenes ; also a large convoy, consisting of ti 06
Sail, which passed up Channel this morning.
A Schooner arrived here this evening from Co-
runna, which brings intelligence that a repot was
current when she left Corunna, four days sirlc,!, of
the capture of Lishop by the British troops, after an
aaion, in which JUNoT was killed.

PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 13.—Arrived the Pori nation
Brig, Capt. CHAMBERS, from a cruise.
Sailed the Sparrow Brig, Capt. BURT, with a
small convoy, for Falmouth.

Yesterday arrived the Brig Collingwood, Capt.'
OSBORN, from Dominica : she .vas rim foul of at
sea by a Ship, name unknown, which carried away
both masts, and swept every thing dear with the
deck. The Ship then run foul of the Nimrod Sloop
of War, and it is much to be feared that both foun-
dered, as they were not seen after by the Coiling-
wood. The convoy left Tortola, being about 150-
Sail, under the prote&ion of the &unities, of 74
guns, on the 24th July, and the Collingwood parted
with them off the .Li; rd a few days ago.
The American,Brig General Armstrong, Capt. SIN.
CLAIR, lying at the Motherbank waiting convoy for
the Mediterranean, was last night struck by light-
ning, which shivered her maintop•mast and top-
gallant-mast to pieces.

YARMOUTH, SEPT. 13.—Yesterday Admiral RUS-
SELL struck his flag on board the Majestic, which
Ship, with the Aboukir and Minotaur, sailed fbr
the Baltic.

DOVER, SEPT. 13.—Passed by for London the
Quebec Fleet of 15 ; also the following Ships of
the Leeward Island and Jamaica Fleets, viz.
The Lloyd's, Morgan, Harriet, Reid, lames, Carter,
Econom;', Garnock, Hawke bury, Radley, Inviter, Mar-
tin, and Echo, Steward, from larnaica ; Duchess of York,
D,rnier, and Progress, Manning, from Surinam ; Dart, Pa-
terson, from 13erbiee ; Hopewell, Corey, trout Barbadoes ;
Cove, Vestley, troin Tohao ; Proselyte, Barton, from Do.
tn:tnea ; princes; M'ary, ltill,and Dal, Howell, from Santa
Cruz ; Fortitude, Rand, from St. Kitt's; Ann, M'Kenzie,
Frederick, M'Don.di.l, Arundel, Tate, Trio, Jackson" and
Harmony, Wilson, trorn Demerara.

SHEERNESS, SEPT. 12.—Came down froM Chat-
ham and anchored at the Little Nore, the Merope
Sloop of War, Captain DODD j and Gallant Gun-
brig. •
Yesteday four men belonging to the Ned Elven
Sloop of War, who were, with a Midshipman, sent
on duty in the jolly boat, forcibly took the command
from the Officer and landed on the Essex shore,
where they made their escape.
HALF-PAST FIVE.-7A great number of West India-
men are passing for the River ; also the East‘lndia
Fleet have passed the Nore for the River.

DEAL, SEPT. 13.—Arrived His Majesty's Ship
Ramilies with a Convoy from the Leeward Islands;
His Majesty's Ship Adamant with a Convoy from
Jamaica; and His Majesty's Ship Amelia with a
Convoy from Quebec.

A favourite dog, of the Newfoundland breed,
the property of the Duke of VORK, died a few
days ago. From-some suspicious circumstances con•
fleeted with the death of the animal, his Royal
Highness had the body opened, when it, was found
that he bad been poisoned. The perpetrator of this
Cruel act has not yet been discovered.

Last week a man who sells fish about Chelsea
and Fulham, undertook for a wager of five 'guineas
t©► run from Hyde Park-corner to the seven mile-
stone at Brentford, in one hour, with 541 b. weight
on his head, which he performed in 45 minutes with
ease.

General FERGUSON is the second son Of FERGU-,
sox, of Raith, who derived anlimmense fortune from
his uncle, Mr. FERGUSON, of Austin Friars, a mer-
chant of great respedability in London, who died
a bachelor, leaving a fortune of at least 300,0001.
accumulated in the fairest and most honourable
manner. The General was brought up under the
celebrated Professor PLAYFAIR, at Edinburgh, and
made a remarkable proficiency in mathematics—
thus laying the best founs/ation for becoming an able
Taditiota and EngiLeer. General FERGUSON is
Member for Kirkaldy, in Fifeshire, in which county
lie his father's estates.

Saturday as Mr. Stocking, a builder, was descend-
ing a ladder, reared against the front of a house is
the Edgeware-road, he missed one of the muds, fell
VW' Uie porment, pcd iFotantly .410,