The Sun.
London, England, 1806-11-11 00:00:00

NA VA .L NEWS.

PORTSM9VTIT,' NOV. 10.--Arrived the Sprightly
Gun,brig, Lieut.' GOE.DO N, froni a -Cruize.

The "Blonde Ffigateand The Afrundance Stere,ship
with.the.West India Conyoy,. are shopped do;vn to
Cowes. • • . .

Nov. .10.—Ther&ewfoundland Fleet, un-
der convoy of His Majesty's Ship. Isis, are nearly all
arrived, in 15 days -passage,: a few .separated.in a
heavy gale of wind four ',days after they sailed ,from
St. John's

.
The Standley,. WILLts, bound to Newfound-
land, on her passage encountered a very heavy, gale
of wind, which obliged her talk* up for this Port ;
she lost both her Wats, and sustained great.- deal
of other damage, ;- and one, person . was washed
overboard, and -drowned.

,SREERNESS, Nov. 10.—This mdrning the Flag.
Ship.fired a gun, and made the signal for the punish-:
ment of LONG, a private Marine, who is to be
flogged from Ship to Ship- till he has received five
handfed lashes, according to the 'sentence pro=,
noun Ced on him on Tuesday last for desertion. A
Baarwith an Officer from each Ship.attends.
.Arrived yesterday afternoon the Franchise Frigate:
Sailed the Emulous Sloop of War.

YARMOUTH, Nov. 10.—This. morning arrived the
King George Packet, .Capt,. SAUNDERS, with Mails,
Passengers, and a King's' Messenger, from Cux.
haven.

yesterday sailed Admiral Russzu; and the Fleet'
on a cruize. - •

FALMOUTH, Nov. B.—Arrived His Majesty's Ship.
Princess Ronal, from Torha'y, and remains with His.
Majesty's Ships Gives, *C-14 plain, Spencer,.Titesr F,us,
.IVereide, Paulina,Hgughty, andandi Whit-
ing, and a-Fleet-of Transports. -

DEAL, Nor. clo"Tn from
,the River
the Edward Foote, JENNINGSi for Jamaica, with' se-
veral other outward-bound Vessels, and sailed' from
the Downs with the General' Stuart East Indiam'ani
the rest of the• outwarcl-bound Ships under Convoy
of the Devastation Bomb, for Portsmouth, and the,
PAcebe Frigate on a Cruize off Havre.

DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZFAION.F.Y.
To the Officers and Ships' Companies of •ijeSty's.
Ships Maidstnle and Narcissus,- tot the captr -4 La Ma 1
donna del Turelina, and La Madonna the, Ist
August, 1804, the amount or their proportions of a remittance
from Nlalta, on the aith inst. at the. Grid':,, in Villier's-street,
Strand, and for three years, at No: t; Adelphi.
To the Officers and Companies of Ills M-ajesty's Ships
Apol:o,•Cruizer, ',Willie, and Rose Cutter, for the capture
of 'the ifouismon and.Ouldst Theridt; Alay 13, 1799, their'
proportions, the loth inst. at Messrs. Poulain and Key's,
Cannon.street, and. every Monday and
Thursday for three years,
.•

The ilaor.y, STEPItEs Master, arrived at Bos-
ton on the 14th OLlober, frona St. 'Sebastinus, '`On,
the coast of Brazil, from whence he sailed 25th of
July,.and reported, that accounts had been receirOd,
previous to his sailing, that Sir HOME POPnAm had
arrived off Montevideo, and sent in "a flag- demanding
the surrender .of that place. The issue was not
known when the Ship came away.
The John- Morgan, BUNKER, from New-York,
for-UN:6l.pol, is on shore on the Isle of Mali ; the
Hampshire, GILDAR, from New Orleans, for Liver-
pool, is on shore in Carnarvon Bay.

The Charlotte, BLIRMETT, Of London, is lost in
Riga Bay.

The fohn and Mary, GILES, from Youghall, for
Southampton, foundered off St. Ives, &th inst. crew
saved.

The Brothers, Qum, from Virginia to White-
haven, v: as captured on the 27th August, by the
Regulus French Man of War.

"Y tie
Castle, DOUGLAS, and the Jane, NATORS, of
T.,ivrpopl, are wrecked at Riga, crew saved.
Rear-Admiral MARTIN has resigned his command
at•Portstbouth, in consequence of his late domestic
afßiaion,

Lieut. YOUNG is promoted to be a Commander,
and .appointed. to the Curlew. Mr. S. LEAK (of Ha-
vant), and Mr. SHADS (of Chichester), are pro-
moted to he Lieutenants:

Orders have 1, etz transmitted to the Custom-
house at Hell, for the detention of all Vessels
loading for Embden or Varell ; the Hoop, BARKER,
ibr the latter port, which sailed on'Friday from
Hull, had a boat dispatched after her, and was
brought back.

Aletterbas been received at Hull, by a respeEtable
Merchant, from partner at Dantzic, dated the
14th of OEtolier, which states—" That ort-tht loth,
of 66tober the Russians were coming into Prussia
from all quarters."

There was no Cotirt of Aldermen held to-day';
but the LORD MAYOR, after inspecting the Returns
of the Mealweighers, ordered the price of Bread to
continue as last week.

On Saturday.lhe\workmen.were employad in re,.
moving :the official papers, furniture, &c. from the
Ordnance Office, in Palace:yard, preparatork to that
building being pulled doWn. ,Upwards of 300 houses
are also to be raised, according to the. plan for im-
proving that part of the city ; and it is mentioned
that the 'entire west side of Parliament-street, near-
ly the whole of King7street, with parts of Charles
and George.;street, &c. are to be thrown down, and
an avenue as wide as the street at Whitehall
con-
tinued to the Abbey.

Sir FRANCIS BURDETT accused Mr. BYNG yester-.
day, at Brentford, of loving THE SUN. We know
not whether the Baronet alluded to the great lumi-
nary of Nature, or, to_ our humble Planet of the
Moral World ; but we trust, that the latter will ne-
ver found wanting in the light of truth, rtzj flw
warmth' of" patriotism.

NEW PARLIAME,NT,

MEMBERS RETURNED.

Vtrr ursnllti—H. P. Wyndham, ;, Richard
Long; •

\VA RvywnsAlßE—J. D. Str4Por4 Dugdale, Esq.;
.chz3ries M.ordatlnt, Esq

_ .
SUSSEX—Lieut.-General Lennov3 John Fuller,'
Esq..

ALDBOROU,OII, SUFFOLK—Sir John Aubrey.

CONTESTED ELECTIONS.
State of the Poll.

MONDAY.
HAMPSIIIRE•-•TIIDDIAS Thistlet hwait 33g
Hon., Win. Herbert - 331
Wiiiiara Chute - - 315
-. Sir Mildmay - 300
.
SATURDAY.'
Nt3TTINdHAM—.W. Coke - 1753
• • W: smith - 1530
Birch - 1435
WESTMINSTER ELECTION.--State of the Poll at
one o'clock to-day :
--
Sir'S."HOOD 390
Mr. PAULL —330 s
'Mr. SHERIDAN -- 3107

..,...• .. •
The. Independent Gentlernett, -of the • County-, of
Northampto,n, with the: honest old ,liaronet at their
head, .are making such - indefatigable • exertions. as
leave: Lord -4vrito.Kribut little ehance of gaining his
EleEtion.

The ~Ele6tion for the County of 'Northampton
commences (9..•mpirow;SW I.2th, inst..
_The contest
will be a most severe one, and the sxpence inca6
culable, The great weight of interest which sup-
ported Mr. Drcxirvs,yho.,decittied the contest at
the County,‘Meeting-, will, it is supposed, decide
, •
the Eledion.
Yesterday, abbot two, o'clock, the.. present. and
- late Chief Magistrates went" by water to tie Court
of Exchequer, Westminster Hall, fur the purpose
Of swearingdu the new.Loßa
The RECORDER, in a suitable speech, addressed
the Bench. :He paid the highest compliments to
the late LORD MAYOR, for Ins active and unreruit-
ingattention: to the duties imposed upon him by
his.fellow.-citizens,,and alluded tbe. appro.bation
Of his exertions, shewn by the Livery of London,
by eletting him one pf their. Representatives in Par-
liament. He then introduced their Lordships
• ,• • • _
the Lotto MAtyon, Eled. .
Sir ARCHIBALD MACDOIN4LD,' in a neat. and ap-,
• , •
propriate speecn,, expressed his satisfadion; that the
City had discovered in their Lite ObOice: a 'man of
such sound, principles' as Mr. Alderman Slimy, and
trusted; that the Lord-Mayor as he bad no
doubt, would disehargellis oiliee" with the like ap-
p. olu ion . , •
fornis'haying been gone thiOngh, the
Prucesion returned to filiickfriars , in, the .satue
Or,:r!r, anTresiClied alirdhill about half: plist.-fOur.
•
.As the pz:?co,;,a)n passed
the' 6161) tciol 'the hbrsc3 ',from Sir FRANCIS'
tURDETT's carriage, and drew_ it to" G taircirai. •
The Hall was untr:lJually. hr.4tut. The illurni-
qated balloon in the centre, and the variegr:ted
dispersed in every Ott' of the l~ial.i;:prddoc-,-!,', a be,.:17
find btit the:"novelty of -t v, the
new painted witido‘. at the 'East 'end'of the spacious
apartment. rt was operid- for the tir'st time to the
public view. * • • ' • •

The banquet 'WIN serv=ed itp at six o'clock,' in the
accustomed stile of costly abundance. i • • -
During the'idessert, pow..eps Of TN:CLI:-
DON., TAYLOR, DIGNUM, &C. highly enlivened th:ft
part of the festival. SeverkappriSpriate toaStS• were
given, and thellealths'of"-eaciroftherPity.Members
were drank in' ttirn theraeknowledged"the con-,
plirnent indistina speeches. • • •

. . . . .
About os,clock the Ladies retired—to the
ball-room ; when Nl', CfiIIMERS and;ltliss WIL-
SON opened the ball with a minuet. l'ite same
couple also led dOi.vii the first (tunny dance,
" LadY'Aiontgomerr."'.: -
Soon after ten o'cl9Ck the.;table's on the hustings
were cleared awry, to make "boom Tor various sets/of
Country dances.

. .
AmonttheCompan• yriresent attheLoßrYill4yoß's
table were, the LORD-CrAt4clii.;Loki• the Duke of
NoaFoLtt ; the,Earls SPENCER;',LAuDE46AI,E, and
MOIRA ; • Lcirds Plowidx'• and -:HoLLAtsrn ; the
,ltibpEs,- Mr. SIIESIDA.N, the ATTORNEY-GENERAL,
the AMERICAN ENVOY, Mr. MtLIASII,
Miss WILSOW, who 'opened the Ball last night at
Guildhall', is the daughter of
,RICIIARD WILSON,
Esq. Secretary to the.:Lqrd Chancellor, :and the new
Member for
The GrcicerS' Company sported a new and splen-.
did barge yesterday, most richly carved, and:orna-
mented 'with a variety of emblematical figures, sup
perbly gilt. It had a very cwispicuous and brilliant
effe&. •

The indisposition of Miss SMITH, Who is to per-
form a principal ,chara6ter. in Mr. ,thistoNo's new
Play, is the occasion of its postponement. 1141:-.
SKEI-FINGTON has written the Prologue.
Mrs. H. JOHNSTON made her first appearanCe in
the Dublin Theatre on Wednesday last, in the cha-
rataer of Pcggy, in ,The C'ountr!J. Girl, and a.vas re-
ceived throughout with the most unbounded ap-
.
plause.

- THE ARTS.—The fine equestrian Portrait of His'
MAJESTY, painted by NORTHCOTE, and intended
for Lancaster. Castle, is to be engraved by REY-
NOLDS, an Artist of no common merit in painting
as well as .in 'his own immediate province. This
Portrait is. certainly the best• representation of HIS
MAJESTY- that has yet appeared, and is a work of
considerable -merit, independently of its exact and
spirited'similitude to the revered Original, •
The following-Extra& 'of a Lthter from an Officer
serving with the British troops in the GWicaWar's
service, metlitions a revival of .the long menaced in-:
vasion of Eindostan by the Afghans The last
accounts from Moult= state, that Burjee Rao
Ghantki,, who was driven from Ilimfostan in con-
sequence of the late treaty between the (emptily
atd Holkar; has obtained such popularity and fa-
vour at the Court of Cabul, that he is to be placed
at the head of an Army, to make an irruption into
the Panjab, as as die rainy season had termi-
nated. The preparations making fo'r that expedi-
tion had excited great alarm as far as Delhi, and the
natives, on the frontiers of J.dhore in particolar,
weraleruovj,pg with effect to the iuteriur." .