The Sun.
London, England, 1806-01-02 00:00:00

ANOTHFI,t

" I am sorry to inform you of advice being tist
night received here, that the fielder Transpan,
which, sailed from the Downs with the last Expedi,.
tiou, and having several hundred soldiers op board,
has been wrecked on the Coast of. Holland, hut that
the crew are saved and made prisoners.
" No particulars accompany the. Letter that has
been received, but the fat itself is certain.
•‘ A Fleet of light Transports has sailed from the
Downs, under convoy of the Adamant, supposed to
bring back the Troops under general DON, in con-
sequence of the disastrous events that have taken
place on the Continent.

" Admiral HOLLOWA is returned to his com-
mand in the Downs, whence he has been some time
absent on the trial of Sir ROBERT CALDDR."

PORTSMOUTH,' JAN. t.—Arrived the Montague,
of 74 guns, from the Channel Fleet ; also the
Alarm; Coan,Ex, from London.
Sailed the Neptunus, Joßur, for London ; and
the R:ichmond; BURNS,. for Newfoundland.
• , Arrived the Chance Cutter from Guermey,

His Majesty's Ships Mediator and Squirrel are
hourly expe6ted to sail for Cork.

The. wind came round to the northwest this
morning; and continued there above an hour, during
-which time Sir J. B.WAIMEN'S Squadron, uninoored;
but it shifted again to the S. W. soon. afterwards,
'and they anchored again: it has the appearance
of coming round, and I have no. doubt but the
Squadron will sail to-morrow ; the West Indie's is
supposed to be. their destination. The Squadron
consists of Nine Sail .of the. Line, a Frigate and a
Sloop, though it is said that Sir Joicc is to have
Twelve Sail of the LMe with him The Mediator
and Sq:drrcl, for Cork, also uninoored : they take
a Convoy to the 'West Indies ; the Squirtrl only
accompanies the Convoy to a certain latitude, and
afterwards goes to the Halifax station.
Arrived the Chance Cutter, Lieut. BREM An, from
guernsey.

TORBAY, DEC. 3 1 .—The remainder of the Chan-
nel Fleet, under the command of Admiral CORN.-
w4Ll.is,, are coming into Torbay ; hut it blows such
a heavy gale of wind, the boats cannot touch the
shore yet.

COWES, JAN. 1.-7-Yesterday morning was strand-
ed near Asherfield rocks, on the South part of the
Isle of Wight, the Swedish Brig De Hoop, Captain
GU STAF BECKER, on her voyage from Teneriffe,
bound to Tonningen, laden with wine and barilla—
Crew saved—Ship and Cargo will be lost.

This morning was stranded near the same spot,
the Danish Brig De Fozze, *Captain Turv,vicK,
from Bayonne, in Prance, in ballast----Crew fiat/ d.

The ACiive,l'fliss ; ClareLtlon, ORICIE ; I?4'bccra,,
17tiCmrs,oN, ; and. lf zlaarz, (AIRISTIE, Nyere captnteci
oft-Conko River, on the ist Sept, by a French Pri-
vateer of ;;2 Dins and 356 tun, end :sent for the
River Plate.--The I)iyati9r first Led the Ship

olaive, being theweathermost Ship ; laid the Aelive
on board, and after a gallant contlia of two hours,
obliged 'her to strike, having contended with the
Enemy, sword in hand, on the poop ; the..eiaive
had six men killed and $2 wounded. The Priva-
teer next attacked and captured the Brig William.
The Ship Rebecca slipped, and put to sea. She then
attacked_the Clarendon, and opened a fire upon her
from theAaive and Erig William, and atter an
adion of two hours, captured her. The Privateer
immediately made sail after the Rebecca, overtook
her, and after an adtion or running fight of two
hours, she struck.

. . .
We have great pleasure in laying before our
Readers the following Copy of a Letter from the
Master of the Snipe Gun-brig to Lieut. CHANIFIOI4,
the Commander-of that Vessel, by whoa: he had
been sent' as Prize-Master of a Dutch Sloop; of
about ninety tons, captured by the Censor and the
Snipe: '
SIR, " Yarmouth Roads, Dec. 29, ISOS.

,f In obedience to your orders, received on the
22d instant, to.proceed with the' prize, Neutralite,
to Yarmouth, I accordingly did so, till aliout seven
o'clock in the morning of the 23d, when the Crew
of the above vessel rose upon us; and disarmed the
two sentinels upon the deck, immediately barring
the remaining three of us down in the'great cabin.
They then made all the sail they , could to the
S. S. E. I called. to 'them to know where they were.
going. They first- answered, to Embden. I told
them, if they meant to go-to Embden; they would
steer more to
.the Eastward (having a compass be-
low, enabled me to know the course they steered).'
They then said they were going to take us to Rotter-
dam. We then -endeavoured to break the hatch
open, but were not able to, et e& it. ..'On the morn-
ing of the- 24th, they Caine to anchor, being very
foggy, off Gravesand, in seven fathom water, ready
for going into the Maese. At eight A. M. we call-
ed to them to know if they would.let us came upon
deck. They answered, " No : as soon as you. of-
fer to come up, we will kill you all." We then began
to break open the hatch; they defended it With, two.
.cutlasses, and 'some large iron bolts:, They were six
in number, and we five. Having at length got the
hatch broken partly in pieces, DAVIS, the Marine,
fired'a pistol up the hatchway, and wounded one of
them in the side, so as to disable him,- another im-
mediately ran clown the cable tier; and the rest then
began to call for quarter, which was granted. About
teri o'clnek we got possession of her, when we im-
mediately .weighed, and. tuacie sail for Yarmouth,
where I arrived, without any thing more material
occurring. I am, Sze.
N. SELBY+ Master of the Snipe."
" To Lieut. Champion, -commanding
tiis Majesty's 'Gun-brig Snipe."

TO THE EDITOR OF 771E-$1.72V;

SIR,

I read with the utmost astonishment in several
Papers. of this morning, an Affidavit said to have
been made by Captain NtcoLsog, in which he
swears to 4 conversation between hifnself and me,
atVice-Admiral Sir ROBERT CALDER'S lodgings at
Portsmouth, on the 22d ult. the day previous to the
Admiral's Trial, which I think it inannbent on me
to take the earliest opportunity of contradiaing
declaring upon my Honour, that, to my knowledge,
I never had-any conversation with Capt. NicoLsoN
in my life, and am a total stranger even to his per-
son j- that I was not at the Admiral's lodgings (and
dO not know where they avert) during my stay at
Portsmouth, and never sawshitn but on. board the
Pi-ince of 'Pales ; and that Ca-et. Nicol. sox's. name
was never-mentioned by the Admiral to nie; or by
Me to hirn. •

I nrn, Sir,
yotr most obedient humble Servant,
CHA.• BICKNELL.
Spring Garden Terrace, Jan. f, tBO6.

Temple_ Bar- Gates are repairing previous to. the
'Funeral of Lord NELSON,- as, the ceremony of shut-
ting and opening the gates will take place, as on all
occasions where the LORD MAYOR and Livery of
London are • concerned.- The LORD MAYOR and
Court of Aldermen will join.the ProcessiOn at Tem-
ple Bar precisely. at twelve o'clock.
Tuesday morning arrived at the. Royal Dock Yard
at Chatham, Commissioner GRAY'S elegant yacht,
for the purpose of taking on board a number of No-
blemen and Gentlemen with their Ladies, who pro-
posed visiting the Vieiory, lying about 8 miles from
chathain— At 10 o'clock a signal was hoisted, when
the whole embarked at the Royal Stairs, and pro-
deeded on 'board. . Among the company we noticed
Lord F. 13ENTINCK, Lori, TYRCONNEL, Hon. Mr.
Baomixv-; Captains CONEY, Fescii, and TAYLOR,
of the Guards, (attended by a numerous-band); La-
dies Ta.v4oa, Hon. Miss Moymouv., Se.-c. likewise,
as we were itifortned, several Gentlemen of the Cor-
poration of London; viz. Mr. BIRCH, Mr. Deputy
WAD.o.; M. Deputy GOODBEFIERE, SirW.RmvuNs,
Mr.J4MEs DIXON, anctMr. Deputy Ntcota.s. The
Tatte:i party, the Committee of the Corporation of
London, we understood, 'were on a visit to Captain
HARDY, to arrange the funeral procession of Lord
Nei,SON; The illant Captain and the whole of his
Officers received their guests with the utmost atten-
tion and, politeness. At half past 4 o'clock the whole
re-landed -at the Commissioner's house, under a
grand saltite, and immediately left that place for
town. The weather was exceedingly teMpestuous
during the whole clay.
A letter,received at Hull from Amsterdam, dated
the f26th ult. says—" We are entirely surrounded by
' armies, Which may be daily
,expected to aCt in open
warfare. In Prussia, Hanover, &c. immense bodies
of Russians, &c. are colleaing ; and the last Mail
brought advices of the arrival of 135 sail of British
transports in. the Elbd, The French seem to suspe&
that the report of Prossia joining the Coalition-, will
prove true. At first only-25,000 men were destined
for the defence of this country; it was last week said,
that an army of 60,000-French is collecting on the
Frontiers, under the command of Gen. BEItTHIER3
and this number is now; augmented to 1413,000, with
I. Prince Locus as the Chief in COMmand. BONA-
PARTE Seems to have serious apprehensions, having
drained France of troops, even to the Paris garrison,
u e,rder to complete this force.".

It now appears that General Dort, prc?yion,; to. his
marching- far Hanoyer, took,the precautio4 to detain
the Tran,ipoi-Win the Elbe and Weser, until further
Orders for their departure should be issued by hitn,