The Sun.
London, England, 1808-08-18 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

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PORTRCHITH. AuG. I.7.—Arrived this day the•
Veteran, of 74 run:, from the West Indies : had. un-
d r her proteetion aboUt go Sail of MerChantroen
from the Witi'd-OSI 'lslands, bUt which 'passed on
for the river. The Veteran has brought home an
immense quantity of specie. Also arrived the Rat-
tler Sloop of . War from Newfoundland, and the
Sharpshooter Gun-brig from Guernsey.
. Sailed this day the Peruvian Sloop of War for
Plymouth ; dbunda.nce Store-ship for the, Downs ;
and Violet Lugger on a cruize.
The Centurion Frigate takes Convoy to Halifax ;
Pluto Sloop of War to Spain and Portugal ;
Core Sloop of War to Guernsey and Jersey ; and
`lnt Schooner to the Downs.

PLYMOUTH, AUG. 16.---Arrived this morning the
Petterell, of 18 guns, Capt. LAMBORN, from the
West Indies ; came home in company with the
Veteran, of 64 guns, Vice-Admiral DACRES, having
under convoy the Leeward Island Fleet, which are
gone up Channel. The Petterell parted company
off Scilly with that part of the Fleet bound to Briv-
tol, Liverpool, Sec.'

Sailed the Pompee, of RO guns, for Portsmouth
and the Leviathan; of 74 guns, to the Wc.tward.

kARMOUTtir, two. 17.—Passed by at the back of
the Sands Admiral RUSSELL'S Squadron from the
Down, to resume its station off the Teul.
Sailed on a Cruize .the Sparrowhawk, Exertion,
liavack', and Sealark.

SHEERNESS, AUG. 17.—. The Valorous Praam,
:Cony) Sinop of War, and Diligence Bomb, which
came down from the RiVer on Monday, and were
fitted for the defence of Gibraltar, have sailed for
Chatham to be paid 'off.
Arrived from Shields ale. Eliza Tender, with irn-
'nest men and volunteers for the Fleet.
The Bra. vedagoren has taken the convoy siva? for
Oottenburgh from the Winchlsca, =1 will sail the
24th inst.
Arrived a large Fleet and passed 'the Nore for the
Rivet; also passed by the East India Fleet.

DEAL, AUG. 16.—Sailed his Majesty's Shp
•11()nntouth, ha'reisstcs, and Tortoise, with the Asia;
Fort tPlliani, and lalthamstow Elat Ineliarnen;
and a Fleet of other out ward:bound Vesi t.I s, 'Coasters
'and Colliers, ender convoy, to the \Vestward.

PA Lgolitit, Ado. }4'.,-4ailed the Black Joke
Lugger with Mails for Corunna.

Arrived leis 'Majesty's Ship Alert, with 3 convey
.of Tra ispOrtS from Portsmouth for Cork. Also the
Brig M4rgaret, Capt. SPENDLOVE, for Quebec; she
Carted from the Fleet yesterday, having sprung
leak) and has four feet water in her hold.

HULL, AUG. t6.-=The Piercer Gun-brig arrived
in the Humber on Thursday morning, with two
Britiih and ten Swedish Vessels under 'convoy, froth
Stockholm.
Several Ships, chiefly Swedes, for this Country,
under convoy of a Swedish Sloop of War, put into
Gottenburgh the time the piercer passed, where
they expeci to be joined by many others. Four of
the Swedish convoy were .taken by some Danish
Gun-boats, on their passage through the Belt.—
Another Gunz-brig; with a Fleet for the Southward)
parted with the Piercer off the Hutnber.
The Propitious, CLOUGH, of and from this Port
for PiCtou, on her passage to Fort William, in Scot-
land, on the Ist inst. fell in with a Danish Priva-
teer; with which she kept up a running fighi 'for
half an hour, and succeeded in beating the Priva-
teer off, without having received any damage.=-The
Propitious afterwards. put into Sinclair Bay; went
through the Firth'on the night of the sd, and ar-
rived in Thurso Bay on the 3d inst. •
The Louisa klairietta, Capt. J 0111.7 Howttan, ar-
rived at Rio Janeiro, 18th Juhe, all well And heal! hly.
Beef at that time was 1)cl. per pound ; fruit and we-

getables lu abundance. Lord SrR ANGFOItD had not
then arrived, but was daily'expe6ted. Sir SIDNEY
SMITH WaS there.

We have been favoured with some interesting
particulars of a very gallant aEtion, which has taken
place within these few days, between his Majesty's
Gun-Brig, Strenuous, commanded by Lieut. JOws
NuozNT, and a large French Man of War Brig,
sent outfrom Cherbourgh for the express purpos'e of
taking her. The Frenchmen soon found themselves
woefully mistaken, and after an ation of three quar-
ters of an hour, saved themselves from inevitable
Capture by means, of their sweeps, in getting under
Quercjueville Fort, which mounts 50 guns. Lieut.
NuGENT, however, got hold of the Frenchman's
3011 y-boat, with one man on board, from whom he
• learnt that the enemy, had two men killed/and
six-
teen wounded. There was a French Frigate and
another Brig in Cherbourgh Roads, and the Captain
of the former, with fifty of his picked men, came
out to the assistance of the Brig, which was then
making away with all possible speed from the Stre-
nuous. There was no other English Vessel in sight
at the time of the a6tion, and we are happy to add,
that the Strenuous did not receive any material cla-
n age.