The Sun.
London, England, 1806-03-26 00:00:00

NAVAL NEW S.

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PLYMOUTH, 11,1AnCn. 24.—.Arrivedthe Danish
Brig Paws Hillegenda Jai-oha, J.D. KoSTER, AltiqCr;
from Malaga to HanibUrgh, with wine, &c. detained
by the Lion, Privateer ; Danish; Brig Constantin, J.
B. HENRIcKsoN, Master, from Cette to Copenhagen,
with wine, brandy, &c. detained by the Lion Pri-
vateer; Danish Brig C. rinstadt, SAMPSON T. Scsi v,
Master, fr(im Messina to Copenhagen, taken by the
St. Corci, Spanish Privateer the 1 ith inst.. and re-
taken by His Maje Sty's Ship Thunderer, the 12th in-
stant ; American Ship Foirwither, R. &blau,
Master, from Willmington, with timber, staves, &c.
for this Port ; Danish. Brig Protfidentfa, AAsNIL
• THORSON,. Master, from Dram to Plymouth for a
market, with timber, &c. ; Dantzi6 Ship Spring, J.
D. FISHER., Master, from Dantzici with timber, &e.
for this Port '; Spanish Brig 'Liforo, from Corunna,
'with wine, hides, &c. Prize to the John Bull Cutter
.;
and the Spanish Schooner St. Stephen, a Carte], from
St. Sebagian, with English Prisoners.
Sailed His Majesty's Ship Iris, of 32 guns.
Caine in the Humber Armed Ship from a Cruise.

PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 25.—Arrived this day the
Judith and Grace, STLLIARD, and Brothers,
froin Plymouth..
Sailed the Prosperous, BOWLER, fur Hastings ;
Success, HILL, for Sunderland ; Aaive, BUDD, for
Rye ; D'Eizdergrast, --, for Merlin ; Nancy,
DIXON, and Thomas and Judith, —, for London;
and. Lowestoffe, HAMMOND, for Lyne.

SZEERNESi, MARCB 5 —Arrived the Charger
Gun-brig, Lieut. Brow, from Harwich.
Sailed the Bonetta Sloop of War, with several
Vessels under Convoy, for the River Elbe, Jade,
and Weser.

,The Falcon has made the signal for Convoy to
the Baltic, and will sail on, or about the first of next
month.

DEAL, MAR Ca 25 .—Arrived the Exertion from
off Flushing; and Antelope and Blazer from the Nore.'

Sailed the Earl St. Vincent, Lord Melville, Sove-
reign, and illexandpia East Indiamen, with a large
Fleet of outward-bound. Merchant VeSsels, under
•
-convoy of the Devastation Bomb. Also sailed the
immortalitd for the Nore.

EX.TRACT OF A LETTER FROM AN OFFICER OF RANK
IN' SIR JOI-IN aucxwoitves SQUADRON, TO HIS
FRIEND IN LONDON.

• St. Domingo, vb Eb. 1806,
[The Letter begins with stating the particulars already._
published in.the Gazette, and then proceed:]
". On the 6th,at" day-light, the Illagicienne and
•Acasta being ahead, made thd signal' for two .Sail,
and shortly afterwards for an Endmy ; before seven
the signal was made for nine Sail at anchor, and
soon afterwards that they were getting under weigh ;
' had they remained at anchor, we shotild'hitVe found
it difficult to have got at them, but luckily they ran
alone" shore to the south-west for Cape Nisao, con-
.7sistingof five Sail:of the Line, two Frigates, and one
Corvette.
nOur Squadron; then in close order, made_
all Sail to cut them off, so as to render an anion ea-
tain—this was:happily effeEted.
" The Superb and Northumberland, from sailing
better than the other Ships, commenced the a&ion,
'and.rere warmly engaged for above twenty minutes
.befere the
.rest of our Squadron. The Superb
N7:1,3 engaged, with the French Alexander, of 84,
the leading. Ship, while the Northumberland, of
74, bearing Admiral C,OCHRANE'S Flag, nobly at-
tacked the Imperial Bonaparte, of 120 guns, and the
Diomede, of 84 ; -Dtji a shot was fired by the .North-
uniberiand until she got eloSe alongside of the
Imperial, when she fired a broadside into her, which
Must have thine great execution; several broadsides
were exehanged, which soon slackened the fire of
the Imperial. Izi the mean time the Superb having
given a warm drassing to the Alexander, forced her
to Sheer off, when the Superb came to the assistance
Of the Northamberland; which bad at one time ihe
-fire of three French ShiPS upon her for near forty
Minute's; the rest' of our Squadron came up shortly
afterwards, V‘Aen the aaion became general, and
was nobly kept up by both sides until near twelve,
when the firing ceased; and We Were possession
of three of the Enemy's Ships; the Jupiter, the
Brave, and the Alexander. The IMperial and the
Diomede ran ashore; and were afterwardS set fire to
by our Squadron:
• " The Captain Of the Diomede behaved scanda.
16114, for he had previdusly struck his ColOurs:—.
The loss of the Eneitiy is supposed to exceed 1200
men, in killed and wounded--that of ours not above
300, one-third .of which number fell upon the brave
crew of the. Noriliting'erland, and whieh went into
action with 200 men short of complement. Tne
brave Admiral COCHRATE has proved himself a
second NEI;SOP-3, and has justly deserved the thanks
of our gallant and worthy Commander in Chief Sir
JOUN DAKWORTH.' We have not, one Officer
killed On board. the Squadron, and what is Surpris-
ing, -OnlY two wounded,' Capt. STOPFORD, Of the
Spencer; and Lieut. SEYMOUR; of iheNerthitmber-
lcui d, the eldest son of the late brave Lord Ruch
SEYMOUR j this gallant young ' man is 'dreadfully
wounded in the face, the undet part of his jaw is
,carried away, and great fears are entertained for him ;
he goes home; however, in the Kingoher, into'
which Ship he is made Commander, and, if he. lives;
I trust he will soon -be made Post.
" I haie just heard that this French Squadroti,
commanded by Admiral SEIGLE; which we have
defeated, formed part of the Brest Fleet, of It Sail
of the Line, which separated the day,after they left
Brest. They landed 500 Troops at St. Domingo;
and a small military chest of money for the Troops;
then much in arrear.
. " The other Squadron, which separated, coin.
;landed by Rear-Admiral GUlLLomri,v, consisted of