The Sun.
London, England, 1808-07-09 00:00:00

NATAL NEWS.

PORTSMOUTH, JULY B.—Sailed the 11/cmene
-gate, with Dispatches for Spain.
The Transports with the Spanish Prisoners sal
remain at Spithead.

ISLANDS OF SCILLY, JUNE 30.—Came 3n th°
American Brig Sally Tracey, trona Ne m-Yott-1
bound to BourdeauX, with• n French 'Passenger;
on board. The Amazon Frigate fell in with bd
just as she was about to enter into the port of bet
destination ; she was'of course detained, and will
proceed to Plymouth. •

.ektnla in also the BoLert and Jane Transport, of
London, Wzisou Master, frOni Madeira, with sortie
English 'Troops, and .70 French prisoners, bound t°
Portsmouth.

Alio landed here, by a Pilot-boat, the Captain of
the Rapid Gun-brig, which was unfortunately lost
on the-coast of Spain. lie came passenger in th!
Hindustan, bound to Portsmouth, with important Pitt
patches from Sir CffARLESCOTTON, off Lishop:-!.
There are in the Tagus nine Sail of the Line, Po*:
Sian, two, French ditto, and three Portuguese'Or
eater, all ready for sea.

SHEERNESS, Ivey 7.—On Tuesday a Court Ma&
tial was held on board the Magnanitne, for the tri4
of the two Lieutenants of His Majesty's Sloop the
Spiffire—one for cruelty and oppression, wbicll
charges being proved, the Court adjudged him to be
dismissed from His Majesty's Service : the °the
for disobedience of orders and contempt, whicl
charges 4eing,a)so proyed, the Court, taking into
consideration his very good charader,' 'sentqnce‘i
him to be only reprimanded and dismissed PO

Spitfire.
4rdent

if 6

4 guns, with two COI
boats and Convoy; fgr Gottenburg. h.
Arrived the Sceptre, "74, 4rethusa Frigatq, L'lo
Melville Sloop of War from the Downs.
sailed the Glonpnen, Pscic.Foan',.for the Dc,vr:s;
and 'Earnest 'Gun-bri.g, Lieut. TEntinAi, far Got'
tenbttrgh'.

The Iphigenia Frigate and . Leveret Sloop of Wat
,
are paid bounty and two months wages in advand.o
prior to their proceeding to sea; the former for P.
dh:,B
Mediterranean, the latter for the Baltic.
Came down from Chatham the Aboukir, of 1'
gia4s, 'Capt. PARKER.
Ten Gun-boats are at anchor here destined f°,i
Got tenbUrgh.
Gannet Was undqot:ed and Drcie taken 10/.
thp Spitfire is hauled on the slips,

bt;AL, 44. y B.—Arrived his Majesty's Ship Ifc!rr
.
kguin, from Plyrnotlth, with the following Ship
under convoy, viz.--the Nye, PRIIGLE, niunteer!
MARTIN; ,Sovereign, SMITH, and Naiade,
from IVlogadore; Nell y , SUCHRCE, Countiy Squires
CLARK, I.oyalt2J, BAYLET, and Eurtu. ne, MALtsit
fronflam'aica, which are sailed for the River.

I4is Majesty's Ship *Forrester has detained and sent,
into, the Down.; the American Ship Dragon, frog?
Rotterdam, for Philadelphia.

, .
--,Extra' t of a Letter from on board the A'prtkOrlr
,berland. East Ihdiaman, dated Miri.citira, May If
1808 :—" We have been detained here on accoti
of tho Alexander paiting from two anchors 01)1
cables, but expett to sail this day in company: w' r
a Vessel for the Cape pf. Quod elope, and one O.
the Brazils." -.

There are 3000 SpanWl and £OOO French trooPs
still at. Hawburgh.

A crim. con. attended by the most distressing Cl('
cuinstances, will shortly be before the public. The
wife of a worthy and opulent citizen has been de'
tested in an intrigue with her gardener. It was diS'
covered by the son of her husband by a former m3l'
riage, and communicated by him to his father, wlo
was so affected by the relation, that he became de'
ranged, and continues in that wretched situation.
Mr. YOUNG, we understand, is engaged for CO'
vent-garden Theatre next season. With him, tr'
conjunction of the KEIVIELES and Coot that Tiler,
tre will, of course, be particularly strung la its trig
forces.

INCLEDON and BLANCHARD are performing at IV
Newcastle Theatre. DwYait is at present the het`'
at that place.

May, who has been transplanted from Ireland t°
our ~tipnmer Theatre, is said to have strength enoug!'•
to stand a winter season.
Miss SMITH has begun her career on the Dobli:).
~,stage, where she is much admired; particularly
she is not confined to the melancholy muse, hut oP-
'pearS to idvantage in the comic province. iVIuNDY
is also at-Dublin, iind, of course, performing will'
-great.ec/at. -"

The report, of an intended contest,,between g
running hvrse and a steam engine, is probably a mere
vapour.

A gentleman of grenadier growth, hiving travel'
led in the mail all night, observed to his fellow 05'
sengers in die m6l-fling,
." that he would just g6c
but and stretch his legs :" when his opposite friend,
all Irishman; whqhau-been greatly annoyed by tbeto
during ;t4. night, 'observed, " that there was no,oc'
casion for, the Gentleman to trouble himself, for LI
they were quite long enough already."
Wednesday: afternoon, as Mr.TYlixtzt., master-
rigger; at Deptford, Was .going along the Isle of Dogs,
from Blackmail, on his. way bottle, iat is supposed tie
was seized witht fit, and rolled into a ditch, where
he was found, sut-Rwated in the mud. •