The Sun.
London, England, 1809-08-25 00:00:00

NAVAL N EW•-!.

.f,PrymouTu, AUG. 2g.—Saited the Cfvinnis• gun
twig on- a cru4e ; and the Serdlower sloop of war,
with the Tiger-. tratispon under con►oy, laden with
provisions, tor Corunna.

AUG. 23.—Arrived the ketch Commerce, CREVVS,
from Teneriffe, laden with- wine, bound to this port;
the sloop Union packet, of Glatow, CLELLAR mas
ter, from Barcelona, Malaga, and Gibraltar, laden
with' wine., bound to this port, fur orders : on her

passage she encountered a heavy gale of wind; in
which she sprung her maittin' sot : several ships dirt
were in 'company with her alsn received consider-

able damage in the same gale.
Arrived the NicizaLs, from Lianelly.

PORTSMOUTIT, ACM; 24.—Arrived the Iris frigate
from the West Aard.
S:►lled the Goshawk sloop of war, on a cruize.

DEAL, AUG. s.)4,—Catlie down from the river,
the Hannah, FANNING, for New-Yo'rk and Whim,
DoiIRALL, for Alters, and remain with a large fleet
of outward-boMid,merchaiii men.

EASTBOURNIs:AOG..24,—Two ships were taken
off'Beachy-head, iast night, t) t+A 0 h Tuggers.
Ohe of thew I beli..te, was Iron] Oporto, the tither
I took to be an. Auterieln.

NEWHAVEN, AUG! 24.—A galiior was taken otl'
this place yester,ay, and a brig this niornivg.
A.S. A ship, aiparently of 6 or 700 tons'burthen,
has jAst been taken by a IA ivateer.

,Extradofa Letter, from 'Captain G,KON GE HONR I NE, of the
brig NlaglGna, to the 0 whersoi that vessel in beliast,daud '
GottenbutAli, 141 n
nary :
"I have the -pleasnre.tO say, , that lath so far
safe, and all well, after a passage of ,12 days itoul
London. Five dais after We sailed we kst the,
convoy in a fog, and after endeavotning in vain. •
to fad in with uteri, we proceeded on our, le. ).i.ge
'-7-Liast Thursdalive made the Jutland coast ; about
five leagues off which we were altricked;'abot.t 5
p. 771. by one of the Danish g. it-boats, having up-
wards of 20 num 0irb,40., with mounted swi%.el',
on, large gun, and a J quantity 'of small
At hdfspast five we began to fire on them ,%ith
the only guns we had on board, being to o small
swivels, -.which ',Were ‘well load d nit hall and
Ari:): -shut ; after the two first fires we dis-
t,ii;i:t.y heard the cries 'and groans- of the wounded
ut the boat's! crew. 'They however continued rho
anion "till within a quintet of seven, worn s'e com-
pelled to_ sheer off, with considerable loss,
they Having fourteen men at the oars when they ,
fir attacked t 3,4, and
.could only muster fOur to row
away. My small crew fought like Britons ; anti I 4`
have the satistaction to say, that none 01: board was
hurt 7 ~ur 'ads and rigging are much-damaged. E.;i4,./'"
ant sorry, however, to a d, !hilt 14.1.1 r ve-oielsdeati
.cpnvoy were taken ny tile J.) aritsh soil-buattit:!•,.;•

Avo. 23.

The town is now as tun ot company as it is likely
to be this .year, though numbers of the nobilit and
.gentry who have taken houses;tor t ; e season are not
yet arrived. Lord and Lady Trimlesion, 'Count,sS.
D'Alion, and a party of Fashionable., army,d here
ih,a pleasure-yacht from Green Wit ie on Tnursdai
last. The amusements at the Libraries are cerianilf
more inviting tins season titan any former n 1; et
could boast ot. -Al Benison's, Miss D n.,et .sings
every morning, much to the entertainment of her
admirers. Mr. Turnbull's songs, with Mr. Ansell'il
aci.ompanim, Fits on the piano-torte, have crowded
Falli ter aad Boustield's Room., i.; nh ty and
las lon. Mr. Masnit's " Giles Scroygins," on Sa'
turday night, 'banished gravity from every face ia
tie Library ; it was loudly encored, and sang witlx
increased 'Area. The B;Als are now to ice a week.
Miindays and Thursdays. Weippert's,Musical pro'
.o.enade, every Wednesday evening, has met
great success; his extraordinaay execution on the
pedal-harp,-and his amiable daugh er's pet tOrmance
on tile piano-forte, have been spoken ot,in terms of
the highest praise. • •
Mr. Webb's benefit at the Theatre, tinder the pa-
tronage of Lord and Lady Tinadt-,ston, on .MotniaY
n'ght, was a bumper. Mrs. ackons, ut Covent
garden, we un.terstand, is expected e.trlt itt Severn-
ber. A va-t number of persons' N. 'sited Dandi 1103
on Wednesday.

With a continuance of the fine weather, every.
thing bids fair for a flourishing season.

•
WEXFORD,. AUG. P7.-"--On Monday evening, On
consequenCe of an unpleasant altercalion ha. o'g
Nicer) place at a Gentleman's 'seat near Enniscort Y'
\I here a large party had dined that day), a duel ,Was
fougkiT between J s G--ff, and
L-4—e; Esqrs. Alter exchanging a shot each across
.a table without effect, the attait was antic iblv 047
,justed, through` the interference of the seco: (k.
Tuesday ereirng the Sarah, ot,VVextoru,
PARLE master,' bound to Liverpool, with a cargo of
oats, butter, and feathers, suddenly became so leaky
that the crew were obliged to run her on snore at
Cahore Ntit, near Courtown Bay. It the vceatbe!''
'proves moderate, it is expected that the vessel aud
most.of the cargo wiil be saved.

SUDDEN "DEATH.—On Wednesday ni l,t, as Misl:
Emily. Harriet Hodgeson was leas ing the noun-
Mrs. fiantuot„ in Portland-street, she bad
spent the evening with 'a party, she dropped sud-
denly, whilst stepping into a coach with her br°:
iher, and expired in a tow minutes. It turned out
that h r death was occasioned by an apoploCtic fit•
ELOPEMENT.---The t wo.d.aughters of a Merchant.
have eloped true, their home in the neighbourhood
of Hammersmith, withtn these ten days. Tile
youngest, Who is only 17 years of. age, went oil, u"
Wednesday .se'nnight, with a- Uri Bro ,d-streel'
.arid they have not since been heard on,. The el`" "St'
22 yearS of age, is supposed to, have abscntel
self with a wan of property, and of notorious 51•
]angry.