The Sun.
London, England, 1807-04-21 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

HARWICH, APRIL lg.—The Husain Mail arrived
this morning, by the Lady Napean Packet, Capt.
G. DEANE, who had a remarkable quick passage—
he left at. Husuill the 'Ackland Packet, Capt. HAM
,

The Packets with the outward-bound Gottenburgh
and Husurn Mails of the 15th and 18th inst. are yet
detained by a strong north-east-wind.
The Viper Excise Cutter, Capt. MORGAN, has
brought in two Scouggling"Cutters loaded with up-
Wards of 900 half-anker casks of brandy and genera,
which' are lodged in the Excise warehouse.

Fleet of near 30 Sail of Ships in ballast, bound
to the Northward, are now• detained by contrary
Winds.

The Piercer Gan-brig, with the Iris and ifrgus
Cutters, arrived yesterday from a Cruize.

FALMOUTH, Aram I B.—Arrived tile Superior
Sloop of War, frohi Portsmouth, to wile & the Ves.
sell lying here bound to the West Indies.
Sailed the Princess Mary Packet, Capt. Pococii,
with Mails for Halifax and New York.

- -1)&11., APFUL io.— Arrived this morning the
.11Iusquit6 Sloop of War, and immediately sailed
again on a Cruize. •
Sailed the Leda Frigate far Sheerness.
.Arrived and sailed for the River the Teressa,
WATIMS, from Chepstow. •

PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 20.-:-NO arrivals or sailings
tb.day.
Went into the Harbour for repairs the Camtrian
Frigate, Capt. BEitE:SFORD ; La Seine Frigate, Capt.
.A.ry,./Ns ; and the Pelican Sloop, Capt. WARD.

POOLE, APRIL Seagull Cutter has.
tmught in a seizure of spirits, which are lodged in
pis Majesty!s I'V4reilOtlse at this Port.

DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY.

To the Officers and Company of His Majesty's Sloop CAn-
nett, for the Capture of the French Ship L'Arnitie, on the
Ith day of July; 1803., a distribution of. tzeel. part of the net
proceeds, on the •21st inst. at Angovel Office, Palmouth,
and every Tuesday and Friday for three years.
"Lo the Officer: and Crew of His Majesty's hired Armed
Cutter Lord Nelson, for the Capture •f the, Experiment,
Ctri the zyth July. 18.4. and of the Two Sisters, on the sth
August tollowing..the nett proceeds, at No. 37, Southamp-
ton-street, Strand, on the zad inst. ; and for three years at
the same place.
'Co the Officers and Crew of His Majesty's Ship Tartar,
for the Capture of La Clorinde, I.a Surveillante, La Vertu,
Le Cerf, and 1-a Decouverte, between the zoth November
and 4th December, 1801, in company with the Squadron
under the orders of Captain John Loring, their respective
proportions of Prize-money arising front the Ordnance
tores of the said Captures, on the tst May, 1807, at No. t 3,
Clement's-Inn; and every Monday and Friday for three
years at the same place.

Loss OP THE AJAX.—A letter from Gibraltar of
the 30th ult. says—" On the 28th, the Packet from
Sicily and Malta. arrived here, after a passage of
fourteen
days from the latter place. Lieutenant
s
"croa, late first Lieutenant of the djaz, is a Pas-
senger, on board her, on his way to England : he con-
the melancholy account of the loss of that Mine
ine'ail), by fire, on the. 14th .of February, when lying
at anchor near the Dardanelles. About nine o'clock
at night the ship was discovered to be on tire in the
Wings, near the Surgeon's cabin, on breaking which
down, the flames burst out with such violence that
it was, found impossible
.tg approach the spot.. The
4ljar was then lying to windward of ,t he 'whole Fleet,
Who were all obliged to cut 'their cableS:to avoid her
driving foul of them. All.the boats *ere 'itnmediate-
JY, sent td her assistance, by 'whose exertions Cap-
tain BLAcKWOon and upwards of 450 of the crew
were saved ; but the Captain of Marines, Surgeon,
Purser, Master, two Lieutenants, and,several Mid—
!hipmen,'-‘4lll about 2061 seamen, perished."
Extra& of a.Private Letter from Lieutenant PrOC-
or, of his Majesty's late Ship Ajux,, :dated Gibral-
tar, March i.ao7 :--c‘ I believe the followin6y
Qentlemen
.are missing : Lieutenant Mitchell, and
Lis BrOther, a Midshipman ; Lieutenant. Sibthorp ;
11. Donaldson, Master ; Captain Boyd (Marines);
Owens, Surgeon ; , Dennet, Gunner.; . Renolds,
surgeon's Assistant ; Messrs. .Fotheringhatn, Mas-
ter's Mate ; Saunders, Ditto ; Keen;Midshipman ;
lieating Potter,. Manners, Lewes, Tighe, Danford,
and
Letters received by the Chisu!ie4, arrived at Liver-,
Pool from Barbadoes, were delivered yesterday. The
C4s2i,ick saled,on the 9th ult. in company with the
kener' able, LErTAs, bound to Liverpool, and parted
Iforn her ten days afterwards. . •
Captures made. by the Enemy in the West Indies : .

On the Ist ,of Yebruary, the Brig rolmateer, of
Cork,, captured 300 miles to windward of Barbadoes,
°Y the French PriVateer Schooners L'Edair and
L'Etoile, and arrived at St.Martin',. The Volunteer
Was frOmLisbon, bound to a market.
Feb. 1 I.—The Ship Sussex, oil 4, guns, and '3 8
Inen, from London, bound to -Stginotni ,captured to
windward, of . Surinam,
,by the French • Privateer.
Schooner L'Eclair, of, 12 guns, and 40, men, after an
anion of an hour. and a half; the ,o..yc' had her
.Chief Mate and 3 seamen killed ; Second Mate and
i'searnen .Wounded. L'Eclair:Yad several men kill-
d and. wounded, her mainmast and boom pluch in-
tued.-7-She arrived at Port Royal, 'Martinique, on
28th of Febuary, with the Sussti.
F6b:23:-'-The French Privateer Schooner Bequin
detainee} an American Ship, name unknown, with
ar O slaves, bound from Africa to Charlestown, and
rived with her at St. Pieire's, Martinique, on the
2d of March.

Enemy's Vessels Captured:
On the 20th of February, his Majesty's Ship re-
nus captured the French Privateer Schooner L'Eloile,
of 5 guns, and 57 men, 250.milMto windward of
Ilarbadoes. She belonged to Gutdaloupe, was-last
from Cayenne,- out six days, had made no captures.
the 28th of February, his Majesty's T3rig.Per4
captured the French Privateer Sloop Chasseur, of one
gun_and 40 men, tq windward of Antigua. She
4.ad heen-otit four days, and made.no captures.