The Sun.
London, England, 1813-08-14 00:00:00

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I !Ic fidloWing letter froin Bristol,bringsan ac-
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c•innt.of It. arrival there of nare of the Leeward-
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Island iltei that ,riled feum St. Thotnas's the 3d
.I.dy, antler convpy of the Cressy man, of war!,
alai
Surprise . lercury frigates, Coquette sloop of
war, and the Frolic guu-brig. The Argus Ame-,
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tecan sloop Of war appears to have been amongs L'.
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the fleet, anti to have .c4tured..o vessel on the 9th
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inst., stud ovo vessels On the lit' inst. ' § leaner
to the We:Award: of :Lundy: Tli s is a coinplete
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anSwer to the report .that the •Argus was Seen tti
upset in a souall of. Wind
" BRISTOL, AL/G. 13.—AriOved the . following'
ships front the Leeward Islands.:—StetOst, hope!
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t.V ell, Severn, Dockfour, Bristol, Volunteer, Frede-
rick, :Edward, Colin, Busk, Drigho. rii, and Iht
Thamei. The Betsey, MERINVEATIPBR, . froth St•
Vincent's; and tile Mariner, , GILBERT, from St.
Croix to Bristol, were taken the 11th inst. nine
leagues to the westward of Lundy, ,by the Argus
American slOop of war, whe burnt the latter, and
gave up to' the crews and Passengers a brig, the
Eleanor, laden with pipe day, from Poole to Liver-
pool, Which she-captured' at the same time; in
which vessel they have arrived here.. • The;aliove
ships, that have arrived here, parted frotii,,.tbe
London ships oil Kinsale, the Bth inst. iin.tl froth
the ships bound up St. George's Cliatnel at a
. subsequent period—the latter were alio under

convoy. - , , I
''The „Argus cut nut of the fleet on the In-
stant, a brig from Gttadaloupe to Bristol, which
she gave up to the crew of an outward-bound
;vessel front corli,.taken and burnt by her off Bal-
timore. During her crtiize the .Argus had cap-
tured 16 vessels, and destroyed them, of which one.
was the sloop John and from Poole to
.Liverpool —The Captain trucl Office's of the
Argus behaved very generously to the crews and
passengers. of the two -Bristol ships, Whom they
permitted to early ty:th them in. the Eleanor all
their private property.'-.
Pt.vtuotris, AuG. 12',—Sailed last evening the
Orestes sloop of war, with two. transports under
her convoy, having on board detachments of the
23(1 and 2Stli regiments of foot, Which 'will be
landed .at the Duncan man of
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wart° join the7Chatmel
PpUTSMOUTII AUG. fp:Arrived the ship pl.-
ford and sotheiiy, front the Cape of Good .Hope ;
and his Majesty's ship Mistletoe, from Plymouth.—
Sailed .his Majesty's ship Cadmus with. a convoy
for the Downs•—The 'Plover gives instructions to
the trade to the coast. of Africa.—His Majesty'S
ships Boyne and Sabrina haNie made the signals for,
the fleet to weigh that are bound to Spain, l'or.;
tugal,. and the Mediterranerm.—Lieutenant,Qe.;-
neraIMAITLAND and suite, Prince Lio9toVsKY,ttnd,
suite, and the Secretary bt Legation to the Court
of Sardini:‘l, take their passage in the ,Boyne..
Deal., AUG. 13.—Sailed his Majesty's ship 13u-
cep/talus for Woolwich, and the .4strea. far Ports)...
mouth.—Arrived hisiNlajesty's ship Denmark from
off Flushing. came down from the River, and
sailed for .Portsinottth, his Majesty's. ship
,debar
and the Siorannoblor the Isle , of France, and se-
veral others, particulars. not known ; the latter sail-
ed under convoy of the Decoy nutter.
• TottuAY, JULY 12.—Rist arrived his Majesty's
ships Gulioh. and Galatea,%rich a fleet of about 40
sail,. bound fur the West Indies.
GRAVESEND, Jyt..y 13.-- All the East India
Fleet have passed and gone up the River; also the
Jit/iano, Rusvi's, front Batavia,

Vice-Admiral Caowx; with five sail of the line
(Russian), is expected to Sail from the sore in a
few days, to relieve Rear-Admiral KAROBKA, now
off Flushing.
In consequence of the great want of men for
the frigates 'now at Chatham and Sheerness, the.
Christian Fa is ordered to be paid OW* and her
men diratied..' She is to be re-constnissioned Very
shortly.
Telegraphs are to be immediately established
between I; ahnouth and Plymouth, and a Lieute-
nant of the Navy has arrived at the for Mer place
ascertain the most eligible situation. They are
tobe under the simerintendance of C. -SAvatt-
-1.414n, 'Esq. Akeat'for Packets at FalmOuth.
. A tine frigate, of 38 guns, was launched yes-
terday, from the Dock-yard of Mr. PITCHER, the
ship-builder,' at Northlieet. A vast smother of
Nobility and Gentry were present at the interest-
ing scene.