The Sun.
London, England, 1807-09-23 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

PLYMOUTH, Stir. 21.—Arrived the Spa•lish Let-
ter of Marque La Ventura, mounting 10 guns, with
42 men, laden with iron and wine, from Bilboa,
bound to the Caricc.as, captured by the Narcissus
Frigate.

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PORTSMOUTIT, SEM 2L.--Arrived the Intrepid,.
of 64 guns, Capt. Woonunousa, from the Alediter-
ranean, and is put und4Anarantine at the Mother-
bank :. no news has yet transpired, she having
arrived only this evening. Arrived also from Lon-
don the Bonlottuind, Betts, fur the Rio de la Plata.

Sailed the Sprightly Gun-vessel, Lieutenant Goa
DON, with a COnvoy for the Downs ; . among which
are Betsey, HENDERSON, for Newcastle Enterprize,
HILL ; Itilliam, akitaiNproN ; and Phcenix, BAD-
cocx, fo'r London.

SIiEERNESS, Seer. 22.—Sailed the Spitfire, Cap-
tain ELLts, for The Baltic, with goo Volunteers to
assist in bringing home the Dat)ish Navy ; and the
Curlew, Capt.YouNG, is expe6ted to sail to-mor-
row for the Baltic, with Volunteers.,

The Cruizer Sloop of War, Capt. STODDART, has
just sailed with a number of Merchant Vessels under'
convoy for the Baltic, the greater part of which are
Swedes. Several Volunteers for bringing home the
Danish Fleet are also gone in the Cruizer. •
This being the Anniversary of His Majesty's Co-
ronation, the silMe was observed by the Royal stand-
ard being hoilfied at the Garrison, and on board the
Flag-ship of Admiral WELLS, at the Nore. At
twelve o'clock at noon the Garrison fired a salute of
ty guns, and at one o'clock all the Men of War at
the Note did the same.

DEAL, 22.--Arrived the Buhl Gun-brig,
and Phosphorus Fire-brig, from tt cruise, and re-
main in the Pawns with: His MajostyN Ships as per
lust, and the Ann and Eliza, WI.LLIANIS, from the
River, for Philadelphia, and Eliaa, PRATT, for New
Providence,

serr. 512.--On,Tue'sdxy evening sennigh t,
the carpenters haying finished the repairing 'of the
bull: of a sloop, (which has, been for upwards .41
twelve mouths at the Craig, at Dundee) left • ties.;
ready for liuncbing next morning. On their ar-
rival to get her into the water, no vessel was to be
seen : every thing perfectly clear. A very high
stream tide, early in the morning, had set .her atioftx,
and by the_ time, the carpenters had intended sbe
should only be launched, the vessel was lying on
the Lady-bank; off the Lights of -Tay. a distance of
seven miles from' the place where she was lets. It
is really surprising how she had clta“:4 the b.ir-
bour, and the numerous rocks which lay in her way,
for when found she had sustained little or no
damage. • •

AtSlSCDOTE.—The'following interesting Anecdote
is-so correspondent with the known feelings of his
MAJESTY, that, without vouching for the truth of it,
nobody wt believe. will doubt its authenticity.
The late Sir .LIONEL DARELL having occasion fot
a few feet of land to Wild green- houses.to his resi-
dence at Richmond, which was.so eloSe to the wall
of Richmond Park: that there was no possibility of
making thptoposed impiovement without obtaining
a grant from the Crown of such portion of the Park
as was necessary. for the building, applied to dui
Lords of the-Treasury and the Comtnissioners of Ott
Crown rands,: lot the accommodation,
esl.hde,4..obawubatisy- wreigiluiinredg. t.O parriylangstinbeii:mg
hteh4astevceoru,ldprtereetai:
for which
Commissionerse
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ofThe
h,
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wonf thea
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and
a t i
lidsthe
" how tp.a6t with re-ape& to, making the
at 10) ear eobre n
Isis ivio
apratecs`Vreoitn excepttao erc hi
butt spontaneouseogfr li
hitslito:l4
"bounty:, The space required by Sir L. ria.itEra, was,
smalf, that it was hardly worth setting n
v
upon
it, and it could not be granted grabs' with,
b,aelsuidee s, so
out an application tot a King,whichAin is ers seldom
like to Make unless they haVe some Ministerial'objett
MS improvements, and see;n
tc) answer. Sir Limo. being anxious to collielete
labyrinth wile g—
reasur
'tattoo at. the I y,,and
at the no way out oz tilts
eadless
Office of the Crown Lands, resolved at length
to apply to his MAJESTY directly in pellet) Accord-
- • ingly The next day •of
his
...A.lrsTY's passing that
way, on his graciously stop ing io speak with Sir
LIONEL, as he -usnalty did, Sir LI-NEL took the
°PlSmtloity of stating to .4,..1251"Y the (tali-
tufty he laboured under, and that the only posstuility
—of relieving it was the grant of ii few feet of land
from the Park. His MAJisTi itunietliaely'said %Oh
his usual warmth of heoeticence, 44 certainly,
Jim., certainly, you shall have it by all means. S:1:. LIO-
His
MAJesTY then got off his horse, and said, " how
much do you Want, Sir LIONEL ?" Sir LIONEL having
pointed out the quantity he had occasion for, which
Was but a very small space. His MAJESTY exclaimed,. •
" very little indeed, Sir Ltorsze are you sure it
will be enough r do nct stint yourself:" Sir Lk,
UNEL assered his MAJESTY that he had pointed.. cast
the full extent of his wants, and that his MeJeSTO
gracious and liberal cotnpliance could ;lot induce
him
to abuse his Royal bounty by extending his demand
auy further. "_Well, then," said his IVIAJasTY,
" let us make a mark ;" and his -MAJESTY accord-
: ingly took sstick,'-and drew a line round she extent
r that Sir. Lios'et. had. marked out; " There, St!,
Ltom.,-that is your ground ; .it is wine nelonger. .
esTirtlitsn mounted his horse And- ro-e off,
under an impulse of delicacy that was utiWlllipgr
receive the acknowledgments of gratitude far u fa'`
; via& so graciously bestowed.
Oneiof the Holyhead Packets, ,in the late heavy
eci
gale of wipd, had two tour-wheel carriaged s
tinfo wash
.off her deelis,in one of which a Lady.hartu-
, nately deposited not only a casket of diamonds of s
considerable value, but also the deeds of an estate,
which she had gone over to Ireland for
the express
purpose of seeing duly executed. A Gentler-113h
was sitting in one of the carriages not many minutest