The Sun.
London, England, 1809-10-18 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

PLYMOUTH, OCT. I6.—Sailed, the Sandwi,c4
lugger, for Guernsey.
Arrived, his Majesty's ships Indefatigable, from.
the coast of Spain ; zietccon, from Liverpool, with
impressed men ; Go/clfine4, frog Falmouth ; and
Pheasant, from a cruize ; also arrived, a French
corvette, captured by his Majesty's ship Seine, Cap'
fain ATKINS ; and the .4:ingsfisher, HYMAN ;
Portsmouth.

The French corvette captured by the Seine frigate,
is the Zephyr, from Bayonne, laden with wine, &e•
bound to the Isle of France, taken after a chase of
10 hours, under the American flag.

FALMOUTtI, OCT. 15.—The /14r4orough Packet, ,
BULL, is this evening arrived with Mails from Lis'
bon ; 19 days passage. She has brOuglit over Dis-
patches from Lord WELLINGTON the British arms
remains as before. Several British Officers are coma
home in the Packet ; she brings no news. Arrived
the Townshend Packet, WESTRRN, with Mails froni
the Mediterranean ; fourteen days passage from GilPs
rAltgr! The Queen c4arlot4e racket (spoke with ea
the' tOth ins.t. by the Marlborough), sailed 14 daye
before her. The Townsend brings no nowa, hat
12 pssergers. A Sicilian Messenger with Dis 4
patches for Government, landed from her an 4 went
off immediately.
The Lion cutter, THOESON, from Alicante, 10
21 days passage, for Guernsey, called here for order
spoke oil the. ;oth inst. in the long, of Cape Fi,
nisterre, his Majesty's ship Actiye, with the horue
ward-bound Mediterranean fleet under convoy,
well.

Sailed his Majesty's brig Goldfinch, of 252 guns,.
on lergize; end the Nonpareil schooner, for Fir
mouth.

PORTSISIOUTR, OCT. 17.—The Ant schooner, of
guns, Lieut. YOUNG, takes convoy to Guernsey.
A:lived the Blessing, RICHARDSON, from Guerra'.

sey.
Sailed the Susan, ,;•..

for Sunderland.

SHEERNESS, OCT. 16.—Sailed his Majesty's shill
St. hiorenzo, Cspt. MANLY, for Flushing.
OCT. 17.—Sailed his Majesty's brig Cracker,
Lieut. JOHN LEttcrt, for Flushing; his Majesty's
brig Sheenvaier, to the Downs ; and his Majesty's
ship Aggressor, with convoy, to Heligoland.

HULL, OCT. 17.—0 n the 6th inst. his Majesty's
ship Mars, and Ned Elvin, brig cutter, captured neap
the Cattegat, five vessels laden with timber, irorl,
oil, bro. from Bergen to the Baltic. TWQ of then!
arrived here on Friday morning.

The Whim, WILSON, of and from this port, 01
rived at Oporto on the I.2th inst. it, company NYicil•
about 25 other vessels, after A passage of eighk4Xo
from Plymouth, At two P. M. on the sth, fet
with the outward-bound Mediterranean and LisboA
fleets, which had suffered severely by the storklii
weather. The whim left that fleet on the6tk,
part of it was in company with her on the ot bort
The Trueksf, MIL nR, was one of those that ar-
rived with the Whim.

The Heart of Oak, JAAIOERS, bound trom hence
to geligotand, was, by the severity of the late dread-
ful gales of wind, driven into Catnpvere island, off'
Walcheren; where the cargo is Landed, in a yerX,
damaged state.

DEAL, OCT. 7.--.-Pot back by adverse winds'
the outward bound which sailed yesterday.
Arrived his Majesty's ship Heroine, from 'Ports'
mouth ;. and. the Fly sloop of war trom a cruize.

A French corvette called the Zephyr, from Bour-
deaui to the Isle of France, with wine and oil, is
captured by the Seine higate.

On Wednesday last, a letter was received by Mr.
PYMAN, of Whitby, containing the intelligence of
the death of his son•iu law, Mr. W. RottsoN,
ter of the Swift, of London, on the 15th of May last.
It appcars the Swift sailed from Malta about the t oat
of that month, with a cargo bound to London, and
on the 15th fell in with a French privateer, which
she engaged for four hours ; but being at leogth
compelled to strike, the person beading the party
sent to take possession of the Swift, exasperated at
the desperate resistance made by Captain Robson
arid his gallant crew, most barbarously put the for-
mer to death, an entering the vessel, by shooting
him through the 1. gad with a pistol.—The Swift was
afterwaids carried into Marseilles.

Yesterday, in consequence of a sufficient number
of Aldermen not attending to constitute a Court, no
business could be transacted. The LORD MAYOR,
upon inspe6ling the meal-weighers returns, ordered
the price of bread to be reduced an assize and a half,
or 3cl. in the peck loaf, which will take place to-
morrow, when the quartern loaf wheaten will be.
Sold for ls. 4id. and household is. 2id. His Lord-
ship has ordered a summons to be issued for a Court
of Aldermen, to be held on .Tuesday

All the signal stations and Martello towers on the
Irish coast, from Wexford to Arkrow, have been difi-
mantled, and the stores and inrtrutnen►s, &c. apper-
taining thereto, 'have been recently sold, by order of
Government.

Saturday night the stables of Mr. Clark; in Ru•
pert-street; ilaymarket, ere opeh anu ro4-
becl of Wearing apparel and horse filruiture, toto,
alnoCtnt of tipwards'of 491.-

SPORNNG INTELLIGENCE:

NEWNIARLET SECOND 6CT6BEit'MEE'TINC,

1809.

TUESDA ',., OCTOBER 17.

Mr. Lake's Miss Manager, 7st. beat Mr. Batson' Knavery,
9,t. lib. Two-yr old Course, jogs. --7 to r agst Miss Manager.
Ld Sackville's Deceiver, 6St. 41b. beat Mr. Shakespear's
Harpocrates, bat. 91b. Two.yr old Course, toogs.-5 td 4
on Deceiver:
Sweepstakes of roogs. each, h. ft. Sat. Sib. each. Two.yr
old Course. '
, •
Mr. Wyndham's ch. c. by Sorcerer - I
Mr. Wilson's c. by Expectation, out of a Puckingbana
mare • - -
Mr Payne's c. by Waxy. out of Tarantula , - pd
pLortt jersey's brother to Quail - - - Pd
5 to 2, kin Sorcerer.

Fifty Pounds for 2-yr old colts carrying. Bst. 41b. and tilites
ast. 210. Two-yrold Course.
D• of Grafton's f. ttv Waxy, out of Rattler -
Ld Grosvenor's cli. 1. lubilee. by Cesario . z
Sit C. Bunbury's b. c. lessatny - 3
4 to 2 agst

Mr. Craven's Brandcnburgh, beat Mr. W. Butlet's Non.
desc ri pt, Bst. 41b. each. first. Nit of Ab.,M sags.-2, to
en Brandenburgh
Ld G. FL Cavendish's Hymen, Bst. 41h. beat Mr. Payne's
Bulrush, Bst. 71b. Two-yr old Course, toegsll. tt.— sto 4
agst Hymen. . .
Ld Sack ville's Bustard, beat Mr. Andrew's Thorn, Est.
31b. cacti. T. M. M. xeogs to on Bustard.
D. at Grafton's Miltonia, 9st. beat Mr. Craven's Black
Diamond, Bst. slb. Aerdss the Flat, zeogs..;.6 to 4on Mil.
tenia