The Sun.
London, England, 1807-08-24 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

FALMOUTH, AUG. 21.---Arrived this day the Duke
of Kent Packet, COATESWORTII, with maili, from,
Jamaica., 19 days passage; left lying there his Ma.
,
jestrs Ships Reynard, Shark, Peterel, Lark, Ann,
Drake, biana, Mediator, and Fisgard. ',His Ma-
jesty's Ship Elephant, 74 guns, with convoy for
England, sailed on the, esth June passengers Capt.
EDMUNDS, Messrs. BANKS, PERRIER, HOSCASEY)
SENIOR, COESVA LE, and MITCH A ELS Oil. Thu
Packet brings no news.
Put back, having lost the convoy, the Brig Pro..
videpe, BURNS, from Hull to Lisbon ; Minerva,
BROOKEs, Ind Neeoundland, ---,:from London
faith ibral ta r.

Arrived his Majesty's Brig Swallow, from a
'maize ; the Humber, Capt. HILL, from the Downs ;
and the Flora, BROAD, with tin, from Penzance.

PORTS:WM:TT/I, AUG. 23.--Arrived the gilliarn
Store-ship from the West Indies, the Convoy hay- "
ing proceeded on for the Downs early yesterday,.
morning; La Flech4 Sloop, Capt. WHITE, aud
Sopl4a Cutter from fl, cruize.

Sailed the Locust Guu-brig, and Explosion Bomb,""
Capt. ELLICOTT, on a cruize offliavre.
- The Battler Sloop went into 'Harbour ygster-

day evening.

On Friday last the Neptune, of 98 guns, was corn-
.
misAinned at this Port, to which Ship Captain Sir
TttoaiAs WILLIA*s is appointed.

APPOIN,TMENTS.--eqt. COCHRANE, to the Prince
C-core; Capt. L4AcK, to, the Northumterland
goußts, to the Iluncird ; Capt, C3GHLAN, to
; Ciipt.CHAMBERLAYNE, to tale Ardent; and
Capt. HEtENSTALL, to the Kingsfiiker.
The 4arfleur, of 98 ggns, was yesterday kilkea

into pork to be repaired foe Commission.
Tiord._ Coma NGWOOp took with him to the Dard:l'
penes the Queen, 98', Rear-Admiral MARTIN, Capt.
INGLIS ; Malta, 84, Capt.--------; and the Morita'
gue, 74, Capt. W. OTWAY. His Lordship left
ei4!;t Sail of the Line off Cadiz, to watch the .P.10.°
my in that POrt.
.Last might an Itorneward-bound Convoy from
maica passed by this l'ort, which sailed on the V6t4
ofiune, under convoy of the Elephant, Cutu4 kind
Port-Mahon.

The '2Vifftluintberlartf, of 74 guns, Capt. L6s"c'c'
is corning home with a convoy from B.on.does,
which was appointed to sail on the Ist nistaid.--,,
The Glory, 98, Capt. OTWAY, is comit)ehoult,
with a convoy from the Mediterranean.
The Rattler, Capt. .AuAts, Wbich arrived. cm.
Sunday last, from. Newfoundland, 1.0 in with E4O
Lis, Admiral HOLLOWAY, and the AipAea Cutler,
on the 03d nit. 50 leagues from St. Jolin's. T4a
Admiral had recoleted Iron an "Attack of the gout.
The ship's company had been generatly afflicted with
anin4amination of the lungs; one Mall bad died of.
itt Dr. 9.DoNNELL., the Catholic Bishop of St,
.1910 I's, came home in the Rattler, being succOdea
by Bishop. L.ANLBEIZT. The Merchants and
tains of Newfoundland presented Dr. 0'...)0r.t14/
a ailver cup, of i.SQ guineas value, besid4 °t.h47
tokens of their esteem, previous to his depart"e'
The HNemesis, Avenger, and Speedy viero WI at
Newfoundland on the 21st ult.
• The'colVoy for the Mediterranean„-whic;h sailed
from Spithead.on the 2sth of June, under charge of
hii'..)4a.jesty's Ships Fume, Ilindostau, .Flo'lol'l6
L'Esioir, and' .Imogene,. arrived at Gibraltar, ii22°
•days..

PLYMOUTH, AUG. 22. Arrived titC cula Fri'
gate.. of 38 guns, from Jamaica.

Sailed the Plude Frigate on a cruize.
Arrived
the. Danish Ship Little Catheine, h-04`
FOED, laden
,with rum and sugar, from Santa Cruz,
bound to c9penliageti, detainol by the Mars Fri-
VatecA,..; and tife Marg , DAVIES, from Wilmington,
with timber for the" Duck-yard.

SHEERNESS, Atm. 20.--Arrived the Sentinel afl
diggressor Guu-brigs ; also the Deptford Tender,
Lieut. ANTRAS4,-. with a great nuinuer of Seamen
from the Howe Storeiship,
.and other Vessels I,IIOIY
paid off up the River, i ;
The Monmouth, 04, has completed her comPli'.'.
mem of:men this day from the Zealand: it is C

pected she will be sent to the Mediterranan.
I Caine down from Chatham to the Ltitio Nora
Ithe Snake Sloop of War, Capt. You o.
The Eclipse Gun-brig is token'into dock.
Auo. 21.---This day David Doyle, Henry Frank'
land, anu Thomas Roberts, Marines, tried on
clay last for desertion, were punisbed isgreeable 10
their sentence, alongside the Men of War at
! Great Nore.

•
Main in_ the Downs with the Ships as
23.--Came down from, the River
the Gltituabii fur the East and
I 94 'ln w
vay night the isth inst.
3ELLJ cocutilanding tie Guard.boit, pursued 3 116.
pet'
.la:it•

.;ear-rigged Boat in the south-east, standing dirertly
for the land : the Lieutenant immediately rowed in
for the land in hopes to cut her ott- but hl3 efforts
proved ineffectual, as she reached the shore just he-
fore him. He saw her in the a& of landing her
goods, when he hailed her to deoist, and at the same
time fired a shot over the party. The smuggler's
immediately fired a, volley of small arms at the.
King's Boat, which wounded a man through the
groin ; on which Lieut. C. run his bOat on the
beach, and landed with his party of men, consisting
of six, and attacked the smugglers-, who by thui
time mustered between sixty and scventV, wh,ll an
ince.slnt fire was kept up‘ During the fracas, one
man, which I understand•to be the Coxswain of 'the
Boat, was shot, and two more wounded : the Lieu.
tenant immediately prgcared a guard from the Bar-
racks, and seized th grxicls and the Galley. The
Spirited con of Lieut, CAMFBELL is deserving of,
the highest praise, and will, I tru,t, convince these
desperadoes, that the superiority of numbers will
rot deter a British Officer from the discharge of his
duty. We only want a few such men .to clear our
coast of these rabble.

ISLANDS OF SCILLY, Auo. 15.—Cnnle in to refit
the Carolina IP'ilhelmina, D:cx FIosKEN Master,
from Kniphausen, in ballast, ha% i lo,t her bow-
. grit, and sustained other damage, in a gale of wind.
• Sarno day arrived His M:ijesty's Ships Plover,
Cyt. 'BRovVN„ and Scorpion Brig, Capt. CART.
!WR !GILT.
AUG' 17.—Carpe in the Brsig, from Monte
Vldo, laden with hides and hair, bound to London.

Captain MATHER, of the "Eqhts, arrived at New
York on the 13th -ult. from Canton, and give in-
formation that a .British 64, and ten Company's
Ship, were pt Canton when he left that place. Some
of the British seamen had hilted a Chinese, and the
Government had demanded an Englishman from
one of theShipg, which was refits_ed; in.ContieqUence
'of which the Cainese had prohibited goods from
being carried on board the Ships.
Thursday a Fleet oh thirty-two Sail of Transports
With Troops on 'board, tinder convoy of a
Were sew), flosn Aldborough, steering to the North-
wan!, supposed 14 the Baltic. The sea being calm,
end the wind fair, many bows, with company, went
of from that place to visit ihdeer. It had been
lying ten or twelVe days in Ft B ty, , •

Orders were sent off ye,terchy to Chathain for
the 31w/borough, ELizotelk, and the two 74's
last launched tht.re, to be i;it ready for sea with all
ro6iule expedition. •
Sir JANIES SAC:4.IIIEL is appointed Coinmander
in Chief on the IA sl and Guernsey station.

A search has twill wade throughout the Spanihh
Bide ofMill Prison, Plythout't, for we4iatta, in con--
sequence of i:lforthation hAving been .gteett by. the
Spatt:.sh prisoner t:xecuted a short time since, pre.
%ions to his execution. There .were f ,und in the
Tools of the priion, concealed, 32 ‘eo llipletc daggers,
tnishrd, and a bundle of iron illops cot in lengths
and flattened, for the purpose of making daggers.
The whole wax very property taken away and de.
6t royed ; •

CUOYDON AKD ROTH Elt KITH R CABAL.-.-This
im-
portant work, :whch wits begin about ti% e years
ago, is now .nearly linislna. It conn..ences at the
tow n of • Croydon, passes. over Penge Common,
crosses the road leachng from London into • Syden-
Imo, close to that tow n, over which a bridge has
been long since erected ; and then runs along the
east side of .Sydenhatit Common; Foresthill, and:
Nun cad, until it crosses the Deptford road, near.
the New Cross turnpike, cn -the London side.—
Within the last three months, a commo.tions bridge
bas been erected over the canal on this part of. the
Toad. From this down to Rotherbithe, the Canal
bas long since been cuts and scarcely any thing is
tow wanting to set it working, but the completion
of the towing paths. Tu obviate the difficulty of
obtaining water along the elevated grounds over
Which the Canal passes, between Sydenham and
Nevi Cross, several large reservoirs have been form-
ed.
The chief of these. is on Sydenham Common,
where it has wore the appearance of a large lake than
a pond. It is a complete excavation, of an oblong
form, occupying upwards of thirty acres, and is seve-
ral feet above the level of the Otnal, frOm which it
is about fifty yards distant, and into which the water
can be conveyed through sluices, whenever it is. re-
quired. Such is the descent near the Deptford-road,
Dotwithstattding the great depth to which the cut
was made, that within the space of .a quarter of a
mi!e, there are no less than nine. or ten gates, at
each of which there are reserviirs- to catch the rain,
and collateral cuts.near the bottom to receive the
springs. I his tea will considerably facilitate the
trade between the metropolis and counties of Surrey
and Kent. • •

_ A new Dock has been made at Rotherhithe, called
the East Country Dock, for the reception of timber
afloat, with I,varehouses.attached to it for pitch, tar,
'and other Goods,

The North Hants Militia, at Gosport, on Saturday
morning commenced volunteering to serve in the
Line.

On'Monday last as his Grace the Duke of Mort-
Taosg was exercisinglii4 regiment- (the Stirlingshire
Militia), in the neighbourhood of Dumfries, the
horse took fright, while his Grace was in the a& of
mounting, by which he was thrown forward on the
ground, will) such violence as to dislocate his right
shoulder. The luxation was immediately reduced,
and his Grace is not likely, to experience any bad
consequences from the accident. •
In the long depending cause respeeting the resi-
duary plopetty of Mrs. CAM, the Lotto Cuaritit-
Loa has lately decreed the sum of nearly 40,0001.
stock to the Corporation of the Sc.itis of the Clergy.
The harvest in Wales is this season much forwarder
than has been 'known for many years, and,. we have
the olenci, gn. _I h

OFFICIAL ACCOUNT 07
ES.rHE LOSS OF THE
G ANG

TO Titt.wORSMIPFUt. ROSERT PATTON, COVILINOR, Sec.
" perform a painful duty, in acquainting
you with the total loss of the Hon. Company's Ship
Ganges, lately under my command, on Friday the
2gth ult. off the Cape of Good Hope, in lat. 38.22.-
5. and long. tg. 50 E. of Greenwich; the particnlars
Of which are faithfully and carefully stated in an ea-
'tract from her log-book, which I have the honour
to inclose herewith. The Ship had been in a leaky
state for some time previous to this melancholy event ;
indeed, sp much so, as to render it iudespensably ne-
Cessary that she should proceed under easy sail, and
that the most prudeat and cautious measures should
be adopted by myself and Officers in the couduel of
her: On the 2I st ult. it was my misfortune to se.pti
Me,. in a gale of wind, from his Majesty's Ship
Concorde, and .the Hon. Co.opanyN Ships, viz.. Ben
gal, Lady Jane Dundas, Asia, IPcilikamstaw, and
iiie.rander; and next morning, the Hon. Company's
Ship St. Vincent only being in sight,' 1 plFed
my-
selt under the ceders of Capt. lorias, who, with the
must watchful and unceasing care, continued. to
keep as near the Ganges ascircUmstances would admit,
from that time till the day on whiCh she foundered.
You will participate in the satislatlion I feel in be-
ing able to acquaint you, that not a single life has
. been lost in this ill-tated Ship, though not less than
two hundred and nine persona were on board but a
few hours before she sunk ; and, from the state
of the weather, it will 'be easy for you to ima-
gine with what peculiar circumstances of difficulty
and danger
.her Boats were hoisted out, and so
miraculous as well as so general a preservation ef-
fected. I'o Captain JONES, of the St. Vincent, who,
under Providence, has beeti the happy instrument
of our deliverance, his own feelings must have,
proved at the time, and will ever prove, through
life, to him sources of higher satisfaction than any
praise of mine can bestow ; but I should ill dis-
charge those, duties which my present situation
calls upon me to fulfil, it I did not express to you, .
in this public manner, the strong and grateful sense
which is entertained by my passengers, Officers,
and self, of his humane and generous conduct, both
previous to and on the occasion of the loss of the
agitges, as also of his liberal and hospitable atten-
tions to us on board .the St. Vincent subsequent to
that .rnistbrtune. I have the honour to inciose a cur-
re& list of all who sere on board the Ganges before
it took place. Of my Officers, I cannot, perhaps,
speak in terms more adequate to their deserts, or
more satisfactory to themselves, than by saying they
discharged their several duties its the most exemplary
manner ; and, with respeef to the ship'• company,
among whom must ',es classed a Dumber of men
of his Majesty's 77in . Regiment, working their
passage home in her, 1 feel twist happy hi (estop.
ii 4;. that they united all the good qualities of Brim kh
Seam,-ii and British Soldiers, when, placed togeth‘r
in scenes of danger and distress, till they could no
longer be of service' to the cause, in Whit h they were
engaged, I have the honour to be, Sir, your must
obe.itent hum(le servant,
Signed) " T. FIARINGToN."
Hon. Company's chip Ead St.Vint,ent, loth ,twe,

EXTRACT FROM THE► LOG-BOOK OF THE SHIP GA NG 13,

FRIDAY, MAY 21)ni, 1807.

" Light airs and' cloudy m P. M. A. M. light
breeze and fair, the swell much gone down,. but tits,
Ship rolling dreadfully, and rendering it dangerous
for the boats to take persons on board, whether
astern or alongside. At a quarter past noon, the St.
Vincent being still nearly four miles astern of us, there
being seven tee; water in the well, the stern-pas' being
now tour inches off the dead wood, and the Ship utt---
go% ernanle by the helm, got the launch at all risk'.
alongside, having in vain attempted to put the Ladiea
.on board of her out of the stern gallery, though
'the railing was cut away for the purpose. At throe
qua! ters past noon she left us with all the passen-
gers, except Mr. 11,11eston, of the BOntbay Civil
Establishment, who insisted, in a manner the most
friendly to me, and the most honourable to himself,
on remaining on board until my . officers and self
quitted the Ship. At one P.M. the yawl left us,
Kith the sick people, and some of the other ship's
company and 'soldiers of his Majesty's 77th .regi-
thent. The men still kept working at the pumps
with unabated vigour and good will. At three P.M.
eight feet water tn'the well, and the ship settling
fast. At half past four nine feet water in the well,
and seeing the launch on her return, called the people
up from the pumps. Down both Cutters, and sent
them otf as fast as prudence would permit, with or-
ders not to return. At five, the Launch, Yaw), and
one of the St. Vincent's Boats, catne alongside, and
by half past five had all left the Ship again, full of
people, the Third and Fifth Officers in charge of the
Launch and Yawl. I, immediately after the boats_
had quitted us, mustered the people, and there be-
ing 49 men still'on board (Mr.BoLLESTON, the Chia,
Fourth and Sixth Officers, and myself included).
againiet the pumps to work, as the night was closing in.
fast, and the St. Vincent still at some distance from
*us; At six P. M. in company with the Chief Qtti-
cer, gunner, and carpenter, visited the gun-room for
the last time, found the head of the stern-post had
forsaken thetransom full six inches, the garboard '
seam of the counter two.inehes open fore, or 7 feet
down at least, the*Ood-ends five inches off the stern-
posts, and all then Counter-timber gone-at the heels,
At half-past eight P. M. the St. Vincent's boat and
the yawl once more came alongside, and then
(and not till then) were the pumps finally quitted
by my orders. Filled the two boats, and dispatched
them to return no more; five minutes afterwards,
the launch came back to us, and. at three quarters
past eight, accompanied by Mr. Rolleston, the
Chief, Fourth and Sixth Officers, and all that re-
mained, of the ship's company, I quitted the un-
fortunate Ganges, with three cheers from us all,
and twenty minutes after boarded the St. Vin-
cent in safety; where we were received by Cap-
tain. JONES with 'all that feeling and humanity
which has distinnished his Condud.since our se-
.paration from the fleet; and here, before the journal
of this eventful voyage is' finally closed, I conceive
it to be my duty to state, that on leaving the ship
she had ten -.feet water in the well, that she had
settled half way up her bends, that she was wholly
-.ungovernable by the helm, that the.poop, vaster,-
deck, and upper-works generally were in motion,
and that as no human means were left untried, so
were no human powers equal to save her from de-
struclion, 84c. &c..
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