The Sun.
London, England, 1809-05-24 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

PLYMoUTIr, MAy 22; --- Arrived the Arneticals
ship Experiment, Swim:, from. Lisbon, laden with
salt and fruit, bound to this port, for orders, sailed
the 2cl instant in company with about bo sail,
under convoy of his Majesty's ship Frederickstein,
parted company a few days since; the brig' Specu-
lan:, ANDERSON, from Lisbon,. laden with salt, de-
tained by the squadron under the command of Ad-
miral lIIIRKELEY; the sloop StiCCOSS, GROCIIY, from
St. Michaels, laden with fruit, bound to Jersey, was
captured on the 23d April:last, in lat. 40. 50. N.
Long. 17. 17. V. by the La Mouche French Alp
privateer, of 14 guns, and 180 men, and sent into
Vigo on the 11th inst. supposing that it was still
in possession of the. French, when .she was iturne•
diAely taken possession of by his Majesty's frigates
Lively and. Venus. Sailed thence the 12th instant,
the ship Jane; SCOTT, the ship Clarkson, STEPHRN*
SON, and the ship Fingal, DUNMING, from BA° de
Janeiro, laden with hides, tallow, &c. bound to
London. Sailed the sth March, under convoy of
his Majesty's ship London, of o$ guns,-whieh ship
arrived here this morning ; the Martha of White-
haven, CAIN, master, from Gibraltar, laden with
wines, bound to this Port ; the American ship Mon-
ticello, of New York, from Harwich, in ballast,
bound to Liverpool.
• Arrived the Goldfinch sloop of war, Capt. SKiN•
NER from a cruize off the coast of Spain. On thelB th
inst. she discovered in the Bay of Biscay a large
French Corvette, which she immediately gave Chace
to,.and after a chice of 15 hours, had the good fortune
to come up with the]Enemy, .when a smart action
commenced, which continued for five hours, in
Which the Goldfinch had three men killed, and nine
wounded, among the latter is the Second Lieu.;
tenant, she is also much cut in her rigging. . ,The
Corvette received considerable damage, but effeaed
her escape: _ .

, Arrived the French Lugger DAV', from Gua-
daloupeiladen with coffee, cotton, wool, and sugar,
bound to Nantz, 36 days frOm the formr place,
captured on the toth init. off Rocht,fort, by his Ma,
jcsty's• ship Shannon, .Capt. .NOKE also arrived
a French Ketch, laden with timber., captured by the
digit, frigate, Capt.. WOLFg, •

L'Actif French lugger, which arrived tiers this
morning from Oundalonpe, hringi intelligence, that
the French squadron,.consisting of three sail of the
and four .frlgates, which lately arrived at the
from, Breif, had made their escape from
thence, two oar prevtiAn to her -salting ?Yon) Gua-
daloupe, and that Admiral COCHRANE with four'
sail of the line, besides trtgates, had gone in pursuit,,
and was seen w;01;:, two or three gun-shots froth

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enemy,
Arrived the Union, TRENANIANi and Harmony;
iiirsuunr, from Nearh ; Good Intent, &TawAAP,
from Swansea; Killian and Esther, WiLLlAtus,
from Neatlr;. Betsey, BALIKEN, from Sunderland;
and Minerva, BQWLRY, from Gloucester.
It was the Seine frigate 'which. sailed from hence
on Saturday last, and not the din/et/gist; the hum'
remains in the Sound.

FALMOUTH, MAY Q).—.Arrived this day the ship
Brunswick, Capt. Gnorion SIMPSON, from London,
bound to Quebec ;' the brig Batu; Capt. BuaKILLe,
from London to North America, in ballast, to load
timber, put in by contrary wind; the former, ship is
leaky ; the brig Ur/re/in/1c VElif, from Gibraltar
foriGueirnsey, in days passage.
Also arrived his Majesty's schooner Nanparei4.
With Dispatches from C.dlz and Oporto, ten days
from the former, and only .90 flours from the latter
she brings the pleasing intelligence of Oporto being
evacuated the French troops under Souvr, and
which has retreated towards Spain : previous there,.
to, a partial a6tion had taken place bet Ween the
troops under Sit ARTUPR WiiLLESLEY and those of
SOvvr, in which 'some:prisoners were made, and .1,
few killed„ on the part of the Frenelt. The' Portu•
grses tag was flying oil the fowl of Opottri when
she left. The. Nortpqrei/ fell in. with his Majesty's
slip Semiratizis off Oporto, and received from her
Dispatches 'relative to this event. Lieut. DICKLIN..-
so is C 4.0 itsAoll, that 'ere this the Whole 014ft/I:v's
r
array ere made prisoners. The Aonpareil also fell
it) with brig with Di:lynches for the Junta
ai Sevilloc ith the pleasing intelligence of the Mari.
curls of Rob;ANA .113011 g entered-Corunna and. Ferrol,
wade the whold.of the French-prisoners. The
brig had 40 French Oilicers on board from Corunna.
West-India ,packet is detained tifl further
orders.

'DEAL,
.MAY 23.--Arrivd his Majesty's ship
Grampus, ,with the 'following East indiamen
Phcc,44, 'Telford, Preston, 4nn,',Surat au*, And
Diana, fiotn the East Indies and Ifose (wbalery,
(Loin the South Seas. The squadron under the
command, a Sir .1, S. You lc was all welt an the, th
of May, in tat. 45.10. N. 17.13. W.

PORI SMOUTII) MAY 3. ArtiVed leis Niajesty's
ship Illerinhicl, from the Downs.
A larKe Iket of transports is.hourly xpe6ied from
I,,isbon; sever : Pt ibe:n vtre come, la.