The Sun.
London, England, 1807-05-11 00:00:00

ADMIRAL DVerg'ORTI-Ps 3'Qt7AbRON.

At anchor without the Dardanelles, March u, tE4.
Sir JOHN Do-cliwoßTn's whole Fleet joined at
their anChorage'oii the loth of last month. On the
14th we had the dreadful sight of His Majesty's Ship
Ajar on tire to, the mast head. Out of six bun,
dred and fifty men, only four hundred and ten were
saved. .The loss of this fine Ship, and of the Adze-
nienne, wrecked six weeks ago, was a serious diMinu-
tion of our force ' bttr the Squadron was under sail,
With a fair wind; to pass through the Dardanelles
early on the morning of the 19th. The CenoPus led
the Way, followed in dose order of battle by the
Repulse, the Royal George, the Windsor Castle, the
Standard (with the Meteor Bomb in tow), the Porn
pee; the rhunderer (with the Lucifer Nomb in tow).
The Aaire and the Endfrzion Frigates brodght up
the rear.

At eight o'clock the leading ship vats fired at in
passing the first batteries placed at the entrance of
the Dardanelles. Not a shot was fired at those bat,
teries by the squadron. When the van had reached
the batteries and .castles of Sestos and Abydos, a fire;
such as we seldoM see, was opened from both sides.
The squadrow 'commenced firing from all decks, and
from both sides, as the ships could bring their wins
to bear.. • •

By 11 o'clock, the whole of our Squadron had
passed these Castles. The Van fired, in passing, on a
I'urkish Squadron that was moored in aline of battle,
about five miles above the town of Abydos,' on the
Asiatic shore, prote&ed by a b'attery. The Cap-
tain Paella commanded this Squadron. Sir SIDNEY
SMITH, with the Rear Division, had orders to 'hum it.
It was effetled. The Aaive was left by Sir SIpSEY
to spike the guns on the battery.
At nine at night of the 20th, the Squadron an-
chored under the Prinee's Islands, about seven Miles
from Constantinople. The EndyNio. n had been sent
forward that day with a letter for the Porte ; but
having had light winds, she did not get a=head of
the Squadron, and was not able to anchor off the
&night) till next morning. No boat would venture
near her, nor any boat which their boats could stop,
would take the letter on shore. After some hourS
!had elapsed, a boat canoe on board with ISAAC BEY,
a particular friend of the SULTAN SELIM. He
took charge of the letter. From hii conversation,
we had every reason to believe, that the Porte would
agree to the terms offered by the English GoVern---
ment. He said, on their hearing of out having
passed the Dardarielles, they had, permitted' the
Asiatic troops to enter, the city; and that he was
afraid those barbarians would massacre every Jew,
Armenian, Greek, or Frank, within the walls of
Constantinople, in case our Squadron anchored Close.
to the Seraglio, 4.r the Turkish Government agreed to
the terms proposek immediately. Theyasked for MTV
days truce to arrange-matters. This the Govern-
merit was told could not be consented to, without
their Batteries and Ships were allowed to remain in
their present state. .

Fortune gave them a much longer truce than they
asked :—for from our Squadron's anchoring under
the Prince's Islands, till we quitted the sea of Mar,
mora, the winds were such, that it was quite out
of the Admiral's power to get his squadron nearer to
the Seraglio, or any part 01 the City of Constantino-
ple. The Thunderer was ordered, with the Stand-
ard, to be ready to weigh the oily time the witici
seemed likely to permit it; but the current Was too
strong against these ships. All this time batteries
were erecting in every direction, under French En-
gineers; their ships shifted from, the .Arsenal, and
bOoms thrown across the entrance.

By the Ist of 'this month they had .twelve Sail
ready, ten Pire;ships, besides Frigates, Three of
the twelve Sail were• Ships of three de4s. . 'The"
cut off all communication with the Squadion froth
this day. The Squadron got under weigh in the
mauling, and endeavoured to worlc up to,the Sera-
glio. We could not get near any part of Constanti-
nople,. the current was so strong. At night the Aci,
miral bore away for the Dardanelles, and 'anchored
the Squadron the next evening a few miles above
the Castles of the Sestos and Abydos. At 8, the
Squadron was under sail, and the order of battle
formed. .t half past 9 (March 3d), the batteries
began to :fire. We fought our way through the
Dardanelles by 12 o'clock.

The Turks fought their guns with much greater
died on our return through the Dardanelles than
they did on our entrance, and the Ships suffered
considerably more. ,

The Roy-al George received a stone-shot through
the quarter-deck. The Repulse had the wheel shot
away, and ten quarter7masters killed, by One shot.
The IVindsor Castle's main-mast cut half in two on
the main-deck; this shot lodged on deck, is 26 incheS
in diameter, and weighs 800 pounds. The &audioel
had one of the same siZe throUgh her side, on the
lower deck, struck the iron of the capstan, and
blew up several cartridges of powder. The ship,was
on fire in several places.. The steadiness of the offi-
cers and men saved her. She lost above forty men
by this accident—The Aetive and Entlymiou were
shot thrOugh.—the Meteor's mortar 'of 13 inches,
was split by its ,own shell—The Thunderer had four
men killed. A stone-shot just cleared the booms,
went through the hammocks, and carried away the
larboard lower-deck port, a-breast of the main-
mast. Two moderate-sized stone shot, equal to 1g
inches and a half in diameter, came in on the lower
deck, under, the ports, abreast of the main-mast.
We were joined here by a Russian Squadron of
seven Sail of the Line and two Frigates,; they expect
three more of the Line. i hug this Squadron will
blockade the entrance of the Dardanelles. We ex-.
pea to sail this eveninglor Egypt.

A very melancholy event happened yesterday se'n-
night at Cbedgrave, Norfolk. William Moss, who
had paid his addresses to a young woman named Ann
Crisp, understanding that the,girl's mother had de-
termined upon marrying her to another person, took
the fatal resolution of endeavouring to destroy them
both. Accordingly he, watched an opportUnity,
stabbed them with a bayonet, and afterwards cut his
own throat. He has been committed to prison.--
None of the w( unds ate.iikely to,prove fatal. . •
By an advertisement in the Liverpool Pape!, sign-
ed by the. Mayor of that town, it appears that a young
man was killed in the_ affray which took place at the
Eleclion. The Coroner's Jury returned a verdict of
Accidental Death.