The Sun.
London, England, 1807-02-23 00:00:00

?,4r-AL NEWS.

PLYMOUTH, FEB. 21.—Arrived the Bouga;tigille
French Brig Privateer, of 16 guns, chptured,on,the_
17th inst. . estward of Scilly, by the Scorpitm§loop
of War, of 18 guns. -
Sailed the Ship Alicia, for Poole, under cpurny.
-of the Sprightly Cutter.

Arrived the Boadicea Frigate from Portsmouth..
Went out of liarbour.and anchored in the Sound
the Dryad Frigate. .
Arrived the. Scorpion Sloop of War from a Cruize ;
the Lord Nelson, Capt. HOWE, from. Cork.
The Schooner Gatcombe, Capt..PooL, laden.with
wine, sailed on the gth inst. from Lisbon„.with,a
Fleet of 32 Sail, under Convoy of the Camillat Slop
i)f War, parted from, the Convoy yestet:dayoff:4lF.
Lizard.

Arrived the Danish Ship Neptunus , Capt.lizaisT
laden with nuts, from Terragona, detained by the.
Lively Privateer.
The Mermaid, of Dartmouth, was captured on
the 20th January, near St. libe'3, by a French Pri-

bo*FIS ailet !Ailed the Endeitiiour are 3 Brig with
l:lOut 40 Sail of Conterl under convoy for ,Irelind,
Ncrala, acid Bristol. , -

This morning arrived 14 is Majesty's 146 Scorfii.
n,
,
of 18_ guns; Capt. CARTERET, and has brought in
the French Brig privateer General Bougainville, of
hi guns and 94 men, which she captured on the
Gth inst. in lat. 49. 52. long. to. after a chase of
four hours—=the Privateer.had one man killed and
one wounded; she sailed from St.' Maloes on the 6th.
inst. and had made one capture; viz. the Brig 'Corn=
mer cc, CfRISTIE, from Oporto for London.—Also
arrived the Mercury, SINCLAIR, from Plymouth,
bound to Berbice; Brig Endeavour, Coctcsthsi,. from
Liverpool, for Malta!: the Trans'port Brig; No. 26,
.froin Plymouth, bound off Rochefort, with the loss
,of_lier mainmast ; Brig Richard, ST,ARCKY,; f'rona
,Belfait, 'bound to Gibraltar. ,

YARMOUTiI, FEB. 2i...-Arrived- this morning the
Lord Keith Cutter from the Continent, and landed
a. Messenger : he is said to be the bearer of, Dis-
patches of great importance. Also z.-arived Le Chas-
seur French Cutter Privateer,,of 2 guns and 24 rridn ;
last from Amsterdam ; prize to. His .Majesty'S.Ship
diritidne. The Privateer had captured two VeSsels,
'and sent them for Holland.

•HAgwccH, FEB. 22.--s-This morning the Dorset
Packet, Capt. HAMILTON, and the Lady 2 epeem,
Capt. GEORGE DEANE, sailed with the Swedish•and
Danish; Mails of the isth and 21st.

, Wearp extremely happy to announce the arrival
,o at Charger and Aggressor. Gun-brigs in this
- Harbour,; great apprehenSions were entertained
for their safety, in consequence of the late violent
storm of wind.

The Jack Tar 13rigantine, of London, Capt.
SIEVEWRIGHT, from Newcastle, with Coals, for
Jamaica, is:arrived. here with the loss of anchors and
cables, being in a perilous situation in the late gale ;
the Bonetta Sloop of War remains with the Charger,
Aggrosor, Acute, Centinel, and Constant Gun-brig
Argus, Badger, and Viper Revenue Cutters.

DEAL, FEJL 22.--Arrived the Satellite Sloop of
War, and several other Ships of War, froni the
WestWatd, with
.damage,; the Savage Sloop of War,
from Belfast, with a Convoy : she fell in with the
Brig Sally; of Belfast, laden with provisions and
linen, off Plymouth, leaky, and brought her into the
Downs with her. Convoy, which are sailed for the
River.

COWES, FEB. 22..—The following Ship have put
in here, "with loss Of anchors and cables, iri conse-
quence of the late dreadful gale of wind, from the
Downs: The Brig Providence, KNIGUT, from Yar=
mouth, for Exeter; Eliza, NY m. DAvrs, from Lon-
don, for Plymouth ; 'the Hope, LAN G, from London,
for Newry.; the Amity, BENSON, from London, for
Dartmouth ; the John, DAVIS, from London, for
; the Brilliant, BANFIELD, from London, for
-Ilatimilca;, and the American Ship Harvey, HARVEY.

Ariived last evening, at the Motherbank, a Flee
:AEnear twenty Sail of Stvedisb Ships, from Lisbon

-
,StitEarnissr.l7Els. 2 1 .—The Falcon Sloop of War
has this gay hoisted tine .signal for a convoy to..,the
Baltic, 'fonnlngen; &c. to sail on the Ist of March.
The COille,lletreat,.abd Japiyi-.Tiansports, that
were on .shore, are got off with iiitre do tuag.

SLAVE TRADE.--7" The Ship Eleanor, from Goree,
,•4;or_ettatiesion, being, in distress, in want of provi-
Von's and Watef, ‘vitti only two seamen able to do
4.t .it-ji, ptit 'alto Nass.oi, the :27th Of Noveniber.—The
Slaves attempted to take the Ship the-21st 06tober,
I. tkitAvere fired upon and drove below, .several of
it-hem wounded, and three jutrip'ed oierboard.
..: P Upwards of 1 200 fresh imported slaves were to
I die sold by anation on the sth of December, at
)- Charlestown." . , .

The Hon. Cklpt. PAGET is appointtd to the Goliath,-
at Plymouth.
Capt. S. H. LLNZEE, is 'appointed to the Maida;
and Capt. T. GRAVES, to the Brunswick, at Ports-
mouth.

A Cartel from Morlaix arrived at Plymouth on
Thursday, in two days. She had carried over some
French Officers. During her stay, English prizes
'N:vere brought in almost every day—a great nuMber
of French Privateers are at sea. The loss of the
Felix Schooner is unfortunately confirmed. She
went to St. Andero as a Flag of Truce, and during'
her stay there, parted her cables in a dreadful gale
and went ashore. A Lieutenant, the Master, and one
..seanian, were the only persons saved.
:;.--Zilturday the. Dispatches were finally closed at the
ast India House, and delivered to the Pursers of
did' following Ships, viz. Cumberland, Capt. FAR-
. AII It ;, Henry Addington, ii.IRKPATRICK j. 'Cidfnells,
NVEI,I3 AN& j for Madras and China.