The Sun.
London, England, 1807-04-29 00:00:00

BRISTOL, APRIL 27.

The following Extraa of a Letter communicates
the particulars of the loss of the Loyal Volunteer,
G2OIIGE HODGSON, Master, bound to Dublin
On (ridgy se'unight, at day light, the wind
blo,king very hard; thought it right to make•for Mil-
ford; it possible; drove hefore.t he wind, at the rate
of ten knots an hour, till we came to Ramsay Sound
4-.. Ship's pumps at work ad the time. At ten.
o'clock trot into Ramsay Sound, where we struck
upon a sunken rock, and unshipped
,the rudder. In
winutes after we lost the rudder, and then struck
agaut, whidh knocked a hole in the ship's bottom.
sea came and drove us off again, when the Cap.
tali cried out; " Lord have mercy on us all, we
must perish unless our sails proteLt. us," , In. ten
minutes atter, we were drawn by the sea to Ram-
say Island; among the Rocks ; where, by the help
of Providence, we were all saved.. There is only
one house on the Island to receive twenty-nine-pas-
tengers, some without shoes and stockings, and some
almost naked.

" When we got ashore, we had a rock to climb,
100 feet high, •which was deemed itap,:s3ible; but,
after great etiortsi we reached the top, otherwise we
must all have inevitably been drowned, as the tide
had begtin to set in."
. . .

L_The Gazeite of last night contains Adresses of
Tiranks to His MAJESTY, for his late manly, spirit-
ed, and constitutional condikt, frond the County of
Chester; Cityiof Chester, City of Exeter, Corpora-
tion and inhabitants of SouthaMpton, Corporation of
Colchester, County of Anglesea, Merchants 'and In-
habitants of Birmingham; Corporation of Bridge-
Corporation of Devizes, Corporation of
Liverpool, Inhabitants of Weymouth, Dean and
Chapter Of Chester; Magistrates of Kilmarnock,.
Magistrates and Council of Paisley, and the Guild of
the Trinity House of Kingston upon Hull. • ,

The Duchess of IltottmoNib will leave town -on
Wednesday next for Ireland. Her Grace will stop a
clay or two on a visit with her sister, the Duchess of
IaRbFoRD, at Woburn Abby. She will not _be acj.
COMpanied by the Marquis of HUNTLEY, as stated
in most of the Paper;, tie having it in contemplation
to accompany his mother, the Duchess of Goltpos,
to Scot (and, in a few days.

e Brigade of Guards lying at Chatham is or
t for foreigh service. Yesterday morning, at
half past five o'clock, 260 picked men, with a pro-
Per proportion of Nun-commissioned Officers, un-
der the command of Colonel Russ, marched from
the Birdcage Walk, St. James's Park, for Chat-
'am. They were leit.eled on Monday from the
Iplttalion of the Coldstream Regiment lying in Port-
and Barracks; aua from the battalion of the 3d
Iteliment.
3, We stated lately that an Expedition, consisting of
t'ranspurts, xvith 80011 n craps on board, under
.;t„rts voy of the Tigre, Apollo, and Ifferizel, was seen
,ernlg to the eastward on the sth of March, sup-
r-,,,setl to be destined for Alexandria.
4he following Extract of a Private Letter from an
!lice: of the 73th Regiment, dated Syracuse, 24th
°t February; contains a list of the regiments eni bark-
e4 that expedition :
"I
have only time to write you a few lines, being
ex treu
item). it busy.; our battalion embarked yesterday,
, tug a part of a small army under the command
(3' i\laior-General FRAZER; our destination is a se-
cret, report saws to garrison Alexandria. The fat-
lowing are the troops employed on this service, viz.
" 3 Ist regiment, Ist and 2d battalions of the 35th
regiment, iisth regiment, De Roll's regiment, Chas.
•ttars Britanoiques, and detachments from the 20th
ght Dragoons, Royal Artillery, Royal Military
.cirttficers, and Royal- half-corps.
" We have now cornpleaely reeoftred from the
fatigue of the Cala4rian execiition." •