The Sun.
London, England, 1809-11-17 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

PL'YmouTtr, Nov. lb.--Seven French'Caplaiir
made their escape from hereon Monday 'night last,
in a won boat, but when about the middle of tilt'
Sound, they were discovered by some men on board
a fishing smack, who immediately gave chace;
Frenchmen immediately ran the boat ashore and es-
caped ; one of them was taken soon after, and a di-
ligent ,search is making atter the others.
Sailed, his Majesty's ship York, of 74 guns, Cap-
tain BARTON, for the Mediterranean ; and the Phea-
sant, sloop of war,Captain PALMER, on a cruize.

PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 16.=—Arrived the_ Speedy.,
JOIIN BAZEN, and the Zephyr, G.Scorr, from
Guernsey ; the latter has troops on hoard, bound to
.the West Indies; Hope, DAvm JARMIN, frOlll
Southampton ; Delight; VIM. YOUNG, from Teign-
mouth ; Unity, J. GREGORY, from Bridport ; and
the Speedy, MARK ALDRIDGE, from London.

&He'd the Heart of Oak, SAM. WILLS, for Chep-

stow.

His Majesty's ship Euryalus has captured and sent
into this port, a large French lugger called Le Par,
which came into harbour this day. , '

gIiEERNESS,, Nov. 16.—Arrived his Majesty's
sloops Rover, Cherokee, Chanticleer, and Monkey
gun-brig.
It having blown a gale of wind from N. to N. E.
these two days, this morning a large brig was dis-
covered on shore on her beam-ends, off' the south
end.Of the Isle of Sh6ppy, between that and Fever•
sham, with her foremast only standing.
_Came into harbour his Majesty's ship Cerierus,
Capt. WHITBY.

DOVER, Nov. 16.—The British Hero--trangport.
arrived here from Flushing, last night, with

troops.

His Majesty's cutter Idas, from Hastings, arrive 4
off here, from Flushing, and landed Major-General

WYNYARD, and a Measenger, that set off direoY.
for London.

Eight French privateers were discovered, at day
break this morning, off here. It is said they cap.!
tared a brig, and two of our ships of war went in
chae.

DEAL, Nov. 17.--Arrived the Mercurius sloop
of. war, with a convoy from the Baltic; Per/airs
sloop of war from Dartmouth ; awl Osprey ditto,
from Portsmouth ; Peggy schooner, and /day cut,"

ter hum Fitishing..

LEITH, Nov. I4.—Arrived three Danish stoops,
prizes to the Hero cutter, Talbot and Clio sloops
war.

-On the gth inst. the Jean, of Dundee,, CHRITO!
PHEA master, one of the vessels usually employed ta
the whale fishery, in taking the Tay from Gotten
burgh, with a cargo of timber and iron, got ashore
on the Elbowend sand ; she is full of water, and 4
is.thought will be a total 'wreck.
The Peggies, of Fiaherrow, CLEGHORN master
was wrecked on the Seaw, Igth September last, on,
passage from Gottenburgh to Fisherrow all the'
crew saved, but made prisoners of war,.and sepc:
sixty miles into the interior,

The Fanfaron French national brig qi 18 genii
and .men, laden with flour from. Brest, to Gua-:
daloupe;'diias taken the sth inst. by the Emerald Sri-
gate. {The Emerald has detained the Diana, of and
from New-York, for St. Sebastian's lAr!!!ri with cot-
ton and rice, and arrived at Cork, with both the ves-
sels on Friday last.

The Henrietta, of Baltithore, from Bremen, which
was taken the 19th ult. by the Detide, Fren"ch pri-
vateer, was retaken Me 4th inst. by the Helena, sloop
of war, and arrived at Cork the 1 itti inst.

M. ANDUAGA, it is expeaed, will embark on
-board the Lavinia frigate, which is to set sail' for
Cadiz. It will be recollehed, that this Gentleman
was the ,Minister of FERDINAND; at the Court of
.Louts, in Holland, from whence he escaped with-
some difficulty, attended by the Spanish Consul:L.-.
Soon after he arrived here he
.received instrudiont
from the, Supreme Junta to remain in London. He
is now ordered by the same authority, to proceed
to Seville; and it is expe6ted that he will occopy a
situation of high rank and responsibility in the Go-.
verntinent
The Bicedialus,which is going to the East Indies,
is ot.-dered to take out the Prince KHAN, who lately
arrived a refugee in this count ry,in the Frederickstein,
and had previously fled to the Emperor of Morocco
for proteElion, when driven from his dominions by a
rival Prince.

The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have
been pleased to direct, that the sum of ten pounds,
as a gratuity, be given to each of the petty officers
and seamen who were employed on board tire-ships
at the attack on the enemy's fleet in Basque Roads,
on the I ith of April, as a mark of the high sense
their Lordships entertain of the , enterprising and
gallant condua.of thoe who have merited this

I There were entered at the Custom-hcuse,
Wt-dn.esoy, last, 4750 qriartas of wheat, chiefly
from the POrts in the Baltic.