The Sun.
London, England, 1809-10-24 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

PORTSMOUTU, sOcr. 23.—Came in this day, the
Rolla gtin-brig, of 16 guns, with a convoy of mer-
chant ships, from the Downs.

• Arrived, die ship Eliza, SHEPHERD master, from--
Antigua, for London, laden with sugar, ruin and
wine, 'having sprung a.leay,on her passage home,
and put in here to stop the same. She left Antigua
the 30th of August. . ;,

Came in his Majesty's ship Port.MahOn,. of 18

guns, from a cruize.
. .
Arrived, the Hope, FEATHERSTONE, from MR,
deira ; also,. the Good-Intent, ----, from New
Brunswick ; Triton, NORMAN; Spraycombe,
WtL-
LTAMS ; Dispatch, ALLEN ; and Aaive, THORN,
from Bristol; Unity, GREGORY, from Bridpori ;
Dove, GRAY, from London; Betsey, from

Lynn ;
.and Salatia, PATERSON, from Sunderland.
Sailed;'the harlequin, gun-brig, with a convoy for
the DoWns; Jane, HARRISON,- and Hero, Goop-
HAP, for Sunderland ; Providence, Sistim, for Lon-
don ; and the George, REYNOLDS, far Shield 4.

ISLANDS OF SCILLY,. Ocr. i 7.7—Came in
brig 'Lively, \Vzz. BATHE, Master, from Malta,
laden with silk, • barilla, cordage, sumack, and a va-
riety of other articles, bound to London, but subje& to
quarantine,and veil leaky. Also the ketch Experiment,

TPIEGARTHEN, from Oporto, bound to Portsmouth ;,
she. fell in with a-French schooner close to the islands,
and must have been captured, but the schooner gave
.
chace to. another vessel near, but which, being in
ballast, escaped.
.The-' schooner afterwards took: a Spanish vessel
and an 'tiglisti brig, both in sight from the shore.
°or. ig.—This morning two'Frenchtnen landed
from a boat, and delivered thernselvesup as prisoners
of war; and soon afterwards four other Frenchmen
Were taken in a small boat ; they consisted of a ,
prize-master and five others, who had made their'
escape from a ship recaptured by two boats belong-
..
ing to these Islands : they will be sent forward uw.'
der a military guard' to Cornwall.
Within these few days, sortie casks of wine being
, -
found floating on the stream, at is supposed some
vessel laden with a .cargo of that description has
.
foundered, and all on board perished.

SHEERNES, OC'I'OBER 2!—Sailed his Majesty's
brig Manly, -with a convoy to Flushin. •
.1
OcT. 23:—Sailed his Majesty's ships champion

and Ned Elvin, with a convoy tor Gottenburgh. •
The Unicorn was paid up to s►x months, and will,

sail to-morrow.

OCT. '23-T hi s nwrning a_ heavy
firing has been !ieard -Moog abe 17ti-i,cti kma.Nl, and a
Gentleman has just landed from Dunkirk audit-It-o;ms
us, that an account, had been receive 9 t.,,ere about
ten days ago, of Peace having been signed between.
Austria and• France,.

DEAL, OCT. 23—Came down from the river, se-
yara ! merchant vesseis, and his Majesty's ship Vic-

toeious, from Flushing ; and the /(edpote, sloop ot

war from a cruize.

•
I . LEITI-1; OCT.- 2E—Yesterday 12 convisits undur
sentence of iransportaAon, .were sent troat the Tot
booth to Leith, and shipped for London.
-:, The Strake'sloov or • war,. which arrivud on Wed-•
nesday. in Leith Roads, encountered such -a violent
gale; on the gut!) ult. in 64 deg. north lat. as to be
uoder the necessity of thTowing 12 of her guns over-
•i board. She suffered no inederial injury.
• On Thursday the Chiltier. 'sloop of war and
now's 0-tan-brig sailed front Leith Roads on a cruize. •
At the 4 general nieeting of the Edinburgh Bible So-
. cisty yesterday, We understand a 'second 'donation of
1001. Sterling, was voted_ to the British an,, Foreign
Bible Society, and an additional supply .of- New Tea-
-1,. taments, in the Danish language, to the prisoners of
wdr at Greenlaw.

The sloop Harriet, .a trader, from Bristol to Mil-
ford; with many passengers on board, was a few
evenings since overtaken by a violent gust. of wind
off the Crow Point,. when the boom suddenly swung
round, and struck Cap.t.-P.aossEß overboard,. and all
attempts to render ►iim assistance proved ineffeCtual.
He was a very industrious man, and has left a widow
and fOur children.

ILLumiNATio.K.—Mr..Bttowli-,. whose pre-emi-
nent talents as an engiaver of gents;we have noticed,
has prepared a transitarent painting en the occasion
of the 'jth3ll,te; at bis. house in
Grosvenor-square, which,. me doubt not, will be
among the mat. conspicuous ornaments of the ca-
pital to-morrow -evening. The subjea is as follows :
The. eye of *)teovID§NCE, which .appears on
.the top
of the work, •is .dit4.-ted.towards part of a column,
on Nt‘hiell, is llaced a medallibri-, with a profile of
his:.NlAJEsvy supported on the dexter side by
NEPTUNE, on the sinister side by 1311ITANNIA.
i 6 pat t of a circle.divided into.compartments,
and'the number fifty is exthly over the top of the
medallion. A pile of books is seen at -the base of the
pedestal, •suppotting a mitre, with a scroll. on each
.side,•one.marked with the word.- RELIGI oN, and
the other
.with LAW.- surrounding scenery
.shi[ws' the site io be an island. In the back ground,
is fleet giying a royai salute. On one. side of the
citiet painting, ann to complete the allegory, ,is an.
e:iihleMatical" figure of Tns'AßTs, and on t he of ter
CO:qm-titc. The whole is an offering of taste and.
geniu its well as of loyalty, that is highly honour-
able to the principles and talents 'of the ingenious
artist. - •