The Sun.
London, England, 1807-10-31 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

DOVE#e OCT. O.—Early this, morning arrived in
the Harbour the Active hired Armed Cutter, Lieut.
Htmtst
_having last night had-a sharpaaion for an
hour and a quarter with a large French Lugger Pri.
' vateer, full of men, in which we lament to say her
gallant Coiritpander4Vas very severely Wounded, bile'
of hey Crew. (I'. But. LAttp, of Dover) killed, and
several others wounded. The Cutter was off Folk-
stone, about two. or three 'Junes from land, and
about eight o'clock, ,it being very, dark, was run
alongside by the Privateer; which mistook her fur
a Sloop but finding . their mistake commenced a
sharp firing of musketry, which was briskly returned
from the Cutter. The Privateees people, who out-
numbered the Cutter's Crew, more ',than four to one,
twice Attempted to board, tlieM, but the 'fi.'.ut ter being
prepared with her Warding netting; up, her little
gallant crew, with their pikes., drove them back
and obliged them to sheer otf, and from the pries on
, board, no doubt, with. severe loss i Lieut. Ht-cs
received a musket ball just below the fifth rib,
which' is not yet, extraEled. These kiiid of Priva.
Leers have lately much infested our coast, and-cemmit
depredations tq a greater event. than is generallr
known.

PORTSMOUTH, QcT. Natio Frigate has,
cptureCi'and sent into this Port a French Lugger
Piivatcer belonging to Cherbourgi the pido MIL•
LER, from St. Thomas's, boqnd to Tonningen, with
coffee, has been; detained and sent into this Port by
the rig/tont Privateer, of Plymouth. 4 •

• .Arrived L'ili-gus Frigate from Cork ; Derwent
Gun.brig from Plymouth ;..Nistent, WOOD, and
Polland, NEWTON (for JaMaica), and Ennniline,
WATEamAII (for Mogadore), from - the Downs;
Brothers, Day.wurr, and Mary, MASSY, frsim Wa-
terford ; liero,aosnco, and Cato, ELLooN, from.
Sunderland; Delight, LOvs, from Cardiff.; and
:Susannah, ELEEDMAN, from 'Lynn.

Sailed thellOsnu'ind, SLININIE Rs', and John and "inn;
for Sunderland ; John and Elizateth, BELL,.
and Speedy, ALDRIDGU, for London. . -

This morning the Diana Frigate crime into•
Harbour,

Hui,t, OCT. Ilornby Transport, from.
Copenhagen' with Troops, has this evening put in
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here, with the loss of .anchor and cable, and other
damage. She sailed from Copenhago_sevendays
ago, at which • time our Troops had evacuated the
island of Zealand. .4,Lieut..BaoWN; of the German
Legion,'. who Came in the Hornby; was the person
who. delivered up the keys of the Citadel to the
Danish Officer Appointed to receive them. Lord
CATuCAarr had gone to ,Helsingburgh, where the
King•df Sweden was, in order to have an interview
'with His Majesty, and a Frigate was aPpointed to
bring his Lordship home. A division Of our Ships
are s;iid to have been left cruiting:in the Belt ; but.
the remainder of sthe •Fieet, together with the
Danish Ships, &c. had sailed for England.

SitEERNESS, OcT.,2g•--"Tie following TransliQns

sailed from Copenhagett, for England, on the 125th
of September, under convoy :Of the Raillenr Ze-
phyrus, Small Bridge,. Beatrice,. Prince cf Wales,
• Providence, Avon, Achilles, Amphitrite, Royal Yeo-
man, Friends, 'titian, Union, Patriot; Alice, and Li-
berty.
Under convoy of the Inflexible, 64, on the (29th
September—King George, Ocean, A, S. Sully, Car-
ron,- Walker, John; Enterprize, William, Rebecca
and Bl4aLeth, Mentor, Ocea:i'B. Eagle, Melanthc,
Howard, .lenny, and Chancellor.
Ocr. 30.—Arrived the Rapid Tender from Lynn
with recruits for the Royal Marines, and some im-
pressed men and volunteers for the Fleet.

YARMOUTII, OCT. 30.—The Prince of hales,
Admiral GAMBLER, and about fourteen Sail of the
Line, wi►h other Vessels, are arrived, but the wea-
ther has been too foggy to learn their mimes.
The British Naval and Military 'Forces, and the
Danish Vessels and Stores, Jeft Copenhagen the 21 st•

DEAL, OCT. 30.—Carne down from the River
the Elizabeth and Mary, GROFF, for St. Domingo:
Arrived His Majesty's Ships Royalist and Blazer
from a cruize, and remain in the Downs with the
.Ships as per last.

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PLYMOUTH, OCT. (.29:--itrrived the Marlbo-
rough, of 74 guns, from Chatham ; and the Ade
hired Armed Cutter, from the Itochefort Squadron,
with Dispatches ; the Hear! of Oak, TuovpsoN
and 11endra„ MfiLl,nutsx, ti.om Liv,erpuol. ; and
the Bee, rs from.Cheputow.
The of 74 .guns, went out of Harbour
this morning, and anchored in eawsand Bap

L'I.ANp3 OF SCILLY, OCT. 26.—Arrived the Wig
Catherine, Woop Master, from: •'Guernsoy, for the
cargo of the Spanish Ship San Francisco de l'aula,
condeitined as Prize ' to the Ai.otn. Privateer, of
/Guernsey, Typi,E3. Master, stranded qt this Port on'

the 28th O&ober 1s06; cargo consisting of bide',
hemp,' honey, snuff, and tobacco.

Arrived from a cruise His Majesty's Sloop Plover
and. Prlter gun-brig ; also the Ranter (ny
Ireland, with provisions ; the Thomas and Judith,
from Newport, with coals ; the 'Neptune, MAY
M3steiViWith ditto; and the Prussian BritiPelboont,
43tkidi/eDVER Mater; fee di Memel., with` timber,
timber,
bound to Limerick. When the Master left Memel,
the place was healthy and free of any epidemical
disease, to the best of his Knowledge and belief,
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