The Sun.
London, England, 1807-01-02 00:00:00

-N4 P A•L NEWS.

PORTSMOUTH, JAN. I.—Arrived the Diamond Fri-
gate, Captain ARGLES, from a ortlize- off; tl4vre
,Speedy Sloop, Capt.,MrDbig, and the Daring Gun--
vessel, •Lieut. HAY ES, from a cruize ; Fur!).
BOM1), Capt. -GmscSN, from the Downs, with a'(,.on::
voy of -upwards of 400 Sail of West and East India-
men, Mediterranean,soporto Ships, with Coa§ters;
&c. ; among which are— -

'Britannia, Scald?), Castle, True, Briton, Admiral Gardner;
Alfred, and DevAynes East I ndiamen ; Thames, _Thetis-,
Queen, Princess -Mary, Eclipse, Ann, Hearn; Prince,George,
AmidOn, Butler,. Lively, Eagle, Prince. of Wale 4 Ed►verd,
Kingston Packet, Nereas, and Pursuit; together with a great
many others for Jamaica; a number for ctillaent Islands in
'the, West indit.4t, besides Coasters bound to the Westward.

Sailed the' Magnificent, of 7i guns, Capt. EYRE,
to join the. Channel Fleet La Fleche Sloop, Capt.
WHITE, on a Cruize off Havre, and the Dapper
Gith.vessel on a Cruize. •• • •

The .West India -Convoy .will sail to-morrow
morning at nine o'Clock should the wind continue.,
favourable ; the .Prince George Tender, under whose
protetaion they sail, has had the whole of the dad
her main-topsail loose.

Went out of the Harbour,. the Whiting Shooner.

PLYMOUTH, DEC. 31.--Sailed•the Sytille Frigate,
on a Cruize to the Westirard, and Fly Sloop of War
on a Cruize in the Channel.

The Ship, Providence, of Philadelphia, R. HOL-;
BROOK, laden with a:valuable cargo of sugar and
coffee, from Philadelphia, bound to Bremen, foun-
dered at sea on the 15th instant, in lat 47.48.-long.
32. 37: Captain and crew saved, and brought'hither
in the American Ship Rodney, which arrived here
yesterday: -.The: accident v: as occasioned by the
:Vessel springing a leak, which • continued on the
increase for five days, during
_which the crew were
completely exhausted by, their exertions' at the
.putlipiS, When they'fOrtunately fell iii with the Rod-
ney, and soon after the crew were taken•ont the
Providence vie t down.

FALMOUTH, DEC. '3o.—Arrived the- Auckland
,Packet; Capt. S.CHUYLER,'. with a Mail from .J.,is+
bon, in ten dars passage.

DEAL, J. I.—Sailed His Majesty's Ships
Plyrbe,2llusguito, and. Challenger, with several other
Crifizers, for the French Coast.

The RillslprOUgh, from Africa and Nevis,
arrived at Liverpool,. sailed from Toftola the t gth of
November, with a Fleet. of about 50 Sail, un-
der convoy of a Frigate, and parted from them
the second • night after sailing, in thick weather ; ,
does not recolled.the name of any of the Vessels in
the Fleet except-the Bacchus (late Rost furs) ; James,
Eliza, HYMERS j and Trajitlgar (late
SEDBON), bound •for Liverpool. The 4 Packet from
Filmouth had not arrived atTortola when the Fleet
sailed.
' The _Brothers, V' utTEwAy, from Newfoundland,
is taken and carried into Vigo.
'captain EaLyroN, of La Minerve, who lately ar-
-rived from Fiance, - was exchanged for the French
.CaTtain INTERNET, who vas taken in the battle of
Trafalgar.
The following instance of British fortitude should
not pass unnoticed or unrewarded :---The Brig
Friendship, of Poole-, the property
of Srux-
RiER, 'Esq. was 'some time since captured by a Spa-
nish gun-boat, off Oporto, and all the crew were
put on shore,• except STEPHEN BUTLER, a young-
mariner, of Christchurch, wtto, on the sth day after
she had been in possession of the Eneiny, being on
the Main-top, ospied a VesSel 'at a considerable dis-
tance, which he thought to he an English Ship,
steering dire&ly after them. He instantly -consi,
dered,of means to detain the Brig, in order to ef-
t
feet her re-capture ; and, though opposed to seven
Spaniards, and not pore than a league from a:Spa-
nish Port, he determined to risk his life in the at.
• tempt The. Vessel, he had the good fortune to'
observe; gained. .fa on them; which the crew, at
the time diScovering, proposed to rum the Brig on
.shore ; bat this-13trimia prevented by lowering the.
top-sails. He then ordered every man below, and.
taking the rudder, put the Vessel off to sea ; soon
after which the Lard Nelson Privateer,- of Guern--
sey, .came alongside and re-captured the Brig. The.
'Lieutenant gave the young man every commenda-
tion for his conduCti and acknowledged that if he had
not observed- the top-sails struck, and the Spanish
colours,' he should have discontinued the chace.

. In consequence of the immense orders for Tickets
and Shares, which daily arrive by post, from all
parts of the United kingdom, at the Offices ot.
Hoikszy and Co. as well as the,increasing demana
ifi totvn, clearly evinces that the Scheme- is utii
ti vernally approved of:, therefore Clubs, Societies,
and Individual Purchasers, who wish to have a
Share of either of the Thirty Thousands, Twisity
Thousands, Ten Thousands, Five Thousands, -&c.
are'requested to buy the same as soon as possible, at.
Hoak:say and Co.'s,. 26, Cornhill,. 52, Charing
Cross, and St. Margaret's Hill, Borough. Nos.
33;979, and 43,569, Prizes;. of 30,0001. were. sold
at the above Offices.
TWENTY TiIOUSAND POUNDS for the First-drawn
Ticket in the present. Lottery. The Scheme contains
two 30,0001. two of 20,0001. two 10,opol. and many
other great objeas; all of which must be gained in
a few weeks. SWIFT And CO. have been remarkable
fi)r the Sale of First-drawn Tickets entitled to capital
Prize§. The following (all. First-drawn Tickets)
we're sold by them in the few preceding Lotteries,
-viz.

No. 6791 - - 9. ,00 0 1 .
No. g 362 - - 10,0001. No. 7157 - 10,0001.
8041 - - 10,0001 80,052 - 10,0001.
Besides many others of 50001. &c. &c.