The Sun.
London, England, 1809-09-08 00:00:00

NAVAL

PLYMOUTH, Sager. 6.--The Eagle revenue cutter,
that sailed from hence on Monday evening, atter
th 4 French lugger privateer that was stated to have
captured an English brig off this port, on Monday
last, (but which turned out to be a Pappenburgh
brig, from Liverpool, who fell in with the privateer
about -a league to the eastward of the.Eddystorie
Light-house. The Captain imediately boarded and
overhauled the Brig, and took away several articles
belonging to her, and then permitted her to proceed
on her voyage) returned this morning, without
success.

Arrived the French chasse mar2es La Confi-
once, and Trois Brews, and two other chasse
mar6es, captured iu Quiberon Bay by his Mq-
jetty's ship Medusa ; the. liull•acott, of PadstoV7,
HODGE, Master, from a cruize, laden with
provisions, for this port and . Portsmouth ; the
Stert, COATI!, from London ; the ii.;ndetivour hired
armed brig, with a convoy from Wales; the Virago
gun-brig; and his Majesty's ship Orestes, from the
westward.

Went up the harbour to be repaired, his Majeq.
ty's ship Acosta.
Came down the harbour, and anchored its the
Sound, his Majesty's brig Aaceon.
The convoys which passed up Channel last even-
ing were from the Mediterranean and the Brazils.

Sailed the Swallow sloop of war on a cruize ; and
the Roman ship St. Peter, GAT YACCARI, Master,
from Leghorn, for Standgate Creek.

The Master of the Pappenburgh brig that was
boarded by the French lugger privateer, off thif
port, states, that on Monday morning last, the pri-
vateer attacked a large letter of marque ship from
the eastward, which the latter beat off after a sh9rt

engagement.
Arrived -several transports from Lisbon, parted
with the Corpus sloop of war, with a fleet of trans-,
ports horn thence, off this port last evening. •
Sailed the Min frigate, for Rochefort.

SHEERNESS, SEPT. 6.—Sailed his Majesty's 6100?
Dauntless, Captain WITTMAN, .wi a convoy fel:
Heligoland.
Came out of harbour, and anchored at the Om!
Nore, his Majesty's brig Calypso, Capt. BRADBY.
SEPT. 7.—Came out, and anchored at the Great
Nore, his Majesty's ship Glatton, Capt: &IGO!

FALMOUTH, Sr.E s,—Arrived the Princess.
Charlotte Packet from Lisbon, 13 days passage.
Sailed the, Corns Frigate with a Fleet of Trans..
ports for Portsmouth ; the *olitti-S, TULLOc.-1, for
Oporto ; Fly, OTWAY, for Lisbon ; Boxer, CROW,
for Cadiz ; Isabella, HEN6SN ; and Held a, Hocu-
-ING, for Gibraltar; lames, SINCLAIR, for Tenet-.
rifle; and Marlborough. Packet for Li;bou.

The China Fleet is arrived off Portland.

PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 7.--Artved his 'Majesty's
ship Drpd, from a crui%e; Restitution, THomA__
BELL, from Gottenhurgh-, ilnion, HARRISON, froth
wanage ; Jowl f3oYNE, from Que-
bec; Union Packet, DAVID M4LELLAN, from Gib-
raltar, last frop Plymouth; Balsemao, ESTRAS JOZS

ALVICS COSTA, from PernaiLbuco, in 35 days, bound
for London.
Sailed his Majesty's ship Richmond on a cruize.
The Ajax gives convoy instructions to the Mediter.

ranean.

. A.rrivecl cff Portland the China. Fleet, consisting
of the Essex, Elphinstone, Exeter, Canton, Ceres,
David Scott, Dorsetshire, Ocean, Alnwich Castle,
Rua George, Wiinchelseq, Thonas Urenville,. and
Warner Castle, from China; the Carmarthen,. from
Bombay ; Greenwich, BeZecca, Kingston, and Se-
ringapatam, from the South Seas ; Muria, SAITTIT ;

and General Planter, NITHERSON, ii-on 3 the Bra Os.
The 11/ailey, from china, had arrived off the Cape.

Letters from Batz, dated the Ist instant, state an
opinion, that endeacours would be used to obstruft
the navigation of the Scheldt, and that three Bri-
tish line of battle ships, of which the Princess of
Orange and Leyden were two, had been appropriated
to this service.

The ships Uniti, Thames, and Renomme, have ar-
rived from the Straits. Previous to their departure
intelligence had been received at that fortress that
the Toulon fleet was ready for sea. Two ships of
the line immediately proceeded in consequence 1,,e9
reinforce Lord COLLINGWOOD, who was lett og
Toulon watching the movements of the enemy."'"
We have only to wish that the appearance may not
be illusory, and that the enemy will actually put It;
sea. According to the same accounts, a number of -
Algerine cruisers had appeared in the Mediterranean,
but it was not understood that they bad attempted to
molest the British ships.
An article from New-York, dated July 30. says'
" By the British schooner James, in 14 days' froin
Port-au-Prince, we learn, that CHRIsToPHE arid PS-
TION'S fleet have recently had a severe engageme"f;
in which the latter gained a signal victory; and that
their armies had met near the Cape, about the sanie
time, and tharCtiaisTortiE had defeated Pariog
with very great slaughter."
Lord
Pispatehes were yesterday received from 0.
COLLINGWOOD, containing an account of the Pr
ld
.ceedingS of the fleet under his Lordship's comma&
in the Guiph of Venice.

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