The Sun.
London, England, 1809-05-05 00:00:00

NAVAL N L W

PLYIJOUTII, MAY 3.—Sailed the Swallow 8114
GMciiicdt Sloops of War, bn a cruire. •
Came down the Harbour, 'cid anchored in the
Sound, the Pittete Frigate.

Arrived the Lloyd, BARRATT, from Exeter; Mer-
maid, CUIIING; from Dartmouth; Wilson, LOVZ.
RING ; and Union, TRE!WTAN, from 'Meath.

FALMOUTH, MAT 2.—Arrived His Majesty's Brig
Lpcuit with a Danish Sloop, from Drontheim fpr
St. Martin's, with fish,. her prize ; and the Win4sor
castle Packet, Capt. SUTTON, 'Wjtil Mails from the
Brazils, in eight weeks passage.

Sailed His Majesty's Gun-brig Escort on a cruize ;
and the Humber Armed Ship with a Convoy for the
Downs.

SHBERNES3, MAY 3.—Passed by up the Rivet
Thames his Majesty's Ship Serapis.
MAY.4.—Sailed hii Majesty's Sloop Nid Liven pa

a cruize.
The Standard was paid up to six months.
• Came into harbour,his Majesty's Sloop B/osiorti
and Starling Gun-brig.
Sailed his Majesty's Ships Alonzo, with convoY
for the Baltic, and Richmond, with convoy, for Heli-
goland.

• • ••••••••••
-PORTSMOUTH, MAY 4.--Arrived His Majesty'S
Ship Racoon from Spain with dispatches.; Stocke-
tone, and Thomas, WILKINSON, from Sundqr•
land.
Sailed His Majesty's Ships Madan and Drorie.
dory for Botany Bay; Gipsy, PARKER, and Betsey
and Aelly, HARRIS, for Sunderland.
. Dropped down to St. Helen's His Majesty's Ships
Tigress-and Solelpy for tlhe Coast of Africa.

Dem.:, MAY 4.--Sliled this morning, his Majcs,
tr 3 Ship Temeraire, to .the EastwArd.

B.titiADoßS, MAnCti 4 —CORK FLEgT.--rOf
this Fleet, which. sailed froM Cork on the 21st of
January, forty-tour Sail arrived on Sunday last, Undo;
convoy Of the Ship St.- Vincent, Captain Bear •
which, took charge of:them On the ith of Febru-
ary; in consequence of the' Philla Sloop of WO?'
Commodbre of the convoy, having parted. off sap;
deira,' and with three others of the .trade,
is or
'posed to have touched there. We regret to state •
the loss 'of one of this Fleet.; the Brig Swinger, 91:
Cork, run' town during the gale by the Ship Pent'.'
/ape; and,_ with two the crew, totally. Josi: ;t
is itnagidezt. that the other part of the Fleet
.(aboo!
eighty Sail) hale pi' -although it is not itv.
proble that 'they have rendeivoused at Madeira!!
-ettftlation of joining the convoy,
likely lanced. the Pitillu to run for that 41°n4
Meet
and, as we do imagine, ,truth the :signal fur the
to-do the saute; although it utiglit not (us is geocra4
'stated) have been seen by ari/ of thew.
MARCH 18.,--His Majesty s Ship iSpirre,, Capt!
4SII6RTLAND, froin Bermuda, arrived here ye,ter-
day ; she gives 'a
-very tbelanchol) and disere,sing ac•
count tif.the situation of that bland, reduced to the
greatest necessity from the want of almost every are
ticle'of • subsi,tence fur the inhabitants, as well as thf
army and navy there, and bas cone expressly tO
procure succours for then). The left Bermuda
the 27th Ult.-three days previous to which the
11110 Frigate, with the captured French Frigate.Ti
nun, had art-iced.
The disrnani;ing of the batteries ereadd for Oh
reduction of the eimmy's works at Martinique,
commenced on the 7th instant. All'our catnps hav4
been broken up. and the Regiments are about to4o
• diStrilyitecr to lilt. clifPr4nt Garrisons.—Sir GEo.
panvosfs Army sailed on Tues,lay IJSt blt "thl
prisoners. of war are 'still lying off Casse Navichl
and St. Pierre. • •-• " • • •
The. French Imperial Eagles (four in number;
taken at' Martinique; among other trophies 11-.)rn
the enemy, are in care of Capt..' WmaY,
Camp, to Lient.-GlnNal Bacr.Wt in; and- he carri
them to Englind in the Belie./sic to be laid at
Majesty's feet. They are of silver' gilt, about
site of an ordinary pigeon, and'are borne instead of
colours, on a staff or pole, at the head of the French
troops. This is the -wecond covey of these Nia°7
'Atom baubles that has fallen' into our hands.