The Sun.
London, England, 1812-06-19 00:00:00

N4VAL NEWS.

RtYmouTli, JuNF. 17.—We understa„nd that the
boats of the Medusa frigate ettackar and destroyed,
af; v., days since, n large -armcd-.French ship, of
14 guns, in the Harbour of -L'Atteste, near lrour-_
&aux. The' following are said to be the particu-
lars of this gallant affair : the Medusa, whilst
cruizlng on the enemy's coast, discovered this
vessel, when three boats, manned with 'l,B men,
and commanded by Lieutenant TnomrSo- 1,1, an en-
terprising officer, were _dispatched to bring her
out; she was soon attacked, and carried by board-
ing, after a smart resistance on the part of her
crew, eighty-four in number, without, it is
said, any loss on 'our side ; that on the pert
of the
,enemy was rather severe, and, we Lai-
derstand, the French Captain was, drowned dur-
ing the contest. In bringing the prize out of
theharbour, she unfortUnatPly grounded, and it
being deemed impracticable to get her off, she was
in consequence set fire to, and compltely de-
stroyed, together with her cargo, which, consisted
of converted timber for ship building. The pri-,
soners, ;Len double the number of our brave sea-
men, were conveyed on board the Medusa, and
afterwacds seat fr,,:IL her to the. Aadronzache fri-
,.
gate,. co,narvoled ,Toßtx, which ar-
rived litre yest.:.ed cl:ui4e off the coast
of Spain..

A.nved thiS morning the brig Charles and Sarah,
ici A S master, froni London, w 41.2 a cargo,.
boupd to Malta; put in here to refit, having ret
ceired cOnsiderabic d.aina'ge in an ,engagement
with -a French lugger privateer laSt- evening, off
the Lizard, .from which she escaped by:super*,
,sailing. The - Charles and Sarah is: armed. with; 8
guns, and maintained. a 'running fight with
enemy Some , hours, during her sails and
rigging were, much injured;. but We are happy to
State has- not sustained any loss. -
Arrivedthe sloop Mary, WEBEER, master, from
Guernsey', is ballast; and the Friends,' GOOD;
from Wales. •

" Sailed last night, and put, hack by, contrazy
winds, his Majesty's schooner Seagull,, -
Sailed the Thziol cartel, belonging to this port,
WILLS, master, for Morlaix, with passengers.
Arrived the Argo, Iit:NDERsoN ; fiom Cork,
with a cargo of provisions for this' port.
Sailed the Tal;lot sloop 'of war, for work;. and
the Mittme brig of war, with a convoy, for the
Downs.

Arrived the guros sloop of v.-nr. -fropk. the
eastward, with ..the outwarti-buthui ewfound-
land fleet under :_convoy ,put in by contrary
winds. •

The Maidstone frimite, it is expected, will sail
b
from hence to-morrow for Madeira.
Caine down the harbour, and,sailed immediately
for Portsmouth, the Dreadnought man of war.
DEAL, JUNE 18.—Arrived his Majesty's ship
Tremendous from off Flushing ; and his Majesty's
ship Rosario, drove in by the strong South West
wind.

The brig Ann, HALL, of Sunderland, with coals,
came, on the beach yesterday to deliyer, aad the
wind coming froth the S W. and blowing very hard,
she bilged, and it is feared she will be lost. •
PORTSMOUTH, Ju 1 S.—Arrived his Majesty's
ship Laurestinus, Captain, the Hon. WM. GORDON,
from the Brazils ; the Dreadnought, Mzitine, and
-Talbot,. from Plymouth ; and the . Circe from

DARTmotrrn, JUNE 17.—Arrived -on the 15th
the Eliza cartel from Morlaix, and yesterday he
sailed again from hence for the same port.
FA,Lm OUTH, JUNE 16.---Arrivad the Francis Free-
ling packet, in 44 days, from Jamaica, *ith a
Mail she sailed from Jamaica on thg 4th of May.