The Sun.
London, England, 1812-06-02 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

PLlQNlov'rn, MAY 31.—Arrived the sloop Active,
Itatherly master, from Buenos Ayres, with a tarp
of hideo ttnd logwucgli and the brig Sarah, Gar.-
butt master, from Jamaica; With a cargo of nun
dtut sugar—both bmind to London.

DEAL,- -.It7TE 1:---Arrived his Majesty's ship
Gioire, with upwards of.thirty sail of West India-
men Itmterretitrvoy,-bound to the River,

It:rriired his' ;llaksty's'' ship. Griffin ft:om off
Flushing: , .

Sailed his Majesty's ship Christian VII. for off
Flushing.

PORTSMOUTH,
.AINE 1 Majesty's
ships Mradere. r, from a cruize; Acteeon, from Ply-
month ; •lirengeur arid Asia, at St. Illcleres., 'from off
Cherbourg.

Arrived the Porpoise stort-ship from the. West
Indies, with .9. convoy, the greater part of therm
. ~
hi passed by yesterday with his Majwy' p,Gloire.

Arrived the following-transports from Gibraltar,
and are put under qu'ara'Atine, viz. the Edward,
Thames, London, John and Robert, and the Alba=.
tross ; left the Rack 10th ult. under convoy of his
2,lajesty's,ship Porennine, and,Parted with her and
several other transprts, drily last night, at. the
back of the Isle of Wight, in thick Weather.
The Edward, one of the transports above-men-
tioned, lost her fore-topmast in corning through
the Needles.
,

GALLANT ACTION.—The followilvr are farther
particulars of the gallant attion perionned by the
boats of the Hyacinth, Goshawk, and Resolute.—
Capt•LILBURN, of the Goshawk, who has fallen in
the rencontre, was son of the late Mr. LILBVIIN,
Master in the Royal Navy. Re was esteemed a
good Officer,
,and has left a wife and family at
Bilford, in Northumberland, who. will deeply feel
his loss. This account is from au Officer who was
on board the Goshawk .-----

" The. Goshawk arrived at Gibraltar from ,Spit-
head on the 28th ult: and sailed t'Ae same day fOr
Malaga, where she arrived the following morning,
and found the Hydonth, Of 20 guns, Captain
Usher, and the ResOluk gun-brig, Lieut. Keenan.
IMinediately on her joining, it was determined to
attack ,a privateer, commanded- by the notorious
Bernados, laden with gold and silVer images, the
sacrilegious plunder of the French army, and se-
veral other vessels, which were 'alongside the wall
of the Mole. For this purpose 167 men and offi-
cers were ,seleeted'-from the three ships, and pro-
ceeded to the attack:. At nine in the evening of
the.29th, Captain. Us With two of his Lieute-
nants and -60 nicr. --Tarided, and, after a 'sharp
brush, took a-battery of thirteen guns, which
were Spiked, and: thrown over .the parapet. A
detachment was sent, to attackanothcr battery of
four guns,- which our brave tars could not carry,'
and. the . fire .from which considerably annoyed
Captain buru's party; who,went to .the attack
of the vesSelSf. It consisted of Lieuts:Otley and
Arnold,' fife- Suegeoti Of the Goskawk, and about
60 men. The boats were suffered to approach
within half-pistol shot, when; the. enemy com-
menced a desperate. resistance, sheaving, that
thourial they-had been sila4,2 they had not been
asleep.—ln attacking,' a gun-boat,.whieh was not
Carried:without a gallant resistunce,.Capt. Laura.
received a mortal.wound. Lieutenant Arnold, in
the jolly-boat, carried another gun-boat, 'bit re-
Ceived a Severe Wound -in his rigLt arin,which, it
is fefired, he. Will lose the Use 0f,., and a flesh
wound in his thigh.' These vessels, with the pri-
vateer, were brought out; and .the party Whieli
landed „re-embarked-with their wOunded,.though.
the beach was lined with military.- The loss of
the ;Goshawk was five men killed, and 15 wound-
ed ; total loss, 60 killed. and wounded.. captain
L.'s body was- carried to Gibraltar, and interred
with military honours. The Goshawk landed the
wounded at POrtsmouth." .