The Sun.
London, England, 1805-03-12 00:00:00

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"./"rutart.r, of Bremen, DAVID PUN DT MaStr, ITUID
BJyonne; bound to Lisbon, laden will• wheati.,kie;
tained by the. Naiad Frigate:; the latter came up
the Harbour last evening to refit.
Sailed the Niger Frigate and /fetetta. Sloop' of
War on a Citlize to the Westward ; and Humber
Sloop. of War for .Falmouth.

This evrning arrived the Hina'astint, of 54 guns)
from Portsmouth, with eight of Merchantmen
under Convoy, supposed to be the outward.bound
.East India Fleet.

I)ALP PAST FIVE, P. M.

The Edit India Ships mentioned in my Letter of
this day, arc not the outward-bound for India, as
supposed, but Eight homeward-bound Ships -from
the East Indies, under Convoy of the Centurion, of
so guns, Capt. RAINIER; they passed this Port
yesterday, but were obliged to put back by contrary
winds.—The lateness of the hour prevents getting
their names in time to save post.

Cowan, Mita cit i re—Yesterday afternoon a
Seaman belonging to the John aid James, Captain
SouLtuatt, outward-bound South Sea Whaler,
now lying in our Roads, in a fit of intemperance,
acknowledged himself to have been one of the Mani.
veers belonging to the liermione. ile was imme.
diately apprehended by Capt. HILL, commanding
the Impress Service at this Port, and put in irons,
and this day was conveyed to Spithead.

PORTSMOUTH, MARCH r I.—Arrived the Prato
Catkrrixa, from Antwerp, and Friendship, EN.
DRICK, Iron Rotterdam, both detained by His
Majesty's Ship Ristller.

Sailed the Olive Branch, SMALL, for Wales ;
Ocean, Fa.A.*Am, fur Csdis ; and tlizabeth, Hurl.
LET, for Arundel•

SHER&NRS3, MARCH into Harbour
L' Aim a ble, • to be docked.
Sailed the Diadem, for Portsmouth; and the Fer.
ricer Gun-brig, for YarmOuth.
Two Boats, within these few days, have been
run away with by the Seamen from Ships of War at
this Port, some of whoM have been apprehended,
and will be tried by a Court-Martial, and no doubt
will receive a suitable punishment for SO daring a
breach of discipline.

Ships at this Port—Zealand, Majestic, Inflexible, Gelyk.
held, Etlialion (in dock), L'Aitnable;•Al.ignaniiiious,Winchel.
sea, Coreb, Lynx (in dock), Ro,sitta Armed Snip, ,Censor and
Baur Gun-brigs, and several' Fire- vess;:is and homb-tenclers.

FALMOUTH;, MARCH 9.--Arrived the Preto
La:: Sloop of War, with h Fleet under Convoy
from the Downs.

LEITH, MARCH 7.—On the morning of the
.27th ult. the Brig Vizabetb, of Dunbar, jouN
ScAttLot, master, loaded with grain for London,
was captured ten miles southward of the Dudgeon
Light by L' Alert French Lugger Privateer, ,of four
guns and +.5 Into. The Captain. and crew of the
A4abeth had previously got into their boat, and
made their'escape, and, at three o'clock in the al..
ternoon, were picked up by 0-... apt. Hurrom, of the
Edinburgh and Leith Shipping Company's Smack
Rope. • •

Upon Captain Sc'AßLor's pointing out to him
the direction in which the .Elizaheth hail been car.
tied away, Captain fiturZoN immediately bete
down, and gave information to the Captains .01 the
following Smacks, then in company, viz. The Ber.
wick Old Shipping Company's Smacks Britannia
and London Packet, and Union Company's Smack
Roxburgh Packet, and they all went in pursuit of
the Prtze ;• and af'er a Chace of four hours had the
good fortune to re.capture her within two miles of the
Privateer, which,' with two more of her Prizes,
would have shared the same fate' had not night
come on.

After putting Capt. SCARLOT and his Crew it)
po3session of 061 Vessel, and seeing, her safe near
Cromer, they left her to proceed on her voyage.—
The Prisoners .brought to Leith, report, that the
Privateer had been out ten days from Dunkirk, and
had taken five Vessels besides the Elizabeih.—
Much praise is elite to the
,Passengers,, who cheer.
fully complied with the reolutibn of giving Cline
to the Prize and Privateer, anti would willingly
have 4s3isted in attacking the latter, had not that
been prevented by the night.