The Sun.
London, England, 1805-12-24 00:00:00

..I\r4 V. 4 ._l. ,NE- li' S.

Cows, DEC. 23.—Arrived at the- Motherbank
the Ship Guadaloupe, Captain JAMES WATTs, from
Gibraltar, who informed one of our Pilots that the
French Fleet, to the number of Twenty Sail of the
Line, were at Sea; which intelligence was further
corroborated by the Captain of a Transport,_ who
also g4ve the Pilot the same infortnation.

nissed through for Spithead a French Sloop laden
with cyder, which had been captured, together with
several more Sail, by one of our Frigates, which is put
into Guernsey to refit, having sustained considerable
damage by the fire from the gnemy's Batteries,
having followed them too close in.

OOTHER LETTER.

Arrived the Ship Guadaloupe, Captain JANths
WATTS, from Gibraltar;, also several sail of Trallg-
ports, with Troops, from Gibraltar, the whole of
which' were captured by a Fleet of French Men of
War, of 20 Sail of the Line besides Frigates ; and
after being kept h possession several days, were re-
leased and suffered to proceed, the French not wih-
ing to be encumbered with the Troops.

Po Ts m OUT H, Dic. 23.--This morning the signal
for a Court Martial was hoisted on board the Prjn'e
of li/ales,--to inquire into the condu& and proceed-
ing's of Vice-Admiral Sir ROBERT CALDER, wild
Majesty's-Squadron under his command, on the I),d
day of July last ; and also his subsequent coudua
and proceedings until he finally lost sight Qf the
Enemy's Shipi, and for not having done leis utmost
to renew the:engagement, and to take or destroy
every Ship of the Eneiny, which it was hii duty to
engage.

The Court was composed of the fvllowipgOßict=r;
PRESIDENT.
Vice-Admiral GEORGE NIONTAGUE.

Vice•Adniiral 1011 N HOLLOWAY,
Vice-AdMiral BART HOLOMEW.SAM UEL ROWLEY,

Rear-Admiral EDWARD THORNRROUCH,
Rear.AdMital IOHN SUTTON,
Rear-Admiral Sir ISAAC COFFIN, Hart.
Captain ROSERT DUDLEY OLIVF.R,
Captain JAMES ATHELWOOD,
The Hon. Captain THOMAS 13L ADEN CAP EL,
Captain JAmzs BissErr,
Captain JOHN IRWIN,
Captain JOHN SEATER,
Captain JONN LARNIOUR,

It was understood that 'Mr. ilIcxxELL, the Soli-
eiter .of the Admiralty, meant to have addressed the
Court previous to the examination of the witnesses,
fur the prosecution; but the Court, it was presumed,'
thought it unnecessary. He then proceeded to call
the witnesses for the prosecution, having previously
verified the log-books of several Ships belonging to.
the British Meet. The Witnesses. examined were
Admiral CIIARLRS STIRLING ; HENRY CRADDOCK,
Master of the Glory; Cape. PEOR6E.MARTIN, Of
the Rai:flair ; Captain. DURItAit, and` Captain
HENRY INN.

•
The evidence on the part of the Prosecution was
materially shortened by Admiral CALDER'S admitting
the allegation chiefly relied on by the Solicitor of the
Admiralty.

At four o'clock the examination ofthePioseentor's
witnesses entirely finished, and Admiral -CALDER was
desired to proceed with his defence to-morrow.
The Court strictly ordered that no part of the evi-
dence shotild be made public till the trial was con-
cluded. At first
ran-order was, made for all persons
who took minutes to deliver them up to the Captain
of the ,Princey andreceive them again next day, but
the extreme inconvenience of this being suggested,
they relied upon a solemn assurance that they should
not be divulged to any Ono.,

The Court was uncommonly crowded during the
whole of the morning.

Sailed the Hardy. Guii-brig,
.Lieut. READ, on a
eruize; and the Willhelmina,
,HALLIER, for Ton-

1 ningen.
Should the wind prove favourable to-morrow
morning, the several Convoys colleaca here aro ex,
peCted to sail.
Arrived the Tiber, SIMPSON ; Beaver, RICHIE ;
Guada/oupc, WAnn ; and the Unity, WA [.LACE,
from the Mediterranean, and are put under quaran-
tine.—The Tiber was captured on the 14th inst.
by the Fe/ifity French Frigate, who was in company
with three other Frigates and seven Sail' of the
Line, in lat. 47. D. long. 7. 52. the whole steering
W.S.W.-I id, got away from them the same evening :
9n the 1601 she fell in with the Brilliant Frigate,
to whom she gave the information.
Sir Wat. RULE, one of the Comptrollers o' the
Navy, has. been here three days maltttig a survey of
the Ships Which arrived here of the Trafalgar Squa-
dron. S,/,- WILLIAM' came from Plymouth, where
he went) in a similar service, and set off this morn-
ing for L °titian. The liars, one of the Trafalgar
Ships, w ,s hauled into one of the basons this morn-
ing, wai ing for the Revenge to come out.
A new Sloop of War, and a new Guq-brig called
the 2)44 .or, is arrived. They, were launched at
1
Southaq
.ton.' The Sqlikrel Feigate, - Capt. Sit our-
LAzin, \I crdersd to the Halifax Station. Arrived

r

the Reftze, 0(74 guns, Ilon. C a Capt..
joined Sir J. WARREN'; Squadron,
a
A Transport arrived here last night, S. ieeilis.
ht,t‘i vhilels had
been taken in lat. 47. 5.10ng. s. by a Frenc,h Squadron.
of seven Sail of the Line and four Frigates, who
tyld the master of the Transport, that they wo.re
bound to the West Indies;- that they had parted
from the Brest Fleet three days before, and that they
forha andcayptured 64-gun Ship, and chased a Frigate,
which. threW
.her guns overboard. When the lati•
tude isyonsidered(Belleisle),the lateness of the season
warlike preparations in the West Indies, and
the known •charatler of the French' to deceive, it will
.
appear that this is the Rochefort Squadron on their
return from .Teneriffe. There being seven Sail of
the Line and four Frigates, will be accounted for, by
suPlioing that the Orient, of 80. guns, and three
Frigates, which are known to have sailed from one of
the French Forts to join them, have offeated that
intent. The Transports escaped from the Frigate
which had them in tow, by slipping the cable in the
night, (c andsojockey'd them."--:112c name of the
k.rpnell Frigate is the Felicia.

PLymou-rit,th:c. i:,2.—Caine in last night, bound
to Ndlitt-,-the Mmistodel,-Swedisli'Keoll, deeply.
Igdezi,. detained, entering the Port of Nantz,.by tha
Egliptienne, 49 guns. As it . blew a fresh wind,
54c went into Catwater, as high as TosilichVel
Avel
Rock the Prize-master left. the Egyptione all )..
the te,th inst. Have had blowing weather all along
the Coast of France.
Went into Cawslnd Bay the London, Os gans
and into Barney Pool the Penelope,' le goo, PPt.•

BROudiITON.
Sailed,' to join the Channel' Fleet; the Repulse,'
74 guns, with an aeling Captain, vice 4on. •Capt.
LEGGE, absent as a witness on the trial of Sir A.
CALDER, Bart.
TheldsSian'Siivadrdn, three of the Pie and one,
Frigate, which appeared oil here on Sunday last, lay
to for several hours close in with the land above Ul°
u
Mainstone, took in sail, and tided &ently I?ast th
mouth of . the Harbour.

Castle from Bombay ; United Xingdom, Lord
Dear., DEC.23.—The Worcester and Skelto
Dear.,
Keith xi • .et
of November last,. arrived In the Duw4s last
y Harriet Haddad, and the Ocean, from 13ea-
gal, last from St.. Helena, which .place they left the
4th
night, after haring made a Ivry quick psage.
The Ocean, Skelton Casile,lrorcester, and 'Mud
'Mud
Wi:LLestmr,was on his return to
These Ships bring the account that Lord Con'"'
Kingdom, 1344 this morning for the River.
WALLIS had arrived safe in India, and dot Mar-
Commerce
P. S. Just arrived from Portsmouth the
and Muriawhich sailed,
, being two Of the Transports
.on the loth init. with the Expedition, and disPerse4
in the late 7 I 30th
..a.es, -having on board part of tip
Regiment of Fuca, Euglaud.

p . Txo. BVRTON, from
i—.......
SHEIRNEss; DEC. n1.."--- Arrived
Ca the Row"
Capt.
This day the Regulus,- of 44,guns, Moiquii°s
il,of;'
of War, and Havre Gun-brig, made the Sigoa for
TConvoy to the Weser; Seagull Sloop of 11'11..' the
onningen ; and the Volcano Continues that for .
Baltic..
Dec..2.i.,..—The riaory is at present in sight' btliiii
will not be able to get up as far as the *llea
evening, owing to the wind and tide. iill the ;If-
.the Downs: : 0
of War at that anchorage have their ensigl/9 j'an:l
,MeetN
tre rof
al
mast up, as well as the . Regulus, ilflitiit°' large
Havre, which' sailed thiS morning With 34.:1: j° •
Troops 0
TdraairieSP;statj'l'mwssiitnhgTtr:Viatoryn 13.4141. a:. tfoir
Sailed the Seaiull, with n few Sail Of "ship i
the Elbe.. The Volcano' continuo ilio Siej' ii—r

Convoy to the
Oa tbe
His Majeiti's Ship riaory- came g
each
Great More, and is gone up as far as Lon

near Chatham.
Ships at this Port— Zealand, Kent, P41135' oatlulus,
Wincnelse,i, CMS, Maglianime, Nvlattfs, Oinron, at
V.,olc.ino Bomb ; and several Gun-Brigs, kireSW`"
4101116,telicters.