The Sun.
London, England, 1805-02-06 00:00:00

A * V )1 N E

We have been favoured with the following Account of the
toss of His Majesty's Ship Doris, by an ()nicer ut that
Vessel.
About six o'clock in the evening of the r 2tll of -
January, in coming through the Beniquet Passage,
into the DI), of Quiberon, a few minutes after. the
Pilot had reported her past all the dangers, she
struck on a sunken rOck, and began to make water
so rapidly, that when we anchored, half an hour
afterwards, there was four feet water in her hold,
notwithstanding the immediate and unremitting
exertions of the people at her pumps from the mo.
ment of the accident. At midnight the water had
risen to the orlop deck, although the guns, anchors,
shot, &c.. were thrown overboard. All hands,
. Officers and men, were employed pumping and baling
from the hatchways ; and sailt,thrumerwith oakum,
had been applied to her bottom.
Confidence now begin droop.;—there was
much swell of the sea, with squally weather ; and
little chance appeared of saving even the' lives of
our men. Already-had rafts been construEled, and
our boats got out, which could not contain above
half the Ship's Company, when providentially the
Puttips began to gain on the leak. Hope again re-
doubled our efforts, and. by .eight o'clock. next
morning there was not a foot of water in the Ship,
though it still required all, the pumps at work to
preserve het in this state.
During the 13th it blew with such eittrime vies.
lence, that the Ship drove; and we lost all our
boats except two; yet we still held our own at
the pumps ; and, in the evening, when the gale
'moderated, by the application of additional sails
and mats over the leak, had so far succeeded as to
keep her clear with one pump aft and another for.
ward.
We were now joined by Xlii Majesty's Schooner
who informed us of the sailing of the French
Squadron from Rochefort, which ‘4 e had just, re.
turned from reconnoitering ; urged by this motive,
and bystn assurance that the Enemy were aware of
our situation, confident, that if the weather coml.
nued mild,. as its present
,appearance indicated, we
should reach England in a few.',days,' we weighed
on the t 4th, with..,'a :gentle. breeze from. the
,• •
southward, In, this., we were disappointid. No.
sooner had we cleared the Bay than the . wind
vetted to the contrary ptiint, and blew violently;
our :tails were washed from the bows ; the water
began to gain upon us ; the limbers were choaked
with ballast ; the pumps became crazy, and in
need of contkual repair : the men, harassed and
• . .
exhausted by incessant fatigue, could no longer
be stimulated to ItElion, even by the horrnr of im-.
pending destruaion, but sunk into lethargic sleep
on the least interval of, exertion...-;—The Ship would
no longer answer her helm, and fsotn this,circutn.
stance, being unable to regain the land, and a ire.
menious sea setting us down on the dreadful locks,
despair; took place of thelfallaeious hopes. webadao
lately cherished, The. magazine was deluged, and
theShiP,began. to settle forward with accelerated
rapidity. The Carpenter pronounced her untenable,
cif which opinion the other Officers had been fur some
titne:—.lt wait resolve& tO abandon her, though oar
• hopes of saving
.the men were but slender, from the
impetuosity of the sea. The signal was made for
, the 'Felix to hoist her boati out ; our own were ready
at the stoic moment, and an American Schooner for-
tunately bussing near us, we began to send away the
people as fast as possible.. Owing to, the judicious
• artratigetnetivof the-Captain .the Ship was'efaaated
single accident, mad the
equally divided.,between the American
and( the Felix.: Capt. CA.141" 11. L was thel'ast Matt
who gritted - the Wieelt, after setting fire to her
upper7n;orks, and she shortly after sunk.
To those who appreciate Juerit not brsuccess,
hut by the condua of anion., the persevering
inttepidity of Capoin CAM? Is EL. L on this occasion
will not appear less admirable than his hetoiam in
the capture of La Desiree, an an ion wbicb, amidst •
the brilliant achievements of the list War,. still •
shines in undiminished lustre. •

Cowes, Fs*. 5.---Arrived here last evening,
the American Brig Coq/nen-0, Joon Haar R
Mas-
ter, laden with tobacco, from Alexandria, end had
been only seventeen days on her passage; during
which a tremendously heavy sea had 'washed her
boats, with every thing muvible, from' deck;
and the extreme severity of the weather had been
such, that for fourteen days they were without
fire, and under the/necessity of eating their provi.
sions uncooked. Also the Jahn amit
from Raugbar to Soothamptoo.
TWO O'CLOCK, r.
Arrived this instant the American Ship Tra.
.vtller, Captain jottrt Krootra, from Baltimore,
laden with tobacco, leaky. Captain KIDbELCfC.
ports, that he was boarded by a French-Privateer,
t Scilly, two "days ainees cilleci the Bothirtarte,
triittinting 4o guns%

14LY1..toutt, . ,1.. Arrived the Thind,rer,
of 74. gne`c, ' BtliFOltD, from Bantry tay,
to refit ; the art, of 8o guns, Rear.Admi..
ral Sir T. GRAv ea, and the Tolman', of 8o guns,
from c Rochefo.!3 ; the hero, of 74. guns, from the
Channel Fleet ; and the Pclythernus, of ,6.4. guns,
from Spithead.
Arrived the American Brig Commerce, Captain
TAYLOR, from the ifivannah, with sugar, &c.
captured by the Lady Warren Armed Ship ; the
Magdalena Aida Prussian Galliot, laden with cot.
ton, &c..from_Seville, bound to Embden, detained
by the Carofitte.Armed Brig; the Spanish Ship St.
Migsrel el Felix' with a valuable cargo, and a gum.
tity of dollats, detailled some time since by the
Lively 'Frigate, 'Li Cork ; the itletta and
DorotAy Bremen,, • Capt. HisTER, laden
with wheat, &c. `antes, detained by the
Santa itlargarella Frigate.

Arrived the Yukali, LANDER, from Dublin; and
the 'William am? Mar), EVAN,, from Waterford
also a Fleet of Coasters from the Westward.

Sailed the Mob: Frigate on a Cruize.
The St. George, of 98 guns, went out of Hat.
bour on Saturday evening, and anehnr:d in Caw.
sand Bay.

PORTSMOUTH, FEB. S.—Arrived in this Har.
hour, the Raager,Cew, and Mot:ague, Cox, from
Plymouth ; Unity, WARN, from Littlehatnpron ;
/fear/ of Oak, MURPHY, 11runshley4AmE4, and
Neptat, FISHER, from Chepstow ; /hp, Pave,
from Waterford ; His M4jesty's Ship Adr/pcmene,
front the Squadron of Havre-de.Giace4 and His
Majesty's Alp La Fielarieux, from Jamaica.

DEAD Fla. so—Airived Ilis Majesty's Stoop
Gain and liakety, Gallant, and Pincher Gun.
brigs) from the Note; also His Majesty's Shim
Arab, .and Moldy, Drfearr,
hound Gun brigs, from a Craize off Boulogne and
Wrangler Gan-brig from Dungeness.

Arrived the !lumber Armed ship, with a Con.
voy of Coasters, from PLyinouth,
Yesterday morning Admiral Lor:l KR ITII Shifted
his Flag trout .the 'law to the Monarch.

41W RIC. 4.

IfEW.YORK, DEC. 3E.

The tritish Frigate Cambrian has 41rtiveJ Nor.,
folk.. A letter from Capt. Balt esfottD, mem io4st
that she received some damage on her passage, in
one of the most severe gal 43 ever experienced. The
Revolat;avaire will remain •At Norfolk until the
Cambr'run is,repaired.
4.
Capt. Arum, who arrived at Nnitolk, in 1 5
days, from• St. Martins, informs,' that just before he
• sailed, news Was received there of the, arrival of
three ships of the Line, six Frigates, and 3000.
TrOOPS, at the
,Islands of Martinique and Goada.
loupe, froni France.
NEW,NoRK, JAN. 4.—Our"alLifs in_t.h© Medi-
terranean art by no means in so flattering a condi-
tion as they appeared to be some time since. Dis.
patches have just been received by Government, from
ConiOls O'Ratert 'and Gii,vlNo, which state,' that
in another attack against the Tripolitan armament,
made early.
.'in September under the clireti,,n of
Commodore FREBLe, many Americans were killed,
and a great number wounded. An American fire.
ship blew up in the inidst of, the action, and every
soul on board perished: among the rest was a son
of General. WADSWOR.THri.. Member of Congress.—
In short, the enrerprize is stated to have failed.
Same time after it was 'oVer,COMrpudure Hut
arrived with his' squadron, but the season for, at. ,
tempting any thing against the Enemy Ms past,'
for the weather bad set in so tempestuous, that the
gun-boats, which atone can be employed in these
atrackei -Oa not live on the coast. 'I he potticii.
lars have•tiotlet been published, bat may be ex.
peaecl in -a day or two.

CottArois.--We have been favoured with the
following information, regrind via Turk', ithoth.
`11)c lion. Captain has hien sleociled,
with titter or tom Vf,Tiltels of War under his coin.
inand, Jamaica, for the purpose of blockading.
the Is!alit' et Curava until its surrenier, which tt
WAS expefteo very few weeks would accomplish,
notwithstanding the arrival of a new Governor
from Holland, wilt a few Troops. -
By the hot accounts from Porto Plata, in Hispa.
niolai we are authentically informed, that the Spa.
'nitwit at Sr. jag° de Hispaniola hail intercepted a
lettet from the Ftench to Dessm.tists, offering to
sacrifice and deliver up that.place to him if he would
:allow them to retire unmolisted,,and to assist in
the destrultion of thi Spaniard,. In consequence
at which dis,:ntrery, the Spaniards anticipated the
Fterith by attacking them, 27 of whom they put
to death, Rod made about 300 mile of them pri.
souls: '

The Comtnander in Chief of the French Forces at
St. 04mingo, being apptised of this circumstance,
sent to demand his Countrymen being delivered up
to him; which was refused on the part of the
Spaniards, who immediately thereupon hoisted
Spanish colours at Sr. jaga and Porto Plata ; and
applied to the Commander of a British Sloop of
War there, requesting to be supplied with arms and
ammunition, and to e same effett sent over to the
Turk's Llands, as he fully expeaeti an attack from
Mai:ALINES, who had aolletted 22,000 of his pea.
ple for the purpmc—we understand, however, that
neither of theSpanishCommarider's applications c,)uld
with propriety be grantcJ, anti, of course, rieeelaity
compelled a refusal.

Thexp will b • e Drawing. Roan at St. j4mevs,
Ibursdoy 4he 14%h Instant.