The Sun.
London, England, 1804-10-30 00:00:00

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1. week ; and all the Coast is gettioi in a slate of ti'e-
paration for War. Troops are marching from the
Frontiers to replace those gone from Ferrol. and.
Corunna io Biscay. Every thing is quiet with the
Biscayans, through the influence of Admiral
MASSERADO, who has great property in that Coun-
try; and the Spanish Government, from jealousy, has
ordered him into confinement.

The Plague continues very prevalent at Malaga,
and has caused an alarm through the whole of Spain.
The,
.Priests are daily carrying the Host through
Corunna and Ferrol, to avert this direfial calamity.
One great cause of infeEtious diseases prevailing in
this Country may he ascribed to the slotb, indo.-
tenet, filthy houses and persons of the Spaniards,
which should be immediately obviated, and the
gross ignorance of their Medical Men in general
as SANGIADO'S plan is invariably adhered to—.
bleeding its all diseases, and in copious quantities,
Two French Royalists are come twine in :this
Ship, who have passed through the-different Camo
in France, and are proceeding to London immedi:
ittely with Intelligence of consequence fur Lord
1114itow B Y.

Mr. LoeitwooD, late Mister of His Majesty's
ship Malea, has come home with very ateurate
surveys of the I latbuur °firma anti all-the Bay's in
that neighbourhood ; he has discovered several in.
accuracies in the Spanish Charti, from his Wad.
tigable exertions. Rear-Admiral COCHRAN* is
„tiending Mr. LottwonD with the surveys, &t. for
the information of the First Lord of the Admiralty.
—The Cave's Ship's Company has bccn uncommon.
ly healthy, not having lost a man by death this last
13 months.

Slam or the Squadron left at anchor in Ayres
13°Y) off Ferrol, O. 23.

NOrtbkabrrland, Neptune, Ajax, Illustrious,
4ariiafr, Malta ; End) miort and Phernix, Frigates;
Old Rambler, Brig. •
•,..` Tile Channel Fleet were seen at a great diitsnee
Ott Saturday, standing for the French Coast. •

OCT. Thursday morning arriv.
.et in these Roadss the Diligence Armed Ship, :with
a:Convoy from the Baltic. The Ships now arriv.
44 are part of a Convoy that sailed from the Sound
some time after the fleet that was stated in a former
Paper to have put into Norway. A Schooner
which arrived here on Thursday morning, put
into a creek in Norway along with these ships;
and some days since, the wind coming favonrablet
she sailed in company with an Admiralty Cutter :
but soon after they were out of the creek, the wind
veered about, when the Cutter returned back, but
the Schooner being unable to regain the harbour,
was forced to proceed on her. voyage, and arrived
here sak.

CR 6 E,NOCK, OCT. 26...... The P4vidence, St WEL LI
from this port for Cadiz, at Falmouth, the 13th
inst, on her passage, .about g leagues from Bardsey,.
aavi t 2 or 14. sugar. Mids, one of which he took on'
board, about half our, branded PP—IT. Hs :also
Passed the arm Of a ship's head.

Exira,fl of a Letter ait .1;14A 4.4t11..fr0vi
iitaniker, of Mi 111aleso's ta. a
.NavalOji"cerat.Greenoci.
. .
" I yesterday had my rigging and sails much,
;tl.l P, main and main.topmast shot through, he-
iell being hulled, hut no one hurt ; it was in (-4ix4,
sng five of their Gun.florilla long-Lugger& onshore
near Port Diellotte, where, from the heavy surf' that broke over them, they evidently, will be de.
3ltoyed, as all kit night it blew hard on, their shore.'
Out grape and round .told well, being Within two
tables' length of the surf, with a bower and'spring,.
which gave me.great .4:opportunity. of playing :upon
them. We. saw many wounded'. carried 'up. ,tike
beach, and.lbave no doubt, from being so trOudeci
Men,,manY must have suffered : they were
Under a round batery of stone. One of their
Pounders came through the side, and lodged on
hoard, after annoying my astez hie„ meu6li

On the 14th February last His Majesty's Ship
Pit'renze irt with the French Chaise Afarire the
Pastepariosii, ofT.Mount Dilly, in the Eastern Seas,
and captured her, after a very smart and gallant
resistance on the part of the Privateer. On board
ishe French Vessel, the First and Second' Captaina
wznete dangerously wounded the former 'euppOsed
"
_orstly. we
are
happy to add, that there were
casualties on our side either in killed or wounded,
T
a(I he Passeportout had not made any captures
uThg rin
her cruize.
Britarpzia and Sprightly Packets {terwick
4-aci") fell in with, and engaged, on Wednesday
night last, ofr the Spurn, a Privateer full of Wren;
ad did her considerable damage.
at The gave, limut 'sox, from Stockholm, for
--'°a(lort, has foundered in the North Sea ; Crew
.e 114 brig ,oho mai Thema' s, of Kincardine, Caps.
r,ottzuh"omo, in her hOmeward.bnund passage from,
1,
fstiTn""r4h) parted horn the fleet under convoy.
Lu ',444 Majesty's ship liebe, in a thick fog, and
kolng experienced very hard gales, they, were
ct ',Ned to abandon her. bri ;the sth September, and
c:fisi‘evatt9ert.lteir boat, which '
was -about one.third *full
They had not been an hour in the beat
Lthel6re the brig disappeireti; about two 'llOlO-3 atter
Pr eY terse taken up by a Prussian fishing vessel,
c,tlrr'rt'AL,EEit3bE toka ma, er, bitihoni Captain
t'AN't.ftio. and Crew received the greatest 'atten.
t.:.." for Inuitep ''days.' Captain .CuMml"- and
tisitv tool thtlood fortune to. get. on ;board a al.
brig? bound for Newcastle, and on the 2 ,t
zrsr, being close with North Sunderland; they
sere_ tsiten otrbb:ird- of tlre—itreptrore, -a Berwick
track• and arrived at Ber wick in the evenini;
ia me day..