The Sun.
London, England, 1804-01-26 00:00:00

NAVAL NE rrs.

PLYMOUTH, JAN. z4.—Arrived the Brig
setsh;rt, of Dartmouth, Capt. RICHARD AIOW-
BRAY, laden with provisions, from Bristol, bound
Fafinouth, captured by a French Lugger Priva.
leer of six guns, and re.captured by the Illaucheron
Slop of War.

PORTSMOUTH, In`•. zs.—Arrived the William
Bedford, Capt. WARREN, from St. Vincent ; poke
On the 17th the Sally, Capt. DENT, about ten leagues
to the Westward of Scilly ; had four feet water in
the hold the day before, but had free.i her ; spoke on
the zoth the Good Intent, from St. Vincent, bound
to London, near Scilly.

His Majesty's Ship Chichester, with p Sail of
Merchantmen under convoy, sailed from Tortola ;
parted company in bad weather about the toth inst.

DEAL, JAN. 25.—Sailed the Basilisk Gun-brig
for the Nore ; the birmortahte, and Locust Gun.
brig, on a Cruize. off Boulogne ; the Merlin on a
Cruize off Havre.
In the Downs—the Monarch, Utrecht, Brilliant, Seine,
Champion, Autumn, Harpy, Perseus, Zebra, Archer Mari-
ner, Starling,jackall, Abundance Store-ship,DeptrordLight-
cr, with the outward-bound as per last.

SHEERNESS, JAN. 2S.—Passed up the River, His
Majesty's Ship Charon, of 44 guns, lately arrived
from the Mediterranean.
Arrived and came into Harbour to refit, the
Bloodhound Gun-brig, Lieutenant
Sailed the Cruizer Brig, Capt. HANDCOCIi, on a
Cruize in the North Sea.

YARMOUTH, JAN. 24.—0 n Friday the Fly of
this Port, D. KERRIDGR master, from the North,
with coals, sunk off the Humber; the Crew took
to their Boat, and were picked up by the Trollop,
of Yarmouth, having been in the Boat thirty-six
hours, and arrived here yesterday evening.
Yesterday a Packet passed thr)ugh the Rnads to
the Southward :—she landed her Mails at Winter-
ton.

The Snipe, Gun-brig, is arrived in
,the Roads,
to convoy the Ships bound to Ireland.
LIVERPOOL,. JAN. 23.—Arrived here yesterday
evening, the Ann, from Nevis; Nile, from Deme-
rara ; and Vanguard, from Grenada, part of the
Fleet. Capt. HACKNEY, of the Ford, who arrived
here on Saturday, sailed with the Fleet from Tor.
cola the 3d of December, and parted on the zBth iri
a gale of wind, since which he has seen none of
them. Fifteen sail from Demerara, as well as se.
veral other Vessels from different Islands for this
Purr, are, we are informed, in the Fleet,_

LEWES, JAN. 13.—Last Thursday a Trading Sloop
heavily laden, was captured about a league from the
shore, of Newhaven, in the presence °fa great number
of spedators, by a French Lugger Privateer, that itu."
mediately after gave chace to the Ouse, a little Ves-
sel 'laden with pipeclay and houSehold furniture,
belonging to Mi. BKOV(N, of the above place, who
the next day received information that she had
escaped, by running into Shoreham harbour. The
Privateer in chace of the Sloop off Seaford and
Blechington, was fired at from the Batteries of both
places, but without any effeEt. The Newhaven
Sea Fencibles evinced great spirit on this occasion,
by manning a Qun-vesiel that mounted two eighteen
pounders, with a view of giving the Enemy a meet.
ing ;, but their commerdable endeavours proved of
no avail, as an adverse wind and tide prevented,
their clearing the harbour before the approach of
night.
There is some reason to fear that the captured
Sloop was freighted
.with butter, the property of
some Merchants in this town, who consequently
feel interested in the event.

The Creole Frigate, from Jamaica, has been burnt
at sea, proving very leaky.
The Theseus has been seen in the Crooked Island
Paasage, in company with a French Frigate, her
prize.
L
Capt. PEL Fw is appointed to the command of
the .Nqia tiFrigate at Plymouth.
The Minerva, Capt. CoLEY, from the Gold
Coast, is arrived at Barbadoes, and reports that
several Frcnch Frigates were cruising on that Coast
in September last.
The Falcon Sloop of War, which sailed from
Newfoundland with the last convoy from thence,
bound to England, was spoke with at sea on the Sth
instant, in lat. long. zo. in distress, having
shipped a third rudder.
The Elm:yr:ion, of t 4 guns, Captain the Hon.
CHAILES PAGET, was spoken with by a homeward.
bound West India Ship, since arrived, in 1at..4.7 N.
long. 14 West, having lost her top-mast, and all
het boats washed from her booms in a heavy gale of
wind, on the iSth instant. _

The William Bedford, Capt. WAR;EN, froth
Sr. Vincent's, arrived at Portsmouth, spoke on the
ifith inst. the Sally, Capt. PENT, from the West
Indies, bound to London, in great distress, being
very leaky, and having four feet water in her hold.
The Artkur, Capt. Holy E, was lately cut out of
Gtenatta by French-Privateer, .which had been in
the harbour five days without beirg discovered. •
.Captain EYANS, of the Royal Navy, is 4ppbint-
ed to the command of the Sea Fencibles on the
roast of Ireland, from Cork Head to Youghan, both
inclusive.

'the frequent Shipwrecks, and loss of so many
yal u3bl e Sailors, betwixt the Buchan Ness and
Kinnairid's Head, has' inducel Mr. HAttv of
I..rui,itiland, and the Gentlemen of Perethead and
Frasetbur)ol, in set on toot a, subscription f,r a
i)f Life Bjats, one of which, it is propo,,d,
should be kept at Rattry Head, and they !lore to
inert with that success which the. impulse of !Anna.
01:y niiturally svgests mi such cycasions. Sir Wl,i.
FuR B kti, of Pitsilgo, Part. has generously given
gni::tin for th s .;:;;I: ',`"):.C•