The Sun.
London, England, 1804-11-21 00:00:00

NAPRL NEWS.

Trot the LONDON GAZATTE, Nay. 20, 11.4.
Alon, 20, 1804..
Copy of a- Letter from Capt. Ha' taock, of His. Ma.
jrityt Sloop the cruizer, to William, Marsden, F.I.
dated in Yarmouth Roads, 17th bateau:. .
I herewith enclose, for the information of my
Lenin Commissioners of the Admiralty, my Letter
' of this day's date to Lord Keith, acquainting him
with my having captured the French Brig Privateer
Le Contrejimiral Magon, commanded by Captain
'Blackman, from Dunkirk. ,
I have the Honour to be, &c.
JOHN HANCOCK.
Craztr, at Sea,
.of Yarmouth, ten A.M.
MT Loan, Oflober 17, 1804..
I have the honour to acquaint your Lordship
that being last night, at nine P. M. with His Ma.
-
jesty's Sloop under My command, and the. Gun.
Brigs Bold and nn, and Florence Cutter, 'close in
with Ostend, in five fathoms water, which sta.
tion I had taken front the moment the wind came
to the Eastward, to follow with every possible ef.
ficacy and energy your Lordship's instrudions in
the important duty entrusted tome, of• watching the'
Enemy's movements at that port and Flushing, we
observed a strange-sail standing in-shore, which,
on discovering US,' wore and made all sail, steering
at first with the wind abaft the beam ; we int.
mediately made all sail ire chace, Which continued
during the whole night, in which the stranger die.
played much skill and ability in all his manixtuvers,
and tried us on every point of sailing, with various
success; he sometimes gaining on us, and we in our
turn nearing him, till five" A. M. in which time
(f!ighr hours) we had run ninety-seven miles by
the log': During the latter part of the chase the
wind,lreshened -considerably ; but this gave us not
the advantage I expeeted;as he preserved his ills-
tance till a quarter before five A. M. when both
his topmasts went away ; he than attempted a •
masterly roanceuvre to escape, which the haze, the
darkness of the meriting, and the lee tide, gave
him a, lair prosped of succeeding in, by clearing up
his remaining sails, and coming instantly to an an.
chor, although in twenty-five fathoms water, in
hopes we should either pass him unperceived, or get
to leeward'. Although I was not aware, to the
full extent of this accident and , manceuvre I
never lost sight rif him; and at the titne it hap.
Ipened I observed we were nearing, him so very
fast, that I had began to reduce the sail ; hut,
as we were going then more than eleven knots,
I had but a few minutes time Write I W3ll up
with him, and the wind blowing so fresh as to
risk the loss of all our masts if I attempted to
haul to wind with the sail I had then' set, I, was
under the necessity ofepassing him, which I did,
however, within hail, and to, windward, and not
receiving any answer, except that he was from
Philadelphia, in bad English, I ordered three guns
to be fired into him. I then plainly discovered NM
to be a large Armed Brig, with nine porn 'on a
Bide ; having in a kw minutes taken two reefs in
the topsails, and cleared the decks of wrecked spars
arm split sails, we tacked, and ranged up within
ten yards of his lee.quarter, he having cut his
cehle, and azeio attempted to make sail, when just
as I was on the point of hailing him, preparatory
to giving. hint; our broadside, he called out and
begged us not'.to fire, as he had struck. •
On boeiding him I was pleased to find my °pie
nine cotifioned, that I had captured Calif. Black.
man,• so well known during the late and present
war in these seas, having' received information lie
was at, sea in e Brig. The Vessel he commanded
proved to be Le Coorre Amiral Mavis French
vateer Brig, quite new, this being her first eruize,
pierced for 18, and mounting 17 guns of different
calibres, viz. r.. long 6 pounders, two t B.pound
Carrunades, areedne long 9 pounder, and manned
with 84. men, French, Doles, Swedes, and Ameri.
cans ; had been 'qui from Dunkirk 18 days, and
had captured, during 1114 crnize, the Ship Belisa.
ries, of Newt:Atte, Matthew Hunter, Master, on
the 31 irstant, OF eemouth, the Brig Scipio,
Robert Roliertsue, Master, and the Content's In.
crease, 'George 'Bell, Mister, both laden with
Coals, off Foley 'Bridge, on the loth ; the two
former were immuiettely dispatched for Dunkirk,
hut the latter was ge.C.llllUrei about two hours alter,
by an English Man of War Brig;, she was proceed.
log for Dunkirk nr Ostend, andebed been lying-to
for some hoers in the evening waiting for-water to
I ;apprehend, Isttle eXpeaCti to
cross the /link, and,
find English Crnizers within the St room Sand. The.
Brigs anti Cutters in company who have bore up
with the Cruiser in chace; were run out of sight by
twelve A. M.
I beg to recommend to your Lordship's notice,.
Lieutenant J. Pearce, Senior Lieutenant, Lieutenant
Lusk, Second, and Mr. Lash, Master, with the
whole of the Warrant anti Petty Officers, Seamen,
anti Marines, through whose united exertions this
adive and enterprizing Enemy has been prevented
making further deptedatimie, which, from hi's
knowledge df our Coasts, added to the ample means
Ile possessed in this Brig, • from hit. superior sailing
and force, must have been highly detrimental to the
Trade of this Country-; nor can I, in justice, omit
availing myself of this opporttinity to express to
your Lordship my 'thanks to Johannes 'Whymmer,
Pilot of the Ctuizer, who, on 014,, and all for-
mer occasions, by his correa knowledge of the
Coast and Shoals, and zeal for His Majesty's Ser.
vice, hiss afforded me the most essential confidence'
and assistance.
I am happy to add, that the Masters of the cap.'
tured Vessels, as' alai) their clews; amounting to
twenty English Seamen, were on board the Comte '
Amiral Magon at' the time of capture, and are now
on board the Cruizer.
I have the Honour to he, ite,
(Signed) JOHN HANCOCK.
Admiral Lord Keith, K. 11. tic. tee.

Extraa of a Letter from Captain Hu ectirws, of the Lod
friekuille Privateer,.brig.riggettatul copper.nottomecl, be-
longing to Plymouth, unit out on her first Cruise, to hi:,
30
Principal Owner; kL it Mr. Merchant, at Plymouth
D ock. o„ffLi4on, on, IN J 4,
z
it Pursuing the, ordels you gave me to crui e off
•
the Garonne until the bad leather cause on, 1-kept

the Spanish shoie until I fell in with the Flag Ship
of Admiral CoctiltAN2, near Ferrol, who informing
me of the capture of the Galleons, I instantly shaped
my , course for the Western Islands, when, on the
.34 day, Cape Finisterre bearing N. E. 7o leagues,
the man at the mast-head discovered a Sail in the
S. W. standing to 'the eastward, which we soon
discovered to be a. Ship, and 'at night got near
enough ito make her out to be frigate-built, of
about 400 tons,—As she made no effort to get
away, and did not alter her course, I came up with
her fast—l took it for granted that she was either
an English Sloop' of War, or a Spaniard from the
Havannah, but as there is no trusting, I cleared
ship for anion—told my gallant Crew that their
fortunes were made should she be a Don,
if they would but, stand true to me when they
gave me three cheers, and swore they would fight
the Ship while she swam above water. At ten
P. M. I got along side of her, hailed her, and on
finding she came from Vera Cruz, I ordered her to
bring-to. No answer being made to this, and ob.
serving a great bustle on board, I hailed her again)
and was answered in broken English, to.morolu.
This convinced me she was resolved to resist, and
a broad.side from her at the moment settled the
Matter to the satislanion of all hands on board.—
Never did British Tars go into anion in higher
spirits—finding her weight of metal too great for
us, Idropped astern at midnight in order to rake
her, and range upon the other side,
,which I was.
happy to accomplish, and, in so doing, had the good
fortune to cut her tiller ropes, and carry away her
wheel: —the cimfusion enabled me to , get on her
starboard quarter, when her madding unfortunately
set my fore.rigging on fire, and falling-at the time
' on board of the Enemy, my people, more frighten-
ed by the fire than by the Dons, flew aft, and see..
ing the destruninn of the Brig unavoidable, I in.
stently resolved to attempt carrying the Enemy,
sword in hand, by jumping on the poop, followed
by the whole Crew. Your young Nephew* was
amongst the •first, and . hauled down the Spanish
Colours as soon as he got on board. The Spaniards,
notwithstanding the Brig being on fire, made an ob.
stinate resistance, but being driven of the quarter-
deck, and the forecastle being possessed by thirty
of my people, they soon submitted..

ig The Brig being foul of Ole driver-boom, and
threatening us all with destrulion, made the cars
nage of the Enemy greater thin it would have been,
as we could chew no quarter at first, part of my
men being employed to cut the Brig clear of
the Prize. The aetion began at half past ten
P. M. but it was four A. M. before the Ship was
completely in our possession, ,and the Prisoners se-
cured. Our loss consisted of 12 killed, and 22
wounded;--amongst the former is the son of your
gallant. neighbdur Captain CaTGRAYE, of the
Royal Navy, and Old Vinegar, as you called him,
the Boatswain. The Enemy had 0 killed, besides
the second Captain and two Passengers, and 70
wounded. About five the Lord Melville blew up
about two leagues N. N. W. of us. The Prile
proves to he the La Madre de Tados los Santos, COM.
mantled
,by Capt. CARAjOy y CoyoNNEs, pierced
for 30 guns, and had 24. mounted, t 2.pounders,
and 120 men, a new Ship from Vera Cruz, loaded
chiefly with indigo, cochineal, and hidos—she has
only forty chests of Dollars on board,Pand a few
Ingots of gold and silver. lam now off the Rock
of Lisbon, but not caring to trust the Portuguese, I
shall push for Gibraltar, the wind being fair, 'un-
less I 1,1101110 meet with one of His Majesty's Silks
hound home. This go ►,y, the Gustavus Frede.
ricer, Captain. SWEMPbISEN, a Swede, from Salo,
with brandies, bound to Guernsey.

* Fourteen years of ago on Michaelmas Day last

PLYMOUTH, Nov. 19.—Atrived the Cle4atra
Frigate, Capt. ' Hon. R. LAUR li, from Ports.
mouth, boUnd to 'Halifax; the Sq.van, HE'NLEY,
from Newfoundland ; the Ebenezer, Wit D, from
Longsound ; the Repro, Bulkily, frornSt. Peters.
burgh ; and the Adventure, MALLANBY, from
Dantzic.

The Aurora Frigate, Capt. M. MAL BON, with
a Fleet of Vessels under Convoy, laden with fish,
sailed from St. John's, Newfoundland, for Oporto,
on the 7th ult.

PORTSMOUTH, NOV. 20.—S4iled the Gambro,
HARRIS, for London; and Succeo, Sut I NI. LDT, for
Dantzkk. .

Passed through Spithead to Cowes this day, the
Hamburgh Brig 'Fortuaa,, j4Coa JANif N FarDE.
acct: master; for Lie)* with, the loss of her
masts. She sailed from. Lisbon on the a+th ult.
where an &Vial -oUtward.bound East India Ship
had just arrived with the loss of her mainmast, in
an Engagement with a French Frigate, which she
beat off.

HALE ?An. Seves..!—We have just heard, by an
Expreis from the Sussex. Coast, that a Ship from

Gibraltar was last night stranded there ; that seve.'
ral of the Crew have perished ; and that the nett
are on shore, guarded by a party of Dragoons.
The Quarantine Officers, as well as the Military,
are exerting themselves to prevent any communtca.
tion which may endanger the public health.

SHER ft Ness, Nov. 20.—Cpne down the River
to the Nore, Duke of Kent Armed Ship, having
repaired her damages.
Sailed the Melatntus and Furious for the Downs.
This day► the Unicorn was paid up' to six months,
and the //arr;tr Sloop Bounty and two months' ad.
vance, and proceeded to Sea.
The Mast Ship which was on shore on the Grain,:t
Spit, has been got off without damage, through the
perseverance and skill of Mr. Joni.; BittcH, one of
the Superintending Masters at the Yatd.
The,Galgo continues the Signal flying for Con•
♦oy to; the Elbe.
Ships at this Port—Zealand, Leda, Ceres, Jamaica, Pro-
selyte, Alonzo, Autumn, Cygnet, Eipoir, and Argusi
Rosina, Lion, and Hind Armed Ships; Basilisk, Pincher Ana.
Volunteer Gun-brigs. •

FALMOUTH, Nor. t B.—Put in here this dit, br
contrary wind, the out ward,bound Lisboapor"
and. Mediterranean Fleets, about . 40 Sail of Mel:*
chant Vessels, and to Transports, (the llatteron board General Fox, and the loth and'570440
ments of Foot, for Gibraltar) under convoy 011311
Majesty's Ship La Tribune, of 44. guns, Prevoiala
P.•
and Camel Store-ships.—Also arrived the • •
John and Grace, Nocion, with provisions from Cork.
John and Sally, Collins, from Carmarthen.
* • f Swansea.

1,

iortitutle, lea ins, from.
Prince or %Vales, Treluddra from Penzance.
Vine, Clark, and Concord, Rogers, from Bristol.
Sailed the Prussian Galliott St,. job4rtmeri.•
rorrit, and the Swedish Vessel •,:
with fish, for ' the, Mediterranean ; the Saran Nab:
MARSHAbt, for Pacistow ; the Ste of Lift, 901).•
JUAN, for Yarmouth ; the Fritarbifr,i4osicirio,
fit
Swansea ; and Fidelitv,W InLLIAms, for Portanouth.
The Waltingbam Packet, with Mail of the iStb '
inst. for Lisbon, will sail immediately on their.
rival of the Mawr Packet from thence.
DEAL, Nov. 20.—Arrived His Majestes. ShiP
11:pena from the gore, and, remains.
Arrived the American Ship Oneida chitf, COG.
Ft RR IL, from New York, and sailed from the Rier.
Came down from the River the Malabar, Capt.
Virlsni.tt,hseoprro,wbpo.nrisdhitpos
Aannndedrepmcfacintics:ships
as •
beture.

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HA Ptw Ictr, Nov. 20.---The Auckland Packer,
from 1-10.4111*
Ca-
I' HMM AoND, arrived yesterday
t.
With the Harnbro' anti Bremen Mails a.A ?s.sen'
gett; and this day the Fritarlicha, Neutral Veld' '
ALYUR JONGS, from Rotterdam, with oak 1:10",'
and the Redli:heten, from Stockholm, Cortain
"IDES, With iron and deals, for. Dublin.
. . ,
Dun r, / N,
ex It icAted.from her tiangernos situation, and .I!0W
Nov. i 7.---The Union P ileket 1128 E""
ile3 in safety in the Dock, and will shortly et
if' 4
situation to resutne her station in the packet
vice. .

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DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY.
in.
ToG_ the Officers, Nan.commissioned. &kers, andpl:Yeaott`si;
La ,tronson. at Germ, for the capture of, thc Frencn '.,., 0
~..__ 4- , !pet' e, Le Bayard, Les rails Antib, ' b,17%0103
ffA_Te Cootie, and La Cometc, the 24th tune, ISa3. lia1;,1 ors
1.1). mem by Warrant, dated the I'2ollllst:tut, to ha „r hoop
weditesday next, at No. 8, New City Climbers, Pis i
gate-street, or every,Wednesday.and Friday for one Year.
•
.
. . .
The Barbadasq, Capt. Lewes, from liatbadgeh
is arrived at laiverpocil; sailed from thence °(1 thna
15th ult., The Pouguig Brig, of t 8 guns, Clipotte,
Molt it is, whiCh sailed from Portsmouth. Off %he' i,,
.of August, with a Convoy. for the West Indi"'s i
rived at Batbadoes, with the Fleet; on the 7th
re'°
()nailer. 'Jibe 'bland of ilarbatines h4s sat, At.
eeived the least : injury
.from the late hurricanet;A
great_ many of cargoes of the Ships whicilllo
.leen driven on Shore were 'landed with very or 0 I
'lc', :a4,11
tnethaueecodg.t
ch eBT'rlr'oihgSrelt:(l3)p'll.l3ll,:mais:al
olCerdda :ift;tuoMm
jAoß7a:tel)nail:voioll.
i°t 11' i':::11,:il
.which place a Fleet was to sail far Enghang i'' re,
14Per end of 9,9ober. The Princess Royal, 3 ;r„
'rived .111. B.lrhadoes on tßlt4erhsa+tirltcos f 18a50ti'.11n,36711;%11
a t 0
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w_nhibc(hmrwaa?Scasplatvuerle:l Poanr.theori vitu'eySagael4ffifrjuurodr.Ar'sfreicjit
d
Seal
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ev.n.
:cal
arrived, at
the
hot
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remainderal e
br Seadaoietkeanoni
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entiisa
cnabadinsr
go
bort:ea-
rct 'nkrieosninin't, Fitt?
Grassi `Decide French Privateer, Pvurlititc)nli bit*:r3ariLl the
vessel that captured the Sa/affrastier. .
c.
The-French Privateer L'tfrisirgit, Prize !P .01,
Hey whop, of the Dedairteust, has been goen or,:
turgid by the Diligentt NAtional CurvAtici • boil! ,
passage from Muscat to the Di/1,1461'W., Why' ort,
vessel' had arrived without su4kini(a bingle elif'
—...----.....:....,--r-me"
At Haddam Castle, in Scotland, the seitorfLiViert'iff
Sumer, of the Dumfries.shire Militia, t' P-wor, 11
the sword of a ?tench Officer, which ,WA4,6v'As ~f-the
the
his son, Colonel MATTHEW SfiAlial ton,
de-Camp to his•cousin, the late Sir Roo °loon tile
Rte,
Continent, he left his troops to tecia,:l_ goo'',
French line :an Officer, a horseman, 0.1710 t 010..
sprung Upon Sir RoBEIT ; thq l'iltri.c wild li,`;
time, when young SHARP 44itupecti opt_ , bite illl
of the Gr neral—.killed the Freswhoto, a J.'
iwurd.to Hoddaut Castle as a
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