The Sun.
London, England, 1804-09-17 00:00:00

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DOVER, SEPT. 16.—The weather has been •so
very hazy to-day, that Dover Castle has scarcely
been dbcernible from the town. A heavy firing'
at times has been heard during.this afternoon, which,
is supposed to proceed from the French Soldiers at
exercise on the other side, the firing not being so
quick as when it comes from our ships.

FALMOUTH, SEPT. 14.—Arrived last evening•
the Prince Ernest Packet, Captain PLTRB, with
Mails from America, eighteen days passage from
Halifax. When the Prince Ernest left New.Yurk,
La Didon and La S ',belle French Frigates were
lying there, blockaded by His Majesty's Ships
Leander and Cambrian. His Majesty's Ship Boston,
of 32 guns, was at Halifax, refitting.
Yesterday, ofF Scilly, the Packet spoke His Ma.
jetty's Ship filer/beim, of 74. guns, with a Fleet of
5o Sail, under Convoy, from the Leeward Islands,
all well, 38 days passage from Tortola. Previous ,
to the sailing of the Prince Ernest from Halifax, the
Princess Amelia Packet had arrived there with the
July Mails,'and sailed for New. York.
Also arrived yesterday the Tosorishend Packet',
DODD,' 12 dais from Lisbon, with Mails ; left ly.
ing there. His Majesty's Ship Amphion, 32 guns,
and Was/Sloop, of 18 guns ; a 1,6 the VerisiNgharn
and .Diana Packets) also a. Dutch Sloop of War,
which arrived there on' the 29th ult. with dis.
patches from the Cape of Good Hope. In the pas.
sage home • the TorrAmshend spoke His Majesty's
Ship La Bevolutionaire, 44 guns, in lat. 49. 37,
long. 7. 37: with the outward.bound West India
Convoy, all well, out 7 days from Portsmouth.
Arrived His Majesty's Brig Seagull, of 18 guns,
Capt. BURKE, from a Cruize.
Sailed His Majesty's Ship Humber, of 16 guns,
Capt, HILL, with the Musa's, CANDY, and New
Brunswick, NORTH L Ak. 13, for the Downs; the liar.
sequin Armed Ship, on a Cruize ; and Atiiive.Excise
Cutter, ICI Naht I N, on a Cruize.

Passed this Port on Wednesday last, for the East.
ward, a Line of Battle Ship and a Frigate, supposed
to he His Majesty's Ship Vegan:, 74;guns, with
the Jamaica Feet.

PLYMOUTH, SEPT. I s.—The Men of War men:
tinned in my last to be standing into the Sound>
arrived on Thursday evening, and consist of the
Temeraire, of 98 pro, Capt. W. 11. KELLY, from
a Ctuize off Rochefort ; Terrible; of 74 guns, Capt.
Lord U. PMYLET ; Thuvierer, of 74 guns, Capt
W. Bgnroito, an 4 libigrague, of 1+ guns, Capt. R.
orwAy, 6. the

Arrived this evenirq the Atahmte Sloop of War,
of i. 6 guns, Captain Nitta e f t ELL), from 4 Cruize in
the Channel.

Sailcd the Topaz' e, of 38 guns, Captain W. 'j
LAKE, on a Cruize in the Iribh Cannel.

The Transports with French Prisoners, which
arrived here on Thursday last front St, Domingo,
weighed this morning from Catwater, and anchored
between the island and Main, for the purpose of
proceeding tit the Eastward ; but whether their
destination is fur Portsmouth or Motla►r, is at pre.
sent uncertain.

Po tcrst.tov ru, Sr I.T. t6.—Arrived the ifsineourt
Man of War, with the Fleet (about 40 Sai under
Convoy, from the Mediterranean, which are put
under quarantine at the Mutherbank.
Sailed the Speedwell Brig of War on a cruize,
and the Aiilibrw; Schooner, with a Convoy 'for
Nc w found land

Arrived the Mimher Armed Ship from the West-
ward, anti has made a signal fur a Convoy to the
Dawns.

SHEERNEkti, Barr, i6.--,Sailed yesterday the
Braddich Hired Aimed Ship, with the 1341 tic Con-

voy,

Sailed the Lively Frigate, Capri ii.moNn, for
the Duwni.

Came down the River the Deptford `fender, with
impres%ed Men an 3 Nrolunteers for the Vieet. The
K Hired Artnctl Ship' has the Signed flying for
Convoy to the
shipi at this Port —the Zealand, Princess of Orange,
Vi:...ntvitra,. Spy, and Kuty llircd Alined Ship.

DEAL, SEpx. 16.—Arrived 11;5 Majesty's Sloop
°rester, Iran Cruize off Ostend ; Mariner and
Rohl Gun-brigs', from a Cruize &XI Dunkirk ; and
llistr Gun-brig, from the Nure. Arrived also, the
Thrasher, Pelter, aintl I?ijleinan, Gun'-brigs, from
the Note.

fiaiitd the-Orestes Sloop, - on a Craize off o,tend,,
and C0,v?i,.9 Gun..brik, for.Dungencss. •
T :c L frly.9in ton, Capr. SCOTT, came down from
the River, 'itna sailed for Charleston.

Arrived the Sarah, Capt. CRAIG, from Bremen,
with Swiss Emigrants, bou►ui to l'hiludelphiii,

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JERSEY, SEPT. rt.—A Fleet of about 17-or IS
sail of the Enemy were discovered yesterday in the
East part of the Island, supposed to have sailed from
St, Nlalo.—Several of the. Cruizers on this station
weighed anchor, and obliged them to run on shore
near Portbail, about five leagues from this.lslani ;
bat we have not heard to-day whether they arc still
there-or nut.

Lttrin, SEPT. I 3 arrived in Leith
Roads the Chapman Armed Ship, from Tonningen.
On► Tuesday sailed from Leith Road% the Leith
and Lord Melville Armed Ships, with a Fleet under
Convoy for the Baltic. Same day arrived the Dili.
gence Armed Sloop from a Cruize.

GRRENOCK, SE PT. t4.--Arrived yesterday morn.
ing, the./rma/inda, MARQUI4, from Grenada, al.
ter a passage of 33 days ; spoke on the ti th current
the Fame, Bit ows of this Port, for Newfonndland,
out three days, 20 leagues tp westward of Tory,
The West-India Fleet sailettfrom Grenada the zsth
July.