The Sun.
London, England, 1804-04-11 00:00:00

This day the IGegsjiber Stapp of;War. comes out
of Dock, and the (Miele, of .20 -guns, goes in.
A court-Martial was yesterday assembled and
held on board of thelliriiaie.Frigate, at the Little
Nore, to try the Second .Master Pilot of the
Hecate Gun-brig, for drunkenness and neglea of
duty ; when the charges being proved, he was sen-
tenced to serve before' the mast,- in whatever Ship
the Commander in Chief might think fit,

DEAL, APRIL Majesty's Ship Wristri-
our sailed this morning on a Cruize to the West.
ward, and put back again this afternoon.
The Basilisk Gun-brig came in from a Cruize,
and remains.
The True Briton East Inaia Ship, Captain H.
HUGITES, came down, front the River, and sailed for
Portsmouth.

YARMOUTH, APRIL 10.—Sailed the Crescent
Frigate and if aez,u4 Cutter.
Arrived the IVlogicirnne Frigate, and remain.
The Friendship, of Yarmouth, BUTCHER master,
bound to this Port from London, in ballast, is on
shore on the South H;im.

The Rank of Post-Captain has been conferred on
Captains HARDINGE and PELLY, Commanders of
the Scorpion and Beaver, for their gallant condua
in boarding the Atalanie ; and Lieut. au of
the Scorpion, who .was wounded in the As9ion, is
promoted to the Rink of Commander. Captain
.
CARTERET is appointed to the Scorpion; Captain
GREGORY, to the Beaver; and Captain ALDHAnt,

to the Nautilus.
The Glory, of 98 guns, 1.01;6 has undergone a
thbrough repair at Chadian), is to be commissioned
at that port immediately, and Captain WELLS, of
the IVindsor Castle, is to have the command ; Cap-
tain- SAWYER IS appointed w the Windsor Castle in

his toom.
Captain Cot.QuiTT, since his trial at the Assizes
at Lancaster, is again appointed to the command of
the Princess Frigate, at
_Liverpool.
-Captain -Moßtti qON is appointed to command the
Lady Warren Hired Vessel.
The Committee of the Patriotic Fund at LloyM's
e-1-I,)use, have voted to Captain FERRIS, of the
,r.p, a Sword of the value of rool. for hair'.
:-,red his services in storming Fort Don-

sttery of nine guns; and bringing out the
erri.ch Schooner L'llarmOnie, With a Prime, frorn.
the harbour of Mario, at Martinique. The :Corn,
rnittee have also,voted a Sword. of 1.1.1 e sl
to Captain 8i55Et...1.,, of the Racoon Sloop,. tor hay.`-
ing captured a French Brig ,Schooner -and
'ter, on board of which. were near 300 Trobps:
Lieutenants TnarLE and BcwEx, of .--La Loire,
foe cutting out :the, French Gunbrig La Pentett.i',
from under the batteries of the Isle de Bali; .Liente.
nant WATT, of the Ville .de forhaving.':.;in
that ship's pinnace, cut froth—within:the roekc;at
Ushant a French Logger ; Lieutenant RowEri; of
the Sheerness Cutter; Lieutenant Sat P,PAR;D, Of the
Admiral Mitchell Cutter ; and Liesttenant
xlNs, of the Atalante, for capturing.anddestroying;.
several. of the Enemy's Vessels, have.had Swords.,Pf,
the value of gOl.-eachvoted them._
About eight or, ten days since,,a detichment of
boats from the squadron under the command of Sir
SIDNEY SMITH, rowed up the River.Dollart,, be-
tween Flushing and Cadsand, and tut cut two
schuyts laden with. corn ftrfd percha9d-ze, and hav-
ing about 4000 dollars on board,.which.Lieutenani
BOXER safely brought out; and sent for England.:
A few days after, a.second detachment of boats,
under the same Officer, „were again-. sent on the like
service, and cut out one schnyt, laden :with provi-:
sions and stores. On conduCting their pitze down
the river, .they ,perceived another vessel, apparently
of the same kind; the immediate dispositions were
therefore made for Attacking her ; but on so doing,
found her to he a masked vessel, placed purposely
there, well armed, full of soldiers, and protected
by some companies of infantry that linedthe shore.
This, however, did not damp the ardour of British
Seamen : a severe contest of 45 minutes ensued,
which ended in our jolly tars placing the English
ensign Over the Gallic Batavian flag. After being
twelve hours in possession, detained by contrary
winds, and exposed to the galling fire of the bat.
teries that. line,.; each side of the river, they were
reluelantly obliged to relinquish' their-prize. The
condo& of this business reflects much honour on
Lieut. BOXER, who commanded the, expeditions.
The killed and wounded, as nearly,as, I can coiled,
are as follows ;--Lieut. BOXIZR, wounded in the
foot ; Mr. MODIt.ILVAN, a Midshipman, wounded
in the side by the wind of an 1.8-pounder ; seven
seamen killed, and 13 or t 4 wounded.
Yesterday morning Lord PROSY arrived at the
Admiralty, and had a long conference with the
Board, supposed to be on the subject of one of the
Lieutenants belonging to his Lordship's Ship, the
Amelia, having been thrown overboard, out of a
boat, by some impressed men, and drowned, yes-
terday morning., in the River. Two Seamen, in
company with the Lieutenant, would have shared
the same fate, but by timely assistance they were
saved,

The PRINCE of WALES is returned to town from
Brighton, andtionoured the Opera. with his presence
last night. •
Yesterday the DUXE of KENT dined with FIER
MAJESTY.
Yesterday at two o'clock, the Russian, Danish,
and Swedish Ambassadors had audiences of-Lord
HAW KESBURY, at his Office in Downing.strcet.—
About half past three o'clock, the Earl. of WEST'
MORLAND had an audience of his Lordship.
St. Patrick's Day was celebrated on Thursday
last, by a splendid Ball and magnificent... Supper,
given at the Castle of Dublin.
His Excellency the LORD' LIEUTENANT has been
pleased to appoint RI CH AR D Lord Viscount Du Nto
to be Colonel of the Galway Regiment .of Militia,
la the room of the Earl.of CLA.N C ARTY, IcSiZtled.