The Sun.
London, England, 1804-04-21 00:00:00

A Ily! L NEWS.

FALMOUTH, APRIL 18.---=Arrived the To,funs7Jethl
Packet, Dono, With Mail from Lisbon. Left
there theWalsinshain and Printe of Wales Packets.
The Townshendbrings an account of the Capture of
His Majesty's Ship,,Woherene, of 16 guns, Capt.
GORDON, and her Convoy of 18 Sail, by two
French Privateers, one of 3o guns, and one of zo,
about zoo leagues west of Scilly. The Wolverene
sailed hence Isth March. The Bee, of Poole, one
of the Convoy, was carried into Vigo, and the
Mate had arrived at Lisbon before the Packet left it.
•Seventy-five sail of vessels sailed hence about
three weeks since for the West Indies, under con-
voy of His Majesty's Ship ?eterell, of 16 guns,
Capt. LAMBORNE, only. Apprehensions are enter-
tained for their safety ; and there are now lying
here so sail of ships, &c. waiting to be j3ined by
others, when they are to proceed for the West
Indies, under Convoy of the Busy Brig, 18 guns,

only.
On the Toth inst. the Packet spoke, off Cape Fi.
nisterre, His Majesty's Ships Sirius, of 36 guns,
Ciipt. KING, and Bacchante, of 20 guns, Capt.
DASH WOOD, to whom she 'gave information of the

above capture.
The Brig Diligence, of London, Capt. BOLAND,
was captured at Goree at the time it was taken by
the French; Capt. B. is arrived here in the Ma-'
rengo Cartel ; they left at Teneria-e His Majesty's
Ship. Plantagenet, of 74 guns, Hon. Capt. De
COU RC with the David Scott and .Thames East In.
diamen.

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Arrived last evening to jlin West India Convoy,
Hannah, HADLEY', Maria, Row, Spa lymph,
Ross, and Rolla, SP I NGALLi horn London. ,

FLYM3UTH, APRIL 19.—Sailed the Dreadnought,
of 98 guns, to join the Channel Fleet ; Prince Fre.
derick, of 6+ guns fur Ireland ; Ardent, of 64. guns,
with a Convoy for the Dawns ; and Topaze Frigate,
on a Cruize to the Westward ; also the Danish
Ship-, E?:stating, Capt. NEss, fur Guernsey.
Arrived the Prince of Wales Cutter, Capt. GI L-
. n ERT, from Guernsey, with cotton, bound to Lon.
don, put in to refit, leaky. '

PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 20.--Arrived the Lark,
GEORGE SPERHER, from Ipswich; Maria, JOHN
CANNEL, from the Isle of Man; Libcrty,
LIA;11 CITHING, from 'Newcastle.

S3ilcd ate Friends G4vdlv;ll, AL DICE Di for
Southampton.

SHEERNESS, Aral'. 20. Came .down from
Chatham the Regulus, of 4+ guns, Capt. Bogs.
Sailed for the Djwns, the Fcrreter Gun-brig,
Lieut. WEIR.

The Baltic Fleet is collCBing at the Nore, and.
the Braakel, of so guns, which convoys them as
far as Yarmouth, has this day made the signal for
sailing.

1-TAIt W ICU, APR IL zo.—The Post-Office Packets,
with the Hamburgb, Bremen, and Gottenburgh
Mails, of the 6th, Toth, 73th, and 17th inst. art yet
detained from proceeding to sea by the wind blow.
ing hard at N. N. E.
Upwards of a hundred sail of ships, bound to the
Northward, are also detained by contrary windst

DEAL, APRIL 20.—His Majesty's Ships Immor-
talite and Sulphur came in from Boulogne Roads
with the Martha, Sally, and Elizabeth Stone Ships,
being obliged to slip their cAbles on Sunday evening
last, a gale of wind having come on.
Sailed the Earl St. Fineent East India Ship.
The Bengal East India Ship put back last night,
and sailed again this morning for Portsmouth.

In the Downs—Monarch :Utrecht, Illustrious. Veteran,
Trusty, La I2ltilronne, La Virgiiiie, I mmortalite, Champion,
Peiseus, Fury, Vesuvius; Sulphur, Tartarus, Di4covery,
Cruizer, anti- I ackall ; Martfm, Sally, and Elizabeth Stone
Ships ; Ranger, Transport ; ¶asortStoreship for Jamaica.

BOM B AY, DEC. 3 t .—The Bridgewater, from
Botany Bay, was spoke off Cape Cameron, by •the
Fame, ALLISON, arrived here on the zsth inst.
from Bengal.. By her we learn that the Cato, and
a ship; name unknown, which sailed in compAy,
with the Br;dgewater, were lost, with every,person
on board, in some Straits to the Eastward. •

Letters received from our Squadron off Havre,
dated the i 3th inst. state, that our' boats had en ff
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tered that harbour in open' day, and nutwithstand. :
ing a,heavy fire from the batteries 'and gun,boati,
succeeded • in burning one of the. Enemy's armed
vessels. We had but two men 'wounded very
slightly,
_. The Monmouth, of 64 guns, is to be fitted for the
. reception-of Admiral RUSEL'S Flag at Yarmouth:
she is to sail from Portsmouth in a few days. ..•
The following 'Vessels have been hired into Go-
vernment Service, and Officers appointed to the
command :. viz. Blessing, Capt. BAKER ; Charles,':
Capt. DAVIS ; Endeav6nr, Capt. BL AMEY ; Sal 6,.
Capt. CHETHAM ; IV/OrrlitGay Capt. BARK ER ; Pro.
vidence, Capt, RYE, and. Prince William, Capt.
MACKAY.
The Trident, Tremendous, ,Centu,49n, and Lan.:
caster, Men of War, pedaigneuse Frigate, and Al.
hatross Stodp, arrived at 'Bombay from Madras en
the 7th of November,, and .the St., :,Fiarvizo, from
a Cruite on -the t i th of November,. •