The Sun.
London, England, 1804-04-23 00:00:00

FA L NEWS.

PLYMOUTH, APRIL 2t:--.Arrived thc
derer, of 74 guns,. from the Channel Fleer ; the
Ena_ryinion, of 4¢ guns, from a Cruize to the )Vesl-
- ; the Santa Margaritta Frigate, from the

Trish Channel ; and.-the Ranger Revenue Cutter,
with a Convoy frotn the Bsistul Channel.

,
FALMOUTH, APRIL 20.--Arrived off this Har.
bour this morning His Majesty's Ship La Tapazer,
of 38 guns, Captain LAKE, and made Signal for
the Vessels here bound to Newfoundland to Join
her, which they immediately did being in all about
zoSail, when the whole made sail to the Westward.
'Sailed yesterday His Malisty 3 Brig Eiciy",;-of i 8
• , .
guns, Captain CLINCH, with the following Vessels
under Convoy fur the West Indies :
Maria, Rana. Sea Nymph, Ross, Temiott, Atkinson; Aide,
Pale, Polk, quaranton.• Favourite, Pendy, Lady Forbes,
Gouty, Benjamin and Eliza, Gibb, Bartilla, Hunt, :Indefa-
tigable, ‘Veir,.Dutchess,of York, Crawford, London Packer,
White, Royal Edward, Muirhead, 'Pheenik, Baird, Kingston
Packet, Robinson, Willoughby, Lovett, Hannah, Badly,
Sybil, Head, Arn-phion, Wike, Northumberland, Miller,
Neptune, White, Selby, Peters, Lady Sinclair, Smith; ,Had.
dock,_ Redman, Cumberland,. Sampson, limo_ Sowden,
and Brunswick, Dryden, for lafriaiea ; Ann; Morton, for
Antigua; Ann, Harvey, and. Ralph Nicholson, Stevens, for
Bcrbicc ; etysses, Kempttioru, Stranger, Pipe, Venerable,
Story, and Two Friends, Vial„ for Hondwas; Mary, Dui..
ham, Mites, Allen, Mary Ann, Hope, and Richard, Smith,
for Demerara ; Renewal, Cromartie, and 11,1artha, Rowe, for
Barbadoes ; Hopewell, Cambridge; for Tobago ; and Nero;
Greig, for Trinidad

And' were joined off this Harbour by several ves-
sels from Cork.

P.S. It is much feared that the brig Basset, Pu It.
CHASE, from London for this Port, is taken : she
has on board a cargo valued at 30,0001. and left
London 21 days Since.

SHisarass, APRIL z2.--Arrived from the Bal-
tic) with a Convoy, whither she returns with ano-
teiy sMajesty ' 3 Armed Ship the Diligence, Capt.
KERR.

Came dbve'n Trott the River, the Ate Bomb Ves.
sel. Capt. SMITH.

Yesterday the Regulus'', cf. 44 guns, Capt. BOYS,
was paid two months advance and bounty ; she pro_
needs to Portsniouth to join the Squadten said to be
preparing for a Secret Expedition.
The Gaieti, of to guns, which has been taken
into Dock at this Port, is, on inspection, fo'und to
want such large repairs, that sho will be sent for
that purpose to Woolwich, the Dock which she
would occupy here being constantly wanted fur the
slight repairs of the Ships belotitging to the Noith
Sea Flttt.

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DEAL, AP tIL Maje'st'y's Ship Ardent
arrived from Portsmouth, with a snail Conroy
and Starling Gun.brig from Dungeness'.
Sailed the Crstizer, on a Cruize oft Dunkirk:
The Regulus came down from the Nore; and
Basilisk Gin-brig, from a Cruize off Dunkirk.
Cbiffonne and Botetta sailed to the Northward;
and jackal!, on a Cruize off Ostend.

In the Downs—Monarch, Utrecht, Illustrious, Veteran,
Ardent, Trusty, Regulus, La Virginie, Immorialite, Perseus,
Champion Fury, Vesuvius, Tartarus, Discovery, Sulphur;
Starling, Basilisk; Countess of Elgin, .Dutchess of Cum-
berland, Ranger, Providence, Pleasant Hill, Transports.

thaw tor, APRIL ft.—Yesterday, and this
day, the• Post-Office Packet's', with the Hamburgh,
Bremen, and Gottenburgh Mails, that have been
for some time detained by contrary winds; sailed'
hence:

EXTRACT or. A LETTER EltOLl DEAL) DATED

APRIL 21.

,s The Stone Ships, with their usual escort) sailed
from Dungeness on the z 2th inst. for Boulogne, and
on the same evening anchored with an E. N. E.
gale ofrAmblereuse, to prevent being driven away
by the ebb. tide. Information was then received,
that there were but six Gun .J in the. Road...-.
the Harpy, Archer, Locust, and Bloodhound, were
ordered, with additional hands on board the Gun.,
Brigs, to tun nearly alongside, .and destroy them.
-Soon after the StoneiShipstat tended by the Conaters'.
of Elgini the 'Mika., and Admiral Mitchell, were
to go in to carry into execution tke plan of sinking
the former. Matters being thus arranged, at i t
o'clock all the Vessels were in motion, agreeable to
the signal. But from a gale, of wind, and the ap-
pearance of the clouds still bespeaking one, it fell
nearly calm, and the flood-tide making strong, the
annulling signal was made, and all the Vessels an.
ehored at io minutes past twelve.
as On Sunday, the z4th, the Enemy's Ports were
reconnoitred within'gun-shor, and there were count.
ed outside, with springs on their cables, at Amble-
_ teuse, 54 Luggert3 at Vimereux, 23 ; at Boulogne,
extending to the extreme of Portay, 31 Brigs,
Prattle, 82 Lttggers, 3 Schooners, 2 Ketches, and
Sloop.
" On the 16th, the tide making too late, the
attempt was given up for the present, and the Stone
Vessels returned to their anchorage'off Dungeness.
, The general opinion appears to be, that this plan is
not likely to succeed ; there would be great difficulty
in placing the unwieldy Stone Ships at night in the
proper spot for sinking them, even if they were
not annoyed; what then must be the difficulty of
accomplishing it under the fire of their innumerable
I Gun Brigs and Batteries I"

Dispatches were on Saturday received at the Ad-
miralty from Admiral CORNWALLIS, which were
brought to Plytm;uth by His Majesty', Ship End.),_
anion, Captain the Hon. CHARLES PAOLI'. Our
Fleet were close cif Brest
when the E7ttiii winn came
p also brought acc3unts from S:r
away. This Ship
EDWARD PELLEW, Who with sever sail of the

ant a frigate, she left in I.4ctanzok Lay, ne;4l. Ferti)l,
ot, ugh ir•*siant.—Sitr EDW'A-ltD had I eeeiveea
!titer from Lord NELSON;' dated off l'oulotti.
tLh of March, at which time the French Tice;
tn.ide no attempt.to put 40. sea. :
On. Saturday night April 7, some Merchantmen in
the Channel were alarmed by some signals of a rocket.
dod-blue lights,. made in Boulogne Bay, conceiving
that the signals were made on account ot the Boulogne
FlOtilia having come out of hatbour- The Lark
StriPPi supposing the same, had alt hands to quartet-S.
The faa-,was, LAt F of the roi-gct
having observed some Loggers in Boulitite Roads in
the afternoon, thought it possible to cot One)r.two
of them out : For this purpose he manned his cutter
and -jolly-boat,,and proceeded to the pot wheie the
Luggers were between gibe and ten o'clock at bight ;
but they were gone. Heafterwards Went clime to the
sPierhead in Boulogne harhotir one of Or: sentinels
gate. thalarm,.which became generfl.. The drums
beattO arms, and the Whole,town was in confusion.
:rhos the Invaders of. England were =thrown into
consternation by about twenty men, judging per-
hats a triOxe formidable force was following. Not
one of the numerous Gun-boats ventured Out to
ascertain the 'danger, The signals. were
„made :by
Lieut. LAKE, in order that he might recover his
Brig, which he did without being the least annoyed.

A letter from an Officer in the Squadron off Mar-
tioique, dated the 16th Feb. stares, Chats our people
have. beca '34-lively, and successfully employed in
annoying the Enemy.—Le arieitx, of, .1-6 guns, and
too men, has been cut out from under Fort Edward,
by four of, °in boats And men, after a very des.
perate conflict, in which we had Lieutenants Ite'r.
NULDS and •.1313TTE RivORTH, Mr. TRACY, the Com-
modore's Secretary, and seven or eight men wound.
ed, one of the latter mor2ally. Lieutenant REY..
ItOLOS, who was more severely wounded than the
other Officers, is recovering, and has been made
Cornmander into the prize. The Frenchmen fought
with great gallantry-, and every Officer except one
who was below, was killed or wounded. Lieute-
nant HUNTER has been killed, and Lieut. COLE, of
the Blenheim, deprived of a leg in a sortie. We
have also to lament the loss of Lieut. DOME TT; who
was blowing up in a tender, when he and 16 men
perished; .
By the Lisbon Mail that arrived on Saturday, we
are concerned to learn the capture of two Letters of
Marque, viz. The Sally and Rebecca, of 22 guns,
and the Rawhotoes, of /8, laden with coffee, cotton,
&c. from Detnerara for Liverpool, off the Coast of
Ireland,, by the Blonde Privateer, of 36 guns, of
Bourdeaux, and that they have been sent into Vigo.
The Wasp Sloop of War was to sail from Oporto,
with convoy for England in the second week in
April, and the Orpheus with another convoy from
Lisbon, on the 23th.
Six Privateers were to sail from Ca"iz early in
the present month.
The Egyptierm, French Privateer, of 4o guns ;
another of 32; La Rtnornmee, and Les "Imis, of 14;
L'Oiseau, of to; and Government Schooner,
were on the windward Coast of Africa on the Bth
of March.—The Captain of La Prudente, which
Was wrecked at Senegal, has fitted out La Rosalie,
at Goree ; they have made some captures 9f import.
ants, and it is feared will do much mischief. The
British Force supposed to be at this time on the
Coast of Africa, consists of the Romney, of so guns ;
Fisgard, 38; Inconstant, 36 ; and Pyltid'es, t 6.