The Sun.
London, England, 1804-05-09 00:00:00

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LYMOU TH, MAY 7.—Arrived tne Wirllt:or
Castle, of 98 guns, from the Channel Fleet'; and the
banish Brig Gawle Norge, Capt. Itr E 1., from Dram.
Sailed the Prince George, of 98 guns, and nien-
derer, of 74 guns, to join the Channel Fleet ; and
the Belle Packet, lately arrived from the East In-
dies, under tOnvoy of the Eagle Cutter, for the
River.

PORTSLICKYTti, MAY B.—Arrives the Juno,
WARREN, from Sunderland.
Sailed His Majesty's Ship Courageiii-, with the
following EaSt India Ships under Convoy for the
has[ Indies : Earl St. rincent, Walthamstorw,
rtier Castle, Lady Burges, Asia, Bengal, and Mar_;
qui; Cornewallis Frigate ; and the Auspicious, Lori((
Family, and Ruby, Country Ships.
• DOVER, MAY B.—Passed by, for Amsterdam, the
/Wert, DUNKIN, from Baltimore.
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The taptain of Loattilen the above Ship informed the
who boarded her, that he had got the
13rother.in.law of BONAPARTE on board.

S""t..110; MAY B.—Carne down the River to
the Great Wore', the Eagle, of 74. guns, Captain
e,UntY°LBY• As soon as she is manned, and paid
goo ..
and advance, she proceeds to the Texel, to
reCeive
Admiral HOROUGH'S Flag.
Arrived from a Cruize, the Magicienue i Frigate;
Captain MACKENZ lE.
The Harpy Brig, •Capiabi IitYWOOD, was this
daY taken into duck to be iepaired.
Arrivd the Amethjst Frigate from the North_
ward.

Sailed the Lick Armed Ship an 4 Conititb.t;on Cut-
ter, with the Fleet (about 4.7 sail) ilud'er Coutroy,
for the Baltic,

HARwicn, MAY 6.—The Lark Post.Oce
packet, Capt. DELL, and the Lady Ne.peani Capt.
• DEANt, Sailed this forenoon, the fortner, for
Bavarian
with the Hatnburgh and Bremen Mails, a
-uavarian Messenger, and other passengers; and the
Other Packet for Gottenburg, with the Mails of
the Ist and 4.,h inst.
qlle Pegasus Frigate remains in The Harbour.
1\11" 8.--Last night the Auckland Packet, Capt.
ekthce, and the Lad) Frances, Capt. ar.
rivet. d,,frorn Gottenburg, with Mails. At the same
Diana°
Packet, Capt. STEWARD, arrived
Dlll 71 Hun with the Hamburgh and Bremen Mails ;
‘.4-M4Lenger %—rith Di:r.,..che, cam: over

Passenger,

DEAL, MAt Majesty% Ship Dart, sailed
a Cruize off Calais.
Arrived the Speedy Sloop, from Elsineur, and
IC;ligifisher from the Fiore.
The Supply and Deptford,, Navy Transports;
tailed for Portsmoth.
eThe Arniston, Capt. JAMESON, and Tottenham,
ari DALRYMrLE, East India Ships, came down
orn the River, and sailed for Portsmouth,
iirgi‘,:in the Donarch, Utrect, Illustrious, Ardent,
enie, owns—M
Leda, Crescehnt, Speedy, KingEtisher,
iseus, Vesuvius, Lucifer, Discovery, Sulphur,
I 3 netts,
%Urge, with the Transports as per last.
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laY OF A LETTER FRO:',I CAPTAIN GIBBON, OF
THE ROBUST, TO THE OWNERS AT GREENOCK,
DATED THIRTY 4TH AP LEAGUES NORTH OF LISBON,
R.ll-, 1804..
" I am sorry to acquaint you of our melancholy
tnisfortune, which happened on the morning of the
2d instant. At four o'clock we struck the ground;
and drove on shore, and about thirty, or one _and_
more of the Fleet, and the Apollo, our Corn_
ruodore. • A great many lives were lost out Of the
Ikveral Ships, and the sight is dismal to for many miles . along our crew got
shore. All
no shore, without the loss of a man. The Robust
is all together and fast ; but the water ebbs and
Rows in the hold, and the surf is so heavy,iv as ten.
tie
her rs it impossible for any person to get)tv near
to her
to ; and Ido not think any thing belonging
.wilt be
ndaved, as she will break up' in a very
short time, a don't ex ped her to hold fast till
to.morrow morning. As the wind was from the S.W.
there was no occasion to stand so far to the Eatward.
All the Fleet was sensible of being to the Eastward,
and some of them tacked, when the Commodore fired
feted at them to bring them to ; but he himself have suf-
, With about two hundred of his crew, some of
Whom were on the wreck these sixty hours, without
4ny subsistence. The Clyde Ships which have suf-
fere
ed h Gait ; the ere are, the Elizabeth, Peggy,
arnochan ; Peggy, Bartley ; Attive, col ;
Caledonia,
Gammel ; Albion, NVEwing ; Nancy, Weir ;
`-aledonia, Gilcrison ; Trim, Od&ly, and ourselves.
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vve had much ado to get on shore, as no boat was
able to stand the surf. There was a great
'Ni_eat of people lost out of the rest of the Clyde
ips : some of them upwards of half their
rtws. There is a British Consul here at present,
1.,Wh0 came from a town about eight miles off, called
viguero. Lhave nothing more to mention at the
Present time; but I will write you when I get clear
tl this, which I think will not be for some weeks;
4s we are to wait here, by order of the Consul, un.
til We all get away together, in a vessel, to Lisbon."

Majesty's Ship Carjsfort arrived at Madeira
9th April, with 30 sail, from Cork, and proceeded
.With them on the 1 zth for the West Indies.
days are assured that the article which we yester-
copied from the Salisbury and Winchester Jour-

.1131, retpelling .
the.ailekiged conspiracy on
,hoard the I
happyto
find that Monteiku Man of War, great!), exaggerated the fact.A mutiny
l cte trtaina
is coYtonfilin place, but Wt. are
confined to three or four despe-
iw
radoes, with whom the crew refused to 10in, and
the offenders have been sent home, to be tried by a
Court Martial.. _ .
The Rosannah, CARSON, from New:York to
Liverpool, has put into Barbadoes in distress.
The Adi,ve, HARR IsON, coal.loaded, bound to
Sttickholm, is on sh :re near Whitby ; crew saved.
I.'''The Harriet, Rossort, sailed from Halifax for
Newcastle on 16th January, and has not since been
heard of.
Minere'a, Cowc, from Abc.deen, with
..corn, was taken, March zB, by a Dutch Brig, and
carried into Norway.
The Lords Commissioners of the Ad6irplty have
'been pleased to appoint J. A. HARD r. RF, Esq. of
the Royal Navy, to the Sea Fencibles at Yarmouth:
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