The Sun.
London, England, 1803-10-17 00:00:00

GIBRALTAR, SEPT. 7.

H. IN my letter of the zd inst. I informed you of
the capture of a Moorish Corvette, by the Ameri-
can Frigate Philadelphia, which had sent the prize
into this place. We have since learnt, that on the
intelligence reaching Tangiers on the 4th inst. Mr.
StmrsoN,- the American ..onSul, was taken out of
his house at eleven o'clock the same night, and
dragged to prison. On the following morning all
the other Consuls had a meeting to deliberate on
the line of conduel they ought to follow on the oc-
,casion, and applied to have Mr. SIMPSON liberated.
This demand was soon after complied with, on their
becoming security for his nor leaving-that Country
without the consent of the Emperor, till the affair
be settled. In the mean time, the American Fri.
gate continues to net agreeably to her instrnetions,
and has again sailed from this place in guest of an.
other Corsair, known to he cruizing off Cape St.
• Vincent.

SErTEMBER 10.
The causes of the two French Vessels, the
Timoiron and Prudent, taken by His Majesty's
Ships La Rervolutionnaire and Ritter,,, under the
guns of the Spanish Fort, at Cabrita Point,
came on for final argument and adjudication in
the Vice Admiralty Court at this Port, on Mon.
day the sth instant, when, after an attentive
hearing, the Court was pleased to decree for the re-
stitution of the said vessels and their cargoes, and
ordered that they should be safely conveyed to the
Fort under the guns of which the capture took place,
and there restored to the Claimant on behalf of the
King of Spain, or such other persons as should be
duly authorized to receive the same on behalf of His
Catholic Majesty.
The Swedish Ship.Curtalms 'Adolphus, D. LET-
TERING, 36 days from Note Copiem, with iron and
deals, has been sent in here for examination, by
the private Ship of War, Superb..

Amongst the numerous ads of heroism which do
honour to the country, we hay* to notice the fol-
lowing very gallant service lately atchieved by
Lieut. Rowan, commanding the Sheerness cutter,
on the French coast:
• The Sheerness chaced two vessels into Douvar-
nenez.Bay, and the boat, with eight hands, under
the orders of a Mate, was sent to take possession
of one of them, and succeeded in doing so, while
• the Sheerness stood after the other. It 'filling calm,
however, 'Lieut. RowED lowered a boat which he
carried over the cutter's stern, only eleven feet long
and four wide, and in this, with four men, he put
off in pursuit of the Chace. - The Enemy, which
proved to be a large chasse maree, was at the time
four miles distant, and by means of her sweeps suc-
ceeded in getting under the guns of the battery
about nine miles to the Eastward of the Point du
Raz, and not more than one hundred yards from the
beach, on which a party of thirty soldiers was
drawn up to prated her, In this situation; how.
ever, Mr. -Row Po and his intrepid party* boarded
her on one side, while her crew, comprising nine
men, deserted her from the other. The captors
hoisted her foresail, but the halliards were instantly
shot away, and 49 musket balls lodged in her side ;
they then got into their little skiff, and on the
flowing of the tide towed off their prize.
While .rowing under a shower of bullets, a boat
was launched from the shore, and an Officer and nine
men (tieing exaaly double the number of our party)
put off, armed with mullets, pistols, &c. Mr.
Rows .D discontinued towing, and getting on hoard
the chasse maree, allowed the Enemy's boat to get
along side, when he fired his muskets into her, and,
killing two men, obliged her to sheer Off. She
afterwards kept up a fire at some distance, but did
not dare to renew the attack, and at length thought
proper to return.

'The vessel ran so ,close in Shore,' that •thetattery
could not depress its guns sufficiently to point them
at our people, while in the ad of cutting her out,
and although -several shot were afterwards fired,
none took . effed. The day was very fine, and
several hundred persons were assembled on the.cliffs
and in the battery, as spedators of the enterprize.
The Sheenier:, during the time, lay becalmed in the
offing, about four miles distant.
SoMe mornings after, Lieut. ROWED ,discovered
a vessel about 'a quarter, of a mile from the share,
in, the Passage du Raz, and' put off with four men
to take possession of bey. It was very dark, and
on approaChing her, he fOund,her to be armed, and
much larger than he had before imagined ; with a
degree of decision and energy, however, consistent
with his eharadet, he sprang on board--Theie was
a French Officer and 23 men on deck: The issue
has .furnished. another splendid instance, thaiNnum-
bent' can avail nothing when opposed to the steady
and 'determined valour of Britons, The French-
men made a short realstance,. when the Cotnrnander
was handed into the boat, and the crew driven down
and confined below.
The prize, which proves to be Le Pilade, of
so tons, has arrived- RC Plymouth.
Mr. Row PD, who has .so highly distinguished
himself on the above occasions, is, if we mistake
not, the Officer who acquired great credit, and was
severely wounded, in the expedition to Holland.

. -
The Magnificent, Capt. JERv is, and the Defiatme,
Capt. De R H AM, of 7+ guns each, have joined Lord
GALDNERN Squadron at Cork.
The Montague, of 7+ guns, at Portsmouth, is or-
dered to be immediately forwarded with all possible
expedition, Capt. OTWAY will command her.
The Eutyaira Frigate, Hon. Capt. BL ACK WOOD,
got on shore on Spike Island, in going
ointorma Cork, on Tuesday se'nhight, and when our infnt left
that place, was not got off.
The Assault Gun.brig, sailed on Thursday from
Plymouth to join the Squadron off Guernsey. This
is, the vessel which, according to the French ac.
counts, was destroyed by the superior fire of their
boats and batteries,
The Lune, CAlmintesp, from ar
Jamaica, ist -
rived at Portsmouth. She sailed from Jamaica on the avh, of July, and did not join the Fleet when

off. the Hayannall, saw a large ship with a figure
head and quarter galleries, supposed to be one of
the Fleet, in company with a Privateer who had
captured her.
The Gals-9 Sloop of War, with the convoy from
Leith, consisting of near ioo Sail, passed Gottenhurg
on the Ist inst. for Elsineur.
The Venus, Go R DON, of Leith, from Peeersburglt
to London, was totally lost on the r zth of Septem-
ber, on the north end of Gothland, and apparently
but a small part of the cargo will be saved.
A letter received on Saturday from Amsterdam
mentions, that six large Dutch Privtiteers, manned
with French sailors, have sailed from Amsterdam
on a cruize to the Northward.
The Chard, from Jamaica, is arrived at Bristol;
she sailed with the Fleet, under convoy of the /f-
ru/a/ham Man of War, on the 26th of July .;
and
parted company on the sth of September.
The Spanish Brig Charlotte, from the River La
Plata to London, was taken on the ISth of Augusto
by the Roebuck Privateer, of London : retaken by
the Caroli#e Privateer, of Bourdeaux ; and on the
ith of Sept. was captured by the John Bull PriVa'
Leer, and is arrived at Jersey.
The Si. Pierre, from Newfoundland, is taken and
carried into Jersey.
The British Tar, from the Baltic bound to Eng-
land, has been captured in the North Sea by a Pri-
vateer, and retaken by the Beaver Sloop; she 15
since arrived in the River. •

New-York Papers to the 7th, and Boston Papers
to the 30th of August, are received. The rever
continued to rage at New-York with unremirred
fury. The following is an extract from the Of
ficial Report of the Board of Health, of the number
of deaths and 'new cases for the six days preceding
the 25th
Aug• IQ— S
deaths, 12 11CW cases Av .g.22-7clitto, 21010.
20--z6 ditto, 36 ditto. 23-6 ditto, 2f; ditto.
21-16 ditto, 36 ditto. , • 24-6 ditto, 28111110.
Most of the inhabitants . had' removed from the
City, and the fever was' increasing
when the last
advices came away.-It appears, that several other
parts of America are afilifted with disease.

August.
21icse
,iilpiceoa,bfp,
rt.
laauinin)i:: ofiio,
A Letter dated Cap Franfoh, July 25, stares'
that several American Vessels had found a very
good matket there, but that Gen. RocitAstacitu
one-third
tslel
ii
rzdedi
nubinso.dttlitcceeiesrna.cnandrgtohees,rltsli:drrAwuliinic4h
nle)sevdlti
script ion of
aPPegreit t;
be determined to hold out to the last Otrelli,Vo.
Cap Fraafois was closely blockaded on 104— -f
. v ;
tfhroe'lln'
Igsrreigatmenuattntbaeckr
attacked
frialatdivibee
rsosi:uttltairtrririnvotecrditi:rigiet
n'
ncherf
1:toilo
for ;a
g lish
slp_er6einactho rls 4
,ona
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runningan
tni gfibigri.it
icnotnotitnhueed74f7 some tiate, when another-Eng"s'l - `l.
Another French
gate of 44. guns, came up, and paurcd a br"dsid.
but they crowded all sail, and made off, the Ent('
lish pursuing them. This account seems to be CO
formation
rb`ml9lraljetit:dob Americantotinthe
e‘Pv Governmentcishtnisi esiof
e. immediately
tole htvclir gev,esriiiys It i.'rAruild,:fee al
74 and a Frigate were in con3panfi
~„ Frigates,
against their commerce, have ordered '""
the Congress and Essex, to he fitted for immediate
had been
bisepeantcrieleces,ivseuxpino!
service.
Ambassador at Madrid.
It appears by a Letter from Pour/ea:ix, receiiial.
to the ear of
at New-York, that several American Sailors
'
h the
fekamteorile'ea forfongireMatr.imPrl4r:Nange::-
been enticed on board French Ships of War 4 flar
offer of large bounties. The circumstance writ..;
trials,
Marine for their release. Sixteen, Who 'Toil
he immediateltyhe
aiA,prinieedricatno Consul at
oamt
tilDirstlsradrcyc7ool,
board a Frigate, were given up to the Consu."h'cir
are now on their passage to America to take
..0
rican Seamen, who were about entering on b,.l3:'_
Corsairs, were arrested by the Commissary
lice, at the earnest request of the American L'il.,o
by way of example. About so othei Al"_.4
stil, and, after a few days confinement, they 1.,`,1
distributed on board the different American YeSSej"
and were not allowed to come on shore.
if el
These Papers state, that the Master of a ,4;',,1,0
arrived at Philadelphia from Grenada, had. kl,,,ii
otriff;
information, that the (lay before he sailed, the Alli‘ne
from Barbadoes had arrived, and brought` an acc`)„c,„
of the French Fleet, from St. Domingo, ith Ge"by
rat ROC HAM II EAU on board, having been lakeinlica
the English. Whether the Enemy's lorce.11:3":1 in
tiiniewirurnbbuarngdis)
min
acitii,is
,wveaysilaollr
iinavtehartgititimein:
tcelals-etii4itor
1.
.. • • •
Martiniquereloiceiahned AGtinwedriaciaonupePacpeifiri
continued
tosri;e- 1,1.0c10.
„I,e I in all
ailed ; but that the English had been reP"''
attack upon the former.

By the way of Greenock we have an liceDur'trioaft
the opening of the Siiecial Cotntuission for o,l°
of frisoners in custody fur High Treason,
1°
patrick on Mond4y last,, before the TWO. 100
GEORGE, and the Hon. Mr; justice Osiwribe:
The Commission under the Great Seal of.lola7oori
trig read, and the Grand Jury .sworn jot. pf
GIORGIV addressed them in a charge Particulat
interesting. T,„.
111;chael 41f6Githy was then put c-A
i to tile
with the crime of High Treason, and was' OrnTid„,a
with .1 - a
copy of his indictment. James Cor'y' c
re
Smith, Pat, Doran, and James Fitzgerald, bv

also. indieted for High Treason. • '
The Court adjourned to W-ednesday, ti" n'efeice
at the Court House at D~►wnpatrick, when „,1 0
sTuhcholloatsheßr
Grand Jury were to take into their, consjdr3.-tii,
raigned for High Treason. , the
On the 12th a Proclaniation was issued 1)!,
il:-
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland; offering rewor-t- l'''
apprehensioilin)Llelost'f
asit
thetnw ingsfileit
xi
of
pleet flitnegbd:pS
leUrvis010111:::Ccd:CI(1):r:l.4
High Treason, viz. IV. Doandall and :1 ',. . ,
of Dublin ; W. Flamilton, ofEnlifikallen ; ~►`"
'.
.
ley of Rathcoffey ; Ow. en L)ew, of '"'"a),,' i' •
1. Keegan, c>fCrew Hill; N. Staieds-Of l'iu's-'10"1
ST. _ _$
T. Frost, ,tioreen $ Wilde' and ~,• 111J''nt
Dublin, .
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