The Sun.
London, England, 1803-09-02 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

PLYMOUTH, AUG. v.—Arrived the Atalanta
Sloop of War, of 14 guns, Capt. MAstrrELD,
from Oporto ; the Frhouthivip, WATSON, from
Memel ; and the Porigrund, HALSO, from Pors.
grund. _ _

Sailed the Hydra Frigate, and Petterel and
Trompeuse Sloops of War, on a Cruize.

PORTSMOUTH, SErT. 1.---Arrived this day, His
Majesty's Ship Amazon, from Lisbon ; Gratitude,
SCOTT, from Shields ; and Rochdale, Timm,
from Newcastle.

Sailed the Jane, HOWARD, for Aberdeen ; and
Zephyr, BROWN, for the Downs.

His Majesty's Ship Argo sails to.morrow for the
Downs.

DEAL, Serr. r.—His Majesty's Gun.brig Es.
tort sailed this morning to the Northward, and the
Amaranthe Sloop of War tc? the Westward.

Arrived from the Eastward the Starling Gun.
brig, and she remains with the Utrecht, Raison.
able, Immortalize, Diligence and Autumn Sloops,
Terror, Aggressor, Jackal! and Minx Gun-brigs,
and Royal Escape Lighter, delivering Naval Stores.

GREENOCK, AUG. 30.—AlliVed here last night,
the Canada, HARVI E, from Montreal, after a pas.
sage of 31 days, 2o.from land to land : on the isth
ult. spoke the Union, SERVICE, on the Banks of
Newfoundland, from this Port for New-York, out
30 days, all well.
The Maly, eqt. SEAUURY, from Charleston,
spoke on the 31st July, in lat. 4.5. 7. long. +o.
Jo,the F 0.;.; Cutter, No. 3, Lieutenant Bran,
hound to St. John's, Newfoundland ; had taken
four Prizes, viz. the Ship Maria, of London,
a recapture, value
.50,0001. ; a Dutch Ship laden
with cotton and sugar, value 20,0001. ; the French
brig Friends, of Bourdeaux, value 20,0001 ; and the
Union West lndiaman, taken with His Majesty's
ship Iris, Admiral GANO4,e,a, in company. •The
Mary spoke also the Regrie4Je Privateer, of and from
Liverpool, six days out, .off the Old Head of Kinsale.
The Hero, SANDE its, which arrived here on Fri-
day, ;n 14 days from Harbour Grace, Newfound.
land, spoke on the 14th August the Albion, BAIRD,
on her passage from Pidon to Clyde. The Hero is
put under quarantine here, for having on board seal
skins and ox hides without a certificate.

The undermentioned ships were yesterday put
into Commission, and the Captains, whose names
are affixed, appointed to them :
F. urns, 32 guns, Capt. T. INN
Princess of Orange, 74 -T. Roo
Leopard, - so CUNNINY:IIIIM.
Ct,pt. WRIGHT is appointed to the command of the Tele-
machus cutter; and
Lieut. R.. You no to the command of the Aftive cutter.

Nlie understand, that on the t sth of May last,
a French eighty gun ship, with a Rcar.Admiral
on board, and two frigates,' were lying in Simon's
Bay, Cape of Good Hope, said to be destintd fOr
India. In the lat. of r 6 deg. S. the. Company's
ship the Elphinstore passed a line of battle ship
under French colours ; she had carried away all her,
top.masts,
By the latest account s.by letters from off Brest, it
appears that the French Squadron in the outer road
still continue there, and in sight of the British in-
shore Squadron, manoeuvre their ships daily in
furling, unfurling, and handing sails, exercising
great guns, and small arms, and manceuvering occa.
sionally with their Banpards, or large Gun.vessels.
The Turkish fleet, consisting of one ship of 120
guns, six 74:5, and eight frigates, having a con.
siderable number of troops on board, sailed in the
end of June for Egypt. It conveys also the new
Pacha of CA t Ro, who is to be invested with the
supreme command of that country.

Lord KE ITH gave a wand farewell dinner on
Wednesday on ho,ircl the Altsithreh,. at Margate.
About .fivt o'clock► the Duke and Dutchess of ST.
A LEAN'S, Lady HEATHCoTE, Countess of Pent.
RoKE, Dutchess of Mori-tansy, and a large party,
went,on board the Admiral's boat, and sailed with
a,fair wind to the ship. On The party's getting on
board,,Lord KEITH'S private band began playing.
Vice-Admiral Sir CHARLES Pots, Bart: Pre.
'aident•of the Board of Naval Commissioners in.
atitnted by ,AE} of Parliament, to inquire into
all: Naval Abuses whatsoever, and .the rest of
the Board are arrived at Plymouth Dock; they
proceed direclfy ta. examine the Dock-Yard, Vic
lMailing Office, South Down Brewery, and the
Royal Naval Hospital, to make such necessary in.
quirks, and, reform such abuses as may appear, to
them fit and necessary, and fur the good of-His
Majesty's Service.

• Eettirs from St. Petershurgh, dated August stb,
say, " The name.day of the Ertiptets'a mother was
celebrated on the 3d with unusual magnificence.
All, the' Foreign Ambassadors, and other persons
of distinEticin, dined with the Imperial family at
Peterhoff: in the evening were a public matiquerade
and supper. The garden was superbly
and' the water works played—at least 30,000 per.
lone Were in the garden in the evening, anti" 7000
at the masquerade. At I r 'o'clock the Imkerial
Fa-clly, after &tieing roulia the garden, appeared
at It balcony, whence there was a view of the sea,
orOVhich lay five. yachts finely illuminated, the
Middld 'one with the initials _of the Empress, in
coloured lamps. At the st-iir4 moment two air.
balloons, of transparentlfe; ruse from the, edge
of the water; sparks of fire fell from thelower'nne,
and suddenly a beautiiiii 'f rework arose from the
,
gondola ; at length the lower balloon look fire,
threw forth a flaming shower t.f various colours,
and then set on fire the balloon which floated above,
and a sudden explosion destroyed both. The sight
was very hoe. The twobdtwom 0055 3000 roubles,
and the whole feCe 30.000. During the ball die
Iniperial Family were agreeably surprised by the
arrival of the Hereditary Prince of SAxa.WEi-
MAK,"