The Sun.
London, England, 1804-12-21 00:00:00

NAV4L N'EWS.

Prsrz VIC it, Drc. 18.--.--Arrive4 the Swinish Ship
&do; from the'River de la Plata, and the Schooner
LQ Limies, from Curacoa, both detained by the
Fit:ward Frigate, who has detained thirteen other
Spanish Vessels.

.DUAL, Dec. zo.—Sailed the Cygnet, cm a Cruize
of Boulogne.

This afternoon the Harmony, of Philadelphia,
laden. with pepper from the East Indies, waiting
for orders, cut her cable, and ran on shore near the
north end of Deal, where she lies with the loss of her
rudder and mainmast. The /l/oliky Gun.brigdrome
so close in shore this morning, that she was obliged
to cut her cables, and run for Dover Harbour.
Remain in the Downs—Men of War and Gun.
brigs, &c. as per last.

PORTIMOUTH, DEC. zo.— Arrived the Grey.
hound Frigate, and the Steady Cun.brig from a
Cruize ; and HarkpiN and L'Utile Sloops of War
from the Eastward.

SHEERNESS, DEC. 20.—Artived, under jury
masts from Yarmouth, His Majesty's ship L' rifri
twine, Capt. MANIIY, to refit.

Came into Harbour His Majesty's Ship Glatta#,
Capt. COLNET.

Yesterday the Chipme Frigate, Capt. ADAM,
was taken into "Nick to repair the damages she sus.
tained by getting ashore off* the Coast of Holland.
Yesterday the Cutter belonging to the Gallant
Gun.brig, in endeavouring to get out to the Note,
upset, when, melancholy to relate, Lisut. THOMAS
SHIALIY, the Commandcr, and the whole crew
perished.

The Hers SAUNDERS, arrived the 17th It Grec.
nook from Newfoundland; spoke, five days ago, the
Neptune, HENRY, of that Port, in long. to. all well,
from Dominique for Liverpool.

didmiralo-Office, 13th, Dec, IS*4.

stit,

•
I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Ad-
miralty, to acquaint you for the information of the Merchants
of Greenock, that the Convoy from Cork to the West Indies
having been delayed so much beyond the time originally ap.
pointed, my Lords propose to deter for some time that which
was fixed for the 26th' of this month ; and their Lordships
therefore desire to know what period will be most convenient
to the Trade of Greenock, for the departure of the next con-
voy. I ant also commanded to add, that it would be a great
accommodation to the business of this Department, Sf-the
.Merchants of Greenock, Glasgow, Liverpool, and Bristol.
Were to appoint a General Agent Its London, to whom their
applications for Convoy should be transmitted, in order to the
'interests of the several parties being reconciled, and the re-
sult communicated to this Office. I am, Sir, .
Your very humble Servant,
(Signed) WM.MA RS P t N.
•
To Hoost Carturuao,Esq. Chief Magistrato,Creenock.

The assent, of 98 guns, is' arrived at Plymouth,
from Sir 'T. GRAM'S Squadron off Rochefort and
L'Orient, which the left all well on the t sth. The
ships* had weathered some very heavy gales without
receiving any. damage.
-Letters from Cork, 'dated the t 1 th D:e:mher,
containing the Cork Surveyor's return of that morn-
ing, state,

it
Put t;icic, Bristol Volunteer, ibm,, British 7'ar,
Mips, Thais, Pilgrim, jam., °cram, Ze_
pkyr, of Bristol ; Samel,arGl3sgew ; Queen Char.
lout, of Wiiitehaven ; and La Loire Frigate' and
Hero: Sloop of War, with 13 sail of the West
India
,Fleet.

41 From this it would appear, as if a+ Vessels put
back lo.day, and there esme in yesterday, the Di.
ann, of Plymouth ; Ruby, of Dublin ; Britannia,
of Bristol.

" An American Captain, who arrived yesterday,
reported to,day at the.Custom.house, that he passed
on Sunday abdot 18 sail with a Sloop of War, io
leagues S. W. of Cape Clear ; that part of the Fleet
has therefore probably gone on."

A letter
,received in Greenock from, Alicanr, of
date the gth ult. mentions, that the contagious dia.
temper which had raged for two months 'past had
then nearly subsided.

A vessel bound from Sopth America to Old
Spain, has 1)e..,-.1 (let3ineti by tit: ship, aVepone, of
Greenock, Jim N M`Ktr,LAY master. She was :en t
for Clyde. under the conduit of said ship's Second
Mate and some of her, Crew, and in her way in by
the North Channel, was taken charge of by His
Majesty's ship Brilliant, ,who has put in with her
to isle Ironsay, in the Isle of Sky.
A letter from a Gentleman in New York, to his
friend in Glasgow, says, 411‘ the French Ftigatea have
at length escaped through 11.4/. Gat', to save them
from d-----.n by the Cambrian and Len,rder. The
French are very unpopular here, and the cowardice
of the Frigates execrated. You have the. heart's
will of the people of this Country—she French the
reverse."

A Letter from Madrid, dated rata alt. says,
14 I am sorry to inform you, that all holies of an
accommodation with Eugland is at an end. After
all the.expettation that was generally entertained
here., Mr...Fa sits left this place for England on
the 14fh,
_and so much are we under the tyran.
nic commis! of BONAPARI4B that
.1 have no hopes
f)1 hip return. On the 16ill an rder ~was issued
for the detention of All tltittit Vertseli in every Pur;
in Spain ; and on the I gili;an Order Ateas-isaued for
every person holding British merchandise to deliver
in a faithful statement of the same ; Which was lii
I,,wed fly an ()Oar for its confiscation on the 2th ;
and I. am *airy to say, that we hourly look for an.
other Order to arrest every British Subject now in
Spiin;,so completely under the power tend ,nderi of
France is this ill,,fated cuuntry.''