The Sun.
London, England, 1803-01-10 00:00:00

PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 9..

ARRIVED this day at Spithead, and was put un—
der quarantine, His Majesty's Ship Thetis, Captain
Sft~rttanxu, from Gibraltar and Cadiz, with Troops
fiotithe former place, -
This afternoon a Boat belonging to the Neptune,
with eight persons in it, five belonging to the Boat
and three passengers, two of them young Gentle.
men of Gosport, who were going to the /N um. to
see their brother, was upset in a gust of wind near
the Hospital, and all drowned, except three of the
Boatmen. Four dead bodies were immediately
kicked up, two of them the young Gentlemen afore.
mentioned, who had held by the Boat until ex.!
haunted, and driving on the shore, were beat off
and perished in the surf.
Arrived the Ant, SING AR, and Three Brokers,'
It Lo, from Havre.de.Grace; and sailed the
Nelson, DONALD, to the same Port.

Sailed the Stag, Lt t.t.cttEutt, for London, with
fruit from 'Faro,

Al5O sailed the Industry, Comm, with fruit
from St. libes, for London, but since put back
owing to a strong Easterly wind.
Arrived the Free') Lugger San: Sandi, LAFOSI.
TAINS, from Isigny.

Sailed the Young Fedor, for London, which Ship
ately arrived from New-York.

4zzotIFER LETTER.

It blows very hard from S. E. Two boats, we
are sorry to say, have foundered off Block.
house roint, and.we fear most of the crews have
perished. Six of the dead bodies, have been picked
up by a boat belonging to Hi; Majesty's Sloop
liquqf Cap!. MAXW EL L, and brought on shore.

THE LATI
MUTINY ON 130 A RD THE GIBRALTAR.

SEV ER AL private Letters received from onboard
the Fleet in the Mediterranean, in relating the
late attempt at Mutiny on board the Gibraltar,
descri4e in terms of the warmest panegyric, the
steady, soldier-like and loyal condua of the Dc.
tachntent qF RovAt, MAIL upiti serving on board that
ship, /Vitr flieVcry distinguished manner in which
that' Corps, and every Detachment of it, have upon
every occasion discharged their military duties, it
cat) add little to' their fame to say that they did not
join in a Mutiny • but upon this occasion, as well
every other, they displayed that promptitude,
discipline, and gallanfry„ which we hope wilt ever
be as successfully oppoied to mutiny and outrage as
they were on board the Gibraltar.

• .
the following Letter we are induccd to lay be.
fore our Readers, 'as descriptiye of the services of
the ROYAL MAR'ltas on this occasion ; and the
Mehl. of she Adiniral, founded upon the Minute,a
of the Court Ma-rtial 'on the Mutineers, is another
honotirable testimony to the merits' of a Carps so
highly, and it is 'proved, so justly
_ distinguished by-
the particulaufayour of HisMAIKSTY.

4.4 Dragon, Oristagni day, Sarksia, isfay. 29, ao2.

11 lIR.

" As it is very probable that the Mutiny which lately
broke out on beird His Majesty's Ship Gibraltar, may occa.
sion Toilet) c;onyersation 14 England, 1 conceive it my duty,
and have taken the liberty to inform you, of the degree
of tirtnium shown by the Detachment of Marines serving on
board that ship, during the whole of that unfortunate event.
should have observed to you, that the above happened on
our passage front the Rock. to rejoin the Admixal. The
Two 'tingle:uteri were seited, idol on board the Dragon,
condemned', and executed on board the Gibraltar, about three
weeks since. So- truly sensible was Capt. Kw- v of the
merits of the Maros, that in the clearest manner possible
he polut:d out tolhe.Court.(in his narrative) the deprndence
be placed. in the whole of the Detachment : a Lulu of ap.
tlauS* in tightly apinired in tiac Court, pat the Illentt,tr,

passed the highest eulogiurn on their meritorious condirBt,
which was inserted. in the 'Minutes of the Court- M
The sensations of those present on the occas,,ii ar. easily
imagined, but to describe them would be

" To this I beg to subjoin the Afinairal's Thoos
to Captain JonNsros, the Officers of Marines, the
Detachment ading under them ; which was ordered to he
read throughout the Fleet on the morning of the E xecution
of the Mutineers.

(A cory)

141040. rent, Oristagni Bly, 4th N:v.
" Whereas it appears in the Minutes of the late Court-Mar-
tial on the Mutineers of the Gibraltar, Wit the Detachment
of Marines, serving on board that ship, bore no part in the
disgraceful proceeding of the 6th of October last, but much
to the credit of their Officers, and themselves, maintained
the charaiter pf the loyal and respeciable Corps to which
they belong, by a steady adherence to their duty ; the Rear-
Admiral takes this public method of expressing his appro-
bation of their good and soldierlike. conduit, and repests
Capt. I oIiNSTON to accept his Thanks.
;Signed) " R. BICKERTON.
" To rte re:Valve Captain:, &c."

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM ON BOARD HIS MA•
JESTY'S SHIP SUPERB, DATRD OR.ISTAGNI BAY,
SARDINIA, NOV. 2% 1802.
" On the 6th of Oftober we received orders to
sail (we supposed for Malta), in company with the
Dragolt, Gibraltar, Triumph, Superb, and Renown.
The Crew of the Gibraltar expressed a wish to
to go the Westward, which they followed up
with an alarming and unexpeaed disposition to
mutiny, which, however, was soon quelled by the
spirited conduit of the Officers, assisted by the abler!
steady, and determined behaviour of the Marines
several of the principals are in confinement, two
have been tried and paid the forfeit of their lives;
On our arrival here,• we found the Kent, Admiral
Sir K. E icroN ; Agincourt, Capt. Ryv ; and
Monmouth, Capt. HART. Our future destination is
not known ; we are all in the dark why we are kept
here, it is a Bay where no ship of war ever entettd
before, and there is not a house within five mites of
the' shore: We lately had a most violent plc .01
wind, in Which •the. Triumph and 11' f1;01,2,111 partea
:their cables. Capt. Ity vas has been to Algiers,
respe4ing Mediterranean Passes for our Merchant-,
ships, which is amicably settled. 14:hly 11) cK"'
roly is arrived here, anti is very well.s! .•
1 •

Commodore STOPFORD, in the ,Excellevt, on the
Ist of November, sailed from Barbadoes for Suri-
nam ; L' Eclair Lugger attended him,
The Lords of the Admiralty hayp been pleased
to appoint Mr. M'lLRArru, Purse; of His Ma-
jesty's ship Rritann;a, to be Naval Office' of Hi°
Majesty's Yard at Antigua.

The Hon. East India Company's. ship C4rffrar.
then, Capt. Joint Donkey, destined to St. Helena
and Bengal, is expelled to be dispatched' the lattet
end of this week, WC understand the fallowing
are 'passengers by the ship, viz. Mrs. Bghanano
Nlissitice, Miss Harrison, and Mr. j. Brawno lac
Bengal. . .

pli Saturday The dispatches for Mititas atzd Chill
by the Cumberland were finally closed at the i',aft
India ilcmse, 'and delivered to the rurstr. . ;

PASSENGERS Pll4 CUMOURLANI2.
William liarenulTorriano, E4iy. Senior Merchant; Majot
Rim Norris an: 1.4(1Y: 111. r. las. Gordon, Writtr ; AIC3OI.
Walter ihairp, Thomas Saivin, Li,lnvand Goodbehere, and
Maid llinning? Cadets; Miss 6ariAtt imiache, a wive.
This evening the 1441 for the Cape of poc7a
Hope, by the. Cumirland, will be closed at this
Put t,Office.

The Calcutta, for Botany Bay, is taking in 5 torco
at Blacksta4tes. She is to receive convias at Port!'
mouth, and will probably sail from thence in al.
cuurse of the preient month.
The Calcutta, on landing her troops and conviets
at Port Phillip, in New kigprd, proceeds to fort
Jackson, and is to bring from thence a cargo of wood,
for the use of the Navy.

'llie Ship Brutur, Pare on theAth of Novel t,
her, upset in lat. :36: 'So. orris. ;he M4'
ter and three of the crewAvete lecoisvrefd: 'The Mate
and six others, by cutting away the lanyards, lot lir
mast go by the board, and the Vessel righted, 134:
'continued full of water, the waves constantly wash-
inn pvcr the wreck ; the crew sublisted on raft
meal _and flour, till the 29th of November, when
their provisions. being exhausted,. and possessing
only a few quarts of water, the. Rickard, Pi ER:
sox, from London, picked them up, and cattiN
them to New-York.

Yesterday we received American Papers of a DO
date. The intelligence from St. Domingo is very
important.

The New-York Mercantile Advertiser of rim
12115 of December, contains the following Paragraph;
" The Pilot who brought up_ the lirig.gfiyio
(now at quarantine from Cape Francois), inform;
us, that, excepting the Cape, and a few forage°
places, the Negroes, had ()burned complete poises'
sion of Sr. Domingo, which island was in a state t
indescribable confusion. No reinforcement had sif'
rived from France. General Last. sac had Pl°
quitted the island. Very few American ‘'esse_,.'s
were lying in the Ports. We expel a more demr
ed account when the *hip is released from quarsP'
tine."

The jkliana, Capt. BROWN, has arrived fro°
New-York in twency.one days, and brings intelli.
gene still more recent. Capt. littowtt states, Oa;
when ho left New. York, accounts had been received
from St. Domingo, by Vessels that had made Oleic,
passage in fifteen days, that General Lgetißc !1i"
fallen a vidim to the prevailing fever, after all ;I'
nest of three days; that RUCHAMII&AJ had succeed'
ed to the Command ; and that, contrary to the
posed intention of his predecessor, he was &tenni
ed to maintain his position to the last.
A The Emperor of RUSSIA- has just publishe,,,e f
wise and equitable 'Ukase. It ordains, that "I',e
hereditary property of persons of all classes ri c
Empire found guilty of any capital ,offence, shall
exempted from confiscation. By a previews Ukase,
this privilege was granted only in fayggt of
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