The Sun.
London, England, 1804-05-29 00:00:00

IVAVAL NEWS.

PORTSMOUTH, Mn_Y
28.--Arrived the SPW.ehr
Brig, Lieut. TOMLINsotr, from AlderneY, "It
several Transports under Convoy ; among themwere the Ceres and Ifibithy, and Dolly,
from Sunderland.
Came into Harbour to refit, His Majesty
514
Topaze, Captain LAKE, from Spithead.
The Pursers of the East India Ships lying here
arrived this morning with the Dispatches ; they
will therefore sail as soon as the wind is fair, under
convoy of H tens'
convoy Majesty's Ship Athenienste,of 6+l
Came up from Cowes the Ajax Transport, Vii;
too Troops on board, for Guernsey.
Came into Harbour His Majesty's Ship the 41(1..

tomene.
His Majesty's Ship Ambuscade has fired a guns
d tO
and loosed her topsails, the wind coming Win
the S. S. E.

DEAL, MAY 28.--Sailed the re/capro rnb on
Cruize off' the French Coast ; Sir Stephen
Lushike
eta, Earl flowe, Admiral Gardner, and Cbarill:
East Indiamen, for the River.
Arrived the Archer and the Nooa'boand G
11/fit:
brig from a Cruize off Boulogne, and I:Main in ner
Downs with the rest of His Maj,sty's ships as o F
a
last, with the coppered armed Transports, an
Fleet of outward-bound Vessels.

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MAY zB.—Arrived to repair
damages sustained in Sir SIDNEY SMITH'S eng47
ment with the Gun-boats, the Penelope Frigar-:
Capt. BROVGHTON, and Cruizer and Rattler Sor°lo
of War; also the Immortalite, Capt. Owgil,
the Downs, with the Locust Gun brig, to refit. t
Passed up the River this day, part of the we.
India Convoy which came home with the P 1
Frigate.

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EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM AN OFFICER "
THE BRITISH SQUADRON OFF BOULOGIO' A
b
" In the evening of the 2oth inst. the w;11'.
being N. E. by E. the Immortalize, followed t;
the brigs, took a sweep of the Bay, upon which 51
French brigs anti 72 loggers, with all the forts allna:
batteries, opened a heavy fire upon us with 511(4 4,0
shtlis, but as the fortune of war w-duld have its
r cci ed no injury, as the greater part of them Oho
aslicio:larntedrshifelalsmcailme
returned a single shot. Admiral Louts and,,.lsquadron were then lying at anchor before their $ll
square-rigged vessels,
close
eSt.e:nlueelno,eg n e Two days after we had 22 s""
eovi,etretutsy. hought o several of Oho
o.
th
in
yvstillen out.
a
BONAPARTE'S promotion to the IMPetiari 404.
and shells were thrownn
nity. It was really a beaut,fui sight •
and four two.deckers,
us, but- we were just without range 01 t-uch,
The firing, however, alarmed our Coast 5° die'
that the Snips in the Downs had unmoored, an Alt
veral of them aaually slipped their cables. ,cfe
the Deal Boats were launched with their carrorloov
and all the Troops on the Coast were under arb'or,
The whole indeed had the appearance of a great fine
tle. The hills are covered with tents, and Or° to
new Harbours have been construded at Asiblelche,
and Fort Louis, which contain twenty Brgs'britlit
sides Loggers. Some time ago, the Aft.ber
,if
becalmed in the Bay by herself, was verY nci; or'
salute tihnewttanhs°elfiniriicoodgpeut
is:lot nifolonr:ote
u_D,Qiiifr:gl:,
ing taken. Several Brigs rowed of to acoc:010:
but a small breeze springing up, and the t.f -a LP.
heaving in sight, the Frenchmen were 0144 c
return."
the
yesterday received /0".
Dispatches were
Channel Fleet and the Ferr)l Squadron. ai'Pori
hot‘
that the French and Dutch Stops in Fetr°„- floc.
hour
had not discovered any intention of })1
to sea. derfa •
The Beaulieu Frigate at Portsmouth,is °l.: the'
to be fitted for foreign service with ,ht del'',Op
West Indies is supposed to be her place of "e
tion. vrerieh
The Echo Sloop of War has captured t 6 had
Tr hound for New-Providence,
360 men on board. Capin
l'he Harlequin Privateer, of ~ guns', 0,
JENNINGS, Is arrived at Fowey, ►tom 00'1 optit'
the 6, ti inst.-she drove a French Schooner, Ili° a,
thfcc
tour carriage guns, and 40 inen, on slorew'„, t
to
leagues south of Viana. She immediately -
r/e/a
pieces. In the course of last month the 'Aar- eta'
near Cape Finisterre, beat off a ship of the
with the loss of one inan killed, and nine w°°
ryitlt
The boat of this privateer, while at °port'''. MP
Captain DYER, Mr. WISE, Mr. SYM"S' uring
HALL, and two sailors on hoard, in endea_a bar,
to reach the shore got within the surf of we,' but
and was swampy. Every one on board perottogish'uesc
Mr. HALL, who was picked up by a P
boat. ptitit
A letter from Capt. FR ANK CUNDY, 01 the
to his friends, dated at Verdun, May I,_„state,s
he was landed in France on the
after a march of nearly 600 miles in eleven tibevYco
arrived at Verdun. There were abouthe
7th of marcuirg,
hundred English Prisoners at Verdun at
of Captain CU NDY'S writing. These are. wog:
ly Masters of Vessels, and other Officers.
g C3rl
the Prisoners at Verdun, Capt. C. menti°ll.o, o
of
tains G. COOP ER, of Bristol, WILLIAM few
f
Swansea, J. SINCOCK, and W. PURCHAS.,mge, o
zance, JENKIN, of Clovelly, and Jokill an
the Mount. These were all in good hewn and
had the liberty of walking about the toe
obliged
vierec;,
do
tsohoartttedni,sitatn,cveiceinetovetrlyie
dcoayunattrya ;ctbrutatin
..oro 0,
Is
inscribe their names in a book kept (each,he Porch
They ate allowed 29 livres a month
lI
barely sufficient to find them necessaries,*