The Sun.
London, England, 1803-10-27 00:00:00

NAVAL
NEWS.

PORTSMOUTH, OCT. z6.—His Majesty'b Ship
Pandour, having been refitted, is gone out of the
Harbour to Spithead.
Sailed the Tri6u,.e Frigate on a Cruize; and the
Sir Edward Hughes, and Britannia, for the East
Indies.

Arrived the Blackbird, NE DEM, from Newcastle;
Privto Margaretta, POLGIRI and Good /lope,
loAtlrtEs, from Jimmie; and Autumn, HOMRIC,
from Sunderland.

Dem., Oc.r. 26.—Arrived the ..Extioriou Bomb,
from Dungeness, and sailed through the Downs for
the Nore.

Arrived from the Nore, the Ferretter Gun.brig,
and sailed for Portsmouth; and the Sulphur Bomb
from the Norei and remains.

In the Downs--Monarch, Utrecht, Falore Sloop,
Sulphur and liiscove7:y Bombs, Basilisk and Jackal!
Gun-brigs.

rSHaSRNESs, OCT. z6.—A Court-Martial was
this day assembled, and held on board His Majesty's
Sh~P..lViachehea in the Harbour, consisting of the
folevy.ing IVlember3, viz.—President,' Capt. MIT.
ettata4Captains MORRIS, ROGERS, BROUGHTON,
\VOLFe, VANSITTART, BOLTON, and
1/1'1,1.11', when they proceeded to try. Mr. David
.Ke'r Master, and Simoa Drisdoll, Pilot of His
NiaiestY's Sloop Hound, for having run the said
Sloop aground on the Gunfleet on the grit ult. and
for not having iequainted their Commander, KEITH
IVIAXW EL t, that the Ship was standing into danger;
nnxl for' again running the said Sloop aground in
working up the Swin on the 18th inst. ; when having
heard the evidence in support of the charges, as well
whit the Prisoners had to say in their defence, and
Lavin); matuiely and deliberately weighed the same;
u're of opinion, that the Charges were in part
proved ; but in consequence of their excellent cha-
raCters, 'itrut in consideration of some other eircUrri.
.Stances, they were only reprim'anded, and ibuleted
of one tnonth's pay as Pilots.

' CeErNocK, OCT. zz.-.—Arrived yesterchl the
Lberty, , Capt. latruitix, a running ship. Stu; sailed
frQin Jamaica on the 9th August, in company with
the armed ship Por t law!, of and for London, from
At Bay of Honduras, which she fell in with oft
Cape Antonio, and parted with on the ilth inst.
in lat. so. 15. long. 36. so. then all well. Spoke
;he-following vessels on the passage, . viz, on the
ktltilt. the American Ship Agasta Packet, from
- sytt)ll for Baltimore, Out 56 days :—on the 4.th
plat: tat,►
eDI pn l7. long. 41. 40. the Ship Liver..
Jut% WI AT, of ?WA for New 'York, front
tverp,nt
out 22 days :—on the 13th inst. in lat.
59. long. 25. so. the American Brig Echo,
►tand for Salem, for St..Petersburgh ; on the flth
"
nr• in lat. sz. 20. long. 36. the American Ship
day
.elev, from St. Petersburgh, for Baltimore.
Apt• LENNOX also spoke several fishermen on the
hanks of Newfoundland, who informed him, that
the had been u very successful fishing.

it is very •
confidently. reported that changes about to take place in the amongst the,
Administration,.
Lir. Sit ERMAN-la to be President of the Board of
Controul in
,the room of Lord CASTLEREAGH, who
• 110c1.10,1ne Admiralty. Mr. SHERIDAN will
hej'. acquisition to Mr. ADDINGTON,
'an Mr. s NEY, but the question for the Caw"'
try to ;IA is, amidst all these ohoppings and changes,
ore its interests consulted and advanced ?
AS a furthcr
proof of the strange 'negleet of Ad.
ministration in providing, for the dettnce of the
Northern part of the Island, it is an undoubted faCI • that the public Stores and Forts at Aberdeen were
for months wholly destitute of Powder, and that to
„evitlttta n''Lle the Marquis of HUNTLY to review the
station ed • there, the .Provost and Corpora.
ti" of Aberdeen were under the necessity of using
their, private three, We could add a great deal
nß,'re Upon this subjeft, but from respeet', to the.
gallant Marquis, the idol of his Countrymen, we
forbear to communicate what he has hitherto un-
availitigitrepresented to Ministers.
The gas lately passed for regulating the passage
Emigrants from the Highlands of Scotland to
'America, have, it is believed, materially checked,
if not Wholly put a stop to the prat ice, as the sum
nnw,required for the passage i 3 30 considerable, hat
those who are possessed of it are.' general ord
inclined to employ it advantageously
at hometown
to wander abroad..
The. Commissioners of Margate, appointed to
carry into effet the Theme Property Bill, should
not undervalue their understandings, because they
were unable to comprehend that Bill, for it is
drawn up in such a manner, and 'upon the whole.
constitutes such a finatteial conundrum that it has
Puzzled the wisest heads, and ought indeed, to be
- considered as a Gordian Knot.
An A Vessel I
mermanhas arrive in the 'River
that cleared out about five or six weeks since from
Punicirk for Philadelphia, but was detained till
ivithin these few days from the following circum-
' stance.. Eighteen English, eight 'Males and tenie.
males, had secreted themselVes on board—an Ame.
tican sailor gave' information to the Municipality,
'and ,a file of musqueteers being sent on board :to
search the vessel, the English were all discovered,
'Were escorted on Shore, and immediately all con.
fined together in a dungeon under the prison. After
remaining there two days .they were conduClad tQ
Valenciennes, where they all remain close prisoners•
Some .English however contrived to escape utiob.
Setv_ed on board the same American when she sailed,
and, have Landed safely in their native Country.

k7)II4"I3URCY, OCr. t 4.

IICINAL3-4.CouNTy 01 EDINBURGII.

•
To prevent alarm, the Public is informed, that on tricker
next, the 28th instant 3 trial of signals is to be made front
the Castle of Edinburgh, vii,. to Stratton, and from thence
to the Roman Camp. Snuthsille-hill, on the East. and to
Corstorphine.hill on the West. TI w day, signals at twelve
o'clock at noon, and the night signals at eight o'clock in the
•
By Order of the Lieutenants of the County and City If
Edinburgh,
MAC FAR-LANZ, Clerk.
Polls LING, Clerk
•
Edinburgh, oa. 24'

Tnts . day the sixth Royal Garrison Battalion
Marched from the Castle to be quartered in different
Garrisons.

A detachment of the Royal Army •of Reserve
which has been stationed here since they were tais.
ed, marched for .Ayr. •
The i Bth, or Royal Irish Regiment of Foot, sr.
rived this forenoon in the Castle.

On Friday the 18th curt. Major-General the
Most Noble the Marquis of I NTLY impeded at
Fortes, the two Companies of Fortes Volunteer
Infantry, when his Lordship on the ground desired''
Capt. STRACHAN, who commands them, to express
to the Corps his Lordship's entire satisfsetion at.
their appearance.