The Sun.
London, England, 1803-11-08 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

rsovis, Nov., 7.—During the
:whole of this
afternoon, a very heavy firing has been heard, and
it is supposed• that our Squadron was either born.
larding Boulogne again, or attacking the Enemy's
Gun.boats-(a few of which, it is supposed, might
have come out to exercise, the men, as they fre.
quently do), as by the diralion of the guns, it
seemed to proceed from -thence ; but nothing has
yet transpired to give any other infortnatian.

PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 7.—This d:►y the Sophie
Sloop of War, having been docked refitted, went
from Spithead to St. Helens, and came to an anchor
there, with the Diana Frigate. The Britannia is
coming up to Spithead. •
Arrived a Cutter from the Straits, supposed to
have an. Admiral on btiard, as he was saluted on.his
arrival with six guns, which was returned by five.

Arrived the Alcmene' and lirgO Frigates, and
Peterd/ Sloop, from a Cruize.

The Gourd, flan of War has made a signal for
the Straits.

Arrived the Swedish Schooner Rotuma, Ciptain
EKIDAHL, from Rouen,, hound to, Stockholm, de.
tained by His Majesty's Sloop Raver, Capt. COOK'

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DE AI, :IN ov. 7.—.- A.oriveu the Vulture. Sloop and
MarineriGun.brig, from a Cruiie off' Calais; the
Fortune'e Frigate, and Autumn Sloop, from the
Nore ; and the Herta Bomb, from a Cruize off
Boulogne.

Sailed this afternoon, the Marbier Gun brig, to
her station off

In the Downs—Mouarth,
,14,-tchr7: Immortsilia;
Fort:ode ; 411141,171, Lyn. and Pat. ure Sloops.;
Perseus and Hales Bumbs.

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Last night, totally regardless of every prntedion
whatever, there was by tar the most alive Impreis
for Seamen known: during,the memory of man. It
commenced East of London Bridge All down to the
Note, at six o'clock precisely ; and before eight
Capt. Rtenn ELL, the Regolatiug Officer at the
Tower, had received on board upwards of goo. met,.
The same orders were stridly enforced, about the
very same time, throughout every Sea Port in Great:
Britain.

The following Plan will give an adequate idea
of the Floating 134ttery by whiCh the mouth of the'
River Thames is secured, which; as .we trust, dares
the utmosttrifort' of the .Enemy, wirhout impeding
the commercial channel Of the Rivet'

Heroine, 24 guns,
Lieut. Col. Cotton.
.• UnitO, 4orvins, Iri*, 2I ,f
Capt. Woolmore. Capts.
4110 Huddart.
Modesto, 24 guns,- Retribution, 24 guns,
Calm. Burton and Capts. Pelloy and •
Fraser. '•llu8il.
quebec, 24 guns, Vestal, 24 guns,
(-apts. Calvert and Capts. Reed and
. La wrens. King.
Solebay,, 24 guns, 1.)-xdalits, 24 guns.
Capts. Travers and Cap ts.. Sir R..Yreaon
Curtis. and Chapman.

Resource, 24 guns.'
cuins. Brown & Sialy.

Several of the large Brighton Fishing Boats arc
now equipping with a false deck, &C. for the intr.
pose of taking on hoard (if occasion should require
it), some one, and some'two, 2-pound Carronadcs,
to annoy the- French, should they approach the
Coast of Sussex.' •

The horneward-1)-)und Baltic Fleet,, consisting of
73 sail, Was seen on Tuesday 14st in the Schlieive
by, the 'luck/dad Packet, Captain BR I Des, which
arrived at Harwich 0411 Saturday with Mr. A1113'171.
NOT, our late Enyoy at Stockholm, and his fa.
mily.

NAVAL. APPOINTMENTS.—ra,....ev.ire • asII
ARViY
to the Temeraire• ; .Hon. 'C'aptitrieFlCEtllEßT o
L'Uranie ; Hon. Capt. COLV ILL, to the Command
of the aea Fencibles on the Coiat of Cumberland ;
Lieut. POVGLAS to die Diana ; and Lieut. CAR.
P E NTH a, late of the Ant, •to the 1/0/047/ a new' Cut
ter of 16 guns. .

It is saitl, that befo're the first plyment of Orn-
nium becordes due, which will be the 17th insi, .a
Petition will be TA' to the'Bank Direaors, signed`
by a respeelable body of Omnium Holders; praying
that the payments on the Omnimn.depasiteti in 1164
Bank may he' further extended..

The Civil List iv now very nearfour quarters in,
arrear,.although the 'CHANCELLOR of the Excit
QU Ea promised when the debt was paid offlast
that the arrears should never exceed.two quarters. ,
The following is a corria statement of the Ex;;
portation of British Manufaetures and Produce fir
the five years preceding the Sth of January, :8(53 :
1798 - Z.33.148,68z
1799 . 33,9421498
zgoo 39,471:203
1801 - 41,770.354
1862 - 4'500,6163

Notwithstanding the exertions :that-have already
been
made to send all Foreigners out of the Country,
wh6 should be suspected as French Emissaries, still
there is reason to apprehend than a considerable
number have eluded Municipal vigilance, and are
still in London and other parts of England, en.
deavouring to coiled partizans.
On Sunday morning a young man wag arrested at
an Inn in Holborn, by Townsend and Sayers, two
of the
.Bow.street Officers, under authority of a
warrant, wherein he stands charged with seditious
praaices,' Yesterday he underwent a private ex.
amination before Sir RICHARD Foal), at the Pith.
lic Office,. Bow.st reet, and was committed to Tuthill-
fields Bridiwell. The Prisoner says that he has
lately escaped from France in an American VeSSCi
that he is a native of this enuntry, but has been
many years at Havre with his father, who, he say
iS a IlleiCil4nt times