The Sun.
London, England, 1804-08-07 00:00:00

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,TrfrifWlTH, AUGUST S.—There has been no at.
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rival frbm the Channel Fleet to-day. ..The intelli-
gence received yesterday was brought by the Hawke
Sloop,of War ; and there is little reason to doubt but
that it is the Squadron commanded by Admiral
GANTHEAUME which have made -Their _escape from
Brest. Various are the conjeaure's as to their
destination : some suppose Ireland, others the
Wk.aiterranean ; hut it
,is sincerely to be hoped that
Rear-Admiral Sir I'. GRAVES, in the .Montague,
.of .74 guns, with the Squadron. under his Command,
• that have been detached from the Channel Fleet,
consisting of the Foudroyant,'of, 8o guns, Celuirsr,
Venerable, and Irn peteux, of 74 guns each, with
three other Ships of the Line, will soon be able to
give good account of this Expedition of the
Enemy. They made their escape during a very thick
fug, in the course of which it was impossible to per-
ceive them, and it was only discovered that they
had escaped, upon reconnoitering the Harbour of
Brest at the cleating up.of the•fog.

• The Prince George, 01 98 guns, and Tigre, of So
guns, sailed hence last night, w reinforce the Chan.
nel Fleet ; and this morning the Seagull Sloop of
War and a Frigate sailed from the Sound 'oil a
cruize in the Chops of the Channel, in case the
Enemy should be daring enough to penetrate cite
British Channel.

The Princess Royal, of 93 guns, now in Caw_
sand Bay, will sail to j,)in the Fitet the tnmient
the wind will permit. It pow- blows a strong
gale at S. W. with likelihood of a storm' From
that quarter. .. •
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Arrived a French Sloop of War, prize to the
Hazard. •
Sailed the Princess Royal Man of War, Santa Mar.
garetta Frigate, and Sylph Sloop of War,-on a
Cruize,

Arrived .the Drake Sloop of War, from the
We:ilmindies. She left the home waril Lre ward
Islands Meal) all well, a few d4y s since to the
Westward.

PORTSMOUTH, Auc. 6.—Arrived the Start:,

man, irpm a Cruize.
Sailed. the Levant, MII.I, t it, fur Trieste.

PooLit, Auo. 6.—The Homeward Fleet from
Newfoundland 'arc just arrived off the Harbour.
The names of the Ships are yet unknown.

HARWICH, AUG. 6. The I.,:rk, Post-office
Packet, Capt. Dr.t.t., arrived this morni,g from
!limn, with the Hamburg') and Bremen Mails and
Passeng,:rs.
Th. Water I'acket, Capt. A. DEANS,
and the Earl of Leicever, Capt. TitomrsoN,• sailed
or Saturday evening, with their respectiveMaili ;
the first for Husum, ,and tlie, latter for Gottenhorg.

Arrived the Adv. oture, COOPER, from Chris-
tiana, with deals for this place; and the Fleet passed
this Harbour for their respective destinations.. ; The
outward-bound galtic,Fleet from the Nore passed
this'P?rt yesterday, with a faivivind.

DEAL, AUG. 6.--Arrived His Majesty's Ship
Immortaliti, Archer antißloodhound Gun.brigs, Irony
cruize -off Baulopd ; Flamer Gun-hrig Iraqi the
Ntire ; Mariner, fiogs a Cruizeitiff',Ostend;.. and
.La'Poulette, from Portsmouth. '

Arrived and sailed for the River the Anna Bella,
BANGF., from Antigua ; Stork, Bleow ; frt,m New
Providence ; also several Ships from Lisbon, whose
names we were not able to learn. Arrived the Alert
Logger with a Convoy from Plymouth, which are
sailed for the River.

Sailed the Tartarus Bomb, for Sheerness ; and
Sussex Oak Navy Transport, for Woolwich.

The Scourge Sloop has made the Signal for Con.
voy to the Westward. •

In the Downs—Monarch, Utrecht, Inflexible, Immor-
tilt*, Castor, Scourge, La Poulette, Orestes, I-Ltrpy, Fury,
Sulphur, Bruizer, Bloodhound, Archer, Flamer,. M,iriner ;
Plymouth Navy ,Transport. Princess Re Mil AllllOl Ditto;
Armed Defence Ships as before; and Matida, Cart6l ; Mar-
riot, Union, and Lord Kcith, East India Ships.

YARMOUTH, Aug. 6:—Yesterday passed by a
Convoy for the Baltic, and were joined in here by
the Perwveran ce, WARD, John, gißso,, Borers',
Hu WM., Benjamin,•BUTCH RR, and Venture, SR EL.
Arrived the Censor Gun. brig, Chapman Armed
Ship, Swift Cutter, and inspegor Sloop.
Also arrived, the Jervis, WooLsros, and Mer-
cury, COCK, from Wyberg ; Memel, BROWN, from
Christiana ; Bonetta; BEST, and Woodhouse, NEW-
SY, from Liverpool.
Sailed the hind Brig widt th Convoy for the
Baltic.

TORBAY, Au G. s.—The Or)sheur Frigate, Capt.
Ht t. c, with the Mang/es East Indiaman, and a Con.
voy from Portsmouth, bound to Newfoundland, Que.
bec, and Halifax, put into Torbay last night at
seven P.M.

The homewatd-bound Lsewaril Islands and East
India Meets pasied the Isle.of Wight, on Monday
afternoon, for Ihe Downs.

The Tax-Bills.pass'il—the Senate's Wit is o'er,
Awl Statesmen urge the Party-fight no+ more—
No more shall Wi NAHA AT, with assidUous care,
Perplex his hearers—while lie splits a 'lair ;
.No more shall Aurii!veroki, in pompous phrge,
Pour forth his own—or any ocher's praise—

Nor Dodor I.AWRENCE shall our senses steep,
Not in profoundest thought—but soundest sleep
D Y sow anti I.Ly to rural scenes. retire,