The Sun.
London, England, 1804-02-24 00:00:00

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NAVAL NEWS.

FALMOUTH, FE B. 21.—Sailed this evening the
Queen Charlotte Packet, MuDGE, with Mails of the
Ist inst. fcr Jamaica, Barbadoes, and Crooked Island;
the Fox (Ist) Cutter, Lieut. NicitotsoN, with
stores, &c. for the Grand Fleet off Brest ; the De.
fence Revenue Cutter, -Lieut. BURROWES, on a
Cruize; the Mantua, DENNIS, for Bristol ; and
the Neptune, SALTER, for Plymouth.
Arrived this day, the Heneritta, LANSRISH,
from Arundel, bound to Liverpool, leaky ; the
Speedwell, STEVENS, from Plymouth ; and the
Endeavour, METHERELL, from Milford, to join
(but too late) the Lisbon Convoy.
The Seajirtuer, of 12 guns, Lieut. Ow Etr, with
trade to the Eastward, will sail in the morning,
should the,wind continue as at present : she made
signal for that purpose this afternoon. The Dutch
ship Vrede, prize to a Jersey Cutter, and the Wel.
hilly East India Ship, wilt also sail with her.

PLYMOUTH, FEB. 22.—The Indefatigable, of
44 guns, went out of Harbour this morning ; the
Temeraire, of 98 guns, and Plantagenet, of 74 guns,
are also ready, and will go out of Harbour in a day
or two. The latter is to proceed to the West
Indies, and will take under convoy, as far as Ma-
deira, the four outward-bound East India Ships
which arrived here yesterday from the Downs.
Sailed the Rosario Sloop, of War, with a Fleet of
Merchantmen under convoy for the Downs ; the
Berwick, homeward-bound from Jamaica, also sailed
under her convoy for London.
Sailed the American Ship Sdroa, from New-
York bound to Amsterdam.

PORTSMOUTH, FEE. 23.---Arrived His Majesty's
Ship Argus, Hon. Capt. ICING, with- a Fleet of
Transports from Cork, viz.
Grant, Wright, Nile, Gibson,. Colworth, Boville, Ceres,
Richardson, Melpomene, !Willson, Princess. Royal, liecca-
son, Betsey, Bintlett.
Arrived His Majesty's Ship Pegasus, from Ply-

mouth.
The Causfort, of 28 guns, came into Liatbour,

DEAL, FEB. 23.—His Majesty's Ships Magi-
thane and Inspelfor came down from the N9re, and

remain.
The Brunswick East India Ship came down from
the River.

Tuesday last there, was a Court Martial held on
board the Illustrious, on a Foremast-man belonging
to the Euryalus, for desertion, who was sentenced
to receive fifty lashes on board his Ship he deserted
frorn.

In the Downs—Monarch, Utrecht, Illbstriotts, Raison.
able, Euryalus, Magicieime, Champion, Arab, Lynx;r-In-
speaor, Vincego, Perseus, Fury, and Brunswick, East India
bliip.

The following Declaration of Isdk' Ac Etwitt-L"
Captain of the Brig Greyhound, of Boston, which
arrived at Dieppe on 23d January, is inserted in the-
Mon;teur of the 9th inst. He states, " that he at—
rived on the 9th of September last at the isle
of France; that. there were then at anchor there
a two-decker, four or five Frigates, and some
smaller Vessels, all French, but he does not
know, their names. The Captain of the large
f.
Ship asked him whether the French were then
at War, and said he daily cxpeCted to. receive.
a declaration of it ; that he thinks he heard some
mention of their proceeding to Pondicherry ; that •
when he went on- shore, he saw some large
bodies of very fine Troops exercising." If this I
account is corre;..t, LtNots most have,b'een at th.e
Lie of France in September last, for there certainly'
cotrld be oo other Squadron in the Indian Sea.
The Engineers and Artillery Officers of the
Eastern Distrift have lately, at Chatham, been,
much and industriously engaged on the Geography I
of the Roads, in order to the more speedily moving
troops, Artillery, &c. from one part of the Country
to another, a degree of vigilance, at this interest_
ing moment, issuing from the orders of General
Lord CHATHAM, which certainly merits con mends.
tion, and is worthy of being generally followed.
The first arch, or float of masts, forming a bridge,
ingenious and useful, though simple in its construe_
tion, over the Medway between Chatham ,Lines and
Upnor •Castle, has been launched. This bridge,
and a hard-way (the first under the direction of
Mr. LANGTON, a Master in the Navy, and an Ar-
tificer in the Dock-yard, and. the latter under Sir
THOMAS HY Di PAGE), will, when Completed, and
that will be very shortly,. admit of Trooos march-
ing over in columns, and the transporting, guns,
ammunition, baggage, &c. &c. with as much ease
and expedition as on a turnpike road.
The Marine Society's boys, according to annual
custom, yesterday • paraded through ,the, principal
streets : on their arrival at the_Admiralty, they
. gave three cheers, the drum and 'fife that precAed
them, playing " Rule Britannia,"
. •On the 13th instant, Viscount EDI I rcroti, eldest
son and heir of Earl FoßTEscut, of Castle-Hill,
Devon, became of-age, when a dinner was provided
for the, labouring. people of the neighbourhood, and
nearly ,goo persons were regaled with roast beef,
plumb--puddings,..and strong beer.
. .
Goverrunint have engaged some suitable vessels
at HUH, to take in air:Munition and stores from the
garrison ; they are to be stationed in the Humber
and rivers uniting therewith, at-proper situations
eitinv for landing the same or fur 'conveying it into
'the interior of the country, if rendered necessary
bethe presence of an enemy on any part of rife ad..
k3ining coasts 01 i.orli,shire and I.,imcolnshiw.