The Sun.
London, England, 1804-04-16 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

PLYMOUTH, APRIL i4.-Arrived the PrtIICC,
of 98 guns, Captain R. GRINDALL, from the Chan-
nel Fleet. •

Sailed the Colossus, of 74 guns, Capt. M. SEY.
MOUR, to join the Channel Fleet off Brest.

PORTSMOUTH, Arx il. 1 s.—There is reason to
believe that an Expedition from this port will
speedily proceed against some of the Enemy's pos.
sessions, in which the Athenian, Inflexihle, and
Chichester, are to be employed. They are virtual.
led for eight months, and Capt. FAYERMAN was
yesterday called to town by Express. The Coast
of Guinea is said to be the scene of operation, but
we think there must be some more ulterior object
than the repossession of Gorce.
Arrived the Minerva Cutter, with the Ceres and
Ajax Transports under convoy, from the West.
ward ; Pluto Sloop of War, with tlhe Dover Cattle
and Auspicious East Indiamen, from the Downs.

TOR BAY, Arit 1 L 14.—Arrived the Phratafft
Sloop of War, from a Cruize.

SHEEItNESS, APRIL IS.—Sailed for theDovrns
the Trusty, of so guns, Captain AILGIAS, And Tar.
taros Bomb, Captain TEMPLIt.
Sailed to rejoin the Blockading Squadron off the
Texel, the Scorpion Sloop, Captain CAtTWRICHT)
who has been appointed to command her in the room
of Captain HARDINGE, promoted to the rank of
Post Captain, for so gallantly cutting out the A:a.
junta Dutch Sloop of War from Vlie Roads.
Mr. RICHARD HALILAY, jun. has been ap.
pointed Purser to the F 1), Sloop of War, now fitting
at Portsmouth.

DEAL, APRIL i 5 Majesty's Ship rirg;nif
came down from Sheerness, and remains.
The Illustrious sailed on a cruize off Boulogne.

The GJodwill Lighter came in from Osely Bay
for boats from the King's Yard, and sailed again
for Sheerness.

The Dover Castle East-India Ship, and the Au.
spicious Country Ship, came down from the River,
and sailed for Portsmouth.

The Squirrel sailed on a cruize to the Westward ;
and the Chifoile came in from a cruize off Boulogne,
and Craizer, from a cruize off Ostend.

Sailed the Basilisk Gun-brig to the Northward,
and jackal' on a cruize off Calais.

In the Downs the Monarch, Utrecht, Veteran, Vir.
ginie, Perseus, Chillone, Vesuviu, Cruizer, and Resolu-
tion Lugger.

HARWICH, APRIL IS.—The Diana Packet,
Capt. Osaoßtr, arrived last night from Heligoland,
with the Hambro' and Bremen Mails.

The several Post-Office Packets, with the Mails
for Husum and Gottenburg, of the 13th, t7th, and
zoth, arc yet detained at this Port by contrary
wind.

A Smuggling Cutter from Flushing, with upwards
of Soo half-anker casks of Geneva, and some bags of
tobacco, was yesterday captured on the Suffolk Coast
by the Charger Gun.vessel, commanded by Lieut.
BLow ; and her cargo was this day lodged in the
Custom-house warehouse at this Port.

NAVAL AI'POINTMENTS.—Capt. T. WELLS, of
the Windsor Castle, to the Glory; Captain S. Os.
BORN, to the Windsor Castle; Capt. ALDHAM, to
the Nautilier; Captain CARTERET, to the Scorpion,
vice HARDINGE ; Capt. GREGORY, to the Beaver,
rice PELLY ; Capt. ELLIOTT, to the Lucifer, vice
GREGORY; Capt. NlomusoN, to the Lady War.
ren ; Capt. BEVAN, to the Thames ; Capt. Cot..
QUIT, (re-appointed) to the Princess; Hon. Capt.
WonEtiousE, to the Sea Fencibles at Harwich ;
Lieut. MEM (son of the Physician to Portsmouth
Garrison) to the Bonetta; Captain BLAMEY, to the
Folkston('

The following intelligence was on Satorsiay re.
ceived at Lloyd's Coffee-house : " The Columbia,
SANDFORD, of Rhode Island; and the Pleptuue,
COLSON, of Bath, with six other American Vessels,
have been sent into St. Jago by French Privateers.
The Friendship, SMITH, of Charlestown, is taken
and carried into Cuba by a French Privateer."
On the z9th ult. Messrs. CANNEYS, of the Ships
Susan and Abeona, of Sunderland, homeward.bound
from Plymouth, agreed to keep company for mutual
defence. Next day they fell in with a Priv,trer,
which they engaged for some time, but which suc.
ceeded in boarding the Abeona, after killing one of
her men, captured her, and took out all the crew cx.
cept the Master, leaving five Frenchmen on board.
An hour afterwards two West Indiamen hove in
sight, which the Frenchmen mistaking for King's
ships, hoistel out the .Jbecna's boat, and three of
them jumped into it ; Mr. CANNEL, who was Con-
fined below, hearing an unusual bustie, forced the
door, and regained the deck. One Frenchman was
haranguing the men to return on board, when Mr.
C. adroitly pitched him overboard ; the only re-
maining one was at the helm, who voluntarily
escaped in the same manner. He then cut the boat
adritt, and, with an exertion and intrepidity truly
admirable, navigated the vessel alone 12 iragues,
and brought her safely into the -Downs. Both vets.
,el. reached Sunderland on Thursday se'nnight.
The Countess of Sutherhoid- is the F.,ist India
Country Ship stated in the Illo;iiieur to have been
captured by LIZIOIS'S STI:Hir:111. Her cargo is
suprosed to he worth I50,0()01.