The Sun.
London, England, 1804-01-17 00:00:00

rortsmouth.

This day Jacob John:tone, seaman, was flogged
through the Fleet, pursuant to the sentence of a
Court Martial, for cutting the cable of the Lark
Sloop, by which she was riding in a gale of wind
in Lowestoffe Roads.

To.,morrow a Court-Martial will sit to try Cap.
Lain SNELL, his Officers and Ship's Company, for
the loss of the Awnger Sloop of War.
On Saturday last His Majesty's Ship Brilliant,
FRANcts VEsEr, Esq. was paid bounty and two
months advance, and will proceed to join Admiral
THORNBOROUGH off Goree.

DEAL, jAq. O.—Came in the Autumn Stoop,
from Dungeness, having upset her windlass in get.

ting her anchor.
Sailed the Immortalite, on a Cruize off Boulogne.
Came down the Kramer Cantle, Winchelsea,
Cirencester, an►d Ulattvz East India Ships, from the
River, and remain.
In the Downs—Monarch, Utrecht, Perseua, Abundance,
Autumn, AZonzo, and Basilisk. •

Barqnvart, JAtt. ts.—During the greatest part
of yesterday we were upon the look out, owing to
two strange sail appearing in the Offing at about::
three or four leagues distance. The wind during
the day was to the S. W. and S. W. by S. a fress
breeze at times, so very hazy and thick that we
could not see them. The Telegraph had a signal
flying, but I don't believe they- could see it from
the vessels. They were two large loggers, under
very easy sail, appearing to be in waiting for,,
something. The general opinion here is, that they
are French ; they were both very long boats. We
have heard several guns during the -afternoon and
evening, and to-day again.

GRIENOCX, JAN. 13.—$y a Letter from Camp..
beltown of the 9th, received yesterday, it ap- •
pears, that the Ships seen off Ballantrea, on the
Bth, were eight of the Armed Vessels furnished
to Government by the Honourable East India Com-
pany, sent round, a 3 formerly mentioned, for the
protedion of this channel. Three of them at. ,
rived at Campbeltown on the morning of the 9th,
and it was supposed the other five had gone into
Loch Ryan the night before ; and now we have cer-
tainly nothing to fear ; besides, should occasion re-
quire, these vessels would serve excellently we►l to,
transport Troops to Ireland.

The Plymouth Letters of yesterday brought
accounts from Sir EDWARD PE LL EW off Ferrol,
whose Squadron was left all well on Sunday se'nnight.
He has been reinforced by the Dragon of 74 guns
and the force under his command now consists of:
that Vessel, the Tonnant and Malta, of 84 guns, .
the Ganges and Spencer of 74, and the Ardent of
64., with the Hussar Frigate and two Cutters. Sit'
EDWARD had manoeuvred so adroitly, that although
driven off his station several times by the late
gales, he had so quickly resumed it as to prevent
the junction of the French Ships at Ferrol an 4.
Corunria, a junction which the French Admiral at..
Ferrol had receied positive orders from his Go!.'.
vernrnent to rg','Et when he could. "'tt
Admiral co,aiwALLis's Fleet was left all well
on Thursday last ofF Brest.
The Royal Sovereign, of Ito guns, Cape. MAL-
coLm, is ordered to fit for the Mediterranean at
Plymouth, with the utmost expedition, for the put •
pose of reinforcing Lord NELSON'S Squadron.
The illustrious, of 74 guns, has received orders
to proceed from Greenhithe to the Note, to be coin"
pleted for service, and to join the Squadron under
Lord KE tTH'S command.
The Charlotte, Schooner, Lieut. ALT, has sailed
from Portsmouth for Langston Harbour, to receiv •
convias to go on hoard His Majesty's Ships.
The Arthuscade Frigate was released trona qua'
Tontine, at Portsmouth, on Sunday last. This sDie-
was retaken from the French, by Admiral NELsol'
at the commencement of the war.

Advice was yesterday received of the Ship Lvetaff •
Capt. OTwAY BLAND, a Cartel from Demerara t°
Amsterdam, with Dutch Troops on board, having
been blown out of the 'Western Islands, and wreck,.
ed on the coast of Portugal, near Peniche. Qf 550:
persons on board, melancholy to relate, upwards 01
Soo are stated to have perished.
The Letters from Gibraltar, &c. make grievous
complaints of the licence which the French Privo'
teers enjoy in the Spanish Ports, from c'hich theY
sally forth and commit depredations on our Trade'
The case of the Floral lately captured within sight
of Gibraltar,- and carried into Algesiras, is Inu';'l
talked of. The Flora was there condemned. s'l",
had on board zBc,so stand of clothes, besides stores'
&c. for Malta. Her capture will be muchielt.
The 119pung, Capt. SHORE, from Rotterdam'
bound to Leith, is put into Whitby, having I°'{
her mast, and received other considerable damage'
in a gale of wind on the 9th inst.
The Mercury, from Jamaica, bound to 11.'n.
don ; and the Gtneral Gordon Privateer, of jerse)".
ot •
are captured by L'Egyptienne French Privateer,
36 guns and 360 men. •
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The co!zeciftwe and Adle, French Brigs, we
he
driven out of Cadiz Harbour, in the night of te'
igth Of November, and vele stranded.

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