The Sun.
London, England, 1804-02-13 00:00:00

NAVAL NEW S.

PLYMOUTH, FE B. I I.—Arrived thii morning at
one o'clock the Sloop Mayflower, of and from Pen.
zance, Capt. CROKER, laden with prize coffee : sail-
ed thence yesterday morning at three o'clock, and
experienced dreadful weather on the passage ; one
of the Crew'Was—Wastied' overboard in' the Channel,
but was providentially..got on board again. When
she anchored at the entrance of Catwater, she had
three feet water in her hold, and the wind blowing
a gale at south-west, the anchors came home, and
she was driven on shore in Teat's Bay, where she
bilged ; the greater part of the cargo is likely to
be saved, as will. the vessel also, it the weather
proves moderate.

Sailed the Terrible, of 74 guns, to join
,the
Channel Fleet.

PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 12.—Sailed the West India
Fleet, under convoy of His, Majesty's Ship Wool:
verene, in order to join the Fleet under convoy of
the Courag•ux, put pack to Plymouth ; Hemsley,
HEM3LEY, for Sunderland ; and Genus, EASTMAN,
for Guernsey.

The Isis, of so guns, Capt. LOBS, will sail the
first fair wind, with the Cirencester, Glatton, I'Val.
mer Castle, Winchelsea, Sir William Bensley, and
the Fame, for India.

SHEERNESS, FEB. 12.—Arrived His Majesty's
Sloop laSpeor, Capt. MITCHEL, from a cruize in
the North Sea.

Came down to the Great Nore, the /11.flexib/e, of
64. guns, Captain BAILY.
Sailed the Hermes Armed Ship, Hon. Capt. BEN-
NET, fur the Downs, and Ifokano Bomb, Capt.
TAIT.

DEAL, FEB. 12.—The Euryalus came in from
Dungeness, having parted from her anchors.

Came down the Lynx Sloop from the Nore, and
Illilibrooh Schooner, from the Coast of France.

Sailed the Apollo, Brilliant, Curlew, and Speed.
,well; Supply Transport, with the David Scott
East India Ship, and near two hundred sail of Mer-
chant Ships under Convoy, for Portsmouth.
Came down the Thames East India Ship, and
sail:d with the Convoy for Portsmouth.

In the Downs—Al:ma:eh, Utrecht, Illustrious, Raison-
ahie, Euryaluz, Cliampirm, Aran, Vulture, Dart, Viucego,
Harpy, Rattler, Lynx, Speedy, Fury, Perseus, jai:kali, and

We have received the following Letter by the
Post this morning, and from the very .respectable
quarter from which it comes, and our regard to
strut impartiality, we cannot hesitate to give it an
immediate insertion.

" Ca: comb( finure, near Port rmouth, Feb. 12, 1804

" SIR,

" Having this moment bbserved in your Paper of yester-
day, some Staternelp relative to Maritime Affairs at the
Cape of Goad floper whew I had the honour to he Com-
mander in Chief o? His 'Majesty's Ships on that Station, 1
think it indispensably necessary to take notice of them, to
obviate the mischievous impression such misrepresentations
may have on the public mind.

theretbre declare, that very few Naval Stores of any
kind were left at the Cape of Good Hope, they having been
embarked on board His Majesty's Store-ship the. Hindostan :
and Transports were procured at the Cape, in which Ord-
nance Stores were brought to England. The Ships that came
home with me, were root " so deep in the water that they could
not have. fought they lower deck guns, had they fallen in with
an Enemy," as you-assert, but were in a proper state fOr ser-
vice. The ancifurs left behind, the tar greater part of which
were old, were Dutch apchors, found there when the Cape was
captured, and were not worth half the expence which would
have been incurred in bringing them home. Some salted
provisions were indeed left at the Cape, which were intended
tbr New South Wales, and would have been sent thither
had not the breaking out of the War prevented it.—You
say, " it is well known to both Army and Navy, that
two 74's would have retaken the Cape :" If there are
are ally, in either of these Professions, who think so,
their sentiments on the subjeEt, and mine, are diametrically •
opposite. Your impartiality will naturally induce you to
give this Note immediate publication.

" ROGER CURTIS."

The following Ships are at present with the gal.
last Admiral CORNWALLIS off Brest :
Ships. Guns. Ships. Guns.
La Ville de Pails - tic, Defiance - 74
Britannia - • - too Acasto - - 40
Royal Sovereign - zoo Endymion - - 40
Dreadnought - 98 Boadicea - 33
Neptune - . 98 N iobe - - 38
Princess Royal . 98 Doris - - 36
Prince - 98 Plicenix . - 36
Prince George - 98 Sirius - - 36
Windsor Castle - 98 Orpheus - 32
Foudroyant - 8o Nemesis - 28
L'lnipetueux - 83 laniaicA - 24
Colossus - - 74 Peterell - - 18
Conqueror - 74 Ranger - - -
Culloden .. 74 Sylph - -

Goliath 74 pithre -
- 16
Minotaur - - 74 Speedwell
With fifteen smaller Vessels, principally Cutters.