The Sun.
London, England, 1804-04-27 00:00:00

hAPAL NEWS.

PLYMOUTH, Apitrt. 25.--Arrived the Prince
George, of 98 guns, Capt. J. S. YoRkE, and the
Conqueror, of 74 guns, Capt. T. Louts, from the
Channel Fleet ; also the Argue Sloop of War, from
a Cruize it, the Channel.

PORTSMOUTH, Aran, 26.—Arrived a brig from
the Coast of Africa, from which a Lieutenant land-
ed, and set off immediately for London with iris.
patches, containing an account of the Surrender of
the Island of Goree to the English.

YARMOUTH, APRIL z6.—Arrived the ilairon.
able, of 64. guns, Vixen and Rattler Gun brigs, and
remain with the'State/y, Admiral RUSSEL.

Sailed the Antelope, of 50 guns, Magicienne Fri-
gate, 'Monkey, Snipe, and Escort Gun brigs, Prince
of Wales and Champion Cutters.

HAttwteu, Ar att. 26.—The Earl of Leicester
Post Office Packet, Captain THomPsoN, and the
Auckland, Captain HAMMOND, sailed this morn.
ing, the former with the Hamburgh and Btemen
Mails for Husum, and the latter with a Mail for
Got tenburgh.

A Smuggling Cutter was this day brought into
this Port by Lieutenant TATHAM, Commander of
His Majesty's Gun-brig Monkey, loaded with five
hundred and twenty_six half anker casks ofGeneva,
which was captured on the Suffolk Coast. The
Cargo has been landed and lodged in the Cus.
tom-house, and the Cutter secured in the Condemn-
ed Hole.

DEAL, APRIL 26.—His Majesty's Ships Squir-
rel, Dart, Orestes, Archer, Aggressor, Mariner,
and Basilisk, put back, it blowing strong to the

Westward.

Arrived the Autumn, from Dungeness.
Vice. Admiral PATTON shifted his Flag from
Blue to Red, this day at I z o'clock.

In the Downs—Monarch, Utrecht, Illustrious, Veteran,
Ardent,•'Trusty, Regulus, Virginie, Euryalus, Imtnortalite,
Leda, Champion, Squirrel, Dart, Orestes, Perseus, Fury,
Autumn, Vesuvius,. Tartarus, Discovery, Sulphur, Wasp,
Harpy, Archer, Aggressor, Viper, Contlitt, Mariner, Star-
ling, Milbrook, with the Transports, &c. as per last.

GREENOCK, APRIL 24.—The Mercury, EDING-
/.
TON, arrived here last night from New York,
brought intelligence that the Ship Lilly, WALLACE,
(beloning to HUNTER, ROBERTSON, and Co. Mer-
chants in this town), from St. John's, with spars for
the King's Yard, Jamaica, was captured by a French
Privateer, manned with Izs men, after an engage.
ment of two hours. The Lilly had one man killed,
and nine feet water in her hold, before she struck.

The following Vessels were lost on the Coast of
Portugal, between Cape Mondejo and Avero, early
in the morning of the zd of April, viz. the Apollo
Frigate; Perseverance, Clutson,from Bristol; Caledo-
nia, Gilderson, and Aaive, M'Nickol, from Gas.
gow ; Mary Isabella, Harper, from Whitehaven ;
Neptune, Marshall, and Bristol, Meyrick, from Bris.
tol ; Apollo, Clark, from Greenock for Jamaica ;
Charles, M‘Neil, from Bristol to St. Kitt's ; Miner-
va, Tolson, from Liverpool for Nevis ; Ark, Reid,
and Eringo Bay, Ferguson, from Bristol for Barba-
does ; Dart, Dennison, and Fame, and Ander-
son,
from Glasgow for Grenada ; Peggy, ---,
from Greenock to St. Vincent's ; St. Sebastian's,
-, and Susannah, --, from Liverpool ;
Diana, ---; Clarendon, --- ; Start, ;
and Atlantic, --, from Greenock, for De-
merara ; Sally, Judd, and Triton, Williams, from
Bristol ; Friendship, Griffin, and James, Douglas,
from Liverpool for Antigua ; Ann, Crawford, from
Dublin ; Robert, Clark, from Greenock ; ACtive,
Hornsby, and Ford, Anderson, from Liverpool
to Dominica ; Nancy, Wier, and Trim, Oddy, from
Glasgow for Tobago ; Albion, M'Ewen, from Glas-
gow to Honduras; Atlantic, M'lntire, from Bristol,
to St. Vincent's ; Peggy, --, and Elizabeth,
-, from Greenock to Demerara ; and several
others, names unknown. The crews and cargoes
of many of them saved. The Carysfort Frigate,
with the remainder of the Fleet fur the West Indies,
proceeded onwards.

Notwithstanding the Promotion of Capt. Dom ETT
to the rank of Rear-Admiral, lie is still to remain
as First Captain to the Channel Fleet.
The Amelia Frigate, Lord Pitol3Y, is ordered to
proceed from the Nore to Portsmouth, to be fitted
for Foreign Service.
The Eagle, of 74 guns, which has been repaired
at Nurthfleet, is ordered to proceed immediately to
join the Squadron under the orders of Lord KEITH.
Captain SKINS is appointed to the command of the
Beaulieu Frigate, at Portsmouth.
Captain REYNOLDS is appointed to the command
of the Venerable, of 74 guns, cruizing off Brest.
HIS MAJESTY has been graciously pleased to re-
store to his rank of Post Captain in the Navy, J.
MAcKELLAR, Esq. from which he had been dis-
missed by the sentence of a Court-Martial.
A Letter from Lerwick, dated the 17th instant,
says, '' His Majesty's Ship Ametb.yrt, just now off
Brassay Sound, on the 3d of March last had a
severe engagement with four Dutch Vessels off Ber_
L 1) two ot* them of 38 guns e4h, one of them ')f

and the other 12 guns, all cf them much damagea;
The Amethyst had three men kited, and s.:vera:,
wounded, and was march darn Ted in her rigging,
!cc

At a Meeting on Tuesday last, of the Commit-
ee for the Patriotic Fund, at Lloyd's CofFee-house•
he Committee unanimously voted, that a Sword of
the value, of tool. with an appropriate inscription,
should he presented to Captain HARDING 6, for his
gallant and spirited coraluCt in boarding at;d cutting
out the Atalante, on the 3-tst of last month, cif the

Texel.
The /sir Man .of War arrived at Portsmouth,
parted from the Walmer Castle, Glatton,Winchelsea,
and Cirencester Indiamen, and some 'Whalers, on
the 9th of March, in lat. 3. N. long. 18. W.
The Admiral Gardner, Earl licwe, Charlt,;l,
and Lushipgton, sailed from Bengal for England, on

the 2lst of December, 1803.
A letter from China, dated Nov. 4, 1803, saY',
" All the ships of the season are arrived, except
the Walley and Wood, ford the former is put into
St. John's, with some damage, having been driven
to leeward."
The Princess Elizabeth Packet, from jamaieas
brings an account of the French capturing all the
American vessels in those seas which they fall 1°
with. A Convoy was appointed to sail from
Antonio for England on the rst of April.
An English tender, of 18 guns, was blown bilbyf
accident off St. Pierre's, Martinique, on the gin °.
February last ; every soul on board is said to have
perished.
The Mary, whaler, mentioned to have run (111
shore near Selsey Bill, on her return from the Soo,lll
Seas, not knowing of the War, put into the Cape °
Good Hope on the 4th of January. She was die
seized, and the crew made prisoners.—The Cap,a'.°
and first and second Mates were allowed their
liberty on parole. The crew were afterwards aen.`,
'
on board the Matilda, a cartel Ship, from r 01;
cherry to Europe, with French prisoners.
Matilda was an English Ship, commanded by vp:
lish Officers. On the 4th of February, in the nigl
while they were lying in Table Bay, the crew ,°`
the Mary lowered down the Matilda's boat, an
after a little opposition, got clear of the Ship, a°
boarded the Mary, which they retook, after over
powering the Dutchmen that were on board, wb°ll
they set adrift in the Matilda's boat. They
nsediately cut the Mary's cable, and ran out of t°;
Bay, and arrived "safe at St. Helena ; where, vl"
understand, the Officers'underwent a strid exami°,3:
tion as to their conduet in this instance.
Captain was on shore during the above transaitiort•
The command of the Mary was taken out of
hands of the Officers who retook hcr, who were 0,
considered French prisoners by the Government (4
St. Helena ; and Mr. TYRER, chief officer of the
Herculean, came home as Commander. The Govern`
ment of St. Helena intend representing the case t
His Majesty's Ministers, that the honour of the
British name may not be tarnished. Governors
PATTON intended to send a p
Person with dispatch
to the Cape, representing the measures that had ate if
taken, and assuring the Dutch Government, , in
it should appear the crew of the Mary had aaeitish
any way contrary to the Lary of Nations, Of Bake a
Nation would disavow their condud, sew insa.
restitution of the property so unlawfully obtA.”

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1,
Private Letters brought by the janvie3 c ,Icj
i.
stte, that all endeavours on our part have fa
toa induce the Kick Chief of Sr Domingo to enter
into a Commercial Treaty with this Country'?
Colonel HARNAGE has just finished his third in'
t-
ion of the Volunteer Corps, East of TetilPle:
bar. He observed that many of the Regiracri “
were much improved in discipline ; and has earn e'.
ly recommended to all the Commandants of Nircilu°:
teer Corps, that they immediately do establish
o f
which the
oC,ofrzrrcine
ri : r, io
Drillr:ed
Drill for the instruflion, practice, and improeeti'en,
pU t 00 '
anidle
the direction and superintendency of the IMar'i
(i\ge'osiri-rcco:nntrzmiyisiboneed OP ir
assisted by the Adjutants.
at'on
The Bloomsbury and Inns of Court Assoc,' el
were inspected yesterday by Lieutenant-00 and,
JENRINSUN ; they mustered upwards of 600 ;„,aea,
notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the -ere..
ther, they went through their evolutions 11k,e st-ronc
ran soldiers. The firing by subdivisions, 'iti some
and rear, was in general excellent, althot'V. on-
of the pieces, from the wetness of the ,(Ijieaseit
avoidably hung fire. The Colonel was higi''),,l
with the state of the arms and accoutreolen—'„ yes'
The Custom House Corps of Volunteers W„:::•cen.
ter-ground, Goodman's Fields. They
terday inspeCted by Colonel HARK. at 11— 1)1;11
their exercise, manceuvres, and firiogs, with gcl 1115
expresse
precision, and of which the Colonel
fullest approbation. with
Wednesday the City of London Light Horse:,
,n %
their Field-pieces ; their Rifle Corps, aloUntetileic
carriage, dressed in green and plaid cloaks, at'a 0„e,
dismounted men being also drawn 00 a carri
(11,,
went to Sydenham for a grand field-drlY ; °f
p'
51
spite of the wetness of the weather and the, 0.0..
eeriness of the ground, they performed the" file
ncovres with most admirable dexterity'• , the
Southwark Yeomen Cavalry, were mustered oy, co
he'l
sound of the bugle at nine o'clock, and mare
Clapham Common to exercise. foll°9.
Wednesday morning at eight o'clock, the
too
ing Regiments of the Southwark Division, ass et
ose,
went throroc
at Montpelier Ground, \Valworth, for the Puri?Col•
as the notice specified, of being inspcded pier die
JENKINSON, and then to put themselveso,co.ole,
immediate command of Gen. Lord HAtt1111"
' and his Staff, to be manmuvred :
si''''
First Surrey, - - - Colonel G^ Ures 1:,;.
L - Colonel EDWAIts
I Christ Church, -ambeth, - --- - - - Major TouLml
St. Saviour's, - - . • Major Pot T •
St. 101111'S, - - . - . Major Kt No•
',lcier
0-
St. 01.1 ye, - .. - - - Capt. SirAvt• i.
The whole w.'re formed into a Briga°`
the command of Colonel GAIT,KELL. With
F°%' el'
Generals the Earl of HAR.RINGTOand ,clo,-*“
receivinb , and
and after riding along the line, and
10" l''
their Staff, came on the ground at rwc.!c,.° the re,"
'holly unnc
be dismissed, the day being, `'.'‘
turns, gave orders to the whole to march ,
oi• re
maneTuvret intended;