The Sun.
London, England, 1804-04-28 00:00:00

Ivlll'AL NEWS.

FALMOVIITH, APRIL 25.—Arrived this day the-
Wahingham Packet, ROBART, in i 3 days from
Lisbon. She brings the melancloly account of the
loss of His Majesty's Ship Apollo; of 38 guns, Capt.
DIXON, and about 40 sail of the outward.bound
West India Fleet which left Cork On the 26th of
.March last, and were lost on the morning of .the
id ins►. near Figuera. The whole Convoy consisted
of about 7o sail, under His Majesty's Ships Apollo
and Car_yffort. The latter, with the heavy Ships
astern, were fortunate enough in time to tack,
and stand off, by which they escaped. We are
sorry to add, that Captain Dixoti, with a
• great part of the Officers and Crew of the
Apollo, and the greater part of the Crews of the
other. vessels, have perished. Some part of their
Cargo, it is expeeted, will be saved; but the
greater part, it is supposed, will he lost.
It is much feared that the Lord Charles Spencer
Pecker, COATESWORTH,, with Mails from the Lee-
wird Islands, has fallen into the hands of the Ene-
tzw(4.,: She has been due these three weeks Fast.

-111;ORTSMOUTII, APRIL 27.—Sailed the home-
ward-bouncl East-India Ships, as also several South-
seamen, for the River, under convoy of the Falcon
Revenue Cutter, Capt. NEWLAND.

Went out of Harbour, the Fly Sloop of War,
Capt. O'BRYAN.
The Minerva Cutter, with the seven sail of cop.
per.bottoMed armed Transports, remain at Cowes,
under the direCtion of Capt. C. W
ATSON, of the
Royal Navy.

The Albion is appointed to convoy the Vessels
for Guernsey. •

.
Letters were yesterday received from our in-, hor.:,
s.ittadron, employed in the-blockade of Brest. On
the loth instant they distinetly counted, in the
Outer Road, 17 Sail of tile Line, 4 Frigates, 2
Corvettes, and 2 Gun.brigs; •
Yesterday morning Capt. W. H. Jnavts left
town, to take upon hini the command of His Majes.:
ty's'Ship Le Tonnant, of 80 guns, in the room of Sir
EowAtCb PELLEW, Barr. who is promoted to a Flag,
and will soon proceed, to a foreign station.
Yesterday morning the Hon. Captain GREY
left London for Sheerness, to enter upon bis Office
as Co*Mmissioner, to which he was appointed by the
Lords of the Admiralty, on Thursday, in the
room of Admiral COFFIN, who is appointed Port
Admiral of Portsmouth.

The - George, MTARLANE, from New Bruns-
wick to Jamaica, was taken on the 22d of February,
by a French Privateer, and carried into Cuba, at
Vit i place Arnerizao vessels were lying (prizes)
and nine privateers were ready fcr sea.
It was with great concern that we yesterday,
presented to our readers, the itelancholy intelligence
of the loss of near 40 sail of the West India Fleet,
Convoyed by the Apollo Frigate; on the morning of
the 2(1 pf April, before daybreak; between Cape
Mandego and Aveiro, on the coast Of PortUgal:
The Apoll6 sailed from the Cove of Cork on the
26th of March, in company with the Garysfort Fri-
gate, and 68 sail of Merchantmen, bound to the
West Indies. •

The Calysfort appeared off Oporto on the even-
ing of the 2d instant, with about 20 sail of the con-
voy, steering for the westward.
It appears by letters received at PlymOuth, from
Jamaica, that the outward-bound Fleet which sailed
in February, under ConYOy of the Franchise Frigate,
Admiral DACR.E9, had experienced very severe
gales,' and had been, for the most part, dispersed.

Some doubts are said to be entertained respeßing
the capture of, Curacoa. It is stated; that
gence has been received from Jamaica by the Mail,
which mentions, that we have altogether failed in
that enterprize. In a letter from Kingston, dated
the t tth of March, it is said, " that the Admiral
had attempted to take Curac3a, but did not suc-
ceed." It is added, that the Theseus and Hercule
Line of Battle Ships had returned, with the loss of
many killed, and several wotrnded, in the attack of
a strong fart.
The Promenade Grove; at Brighton, is purchased
for the PRINCE of \VAI.Es, in order to add to the
decorative improvements of the Marine Pavilion.
The Brigade of the 3d, 9th, and loth Regiments
,of Loyal London Volunteers, is postponed till Wed-
nesday next, the zd May, on account of the unfa-
vourable state of the weather._
The remains of the late Earl of Bars-rot. and
Bishop of DERRY (who died at Albano, near Rome; •
on the 18th of July, 1803), were interred on Sa.
turday last; in the family vault at Ickworth, near
Bury. ,
• It liar been justly observed, that the un;versal
verdia on the death of PiCETEORLY, is "
Murder by the FIRST CONSUL but unfortunate-
ly, though the verdilt is striftly conformable to the
laws of truth, the Culprit must escape, because no-
body can bring him to justice.
Sunday night last, the Gaoler and Under-gaoler'
of the New Prison, Dublin, in going through
the usual inspe6tion of the gaol, for its security,
discovered a breach in the wall, which had
been making by some of the' prisoners to. escape.:
The atternpt was at 'the rere, with a design
to get into the new house which has been lately
built for the Gaoler, and from thence into the
street. This is the third effort which has been.
made at that part of the prison, where it is in
some places most insecure by nine-inch walls,
and built so miserably; seemingly with yellow_
clay between the stones instead of mortar, that
with :such a simple instrument as a coornon iron
hold-fast, a breach can be easily mach in them.
Six of the prisoners who were in the conspiracy f,
escaping, were well secured in another p:irt of the
prison..