The Sun.
London, England, 1803-12-27 00:00:00

NA VA L NEWS.

r(illTSMallltto Arc. zs.—ln the heavy gale of
wind which we experienced yesterday, thz follow.
ing Ships received considerable damage, viz.

'Schooner Lnrd Lennox, hound to St. Michael's;
111arthew, jaltray, bound to Taman:a Fortuna, Kock, for
Temberg ; Britannia, Burn, for Demerara; Spy, Hare, for
Honduras; Eagle, Cutchell, for Tobago; 'Lord Duncan,
Gardner, tOr lionduras ; Recovery, Taylor, lin' Tobago ;
Trinidad, Sinith, for Trinidad; Caroline, Hayes, for St. Kitts;
Samuel, Shugrove, for the West Indies ; Duke of York, New,
for ditto; lead, Hyndinan, for Pensacola.

Captain HuosoN, of the Cbaltturr, in veering
out cable, was caught by it, and it taking two
turns round his body, killed him instantly. •
Came in for shelter, the Pregrea, FROST, bound
to the West Indies.

His Majesty's Ships Decade anti Tribune, from
the Blockade of Hasvie, were forced from that
Coast, and this morning arrived at St. Helens,
The Apollo Frigate is dropped down to St.
Helens ; the Curlew Sloop of War is sailed on a
Cruize.

Arrived the Wokereve, from Plymouth, having
under her Convoy the Lo►rdoa Transport.
A West.lndiaman drove foul of the Argo Man
of War, on board which is EIJI Burr, and carried
away her bowsprit, and did other damage, which
will retard His Excellency's sailing.

Dept,, Dec. 26.—Attived the leopard, from
Dungeness, who rode so very heavy in yesterday's
gale, as obliged them to cut their cables, and run
for the Downs.

Sailed the Lard( Slonp for the Note.
The Euryalur and Pre voyante both parted their
cables in yesterday's gale, but brought up again,
and rode the gale out in safety.
A Spanish Brig drove out of the Downs in the
gale yesterday, and has not been, 'heard of since.
She drove on board a vessel in the Downs, where
her whole crew got on bond, and are all safe.

In the Downs—Utrecht, Isis, Leopard-, Euryalus, La Pre.'
voyaute, Led; 1 aimortalite, Thisbe, Champion, Squirrel,
Ancurtsuracniatill: drapnv,SCtauririleAv., Perseus, Sulphur, Archer, Mat...

Snettettess, Dec. 360—Sailed the Milbrooke
Schoonet, Lieut. DesTAttett, for the Downs.

Went out of Harbour the Ariacbre, Capt. Et,
PKINSTONI, and BtavrrSloop, Capt.PELLY.
Caine in to the Little'Nore the Amelia Frigate,
4 .
Capt. Lard PROSY, to refit..
"This day the Crew of the Clyde, Capt. LAS.
MOOR, were paid up to six months, after which she
proceeds has soon as the weather wilt possibly per..
thii) to sea.

YARMOUTH/ DEC. 26.—Sinailar intelligence to
that sent to rortsmouth, that the Fret) h and Dutch
Fleets were at Sea, reached the Port Admiral hue on
Friday night, The former we 'know nothing of,
but the latter, I think with much confidence, • re-
main in status quo. The Mallard Gun.brig an.
chorea in the Roads on Saturday, and had fool'
days previous to that been vim* in to the Tote!,
where no movement of the smallest consequence was
apparent. The reports of Mutiny in Holland are
not believed here at all, but if the Pilots are to be
credited, and the various Mistrals boarded by our
Cruizers believed, such event is by no means imps,
habit ; " nothing but force," has been long the cry,
" shall compel us to offer CM' ships and our persons
certain sacrifices to theEngliph." Admiral Rosie tt.'s
Flag has been bandied abotst, having shifted it on
Tuesday last from the Repulse to the Privets: of
Orange, and again yesterday, in a, gale of wind,
,to the Adder Gun-vessel, the Only Ship of War
flying report (for it can be no more) leaves in
the Roads, much to the disquiet of the Inha.
bitants of Yarmouth, who think 'a Line.of.l3at.
tie Ship or two necessary to• their protedion; al.
though the whole British Navy could not add to
their zealous energy •and loyal exertions, which
cannot be ton much admired. Upwards of 500 Vo.
lunteer Infantry, :with a large body of .....ell.mount.
ed Cavalry, are at drill twice a day, be the weather
what it may, and are really becoming expert, or.
derly, and perfeet soldiers. The Swaff ham and
Deteham Cavalry, a numerous and well disciplined
body, relieved the Lynn Troop 'on Saturday, to do
temporary duty at advanced centinels for the pro.
tellion of their Country, and appear to enter upon
such service with that ardour and enthusaism be.
coming Englishmenvand men' whose dearest interests
are at stake,

PENZANC!, I),c. 23.-11)4 waning at eleven
o'clock a ship of the tine appearing off this Bay,
crossed some little alarm among the females (especial.
ly when it was reported she could not answer the
signals made by the Nimrod Sloop of War, and that
the latter had weighed anchor in consequence); bur
we very soon found her to be His Majesty's Ship
the Plantagenet, of 74 guns, Capt. 1)a COURcY.
which left Admiral CORDIWALLIIVS Squadron off
Brest last evening, about seven o'clock,. with dic,
patches for Government. Notwithstanding the very
severe gales, the whole Squadron have been able
to keep their stations, and have suffered very trif.
ling to what might have been expeCted—The Plan.
ta:ctut left sit Sdil of the Line within, and two
wilbuist 1.1 th a n , and the Doris Frive the latter,

it 13 e4ctie4, witi be obliged tocolue its 10
her roto.sop sail yard, and liar for, end foi;t4;e le
masts, which were carried away In late P -
the Penuarks. The Republican Fleet is grab
do not now manifest' i
the least dispositon
to come Otlt. The Plantagemet it come to anchor,
as it blows strong at S. S. W.
Totamr, DEC. 24..—Since my )sat sailed tilt
Mermaid and Nemesis Frigates - but the
ing TetY heavy at S. W. the 'Alermaid tetatned
again, and remains. Arrived also the Susaanab•
Capt. Sues, and Bide.furd, DcGt>Atetr, both from
Wales, with coals ; the latter in working in 01°'
ing strong in a heavy squall), split hot sail' t°
pieces. Another sloop drove from her moorings.--
It blowing a shocking gale of wind, I for We stall
hear of more shipwrecks. wind blow..

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_ ABERDEEN, Dec. 2t.—Since Sunday Jetts we
have had heavy gales at S. E. which on mono'
n'ght and Tuesday morning increased to a hurricane'
o'clock, the Wig Thmas,
On Monday afternoon, between four and file
loaded, for LaAon, came on shore among the rocks
in the Bay of Nigg. The Master and six of the Crete
of North Shieltis, COI:
were aloft handing the sails when she static, and
the mainmast giving way, they all perished. The
remainder of the crew, four in aumbe!, wqa
with great difficulty got ashore, quite bilitenm"„
ands pent. The names of those who perfetiaLmill"
Captain RAY JOHNSTON. the Master : Til.rt
STAIr, • son ro the
.ownet ; Jail PI TATI.OI4. 1111""„ai
THoWASLlDLRRiCarpenter;ltrcwattolgtalm'4
Jost 14 DAY 2 mon, seamen ; and ANCOSIM,,,OI.
caLchbo:::::,:hiA.y:Tasent:aososreffwhwNeillia►bodyisgws.se, roFefastAahvneex‘mi Gaarteteltriassr.
tag;
rail?:
,thrown on shore, and decently interteo In
,
off this coast, same afternoon,
The 'Maar parted with the pars, of Lonaon•
came ashore half a mile south of Whi:eness, in the
parish of 'Stain's. It is only known to hi that
vessel, by pieces having her name 11 oating taborer
for there is hardly a vestige of her to. he seen i of
course all hands perished. A great deal of' wreck
end that night ihe
is come ashore in the different neighbouring creek',
from which. we are sorry to infer, that. some other
unfortunate vesselsmust have shated the same fat.
A large briwas seen to fonder yesterday,a fel.
The Anttlepe,
wreck which came ashore, she iasupleol,ol ta bfl miles to the Southward a Atbrosth. • 01, sane
the Nalecy, of London. ' - ' ..
wood, also ,kent on shore near Monitele.„ .-
crew all saved, but it is feared the versel wilt be a
wreck.
Last night we were informed, that seeetel Pier.nt
nl. Dunbar, from Nlttrif wig!
Ofthe wreck of a vessel had come album on t''''
sands of Belhelvie, in the afternoon ; and from*
board with the letters Lady Sairoirtr, ufl34o.o,liLstlP"
posed to he the Sloop Lad" Murat of BAg %Pai
CH E Lt. master. Part nt her cargo was awes& v
the
which a considerable quantity was thrown on
beach. . . .
A Sloop, name unicnown, has come ashore among
the rocks near stonehiven, without a 1001 on board.
Jonsonwsesup Dec. ste.v.-00 the .00?. ni.Of the
sorb Ina'. the Brigantine Os Nc Coerva.w.eh, e
LavdOns
the rocks about a mile south of Bervie ; all hands on
board
_perished, and the vessel is a mete wreck.
loaded with barley, was cast on shote on
Mr. PAV lEI SCOTT, merchant in Johnshaven,
with a laudable zeal for the interestet
ed, took cha_rge of the wreck, and a party of the
Mearnehire Volunteers, under the comrond of Capt.
WAvria Thom, assisted to secure the properly,
and Prevent depredation. Two dead bodies have
been found, and it appears from several letters tha
there were
men of the nai of Wen, TnobtAa
G1..0)1.0114 and FaArects Leantr, on board.
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DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE.MONSY.
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To tht Hazard, for the ro.capture of the Mary of Litt/-
tool, a distribution will be mide on 13oard the Haze, oft
TilVtidaY the s9th instant i and to the rerniin&r of tha
shlerlipan'ts
ic.zipapanyviyornitobouatirld. His Majesti'll ship San Josef. Urn
Stanhope-street, Strit'ivail.l V
dryThsreeGu4nie-bibrisgvsktCition. fli4l svid Monkey, for the Sella* of sun.
To the °Meats and Company of the Ambuscade, for the
phi on the list ital. Itt NO- 6,
carKo ot: the susannnb; for t.iiillats out of the El Carmen i
and for a seizure at i'ortsniouth, at No. 23, Arundelattieelf
Strand, on Thursday, the sth of January next.

Accounts were ---
of the Specklator hired Armed Br's in the Downfr
yeterday received of the arrival
which had engaged. and defeated t qtr French ann.
boats, full of Froops near 13ou1ogne ; two were
'rive" on shore, and owing to the
.Itrayy Itch went
to pieces in a short tirne.
Captains BAILEY and ARGLiti Od appOi.fittd to
the comin„r,d4, of the hviaribjef. Of 6* guy's, and tho
Tra,,itY, of 50 gun', fitting, 1 r ,e 3 at t.:lvathartu
comtnani the Minder and fmu Banb.vesseigt 1".".
"tains THomns and Coct,. are appointed VA

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tins fa sea at Deptford.
The Light.Hasse op the Isle of Wainer was °A
Tuesday last accidentally destroyed
rbY fire.
The Williast, 019 tons► ha' been cap
the Valliant Privateet,tured by
to
Captain SINCLAIR arrived on Saturday morning
from Cape Coast Castle, on the Coast of
Africa,
with Dispatches fur. the e African Comp Any. All vest
White,
well then. The garrison consists of bo
Etienne, of B3urdeAnx.
and about soo welt disciplined Blacks.
The Eliza, -----, of Dublin, for Neath, is lost
at Bray.
The jobs, K 1 NO, from Liverpool, is taken by she
rengeamre Privateer, of 1,4 guns, and 140 men, un
the coast of Africa, and retaken by the .Enterprise,
end sent for the West Indies.
The Reirtol, NS %V It 1.1., from Lisbon to Liver.
pool, is driven into the harbour of Armalongs
St rangford : vessel and cargo- considerably damaged;
hopes are entertained that part of the cargo will be
saved.
The Speculation, from Newcastle to Vtleymouth
with coals, was wrecked 24th Nov. three leitg4cl
horn Calais.
_ The Belfry, of Poston, from Amsterdam 1°
was wrecked 24th Nov. near Fort Blanes
Boston,
to the East of Dunkirk.

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411,01 ent pARTIEsb

tilts suhjeet apikatic to us tts have become still
tttore difficult to-discuss and to form a dicided opi.
tion Upon than ever,--the Meeting after. the Recess
Will howeVer certainly throw some light upon'
We donut suppose that Opposition will remain much
lOnger divided, because though the Leaders of dif-
. ferent Parties may have different opinions even upon
greit,Political Questions, they must see how vain
is. their Opposition unless they are united7—Mr.
"ADbitldTON appears to us to have so played his
Cards as to have no refuge. He seems neither 'to
be strong enough to stand, or of consequence enough
to be looked up to by any Party. There art diffi.
tulties, on all sides, and these difficulties have-hi.
therm prevented any thing effeEtual being done—
' but they must give way to the urgency, of Public
Affairs.. Nothing can be more hurtful to=me
tion at such S. moment as the iresent,itlian'',an Ad.
suinistration. to which none look up with confidence.
lunftions and Coalitions are necessary at stich a
time flit the Safety of the Country. Ii is now evi.
dent tiot Questions will be brought forward in the

Present Session, on which all Men must take their

If a strong Adtninistration- can be formed
qut,o.4* present disuorciant. State of Parties, we
4.1.11111 have occasion to rejoice. Never was it more
necessary for the Prosperity, and even for' the Sal.
v*ool pithe Country.
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Since the appearance of The Plain 'lamer to the
r..OnatjAeernarkr, whith has .refuted with much
.ability ;the calumnies of. that publication, great
Pains have been takekto persuade the
.worid that
. the friends of Mr. -Aootuotobr did not circulate
that pamphlet.. We can assure • those persons who
• Itave been ar.this trouble that their labour is vain.
We itave the most convinciotand satisfactory; proof
that the Curra,:y "Ce,ootir were most. strongly '.re
'4ll' commended and industriousty;eiroulated by persons
two, dotty eenneatelwitiv Mr. ADDS Norole...Froal
• 0t time Mr. Apritists4ort's negotiation to bring
Mr. Pit'r into place failed, there' was .no species
-of Inv/Clive with which the latter was nor loaded.
In this spirit .the Current Rentaris were
in thip, spirit they were circulated. Whether any
thing likeAhame, ova feeling of ingratitude, has
dtwed those.Whe countenanced the work recently
to deny the sanaion they gave to it, is not worth
liktnsidering.—the attempt iefooliA, and cannot fur
$ moment impose upon. the Public.
Itto• alarm with respe4l to the enemy's design of
Ittebspting •an immediate descent, took place on Sa.:
tardily and Sunday at Dover. • Mr. Parr arrived
there on Saturday, and made no scruple of publicly
Stating his opinion, that 'the attempt would be
hazarded from Boulogne. All the Volunteers at
Dover, anti in the neighboOrhood, were ordered to
hold themselves in constant readiness for ;Aim),
and he inspetted them on Sunday. The boats, be-
longing to the Sea Fencibles were getting ready
the greatest aftivity, and ir was expefted•that
• their guns would be mounted', and that they would,
. Ile completely manned and fitted ()tufo( action by
. Yesterday. The wind blew a hurricane on Sunday
morning at Dover, and all our cruisers were driven'
f°ll‘ their stations off the French coast• into the.
DoWns. The general complaint along that part of
our Coast irthat our bruisers are neithersufficiently
.ournerous hi-the Channel, nor altogether, adapted:id.
the service of watching and reconnoitring the use-
InY's porta. We learn, . with regret, that an offer
.larety made to Government, by the owners of fifteen
• edtters, now lying idle in Dover, and. admirably
construaed for cruizing off the French coast, has.
been declined. ••
• . The.report from Holland is, that there was- .no.
" Mutiny among im Troops, hut that a numerous
desertion had taken place. - FrOM the Brigadie. of
. 'Waldeck, and' that of Saxe Gotha, :almost two
whole Battalions, which had received orders to hold
themselves in readineis tq. embark, had deserted in
one night ; and it was strongly suspeCied that the
Officers had favoured their escape..
By a-late decree of•the -French Government, the
decree originally poised on the 1701.0 f June, 1792,
tespeaing the ereCtion of a Grand. Circle ()oche
stile Of the"Basrile, is to be tarried into effe4l. It
3s to be adorned with '*.double range of trees.
The entrance of'the' Rue St. 'Antoine •is to be al.
lend to the west, and 'soutluwest, with the view.
of altering the present appearance of its opening,.
end at the saute time- rendering it more corre.
• spontlent with other streets with which' it now
torteaponds. •
The French wmild in ail probability have proved
such vety..bad neighboura to the American Govern_
went if they had retained possession of Louisiana,
that the world ought,not to scrutinize too severely
the condom}. of America in purchasing the place,
kVen upon the iiiiiirdlleg ,n‘thorii_y by which Prince
has disposed. of it..-4t is, however, sornewhat'ittr.
prising that in the preseirhelpietreand humiliated'
State of Spain,. -site should •venture to demur ta-Oe
eargain.
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, A dispute has arisen between the Lieutenancy, of
r
Hampshire, and a JOr•auminoned Gosport to
assess the value of some property belonging to the
Rev. Mr. Btrtcstaw. which. was wanted for the
public service. The Jury conceiving thetuselve> to he
v` aspersed by ceriain Resolusiona-passed at a meeting
of this Lieutenancy, and ,poblished in the\ Hatni'•
• -shire Papers, have published, in a similar inannert a
long Letter to Lprd Bourap, the Lord Lieutenant,
lhng upon his Lordship to acquit them publicly, of
Amy improper motive., '
'..wenty.five powder - Chests have mired.. at .
SOuthampton'from Portsmouth, for the swim. of .
that number of craft, 'fitted at the forrnee part
each to carry an 78 or 9.pounder. A storekeeper is
appointed by the Ordnance to the care of she store.
andi apparatus of this flotilla, and a warehPuse is
'lll' shed to be got ready immediately for their re.
• Cer ion. . , •

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