The Sun.
London, England, 1803-08-18 00:00:00

NAV/IL NEWS.

POILTSMOUTif, Ava, 17.—ArtIved the Admiral
4plis East indiaman, and -some other outward.
bound Vessels, from the Downs.

DEAL, AUG. 17.—Sailed the jac4all anti Con-
AY Gun-vessels on a,Cruize.

Arried the Snipe Garr-brig from a Cruizc, and

remains.

SIIVERNESi, AUG. i6.—His MajestrsGun.brig
Archer, under the command of that aelive and-me.
ritorious Officer, Capt. SHERRIFY, is now lying at
the Little Note, waiting tide, to proceed .to the
Downs with a draft of-men for the Squadron then?
and with some Flat-bottomed Boats to be left with.
His Majesty's Ship Texii, whit t is lying on . a
Floating Battery in Margate Roads. The "Archer
was only docked on Tuesday last, and yet is now
again in 'a state to face the Enemy, and give him a
warm reception, should he dare to approach the
Coast.

LANCASTER, AUGUST 13.—0 n Saturday last we
had the pleasure of seeing the first prize brought into
this Port this War, viz. the coppefed French Ship
Pohere L' Harmoin, Psis". PAUL BoNIFAC6 late
master, brirthen 238 tons, laden with 307 bales of.
cotton, 20 bundles of bufFaloe hides, 985 cwt. Cam.
peachy wood, &c. She sailed from New Orleans for
Marseilles, on the t4tli of June, -and was captured
on the 27th July, in lat. 35. 10. 10ng.,23. z 6: by the
Paragon Letter of Marque, of this Port, Captain
HART, belonging toMesars. RIDLEY and Doosorr.
She has seven Passengers, four of whom arrived in
her. They had not heaid of the War. The Paragon,
on the i 7th ult. in lat. 46 82.. long. 17. 30.- spoke
the Margaret, Letter of Marque, of Liverpool,
bound to Africa, out r4'day, with a large French
East India Ship in company, which she had captured
six days before, off Cape Finisterre. On, the 23d,
in lat. 28. z 6. long. 22. 4. spoke the Brig. Elite,
of Bremen, last from Cowes, out i t days, and
hound to St. T 11011113; Mr. FRYER, Priae.master
of L'Harnisin, on the ztlj instant, in lat. 45. 38,
long. 15. 15. spoke His Majesty's Fr %ate La Loire,
oat weeks, and had taken nothing.

Her Royal Highness PRINCE S 3 SOPHIA, with
her usual attenda'nts, took an airing on horseback in
Windsor Great Park..

The harvest in..the neighboUrhood of Windsor is
proceeding most -rapidly, and thecrops are abundant.
On Tuesday afternoon the Windsor Cavalry, cum.
mantled i,yM jor Sruaces,met on Winkfield
alti Went through their various • evolOons with
great exaaness : they are a set of fine fellow'', and
the neatness of their uniform had a pleasing etica.
On Sunday next being the Birth-day of his Royal
Highness the Dolts of CL4kIINCR, his Royal
Highness the Pit INC it of \VALI,: intends we heat
to dine at Bushy Park.

It is said that Mr. YOaltg is immediately to be
created a Peer, by the ',tie of Lord Dovtit.

.The LORD LIEUTENANT has published an offs.
cial declaration of hi, wish, that the, Bankers, Mer.
chants, anti Traders at Dublin, should Mee at the
Royal Exchange, to take into consideration a Gc.
neral Subscription on an extended scale, for the en.
couragement and relief of those 'who may be en.
gaged in the defence of the Country, and who may
suffer in the common cause, and of those who may
signalize themselves, during the present most itn•
portant contest, in concurrence with the general
subscription in London,. and with the .same noble
and
.patriotic objets.

Mi. Kt NC, one of the Under Secretaries of State
for the Home Departtnent, has, after a long soli.
citation, obtained leave to retire. He has held that
situation for thittetn years, and his health is 'some-
what impaired by his intense and laborious service.
ktiniour litotes, that he is to he succeeded by Mr.
RSEVES., Should this latter arrangement not
rake place, it.is supposed Mr. REEVEti will go to
the Foreign Office, in the room of, the Earl of BR's.
T ax_
,T 4 othetUnder'Secretary in the Home
pa_cttnent,,Sir OsoRGIt SHEBA is to be succeeded by
Mr. Poi CAREW.

An arrangement is said to be made for Mr.,
LEW is, the Trincipal *Clerk in the War Depart.
merit, who has been thirty.three years in the ser,
vice, and whose place is extremely lucrative. *.
Yesterday a Court of Direftors was held at the
East India House, when. the Company's Ship Hfi.
?fiiin;a was ordered to be got ready for a voyage to
St. Helena, and eventually to India. The Court
adjPurned at six o'clock.till to.morrow.

By the Venerable, 74 guns, which arrived at
Plymouth on Saturday, is learnt, that the French
Squadron in the .Outer Road of Brest are daily
manetuvring both ships and men in handling and
fulling jails, exercising great guns,'smalt arms, &c.
By an order .from the Transport Board, received
at Plymouth„ a ctrl--I has been .ordered .to he Alt
tip -for thine French Ladies who wish to go to
France, and on Saturday last 30 Ladies and .fees
French. Gentlemen and their Ladies were embarked
on board her betwixt the Island and the Main, and
sailed for St. Malues directly : two Ladies remain
in the Mill Prison with theirhusliands,.:who are
nut yet sufticiently recovered to be removed.
on-the 27th of last month a notice:was. stuck up
at the I-lamburgh Exchange, that in virtue of -a
declaration made by the English Minister, ali
the
vessels which had been laden before the 9th ,would
he permitted to tail fur their respedive. destina.
Lions by the-English squadron at the mouth of the
Elbe.

A letter received in ttivrn yesterday from an Ofti.-
ccr on board one of His Majesty's ihips, lying. ofp
Cadiz, announces the capture of a. very rich Spanish
West Indiaman, on her passage from South Ame.
rica. She had 11,000 Ounces of gold ori.board, and
was carrietl, into Gibraltar, „A-French 74 which
was.in company with the prize, narrowly escaped.
Yesterday the cogirniksioners gave orders to pre.
{pare the erriall Lottery Wheeli, as the 24,q,p9 Tic.
km. ave. to cv int l. them next week, preparatory
to he drawing of the Lo.tterya Which begirt-the
sth of next month,

HC'FIELD, THE IMPOSTOR,

EXTRACT OR A LETTER FROM CARLISLE,
15 T H AZGOST.

Seven ?click in thslelliffp

" THE Celebrated Hatfield, alias Col. Hop, is
this moment fund_ Guilty of Forgery,
,at the A.s•
sizes here, and is to receive Sentence to.morsaw.

morning,",

FETE AT OATLANDS.

. ,
Tug MIKE of Your's Birthday was celebrated
'PP Tuesday .at airiatAis, by near t so, among cc/1100i
were the male branches of the ROYAL FAuttry -
with the Nobility and Gentry of the neighbourhood.- .
At four o'cleck' in the afternoon, carriages and •
clableffrorp London appeared in several' direalons,
and at half past four, five rooms on the grottndfloot
were laid open,- for the, reception of the CoMpanys-
who continued coming till halt.pasr six. His High.
nesVT Band, ' n full uniform, being placed upon the
--.—" l
lawn before the door, played martial and • other ,
pieces of music.
At -seven o'clock' the large dining.toom was.
thrown .open, and displayed a sumptuous dinnorr,
consisting of all • the 'delicacies of the season,
Beventy persons sat down at table. In the other
apartments of the house, which, were appropri
aced for the 1.-Jdesmen, 8:s. of His Royal Iligh-
ness, were tables for 1 ao. After Dinner, the
Dutch playground on the lawn, being tailed in
by temporary railing, seats- were pliiced for el_
speklators, the space in the centre being a raised
floor, appropriated for the dances, and most bran.
tifully illuminited with medallions, festoonis and•
variegated lamps. The ball .then corn:llene"' 1
which was opened with 6s Speed :he Plough," .11 .
the Di:it:miss of Yoax and the Doxit
R ENCE, folloWed •by the DUKE. of CamsatoPE.
and Lady E. Sparicaa, n —VKE of
_KENT. 411,,i0 Ili
of C...! )
A. SMITH.' ITH . "On tlie' platf •sin we. observed ‘Oneur" is De BUDF, Major TAYLOR., two Capt. Urt°'l4. '
• Capt. PAGET, Sir J. SHELLEY, and Mr. F.,twStsissLa '
wkb their partners, ,who, we 'believe, • were t
• daughters of the neighbouring Gentlecnen.
At twelve o'clock the grand Grotto at, the lower .1
end of the park, was elegantly lighted up and bean`
~'
tifully illuminated. A table was laid nut in it with:
supper for thirty of His Royal Highness's particular . •
friends. At two o'clock the dances were resume :
arid kept up %%id, great spirit till a late hour. .c..
At ten o'cl,Tk yesterday morning His Highness
arrived in town, in company with General Da
BODE, And attended the Military Levee at 00
War-Office.