The Sun.
London, England, 1810-12-19 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

PLYMOUTH,
.DEC. 7.—An atcoutit has : been
received 'here, that the brig,Elizatetlz, belonging to
this Port, FAwCKNER" Master, that S4iled.from here
sometime since, in biillast, bound to Si. Michael's,
for a cargo of fruit, was captured yn the 24th Octo-
ber, about 3,5 leagues from thence, by the French
brig privateer Le Duc de Dantzick, commanded by
Captain ANQNANDAW, of lel guns, and a Comple7
ment of 110 men, when the Captain and Owner
were immediately taken on board the privateer, and
shortly after it was determined by the Fren,ch Com-
mander, who is represented as being a most perfect
gentleman, that she should be delivered up to her
crew, on condition that they should, iminediately
on their return to this country, endeavour to get a
release for six French prisoners of, war here, 'and -
cause them to be sent to France, which was'agreed'
to, when they were sent again on board the.vessel;
the boat's crew, however, stole three chests of
wearing 'apparel from the . Owner, which they car-
ried on board the privateer. '1 he Elizabeth then
proceeded on her voyage, and arrived at St: Michael's
the nett day, wbere she found ab ttt 20 sail of Yes-
gels loaded and loading for England ; ,and, on the
7th ,No‘etnber, a heavy gale of wind was experi•
enced ;here, which lasted uotil the night o Bth,
during which wzeral vessels drove -ashore, and a
deal of damage was done aitrongthe shipring i the
Elil4e2ll, durint, the gae, :was obliged to cut bier
caole, and proceed to-se' ; when, on' the gib fol-
lowing, she encountered, imbiber pie of wind, in
which her..maiti,topil-yardj fore-sail, top-;ail,
tore.stay,sail, and main-lod-sail, were bl6wo away,
the ikessel received considerable damage ; and,
in consequence, she bore, away for Li4bon to repair
the damage which she had sustained, where she ar7
rived on the 21st following.

PORTSMOUTH; DEC. 18.—Arrived his Majesty's
ship Dapper jrarn a cruize; Hussar low" the Baltic;
Sandwich, from
Sailed the Linnet on a cruize.

DEAL, DEC. ts.—Put bacic several of the out-
ward-Otainct vvssels.
Sailed the Castilian and Cordelia sloops of iyar,
and Piginey cult s on a, Cr uFze. '

We have . been favoured by a most respectable.
mercantile house with the following copy cat' a letter
from the Secretary of the Treasury of the United
States,. in reply to a letter written by a Meichant
of New York, relative to the doubts existingas to
the precise time and manner of carrying" into effect'
the non-intercourse against Great lritain and: her
dependencies, under,the President's late Proclama-
tion. This document will be duly appreciated by
every Merchant and Manufacturer concerned in
trade with the United. States:—
Treasury Department, Nov. 13, tBc©.

" Your letter, of the loth instant, has been re-
ceived. All goods imported from the dominions of
Great Britain, and arrived in the United States sub-
sequent to the 2d of.Februhry,, will, in my opinion,
become forfeited, according to the provision of the
,law of May Ist, 1K 10, if Great Britain shall not, on
that day, have revoked her edicts in .the manner
contemplated by that act. It follows, that if no
knowledge of such revocation shall have been ob-
tained on that day, goods imported as aforesaid Must
be seized by the Custom-house Officers; although
it be,.also true, .that if the revocations have actually

ntken place. before that day, no forfeiture will have
occurred, and the goods must, in that case, be re-
stored, whenever the fact of such revocation is
known. The inconvenience of the detention of the
goods in that case is understood; but cannot, under
the existing law, be avoided, except and through
the intervention„ of the Courts, who may direct an
immediate restoration of the property, on satisfac-
tory bonds for its value .being ;given to abide the
final decision of such Court.
" I have the honour to be, respectfully, &c.
• (Signed) " ALBERT GALLATIN."

At.a late hour last ni_iht we received" Dutch Pa-
pers to the gth inst...q ne folloWing is the only ar-
ticle given in them of the least interest :