The Sun.
London, England, 1810-05-21 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS

PLYMOUTH, MAY 1 B.—The Fiend) schooner, of
14 guns, that arrived here yesterday, is the Dorade,
from Isle de Bas, with a complement of 43' men;
out only one day, and bad not made any capture.

-Arrived the-eh:66oer Lion, 'iif Halifiix;. DREW
master, from Malta, with a cargo of oil and fustic,
bound to this port, fcr orders ; sailed from Malta
the 4th March; and Gibiaitar the. 28th April, in
company with a fleet, consisting of go sail, under
convoy of his Majesty's sh►p Terrible, of 74 guns—
parted company on the WO inst. Part of the fleet,
consisting of about 40 sail, passed by this port to the
Eastward yesterday. The Lion spoke a .few days
since his Majesty's ship Virginia, Capt. BRACE.
Arrived the French schooner La Bonne Rencontre,
laden with fish, and a French Chasse Margie, laden
with.wheat, both from the Isle de Bas, priies to his
Nlojesty's frigate Indd'atigable; also arrived the Com-
merce, of Cardigan, JENKINS master, from Youg
hall, with a cargo .of wheat, for this port; the
Union, of Plymouth, HAM master, from Guernsey,
with a cargo for this port ; Thomas and John,
CORNER, from Sunderland, Ant, VINNING, from
Bridgewater; Heart of Qak, JONES, 'and Eleanor,
-ANDREW, from Newport.

'Went up the Harbour his Majesty's ship Tromp.

MAY lg.—Arrived his Majesty's frigates iris,
Capt. SUORTLAND, El/in/inn, Captain COCHRANE,
and :Rota, Captain SOMERVILLE, from Cadiz, with a
fiert
.cif transports and merclidntmen. Mr. FRERE,
I;It Ambassador, arrived in the Iris.

Also arrived the ship transports 47 ne, SCP,MAND.,,
Fame, MILLBANK, CaNicoll Castle, JARDINE, and
Three Sisters,•Jvisa, from Cadiz,. with 508 French
prisoners; several have died on the passage; the
transport brig, No. 44, with French 12risoners, that
sailed in company, is not y:.et arrived.. Also arrived
the Atnerican ship Alpha, Sowt,e, from Cadiz, to-
gether with several others, names,unknown, which
have sailed again this morning to the Eastward.
Also arrived the polacre brig; Druid, HitalLYzi,
Arethusa,—, Hannah, M‘DosALD, Spanish brig
Junta, SELME, Iris, BAisEMAN, Belle, BZT'rs, ECQ,
nomy, HARE, and several others, names unknown
the sever► latter vessels sailed from Gibraltar is com-
pany with the fleet, under convoy of his Majesty's'
ship Terrible—parto company some days since.
A number of ships have passed by this port to the
Eastward last evening; and this morning his Ma-
jely's ship Undaunted also passed up Channel yes-
terday front Cadiz.

His Majesty's ship Bola spoke a few days since
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his Majesty's lhipd Triumple and Revenge, of 74 guns
each, both of which are gone up Channel. ,

His Majesty's brig Cheerly,- in getting under
weigh last evening, drifted ashore on the rocks at
Drake's island, where she remained during the
night, but was got otf this morning withoin much
damage. _ _ _

, Hi; Majesty's ship Ethalion has brought over
several Otticers from 'Cadiz.

Arrived the Piercer gun-brig from the Eastward ;
the Mariner gun-brig from the Westward ; the
James, SPENCE, from Tenerifie, 'with a cargo fur
London ; and the Fancy, REDfitUEN, for, Guernsey,
with a cargo for this part.
Sailed his Majesty's ship Pheasant, with the ships
Clio and under convey for Quebec ; also
sailed the Recruit bag, to the Westward; the Eine_
raid frigate, Captain IVIAtTLAND, for the Irish

station.
Went into Harbour his Majesty's ships Serapis,
Cadmus, and Amelia. •
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Arrived his Majesty's ship Favourite from a
cruize.

SHEERNESS, MAY t 6.—Ar,riv cci his Majesty's brig
IVlagnet.
Sailed his Majesty's ship.iirdent to Yarmouth.

DEAL, MAY 18.--Sailed the Audacious, Aboukir,
&Ilona, Bellerophon, Difence,. and, illariboro'u,gh,
ships of the line, on a cruize off Flushing.
Arrived the Cherokee from a cruize.

PORTIMOUTH, MAY 20.—Came in yesterday a
great many ships from the Eastward, supposed to
be from some part of the Mediterranean, as several
of them are put under quarantine, but under what
convoy is not yet ascertained.

Arrired h s MEjesty's
_ship Endymion, from Ma-
deira ; Rodney, 01 74 guns, and his Majesty's ship
Transit from the Eastward.

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His Majesty's ship Spire is appointed convoy
to Newfoundland. •

Sailed his Alajesty's ship Monarch for the Downs,
anll his Majesty's ships Dapper and Sprightly for a
cruize ; and,the /t/hiat, WHITE,. for London, last.
from Gibraltar.

I Arrived the General Wellesley Indiamzn from the
Downs for Bengal; Providelice, IIoARE ; and Wil-
liam and. Mary, GILPIN, from Liverpool.; Margaret,
111?ilARTER, from Drogheda (last/min Cork), hay-
ing put into that port by stress of weather, and to
repair the damiges she sustained on her vorgt,

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which were very considerable, haring been undty
'the necessity of ail tiug away her masts, &C._ Ar-
rived. also the ilgenoria, from Lisbon ; Olive Branch,
from London for Barbadoes ; Lo:d Eldon, ALitx-
ANDER ; Celerity, CooK, _from Malta ; Hero of the
; Santuleria, VILARD ; Halcyon, 'IL'S'
SAY ; Aile, Jame, St. Nichols), NlcoLo
from Gibraltar ; Eleonora Van
.Riga,, LORENZO
and Susannah, ATLAS, from the Downs, the for-
mer for Liverpool.

Came in the Diligent store-ship from the Downs,
for lialifax ; and his Majesty's ships Undaunted and
Cyanne, the former from Cadiz and the latter fmul
the Mediterranean.

His Majesty's ship Hardy has detained and sent
into this Port, the- §wedish ship Sophia ,Ulrica,
SWEN, master, laden with salt from St. Übes, bound
to Stockholm.

ISLANDS OF SCILLY, MAY I2.—Arrived tho -
Mary, of London, BARKER, master, from Mogadore,
laden with skins, almonds, fice. bound to London
under quarantine.

Also a Trinity yacht, with several of the Brethren-
belonging to the Corporation of Trinity House of
Deptford Strand.

The brig Beater, WILSON, with timber (or Pen'
zance; the brig Star, of YaralQath, ARTIS, master,
from Liverpool to Yarmouth, with salt ; the brig
Sarah, of Yarmouth, to London with salt; the brig
Robert and Mary, of Teignmouth; RICHARDS, frons
Liverpool to Exeter, with drapery goods and gro-
ceries; the brig Mariner; BANKs, trom Liverpool,
Penzance, With salt and empty casks. -

• FALMOUTH{ MAY 18.—Saiied his Majesty's shi?
PAeaprit for Quebec.; Lord Haar: packet for
Cadiz ; Chestolield packet for Halifax and New
York.

Arrived the Firm gun-brig from a cruizo.

Passed by the American ship Ossian, Capt. RoX,-
LINS, from Norfolk. Yesierday, off the Lizard,
spoke his Majesty's ship Argo, in company with the
sail of Indiamen and Whalers from St. liclens, gl
well.

The following letter from Plymouth, contains.
some further particulars respe&ing the gallant attack
made by the boats of the Armide, Cadmus, Monkey,
and Daring, Oh a French convoy, which .we Anew..
tioned some slays ago:—
Early on the morning of the 4th ins,tant, -the boats
of the Armick, Cadmus, Monkey, and Dari),,g, led
on by Mr. S. Roberts, First Lieutenaist of the. Art.
• snide, 'made a gallant attack on 'a French bylivork
consisting of near thin-4' vessels, at anci;or under La
Fo•se de l'Oye, (Isle de Jibe) defended by batteries
•on shore, two armed luggers, and Several armed pin-
naces,—Although the enemy were Well prepared to
receive them, our brave fellows boarded and toot'
possession of seventeen vessels with little resistance ;-
but the wind, which vas northerly at the corn' •
tnencement of the attack, having unfortunatelY
veered round to, the E. S. E. and blowieg fresh into,
'the roadstead, with a flood tide, rendered abortiO
every attempt to bring them out, notwithstanding
the greatest exertions, amidst a heavy fire from IK
armed vessels, the batteries, and musquetry on the
beach.
At the approach of day-light, the enemy were
enabled to dire& their fire on cur boats with innt&
precision ; and the armed vessels -seeing our corn'
parative small force, advanced to attack it.—There
being! no possibility of bringing off the prizes, it,
was found necz.ssary to destroy them ; accordingiYio
ten brigs, sloops, and galliets, were set fire to, en"
destroyed before the, boats retreated.
Considering the boldness of the attack, and .Abe
difficulties accident threw in the way, in a very,
critical roadstead, where the boats grounded seve-
ral times, both, going in and coming out, our lose
in Ibis affair, was small in point- of number ; but.
the country have to regret the loss of a gallant Luld.
promising young Officer, Lieut. P. S. Townley, 01•
the Armide, a Gentleman of the most -amiable and.
unaffeeted manners;—he tell (after having boarded
and carried an armed logger) by a pistol-ball froth
a French Officer commanding an armed pineacel,
which boarded the lugger. a
.few minutes after,
aided by the remains ot the lugger's crew, and sap'
ported by another pinnace coming up. When the.
French Officer came on board the lugger, Lieuk
Townley collared him, and desired him to SUP
'render, which he refused, and pulling a pistel front_
his: side, discharged the contents through Lieut"
T.'s neck, which being observed by the corporal 01'
Marines belonging to the Armide's boat, he in-
stantly plunged 'his bayonet thrtingh the French'.
man, and pinned his body to the deck, where it wO5,
literally cut to pieces by our exasperated crew ; a"
a severe struggle ensued between them and the
enemy, in taking the body of Lieut. Townley int° •
the launch, which they effected, after killing eight
Frenchmen. Besides Lieut. T. six men belonging
to the Armide were severely wounded—two of them
mortally, and are since dead.
P. S. Three more of the wounded men are since
dead. The following are the names of the brave
fellows who base fallen in this gallant affair,
Trewman, and John Dempster, seamen
Bliggs, W. Helliard, and J.. Williams, marines.
This gallant enterprise deserves great praise, hair-.
ing been conducted with the greatest coolness and
bravery, and would most undoubtedly have been at- „.
tended with complete success, but tin- the sudden
change of wind at that critical period.

On Thursday a Court Martial was held at Ports..
mouth, on Mr. JAMES ANDuasox,•Master of his
Majesty's ship Grasshopper, for diunkenness and
neglect of duty, at vai ion 4 times.—He was dismisst d
his ship, and rendered incapable of ever serving as.
an Officer again ; but to serve in such a situ:llion
as the Comtnan&r-in-Chief shall direct.—Captain
LEE, Wesident.

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