The Sun.
London, England, 1810-10-17 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

PLYMOUTH,. o.cy. is.—The ship David, TAYLOR,
from Grenada, with a cargo, bound to London has
been attempting to beat up Channel for several days
past, but was driven in Here yesterday during the
gale from the Eastward ; in which the ship,Croydon,
of London, ALEXANDER NWIN, master; from the
Havannah, with a cargo bound to London, parted
fiotn her cables and drove to sea ; and we are hap-
py to ,state, arrived here- again' safe this morniugi
and h,ms noksustained any damage.

,f4-Irrlved the ,Thomas and Ann, HOGGARD, froM
Sunderlaild,;. Mary Ann, TIPPETT, from Neath ;
aid Coto; STEDM'AN, ti•om Newcastle; his Majesty's
ship ,debates frotti Deptford, and is sailed again.QO
'a ctuize.

During the gale from- the Eastward, yesterday a
boat belonging to
,His ¶Majesty's ship Mars. of .74
gur4s,,,lyttig- in Cawsand Bay, put off from that
(ship .tor '.:the purpose of landing two women; in
tivli4 tt Succeeded, and .on their leaving the
boa t,;a sea washed both from the rocks, and
ed filen' to a watery grave. A boat_ belonging to
his Majesty's ship Neptune lying in the
say,
pro-
ceedutg,from that ship for the .purpose of-getting
into Hat-ti)Ze,' was upset in
,5q901.1, but. by „I le
i• '
great exertions of a boat's crew-,belonging to his Ma-
jesry'S ship ./Thiethrist, h6r Crew were saved.—

,PORTSMCUTH, OCT. t 7.--Came-in yesterday the
Phipps schooner from the Downs.

Orr►ked; this day' his Majesty's Osprey with a con-
troy from the' Downs Cylette front a cruize
off Cherbourg ; Elizabeth, :Hu BBARp , from Got-
tenburgh; Fame, ---, frona. Newcastle; Char-
lotte Soi.hia, frOM Stockholm; :Minerva;
, from London.; and ProsArous, MITOIELL,
from Water:ord.- . . . :

- His -:Nlajesly's ship Osprey takes convoy at this
pOtt to the Downs; and his Majesty's; Lotona
to the 'Westward as far as Plyruouth. ,

SHEERNESS, OCT. 6..—Canie into
_Harbour to
be repaired his Majesty's ship Saiday, Hon. Capt.
hiO Y.'

DEAL, OCT. 1 6.---..krrived. the Rumhei with the
.remainder of her convoy,:whieh are sailed for their
different destinations; the Humber remains.
Sailed the Idas cutter with dispatches for the fleet
off.Fluhing.

Arris'cd the Bermuda sloop of war from. Ports-

mouth.

Extract of a Letter, dated ic.*4l,_Couri.ty Clare,
Oa. 9..—" The brig Marquis Cornwallis, SIMPSON,
of Dundee, and from Lisbon, bound to London,-put
'in here last night in want of , provisions ; she sailed
from Lisbon, 21st September;
.with , 40 sail, under
convoy of his Majesty's ship Fylla, Capt. RODNEY ;
on the night of the 23d lost the convoy; on the 4th
Oaober, in .lat. 49. 17. North long. to West, was
captured by the Edward„ a French brig privateer, of
14
.guns, and 120 men, who, after detaining him
about 1%4'0 hours, and sending on board of him the
crews of three vessels he had previously captured,
gave him leave to proceed on his voyage. The three
--vessels above alluded are the brig Mermaid, Captain
&Yap from Lisbon, for London, one of the Fylla's
convoy ; was captured on the 4th Odober ; the brig
Elizabeth, Capt. AIKINS from Lisbon, for Bristol,
'also one of the convoy, captured on the 3d; and
the ship Clio, 'Capt. COLE, from Guadaloupe, cap.-
tured on the 4th Oaober. They represent the priva.
teen a fine new vessel, sails remsrkably fast, and bad
been out of Nantz 8 days, but had made no other
British captures than those before mentioned. The
privateer had captured two Portuguese vessels, one
of them he sunk."

The lllercurius and Alert, ships of war, sailed
from the Nore yesterday, with about 100 sail of
vessels for the Baltic.
The Crane sloop of war sailed from Cork on the
11th inst. with. four vessels for the West Indies.
The Edward, ELLltyry, from Virginia has arrived
at Ramsgate • with the loss ot`t wo anchors and cables.
A three,masted schooner foundered on l'uescloy
last near Beachy Head; all the crew drowned.
Two Danish privateer's arrived in Leith Roads on
Wednesday, prizes to the Pallas frigifle.

We lament that it is not in our power to follow
up our account of yesterday, .to say the Princess
AMELIA continued to improve, and regret to say,
her Royal Highness had a very bad night on Mon-
day, and was; in consequence; yesterday much
worse, so much so, that his MAJESTY has been in-
duced aga,in to decline coming to town this day,,as
is customary, consequently there will be no Court.
On Monday and yesterday he took his usual ride in
Windsor Great Park, accompanied by the Dukes
of CUMBERLAND and CAMBRIDGE, Princesses
AUGUSTA and SOPHIA, atttended by Count MUN-
STER, Lord WALSINGIIAm, Lady ELY, Generals
CARTWRIGHT and F/TZROY, and Col. TAYLOR.
Princess MARY continues her constant and affec-
tionate attendance upon 'her beloved but greatly
afflicted sister the Princess AMELIA : the KING.,
QUEEN, and all the Royal family, are constant in
their visits to leer Royal highness."