The Sun. — 1801-09-11 (London, England)

SHEERNESS, SEPT. 10.  YESTERDAY arrived His Majesty's Gun-brig Bouncer, and is come into harbour to refit.  The Cobourg hired Brig, Lieut. Waten-r, has come down the River Thames, and sailed for Yarmouth. •  The Sophie is taken into dock.  The bottom of the Four Brothers Gun.barge was, on 11N- being taken on the slip, found to be so very rotten, as to render her totally unfi.t for farther  service,  It was zeportel'yesterday, that Captain Loon, of the Venerable, has,hal a severe eng:;.g.,ement near Cadiz, with a FrenCirSo gun ship, in the course of ,vhich the Vemer'abie lost her inain.mast and got. aground, by which means the Enemy were able to escape. The loss of the Venerable is stated to be z 8 killed and 87 wounded.  On Wednesday morning, the American schooner Adventure, arrived at Cowes, in the Isle of Wight, from Guadaloupe, which place she left on the 3ist df July last. Captain LILLIERIDGE reports, that about -the middle of June last, General LACROSSE arrived at the Island with boo veteran troops, on board, the Coilleille and Coccade National Frigates, of 4+ guns each the latter of which, a few days be. fore his departure, sailed on a Cruize.  The Albiag, and about seventy sail under convoy, from Leith, arrived at Elsineur on the 27th ult. The convoy sailed for the Baltic immediately. Letters from the Admiral Parley Armed Brig, of 16 guns, Lieutenant WOOLPRIDCE, dated the z7th of July, off Malaga, state, that on his pas. sage from Gibraltar to Minorca and Malta, in quest of Rear-Admiral Sir J. B. WARREN, Bart. he fell in with and engaged a Spanish xebec, of 24. guns, Ship-rigged, which he beat off, and would probably have captured, had she not escaped by taking to her sweeps. The Admiral Pasley then fell in with and captured a Spanish Felucca Privateer, of •io guns, and two Brigs valuably laden, which are arrived at Minorca. •  During.a late cruizc of His Majesty's Ship Arrogant off Point de. Galle, a lief), considerable booty . narrowly escaped falling.to the share of her gallant crew. When off the Point,. the .Arrogant saw two Vessels, and gave dace to one,' which they came u'p with and took ; the Other escaped. The prisoners reported that the latter, called the Doss Carlos, was from Manilla, with fifty-three chests of treasure on board, principally the proceeds of captured property, amounting to 350,000 Letters have been.received from Madras, men-. tioning the following' circumstances having taken place on board the ship .S-usannah, Captain DR.:Y'S% DALE, during her passage thither with a cargo of gunpowder. A Frenchman, a prisoner on his.pa_ role, who'had obtained permission to proceed to Madtas as a passenger, concerted a plan' with Spaniard and four others, for murdering the Officers' and seizing the ship, with• the intent of carrying her to the le •of France. They commenced this diabolical scheme by-attacking the Chief Officer who had the 'watch upon deck in the -night, whom they immediately threw overboard : the Third Officer, who was also upon deck, was afterwards dispatched ; and thei then proceeded to the cabin ; but. Captain DaYsfiAL'g, having fortunately been awakened by the noise his Officers made in *resisting the villains,  fhern coming towards him, escapeS at ono tioor of_ the cabin, while they entered at another, and got forward to the forecastle, where he was joined by the second -officer and crew. The mutis neers were very soon subdued, and one killed. The Susannah in a few days after arrived at .Madras, when the mutineers were sent on shore, in irons, to be tried.  All the Ships taken up by the Non. Eat IndL Company, for India and China, for the last season, as well regular as extra, have now sailed for their respeaive destinations ;,and the Ships to be-engage ed for the ensuing season, are expected to be cbir., tered tbelatteT end of the next month.  We understand that nine ships are building for the Company's service, to be employed as extra tonnage, for the purpose of bringing gruff gaods from Bengal.  Sixty-nine ships, belonging to the Hon. EastIndia Company, are now abroad for cargoes, front the different Presidencies, Eighteen ships arc At home, including those arrived lately ; and twentyfour are building, ten of which are i2oo tons :burthen, making a total of 111 ships. The 5wa1107.,, Earl of Morilingtalt, Georgiara, and Whim Packets, are now in India ; the two former, from their having been cut nearly two years.* are expected shortly to arrive.