The Sun.
London, England, 1814-12-05 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

The Barossa country ship, from Bengal,
rived yesterday yesterday in the Downs. She kft Veinal
the 12th May, the Isle of FrimcC. the 'lsth
Au-
gust, and St. Helena the Ist October —The Cap-
tain reports, that there were some privateers
in the Bay of Bengal, whiCh had taken some
vessels ; and that the Elk sloop of war had ar-
rived from Englaud at the Isle of France', with
the accounts of the Peace.

. TolusAY, DEc.3.--Tile,Wet India fteet Is now
off the Berry Head, acrd the wind at S. S.W. It
is expected they ‘vill not weather the Start, but
bear up for this Bay.
FALMOUTH, DEC.'2.-,—Arrived the Sandwich
pFickFt, ivith a mail from the Leeward Islands, in
36 days ; and the Montague packet, With a mail
from Jamaica; in 49 (lays. Sailed his Majesty's
ship Goldfinch, with. 22 sail of merchantmen, for
Spain, Portugal, and the Mediterranean, to join
his Majesty's ships Meander and Amaranthe, that
are hourly expected off this port, with the re-
mainder of the fleet from Plymouth. Also sailed.
his Majesty's sitip Conquest, with convoy, for
Cork .---:WinCt S. S.

PLYiIOUTII, DEC. 3.--Sailed hi 4 Majesty's ship
Ulysses; with a fleet for Rio Janeiro; his Ma-
esty's - ships Meander awl Atnaranthe, with the
fleets bound to &c. to call off Falmouth for
the ships of that port. •Also sailed his Majesty's
ship Foxhound, with a convoy for France.
Since writing the above the wind has come
round to the South, and the above fleets Are at this
moment returning to harbour. Arrived the SO-
ney Cove, Mott KISON. from .London for Rio :Ja-
neiro ; a Russian ship, from St. Petersburgh,
with timber. Sailed the St. Philip cartel, with
prisoners, for America.

PORTSMOUTH, DPC. 4. —Arrived the Mary,
QUINToN, from Qnehee. Sailed yesterday his
Majesty's ship Comet, for Plymouth ; Challenger
from the Downs, and Melanthe, Gooch, from
Batavia, for the River.—Wind Westerly.
DEAL, DEC. 4.—Arrived-the Barossa, FERMI-
soti, from Bengal and the Isle of France; Me-
lanthe, Gomm, from &tayia and the Cape, last
from Portsmonth ; Cygnet sloop of war, from
Portsmouth ; and several other ships--particulars
not known.—Wind W.

THE • QUEBEC CMNVOY.
Saturday the.rnjoined letter, in answer to one sent by the
Coromittec of Lioyd's to tlit respe.eting convoys
'for the horneward-butind ships from Quebec, was received
and made public:--
•

" Admiralty-Oilice, Dec. 2.
" flaring laid before my Lords Commissioners of the Ad-
miralty your letter of this day's date, hequesting that some
cruizert miry he ordered out for the Hotect ion of the home-
ward bound ship!: ta•orn Quebec, which you mention to have
been separated from the convoy of his Mejesty's ship Liffey;
in a severe gale bf ;vim' nit the liailks of Newfoundland—i ion
commanded by their J,o;dshiir> to acquaint you, that there
are a number of_ ccuizuts ot sea on the Irish and. Plymouth
stations, their lAA dships- hope-wig r4..i..0rd all the prir:
tec.tion that is possible under tilt!' circumstances of the case,
but that my Lords have directed the Admirals at ',lose sta-
tions to send to sea tiny disposable cruizcrs thot•they may
haw in port, with a view to tee protection of the trade above
alluded to, and to enjoin their Commanders to be particularly
-

(Signed)

"z. W. C;;OKER."

Sir JAHLEEL MIEN. TON is, appointeld Commis-
sioner of the Navy at the Cape of Good Hope, in
the room of the late Admiral GEoßpc, DuNbAs.
The several. establishments, of signal towers
along the coast are to be discontinued.

The Boyne, 9;, Captain' F. L. 4TAITtAND,
and the I'onip6e, 8), Sir JAM Cs WooD, were 'on
Saturday looming ordered -o be sent out of
rortsmouti, 111,:b-rotr to Spit:lead, with all dis-
patch, :rod to be. manned and'stored for foreign
service.

The Ontario, SMITE!, from Quebec to Giee,-
nock, was wrecked the 22(1.61t. near Pladda.
The Engll,lr brig Wainol, Captain MaRGAN;
took the ground close to the mouth of the ptirt of
Havre, during'a storm on the 26th tilt. Humane,
attempts were made from the shore to save
the -fives of the crew, but the weather being
so tempestuous, they proved for some time fruit-
less, and two persons loSt their lives_ in the en-
deavour, having been driven On the beach by a
heavy surge. At last, 'ropes having been thrown
to the vessel, then Captain and three of the crew
gottoland, but the remaining two were drowned
in the attempt. The ship mill cargo were ulti-
mately saved, The Euglish,..at Havre made a sub-
scription for the families or the two Frenchmen
who perkhed, and for four American sailors who
had greatly exerted themselves on the occasion.