The Sun.
London, England, 1814-10-08 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

Dovnt, Oc-r. 7.—Part of the Sstli:Regiment
of Foot, under orders for America, came litre to-
day to embark.
FALMOUTH, 0CT:7.,--Sailed his Majesty's ship
Sapphire, Lyra, los,olent,.Sealark, and Mac Karel,
to the ,Westward.—lt is determined that the
Jamaica packets are in future to call at St. Vin-
cent's.—Wind S. E.

PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 7.—Arrived his Majesty's
ships Dexterous, Growler, and Surly, from a
critize ; Warspite, from Plymouth ; and Sapphire,
from the West Indies, last from Cork and..Fal=
mouth. Sailed his Majesty's ship Steady, on a
cruize. His Majesty's ships Duncan, Prevoyante,
and Serapis, with' the fleet bound to the Brazils,
&c. &c. have put back, and remain in St. Helen's
Roads.—Wind Westerly.

PLYMOUTH, OCT. 6.—Ca m e in the Freya and
Rhin frigates, from Portsmouth.—Wind

DEAL; OCT. 7.—Came- down from the River
his Majesty's ship Jannis ; George Cannon,
TRIPE," for Buenos Ayres ; and Ann,
and the Henry, for Barbadoes ; Trident, Mary;
Maria, 13rnue, and Henry transports, from Cork,
and .remain. Sailed the division of transports,
trith the German .Legion, for Ostend. Arrived

the Redpole sloop of war from the Westward; a
line 4 battle ship, and the Clyde frigate ; the two
hitter are bound to the River, to be broken
Also arrived the Montreal 'transport, baring on
hoard the Staff of the King's German Legion, for
Gibraltar.—Wind W.

SCILLY, SEPT. 30.—Caine in his Majesty's
ship Cracker, from Dublin, hound to Portsmouth ;
his Majesty ship Mutine, trout the West Indies,
'bound to Plymouth : she will take convoy front
hence up Channel.

The Royal Sovereign yacht, which conveyed
the King of France to Calais, is now in dock, at
Deptford, to undergo a completeyepair, with im-
provements.

The merchnnt 'ship Catharina Maria, CLASSEN„
laden with coffee, direct from St. Domingo, en-
tered Hamburg') op the 28th ult. This is the first
vessel from that Island that has reached hlam-
burgh for many years.

Yesterday aC(-)nrt of Directors. was held at the
East India Ilonse, when the under-mentioned
Captains were sworn in' to the •command of their
respective ships. viz.:—
Captain J. Locke, Dark! Scott ; Captain W. Hay, Inglis ;
and Captain It. S. Dalrymple, Vansittart ; for Bombay and
China. • •

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Captain A. Nairne, Geimal Kyd, for St. Helena; Prince
of Wales Island, and China. •

The Court adjourped at six o'clock till Wed-
nesday next.

ATIEMPT TO MURDER.,

• Last night, between seven and eight o'clock, a
most daring attempt was made. by some villains,
in the Five Fields, Chelsea, to commit a murder
upon a respectable, eldeHy-looking person, of the
name of LARKIN, who resides in Jermyn-street,
St. James's. The particulars of this atrocious
act are as follow LARKIN was proceeding
home : near the Chapel in Five Fields, he was
suddenly knocked down by, it is supposed, a
bludgeon, and besides being severely wounded on
the bead, cot most -dreadfully near the jugular-
vein, and afterwards dragged by the villains from
the road into the Chapel Field, .and there left in
the state of insensibility described. Shortly after-
wards a Gentleman 'of the name of BAKER, resid-
_ing in Sloime-street, coming past, found the un-
fortunate man lying apparently lifeless. Mr. B.
immediately procured assistance, and carried him
to M.p.MoRnENs, at a little distance, where aid was
adininistered to him. He was thence conveyed to
'St. George's Hospital, where he nom lies in .a
most dangerous state. It appears that he was
robbed , of his hat and the neck handkerchief he-
wore, as well as two shirts, sonte cravats, and alter
articles of wearing apparel, for which he had been
to a laundress in the neighbourhood of the place
where the atrocious attempt was made.