The Sun.
London, England, 1814-02-26 00:00:00

THE FRENCH FRIGATES.

The Venerable is speedily -expected with the
Alcmene and Iphigebie French frigates, her prizes..
The•follOwing additional particulars have been
communicated with regard to their capture
". On the 13th of January the Cyane fell in, oil'
Madeira, :with the Venerable, 74, Admiral Du aft AN.f...
on his pas?age to Barbadoes. Having parted corn.
parry, and being about 9 Miles distant, the Cyane
made signal of two enemy's frigates in sight,
which being observed by the Venerable, she
crowded in chase, and was gaining f:.tt
the nearest ship, which run across the Vene-.
table's bows, no doubt with. a hope of escaping,
by .carrying away the former's bowsprit. The
mo►nent she passed, a party of men from the Ve-
nerable boarded her, and carried her after an ob-
stinate resistance, in which above forty of the
enemy were thrown overboard. The other• fri-.
gate having made off under a ,press of sail,
was chased. by the Cyane for two days, who:.
then lost sight of her; but a short time after, the
„Venerable fortunately again fell, with, and,
finally captured her. They are said to be ralu,
able prizes, having large cargoes on board.—
The Venerable had previously captured a French
brig." .

Another account at is, that the Commodore,
Captain VIt,LENEUvE, nephew of the late Admirat
of that name, was mad, era agh to run alonpitis
the.Venvrable, in the hope of carrying -her by
boarding, and finding his own snip boarded and
carried in.consequence, he would not allow the
colours to be struck, till they were hauled down
by the British boarders. All the treasure takell
out of the Spanish prize has hen retaken in the
frigates. L' Alcmene carries 4-i guns, 319 men,
and L'lphigenie,, 44 guns, and 324 men."

An embargo has been stated to be iaiposed on
all Norwegian vessels in the river, in consequence
of the late proceedings in that country. We sus-
pect there must be some error in this statement.
The vessels in question can. only have come to
iEngland under licenses permitting their return ;
and we are not aware upon what ground their
country's hav►ng -declared itself independent, can
be considered to vitiate the effect of such licenses,
or indeed can justify our Government in any in-
terference \vial them whatever•.

The Captain of a merchantman recently arrived
at Bristol, states, that on hiS passage from Lis.
bon to that Tort, he saw a French frigate, with a
British vessel, her prize, in company. A British
cruizer was also in sight, and had been dogging
the Frenchman for a length of time.
SUNKILN ROCK Oil' CAPE WHATIE-The
in; arc the bearings and (Hsu:nee of .the rock, with
some useful observations to mariners, for asem.
raining the approach of it :--
Frow Cape Wrath N. E. ,by N.l E. 15 miles.
El'OiD Whiting Head, N. r V. 20 niqqs.
From Far Out Head, N. by E. 13
About half a mile to the Southward of the shoals
forming part of the rock, you-will have 40 fathoms,
of thie *sand, :md to the East, West, and North,
when you full into 23 fathoms, with Coarke gravel,
nod frcquei-Aly black stones, p,4 are close to the
rock..

The Smith Down lien-intent, et present guar•
tered at Fort. Pitt, will be removed from thence
to Chatham ,Barracks. The Barracks at Fort
Pitt are to be fitted immediately as an hoT tut,
•for the reception of 500 - sick and %wounded 5,4-
diers, under the superintendance 'of Dr. NVlLtrt, awl
a suitable Medical Stati.