The Sun.
London, England, 1814-03-31 00:00:00

NAVAL NtcVB,

.PLYN.totitit, MAacti 20.—Arrived the ffebrus
frigate; with a French frigate; the Etoile. of 44
guns and 350 men, Which she clptured, of the
iiogne on, the 27th'int: after an action of two
"hours and eight minutes. The Etoile. had 40
killed and 73 wounded ; the flebrus -10 killed
and 26 wounded: 'both ships are very much -da-
magO in masts, sails, Bull, and rigging.

30.7-Arrived the Redpole sloop.of war from
Portsmouth, ;with a convoy; amon; them are, the Radnor
East Indianian, Iron; Bengal, and the Hercules, for the Smell
Seas.-Sailed the whole ofiThe 'homeward-bound vessels for
the River, and tbe.Active hired ctitter, with dispatches, from
Admiral YOUNG.—Wind South.

PORTSMOUTH, Itl.tacn 30.—Arrived at St. Helena, the Sa-
muel and Sarah, Ogle, from Barney; the Edgar, Adrian, Lady
Shaw, Ranger,' Triton, and three other transports, With
stores, .&c. for men of war; bound to America.--Arrived
his Majesty's ship Cormorant from the Downs.—Sailed his
Majesty's ships AZteon and Diomede, with a convoy, for the
Powni.—Carne into Harbour, the La Sultana French frigate ;
Went out, his. Majesty's ship ilellerophon.P.S. The Downs
convoy bare brought Up again. '

HARwicn, MAUCH 30.--Arrived tile Earl Leicester packet,
with a Mail and Passengers, from Heligoland.

LETTER FROM AN OFFICER ON BOARD HIS MAJES-
TY'S SHIP MAJESTIC, DATED MO.DEIRA., FEB. 6,
TO HIS BROTHER, IN ENGLAND, -
" MY DEAR BROTHER-This clay we hare ar-
rived safe at Madeira, after a 6::uize of near seven
months-. It is with pleaSure.l have again to in-
form you of the capture of another French, frigate.
On the 2al of this month, at or about eight o'clock
in the evening (being my watch), I saw a strange
sail on our lee-bow, which' *as immediately re-
ported, and all sail made in chase ; which chase
we continued under a heavy press of sail till next
morning, when at eight we perceive; theee large
Ships on our lee-beam : made the private signal ,
not. being answered, 'made sail towards them. At
nine observed them fire two guns, and signalize
to each other, which fully convinced, us they were
not English ships. After reconnoitering, them
for a short time,. hove up and made all sail.
'=At half-past eleven hauled our wind, stran-
gers then making sail towards us : after making
out what we were, they bore up, and made sail.
We immediately beat to quarters, and after them;
blowing strong from the E-tst-north7east, • with
rain at times.,. when
,at intervals weicist sight of
our chase. At one we again .saw them, with
studding sails, low and aloft ;
.but the INlajestic,
like a good ship (when an'enetny is in sight) out-
, sailed -them ; and.at two o'clock P. M. commenced
firing our bow and stern guns at each other,which
did considerable damage to the French, ship the
third ship we passed daring the chase, as we could
nOtlltirik of taking, possession of her when two
large 44 gun frigates were light a-head : still con-
tinued the chase, and happy am I to say, at four
o'clock she struck her colours : it blowing
strong gale at the time, could not proceed .after
the other frigate; hoarded and tools possession of
her; before we could get one-third of the prison-
arvaat of her it was two o'clock.
" Shepraves to be the Terpsichore, mounting
44 gums, aeo -goer), quite and' only 20 days
from L'Orient. The one which made her escape,
teas the Atalanta—same force, and sailed in corn-.
pany with the above., The ship which pissed us,
when in chase, was. a Spanish Lima., ship, cap-
tured two days before by the Atalanta ; she has
159,000/. sterling on board. We shall land our
prisoners to-morrow, and then go in quest of the
fltalanta and her valuable prize. ',We have every
reason to think we •shall fall in with them, as the
Wind since the action has been blowing from the
Eastwardovhich will prevent them making the
fi.fnch.coast. 'Had the three engaged us, as they
ought to have done, in all probability we should.
not have oome off so well. 1 will venture almost
.my life, that in the course of a fortnight or threq,
weeks, we shall have another of them, and most
likely the Spaniard. Our crew is in high spirits."

By'aletter received at the huiralty, dated Ma-
deira, ;28th January !att., Captain 'Sir THOMAS
STAINES, Of his Majesty's ship Briton, had *arriv-
ed there on that day, with the countey ship Fort
William, outwatd-bound, in a crippled state : she
was, howeVer, expected to sail in a few days.
The cargo of the 'Spanish ship St. Juan Bap-
tiste, lately recaptured by the Menelau, concern-
ing the value of which so much. speculation has
been afloat, is found to consist of 530,3,281 dol-
lars, and 47581 donbloons,,several chests of plate,
and a quantity of cocoa.

The utmost alarm- prevailed yeSterday at the
Stock Exchange, on' account of the enorMity of
the speculations to which the prospect of peace
give rise,,and the consequent amount of the dif-
ferences which the gamblers would have to pay
in case itloes off.

CORONER'S INQUEST.-Yesterdaran inquest was.
held befthe
.GEORGE HODGSON, 'EST at a public-
house in Little Gray's4nn-lane, opposite. the
Workhouse-gate, on the body.of Charlotte Noad,
who was seized with a fit on Monday morning,
of which she shortly afterwards expired; whilst-
going along Green-street, Theobald-road„ with a
bliskt of clean linen on her,head, about half-past
nine.
.There being no person present who had
any knowledge of her, the body was, taken to
the. Workhouse to be owned, and posting-bills
were stuck up describing her person. John Noad,
her husband, stated hiniself to be a carpenter, re-
siding in Cross :street, Hatton-garden ; the de-
ceased was 43 years of age, and he never„ knew
her to be troubled with fits, or any .other com-
plaint •be went-...t0 his work on Monday morn-
ing; :bout half-past seveni ,he and his wife
breakfasted together, and she ':as in good health;
she intended to go home with a basket of clothes
to i\l,rs. Baugh, in Dorsct-street, Baker-street,
with whom she formerly lived as a servant, and
not coming home at night, he bad tip doubt on
his mind .bits that she slept there, "and be heard_
nothing of the 'matter nntil he saw one of the
posting-bills, when he hastened to the Work-
house, where he saw ber dead. Verdict—Died by
the Visitation lf God, by 44poplexy,