The Sun.
London, England, 1814-12-24 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

PORTSMOUTII, DEC. 23.—Arrived his Majesty's
ship Teazer, from the Downs, and several out-

‘vard-bound ships. Also arrived the William and

Hannah, HARRINGTON, with tirpber, from Lou-
don for Portsmouth. Sailed his Anglesey's ship
Argo, for Plymouth ; CordeHa, with a convoy for
Cork ; and Swan cutter on a cruize.---Wind E.

DEAL, DEC. 23.—Remain his Majesty's ships,
two merchantmen, and several loggers, as per
last. - Five men of war and several merchantmen,
supposed to be Dutch, passed by the outside of
the Good►vin Sands to-day, and proceeded down
Channel—pat•ticular; unknown.—Wiod E.
FALMOUTH, DEC. 21.---Arrived the Trusty,
CtiAPNIAN, from Dartmouth for the West Indies
and Maria, EVELLER, from Plymouth for ditto.—
Wind S. E.

WEY MOUTH, DEC. 23.—Arrived tl:c integrity,
SWATRIDGE, from North Yarmouth ; William and
Francis, BeALR• ; ttnd the Martha, CARROLL,
from London. The French ship remains on
shore, but cannot learn her name.
DART:thin-tit, Dm c. 22.—The brig Barbara,
Capt. HattiusoN, belonging to Sunderland, is to-
tally lost on Slapton Sands—laden with coals,
bound to Plymouth : the anchors, cables, &c. ex-
pected to be saved.

- PENZANCE, DAC. 21.-1 t is reported that a
ship was off Cape Cornwall yesterday, dismasted.
One of our pilot-boats is gone after her.—Wind
E. S. E.

YARMOUT/I, DEC, 23. The Mary-Ann, of
Queenborough, STRAINS master, from Calais,
bound to London, with wheat, has been driven
in here by stress of weather, and must land her
cargo for repair. The Dutch vessel Jonge Cor-
nelia, DE VIIOE master, from Dordt bound to
Hull, with flax and other goods, is put in here
in a leaky state, and must be unladen.--A laden
collier, supposed to be the Charles, of South-
weld, SOAKS master, was totally lost on ,Monday
night last, on Hasbro' Sand.

.ANOTHER LETTER, SAME DATE.---SidlCd the
Nautilus sloop of war, with 140,000!. in specie,
to pay the British troops on the Continent ; and
the Hearty sloop of war on a cruize to the West-
ward. Arrived the Lively, Captain BLANCHARD,
front Ostend, and landed her mails and passen-
gers; and the Auckland, Captain LYNE, and
Prince of Orange, Captain • BRIDGE, with mails
and passengers from Holland, which were landed
at Lowestoft : they all experienced very ilea\ y
gales of, wind, and met at sea a great quantity of
wreck. A large ship, supposed a foreign vessel,
was seen floating bottom upwards.
NEWHAVEN, DEC. 23.—The following arti-
cles have been picked lip on this coast within the
last week.—At Cuckmere, a hogshead of French
wine, marked " No. IS ;" a small boat, marked
" The Diana, of Portsmouth, Rten ARD DAIvE,
master." At Rotterdam, a barrel of porter,
marked '' BARCLAY and PERKINS," with a tin
plate on the head, stamped " Enwrl. IVFfEEI.P.LI,
Sheffield." At Little Haniptoa, a small boat,
marked '' Brilliant, JAS. WILSON, master." The
whole of which articles have been detained, anti
are in charge of Mr. T. B. STUNS, Deputy
Aritniral at this port.

•
The Isaac, THEILMAN, from Liverpool to Am-
sterdam, was totally lost the 16th instant, near
Dublin.

The Shannon, from Cork to Lisbon, was car-
ried into Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, yesterday,
distnasted.

DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY.

To the Glasgow, lion. Capt. Duncan, for the recapture,of
the Edward, on the 19th Nov. 1314. At Plymouth, on the
2gth Dec.; and at N 0.43, Essex-street, every Tuesday and
Friday.
To the lit;lite, for the Jalouse and Rapide, en the 22d inst.
To the Venus and Cygnet, for the privateer L'Etoile, on
the 4th Feb. the 4301 inst.

To the Venus, for La, lldttnninee, the 17th Jan. 1807-
42d

To the Circe, for La Creole and Austerlitz, in 1807-2.2 d
instant. _

Tu the Nimrod, for the Nouvelle Enterprize, 26th Dec.
1807-22 d Lust.

To the Eagle, for French privateer L'Empereur, 34 April,
1805-22 d inst.
All at No. lt, Clement's Inn.

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

Mr. LOCKE, the managing Otvner of the David
Scott East Indiaman, on going on board yesterday
morning at Gravesend, to pay the men their
wages, found the crew obstinately bent on refusing
to proceed the voyage, unless they were paid
Bounty-money. This demand was of course re-
sisted. Mr. LOCKE immediately set out for Lon-
don, to lay the proceedings before the Court of
Directors, and to take instructions as to his future
condtet in this disagreeable, though not unpre-
cedented business.

The Court had in fact no concern in the affair,
having given the Owners in general ample allow-
ances to cover all contingencies whatever ; but
willing to aria them with every aid in their power,
they sent clown an express to the several Com-
manders at Gravesend, inclosing the following.
Placard, to be fixed on the u►aiu-mast Of their re-
spective ships, viz.

" The Court of Directors of the United Company of Mer-
chants of Englana trading to the. Bast Indi s, having re-
ceiNed information that the seamen on board several of the
Contpany's ships now at Gravesend h ive refused to proceed
the voyage, unless allowed bounty; and the coart considering
such a demand highly unreasonable, the Court hereby de-
clare, that they will not sanction the payment of bounty to
any seamen on board the Company%

The above circumstance, though extremely
vexatiou3, is nut likely to be attended with any
permanent inconvenience. The crew Nvill of
course be discharged ; and luck:iv there is plenty
of time to procure a fresh „f n 4,„.
The honest Tars abound is w;iim as well as ha •
mour ; hut when they have time fur a moments
reflection, they arc, like honest Ranger ,
and ashamed; and ashamed and sorry"—return,
and,of course.,meet with a Lally rebeption foi•
very rarely indeed do the caprices of a sailor ad-
mit of serious resentment !

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