The Sun.
London, England, 1813-09-18 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

IiARWICII, 17.--The King George packet,
Capt.. KING, has arrived this Morning early from
Heligoland ; last front Yarmouth, where she
landed her mails
.and eighteen passengers: up to
the 3d inst. nothing was known at Hamburgh of
MosEAu's wound-; on the contrary, it was then
understood he was at' the head-quarters of the
Al!ied Army. The Cossacks art: represented as
making their appearance occasionally on the Elbe,
mai in some instances up to the Gates of Altona.
PLYMOUTH; 'SEPT.'I6.—Hii Serene Highness
the Hereditary Prince of ORANGE arrived here'
this morning, and embarked soon after, under a
saute, on board his Majesty's brig Achutes, of 16
guns, (;apt. MottaisoN, for the purpose of re-
joiiug oor brave troops on the Peninsula, which
411113 hus since sailed for her destination.. •
l'°"sNtwart SETT. 17.—Arrived his Majesty's
ship Urgent from the Downs. Sailed his Majes-
ty's Ships Egmont, Danemark, and Medusa, for
Cherburgh ; and the 'Fawn 'sloop of war for
PlYill'uth. The Tweed gives instructions to New-
foundland.

DEAL, SEPT. 17.—Sailcd this morning the
4,1191 e °f ontward-bond, under convoy of
tee
runt(fts of cutter and Archerler Portsitionth. Also sailed the Alert cutter ovith
a di yisioß of gun-boats, for Plymouth ; and his
11Pjesty.8 ships Colossus and Cumberland, to
cruise between the Texel and the Scheldt.
1/71,4'!tmourn, SP.PT. 17.--Sailed the Princess o f
ales oil a cruise ; Real:smut fur Heligoland; and
britomurt for off the Texel.
The f

-,le following extract f a letter from on board
the fleet off Toulon, dated July the 26th, com-
municates some farth-er particulars relative to the
desertion of some Italian seamen, which we lately
natic,:il :--
'''
ki ln
the beginning of July, 2S stout Italian and -
enoese sailors, belouging to the French fleet in Tort, 'while ashore on permission, in the evening
inlaid means to seize the boat which had carried
the econfl' in conimand of the fleet ashore to
the theatre, and after securing two Frenchmen,
'who were in her Ili boat-keepers, proceeded otr,to
oar fleet, and were picked .up next morning.
yhad to pass through
.their own fleet, :alid
Were hailed by several of the ships at anchpr in
the roadstead ; but it being very dark, the ships
could not perceive their destination. One of the
men whom , they had secured in the ,boat, endea-
vouring to alarm: one of. the ships white passing
through the roadstead, they immediately gaggo
hint, and threw him overboard with his hands
tied. The Itatans report, that hundreds of others
'would desert if an opportunity
crews are chiefly composed of 1 l• '
altered ; that the
ta tuns Genoese,
and Spaniards, with Some Portugtiese.
on hoard their st ' • ' - '
nps pi evions to the ruptur4 with
tpain; also, that it is ver l'il• I i'who were
harbour • yt i lcu tto get out of the
in boats, except when very dark, iIS there
lanUth o r
.ore guard- boats and a frigate stationed at the
tinder the protection of their batteries,
to overhaul all boats that pass and repass. They
add, that several men, lately endeavouring to de-
sert t° the English fleet, in a boat, were detected
knd put to death."
Naples there are
threAt frigates ready for two seventy-fours 'and,
sea with troops on board ;
it is reported, front good authority, that their des-
t,,illatioa is to retake the island Of Ponza. Every
1-',.ecessilll Precaution has been taken to defend it ;
i*"Pg have been sent to it front Sicily, and a new
iattery has lately' been erected nt the Mole. The
knpericuse and Furicuse frigates are at Ponza, as-
siming in its defence.
‘o:l,:he 2d battaliint. of 40th regiment of font ' is
V'tler orders to embark from Cork to join he Ist
ii,"'ttqkni erving• in the Peninsula. .Five tran7
rarts,, wid , -ffiery_driver, have.
t ,at i artt[lery-drivers, sailed front
von . .
'rio . foi Whoa, under convoy of the Leonidas
e;