The Sun.
London, England, 1814-04-02 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

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appeaied off "here last evening, and succeeded
RYE, Aram I.—Two French lugger private
captu-ring attsooner (a brig in• company).-
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During the tiiik the privateers were occupied 1
removing, t
;he ••••
crew hauled in, • - •
and ran on shy re
under the protection of the Martello Towers, an-4,
were thuS saved from capture. - The guns of the
Martell() Towers were, fired with a commendable
promptitude, and a firing-from them was alsokeP
up, of blank cartridges,. during-the night, r 0
alarm the.vessels coming rpund the Fanlight.
DEAL, APRIL I.—Arrived the.. Tickler-
curt%
and Defender lugger frotdthe Roompot. C°lll
down from the River the Coutts and Th°ll2l°
Grenville East Indiamen, . • is
• PORTSMOUTH Ap.au..l.—Arriveinii Majesty's
:':Strrp-Freya, froth Cork, Snap from a, cruize off the
Isle of Wight, and Thracian from the Eastvrard,
Sailed the Diomede for the Downs, Came. i°t°
harliour..his Majesty's ship Diligent. HiS Maks
t)7 'ship Warrior gives instructions-to the ships
bound to the West India and Dutch Colimies.";
The Protector gun-brig takes convoy to Cot
and the intermediate ports.—Wind South.
FALMOUTH, M.A.soct 30.—Arrived a schbonet;
under quarantine, name unknown.
I'arthian gun-brig, and a sloop of war (113.°1-
unknown) on a crnize.—Wind South.
TO.RBAY, Marten 31. d.Arrive hii. ryfajes'fil
ship Hope ; also the brig Nancy, of Plyrnouthe"
• About one.o'clock to-day, a sloop laden with bar
ley, from Arundel to Ireland, in the act of 0)1'5;
ing into this Bay, fell on her side and sunk :'r11,4,
crew were saved by the boats of his Majesri
ship Hope.
Coax, MARCH 28.—His Majlsty's ship SaPl),_,,,tl°)
Captain O'GRADY, with that part of the bow:,
ward-bound West India fleet which put in
and were bound up the British Channel, sailed oa
Saturday. The ships up St. George's Chante
sailed the day previous with a fair wind. 111 g,
Newfoundland, Halifax, and Quebec fleets, vb,ls
sail the first fair wind-after to-day. His MajestY
ship 'feazer arrived this morning, from a cran
The last %Vett India fleet this season is expected
to sail hence about the middle of next month....e.
The Diana packet front Halifax is arrivesi
Falmouth. Sailed March 11. •

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INDIA Houss.—Yesterday a Court to .„.#
was held, when the undermentißned Conarnande'r
took leave of the Court, previous to departing IQ
their respective destinations, viz. go,
Captain Thomas H. Harris' of the Ptinceltegent, for, of
drat and Bengal; Captain H. Kay, of: the Marchioness
'iv, for St. Helena and Bengal.
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Government is about to erect a new Signs
House on St. Mary'slilfand., overlook
the whole of the S4illy Islands so that in cal
any privated should be between these'lslands Olt
Cornwall, or for several leagues round, she -„
certainly be seen, and flags of that descriptt°'
hoisted for an enemy.' •
The squadron _under orders for North Arnal'rf;
Consisting of two line-of-battle ships, the Spencp,,
and 'Formant,. With seven troop and store sbl
are waiting at Portsinclith the arrival of tvvel%
transports from the River, with the frames
vessels on board for the '.al"3, They will
with the first fair wind. of sor,

The l'enrhyii, EvAlga, from Liverpool to itpt:„
tertian), was taken by two French loggers, 1.`,1
taken by the Briseis. sloop of war, and CS,tie
into Ramsgate yesterday.