The Sun.
London, England, 1814-04-07 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWSt

L'i-NiitlGTON.,•Autm 6.1.--Arriieci his Majesty's
ship ,Hyperion from portsmotstli, With a convoy
of
.17 sail of transports, having' on board the
Marquis of DuclurrGnam's, Sir' W: W. Wy 141.7E'5,
and Colonel BalLEY's
_three Regiments of Pro-
visional' Militia, and will sail the moment the
wind will permit, to join Lord WELLINGTON'S
Army, in' France.

DEAL,' 'APRIL G.---,Sailed his Majesty's • ship
Tigress for Sheerness, and the Elgin cutter vvOi
dispatches for Admiral YOUNG: Arrived the
Olympia cutter from a cruize, and his Majesty's
ship Freya for Portsniouth.Wind S. S.W.
PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 6.---A.rrived aboti,t a do-
zen sail of vessels from the. Downs, bound to
Quebec ; among them are the. Richard, Cey-
lon,. Mary, Dawn, \Volga, Success, lirissett,
Elizabeth, and the Industry. Also, arrived his
Majesty's ship Swinger from off CherleMtgli, Ri--
naido from the Downs. Dropped down-_ to St:
Helch's his Majesty's ships-Tormant,,Melpomene,
lie itluS, Horatio, _Etna, Terror, . and Brune,
bound to North America. 'Sailed his. Majesty's
ship Thracian, 'with a convoy for the Downs.—
Wind -southerly.
PLYMOUTH, APRIL 5.--,Arrived the Leopard,
AIANDELIA, from Ilavannah, one ot the Valiant's
convoy. Came in the York man of war from the
Westward, and • tlic French galliot. Needstern,
prize of the Iciegraph schooner. Sailed. the Ro-
ver and Derwent sloop of war. for St, ieau de Luz,
with upWards of fit! sail of transports and mer-
chantmen. Also saiie4 the Comus on a cruizfl.—
Wind S.
• EALIV,oUTIT, APxtt. 4.—Sailed the Dake of Kent
packer (•) fpr Lishnn ; Duke. of Kent packet (I),
Princess Cliarlottc packet for Passages.
PrillCti6S Elizabeth packet' for Malta and Gibral-
tar ; .Lady Welliagton packet for Rio Janeiro ;
Princess Maryiracket for the West Indies ; his
Majesty's ship Vesta for )3arbadoes—;-all with
mails ; Francis Freeling packet also for Lisbon,
with'a mail. Sailed toe Heiieon gun-brig on a
crnize.

By the Express packet, arrived yesterday, we
learn, that a convoy vas appointed to sail from
St, Thonias's for England on the 2d of Mk.y
next.--Wind North;

'rjae 6illuwing Aletuhers have been ndded to
the Select' nnmittee un India-built Shipping;
namely--

I:4r. Fluskisson, Sir Charles Mona, l'Ar.
Mr. i..valvton, 'h. iiJltord, Sir 13. lquatgLanery,
Mr. Finllly, an.l

The Coimnittee are to sit on Wednesday next,
andtlaro►ughout the Recess.—Counsel are to attend
iur the. English Builders, and the various brandies
of nonini,lctar.e connected with the building and.
equipment of Ships. in this conntry, and also for
the Agents of Indian Builders and the Owners
of•ln:lia,bnilt Ships. NIT(' only hope that the na-
tional importance of the question will be duly
appreciated, and the Legis.lature will be left to
the expression of its own feelings and judgment
upon it,; uninfluenced by the opinion or the ob-
serratioos of the Cononitteeywho, in this instance,
should, as 014 allyther great int:uiries on matters
of Trade and Navigation, only report the evidence
taken before them. •

Captain D . BA Wrll or.omEw is appointed to the
command of tlx E'..ebus sloop of war, at Sheer-

11eSS.

The Dispatch sloop of war is getting ready with
all possible expedition. It is
,expected she will
take out the ;Marquis of WortcEsTE.R and Lieut.-
FREEM ANT LE, to, Passages.
.The 13elle Poole, Captain HARRts, the first fri-
gate in oui7 service that has entered the Garonne,
was built in that river.
1,35. t week, a Steain-bout, which is to sailbe-
twixt. Dundee and Perth, was Winched from the
dock-yard Ml'. SMART, •Ship-builder, Dundee.