The Sun.
London, England, 1814-01-05 00:00:00

NAVAL CHARITABLE SOCIETY.

On Monday was holden at the Thatched House
Tavern, St. James's-street, a Quarterly Meeting
of. the Naval Charitable Society, at which were
present, Admiral Lord RADSTOCK, President
Admiral Sir JOHN COLPOYS, K. B. Deputy
President.

Minim( C. P. Hamilton ; Vice-Admiral John Hunter ; and
Rear-Admiral Guyot.

captaius—Wm: F.fte, W. Godfrey, li. M. Ommanny,
Jorin Maples, Henry Collier.
Lieutenant-Governer
Llenteitatits—F. Bedford, T. Lynne.
Dr. Ontrain, Rev. Mr. Evans, James Halford, E. Mr.
John Maid).
Thirty-three Petitions were presented for con-
sideration, six of which were rejected:

Rear-Admiral PENROSE has hoisted his flag in
the Hotspur, nt Plymouth, being appointed to re-
lieve Sir GEORGE COLLIER in the command on the
North coast of Spain.
The Melpomene, armee en flute, Captain Row-
LEY, has put into Lisbon, through stress of wea-
ther. She sailed with the Queen and West, India
convoy, from which she parted in a heavy gale of
wind, having been struck by a sea, which stove
in ail her bulwarks on the quarter-deck. She
passed several of the convoy dismasted, and felt
some of them must have flundered..
The Bulwark, 74, Captain MILNE, and Super t,
74, Hon. Captain PAGET, at Portsmouth, are
taking on board the supplies necessary for a fo-
reign station. It is supposed they are intended
fora special service. _ _ _

Extr.act of a letter from a Gentleman in the
County of Kerry, dated Cahir-house, Dec. 18
"-The Mary transport of London, JACOB WINK'
NCR, master, with a crew of 18 stamen and 11
marines, having on board 56 French prisoners,
and 7 officers, mostly Germans, as passengers
from Sicily and Spain, on leave of absence, left
Tarragona, on the 21st Sept. on their way to Eng-
land; sailed from Gibialtar on the sth Novem-
ber, in Company with 33 sail, for different
under convoy of the invincible and Dauntless ;
parted convoy in lat. 42 in a heavy gale, that con-
tinued three days, during which time, saw one
frigate, and two brigs of war, with several other
vessels, sonic of whom were disinasted, making
signals of distress, but it was out of the Mary's
power to relieve : saw the transport, Number 677,
without the appearance of a living soul on board.
On the evening of the 9th, in lat. 40.10ng. 22 W.
saw a privateer of 10 guns, supposed to be an
American, who sheered off. On thB-morning of
the 10th, a suspicious sail bore down from the
vest ward, in lat. 49. 10 about seventy miles off
Scilly, which proved to the Rattlesnake American
privateer, Capt. MoFFET, with a crew of 1 60 men,
mounting 16 guns and 6 wall pieces. An action
commenced at 9 A.M. which ended with the Mary's
.hauling down her colours at half past Matter hav-
it; her captain and 2 seamen killed, and 3 severely
wig tided ; the loss of the enemy could not be well
...7ertained, but she had some Killed and wounded,

tintl.rtras 'ninch .da,m4ggcl,;p Ler standing and runnini
rigging. Captain lgo,4ETlithap,l in ,a most
.po-
lite at-4 Ontlemanly ;mam* to tile 'passengers, and
declared no part ofthcix personal propeyty.should
be,takenfrom them ; the hurry. of boarding
sot,.le articles were taken, and', at the same time
the i"rench prisoners ihe. cahiti.. The
Mart and. her crew, with. the Frenchmen on
bOartl, were sent to the next port. in. France. On
the I lth -the officers, and their seryaptswith
Such Of , their
,effects- as remained„were :put op
hoard the Economy, :Captain Lt.isnos„ from the
Culph OfFinland, under Prussian
.colotkrs--,:•with a
cargo o„f salt from St..Ube's,, and: on. the 16th. in-
scant_ were put on
,shore a> liallysicellik, ayoui
ten Miles west of this they slept that'll&
at the village of Cahirsiveen,, and are
.now on
their way tor Cork; in order to take passage for
England."
The. town Of rOrtpatrick was. pnt
.into a con-
sideralle degree of alarm on Tnesdayl, the 14th
current. A ship; ,in mould and rig, reserphling,
the Trne-blooded Yankee; hovered .all day.close
off the harbour, with every appearance of: an 107
tendon to c.lestroy the town ,and shipping. .So •
great was the alarm, that the packet agent, by the
advice of Dr. APKENzit, one of the, owners,
would not permit a, vessel to sail with the
Lieut. Rtniettroati; commanding, the Dumfries-
.
shire Militia in the barracks, ordered them un-
der arms. The ‘Sailors, boatmen, robbetVmen,
and townsmen, armed themselves with marlin-
spikes, boat-hooks, spades, pitch...forks, fowling
pieces, and every other weapon they could pro-
cure, tletermined to oppose the landing of the
Americans. At night the alarm did not subside.
Licut, RUTHERFORD directed three of his men to
take post on the quay*, while he himself remained
all night under arms, with the rest of..bis detach-
ment. Much praise is dile to this willatit veer;
for the zeal and activity he displayed upon the oe,-
casiun, Hi also to the Collector of Customs;
dispatched all 'eiptess to Greenock fOr a ship or
war, and headed his townsmen. In the inornink
it was learned that the strange ship was not the
True-blooded Yankee, ^but an armed, merchant-
man, belonging to the Clyde, and that, owing
to ad‘erse winds, she had come to anchor in
Lochryan.