The Sun.
London, England, 1813-12-11 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

The Ciitripany's ships li.onibay, , 'iphinstane, tadr
'Melville, leabalva, and iVejit4ne, :for Boolbay and
China, and the Scaleby Castle, for St. lieLna,
Batavia; and China, all of which are Dow at
Portsmouth, will positively be dispatched froth the
East India House on this day se'unight.

HARWICIT, DEC. 10.—A schuyt has arrived
from Holland this morning with a number of pas-
sengers, but she does not bring news of much in-
terest. There have not been more than 1600
English troops yet landed on the other side, and
they are reported to have advanced to assist in the
reduction of the Helder ; Vitittiust. still obsti-
oately refusing to surrender. One of the young
Princes of ORANGE bad arrived at the other side,
and proeeedodto join his father.

Dam., -Dtc, 10.—Yesterday a detachment of
the 9:ith Regiment arrived'here, and our boatmen
(with theiraccustomed alacrity) having volunteer-
ed their services to embark any numberof troops
free of expellee, they were immediatelymarched
to the beach, where the boats were in readinesp
to receive them, and in the course of '2O Minutes
three hundred men were afloat, with their arms
and baggage, without a single accident occuring.
The beach was covered with spectators, and
Orange Bonen, with three cheers, hailed the de-
parture of this fine body of men.—The wind has
blown hard all this day, which prevented the re 7
nialnder. of the troops from embarking. Came
down from the River the Lady Neluille, for the
East Indies. Remain his Majesty's ships as per
last.

PLYNtotrrir, Dcc. 9.—Arrived his Majesty's
ship Challenger from Passage, from which the
Prince of ORANGE landed this morning ; Achates
sloop of war from a cruise. Sailed the Superb
man of war to Portsmouth.

PORTSMOUTH, DEC. W.—Arrived his Majesty's
ship Ister (a new frigate) from the Downs'; El-
phinsione and Neptune for the East Indies. •
FALMOUTH, DEC. B.—Put back the Helicon
sloop of war, having been run foul of by the Ro-
bert Tod, bound to the Brazils, and she received
considerable damage.

ItotsGATE, 9.-:-Government have come
to the determination of sending the troops to
Holland in men of war, for which purpose every
vessel and boat calculated to carry even a few
men each, have been pressed to convey them.to
the Downs. The greatest-bustle prevails, and the
officers superintending the embarkation are using
every exertion to get as many away as the title
will admit, and have succeeded in getting from 30
to 40 sail of vessels to sea ; the whole except two
transports, viz, the Lavinia and North Ash, are
gone to the Downs ; these being better calculated
than the rest to make the passage, are -ordered to
proceed direct to Holland.

Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the
East India House, when Captain C. I.IAfttIARD wits
sworn into the cointnand of the, ship fl'exford,
consigned to China direct. .

AnAnterican East. Indiaman haying put•iato
New South Wales, ignorant of the war with,Creat
Britain, she was taken possession of anti sent to
Buenos Ayres, from whence an Officer has attired
with the particulari,

At a inciting of the Officers of the West and
North Itegiments of the Shropshire Local Militia,
held at the Lion Inn on Saturday last, they
unanimously agreed to volunteer their services
to Government, out of the county, for forty-two
days.
The 9th Light Dragoons, which returned some
time since from the Peninsula, being again com-
plete, are to relieve the Bth Light Dragoons in
I

A battalion of Italian prisoners of war is now
under orders of selection at Forton Depot, near
Portsmouth. When organized, it is to be sent to
Sicily, to be employed upon such service as the
Commander in Chief there may direct.
On Saturday last a meeting was held by Col,
Naito and the Officers of the Nottingham Local
Militia, when it was unanimously agreed to re-
quest his Grace the Duke of NEWCASTLE, the
Lord Lieutenant of the County, to offer their ser-
vices to Government upon the terms proposed by
Lord CASTLEREAGH.

Fute.—Early this morning.a fire' broke out in
a 'small timber yard, xE the end of King-street,
Snow's,fields, Bermondsey. The house in width

the fire commenced was attached, to a small body
of houses, standing apart from the general neigh-
bourhood. The houses with which it was imme-

diately connected, being of bah and plaster, caught
,the flames in a very few minutes, and, at three
o'clock, no hope was entertained of saving any
of the gronpe. _ _

Dastniut, AcctnENT.---The following dread-
ful accident happened at Old Buckenham on TIMM.'
day se'nnight :—A little girl, eight years of age,
daughter of a labouring man of the name of
lilackliorne, being employed by. a', farmer 'to keep
the birds from a field of corn, took the child of
a neighbour, named Moore, to bear her cum..
pany • the weather being cold and wet, they col-
lected some stubble and made a fire in the field,

which the youngest going too near, her elothei
.caughbfire ; the eldest took her in her arms: and
lied..with- her to a neighbouring watering; with
thejNytion they were both ,soon enveloped in
llanies, whereby' the youngest was immediately
bona to death; and the eldest, although able me-
dical assistance 'Nv.as obtained,l survived only till
the following clay.