The Sun.
London, England, 1814-12-19 00:00:00

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'tire tildat 'of StptetAet-, t6t s 'ill a t'Cd , r
The caninrand 'of den-. Kean, and the orders of
taptain Walker, of his Majesty's ship Wilford.
The- roor ave i,tt tire :Bedford, Norge, Alteste,
Belle "Wit Hydra, &wet., Goi*goil,
and a few 'transports. We hourly expect their
arrival ; and the presumption is, that Admiral
Cockburn will sail With the troops and these ships
on an expedilion ag-ainst
.the southern States of
America. On the Ist inst. the Amide, Sir I'.
Trowbridge, arrived from Halifax.: on her way,
she Made three rteaptures, 'one of them of Ifteat
valve, being a large ship laden with army clothing
and army atcoutrements, - The Pigmy arrivedat
the same time with dispatches from England, and.
sailed again to look after the Commander in Chief'
--but where he is, no one knows. He left Ha-
lifax in the Tounant on the 4th tilt. and steered to
the southward. The Menelaus is here ; -and we
look for the Severns from Halifax.
The transport ship Sovereign, bound from Eng.
land to Quebec, was'wrecked on the 18th October
last, on the island of St. Paul, Gulph of St. Law-
rence she bad on board nine Officers, and 186
soldiers of the 49th, 58th, and 81st regiments, 2
servants, 21 women and children ; in all, includ-
ing the Captain, Mate, and 19 seamen, firming
total of 236 persons. Only 37 lives were saved
The Sovereign was sailing at seven knots an hour ;
and it being about seven o'clock in. the evening,
the rock on which she split was not observed above
three, minutes before she struck. The survivors
'were taken off •the island two days after, by the
Champion, and arrived here on the 3d instant.--
They had saved but a small quantity of provi-
blows, I.___... .n.cl ..ery leins
Lieut. Polfe,. of the 58th, is the only officer
saved;' together with 2 serjtants; 14 rank and
file, and 10 seamen."
.o.fficers 41roineel.-49th itegt.—Lieut. Hatibly, • wife,_ and
child r Ensign Wilson. 58th, Lieutenants Farmer, Hese-
bridge, Goldsmid; Surgeon Donoghoe. 81st, Lieut. Serjeant ;
Ensign Skelton.
Die Champion, transpOrt arrived here on the
3d instant, from 'Portsmouth, under convoy of
the Liffey frigate.. She was captured on the 9th of
Oct. by the Mammoth, American privateer, alter an
' action of an hitly and twenty minutes ; when the
Champion's guns Were
sail disabled, and herrig-
gingniuch cut. She was • plundered, during 47
hours, of her cargo, water, and provisions,- to a
considerable amount, and then given up, leaving
Captain Kirby 'to proceed •where." he pleased.—
Captain K. was providentially led to the relief of
the survivors of the wreck of -the Sovereign, on
the Island .of St. Paul, from having observed d
smoke on the Island, whiCh, induced him to ap-
proach it, when he pet ceived signal flags of dis-
tress, and -in' cqnsevetice hove-to. The Mam-
moth captured the Mentor transport, bound for
this place, on 'the 7th .of October, and sent her in.

The fallowing Communication from Halifax was
on Saturday receiv.Fd at 14LOY D'S

I_‘ The Bacchante arrived here a few days ago with a .fine
brig privateer,-called the Mac Donough, of 200 tons, and 74
then, out 22 hours from Portsmouth, N. H. and entirely new.
There were td masters of .merchantmen serving before the
mast, for want of better employment. The Bulwark has sent
in the Harlequin schooner, from the same port, on her first
cruire; she is nearly 400 tons, and has 150 men. The Leander
haS brought in the General Put nam schooner privateer of 130
tons,_ and SO men. The mania for privateering is increasing
in the :linerican ports. At Boston, and in the neighbour-
hood, every slip is appropriated to building them of very
large dimensions. The American ship privateer of 22 guns,
(long nines, and two S2*.pound carronades). and ono hun-
dred and fifty men,. sailed from Portsmouth, Ni". H.. on
the 91st ult.- on a cruise; and it is istroagly reported,
that the President and Constitution frigates are at sea, which
is more than probable, ae by tire 141 A accounts they were.
only waiting for an opportunity to get out. One of our frigates
is just going to sea with 40 men short of her complement, and
most of our ships on this station are in the same statik-_ How
unthinking. of tha Admiralty, when, so mane seamen are'
tuned loose in England, that they do not send out a-suffi-
cient number (two thousand at least are wanted) to fill up
the deficiency in the squadron. The credit of the Captains
and Officer's of our frigates are at stake, independent of the .
honour of the country; for the American frigates are not
only superior in the numbers, but in the quality of their-sea-
men. if any thing is intended to be done to the northward
in the Spring, 20,000 men will be required; for though the
Northern States are better disposed towards England than
the Southern, that jealous, feeling resulting from the block-
adeof their ports, and the invasion of their shores, will rouse
Civil. en messe. The harbours from Cape Cod to the. entrance
of the Penobscot, are made very strong, and the line of battle
ships Independence and Washington, the former at Boston,
and the latterat Portsniouth, are fitted with guns, and intend-
ed as' floating batteries. There are privateers off this har-
bour, which pluutkr every vessel, corning in or going out,
notwithstanding we have three line of battle ships, four fri-
gates, and four sloops now here.:4