The Sun.
London, England, 1814-02-21 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS

11Anwicn, Vet. 20.z---Arrived the Lord Nelson
packet, enptain DElatE, with the Austrian Am-
ha.,sador on board, frpm Helvottsluys.

DIAL, FEB. 20.-Arrived the Archer sloop of
ware Pioneer and Olympia gun-brigs, from off the
French coast. Remain his Majesty's ships; and
a fleet of transports with detachments of different
regiments on board for Holland, and some of the
German Legion for Germany. Arrived the*Ernest
gun-brig, with the Sceptre, Sophia, Elizabeth,
Nelly, and Minerva transports, from Holland.—
Wind N. E.

PORTSMOUTH) FEB. 20.—Arrived his Majesty's
ship Bermuda from the Dawns, Seahorse and
Misletoe from off Cberburgh. Sailed his Majesty's
ship Fylla, with a convoy, for Guernsey and Jer-
sey. The fleet for Madeira, Brazils, the Cape, and
'the East Indies, got under weigh this afternoon,
under convoy of his Majesty's ships Danemark,
Muros, and Albicore, but have brought up again.
His Majesty's ship Perseus, with the fleet for
Oporto and Lisbon, did the same.—Wind N. W.
but little of it.
PLYMOUTH, FEB. 19.—Came in the Ville de
Paris from a cruise, and the Bloodhound gun-
brig from the Westward, with a convoy from
Wales.—Wind East.

FALMOUTH, FEB. 1 B.—Arri ved the Sealark
schooner from a cruise. Sailed the Fortuno,
Krrocx, for Naples. The Darlington packet,
with mails for Gibraltar and Malta, is gone into
the Roads.—Wind variable, light breezes, and
clear weather.

SHEERNESS, FEB. 19.—The next convoy for the
river Maese is appointed to sail the 4th March,
and the first convoy for Elsineur will sail the Ist
March.

The Aggressor gun-brig sailed an Friday for
Holland, with 30 sail of transpOrts laden with
arms, Ammunition, and stores.

Orders, it-is said, have been sent out by the Ad-
miralty to the . British cruiseN,, prohibiting the
ransoming of prizes made from the Americans.
• In a letter from Liverpool of Thursday-, it is as-
serted, that the United States and Macedonian
frigates, reported to have sailed from New Lou-
don on a cruise, were blockaded in that port on
the kith of January by his Majesty's ships Rami-
lies, Statira, and Endymion ; and that the:Essex
frigate had not arrived in America from round
Cape Horn, as was stated in advices,from Ber-
muda, received the end of last month.

Several of the smallest class of frigates anti brigs
of war are to join the squadron blockading Roche-
fort. The Wanderer, Captain NEWCOMBE ; Ad-
der, Captain PATTESLIALL ; and Clinker, Captain
TULLIDGE, are to sail from Portsmouth imam-
(Leery.' They have taken out the carronades,
and teen armed with long AS-pounders. It is an-
ticipated that their services might be wanting in.
the Garonne. . .

A letter from Holland, dated the 23d ult. re-
lates the following gallant affair, in which Mr.
COLLICOTT, a Midshipman, with 42 Marines, en-
gaged ten times and destroyed thrice his own
number of the enemy :—" The landed 800
men in South Beveiand wd from the Dutch
sentinels neglecting the aLf m, the enemyadvanc-
ed so suddenly upon isr. COLLICOVT and his little
party, that he fouwi it necessary immediately to,
commence a ret:-,2at, but succeeded in bringing
off a piece of : 400 men pursued him to
the great road, whete he halted, and commenced
a well-direct,_!d fire on the enemy at 300 yards dis-
tant; a 1)al-p action ensued, and the enemy were
complet.cly repulsed, leaving 160 men upon the
field of battle." Mr. COLLICOTT was not mate-
rially hurt, though be was struck by several balls,
but his little band of heroes lost near half their
number. The thanks of the Commander in Chief
have been sent to Mr. COLLICOTT, for his distin-
guished bravery on this occasion.
A very severe gale of wind has been expe-
rienced at Passages, in which the Kangaroo's
convoy, of ordnance 'transports and victualling
vessels, from Plymonth, suffered greatly. Several
of them were driven on shore ; one victualler,
which struck on the bar of Bayonne, was .dashed
to picCes 'in less than five minutes. The Holly
schooner, Lieutena:,t TH,EACHER, was lost, by
driving from her anchors; in St. Sebastian's har-
bour ; and Lieut. T.•with five or six men, we re-
gret to state, were drowned. The Kangaroo
threw her guns overboard in the gale. TwO sear
nie9 belonging to the Porcupine, who had wan-
dered from the: boat one evening, were found
murdered the .next moving, in the market-place,
with a number of cutl'end stabs in different parts
,or their bodies. From every inquiry which the
Civil and Military Authorities had c'iused to be
made, no Satisfactory result as to the identity of
the horrid perpetrators had followed. .

Ten sail of transports, with horse artillery on
board, will sail for Passages this day from Ports..
mouth. The Seahorse, Captain. J. A. GORDON,
which goes-with them, takes out a further supply
of money for the use of the army in France. The
Hebrus sailed on Wednesday with 150,000/.

By the return of the Desiree, Captain FAR-
au HAR, frOm Passages, in five days, we learn that
Lord %VELLINGTON was making arrangements to
recommence active operations, which had been
impracticable for several weeks, owing to the
badness of the weather :—the heavy cannon was
ordered to be brought up from the 'rear of the
army ; and the officers, to whom leave (sf. absence
bad been given, were recalled. The Spanish Ge-
neral Mortimm had conic up from the rear, with
his army, and taken a position on the banks of the
Adour. The difficulty of communicating across
the Pyrenees, in consequence of the weather, had
prevented the arrival of any very recent accounts
from General CLINTON, who cymmands the Any
forces.