The Sun.
London, England, 1814-02-16 00:00:00

NATAL NEWS.

The following inform., 'oil Iron) Plymouth was
only reteiveJ this morning in ;he City :
PLYMOUTii, FEB. 9.—Sailed the Pomona,
Hotspur, and &troths frigates, Pelican and Fox:-
hound gun-brigs, to the westward, in quest of

two Fyench frigates, which chased the Spar: ow'
'brig of war into the Chops of- the Channel,"

The Constitution American frigate sailed from.
Boston the 30th December on a cruize.
Enterprize and Rattlesnake brigs of war sliied
from Portsmouth (New Hampton) the 10th: iitst.
on a cruize.

•
DEAL, FEB. l..—Came down *cirri the Rise:
the Sarah Ann, GIBSON, for Havannab.—Wind
N.E.
• PORTP;IOUTPT, FEB. 4. .Ned ti)e ";.,10!: Aids
•frigate and Growler gun-brig., fleet
sailabout
40 ; among which are the-Europe and
Asia East rndiomen ; Cape Packet, Srlz-A ; Argo,
Charlotte, Hector, Adams, LOttd6n, and the Ann.
Arrive the Desire frlt;ate from the North coast of
Spain. Yesterday evening sailed his Majesty's
Ship Wolverine, with specie on board, for Pas-
sage. Sailed to-clay the Snap sloop of war on a
cruise. The West India fleet still remains; but
the ships fromthe Downs t:avior; arrived, we fully
expect the whole will be away e4rly in lhe morn.,
ing..--IVind N.' E.
HAityrtca, FEB. 15.—Arrived the Belvidere,
Peggy, Helen, and Friendship transports, from
Holland, in ballast.----Wind N. E.

DOVER, 15.—Two divisions of the 524
and King's German Regiments came in to-day,
and will proceed to Deal to-morrow,
.to embark
for Holland. ,

PLYMOUII, FEB. 14.—Arrived the Halcyon
sloop of war from Passage, and Eallgaroo from
ditto With dispatches. Sailed the Insolent gun-
brig with a fleet for Spain, Eridanus frigate on
a cruise, and Joseph, TREMAYNE, for St. Jean de
Luz.

MILFORD, FIB. 12.--:Arrived the Foxhonna
sloop of war from Plymouth, Sailed the Brisk
sloop of war on a cruise.
HULL, Fr,B. 14.—The Robert and-Ann, trans-
sport, of this port, rr:ls driven out of St. Jean de
Luz in a violent gal: of wind on the 19th ult. and,
totally lost. The crew, it is to he feared, arelost.
with the exception of the Capthin and a Swedish-
seaman, who were on shore at the time.

FAYAL, JAN. Majesty's ship Majestic
pnt in here the other day in quest of the Consti-
tution American frigate..
CORR, FEB. 9.—WEsT I,rnr.n CONVOY.—Yes 7
terdly larrival his Majesty'S ship Congnestador
74 guns, Lord Wm. STEWART, from Portsmouth,
to take charge af the convoy appointed to Fail
hence the 25th in'st. for the West-Indies..-
Majestrs, ship .0-rvntes, C-ipZrtti N. D. Cc:c.a..
RAgE, will Sail this day or to-morrow ; as will
also his Majesty's ship Castilian, Captain IfeE-
mr.n.—WNr. AYRES, &q. Secretary to Afitn-r4l
SAwYr.R, and his 'Lady, arrived here on Sunday
morning,' in his Majesty's ship Teazer, Captain
IJARGRAvE, from Plymouth. His Majesty's ship
Protector,; Lieut. MITCHENOR, arrived also on
Sunday from the Shannon.

EXtRACT OF A LETTER FROM ROTTERDAM, DATED

FEB. 11T/I.

" After being a few days in the army, I pril-
ceetied to see the attack on the shipping, at Ant,
werp.
" The army formed between four and five in
the morning of the 3d instant, at a small town
called Breschaant, about four miles f:Tim Antwerp.
The light brigade advanced by the high road, and
were some time afterwards followed by the bri-
gade of Guards, Who covered the artillery. Gen.
Sketrett's brigade took a bye-road on the left,
which leads throng!) woods, to take the enemy on
their right flank. It was with this brigade I pushed
on. We were hardly a mile tilt , the bush-firing
began With the riflemen, which gradually increas-
ed as we advanced. At last we got sight of the
church steeple of Merksham, which is a small
town about a mite from. Antwerp, and it was un-
derstood the enemy meant to defend it to thelast
extremity. The light brigade being rather in ad-
vance, they .scetned to engross the whole of the
enemy's attention. By this time they were driven
out of thu woods, and a general chace was ;given,
our brave fellows brushing through hedges and
ditches, up to Weir middle in water to get at them,
but they run So fist (many of them, having thrown
away their muskets) that we only caught 200.0 E
them. Several of them in their hurry to cross the
ice, broke it and were droWned, and it afterwards
freezing, about twenty of' their. bodies • are'now
part above the ice and part below. So great was
their penic, that 24 of our inen took 100 of them.
Two of the guns called Napoleons were taken,
•and I should supeose they had at least 100 killed
and wounded,
Just about the time our troops hail got pos•
session of the town, I met the Duke ofttmtENcE,,,
who had been sharing the clangers of the field;
Oily five minutes before a ball had passed
through hid coat in two or three placed, I walk-
ed some little distance with the prisoners they
were merely young conscripts fromls to 22 years
old. A Highlander was walking besides them,
they viewed him apparently with the greatest ter-
ror and astonishment.

" As 1 passed through Breda, 12,000 Saxons
were niarching'ta join the Prussi:tus. Bo•th Prus.
Sian and 'Saxons are much stiperio.e looking men
to the French.—l cannot help noticing. the con-
duct of General Skerrett, in the attack on
were : he was confined, a few Or:\ ago; stith 'a
broken leg, anit snch was his ardour, that he %%en;
to tbc•tiehl, his servant carrying a pair of crutches,
'showld• he be °Wised io dismount, which he Wait

FROM THE LON DON GAZETTE, FEB. 15, I 814:

Foreign-Qfikev Pei,. 15, 1814.

A. Dispatch, of which the following is an ex-
tract, has been received this morning-at this Office
fron3,Lord-Burghersh, dated

Troyes, FA., 8, 1814.

The important
,position and town of Treycs
was yesterday taken possession of by the Allies ;
the enemy retired actin it the night preceding, and
took his direction trpon Nogelt.
The number of roads leading from the, different
points of France, and uniting at Troyes, the re,
sources of the place itself, with a popubltion of
thirty thousand inhabitants, render its
.occupation
bf the gryateAt importance.
The Prince Royal of Wirtembergh was the first
who entered the town with his corps: on the day
preceding he had turned the enemy's position near
Rui,igni, and had taken ,possession of tlic,village
of LanhrisSel on his left. •
I have the satisfaction of reporting to your
L'ordship,• that a detachment from. the corps of
General D'lrorck took- possession of Vitry on the
sth.

Gen. DTorcli, as I-have already informed 'your
Lordship, attacked and, defeated- the rear guard
of the corps of Marshal Macdonald's army at
i.l;haussee on. the sth. On the same. day General
D'Yorck pursued the enemy to ,the gates at Cha-
lons, and bombarded'the Cowl'. Marshal Macdo-
nald ewtcred into a capitulation for,the evacuation
of the place, which he effected on the morping of
the 6th, retiring with his army, composed of the
corps under his immediate orders, and of. those of
Generals sehastiani and Arighi, to the left hank
of the Marne.

Chalous-sur-Saone has. been captured by the
' AuStrians. /General Le Grand • was assembling
French force'at that place; .the Prince of ilesSe
Hombourg directed it to. he atracked ; some guns
were captured in the town. General Le Grand
retired upon the road to Lyons, where Marshal
Augcrcau has collected a force .of about four
thousand riven.

• General .Bubna occupies an extent, of country
from near Grenoble on his left, ley Bourg his
tenter, from the environs of Macon on his right:
The advanced guard of General Wrede‘has this
day followed the retreat of the enemy as far as
Les Granges, on the load to ,ISl4yent.. Several
hundred prisoners have been taken since the enemy
evacuated the town of Troyes-..

Lord Chamberlain's Office, Feb. 11, 1813.
Orders for the Court's going Into mourning on Thursday
next the' 17th inst. fur his late Serene Highness the Prince
Eniust of Atecblenburgh Strelitz, brother-to the Queen,
_ _

The'l ' Ladies- to wear black silk, plain muslin or long lawn,
drape or love hoods, black silk shoes, lalackglazed gloves, and
black paper fans.
Untlress—laek or dark grey unwatered tabbies.
The Gentieinen" to wear black clotb, without buttons on
thu sleeves or, pockets, plain mastic' or lung lawn cravats and
weepers, black swords and buckles.
Undress—Dark'grey frocks.

, Downing-street, Feb. 15, 1814.,
His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has been pleased, in
'the ❑ante andon the behalf of his .Majesty, to appoint Sir
James Leith, N.uight of the Most Honourable Order of the
Bath, Lieutenant-General of his 'Majesty's forces, to be cap-
tain. General and Governor in Chief in and over the Leeward
islands.ln America.