The Sun.
London, England, 1812-05-27 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

FALMOUTH, 3.rfAY 24.—Arriyed this morning the
(been .Charlotte packet, Capt., Mudge, with mils
froin .in 6 days ; the XII ntph packet' had
-arrived out and delivered her MailS, and proceeded'
On for Cadiz. On'the 22d.inst: Capt. Mudge spoke
his Majesty's ship Semiramis, and was informed
that, they had spoke tire West India ship Patent, of
London, which had been taken by two French
frigates, 44 guns, each, and an 18 gun-brig, and
which afterwards gave her up ; on the 9th instant,'
the enemy were off Cape Spartel, and were at-
tacked by gun-boats, when they stood off; on the
19th, they were chased by two men of war. They
had captaredand destroyed about 40 vessels (prin.-
cipally Americans) : they 'ar,e.Supposed to be the
same 'squadron that. was truizing .in the. West
Indies, and was endeavouring to get into the Me-
diterranean. General Harvey. is come paSsenger
in the Queen Charlotte, and is direct from head-
quarters. General Hill had marched to his front,
taking' with him howitzers, and scaling-ladders,
to destroy (it Was supposed) the bridge of Alma-
rei, on the Tagus, and. the works that protect it.
, Lard Wellington was at ruente d'Honore: Seve-
ral American, ships had arrived with flour, and, it
is supposed,' that purchases on account. of our
Government, had been made shficient for the
army for six months.
. Also arrived the- Chichester packet, with a mail .
from the Leeward Islands; in 27 days..
. By the Chichester we learn that the melancholy
news respecting the earthquake at the.Caraccas is
confirmed, but not to the extent brought by the
Indsor Castle packet; the loss how is stated to
be 10,000 souls,. The shock was felt at several of,
the West India Islands. . The Gioire frigate sailed
from Tortola, six dayi previous to the Chichester,
with 50 Sail of ships for England, leavAng 40 sail
behind.

The Mails for Lisbon, Cadiz, Brazils, Surinam,
and LeewardAslands, are all detained by contrary
wind. The Manchester packet with
.Mails for the
Mediterranean is detained.for further orders.

PLYMOUTH, MAY. 25.—Came in the French
lugger called L'Espuonor, of 10 guns and 48 men,
captured off Ushant, in a calm, by the boats of his
Majesty's ship Rota, out two days from St. Ma-
loess and had made no, captures. The Rota had
one man killed and ten wounded ; the privateer
five killed.

Sailed his Majesty's ships Tigris, Colossus, and
Pomone, to the westward. •

Arrived the Spanish brig Eliza, Rondo master,
from Teneriffe, bound to LondOn she was cap-
tured on Friday last by L'Aig/Q French privateer,
and retaken, after a chase of several hours, by
the Eagle Excise cutter.

PORTSMOUTH, MAY '26.—This morning Rear-
Admiral • 13rown hoisted his flag on board the
Spitfire, and is to sail for Jersey.
Sailed his Majesty's ship Vauteur, Beagle, and
Linnet, on a cruize.

His Majesty's ship Brisk •is appointed convey
for Cork, and the intermediate ports in the
Channel.

DEAL, MAY 26. Arrived the Recovery,
Spencer, from the, South Seas.

Sailed his Majesty's lip Raven for off Flushing.

EDINBURGH, MAY 23.—The Sarpedon sloop of
war arrived in Leith Roads yesterday morning
from a ciuize.

TheHCiio sloop of war sailed yesterday, with
Sir George Mackenzie and Thomas Allan, Esq. on
a•mineralogical tour to the Faro islands.
Two- brigs and a galliot arrived this morning ;.
they .are supposed to be from the Baltic. One of
the brigs is under the American flag.
The ships of war in .the Roads are, the Ada-
mant flag-ship, the Egeria, Ferret, Snake, and
Sarpedon sloops of war, and the Charles' armed
brig.
Wednesday the. Magistrates and Council. of
GlaSgow voted an Address to his Royal Highness
the "Prince Regent,-expressive of their condolence
on..the assassination of Mr.
,Perceval, and of the
high estimation in which they held Mr. Ferceval's
public and private character.
We mentioned in our last the melancholy fate
of two boys who 'were droWned at the Black
Rocks, Leith.—At that time the body of the
eldest had not been found. We are now enabled
to state some further partiCulars :---,When the tide
had flowed so much upon them as to prevent the
youngest from saving himself, the eldest, who
could swim a little, immediately strippO, for. the
purpose of saving his broth....r, who could not
swim, and it was in attempting to do this that he
lost his life. His body. was found on. Monday
night at Newhaven, where they humanely dressed
it in decent cloaths, and conveyed it v.), his discon-
solate mother, at whose lodgings it arrived just as
the' body of the younger was carrying out for bu-
rial :—his cloaths were picked up on• Friday night
in 'the harbour. .To add, however, to the poig-
nant distress of the poor woman, we-are informed
that she has since received accounts of the death
of her husband, who was a ship carpenter at
Ports Mouth, on his outward-bound voyage.--
Such a complicated scene of distress seldom oc-.
turs, and her case calls loudly for the sympathy
of the public; we trust their wonted liberality
will be excited in her behalf.