The Sun.
London, England, 1815-01-27 00:00:00

NAvAL Nnws.

PTSMO. Arajestyts
ship DexteronS-to the• Eastward. Dropped down
to .St.. Helen's Roads his Majesty's ship Chatham,
and sail to-morrow to cruize off the Western
Hies. •

-1-!LimouTn, JAN.. 25.--Sailed the Ore'stei sloop
of ii fir "for, Ireland; with a: convoy ; Argo and
Helicon 91) kernize.—Wind E. S. E. *,
FALMOUTH, JAu. 24.—Arrived. the. Maribo-
,
rough packet from Lisbon, with niails, in 1.5 days;
also a >man of Ivar , brig, • mune unlinown.—
Wind S.

DEAL, JAN 26.—Nothing arrived or sailed.—
Wind S.

CORK, *JAN'. a—Arrived his Majesty's ships
PelOrt'is, Lightning, Banterer, Harlegnin, Ha-
voc, and Hope, with twelve tfnnsports from Ply-
mouth, to take troops for Berinnda. •

20.--Arrived 'his TvlajestyN shills Hasty,
Wrangler, Protector, Scylla, and Urgent: Sailed
Lis Majesty's ships Lemiidas,lph4.7.enia, Fervent,
Archer, Martial, Havoc, and Harlequin; convoy
to Bermuda, and six sail of. transports, with
troops and stores for ditto. Also sailed his Ma-
jesty's ship LiOitnimz,..VithVice-Admiral SAWYER;
for BristoL7--Wind N.

The Bonifacus, LDTMAN, from Alicant to
Castrapol, put into Carthagena the 24th ult. with
loss of main-mast, and was repairing.
The Nancy, PATTERSON, from Malaga to Bel-
fast, is re-taken by the. Papillon sloop of war,
and carried into Gibraltar.

The. Regent, BROWN, from London, arrived at
Bronwershaven the 16th inst. with loss of anchor
and cable, hound to Rotterdam.
The Theodore, DORENBOO, from Bourtleaux to
Amsterdam, was.: wrecked the middle of this
month, near Amelymd, Part of the cargo saved.
The Iris, ANDERSON, from Lerwig, was on shore
near Yarmouth yesterday, but expected to he
got off.

LAUNCH OF THE REDOUBTABLE,

74 GUN SHIP; AT' WOOLWI(11:

Yesterday .being tki, day appointed for the
launch of this magnificent man of War, notwith-
standing the extreme severity, of
.the weather, by
twelve o'clock crowds of peOple of all descriptions
were seen making towards the Royal Dock at
Woolwich, under an impression, that in copse-
, (pence, of being at peace with all nations, they
never would he gratified by a'sithilar exhibition.
The Redoubtable was laid down at the same time
with the Nelson, which was launched last Stith-
- mer, and has been five years in building ; her bur-
then is 1758 tons ; gun deck, 176 feet five inches ;
keel on tonnage, 145 feet ; breadth in extreme,
47 feet eight inches. Depth in hold, 21 feet, one
inch and 3-4ths., The proud colours of Britain
were hoisted at an early hour in the morning, and
continued to wave triumphantly over the shrouds
until late last night. Sogreat was the anxiety to
get on board; that a few.thinutes before she was
launched., a sailor, whose intrepidity over-ruled
his discretion, mounted the swing-ladder, and
would have leaped upon deck, had not the men
employed mounted it perpendicularly, and Jack
slid down to the no small. amusement of an im-
mense crowd. By one o'clock the whole Yard
was so 'much crowded, that it ,was deemed expe-
dient by the Commissioners to place extra officers
at the gates leading to her head, where the cere-
rnony of chrWening- was to be performed by an in:
(creating young Lady: At the stern of the ship
several seats were erected for the accommodation
of the friends of the Lords of the Admiralty and
others. They were lined with crimson cloth, and
occupied by elegantly_ dressed females. At e
half-
past on o'clock the workmen had completed the
soaping of the Cradles, and-a few minutes after
Mr. Commissioner 'CUN.IINGIiAM; ACCoMpallied by
his daughter, were received' at the _ head of the
Redoubtable; by -the- Master Shipwright and a
great asseMblage of Nobility and • Gentry. The
usual ceremony of a hOttle of Wine for the
christening being • introduced, the Master- Ship.
Wright took a bottle from an attendant, and -having
drank !‘ Success tiithe Redoubtable," introduced
glass to the Commissioners, Officers; and Ladies,
who all joined in enthusiastic expressions for her
welfare. -The bottle- was then handed to Miss
CUNNING-lIAM, -IVIIO, :from timidity, made a slight
mistake, by flinging it on the starboatd side, in-
stead of throwing it against the cut-water.-Orders
were immediately_ given for clearing away, and, in
a few seconds, the Redoubtable moved from her
cradles with great-majesty and-precision into her
proper element, and was received into the bosom
'of Father Thames, amidst the acelatnatiOns of an
immense concourse of spectators.