The Sun.
London, England, 1812-06-13 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

PLYINIOUtH, TUNE hi the Teazet
gun-brig froth ,Basque 'Roads. ; Neptune tender
from Dublin ; and the Intelligent gun-brig from
Falmouth.

Sailed his Majesty's ships Helicon on a cruize ;
Fanny cutter for Portsmouth ; Marici tender for
Belfast; and the Hotspur frigate for Corunna.
The Freya frigate has come down the harbour,
and is appointed convoy for Lisbon and Cadiz.

The Mutine gun-brig is appointed convoy for
Portsmouth.

. ,Sailed the Peter and John cartel for Morlaix,
with several Ossengers.

FALMOUTH, JUNE. Vl—Arrived his Majesty's
ship Orestes from Plymouth.

YARMOUTH, JUNE 12.—Arrived.yes.terday from
the Nore the Thrashergun-brig; and tiles convoy
for Heligoland.

Arrived to-day his Majesty's ship ChaatiL•leer
from the Nore.

DEAL, JUNE 12.,--Sailed the Albion cutter for
off Flushing, and the Transit for Sheerness.

PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 12.—Sailed last night his
Majesty's ship Furious, and this afternoon his
Majesty's ship Viper, both with convoys for the
Downs.

Arrived his Majesty's ship Fawn, with a con-
voy, from Guernsey.

The Paulina French cutter privateer was cap-
tured the Ist inst. by the Flamer gun-brig. She
sailed from Amsterdam the 24th ult. in company
with three cutteri and two luggers, for the pur-
pose of cruising in the North sea.

Recent letters from the Continent, brought by
the Anholt Mail, mention 'a circumstance which
may be considered as of
,some interest :—General
LESTOQ, a Prussian General of some celebrity;
had quarrelled with DURETTE, the newly-appoint-
ed French Governor of Berlin, on the subject of.
politics. A duel was the consequence, in which
the French Officer fell, and , the Erussian Veteran
was of course immediately obliged to abscond. .
The Governor of Gottenburgh dined with Sir
JAMES SAUMAREZ, on board the Victory, a few
days before the packet sailed. '

It has been decreed in the'Diet at Orebro., that
the law of 1799, respecting domiciliary Visits for
prohibited goods, shall
.be. put in force. This is
merely with a view to ascertain the duties that
ought to be paid upon them, as many goods had
been introduced, by means of smuggling, to avoid
the duty.
The Exchange at .St. Petersburgh, on the 23d
of May, was 13.1.
By the Official Agents from Buenos Ayres, we
have been favoured with the following coramn-
nication

" Our army has had conflicts with the Portn-
guese, in all which the Patriots have been victo-
rious. In the last action, the Portuguese lost, in
killed, 300 men. A Portuguese Brigadier-General
haS been at Buenos Ayres -eight days, in the cha,
racter of a Negociator ; his puzi)ose is said to
have been to propose the retreat of the army of
PRINCE REGENT, which is somewhat endangered
by the situation of General ARTIGAS."
The • first battalion of the Royal Scots (theDake
of KENr's Regiment) is under orders to proceed
from their present quarters in the Leeward Islands
to Canada.

On Tuesday three foreign Officers, of the rank
of Lieutenants, prisoners on parole, were lodged
in Dumfries gaol, having been detected in an at-
tempt to escape.

ABSTRAC OF NON-RESIDENT AND RESIDENT
INCUMBENT It appears by the Abstract of a
Return of the number of Non-resident and Resi-
dent Incumbents in England and Wales, presented
to the House of Commons, and ordered to be
printed, on the 28th ult. that the'total number of
Incumbents in England and Wales is ..
Of which are Resident 1
Non-resident from Exemptions
Non-resident by Licenses.. -

Non-residents not included in Licenses or Ex-
emptions • 1,017
Miscellaneous cases of Non-residence

Total Non-residents --- 5,840
Which chews, that of the whole number of 4ncum-
bents, the number of Non-residents exceeds the
number of Residents -

Capt. IJABAN, R.N. has invented a chemical pre-
.paration, v which he states, the timber of yes-
'se's may be preserved in a perfectly durable state
treble the number, of years that his Majesty's ships
now continue fit for service, on account of the
present rapid decay, of the,ir main timbers. •

BoxiNo.--.---The best cizmtested pitched battle'
which has occurred for a length of time, took
place on Thursday, on WilsdOn Green, between
Maltby and• Harry Harmer, a relation of Belcher.
The seconds were. Rirlimond ,and Belcher for
Harmer, .and .T. Jones for Maltby. The battle
continued thirty-seven minutes-, in which fifteen
rounds were fought. Harmer always kept the
lead, by quickness of hitting which kept his an=
tagonist in a state of stupor_ Maltby contested'
the battle under the disadvantage of fast fighting,
with the utmost good temper and manhood until
the thirty-seven minutes had expired; when time
obliged him to yield under severe sufferings, and
he was carried out of the ring by his seconds.
Another battle of a minor description was fought,
and the sports of the day ended with badgering a
bull for a silver dog-collar. -

On Wednesday there was a tremendous storm at
Doncaster. The hail-stones were of so consider-
able a size as to break the sky-lights and other
windows. An oak-post, in a garden belonging
to Mr. Hewitt, joirier, was shivered by the light-
ning.