The Sun.
London, England, 1812-03-20 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

DEAL, MARCH iO.-=Arrived his Majesty's. slip
Mermaid from Portsmouth.
Came down from the River the Hercules for the
South Seas; and the Lion for Jamaica.

PORTSMOUTH, MARCH i9.—SJilcd Admiral DUR-
HAM, with his Majesty's ships Venerable, Elizabeth.,
Plantagenet, Hotspur, and Osprey, in pursuit of the
French squadron.
His Majesty's ship Comet has since been ordt:red
to follow Admiral DURHAM, and is. now worki:),,,
through the Needles ; in consequence the 'Veit
sloop of war has_ been appointed convoy (or New-
foundland instead of the Comet.

Sailed his Majesty's ships Pelorus and /phigene
with the Mediterranean convoy, Serapis for Malta,
and the Dexterous for Cadiz.

FALMOVTIT, MARCH ► 7.—Sailed the Princess
Elizabeth packet for Surinam and Berbice. •

Accounts are slated to have been received of two
French frigates having been intercepted in an attempt
to get into Brest. They are suppo4t:d to be :Kiri of
the Rochvfort or L'Orient squadrons, which Sir
RICHARD KING was in glace of.

A. letter from Gottenburgh, of the 13th inst. re-
ceived yesterday, states, that tue French iropps in
the North had received orders to halt, owing, as it
was conjectured,
,to some r►r-gociation for an adjut.
ment of the cliff:rences b t-een Rusita and France.

By an arrival from the river Plate, a Buenos Ayres
Gazette Extraordinary of the 21st of November has
been received. It contains report• of various suc7
cesses gained by the insurgents over- the Goi,ern-
'Tient forces in Peru.' Pott•.iguese troops, ac-
cording to the last accounts, v►ere still it Maldo-
nado.

Yesterday there was a Quarterly Meeting at the
Bank, when the Half-year's Dividend was declared
by the Governor to be five per cent. clear of all de-
dudions for income tax. A Proprietor afterwards
rose, and called the attention of the Meeting to the
measure now before Parliament, for making Bank
of England Notes a legal tender. He hoped this
measure was not supported by any recommeodatton
`from the Bank, as he thought that the unquestionable
Solidity of the Company, and the well known pro-
priety of their condu&, was a sufficient security for
their credit, which required no force to maintain it.
The Governor, in reply, said, that the measure al.
hided to was brought forward by 'the CHANCELLOX
of the EXCHEQUER, without any solicitation on the
part of the Bank. It was wholly a measure of the
begislature. A Vote of Thanks to the Governor,
Deputy Governor, and Directors, was carried Una-
nimously.
When al. per Cent. Consols or Reduced Bank An-
nuities are below Go, Government Lite Annuities
cannot be purchased.—Particulars are delivering,
gratis, at the Office in Bank-street.
-On Wednesday last, at a meeting of the President
and Fellows of Sion College, certain Resolutions wele
unanimously agreed to, pointing out. ihe injurious
consequences that would ensue trona what is called
the Emancipation of the Roman Catholics. ,
At Maidstone Assizes on Wednes .ay, Guillaume
• Leman, -Jean Fiddle kouelle, and Henry de Roche-
moat, were indited for forging and uttering notes
resembling Bank Notes. The three.prisonets were
Prisoners of War on board a prison sl;ip at. Chat-
ham. The Jury found 'Leman and Roueile Guilty, _
and Rochemarit Not Guilty.—Robert Dolliver, a
prisoner of war, by birth an American,-and Jews
"team, were also:convicted of uttering forged notes
of the above description.---The Hon. B. Cocir RANH,
of Portman•square, with his witnesses, attended the
Grand Jury, and presented a Bill of I tidittnent
William George Harrison,. and Esther Elizateth
Counter, -alias Esther Eliza Si.. Julian 3 for writing
threatening letters, wilt' a to extort Telt
Thousand Pounds from Mr. COCHRANE, and
was returned a true 8.11. We understand tligg de-
fendants are out upon bail, and cannot to obligtd
to take their trial until the Summer Assizes.