The Sun.
London, England, 1815-02-13 00:00:00

NAVAL NEW!.

Lloyd'e, PA. IR; 11,15.
The fOntot%Pitlg is an Extract of a Letter frson
the Admiralty, in reply to ad\ inquiry madeliy the
Committee, whether any infnrnnttion of the *t.
count, of the .capture of
_the Richmond, the
Adeona, and ahother ship of the Swiltsure's
convoy, had been received at that ()thee !-- -
" There is no reason to believe that the two
" ships mentioned hvg been e;iptueod .by an
" American privateer."

LIVERPOOL, FEn. 11.—The brig Funny, from
Rio Janeiro, arrived at Buenos Ayres
.the 25th
NOV. The convoy front England was going into
Rio Janeiro at the time she sailed from thenc'e.---
The Inconstant frigate, Captain TUGGER, 011 be-
ing relieved by the Hotspur, intended to sail for
England front the river Plate early in January:
The Ann, Tottocit, from LiverpooL is also
hr-
rived at Buenos Ayres ; put into Bahia, having
sprung a leak,. which it was necessary to repair
before she could proceed any further; her dry
goods, it is thought, will not he dsniaged, hitt the
salt will be wet. The Braga uza , from Caletionia„.
and Montreal Packet, arrived ut Buenos Ayres the
Zidth: Nov. part of the convoy which left England
ec.rly iti Septen:ber.

PoßTsiqcuThi, FEB. 12.—Arrived_ yesterday a
large fleet front the Downs, bound to the West
Indies. Dropped down yesterday to St. Helen's
his Majesty's ships IVarrior, Liticy, Ccphalos,
Acbar, Plicenbi, and Jay, with . several sail fur
their respective C-011V0y.3._ Arrived his Majesty's
Desir6e from the East Indies. Arrived to-day,
train the Downs, ilie.Ceneral Harris, General
I!;.'yd„ LoVvthertastle.,- Atlas, lierelordshire, and
13i-idgc*dter Last Intliant.n ;,also a few West In-
diiimen. The uut..vard-bound convoys still re-

FVf./40VTII. 10.-S4IICC! yesterlay the
Duke` of Ilarlbaroug4 packet, wit!) a mail for
,•
.441,,on;•.Grare. packet for Jamaica, also with a
.Arrived the-Prince- Ernst packet, with a
1.15-hoi'l', S.S. I.

jhßwien,lNs. I2.—Arrived the Active packet,
with- a mail from Holland ; and Lord Nehon
packet; with a mail non, Hamburgh. Sailed the
Prince of-Orange packet, with a mail. for Rol-
land ; Henry Freeling packet, with a mail for
ilainhurgh; and Thetis packet, with -a mail fur
Got tenburgh.,—Wind S.

DEAL, Pen. 12.--Artked yesterday his Majes-
ify's Ship Blum from Portsmouth, and intvied the
Downs for Leith. Came clown from the River to-
day the Hibernia, LlSNaott,foritho Isle of Frumee ;
Sal'Pho, for Jamtlito ; Spanish Pttriot for Ca-
diz ; and 'the Emanuel, fur the ihvannah.—
Wind S. W.

His Majesty's:ship Medway arrived at the Cape
of Good Hope .on the 16th of Angost, with the
United States_hrtg of war Siren, of 16 guns. and
150 men. which she captured on the 12th of July.
The Syren had taken and-buitt.two Goineamen.—
Huntpsh: Chters.

The Emma packet arrived kit Falmouth yester-
clat, in fire days, from Lisbon. She left lying
there his Majesty's ships Tiber, Aquihan, and Pa-
-pillow. The &nutria kind Jasper had sailed on a
cruise. The American privateer, of Salem, mount-
ing 20 .guns, is Cruising off Madeira, and has.
taken two. of the Stviftsure's convoy she has-
been chased by the Aquilon, but escaped by su-
perior. sailing: The Leveret and Bustard sailed
in company with the packet; having a convoy for
England —(Corauicill Gecette, 1.6.114
The following ships (which have gone down
to St. Helen's) in.companywith the' .4ast
India fleet, with convoys., to a certain latitude,
viz. Warrior, 74, -Rear-Admiral J. a DotfotAs,
Captain RuDD ;-aud Badger, Hon, CapLikatzwc-
m-AY, for Jamaica; Liffey, Capt. J. HastcocKi
and Cephalus, Captain FoRNEAUX, for Barbadoes;
I'hcenix, Captain AWsTmtv, a tcl Nautilus.,.for Lis-
bon and,-Gibraltar; Ariel; Captain ltoss, for the
coast of Africa ; and Acbar, Captain C. lit/14-EN,
with sealed orders—supposed for the Cape and the
East Indies.- The Union', for -111adeaS, and Wel-
lington. (country ships) for Madras and Bengal,
also take the protection of lb Ache---

..cbar.
The Sultan; 74, Captain WEst, arrived at Bar-
badoes on the- 14th, and the Crescent, Capt.QulL-
Liam, at. Demarara, on the. 18th . of December',
with convoys. from Cork. The Medina, from
Newfoundland, also arrived at Barbadoes on the
above date ; found there the Venerable (Admiral
Sir P. C: ) , and Ister. The.V-alliant and
Backus sailed from Madeira for the Brazils on the
4th nit. ; the Duncan (Admiral litaasFoitp) pass-
ed the Island sonic time before. The Tyne,. for
the East Indies, left Madeira on r:e 27th of De-
centher. The SWiftsuce„ Ara'xes, Drake, and
Redwing, with 200 sail of WeSt Indiainen, 'ar-
rived oil the Island on the -9th Olt, and proceeded
on their voyage with a fine wind.
The private India ship, named Fort, William,
Captain PARisii, on her voyage from Rio Janeiro
to Caltuttai- committed to-the 'deep Mrs. Parma
and upwards of 100 of her crew. On thk: ship's ar-
rival off. Saligor, ahont 109 -Were ill, and scarcely
a person on bOard escaped sickness.
A Court Martial assembled on board the Gla-
diator, on WeilhesdAy lass., fur the tiial of Cap.
BUTCIIpt, of li. M. S.
_Antelope, on
charges.- -eXhibitetragainsi lijai by the Committee
at Lloyd's, for improperly detaining a convoy,
nl,(ier his•comahini, ivhco Off.the coast of Ireland.
11,i Int. rising. Of the Court, late. on Saturday al-
prosecatiou was nut closed.

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3111 A LIMANI):-.0. 1.,() I.'', 11..

The famting are Copies of two General Or-
ders and Thanks issued hyVice-Admirat Sir AIA
A,NDtrt COCHKANe, K. 13. to the Fli'et under his
cormnstrid, for the AttAck upon Fort Washington,
mitt at the desuoustrnti9B,4tefore

z. 7
,fNo;
Tontefint, Cloessperthe, Sept. 09, lOC
The Commander in Chief having this day received the re-
port of the proceedings, of the detachment 111ajesteg„
shies sent up the Pototartek to' 'co-operate cerithined
fortes in the Patuxent', "feels it incurnhentoll hint to offer his
warmest congratulation to Captain Gordon, and the other
Captains, Commanders, Officer.4,•S,amen, and Marines, on
the itlGl:dsll nhict, crowned their neidusis exertions. Five
drys successively, with the exception t a few hours, the.
Ships were constantly warping a distance of fifty miles, in
erJer to act against the enemy, tiiimmugh a navigation so
shallow and so intricate, that in spite of every exertion in
trOuyiaq the channel, the ships were rack nut less than
twenty times a-ground. Fort Washington and the batteries
adjacent were Jeserted by the garrison upon time bursting of
the firlt shell from the bombs, after exploding the ,powder
magazine: and time whole of the twenty-seven guns which
they contained,. with their carriages, were effectually de-
stroyed by our people.

The populous eitt of Alexandria, awerl by the bold-arid
determined approach of AMY ships, sent out au otrer to capi-
•kolate, ;toil yielded instantly to the tetras-dictated by Captain
Gordon. Twenty-one vessels full of ntere.handize were the.
.toward oft his dexterous enterprise, Severalof which, having
been previously sunk to prevent their reznoval, were weighed,
-fliarte, hove keel out, caulked and payed; fitted and loaded,
in the short period-of three days, during which the squadron
remained at Alexandria. •

. .
Two different attempts to destroy our shipping by fird-•
vessels were defeated by British gallantry, and the different
batteries, mounting altogether from 35 to guns, construct-
ed in the narrowest part of the river, it: the expec-
tation of 'erect ually preventing the return of the ships, under
which they were necessarily exposed to the e.iruft, of a nume-
rous inusquet4,, also were silenced by-the fire of his Majut-
ty'ssquadron, the whole of -which, with their prizes, were
brought out of the river with a loss very inferior to that of the
enemy,. who, at length, beat into a: eunriction that he could
no longer hope to enntroul their mote:news, let thew. itas'
down the river witbottt further molestation. •

The Commander-in-Chief, not wishilg to discriminate mi-
nutely where all appear to hate done ereu sore than their
linty, offers his th4uks to Ca:stain Gordon, who so well fnl-
filled the confidence placed in his teal and ability& to Cap-
tains Napier, Alscander, 13‘rtholuinew, Baker, Kenah,, Ro-
berts, and the whole of the Officers, seamen, and oiarines vf
t his gallant detachment, for the cotryiettous meal and unremit-
ting exertion which distinguished their conduct on this bril-
liant occasion ata he is desirous. of calliog the attebiion of
the Fleet under his command to this further proof that there
is scarcely any difficulty which may not be surmounted by a
cordial support uf each other, and Steady determination t
cuojuer. Ily Order uf the Commntider.
(Signed) EI)W. COLPtINGTON,
Rear-Admiral mid C4plaiu of the neet.