The Sun.
London, England, 1812-04-18 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

PLYMOUTH, APRIL 16.—Arrived his Majesty's
ship Queen of 80 guns, from off frost ; Swift,
WitsT ; Mary, HARRISON ; the Providence, AN-
DREWS; Autthnn, WILLIAMSON ; the Robert and
Betsey; WATSON and the Rochdale', SMITHSON,
from Sunderland; the New Ann, SHEARS, from
Exeter ; the Union, . CHILSON, from. Wales; the
Betsey, -WRIGHT, from Newcastle ; and the Mary,
RotiGsns, from Ipswich.
Went up the harbour the Lyra brig of war.

DEAL, APRIL 17.—Came down from the River,
and sailed this morning to the westward, the Intre-
pid, BUTLER, for Jamaica ; the Pelican, NORRIS,
for Gibraltar; the Pallas, ROBERTSON, for Quebec;
and the Rosina, POTTER, for St. John's.

FIVE o'cLocx.—Sailed his Majesty's ship Gigfin,
with nine ships under convoy, for Portsmouth.

PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 17,.—His Majesty's ship
Porcupine issues instrutlions to take the trade bound
to Portugal, Gibraltar, and the Mediterranean, and
his Majesty's ship Hope takes the convoy bound to
Guernsey.

FALMOUTH, APRIL 15.—Sailed the Modern
schooner, with dispatches, for New York, and the
lialiingham packet, with the mails, for Lisbon.
The following packets have been some time due,
and mAy be expected as soon as the wind conies fa-
vourable :—The Noaon and Prince Adolphus from
Malta, the Aymph from the Leeward Islands, the
Diana from the Brazils, and the Manchester' from
Jamaica.

CovF, APRIL I—This morning sailed his Ma-
jesty's ship Semiramis, Cipt. RICHARDSON, with a
fleet of transports, having a detachment of • Royal,
Artillery Drivers Corps, 260 horses, and 120 men,
and a detachment of the Ith;'27th, and 32d Regi-4'
ments of Foot,_ for Lisbon.
Sailed at the same Time the Resolute, Lieutenant
KEINAN, with a convoy for Cadiz.

The account of the capture of the RivOli, of 80
guns, in !ter passage from Venice to Corfu, was re-
ceived from Vienna. It way mentioned in twO.buc-
cessive posts from Venice to Vienna, and there is
little or no doubt of its being corre&. She was
laden with stores, provisionS, and troops, for Corfu,
and was araze en flute. One of our frigates,' whose
name we have not yet heard, laid her on board in
the most gallant style. The action was • long and
severe. She had most of her masts carried away;
and 400 men either killed or wounded.

Sneyvtucn.—Yesterday a Gentleman arrived it:
town, who left Sheffield on Thursday, morning at
six o'clock ; from him we learn, that the accounts,
previorsly received, of the disturbances in that place
had been greatly exaggerated. The tumult spoken
of in several letters, originated in disputes between
the female purchasers of potatoes and the dealers,
which stabicled in the evening; since when no dis-
position to ribting had appeared.
STOCKPORT .»-The. letters from this quarter am
not of so pacific a nature as those from Sheffield.
From an authentic source we are' informed, that the
rioters continue their depredations on the failories.
The town, in consequence, had been placarded, beg-
ging the'pleople to desist from outrages, and thit no
means shoult be left untried to reduce the price of
provisions by the next market-day. The rioters were
not limited to the Weavers alone, the lower classes
of mechanics in general were intermixed wiih them.
On Wednesday morning, upwards of 2000 of them
asseMbled on Cheadale Heath, to plan their measures
for the day. They proceeded to Major Parker's, and
broke every window_in the House. This Gentleman
has nothing to do.with the weaving trade ; and it
could not be snpposed he was in any respect obnox-
ious to their vengeance. Inforniation had been eon-
vqed to them that Mr. Goodair's: gardener had,
been the means of saving the lives,of his mistress
and children, by informing them of the danger with
which they were threatened ; the consequence was,
that they sought his life. He took refuge at a farm-
house, where he remained secreted untilihe arrival

of a party of horse to escort him out of
.their reach.
It appears that about thirty of the Scotch Greys ar-
rived in time to save several articles of furniture in
Mr. Goodair's cottage, after it had been set on fire,
and-also succeeded in securing two of the incen-
diaries.
CAMBRIDGE, APRIL 17.—The

Walker, B. IY. one of the Senior Fello xs of S(. Joh a's

College, has been presented, by the Master and Fel-
lows of that Society, to the Re6lory Of Layham, in
Suffolk, vacated by the death of the Rey. Richard
Pritchett.—The Rev. Edward Twentyman, ,M. A.
Senior Fellow of Clare-Hall, was on Tues'aay last
instituted, by the Lord Bishop of, Nor%vich, to the
valuable -Reetory of Etrncett, in Suffolk, vacated by
the death of the Rev. Willilnn Talbot,'on the pre-
sentation of the Master and Fellows of Clare:-Hall.—
.Mr. EciA ard Blick, B. A. of Chrejlall, was yes-
terday rel e d a Fellow of that Society.

METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL,
BY R. BANKS,
PHILOSOPHICAL INSTRUMENT MAKER, STRAND.

'Thermometer.

Weather.

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