The Sun.
London, England, 1812-04-20 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS,

PLYMOUTH, APRIL 18.—Arrived the [lrelands,
HUDSON, Ann, CASSOP, Venus, CHESNLAN, Ranger,
WHITEHEAD', and Tribley, "TYRENS; from Sunder-
land ; Lark, HARRIS, from London; Havoc, WooD,
from Yormoutb..; Dove, COOKNEY, from Lytne;
and the Aclive, PIDGEON, from Newcastle, •
Sailed att.:, Ocean man of war for- Gibraltar and
the Meskterraneati, with, two vessels under convoy,
viz.. the transport Benjamin Shaw, La wrs, for Gib-
raltar ; and the Fox, 11.10CK,' for Gibraltar, Malta;
and Messina ; also sailed the Crocodile sloop of wat
for the Pouns; the Poi6iers, Camberland, Vene,
rable, and Plantagenet men of war, and the Foal;
sloop of war for Portsmouth ; the Hannibal and

Kengeur men of war to bluckade Cherboutgh ; and
the Queen man of war to blockade Brest.

DEAL, APRIL 19.--Arrived the Elizabeth,
EL-
LIOT, from Lisbon-.
Sailed his Majesty's ships Mars, Orion, Cour akeur;
and Ariel, for the Baltic.

PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 19.—Sailed his Majesty's
ship Porcupine, with a convoy for Spain, Gibraltar,
&c. ; and his Majesty's ships Rose and Hope for.
Guernsey.-

CHATHAM, APRIL IB.—Sailed down the River
and.anchoied at the Little Nure, his Majesty's sloop
Erebus.

That beautiful new frigate the Briton, launched
last week at this Dock-yard, is coanmissinned by
Captain WHITBY ; the Tenedos launched at the
same time is in dock coppering.
Ships fitting at this port, viz. the Asia, Barham,
Sterling Castle, 4rdent (for a troop ship,) Briton,
and Thraiher gun •br:g.

ISLANDS OF SCILLY, APRIL 11.—Came in his
Majesty's sloop Helena, of 8 guns, CNA. Moess..
TAIN, from Jamaica, with large remittance's, it i 5

said, to the amount of one million of money ; aro
the ship Callierine, JACKSON, from Demerara, laden
with sugar, coffee, and cotton ; the lin-hound, C3pct
PARISH, 'from a cruize ; and the brig Jane;- JoLLf,
from Mdlta, under quarantine, %kith several coastets.
bound up Channel. .
Remains the Whiting schooner, Lieut. M03..y.Y.

•
FALMOUTE, APRIL 17.—Artived his Majesty's
ship Elizateth horn a cruize; and Hind cutter ditto-
Sailed yes.terday the Wolsingkarn liacl et, uit h the)
mail-for Lisbon; and to-day, the Lord Hotart-packt:t
for the Brazdi ; also- the Princess Amelia picket,
with the mails for Lila, do c.
The Eli%atetit packet has gone into the Roads,
and will sail for Lisbon to-morrow with another
mail, should the wind be fair.

Admiral YOUNG will hoist his flag f,tw davf
on bgard ihr Impregnable, 98, Captain G. C. MAC"
KENZIE, and resume the 'command of the Scheltjg
Fleet. _

A Court Martial assembled on Thursday, the 15th
instant, and continued, by adjournment, to the 7tfi,
for the purpose of inquiring into the circumstance 01,
his Majesty's ship Conquestador having struck on A
shoal, at the east end of Quiberon 13.1 y, t ailed " Le
Four," on the evening Of the 31.1 of Match last, and
to toy her Commander, Lord William Stuart, and
the other Officers of the,Conquestador, for not hal—
ing taken care in the steering and concluding Pi
his Majesty's said ship ; and for havkg, through
wilfolcie,s, negligence, and other default, run 1414
said ship on the said shoal or sand ; and for having
hazarded the said ship, contrary to the 26th Artici;
of War.

PttestnENT-.-Right Honourable Lord Keith.
MaiusEas-f--.Sir Robert Calder, Bart.; Admiral
Durham, Captain Malcolm, (Captain of the Fleet),
Captains Linzee, Baker, Dundis, Lloyd, Sir Geolge
Collier, Captains Lake, Plampin, Hon. Captais
Bouverie, and Captain Barton.
After a full ex:lmination of the case, the Court
'pronounced the following sentence :
SENTENCE,-The Court is of opinion that the
• service upon which the Conquestador was employed,
was important, and that her Captain appears to have
been urged thereby to use every exertion: to execute
~ his orders.

That the,Captain and Master had a mean opinion
of the French pilot's capacity, and having no con-
fidence in him, did not consult him.
That, although the Master appears not to have
been sufficiently acquaint,d with the setting and
velocity of the tides, great anxiety and much care
were manifested bo h by the Caiitain and him in
attending to the steering, and conduaing of the
ship' in her course, as well as in plac,ng proper per-
sons to look out, and that the Master concurred
with the Captain in thinking that' the course was
not only proper and fafe to be steered, but that the
distance-might be run with security ; that after the
ship grounded, the Captain -skewed great firmness
and presence of mind, evinced great professiorial
skill, used uncommon exertions for the recovery
of the ship, and in common with all his Officers
and crew, cheerfully underwent the greatest fatigue
and privation up to the period, of her arrival at Fal-
month ; that there is not' the Most distant ground
for believing that the said Captain, the Right Hon.
Lord Wm. Stuart, and the other Officers of the
Conquestador, did ,not take care in the steering and
conduaing the said ship,, or that the said ship was,
through wilitilness, negligence, or off* default,
run on the said shore or sands, stated to be La
Four," or that she was 'hazarded contrary to the
26th article of ,Par; .and that. the Court doth-iri
consequence adjudge the said Captain, the Right
Hon. Lord Wrn. Stuart, and the other Officers of
the Conquestador, to be severally fully acquitted, and
the said Captain' Lord Wm. Stuart, and the othet
Officers of the CanTueslador, are hereby so several!,
and' -fully acquitted accordingly."