The Sun.
London, England, 1815-02-27 00:00:00

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PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 26.—N0
convoys assembled are—His Majesty's ship War-
rior, .for Madei:.a and the \Vest Indies; Monta-
gue, for Bermuda and the Bahama islands ; Ac
bar, for the Ea:Alt-idles, Cdpc, &c. ; Desir6e, for
the Brazils and South Seas; Leven, tor New-
foundland, Quebec, &c. ; and Phoenix, for Spain.,
Portugal, and'the Mediterranean.—Wind N.W.
TORBAY, FEB. 24.—Sailed his Majesty's ship
on a cruise.
DEAL, FEB. 26.—/lemain in the Downs the
outward-bound East India fleet, and a large fleet
of merchantmen. Sailed the Griper gun-brig for
Sheerness.

LIVERPOOL, FEB. 25.—The Susannah, RICH-
ARDSON, from Whitehaven for Liverpool, with
oatmeal, flour, and bale goods, went to pieces on
thc evening of the 22d inst. near the Isle of Fon-
dry. Crew and passengers, 25 in number, saved
in the boar. Put back the Royal Edward., bound
to Bermuda, having been on shore near Wexford,
and received much damage.

The ship Marchioness, of Ely, with the extra
ship Lady Carrington, sailed from the Isle of
France for Bengal the 2d November.
The Masters of the • East Indiamen, who were
on board the President, were, it is said intended
to take the command of the prizes that might be
taken, as well as contribute by their' advice and
local knowledge, to the success of the cruize.
They attempted to pass themselves off as passen-
gers, after the capture of the ship. DixATor,
wore the epaulettes of au Admiral ; and
we under-
stand he had, au order to hoist his flag, on his ar-
rival in the East Indies. The wind during the
chase was quite light; the ships carrying royal
studding-sails and sky-sail.
His .Majesty's store-ships Abundance, Malabar,
and Dolphin,. with two large transports, are taking on board upwards of 3000 tons of all descriptions•
of nartal and ordnance stores for Canada. It is
understood, however, that their sailing depends
upon the non-ratification of the peace with Ame-
rica.

A letter has been received at Falmouth, from an
Officer on board his Majesty's ship Superb, 74,
Admiral floTHAm's flag-ship, stating that the
Admiral had ascertained that the American frigates
which had succeeded in putting to sea, had pro-
ceeded to cruise in the Bay of Bengal East In-
, dies.—(Cormv3ll Gaz.) ,
• Saturday the following extract of a letter was
posted at Lloyd's, which may possibly have oc-
casioned the report of fresh captures being made
by the Barbary corsairs :—'' Palermo, Feb. • 2.
We now learn there are two or three American
privateers in this quarter, and that they carry
their prizes to Tunis. Two brigs of war have
sailed from Malta in quest of them ; also the Grass-
hopper from this port. The line of battle ship
Rivoli has sailed for Tunis, to abk an explanation
from the Bey, for permitting American privateers
to carry and sell their prizes in that port." -
The Tigre arrived in the lat. of Madeira, on the
26th ult. with 181 merchantmen,- for the West
Indies ; but in five days afterwards 19 sail parted •
in westerly gales.
Convoys are appointed to sail from the Nore
and from the Humber, to the Baltit, every fort-
night.

WINDSOR, FEB. 26.—The entertainment given
by the QUEEN at Froginore on Friday, in ho-
nour of the birth-day of the Duke of CAMBRIDGE,
consisted of, besides the PlitNcEss4s, the Prin-
cess CHARLOTTE of WALES, the Duke of KENT,
and about fifty of the Nobility and persons
of distinction. After dinner they retired to the
Library, where they were highly gratified by the
performances of Mr. and Mrs. BARTLEY, in Selec-
tions from SHAKSPEARE, SHEI,IIDAN, and other
favourite authors, which obtained the most signal
Marks of approbation. They consisted of reading
Sir Peter ami Ludy- Teude's Scenes, and Mr.
BARTLEY, by command, read Benedict, and re-
c:ted Monsieur Tonson,- and the well known
comic story of the Newcastle Apothecary.
DESERE, the intrepid Advocate of Louts XVI.
has been appointed the new President of the Court
of Cassation.

A reward of 1001. is offered in Saturday night's
Gazette, for the discovery of the murdcrerof Mary
ife of Henry Hall, labourer, at Dag,nal, in
Bucliingllmm;hire, With a free pardon to any ac-
complice making such discovery.
Burlington House caine to the ',hammer on
Friday last, and was knocked down for 75,2001.
The purchaser is •zupposed to he a Nobleman, who
iDeilns to make this 'princely mansion his own' re-
sidence, without any alteration in its present wag:
11:ficent order or structure.

In our .Paper of Tiitirsty last It-6 stated our
apprehensions of the loss of his Majesty's sloop
of war the Sylph, Captain Dic:(Ess, and that all
tl'ii-et'etv, excepting the Purser and five men, had
perislied:—A letter ft•oni an Officer of the Majestic
unfortunately confittns the melancholy

" It is with great regret we have just learnt of
the loss of Sylph : she was on her way to the
Delaware, when on the 16th inst._ she ran on
shore on Long Island, in the night, and every
soul on board perished, except the Purser and
five of her crew"

PALMOTJTII, FEB. 24.—Sailed yesterday his
Majesty's ship Bittern, for Liverpool ; and Gold-
finch on a cruise. Sailed to-day his Majesty's
ships Glasgow and Nymphen, on a cruise.--The
following packet.; are now in the Ttoads, detained
by contrary winds :—Princess Elizabeth, Lady
Arabella, and Duke of Kent, for Lisbon ; Ex-
press, for "Gibraltar and Malta ; Mary, for the
West Indies ; Windsor Castle, for Halifax; Pox,
for Surinam ; and the Queen Charlotte, for the
Brazils.—Wind W. S. W.

NEW SOUEI WALES.

rAtters from this settlemcnt to the 13th Octo-
ber iwye reached us. The following. are the most

facts they comlnitnieate:—

"- Cattle, which of all kinds are, very reason.
able, compared with what they had been, are
very flue in quality, and increase fast. Many
beaAs, &c. died the preceding summer, in conse-
quence of a long drought, and a scanty pasturage;
the former was apprehended this snowier, as
scarcely any rain bad fallen for four mon.ths. Beef
was at 4d. the pemnd ; but we are soricy to find
that wheat was likely to be very deficient. It
seems that the last year it was sold as low as 4 to
ss. per bushel,. and the farmers, in ei msequente
of this discouragement, did not find it their inte-
rest to continue the cultivation. Gre:tt expecta-
tions were formed from the newly discovered tracts
of lands On'the opposite side_ of the niountains ;
and the Governor Icati alre;,dy ordered t,t' road of
communication to be formed, which would obvi-
ate all fear of the-latter in future.":