The Sun.
London, England, 1812-03-07 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

PLYMOUTH, MARCH s.—The body of Admiral
Sir
CHARLES COTTON, late Commander of the
Channel Fleet, is to be removed to-morrow morn-
ing, from-Stoke, on board his Majesty's brig of war
Pel°rus,. Commanded by Captain llowLey,
vessel is now
in Hamoaze. We understand the
Procession will be as follows :

field Officers Of Marines, Guards, and Artillery,
Marine Band,
Chaplain of the Fleet,
- Captain Rowley,.of the Petorus,
Officers of his Ship,

Adinirals, Physicians, and Surgeons of the Fleet,
Secretaries to the Commander in Chief and late Admiral,

_ ... .
Captain of his Majesty's ship Salvador del Mundo,

PA LL SUPPORTERS*-

Six Admin.ls I THE BODY Six Admirals

CHIEF • MOURNERS :
Admirals Sir Robert Calder, and General England,
General Officers, and Admirals in Seniority,
Post-Captains and Field Officers,
Commanders,

Lieutenants.
Twenty, five minute guns will be fired from each
shiP in commission in Hamoaze and the Sound,
while the
procession is going from the shore to the
peloras
the latter ship is to continue firing minute
guns from the time the procession enters the Dock-
yard gate, until the body is erinbarked on board her;
and
the yards of each ship ate to be manned, un-
cover
(u• We understand, Sir CHARLES'S remains
are to be removed to Cambridge for interment.
41trived the Edward, PHILLIPS, from :Waterford,
with
a cargo of wheat for this poit, and the Provi-
dence, BRowN, from Wales ; also arrived the Ran-
Zer: WHI'PEHEAD, from Sunderland, aden with
coals for this port.
The chasses maree Friends, belonging to Bristol
at? the French prize, L'ilimee), RIDER; Master,
that sailed from hence a few days since, split her
sails,‘ and became very leaky. during a" storm in
v itsand Bay; near that port, and was deserted by
her" Crew, The Friends has been since tov‘ ed la here
h
3P- Batne
.boats belonging to Looe.
Came,
clown the harbour and anchored in the
oft'nd, after having been refitted, the Myrtle sloop
War, •
"aro for Lisbon.

0 AL, MARCH 6.—Arrived his Majesty's ships
mus, Volage, and Ferret, from different cruizes.
—alne down from the. River, the Bombay India-
-411(1 two ship bound !o Jamaica.
put back.the Levant for. Malta, being out four

days

Pn
-aTsmourn, MA RCH 6.—Sailed his Majesty's
4thhiPs. Royalist fur the Downs, Zephyr_on a cruize,
e Ferret for the Downs'and Leith.
I)roped down to St. Helei,s, the Fissuard frigate.

ISLANDS OF SCILLY, MARCH 3.—Arrived the
Csod m,
Aent, MORTIMORE, horn Cork, bound to
Falmouth and Plymouth, with. prov isions.
Came. in his Majesty's sloop Favorite, Captain
F°4llE9, from Plymouth, with t o privates belong-
01g to the 2d Royal Veteran Battalion doing duty at
la Garrison ; also came in the Crane, of 18 guns;
4cl Severalwessels (transports) bound to Ireland.
~t is much feared that the sloop Ranter, belonging
t° this port, THOMAS, master, has foundered in
gale of wind, in her passage from Cork bound to
p attunoth she having sailed from Cork five weeks
al
lice' and no account of her arrival has been re-
ttiveci.

PALMOUTH, MARCH 4.—Arrived the Eliza
packet, in 24 days, with a mail, from New York ;
a tld the Ememline, LULL:ODRA, from Monte Video,
i
.4 100 days.
By the Eliza we learn, that no apprehension of
a war. between England and America was enter-
tattled at New' York ; that so great was the de-.
niand for seamen for the merchant service, that 35
and
40 dollars per mantis were ()tiered, which had
nine of the packet's crew to deSert, and go
tut°
the American merchant service.
13Y the Emmeline, from Mon le Video, we learn that
iz44o,
the Governor, had gone in
.a frigate to New
s
Pain, brit for what purpose was not ascertained. •
when the mail left Falmouth, there was a ship of
War arid her convoy returning, supposed to be the
sjDtegle, le, for Cork.

NAVAL APPOINTMENT9.—Lieut. John Hawkins
tot, the Licata sloop, at Sheerness. Lieut. George Rorie to
me Ocean, at Portsmouth.. Lieut. Charles Walker has
te.en promoted to the rank of Comm,ander. Lieut. Thomas
williains to the Duncan. Mr. Win. Koopman to be Pur.
Zr of the Maida. Lieut. Itol2ert Brereton to the Asia, at
bhathain. Lieut. (oho Wardell to the Magnificent, at
flYinouth. Lieut. Walter Wyndever, to command the
,Ifl
aytkopia cutter, at Sheerness, lately recaptured. Lieut.
we to the Trinculo, at Sheerness.

Thursday night, between eight and nine o'clock,
the shop of Mr. Kennet, a respe6table linen-draper
tp Blackfriars-road, was fired into. Not less than
six slugs were picked up behind the counter and
window, as..four large squares of glass were pierced
through ; fortunately, at that time, no one was be
knd the counter. A young man in a sailor's dress,
\\`'` was seen to have fired, and run down Edward-