The Sun.
London, England, 1815-02-16 00:00:00

passed the West India islands in their course for
the United States.

His :INeAyts ship Vengenr and thirteen trans-
ports with troops, whi(7ll we stated in our last to
have been ordered, by telegraph, to proceed to
sea without delay, were spoken to leeward of An-
tigua, -not many days ago, and were making the
best of their way for the place of their destina-
tion—Generiii Lani.ljert;eommands this division of
troops ; and a third was nearly in readiness to sail,
under tlse protection of iii, Majespis ship.Tigre.
Theyaliant, 74, w:e. are'informeq, had been or-
dered to hold herself in readiness for the Last

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DEC: 24.—The Electra brig, of 18 guns, Capt.
Mercer, arrived at Port Royal yesterday from
Falmouth, haVing landed there several Officers of
the York Light Infailtry -Volunteers, and some
'unitary, stores. . .
The-Sultan, of 74..gUns, Captain West, arrived
yesterday frogs Cork, !laving the vessels enume-
rated in the Marine List under her convoy. The
nuMbering 17G sail, left the Cove of Cork on
the'2d of November, Under protection of'the Sul-
tan of 74 -gun§ ; Crescent frigate; of 38'guns,
Captain Quilliam, and Forester brig, of 18' guns,
Captain Hendry. 'On the 10th instant the Cres-
reNt parted With %the vessels destined for the
southern colonies,safa`the fleet ar.chored in Car-
lisle 'Bay,- Barbadoesi. On the 14th, from whence
the Sultan and,Forester proceeded with 72 sail oft
.the following morning. On Thursday, off the east
end, the Forester separated with 22, sailfOr the
northside ports'.: •

The Niemen frigate; of 38 guns, Captain "'yin,
arrived °9th December, from Bermuda, after a
passage of l 2 gays:•'"O'n the ist • inst.•Slie recap-
tured; • and -carrieit•-into BerMuda;- the :British
schooner Industry, :which had been taken on.her
passage from tAi•Change.l, by the American pifva-
teer- schooner Caroline; of Baltimore. On .the
1-3thintit: Off Bermuda'; the'Niemen experienced a
heavy gale of wind,.which continued for several
hours. the Ern' a!yus frigate, of 38 guns, Capt.
Napier, • was driven out to lea, during the gale,
loss:of-her cables and was near being
wEecked r,n a beci of rocks near St. George's... The Onyx
144, .of 16.. guns, Capt. Cobb,
brought in with ;her t he. American schooner Nat-
terville, Baker, out 15 days from Baltimore, with -
300 barrels of flour, bound to Trinidatia.de Cuba,
which she fell in with on the 25th inst. and cap-
tured after a' long chase of 19 hours off Cape
The Bulwark, of 74 guns, Capt. Epwortli, ar,
rived at Halifax on the 25th tilt. with the beauti-
fulbAinerican..privateer..sehooner Harlequin,' ,of
33 tons burthen, mounting 10 guns, and a 42-
pounder on a pivot, . with
.13.0 men, Just off the
stocks, which had been only out four days from
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and was bound on
a lons cruise when captured. .She bore down on
the Bulwark, supposing her to loe a transport, and
was completely under her gun before she disco-
vered the mistake.- The Bulwark had also recap-
tured- two large British ships, Which she took
into Halifax with her.
CunacoA, DEC. 9.—By-the arrival of the
schooner Dams Rosa, recently from La Guita, we
learn, that accounts had been received in Carae-Cits
from General Boyce, stating, that he WaS closely
blockading the residue of the independent forces
in Illaturin.- his intention was,
.if possible, to cut
oif their provisions; and reduce them by famine.
The besieged had, it is said, made two unsucces-
fid sorties, in the latter of which they are;stated
to have lost near 900 men, of which a fourth part
were-French.