The Sun.
London, England, 1812-12-28 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

PLYMOUTH, DEC. 25.—Arrived the brig Three
:Friends, belonging. to Lyndon, from Messina and
*Gibr•lltar, w ith. a cargo consisting of raisins,
oranges, &c. hound to the river ; a few days since
she was fallen in with by the Kent man of war, (ar-
rived here from the Mediterranean with a convoy),
a boat's- crew from which ship were ordered to
take possession of lacr as there were not any per-
.
sons found on boars'::. The cause of het being
abandoned by the crew could not be -discovered.—
The vessel had sprung a leak, -but not such as to
endanger their lives ; this, there:fore, could not
have induced them to desert- her; and it is sup-
posed she had been taken possession of by a 'French
privates, and that the Frenchmen in charge of her,
on the heaving in sight, took to the:boat
and endeavoured to regain their. vessel. Soon
sfter tie Three Friends had been manned4row the
Kent, a live dog was discovered on board her,
which appeared to be i n a weak state ; the animal
still remains in the vessel.
Arrived the Pickle brig of war, Lieut FIG 6,
froM . a cruize in the Channel, and has been put
under quarantine, for having_had 'communication
with the schooner Laddioz from essma, with a
cargo, which vessel had been captured a short
time pre‘lims by .a
French ship privateer of 16

guns and-180 men, called the Miguolonnaise, and
afterwards given. up to the masters and crews of
six or seven British merchantmen, 7.vhose vessels
had also been captured by the same privateer
one of them was the • brig Three Friends, • Cap-
tain Wittinv, before7mentioned, which was or-
Acrid to be scuttled, but the Kent heaving-in sight
obliged the enemy to abandon her; the others,
it is said, 'were vessels from the Mediterranean
part of the. Kent's convoy, and a ship from the
Brazils, with. a very valuable cargo,: which iverc
sent for St. Maloes; -the latter was the ship
fred, belonging to London, from St. ,Salradore,
with a cargo, consisting of wine and cotton, CgAr
MAN., Master, bound to Lcition; captured on the
:13th instant. On the preceding day the Alfred
fell in with the wreck Of a French privateer, of
lti guns, took off sixteen a her crew, being
all that.remained; tile others 'haVing perished when
she upset,.which happened during a- storm ; the
William, belonging to Sunderland, MOORE, froth
Grenada, with a cargo, consisting of rum, sugar,
&c. bound to London,, was captured the day- after
the Alfred, by the Mignollonnaise, and sent 1:or
France. The brig Three Friends was fallen in with
by the Kent, in lat.' 46. 51. N.long. 11. IS. W. on
the 15th inst. two days after her capture by the pri-
Vateer, which was coinniaaded by Capt. Nrouvr.
She sailed from Messina .on • the 4th Nov. and
from Gibraltar on the. 28th following. The pri-
vateer belonged to St. (aloes. Upwards of
thirty privateers have lately been fitted out
at that port; and the greater part of:,them
are now cruizirig, in the Channei,' The
Pickle brig of war, whose arrival befe 'we have
already Mentioned, took out the masters and
crews of the captured vessels from the Badojoz,
(among the -former, Captain WHILEi of the Three
Friends) which aftenirarcis prbeeeded on for Guern-
sey ; but the former being under quarantine, pre-
vents the possibility of our obtaining any further
particulars than the foregoing. We t!derstand,
however, that. two frigates were. left *in chase of
all those vessels that had been taken possession of
by the Mignollonnaise, i.vith a prospect of coming
up with them in a few hours. We' therefore hope
for the pleasure of shortly annonwing
.their
rival here.

Put in here by contrary winds, the brig Hope,
LUMSDALE, master, from Pernambuco, with cot-
.ton wool ; the brig Jarvis, CARTER, from St.
Übes, with fruit; the brig .Belinda, ROBERTS,
from Dublin, with wine and provisions; .the brig
Betsey, LEWIS, from Wexford, with provisions;
the sloop Nan's Cow, RICHARDS, from Waterford,
With 'oats and wheat ; and the brig Tr-aveller,
SWAN,from Lisbon, With fruit, al bound to
London.

The following are the names of some others of
the homeward-bound Mediterranean 'feet, not
already given, that,put in here, under convoy of
the Kent, and which will proceed for their respec-
tive destinations the moment the wind proves fa-
vourable, viz : the Golden • Grove, .I::hr.t; master,
bound to Hull, and the Athill, Huou-Es, master,
bound to London, both from -Smyrna, with car-
goes, consisting of fruit and madder-root ; the
barque Scarthingall, JoHN WARE .matter, horn
Malta and Gibraltar, with currants, &c. bound
to London ; and the transport ship Fortitude,
"Hoar;, from Alicant and Gibraltar, with
condemned stores, bound to Plymouth for orders,
which are under qurantine. , The Athill on, her
passage spoke the Rolla, hoineward-bound, ship
from Smyrna, with a cargo, all well.
DEC. 26.--7-Arrived the Achates brig of war
from a mize in the Channel ; the-schooner Eliza,

StutActrn, from Guernsey, with a cargo of whit
for this port.

Sailed the Sharpshooter. gun-brig for Guernsey•
The RoscounnOn Militia relieved the 2d FoV4
Lancashire froin the duty on boar,l the risen-

ships this Inpr;:ing.
The Royal Chi:shire Militia marched this day to
perform th'c duty at the Dartmoor depot.
Arrived the.sllip frilBam, of and for London,
WINGTCYN, master,- from St-. Lucia, with a carg° •
•consisting of sugar, cocoa, &c: put in here
by contrary winds: The bd illiq n, touChod at sts
Thornas.'s, sailed thence on the 25th October,
in rompany with the flect under c'ouvos y of the
Ringdeve brig of war ; parted .company about

fortnight since.

FALMOUTH, DEC. 257—ArriVed this day
• Princess Charlotte packet, Captain WHITE, will'
mails from the Brazils. Left Rich de Janeiro
the .tith Oct. and Bahia on the Left at Ri°
hi's Majesty's ships Montague and Nereus with the
Juniper schooner. On the 10thinstant, spoke the
Atnerican.brig Columbia, from Boston for Cadiz',
arid was informed that, seven days before, she was
boarded by the French privateer. Experiment, thell
Jon. W. 12. On the 22d spoke big
Majesty's brig Helicon.

Alsn arrived the ship Simon, cock, WARREN,
from Malta, which she left on the 14th Novi
spoke an AmeriCan ship, . bound to Lisbon/
having on board the purser of his Majesty?
ship Macedonia, reported to have .been .taken
the American sqUadron. 'I he Simon -Cock is pal
under quarantine.

Arrived the brig Sceptre, Captain IhRcHARD,
from Rio Jancrio, S 2 days.passage ; spoke the
--..-- cutter of Guernsey, Captain BERRYMAN., 1;
few days since, all \veil,

Yesterday arrived the Express packet, Captain.
T,7?2.TKINs, .from Cadii, last, from Kinsale, where
she landed her mail ; nothing new. Also arrived
the Chance privateer, of London, Capt. STENO,
from a cruize. On the 23d, off Ushant,, foil in
with a boat having on board two masters and part
of the crews of the brig Samuel, of Yarmouth:
and George• and Dorothy, of Londo.), Captaio
HoLmEs ; the former from Port Mahon, with wines
for Dublin, and the latter froth. Limerick, with
provisions for Lisbon; both taken off Cape Clear,
on the `2lst instant, by the Miguollonaisq French
sh:p privateer, of 16 guni and 15& men, belong;l4
to St. 3laloes, out fourteen days, and made nine
captures, five of which she tiestroved, one
sell:loner from Messina. She put all prisoners cn
board previous to the 20th, and perrii:ttEd them
to proceedto ngland ; on the 2lst she captured
the Alert cutter, of Guernsey, with coffee, sugars
&c. hound to Gibraltar, which, with the ship
Conor:tree, of
.London, from St. Thoinas's',' with
. sugar,, coffee, ram, &c, for London; and the brig
'Regent, from Brazils, with a valuable 'cargo for
London, she - accompanied to Fra.nce.--Car.
fain NicusT,.. of the privateer,:: treated the
prisone:s extremely well-, and at the request of
Captains GnIMSTONE and noLmEs,•gave them
boat, with-a good. stock of provisions, &c. to pro-
ceed to England. When they left (the 210 inst.)
the privateer was in lat. 47.. long. 7. with het •
prizes in. company. Captain NICUET had bete
-ten years privateering, and not once taken :
he -intended making a finish this last cruize.

WEST INDIA AND BRAZIL FLEETS,

CORK, DEC. 21.—The vessels composing the
above valuable Fleets, made an unsuccessful effort
on Friday, to put to sea, but were prevented by
the extreme haziness of the weather.

Early on Saturday morning arrived the Surprise
frigate, Captain Sir T. I. COCHRANE, who imme-
diately on her arrival proceeded to take'out her
stores laid in by his Majesty's ship Sybilie, Capt.
UPTON. Captain Sir T. I. COCHRANE being de-
sirous of going out to the Westindies, had, with
the permission of the Loris of the -Admiralty, ex-
.changed wiih-Captain•Urrox, as one of the con-
voy to the West India fleet. in consequence of
which, we are glad to find, the Sybille will still
continue on this statkm.

Upon the arrival of the Surprise the whole ot'
the vessels began
,to. get under weigh; as weil as
their—convoy, coasisting: ,of his Alltjesty's ship
Co.utherldnd, 74 guns, Captain /3.‘icrm; Surprise,
3S guns, Capt. 'Si:- T. 1: COCHRANE ;. Cherub, l 6
guns, Capt; ,in TUCKFR ; and 4,7l(nm:the, 16 guns,
C4i1t3.111 PRINGLE. There being a fine breeze from
the S. E. they soon got out of the harbour, and
there is no doubt al' the wind still continued from
that pdint, but by morning they Would have
cleared the land.

His Majesty's ship Cherub, Captain TUCKER,
takes charge of the vessels bound to the Brazils.

His Majesty's ship Sziki,lle., Captain UPTeN, and
Dauntless, Capt. FARBER, take under cen7oy
large fleet, for Jisbou, Gibraltar, :and Cadiz.—
The Sybelle goes
,no farther than •Lis,bon.., They
will sail to-morrow.

The Virdgo, Lieut.' PITTMAN, with convoy, up
Channel, sailed hence' on Thursday, Fut
hack agai:i on Fricii y morning, owing to adverse
winds.

The Earl SpenT cer cutter; Lieut. BOTH WELL, ar-
rived here oa Saturday from Galway.