The Sun.
London, England, 1804-03-10 00:00:00

AVAL NEWS.

PLYMOUTH, MARCH B.—Arrived the Tarrant,
of 8o guns, Capt. Sir EDWARD PELLEW, from a
Cruise off FerrOl.

PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 9.—Passed by the Isle of
Wight, about twenty-six sail of outward-bound
Merchantmen, under convoy, for the East and West
Indies, to join the West India Convoy which sailed
yesterday, arricitig which are the Canton, for the East
Indies, and Catharine Green, STEELE, for Jamaica.

The Lap wing Frigate is appointed Convoy for
the Mediterranean, but is at present all unrigged ;
the Waverene Sloop of War is appointed Convoy
for Newfoundland ; and His Majesty's Ship Levia-
than is appointed Convoy for the East India Ships.

DFAx, MARCH 9.—A very heavy Cannonading
has been heard in the South East quarter, from ten
o'clock last night until eleven this morning, but no
intelligence has yet arrived.
His Majesty's Ship ///ustr;ous put back and re-

mains•

SHEIRNESS, MARCH 9.—His Majesty's Ship
L' 4fricaine, Capt. iVIANDY, having been refitted,
sailed this morning on a Cruize off the Coas(of
Holland, as did the Discovery Bomb for the Downs.
The Thunder Bomb, Capt. MASTERS) came down
from Woolwich to the Great Note.

The 4/:din Frigate, Lord Pito sir, is to be dock-
ed at Woolwich, the dock here not being long
enough to receive her.

YARMOUTH, MA itcli 9.—Last night the. Nell;,
'of Sou,th Shields, RO 13 I NSO rt master, which had
lately been stranded here, and was under repairs
and nearly completed, took ffre, and was burnt to
the water's edge ; fortunately the wind blew fresh
at south.east, which prevented the flames commu.
nicating with any other of the Vessels in the Hat-
bour, or the houses on the Quay.

Ic is known, that by the_ drifting. of the sand up
and down the Gut of the Channel, according as the
high winds and tides set_ in, bank 4 were frequently
formed, which presented the ;writ formidable ob-
stacles to common navigation. Reasoning upon this
fad it was conceived, that by sinking a number of
largee, vessels, deeply. and heavily laden in the
mouth of the Port of Boulogne, a sandbank might
speedily be formed, so as to put the whole Flotilla
of the Chief Consul under His Majesty's lock. The
idea has been adopted-018 or 2Q old vessels, some
of them 400 tons hurthen, have been prepared for
the purpose. They are loaded with stones, and these
stones united together by iron bars and chains, so as.
to form one solid mass—and these are to be scuttled
side by side,so a.:O lay the foundation for an embank-
ment of sand, in the same manner as the French
themselves succeeded by means of cones at Cher..
Bourg,. The whole of this-wili be done under the
cover of our Blockading Squadron. The immediate
good to he derived from it, and which they say is
its justification as a legitimate aft of war is, that
it will give our Ships an increased depth of water
in approaching the port, and enable them by a con-
centrated fire of Bombs to burn. the whole 'Force
assembled.

LIST OF THE'I.4II4ORITy WHO VOTED. FOR SIR
JOHN WRQTTESLEY'S MOTION.
Adair, Robert Johnstone, George
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Baker, John Kensington, Lord
Bankes, Henry Laurence, French
Barclay, George Latouche, -.
Barclay, Sir Robert Latouche, -----
Barlow, Francis William Lawley, Sir Robert ..
Berkeley, Hon. G. Cranfield Madocks, Win. AugustuS - '
Binning, Lord Mildina.v, Sir H. P. St. lan
Bonverie, Hon. Edward Milner, Sir W. Mordaunt
Brooke, Lord Moore, tieorge Peter
Burden, Sir Francis . -.. Moore, Peter
13yng, George Morpeth, Viscount
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•Calcraft, John Morris, Edward
.canning, !light lion. George North, Dudley
C.4o,:wright, yilliain Ralph Northev, William
CavenulOi, Lord George Ord, William .
Combe, Harvey Christian • • Osborne, John -
Cooke, Bryan Ossulston, Lord
Courtenay, John Petty, Lord Henry.
Cranford, Robert Ponsonby, Rt. Hon. W. B.
Creevey, Thomas PorclieSter' Lord
De 131aqiiiere, Lord Poyntz, W. Stephen
Dent,• John Raine Jonathan
Dickenson, William, jgn. Russell, Lord William •
Dillon, lion. H. ' St. John, Hon. St. Andrew
Dundas, Hon. C. Lawrence Scudamore, John
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Dundas, Hon G. U. Lawrence Shakespear, Arthur
Eltord, Sir William. Spencer, Lord Robert
Elliot, William • Stanley, Lord
Ellis, Charles Rose Sturges, William
Fitzpatrick,Right Hon. Richd. Temple, Earl
Folkstone, Lord * . Townshend, Lord John
Fox, Hon. Charles pules Walpole, Hon. George
Francis, Philip Ward, Hon. John William
Gower, Lord Grenville Levison Robert Ward, Robe
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Graham, lames ._ Whitbread, Samuel-J.-
'Grenville, Right Hon,ThotuaS .. ‘Vilberforce, William' '
Grey, HOll. Charles . Windham, Rt. Hon. Willi4m i
Hamilton, Lord Archibald - Wynne, C.Watkin Williams'
Hippisley, Sir J. Core Wynne, Sir WatkinWilliams
Holland, IL'..nry,jun.
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Lord CAMELFORD was alive at eleven o'clock
last night, but no hopes were entertained of his re-
covery The report was this morning that he was
dead.
Lord CAMELFORD and Mr. I,3EsT were both qt.
pert shots. A short time ago Mr. BEST proposed to
his Lordship to shoot with a pistol at a mark, for a
wager. Lord CAMELFORD agreed. He was to file
three times at a lighted candle placed on a table at
ten yards distance ; and if his Lordship put it out
once in the three times, he was to win. Lord CA-
MELFORD'S second fire took off the snuff of the can-
die, and in the third he broke the candle ; but not
succeeding in fitting out the light, he lost the wa...
ger.
Yestetday, between two and three o'clock, A man
genteelly dressed, passing through Gerrard:street,
Sabot suddenly dropped down and expired immedi-
ately. • -