The Sun.
London, England, 1810-05-14 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

PLYMOUTH. MAY 12.—Went up the Harbiiur to
be repaired hi's Majesty's ship Ectifise.
Arrived the. Trion, -OFT EIN, from Lisbon ; and
the Susan, FULL, from Guernsey.
His Majesty's ship Venus, with a convoy from
Lisbon, put in here last evening by coutrary winds ;
she sailed about three _ weeks since with a fleet Of.
twenty-two sail, all of which are arrived here.
.There are alio among the fleet seven transports with
sick tro ips and invalids' from the British army in
Portugal, and a great number of deserters from the
French army there, who Have entero into the -
British service.

Arrived the ship Thalia, Ci.Ybs, from Surinam,
with a cargo consisting of coffee and 'cotton, bound
to London, eight weeks passage. -On the 7th inst,
about twenty leagues to the westward of Scilly spoke
the Ailgustus from LiverpOol, bound to the West
Indies, all well. The 16th and 64th RegimentS of
Foot were at Surinam; both of which were greatly
reduced by sickness and death. The i6th is under
orders to embark for England.

Arrived the brig Proxy, W. OUGHTRED, M3BO
ter, from Jersey, in ballAst ; the Virtwo gun-brig
from a crnize _the Podargus sloop; and Ckeerly
brig, from Portsmouth. •

Sailed the Plover tloo?,of war, on „ cruize; and
the Britannia cutter tor Cadiz.

Major WILLIAMS, of the 306 Regiment, Major
FISHER, and Captains BattEstotin and Gates, ar-
rived here this morning, in a tran,port, from Lisbon.
The Anzethyst frigate is arrived at Lisbon.

FALMOUTH, MAY 10.—Sailed the Seafiower sloop
of war on a c uiz

Arrived =the Manchester packet from Jamaica in
57 d3yi, on the gth inst. off Scilly, fell in with a
French schooner privateer.
Arrived the Francis Freeling packet, with a mail
from Cadiz in to days 3 a French sloop, ip ballast,'
cut out of the Isle of Bas by the boats of his Majes-
ty's ship Muros.

PORTSMOVTH,MAY I 3.—Sailed the Courageux74,
for Plymouth j Hardy gy7brig, and Coquette sloop„
of war 01] a crurze.

The Linnet tak.. s the con-oy to FahnoUth; bound
to' Spain, Poi (6ga; Me4iterranean, from
whence 011 y will proceed with the fleet now.about
to sail for that Port.

f.e)rd COLLINGA'QOD, for so(tie time prPsious to
his death, was so Sei)Sible 01 his. approaching d!s-
snrutinn, :hat h~ ordered a quiniity'ot lead on board
at Alinon:a, for the purpose.of making a cotfin fOr
his conveyancelo England.

Great preparations ark: Malting to elebrate this
year, at North and South Shieh!s, and at Wh.te-
haven, the anniversary of the birth-day of Mr.
'PITT. We understand it will likewise be celebrated
at Newcastle, Birmingi am, and Liverpool. The
clubs at Edinlkurgir and at Carnarvon are expe&ed to
meet very strong "on that day, indeed from the ge-
neral anxic ty to express at this time sentiments of
respet and attachmentto the pi inciples and memory
of that illustrious Statesman, there is 'great reason
to believe the anniversary of .his biitlt-day will be
kept in- most towns in the kingdom. The applica,
Lions to the London Committee for tickets are nu-
merous ; bat as they are limited, it cannot be ascer-
tained until after the sixteenth how many these will
be for the accommodation of thelattilic.
We have received inforMation from our fleet off
Toulon, dated the 28th of March. The French
fleet were reconnoitred by the Aicesle, on that day,
consisting of twelve sail of the line (eight of which
were ready for sea), eight frigates, and two cor-
vettes. :They were nor expeded to make any attempt
to put to S,-a, whilst our fleet_ was able to keep its
station on the coast. ' ' •
The Petition of the Performers of the Drury-lane
Company, which we Mentioned sortie time ago, was
pregenied his MAJLesTr o'er Wednesday last by the
Lord Chamberlain. Besides pra ing for a license to
perfoiM on their owq account, as we stated before,
the Petitioters request p-rmission to build a Theatre,,
if the present holders ef - the Drury-lane Patent do
not proceed in due time with-the re-ereaion of that
house, or if a- third Theatre should be thought, ne-
cessary, they pledge .themselves to build a Theatre
upon the principle of that established in Garrick's
time, where seeing and hearing were principally and
materially attended to. The Petition is signed by
the following names:—John Braham, John Jithn-
stone, C. Mathews, S. T. Russell, Robert Palmer,
E. J. Eyre, C. Dignum, J. Smith, James Welsh,
Ralph Wewitzer, R. Wroughton, W. DOwtian, J.
Powell, J. 13. D'Egville, V. De Camp, W. Penley,-
G. Smith, W. Maddocks, H. Sparks, E. Dorothea.
Jo'rdart, Maria •Duncan, Rose Mountain, Maria
Bland, M. A. Org r, Matilda Ray, A. Mathews, S.
Sparks, C. Tidswell, A. Sharp, S. Boyce, and A..
Scott.

BOW-STREET:--It will be recolle&ed that in the
month of 'January .1802, the Whitehaven Bank was
broken open, and robbed at notes to the amount of
5,0001. Three of 'the robbers were traced out in
'Liverpool, and other parts of 1,-,lcashire: They
were tried at the Assizes for Carlisle List Summer,
andtwo of them executed. 'Within the last fort-
-might- Adkins received information that a number of
the notes were in London, and thatethey were about
to be-taken to Dublin, for the purpose of circelaticn,
Adkins traced the notes into the possession of a Mrs.
Lee, who said she received them from a man of the'
name of John Pullen. This man was apprehen.led
on Friday last, and brought before Mr. GRAHAM
and Mr: KENNARD, who committed him for funh6r
examination.