The Sun.
London, England, 1810-02-19 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

HALIFAX, DEC. 13.— JORDAN, the pirate, who
ran away with the schooner Three Sisters, whilst on
her voyage from Gaspee,- in the Bay of Chaleur,
Lower Candia, was executed in November last,
pursuant to the sentence of a Special Court of
Piracy, held agreeable to ALI of Parliament for hold-
ing Courts of this nature in his Majesty's Provinces
and Colonies. His wife, who was included in the
allegation, was acquitted. KELLY, the mate, who
accompanied JORDAN in the schooner to Newfound-
land, where he lan into the woods, and was after-
wards taken, is now under sentence of death for, the
same crime, but has been recommended for mercy to
his Majesty. .
Several American vessels have lately been sent
into this port for Adjudication, having a Certificate
of Origin on board ; this circumstance has occasion-
ed considerable ferment amongst the Yankies,
Vice-Admiral Sir JOHN WARREN, in the Swift-
sure, sailed on the 29th ult. accompanied with the
Louis, Captain Lord JAMES TOWNSEND, to Ber-
muda. •

ELEGANT EXTRACT.—The Aurora, a Paper pub-
lished by DUANE, at Philadelphia, says,—

" Those who believe that General ARMSTRONG has late-
ly been at Amsterdain, or Rotterdam, believe in d-d
lies."

SHEERNESS, FEB. 16.—Sailed his Majesty's brig
IFrangler.
Armed his Majesty's brig Saline.
Came down from Long Reach, and went out and
anchored at the Great Nore, his Majesty's ship
Edgar.

FEB. 17—Sailed up the river Thames his Ma-
jesty's ship Mercury and the Terror bomb, !he latter
to be paid oir.

FEB. 18.—Sailed his Majesty's brig Prospero,
with a convoy, to Heligoland.

Went out of harbour, and anchored at the Great
Nore, his Majesty's ship Bellorophon.

Came down from Chatham his Majesty's ship.
Dolphin, Capt. WATSON.

PORTSMOUTH, FEB. B.—Sailed the Linnet gun-
brig, with a fleet for the Downs Partridge, Piercer)
Constant, Pilot, and Diaator, on a cruize.

Dropt down to SL Helen's, his Majesty's ship Cz.4-
racoa, to the East India fleet ; they will sail the first
fair wind.

PLYMOUTH, Fen. 17.—Arrived the sloop Mary,
of Southampton, RALITEL master, from Valencia and
Gibraltar ; left the former place the 24th November,
and the latter the I t th JanUary, with a cargo con,
sisting of wine, Spanish wool, and raisins, for Lon-
don, put in here by contrary, winds, and is in a, very
leaky state. On her passage spoke the Thetis letter of
marque ship, of and frbm Liverpool, bound to the
Mediterranean, all well ; also arrived the American
ship Moses Brown, WHITE master, from Salco and
Gibraltar, left the former place the 14th of January,
and the latter the 25th following, with a cargo cony
sisting of brandy and, cork, for-this Port; the brig
Telemachus, REEVES, from. Cadiz, laden with wine
for this Port and Exeter; the James and Ann, cartel,
from Morlaix ; the , Hope, COATH, from London ;
Ayr, WEAME, from Liverpool; the Globe, SWEET-
-1 NGHAM, from Southamptor ; and Dart, JARMOND,
from Neath; '

Went up the Harbour to be repaired. the Indefa-
tigable and .13' ourbonnaise frigates.

FEB.' 17.-:—Admiral Dixon hoisted his flag on
board the Quebec frigate yesterday morning, and is
ordered to Cadiz immediately, with the whole of the
ships at this Port ready for sea.
Arrived his. Majesty's ship iris from Sheerness.

The Dart coaster, P. JAR MON n, drove ashore this
morning on the rocks near. Tor point ; her cargo is
taken on board lighters.

Arrived the Africa, Di,aator, and Serapis, from
the Eastward.

The Bourtonnaise frigate, which arrived, here on
Sunday last; from the Cape of _Good Hope brought
home as a state prisoner, a Mr. MICHAEL KELLY,
who held a situation in the VialuaMug
partment at the Cape. His crime is stated to be
",exciting an Insurrection among the Black Slaves,"
by whom he was eleaed a General. Two of his asso-
,
ciates, a self-created Colonel, and a Subaltern, were
tried with him at the Cape, and sentenced to suffer
death : the two former were executed there ;- but
KELLY, having subsequently confessed that he was
concerned in the murder of some Irish families during
the late rebellion, was sent home, and is now con-
fined in Plymouth Clink, stronly ironed, awaiting the
plea Sure of Government, as to his disposal.
We are extremely sorry to announce the loss of
his Majesty's sloop Wildlaar, of 16 guns, Captain
BURTON: she-sailed from Falmouth On Thursday ..
last with dispatches for Portugal, and was lost the
saale night off the Land's End'. We have not learn-
ed the particulars, but understand that 1Z men and
boys perished.•

YARMOUTH, Fan. 18.—Arrived a flag of t►uce
from the Texel, and has brought over several pas' .
sengers,. and 32 seamen, the remaining part of the

crew of the Flora frigate, which was lost on the
coast of Holland. The French having garrisoned
the principal ports, no more flags of truce will be
permitted to enter or sail from any of the ports in
Holland. All the large ships in the Texel were -

gone up, and there were lying at the Texel only one
frigate, a sloop, and a few smaller vessels, when the
flag of truce left the Texel.

Snipei.Roebuck, Britomart, and Acute, refitting;
Flamer, Havoc; Blazer, Ernest, Bruizer, Snipe, and
Cheerful cutter, and several schuyts.

',Ern, FEB. !G.—Sailed froth the Roads the
Spitfire sloop of war, convoy to Yarmouth.
Remain in the Roads the Adamant, sciguns, (flag"
ship) ; Nightingale, and Childers sloops of war ; and
Hel•e armed ship.

DEAL, Fes. 1 B—Arri'ved the Mar/borough Mail
of war and Cannoniere frigate from Portsmouth.
Sailed the Furious gun-brig with a convoy far
Portsmouth; Cherokee,. Beagle, and Cordelia on a
cruize.

Came down from the River the NorihuWerlarl4

East India man.
Arrived the Podargus and Redpole sloops of waC.

from a cruize.

Cot? K, FEB. lo.—The Druid frigate, Captain Sir
W. BoL•roN, has the signal flying at Cove for con-
voy to the West Indies.

.Friday, two troops of the 13th Light Dragoons,
Colonel HEAD, arrived at Portsmouth from Honos7.
low, and embarked for Portugal. The remainder ot_
the regiment, which cousist4 of
..,eight troop of 88'
men each, were expected to complete their embark-
ation yesterday.
A Court-Martial was held on Saturday morning-
at ,Portsmouth, on Mr. PETER GRANT, Assistant
Surgeon. of his Majesty's ship Ganges, for absent-.
ing himself without leave, and desertion. The
• Court being of opinion that the charges were proved,,
*did adjudge him to be diitnissed. from his Mars"
ly's service, 'and rendered totally unwnrthy of bey
ing employed in any situation in the Royal Navy
again.

A Court-Martial was also held on Simon Power
a seaman, for having made use of mutinous expres-
sions, and for endeavouring to desert, and enticing
others to desert to the enemy, when serving in the
gun-boats, under Capt. CARTERET, in the Scheldt.
The charges were in part prayed, and the Court
sentenced him to received one hundred lashes. The ,
Court further agreed, that Thomas 0' ilara being
called upon to give evidence at this Court-Martial,
'had prevaricated, and behaved with conr,npt to the •
Court, and did adjudge him, to be imprisoned in
the Marshalsea for the space of three ino,ntbs..-ii•
Captain BEDFORD, President.
Friday night arrived at PottFmouth, the Atneri"
can ship Huron, ,TnomAs CLARK, Master, froth
Wilmington, North Carolina,. bound to Cadiz, laden
with cotton-wool, &c. She was taken an the 24t" •
of January, in latitude 41. 39, long" . 34. west, VA
the Invincible IVapoleon +Preach privateer, of and
from I3ayonne, which put an Officer and 1.4 113°3
on board her, to carry her to the first port sh°
could make in France. 0;1 the 4th instant
Was te-captured by - the Festal, which sailed from
The
Portsmouth, a few day
ly iiatiseaiivt:necereedy,wo,fitiolnaree.n Lisbon.
invinciblere.a—tt ds Vle4ahOpa odn4to'eon:ii quite
sel before. American ienPri her
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TOULON FLEET.—It is reported, that when the
Lily left Lord COLLINGWOOD .on the 24th Ult. 46
was in sight of the Toulon fleet, and that the ar
proach of night alone prevented his bringing it t°.
anion. Admiral MARTIN, with the Canopus,-, Re-
nown, Leviathan, Cumberland, and another line 01
battle ship, with the Volonlaire, Apollo, and TaP°4
were the advanced ships of the English fleet, and vt',
understand were on the 24th. so near the enemy as
to exchange shots. The enemy's fleet is-stated to
comprise 16 sail of the line; Lord CoLiarrowooo.
had an equal number, some time previous hav,ing
been joined by the Bulwark, Terrible, and Spartan'•
From the course of the enemy, Cadiz was suppose 4 •
to he his destination, eithei• with a view of co-OPe"
rating with the army in reduaion, or possibly
calculating on treason in The Government for its 502'.
render.—Had they arri,ed there unencotinteted by
our fleet, it is highly probable that not only the
Spanish ships, but Admiral PURvIeS small syaa'
dron, • would have fallen into their hands 3 as
it is, we look for. a very different result to their
EXpedition.
A letter from Sir ALEX. COCHRANE, to a friend
in Edinburgh, dated off the Saintes, December 24,
states, that the preparations were completed for tlat
attack on Guadeloupe, which was to take place int'
mediately. •
We are concerneed to hear that serious -differences
have arisen between the Governor of Bermuda and
the House of Assembly ; the later are stated to
have required from the person holding the office .of
Treasurer a bond' of indemnity to a larger amount
than hadbeen customary. The Govertor, it is added,
okjecied to the demand, and after an angry corre.,
spondente with -the Speaker. of the Assembly on
the subject, caused him to be arrested. Another
account says, the Speaker was immediately after
liberated, and has, by a vote of the Assembly, set
out for this country for the purpose of seesing re"
dress.

A Gentleman of Chester has proposed, in corn•
memoration of the Jubilee, to erect, by subscription,
McOltimn, in one bloCk of stone, 40 feet high, and
the whole height, including the basement and ler-
rnination;cto be o 6 feet, in some proper situation,
within the walls of the city. A stone of this mag-

nitude, it is conjectured, has not been taken froitt

the qua Iy, and raised upon 'its pedestal, since the
dissolution of the Roman Empire.

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