The Sun.
London, England, 1810-03-19 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS

PLYMOUTII,MARCR 17.—Arrived its Majesty's
ship Plover from a croize; the .Aid.transport -from
Deptford; 'the Dart, BARTLETT' from Poole-;* Pi-
t
gilant, GAY, from Newtiitle ; :54ii,-CoATn;from
London ; Tlilliam, Simowicx, Eiriiiude, HURD,
Hobson, S2ANFO4I;;!, Effort, Thom LirSalcicia,ADArbi-
SON, and Hawke, SMITH, from Sainderlanit; and:the
Thomas, BROKENSHA, from Neath. . .

This morning the five. cartels, with': pakt.of the
• •
French prisoners taken ay'S.t..Domingo, sailed for
MOrlaix, together With' the Collirigwood, and
and Ann cartels, with sick and wounded FrenCh
prisoners,' for the' same place ; also .Sgiled 'the 4nv,
:M`DoNALD, for Malta; the ./h/liam; DAVIES, 'for
Fowey, to load for Cadiz; the Ziphyr, FITZSIMONS,•
for Belfast; and the Rom DARLING, for Cork.
Put back by contrary winds the Porcia EaSt
man,' for theivei.

Arrived his, 'Majesty's ship ,Daphne from Ports-
mouth; the. Hound and Devastation bombs from
Sheerness ;1 the ffittiam, FA WKENER, and Amity,
PER RE'roN, 'from Londoni -the . Havant, COOPER,
from -Arundel the Barnevelt, GARRETT, Orient,
DOUGLAS, Caroline, CARR, Good. inient, WATERS,,
New Concord, HERRING, and Jivia, ARNOTT, from.
SUriderland.

Went up into Barnpool his Majesty's ship Fa-

vourile.
Arrived the "Etna bomb from the Eastward.
Sailed the Basilith gun-brig for Cadiz with dis-
patches : she has on board Lieut.-Colonel MAC.
DONALD, Assistant-Adjutant-General.

PORTSMOUTH; -MARCH Ja.—This
,morning dr.:-
rived the Horatio frigate, dapt. Scorr, with a fine
French frigate, her ptize, called La Necessiid, bound
from Bourdeatix to the Isle of France, with naval
stores, &c: ; it is supposed she has a large quantity
of dollars on'board. •

;Yesterday sailed the Alert sloop of war, Captain
RENNY, with a convoy of about 20 saiLfor
New-
foundland ; title Port Mahon sloop of war, Capt.
LAWSON, with a convoy for Guernsey ; .La Sophie
sloop of war, Capt. LOCKYBR, with a &Invoy for
Cork; Royafist sloop of war, Capt. MAXWELL,
and Dapper gun brig, Lieut. HARFORD, oa a CrPiZe.

The Zenobia brig gives convoy instructions to the
trade bound to tae West Indies. '

SHERRNESS, MARCH I 7.—Arrived the Bruiser

gun-brig.
Went out of Harbour, aid anchored the Great
Nore the Paz schooner, - •

His Majesty's ships Diligence,
~Woolwich, and
Satriiia, were paid up to six months. •
MARcii.lB.—Arrived his Majesty's brigs Castilian,
Pro.cpero, and Ettiest ; the Tc;!wer Tvader with vo-
iunteers and impressed men tot' the fiet.

' Sailed his Majesty's ship-Sabring, Captain Tu.
1..A-ItDp. for Portsmouth, , .

The following ships received orders to put them-
selves under theorders of Sir JAMES SAUMAKEZ, to
proceed to the Baltic, viz. the Plantagenet, Lion,
Dilligence, Alexandria., Flanzer, and -Snipe.

FALMOUTH,' MARCH 16.-. Sailed L'Espiegle fri-
gate for the West -Indies.

DEAL, MARCH 18,—Carne down from the River
the Grand Turk for •New'York, and the Lusitania
for Rio Janeiro.

'Capt. Yno, Of the Navy, has received his Ma.
jestrs 'permission to wear the insignia of ,a .Knight
Commander. of the Royal Portuguese Military-Or-
der of St. Bento d'Avis, conferred on, him by the
Prince Regent, for his gallant conduE..a,t the re-
duaion of the Island of Cayenne. •
'NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.--Capt. WEST, to the
Sultan; Capt.- H. E. R; BAKER, to the Ulysses;
Capt.. STAIR DOUGLAS, to the, Africa ;. Capt.
DILKES, to the Orpheus, vice TONYN, deceased;
'Capt. G. DAVIES, to the Philomel, vice CRAWLEY,
.deceased; Capt. PATTERSON, of the Star, to the
Pornpee; Capt. V. V. BA,LLAn.o, to. the Slatira,
vice Boys, deceased ; Capt. PRESTON, of the Asp,
to the" Blonde ; Lieut. 114‘CuLt.ouon, to command
the Asp ; Lieut. Hon. J. Gong, to command the
Scorpion; Capt. ROBILLIARD, to the Wurtrierci- ;
Capt. FERRIE, to the -Savage;' Lieut. FLYNN, to
'command' the Punta Captain LAWSON,. to the
Thracian; Capt. HATTON, to the Pert Mahon.
A' Court Martial was. held on Monday, on board
the Utile sloop lying at Yarmouth, od a seaman be-
longing-to the Desiree, for striking one of his Offi-
ceri, and. using mutinous language.. The unfor-
tfinate man, who was tried at his own request, re-
ceved sentence of death.

. .
The brave Captain SIIOIITLAND, of the Joninz
(who was so desperately wounded in his* well-
fought action with lour French frigates, on the
,coast of America, .some months since, 'aPd was
4,pri.soner on par,..,le at Gliadaloope); died elght
hours after the.surreuder of that island.
The last accounts from General MA ITLAND re-
present Ceyl.4l to be a state of perfed irampAil-
lity. The King of CANDY had dismissed certain,cls.7
savees who were nufri,•ndly to the Briiid),,andhad
given every fa,:dity 4nd security to comfrierciat:in-
tercoUrse between ,the Engli,h territory and .the-in-
terior.'

The Bonne Ciloyenne, Captain CYCONNatt, is ap-
pointed Cot -VI At Poosinouth; for and
Halifax ; and the Alert, Capt. `IIENt.Y, for
foundland.