The Sun.
London, England, 1810-03-15 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

P01111)4011TH,. MARCH i4.--=Came in this day.
his Majesty's ship Excellent; of 74. guns, Captain
WEST, from the• Mediterranean, and is put' under

quarantine.
Put back the. reit William from India, for Lon-.
dnn; by contrary winds.
Arrived the Florentine for Cadiz.; David. Scott)
LOCK 2, for India; Cato, Nariar., for St. -Vincent's;
and. Vestal, Glasow, for Batbadoei, in a very leaky
state. • .

Came in ,his Majesty's ships Bortlist, Grampus,
Bonne Gitoyenne, Zenobia, and Linnet and !loot-
with store-ships from the Eastward also this Dove,
WEBB, from the Westward, for London ; Provi-
dence BabwN, and Hannah GERMAN,., from LOn-
don ; St. "Indere', SoTta*, from Sunderland. ;ZIGG
Sailed his Majesty's L'..elfricaine with a convoji:
for India, as follows

Ceylon, Morriton ; William Pitt, Graham=; Tigress,
14'00141cl' ; Alexander, Turnhout' ; Sir. Stephen Lushing-
ton, Hay ; Euphrates, Herbert ; Northumberland, Frank-
lin ; Hugh Inglis, Wood; Astell, Hay ; and Hudrlari,_•NiS-
bett ; for !ndia ; also. the •Ann;. Gibson, 'for tile Cape of
Good
,Hope ;
,and the Supply, MOtford,"for*Waterfortl.
Also sailed his Majesty's ship Kent Old' Do/phin,
"st ore-shlp to the Westward:
His Majesty's ship ger term it is expected, will sail
early in the nfornink with the Mediterranean ships,
front
that arrived fro the. Ppwns this day. - ,

PLYMOUTH, 141 611 15.:—Arrived a convoy twin
the Eastward; the Speculation, PR Y from Neatkr
and Thomas and, fahis, -Cobnisa„ from Sundet4r2
land,
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Sailed his,Najesty's- ship Ceeiar for Lisbon, and
it.
the. Indefatigable to the Westward; and his' aa-,
jestk's brig Pea6ck_on a .cruiie:
• Came eown4s. harbo").vrtichbied in the
Sound his Aldrsty's ship.Favourtte. • -
Arrived the FiCtOry, H A NAND, from Jersey boun
to. Waterford; put in here leaky.

:DEAL, MARCH 13.x—Sailed several ships to join
convoy at Portsmouth.
Came down from the River and sailed, immedi-
ately, the Alligator' for Tobago, and the Ridtard
and Ann for Malta.

Cowjs, MARCH 14.—A Melliterrapean convoy
just now, pa,sing through. our Road, on their way,
to the MOtherbank,, for the purpose of perfoiming
quarantine, Thelloratio frigate is alio in S;ght,
will►- a :e'er}' large. Frenel ship, said to be 4 most,
vainablo prix.: from, the Isle of an.ce,

-Yesie.d4y, rhe wind having siwcicr,l33 come round
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tugai, and Guernsey convoys, and as the. \Villa con-
times fair, T havd no doubt but they will have ,a most

prosperous voyage,
p. S, Tile prize to the Horatio was taken just,a
she was going into Brest, an,d has a great deal,j2l
veCie On .board.

YARMoLTTII, morning a large`
lugger
,passed by Lo the Southwards IravPg the
French colours flying beneath the English, and is.
supposed tO-he a. privateer taken: by some, of the
rhea of war on tins station.

FALMOUTH, MARCH j2;.....Sailed the Wa/singhtina
Packet for Lisbon.

His Majesty's ship
SITEERNESS3 MARCH 14.
Saline is appointed-to. sail for Heligoland as soon as
the ctimpeteut number of ships are here. A convoy
will sail in future regularly every eight 'days.

, .
. .
mr. 'YoaKE ..has,' we understapd, -declined The
sloop .0f war, just arrived, has'
c pnirh:vfo ar4iitesie Clakoeunty of Cambridge.
been out. 14 yearq, cruizing in
.t he Indian st•as,
one of her original cip,A; came home hiller; he went
put cabin boy, and came home boatswain. .

The report that a massacre had.taken place in the
Island of Ceylon is, we are happy to find, destitive
of truth. LetterS. from .that place, dateu Oetober
last, have been received,, but contain no matter of
general interest, .except such as is already betoro the
Public. 1500 European troops had been seat from
.the~slatrcl, to assist in quelling the late disturbances
in India. •
• The 9th Regiment pf Foot sailed from Brisharn
Cray on Tuesday last, for•Lisban,, under a convoy
of the..Oicipole s.oop of war. •
• A Mail from Gibraltar has arrived, by winch we
received letters anu -papers to the..27th ult. The
garrison was then crowded with Spaniards of all
ranks, who had fled thither in con,equence of the
success of tie French, and General Cyan:A-and ibis
family were among the number of the refuge4.„..—
The number of the Spanish troops which had ?ar=
rived at Gibraltar pt.different times was estimated
at about 1.2,006, and they were daily refitting and
embarking for Cadiz..
Mr. GALE JONES< has written a letter to Sir F.
BURDB'rt, in whieh he thanks him for what he calls
his " unanswerable and unanswered defnce," and
says he will not degrade himself " by petitioning for
his liberty, -which he boldly claitris by,birth-r
The Committee of the numerous Prisoners con-
fined for ~debt. in the King's Bench, have received
communications, containing the-mast-flattering as,
surances of support to their Petition. to the Legisla-
ture,- from some of the most distinguished, Members
.of both Houses of Parliament, and even from some
branches of the Royal Family.