The Sun.
London, England, 1811-12-03 00:00:00

NAVAL i\t\VS.

PLYMOVTti DEC. i.—Arrived this morning the
sl-OP Rang4', h, longing and bound to London; from
the -with a valuable cargo; was captured a
few days since by a French schooner privateer, acd
reclptured shoi tly afierwards, a few leagues to the
Westward Scilly, by the Recruit brig of war
bound from Purtsmouth to Halifax.

PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 2.—At'rived his -Majesty's
frigate Hotspur, Hun, Capt. BARRY, frotit off Chet,-
burgh; alyu the North Star and, the Aptilon laud-
trosu Llisbnri the 29th Regiment.

The Canopus, !pt. INGLIS, left the Mediterra-
nean fleet watering at Minorca. on 'die Ist of last
inenth.

• YA4MOUTit, Dap. 2.4—The,Friends,vESlßL'ETON,
master, a( and (torn Blyth, bound to London, will;
coals, struck on the. Scroll Sand and sunk. Crew
saved. .

DRAL, DEO e.—Arrived• the Sportsman from
St. lihes, Mineral Spring frorn.Lisbon, and the
Parazon from New' York; with- several others,
particulars not known.

FALMOUTH., Nov. 30.—Arrived the Ranger fro:n
she 8r.1z,18, after engaging the Juno. French priva-
teer of t(i guns and, 105 men for nearly an hour,
hut ,was at 'length taken ; the privateer had one man
k kie .rid four wounded : the Ranger Was after-
Wards teiakens by the Recruit sloop of war.
Sailed his, Majesty's ship Rapid on a crnize ; the
Aroaon packet tern in
.:;.

Arrived the 'oldr/borough packet, with a mail
from Lisbon: 'left the Tagus on the i pith

Yemenlay the 'Duncan, of 74 guns, was launched
frorn'tite /dock of Air. DuDNIAI4, el Deptford, in the
presence of a pea ntnither of' spectators.

We hive the pleasitre to Fay, s hat • the PruNcit's
foot is daily acquiring stic,igth, :Intl getting better,
Yesterdoy the P incess CitA O LTTR of
WALEs, accompanic&by Lady Dr, CLIFT9RD, went
to OatlandS, on a visit to the PRINCr:E2; eatir:t
After taking an
,early dinner with het.' ROYAT.
FATHER and the Duchess of, :Yam in his own'
anarttnents, her !OVAL HtouNass returned. 'to
Warwick flouse in the evening.
CROWN ANt) wis yesterday a
meeting at this place of several persons who deco=
urinate theMselves Friends to the Liberty of the.
Ness, io order to copsider of the proptiety of raising
'a Subscription for Mr. WHITE, the printer of a
weekly paper, who was lately tried and acquitted on
an indictment for a libel. Sir FRANCIS BURDETT
was in the Chair, arrd addressed the meeting on the
Occasion.
_He chiefly, dwelt on the sufferings of
Mr, Wit F, who.had been imprisoned for a former
libel, and vl,l his courage in meeting a trial, con.
ri'ary to the advice of his friends, and not permit!ing.
judgment to go by default. In the . course of his
speech, which consisted almost entirely of common-
plow topics, the Baronet was very, bitter in bis'coili•
ments upon the ATTORNEY-GENECUAL ; but he
tin,,i,!;itt proper, afterWaids, with. astonishing
to signify that official men ought not to be at-
id d 'tnet el y because they were official ir,eit , bit t ge-
nerously allowed t [tern 'the coinntint right to defend
their charactet‘si KO also allowed the possibility that
,Jurors Might give erroneous verdids, but he doubt-
less. meant,/ when those' verdicts were hostile to the
principles' which, he and his party espoused. In the
cxeess Of
,his liberality, his admitUd besides, that
mon who used the press for ..th e! purpose of malice and
deff:imation ought to be aineuable'to the law, but, as if
*he' thought this last Conces4ion tiii.g'ot be deetud to
bear ,luird against ce ta in periodical writets,, he viite
of one of them by 'n ;tree, and repre.iented. him
too.as a fit 6Sject for a subt,cr;pi ion. „in conclusion,
he recommended a subscription in- behalf 'of
Mr. WHIM expressing his" re4ret that it was not
to be expetted that a su.n could be-raised sufficient
;fur the relief of all whom he was pleased to consider
us the victims of legal oppression.
He was followed by Alderman, Woon, Mr.
WAITIIMAN; Mr. M`MAKO'N, and a Mr. WALKER.,
The Alderman read the Resoluritins in favour of
th, sub ~ct intion for Mr. Wt,tura, and Mr, WALKER.
he120.(1, at t he. They were ot 'course adopted, hut
the 111110011 t Of the subs,rtption was nit steted.
Tb.wks tip,m the Clwiran were moved and passed,"
and ilte Meeting' di,persed,