The Sun. — 1814-02-21 (London, England)

SHEERNESS, FEB. 19.—The next convoy for the river Maese is appointed to sail the 4th March, and the first convoy for Elsineur will sail the Ist March.  The Aggressor gun-brig sailed an Friday for Holland, with 30 sail of transpOrts laden with arms, Ammunition, and stores.  Orders, it-is said, have been sent out by the Admiralty to the . British cruiseN,, prohibiting the ransoming of prizes made from the Americans. • In a letter from Liverpool of Thursday-, it is asserted, that the United States and Macedonian frigates, reported to have sailed from New Loudon on a cruise, were blockaded in that port on the kith of January by his Majesty's ships Ramilies, Statira, and Endymion ; and that the:Essex frigate had not arrived in America from round Cape Horn, as was stated in advices,from Bermuda, received the end of last month.  Several of the smallest class of frigates anti brigs of war are to join the squadron blockading Rochefort. The Wanderer, Captain NEWCOMBE ; Adder, Captain PATTESLIALL ; and Clinker, Captain TULLIDGE, are to sail from Portsmouth imam(Leery.' They have taken out the carronades, and teen armed with long AS-pounders. It is anticipated that their services might be wanting in. the Garonne. . .  A letter from Holland, dated the 23d ult. relates the following gallant affair, in which Mr. COLLICOTT, a Midshipman, with 42 Marines, engaged ten times and destroyed thrice his own number of the enemy :—" The landed 800 men in South Beveiand wd from the Dutch sentinels neglecting the aLf m, the enemyadvanced so suddenly upon isr. COLLICOVT and his little party, that he fouwi it necessary immediately to, commence a ret:-,2at, but succeeded in bringing off a piece of : 400 men pursued him to the great road, whete he halted, and commenced a well-direct,_!d fire on the enemy at 300 yards distant; a 1)al-p action ensued, and the enemy were complet.cly repulsed, leaving 160 men upon the field of battle." Mr. COLLICOTT was not materially hurt, though be was struck by several balls, but his little band of heroes lost near half their number. The thanks of the Commander in Chief have been sent to Mr. COLLICOTT, for his distinguished bravery on this occasion. A very severe gale of wind has been experienced at Passages, in which the Kangaroo's convoy, of ordnance 'transports and victualling vessels, from Plymonth, suffered greatly. Several of them were driven on shore ; one victualler, which struck on the bar of Bayonne, was .dashed to picCes 'in less than five minutes. The Holly schooner, Lieutena:,t TH,EACHER, was lost, by driving from her anchors; in St. Sebastian's harbour ; and Lieut. T.•with five or six men, we regret to state, were drowned. The Kangaroo threw her guns overboard in the gale. TwO sear nie9 belonging to the Porcupine, who had wandered from the: boat one evening, were found murdered the .next moving, in the market-place, with a number of cutl'end stabs in different parts ,or their bodies. From every inquiry which the Civil and Military Authorities had c'iused to be made, no Satisfactory result as to the identity of the horrid perpetrators had followed. .  Ten sail of transports, with horse artillery on board, will sail for Passages this day from Ports.. mouth. The Seahorse, Captain. J. A. GORDON, which goes-with them, takes out a further supply of money for the use of the army in France. The Hebrus sailed on Wednesday with 150,000/.  By the return of the Desiree, Captain FARau HAR, frOm Passages, in five days, we learn that Lord %VELLINGTON was making arrangements to recommence active operations, which had been impracticable for several weeks, owing to the badness of the weather :—the heavy cannon was ordered to be brought up from the 'rear of the army ; and the officers, to whom leave (sf. absence bad been given, were recalled. The Spanish General Mortimm had conic up from the rear, with his army, and taken a position on the banks of the Adour. The difficulty of communicating across the Pyrenees, in consequence of the weather, had prevented the arrival of any very recent accounts from General CLINTON, who cymmands the Any forces.