The Sun.
London, England, 1808-05-23 00:00:00

From the LONDON G4ZETTB,—Mqy 2I IS S.

Adniiralty-Office, May e 1 , 1808.
copies of Leitersfrom Captains Mason and Bathurst,
of. His Majesty's Ships Daphne and Salsette, ad-
dressed to Rear-Amiral Sir Samuel Hood, and
transmitted to the Hon. Win. Wellesley Pole ly
ri€e74drair.al Sir James Saumarez.
His Majesty's Ship Daphne, April e 6, 1808,
Sin, of Lessee.
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Judging from the cargo of the Sloop destroyed on
the I?ed, that..the rest of the enemy's vessels at Flod-
strand were also loaded with provisions, and des-
tined for the relief of .Norway, I conceived it to be
an objea to attempt getting them 'out; and the
officers and crews of both ships having volunteered,
I, last night, sent three boats from this ship, and the
Tartarus two, all under the direetion of Lieutenant
Win; Elliot, First of the Daphne, accompanied by
Mr. Hugh Stewart, master • Lieutenant Boger, of
the Royal Marines ; and master;
Besiely, DoreU,
Elliot, Moore, and Ayton, midshipmen ; and Lieuts.
Gittins and Patterson, and Messrs. Septford,
man, and Andrews, midshipmen, of the Tartarus.
They were towed near the shore by the Forward
Gun-brig. They foCind the vessels moored close
under the fort of the castle, which mounts ten guns,
with hawsers fast to the shore ; and immediately
on getting to them the alarm was given by some
Danish boats, the banes instantly forsook the ves-
sels, and the Castle and three ether guns began,
and kept up a heavy fire of round, grape, and mus-
ketry; many of the shot went through the bulls
and sails of the vessels ; notwithstanding 'which the
five boats cleared the harbour of all but two If;rigs4
both light, and one of them with neither sails nor
rudder. As no credit can accrue but to those who
planned and executed this enterprize, I trust, Sir, I
may be allowed to express to you my admiration of
the steady valour and good condua of Lieutenant
Elliot (whose behaviour at all times led me to expect
it f.rom him), as well as every officer and man em-
ployed' in it.' He sptaks in the strongest terms
of the courage and steadiness of the officers,
petty officers, seamen, and marines of both ships.
I am happy, Sir, to add, that the loss is very
trifling on either side, which I am surprised at,
having observed from the ship the heavy fire kept
up by'the enemy. A Danish boat: with five men
in, having the temerity to persist in endeavouring
to re-take one of the vessels, although repeatedly
warned by Lieut. Elliot, the latter was obliged with
hii people to fire in their. own' defence, and three of
the five fell on our side-there were three.%%ound-
ed by the enemy, and one by mistake, but' none
badly. Amongst the former is Lieutenant Elliot,
which, with his being all old Lieutenant, and a very
deserving officer, will, I trust, be an additional in-
ducement with you to recommend him to the notice
of my Lords C,nnmissioners of the Admiralty, ,

_ .
. .
I inclose a list of the wounded. • There Is a man
sligloly wounded belonging to the Tartarus, but I
have not learnt the nature of his wounds. 'AH but
my First Lieutenant and one seaman are able to do .
duty. , I have the honour to be, itre.-
F, MASON.
. (Signed)
Sir Samuel Mud, K. B. Rear-Admiral
' ' ofthe Blue, tee. tee. &c. .

As from the papers being taken away I shall not
be able to send you a correet LICPLIIIC of the Prizes at
prement, I shall only add that there are

5 Brigs orapparently from qo to 190 tons, deep!), laden with
gram and provisions.
3 GaMots or about lio tons cacb, 1 deeply I.td:r.
,as ilt..,,rees
and t light.
I Schooner of absut 8a tons, deeply laden as above.
Sloop ofabout 90 toils, deeply Jatieik as AbOlte,
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A List of Officers. and Seatmn belonging, to his Majesty's
Sh.p o.4phii.4 Franc. Mason, Esq. Captain, and Tartarus
Slopp, Win .Russell, Esq. Aoting Commander, wounded
on the astli A aril, tBOB, cutting out Ten Vessels from
Flotistrand, on the coastal Jutland, laden with provisions,
and suppo ed to be bound to Norway.
Daphne. Lieut, Win. Elliot, severe contusion on the mid-
dle of the rightithigh by it splinter when on board one of
the EileirWs vessels.
Mr. Hugh Stewart, Master, slight contusion in the elbow,
received When In the 4a Of boarding.
Henry Toil, 5G41114111, punaured wound in the neck by ono of
inc Daphne's clew, having mistaken him ter a Dane.
Win. I,itiiiAn, Seaman, lacerated wound in the hand by a
splinter when OD board one At the Enemy's vessels.
Tanaros—One man Slightly. wounded:
(Srocu) I. MASON.
Ills Majesty's Ship Salsette, qt, Ystad,
SIR Illay 1, 1808.
_ * _ .

I beg to inform you, I ye.terday captured, after a
chace of live hourq, from under 'Moen Island, thtt
Danish Privateer Krat besminde, C. K. Oxltolm, com-
mander, Mounting 8 guns and 31 men, out Live days
from Copenhagen, and has made no capture.
I have the honour to be, &e. •
• (Signed) iW. BATHUAST.
Sir Sam; Hood, K. B. Rear Admiral of
the Blue, &cr. eee. &c.. ,
Admiralty-Office, May el, 1808.
:Ertroa of a Letter from Mr. Mtn T. arry, Corn-
•+ launder of the 'loyal George Yacht in the sei vice
of the Revenue, t'o the Commissioners of the Excise
at Ediot•iirgh, and tr insmitieil to the. :don.
• . role by the Secretary to Board.

I,3l.ti.tig ofF Wick, on: Sulidsy 'the Ist of May inst:
I received information tton a FiGhing Smack that a
Privateer was upon the coast; and :could net then be
far oil; I made sail and stood out to sea, and. soon
found. the infortuation I had received to be perfedtly
correCt, for I observed the Enemy in-sbbre in Chase
of several Vessels, about five P.M. South Ronaldsha
then bearing NN.W. distant abbot five or six miles;
I made all sail instantly, and gave Chace, the wind
being then S,W. The Privateer, as WWI as she
perceived :what, I was, tacked, and stood away be-
fore the. wind.with a press of sail, and seemed at
first to gold upon. us ; but it springing up a smart
breeze we gradually approached him, when he be-
gan to fire his stern ebacers, which did us no injury.
At length I had the pleasure of laying him along-
side after a seven bourn' chace, about one o'clock on
the morning of the 24, when I gave, her a whole
broadside, and were round and gave her another,
when she struck: •

Upon boarding, I found her to be the Passe Ear-
_
tout, commanded by Jean Judie Vaudierne, of
Ostend, Dogger rigged (with a view to deceive),
mounting sixteen guns, tour and eight-pounders,
with sixty-eight men, but only forty-tour on board.
She had taken a Brig from Dundee,, in ballast, for
America, and a Sloop from ,pariff,•also in ballast, the
day before; and when I obseryed her she bad jqst

b-en captured bad I -nnt hove in sight.
• There are nine English Pri oner, on bond th,
Privateer, which I *ban carry to Leith with ma.
Royal George, Kirkwall Road, May 3, 1808.

P. S. There are none of the crew of the Privsteef
hurt. She is a fine vessel, soils fast, upwards of and
hundred tons, five months old, and very tit for all
itevehee service:

Poarsatotrry, MAY e*.—Sailed yesterday the Ma•
latar, of 60 guns, Capt. TEMPLE, and La Benommie
Frigate, Capt. Sir T. LITINGSTONII, Bart. to the
Downs; also the "Hers Sloop of War, Capt. WZL
/dams, with a convoy for the Downs.

Sailed this day the Endyetion Frigate, the Hon•
Capt. T. B. CAPEL, for the Downs).

La Belle Poule Frigate takes convoy to the Me'
dicerranean.

APPOINTMENTS.--Capt. !SEIM PELLEW to be
Paying-Commission& afloat at Plymouth ; Captain
FeLLowas, to the Conqueror ; Captain CussaY, to
the Potypiternut, fitting at this Port, for, Admiral
ROWLEY'S Flag; Captain H. LAMBERT, to the Iphi4
genie; Captain itatmtctc, to the Comtatant, at
Chatham ; Captain F. DOUGLAS, to the Peruvian,
at this Port.

The Lords of the Admiralty have appointed Cap.
tain R. PIOOT to La Nymplic, vice Suirmtv, de-
ceased ; and Lieutenant DENCH, of the LliETni a , to
the Blossom, ViCC PICOT.
Sir JOSEr/i YouKS has commissionel Cae Christiag
Me Vllth,' at *this Port.

BRIXIIASI Quay, MAY :al .--Yesterday afternoon.
the 39th Regiment, under command. of, Colonel
WILSON, embarked on board the Transports laying
alopgside the pier, and sailed for Guernsey ; but the
wind shifting to E.S.E. they brought to again in
Torbay, under convoy of His Majesty's. Brig Deriq•

TRURO, MAY el.—Captain PETHE and the bore
crew of the Prince Ernest have given a fresh proof
of the spirit which pervades the Falmouth. Ik
On the wilt March, in the Charibbee Bea; Captilia
PE-ras fell in with a French Schooner Privateer; Of •
10 guns, and full of men, which he fought in close
a6tion for three hours and beat off. On tin: 20th,
the Packet; thus gallantly preserved, arrived at la.
maica. We regret to add, that this honourdhloeu°'
cots was not obtained without bloodshed. Captairl
NITRE and three of his brave fellows were wpandark

FALMOUTH, Mnr 2o.—Arrived the Brij get/117
Music, from St. Michael's, with fruit, for ;
Cyrus, Donsog, from Sunderland ; Emmeline, WA'
TER bi 4N, from London, for the Brazil, ; Mary. di",
SHIPMAN, from Portsmouth j Heart (j Oak, Vit
LER, trona Chepstow LEWSTQN, fruni Gl*
imiltar, for London—tive weeks passage.

Sailed His Majevyi Guts-brig Intelligent on s-
cruize.

Yesterday the Oxford Militia marched from
heave, and yesterday and this day the North
took possession of their garrackseat Rendttanis Gar-
risou.

SalaamEas, MAY 09.—S.iileci His Majesty's SMP
Fisgard, of 38 guns, Capt. But.Tott, for the Down,"
and Fury Bomb, Copt. QIZSON, with Convoy, Or
Yarmouth.

The Thumpeust, Capt. Datum', sails to-mar"
row to Deal.
A number Qt bands have
.been gent up the R
to bring down the Boasbaif and Invinvi4ll, of 74
guns each.

DEAL, MAY 20.--. Arrived and sailed for the Arras
the Lord Cartwright, —me, from the \Vest •Indies.
Sailed the Furious Guu-brig, with a convoy, &1.,
Portsmouth. ,
. ..
Arrived .his Majesty's Brig Cradle', from n orelie.
DSAL, MAY pe.4..Arrtred. and sailed tor the Rivet
the Fanny, BoswaLt, from n mite.
Sailed through the Downs, from the River, ses'e"
ral Transports, for Portsmouth.

Sou.Ly, MAY 16.—Anived the Brig. DolPhill"
SYElli frigu Mogadore, laden with skins, gum,
and almonds, bound to London (all well), bur Pu''
under the restraint of quarantine.

Con K, MAY le.—This morning his brojeqty's
Sloop Brisk, Capt. Coons, arrived at Cove, trott)
cruize; and the Resolute Gun.brig, Lieut. liitantsP.
sailed on a cruize.
. .

A Danish paper, the• Dagen; contains the f°ll9w-
#---............#
f log statement concerning the exertions in that coun-
try in the formation of a marine 4-- •
..
~
" The-netv-created navy of Denmark begins to
I gain a name,, and wi11.3001) face its insulters with
' Juvenile vigour : the squadron consists of the Louisa
• Augusta Ship of the Line, four Frigates (late India-
' men), two other armed Ships, three Brigs, and
three large flat Gun-boats, The Louisa dugusta,
Adjutant General •Kaittnaft, who is appointed coin-
, wander in Chief of our Flotilla, has gone °!'t ,Of
i port, nnd takeo a station in the Roads. Ail ti; t 1
Merchant Vessels in this harbour (Copenhagen),
ihave beetr pus in requisition, and numbered; and
those froth No.' t$ i to Q4o, live been directed to
tlpply tor a complement of men in carder to fit than
for sea and employ them against the enemy.
Music.--The annual Concert, for the Benefit of
Mr. BARTLISMAN's; took place on Frida night at they
Hanover-square Rooms, and, the tesped in which hlf
character is beld•was visible in a very numerous and
elegant auditory. Ho was too much indisposed lo
sing at HARRISO3N Concert, and the same usforto-
, hate cause prevented him front as.dsting last ItiOt,
: at his own. fiSL.LANtY ably ~,,plied hijs plaM 3"
I Mrs. BILLINGTON ai.d HAnatsoNlent, their power'
I fttl aid•on'the occasion.

ROYAL 4CADE2IIY.

No, gR. Love's In -I atitude.,--11., Tuostsou, R. A.
The Picture which.ihis Artist produced 'last year,
derived from a well-known composition of ANA-
cacow; was so much and so deservedly admired;
that he has been tempted to offer a companion to It
in the present work, and has entered with equal spirit
into the design of the Poet. This is a very splendid
Picture, and the Artist has fully maintelped the re•
potation which he acquired by his former work.
.The Lady is persevering in the same" -hospitable
tendernesi which induced her to give shelter to the
insidious little
.Deity, and he is preparing to retyrn.
her kindness with the Ingratitude suitable to the
mischievous bent :of his disposition. Fps counter
nance admirably expresses the archness and caution
With which he is -getting his dart ready to wound
the bosom that prote&ed him. There is a lightness
enilgrandeur in this -Pi&ure, which render it one of
the chief ornaments of the present Exhibition.
110. lob. Sambetta, the Persian Sybil. —S. WOODFORDE,
• R.A.
Here is another striking and beautiffil proof of the
pot improvement which this Artist has made since
mit year. The pi6tureis admirably coMposed, -and
the colouring is rich, without being. gaudy. The
dtapery,is very well•disposed, and the countenance
exhibits a very interesting expression of tenderness,
if not of melancholy. If we objeet to any,Thing, it
is to the pencil in her hand. The objedion, we own,
is a very trifling one, but in a charaaer of this kind
nothing should be introduced which tends to. Bing
the mind into mere common life.
• ,
No. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, for
the Couunittee of the Asylum.—Sir W.' Bergen& Y, R.A.
An excellent likeness of one of the most amiable
of the junior branches of the Royal Family, who
mingles in society with affable and conciliating man-
ners; but without any abatement of that dignify
which becomes his elevated rank. The Artist has
tally justified, the high reputation which he possesses,
and this work may rank in merit with the best'
single Portraits lie has ever produced.

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13. The destruaion of Sodom and Gomorrah.—

• , . H. IRviNa.
We do nol"re.collea any former work of this At.-
ti3t in the' Exhi•bitions of the Royal Academy. but
ive have seen some Of his prodalions in the _British
, 'Gallery,
10 Pall-Mall, with much pleasure. He is,
*e understand, a young Caledonian, and a friend of
Iv zucit• In the walk which Mr. IttyiNg has cho-
sen, he is likely; with 'perseverance, to acquire simi-
rar fame. " The 'work before us'is mit a dull.trans-
uript of common .nature, but is evidently the pro-
' (lu6tiorl of a bold and pregnant mind, There is
grandeur of ch:n-a&er through the Ns)hole. The
figures in the fore-ground are placed with great
Vim. -41 w colouring is chaste, amidst all the rage
of elemental w.irfa re, the tremendous effe& of, Al-
mighty .vengeance, and the Artist has Made 'stich
1 Powerful appeal to the imagination of the spc&a:-
ter. as indica;es
,a genius for the prOince of land.-
.1c;ille of no ordinary species. . . . . .

Their focal Highnesses the belies of Puy TIER•
"NO and CAMBALLIGit left town yesterday for Nkrina-
lkir to celebrate the Princess EttzAatatt's Aiith4tay.
of this great singer is at
yrewbut so high that the seweral. commits of Europe
geenlis emulous for the lionottr of her birth as the
ditlerant towns of Greece were far that of liorott.
4ccordin to the tbllowing Letter, Ireland noWas-
!erts her pretensions, as it did a few years ago for the
itotiQur of having given birth.to M4aa.-7.1-When the
author of this new discovery thought prqper to jmake
TENDuct the tutor of CATALAN!, it is.somewhat .
surprising flit* he did not endeavour to represent him
allO a; her .father.
tf WATERFORD, MAX 1.2.,-Sonle persons in this
neighbourhood, who have devoted much reseoreh.as
to the pareutage of Madame Catalani, haVe given
,
following as the result of, their inquiries. It is
generally credited here; but you must judge • for
yOurself. Some years since, Tenduci, .thepelebret-
-0 singer, sought refuge in this country' from the
angry importunity of . his creditors in England, and
was so fortunate as to.be received-at the hospitable,
Mansion of /1/Iw. Power, at Ballyinkarbery, in this-
County, Omit six miles from. Clonmel. At this
period, there- was a child livit at `lllr. Power's,'
kflown only by the name of Cataieen, (the Irish for'
Catherine)t his child Was the.offsrtring of an illicit
Passion hetwero .a young Gentleman of the name of
and keonneaion or the Power-family, and
atb,that pet iod 'of infancy; 'displayekninch -beatity of.
Person, and ali:tmcommon taste for Music. Tenduci
I??llp",thue utter arraegecl. his affairs, and being .de-
inteils to evincc his gratitude 'for the kindness he had.
,experienced and . charmed by the proficiency and
.4irornise of his little pupil, then about five years old;,
r'fi,bei'ed to instruct her in the science of music,
.and
t.t'ined the Consent of the:mother, arid the father'slft-tet (the father being abroad) to take her with him
1,-; When Tenduci arrived in Italy, he placed
I 'a„.
charge in a Convent, since which time nothing
4een heard of. her. Madame Catalani, it ap-
'-"rs:vvias educated 'two Convent, where, it is add-
, she was placed by Tenduci j the Lady's maiden
•33crne is onty an Italian corruption or refinement of
"It4ieen. The supposed father now resides near
this town, anti the supposed mother lives in Carrick-
%) Stilr."