The Sun.
London, England, 1808-07-20 00:00:00

Army in the North ,of Portugal, bad proceeded to t.
accept the capitulation. General FRIERE is: a man
of great military talents and experience. LABoanE,
who as at the head of the detaChment ordered to I
destroy all the Portuguese in Lisbon who %vete
disposed to support the Old Government, when
the French first arrived there, was the particu-
lar obje& of popular vengeance. • He had a com-
mand in LthsoN's army, and it was thought
that he would be demanded as a victim of justice.
Colonel BaowN, from this Country, had reached
Oporto with offers from the. British Government
in
support of
,the independence of Portugal. These
offers were received with eagerness and gratitude,
and they have requested a supply of arms, ammuni-
tion, and money. The patriotic enthusiasm of the
Portuguese emulated that of Spain, and the peo-
ple from all quarters were flocking to the National
Standards, and wreaking their vengeance on the
French. Cockades, with suitable inscriptions, are
worn by every body, even including .women and
children. There was found in the house of JOSEPII DE
Sou MEL 4 0, 200,0001. a part of the contrihntiOns
which had been exacted by the French in Oporto,
'and which was Of course reserved for the service of
the Country, as well as other enormou3 stuns which
had been discovered in other• houses, that had been
collected in the same manner. Five hundred
Frenchmen, it is said, have been'killed at St. Ifbe's
and many more in other places. The. French, in
conjun&ion with some, domestic traitors, had de-
vised a plot for the destruction of Oporto,. but 'it
Was happily deteaed. in- time, and the authors will
be consigned to the punishment they deserve.—
Even the Monks had enrolled among the patriotic
troops,' and manifested. the same noble zeal as the
rest of their countrymen. They had been *entrusted
with the charge of the French Prisoners. The situ-
ation of.TtrtcoT was more critical than ever,• and un-
less the French, by a timely surrender, endeavour
to soften the feelings of the Portuguese, not a man
will be left to tell the_ hiStory of their punishment
in the Country which they have so much oppressed.

NAV.A 1, NEW S.

Ftottt the LONDON GAZETTE, ,74y 19; 134,-:-.,7c.

Admiralty-Office, July ig, 1808. '
Extra& ff a Letter frog Vice Admiral Lord Calling-
wood, Commander in Chief of his Majesty's Slaps
and Vessels in the itlediterranean, to the I:innoura-
tie -IV W Pole, dated Ocean; off Cadiz, Jiine 21,

1808.
I inclose, to be laid before the Lords Commis-
sioners of the. Admiralty, the Copy of a Letter
which I have received from Captain Campbell, of
his Majesty's Ship the Unite, giving an account of
his having eapturect, on the 2d ult, the Italian Brig
of War El Ronco, of sixteen. 32-pounder carton-
ades, with a complement of one hundred men.
' I also forward an Extra& of a Letter from Captain
Bligh, of the Pylades, stating his having captured,
on the same day, the French Privateer Settee Le
Grand Napoleon, pierced for ten guns, but only
four mounted, With a complement of thirty-eight
men.

His Majesty's Ship Unitg, Cape Promon-
tore S.E. 7 or 8 Miles, Mail 2, .1808.

/44. Y LORD,
I have the pleasure. to acquaint your Lord Ship
of my having captured this morning at day-break.,
the Italian Brig II Ronco, of. sixteen 3.e-pounder
brass carronades (pierced for 8), and one hundred
men, after receiving several of her broadsides,
.which
cut our sails and rigging a good deal. She had scarce-
ly hauled her colours down, when, Nfe observed a
Frigate and Schooner to windward; it being about
North and very light, though chace was instantly
given, they .effeeted their escape into Pola. when
. we had got within two•gun shot of them.
The alacrity and zeal shewn by my officers and
ship's company on this occasion, deserve the great-
est praise. II Ronco is only two months 'off the•
stocks, measures about 400 tons, extremely 'well
found, and, in my opinion, very fit for his Majesty's
service. _

I the honour to be, &c.
PAT. CAMPBELL.
Right lion. Lord Collingwood, egc.
Extras of a Letter from Captain Bligh, of his Ma,-
jest Y's Sloop Pylades, dated at Sea, May 3, 1808,
to Vice-;Admiral Lord Collingwood.
I have the honour to inform your Lordship, that
yesterday his Majesty's Sloop
,under rny. Command,
stretching over to Cape Bon, with a fresh breeze
from the N.E. at ten A.M. saw a Settee corning
down before the wind for the purpose of reconnoi- •
tering .us ; when perceiving what we were, irnme.
diateiy hauled her wind on the starboard tack, and
after a chace of five boors in the wind's eye, came
tip with and captured her. She proves to be the Le.
Grand Napoleon Privateer, commanded by Jacques.
Boniface Morrier, pierced for ten guns, but only
four' mounted, one of which thrown uverbOard
during the chace, with a complement of thirty-eight
men. She was thirteen days front Marseilles, had
taken nothing, nearly new, and equipped for atwq
Inonths' cruize.,
I also had the pleasure to capture on.the 26th
ult. Le St. Honore, a French 'Tartan, from Porto
•Ticho,in Corsica, bound to Tripoli. She had in 700
musket-barrels and locks for ditto..
. (Signed) . G. M.'BLIGI-1.

,Doubts have been expressed, in some of the
public Papers, respeaing the destination of the Ex-
pedition under Sir A. WELLESLEY, and it has been
inferred :that he 'was not goifig to the Tagus, from
the circumstance of the Transports being ordered to
rendezvbus at Tangier, in case of separation. tiVa
cap now without any -impropriety remove alrdoubts,
upon that subject. • The destination of that Ex-.
pedition, in the first instance, is the Tagus, and
as Sir ARTHUR sailed on the 12th with a fair
wind, there ,is every reason to believe that by
this time he has arrived there and we entertain the
most sanguine expeaations that we shall very shortly
hear that that gallant General, with the as.istanee of
.he Patriots of Portugal, has compelled General
J:UNOT to surrender.

FALMOUTH, JULY 17 —ArriVed the Portuguese
Schooner Angelica from 'Oporto, in seven days, and
landed a Lieutenant in the Portuguese Navy, who
set off express for London, with Dispatches from the
Supreme Council at Oporto. It appears that all the
town's, Lisbon excepted, have completely got rid of
the French—the whole of which are either destroy-
ed or made prisoners. Above 4000 have been mur-
dered at St. Ajbe's by the Spaniards and Portuguese.
JUNOT has been fortifying the hills about
and Teas with him about 8000 men; but is shortly ex-
pe&ed to surrender. About forty regiments of Ca-
valry, with 16,000 Infantry, and populace to the
number of 50,000,. have marched for Lisbon. The
Priests are all cockaded, and mount guard regularly.
Sailed the'Townshend Packet, Captain Com, with
Mails for Corunna.

r is said that BUONAPARTE, in answer to the late
representation of the American Government, lias de-
clared that he will rescind his Decrees against Neu- •
tral Commerce if Great Britain will rescind her Or-
ders in Council. We are not able to state with pre-
cision whether he has actually made such a proposi-
tion, but We Imotv that a report to that effel has wi; hin
these few days been circulated' in France apd Hoi-
land. It is probable, indeed, that BuoNAP.ArtTs may,
in his present embarrassed situation, deem it prudent
to effect something like attention to the wishes of
the unfortunate Nations over which he tyrannizes,
and finding the discontent which his conduct +las
excited so general, he may think it right to desist,
for a time at leasr, from those eflhrts against the
Commerce of this Country, which have .produced
such distress on the Continent.

• Yesterday morning his MAJESTY, Princesses Au-
GUSTA, SOPHIA, 'and AMELIA, accompanied by
Lords RIVERS and. WALSINGHAM, Generals MAN-
NINGI4M and CARTWRIGHT, Colonel ThYLOR, and
Lady ELY, rode on horseback in Windsor Park.
Oii il.rlday the-Duke and llubhoss of Tofu hid 4
select party to dintiOat Oatlands. •
Monday, soon after twelve o'clock, the Duke of
YohK arrived at York House, St. James's, from
oatlands soon after, which his Royal Highness
'gave an audience to the Earl of CHATHAM. .

A Rai v Azs.- American llip Diana, Noble, from Valen.,
tia ; o day s; Ditto Olympus, Smith, from Tarragoun, 43
days; Hope, Orchard, from Liverpool, for Malta ; Ches-
terfild, Robinson, from Ditto, for Ditto ; Ann. Artis, front
London, tor Ditto ; -Lancaster, Turnbull, from Liverpool,
for the' Brazils ; Amy, Hutchins, from Madeira ; Hazard,
Rutherford, from Malta, for Plymouth.

PLYMOUTH, JULY 18.—Arrived, the Reward,
TURNER, SUl)ply, JEPPEItSON, Apollo, CHAPMAN,
Ann, WRIGHT, and Eagle, ROBERTS (Transports)-,
from Malta, Messina,' and Gibraltar—left Gibraltar
the 19th June, under convoy of the Hydra Frigate,
n company with 100 Sail. I The Hydra is gone up
Channel. •

Arrived His Majesty's Ship Champion from a
cruize ; Growfrr Gun-brig from off Bourdeaux ;
and Snapper Schooner froM the Channel Fleet ;
4merican Brig Juno?' EDWARDS, from Barcelona ;
.A/go, ALLEN, from Oporto ; and Fame, WLLLIAMS,
from Gibraltar, with wine.

The Princess of WALES and Duchess of BRUNS-
-1.7;c1i dined with their MAJESTIES and PRINCESSES
at four o'clock on Monday, at Windsor. At six
o'clock the Royal Party set'.off in her Majesty's ba—
rotiche and four, and went to Frogrnore, and walked ,
in those beautiful gardens; afterwards went to the 4
Princess ELIZABETH'S Cottage at Old Windsor, and
PORTSNIOUTH, JULY' t9.--Arrived the Iydra Fri-
partook of tea. At eight o'clock the Princess of Captain ,„ . and 1-1;1; #
te .I.%;.LyNDAY 3 .,,,,,T.,e7e, Store-ship,
WALES and Duchess of BiaJNSWICK, set Off on their , Captain.,
• r..t.'UßNElt, With a convoy from the Medi-
return to London. . terianean.
The army of 5400 men, now embarking in Kent, •---1--- •
Will meet the 10,000 -men now under Sir JOEIN I, TN JULY 19 'Ari ' d His Majesly's Ships
EAt ..
.1- “.
MootE at Spithead, and is to be joined by time Trotapeuse and' Chfillenge7- from a cruize ; the latter
12,000 men under Major-General Sir ARTuutt 'has brought in. with her a large French Privateer,
WEY,:LESLEY. The Embarkation t.-itarnsgate-,.*C., which she cut out from under the French Land yes-
continues briskly ; tv,,,0 brigades of Aritlleyy, are terday morning. ..
ettlba.rktng at Portsmouth, and the blst Regiment i ,
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hourly te.xpetted•there. • • E SHERNESS, JULY 1 .--Arrived the Aggressor
At the .Gencral Quarter Ses',ions for the Cotinly, (ion-brig from the North Sea. -- i
of Devon a noi,e4 bill of incliCtment w:is preferred Sailed the Deptford Tender, Lieut. ANTRA M.
against, a widow, charging her with being a Several West India and other :Merchant' Vessels
COMMON SCOLD' WiLiCII was returned as a true. 1,411. are: passing for the 11e or,

The Ifindoslan, stated' to have arrived here yes-
terday, prove 4 to be the Mediator, of 44 guns.—She
brings no particular intelligence.