The Sun.
London, England, 1808-09-05 00:00:00

cipitation."

" This very night a division or. 4000 excellent
troops ;voted from, this place to cut off the.enemy's
retreat through Navarre,_ where they will be joined
by other tropps and the arthed_ peasantry of that
enuntry ; and the 6000 / men that expe& to.
morrow from Valencia, joined by 4000 Men of
the army. formed on Catalay-ad, will, I 'trust, be
able to overtake the enemy's, rear, ill order to 6has-
tize and prevent them. from committing on this
-march their usual robberies and vexations.
This fortunate,event has been this day celebrated
with the ringing of bells, and to-morrow the Te
,Deum will be sung to offer up thanks:k4he'llioSt

,High. ---'. .... .y-i,,--
~..
i ' " It is of great importance to,
.aCcelerate:the
meeting of the, Deputies of all .the. Provinces of
spain; and, .I think,. it would be expedient to.ap-
pOint for that purpose a day in the next month of.
September. I have given the same adviee to the
rest of the General and Supreme Councils in the

whole Kingdom, and should you- coinciP with me
in opinion on this sub:lth, I hope you acquaint

Lne with it.

" JOSEF DE PALAFOX Y I'oEl2l2'
" Head-quarters, Saragossa, Aug..-13, 18Q8."

The length, and the importance of the Official
Accounts of - the glorious - success -of Sir- ARTHUR
WELLESLEY, prevented us from doing justice to our.
feelings on Saturday last, in offering the humble tri-
bute of our admiration to that gallant Officer. But,
indeed, those accounts speak for themselves, and
shew,- that his modesty is equal to those other vir-
tues which have justly procured him the admiration
of his-country, and of all who respea great talents,
-and the most elevated qualities of the heart. • There'
is no need of a comparison between the accounts
Which Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY has given of his
gloriods achievement, and those inflited and insulting
vaunts by which the French always announced their
triumphs. The Reports Of .Sir ARTHUR, on the
• contrary, (while he speaks in due terms of the me-
rits and the services of ;the gallant troops whom he
commanded) render ample justice to the Enemy,'
both as to their intrepidity and skill. Sir ARTHUR,
while he so delicately passes' over his own concern in
the glorious 'occasion, is generously anxious to give
all possible honour to his brave associates in arms,
and leaves his country to estimate his own merits ;
and well might he do so, as on his return he will—

'• Read Ids His Cry in a Nation's eyes."

A Gottenburgh Mail arrived last night, .and an-
other
to-day. As the War in Finland isnearlyover;
these Mails have lost much of their interest. There,
is one article, however, which we hope to have con-
finned it states, . that a corps of 2000 French troops-;
atliatuburgh, having received orders to march, for
Spain, openly expressed their discontent, and when
they
.were
.embarked
.on board some Vessels in the
Elbe, threw their arms overboard. Private Letters'
also mate, that - some of the. Princes belonging to.
the Confederation of the Rhine, have manifested' a
considerable degree, of reludance in obeying 800-
SAPARTO order to assemble their Contingents:,—
We shall rejoice to find that these re'ports'are true:
The ColOssal Empire WhiCh BOONAPAItTE'Iias estai
blished is held together more by thei terror which.
his successes .have inspired, than by any real power
which he pOs,sess.6. ' If once that terror ShoUld be
dissipated, he will be:soon
.awakened from his
dreams of Universal Empire:

~ The reports of the Russian Fleet having sailed
from Cronstadt are repeated. Sir S. HOOD had ar-
'rived at.Carlscrona, and.'Sir .144iEs SAV.MARXZ was
expeEted there :to 'water. The Russiml Fleet, we
are convinced, will not attempt any enterprize of
•
importance:.

We have mule some further. Extraets fictn the
Spanish and Portuguese Papers, which will be found
-in a subsequent culurnn..

Saturday morning the,Duke of TOrl4.* waited on
his MAJEST,Y, and transa6ted business upwards of an
hour, and at ten o'clock rode put with his Miusstic
and the PRINCESSES .in Windsor Patk, returned to
the Palace at twelve, and,at two set otifor Oatiaudi.
_ _

• ir his 1-) •
—un—ay. morn...gAJEsTY, -119_Ce0,eS
AUGUSTA, ANIELIA, accompanied' by
Lady THYNNE, General Fv.ratiOY, and Major
PAIGE, went to. St. James's Chapel, and. heard a
sermon by the, Rev. Dr. GQQDALL, being hii first
sermon preached bfore the KING since his promo-
tion iothe Canonry of. Windsor. The lloyaiTami-
ly M"terwards returned to the Palace. •

The vacancies occasioned by the much-lamented
deaths of the Officers who so gallantly fell in the
battle of, Vimiera and the previou's aaions have been
promptly filled up., The GaZette of 'Satinilay an-
nounces the promotion of Major:Tito:4lkt HAWKE;R-,
to be Lieut.. Col. of the 20th Light. Dragoons, vice
TAYLOR, deceased. Major GEORGE MOLLE, Lieu-
tenant-Colonel of the 9th Foot,. vice STE. ‘,I,•AAT,' 'de-
ceased
,(this Gentleman has did since the action, he
being only stated in the Gazette to be severely wound-
ed ; Major, now Lieutenant-Colonel MOLLE, was
also, wounded) Brevet Lieutenant-Cblonel DANIEL
WHITE to be Lieutenant-Colonel 29th Font., vice
LAKE, deceased; Brevet-Major' EGER-TON,' who
was wounded, is also promoted to'be of the
29M. Captain CAMPBELL, who brought 'the dis-
patches, has been promoted to a 'Majority. There-
are some other promotions of inferior rank.
In the Gazette return of the killed, wounded, and
missing, in the thtion of the 17th of August; Capt.
TOD of the 29th, with some other Officers, are re-'
ported as missing. It was afterwards ascertained that
Capt. Top bad been severely wounded and taken
prisoner. " • • •: .;
•. The Hon. Capt. .PAKENHANI, of the Second Bat=
talion•9sth (or Rifle) Regiment; who' was wounded
in the first engagement with the French in Portugal,
is bryther-in-law of Sir ARTIIUK 'WELLESLEY, and
brother of the present Earl'of LONGFORD., of the
County Westmeath. Lielitenant'llumsetnr, of
same:Regiment, who was: unfOrtunately killed, Was
a most gallant young Officer, and of a very antient
and respectable family in Tipperary.
The KING has been pleased to grant the dignity of
a Baronet of the United „Kingdom of
.Great Britain
and Ireland, to Sir JONATHAN LOVETT, of Liscombe
House, in the County of Buckinghain, Baronet of
Great Britain, and the heirs male of his body, law.
fully begotten, with remainder's severally to the first
and every other son and sons successively ofErAz.
LOVETT, his eldest daughte!', and. of L,Era•rx,i
Lo-
VEIT and ARABELLA LOVETT, two other daughters
of the said Sir JONATHAN •LovETT, and, 'their rem'
spodive heirs male.
• . .

NAVAL N E-W S.

F►-on the •LGNUON GIIZETTE, Sept: 3.

Admiralty-Office, Sept. 3, 1808.

Copy of a Letter from Lieut. Tracey, commanding his" Ma—
jesty's Brig Linnet; to Rear-Admiral Otwa), at Vorts-
mouth, and transmitted by the latter to the Hon. W. W.-
role.
the Majesty's Brig Linnet, Spithead,
SIR,
_

.. I hive the honour to acquaint you, that I yester--1
day fell in- with and-capatred, off Cherbonrg, the
French Lugger Privateer Fotldroyant, of St. Maloes,
last from 'La' Hogue, Compianded by MiChiiel:Pierre
Garuier i her eetnpleinent twenty-five men; but,tiad
only,tifteen on hoard. She is a new Vessel, atifi,Sails
well, carryingten six-pounders, six IA which,she i
! '''''l
threw overbo:ird during the chace. I am, &c. . ,
.' T RA'
JCEY;l:ljetit. and Cum"
..1.
W. A. 0 t way, Esq. Coim'anting 0 Ilicer, . • - ' -; 1

&C.-etc. utti

PLYMOUTH, SEPT. rnoening. die
Scorpion. Sloop of loNfr, ar, with seven ,light Transports
under convoy, from otf • the ,TattnS::: she 'brings' no-st4ing,of a more recent date frOin Portugal tbhan
,Wa5H
received by the Orestgis, both vessels having sailed::
•
co the same day.

Arrived the American Ship Sally, Capt. WILLIS,
from Alicante, bound t0,,L4n40n, patin 'contrary
winds. She sailed on her voyage a few hours af-

_ .
tetwards. - •
Sailed the Ampriean Ship /fir.-:istms„,,-capt.,4-IAD-
DELE, from the :Isle of • Ftance, bouild:-to London,
accompanied by the Revenue :CUite"i, Capt.
ALLAN. • •

Arrived- the American Schooner Swan WOOD-
BERRY, from Teneriffe, with wine, for this Ports

•
-1, itl !,
DEAL, SEPT. 4.—Sailed the outward-bound, &c.
.
under convoy, to_ the Westward. Came down front,.
the River his Majesty's, ship Vener4ble, and rernaiins.,
in the DOwns with the' rest of the .shi'p.s.is:iier'laiLlo

PORTSMOUTH DErT. 4.—Late on Friday night
arrived .nine -Transports from • the Mediterranean,
Which were pUt under quarantine-7 Sailed from.
Gibraltar_under convoy of the Zealous, of 74 gunt--
Sailed yesterday the comet Sloop of Wzir; Capt:
DALY, with specie for Portugal and, the ,1301g1g,
Sloop. of War 'with a convoy fur the Downs.,
Yesterday arrived ihe.Comet, Capt. PATTON, from
Gibraltar, and in proceeding to the quarantinegrOnn&
struck on the Sand Head, where she rernained_some
hoUrs. She was on the lideflowing got Or again
. without any materal damage." - , .‘

FoLK,sroisE, SEPT. 4.—A Fleet is gone past, said
to be tiom the Brazils.

SHEERNESS,. SEPT. 3.—Sailed.for Yarmouth, the
British Fair Cutter.

Came down from the Tqwer, and sailed again,
the Deptford, .Lieut. AT,ITRAM, with volunteers and
imprest men for the Flet. .
,arrk?ed the Ned Elt;,en 'Sloop of War, Captain
•
O'CoNsoli, from the North Sea. . . ••
SEPT. 4.—Sailed the Venerable, of 74 guns, Capt.
ktrzo, for the Downs. •
Arrived .•
the Euryalus, 91,36 guns,.B.pn. G. this-
DAS ; and Musuito .Sloop of War, Capt. GOATE,.
from the Baltic. -