The Sun.
London, England, 1808-11-17 00:00:00

NAVAL
,NE W.

.PLYMOUTH, Nov. 15.—Arrived the Parthian
Brig with dispatches from Toulon and Gibraltar ;
Plover and Orestes Sloops of War from Spain ; Ar-
row Schooner from a cruize ; Scorpion Sloop of
War, and Harlequin hired Armed Ship, with a con-
voy of Coasters and ,light Viduallers from the west-
ward ; Brilliant Frigate from the eastward ;
linpe-
tueux, 0174 guns, and SA(4/111)1.1 Frigate, from oil'
L'Orient ; Encounter Gun -frig from a crui 2,2 Pea-
cock Sloop of War from 'die westward ; dmeth!) st
Frigate, Capt.. S*Eymooa, with her prize La Thetis
French Frigate; French Schooner dirmadia,. from
bound to L'Orient, laden with brandy,
soldiers' clothing and baggage, cut out of a aly near
L'Oricnt, by the Boats of the Emerald Frigate
French Schooner Cornelia, from BourdeaUx, bound
to Martinique, laden with provisions, captured by the
Amazon Frigate ; a French Schooner, burthen about
100 tons, captured by the NarCissus, and a French
Sao° her captUred by the Saturn, of 74 guns ; and
the Stianish trig Nuestra Senora de la Predud, H.
FINDOII master, of 'and' from Malaga, bound to
London, put in here to refit being very leaky.
Thetis French Frigate, Captured by the Arne-
.
thyst, is a very fine Frigate of the largest class ; she
is 'totally disnaasted, and is come into harbour, as
well as the Amethyst.

FALMOUTH, NOV. 14.--;.tkrriVed thiS evening the
'Princess kary, Pocock, with Mails, froth the Lee-
ward Islands, 42 days from Tortola—nn news.,
Als6 arrived the Eliza Packet, SAMPSON, from Co-
runna, four days passage : she brings an account that
Bilboa is again in possession of the FreriCh : about
70,000 Troops made tbeirappearance on the sth in-
stant, under Oenerat NEV, when General BLAKE,
thought it adviseablelo retire. He is now with his
Army aboUt 20 miles fioin Bilboa. The French
have not advanced no action has yet taken place
With the Armies. The Cavalry from Portsmouth,
under 'His Majesty's Ship Sytelle, were arrived at
Corunni.—The PeCicock Sloop, with a Messenger,
ialso arrived this evening : she sailed three days be-
fore the Packet. .

The RebNiGunrbrig sailed this day on a mill ze.
The Eliza Packet was. only 50 Lour from Fal-
mouth to Corunna.

PoarsmooTa, Nov. 16.—Arrived his Majesty's
Ships Racoon,' 4lbicore, Ringdove, and. Speirrow-
hawk, from Corunna, with about 20 or 30 Sail of
Transports, a part of which are as follows :
Betsey, Gray; Sarah, ; Hero,- ;, Nimrod, -;
Polly, Chapman ; Diana, Collins ; at.d Cornwallis, Story :
also his Majesty's Ship fasper train Spain, and the Surly
Cutter-from Gtiernsey Mary, Dowe, from Cork ; Prince
George, Duck, from Quiberon Bay ; and Shillah, Petits,
fiora Waterford.

His Majesty's Ship Fetter is appointed Convoy to
the Downs.

The Ggneral Parras French Lugger Privateer was
this day sent into this Port, prize to hi. Majesty's
Ship Mahon.

• YARMOUTH, Nov. M.—Yesterday, P. M. Mr.
MERRY, embArked on board the Alexandria Frigate,
and sailed on his embassy to Stockholm.

LIVERPOOL, Nov. ifr.—Arrived the Susannah,
BUTCHER, from St. Lucia.. She sailed on the 17th
of September. The Captain state.; that the French
West India Islands are plentifully supplied with pt-o 7
visions by the Americans.

DaAL, Nov. 16.—. Arrived and sailed for. the
River the Fame, COURTNEY;. from Cadiz.
Arrived the speculator Lugger, from 'Falmouth ;
and the Pandora, from a croize; she has captured
a' Swedish Galliot, laden with gin, which she has
detained and sent into Dover.

Captain MicaAar. Szymoun, of the Amethyst, is
the son of a most respectable Clergyman, the late
Rev. Mr. SEYMOUR, at the city of Limerick, in Ire-
land. Ile has served in the Navy from his earliest
years, and has been, with very little intermission, in
active-; employment. He was a Lieutenant when he
lost . his arm in Lord HOWE'S action, in which he
rendered such eminent service, that he was immedi-
ately promoted to the rank of. Master and .Com-
mander, and appointed to the Spi‘lZee
the command of this vessel, Capt. SEYMOUR was a
terror to the Enemy's Privateers, some of which he
captured in every crnize, resetting at the same time
the British vessels of which they had made prize. He
afforded such ample protection to the British trade,
and gave so much annoyance to the enemy, that he
was soon made Post; and after a short lapse of times,
received the appointment in which he has now done
'so much honour to himself; and so essential service
to his country. The conveyance of the supplies of
provisions to the French West 'mita Islands, which
Capt. SEYMOUR has intercepted by the captureof the
Thetis, is an obje& of first-rate importance with the
French Government, as those Islands, and particular-
ly Martinique, which is the most valuable, must,
unless it receives these supplies, be inevitably starved
into a surrender to the British arms; the American
embargo, and the war between Spain and France,
in which the Spanish Colonies have so honourably
taken part with the Mother Country, having cut oti
the supplies from all other quarters. Thus, Captain
SEYMOUR has had the good tortune, in performing
one of the most gallant actions upon our naval re-
cords, to defeat a hostile enterprise of the greatest
moment ; an enterprise, to counteract which, it
would have been adviseable, if it had been necasary,
to eia.i.loy a large squadron.

COURT OF INQUIRY.

TI
e Court of Ineuiry assembled this firming at '; . „ ,
half past ten o'clock; 'pot strangers were not adtiiit-
ted till half past eleven. The Puke Of CvmlßErn-.
LAND, a few Gentlemen, and a few Ladies, were in
the Court at its opening, and remained there for
_some time ; but they were direaed to withdraw,
and the Court sat closely shut lb,- nearly an hour.
When strangers were admitted, the crowd and
pressure were vier; gee^t ; in consequence of whith
we could not hear distinctly the contents 'of the
Papers read. One of them was a Letter from Gen:
DALRYMPLE, who, with Sir ARTHUR 'WELLESLEY,
was in Court, saying "he should be prepared to
state all that bad occurred in Portugal trom the
time he took the command till his recall. ,The

Court continued reading papers at a quarter past
twelve, not then haying cared any witnesses.
In the course of reading these Papers, the Judge
Advocate took an opportunity of statin, in a
very audible manner, that it was the wish of the
Court no part of •its proceedings should be published
till the whole bad been finished, laid before the
King, and that his Majesty's pleasure was known,
whether any further military proceedings were ne-
cessary. He stated that the publication of the evi-
dence, or any part thereof, would obviously tend
to defeat the ends of justice, and that, therefore,
he trusted no part of it would be published till the
whole could be laid before the country with pro-
priety.

Gl It was not the wish of the Proprietors of the Sun to
publish the Evidence until it could be given to the world
with propriety, and they wilt oLey the injunctions of the
Court.

FOR THE SUN.

MR;EDITOR,

As the digging for sand on 'Hampstead Heath is a
very great abuse of that .beautiful spot, and likey to
be productive of dangerous accidents to the paisen-
gers on the road and footpath when it is dark,
I send you the inclosed Epigram on the subject, in
the hope the►t through the channel of your wide-
spread Paper, it may meet the eye of the Lady of
the Manor, who is probably kept in ignorance of it,
and induce her to give immediate orders for its being
pat a stop to. Your insertion therefore, of the verses
may confer a public obligation, and in all events
will a private one, on your constant !leader,
PERIPATETICUS.

EPIGRAM.

I" LET THE OLLL'D JADE WINCE."
As DI Cr:, on Hampstead Heath, one day,

The excavations saw,:
Arid overheard the Bailiff say,
'Twas sanEtion'd by the Law;—
" Such right if your employer takes,"
Indignantly he cried,
•' to spoil our Heath, the Law then makes
" A Devil of a Stride."

We received some Dutch Papers this morning,
but they contain no intelligence whatever.

The two Regiments under General SLADE had ar-
rived nt Corunna on the Bth instant, and were im-
mediately to disembark. For want of wharfage the
horses could Only be landed from flat-bottom boats,
but they had began to land the waggons.
Yesterday the Cabinet Ministers dined with the
Duke of PORTLAI•W, at his house in Piccadilly.
INDLA-Hovar..—Yesterday a Court of Direelors
was held, when the following Captains were sworn
into the command of their respee Ships, viz.
Captain W. Campbell, Nottingham; Capt. J. Carnegie,
Baring ; Madras and Bengal.
Capt. J. Haliburton, Glatton ; Capt..M. Riches,Thames ;
China direct.

Cap:. Win. Hamilton, Lady Castlereagh ; St. Helena and

The, under-mentioned Ships, taken up last week,
were thus stationed, viz.

Courts, Capt. I. Hay, .Chi.na direa.
Metcalfe, Capt. lsacke, and Surrey, Captain Cumberlege,
Madras and Bengal..

Devonshire, Capt. j. Murray, Ceylon and Bengal.
Marquis Wellesley, Capt. Le Blanc, Bombay direct.
Xhe destination of the Castle Eden, Capt. Cot-
NETT, was altered from Ceylon and Bengal to Ma-
dras and Bengal the Retrea/, Capt.' W. HAY, was
taken- up, and stationed for Madeira, Madras, and
Bengal.

Adjourned at six o'clock till Wednesday next.
A Gentleman who arrived yesterday from St. An-
dero states, that he was present when the attempt
was made to assassinate General KELLERMAN. Af-
ter that General had been some days on board the
ilfricaine Frigate, he was desirous of going ashore a
few hours! The Officers dissuaded him from it, and
represented to him the danger that might arise from
the hatred of the Portuguese ; their advice was un-
availing, and he went ashore in plain cloths, attended
by-a young Midshipman. As soon as he landed he
was recognized by one of his late servants, who
pointed him out to the Portuguese, when he was
surrounded by a mob, who began to attack him
with their knives. The General had received se-
veral wounds in his face, when the young Midship-
man rushed forward sword in hand, and kept the
mob in check until two military Officers crime up.
They thee protected him into the boat, and he got
back to the ship without farther injury.
A Council was yesterday held for receiving the
Recorder of London's Report of the convicts capi-
tally convicted at the Old Bailey during the Septem-
ber Sessions; when, we understand, his Majesty
was graciously pleased to respite them all during his
pleasure, except a man ut the name. of Palmer,
.who was found guilty of breaking open a house in
Manchester-square, during the absence of a man
who had the care of it, and on his return wounded
him with an iron crow, and threatened to niurckr
him : he was ordered for execution on Weidnesday
next.

BIRTH.—On Friday the I ith inst. at Newport, tr.
the Isle of Wight, the Lady of Captain rAtmua, of
the 15th regiment of teat, of a Son.

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Rata ILS,

The c:in rererme
.(hel.l- a 4i) Jinier,), between
&rain DE f_.t.E'rzs Ronitt4o DE S. Cou-
• ,NMti,ter' War wid Foreign Attirs" to
tote PI iti e. Regent of Pottugai) was begun by i
grticral pro esslons Of a wish to live in pe:Fe-willi,
out tia•i"?its, to which t!le Count added, that our
(14*.e tos. the same. The Alinister • itmnediatcly
replied, that lib hoped to receive proOfs,of that; and'
that ills Royal illituess had received to charge hint
❑egotations relative to that ohjeiit. The Count
the :i politely etfaed to take his orders, and trans-'
mit them taithluily to Ins brother. But it was the
.visit of Doe; I.I,DALGo that.he-should remain in Bra-'.
zit till the itowet, of the Viceroy should be received.
To this the Coma assented, assuring 'hint at' the
same time that he doubted not that his brother
would do his utmost to preserve the :best harmony
in his power; without failing in his duty, or crn-
proiniiing.the dignity'and rights of his SoVereign, and,
the interests and honour of the- 'Spaitith. • .natiOri.--;--
The Minister atierwards observedlo hint that the:
proclamati,,n of his brother, of the 13th of Febru-
• cild -not antiontice pacific intentions, and had
tau;edtiis'eftrietudein Brasil. In answer to thiS the
Count shewed him Opt; the said proclamation had'
been misunderstood; and that nothing more could
be inferred twin it than a desire to quiet the minds
Of the people, and to prevent their making any ag-
gressions on the 'Portuguese. On -this subje& the
Portuguese Minister broke out into velreruent ex-
pres'sintis; mixed with threats andruenacing insinu-
ations, uith a view no datiht -of gaining over' or in-"
dm-Waling the Count,givingthim to understand that a •
war with the Portuguese and Eitgliglt united could
riot but, at last, force our colonies to throw them-
selv, s inio the arms of Portugal;' hinting; at the
SaLil4 tune, that the Count had 'committed an offence.
against the laws of Portugal, in -coaling to Biazil
• out, a paisport, and under a a:Anions name...;-- •
'Lie Count cootes.ed his fault, and said his bead'
was at toe cit.posai ot. his • Rofal- Highness,, but that
he would r.ther suffer on a scotfold than be wanting
in utit) as a Spanish Othcer, and,, much les.,
tranhtuirio Orotherpropo4itionsot which lie must
be &thorned. Doh iloptimo- then moderated his lan-
guageoelling hitn tuoi was riot thesubjea in hand,
Mat tie had to deal -with men' of honour; and that
onty objett c.va. to -obtain adVantages tor the two'
natiort%. The conteleher was titre interrupted by_
the entratice of the First Munster. . TWo cidys af-
ter, the C;'.;unt thought it his duty to present to the'
Portuguese Minitaer a memoir - which shOtild em
brace t principal poitits'of their conference, which
be din on the 20th of Mielcb, 1808; li. was aS fel-.
ws :

118:401tIAI. jur THE COUNT DE LINTERS TO HIS, '
EXCELLENCY Do atibalw). DE sov.si.couTirto.
Eiltiatlyllamled and obliged by the conhdence
whidi hiS 4oyall-14hness has been pleased to place
in my halted talents, for the negociation with-
mrlitth he has thought proper to charge me, it al,-
pears to me-that- the -onty-ttiestiS to ''-retider myself
worthy of he honour -done to ,= -is -to eipre's with
the greatest sincerity on all otkjedsofi.vhial we have
treated; a sincerity bccOming,.. my rank and Charac-
ter, and consider as the. only means of
trieritiug thebeneyolenco7-a. the Sovereign:and the
esteem of leis :Minister. ,

04 I have,4e.ep to c '-that it is doubtful whether
mp brother entertains.
.pacic: dispositions with
regard to Portugal, awl whether- he would give
pfoo t. • Nly,,,bfot her real 'T:e ntertai ns the nrost
pacific dispo*itions, the: prop; of_ which he gave by
protecting the trade of the Portuguese in Rio de la
Platiii• by itacing prohibited any insult from being
offered to Poriuguese•subjeels-, and-' not assembling
any army on the' frontiers, in order not to give any
cause-of ,uneasinss-to- Porttigal: But if by the ei-
pression to- give proofs i meant any. cession or
transtr of territory, or an exchange. of dominion,
your trxcellettcy most be sensible that this as much
exceeds his:power, as it is.eontrary to his. principles.
'1 have also been' told that. Spain: does not exist.'
But your E,xcellencymust!be aware that this is a
mere political: metaphor. Spain really exists, and
honour imposes it on usai a sacred dtry, to maintain
add defend her rights by all the Means in our power,
• Si aitli wilt be div.ided„ and this will change every
thing in her colonies.' Fhis can never happen ; but
at any ratsii it is not for• tit to anticipate those ideas.
• You still ot.Oit to be attached 'to the remainder of
the house of Bourfrid.' This observation is super-
fluo us, when addressed to a
,French emigrant : and
the King of Spain beitings also to the house of Boor-
.
lon.

" Should you! compel us to cleci:tre war 'against
you, jointly With the Epglish, %Oct force can you
ppose to us ?—I not ci;lcul4;ediyour strength,
but I cm state'to your Excellency the opposition we

cats make. The vianricus and' well or,saniso
> mantled by, my brother, amounts to 20,000
andi his number can be doribled in case of
'need.. •He has got an excellent arid•nuinerbus artV
kry,, and a Corps of Cavalry foiined iri - Ohe year
170, which, in point of number;-military skill and
prowess, is truly excellent."

RIO DE JA.Nrip4), JULY 2g.—Lord Viscount
STRANGFogn, his Majesty's EnviYy EXtraordinary.
and 'Minister Plenipotentiary to thePT-inee of'liraid;
attended by Mr.E BYNG, his Prit.'ate'Sectetai atid
accompanied by Lard foittEs, arrived in tfie`Pt esi-
doze Frigate; Capt. I''`,lxtxtNllE, oci ihe 21'.161y
and oti the e4th, the cohvoy,' under Charge of big
Majesty's Ship Liplfning, -enterd .this plif,t; Sir
J. GAMII.IER, his Majesty's Consul Avila liig
and family,- came out' plissengers in' hii "Mbiesty's
Store-ship Seropii._

Lieutenant 0. -THUALOW S:,irTH, Royal 'Navy;
(the Admiral's nophef.v) ,otrtlib 27th, wltEre
cartel for ftnerlos:itjrreig, baying-oh- bbariOrSpattish
snbjeds, hbfrr.i4- Chei;taiiei D-8 ILti,i-tikts
(brother to lhe'Gtnerai of that Lietrtitarit
S.)t rit- is the _bearer of a letter frofiivilin Pena° et-
*A LLos, his CattiolicArajesty%' Seer6tatel,Botti.diz.
reaingall Etrglish prisoiteis to heir elased and deliver,.
edup to Sir Skolltiv SMITIIi whthe adit.6 zeal seetrrs
to embrace every. object, howewr tithutte, of his
eottinry's. inrerests- throughout this vast continent,
where biscorrespondence•ts already every where or-
ganized both on the' Atlantic and..,SoLvlrlSeii &oasts.
kits intercourse with the Prince Regent and