The Sun.
London, England, 1808-01-11 00:00:00

1.
ed *h opportunity fof thiS ap'pheatiou. The then
vllo curbed a ileac- and dear relative of Lord CO tor-
IvALus out to starve, while the ashes of that great
sad good chara4er , who, at the age, of .seventy; 'left
his family, which he could never hope to See again,
and Went to vo!uutary death in a. distant land
to serve his Country ; the men who did this, while
his ashes were yet warm, were little likely to re-
sped petitioners whose politics were hostile to their
OWD, and whose situations might have something
in them to tempt the cupidity of that pack of hungry
tipe Et ants, who, on the lamented death. of Mr:
PITT,

Came running greedily, like hour ti to breakfaii,
" That chop in head, and all to beguile their fellows."
ut Lord ROBERT FITZSERALO was too welt RC.
tAllaitited with the generous and disinterested nature
-of 'the person be addressed, to dread a wanton.imi'
tation Of this tondU6l.. His plea (for some kind of
'Olen, we supPoie; he advirieed) was kindly allowed,
Itnil,bis'salary and his leave of absence continues:
satisfaction of Lord ROBERT Ft TZOBBALo, We
14* was complete': the teward of Mr. CANNING
is pyobably 'confined to the approbation of his own
!bean, and the rancorons abuse Which the admirera
lof Lord ROBERT now pour upOd hie frOm the
'llfornine Chronicle!
[The importance of till.; übje t'rcquires a more extensive
e.otisitleration ; but we shall reserve we haVe firther to
ay on it till to.morrow.] •

Yesterday morning liis MAJESTY, Princesses,
IGnsr.k,,StePHlA, AMELIA and MARY, accompanied
ty Ladies CMANLEY and CAROLINP. WALf)EGlat'i,,
Ceneral M oisTens, and Major PRICE, rode to St.
George's -Chapel, where a Sermon-was preached by
the Bev. Dr. HEArtf, from the sth chapter of Sr,
3ohn, and Oth verse. The Royal Family afterwards
tatned to the Palace. °
A circumstance is said to have taken. place at St.
'etersburgh which has very naturally excited 'great'
urprize and many conjeetures in that
:LtvAlty, the French 'Ambassador to Russia, has
ken the house of Mr. Ittrir., Master of the Po-
Ike, for a term of four years, for whi,ch he paid
down a sum amounting to, upwards of ten thousand
lounds though he is to return very soon to Paris,
Otld consequently- can have no occasion tin. a resi-
dence in St. Petersburgh. Considering the situation
of Mr. lam, as Master of the Police, so large a
fuin given
.in this manner looks like' a retain-
ing/0. to secure him in the interest.of France, and
to. draw froM him information of the 'arrival of
giretY body in St. PetersbUrgit who may be at. all
likely to eXette the suspicion of the French Govern-
*out.
The-arrangements at present agreed upon respeeq!"
big the trade between this Country and the Brazils,
ire stated to be to the etrea, that the same articles
'which 'were admitted into Portugal shall be allowed
to be iMported into the Brazils upon payment of du-
ties not lower than the last tariff, but subject to any
aegmentation the neW Governineut shall think pro-
per. All the articles prohibited in Portugal 'to con;-
time so in the Brazils until a net treaty is cOncluded.
• fonds to be given by the Merchants that the goods
be landed at the Custotit-house of the Port for
ithich they ate shipped.

The Venetable, 'Captain Lroirrts, is arrived at
tiverOool from aarbadoes, which place she left on
the 7th of November; By her we learn that the
Elizabeth, FLYNN; from AfricA to the West Indies.; •
the Juno from, Demerara, for Liverpool, aittlzl.,llw,
Elliott, from ditto, for,Londotr, are captured
and carried into Gnadaloupe.
A 'King's Messenger' arrived' it Portsniiiiith on
Triclayf from Landon,. charged with dispatches,,;
which were. iminediately:ptit. on board the Tapaze
frigate) Captain GRIFFITHS, ;and sailed in a few
hours afterwards. They are believed to be for Com-
ntodore GRAIVANI:MOPRE, at the /Wills..
The Spanish Frigate) Aerie, of 24 guns,
arrived at .Portsmouth from . the :Rio de la Plata, .ts-
eonsidere4 by the Spaniards the finest Ship of h6*
glass that was t4Verbuitt by that Government, and
is a very Superior sailer. She eXiierienced., very se-
vere weather on her passage) and but for the excel-
lent qualities or the Ship) would never have beau
`brought to tills Country.

The Squadron which sailed from • Yortmonth
the tith ult.'• with sealed orders, under the command
of Captain HAWLETT, jOined Sir SIDNEY SMITH, Oft
the 7:agus, in seven
,days from St. Helen's: -84'
SIDNEY'S torce now TonAkts often, and the Rusiinn
.Squadron of'nine Sail of the Line. Sir SIDNE.Y WAS
left all well on the lOktil ult. with the following
Ships Hibernia, tt 0 (Flag Ship), Ciipt, knot-
Gdngtv, 74i Captain HAIAETT Elisabeth,
74 Hon. Capt. entIZON j Affred;.l4,Capt..Bt.ton;
.Conqueror, 74, Capt. PELLAW Plantagenet, 74,
CaPt. BSA [MEV j Defence, 74, Captain Jititqg
Foudroyant, io, Captain M. THOMPSON 4, Ruby,
64, Captain DR.kint j 'and digamortridit; 64, Captain
Rosa.

Preparations are ,making at 'Portsmouth for a
Secret Expedition. Several of the copper-bottomed
transports in the River dre ordered to, be prepared
with the utmost speed.for the purpose of joining it.
''During the whole of the week all has been hurry
and bustle on board these Vessels ; whenever -surf
of them is 'ready, she sails direEtly.—The 21/ary,
No. ltia; sailed on Saturday. •
The Spri-shircy 'Russian Frigate, and Villtetntina
Store-Ship, with the specie and valuable cargoes they
have on board, were condemned as good and lawful
prizes; bit Thursday last, in the Admiralty-Court.---
Admiral NIONTAGU'S share will be considerable.--,
. There were fortpfive Ships. of War at Spithead
when they were taken possessien of, all of whom
share. . .

'On Thursday a Court Martial was held at Ply-
mouth,. on board the Salvadnr del .n<4o, on the
surviving Officers of the Anson ; when the whole of
the Officers, with the exception of the Master, were
unanireouhly acquitted. The latter Officer was sett-
tenred to be adinonisited, for not having fulfille to
the utmost, the duties of his station. There vim. tot ••
on board the Anson any prisoners in irons at tl:e
time of the loss, as was repolud.

AVA L N E ‘\' S.

the LONDON AZETTE, 7:7n. g, 0;08.

Ad mi rat 4 6111. c. lan. 9,
Extra `of a Letter from Capt'ain Rainier of tlis Majest)'s
Ship Carolioc, to Item' Aclutirit Sir Edw. Peflew, hart:
Cotpoihndeiin Chietof H. M. Ships and Vessels in the hit
Indies, dated Malacca Koat(. -Feb. :5, tiLt7, atut motsmittra
by rho last inenliatird Officer to Lite Honourable W.
Pule.
Having seen the Honourable Company's Ships
Perseverance and Albion throngh the Gillolo,Pas- •
sage, I passed t(5 the Vastward of the Yellow Islands.
to insure fetching Pellappa, on the North end of,
the Island of .Sammar, which place I looked into
on the Vtith tiltimo, atl,d not seeing. any Vessel
there, I was making the Best of it>yway to the
-Straits of St. }3ernardine.
Eafly on• the morning of the Q7th nltirno, a
'Strange Sail was discovered On our leo-bean). I ith-
4bediately bore up in chace of her, and she ran for
Albay. When we were nearly within gun-shot of
Ater they" ~hoisted Spanish colours, and tired a gun
to 'windward., We were coming tip with her falt,
when she.was taken aback with the land wind ; and
sire'laikstudding-sails set on boll) sides, we were
61134161-ier betbre she could take them in ; when,
either from their temerity, or not knowing our
force, they commenced firing; 'and it. vzias not until
they had twenty-seven killed and wounded that
they hauled down their colours. - On taking pos-
session of her she proved ..to be the St. Raphael
(alias Pallas) 'Spanish Register Ship, belonging to
the Royal ecornpany of the Philippines, mounting
guns, with ninety-seven men, commanded by
Don Juan Baptista Monteverde. having on t9prd
upward of five hundred. thousand Spanish dollars hi
specie, and seventeen hundred quintals of copper,
besides a valuable cargo; she sailed from Li.nut on
th 6 I nth November last, bowid to Manilla.
P. S. 1 mil sorry to infbrm you we had seven of
our men wounded, one of Whom is since dead.

POtt•Akonrit; J. I (L.—Arrived yesterdny• the
As'pi,,;,;(!;"Sioop of War, Capt. MUDDELL, from New,
foundiand.

Sailed th 6 trnicorri Frigate b the Westward, and
,int Schooner, With a Convoy, to the DOwns.
Arrived this day Hie Camberland, of 74 gums, and
Lion, (4, from the bOvine.

Pcymotrrn, JAN.'S,_-Artived the Ito/, Captain
JAMES SHIELDS, laden with surar, &o. froth Tobago,
bound to London, put in to wait convoy. She
sailed from Tobago under convoy of the 41e.?An-
.
dria Frigate, but parted company on the passage.
Arrived the Portugueze Ship Europa, laden with
cotton, &c.. from the Brazils, bound to Lisbin, de=
tained in attempting to enter the Togui by 'the
ISquadron under the command of Sir SIDNEY
SMITH. , • •

That, part of the 6th Battalion of ,the Gerthin
Legion, who were disembarked here a few days
since froM the Aici Transport, one of Admiral COT-
Tow's Fleet, were re-embarked this morning on
board another Transport, and are to proceed imme-
diately to Falmouth to join t4e Expedition,' which
i't understood will email for Aheir original
titiO as soon as the, whole are colleted.

Sailed his Majesty's Ship Tuikot, of 18 gall,;,
with Dispatches to Sir SIDNEY SMITH, off the
Tagus.

YAtorount, JAN. 10.-Arrived on Friday even,
in His Majesty's Ship Pfeterpine, having on board
ro9 , • dn.i G OWEIty irotn St. Petersburgh ; also yesterday
14
. astr Shipog Loid Hurcutx-
je s Belletle, hav•
sox on board: the latter Vessel was towed in by a
Fishing Smack, having, unshipped her t'udder. A
Frigate is now coming in., supposed to be the
wirraiine:

;---

JAN. O.—Sailed His 111ajesty's Ship Bril-
liant, Capt. GiLCHItI3F, bOUIId to Hayti, for Stand-
gate Creek, having been on ihbre.
:Arrived His Majesty's Ship. Oteron from the
.Nurthward, and remains in the Downs with the rent
of the Ships as per hist.

The following authentic Account of the toss of, the
Anson, has beeti furnished by Lient.:GlLL, one of
the surviving Officers of that Ship
" On the ,27th in the evening (s4Ys.Lient G.)
we saw the Isle. of Bas. ,We stood °Waving the
night I.totit W. N. W., blowing very hard. The
next tnorning we bore up for Falmouth, at aboht
six o'clock. By our reckoning at noon, the Lizard
we imagined N. by W. 8 or to miles.
:At one, we
saw the laud, which I think must have been end-
den Point. We wore ituniediately,, and-steered S.
E. by
.8. AboUt three, the Captain thiought propet
to ware, and stand In to make theland again. Wo
did not stand in more than ten minutes then wore
once more and stood out about'S.. S. E. or S. .by, E.
At four,**e saw land close aboard and nearly right
,a bead, Which we perceived to be the Lizard: We
immediately wore and hauled to the wind on the
tArboard tack ; Stood on for about half an hour, then
furled every thing ,and let go the best bower. She
took the cable entirely to the clench, but rode by it
till four the next morning. .It then parted. We
let' go the small bower, whiCh brOnght her up at the
clench also. By this cable ,we rude till ferch;. or
half-past when it was resolved, to , run her on
.shote.".-

A. report was circulated that Capt. LYDIAari was
SO alarmed, that he was. incapable of making pro
per exertions. This, infamous lalsehood, we are
tyt,rry to say; was propagated by somo of the, crew,
who deserted as soon as they got ashore.-=-Captain
LyntA RD, who did every thing fthat could be done
by a brave and experieticed Commander, had nee.,
repatettly urged by his Officers to quit the Ship
betore he consented, and, at last, sacrificekt his life,
it is believed, to his humanity. at bad g::t uui
.of the. Ship t2peu the main-coast, when.olk,ervinir,

,
)Ov On m the ast.below 11.1rn,, lie stopped till he conld
ens extricated.- in this ri?omentous crisis the Cap 7
fain was twice washed oU the mast.lind 'as often
recovered it again-i but, unable to resist the violence
of a third sea, be was torn from his hold, and disap-
peared.. It is believed too, that the
Surgeon, might 'have been saved, but for his anx-
iCty to preserve his, son,, a little boy, who was on
boifrd with him. .!;1: he exertions of 'Lieuteniiit GILL
-tO save the men, and t'.fterwards the ,stores,. excited
the esteem and respe& of all who saw hin. The
remains ,af Captain LYDIAnto were buried with Mili-.
tary honours on Sunday last, at Falmouth ; the
Surgeon and a Midship Man have been_ burled at
Heisron. The greater part
.9.f the other dead bo-
dies that. have:been taken np: were so bruised and
disfigured by the falling of thernasts, &c.' that their
fitees.could not be recognked. We are farther Con-
firmed in our. last week's statement of the number
lost—they certainly do not I.exceed, Go ; for there
cannot remain a doubt that Many have deSerted. lu
addition td the. names of surviving Ottivem meat
tiotied in our last; we have tu• add,. Lieutenant
Citix, Lieutenant StstrsoN, Marines, Mr. SIVA Ai;
the Master, the Purser, Messrs. LL and MAsoN;
Midshipnieu, besides a few others, whose names,
We have nut been able rto ascertain. The time
since the wreck has beep busily employed in sav-
ing the stores, -and a pretty considerable quantity,
,A'd believe, :has been setenred, though this business
has been. clutch iMpeded by the roughness of the
weather.

On Tbuttday night three Fretiali prisoners, eon-
sisting of the Captain,. his mate, and another, etied7
'ed their escape from Dcher gaol, by making a breach .
in the wall. They then tiititt trboat.Oif the beach,
and put to sea but the boat being scon missed by
thb owner, and • the repOrt: of their escape spread
abroad, they were immediately pursued, overtaken
about two-thitils across Clionnel,, brought- bock, and
committed to' the ti fiiriner quarters. These three
.prisoners had been captured with .the rest of the
crew of a French Privateer in the West Indies, And
'confined a considerable time at Portsmouth, 'from
whence they made their escape tin Wednesday to
Shoreham, where they took a boat, and had almost
'gatned the'French-toast, when it Qum, on to blow
hard; and they drifted Fast Diver, otter which they
,got on shore, and being 'apprehended, were cotn-
mitted to Dover Town Gaol. • . -

DUBON, . of
•
man Cathelica took' place on Tuesday it) thiS city,
the Earl of Ft NGAL iu tile Chair, when it appeared
to be the Unanimous sense, that it woold be advisa-
ble to have'a Petition 'presented in the.: ensuing Se's;-.
sidu of the Ituperial Parliament, praying, for the're-
peal of the retnainkPenal-Laws-; and 'it was agreed
tl\at. a further meeting should take place on the I QUI
inst. when a Petition would be agreed to,;and the
titode.of its presestation settled.

The vigilance of Government has sdeeeeded, it is
said iii deti diog some treasonable praaiOs which,
have: been carrying on in Ireland. Last Tuesday,
morning n' Persons, charged with crimes of this
nature., 'We're brought to Dublin fromProgheda;in
custody of two ot• the King's Messeugers. They
were committed to the Tower in the Lower Castle-
yard. They arc the 'only persons that have been
confined in that place for several yeati.• Their: at),
pearance was in every respeol. much above the cow-.
moo
AsoitiClCA KAVVVIAlki..*This selehrated artist
di,d at fßorne, the 7th of November, in the 67th
year of ',her age.
THE
.OPERA.---The Comic Opera, of Frqscatona
was represented on Saturday at the King's Theatre,
and though a largevaudience attended than twtt been
seen before this season, yet there seems to be reason
to apprehend that C4TALANt, with all her merit, is
likely to meet with the Cite of ad other novelties, as
there was by no means the bustle and the crowd that
decompanied her last year. *-
The Comedy of Errors was :revived on Saturday
last, at Covent Garden Theatre; and so Well sup-
ported by the perforMersaltogether, that it excited
great applause, and will doubtless 1;e repeated much
to the advantage of the Theatre, particularly as the
play itself possesses so much intrinsic merit in gba..
rgler, and dialogue.
A Cabinet Council SAL on Saturday in Downing+
Street) sit the breaking,uly of which the American.
Ambassador bad an audience of His Majesty's
nisters,
On Wednesday se'nnight, a fit ox, on its way to
the slaughter-house of Mr. :Longstaff, butcher, at
the east end of the Shambles, Stinderland,, broke
from his drivers; to the,great terror and imminent
danger orthe crowd with which the street was then
tilled.;, Being headed a little above the George Inn,
it took shelter in the shop of Mr. Watson, grocer;
whoa, being still further inftwiated by the shouts of
the populace without, it turned the counter, where
;_ there is room for .tittle more than oneiserson to pass
iat_a tune,, and tiaSheci _lino the street, tarrying -along

_ .
with it windows, bileives, tea eattukter3,
stored. With sweetmeats, &c. &T. Fortunately it
was secured without doing f,..trthr mischiqE 'L hip

slaughtering of cattle in tile public tuarltet is ano-
ther of the evils which it is hoped will be done away
by the intended application to the Legislatui-e,, fat: an
Aot for the-improvement of the police of that popu-
lous tewn. ,

• At the WeitMinster Sessions, on Saturday, JaMes
Richardson, James Baldwin, John Finchley, and
&ad, who bnd been c,luvitled at Bow-
street, as 'rogues and vagabonds, were brought up to
receive further sentence. They were dressed as
sailors, and-had been in the habit of imposing on
the credulity of the public. It was proved that
these impostors had never been to scab and, that
their insolence was as intolerant as their impositions,
were abominable. After a suitable lesson from the
Chairman, they weresentetn;ed to three months bard
labour in Bridewell.

Late on Friday night, or early on Saturday morn-
ing, there was a piece
,cut Out of a shutter, be-
longing. to the White Hart public-110iiit., at 'Rattle
bridg,e,,nrar 'the Sutall-poi 'Hospital, atld the
_till,
containing -about 2001., in Bills cif f.,..xohantr,e; and'
Bank notes and cash nearly to the amount ut 201.
stolen out of the bar. About noon on Saturday
the till was 'found ie a tied near ;Vltiidetr-latie.
The Bills of Exchange were all left iii the till, and
`were rasto:ed to the ()wirer ; but the B:ink notes and
cash wen; Bono. tbizve.s laave nut been tliico-
*era.'