The Sun.
London, England, 1808-03-28 00:00:00

from a cruize.

PoR/SMOLiTII4 MARCH Majesty's Ships
.Boadiera, Medusa, Alphea,
„and Ant, have capttn'ed
and seat into this Port the following French fishing
Boma, viz•

Le Ban Garcon, Le Mari Alexandre, Le Petit Paul, La
Petite Pauline, L'Arnitie, La Vietuire La lennette, Le
Llement, La Troy, La Bonne Union, L''Esperauce, Le Pere
de Parnille, i.e St. Germain, L'Angelique, La leunexca.
lime, Le St. Pierre Bien aime de Sauveur, I.e Vainquetlr de
laloul Le Cesar, L'.lrd.:lle, Les Deux Anus,
La Villairie, and Le St. Pierre.

Arrived his Majesty's Ship .oesident, tram Ply
mouth ; Insolent, Matine, and Orestes, from a
cruize; Boadicea and Medusa, from gtf HaVre ;
Avenger; and Racehorse, from Plymouth.; anti
constant, from a cruize.

Capt. J. BIUSBANE Is appointed to La Belle. Nile,
and Capt. CARTAEW to La. Wake, at this Port;
Capt. G. HOPE is appointed Captain of the J4ltie
Fleet; Capt. BEAUMAN is appointed to the' Princess
of Orange, Admiral CAMPBXLI-`3 .Flag Ship, in the
Downs ; Lieut. Sir G. Kautz, Bart. is appointed to'
the Retltreast Gun-vessel, at 'this Port ; Capt. A.
FRASER is appointed to the comtnand of the Sea
Fent:ll)les at Dundee ; and Capt. A. Bacuaa, to the
command of the Sea Fencibles at ,Harwich.

LtvEarooL,MAtton 26.—Arrived the. Experiment,
PROCTER, from St. Lucie ; the sailed on the tWI
Wt. in company with the Prince of Asturigs, tot
Dublin, and parted from her on the 15th. The
Roston, Fenn, sailed from Barbadoes for this Port on
the 7th Febrpary. The Francis. Freckling Packet,
from Falmouth, had passed Barbadoes for JaMaica.

DEAL, IVlAncit 26.--Arrived the- cliprey Sloop,
from a (like. .

'Sailed the Snipe and Exertion Gun-brigq, for the
Baltic ; also the Indignant and Phosphorus
Gnri-
brigs, o

M A fiCH 27.---Arrived the Euryaba, 38 guns, and
the .Ifaguet frinu the Westward; also
the Cracker Gun-brig, train a crilize,

Stiu4Nass, MARCH the Kangarop
And Milano Sloops of War lbr the Downs.
The westerly wind dying away and the breeze
springing up again from the eastward, the whole of
the 'Vessels under weigh yesterday, are again at
anchor..

Sailea for the River the Ned Elven Brig.
Mr. \VM. WILD is appointed hy. the Atitttiralty
Purger of ,the Craizer Stoop War, Capt. G, C:
and ,Mr. WFST I'nrser of the dloart
stop') of War (lute Danish), fitting at Chatham.

Letters from New York state, that on a (ies-
tion moved by'Mr. DYKE, in Congress, the
vertu/lent was in a minority of one, and in an.:
Other which immediately followed' respetiing an
additional Lied Force. to be levied, the Govern-
ment gained the question by one. The Embargo hai
lost Mr. JECITPASON a number of friends in the
South, who have been seriously .affected by it: The
ground the President has lost, and islikely to lose,
is stated to be the best security for his remaining at
peace with this country.
THE OPERN.r.-.1.11e serious Opera of Didone was
represented on Saturday last at the Opera House, but
not before a numerous audience. CATALAN' is by
-no means recovered, and she ought to: be indulged
with,sdrue respite from her labours,, Her zeal for
the interests of the property is much to be corn'-
mended,' but she may do herself an essential injury
by performing under so evident an .indiSpoSition.—
There were, not many of the higher ranks present,
but the pit was tolerably. well attended.
It is truly edifying to observe the tender interest
which the Ettperor•nfAusTatA takes in the Mari-
time Peace ! Undoubtedly he has persuaded him-

self that when BVONAPAit'iE, in addition to his other
bit escaped each time, and was taken by them no , possessions; 'Shall be in the enjoyment of " Ships,
, ...
tleir return. The Windhanz and.Suralt King were; Colonies ,
and Commerce," he will feel inclined to
' ~. „
restore a few or tne rroi inces of which he has de-
both burnt by the enerny,.ithd they were-about to ; spoiled his Emperiiii Frien'd and Ally.
burnthe Sappho,' owing to her bad Sailit6,,; itwas' ' Ueneral NY slur 14.1.0cms earned with-him to the Rio
declared ini board the Frigates that they would burn . Platt, a Conimis,iiyu, aan appointing b 9vernor-Ue-
;
. nem' of Buenos Ayres, with a salary oftfe,ouol. per
had• been previously boarded uns .1 A 1 •i. d ,'' . • •rt
every Atnericau. that
by a Brittsll Cruizer. . enn II n a rnoA un liglite pou er, in tAery pa
' I of thilicknioistration, Civil it: well as Military.

.fiontuG.ll,.

INTERESTING PRIVATE LETTaR.

LISBON, VAL 4?8, ,1808.
'" A few days since the Russian Admiral SINIA.•
ti~IN received regular advices from St. Putershtirgn

he cornmenetntieut of hqstitities between

Epgland. In. etittgegit6nee of these advices,
,Adtiti7

tar GuElOAhe same- afternoon struck his flag, and
pioceeded.with the other British- Officers, stlvon in
number„overland to St. Petersburgh., The Russian
Squadron he're i, in a most dtTlOrabie condition ; it

consist's still of nine. Sail of the Line and one Frigate,
the mullet of which are, the Si. Raphael, SlM:elena,

Fiorth, , .I'lvu Scone, Foos, Itheicheul.
nun, Sil'ny, and Geruslof Frigate.
►' A handful of Englishmen on the night of the
13th inst. : caine within musket-shot of Belem Gas-

le, and cut out a Gun-boat, mating. one 24 and

wo 6Loottoddrs, with fitly men, cotumandeci by

:34i A DOLVfft,' wliieli they took to sea, without h4v--
.

ing heel) perceived by the batteries; and the next
day; by way of amusement, those impwientidiows
placed her Under one of the forts, with, their English
Ensign over that of France, and kit her there for
some time to see if we would fire At her.. They'af-
terwardS caw in their boats and tuck her away

again : some little opposition was sliewn, and
had three men killed and nine wounded. .1 Flag ~of
Trace was sent in with the wo! rst.
rnded, who at fi
General Jeuor would not permit to .be landed, hot
be afterwards relented, and the poor Fellow., are
taken care. of., Since his affair an order has been
-given to Place the Carlotta Frigate, the Beqiimin
Sloop, and a Brig, abreast of the Casale. The Portu-
guese are, however, of opinion that the English will
not be long before they take those Ships,also under
their especial care and protertlion. ,
" The Portuguese army% is entirely disbanded,
some of the Officers have been shot, by order of the
French General, being strongly auspetted bidisatiec-
tim to the mild taw.s laid Own by our new Go-
vernors. And last week nine men were shot at the
Caldas, (about sixty Miles from Lisbon), having
been guilty of the high crime of concealing fire-arms
in their houses.

1‘ General Jutityr has said', and the preparations
made and making support the assertion, that !WON A^
PARTE leas determined to ,pay us a visit, and is 4c,
tually on his way. The Marquis DR ABRANTH4,
(late Viceroy,) BRANCAUP, one (dour richest Mer-
chants, and several others, are'ordered to proceed :o
Spain to. Meet', him.
"The Regency is entirely abolished, and the Duke

of •CminAvA es, brother, who remains, in Lisbon, has
pension allowed him of ten thousand crusades per
annum. The property of the nuke, hi; brother, -
who accompanied the PONCH Rnoau-r to the Rra-
zil3, has all been confiscated...
" The contribmion of forty millions, of crusades
is put in execution, and one instalment paid ; and
the plate front St. Roque has been Canted to the
Mint. JusioT receives five per cent. from the
amount of all kinds of extorted property„, And it. is
supposed he has already aceutuulated,in this way .
about fifteen millions of francs. A conscription of
forty ihutts.,nd men, between the ages of eighteen
and thirty-tive, is about to be carried into immedi•
ate effect. The convents aro to-be convened into
worithout•cs for the reception ofthe poor, who beliefs-
forward are to be employed in spinning silk, cotton,
and wool.

" The, plan of confiscation here is precisely- the
same as practised by the French at Naples, and in
the North. They do not want goods but money,
and unitOrmly require, of persons possessing articles
of isritith manutaeture, that they should pay one
third of the amount in, cash, and the remainder
with the goods. The Spanish troops have receited
.orders to evacuate St. Übes and Oporto.
" The Cardinal Patriarch, Don Jose FltANCtsco
MI,NDOCA, aged 87, died on the 1I th instant,
and was brine I on the I3th in a very plain tuannev,"

Grist exertions are making to improve the fortifi-
catkins of Copenhagen, by the addition of a strong
chain of ont-works. A Commisson has been ap-
pointed to inspect the works. It is said to be the in,
tens ion of the Crown Prince to surround the city by: 4
body of water 4000 feet broad., .
A letter dated flack .ltiver, Jamaica, February 5,
give the tbllowing account of a dreadful tire that. has
happened at that place :—`l This once-tiourishirig
pike is now in a heap of rains. A most dreadlid
conflagTation. happened on Saturday evening list,
‘vlueli has destroyed almost every house in the ls,ty;•'
from the bridges and upwards. The property
sullied is very great ; not fuss, in. my opinitak, Cl3il
50,•0001. 1111 ;amongst the unfortunate' sutfeteris,
but have not as yet been able to ascertain .the
tent Of my loss. My 'hi:,oks and papers are all sate..
The tire was occasioned by-a musquito nut Catching..
Lire in the house of a Mr. Lee,"'

A few days since, as some workmen Were digging;
a vault in '4l small court at the back of. Mr. LAW -
ItliNCeS houic, N0..3r., High-streetXlAtenham,
they found, within siXteen itiches of the Surface, .a
fresh Woking brov.tt ealshen pot, containing he-
tween'•l4 and 1.6-no shillings ot. the reigns of ED-
wAtib VI. PHILIpIII)d,MAIUY; ELIZAP.ETtI, .1,01141i0 j.
rind CH.AIILE-61. The. whole were in tolerable
good,condition, and the pot, except from its shape
(which soulewhat resetnbled a raisin jar), appeared
a s if but lately buricd.--,-Friam there being 11,p Coin,
' however, amongst them-since those of CHAALUS
Atis, prob'able that the owner Concealed this little
treasuretfuring the dissensions that full,„Aved 'that
reign,,t,incl;:falling himself a victim, never returneNt
-to re044111f.. .•
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I gSiiTIIFIELD MARKET, MARcti 28,

This day's market was fully supplied with. prime..
Beasts, and tbe.shew of Cattle in getteral:was'very
good; Beef and Mutton support last prim' s.; Kirk
and Veal are Cheaper' than our last report,. and the
trade tbr the most part was pretty brisk. The salts,
in the Haymarket were tolerably lively ; [lay and
Clovei have dropped in price since Friday's market;
obtahled a better price.

dea.N ExLin N 04.) .IVIARCH 8.---There is a mid•
ding supply, of Wheat arriyed to-day, and the go.
neral sales are fully at last`priees ; Barley in ,slip it
. and ,rather dearer; tine Mak- likewise.;
Pease at little variation ;, Beans, Qs. the two- kii)it
higher-; the supplies of Oats, are short, cud tLat
trade is named rather higher. Flour as lost week„