The Sun.
London, England, 1807-06-10 00:00:00

IMIJACTOA

'Krt.;S'TON, till 27th ult. arrited
here the Nancsti,.GKAVEL. from New-Orledris.. On
the 3d, in the Mississippi, she spoke an American,
who. informed Capt. G. that two French Frigates
zinc! several Privateers were cruizing off Cape An-
tonio, for the purpose of intercepting the homeward-
bound trade.

KINGSTON, Aram 25,---Arrived here on Satur-
day, .4a Pique Frigate, of 36 guns, Capt., Ross, from
a cruise, and the Spanish Schooner ditrevidara, froin.
St: Jago de. Cuba, bound to Carthagena, -with bees'-
wax, &c. captured by the 4nson Frigate, of 40
guns, pn the 16th inst. about one hundred miles to
windward of this island. The enemy bad. one gun,
which she threw overboard during the chace.
Pp the
.13th inst. off Cape Nichola Mole, the
Peggy was boarded by two French Privateers, of
four guns each, and full of men, who broke open the.
letters in,the Captain's possession, and plundered the
Vessel of a variety of articles, together with part of
her cargo.
The Blonde Frigate, of 38 guns, Capt. BALLARP,
returned .to .Port Royal the sau;e day, with the
Swedish Ship /V.argaret, Turn, of 12 guns, and 24
men, from St. Bartholomew's, bound to Jacmcl,
with provisions, detained. off St. Domingo On Mon-
day last by the Blonde, ,while prosecuting her voy-
age to Barbadoes;

The Ccesar left PortFpouth on the 28th February,
in company with the
ship Echo, SHAW, for Fal-
mouth, and parted with her off the East End on
Tuesday night. In the latitude of Madeira they
were becalmgd for pearly "three weeks. Shortly
after making the Island, of Montserrat they fell in
with twq French Privateers, with two captured Ships
in company:(stipposed..to belong to ablest India
141 pet) ;' the Privateers, after makrig some slight in.
dications of engaging the Ships, bore -away, and
were soon lost sight of by. the approach of night,
otherwise it is probable • that the Ccesar and Echo
would Wye re-captured the two Ships in.their pos7
session.

. On the 14th inst. off Antigua, the Caster fipoke
the Ship Chance, froin London bound to that Island,
and learns from her that she sailed from Portsmouth
. ,
on the sttl of March, in company with a Fleet of
110 sail for the West Indies,' trnder convoy of the
Thames Frigate, of 36 guns, Capt. TAYLOR, and
Curieux Brig, of 18 guns, Capt. SBERRIFF, from
which she parted on the following dal, in a violent
gale of wind. The Captain of the Chance also stated
that the Windsor Castle l'aAset, Cape. SUTTON, was
to leave Fahnouth on the 9th of March fur this

On Monday last the acesar and Echo fell in with
the Ships Alexandre Linda, Maria, Mary, and Eli-
beth, from this port, all well ; and on Tuesday with
the Veteran, of 64 guns, Capt. EVANS, and the Me-
diator Frigate, of 36 guns, Capt. WISE. Captain
EVANS
.put on board of the Cesar a Letter from
Vice-Admiral DACRES, containing an account of the
recapture of Buenos Ayres, on' the 3d February last,
by storm, by the forces under General "Aticumury.
The above intelligence.was derived from an Ame-
rican Schoonel', bound to New-Orleans, which left
the Rio de la Plata on the f..:oth February, and the
captain of which further stated that the Enemy had
lost nearly 3000 men in killed and woundqd.

An embargo was laid yesterday on all Foreign and
Neutral Vessels, and or?, British. Vessels bound to the.
Spanish Colonies, to continue until the 22d of May
next inclusive.

We regret to state that the Pike Schooner, of four
guns, Lieut, OATLEY, on her way from Port Royal
to ti e.lsland of Curraoa, was captured a few days
since by a French Privateer Schooner, of two guns.
and 70 men. The Enemy carried the Pike by.board,
ing, with the assistance of some Boats from Santo
Domingo, manned principally with the Otticerswho
belonged to the Ships of the Squadron 'of Rear-Ad-
miral LESSEIGUES, which were destroyed by Sir
JOHN THOMAS Duclswouni. . • -

Extract of a Letter from Captain Flinders, of his Majesty's
late Ship the Investigator, to his Friend in Jamaica, dated
Wilber's Plains, in the Isle of France, July az, 1806.

The preceding letter was written, my friend,
under: circumstances very different to those in
whit' t lam at present. You are probably no
stranger-to the change and its causes; bdt I will
give you a short recapitulation : no Ship was found
convenient to continue the Avestigator's voyage,
and I embarked with my Officers, &c. for England,
on board the Porpoise ; we were .shipwreckedin the
night upon a coral reef, 730 miles, from Port-Jack
son ; I got back in a six-oared cuttei, obtained yes-
ssels to relieve my people, who had remained upon a
sand-bank, and sent them round by China, but em-.
barked myself in a little Schooner, the size of a
Gravesend boat, to pass through Torres Strait, direE
for England, to save time. Aiy voyage was tolera-
bly ppasp.erot.li for a time, but the leakiness of the
vessel and badness of the pumps obliged me to stop
at the Isle of France, where. I found war again declar-
rsr.annr:l.L.l 1- • .. 1 •

net, my vess:l seized, and the charts, &c. of my dis•
coveries, shattered as they had teen saved from the
shipwreck, taken from me. MY remonstrances en,
raged General DE CAEI,k, the Governor, and Le r6''
feyred the judgment of my case to France, knowing
that, whilst expeSting their decision, I should be
punished with a year's imprisonment. - The Minis.
ter of the Marine; it seems, found the imprisonment
of the Comthander of a Voyage of Discovery, hav-
ing a French passport, so extraordinary a circuar-
stance—and between the honour of the French Na•
tion and the regard due to their Captain-General,
the case was sq difficult to decide, that he referred
the judgment to the Council of State. The Coun-
cil has been so occupied with the great events that
have lately taken place, and with making Viceroys,
Marshals of the Empire, and Princes of the Blood,
that they cannot find time to think of an English
prisoner so far distant. Thus two years and a half
of the bast years of my life have been lost in ina6ti.--
vity in a prison ;my hopes-of reputation—rof seeing;
my name placed by the'side of Cook and YAtcdotir
VER, cruelly retarded, if not destroyed.
" And all this for what ? Indeed I scarcely know
the proceeding may satisfy, national animosity,. butt
certainly can be produBive of no good tp any incli7
vidual upon the face of the earth..

The subje&, as you may suppose, has been
much canvassed, and is likely to be still more. The
want of hospitality, of justice, of humanity, end
the breach of national faith, are too conspicuous it;
this transa4ion not to excite much animadversion
The reputation also of the French Nation, as the
protedress and encodrager of science, will be deeply'
wounded by it. gyen Frenchmen consider the
treatment I hare received with indignation ; as
specimen of their sentiments I
enclose a copy of a
letter, which you are at liberty to spew to your parr
ticular friends, but it must on no account be made
public, lest the writers be Injured in the opinion of
theGcvernment here."

TAE OrEttA.--AS Madame CATALANt iS Still 04
the sick list, the Comic -Opera of I/ ../3arNeire dj
Siveglia was revived last night at the King's
Theatre, in order to shew the otnie pOwers,
well as musical skill, of XrAtpr, whose hurnour,
ma) as it is admired; exceeded eipeelation in the
part of Bartok,: His aaing was..o exquisitely comic
throughoUt as to be
:likely tO: revive ail the .1)61;1'7
larity of this very pleaSant 00.era.---Roiina was
sup-
ported in a respei table manner by PERIM ; and
SIBONI was very well in )ilmaviya:' MORELI4
Very effe&ually proved that he has not lost his hu-.
inour by his, performance of Figaro:—DEsHAyEi
fully proved that his accident of Saturday night Wa4
not attended by any injury, as he was as anisorteci
and agile as ever. •

PARISOT, it is said, retires fotn the Stage at the
close of the present' Opera Season:—She has long
and deservedly been a favourite of the public, and
may fairly be considered as the inventress of a new
and pleasing style of dancing of the attitudinal(
kind. • • - •

•
Music.-,According to the new plan of patronago
in the 'fashionable world, Mr. PENN, of Spring-
Garden, Opened his elegant mansion 'on Monday
night fOr the benefit of the LEANDERS. Ttlet'e Were
between three and four hundred of the bi(4-her
,circles present; .among whom was the' 'Duke a
CAMBRIDGE,' who is distinguished for his taste it
music, and who is no inconsiderable vocal pert.
former. The Duke of GLOUCESTER also• ivaS pre-
sent. Miss PA:RKU, Mad.- -13kANCItri. and- R.o'yai
DINO 4 exerted their talents with great' cfiecl'..--7
MISS GAUTRERO'T performed a C9neerto an rho.
harp in a capital styie. Tbe LEANDERS, of course,
displayed all their ihstruthental,eXcelience on 41)4
occasion, and the whole was a fine harmonic repast.
BONAPARTE has i his Museum at Paris
inns of the Thrkish and Persian Emperors, present'
ed to him by these Sovereigns. §ELIM 111. is a
correct likeness, painted by an Artist at COnstatt-7
tinople. both Emperors awe seated on their throne-.
The croWn and. ,briicelets of the P.ortiau Momr9h;.
are•of a peculiar antique form.. Itt the Middle of
these bracelets are seen the two tatnoqs- dl itnOntiSt
called koub• nour (mountain of and 4t:ro
nour (ocean of light).

The Stud of Sir QII.BERT REArfiCuTZII ia;.9
Hunting Establishment. was sold at Tatter al's, 10.1.
„Monday, 4t the following prices :

Ps. . Cc.
Buffalo 310 Clipshain • !.. 230
Dragon - .a Speculation . 260
Black Dick - 210 Dean .4 wift . 140
Crusade .• • 195 Harlequin - 41
Dungannon - 310 Doctor 213
Ticket - Is; Bruiser 135
Recruit - 155 Verjuice - - go
Osinyn - i7y Revenge 12D
Carlisle - - ;26 - Marsden - 125
Comrade - - 140 Pitch
Magpie . 85 Tinker '
Pegasus -8; Pilot 7
Brass - 65 Admiral - - 70
Prospero - 15 Fortune - 52
Twenty-eight Horses--Total 4445 Gs-

Buffalo was bought by the Prince, of Wales;
Dragon and Dungannon by Capt.Vyse; Ticket and
Osmyn by Sir Gilbert Heathcote • Speculation by
Lord Jersey; ClipOiam by Lord kiddleton ; Doc-
tor by Lord Oxford Bruiser by the Hon. Mr. Cape' i
and Pilot by Lard Yarmouth.

•HOME CIRCUIT.—SUMMER ASSIZES.
,•
' •
Hertfordshire—Monday, July4o at Hertford.
tssexl•Vednesday, July 22, at Chelmstaid.
Kent—Monday, July 27, at Maidstone.
Sitssex—Saturday, August t, at Lewes.
ttrrey--Wednesday, August 5, at Croydon.

An Inquisition was held yesterday afternoon at the
Sign of the Fountain, in Little Catherine street, i°
the Strand, on the body of a Mr. Neal, who `vas
found dead the •precediiig afternoon, near the door
9f that house. It appeared that he had fallen dowo
in-a fit.' The Jury tyund a verdict of-.. Died by

N.AAi.4....i\thkil§..

Flow the LONDON GAZETTE, June q, 1807.

Admiralty-Office, .Tune 9,
Copy of a Letter front ConimodOre Sir-S;tmuel Hood,
K.B. to William Marsden, Esel. 'dated-on board
Hic Majestys••Ship _Centaur, at Sea, I'viarch i 6,
1807.
. • SIR,
I beg leave to inclose you, for the information of
the Lords-Comtilissioner,s of the Admiralty, a-Copy
of a Letier I ildve received tri.rn Captain Shipley,. of
lis Mjeity's Ship, •Comus, stating the capture of
eight of tue gnetny's Vessels, which service appears
to have been planned and executed with good judg-
anent and energy.' '
I have the honour to be, &c.
SAMUEL HOOD.
Ills Majesty's Ship Comas,
SIR, Nardi 15, 1807.

X have the honour to report, tor your inforfnation,
Ole *Capture of six of the:Enemy's Vessels (described
the margin*), by the Boats of His Majesty's
Ship Under_ my command, under the direaion of
lieutenants G. E. Watts and Hood Knight, and
Lieutenant J. Campbell, of the Royal Marines, with
detachment of Petty Officers, Seamen, and Ma
Fines.. They were moored in the Puerto de Haz,
Grand Canaria, and defended by .the cross fire of
three batteries; Lieutenant Campbell was the only
person wounded on,-the occasion.
Since your orders of the i At, instant, His Majes-
ty4--ship has also captured two Spanish Brigs, St.
with salt fish, and Ncistra Senora de los Re-
itnedioti with a mixed cargo of merchandize.

I have the honour tope, &c.
~(Sight.ad) CONWAY. SHIPLEY.
Commodore Sj..r S. Hood, K.B. &c.
Admiraky-01fire, June g, 1807.

eopy of another Letter frrin Commodore Sir Saniurl
Hood, K. B. to Wiltiant Marsden, :Esq. dated on
1 °cod His Majesty's Ship 6.,ritctur, Funchal Bay,
Madeira, May 18, 1807.
SIR,
His Majesty's Ship- Comtis' has just anchored, and
I have the honour to inclose you a copy of a Letter
from Captain-Shipley, detailing .a gallant exploit ef,
feCied by.the Boats of that Ship. ,
I have t
hehonour to be, &c..
SAMUEL -HOOD.
.
P. S. Inclosed 'is-a
List 'of the Killed and Wounded
in the Boats of .the -Comm.

• His Majesty's Ship Ccmus, oi Canaria,
SIR, . May 9, 1807'.
I have the honour to relate to you the particulars
of a gallant exploit performed .last night .:by the
I3oats of His Majesty's Ship, under the dire&ion of
Lieutenant G. E. Waits, and assisted by Lieutenant
hood Knight and Mr, Jeaffreson Miles, Master's
vZate, with. a party of Petty Officers, Seamen, and
loyal Marines" 'in the Port of Grand Canaria.
A large armed Felucca, with his Catholic Majes-
ty's colours Hying, had been for the three last days
lying under•the protedion of a strong fort and two
batteries, and the wind .yesterday evening proving
favourable, she was boarded by Lieutenant Watts, in
the large Cutter, under• a severe fire of musketry
-froin..between thirty and forty soldiers, sent to assist
in her defence ; .and he had-nearly cleared her deck
when the two other Boats, which did not row so
Ave:l, arrived, and fully accomplished the business.
Her cables were now rut, and the Boats took her
in tow (the Enemy having had the .precaution to
send her sails and rudder on shore), when a hawser,
fast under water a-stern, was manned in the fort,
and the Vessel dragged nearly under the muzzle of,
the guns before it cotildte cut, upon which an ex-
ceeding heavy fire .from all the batteries was coin-
theneed, and continued until She was out of sight.
She proves to be the St. Pedro, Spanish Packet,
Laving a cargo of bale goods, &c, from Cadiz, bound,
to Buenos Ayres..
This was effetted with the loss of one -man killed
and live wounded, as per inclosed. list. Mr, Watts
has several wounds, • but none of them- dangerous,
and I feel convinced his gallant condal,. with the
exertions of every Officer and man employed an tliis
scrvice,. will meet your approbation.
Twenty-One of the Enemy's' Troops Were made
prisoners; eighteen of whomare wounded ; the rest,
excepting a few who swam. on shore, were killed,
as was her Captain and some of her crew.
She .had raptured since her departure from Cadiz
the Lord Keith, bound from London to Mogadore..
His Majesty's Ship has taken and destroyed, liince
the Ist instant, •the St.-Francisco Bpanish Lugger,
..with wheat and salt ; and - La Louisa Schooner, in
. ballast : the latter perfectly new.
• I am; re. • CONWAY SHIPLEY.
7'o Commodore Sir S. Hood,- &c. &c. Centaur.
A List of the Killed and Wounded in the Boats of His Ma-•
jtsty's Strip Comus, off Canaria, On the Bth May, 1807.
Robert Noble, ,Private Marine, killed. I.ieutenant Watts,
severe!) -wounded. Cohn Robinson, Private Marine, ditto.
Edward Evans, Seaman, dim). lames Trimble, Seaman,
ditto. Rich. Tully; Private. Marine, dangerously
_wounded.
Given on board the Centaur, Funchal gay, Madeira,
18th May, iSo7.
(Signed) CONWAY SHIPLEY.
I. Spanish Brig, 5 guns, loaded with salt pork.
2. Spanish Brig, loaded with wine and fruit.
3. Spanish Brig, loaded with salt fish.
.4. Spanish Brig in ballast.
S. Spanish Brig, in ballast.
•6. Spanish'Brig; in ballast.

IF3RTSMOUTII, JUNE g.—Arrived the Spencer, of
41F-11”, Hon. R. STO_PEORD j and the Theseus of
same force, from a seven months cruize. No corn-
munication having transpired, we cannot of course
learn any news by them.
'Sailed the Cracker Gun Vessel, on a cruize.
aux-FAST Savr. M.--Since, writing the
above, we understand the Spencer and Theseus are
from the Cape of Good Hope. Left that place 10
Weeks since, where they left Admiral MURRAY and
his Expedition 3 eight weeks from St. Helena—,
brought no Convoy, or saw any thing of the India-.
men on their passage.

PLYMOUTH,- JUNE B.—Arrived the Prince of
Rides, of 98 guns, from the Channel Fleet.

L ).e 1194 George, of 1 t o guns, came into Har-

the Dille of Marl-

iordagli Packet, JAMES (Acting), with Mails from
Jamaica, which she' left on, the 2801.-April ; spoke
On the smite day the ltindsor Castle: Packet going-
into Jamaica, with ntils from England. Pas
sengers per the Duke of Marlboroug,ll arc, Colonel
HA REFOOT, Mr. KIRBY, Mr. SMART, Mr. CH EESA M,

Mr. LUKE, Mr. GREEN, Mr. RoVELL, and Mrs.

REMINGTON : the Packet brings tio particular news.
The following Vessels were lying at .Jarnaied
Majesty's, Ships Fisgard, Mignonne, Shark, -Re-
nard; Bacchante, Reindeer, Cuba, and• Goeglan.
Also arrived this day the Schooner .Felton, 'Capt.
MAINWARING, from Bristol, bound to Oporto and
the Brig Mary, from • Barnstaple, to take in goods,
for Riga.

Orders were this day received at the Agent's

Office to detain the Packets bound to Jamaica and
America till further orders.,

Sailed yesterday the Prince of !Vales Packet, TODD,
with two Mails for. Lisbon.

DEAL, JUNE 9.—Arrived yesterday evening the
Strenuous Gun-brig, from Portsmouth. and sailed
for Leitlr ; also the Musquito Sloop of War, on a