The Sun.
London, England, 1809-12-02 00:00:00

rantine.

Nov. 30.—Arrived the French brig privateer Le
Basque, of 16 guns and 120 men, from Bayonne,
laden with flour, iron, and lead, bound to Gu;t9a-
loupe. A few days 'since, she was fallen in with by
his Majesty's ship Druid, of
.20 guns, which ship
chased her for several hours, When it came on a
'calm, and the Druid was obliged to give up the chase.
The privateer then anchored close under. the
Spanish land; about six miles from the Druid,
which ship, in the night of the 11th inst. sent in '
one of her boats, well manned, commanded by the
First Lieutenant, Mr. W ATKINS, an officer much,
respeeled by tie ship's company. An attempt was
immediately made to board, in the execution .of
which, Mr. WATtiNs , received a musket
which instantly proved,fatal, and he-dropped in the
boat. This unfortunate circilmstairce so damped the
spirits of this brave little crew, that the unequal eon-
test was immediately given up, and the boat's-crew ,
were made prisoner, the whole of which were
either killed or wounded. The privateer remained
at anchor until.th-t 141 h following; in the evening
Of that day, three boats were ordered to be Manned
from the Druid, uuder the diredion of- the second
Lieutenant, and to proceed in. after the enemy.—
On the boatS corning alongside, a iiery heavy and
destruetive fire of musketry was opened upon theth,
.
when the second Lieut. and 'several men were
wounded ; notwithstanding this, and the disparity of
• the enemy's force, thy 'succeeded in driving the
Fi-enclunen froM their .quarters, and taking posses-
sion of the brig, which was efleCted atter a hard
• fought aCtion, in which the second Lieutenant and
18 men were wounded. The-second Captain- of the
'privateer, together with several of his crew, were
killed and wounded. Le Bernais French Imperial
br;g, was in company with Le BasqUe, but escaped.
Arrived the ship Richard and Mary, of London,
Captain HARRISON, from Demerara, from which
place -she sailed the 20th September, with a cargo
of rum, .sugar, and coffee, bound to London, put
into this port by contrary_ winds ; on her passage'
She experienced a tremendous gale of wind, in
which she-threw all her guns zAid the greater part
of her cargo overboard; during the gale, which.com.
menced in the morning of the 21St Od. Philip Arnie,
seam an, \,113 washed out of the cabin-whtdotv; the
sea Making a fair breach through the vessel ; 'two of
her-crew, Philip Paul, and Thomas Lewis, died on
the passage. •

Arrived the
.Atrerican ship Paqlar?d,
from Philadelphia, last- froth Lisbon, lailen with
sugar, coffee, tea, and pepper, bound to Tonningen ;
dctained and 'sent in here by his Majesty's ship
.././iiiv/e, of 36 gouts, Capt. Woirg, which latter ship
has captured a very fine French brig, of 16 guns, and
is Dourly mpectedbere with her prize., .
Arrived'the A(110611,16!) Mary Pike, J. MEYER,
Master, from Tarragona, laden with wine, bound to
this port for orders; the Portugueze brig, Auvizic,
J. NIOLAY, Master, from Oporto, ;Alen vb
fruit, bound to Liverpool. Also arrived his Majes-
ty's ship Helena, of 1 g guns, Captain WoßTti ; from
Cork, with• her prize, . Le 'Revenge French privateer
brig, arrw.d with siY 9- rs, and a crew of 80
men, from St. Maloes, bound on a cruize off the
Western coast of Ireland, where she has done much
mischief to our 'trade.

Four transports' with French prisoners, (the crews
of French privateers, that have been taken on the
Irish coast) are expected here from Ireland.
Passed dos,Vn Channei, two 74 gun ships, said to.
be his Majesty's ship orions, and Repulse, bound.
to the Mediterranean; )
Sailed his Mdlesfy's brigs Goldfinch and Intelligent
to the Westward ; the Hannah, PYKe, for Cadiz ;
and the Minerva, CHANT, for Cork.
The Ha rlc4ain hired armed ship, Lieut. ANSTRU-
THER, takes convoy to the Eastward.
Arrived the cutter Property, Jo'SH LING, • Master.,,
froni Guernsey, laden with sugar and wine, hound
to Dablin.

Ong.

Arrived the Dart, ELLINGTON , with coals,
from Sunderland : off Weymouth she fell in with,'
and was chased by, a French privateer, but :he Ar
gus sloop of war heaving in• sight at the tune, the
privateer slivered IT. - •
• Arrived his Majesty's ships Temeraire, Repulse,
and ricloriaus, front Portsmouth; the two latter
ships put in hereby contrary winds.

PO.RTSMOUTI-1, DEC. I .-Arrivea his Majesty's
ship 4chilles, 74 guns, Piastrious, 74 guns, Eurya7
his, 36 guns, from off Cherbourg!) ; Recruit, 18
guns,' Wo/verine, 18 guns, and Hat,ghty, 14 guns,..!
from the \Vest Indies; Intelligent, 12 guns, from the
coast of Spain ; Firm, 14 guns, 'from a cruize ;
Lark, Hn7c,n A RD., from IpsrB ; Unity, FL NV•
KI NS, and Ajax., I:I{O,TT,LE, from SWklflage ; "Igeona,
Le Glom, from Gurrisey; Five Br U.t !ars, Tu-

wiu2s, from Cork; Ann, Gruen, froth Giliebec,
bound to Sheerness.

His AiNesty's ship Churybelis went out of har-

bour.

Sailed the Prosperous., HOOD, for Woolwich ; aria
Lusitania, CARMON, for London.

His Majesty's ship Horatio will take under her
proteEtion the ships bound to Spain, and Portugal.
His Majesty's ship Dannemark takes convoy to
the West Indies instead of his Majesty's ship Hy-
perion.

DEAL, Dec. 1.--three French privateers are'
now to be plainly descried from here at the back of
the Goodwin Sands, with a large brig which they
have captured. Several crtrizers immediately put to
sea and gave them chase, and we hope they may be
picked up.

Put bapk about ten sail. of the Rinaldo's convdy.
Sailed his Majesty's ship Plantagenet ,foz

GLIRENOCK, Nov. 29.—The IFilliarn ard Ana,
FOUNTAIN, from Quebec, for I.4ogdOn, foundered at
sea on the sth inst. in lat. 45.5. the crew were

saved by the Countess of Crau ford, EJANansl; of Port
GlasgOw, which ship was then distnasted 4n4 on
thl following day they were obliged to abandon hex
also, and were taken on bpard the Traveller, arrived

at Portsmouth.
The did, gRO.WN, arrived here on the lath inst.
from Quebec; sailed from thence the 14th of Oeto-
ber, with a fleet of 24 sail from Britain, under con-
voy of his Majesty's ship. Bonne Citoyenne parted
convoy in a gale of wind on the 3d inst. in lat. 49.
long. 40. The Oak, TI-13,MSON, was in the fleet for
this port. \

The Sally, KEUBLEV, arrived at Ziverpool•; sail
ed from St. Croix on,the loth' of 06tober; i11C0133.-
pany with the Nevis Planter; and parted from her"
on the 3oth. On the. 14th inst. in lat. 49. long. CO,,
spoke the brig Clyde, from this port to Halifax; the
Clyde had, on the 12th inst. fallen in w•ith'a French
privateer, of 12 guns, which chaced her for eighteen
hours ; -and on the 13tli inst. saW the privatFe;7-
bring to a large ship.

YAamouvi, DEC. I.—The Diligence armed ship
is on shore on the Berber. The Havoc and iiriOr
mart have sailed to her assistance.

Sailed the Raven, Pa7zdara, Sarpon,- Starling, 00
Canzi//a gun-brigs on a ernize.-
is on shore ❑ear Win Ecrton.
Two, small Danish prizes have been sent in.

Sir JAMES SAVMAREZ this day attended the Board,
of Admiralty, and we were happy to see this gallant
Officer in good health and spirits.'Thoughthe. Marquis-WELLEnEx has. pot 6;
been formally invested with the seals of the Fareig,
Department, in consequence of his MAJEsTv, not
having
.held a levee on Wednesthiy, his Lordship at'''.
tend* at the Foreign
.0111.ce, and transacts bust*,
ness.

The followiog is the copy of a letter, which, it is
said, has been circulated among the Members of
Parliament supposed' co be attached to
.Administra-.:
Lion.

44, Dowining.stxeet, Nov. 28-
" S ix—The meeting of Parliament ireving been tired fol;.
Tue,tiay, the a;clot I:atuary, and- the present situation of at;
fr,irs ienleting a'tull attendance desirable, I take the liberty
t,trrtestly requesting your p-rese:.ee on that day. I trus=t
au will excuse my expresSing a wish that 'you would let 113e+-
itnow whetha it will be 4:or,sistent with, your conveniene•a.l°
attend at the opening of the Session, ' •
" I have the honour to be, Sir, -
" Yourinost faithful, and obedient Servant, ~
sSraziotp. PKAcavaL•

Yesterday a Cabinet Council was held at the
_Foreign Citce. There 'were present the Lord
Chaticellor, the Earls of LtsrEgfioo4, WEsxm.ort"
"Alm, and HAIUIowBY, Lords MULGRAVE and PAT,'"..
MEIRSTaN, the Chancellor of tbe'ENchequei,
MO. Musa.
Yesterday a Court of Dire&ors was held at the.
East India House, when the undermentioned Car
tains were sworn in the command of :heir respeaive
ships, viz. Capt. WILLIAM FAIRFAX, Ihigh .Inglis •
CHARLES GRAHAM, ail/al/72 Pitt, for Madras and.
Bengal.
In the course of the ensuing week h 4 Royal
Highness I‘,lcNstEutt, the Pac de_l34ltßl, and aleg!?
other of the illustrious Members of :the House
Bourbon, together viiith. the' Duke de SERRENT, and
. , .
allthe ancient nobility of tirance that are. noW.
now. in England, will leave. town for Hartwell
-..house, in order to celebrate the birth-day of the:
1.154e5s Et'ANG,OULENI,E, daughter of Lova XVI, •

We have received cotrimunications from Cata
pia; "to the 3d, and from Cadiz: to the 'l6th instant►
The following is 'an extract of a letter from the for:-
mer ;
" TARRAGONA; Nov. 2.7--" Barcelona may 13°-
expeßed, if no supplies arrive, to yield to Spanish
courage in a very short space; and our armies are
yigii.mt in keeping up a most rigorous blockade!---",
t"rovislans are said to be most extravagantly dear.--"
Meat is not to be procured, and tha coarsest bread
is eaten by the most distingished Officers, at an 'en'
pious price: I. would venture to prophwey, that
Kdrcelona does not resist a month longer.
" Most 'ot the Geronese that aid so unfortunate as
to fall into the hands of the French) are put to death,
Or treated in a manner extremely cruel and ignomi"
nions They are not considered prisoners of war,
but-traitors.—Ttie women have behaved with heroic
gAißnttry, and several. have been taken prisoners
by
the Xienclt and barbarously exectated.'!',
• i
"-')CL krohn v. BRANDON.—The Special Jury. i 5
"4111:40atis'e was named yesterday, 'and, the cause
fixed for Tuesday next, in the Common Fleas
1' esttutustet4i.iill, at tea o'clock.