The Sun.
London, England, 1809-11-22 00:00:00

THE LARK SLOOP OF IFAR.

(A "Constant Reader" has furnished us with OIL
following detail of the loss of his Majesty's -61)iP
Lark, ii a heavy gale of wind off Cape Causada, otz
the 3d of Augusr; being the substance of the do-
,poiitions received from the three men saved from that
= Vessel.]
Statement of William Dobson.—The Lark An"
Chor.ed at Palenque in the evening of the 2d of Au-
' gu'it,,rand continued at anchor until five o'clock tbo
'next morning, when it cattle on to blow hard from,
the northwFd, and obliged us to cut our best bower
cable and stand out to sea. At about nine o'clock
the foresail and fore-top-mast stay-sail blew to
pieces in a most vh-Aent squall; which came rather.
a- Wict 'acid at the same tine a tremendous OA
brpke over the larboard quarter, which completely •
filled the Ship, when sbe fell -over upon the star-
board beam ends and iustantly.synk, no other ves-..
sul in company. I immediately gut hold of a piec•
of plank; which I found in the water. In about
an hour after I observed twq men, who proved to bo
John Gordon the cooper, and John Antonio a Spa-
niard, who were also 'on planks, and we continued
together, until seven o'clock
.in the evening, who,
we were picked up by the Moselle. , ;-•
J.-)hn Gordon states, that after the Lark had beell
strucl by the sea, he ran upon deck and observed
the Captain and Officers standing upon the quarter-,
deck ; the Captain gave orders 'to haul the foresail
up; bur the clue garnets gave way, and the sait
blew to pieces; at this time the ship was laying.-
On her starboard beam-ends and filling fast; in about
five minutes atter the sea struck her, she sunk.

John Antonio further stairs, that he jumped over..
board and swam to a piece of plank; at, this time
the Captain was close along side of him in the Water,
but he lost sight of !Aim, almost immediately after•
wards, when he supposes him to have runk. They,
all concur in stating taste pone bqt themselves cOll
possibly have been saved. • •

The letters by the.last Gottenburgh Mail, contain
•
some satistetOry information respecting the disposim,
tion of theS‘vedish Government towards this court-.
try. 'N'Otwithstanding the article in the Treaty. with
RuOia, which stipulatos the exclusionof British Yes'
sell ftoni the Swedish ports, the Packets, we under..
trdhcc will be allowed to enter Gottenburgh as be'
fare. As there was every appearance of an eao
winter, the tracta was preparing to leave the lialti°
.1 as soon 28 possible. Sir Jaws, Saurnarez was e2;'!
peeled to sail about the beginning of December with
the-last:convoy,.The following extract contains same
1 valuab.l4 shipping intelligence :,
• GOTfENBURGH, Noy. 16:—The convoy under
3 'eh orgc „of the &aura; and Vellenophan, was obliged
I to put its here on the 14th ipst. from hard westerly
I winds. One vessel (a gallipt) was lost in the
and another, neowithstandiog every exertion,
captured by seven gun-bolts; And carried into Nagle
sqq, 4. large Dantzic yli p, 'the 4spios, i.p4ote with
timber, got, on ntOCl: coining into this. anchorage,
but got.. off yesterday, and went up to got tenourgbi
water-logd,
wand is now set IF: at N. E. and they 'ire
all geitiirg ,under weigh.
anect trz,Ln ar's
cralerAvti here, and" %/yip 2:a.recz,
to the Baltic. •
44. By accounts from Riga, of the. etil
fourteen vessels, were waiting there tor License
load.
4
It is now very cold and frosty y ; and if !big
Continues, it must be exv.e.oo the upper peers the
; 13.iltic will hoop be frozen
" The Forwar,d airiteu on the 14th with go sal
fron,Lleith ; she. takes the ships bound thence, an
to the Northern ports which are part ot:Ple 5a.04771'S

convoy,
"'Between the.2sth of June and this time, inoluda.
ing tij4 convoys under. the .oc/krop/467/ and _ago'''.
near 1,500 sail of vessels will ;lave passed the hefty
for Englaqd. To the;; are ‘tone a4ded,_ the conv9ys.
which went home early In the year, with the Orion
that
with Sir Aichard Iceats, in the heginoing,
June.,

" Rear-Admiral Pi4more was to bring down t 12,61 •
trade assembled at Cariscrona; the 15th .of 01.1!
month ; and the Minotaur, and. smaller vessels, will
`with the last convoy the Ist of December, if tha
'weather will permit them to stay so long." _ •

Yesterday his, Royal Highness the Duke of YORic
arrived in town front Windsor, and in the evening
entertaineda
-41-house, select
Stable-yard, .
• apradr,tystvi,..i.ith an
ars„sel,eg7t. dinner, at:
level:day, his Royal Highness the Duke. of Catapt
BRIDov, arrived in town from Windsor, and in the
eveniit,o- gave a grand dinner to a number of Mai'
tart' Officers; at his, house in Berkeley-square.
Yesterday the 'Onchess of BT.UNSWICK enter'
tained her. Royal High'iless the Princess of WaLai,
the Duke of BatliNswicrs, .a(l3, DE CLIFFORD, and
a select party, with a grand dinner, at her house,
Spring Gardens.
—• Yesterday, the Duke of YORK had an interviewl-with the Prince of WALES at Carlson-Houie.
Yesterday Sir DAVID DU NDAS held. a public cat'.
at his Office, in the Horse Guards, and gave audienct
to a.number of Military Officers.
Yesterday Sir RICHARD STRACHAN and Sir Hotifs
j POPHAM transacted bu,iness with Lord IVitri:Gaavg,
athis`house at the Admiralty.
On Monday the Princess SOPHIA of GLOUCESTI%
rarriVed at Windsor; on a visit to their MAJESTIKS2
-1-Sterday his MAJESTY, Princesses UGLISTA. and
rSOPiiiA,' accompanied by Lady CRANLEY, Generlll3
''SriNCEK, FiTzitoy; and Colonel TAYLOR, took their
''usual rides in Windsor Park, and returned at twelve
VCtock to the' Palace.
f"iTtife'Cto EN and;PrincesS-Betzheam. took an air'.
fa ti'to Fi'ogniore Lodge.
'Prince STAHREMERKGH has eot received any net-
instructions froin his Court ; but his Highness is dailf
in expectatioli of being recalled. , His loss, during
ing the residence of 'the French on his estates, is cob"
.sickilible. Their table and 'maintenance cast 'lllll
i S 1. Sterling .a day.

Yesterday at half past two o'clock, a Cabinet
,coo_npul was held at the Foreign Office, which con"
tjnoeii swing uunl five
,o'clock. There were pre'
:sent .the Larto CiIA.NCELLOR, the Earls BA.THossvr,
LIVERPOOL, and N ARROWBY., Lord MuLoRAv Ep the
CUANCELOR, of the EXCHRQUER) Mr. RIDER, "4i
Mr. S. DUNDAS.