The Sun.
London, England, 1809-07-10 00:00:00

Admiralty-Office, July 8, 109.

Captain Goate, of his Majesty's sloop Mosquito,
has transmitted to the Honourable William Welles-
ley Pole Letters iron] Lieutenants Banks'and Rowe,
commanding the Blazer and Censor gun-brigs,
stating the captUre of five of the Enemy's privateers
and armed vessels in the rivers Jande and Etna.

Achniralty-OSce, July 8, 1809.
Rear-Admiral Sir Richard Strachan has transmitted
to the Hon. William Wellesley Pole a letter from
Lieutenant Banks, commanding the Blazer gun-
brig, giving an account of an attack made by a small
party of Seamen and Marines under the direction of
Lieutenants Mansel and M'Dougall, of the Patriot
gun-vessel and. Alert hired Cutter, upon a body of
French'Douaniers-and Soldiers stationed at Ekwar-
den, in the river Jande.
The enemy being driven from their posts, two
Douanier Boats, one Danish and five Galliots were
taken possession of, and brought out, together with
a quantity of merchandize which had been seized by
,the Flinch and Danes,

This service, which was performed without any;
toss on our part, was executed with great judgment
t'and resolution.

Admirally-Office, July 8, 1809.
Copy of a Letter froth George 111`Kindley, tail. Captain of

iris Majcsty's Ship Lively, to the lion. W. W. Po:e,
dated ou board that Ship at Vigo, the ad_ of last month.
. _SIR,'

I haie the honour of inclosing to you for the ii -
formation.- of 'my Lords Commissioners of the Ad-
wiralty, a .copy of aletter I received from Brigadier-
peneral C2rrera, commanding a division ()I. loyal
Spaniki troops, giving an account of his taliitig from
the French the city of Saint Jago Cornpostella ; by
which thek Lordships will see the spirit and gal-
laniry of the Brigadier-General, and .the ardour of
,the troops under his orders.

I have theihonour to be, Stc.

(Sigped)

GEO. M'KINLEY.

Head quarters at Santiago,' May 23, 1809.

j Santiago is in our possession : the enemy,con-sist-
„ihgof three thousand' infantry, with fourteen pieces
tesf artillery, and three hundred horse, came out to
meet us, and attacked us on our march in the
plain called De la Estrella. Our scouts having fal-
len in with. their Voitigeurs, and exchanged some
firing,,brought me the information, and I ordered
the division to form in the best posit?on that could
be taken. The enemy attacked with vigour, but
were unable to gain the smallest adVantage. Our ar-
ti,tlery was as good as their's was bad, not a man being
wounded 6ri our side by a cannon-ball. After an
hoitr's firing, we became impatient of suffering it,
and.' ordered Don Pablo Murillo to charge them on
their right dank, whilst I advanced in front Iwith the
three,other coluMns. The. enemy twice took up
_pa-
sitions;andwere, as often dislodged. The unevenness of
the ground favoured their escape; in effeaing which
they shamefully blew up two -ammunition chests;
two others, with two of clothing, upwards of six
hundred muskets, and some horses and: other ar-
ticles, which I have not yet examined, tell into our
lands. Murillo .entered the city, and pursuad the
enemy through the streets to the distance of more
than a league from hence. I ant riot yet informed
. .
of the number of Slain, nor of that of the pri,oneri;
of whom thre are many. The- General Maquian,
'has been severely wounded by two musket shot;
the Secrind lo Command was killed in the field,
whose l';isignia have been brought to me by the sol-
-4.45'. Our loss has been trifling ; the troop, are in
high spirits, and I may expect much from theM.
I am, B.:c.
MARTIN DE LA CARRERA.
Captain Nl‘Kinley, Commander of the
British 'Ships at Vigo.

PLYMOUTH, JULY 7.—Arrived the EntrePrenonte
cutter, Lieutenant WILLIAMS, from Lisbon, with
1,41 s atehes:" She brings intelligence that the French
ha evacuated Portugal. Also arrived the barque
Twp Bnitherr,.of London, CHANTI.OI Master, from
Prim celLaward's island, laden with timber, masts,
,stavs e 3, &C. for this port 3' his Majesty's ship Urcites,
of 18 guns, from a cruize ; the Devonshire, of and
from Liverpool, STANWAY Master, laden with salt,
bound to St. Andre's, North America.

JULY B.—Arrived the Princess Charlotte frigate,
with a convoy consisting of ten sail, from the West-
Indies the Endeavour hired armed brig, with a
convoy from the Westward. The Entreprenante.
cutter, which arrived here yesterday, brings intelli-
gence that our Army, Which had been joined by the
40th Regiment, from Lisbon, had advanced as far as
Abrantes, to attack the French Army under VICTOR,
whose retreat is represented as being effeelually cut
off, ate Spaniards pressing closely in his rear, and our
Army in front. Sir ARWHUR had received consi-
derable reinforceMents, and the Portuguese began to
a& with great vigour, in aid of the comnson cause.
The iE.,ntre prenante left in the Tagus' his Majesty's
shipslßarfieur, Norge, Phipps, Wildboar, and Fer-
vent'. On her passage she fell in with the ketch
Coinmerce, CREWS, off Cape FiniSterre, all well.'
Next clay fell in with his Majesty's ship Druid,
which bad just before captured a large French cor-
vette, of 18 guns, richly laden, from BourdeauX,
bound to the Isle of li'rance. Arrived the DanisA
shi-p', oe Bromston, FOYN, from Lisbon, laden with'

;salt.. 1,
Sailed in company with several sail, under convoy
of hii:Maiesty's ship Hydra, the Brig Lion; ALLAN,

rum Ne York, laden with' rice, naval stores, &c.
Arrived the Mariner gun-brig, from the east-
ward.; the Cuckoo sehootier, from Rochefort ; and
a large convoy from the westward.
Sailed the Orestes sloop of war, on a cruize off
Scilly. •

PORTSMOUTH, JULY B. Arrived his Majesty's
51?ip Defender from a cruize; Speedy, ALDHLDGE,
and Sincerity, BAD9OCK; from London ; also the
Louisa, JOHNSON, from Sunderland.

Sailed the San Pectic) Aqua, ROSENDS,-for Brazils;
Commerce, RANES, for Gibraltar; his Majesty's ship
Tickler, on a crnize ; and the Jenny and Phceby for
Sunderland.
.. ;,..Tuz..i, 9.—Vesterday morning the embarkation for
the Expedition commenced at this port, and about.
JDOO aitillery embarked on board the Monarch,
• Marlborough, and Orion, the first ship bearing the
flag of Admiral 'O WAY. Every Possible exertion
is making to render this Expedition •complete in all
.respeas. ,A' vast number of small gun-boats are
assembling; these, from drawing very little water,
will be, able to go close to the enemy's shore, and
being in themselves so small an objeti, it will be
alnfost impossible for the enemy to annoy them.—
;4107i:have now twenty-one sail of the line, six fri'
tgates,, wird a great number of small vessels, lying at
'. ' ' ' •
Spitheacti, .that are to proceed with the Expedition.
The' ships of the line are to take 600 troops each, and
all their accouttetucuts and necessaries.
1

Lmotirti, JULY /'.—Arrived this c►ay the Tawnf„,
hold packet, CapI.'WESTERN, in 23 day 4, from Tor-
tola ; she brings no particular news. The American
ship Het/hi/ton, VERNON, from Baltimore, 45 days
passage.; the Brunswick brig, PETEEs, frOm Charles-
town, 34 days ; PtFAB, from Malaga; his
Majesty's ship Harlequin, Capt. CONSTRUTH, with
the Transport Briti.;.lz Union, from Ditto, for Ply-
mouth ; the Dispatch brig, M'MULLON, from the
Bay of Honduras, 63 days. • "
Appeared off, this morning, about 50 sail, under
convoy of his Majesty's ship Hydra, 38 guns; the
following put into this port, viz.—the Harmony
transport, PERRY ; Jane ditto, SCOTT; ra7'e ditto,
`HARRIS; Howe ditto, MIDDLENIART; Hull Com-
merce, EVANS; Patriot soliociner; TRASkii the re-
mainder proCeeded to the eastward.
Sailed the Endeavour-armed brig, with a fleet of
coasters for Wales ; and the Diamond, FOSTER, for

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DEAL, JULY g.—Arrived the Brothers, YOUNG,.
from Stockholm. • -
Sailed the Iris, MILLER, for Oporto.

THE EXP.EDITION.

The troops for the Expedition began.to embark
at Portsmouth on Saturday mopting.,-The Royal 1
_Artillery, 1000 strop"", were embarked on board the
Monarch, 74, Admiral OrwAir, Capt. LEE ; the
Orion, 74, Sir ARCHIBALD DICKSON sand the Marl- 1
borough, of 74, Captain 'PHILLUNIORE. The re-
gin-lents have all 'marched in and are encamped on
their respeCtive grounds, on South Sea Common,
and at Gosport, excepting the 63d and 68th regi-
merits, which are to come in this day.,--Three
drons of the 9th Light 'Dragoons, and. three squa-
drons of the 2d German Light Dragoons, are quar-
tered in the neigbourhOod, excepting orders tO,em-.'
bark.—All the Line4of-battle,Ships have taken out
their lower-deck gunS ; they are, we understand, to
receive on board six hundred troops each. Very
considerable quantities of ammunition, Congreve s
rockets, &c. have been shipped:—All the Revenue
cutters are tinder orders to join the Expedition ; and
every
,ciescript ion ot small vessels at Portsmouth are fit-
ting will carronades, for the service.—The Swallow,
Vulture, Greyhound, Hawk, Shark, Cormorant, and
Rose, R: venue cutters, are arrived there.—Captain
WoobaiFF, is appointed principal Agent for tran-
sports.—The following ships, which are lying at
Spit head, are attached to the Expedition :-.MO-
norch, Belleisle, Ccesar, Orion, illustrious, Bellona,
Resolution, Donegal, Hero, Royal Oak; Centaur,
Eagle, Revenge, Venerable, Marlborough, Inipeteuxi
Ganges, Alfred, ,Aboukir, Achilles, and' Sceptre, of
the Line. The Superi, and Vu/iant are to join,
them.-7—The Rota, Imperieuse; L'Aigle, Pearlen,
Pallas, .and Dryad, Frigates ; the 'Thais, Fleche,
Tyrian, Sarpeckn, Parthian, Raleigh, Plover, Bed-
pole, and Blossom Sloops; the Devastation and Ve-
suvius Bombs ; the Linnet, Daring, Tickler; De
fender, Dappqr, and Charger Gun-brigs ;
and Sprig fitly and Gambier
.'cotters, are also to
form part of the Expeditiou. The Commander .
Chief of _the. naval part of the Expedition is not
•nairted. Admiral -OTWAY commands the Ships at
present. at Portsmouth, and Sir EYRE CooTE the .
troops.—The "other Officers arrived there are—Ge-
nerals Mf,KENZIE FRASE)R, HOULSTON, DYOTT,
GRAHANI, I'ICTON, BROWN,' and TERROTT. Lieu-
tenant-General Lord PAGET is expe6ted on Monday.
Colonel WALSH, Assistant Adjutant-General j, ,Co-
lone,P OFFENEY, Quarter=Master-General y Major
NESBITT and Captain WHITE (Ist Dragoons), As-
sistant -Quarter-Masters-General ; Captain GIBBS,
Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General, and Colonel
DIXON, of the Royal' Artillery,, have also joined the
Expedition.—The transports at Gravesend have re-
ceived ordets to proceed to Harwich and the
Downs, and have sailed to take in troops. They
are reduced to about forty, the want of shipping be-
' ing.so 'great, that Many which were at Gravesend
fitted for
.men only have been ordered back to Dept,
ford toreceive cavalry. The main body of the Ex-
pedition will 'probably,sail this week. The first di-
vision ofit is completed on the Ordnance depart-
,ment, and the second is preparing with extraordi-
nary a&ivity. The former ,oceupied nearly 7000
tons of Shipping, and embraced every article neces-
sary, for the field or
.a siege, for an assault or a cam-
paign. The second division, now in progress of pre-
paration', consists of six.brigades of Artillery, and an
immensehattering train, the amount of which :we
stated last week ; besides pontoons of a large size,
punts, ,platforms, gabions, tascines, and every other
1 species of military stores. It %k ill amount .to nearly
5000 tons: When-we consider that these stores are
shipped from the Thames alone, without taking
into account the quantities shipped at Portsmouth
and other Places, we must regard this as one of the
most formidable Expeditions ever fitted out by this
country. 'A Regimental the Waggon Train are to
embark at Deptford this day or to-morrow.

The whole line of coast from Portsmouth 0:? Mar-
gate is a scene of continued. military preparation for
the. Grand Expedition, which we are happy to say is
nolsPia such a state cf 'forwardness that the whole
will be ready to sail in the course of a tew days.
The following is a correa list of the General Officers
employed on this occasion .--

Commander in Chief—Lieutenant. General the Earl of
CHATtIi-m.

Second in Command—Lieutenant-Gen. Sir E yae Cooit.

ADVANCSD GUARD.
Light infantry C'rps.
Lieut.-General the Earl of k obslyn. -Brig.-Gen. the Hon.
W. Stewart, Brig.-t3en. Baron Alten,,Erig.-Gen. Baron Rot-
.
terberg.

FIRST DIVISION. '
Lieut.-General the Hun. T. Grosvenor.—Maj.-Gen. 1.
Graham, Brig.-Gen. Brown. • .
1 SECOND DIVISION.
• Lieutenant-General the Marquis cf Huntley.—Maj.-Gen.
Leith, Brig.-Gen. Auckland. - •

' THIRD DIVISION.
Lieutenant-General M'Kenzie hrnser.— Maj.-Gen. llyot,
Brig.-Gen. Montresor.

FOURTH DIVISION.
Lieutenant-General Lurd Paget.—MajorXen. Fiaon,
Brig.-Gen. Houstown. '

RESERVE

Lieutenant-General Sir Hope.., illaj9r-Gen. the Earl of
D:tihot-sie, Major-GFo. Sir W. Erskine, Major-Gen.
Dis-
ney. , .
•

CAVALEY.
Major-General Baron Linsingen, Brig.-General Mahon.

ARTILLERY.
Majkkr.General Nl4l.tod.

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!AL/ARMING FIRE.

About (twelve o'clock on Saturday night, a fire
brolte'otit at the--Itodsi- of ..I"vir. ;id
.dress-maker, ---No.--152, Conduit:street, Swallow-
street. ;The flames extended with afitotrisiniig
and the adjoining house, >eCupied by Mr.
Hurley; grocer, with a double-fronted ,-,-
longing to the Honouratie F: North, were soon in-
volyed- in the conflagration. The wind drove the
flames towards" the stables at the:back of I lit: pre-
mises, but by the, greatest exertions,they were pre-
vented from. taking fire. The height of the houses
precluded the possibility. of throwing water back-
wards, where- the fire assumed a most terrific ap-
pearance, and* was not until ti,e fire,non tiaa eon-,
veyed water..tthrotigh, several- hoUses in

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street, that the least' check could be giVen to-the
destructive element. About three o'clock the roof
6f Mr: North's honse fell in, and the floors half con-
sumed, descended to the parlour. Unfortunately
at this moment several firemen remained in the par,
lour, and they were covered by the burning ruins.
With great difficulty and resolution they were all
extricated, from their perilous squatioo. btu
without dreadful bruises.. Five were removed to
'Mount-street .Workhouse, where Mr. kleavlst•ie
attended them. The situation of thesetnen -was so
deplorable that it was necessary to cut (;!i- th.-,-
clothes. One man was- carried .to the Coach and
Horses, in Conduit-street, so much hurt, 'bat tie
could not be removed ; he is not e2pe(;ited to reco-
ver. The scene of confusion which ensued in tl e
[street was peculiarly distressing. The Hon. F.
North's house was elegantly furnished., and nearly,.
all, the furniture destroyed. Thred rooms below
were appropriated to his valuable Library, and the
greatest exertion,was made to preserve the boOks
which were fhrown out at the windows and saved r:y
the Volunteers. Mr.. Windham, M. P. evinced on
this occasion,--his' zeal for literature, by at\ior,drig
his personal assistance. Lord Strathmore, C,'o!o.lel
de Crespigny;„and./;:Neral Gentlemen di,! the same.
His Royal Highness the Duke of 'Combed:lnd was
among the Speaatois. It was apprehen.:fe'd that the
Conduit public-house, at the' Corner of` the•streef,
would have been consumed, but it escaped by the
situation of the wind. The buildings opposite were
in danger from the excesive heat, and the engines
played particularly on the house ofMr.. Fox, wooGn
draper, to.prevent it from taking fire. Nearly all
the engines in Loudon' assisted; but tbree.houses
were nearlydbwn belore they could procure a sup-
ply of water.,
The
six o'clock' the flames were ex-
tinguished... The Aire is said to have been occasioned.
by a spark 'falling among some linen,' while Mrs.
SlaCk was packing up millinery goods for Brighton.
Finding the house in flames, the females ran out,
leaving the street door open, and the alarm was
made by a watehinan., Four houses are destroyed la
front, and 'two, greatly damaged in Swallow-street.
During the confusion.; a Gentleman, whi: inhabits
a house contiguous to the scene of devastation, ap-
peared anxious to remove his property, and per-
son. decetAtly dressed .stepped up to offer his assist-
He was-consequently entrusted a port-
manteau, which has not been since discovered. The
portmanteau contained,notes amounting, to 3001._ -
The-Hon.-Frederick. North, who is
,thc.brot,her.of
Lord Guildford, is now on his way to Malta and
Constantinople, animated by the hope that through
the friendly intercourse re-established by Mr. Adair,
be may be able, to pursueliS Search after the preci-
ous relics of antiquity, and add 'to the stock' of hu-
man.,knowledge. n What a Shock it'inust be to him
that the acquisitions of twenty-five years were lost
in hour.

ance.

14DINBURGH, JULY 6.

The Quail Schooner arrived this forenoon, in
Leith Roads; fronAlagoland, which she left on the
2d instant. She4iiings a further corroboration pf
the various reports of considerable advantages hay,-
ing been gained on the Danube, by the Austrians
over the French.

Saturday morning the Egeria sloop of war arrived
in Leith Roads froth Sheerness, likewise he .47:b,i04,
hired armed cutter frOm the coast of :I\fcip.vay,
the Danish schooner Gross, pierced•for six, gun.,, but
had only cite mounted. This School-fell she cavortßi
"going from Fkckering, to another port in Now way
to get her,g.utis .teith-nen. •,

About (.400 men- of the .2il bafrdion of the 9 tst
foot arrived here, on Monday, frorn Avr,' aid elo-
barked".4n.the evening," at Leith, for Deal:

, Monday night a scuffle took &ace irt a. house at
the West Port, between some hawkers, when one of
them was unfortunately killed ; ;the others were im-
mediately taken into custody. • •

The folloWing is a remarkable instance of the ce-
lerity with`vVhich a ,person cnay now travel in the
Flighlands : A gentleman, a few weeks ago, left Edin-
burgh, by the Inverness coach, and reached his
house in Sutherland, a distance'of 215 miles, in 47
hours and a WI.

SMITHFIELD MARKET, JULY tit.
This day's market was pretty well supplied with
prime Beasts, and the show of Cattle in other Te-
speas was considerable*; Beef is cheaper than our
last report ; Mutton; Neal, Pork, 'and La►rib, sup-
port last prices ; and the trade in general was some-
what brisk.—The sales in the Ilay Market were ra-
ther lively; *flay, Straw, and Clover, obtained last
prices.-=-The following prices and numbers arwa
Correa' staternent

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To,.shlk the Offal rer stotte of 81b.
Beef 4s. &I. sriY4,l. —Mut ton 45.. 8:i. to ss. 64 Vepl
4s. 6d.. to 6s. od.---Pork 4s. !cal. to 6s, .6d.—Lamb 6s. od. to
7s._od. _

Beasts, 1650.—Sheep and Lambs, 18,coo.—Calves,
I.).igs, 36).

SMITHFIELD HAY-MARKET.
Hay '5l. 151. od. to 61. los. od.— Straw 'tl. tot. 041. toil.
os. ad.—Clover 61. Los. cd. to 71. 15s. cd. •

CORN-EXCHANGE, JULY
10.—To-day the fresh
supplies of Wheat are shOrt, but considerable on
hand—sales are at an advance of about two
shillings per ?iiaal-ter ; Barley in short supply,
and Inaitxt.ains li;st -prices'i. but few White Peas;
Beans of the( two desbriptions vary but little;. there
are large supplies of Oats, many late, foreign arrivals,
and this trade is 'cheaper, excepting prime samples ;
Flour fu'lly,at last prices, fine American 48s. to 5 Is.
per. barfel.