The Sun.
London, England, 1809-12-23 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

FALMOITTH, Dac. W.—Arrived this day about
eight sail, of colliers, under convoy of the Endeavour
armed- brig, from Swansea ; his Majesty's brig
Persian, of 18. guns, with six sail -of transports un-
(lei convoy from Portsmouth, bound to Lisbon ;
Ait~i brig, SMALL, from Liverpool, with bale goods
and wine, to Gibraltar; the Clementine schooner,'
WARNR) with wines, from Oporto, to Greenock,
come ottt under convoy of his Majesty's ship Sea-,
flower, and parted from the fleet-on the gth inst. in
0 gale of wind, in which this vessel bad all her sails
. split, and received considerablo damage.
" Sailed the Resolute gun-brig to the Westward.

The Lord Hobart Packet, from the Brazils, is
hourly expected:-

PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 22Q.—=Came in this day the
Dexterous gun-brig, of 1 4 guns; Lieutenant R.Toti-
Lirtsorr, with a fess,v colliers and meichantmen from
the Downs.

Arrived the Hero, Goodall ; Adamson; 'Barbara,
Watson ; lane, Janson ; Amphion, Johnson ; Sultan,
,Ross ; Frederick; Taylor ;.Respe4, Park ; Charlqtte, Da.
visor'; and the Golden Fleece, Johnson, from Sunderland,;
Iriends, Roche, from Youghall ; and the Betsey, Tucker
tom Piarimouth.

Sailed his Majesty's ship Trincuirt, with a'convoy
far the Downs ; and, the schooner industry, CRAW..
?ORD, for ,Colchester and ipsv..ich, last from Oporto.
, His •Majesty's ship Gannet takes convoy 'to the
Western Ports and Cork.

Went out 'of Harbour the Rapide schooner, of
xe'guns, to Spithead,

PLYMOUTH, DEC. 21.—Arrived his Majesty's
dip Plover, Captain BROWN, from a cruize.
Sailed the Endeavour, hired armed brig, with a
convoy for Wales; and his Majesty's ship Scylla,
for POrtsmouth. •

Arrived the Daphne store-ship, from Falmouth;
the brig Margaret Jane, GORE, .fro.rn Waterford
with wine; and the Swedish ship lielsingfors,. J.
BOLIN, master, from Quebec, with timber for this
Port.

- Went
W up the Harbonr to be repaired the Daphne
store-ship, and Encoz.nter gun-brig ; the latter ar-
r.. •
rived here this morning from the Eastward:

Arrived the brig Dependence, of Sunderland, Ro-
BERT PEARSON master, from Quebec, with a cargo
of timber, bound to Gondola and Hull sailed on
the 1 tith,Nov. On the 12th inst. she encountered a
heavy gale of wind, in which she carried away her
mainmast, and was obliged to heave p/art of her cargo
overboard.

His'Majesty's ship Mermaid shiled from Qtlebec
with the-Dependence, in company with 52 sail, parted
company in the gale on the t eth inst.

Dov Eli, Dne. ,the Austrian Mes-
senger, arrived here last night, and will proceed to
Calais in the Betsey, Capt. HAYWARD, inunediat.ely
al the arrival of the. Secretary to the Arnetican Mi-
.
tii3ter, which is hourly expected.

SITEERNE6S4 DEC. 22.—Arrived his Majesty's
ships Mermaid, Capt. HENNIKRR, Kangarag, Capt.
BAKER, and the Diligence, Capt. GORDON.
Sailed itis Majesty's ship Rota,,..oapt, SOMER..
PILLS, for Portsmouth.

, We have.sOme further informatibn retarding the
state of the army of La.Mancha, since it has rallied
within.the boundaries ot that district. It appears
thataboat 42,000 men hate re-assembled ; built is
not stated.whether the detachment bf 8 or I'o,ooo
Men ,vhich marched .frorn Seville under the com•
mand of .the Marquis-De la :Romanao, be included in
this calcillation. Of the artillery, two. thirds.have
been secured since the defeat, and a•tninute account
has been communicated ot the number of pieces and
the 'calibres. _

The followingis a proclamation issued by General
Keilennan.- It is a most atrocious instance of mili-
tary violence. , -
_ _ .

OFFICIAL PROCLAMATION.

. .
Considering . the necessity of. multiplying the
resources-of the army 'of hi, Imperial Majesty, and
of depri6ng the rebels and Arai,orS m the means of
procuring animals to accomplish their atrocious de-
signs, n is. hereby declared, that the horses and
mares belonging to the provinces in Upper Spain,
viz. in the'districts, of Salamanca, Zamoras, Toro,
Leon, Placentla,-Burgos, Gniptiscoa, and
.Alava, of
the,height'of 4 feet 4 inches, or 5 feet inch of the
measure'of Spain, and from thence,upwarcl, are in
requisition. for the service pi the armies of Fiance,
, and are to be conducted:to the capital of the respec-
tive Governments, where they are to be received and
maintained by the Governors, until.the, returns made
to me shall enable ,ore to give directions for the dis-
posal of them.. ,
" All horses of less than four feet. 4 inches, or 5
feet's inch. Spanish measure, also mares pregnant
for more thin three months, and horse 4 and mares
that are not thirty ,months old, aad less. than ..the
height mentioned, are to have the left eye put out,
and are to be rendered by other proper means unfit
for military siv,iCe by the proprietors themselves.
Those who presume to disobey this command, are
.to be mulcted in four times the value of the animals.
" The execution of this order it to be committed
to the Governors, Commandants
-of Arms, and to
the Commandants of petachMents and Flying Co.
.

(Signed) KE!..i..gIIMAN,
48t4 PO. act Gen. of Divisions and Governor,
ciPeTat of