The Sun.
London, England, 1809-01-25 00:00:00

ON.II-0 IV,
WEDSZSDAY, JANUARY 25, 809.

The Gazette Erliaordinary,
.publiShed yesterday
afternoon, so fully confirms ell the accounts which
we previously geve of the glorious condua of our
Arnie its elreir eetreet from Spin, that no remarks
, are eeeessary on our pate While we have . too
much reason to lament the less of many of our
brave troops, we detive. no slight degree of comfort'
fronetleeconsideraiion of the honour which theY
haveconferrCS on their gauntry, in the eyes of all
• • mankind,' tied from the impression which their he,
•Tole epirit; ccol. determination, excellent discipline,
lan inflexible steadiness, must have. made upon the.
E ernye 'The 'Steep/emcee to this Gazette, which., was,
ill
ptiblisbed last night, gives us the. farther satisfaftion
el, knowing, by the.arcounl of Admiral Etebov ace',
ellatevery.thing was dote te facilitate the ernbark4-
non :of the Troeps; end that it was fully effected.
Never, *e may venture to say, has there been a.
stronger evidence of invincible intrepidity then Om'
TroOps displayed in the memorable Battle of CO.
mune, and when we consider 'that they were op-
pesed to thrice their number..-..that the Etiemy were
Unshed with viaery in every pert of Europe, and
ecarried a terror in their name, calculated to lee
tiniidhte all but the natives of the British Ern-.
pire, we have the pleasure of knowing that hie::
tory will record their vialery, among the brightest
achievements of military prowess. ' We are sorry
to observe, that a sense of national' pride at this,
glorioqs triumph of our arms melee so
,great an
interiority of force; 1135 net, been able. for e moment.
to suspend the operetiene of party spirit. A Mettle'
'ins Paper, too apt -to indulge its spleen against
Ministers on all occasions, veuts its gall elpon. them
on this occasicsn, and in the bittereeae of its vexa-
tier) asks, " Willt' they will say in their defence,
for having committed. do small 21 fpree in so unequal
a contest!" •/ The answer to this questiou is
50 ObViOUS, ' thin: it must- • have occorred. to atty.
persons but to those who are determined to
And fault . with, Alinistere, right or wrong, The
Govertenent did not send our Army to Spain to con- •1
tend hievely againet the whele.foree of France e
tiiey sent it to co-Operqto with . tilt!, Bpqrdards, and
li, from circumstances which the .British Ministers
'could not haye foreseen, and over which they kid no
controul, the Spanish .force in the North of Spain
wire •defeated, oral almost anniliihried, surel&ehe ,
Government of this (ountry cannot be: ade refon-•
sible for the. failure. Ministers, besides, sent the, most'
ample supplies ofeeyery thing that Seale was dis-
poeed to accept and had required of us. '!'he , fault
therefore ie net
,in Anniston li)r having fient too 811/411
s forte, and.the Opposition Paper ahews gross negli-
gence, or voluntary blindoess in, overieuk hie; the cow i-
deretionet hat if the Euglielt Array in Spain was siecili
in compariseou with the. number of the Enemy, SVP
had a tight to count upon the exertion of a vest po-
pulation, litruggling fur every thing dear to them as
renation, against a powerful Invader, who tlit'eatCllCd
!hop with the nest cruel end deperedine 'eueeeee ,

The Three 4 Siliees, of firemen, Opt HAEsi,,p,
arrived:yesterday at Cowes, froth I'hil4delphia, in
not having been permitted to tape, in a car-
go. 'The Captain. states that the discontent:, in Arne-
ricq, on account of .the stagnation, of all eotntnerce,
is daily %indreasing, and apprehensions are ,even en-
tertained that they will ultimately lead to a civil
-war, if the Government persists in its determination
keep up' the'Ernbargo. •

Wit are happy to stag that great nurktbetti of
the Transports, tv;th the Troops tioni have
arrived in differtlit roll:,
•of the Channel. Our Let-
ten.; from Falmouth, Plymouth, and Portsmouth,
contain sonic interesting details uporl this soica.

General Herk's acct untOf the Battle, pf Corunna
is perspicrous,arlikomptebensive, and his tribute to
the memory of, Sir Jontg MooKa is elegant, beautk.
. lul, and in a high degree all:eating. •
Ma.i.or PALM nit, of the loth (Prince's) Light Dra-
gootis, .arrived with a diviiien of that regiment on
'Saturday,night, at Falmouth. This Gentlowan is
the Member of Parliament (for 'lath) who so ably
exerted himself last year; in favour of his. lather'‘
claims respc£Uitl.
SIR jutiA MCAOR is well .known that this
distinguishecreotnmatider was the son of Vv.
IVtoottin, the author of Zelltto, Travels,' and otliti.
works. Sir Jotto was born at (.3;asgol,v,•where his
father practised as .a Physician. Or. Monett wp,s
selected by the guardians of the late 01110 of
itiotti.T9ta to travel with. that-Nobleman, . then a
youth, on the; Continent, and we believe the Gene—
ral accompanied his lather, and' made the tour of
gurope at a very early age.

NAVA.L EWS.

PLYMOUTH, JAN. 23.---Arrived thiS.MOrnitlrtiatt
Barflenr, of 100 guns, Rear-Admiral Hoop; Tonnant,
Bo guns, Rear-Admiral Da COUIICY, Pißory, of
too guns, Implacable, Resolution, Norge, Eliza-
teth, and Zealous, of 74 guns each, Amazon, Uni.
corn and Endrnion Frig ites, Mediator Store-ship,
and Parthian Sloop of Wer,frorn corunna ; whence
they. , sailed on Wednesday last, with -about
•
four 'hundred Sail of Transports under convoy;
nearly 100 of the latter have arrived here in the
course of the day, with .troops; the remainder are
in the Channel, under convoy of four. Sail of the
Line, and the greater part will probably nut yin here.
The, troops are' 'greatly in want of necessaries.
When the Fleet left • Corunna on Wednesday last,
a , heavy cannonade was heard, •Whicli- was. sup-
posed to be the bombardment of Corunna by the.
French, who, it is stated, had succeeded in setting
the town on lire, but it is stated- that the Spa-
niards 'still held out, though it was understood that
30,.000 men' had reinforced So tn.T iuldrJuNoT'4 army
after the • British had re-r tnbarked; The killed,
wounded, and missing, of the British troops since
they left England, are estimated* between seven
and ei,ht thousand.

Arrived ilia Scorpion and Raleigh Sloops of War
on a crurze,
Sailed the Illedusq, of 50 guns, for, Spain, and
Plover SlooP of:W:1r to
.the Westward.

Arrived the Vrenclt Lugger'Privateer L 4 Clarissa`
pierced for 16 guns, with 60 men, from St.'Ma.
loes, pt u red —by: the indtfatigabk Frigate 1, also
the French Schooner Gener4 Junot, laden with flour
and other provisous, captured by the Raleigh Sloop
of NVar.

Arrived the Cap,t. C 9041: , (rain Newfound-
land, laden with fish, last from Corunna, whence
tihe Aaile4 on Wednesday last with the Transports
which are arrived here; thc,.. Master of: this Vessel
Mates, that the french Troops were bearing down
upon Corunna in all diredions, and that the inhabi-
tant;, had nearly all fled crow the, town.

&it' DAVID BAtun is stated to be in a cry clapger
*us state.

ArriveA the William and Croharine; M.LEN,Cr.cijn
Cork. . .

COWES, JAN. 24.--. Arrived• the Three Sisters, of
Bremen, Capt.. from, I,),hild9)phia, in
•ballast, not being permitted to take in a cargo, •.1'11t;
:Master reports, that the shipping laid up are mime-
row!, and I.iiithout seamen and the country so dis.
satisavgi s even to fear a civil Mar. Sbi
(rota thence on the th of DecenthFr.

PORTSMOUTH, JAN. :‘.—Arrived leis Majesty's
Ship Pilchard, with Dispatches frotn‘Spain ; Jane,
JOIINE.ON ; Friendship, HUMBLE ; Ruby, DixoN ;
and the Trafalgar, SKIM, TransportS, from Uni-
Iferon Bay, which place they left on the to'th inst.
Ail with the loss of anchors and cables.'

The following Transports are totally,lost at Qui-
beron Bay, viz, --the
,Eli:4abotlt, marked E,E. Mi-
nerva, L.K. atAd the 'iliztabelit, R.I. The Blizateth,
No. t 19, was on ehor,t and reee,ivtul much datnage,
but expeaed to be of (a; Ult., /lake of Clarente,
w4ts on shore ta a ~reek with the tosiof an-
chors and cables ; the ROdary, 011(1 a `!'rerun.
port, -D.L. had received much damage the,Goad
Intent, D.C. and the lielbourn, NM. weeo much da-
maged, and parted company off the Isle of Wigi,,t
on the t? tst instant.

Also arrived a Flt:a of Tramppcts from Spain iv:t h
troops' : among them are the Jotte, Capt. LVAII,V,
Doris, LAriß, Trident, Fowt,, tr,ady Cathcort,
Attirihas PATTMOIZE, Peace, KIRK,
Friends, RUSSIML, Nimrod, --, Ann„l3,ct.r., Wit,
ikon, MAINLAND, (7414c0t Oastle„ N 04.257
and 404.

FA L.M0014 41. 2?.—Arrived the curter 4
Vas:ket, with Ala.ils liuut Jamaica. She L also
brostight 5n0,000 4oll:tys. This Packet.harina
pre.vions to the Duke of Kent Pagliet, she (if eows4.
ht.,ing3 no news. . . •

Arriied last -evening the Gleaner Sloop of War,
Of 14 guns, Limit, Gt,ol;t4,' froniCortuma, which
aim left on the 18'th inst. at which time •the -whole
of the Transports having on board the Ilritish:troclis
bad sailed. The Embarkation 'was condueted
extremely well, that not, 4single man was lost. The
'4'ranaports, in nqintver, about -ion WOTO edll4•'
-411aeri by seven Line-of-Battle Ships,
General' Sire DArso BAlllD'had hi., arin aruptu-y1
tated close to the shoulder,
.it being out of:
the: sacker. , %as excellent spiiits, „and had'
given his dispatches to 'Major Gotinotqp,y,h9 cawe.
the Glealier, and went ofi •itntnediately on his
arrival in a chaise and four fur Lon.lon.,
The Spaniards were defending , Corunna when
the Gleimer; lett. "fire"anion Of iha Oth. instant s
supposed to liave. cost us from 6to Elownleg. al*
I3te gallant ".tit JOIN Monks, will) his friend Gtnew,