The Sun.
London, England, 1813-04-20 00:00:00

CA P ,1( OF A BRITISH FUGATE.

" Nisv YORK, MAncli B.—On Friday evening,
information was. received At Philadelphia, from
Chester, the residence of Captain Porsa, 'that
the United States frigate Essex, et;nimanded by
DAVID PORTER, Esq.. fell in with; off America, his
Dri tannic Majesty's ship Castor, rated 32 guns, but
mounting -44, which,.. after a most desperate
action of near two hours; he captured. The
slaughter on board the Castor was immense, she
having lost, in killed and wounded, about 150
men. After the action, the Castor wits such a corn-
plete wreck, that Capt. PORTER deemed it most
prudent to destroy her, which be accordingly did.
It is further added„ that.the Essex had arrived at,.
Reddy Island, in the Delaware.

" The above highly gratifying intelligence we
received yesterday from a Gentleman who left
Philadelphia on Saturday morning. On the mail,
from thence, which arrived yesterday, it was
noted by Collector Patton, the Poltmaster, that
the news of the Essex having captured' a frigate
was not confirmed ; we sincerely hope to have it
confirmed this day."

We published yesterday in a Second Edition the
following Bulletin, which, for the sake of those
of our Readers who did not see that part of our
impression, we repeat' this day..
BULLETIN.
WAR DEPARTA lENT.
Downing-street, 4pril 19, 1813.

`',_‘•Dispatelles. have beer* received from lMute•
taut General Sir Jour;

' "By
,the first, dated Castalla,,23d March,it ap-
pears that/ the Lieutenant-General reconnoitred
the enemy's positlon at Alcoy upon the 3d ult.
driving itt their out-posts with sortie loss. On:
the' 6th SirJustx MUltßikY attacked Alcoy in force,
sending a eolupti to cut off the enemy's retreat.
The French were'driven out, of the lownyand par—
seed t.iiv or seven milei; but.the troops detached
to intercept their retreat, did not arrive in time,
The loss of the Allied force was trifling.
" Aleov being occupied by a division of the Al-
lies, Marshal SUCITET quitted 'Valencia, and con-
centrated his army. Sir, JOHN Multamr had fixed
his head-quarters at Castella ; and General 800
had marched to Yeela, in order to support the left
of the Allies. . Some partial affairs had taken
place to the advantage of the Allies. The most
.cunsiderable'had bi!en an attack made by'the Spa-
nish General, upon the enemy's
post at the
,Puerto de Albayda, from whence the
l3teach were driven with much loss. Sir Jonti
Malin Ay speaks. highly of the behaviour 'of the
'Spanish troops."

This news tends to confirm and corroborate our
former statementfi respecting the general 4isposi-
tion on the part of the French, in Spain, to retreat
and concentrate their forces in a defensive posi-
tron, and which will be found still further illus-
trated in an extract of a letter from the neighbour-
hood of Toledo, which we have also inserted.

The affairs alluded to in the Bulletin were pro-
bably the foundation of the repoit we mentioned
ye.,tvrday, of the defeat of SUCIIET'ii army.

The Orposition leaders must have had their fa-
rattle; lamentably weakened by disappoint:neut.
and despair, if they can give their sanction to the
spleuetic effusions which kstie from The Morniug
Chronicle, upon points in which it is difficult, in-
deed, to found any real censure against Ministers,
But it is enough that they are Ministers, and that
the Opposition patrons arc consequently kept out
of those offices in which, with all their iotents.
they proved the nselves so miserably incompetent
when in power. The Chronicle, with a total ig-
norance of our relations with Denmark, lately
acctlsed Ministers of being in the wrong, and
we defied ,it to substantiate its charges
against them on that ground, it sunk into the si-
lence of conscious falsehood. To-tlay, however,
it has reAumed its confidence., and returns to the
subject, but with a little more caution, for its
resolute charges are now reduced to whispers.—
it says, " a whisper that there is nothing
certain in our foreign dealings—that the pro
position of one mail is departed from on the dis-
pitch of the next.- It is said too, that seeing the
olicy of his fir4t convention with Sweden tOo

late (Lora cAsi,LEKnA6Oi evarieited;
and made the offer of an Island, not yet our own-,
if•the Caowsr Pat Net would forego his constilt to
•
the robbery of Denmark." The Island in question
is Guadaloupe : but what thethronicle Meaas by
saying that it is not yet our Own, when we
have obtained it by the right of conquest, it is
difficult to guess. But supposing that Sweden
while. at - war witlrDeumark, had wrested Nor-
way from it, would the conquest be properly
stilled a robbery 2 Are then all the acquisitions
gained by the valour of our countrymen from*France
to he called:robberies? But, Reader, remember
that the chronicle does not' ComMit'itself too
rashly, for the Whole of this vacillation io the
policy of the British Cabinet, the offer of
Gttadaloupe, &c, Ste. is ,only a whisper 'at pre-
sent, though, to use the correct and beauti-
ful language of the Chronicle, we may venture
to " prognosticate a prediction" that it will
gradually rise from a whisper to an insinuation,
then to a report, if it does nut, indeed, at onbe
start into a positive affirmation 7' But this is ngt
the only attack of the Morning Chronicle of *to..,
day against Ministers, for it alleges, (that
in the second Proclamation of the Russian and
Prussian Potentates, they take no notice of the
PRINCE REolsrr of ENGLAND. Is it then neces-
sary that for the support of the cause:in which the
Russian and Prussian Monarchs are so immedi,
ately involved, they should directly mention the
PRINCE REGENT
,in an appeal' to the Germanic
People upon matters so essentially. relative, to
themselves ?, Great Britain is the only power
that has held out against the Tyrant of
France and the oppressor of all Europe, and its
character ranks too high in the eStintatiou
of all mankind to stand in need of.a compliment
en passant in the proclamations of any foreign
'poWer. Besides, it is well known, that the per-
severance of Great Britain in a contest with the ty-
rant, as well as the Russian triumphs over him, has
given a stimulus to the cause of iriSulted Europe;
anct it is equally well-known that we supply the
Confederates with all that we can spare. But
it seems that we do not send troops to , Ger-
many. Would
.the Chronicle then have us.withdraw
our forces from the Peninsula at. this critical pe-
riod in the affairs of the Corsican monster, or
would it rather have us send all the military away
from this country, that it may become an easy
prey to the Luddites and Other Refouers.?

Yesterday, at two o'clock, a enbinet Connei
was held art ?he Foreign Office, whi.eh sat till be,
tween four and five.

Yesterday Earl BATHURST Wye a grand dinner
to the Prima VTeceNT, the Duke of CUNFRERLAND,
the Cabinet:Ministers, and a select party.
The Russian fleet that has wintered in, and lately
moved down the ThameS, is immediately to co
-operate with the British fleet, wherever its services
may' be deemed. advisable by the Admiralty.

'NE Tu EATRES.---After the Comedy of The. Beaux
Stratagem, the .Romance of Lodoiska was re..
vived, last night at Drury-Lane with a degree tit'
grandeur and magnificence that even surpassed'iti;
original appearance. .The; last scene, in 'ulna.
the Castle of the Tyrant was destroyed by tirc, is
• one of the most striking and splendal exhibition's
of the kind ever presented to the pUblic. The cm
were entirely new cast. Floreski was well
performed by BRAI,Am,.who sang with all his 'eri-
cellence, and who introduced a very 'pleashig
Cambrian melody, to words,, which will be found
in another part of our Pat.ir, and which was
varndy encored. ,Pil!wes was Very animated iu
Kera Khan, LovEratovE• very humorous in Varbel,
and RAymoitin snfficiently terrific in Lovinski,
Mrs. MouNTAIN was very tnteresting in Loduiska.
The piece; was received with the highest applause,
,which indeed it fully deserved;
CoynNT,GAUDEN..—Mr. BETTY. returned lata
night to this Theatre. iii the part of Young Norval,
which he performed in his usual rintimere
His voice is ivy no means ithproved since lie
Was. last heard. The Tragedy was .fonoWed ily
what is stited a MeloAramatie Romance, entitled
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp. As' this story,
must be in the recollection of most Of our graver
Readers,' among .the records of their earliestplea»
sures, and as it is doubtless Very impressive ntttkis
moment in juvenile minds, we shall not enter into
any account of the fable. It is suffiCient to -say
that on this occasion it has been adhered to with
fidelity, and is illustrated with great beauty
splendour. The. scenery is of the most beautiful,
magnificent, and picturesque description, and
striking proof of the taste, as well as of the'ail-
venturous liberality of the Managers. The.picce
was enriched by sonic beautiful music front CON-
DELL, in the whole'of the.first act, and by Ni'mta
in the second. Mrs. C. Kamst,r, -Miss BouroN,
her sister, Mrs. VAaken, and GatstA,Lryt, power •
fully contributed to support spendid clkannt,
which was received with most zealous approbation.
The ,Minor Theatres opened in holiday array;--
The Aquatic Theatre, Sadler's Wells ; the Royal
Amphitheatre,'WestminSter Bridge; and the other'
places of amusement had their novelties, and com-
menced the summer campaign with great spirit.
The ancient and immemorial sports al Green-
wich were also opened,' with all the fortnalities:or
non .forrnalities of fun and' frolic, and were, from
the fineness of the day, even more attractive than.
the Cossack in Hyde Park.

.11REAn.-,-To-day there was no Court of Alder-
men held. • The Lord-Mayor ordered theTresent
price to continue. . -