The Sun.
London, England, 1809-02-24 00:00:00

NAVAL N EWS:

FALMOUTH, Fitn. 2 I .—Sailed this day the fot;o
Pckets With Mails, viz. Princess with
Mails of January, and Doke of Kent, with dim-) of
,Febrtiary, for the Mediterianvaii ; Express,
ditto of .f.itiu.iry, and d.clalphus, with ditto of Fe-
bruary, for New-York; Princess Augasfa, with
ditto of January and February, for Jarnaict .;•
Francis - Freeling; with ditto,, for the Leeward
,

Also sailed the Arundel, Site, for Jamaica; Eagle, W.intvt,
for Malta; Hannah, [tit:keit, and Canada, Sterling. for hjii-
narti ; Hawke, hl‘Corthain, tint Tenerifle; Ann, r,ir
Senegal; Woodrnaa, tbr Cadiz; and leinitna,
bon, tor Lisbon.
Sailed His Majesty's Ships Pirginie, L'Ectai,r,
and Cadmus, with, a Fleet of Vicauallera oncjtr P.,,
voy, for off Rochefort ; and Mary, KEMIILS,
Philadelphia.
. Arrived the Alfred Cutter from ecruize.
The CheSterfield Packet, with Mails for the Brazils;
Saii3 out to-morrow.

PL Y MOUTH, FEB, n.—Sailed the Lavinia Fripte,
with a Fleet of about so Sail of M.trchantinen
convoy for Lisbon and Gibraltar, and Plovir S! op,
of War to The Wes. ward.

Arrived the Martial Garr7.brig, with a Fleet of
Victuallers under convoy (roil) Torbay.

PORTSMOUTH', FEE. :t3.-.—Arrived His M.tjesty'.;
Ships Crocodile 'frtal a, eruize, and Goshawk, .t•ittl
a Fleet of Transpo!,-cs, from FalMouth.

Put back to St. Helen'i Itaatis His Majesty's Ship
Sirius, with the Fleet ler the Elst al,;) 111‘.1
Ville tie Path and liikernia ;I,len of War, Luc are
expected to sail again, thii evening, the wind having
changed to the north-e3st.

Dees., 2e.—Arrived his Wjesty's Ships
Eilrotapand Zoiohia from a cruize:
Put back the oat wa.t.t-butuid rem4H.

DEAL, Fca. 23.—Arrived his Mai.:,..ty's Siovi
Podargus and 0. 13no _Mariner; Exer•
lion, and Ihdignant.

Put back last evening thc Daplin igate, Kam.
Gun.brig, and Siiiipty I\l.tval '.'ran ith 'the
rest-a the outwar.l•bound Ves4els. •

Sailed this afternoon. the falter Frigate, Brig, and
Transport, with the out ward-hound •
.The Ships Llebeek Hall, Urania, Charles, and tlie
Schooner Snapdfasan„ hay° h?st a9thors and caLies
•
in.Margate Roads and the Downs,

The Hon. East-In,ii4 Cbtppany'3 Ship trn:/ed
Kingdom is juit getting under weigh to proceed
down Channel.

Stun:4BSi, FFB: 2:2 —Arrived.l he SAiehisTcoiler,
with 'volunteers and impressed men foi- The Fiver ;
and. the Mid/ark. Sloop, built at Sluelds; a 14,1
Majesty's Ship awnstutitni, troin the North Ka.

THE THRATI? new Opera was brought Lir.,
w trti last night at I)..itt).-L Theatre, under the
t of ThcCircas.siaq sorry to
thit it'.vas by no 111c.13C1 ;ss
to give It a claim to• public favour, and th,:L7- iio
was nothing. offensive In it, it '.Vits Ulln of
feeble cOmpoSitions 'of the kind that wc ever at reitil
ed. It is.hardly neeessiry for us to detail the plot,
'whiith was full of improtishilts.ies, as the chiri,:.ito
,pass in and out of aiirtirern and a Prison, with as
much ease as' if they were in their bait) hou,os.-;
The! kiars and sitigers, particularly BANNISTEA,
MATHISwg, DECAMP, Ststirrt, and BRAHAM,
as Miss LYON and Mrs. MoUNTAIN, did all t!i,:y
could do to support the:piece, but Without effect, ;tA
symptoms of general disapprobation appeared ye, y
early in the last act, ?and were
so Violent at the dri;e
as to prevent BANNISTitiI from being beard, When he
attempted to announce it for repetition. The' Alt.
nsgers ampty.did their part, for the scenery, decont.
tions, firc. &c. were beautiful and mag,niticent '; and.
the'rnuiic, whiah teas conipoted by Bistioi, Was
worthy of beiiig allotted to a drama of umeh
merit than the unfortunate piece of last night. '•• -
Bath never had to boast- more company of
higher rank, than at the present.- titnel weMregtt.
lined dissipation marks the-circles` of fashion. Ch.
TA4ANI.IIai been highly attractive both tit the Iloo,its.
and Theatre: The Exile contittuo4 a fir t.r.tte. fa.
youths... Loycottovis, iNfnia.illsdst, and li.y.tss,
haa: great scope ...fur their curn;C. tatents.
.1/atlases' is the heroine, and gives to the inieresting
character of.4lexina every possible degree of feeling,
energy, and grace.
It is at length determinedithat Smithfield. Market
is to be removed, and the new market %111, as sutra
as matters can be arranged, and.the act passed, be
opened for the benefit of• the public. The plaCe is
in Goswell-street-road.
Wednesday evening, as a G..nnlernai and Lbny
wore cowing from Woodford in a !single irse
tine of, the, springs broke between 'Stratford kotd
Bow, and they both fell ''ut; the Lady 1124 greatly
butt, and was put into a post chaise to take her to
her residence in Fanciturch•street ; are cliter,
taitiOd-Of her:recoyery. The Gentleman was sli,;h:ly
hurt.

CORN-EXCHANGR, 24,--Tliere' are SCHTIC
fresh arrivals of WlteJt to-day, but the supply at
hand being inconsiderable, sales are ruadq at littie
variation Barley in tolerable supply, and fine sales
pies are rather dearer good Malt likewise ,
in short supply, which are quoted ts. and ts. pt.l
quarter higher there are considerable arriN;ll4 of
Oats, but owing to the demand, Lois trade maintaini
lair "prices.—Flour hardly supports the tale increase,
in price.
__

'or I;eitt 68s a Sas a
92$ ad Tieki3eans(New)ib a s7N ,At
Fineditto - 956 A 9564,4 ()gr.
ho 76
Rye . . 63) a 136 C-d- iN,14114-dii,lo . 444 4 4.6 c.l
ley . . 44. A 50$ c)4l statue Patatue . . .., cf.
.. Matt . -76 i 4 N 34 0,1 / Rape —s , , Seed - sal aOl - ~fi
White Pease 131 t) a 14e6 cd fine Flour . Si ‘ x yml,
Grey ditto . sas a sa* act Seconds . . Bas a bi, ~;t1
Ul Aran:m) • igs a 04i od z.

POIITVGUESE RS.

'Astor?, FEB. t t .—A letter from Gonda of the
3,1 initant, says, at the erench still t ccnpy Sala
-
m turri to the.nuniher of about 2000, aid that their
pi piets &trend. Itttee_ leagues ius- the direaion of
C niad Rodrigo. It is not ascertained that. the
en 'my have approached the frontiers in the North
of Portugal. The losses they have .sustained from
suet a nalliiplicny of causes, and the 'necessity. of
prd ,mit so exreni,i‘e,a line of communication,
must render them incapable of attempting any en-
terprize of importance.. The•inhabitants of these
provinces. are_arnted, and animated with the most
heroic enthosiastm. ..VrOM the natural situation of
'the country, its great populousness, and the disPo-
.sitions Which hate tang ago been made, we are al-
most certain thou the enemy will not begin to attack
to at a point where they would experience an insur-
mountable resistance.

Ar.)l opt, Pill. 3.--Intelligence has just reached
me of Brigadier Generiil Wilson havingentered Le-
desma on the 3 ISt alt. with a small corps, where he
seized ten , horses, and a quantity of specie, with
which the French had ordered that town to supply
them.

BADAsoz, Fttn. advices received this
morning are highly satisfa&ory. We will begin with
those troin the army of Estremadora. We learn
that, sultseqviently to the last dispatch from. his Ex-
cellenq .General Cuesta, our cavalry continued in
pursuit of 'the enemy, e‘erywhere putting them to
the rout, and covering the roads with the bodies of
the slain. A number of carriages, cattle, and also
some-pieces of cannon, were taken. Colonel Es-
cutler(); with his cavalry, performs prodigies.
Yesterday a. Sat agmsan inut nal was received here,
containing the particulars of tie recent siege of that
city, .i•hich wzitlaclted by froth 45 to 50,000
Fre: ich, • under the command of -Getoeral Moneey.---;
The conduit of General
.Palafox furnishes several
anecdotes highly worthy of relation. The French
General sent in a Flag. of Truce with a summons,
promising him a very advantageous capittdation.---
Thv j,.166111( he read this prop?f,:il, Palalux wets trans•
ported with indignation, and his feelings burst forth
in these .elevat::d e.apression: " Never can I capi-
white or surrender; tally of that when I am dead."
Being forthei told that all Spain was in the 'power
'of the..Fremh, and that he could have no hope of
establishing; a cutninunication with any other coon,.
try,. he " My conimonications are open
with every part of :Spain, and with the whole world;
and it they were cut off, my bayonets would,apin
restore 01,1:n:" -le added, that he was not in a
situation tti, ' for 'a capitulation ;4‘ for," said,
tie, " if ly a fifth part of- the soldiers that,
I aattally L, should still vanquish you, .us, the
plains of, AiTogon covered with ) nut de..d can tes-
tify, and bring now at the t{ead of a minteroLis and
invincible army, 1 will vudeavour to effed your total
eXtermi;iabon. '

Glit•rallota, diipatch of this date,
(plaints the Junta tif this pli:ce, that the enemy are
at Oropeza, to the number of 5000 men, and that.
their advanced parties dare not lace ours. He also
Mates, that the Poles desert to our army in great,
numbers, with tilt:iv...tins and knapsm

It is reported that General Cue,t4 I.g. ill proceed to
.roictto with his army, which consis:s of 30,000
men, after breaking down the first arch of the bridge
of Altuarq, at.the end nearest to us. He is in-
vested is ith full powers by the Central Junta, to re-
ward or punish, without thrther cunsultation.
A Penner arrived to-day with thi.; intelligence
The Duke'of infantado has defeated -tivo',lof the
enemy's columns, with the his of ten pieces °far-
t:lieu, and a considerable 1-auttl,er of prisoners.
Cum.% 110D13.1G0, Frio;. 3.—A letter from D.
Luiz de *Srlivisca, says,, that 10,000
Frencfr had been permitted to penetrate into the
% cry yelthe Of the city, when the whole of them
were pitt to
,the Tito attaek condutled
by Potztt,ix',, neph,-,c. 11r athi,, thli, another vie-,7
tory, .t;rii to r,..;:_;toruyis, was,,enpetled. .
At in erior-tatoct, the French lately
Limit all (le bMi.ight • by Ott.mail Irony
vhdrid. r i
V A V.t.i CI A) lAN. 13 ."'"-ak,;,,int aCCOIMIS, &OM
Arragon are very. sail:4;344y. A VrcuchArtny of
between 4,:),6utr,,arid,„:50,t,r0p ;men, has obtained no
other ,result, from. the seize, of Saragmsa,,-thAn .the
loss of
..frpin til,oou to 2.0,000 men, After the 030 St
daring etnirts-.. The attacks have beenimmerous and
pcfseveringl hot the brai'e garrison, and
.the
in-
ll s-Arragouese, havk; added fresh and never-.
janroli to their trititilpho 'of July and August.
Monccy, who commanded the besieging-army, had
set ',out from Epila with .0000 men tor .111a4rid.—
linonaparte is malong every exertion:to unite all his
at 11,-It putpt, because he sees those armies
ckdruly ,and silently approaching it, which he thought
totally dispersed by thv. intrigue which opened to,
him. the gates of MOM. He will, perhaps, en-
,le,tvoor to bring on a decisive tngagetnent ; but our
(4,;11,1,t1,,, listening to rodence, will not, On this
tccouitt,.piter their pans.

A letter from .St-,Eiller's (JerseyY, dated Feb.
18, HIS Majesty's ship Saddrake, Captain
finSE;COhlitlander, recently captured a large
ve set of the coast of France, laden .with about Sot.)
quarters of Wheat, iiitended for the supply of the
French army in Spain. Mr. fiber, MID, the.MaSt4o.
of the Shrldrake, a midshipman, and to seamed,'
were put` on board the prize, and two Vivra:buten
suffered to remain with them. It was seen dtscover-
t cl that she, was leaky, but no danger was appre.
hended; she was' spoke by the Sheldruke at.nine
o'clock in the evening of the tarty- on ,whieh She was
taken, when she was reported to be .in safety. A
short time afterwards, while the Master and most
cat the cm* were employed -in *topping 4 leak tint
had been fenad in the cabin, the men at the pumps
were alarmed by their becoming useless, the grain
itz the hold' baying_ been drawn into .the Suckers,
and pireventing them .from working.
.Belbre those
who were below could get wen deck, the ship
went clown head foremost.," 'and every soul en
board perished, except one , mah;- who gives 'this
melancholy account of the lois of 'bvave shrp-
rn Acv,whose Wel hod of escape borders upon
tti i , W:IS in the'Main-top when he

discovered that the .vessel was sinking ; providenti-
ally a small bolt wai laying nnfastened, upon Aeck;
which floated from the ship as she sunk, and which
he fortunately gained by skvitnining. Flc relates,
that he rowed about for some hours'(as he imagines)
near the place where she went down, In pin; to save
some. of his comrades, but in vain. The Sheldra4
picked him up utmt morning. The prize had sailed
trom Tercera the evening before she was captured ;
her crew report, that the lugger which engaged the
Sandrvic4, some weeks ago, put into amt. port after
the battle, being severely mauled, and having 15
men killed'and 20 wounded, most of them danger-
.
onsly."
• .1••••• Mena

The Brig Warren, Capt. Dams., of 159 tons,
left Whitehaven on the sth inst. laden with coals
and bound for Waterford. In her passage she was
encountered' by the late heavy gales, and after hav-
ing her sails carried away, her boat and one of her
crew washed overboard, was stranded opposite to
Clonea, in the county of, Cork, about half past two,
P.M. on*Weduesday last. Her situation was Such
as to leave .the crew hardly the slightest hopes of
preservation; and they must inevitably have
ed, hadit "not been for the generous and und:
exertions of THOMAS MAGUIKE, Esq.- an&''
WALuts, of the Signal Towers. The boat which
drifted on' shore, was so &imaged as to be unfit for
use; but. these Gentle Men had her repaired with ,
the ,utmost expedition, and she was ready about
five o'clock on the evening of Thursday. It was.,
then low water, but the surf' continued to break as
high as the main-top of the Brig. Upwards of a'
thousand persons, and amongst them many seafaring
men, were assembled on the beach, 4Ut they re-
sisted every solicitation to venture out in the boat.
The unhappy crew had been 26 hours in the rigging
and tit) hours without food and fresh water, and
were resigned to meet the band of death. At last,
Mr. MAouttte. and Mr. WALLIS, resolving at. all
hazards to attempt to eve, them, declared their re-
solution to proceed in the boat, and Mr: MAourau,
again earnestly appealing to the speEtators, said he
would give 30 guineas to any tour men who would
join them in their efforts. This intrepid eraniple
and the promised reward produced rite desired elle&
The party, after much difficulty and danger, reached
the brig, and took in the crew, consisting of five
men and two boys, almost exhausted with hunger
and ratig,ne. Unfortunately, in the hurry, they,did
not attend suflicietatly to the trimming of the boat;
• and they had net'Oined quite half the distance 'on
their return, when 'll breaker, having taken her In
the bow, ,kind thrown her to a great height., site
cattle down stern foremost, and immediately
All on board were thrown out ; Mr. asotatitg and.
Mr. WAI,Lis tog considerable distance, but the.for,
mer, heing'a,good swimmer, not only regained the
• boat, but Carried with him one of the btiis, who
must otherwise have been drowned. The four men
and the rest of the crew clung to the boat, and the.
whole of them, except Mr. WALLts,, were landed
in safety. As he: was unable to swim, and could not
reach the boat, be was for some time in the most
ittiminent danger. Providentially, a Wave took and
carried hiM a .considerable way., Still, his situation ,
was perilous in the extreme, and he would probably
have perished,t had it not been for a Gentletnan on
thin beach, who, taking the opportunity of the wave
retiring, rushed in, and held him whilst the next
'wave broke over them, and then brought hint to
shore, so exhausted that he could 'not stand. At
Mr. MA GU illesi house the unfortunate strangers
experienced every kindness which the hospitality of
the ownerbt their own wretched condition required.
The boys had suffered most severely, and one of
them was so much, overeonte, 'that it was not tiil
after many anxious efforts, that the vital warmth
was completely restored. Thus were the lives' of
these seven persons preserved to their friiMda and,
their country by the humane and resoltite exertions
of these two Gentlemen.

Wednesday the SesSions,at.tlil Old Bailey .ended,
When sentence of Death was passed on Edward
Horwood, :for horse stealing". Samuel Johnson, for
stealing goods of George Henley, li-) his dwelling-
house ; Mary WO, tor stealing a Oh, Bair4 not.vf
Orgies Frederick. .4r)lmao, in a :dwelling.-house;
James. Lowe,, for stealing goods of Mow. Niger,
privately in their shop ; Mary Shires, hit titealing
two guineas of Geo. Hoborn, in ;a dwelling.hotw,;...,
William Cook; for stealing goodkyal tie 51.01. Jinntk
pactkon, it) I,is dwelling-house, and also- for,pre-r.
seining a loaded pistoi, 4nd attempting to discharge t
the saute. at \Villain) Gore and another ; and -Mich,'
Conner and James. Kelly, for robbing David
muda on the highway,, of goods and.money value.
4201. and upwards.,
John Wood was sentenced to be ,transported for!
life.—Benjarnin 'Weedon, Joseph Broome, Richard:
West, Thomas , Carter, James Caner, John Sel.
lick, Mary Clark, Charles Evans, Richard Evans',
Michael Conelly, John Spalding, Charles Walker,
iviary Murray, Ann Kelly, William Igo, James
smith, Richal.d Cole, ' William Smith,
.Chas. Fisher,
George Alexander remmer, Henry StOICII3,
Solomon Alder, John Aunts, John Williams,
Chatles Brown, George Wilson, John 11011Oway,.
William Day, John Mdligan,
.Rhody Kennedy, sod
Thomas Sims, were transported for seven years.
~,•One to be imprisoned in the House of ConeLtion
tt Clerkenwell for two years, 'll for one year each,,
1b for six calendar months, 14 to be imprisoned irk,
Newgate for varioUsiteriods, 13 to be privately and:
five publicly whipped, and to were discharged- by
proclaination..--i'ldjowned to the 14th April.