The Sun.
London, England, 1807-02-02 00:00:00

NA PAL, NEWS.

Admiralty-Office, January 31.
Copy.of a Letter' from Vice.Admical; the it iglu' Hon. Lord
Collingwood, Conunakaler in -Chief of His Majesty's
Ships and Vessels in the Mediterranean, to William Mars-
den, Esq. dated on board Ills Majesty's Ship Ocean, off
Cadiz, the sth of January, 1807_,

. sta,
Incloein transmit-to you a Letter from the Hon.
Captain Waldegrave, of his Majesty's Sloop the
Mitiorc.a, informing:me -of his having chaSecl a num-
ber' of those small -Privateers which infest the
Straits, and by a skiiful-manceuvre having sepa-
rated the largest from the rest, captured her.
I have the honour to be, Szc.
COLLINGWOOD.
His Majesty's Sloop Minorca, Gibraltar Bay,
December 29, iSo6.. ,

MY LORD,
• I have the honour to acquaint you, that on my
liassagc to this.port with the Spanish Vessel I cap-
tured on the.23d, on entering the Straits eleven of
the Enemy's Privateers stood, out to reconnoitre us,
so near, that I gave chace to them, on which they
dispersed. We were'coming up with two very fast,
when 'the largest stood to the westward, with the
intention of cutting off our 'prize. Having alloWed
her to get a sufficient distance off shore, to prevent
'her regaining it, :I hauled up, and after a chace of
two hours, captured her, close to Cape Trafalgar.
• Her name is the Nostra Senoia del Carmen, alias
La. Caridad, mounting two twelve-pounders; two
four.pounders, and two large swivels, having on
board "thirty4ive men out. of
_her complement of
fifty.
I have peculiar satisfaaion in announcing this
Capture; being one of the largest of that class which
infest these Straits. -
••

I'afterwards captured a small Felucca,, the • Spa-
nish Packet from l'angier to Tariffa, having a Mail.
on.board.—l have the honour to be, -
G. G. WALDEGRAVE.
TO the Right Hon, Vice-Admiral Lord
Collingwood, &c, &c. &c.
Admiralty Office, January 31. •
Copy of a Letter from Commodore Sir Home Popham,
to William/Marsden •Esq. dated on board his Majesty's
Ship the Leda, off Buenos Ayres, the 4th of Aug. iSo6.

I have the honour to transmit to you, for the
information of' the Lords Commissioners of the
Admiralty, th,eCopy of a Letter which I have this
day received. from Captain King, of His Majesty's
Ship Diadpm. I have the honour to be, &c.
HOME POPHAM.
Diadem, Monte Video, N. N. E. Five
SIR, LeagUcs, July 30, 180.
, ,

I beg to inform you, that a strange Sail having
been discovered in the N. W. quarter about noon
this day, I immediately weighed and chased her
until the Diadem was in four fathoms water, when
hove to and detached the boats, who sobn came
up with arid captured her. She proved _to be
a, Spanish Man of- War Brig, called the -Arrogant,
pierced for 12 guns; but had only two 'mounted,
with 24 men on board, I have," &c.
(Signed) - WILL. ICING.
To Commodore Sir Home Poliham, K. B.

eze. arc. stc.
Admiralty Office, January 31.
Copy of another Letter trom Commodore Sir Home Pop-
nam, to vv illiain Marsden, Esq. a ;tea onllnard the Dia-
dem, Rio de la Plata, Sept. 9, 1806.

SIR,
I have
.the honour to transmit you, for the in-
forMation of my Lord Commissioners of the Adthi-
ralty, the Copy of a Letter which 1 hare this day
received from Captain Honyman.

I have the honour to be, &c.
HOME POPHAM.
His Majesty's Ship Leda, off Monte
Sia, Video, Sept .9, .1806.
In obedience to your signal to slip, at ten A. M.
we made sail in chase of a Brigantine standing to-
wards- the River St. Lucia ; at two P. M. Point
del Espikiello bearing N. about four • miles, and
conceiving ourselves near the Rock La Panela,
tacked ship, with an intention of 'making a short
board to prevent the Enemy from gaining the
River ; shortly after the Chace not 'being able to
weather the Rocks off the Point, she bdre up and
ran for Monte Video ; tacked and made all sail
towards her, and "at
,half-past three drove- her on
shore, close under the Points de las Yagues, when
she hoisted. Spanish colours; anchored in fog
fathoms within gim-shot 5' hoisted out the large
cutter, Pinnace, and Launch, and sent them manned'
and armed, to endeavour to bring'off or destroy the
Enemy ; Lieutenant Parker and Mr. O'Grady, Mate,
in the large Cutter.; Mr, LascelleS, Mate, in the-
Pinnace ; and Lieutenant Stewart, and Mr. Sterne,
Midshipman, in the Launch, with a Carronade to' co-
ver the boats ; "(iring the time they, were pulling to,
the vessel, we fired from the ship, to prevent, if
possible, the Enemy froM colletting• At six P.M.
the Cutter and Pinnace returned ; -Lieutenant -Par-
ker .
reports his having boarded the Enemyshe was
pierced fOr fourteen guns,, had none on board, and
deserted by the crew ; from the heavy sea' and state'
of the Vessel, he found it get her_off.
or destroy her by fire, he therefore cut the cable and
left her to drift farther in amongst the breakers.—
The wind veered more to the Southward' after the
boats left the ship, the launch unavoidably sunk and
.was lost, and in. the ad of taking out her crew,
about two hundred men, who had before concealed
themselveg behind the sand hills, commenced a fife
Of musketry on the other boats, and uufortunately
wounded Lieutenant Stewart and three men, who
were with much difficulty brought off.
Lieutenant Parker, and those with him, appear
to have acted with great zeal ; and had the weather
been more favourable I make no doubt they would
have done themselves great credit, and bad to con-
tend: with a visible instead of an invisib'e force.
I cannot conclude this without mentioning that it
is the second wound received this war by. Lieutenant
Stewart in the service of his country; and I trust their
Lordships will consider him entitled to, their protec-
tion, hiS last wound having occasioned the- loss of
his left arm much above the elbow joint, but I am
happy to say he is now in a fair way of-recovery.—
Inclosed I have the honour to transmit a list of the
names of the wounded. -I am, &c. .
"(Signed) -ROBERT HONYMAN. •
Commodi)re Sir !tome Popham, K.B.

&c.

Lts-r or WOUho-En.--•l.icut, Williarii Stewart; Wil-
liam Cumber, SeailLut, ILdlit White, ditto, -
4itto, tialiZero"lY.

PLYMUTIT H, JAN, 3 1 .---Arrived the American
Ship' Golden Age, VYE, laden with brandy and
wine, from Valencia, bound to Copenhagen, de-
tained by the Happy Return Privateer; the Ame-
rican Ship Palinurus, MERREHERE, laden with wine,

&c. from Barcelona, for this Port ; she encountered
some severe gales of wind on the passage, in which
her sails were split and the Vessel leaky;, the, Por-
tugueze Brig N. S. Deconsa CAVALH
laden with coffee, cotton, &c. from Lisbon, bound
to Cherburgh, detained by the Hero Privateer.
Sailed the. Cockatrice Afmed Brig, with a, Convoy
•
to the Eastward.

Arrived the Portugueze Brig Pensamente Klis„
BARBARAZA, laden with cheese, &c. from Am
sterdam; detained by the Thomas and John Pri-
vateer , and the Ann,. ARMSTRONG, 'from. ,Nona.
Scotia, laden with timber for the Deck-yard ; :alsO
the Thymouth Frigate, from WJolwich, with, stores
fOr the Dock-yard ; and the Endeavour Ari-ned Brig;
with a Fleet of Coasters under Convoy, from Wales.

PORTSMOUTH, FEB. I.—Arrived the - Nicholas
and Ann, PALSON, fr.= Frederickstadt ; Harriet,
PEARSON, from Sunderland ; Neitnne,Flu-Te. Hticcs ;
and the John, REACEi from Milford.. .
Sailed yesterday the Serapis -Store:ship for
Woolwich, and the Pidgeon Schooner on a Cruize.
To-day the Redwing Sloop, Capt. UsgER, with the
Adelphi Armed Ship, Capt. PAYNR, under his orders,
-on a Secret Service to the Mediterranean ; and the
Sprightly Gun-vessel, Lieut. .GORDO'N, to the
Westward, with.a Convoy of Coasters.

FALMOUTH, JAN. 30.—Sailed the Humber. Armed
Ship with a Convoy for the Downs.
His Majesty's Ship Grasshopper' has a Signal
flying for a Convoy to the Mediterranean.

iIARWICIi, FEB. 1 .---The Auckland Packet, Capt.
BRIDGE, and the Earl of Leicester,Capt. TnamrsoN,
with the Outward Mails of yesterday; are detained
by a strong north-east wind.
The Aggressor Aggressor Gun-brig, Lieut. WATSONi arrived
from Yarmouth, and remains Vi ith the Charger,
Acute, and Escort.
The wind now being fair, a Packet is every mo-
ment expe6ted to arrive. • No arrival this day from
'any part of the Continent. • `‘ :

DEAL, Frt. I.—Arrived His' Majesty's .Shipi,
Flora from Plymouth ; and the Dauntless with 4
convoy from Portsmouth, whiCh are sailed for the
River. • le
•The Hon. East India Company!s. ShipCianter
land, which sailed' from the DoWns. yesterday for •
Portsmouth, put back last night contfaiT
and sailed again this morning with the Henry 4d-
dington East Indianian, London Packet, M‘Dory- •
„AWL, for. Philadelphia, and several outward-bound
ilts'sels, 'for Portsmouth. , .

STATEMENT OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE Mg-
. TISH NAVAL FOR
Line
In Port and fitting - ..8
In the English & Irish, 28
Channels - 5
Downs and North Sea 12.
Sppain,Portugal &G to
Mediterrailein& I'assage 14
Coast oi Alriei - . -
West Indies and Passage $
Jamaica Station -
.Americit.&Newfoundland 3
Cape of Good 1-101)C - 4
East Indies and Passage t
()man Expedition, &e. 8-
G -
Hospital & Prison Ships 19

Total in Commission 134
Receiving Ships - o
Serviceable and repairing o
In ordinary - - 49
Building - - - 37

Total 220

STATE OF THE ORI
Portsmouth - - 13
Ply TlOUtil - 21
Chatham - to
Sheerness - 2
River 3
Extraneous -

1! 0
1

I 32

THE

ri.
-40
28

S
i 3

I 17
I 39
3

0
0
S 2
32

IST INST.
G. fl

Sps.
. 33.
2`d

2

247 1
AT I

0
0
5,
39

264 I
of

i 8

182
115.

i 279 1
ACK P

I 283
OAT.

61

Total so I 'S 1 5.3 I SI ; 10 I lB2,

We understand that the Debate which was ex-
pe&ed in, the House of Lords' this evening is to be
put off, in consequence of the indisposition of Lords
SPENCER and HOLLAND.
THE OPERA.—The attrgliOn Of tATALANI seems ,
to increase in the musical world, and it must be con-
fessed that her friends are uncommonly assiduous in
spreading her fame. She drew a very crouded au-
dience on Saturday night to the Opera of ,Senzframide,
and 'a great number of persons were obliged to leave
the theatre for„ want of accommodation. If the
charm of novelty should not Wear off, and their pre-
sent success 4bould continue through the season, the
Proprietors' will be amply indemnified for the ddicit
~which was lately the subjeel 'of complaint. The
company on Saturday night were grievously distress-
ed by the inclemency of the weather, and the diffi-
culty which attended the regulation of carriages.
MAD DOGS.-011 Monday last another atieeling
instance of great distress occurred at St. George.
Hospital: a poor and aged man's leg was amputated,
at that 'excellent institution, to prevent the other-
wise inevitable consequences of a mad dog's bite.
CORN EXCHANGE, FEB. 2.—Although the fresh
arrivals of Wheat to-day are inconsiderable, this
trade is extremely dull in sales, the
,hest samples.
keep their price; but other qualities. are Cheaper ;
Barley in large supplies, and second qualities fur-
ther: give way in price; Malt .likewise; White
Pease and Beans of both sorts are at less ; Oats are
in middling quantities, with very few fresh art ivals,
and good samples, are rather dearer. The sales of
Four continue very heavy at prownt currency.

Wheat vs a 645 a 76s od Beans .- '4ti a 47s of
Fine ditto - Bos a 84s od Tick Beans 34s a 4os od
Rye - - --s a—s od Oats 22s a 26a a 3os od
Barley • - - 335 a 41$ od Poland ditto .31s a 3zs 6d
Malt -- -66 s a 72s od Rape Seed.. 241. 281. os. od
White Pea3e 84s a 925 obi Fina Flour 65s a 705 od
G Ley ditto 40$ a 46i 0 seconds . 6as a 65, od