The Sun.
London, England, 1809-03-08 00:00:00

Austrians bad declared war against France, and that
the French, in an attack upon SaragoSsa, had lost
7000 men. The English troops (about 3or '6OOO
men) skill ,remain at and near Lisbon, and have or-
ders"to hold themselves in readiness to embark at an.
hour's notice._ An 'embargo laid on all. Portu-
guese Shipping as they 'arrive, for the purpose of
conveying away all valuable property, in the event
of the, French entering that country. About 70,000
French are in Gallicia, and which, were intended to
advance ; but being,totally destitute of every neces-
sary arpcle, they are prevented till they receive sup-
plies from France. The 'Packet saw, 'on the ad
inst. six .Sail of the Line and three Frigates standing
to the Westward; this morning saw about 60 Sail
of Transports,' which are now of the Harbour com-
ing in.

Passengers by the Packet are JOHN PFEILER,
W. WKERRELL ; Mr. JOHN But.x.m.y, several
Portuguese Gentlemen, &c.
Also arrived the Lady Arabella Packet, PORTEOUS,
with Mails from Cadiz, iD days passage. Several
British Men of War were. lying there. The de-
feat of the French before Saragoisa was also report-
ed at Cadiz. The Price Ernest. Packet, had arrived
at Gibraltar, and' the Lord Huhori Ditto at Cagliari.

The Dotterell
.Gun-brig arrived here last night,
.and confirms the statement of three French Frigates
being driven on shore on Sable d'Olonne, and that
there was a great probability of their being destroyed
by the British.
,'Sailed early this morning the Chesterfield Packet,
G(anow, with Mails for the Brazils ; and the Man-
chester PaCket, with'ilitto, for the Mediterranean.;
also the Ship Aluntatit, of Liverpool, NrcnocsoN;
for Rio dehneiro.
Arrived L'Espiegle Sloop of War from a 'cruize
and the Priscilla, Capt. STEVENS, from BriStel.

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'DEA, NrAlicH 'last' evening bitlla-
jesty's Ship Planiagent;t, from Portsmouth, 'and 're-
mains in'the'Downs with the as per last.
Sailed 'through the "Downs from theitiver, the
Maclibilosh, HAWKINS, for Grenada.; and.the Eli-
iabeth and Sarah, Wttusitsta, for Tenet-life.

By a person With lately inAde his escape front
Calais, we learn, that there are now lying in that
Port, under serviestration, the following American
Ships, which have been taken hy-French Privateers
a►id carried in tlaire :--Ette Brot;ri'rs,'Ftsx, Master;
Hyadis, SAVIOR, CoLLt&s, Betsey,
BOWNRS, " Guide, CuAlb, anti Speeutut.or,
LITTLE. • ,

7'3IITSMC;UTH, Nl.tv.esti 7,-;-;'skrtived his 11,1sjisty's
Slip I'igre.4, tram Plyrikouthi
Sailed his Miljesiy'4 Ehip flutiiter,'with a couvoy,
'ffir the Dons,

'SHgEBNESg", 6.—The Tortoise is paid
advance and bounty ; Abe signal is just made for the
Trusty and the Toitoite tOOntneer.-
Came into Flitibonr his M.ljesty's Ships- Princess
9fOrarige and Trusty.

HARWICH, Marten 7.--'Arrived this morning the
ituch/einil Packet, 'Capt. Dzatitt, from Marsttand,
with 'Gottenburgh Mails. An
,Embargo has been.
laid, at Marstraud, On alt English Vessels, but, after.
'the lapse of one day, it was 'taken .otf. by an order
from the Swedish GoiernMent, and the Paeket wait
allowed to c(iine away,, t he:c3uso ofAhis drown,.
stance, .which bears a singular appearance, remains
'to be accounted for:i the-Commanders of the Vac-
ke!s; in conseCiti966e, have ihpuii-,hi it prudent to
place their Vessels under the proteaion, of his Ma-
jesty's Ships of War at Gottenbt4h.
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. It is the Claudia Frigate which
his arrived front
the Cape of. Good Hope, with dispatches" of the:
29th of December. She was gent home very uu
expededly,•and was direcled not to divulge on her
arrival the,cause of her sailing t.vitksoch secrecy.—
We nave ascertained that some dispatches.intended
for the French Government bad been intercepted by
one of our Ships cruising off the. Isle. of Ftaiieo,
which were found olconsiderahle importance ; they
state that a very valuable Fleet of Ships were about
to sail for 'France ft one thence ; to intercept.which,
Admiral BERTUt had employed ithe svholeAfbi3.63l'
posable force at the Cape, and. very sanguine expec-.
tations were entertained that the Fleet would be
.
fallen in with by them. Lest this precaution, how-
ever, might be fruitless, the. Admiral, with that
judgment for which he is so celebrated; sent a fast-
sailing Ship with the intercepted dispatches to Eng-
land, for 'the purpose of conveying the earliest intel-
ligence to the Admiralty;
14013BartY.—A few days since two fel-
lows entered the Bells public-house, near to where
Lieut. Johnston was tuortiert'd, -and seated them
selves in opposite boxes, without appearing to know
each other. One of ihem, after having drank 3 pint
of ale, put the pot under the bench, and made off.
His companion asked she landlord, if ke knew the
person who. bad'just left the itousa, as he had taken
away the pot. The fellow agreed to follow the
thief with the landlord and secure him, and having
got a proper distance from the house, thes
took the fellow by the collar, when :the latter pre-
sented a pistol, and demanded Ms money. The two
villains robbed the landlord of seven geMeas and de-
camped. There are persons,in custody on suspicion
Of having committed the robbery. •