The Sun.
London, England, 1809-08-04 00:00:00

NAVAL -,NtWs'

PLYMOUTH, AixOtisT t.—Sailed for the east*ard
the Earipide FIiENCH from Malta; the Saniuel,
GRImsroNE; and Ann, GALE, from Gibraltar ; and
the. ship Nelly,_from Jamaica. -

Arrived the' Martha, of and from Waterford,
liztiviß, Master, laden with .provisions for thii
poll, last from Falmouth. .

Sailed the Espiegle sloop of war on a cruize.
Arrived two store-ships from Portsmouth.

PoIITSMOUTH, AUGUST 3.—Arrived the Sarpe-
don, of 18 guns, from a cruize ; also his Majesty's
-Ship Persian, from the Westward, with three sail of
transports; and Portsmouth, BURDHA at, from
Loudon.

His Majesty's- ship Mermaid takes convoy to
Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Quebec.

The Adobe frigate is appointed to take convoy,
and give irrstru6tions to ships for the West Ine'es.
The Sharpshooter gun-brig takes convoy to

Guernsey.

FALMOUTH, AuGusT L--Arrived .the Spanish
I,ebec St. Antonio, BEXASOS, from Gibraltar, in 21
SlaYs.. for Guernsey; and the Joseph,"FoßEsTz; from
Gibraltar, for orders.

Sailed his Majesty!s ship Humber for the Downs
With convoy ; TOWT/Sheni, WESTERN, for Gibraltar,
Malta, and SiCily ; .Mancnester, DAVIS, 'for the Lee-
ward Islands; Duke of Montrose, BLuers, for Ca.
diz, with Mails ; Marlborough, BULL, and Princess
Charlotte, XERII, with Mails, for Lisbon.

DIVER, AUG. has been confidently re-
ported here this afternoon that the island of Schowen,
In Zealand, has been taken by our troops the news
"Lne by a boat arrived at Folkstone.

SREERicESS, AUG. 2.—The Starling gun-brig is
2PPointed convoy far litligoland,the 4th inst. ; and
the:Rosario sloop of war is appointed convoy to Got-
tenburgh.

DEAL ACTG. 3.—Last night a telegraph message
'Was received from the Admiralty, for all the heavy
artillery lying in the Downs to sail immediately ;
they proceeded this morning, under convoy 'of his
Majesty's sloop .Rinaldo.

Remain in the Downs the Gtatton, Unicorn, Sa-
line, and Dexterous.

Extract of a Letter, received in Dublin by an Officer of rank.
from his Nephew, an Officer on board his Majesty's ship
La Virginie, on a cruise.

4' July 20, tBO9.

" We have .been extremely fortunate lately ;
we have taken a French West Indianian from
tuadafoupe, bound to Bourdeaux, laden with
sugar and coffee ; also re-captured a brig from,
Gibraltar, bound to Liverpool, and an American'
Ship from 'New Orleans, bound to Liverpool, la-
den with Cotton ; we are in great hopes of tak-
ing some more before our 'cruize is out. We have
iatelligerice of 'two Fiench frigate's and several mer-
chant 'vessels coming from Guadalotipe ; the frigates
are deeply laden with sugar and coffee; we have
notice also of a French brig about the latitude we
are now in, which is Making the best of her way
for, France, having plundered upwards of twelve
xnglish vessels she is supposed to be worth near
40,0601. •

"P. S. Since I began the above we have taken a
French schooner from Guadaloupe, bound to Ro-
chelle, laden with cotton, sugar, and entree.- •

A very grand and solemn dirge was performed,
yesterday, at the Royal Chapel of Portugal, for those
persons who were atrociously murdered by the
French at Oporto,. and elsewhere, in Portugal. The
altar was hung with black velvet, and the chapel
with sable throughout. A sermon, suitable to the
occasion, was preached by the Rev. A. ShIITH,
from the text.

" It is better to die, than see the calamities of this peo- 1
Ple." —ludas Macchabeus.
The Requiem consisted of a selection fiem the
celebrated MOZART, and was performed by Messrs.
LANZA, FITZSIMMONS, EVANS, VAUGHAN, BEALE,
and NOVELL°, and Master BIGGINS ; Mr. FITZSIM-
II°NS sang a beautiful sUo, from VORTOGALLO.---•
Absolve quoesumus, and the most elegdnt and im-
pressive quartette, Doming Jesu Christe, from the
same, Were executed with fine effeet by FITZIM-
M°Ns3 LANZA, NOVELL°, aria Master FITZPA-
TRICK.
Among the Fashionables present were,
co ountesses
unte Of ABERDEENT and SHAFTSBURY, Vl5-
CAsTLEREAGH, Lady HAGERSTON, &c.o.
In th Ss e
Tribune, with the AMBASSADOR,. were, the
Earl of LIVERPOOL, Lord CASTtEREAGH, 11r.
CANNING, and a number of foreigners of distinetion,
his friends. The organ was
_played by V. No-
VELLO.

he Enemy's pi ivateers haVe lately been very suc-
cessful on the South American coasts, as will appear
by the following Extra& of a Letter., dated St. lago
(Chili),
.April 24 :

" Resides fdur Prizes taken in these seas, from.the
English within a few months, the PERRY, re-
turning to England with 400,000'dollars, and a great.
quantity of ingots on board, has just been captured.
There are now seven privateers critizing on the:coast
of Chili and Peru.
The Canzberland sailed from Buenos Ayres the
beginning of May, but put back a few days after-
wards, in consequence of the Captain being drown-
ed. The Generous Planter and the Goleta were to
411 early in May for England."

FOE~'`RYf

rAno:l.-1-1.),:nc3, Book 111, Ode 9.

DoNsc GRA TUS SRAM TIRT.

WARDLE.
:While you with tales and fibs, beside me,
.Faithful to me alone, supplied me,
I hummed the House, deceiv'd th e nation,
cull'd many a foolish Corporation ; •
Nor was Burdett, by. hoax or lie, .
In Freedoms, Boxes, e'er so rich as I.

MRS. CLARK!•
While you (in private) paid at sight
Bills for my furniture to Wright,
For me, without or shame or sorrow,
What passid to-day denied to-morrow,
And swore no word so true as mine,
I made the goyal,lluke resign.

WARDLI.
Now for Reform—Finance-by turns '
My patriotic bosom burns,
To prop my wild asseveration,
With schemes of saving by starvation;
For this without a blush I heard, '
How false, how foolish, how absurd !
Brav'd sense and wit, and spleen and rancour,
Content to please the Crown and Anchor 1.

MRS. ct.aiartz.
For Wright haweer 1 may be blaired,
My virtucius • boscirri 'is en flarn 'd ;
For Wright and truth--fot truth to me
Has all the charms of novelty:
For thiS' once more I'd stand the test,
And brave the bcd wls of Serjeant Best.

WARDLE.
What if to re-unite, I chose,
The brazen link by which we rose; -
Abandon Cartwright's crazy crew,
Drapers and Crown and Anchor too ;
In forging Tales once more embark,
And framing Charges with my (://lrhe.

MRS. CLARKS-
Though.truthhas charms, and Wright can send me
Chairs, tables, sofas, to befriend me,
You empty promise, basd
Statute of friuds, disgraCeful trial,
A true, hot, brainless, Cambro- Briton,
Those paid-for chairs with you I'll sit on,
Content with you in tales to vie,
With you to fib, with you to lie.

• THEATRICAL LICENSES seem now to rise like
mushrooms,. and consequently the value of patents
may be expe&ed to diminish_ in the same proportion.
The vast increase of the pOpulation, and augmenta-
tion in the size of the metropolis since the patents
were originally granted, do, perhaps, render some

indulgence of this nature necessary and proper, as
dramatic entertainments Wave so much influence on
the minners of a people, and are so peculiarly adapt-•
ed to the taste of this country ; but whether a pro-
portional increase in the size of the theatres is the
best remedy_ for meeting the increased population,
is a question which we shall not at present attempt'
to decide. A license, it seems, has been granted
to Colonel GREVILLE and Mr. ELLISTON, the actor,
or rather the license originally granted to the former
has-been much extended,- and the-latter has received
permission to participate in its privileges: It is their
intention to open the Pantheon for the representa7
tion"of musical pieces, under the name of " WIN-
TER OPERA ;"- and they are allowed, not only to -
introduce Ballet, Burletta, Pantomime SpeEtacle,
and similar entertainments, but DIALOGUE. If this
be the case, it is time for the PATENTEES to look
about them, and it may have no slight operation
upon the minds of the Drury-lane Renters, in dis-
posing them to accede to a temporary suspension 'of
their interests; to secure them more effeclnally,
when a new Theatre shall-arise in the place which
now exhibits such-a deplorable scene of ruins. In-
deed, we understand, that the Proprietors of the
Winter Theatres are' alive to their danger, and
have entered their protest against the license
granted to Messrs. GREVILLE and ELLISTON, at the
Lord Chamberlain's Office.
Madame CATALAN!, has succeeded in procuring
an engagement for Mr. ANNFOSSI, in the Orchestra
of the new Covent-Garden Theatre, to perform the
principal double-bass, on the nights she sings. Mr.
WOODRAM, the principal double-bass of.the Thea
tre, has his salary continued the same as if he per-
formed.
Quictc, whose talents are in full strength is, en-
gaged to perform a few tights at the Lyceum, and
is expeaed to come for yard in ills favourite part of
Little Isaac. it is much to be regretted that so ex-
cellent a Comedian should not have a permanent
footing on the London boards.
Monday the crew of the Culloden were paid one-
third of their wages and prize-money at Plymouth,
(amounting to 861. per Man) and were granted four-.
teen.days leave of absence to visit their friends. Se-
veral of them; who had previously served in, and
been drafted from other ships in the East Indies,-
have considerable sums due to them for- prize-money;
and One foremast man received 4601. It is iarnenta-
ble to see how the money, thus hardly earned, is
iquandered, ,One of the seamen gave fifty guineas
for a gold watch, Which he will probably part with
in a few days, for as many shillings, should it escape
the rapacious fangs of the Cyprians, who swarm in
shoals at that place.