The Sun.
London, England, 1812-09-07 00:00:00

men.

His Majesty's ship Melpomene, Captain i:\LCON,
is fiftingin Hamoaze, and will proceed to Lisbon,
with troops.
!A regular channel of comunieation by packets
to COrtinua has beOn announced at the Post Of-
-fice ; the ship Queen Chdilotte, belonging to this
.port, Capt. TURNBULL KIRI:NESS, sailed this morn-
ing for Falmouth, and is appointed to carry out the
first mail that has been made up for that port.
It was the Macedonian frigate, Capt. CADON,
from the coa:A. of France, that arrived here on
Thursdy, afternoon, and not. the _Rhin frigate,
as.i.vas erroneously rtated ; the
• latter is cruizing on. the coast off Spain, with the
squadron under the command of Sir liO:4E POP-
,
. .

The French sloop that arrived here on Thurs-
day afternoon last, is the Enzelie, in ballaA,_ cut
out a few days since by the boats of- the Strenuous
gun-brig.'
Arrived his Majesty's ship Laurestinus from
Portsmouth ; the Nimrod hired armed cutter from
the Channel fleet; • the sloop, .7fermaid, GREGORY,
from Dartmouth ; Friend's Goodwill, JAE.vIs, from
Cowes ; cork Rump, SNAIE, from I...ymington ;
Dolphin, NUTTER, from Chichester and Ports-
mouth.

Sailed the schooner Bess, belonging to this port,
KENDALL, master, for Gibraltar, with a cargo ;
and the brig Louisa, belonging to this Port,
ARMSTRONG, master, for Dublin.

Put in here to join convoy the following vessels,
viz.: brig Richard, belonging to this port, DARE,
master, from Madeira; sunning ship, in 14 days,
with a cargo of wine ; the schooner Dart, 131/T-
-.
TER, master, from Limerick ; and the Edward,
PHILLIPS, from Cork, both_ laden with provisions,
all bound to London.
Sailed the shit tender for Bristol.

The Speculator hired a\zned lugger, with about
20 sail of merchantmen, for the Downs, are de-
tained at this port by contrary.winds.
The following ships of war are at this port,
exclusive of guard-ships, prison-ships, &c. viz :
Boyne, Colossus, LaUrestinus, re'ac donian, Niobe,
Zezzobia, Foxhound, Bramble -. calorie, Speculator,
,Clarence, Bittern, Pirasantfi Reindeer, Melpomene,
lf-asp, Fury, Seaflozver, , Bloohound, and Tigrei ; the
Nimrod, hired cutter; Endeavour, hired brig,
Maria; Neptune, (Ist) Neptune, (2d) and the Eli-
zabeth Unders. • •

FAL.NIOUT Sfri". d: =Arrived this evening the.
Lord gobart packet., With 'Nils, from the Brazils,
56. days passage from' Rio de Satieiro;ancf 4§:from
Bahia ; also the Fox packet, Capt. TILLEY, With
mails, from Cadiz., vhi(iii she left on the 2Gth ult."
The.enemy continue to bombard the city from five
to six times-. a day, but with littleeffect.. The
Fox left lying at Cadiz his Majesty's ships-Hound,
St. Albans, Btna, Racket', and Stately. - On- the
10th, his Majesty's ship Standucrdsailed with trans-
ports from thence on an expedition, said to be to
the westward. On the 14th, the Dart cutter ar.
rived there with dispatches from England, and
proceeded for the Brazils : on the same day
sailed his Majesty's brig - Rebuff for the Me-
diterranean. The Tozonshend packet arrived at
Cadiz on the 20th ult. : it Was -said,...that
the expedition which sailed from Cadfi 'on
the 10th of August, under the command, of
General SKERRET, and Captain FLEMMINGi' of
the Navy, had lauded aboUt 5,000 troops "at lle-
rebla,,and which had proceeded from thenee to
Niebla, which garrison theFreoch bad abandoned
on their approach, previonsly destroying' it a
large ,quantity of stores and grain -were found

there. This packet also confirms the landing of
20;000 Enoioi and Spanish troops at Alicant on
the lOth August, which had gone into the interior:
'The SRanibli.Gen. O'DONNLL. with 12,000 troops,
had been defeated a few days previous, by 3000
Ficnch; his army was dispersed in all directions,
one regiment (the Walloon Guards), consisting
of 900 men, had only 79 men and '2
officers hir-
ing. General ELI() was appointed to -the com-
mand, and O'ONNEL was ordered to be put un-
der arrest, and sent to Cadiz for trial. •

Put in here this evening, by contrary winds,

his Majesty's ship Iphigenia, with six IT,aA• India-
men and five whalers under convoy, viz. Lord

Forbes;- David Scott, Lady 'Lushington, William
Pitt, .Retreat, and Tottenham; Rebecca, Concord,
Eliza; Ranger, and PrOvidence. They bring. an
account of the death' of HoLKAn, the Indian
Chief.

Sailed the Marlborough packet, BULL, for Lis-
bon, and Manchester packet, with mails, for Co-

runna.

CHATHAM, SEPT. 5. =Came up the river to be
paid off his Majesty's Thetis.

Ships in commission at this, port, viz :—Victo-
rious, of 74 guns, in dock C; 'the Diomede; of 50
guns, and Success, of .32; are fitting as troop ships ;
the Thesis, of 36 'guns, is stripping to be paid off ;
the Forester, of 18, and the Thistle, of 14 *gtint,,,
are fitthQg for sea; the Mulgrave and• Arab are
riggi►►g by -contract.

NAVAL ArPOINTMENTS.—The Flamer, Lieut.-
and, at Sheerness, takes convoy to the Baltic; the Thetis,
Captain nyillll, •at• Sheerness, is ordered to. proceed to Cheat-
ham; and terra be diionar.tled . and paid off. The Nitnr<A,
Captain :Mitchell, in Sheerness harbour, will be reailY'Ati pro-,
ceed to sea to-morrow; the Appelles sloop, 'Captain •Robb, is
just commissioned.at Sheerness; the Alban catter,Lient.: Key, _
is refitting at Sheernessithe Victori:us, Capt. Talbot, in
lock at Chatham ; the • Fore:ter,' Captain Kennedy, is ready
for .Wa. atChathatu; the Diomede, 50, Capt. Fabian, is fitting
with 'all possible dispatch for fhe ,reception of troops, at Chat-
ham ; the Thistle sloop, Cap=ain White, in. Chatham harbour,
iSlittin.gfor_t:ervice in the -Ctiarimil ; the Success, 'Capt. Bar-
clay, is in a- forward state in Chatham harbour, fitting for
troops. • •

THE THEATRE.--A Comedy, entitled- Tho tiiants
a Guinea?. was represented. 'on Saturday -la St at
the -1-la.yrriarliet Theatre. This 'Comedy • was
brought forward some years .ago at Covent-Gar.,
'den Theatre, but as 'it was at the • t.ime- when
Master Bifativ had-bewildered,thetoWn;and- no-
thingtbeirdes himself experienced any attention,
the play was but coldly received. "It wg4,--Aow-
ever, written by, Mr. COLMAN, and may be,'Tsro•-
perly ranked among his most diverting:as -25
infecting productions. The fable has .no mere
improbability than is usual on the stage it may
indeed be said that the events are such as' might
very naturally happen, and Which may be pronerly
admitted into " 010ioniadeq,of teat.
is:a' due mixture. of the funnorous and pathetic ;
and though they arc at times blended in, the.same.
'scene,-the one does' not counteract the other, but
excites
,an agreeable agitation in the mind., by the
alternate influence of merrimenfand..sympathy.
The chief characters Were v•-ell, cast.'
..8a7f0.1,-d; A
military ',.offieet, who has suffered many-M-111e,
tions, which have rendered him apparently yui-
santhopie without iinpaiting his humanity,- was
sustained with good sense and, feeling by TERRY.
Torrent, a wealthy old Gentleman; with is ,in,,,pet'
tUOIO in feelings benevolence,, and who re
joiees in the , misfortunes. of others. because-they
afford him an opportunity of relieving theM,. gave
full scope to the talents of Mtr'xpbr., who ren-
dered the part very conspiCuous. .The.nio di-
vetting, character of the whole, however, was-
SOlomon Gundy, a, whimsical servant, 'who hatt.
improved his ei4ucation at Dunkirk,. ,wlience he
returns wits bad French, which he sports- on -all
occasions, and with the 'most ludicrous Confusion),
was performed by MATHEWs, with irresistible
effect upon the risible muscles. Jong. sup-
ported the part of a spendthrift\ Irish treirenet
with ' strong and active
.humour ; and Mrs.
Glass in Fanny, the daughter of -Ba)-ford, who.
had been lost to himfrom infancy, was intei‘estitig
awl affecting. The rest of the characters were.
respectably supported by EYRE,. Gaova, .and leis
wife, and BENNET. I.!c Comedy, as it de,served,
was • received with .great applause, and ~was
announced for repetition to-moriow With`.l,S4t.t!,
warmest approbation. 'lndeed the reeeption...Ny4s'
se very favoimible that it would doubtless have
'been •repeated 'this evening, if JONES were not
obliged to attend Covent-Garden Theatre.:,There
was a numerouS and elegant 'auditory.

On Wednesday last detachments.from the Royal.
Cheshire Militia relieved the ShroPShire, doing
duty on board the prison-shipS in Haraoate.
,
On Friday , last-a .reinforcement of tbe
Cheshire Reginient MilitiaMarche:i to,P4Et-
month, to assist in the
.duty of that
;depot .
Bartholomew Fair exhibited on 'Saturday night
a scene of riot -and confusion which.. has:rseldoM
been exceeded. The influx of.pei'sdns of
scrirtions was immense, and at ten o'clockevery
avenue 'leading to thelarir was. 'crammed with. An
impenetrable mob. \i ho.
in the interior of the Mob could'act be extrir,,ated, '
and thOse •whO Were outside were in the most in-
iinent danger- of being crushed to death against.
the booths. SeVeral females. fainted .and were
trodden tinder 'foot; others forced -.their way, on
the top of the crowd, and crawling on their beads,
were rescused from their perilous situation by the
performers in their booths. We lament to state
that many. serious accidents occurred ; several
limbs were broken, and one or two lives were
lost. .The most distressing scene .that
.occurred,
was that of a fine child,,about atwelvemonth old,
Laying . been suffocated in the arms of its mother,
The.. unfortunate woman did not discover the hap-
less fate. of her infant, until she reached Giitspur
street; when she rent the air with the most frautie
shrieks,

SPANISH AND PaITITGUESE PAPERS.

FROM THE TELEGRAI7O rORTUGUEZ; OF 18TH AUG,

COPY .017 TWO INTERCEPTED LETTERS FRO:J

DILNISTER trilQUl.io TO ASANSA.

" Lahtj s, J• • 25.

" tt seas supposed the bend-quarters of the 7-.
King, our Lord, would have been established in
Fonteviros, but they are :fixed in this, place. It
appears that this movement: was ordered in copse-
quence of various disp,ltclies received-from Blasco'
Sancho. Tic English. army, driven back to Sa-
lamanca, had taken. positions upon the heights of
St. Christovas, and was durrounded by that. of-the .
Marshal Duke o-1 Ragusa, which passedthe 'Formes -
by Alba de Tormes. On the 22d there yeas a gu-
neral battle under the most favourable auspices.--.
:The French artiilery caused infinite damage to the
enemy, and Genzral Mocwa had_ seized tipon the
most formidable position of the allied army,.when
'the Duke .of. Ragusa was wounded, and carries
. out. of the battle. General lionnet, to whom, the
command devolved, experienced* a similar fate.-r.
These two events, and the perplexity occasioned-
for vant of directions previous to another Getieral
taking a command, deprived . the French army of
the himour of that victory,which it had a right to
expect'. Although the loss of the enemy was
greater than that of the French army, they latter
;passed the Tonnes, and again retired upon the
Douro. _

" If circumstances had retarded the passage of
the Torrues for only two -days, the French army
of Portugal would have been reinforced by :the
troops which
,his Majesty was conducting, and
without doubt the English army would have been
destrOyed, and all Spain at once liberated."