The Sun.
London, England, 1812-08-07 00:00:00

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#rxrdotTiti Atm. s.—,Arrived the C.c'ft•
l'ff‘CLAY, from St. Mary's, State cif Geor7;ia, sith
a cargo of timber for this port, 40 da-p ryaSsar-
the American flag was flying at Amel:a Liana ,
the tine of her departure from St.ivrary's.

Put in here to complete her cargo for Malta a. na
Smyrna, the Harriet, -ANDERSON, master, frd;U
London, in ballast.

Arrived the Polly, BROWN, and the MT?,
JE\VSoN, from Penr:,;n ; the Robert ancl' Mart;,
PVNTON ; and the iipsznr, CROFTON, from Sun-
derland, with cargoes of coals for this port ; ti
Three Brothers, 'WESCOTT ; hope, VI-I-TEO
Gratitude, RODD ; and the Union, Ihm, foal
Wales, culm laden ; the Ceres, RUSSEtt, fro°
Chichester; the FAN,VENER, from Loa'
dun ; and • the John Byrkins, SANDERS,: fro'
Gloucester. .

DEAL AUG. 6.—Sailed his Majesty's ship E
mont for off-Flu3lling..
FIVE O'CLOCK.—Arrived the Rapid schooner
with a convoy from Falmouth.

PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 6.—Sailed his -Majesty's
ships Porpoise, and Caroliim, for the
Indies ; and the Surrey for the Cape of 6001
Hope.
Arrived , his Majesty's ship Vesta, with a 013'
voy from P,lymouth. •

bis
Pique, with the convoy for the Mediterranean.

LYKINGToic-, Auo. C.—Sailed the whole of the
outWard-b9und: heetB, under convoy of tis I\l4-
jesty's ship La Pique, aid passed the Needles,' ,1.1

well.

GALLANT EXPLOI T.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM A SEAMAN- ON BOt-It'

THE VOLONTAIRE.

" Volontaire, Guiph of Lyons, June g3,.181(2,
" I shall begin with giving you an accoupt
Uf
as neat a take-in as you ever heard of in all Y°Lbr
life. You must have known long a oof our tine
little squadron having completely dished a convoy
of twenty sail of the enemy. This dashing strob-,e,
has made the Mounseers so shy, that not one °'
them has hardly dared to shew 'his nose since. -lie-
sides thisrour Captain keeps such a sharp look-
out, that not a boat can
,try to steal along sh°re
~
without getting. a pelting from us. us. As we loci'
there was a convoy laden with provisions for 13.0"
celona, and that they would not dare to budge
,peg whilst we kept close in shore, our Captai'
'determined to lay a trap for them. He accordingY
made ;ail off shore, as if about, to take his
of the coast: but when we got at a proper dry
tance for the purpose, our First Lieutenant, gr:
Shaw, was sent in with the boats, in the hope
nabbing their convoy, as soon as it shou,td endea'-i
Your to make a run for it. By some. accident 0111
other, the enemy got scent of our, scheme, oil
determined upon nabbing us in their turn. vita
this intent, they sent out front Marsoilies an arrlie
felucca, in order to pounce upon our hiiats
pectedly. This was very well planned on tiler(
part : but had they known that -they would
had to deal with Old Steady, they Woad 49'6
thought of the mattermore than once before 01
put it intO executions. But the long anti tare sir
of the history is this—our gallant Lieutenant
discovered the, scrape he had got into tll'an he de",
termined td make the be, ,t of it ;. and li'eingsPli.".
to the back bone, and e.s good a seamaa, and °F.
cleVer a fellow, as ever stepped. over a mail °;
war's gunwale, he at once. gave. three chcei."
pushed forward with his boats, boaided the Cod
my, in spite of the Most gallant resistance,
brought her Off without a single man 16110
our side, and but threcwo; tded, allot whom %vit'',
I-hope, be soon ready to make a dash at the COe':
my. Among these, lam sorry to say,
Mr. Ingram: Oh, how r envy him I .11e is a vsr'.
fine young man, and we all hope he will get Pr°-
. rooted as well as Old Steady."

THE THr.ATRE.—In addition to the respeete;_j!,
-corps of provincial perforrneri Who have been tpl;
season assembled -at the' Haymarket Theatre, a 3
Wednesday night Mr.TALBOT made aPPeara l'‘
flcf
in the part of Ranger. Mr. TALBOT, as our iteacie..4,
must remember., was some years ago an actor
Drury-Lane Theatre, and chiefly distingui2l2.e"
himself in the character assigned to bins in :',1•";
. BAILLIE'S excellent play of De Monfort. He
then evidently a Performer of good sense ail
knowledge, with, however, somewhat Of stiffness
and formality in his manner. He has endeavour:
ed to acquire a more easy carriage, and
considerably overcome his former habits of 6,e"
portment. Yet Ranger is still a part too light,"
•.4)rightly, and airy, to comport with Mr. TALso'r
talents and general cast of acting, but he thro4l-2°
out exhibited judgment, andrendered the par-
'spectable. The• character of Clarinda Was 3r:
tamed with admirable spirit and humour by
GLOVER, and the play, which may he deemed on:
of. the very best of Modern Comedies, ss'LL
• throughout supported in a manner very:
to the Theatre. an
The 'passengers on •Westminster-bridge,
Wednesday last, were alarmed by the cries of
e,ora. person' in distress,. and on looking over.tni
l-r4tlements to ascertain the cause, they observe
a boy half immersed in water, clinging to one °
the buttresses. They, immediately gave the alarm
to the watermen at the stairs, two of whom rove_
to the spot; before theY reached the boy, b 0
ever, he, was so exhausted itiat he had let go 10'.,
creditabLc
hold and was'carried rip the.streain by the
They immediately followed him and were f`':l-
0
tunate,enough to save him. O 17
n conveying - •
to the shore, he• said 'lie had fallen off one "f the
a
barges at the: StrandLhridge, and had Sustaille
himsglf thus far .by swimming.