The Sun.
London, England, 1812-07-25 00:00:00

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PLYirOUTH, JULY 23.—Arrived late last night
the brig Commerce, belonging to this port, W.
REEVES master, from Oporto, with a cargo' con-
sisting of Port wine for this port.

Sailed from thence on the 10th instant, in com-
pany with a fleet of Merchantmen,,consisting of
27 sail, under the protection of his'Majesty's sbip
Niobe, of 38 guns, Captain J. W. Lot!ING, 10
of which ,are gone up the British Channel.
The Commerce parted company with the remainder
yesterday morning, • at' two A.M. a few miles to
the westward of the Land's End ;' wind north.
No particular news from the Armies had reached
Oporto at the time of the departure of the fleet
from thence. &convoy was appointed to sail from
Oporto for England on the 15th instant, which
was to touch at Lisbon. There were about 20
sail of merchantmen, but not any man of :war, at
Oporto. The prospect of the vintage in Portu,
gal is the greatest that has been seen for the last
30 years, and the corn-harvest is likely to be.
equally abundant.
Arrived'the Mary, belonging to Liverpool, H.
DAvis, Master, from Pictou, with a cargo Of tim-
ber, &c. for this Port ; came a running ship, 37
days passage. There were not many merchant-
men at Pictou at the time of the departure of the.
Mary from thence, which spoke, 17 days• since,
in lat. 50. N. long. 25. W. the' homeward-hound
West India fleet, consisting of about 85 sail. •
Arrived the Two Brothers, PENTREATH ; John
and Francis, V INGoR ; Brothers, LARDNER ; and
the Royal Oak, WitiGnT, from Penzance ; Abra,
cadaera, SAUNDRY, from Southampton ; Dove,
PERKINS, from Penryn ; the Active, LOVERING,
and Siffficient, PEARCE, from Wales, culm laden,.
for this port; •and the Dove, THOMAS, from Bris-
tol. •

Arrived the, Dryad frigate, Captain GALWAY.,
from a cruize off the coast of Spain ; and 'the
Scylla sloop of War, Captain ATcuisoN, from a
cruise in the Channel.

PORTSMOUTH, JULY 24.—Arrived his Majesty's
ship Piedmontaise from the Downs, and the Niube
frigate from Oporto.
The Hotipur's convoy of transports, which
sailed on the 16th, have put back to Stokes Bay,
and will proceed again for Lisbon, under convoy
of his Majesty's ship Pique, the first fair wind./
His Majesty's ship Alissktoe is appointed to
take the homeward-bdund Jamaica stips, which
arrived yesterday, to the, Downs.

HARWICH, JULY 24.—Arrived the Lady Frwicis
packet, with mails from Anli.alt. At the time she
sailed (16 July) the convoy for the East Seas,
which had sailed a month ago, had not arrived.—
Sit J. SAUMAREZ had received advice of six ves-
sels having been taken, names unknown.
The convoy bound to England bad sailed and
put back six times, and remained at Wingo at the
above date.

YARMOUTH, JULY 24.—Arrived this morning
the Princess of Wales hired cutter with dipatches
from Gottenburgh.
Nrrived yesterday the Chanticleer from a cruize
off the Brown Bank ; and to-day the Starling
gun-brig from Heligoland.

The William Pitt, Hugh Inglis, Lord Melville,
Northumberland, Europe, and :Fulmer Castle, East
Indiainen, and. the Indispensable South Seawall,
have arrived at Gravesend.

, His Royal Highness the Duke of YORK, ever
anxious to promote the comforts and welfare of
the soldier, sometime since suggested to the Com-
missioners of Chelsea Hospital, the propriety of
increasing the Chelsea Pension in cases of ex-
treme disability, occasioned by the service : they
approved of the suggestion, and the PRINCE RE-
GENT has directed the allowance to be increased,
in cases of severe wounds, 'such as the loss of
'both limbs, to three shillings and sixpence for a
serjeant, three shillings for a corporal, and two
shillings and sixpence for a private.