The Sun.
London, England, 1812-06-29 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

I

PLYMOUTH, 'YUNE 26.—Arrived tbe.sloop
Brothers,. belonging to Weymouth, HALL, MO° 1
from Guernsey, with •a- cargo for this pirt;
SpeciiNtor, LANGDON, from Wales, culm lacks'
the Salcontbe, SLADEN, from Dartmouth.; and 11,11
Caroline, PENITQII, from !random. .
• Snfiled the Unicorn frigate to the cf,'•estward,
sealed orders ; the Resolute gun-brig with a °lr
voy for'lreland ; the Growler gun-brig on S
and the Mullet schooner for Falmouth-.
Went out of Harbour,. after having been
fitted, the Arrow schooner 4nct- Dart cutter
latter, we understand, is to
.vroceect-trorn
to the Mediterranean.

Came
.down the Harbour and aneborPd in tbi
Sound, the Macedonia frigate.
Arrived the Portunee frigate, Captain VA,s
4lt
TART, from the Cork station, to refit,- •

Sailed a few vessels to the westward, naraes'

known.
Went up. the Harbour to be refitted the 4t
frigate, Captain DUNN.
:-3eziled the 44cteon sloop of war to the west ;d
JuNF 27,--Arrived tbiS morning a Frercl:
get rigged privateer, of about 15 tons burthel''
armed with 6 swivel!, and
.Manned with 17 1"el”
captured on the 25th instant, off Ushant, by the
Helicon brig of war, Captain HoPKINs, which 3r
rived here With her prize. The privateer la 3
been out- about, two hours, and had not r 6
any capture. There was another lugger, of o°Lit
14 guns, in company with her, which escv,poch
• The Hennes sloop of war, Captain 1311011)
takes convoy to: Lisbon and Corunna, and lc'
sail from hence on the lstJuly next.
Arrived the Lyra brig of war from the Fre°
coast_.; the Two Brothers, MARTEL, from SePtlt'
oat'
ampton ; Pomona, Sw.n,Low, from Portsm

Polly, BROWN, from Falmouth ; Robert, AL%
TERS, from Wales ; Speculation, PENGEtLY fl4l
Exeter.; and the Chvonolco, CLARKE, from
wich-.
Sailed the Talbot sloop of war for the Irish ..4tle
101
-Con ; and the Morristown hired armed brig, "c-
a convoy for Wales.

PORTSMOUTH, :JUNE 27.—Arrived his INiaje;t'
ships Coquette,- Rapid, and Non,: area, from the
Downs.

Sailed the Dwarf on a cruize.
Juicz 28.—Sailed, last Fiiday -evening, his 30,
jesty's ship
ndiam en,Vantour, with the homeward West.
for the Dcwas.
Sailed, to-day,
,his Majesty's ship
with the outward-bound convoy for SpqiG, /7.;;
tugal, and the Mediterranean. His Majesty's 5Aj;
Matine sailed in company.
Arrived a convoy fromethe Downs.

._A
FALMOUTH, JUNE 26.--Sailecl the Murroo
armed schooner Lad'
a convoy for Wales ; t
Arabella packet_ for Lisbon. ; the Sandwich pac'e
for Cadiz ; and the-Dolphin-cutter on a cruize'

YARMOUTH, JUNE 28.—Arrived on Friday, tbc
Hearty gun-brig from off the Texei ; yestad3l
the LOCIat gun-brig from the Downs ; and t:;
day, with a convoy from the Nore, the Math";
gun-brig, bound to Heligoland, and remain wi° •
bound.

Also remain his Majesty's ships Solebay, ri
cess of Wales and Tickler.

PEAL. 28.—Came down from the River "-
Greenwich, SHUTTLEWORTH, for the South 5615'
and the Hannah, BRAND, with the loss of ao 611:
chor and cable, and sailed with the whole 01 for
s
outward-bound merchantmen, transports AO-
terli
Ps
and colliers, under convoy of his Majesty's 211 i
Oberon, Phipps, and Speculator, for Portsulolith.

The James, BRADLEY, from New Orleans u,
Havanna arrived in the Clyde ; sailed front :10
vannah on the 12th of May, and was boarde,
the 'Gulph by a French privateer, bt t \co,. l'erpr
witted to proceed, after putting a number of
sons on board. off
A French pri,.ceer was yesterday (StindaY'
Brighton among the fleet passing from the
she was soon observe,d at the signal station'
chased off by one of'our sloops of war.

• LEITH, ,JUNE 25.—The Redbreast,1/(0
arrived in Leith Roads on Tuesday, from 1-161,f
land. The Mercurius sloop of war, with a CCnic
of 11 sail, for Archangel, sailed on TucsdaY•A,,,,
The High Court of Justiciary met on
at twelve o'clock, when John Whhe and his
accused of reset of theft from the.new year's e'
rioters, were brought to the bar, and having
titioned the Court for banishment, they were if
cordingly banished forth of Scotland for life
der•the usual certitication. • tie,
Monday, about five o'clock afternoon, a gell-
man ',walking roun4 the crag at the foot oi.
son's Monument, Caltohhill, unfortunately
over the precipice. and was killed on.the spot' lot
Thomas Steil:art, who was sentenced at theoil
Glasgow circuit to be executed for house-bre'' j"
and theft, has received from the PRINCE ILF:6:;tof
a reprieve. He is to be transported to
,13°'
Bay for life. Ohl
Tuesday morning at si,x o'clock, a man, a -I:thil4
maker by trade, was unfortunately diowl-la-1
bathing at Beli's Mills. •

We have Gately ol3ooeii :tome harsh remarks
on the PRINCE REGENT'S appointment of Mr.
hATHURST to the Chancellorship of the Duchy of
Lancaster, as if it was an absolute sinecure, and
a place for life. Had this been the case, it would
of course have come within the scope of Mr.
BANKES'S Bill, who would perhaps himself, in the
true spirit of his retrenching system, have ex-
pressed a wish that it might haVe been given to
Mr. PsnctvAt.'a eldest son; in lieu of the sum
Voted by Parliament., .But.the office is one of con-
'siderable judicial importanee, and its jurisdiction
Of great extent. There-is' a Court in Westminster
especially appropriated to it, where causes
-are occasionally -tried by the Chancellor • who
'besides nomirites, not only the Sheriffs, but all
the Magistiates within.the Duchy. We have al-
ilvaysii. been tatight to consider Mr: BATHURST as
a Gentleman of eminent talents,: and of great
Weight in the douse_ of CoMmons, and are there-
fore at a loss to conceive how that office could
have been more properly filled up.
THE THEATRE.---The Tragedy of Venice Pre-
served was represented on Saturday, and Mrs.
SumoNs for the last time appeared in the charac-
ter of Belviderci. lt is impossible, we conceive,
for • any Performer more completely to embody
the creation of a Poet than this great Actress has
done from her first representation 'of this arduous
character. As a proof, indeed, of her pre-emi-
nent merit in the part, many passages which she
give with peculiar pathos and expression were
cited by the best elides of that period, and have
raised peculiar interest and applause ever since.
RESIBLE was very animated in Pierre, and we
never saw,CitAaLEs KEMBLE so ably support the
part of Julien They were all very favourably
receivecton their entrance, but the applauSe which
.marked that of Mrs. Sippows-was repeated with
zeal, and continued some minutes.

Me. BETTY, who seems 'fully to' have resumed
the. theatrical profession, is now, performing at
?iyßt nth, aid is very attractive.

:11AxicisTEa has ietUrned to London, after 'hay-.
ing successfully opened his Bu.dget for provincial
admration.

11.1UNDEN has been confined at Kentish Town
by his old enemy the Gout, but is now so much
be-ter that she will soon be able to rejoin the
riayinarket troop.

DowTox, is now w performing in Dublin, where
his admirable comic 'powers experience the fa-
vourable reception which they so well deserve.---,
His, place at the Lyceum, during the sunimer
season is to be supplied by FAWCETT, who is also
deservedly conspicuous among the favourites of
the public.

The first book of Dr. Busiors Lucretius bas
Passed the press.. The copy intended for the
PRINCE REGENT IS printing on Atlas paper.

Mr; HARRISON.-The -admirers of talents and
the public in general, will regret to hear that this
gentleman, who has so long been an ornament of
the musical world, died on Thursday last, at his
Louse, in Percy-street.—lie was one of the most
distinguished vocal performers that this country
ever produced, and soon after he cOmmenced his
&Ale career was stiled the great English singer.
4'o performer ever understood the vocal composi-
tions of HA DEL better, or expressed them with
"tkt characteristic truth. Mr. RAE' RisoN was an
excellent musician, and was deservedly held in
high estimation for the .sound judgment and pure
taste which invariably marked his style of singing.
Uls voice was sweet, full, and extensive.—in
private life he waii esteemed for plain good souse,
and gentlemanly manners.

Several bomb-vessels have been for some time
in preparation at Portsmouth, which, it is said,
are to compose part of a force which is to be put
under Lord COCHRANVS command, upon a secret
expedition.
The Hon. Captain PAGET is appointed to the
82/Perb, 74, in Portsmouth harbour.

The Gazette notifies the PRINCE REGZNT,'S
permission to Captain G. W. WILLEs, to accept
and wear the insignia of the third class of the
Itoyal Sicilian Order of St Ferdinand and Merit
presented by his Sicilian Majesty, in consequence
of the valour displayed by him, as First Lieutenant
of the Spartan, on the 3d of May, 1810.
Louts BUONAPARTE, the late King of Holland,
is said to haVe died at Gratz in Silesia, about the
taiddle of June; and to have bequeathed to that
town the little property of which he died possess-
ed, "in return` for the friendly reception with
.tie had been there honoured.
The Ex-King of Si.EDEN WiLS, by the last ac-
c.,ounts of him, at Hafreiiliut, in Upper Lusatia.
pie had earnestly solicited to be adinited a Mem-
ber of the Moravian Society ; but the Directors of
the Union would by no means give their consent
to it ; it being contrary to their institution to con-
nect themselves with crowned heads, or those
who have been such. .

An affair of honour took place at Stoney Hill,
Jamaica, in April last, betweenLkeutenant Lane
?id Assistant Surgeon Cathcart, of the York.
Li ht Infantry Voluntcers,, which, after a dis
ch:lege of four shots, terminated fatally to the
4ornier.

Lieut. G. Scott,
.of the sth West India Regi-
-14ent, was lately tried at Kingston, for killing
Lieut. W. Heley, of the 18th regiment, in a duel,
acquitted ; the deceased, it appeared, not
t9.,111y having been the challenger,' but having used
most insulting language to provoke ,Lieut.
cott to fight.
Sunday 'night a barn, containing between 30
t',4(.1. 40 quarters of wheat, thrashed and un-
tlrasbed, belonging to Mi. Cotton, of Sheeps-
il
lead, Leicestershire, farmer, was entirely con-
surued. by fire, together with a -rick of beans and
f's *4clt of oats adjoining it. It is supposed to have
been the act of some malicious incendiary.
13realcirater.—Two,bFges, built at Topsham,
the purpose of conveying stones from the guar-
''.es to the spot selected in the Sound, have ar-
Ilved at Plymouth, and other vessels are in a state
t)! preparation. We understand that twelve active
I Vansitnt-officers have been selected for the ma-
,;,agenlent of these barges, to whom an extra three
c'illings a-day will be allowed, in lieu of their
farmer advantages.
I‘.Saturclav was launched from the Dock-yard of
.'lessrs". WELLS,'at Blackwell, a new 74-gun ship,
e called the Pembroke.

LISBON MAIL.

INTERCEPTED LETTERS.

JOSEPH 13TIONArARTE TO 1115 BROTITER DrAroLpor;.,

" Madrid, March 23.

1` A year will now soon have elapsed since
asked your Majesty's opinion relative to my re-
turn to Spain ; your Majesty wished me to re-
turn, and here I am. Your Majesty had the
goodness to say, -that it would always be time
enough to leave it, if the hopes I had conceived
should not be realised, and in that. case your Ma-
jesty would secure me-an asyluM in the South of
the Empire, ,where I might pass my days in tran-
quility. s,
" Sire—Events have mit corresponded' to my
hopes. I have done no good, nor do I hope to do
any ; I therefore entreat your Majesty to permit
me to deposit in your hands the rights which you
deigned to bestow on me with the Crown of'Spain,
four years ago. I never had any other object in'
.
accepting the Crown of this country, but the hap-
piness' of this vast empire. It is not in my power
to realize my hopes. I entreat, your Majesty to
receive me benignly into the number of your vas-
sals, and to be assured, that be never hr,l! a more
faithful servant than the friend which,nature gave
him.—Tour Imperial and-Royal Majesty's most
affectionate brother,

" JOSEPH."

TO •TITE QUEEN OF sr.Am.

Madrid, Mardi 23, 1812.

My Beloved Friend—You must deliver the let-
ter 1..-sent you to the Emperor ;if he carries into
execution the Decree of Union, and publishes it
in the Gazettes—in any other case, you will sriiit
till you bear further from me. In the event of
your delivering the letter, send me the Emperor's
answer and passports. Iterni has informed-me of
something, which gives me suf;lcie!it concern.
If they intend sending me the, necessary funds,
why so long delay the convoys, and not send me
bills on the Public Treasury by Estafettes ?—Em-
brace my children for me.
P. S. If you find that Mr. MOllien has sent me
no money since the 500,000 hues which I have
received, in January, when, you receive 1107
ter, deliver my renunciation to the Ein7eror.
one is obliged to-attempt absolute, impossibili ti ;
such is the state of my Treasury.

TO THE SAME.

• " Madrid, March ea.
My De. R,r—Mr. Deslandes, who will deliver
you this letter, Will state to you all the particuhrse
you wish to know respecting my situation ; am
going to speak to you of nyself, in- order that
you may lay it before the Emperor, and liaat he
may come' to some determination, whatever it
May be. Every thing renders .me desirous-to get,
out of my present situation ; Ist, If the EMperor,
makes war with Rtissia; and judges me useful
here, I wi'l stay 'with General Command and Ge-
neral Administration. If he makes war, and 'does
not give me the command, nor leave me the -Ad-.
ministration of the country, I wish to return
to France. 2d, If he does not make war upon
Russia, and whether he sives me command or
not, I wilt remain, provided he does not desire
from me any thing which may make it supposed I
consent to the dismemberment of the Monarchy,
acid if he leaves me sufficient troops and territory,
and sends me the monthly loan of 1,000,000,
which he promised. Under those circumstances
I will remain as long as possible, since- I consider
my honour interested in not leaving 'Spain
abruptly ; as in leaving it during the war with
England, sacrifices would be required of me,
which I cannot, or ought not to make, but at. a
general peace, for the,good of Spain, France, and
Europe. A Decree of Union from the Ebro, ar-
riving unexpectedly upon me, will make ;pc set
out the following day. if the:Emperor defers his
projects till a peace, let him give me the.
means of existing during the war: If the Em-
peror wishes I should go, or has determined
upon any of the measures which will produce
this effect, I would chuse to return in peace with
him, and with. his sincere and abiolute consent.
I confess thatreason inclines ate to this deternai-
nation, so conformable to the sivation of this
unfortunate country, if I can do nothing for it,
and suitable to my domestic 'relations. In this
case I wish the Emperor to give me an estate in
'Tuscany or thc South of France, 300 leagues from
Paris, where I propose to pasS one part of the
year, and the other at Morfoutaine. Events'
which have happened, and the situation in which
am placed, so repugnant to the rectitude and in-
tegrity of my character, have greatly enfeebled
any health ; I am also advanced in age, and lion
nour and duty alone retain me he here. My very
expenses will oblige, me to quit, unless the Em-
peror supplies me in a different manner from what
has hitherto done. I embrace you and my children.