The Sun.
London, England, 1812-07-23 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

PLYMOUTH, JULY 21.—Arrired this morning
his 311,1esty's ship Melpomene (en-flute), from
Lisbon, after a passage of 12 days, and Las not
brought- arty 'particular news. General li:xm?,
_Lieutenant Colonel XIZIIICES, Captain BUlti'
Lieutenant 'PONE, and several. other Officers, came
passengers is the Melpomene, many of ivhoth are,
wounded,' and, we are sorry to state, Gen.K.EDir
Severely. The Wanderer brig .of war with
fleet .under- her convoy bound to England, sailed,
from Lisbon .with the Melpomene, the latter
parted company three. days . after sailing ; the
Melpomene spoke four days since, the ,Detterel
brig of-War from Lishon, bound to this port,
which sailed .frOm thence two days after the
Melpothene. , No particular' news from the ar-
mies had reached Lisbon at the tithe of the de-par'
ture of the Dotterel.

We understind a ship of war passed by this
port last evenin from Lisbon, with Admira,
BERKELEY bn board from thence.

Arrived the ship Swan, belonging to London,
SYMES, Master, from Mahon and Gibraltar, with
a cargo consisting of wine; almonds, cork, aod
nuts, bOund to this port, -for 'orders ; was cat'
tured on the 14th instant in lat. 41. 30. N: long.
14. -30.'W. by the- French privateer brig Courite,
belonging to Bourdeaux, of IC guns, fourteen IS-
poundeis, and two long 24's, and afterward'
given up. The euarite is a very fine new vessel,
and has captured a Spipnish merchantman fronl
Monte Video, and , three English \vessels, names
unknown, • during her cruize ; sbe was manner
with 100 men, nearly half of whom spoke Eng-
lish. Previous to the Swah-being given up, she
was.phindered, and her guns, with the exception
of two, were:hove overboard by the Frenchmen.
The Swan was a.running ship; and is now under
quara.otine.

The French cutter privateer L'Aigle (formerly
the Chesterfield Guernsey packet) commanded 1)
the'famous Capt. BLACK, that has la,telv so nvic
•annoyed our trade in the Channel, has been caP'

tured by the Sybille frigate, Capt. UPTON, an 4 scut
into Cork. Capt. BLACK is now on board a pri-
son ship in fitnoaze, having been brought hi"
ther by the Sptille, which has since sailed for
Portsmouth.

Arrived the schooner Eleanor, belonging to tl'is
port, M`DONALD master, from Bristol, last fOri/
Penzance; the Lord Duncan, WlLLrAsisot,t, froa/
Sunderland; with a cargo of coals for this port;
and the Vtrtumnits, EINCH, from Wales, 01119
laden.

. Arrived, this day, the brig Flora, belonging
this port, FuasE waiter, from Liverpool, With '
cargo.

YARMOUTH, JULY 22.—Arrived L'Eole French
lugger privateer, pierced for, 14 guns, but molt:
ing only 5, captured by the boats of his Majesty'
ships Leveret, Osprey, and Biitomart, off Helig"-
land, after a resistance, in which the French COI'
mandec and several men were severely wounded'
and 4 men belonging to his-Majesty's ships killed:t
The Desiree frigate is appointed, to convey .Id°l..
CATHCART to Russia.

SPANISH, PAPERS.

CADIZ, JUNE 30.--Should no unexpected 0:0
currence intervene to interrupt the present coun
t.
of political events, there
,are the best grounds
entertaining flattering hopes, that we shall 504
see the situation of the Peninsula greatly impl'usr;
ed. Numbers_of the inhabitants of-its prOvinco;
now behold themselves liberated from the chat'
of their barbarous oppreSsors ; and their hither°
concealed, but ardent patriotism, heightened b.O/
feelings of national and ersonal revenge, will, itti
a high degree, increase: our. physical and Inor, e
forte; while at the same time it will depress til,
military slaves orthe atrocious tyrant, who vaill'ls
boasts our subjugation, and weaken the intrigue
and cu-operation of 'false Spaniards, sinking thelli
in that ipfanious debasement, in which they Ns'
Expiate, if possible, by the most severe remorsc'
their treason and their perfidy. •The wise arrange'
meats of the Government, the prudent ineasurq
of the Generals, the subordination and valour ?'
the troops, with the co-operation of the people
affording supplies, may effect the object, that.
greatinortion of the Peninsula shall no longer 00'
the prey of the enemy—driving them entirelY
thelther side of those elevated mountains f
nature appears to have created as an eternal (1'
separation_between the Spaniards and the Freuc
We trust we shall be able to say, " the PYrer'"
nees still exist.
Such is the result bf a rapid survey of our pr°-
vinees, founded on the intelligence recently rte.'
cei'ved._ Letters froni Estremadura to the 'j6t./L'i
►
not only state the dissipation of the storm
which Souk had again threatened that province:,
but also that it was probably now entirely farciti
from the enemy. General Hill, the wort:ly PuP,,
of Lord Wellingtop, had taken such measures,
that the French were 'obliged to resort to all thee;
measured retrogrAe movements; to escape falls 1);
into the hands of- the allies. The brave Perl7,'
'and Morillo, had -been .commissioned to repair,,o
certain points, for the purpose of straitening -ere
more the troops of Soult, and obliging them ce,:i
day to abandon new territory. By these, :erri
other accessory means, we trust soon to see tlw,
compelled to relinqui4h the unfortunate An"a
•

sins, Which Soult now fecli that he bads by a
• very precarious tenure. The preparations at Ba.-
40z, of provisions, and the means 'of transport,
Were such, as indicated that the allied- troops
Would quickly move to a considerable distance
from that city. It was also reported there, that
accounts had been received 'from Castile, of Lord
Wellington having approached Zamora ; and that
the Ftench garrison of the.two forts of Salamanca
had already surrendered.
r. Old Castile, the principal seat of the great
operations of the armies, now beholds its deli-
verers with the most joyful feelings. The pro-
found and well:meditated views of this celebrated
E
ngnsuman whose military talents have been the
rock ou which the audacious. plans of the infa.-
, thous Corsican have split, are gradually unfold-
, ing ; and every step which he advances, gives
connection and extension to his conitined opera-
! tions. . Letters from Ciudad Rodrigo, of the 23d,
describe the enthusiasm, and almost intoxication
°f joy with which the people, particularly in Sala-
manca, every
.where received their deliverers.—
The patriots now begin to breathe -again ; the
traitors had partly fled, and others of them shut
lip in the 'forts, were cursing themselves. at the
. Prospect of that fate which would be the reward
of their infamy. •
Galicia, hitherto the sport of circumstances,
had begun_to throw off the inactivity which till
now had deceived it of weight in the balance of
events. The policy of Castanos, the-zeal of an-7
tocildes, th-e decided measures of the- Superior
Junta, the determination of the Consulado of
Corunna to advance' a million of reals for the
Public service, had all contributed to terminate
frivolous diSputes, and to restore to reason- the
Reads of the rich Corporations, who, though
' aware that religion must perish with their coun-
try, still raise the cry or religion, leaving the
country to perish. The loyal Galicians are march-
Ing towards Castile, to co-operate in the salva-
tiOn of the Peninsula : they are led by Santocildes,
'l'horn they,repose confidence. The junction of
the** Gal army with Lord Wellington, and with
tae 7th, which is distributed over various dis-
tricts, will furnish a mass of force, capable.of
destroying the army which bears the vain title of
the Army of Portugal.
The Engtish Cabinet spares no means to give
aklitional extent to the- efforts in the Peninsula,
and to assist the wise plans' of the British Ge,-
teral. Commodore Ponbain "has approached the
coast of Galicia ; and another 15siglish expedi-
tion will soon appear at -a point where it is little
ilexpected.
a The Asturias, so often invaded, will soon be
if they. are not so already. Accounts from .
• ‘'orunna, of the 15th, mention, that Barcena had
4.otlted the enemy in Pola, pith :the loss of 700
trim ; and indicate, that the country, was on the
Point of being evacuated. -
The Biscayan Provinces PFe panting fir an op-,
Portunity to, co-operate for the national indepen-
dence• The ocean will- soon present them with
The means; and theo the inhabitants, united to
the brave Guerillas of those diszricts, will acce-
lerate the extermination of the tyrant's legions.
Navarre, and part of Arrag•on, under the pro-
•tection of the immortal Mina; will always present
a rampart against the euern7. Low! Wellington,
amidst his plans, cannot have forgotten, that
there is there one of the bravest Spanish warriors,
capable 6f following up, and putting in practice,
Whatever may be. beneficial to the country which
e defends with such heroism _
The -Earipecinado, 'Duran, Villa-Campo, and
Other act:ye Chiefs, who traverse the dther- divi-
3lon of Arragon, the rovince of Soria, Alcarria,
and the territory hf Cuenca., form additional rams-
, ications. of the extensive plan which is now in
txechtican ; and each of tihnn, in the post assigned
t° him, will teach the enemy: that the period of
-vengeance is now-arrived.
bThe t
-brave Malec°, Medico., and other: cele-
rapartisans- of La Mancha, the province of
Madrid, Avila,-&c. are watching the partialMoVe-
Incnts of the` enemy, to, cut off their cbmmuni-
cations, their supplies, their convoys ; and thus
to assist in the execution of the combined whole.
The Andalusias, anxious to shake off the yoke,
found their .hopes --of liberation
,in approaching
events and and in theimniediate co-operation of Hill;
Morillo, and Ballasteros. Circumstances
Fill soon furnish ap 'opportunity. to the brave
troops of this latter Chief, to assist effectually in
the liberation of the Andalus'ias.
Murcia, which makes so many efforts in defence
of the country; will not, let slip t opportunity
11°W presented by fortune : and. if some fatality,do
' ~tl°t pursue the weight its movements may
- zue 04' Considerable in the balance of exist-
" Ing events.
In Catalonia, the greater the cruelties and bar-
. harities which the enemy have perpetrated, the
:/nore. the flame of patriotism is enkindled, and
the desire of vengeance glows in the breasts of the
natives. The tvalour of the loyal Catalonians, di-
. rected by General Lacy, and assisted probably at
this moment by the troopsJ'rom Majorca, and the
expedition of our allies-directed to the same- prin-
eipality, promises the most happy results. ,
Capra, JULY 2.—The-British Government, as
• appears from a note transmitted lw the Ambassa-
dor Count de Fernan-Nunez; has engaged to
clothe, arm, and' equip the Spanish regiment of
. Hussars of Ferdinand VII. consisting of 600 men.

Yesterday morning the house of Messrs. Ken-
sitgtons',- . bankers, in Lombard-street, stopped
Payment. The shock experienced in the city by
event, if we may judge from apparent ef-
fects, is greater than any that has yet been felt.
During the forenoon there was a considerable crowd
41sembled before the house, which v, as entirely
closed, and inaccessible to visitors of every de-
.cription. Nineteen Provincial Banks, including
seven hi Scotland, drew upon this firm. It is re-
Ported that a very eminent Irish House has 'a'
balance of between one and two hundred thou-
sand, pounds in their hands, and several Stock
exchange accounts are also locked up by this sus-
Pension. The scene of -atixiety,buStle, and.con-
fnsiOn, in Bartholomew-lane, has not been equal-
, led for many years. At the opening of the market,
°lrmium, for some time, was an absolute drug, and
when at last buyers were found, it was done at 1;
the dose, 'it rose, however