The Sun.
London, England, 1812-11-07 00:00:00

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.PL.tkattriz, Noir. s.—Put hi licit to join the
convoy; the Spani gkir Gebt-gue, t"~ijitxitt N.
Vutz, fr(ini (iijon, in seyen:da)3, witild.cargo Of.
:fiuts, bonottloLQiidoti..'

AOiveci- the schooner Eliza; SPRAGUE; from
Otei.nsey, with a cargo of wine for his Majesty's
Victualling-office at: :-.1:i5...?0rt:; the Dcrri, WOOD ,
• U/iiOn, -TRE'NN tlit 'Brothers, Asir, from
, .
Dartmouth 5 the belonging to.this port,
TREFEAtIIEM, master, froMGuerosey, With.pav-
ing-stones- for this Dock-yard., and the Good in..
tent ;HARVEY, for Poole.

Carne down the Harbour and anchored in the
Sound, after having been refitted, the Meduta
frigate.

Sailed to !oin the Channel-fleet his' ',Majesty's
shiPs Boyne, Tire, Sterling Cusge; also the Pho:be
frigate for Portsmouth ;, the. Commerce, HILL, for
St. :Michael's; and .the Arrow, ANDERSON, tor
. .
Spain.

Five French prisoners made their: escape from
the depot at Dartmoor, 41,•st, night. • -

FALmouTit, Nov. 4.---Arrived
,this day —the
transport ship Lora Koitli, .lltz,t,) Master, from
Plymouth, to join, the outward-bound' Portugal
and Spanish ,fleo, ender CohvOy of his Majesty's
,brigs Seqflower ancl.Scgtia the whole of which
are expected to sail to-,norrow.

Sailed this.'day the fo:lowing packets with

viz. :

. .
Marlhorough,,,Capt. Bull, and Qu#en Charlotte, 'Madge;
for Liibon; the Chesterfield, Ilall,ano the Montrose, fllewett,
for Corunna; the Carte; ;, Davey, for Cadiz; the Piineei4
Mary, Pocock, fur the, Mediterranean ; .and. the Walsin;shaut„
Bullocke, for the Leeward Islands.

Arrived this evening the schooner • Alert,'
GL.A•r.t.,-Alaster, froni Penzance, to load good.
for Lisbon.

The Eliza packet from the Mediierranean, and
the Swallow from Jamaica, are daily expec,ed.

ISLAN'D OF SCILLY, NOV. tha 29th

ult. Caine in his l'blujesty's sloop Fv,th9eut4iclpt.
PARism, from a ,ernize 4 and on the• failawing
day, theMiteon sloop„.:-Capt. HOPKIN3.
This morning a'sail being seen of a insplcions
appearance, supposed, to be a French prir4teer,
in the south sv,!st- quarter, they both weighed .and
stood out in chase: " -

Lieut. FAGAN, of t,is Majesty's Navy, is
pointed to the Signal-house, St. Martin's,
Vice Lieut. TRINDER.

iPORTSMOVTII, Nov. 6,----Arrived his Majesty's
ships Victoiv, Ze‘a,b;a, Daphfrie, Inilefatig(ible. and
-Tweed, from the Downs ; also several merehant.!
Men, whose names we' have not yet leurnt.

, Sailed his MajesCy's ship IN‘reinesis for CoruntiFt ;
Fervent, with a convoy, for the Downs 5 and the
Storhsloi)p of war, with' n, ccinvoy, for cork,:

The followin, Convoys still remain at Spitheml
His Majesty's ship Juva for the Cape ; Crocodile
for Gila►►altar and Malta ; ,Niemen for Lisbon ;
Coquette for the West Indies ; zitalanta for North
America ; Racoon for the Oratils and South Ame-
rica ; anti the Minerva fur Bermuda. snd. the- Dal
blnia Islands. •

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DEAL, Nov. 6.—Arrived his Majesty's ship In-
constant, Commodore Owrot; frOm. off Flushing ;
the Bari - •,ud kirosso East Indiameti froth India,
lA3t front eortsmouth, and remain with .hiS
jesty's ships; vietnalleies, and tratitiports. ,
Arrived the Catherine "
and - earaline, 'ASHMAN',
from Malaga and has'sailed for the river.
.

Came djWn from the river the Peter, W A.Tsn'st
for the Bra its, .rmd the Fortune,. WALICeig, for
New "South

-GREENOCK, Nov.2A—Arrived the Diana, WAi
LACE, from Quebec, with a fleet on the ath Oct.
consisting of from 40 to 50 sail ; parted company
on the Banks of Newfoundland'; spoke the Ferse-
.
rerance, yesterday, for this port, which cames
mail.

The Adonis, COIPER, of This port, froM New-
foundland to New Brunswiek, has been corniced
by au American privateer-of ty,-elve guns, and 115
men, after an action, in- Which the second mate of
the Adonis was killed, and the Captain a..d three
uteri Wounded. The Comet, EDINGTOY,, of, this
port,, sailed from Halifaii 27th Augu,t, for St.
John's, New Brunswick. When west of Shel-
burne, was -boarded by his-Majesty's ship Ntatira,
(who had been chased the day before by Commo-
dore ii-ODGER3'S squadron) and ordered back to
Halifax. Sailed again on.the 7th September in
company with the Ned Nichol ; on the .9th spoke
his Majesty's schooner Earl Moira, acd supplied it
with provisions.. On the 10th were attacked by a
schooner under American colours, and sustaine4
an action of fifteen minutes within pistol shot,
when the privateer suddenly sheeree_otr.

NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.-Rear-idmiral Thormis
Ilyam Martin is appointed second i 0 coinkand at Plyniotith;
Captain . Fleetwood Peliew, (son of Allniral Sir Edward
Vs.llew, Bart.) to the Iphigenia, in the mom of Capt. Curtis,
who resigns fronfill-health; Captain Shrill to the Barossa;
Captain W. Stewart, to the Revenge;, Captain Bateman, to
the Stately; Captain Keenan, to the Ana; Captain H. L.
Baker, to the nilict sloop, at Portsoiith ; Lieut. H. P.
Lew, to Cordelia, stoop, in the Dowp ; Lieut.- T. 1.. Wil-
lihuitha, to the Andromeda, fitting at Phnouth; Lieut. J. W.
Green, to the Hasty sloop, at Sheernts; Lieut. It. Gambier
7is,prpniuted lathe rank of Cowman& ; Lieut. J. Simpson
(3), to the Vigilant; Lieut. Pedder, t the Niemen; Lieut.
Milne, to the :ergo; Mr. Towne, Mishipman, promoted to
the rank of Lieutenant; Mr. E. Bell, to be Purser of the
Penguin, d new sloop building.; Mr. V. Allen, to be Purser
of the Hecla, at Wytilwich; Mr. J. f,orcock, Purser of the
Argo, to the Ceylon; Mr. Young, tote Purser of the Argili
Mr. W. Davidson, Purser of the St. Aban's, to the Culloden;
Mr. Hayden, t* be Purser of the Cirihound.,

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17.--I,Accodita Troth tint anal
oat, that iltir mint being ready, the Frenek havj
ing; countermined, dt seven P. M.' On the 18th
Oct. both mines exploded at the same moment,
bringing down the convent,.containing stores, ez.c.
when our brave fellows stormed the castle with.
their usual gallantry, but were repulsed with the
foss of ucarly 100. 'men killed or wonnded.
the 13th
_inst. Col. PoNsoNny, at the 'heti(' of ti
party of cavalry) repulsed party of the French
cavalry, killing. and -wounding fifty of them ; our
loss consists in fourJzilled• and fourteen wounded;
The Onards; &e.flora Coruuna were on their

march, but bad notiiiiiied on the 16th. General.

RILL. remained at Aranjuei. The 3d-division wc./
betwegn that Place and_Madrid the light
7iiintdrid,; and the 4tl► it the EsTuri2l.. SouLTA
Suck! KT, and JosLiszt, ale gone to Valencia.
OC. T. 24.—Thu 'head-quarters :of the
2d and 3d armies, commanded by General Et.toi
were on. the. flth at Tarancon. General
army is ess.lculated at upwards of 30,000 .men:
which has now been joined by
.Comie lit YENNii
and Moasti.A. • • • • - •

In consequenee-Of, the arrival of an etraordi-
dinark Courier from Alipant, a report has been
Circulated, that the expeditionary troops at Ali-
cant hail driven the French from the town of
Moi!forte. ThiS a-,-count appears to be confirmed
by others from Grenada, which add that th:
French suffered-a great loss; and that the French
had taken the Cast4i of Chinchilla:

It :no lon.ger a-a;-Lri doubtful to be tlic.
tention:of SouLT to retire tb Valencia or Na-

varrc.'
.tisaoN, OCT. 22.---e.;enerat BALLASTEROS has
addressed a proclamation to the SevilhAns, re
quezting them to' contribute towards 'clothing his
army.

All the letters received from the South of Spaia
confirm the intelligence of SOULT'S baring )n.arch-
.
1 eel for Valencia by Navarre. It appears thaC
L2o.ULT had a conference with Kin' JOSEPH, fiirle.%
Tatter 'unrolled for -.Korviedro, for the

..pAtrpois of pr,eparing toaccompany him. There haye
been disputes hetv.-en SUCkIET and SOULT'S tr00•)5

•iin''aceount of provisions; The
,French who had.
advancea as far as
•Pentras de St. Pee':: 0, imme-
diately retreated. It is supposed that Gim. BAL.'
.riESTEROS is now in Carabacca. Gen. l'..:E-zar is
in Villarrobledo. On the 7th October the Vail-
guard of the sth Spanish Army was in Orcajo,
and was to proceed to Santa Cruz de la Zarza,
Upon the left of this was Generfil ELIO and the
Army. Gen. HILL had his head-quarters in
Aranjuez. SuenET still remained in Almanza.
'On the 12th and 13th Oct. a division of 5000
Portuguese and English entered Truxilio, and on
• the 14. th and 15th set out for Talavera la Reina.
'Upon all these accounts we, with much pleasure,.
'give the lie to the reports which for some days
.mice been circulated, that SouLT was approxi-
iiirat fig to Madrid. •
"LETTER FROM THE :NIARQUIS OF TVELLINC,TON TO