The Sun.
London, England, 1840-08-24 00:00:00

THE SUN, LOVDON, MONDAY, AUGUST 24, MO

there the arrival of the new Ministers', wi:t; had left
V licncia on the 4th instant."

WEST INDIA MAIL.

_
By the Braganza steamer, which arrived at Falmouth
on Saturday with the Peninsular mails, we have re-
ceived letters from Lisbon ; her dates of departure being
from Gibraltar the 13th, Cadiz the 14th, Lisbon the
17th, Oporto the 18th, and Vigo the 19th inst.
In the course of Friday and Saturday there also ar-
rived at Falmouth her Majesty's packets Spey, Lieute-
nant James, from the Brazils; the Tyrian, Lieutenant
Crocker, from Mexico ; and the Muline, Lieutenant
Pawle, from the West Indies. The first sailed from
Rio de Janeiro on the 2lst of June, Bahia the Ist, and
Pernambuco the Bth of July; and consequently brings
only five days' later intelligence from the capital than
has been received via New York, during which brief inter-
val nothing appears to have occurred worthy of particular
notice ; the accounts from the different refractory provinces
continuing to be represented as very favourable to the
Imperialists, especially from Maranhams where, through
the energetic and successful attacks of the Government
troops on the iebels, order had been well nigh perfectly
re-established. The latest quotation of exchange at
Rio prior to the Spey's departure was 301, and the
local 6 per cent. stock 77i to 78. This packet has on
freight about 12,0001.

The 7:9rian, from Mexico, sailed from Vera Cruz
on the 7th of July, and Havannah the 2.2 d, bringing
350,000 dollars on freight. The accounts also re-
ceived by this arrival from the Republic present nothing
new, principally adverting to and confirming the sur-
render of Campeachy to the Federalists on the 4th of
June, and of the whole of the province of Yucatan
being in their hands. At Vera Cruz trade continued
very dead—indeed, more so than bad ever been re-
membered.

The illutine's dates from the West Indies are, from
St. Thomas's the 22d, Porto Rico the 23c, and Cape
Haytien the 27th of July, with a freight equal to
20,000/. sterling.

DESPERATE CONFLICT WITH
PIRATES.

The following is from a Sydney paper of the 22d
April.—

" We been kindly favoured with the following ac-
count of the capture by pirates of two boats and crew
belonging to the barque Mary, whaler, of London :
" DEC. 29, 9 A.M.—Descried a barque in the offing,
standing in for Ampanmaw Roads, firing guns at inter-
vals ; the wind light ; made little progress until one
P.M. On getting on board about half-past 3 P.M.,
found her to be the .2Wary, whaler, of London, Captain
Blossie. The mate informed us that the captain, doc-
tor, second and third mates, carpenter and mate, cooper
and mate, and six of the crew, had gone on shore at
North Island, and were captured by pirates, and sup-
posed them all to be murdered. The carpenter's mate,
who made his escape, swam off to the ship. One of
the crew who had escaped was followed and recap-
tured, and immediately put to death. At 4 o'clock
P.M. discovered a whale boat. It proved to be
one of the Mary's boats, with the third mate, cooper
and mate of the crew bringing the happy news
of the safety of the captain, doctor, and rest of the
crew, with a note from Captain Blosse (written with
burnt wood) for 50 muskets and six kegs of powder,
which the pirates had agreed to accept as a ransom for
himself and fellow prisoners. Captain King, a resident
at Lambock, came off in a canoe ; and after a short
consultation came to the determination of arming the
Marv, and proceeding to their immediate re,cue, getting
two long six pounders from the Hero, with Captain
Smith and five men, also three twelve pound cannonades
and small arms from the Whitby. All being ready, we
weighed anchor at half-past ten P.M. of the 30th, and
lowered the whale boat with the crew liberated
by the pirates, with the ransom demanded, and sent her
through the inner channel, and saw them receiving the
ransom from the boat. The schooner with the Dutch
flag making her appearance frightened them ; they then
allowed the captain, doctor, and the crew to go into the
boat ; when we got them safe on board we commenced
with our long guns ; being becalmed they were soon
out of range ; night coming on they escaped, but Cap-
tain King knowing their haunts made for their islands,
and commenced a heavy fire upon them ; we saw several
drop. I think about 12 of the pirates were killed."

EVACUATION OF ST. SEBASTIAN
BY THE BRITISH FORCES.

PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 22.—The entire evacuation of
St. Sebastian, by the British Royal Artillery, Sappers
and Miners, so long employed in that quarter, has at
length taken place; and the evacuation of the same
position by the Royal Marine Battalion and Marine Ar-
tillery, is in fast progress. The Alban steamer arrived
on Thursday from St Sebastian, which she left on Sun-
day last with the following detachments, viz. :-115
non-commissioned oftcers and men, five women and
eight children of the Royal Artillery, 19 non-commis-
sioned officers and men, three women and children of the
Sappers and Miners, and 50 non-commissioned officers
and men of the Royal Marine Artillery. The following
are the names of the officers who have returned to
England in charge of these detachments .—Lieutenant-
Colonel Sir F. G. Lee, Royal Marines ; Lieutenant-
Colonel J. N. Colquhoun, Captain R, Garstin, Lieut.
J. Cater, Lieut. C. Young, Lieut. H. Ross, and Lieut.
F. Ward, Royal Artillery ; Lieut. Vicars and Lieut.
Burmester, Royal Engineers ; and Lieutenants Clap-
perton, Tait, and Savage, of the Royal Marine Ar•
tillery. _ _ _

Tile /Etna, with 130 tons of ordnance stores, was
towed round from St. Sebastian, on the 16th instant,
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St. Sebastian for the remainder of the
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of
stores, where Captain Castieu, with ten men of the
Marine Artillery, remained to embark them. The de-
tachment of the Marine Artillery brought home in the
Alban has disembarked and joined the head-quarters in
this garrison. The detachments of Royal Artillery
and Sappers and Miners prtceeded in the Alban to
Woolwich on Thursday.
It is understood that the North Star, with the broad
pennant of Lord John Hay, and the other vessels under
his Lordship's command, will return to England as soon
as the remainder of the British forces employed on the
shore had quitted the North Coast of Spain.
The Saiamander, steam frigate, arrived also on Thurs-
day, from St. Sebastian, with another detachment of the
Marine Battalion, having landed part of them at Ply-
mouth, and disembarked the remainder, 100 men, at
this port, to join headquarters. The Salamander re-
turned to St. Sebastian yesterday, to bring another por-
tion of the battalion to England, of which 400 remain.