The Sun.
London, England, 1810-12-14 00:00:00

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THREE O'CLOCK.
We stop the Press to present to our Readers fur-
ther particulars of she gallant anion off the 1-Ile of
Vranee. It is said that a trans Fort was taken, having
an board the e4th Regiment, with Gen. WEATHER-
Att. and his suite.
Ettraa of a Private Letter from the Cape sof.
Good Hope, dated the 26th Sept. l 810 :-
" We had taken the Isle de Passe, at the entrance

of Port South East, and the Nereide was anchored
off it, when a French squadron, conststing of, the
' .111inert4,13ellone, rietor, gindltam, and Ceylon, cap:
tured Indiamen, made thou aappearance in the offing.
French colours were: hoisted on the frigate and
batteries, but as soon as the French came close they
Were changed, and a fire opened upon them, which
they pushed • through, and anchored in Port South
East, except the Windham, which, put about and'
stood for Riviere Noire, but was retaken by the
Sirius. Capt. P'ra, on receiving this intelligence,
immediately worked up to Port South East, and was
joined by the filagicienne and Iphegenia.
" An attack on the enemy's ships was determin-
ed on, and an easy viEory anticipated. fate, how-',
ever, had destined otherwise; the Sirius and Magi.
tieitne, grounded on some unknown small shoals,
and all endeavours to get them off proved fluitless.
The /phegenia got to leeward of a shoal, which
lay between her and the enemy, so that Captain
. .
Witt47olll3lt in the Nereide alone gained his allot-
' led station, and engaged singly the whole of this
force, together with about Go pieces o!' cannon,
3ounted
,on the batteries, in a manner that per-
, hapi history cannot'equal. The aliop lasted many
lours, until ten at night, when she was taken pos-
session of by a boat horn-
,the -enemy, after having
lost 260 men,. 'out, of 2180, killed and wounded,
and driven the whole of ,the enemy's squadron on
Shore as well as herself.

Capt. WILLOUGHBY lost an eye, and was badly
hirt about the head, but 'resolved that the English
flag should never be struck while he had a man able
to fire a gum; he would not leave her when a boat
from the Sirius was sent for the purpose, but de-
(Jared he would not abandon his wounded unfortu-
nate shipmates; The Sirius and Mogicienne being
irrecoverable, and within long shot of the enemy,
were set fire to and burnt. The crews were landed
on the Isle tie Passe, and the Iphigeuia warped up
t!if-that anchorage. In the mean time the ActiOe,
Penus, and La Mancha, with a Corvette, came up
and blockaded the entrance, whilit La Bellone was
ogt off, and warped up.

" In this situation were things on the 31st of
August, but I am sort), to say, that •no probability
exists of their safety. They had only provisions,
and water to hold out a week at farthest. They had-
been summoned by the French to surrender at dis-
cretion. Capt. LA &Instil. refused-this, but offered to
capitulate on terms, being allowed
oto carry away;the
Whole of the people on shore, and the Iphegenia to
a British port. The answer of the enemy had not
bean received, but it' is very, easy to foresee that
,this: proposal will not be accepted.",

The subjoined Letters from South America will
detail the occurrences that have aatually taken place;
the most prominent is the death of Liniers :
Rio JANEIRO, 'SHPT. B.—You will have heard
of the change of Government at Buenos Ayres, and
the violent measures adopted by the new one, in
seizing and sending away to Europe, without any
previous notice, the Viceroy, Cisneros, and the
Cabildo. The old Spaniards are against the Junta,
but they are too weak to overturn it; and in the,
mean time several cities in the interior have ac-
knowledged its authority. Cordova is the only
place of consequence which resists; and a force
from Buenos Ayres is gone against it. Liniers was
there by the lastAaccOunts, and had taken part against
the Junta, which is likely to prove fatal to him. It
seems that Officer is now detested both by the
Creoles and old Spaniards.
" The city of Monte Video has long been at v3ri-
once with Buenos Ayres, and is now divided against
itself. On the 12th inst. (September), there was a
serious disturbance between the marine forces and
two regiments of militia, the latter of which were
disarmed and disbanded ; and the Colonel of one of
them, named Morrondi, With a few other persons,
sent prisoners to Rio de Janeiro, they being sus-
pected of wishing to further the views of the Junta
(4. Buenos Ayres, which is supposed, and not with-
out reason, to aim at independence.
• " Monte Video remains under a Governor and
Cabildo as heretofore, who have all sworn allegiance
in the Regency formed in Spain, which has not
ir.!en. done at Buenos Ayres; but all public acts con-

:iniie to be executed in the yarne'ofFerdinand Vii

fi um motives of policy. A party has been sent
truth Alonte Video to disarm the few soldiers, and
other people, at Coionia, from whence the mail
4:rosses o%er to Buenos Ayres, a distance of twelve
ft:goeq ; at d in consequence, a small cutter brig
;_s:!vg t here has been ordered to sail immediately
Colonia, ti;us the two cities will very
tit.o!i be at ()veil v, 41.

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