The Sun.
London, England, 1810-09-24 00:00:00

now ti 'fished. There are frequent saluting between
•!. an,! Fort fAiis; as also from the woiks
W.hich they are throwing up behind the ruins of
Matagorda, 311(4 particula:ly as night, when the
boats Pre passing• to and from the island, it being
more than, within point blank shot, so much so,
that a horse was shot lately on the road to the isle;
and-a• man badly wounded. My ebachman droAe •
in a hurry, until he got beyond the range, but they
do not tire at individeals, find thcse %%ere shot that,
rangerkin. (lb em ion not hitting Pontales. •
.416105il will have heard that the 79th and
88th re:vim:Ws-Of infantry, and 13th light dragoonS,
embarked here for Lisbon, at a few hours notice, pn
the 17'h, and sailed that day. Various were the
conjeinures'of die, natives here, sorricl saying we in,
iendel to abandon them, &c. There certainly are
some partizans of the enemy here, but the great
body of the people appears to be patriotic. Five
ships of the line That tl,e Spanish had here, sailed a
few days ago, accompanied by two of our ships, 'for
Aljuibrc3.

" We expeB a convoy off here every moment
from the Mediterranean. The French celebrated
the bir.th-day. of ;Nl,lpoleon in a grand manner, by
Royal s, &c: and had Puerto Santa Maria 11,,ta,
Sc.c. grandly iiluminwed, and vv bleb had a tine area
from this; but we disturbed them a little at one of
the forts of _Santa Maiia, by sending them it new
shells.. Though the dog-Lily's have been eery hot,
yet, thank G, d; no s'aness prev:tils., I do not re-
co lest to have seen a burial since I came here.. In
our army the sic': are not many, 'in comparison to
Ire climate, &c. none dying ; the complaints are
chiefly a .dyst fiery, and pains in the bowels. There
are accouu s that Rowana, With a lar.;e force, is
marching on &Ville.
•`l have seen a letter from General Joseph

O'Dannell, two days ago, to. his wife here, stating
* that they were going against the enemy. He writes
from. Alotedri, in the neighbourhood of Liidajog?
Ye sterday a Proclamation was issued, ordeiing all
the emigrants here, and in the island, to retire to.
their r,s;.etti‘e provinces, if not occupied by the
enemy. A great plenty.of every necessary of life
continues to come in from all quavers ; things are
dear, but abundance of every ciing, (roils,- Sze. from
Valencia and Portugal; and some cattle from Gal-
&c. M, at has fallen greatly ; goOd beef live
teaks aellen per pound of 52 ounces ; mutton four
and a (painter realeS ; and 48 quarters of bread, good •
in kind:four and a quintet reales velfen. There is a
plenttlul fish-market, but ucar tor this country, or
rater according to former limes.
" Tlh•re are various conjectures on the residence
of the Duke of Orleans here. Some say he is look-
i% to the Regency on the assemoling of the Cones.
The ele,tioneering bore is over, and different Drpu,
ties are art iced trim abroad ; that is, from she other
ptovntees : the. people look to some 11,4a13:e changes
from is, for this Government is not. iked. There
are treqUent accounts of hara.sing attacks on the
enemy in the inlet tor, in the beginning of July, near
Sighanza. One thousatiti infantry and 4ao horse
were attacked by an interior ftirce; they host 150
IVLijor-General Palotoi came up, and has the
town completely invested." '

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1810.

Captain BUCHANAN, of die navy, arrived early
this morning at the Admiralty, with Dispatches from
Rear-Admiral DRURY,. brought in the Christiana
Packet. • She left Madras on the Bth of May, in
company with his Majesty's ships DioMede,
and Ceylon, extra-ship tkilliam Pitt, and 14 sail of
transports, with about 4000 troops; for Roderiguez.
She left the 'convoy all well on the Ist of June, at
5.P.M.p lat. 5 dig. S. and long. 43 deg. 97 tn. E.
with a fine breeze at N. W. which it was supposed
would carry them into the S. E. trade.
The Christiana anchored in Table Bay on the
11th Julj', half past five, P. M. Landed her dis-
patches, and on the 12th having received dispatches
from the Governor and Admiral, weighed arid made
sail. The Otter, S. W. also arrived in Table Bay
o* the i Ith with dispatches from the I le of France,
in which ship Captain FLINDEItS had come pas-
senger, having been released by the enemy.
The Christiana arrived_ at Si: Helena the 30th
July at half past IOA. M. On the 2d August, the
extra ship Milliam Pitt arrived.; &tiled from St. He-
lena, on sth August, at 1 i A.M.; on 12th Sept. fell
in with his Majesty's ships Diadem and Regulus; and
at t i A. M. was boarded by 'the. Regulus's boat, late
at neon!, 41:)15. N. and long. 31. 15. W. per.chro-
nometer, the wind about. S.S.E. blowing fresh—all
beialthy, In both ships.
The dispatches from India contain intelligence of
the surrender of the Dutch Settlement of Amboyna,
on the'i7th .of February, to a detachment of an
European regiment, and of artillery from Matiaas,
toether with 300 seamen and marines from his 14-
j'esty's Arips Dover, Cornwollis,:and Samarang.
This valuable capture was made with the loss of

five then only killed, and 'nine men and one, Officer
wounded. The following is the list of Dutcli
sliipS and vessels of war taken biy the'squ'adron.un-
der the command of Capt. Ty CKER, of the ,Darer,

V.Z.

•
Gluts. Men,
A4atuflring . . . . 16 66
ltunbatg . .
Hope
. .
-A Cutter ' . , . , 12 • ,
hlArciou3e 4 . . '. 12 22s
Sanpon • • . , to •
Itlargaretta Louisa. . 8

In addition to foltyTnine merchant vessels of dif-
ferent descriptions, being ;elrell ships, five brigs,
fifteen sloops, three jutit., and nineteen prows,
many of tham richly Wen. .
Lord MINTO was to leave Madras for Bengal the
ad of May, in the,Akdeste Frigate. Gen. HEWITT
ariived at Madrass about a week previous to the
sailing of the Sarah-Citristiuna.

, The Siirah Christiana East Indiaman arrived yes-
terday at PortSmouth. She sailed from Bettgal on
the 3d of March, and arrived at M. •.ras on the 17th,
where she was detained for dispatches till the Sill of
May, when she got under way with the Hon. COM-
p:iny's ship Willi= Pitt and the Bourbon Expedi-
tion.. She parted company on the Ist of June, in fat:
4. 15. and E..long. 94. 41. being charged, with dis-
patches foethe Cape of Good Hope anchored iri
TAble 14 on the 11th Joiy,.sailed the tollowing day,
and i,rriv:td at St. HelcitA un ihe 3.oth. The Ciren-
cester East Indianaan sailed,a few hours after,.and the
William Pitt came in on the 2d of :August ; sailed
flow St. Helena the sth of August, spoke his Ma-
jesty's ships Regulus and Diadem, boundior Halifax,:
with troops, op the 12th ult. in fat. 41. 45. and W.
10ng,.31. 13. On the igth ult. in lat: 49, 24. E.
aid W. long. 9. 3. fell in with his Majesty's ship
Rota, Capt. SOMERVILLE,' who gave convoy.
The Georgiana packet sailed hom Madras, with
the Governor-General's baggage,- &c.. on the 6th or
7th of May, and his Lordship wai to follow, in the
Modeae frigate, On the Bth of May, after his hold-
ing a levee. \

The Euphrates has struck on a rock, in goitag out,
of False Bay ; she would sail fur Ind►a about the
251 h of July.

The ILilliam Pill was to sail from St. Helena on
the evening of the sth of Angus!, or ihe morning of
the 6th.

The Bout bon Expedii ion consisted of the 69th and
86th regiments, and detachments twin the 1216, 33d,
and 89th, a company of Artillery, and the sth and
lgth Native Infantry, making a.force of about 8500
Europeans, and 2000 native troops. Col. Canipbcll
cOnimanded the Light Brigade ; Cul. Faxsca was
then senior officer, but Col. KEATING would Com-
mand on their arrival at' Roderique. The Doris,
Diomob, and Ceylon ships of war accompanied the
expedition.

We this day received Barbadoe, Newspapers and
Pi ivate Letter, of the i ith and 12th- ult. from
which we have made an extraa-which will be found
in another part of our Paperi

, This morning a Gottenturgh Mail arrived, and the
intelligence which. it brings is important. When
BEKNAnorrE was nominated Crown Prince of Swe-
den, we predided that .he would take care not to
wait Jong for the crown. , We dii not expeel, how-
ever, that be would be quite so rapid in his move-
ments, and that our prediction would be so soon
verified. It is stated in a letter from Orebro, that if
the present King's health " des not undorgo such
an improvement as will admit of his attending to
• . •
the weighty concerns of the State, we may perhaps
soon witness the adoption y an important measure
intimatelyaffeaing the interest of this' Kingdom," or,
in other words, the Duke Of SUDEUMANLI will be
compelled to resign. his usurped crown to BERN
DOTTB i and then, if his life be spared hind, lie will
have leisure to reflect upon his own hoizeuratte and
loyal condo& to his lawfulSovereigiL •
Letters from Copenhagen ihention a report- of a
Treaty of Alliance, offensive aed defensive, having
been concluded between Austria and France, the
object of which is a war with Russia. This is not
improbable. BUONAPARTE, now that the Emperor
of RUSSIA has answered his purposes, may be in-
dined to realise the plan published many years ago
by HAIJTERIVE, under his diredion, of dividing
the Russian Empireinto two Kingdoms, and 'mak-
ing Petersbuegh 'the Capital of one, and Moscow
of the other. It is also reported that BUONAPARTE
has demanded permis,ion of the Danish Govern-
ment to send 5,000 men 'into the Island of Zealand
which has been positively refused.
Negotiations for peace are said to have, com-
menced between Russia and .the Porte, but it is
added, that hostilities -have commenced between
Russia and Persia.

-The .Gazette of Saturday contains the Dispatches
of Captain COCKBURN. They confirm the accounts
which we have been enabled to lay before our 'readers
respeaisg the Expedition from Cadiz. The public,
we are sure, will rrad with pleasure the high eulo-
gium of Captain COCKBURN on the bravery and un-
common.exertions of the Spaniards and their gallant
Cmmander.

We have. noticed the success &Rt. attended the
of the Expednipn to the -Persian
under the orders of Captaiu WNwarissie and '
Colonel. LIONEL &mint. By the Charles Grant
we have received letters from Bombay to-the 20th
Of April, which_ mention the return of the arna=
meat to that port (accompanied by • the Chi Anne
and Caroline frigates), after the complete accom.S
plishment of the object of it. The following letter
contains the eperatio•-s of the, Expedition, s,ubse-
qeetitly to :hose we have before settee
:
" BOMBAY, APRIL 20, 1810 —When -I wrpte
.you fro-at Muscat, 1. thought I should, have nothing
more to relate in the fighting way, as we had only
.Shims and Cove Ch'ilba to attack, which places we
thought .coetemptible •holds of the Whabee'Phates,
and could be brought to terms by, treaty ; but we.
were greaCy mistaken.. On the 24th of December
we sailed from Muscats' and were joined the next
clay at Buska by his Highness the Leann), with
three of his ships and forty trankeys (boats for land- -
Mg troops, on a beach). ) "
We anchored off , Shims on the 31st, and on ,
New year's day, we opened a heavy cannonading.
The troops of the Imaum (about 2500) landed in
the night, And set fire to all the huts and houses;
the inhabitants, to the amount of 1200, having shut
themselves up in fort; kept up a irly heavy fire
of musquetry all night. The Whabees kept -rep a
loud howling- doting ifie night, as is the,r custom,
when surrounded by an enemy. The next morn-
ing a party of, the enemy rushkl out from, the
woods, and were. immediately attacked by the
Imautit's cavalry, in the most desperate manner.
This little skirmish cost the Imatun -eight killed
and a number wounded. Our troops were not able
to atis as those of the lmauni were between Ahem \
and the enemy. 'Finding it impOssiblelo take the
fort without making a breach, we malethe neces-
sary preparationS with ships' guns; sand bags, &c.
for the purpose. After several hours 4oinbardment,
the southernmost tower fell in, and 'a breach was
effeeted in the wall ; the enemy all the time' keeping
op'si fire of musquetry. ',The storming party mount-
ed the breech, and fought their way along the wall
to take possession of the northerntuaAt low tower, ;
driving the enemy into the high one.
" Three guns, were by this tirne advanced up to
the gate, beating the enemy out of the tort, many -
of whom, in attempting to escape by. letting them-
selves dawn with ropes, were cut toctsiscss: by the
troops ; and a most shOCking,sceee of hu-
man. carnage and 'merciless cruelty ensued.' .The
pirates stilt held-our, ihrough desperation, and it
was in rain we entreated 'them to give themselves
up. They for 'some time reinsed querter, sup-
posing we were as cruel as their common enemy,
the Imaum of Muscat, who never spaies a life; and„
:afterthe fret had surrendered, it was with mu, It
difficulty we kept his troops from cutting the pri-
soners •to pieces. From 6to 700 lay dead in and
about the fort, most dreadfully mangled. One hurt-
dr, d and twenty Men,.wornen, and children, were
taken prisoners; Most of them wounded 'in several '
pl ices. Three hundred of the Itnautn's traops were
killed, and about 200 of the Jowassims. Ots the
'.5111 of January the British troops re-embarked
their loss is 'very small. One seaman of the Chif-
finite was slightly wounded.' We hae since visited
the piratical torts of Rumps, Tuzeera, Humra,
goo, &c. but such has been the impression made
.on the mindi of those cruel depredators, by. the
'operations of the British armament, that the people
of the several towns on the Arabian and Persian
shores have burin all their large ,vessels, according to'
agreement ; and it gives rise much satisfadesn to
'say, that the service has been most cOmpletely, ef-
fected, and the Persian Gulph is now,, totally Irse
from those inhuman wretches, who have so long
infested it, in violkion of every principle of law and
feeling of humanity. Beivery and humanity were
.so.urrned in this expedition, that it called tOrth the
acknowledgments of savages, and cannot fail to ,
leave.a favourable impression of the British charac-
ter, even 'hi that barbarous country. The steady
conduct of Lieut. Leslie (first of the Chlfunne)•in
every aiduous part of the service, was particularly
observed by every person about him. The people of
Rasul libima gave a curious desci iption.of the attack:
we made on that place, 'Our men marching in corn--
patties, they said, were 'chained together; that our
boats hose devils at them ,(shells which burst
amongst them) ; that the devil loaded our soldiers'
gnus; for we never ceased- firing' (this was when
the companies fired together) ; and that we had se-
veral sdiliq guns, which hoVe large•devils into the
town, and killed e great many people (these were
our field-pieces). Tee Chiffonne is re-fittitig here
(Bonibay), to take a convoy, to China. The Russel
is expeaed to go home
,with the Ostober fieet,—
The Belliqueux is about to return home. Tise He- .
cute, Capt. Buchanan, is arritedl at Madras, with
dispatches from England."
We have recently seen some paragraphs, in dif-
ferent papers,- reflecting, in a manner equally un-
just and filiberal, upon Mr. COLMAN; -for not avail-
ing himself of the permission' of the Lord Cham-
berlain, to continue the Haymarket Theatre open
for a month longer. We do not profess to be much
acquainted with the affairs of that, or any other
Theatre ; but it must be obvious to every person of
common sense, that to keep open a Theatre-without
a -Company. likelyao attract an audience, could not
prove a very profitable speculation. By the open-
ing of the Winter Theatres, theHaYniarket TiTeatre
was deprived of all its leading perfortners—Messts.
O. KEMBLE, MATHEWS,' LISTON, JONES, FARLEY,
TAYLoR, Mrs. GIBBS, Mrs. DAVENPORT, Mrs. Lls-
TON, Mrs. GLOVER, &c. Alter such a defalcation,
could the remainder have played with any chance of
success ? If there had appeared to Mr. COLMAN
any rational ground to hope that the•continuing the'
Theatre open fur a month longer, under the above
circumstances; would have been produaive of ade
vantage to himself and the other proprietors, it is
absure to suppose be would not have availed him-
self of the Lord -Chamberlain's permission, arid,
from that Genttemati's acknowledged abilities, and
long experience, we should presume that he is rather
more likely to form a correct judgment upon the
subjea, than the anonymous/ author of the para-.
graphs in question.

The ed Battalion of the 36th is on its march for
Harsh:au Bat-racks.