The Sun.
London, England, 1810-07-06 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

PLYMOVTIt, Jut. 4.-i,-Arrived the transport brig
Freedom; Burrow, from Cadiz and Lisbon; laden
with stores, and is sailed again tot Portsmouth.

Te Stiijidk transport that arrived here on Men-
day evening last from Cadiz and Lisbon, spoke in,
lat. 46. 5'4. N. lon. 8. 40. W. the ships Mercator,
Caledonia, apd Gozarnor Miles, the former belong-

ing to HAL all from London, bound to the Cape of
Good Hope, with a fine breeze from the N. W. and
were all well. ,

Arrived his Majesty's ship Seine, of 36 guns, from
the Westward, she sailed from hence on Sunday
last, and was obliged to put back in consequence of
her having received considerable damage in a heavy
gale of wind on Monday night.
Arrived the American ship Rosanna, of Philadel-
phia, SAMUEL R. SPEAR, master; from Alicant,
and Gibraltar, with a cargo consisting of barilia,
Spanish-wool, and cork, bound to this port for
orders; also arrived his M.ijety's ships Favourite
and Peacock from tlie Westward ; Virago from
Cork ; and grow fr'om Basque Roads.

His tiajesty's ship Amazon has detained and

sent in here the Spanish schooner Sun Antonia de
Padua, A.'M. ANTONIO, , master, from Lisbon ;
with a cargo of salt and bark bound to London.

Arrived the Dispatch, SATTLEY ; Commerce,
WILLocKs ; and Joseph and Mary, Goss, from
Wales ; and the Venus, MENHAM, from New-
castle.

Went into harbour his Majesty's ship Minerva.

PORTSMOUTH, JULY 5 .—HisMajesty's ship Bonne
Citoyenne takes convoy to" Nova Scotia, New
Brunswick, and Quebec.

His Majesty'g ship Charwell takes convoy to the
Eastward, and will sail itnniediately.
Sailed this day his Majesty's ship Caledonia of
1 1t) guns to Plymouth ; and his Majesty's ship En-
dyrnion for Cork also sailed his Majesty's 'ships
Sharpshooth,- and Gannet, with a convoy for Guern-
sey and Jet'sey.

Sailed yesterday his Majesty's ship L'Aigle for
Plymouth.

His Majesty's ship La Nymphe is hourly expelled
to artive here, in order to receive on board specie,
with which she is to proCeed dire& for Lisbon.
Arrived the Twee Gesusters, -, from Havre de
Grce, with flour. She is come into the harbour to
discharge her cargo.

SHEERNESS, JULY 4. Sailed the- Serapis to
Woolwich.

Arrived and came into the harbour the Pilchard
• schooner from the Downs.

His Majesty's. brigs Calypso and Gluckstadt have
made the signal for a convoy to the Baltic, and will
sail to-morrow morning.

Accounts 'have reached Malta, previous to the sail-
ing of the Woolwich, store-sh►p, of a dreadful tire at
Constantinople, in which- 2000 houses were burned.,
and' the 'Seraglio wit It difficulty saved from conflagra-
tion. This we presume. to be the fire that took
place in the suburb of Pera, which is at a considera-
ble distance fr2m the residence of the Grand Signior.
The following Extra&s of Letters will give. some
idea of the hopes and situation of our army in
Portugal, and what is supposed to be the plan of
.Masseita

. " LISBON, JUNE 16.—We have no interesting
accounts from the army, since my laSt. Lord
Wellington's head-quarters are still at Celerico, and
his advanced guard at Guarda, and a little beyond
it. Some of our cavalry, it seems, have advanced
farther, and report says, they have cut off -a party
cdthe enemy. The idea of an immediate battle is not
now now so prevalent here. A 'strong column of
the French has made a retrograde movement, which
we cannot account for. Our accounts from Cadiz
also .mention, that the enemy had partly retired
therefrom. This makes some people think; Oat
that the enemy have if in contemplation to enter
Portugal more to the Southward, the better to be
enabled to flank our , army ; but I hope General
Hill, who has now with him sixteen thousand
men refight thousand of which are British) will be
be able to defeat their plan.
" Telegraphs are now ereCting to communicate
With the army, by which means we shall be able to
know in about two hours what is passing on the
frontiers.. The greatest activity still prevails in pro-
viding men for the army. Deserters continue to
come in to us in great numbers,: they are chit. fly
Germans, Poles, and Italians. It has been found
necessary to keep British uniforms at the different
posts, to cloath them as they arrive, as the red
coats are a protection to them • when they journey
inwards."

Letters from Cadiz state, that 4000 troops had
arrived from Carthagera to assist in the defence of
that city. It is probably the same force that was
ser.t from Cadiz, when the French made a demon-
stration of attacking Carthagera,
The Regency were in possession of two intercept-
ed dispatches frem Madrid to the Commander of the
army. that invests the Isle of Leon. Their contents
had not transpired, but they were stated to be of
the utmost importance.

We are sorry to find that some'of these letters
contradict the rumours of the defeat of SEISASTI-
A N I's corps.

The Duke of GLOUCESTER has taken a haus?. in
Porttnau-square, late the residence of the Duchess
of RoxBuRGH, to which his Royal Highness re-
moves this day.