The Sun.
London, England, 1810-02-13 00:00:00

I.` The enemy having dropped his fore•sail, part-
ed f an instant, I praiiised the same manoeuvre
-1° close him, and the fire of the artillery and mus-
'ketrY of his Majesty's two frigates •was renewed
,with so much vivacity, that it soon silenced that of
the enemy.
" La Clarinde came agpin close alongside, and
SLortly after the shouts of "Long live the Empe-
-44'1" announced the surrender of the enemy at the
tlictrient when several 'of La.. Renonzinee's crew
leaped on board. Lieut. and Ensign KEARADEC, of
• 4 a Clorintle were among the first ; among the,men
11(1 followed was a boatswain, aged Go, who, for-
Otiog his years, darted on board with the greatest
111trepidity.
The action listed .40 minutes, during almost.
the whole of which, we were arm to arm,. or side

" The frigate taken is the Junon, of 40 gunt, and
00 men. Captain SHORTLAND, who commanded
e.
r, has been sevbrely Ntronnded, and has lost one
Of his officers.- She had ninety men killed and
Wou'aded.

" La Renown& has had 15 killed, and three
Il'ounded ia Porinite six killed"al►d 15 wounded.
'Among the la't'ter is Ensign SOREL; who was thiown
tiown upon the deck in the boarding.
Captain. ST. CtiCO. mariCeuured hii frigate in
this action with courage and. ability.: I did not k-

Pett less from such a couipiniou. Ilpou all oeca-
- 4°l3s of our ernize he afforded clothing but cause
r(lr praise; but the highest which I could. bestoisr,
would fall short of his, merit.

" 1 cannot express how much I ate. satisfied with
MY officers and crew. Captain Sr. CIIICAL lost
4°l a moment to pay the same tribute of praise to
those of the Clorinde.

".The brig of war which accompanied the Junon
15 the Obiervateur, of eighteen 24 pounders, took
ho part in the action, except by one broadside which
the fired at La Renommee;after which she ran,. and
Iscaped by favour of the night.
• _ " The English Captain riaariceuvred his frigate
with equal courage and ability, but it was become
I:npossible for him to escape us.
" I request your Excellency to recommend both,
his Majesty ; and most particularly call your
..attention to Messrs. GALABER and SE3io,. First
Lieutenants .of the tivo frigates.

(Signed)

" ROQUEBERT."

Capt. CoasaTT has arrived at the AdMiralty from
thy Cape 'of Oood Hope. He is the bearer, we be-
ot the. official account of the capture of the
,Bourbon.

Ai.eo,trng to the accounts brought by several
'44ssels which have arrived n Rtver, and most
Of which lett Gijon on the 2tll of January, m, body.
br }llene!) troops had reached Resadesella, and had
134casioned great alarm among the inhabitants,
any of whom had fled to Corunna. About 3090
Iftench troops had advanced also at the same period
before the town of Gijon, for the purpose, it is sup-
Nsed, of plunder. By letters from Alicant, dated
January 14th, we find that a French army* about
04,000 men, had appeared within seven le-Igues of
that place. Detachments Born this army, which had
filled: its head-quarters at Albecette, had been plan-
deting in the neighbourhood of Alicant, and had
driven away the inhabitants in terror and confusion.

IJ,'ssEx EL EcTioN.—The numbers were yesterday
4s ibilow

For Mr. Houblon - - - 22

Mr. Burgoyne - - . . -7

Total for Mr. Raublon . - 2294
Mr. Burgoyne . . 65

Majority for Mr. Houblort

16c9

There was not a Court of Aldermen to-day, but
the Loan MAYOR, after inspeEting the returns of the
heal-wethers, ordered the p 6 cr of bread to be
ii_ovfired id. per peck ; the qUarfern loaf then-
he
It Ia said that the insurreaion which lately brOke
MTh in South America was of a much more se-
-1161,5 nature tliin.was.stated in the Spanish .P.ipf!.rs,
arid tat it was in reality the effett of a determined
'Spirit f ,Indeperdence. It first appeared at La Paz,
WI kis extended to various other pl-tces. A letter
from 'Janeiro, dated the 2d Dece:cber, stales,
that the Whole Potosi district is in ()lien revolt, and
that tliv Royal Archives have been destroyed in the
cOiaury. A Proclamation, inviting the
Whole population to' assert their natural rights, and
throw a all dependence on the Mother Country,
beeo issued, and has produced a yery strong im-
ression. • .

Mr. SHERIDAN Las presented a Petition to his
iNii-JESTV, in his own name, against the 'erection
a a till; d Theatre.---Mrs. RICHARDSON, the other
Proprietor, of the Drury-lane Patenr, has presented:
another PcOtion, iu conjunction with the Trustees
and the great body-of Renters.
As Mt. WAITHMAN, according to report, made
toich an unlucky mistake as to speak of AuGLYS-
.I3 as N.:ing Erossed the Vatican," we may ex-
Pet, when he is nest inclined ro display his Itead-
ing, that allude to JULIUS CASAR as having
resided in the Rubicon. •

A few 'lays ago, as some boys were walking along
the beach, opposite the slaughttr.house jetty, at
Portsmouth, one of them discovered an old leather
glove washed up on the beach, which he opened,
and found it to contain 158 guineas, and a few halt
guine,s Po firm an union had taken place between
isutoe of tile guineas that they could not easily be se-
parated.