The Sun.
London, England, 1810-02-12 00:00:00

IALMOTITH, F 613. g.--Arr'ved the P incess-Eli•za:
`'eth packet, 12 da; s from L sbon:, with a Mail.

YARMOUTH, FEB. I i.--Arrived tl e Pi-t-ndora and
tretus sloops of war, and Lyre tend'r.
Sailed on a cruize the Onyx and Ifoollark sloors
Wah
Roebuck,the Pandora, Ciutniicker, Erebus; and
hearty, in' the Roads ;Wand' refitting, the Braizer,
13 aw ;
kt Flamer, Snipe„ liaooc, and, Ernest gun-
'rigs. Patriot, Jande, Enons, and Paz schooners,
and Clecerj;;l cutter. -

On Thursday the tanabes
_French frigate Can-,
' noniere,ZA 44
guns, arrit ed at- Poi h4mooth, captured
bY the Valiant, of 74' guns, Captain Jonb.l -BefGH,
day' se'noight, within seyen or eight leagtiirs .of
'''iteige. The circubistances attending her capture
3,.1,'r the Feet-afar good fortune of-Qtetrin-Beiou.
ThUrsday se'nnight, the D I:fiance, 74, Captain
`l-oTtitar, and the Valiant; Were in company tOge-,
ther; when, Cape-tin .1-ToTtritsr, as senior Officer,
wade the Valiant's to follow him, to join the
--Squadron 'in Quiberon Bay. The t being
thewastern of the Di:fiance, could not cattier the
Point to get roe the Bay, but the Dfliance
Iti being light winds, the following diy. the
/(diant could make no eprosress ; and in the course
of the night she' felt :in' with the Cannoniere, and
tha,eci her twist day .light ow -Saturday morn, ,gig
un-
noue, when the wind took': the Canneniere byt
the head; thre'w her round upon the Valiant's
bpi Aside, and she struck,. no di her ship being iii
Her capture is alm'ost entirely aoributed to
a',lll haft-lime .with which the Valiant rather
gained upon her, as she was three miles fit:n 'her
,t daylight, and "wheat she struck -she to es aboul
ot'e mite. .T_Joder any , other. circumstances .she
'mould hive ~sCaped, as she out-sailed,. in six hours,
tvety sotip that ever, chased her before.. She had
us!en from the lee of Frince 93 days, and had been
• thased tourteen, times- t.ler.itier- the-passege: It`had
b, long
,known that'she was to'retunt to Europe;
Lden- withethe sPeil of the principe4 c,iptures whiCh
• 'lie French lerifol'ade iii the East Indies, during the
last 'three years:. Oar squadron, off the Isle, of
Plance, and our cruizer, to the welt Ward, were on
-the mostvigdatiflook etit for her; and but for the
set•rilogly untoward eireumstance-ofsthe-Valia'nt not
being able to
-toter QUiberntr, Bay, avtliat,particular
time she would haveteen safe in Belleisie in a sew
hours. alter thetime she was fallen in with., On her
Pasiage chit to the East Indies, she rum into the Cape
of Go9d Hope,. soon after it had been taken by Sir
HOME PopHAM; but perceiving the English flag.,.
flying, she cut her cable, and escaped. Since that-.
she has been cruiiirrg*,in the Indiao Seas, to
the %terror of all our trade, there ; _but wanting re- i
Pairs, which could not be done at the Isle of Fuince,.
Vie Governor sof that Island, DW: CAEN, lent her,:
• fora consideration; to the Merchants-, to bring
their goods to France ; her cargo cost 890,000 dot- 1
lars there, and, the Merchants )called her La Coat-1
~dance.. -She was formerly, 'Le IMinerve, in his Ma-!
• Psty's service, and was...taken at Cherbourgh, by i
Mohler aground -in' d' fog. She had seventy-three
Passengers on board frOrri the Isle of France. About
, eighteen months since she was chased by Sir ED-.
'•
WARD PELLEW,.-and,the Caroline frigate, at which •
time; the Captain-of-hersays, be had &nu- millions "1
of dollars on board, and a box of diamonds, the va,-
hie of which he does not know: Her present cargo.
_ iS expected to yield_ to the captors about te0,0601.
-She had only 18. guns mounted when captured; the
'Others were lelt at the Isle of France, to make room
for the cargo. She will be sent round to the rivet,
as East India prodUce cannot be said- at any- other
than a London market:----0,, C. Gaoler, ,Esii.,(Purser
of the Falianl) , and 3. WILKINSON,'ESq, (.(.;Ccre-
, • lary to Lord GAM.BIEE), are pie Agents for are.e.-;
-4% tier cargo consists Ot—Sugar, 330;175 lbs. C'etteee•
181,912 lbs Mocha' ditto, 14,72 i• Bengal.
Cotton,, 197,384 lbs. Indio, 1 11,848 lbs. Cloves,
• 7-74 lbs: Nutmegs, 63 lbs, Ebony, 19,55/tbs.
"Tea, 30 boxes. Popper; 78,684,ib5. Guth Arabic,
5,142 lbs. Tortoise-shell; .1,091 lbs. Cinnamon,
600 his. Nankeen, 760 pieces. Galls, 4,340
13,ark, 1,293 lbs. Raw Silk, 869 lbs. Elephants'
' Teeth, 1,272 ltis. Ginger,- ;10,708 lbs. India
goods, 8(.10 pieces,
AcCOtinl.s from India state, ~that, on.' the Ist of
04ober, Lord M iNfo. issued a Proclamation, con-
Ltaining a general scone-.ty and pardon to the Officers
on the Madras Establislinunt, who had been con-
, e cep eci iii ti:e disturbances which have unfortunately
Prevented at that setilement, •with the exception' of
`four indivittals, who have been dismissed the service,
and Nis said, are said home for trial, should Govern-
. ,ratnt think proper to institute any proceedings
against them. ,
• eßy letters very recently received from Lord Wee-
'. lalloToli's army, it appears that Ore, Briti.hll, troops
1)al- taken up a very strong position on the howlers
of:Wring-11. The Portuguese army consisted of more
• yvall 40,000 regular troops, and opwards of 100,000
, 0,1 the militia.
r A Council was held at the Royal Academy on
Saturday la,t, forthe purpose of eite.ting a Alt..itiber,
in the room of the late PAUL SANDBY, Esq.. A
' n difference of opinion took place, respecting a bye.
law ot. the Insmotion, which precludes the election
of a tiew Member till a certain time has elapsed
, etitei the death which cceesioned a I acancy-. After
- •,a Icing di,o.,ssiorr on this point, Mr...Cm-col' was
elccted a Roydl Acadeneecian, and ail patties agreed
that his ttLents ahundaiitiy. qualiiy him for the si-
t
, Nation.-

Mr. SOAVE, it seems, has suspended his Lectures
on-Persp,-2ctive at the lUiyal ;Academy, in conse-
tinenee .of- a Resolution of the Council, importing
' hat the sevcialyrofFssDrs of the Institution
:should
he desired not' t'' animadvert - on the productions of
living artists. The ause of this It- solutihn, we un--
_ dt.rsiand; was the introduction of the.New-Theatre
I.i, Covent Garden into Mr. SOANE'S list Lecture. ,
of the 0. P. spirit broke out at the .1
Ring's:lleatie on Saturday last, when the enter-'
• taluments NAere interrupted by a loud call for CATA-
Lntit. The vocal depart wn( o'f that place ccrus,laly
- an addition, bat it Seems that SIBONI has
1./tl2l-1 tliii;3l6.etrT 10 the Continent to engage the fist
featle 6;1‘22;e17 in repute,
.but has sent- no tidins of
8%,t.1 to learn that Mr. But,ist.Ey, who was
, • - •,',l7ected; tor hisThe:trical rni.rits, and.-his
• • • t .•, private !i.e, ,has latoly obtained. a very
. • ;t •e, him by yds. reLition !he
VY.1L.1.1 AM 8ENE1...V..Y.,