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

i;.lr h 3 tr. ss and of the ringing of all the bells. His
INfliii.evy received at Bagnara and at this plate the
:awe testimonies of love and' fidelity as he received
iu i i•e other cities which he honoured with his pre-
ye:

• The illumination of yesterday evening having
annonneed who enemy that his Majesty was with-
in our walls, a division of bomb-ketches appeared
this morning before the city, and threw into it
some bomb.,. which all burst in the air without do-
ing any injury, At the first cannon ihois by which
the enemy was answered, the flotilla disgracefully
stunt oltt to sea.

Scm LA, Ju convoy.,, consisting of a great
number of c.ssels laden with artillery, ammunition,
and camp equipage, and escorted by five gun-boats
of the R yal Navy, sailed this Morning at day-break
from Pietr. Nera to B3gnara, where it arrived at
Hint o'clock. The enemy's flotilla, which was ap-
prized by signals, froth the light-house of the sailing
of the convoy, immediately made sail towards Bag-
rant ; but the convoy was already in security, under
the protection of the gon-boats, and a mortar that
was planted. Notwithstanding, the advanced ves-
sels of the enemy's flotilla began to fire as soon as
they were within shot ; they were well received by
onr gun-boats, and disgracefuly compelled to retire.
One of the enemy's gun-boats, however, remained
on the watch between Scylla and the light-houke.
His Artjesty immediately ordered some grenadiers
to embirk in-aseven or eight fishing-boats, and to
boarl her. They did, and approached her so closely
that a fire of mosquetry began from both sides.—
They would inevitably have taken her, had not two
other vessel, api eared, which, threatened to cut off
their retreat. Thus terininated this brilliant expe-
dition of the enemy's flotillA, which furnishes a new
proof that the r, ngli,l) cannot prevent the passage
of the Strait, or even the arrival of our convoys.

AKA vZD - 2 Dublin, 2 Waterford. Duz-2C,ottenburgh,
z Lisbon.

PItIC E OF STO CK S .
tri4ls DAY AT TWRLVI O'CLOCK.
COOSOIS 69) ex div. I Red. no. 70* Omnium I pr.

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SOLEII QUIS btetßz TALSUM AL:IIEAT ?

L 0 ND 0 .N,

FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1810.

Thifi morning the agreeable iiitelhgence was re-
ceived at ihe Ebst Iridia-House, of the safe arrival off
the Isle of -Wight of the fleet from St. Helena, con-
siAing of nineteen ships : they left that Island the
1:,,5th of May.

Paris Papers to the ‘2 9th ult. reached town last
night, extiatis from which will be found in our

precedir►g colutnns.

We think it right to correct a mis-statement which
has Appeared more than once :a the Poi tuguese Pa-
pers, respecting the amount of the Bihish force un-
de the command of Lord WEL.LINGTON. These
Papers represent his Lordship's force- as amounting
to 35,000 men, whereas, in uoint of fail, his army
does not at present, nor indeed ever has, exceeded
25,000 men. The same Papers diminish the atioal
force of the Frew h army, which, according to all
the concurrent French accounts, exceeds 80,000
men. These inaccurate statementS have probably
been made for the purpose of inspiring the people of
Portugal with confidence, but they-appear to us cal-
culated, to do much more mischief than good.
They may excite a false security, and raise
expeciations which, from the relative state of the
two armies, can never be realized. Whatever can
be accomplished by- the discipline and bravery of
troops, beadA by a mos! gallant and skilful General,
we- may expect from the army under Lord 'WEL-
LINGTON ; but it is highly important that the country
should know, as-accurately as possible, the amount of
our own force and that of the enemy. With equal
numbers, we may venture confidently to assert that
the French will never engage us. This'may perhaps
appear like national preju9ice, but the assertion is
founded upon the evidence of fats. We will ven-
ture to maintain that no instance can be found
since the commencement of the last war, in
1793, in wliicn the French have met British
Troops. with equal; -or even any thing, 'like equal
numbers, in which they- have not been defeat-
ed. Though MAssENA baa never, we believe, been
opposed to any of the. Soldiers of this " Nation of
Shopkeepers," yet he has heard enough of them, to
indece him to ea with caution, and not to attack
them without such a superiority of numbers as must
rentzLr success almost inevitable.- it is therefore
but the justice which is due to our Army in Portu-
gal, and to ,the National Charaaer, not to Suffer
erroneous accounts of the hostile Armies to be eir-
eu!ated without crintradielion.

Yesterday morning his MAJP.3TY, Pri:lces-v!; ALT..
GusTA and StPHIA, t.:ok an airing in Windsor Great
Park till twelv.• o'clock. His MAJEsTt was accom-
panied by G-nerals GA RTII and CARTWIIIfIiIT, Lord
ST. HELENS, Mr. G. Stow, Colonels TAyt..oll and
DEsßlww, and Lady C...t.t.tr..e.
Her NIAJcsTY and Princess ELIZABETH tOL)k an
airing io Frogtnore Lodge and Gardens; !ht.), af-
terwards visited the PrincesS AmF.u.A, who 13 not
worse, but is much the same as she has been for the
week.

By a letter from art Officer on board the Ajax, off
To,.lun, received yesterday we learn, that the enemy
h.ve in the harbour of timi pliwe 17 aail of the line,
b -sides trigat• s and brigs. There-are,fUur large three.
dracrs u: tu suns eaul.t.