The Sun.
London, England, 1810-07-30 00:00:00

..`heaftl, sitid our advanced patties retired, closely
lowed by the French. The marines composing our
outVost, under Li2ritenant Fennel, of the ArAhnsa,
retired in the most perfect order. Very shortly the
enemy was observed advancing .rapidly in three co-
lumns, one. making for the right, the other lot the
left, keeping the third in reserve; their principal
object appeared the right, where the Spontaids were'
posted, but they were almost immediately checked by
the steadiness, of the reception they there met with,
and a few shot being fired from our battery ; the
• other column on our left scarcely- advanced, but
tired at a distance; .finding, probably, our prepara-
tions tna.le with mote strength than they imagined,
114 faced about and retired, leaving several killed
-and wounded.
The enemy's force ap\eared to consist of between
seven and eight hundred men, and I have only true-
. gret that they did not advance Dearer, for had they
dose so, 1 am convinced a most complete and entire
i destruction of their whole force would base taken
place.
Brigadier-General Pottier detached his sharpshont-
. ers to harass their rear ; they succeeded in killing
and wounding several, and making some prisoners ;
on the whole, leonceive the loss of the French in
the three several days, in killed, wounded, and
prisoners, amounts to about one hundred and Stiy
men.

The whole of the guns, &c. in Santona and
Laredo are destroyed, consisting of twenty-two
twenty-lour pounders, and tour thirteen-inch brass
mortars.

On the Bth in the morning, according to your

directions I withdrew the guns
.and amrouniTion,
lice. and re-embarked with the people, without any

loss; the Spaniards only having seven men wounded.
1 Dave • now to acknowledge the obligation I am
under to Captain Bowles, of the Medos:t, for his in-

defatigable adivity in getting every thing arranged,
,and having•the men in such perfed order when the
enemy advanced, as well as to express the great
Aislaction 1 telt at the steadiness and firmness' with
which the men awaited the attack. Lieutenant
Reei, of the Dryad, who did the duty of Adjutant
to the Battalion, has also my sincere thinks, tor the

asbistanee he gave me in theTdifferent diretOons, ar,d
for his unremitted atteotton to the order of the
whole. The only Officers who had the bast 'op-
_

portunity to distinguisti‘themselves were Lieutenants
Desbrisay and Fennel, of the. Marines, who com-
manded the advanced guards during the two little
affairs.

I have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) F. W. AYLMER.
To Captain Mends, ArethuSa.

'PLYMoUTES,. JULY 28.—Came down yesterday
from Barnpool and anchored in tilt Sound, his Ma-
jesty's ship Druid. •
Arrived a brig .from Si.• Sebastian's, laden With
turpentine ; and the Hope, THOMAS, from Water-
ford, with oats, bound to London ; the dative,
STAMBURY,• from Dublin, with wine for this K;rt,
M'FEE, from Chepstow; Union, POI Clf , froM,Glou-
cester ; Ayr, WEAM, from Newport; Barnevelt,
GARRETT ; and Plato, WARDELL, from Sunderlat,d;.
Susannah, JOHNS ; and filaria, HENNA, froni Wales.
Sailed his ship Majesty's 11 olverene, Wiih 14 sail
of. transports under convoy for Gibraltar and Cadiz,
part of which 'have on board a detachment of the
95th Rifle Corps. -

A few days since his Majesty's ship Iris, of 44
guns, Captain SnoturcAsp, fell in with an home-
ward-bound China fleet, and passed by with them
to the Eastward this morning.
. Came down the harbour and anchored in the Sound
and is Wailed, his Majesty's ship North Star, of 18
guns, Captain Cos, fur the East Indies.

Arrived the shipi Caledonia, Bovu, and Two Bro-
thers, CIIANTLER, from Quebec, laden with masts
for the Duck-yard at this port; .the Arnelican ship,
Agnes, from Falmouth, in ballast, and the AMeri-
can brig Eight Sisters, C. COFFIN, from Boston,
laden with naval stores, for orders.
Put back his Majesty's ship ffolverene with the
transports bound to Gibraltar and Cadz,
His Majesty's ship Peacock lakes convoy to the
Eastward.

Arrived a ship from Quebec with masts for this
Dock-yard; also arrived the 'Lena and Harriett,
EASTMAN ; 11'slson, LOVERING ; and COUIIieSS of
Mex boron glt, DAVIES, from Wales ; therldriau cutter,
from Basque Roads, spoke yesterday the Crocodile
letter of marque, which ship about 30 leagues to the
Westward of. Scilly fell in with and after a smart
anion beat off a French brig privateer.
The £readnought, of 98 guns, which sailed from
this _port on Monday se'nnight, arrived in Basque
Roads on Saturday evening, and found there the
Scipion, Gibraltar, and Courageux, of the line,
with the Fancy and All ian cutlers. The Daring

gun-brig and Arrow schooner arrived there on Sun-
day last, on which evening the Scipion sailed ; on
she Tuesday spoke the Valiant, off' the Glennans.;
and passed Brest the same evening, but saw none of

our cruizers.

PORTSMOUTH, JULY 29.—Early yesterday morn-
ing the expected homeward-bound China fleet pass-
ed by this port, for the river, under convoy of the
St. Albans of 64 guns, consisting of 13 sail and one
whaler. The ships are as follows :—Perseverance,
Neptune, Coutts, Cumberland, Warren Hastings,
Scaleby Castle, Glutton, Marquis of Ely, Princess

Amelia, Albion, Kotiinghttm, Thames, and Princess
Charlotte. They have been about five months from
Canton, touched at Penang, where they left the
Cu, 'hells repairing.; and at St. Helena, which they