The Sun.
London, England, 1810-12-25 00:00:00

-NAVAL NEWS

PLYMOUTH, DEG., 23.—Arrived last night the
•Princess packei, Captain KIDD, frOm
Lisbon in 12 days, with mail and passengers; Co=
lone) BAilluttsT, with dispatches froth General
Lord WELLINGTON' for Got:eminent, came pas-
senger in the packet, rrom which he immediately
sanded and set off for London. The hostile armies
.are stated to occupy die same positions as before ;
that of the Allies said to be in high' ht:alth and
.spirits; Mr. JU4TIN VULLIAMY, Mr. ;JOHN' MIL-
-IER, and Lieut. FORBES, of the 4th Dragoons, came
;passengers; the Princess Elizabeth, , was eight days
becalmed after leaving Lisbon.

This morning Mr. LUCIEN BUONAFAII&T'Ej aCCOM.
Pilled by Mr. MACKENZIE, sat off from King's:
Arms, in this_ town, for Ludlow, in Shropshire,
which place he has fixed on for his residence during
his stay in this country. Madame. fitioNApARTE,
family, and suite will follow in a few days.—
At present the Litter remain at the King's Arius,.
they meet with every polite attention from the neigh•
touring gentry and those of this town.

Arrived the American ship Char WILLIAM
DANsey, master, frum.Bellast, with a cargo, bound
to Lisbon, put in here in distress, laving carried
away her-bowsprit, and receied damage in a gale
of wind.

Put back by contrary winds and stormy wea-
ther, the American vessel Mary, DAVIS ; for
Waterford.

FALMOUTH, DEC. 28.—Arrived the Inirepi4 log-
ger privateer, Capt. BURREST, from the Medilerra-
mean, 16 days from Gibraltar. 'When she sailed the
Lady Arabella packet was going into Gibraltar from
. •

PORTSMOUTH, DEC. '24.—Arrived his. Majesty's
ships Palermo, Roman, Venture, and, Port. Mahon,
troin cruize.

Sailed his Majesty's ships Bonne Cityunne, Hy-
izna,,Sprightly, and fielder.
Came into harbour his Majesty's ship Jasper.

We sated yesterday the unfortunate loss of the
17ymphe and Pallas hives on the coast of Scot-
land. The following letter'gives some further par-
ticulars of the distressing event. They were corn•-
tnanded, the Aymphe by Captain CLAY, and the
Pallas by Captain MONKS.

,c Dunbar, Dec.l9, 1810.
Our coast'presents a dreadful spect tele 01 the
.itreCks of two fine Irig,,tes, the Pcil/Qtrliif pe gulls,
and 11z niphe, of 36; the one a mile beloW Dun-
bar, and ti.e other three nii,es turfter. Corning•
the-Frith, at half-past ten last night, whrp at th,
ipte.of ten knots an bout, they both ran aground
on the rocks, and exhibit a total wreck, the coast
all strewed with beams, planks, casks, Sze. For-
tunately only seven or. eight wen .have lost their
lives in both, who were bought on shore, and
every means in vain tried for their recovery. The
Isirst Lieutenant was brought out apparently dead
/but after halt an hour he was so tar recovered as to
be removed to the Duchess of Roxburgh's. He.is
now well. It was.elesen this morning before a
boat could go to their assistance, although within a
callte's length of the shore; and the life-boat
upset with forty men in it. Lutitiiy only one was
drowned.

Most of our regiment have been there all day,
guarding the wrecks, and assisting, as far as they
could. The miserable appearance (if the half-drown-
ed seamen, as ,they were carried ashore, was truly
.deplorable. Although '!they bad a
„pilot on board,
they mistook dlime,kiln burning at.Broxmouth for
the May-light, and the May for the Bell-rock"

The Vigo, 74, a new ship, launched in the Med-
way about six months ',since,' is ordered to be pre-
' pared for commission and fitted for a flag, supposed
fOr Rear-Admiral, DIXON, as the Ruby is ordered to
he paid off at Chatham ; at which port the Edgar,
74, was.lately paid off.
. The Comet, 44, late a store-ship, has been found
lanserticeable,•and broken up at Deptford. Mr. D.
WEIR, late Masterof her, is appointed to the Swift
store-ship at Woolwich.
• The • Crescent frigate, launched a few days since
et Woolwich,. is preparing for CoMmission, a$ is
the Safeguard gun-brig, which has had a repair.
it NANA/. APPOINTMENTS.— Capt. Frederick Hoffman, to.
the Apelles, vice Oliver ; Capt. Alex. Milner' to the Dol-
phin, vice Watson, promoted; Captain Blennelhasset, to the
Challenger ; Lieut.,George flin; to the Safeguard gun-brit; ;
Lieut. Greensward, Yuen, priscn-ship ; Lieut. S. Rentish,
Atielory ; Lieut. H. Preston, Caledonia ; Lieut. Merlin. ,4e-
clusa; Lieut. k. B. Bowden, Christian Vii. ; l.ieut. Pros-
per Ambrose, Tweed ; .Lieutenant Bonatny Mansell, Tyrian.
Capt. Bell rein sins' in the'Phipps.

Mr. SHERIDAN did not chuse, the other day, to
:state to the .House, chat the Lord Lieutenant of
Ireland, in 1789, utterly refused to transmit his
.fa-
vourite address to the Prince. He deemed such an
ad a dereliction of his duty, and a t.iolation of his
oath : for, in his own language, 't the address pur
ported to invest I is avyal Highness with powers to
take upon him the government of the realm., before
he should be enabled by law so to do."

The Mrs. GARatcK, who is engaged to perform
-et Bath, was-formerly Miss GRAY, of Covent-Gar--.
lien Theatre. She married a 'nephew of Mr. GAR-
iticx, the great Actor.
Saturday the workmen etnJoyed in clearing out
the ruins of thy Lite
,fire in „1,..i51e.-street, t•eif
task, but not a single ve-tige of thc i•octy of Mrs.
Simeon has been found.. AtutYnL-st o,h thin :s dis-

.covered were a silver wa:', h; sw;;:'
Pocket-book, not nweh bum',
*c. belopsing to the law

tilitfPdiGlV IN. Poßruvz,.

(EXTRACTS FROM PRIVATE LETTERS.)

Head-quarters, Camaro, Nov. 29,

" Massena has completely wasted every thing
near hit position in front of the British lines. He
has retired to a new and fertile countay, between
Santarem and the river Zezere. The Tagus covers
his right from insult; the river Zezere and a moun-
tainous country protea. his rear ; lie has a strong
ground ip his front; and his right is not likely to be
seriously attacked, as a movement of the British
army to that flank might place the fate of the ca-
pital at the hazard of a battle.
" The peasantry ,on all occasions prove them-
selves full of -patriotism, and continue, whenever it
is in their power, the .praaice of. abandoning their
homes and property, ,rather than associate with the
enemy. Certainly Massena cannot, with his pre-
sent force, attempt any thing. He will therefore
wait in his position for reinforcements." •

" Cartaxo, Nov. 30.

" Every body in England will, no doubt, be
much surprised to hear, that the great battle, so
tnucbexpetted at Vllla Franca, has.not yet been
fought, nor do I think these .is any probability that
any will for some time. We left Zebriera On the
tstb instant, the whole of the French 'army having
retired during the night, and so silently, that they
were not, missed till daylight, when not a vestige of
them remained—so much for the good look-out of
our advanced picquets, which were within pisiol-
shot of them. We advanced that day tis a height
on this side Soubsil, and occupied huts which she
French had left in ttie morning. On the t tjth, we
passed Alanguer, which was the head-quarters of
Massena, to a village called Mus‘ci No‘a, where
we halted on the 17th ;' and on .the 18th moved
forward to Cattaxo, where we. found Lord 'Wel-
lington, whose head-quarters are still here, on
this day.

" Gen. Hill, with his division, crossed the Ta-
gus near Villa Nuva. and has, we are told, pro-
ceeded up- the right bank towards Abrantes. We.
found that the French rear-guard occupied the strong,
position of Santarem, and that they were to be at-
tacked the following morning by the left division
under Brigadier-General Crawford, a brigade of Por-
toguese, under Brigadier-General Pack, and Sir W.
Er,,kine's bligade, supported by the remainder of
Sir Bi'ent S:ericer's division. Accordingly, on the
morning of the 19th, we moved for Ward toward the
points of attack, in 'full- expeetanon of honour and
glory, when we found the enemy drawn up ready
to receive us, and apparently detet mined to stand a
(lasting. The position is one of the. strongest .that
can be conceived ; San!aretn, on the top of a range
of hills, very high and almost perpendicular with a
lower range in front, where their first line
.%4 as
drawn up, at the foot'of which `runs the Rio Mayor,
a branch of the Tagus; • and a large portion of
swampy ground, which is only lobe crossed by two
causeway,, and, with the bridge across the river,"
are completely commanded by the guns of the.
en •Iny; this was the centre point. The attack way
to have commenced by General :Cr.wtord, on..our
right—and General Pack, with the Portnuese,
the left, tv iu n their flanks ; the centre wasfor'ti:e
brigade of Guards, ,nd Sir William Erskine's.—
Fortunalcly, .us all, tt wa, delaved by
General Pock oot being able to get forward a gun,
which was to hare given the signal to commence;
for on General Spencer going up,, he was aimost
petrified • at the idea, • and declared it imprac-
ticable.

" Lord Wellington remained on a hill in front
till dusk,' when, finding the task 'for) difficult, and
that the enemy was in greater force than he expe6t-
ed, which we since know.to be the case, the troopi
were moved off in different directions. We are to
support Colnnel Elder's battalions of Pt)rtuguese
Casadores (light troops), who is to defend the bridge
I mentioned above Pante de Clerisa, in case of 'at-
tack ; but that is for the present rendered impossible
by the heavy rains we have had, which have.swelled
the rivers to such a degree, that neither army. can
get at the 'other, let their inclinations be ever so
good.
" The French take all the valuables and eatables
they can carry off. We ate but poorly off here, and
a good deal harasSed ; scarce a house is left in the
country with a door Or window-shuiter--Lwindows
are out of the question. . A board or two serves. for
a table, and he is a lucky fellow who can find a
chair or a stool to sit on bed; are out of the ques-
tion. Since we left Lisbon, I have never taken off
more than coat, stock, and shoes, and, put •on my-
boat cloak and hairy cep ; and am glad if I can get
a place to.- lay myself down dry, which has not
always been the case. We can -get nothing. but
our rations,' except what comes from Lisbon—we
live cheap. :

Extra of -a letter dated . from Azatfibuj az
On the night-of the 14th the enemy retired, and
every pet-Son supposed he WAS retreating into Spain,
abandoning the projeet of subduing Portugal .--The
English army, of copse, was in motion close at his
heels, making 'every day a nuinber of prisoners,
and burying his dead, which we found in every vil-
lage.—Four .days after Massena halted at Santarem,
where he .now :remains entrenched, with a river in
his front. The wet season has commenced,'and:
the rains are heavy beyond any thing. I am, thank
God, in excellent health. The French army must
have suffered greatly from sickness; in one town
we passed' through, there were no less than three
hundred dead bodies ; and most of the townS and
villages have been all destroyed ; merely the .roohi
left on the houses, which have been completely'
gutted. Nothing can exceed the order, health, and
spirits of the.' allied army,' and their confidence in.
our Commander.".

" LiSBON, DEC:2.—=-About 10,000 French are
entrenched in and about Santarem. Lord Welling-
son's head-quarters are still abeartaxa and patt of
Our army is advanced beyond, and ti.ive separated
the French from the ClAmpaign country. About
15,000 under General Hill are still un the South,
and oppose the passage ot ihe T4gtts. Siitiera and
Wt's:)r) are near. Castle Branco.. Our cavalry 'con-
tinuaily, harass and conga .z..t:ieir circle': We have
t ,ken a coliicy of neatly 2000 bulitCks,, colletleci
c,f t t.tt aru)y. • ,

" reinforcements to tlz amount, perhaps of, fif-
teen thousaud, colleted from-all 4uarteri, arc on
their march to juin the Frrlich army, and several
Spanish corps are closing down towards the same
ptynt. General Garrena, with about 7600 Spania,tds,
'has arrived. We have thrown sonid Congreve
rockets into Santarem. Silviera acid the Portuguese
beat' the enemy nobly at Pinhel."