The Sun.
London, England, 1810-12-10 00:00:00

FROM THE FRONTIERS OF SPAIN.

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"' Since the middle of last month (oaober) se-
veral regiMents of cavalry and some columns of in-
fantry have passed by the great Military road from
Bouraeaux to Bayonne, and from thence to Spain.
Quarters have been prepared at Bayonne for a nu-
merons corps, to arrive about the 1.5t1i inst.
" There can be no doubt but that the war in
Spain will be concluded this winter. 'We have had
many assurances that his Majesty the Emperor and
the Prince of Neufchatel' will take the command of
Cie armies there in person. A part of the equipage
of his Highness arrived here on the 23d of (ktz)ber,
and has by this time reached Burgos, where it is to
await him. The battalion of Guards in OH Castile,
at Vittoria, Burgos, and along the road to Madrid,
have received marching orders. A part of these is
destined for the reinforcement of the army in
Portugal, to free that kingdoM from the English
yoke.

" On the 23d of O&ober the King of Spain left
Madrid for Lerida, taking with him his whole
Court and the Royal Guard. A strong garr;son was
left in the capital, under the orders of Gen. BEL-
LIARD. These troops have lately received their
pay, in consequence of a remittance of gold, which
arrived from France. The utmost tranquility pre-
vail;. The head-quarters of the army of Spain are
continued at Seville, and from thence will be di-
reeled the siege of Cadiz, which is to be prosecuted
immediately. Gun-boats have been built and
manned, and new batteries for shells and bombs
have been ereded so near ;ihp town and shipping as
to do them much mischief, ..",r the purpose of re-
clueing the place. The force under Marshal Mort-
TIER and VICTOR has been increased by some
thousands of men, whom SEBASTIAN! has been
able to spare out of Murcia, Granada, and Va-
lencia. -

"'ln Catalonia, the insignificant straggling hordes
of ravagers have been nearly annihilated by the skill
and gallantry of General MACDONALD. Tortosa was
to be summoned on the 3d of November, and if it
did not surrender at discretion, the place was to be
stormed. It has a garrison of about Bor 9000, all
discontented, and much emaci ,ted from the want
of food. The threat of attempting to raise the
siege has not, and will not be carried into exe-
cution."

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Major-General Sir MONTAGUE BURGOYNE em-'
barks immediately at Portsmouth for Gibraltar, he
being appoinred to the Staff of that garrison, in the
toOrn of Major-General Lord BLANEY, who was
wounded, and taken prisoner at Malaga, by the
French.

Colonel FULLER goes out to Portugal to take the
command of the Ist Battalion of tho Coldstream re-
giment of Foot Guards, in the room of Colonel
HULSE, appointed w the command of a brigade of
Infantry.
Colonel DOWNIE goes out to Portugal, not with,
Dispatches, but with an Official Order from Govern-
ment to Lord WELLINGTON, to supply him with
Officers from the Army as he proceeds immediately
to Spain, with permission from the Spanish Govern-
ment to raise a brigade in Spain on the same tooting
.as the Portuguese army was embodied, to be offi-
ecred entirely by British Officers.

NAVAL N E W S.;

From Ihr LONDON GAZET fE, Dec. 8, ate.

Admiralty-Office, Dec. 8, 1810.
Copy of a Letter from Capt. Downie, of his Majesty's sloop
the Royalist, addressed to Vice-Admiral Campbell, and
transmitted by Commodore Owen to John Wilson Croker,
Esq..

His Majesty's Sloop Royalist, in the
SIR, Downs Dec. s, 1810.
I beg leave to inforM you, that' at two o'clock
this morning, St. Valery en Ceaux, bearing S.S.E.
abbut tour miles, his Majesty's sloop under my
con-inland captured, after a short chace, the French
Inver privateer de Naples, of fourteen guns
and forty-eight men ; a few hours from Dieppe,
and had made no capture.
I have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) GEO. DOWNIE.

PLYMOUTH, DEC. B.—The Claremont, of Guern-
sey, that arrived he►e on Thursday in distress, from
St. John's, Newfo►►ndland, encountered a heavy
gale of wind on the Isth November, fn which pare
of her cargo, consisting of :20 casks of oil, aid about
300 quintals of fish, was thrown overboard.
The ship Ocean that arrived here yesterday from
Quebec, sailed from thence on the 3.1,t o,lobel,
tl►e day before his Majesty's ship I3onne Citoijenne,
of Is gun•, Captain O'CoNNon, sailed trom thence
with 37 sail under convoy ; and on the 3d Novem-
ber the Ocean came ❑p with tlie fleet, whe❑ a heavy
gale of wind came on, which dispersed I 5 sail ; the
remainder were all dispersed about a week after in
stormy • weather. The damage done at Quebec by
the late gales has been but ti tiling, only one vessel,
a brig, having been wrecked there.

Sa►led the Spanis:► vessel Antonio Maria, for
London ; this ship was cut oot of a bay near Ushant,
some time since, by the boats of his Majesty's
ship Dreadnought, after a -most sanguinary con-
flidt.

Sailed hiS Majesty's ship Goree, of I 8 guns, Cant.
EYNG, wish a fleet merchantmen for the Downs,
ai.nong them are the following vessels, viz.:—Iris,
WOOD; Catherine, --- Abbey, HANNAFORD;
Union, HAM; .Hawke, PERCY; Swain, Mmioa-
RET; Sisters, SMITH; William and Ann, SLocome ;
and flussartn, WAR LAN, (or London; the Siasex
Oak, WRIGHT, for Newcastle; and the Friends,
BRODRICK, for Sheerness.

The Morristown hired armed brig, that sailed
from hence on Tuesday last with a convoy for
Wales, was obliged to put back on the tellowing
day by contrary winds.

DEC. B.—The Friends, BRODRICK) that arrived
here on Thursday last from Quebec, bound to
Sheerness, spoke, ten days previous to her at-rival
here, the Hero, from Qaeb,..c, tvith a timber, one 01
the Borne Citoyerine's convoy, all well.

Arrived.the American ship, Belvidere, belonging
to New York, .1. Coi), Master., twin St. Nlary's,
with a cargo of timber for his Majesty's dock-yard at
this port, go days passage, in distress.

Sailed his Majssty's ship Aigle, of 36 guns,
Capt. WOLFE, with the wbole of the outward-
bound ships tor Cadiz, Gibraltar, and the Mediter-
ranean, that put back some uays since. The Aigle
will call oft Fatmouth for those ships belonging to
her convoy that were driven in there during the late
gales., Also sailed the following packets, viz. the
Diana, JAMES, with Mails for the Brazils ; Duke of
Marlborough packet, BULL, with Mails for Lisbon ;
and Princess Elizabeth, FORRESDALE, with Mails
for Malta. Also sailed the Unity and Jane trans-
ports, laden with provisions, and the Harriett, WES-
LEY, for Lisbon
,;" the Kate, CLARK, for Guada-
loupe ; the American schooner Bolina, ATKINS, for
New-York ; Ilfracombe victualler, for Cadiz ; the
ACiive and &airy victuallers, laden with provisions,
for Corunna.

Arrived the snapper schooner from Basque Roads,
and has hove all her guns overboard during the late
heavy gales.

Went into harbour his Majesty's ship Martin, of

1 8 guns.

The following packets are at this port, viz.:—
Carteret, wilh the Cadiz mail of the 4th instant ;
Prince Ernest, with the Jamaica mail ot the sth in-
stant; and the Adventure, with mails of the same
date, for Bermuda and New York.

DEAL, DEC. D.—Sailed the Saturn, Pronietheui,
and Lightning, the two former for Portsmouth, the
latter for Plymouth.

The vessel captured off Beachy Head on, the Gth
inst. proves to be the Pomona, of Hull ; site was
recaptured by his Majesty's ship Goshawk.

The Grenville Baq has sprung her foremast, and
gone for Ramsgate.

PORTSMOUTH, DEC. p.--Arrit•ed yesterday his
Majesty's ship Goree from Plymouth.
This day arrived the Nancy WINTER ; the Mal-
colm MENZIR j the Adventure, SimrioNT ; and the
Peggy, KDDINGTON, from Quebec, its a very leaky
Male; I4eborptlty'Eusiero, SOWDEN j and the Peggy,

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13oyss, from, the Downs; also the Montibet, Bests►
from the Downs.

Yesterday sailed the Phoenix, TAYLOR, for Ja•
miaca; and George Canning for Biwnos Ayres.
Sailed this day his Majesty's ship Spartan for a