The Sun.
London, England, 1810-05-10 00:00:00

SUPPLY.

• . The House having repolved itself into a Commit
tee of Supply, :and the Estimates having been re-
ferred to the Committee,

Mr. LoNG shortly stated some variations in the
Estimates of the present and last year, which, from
the inaudible manner in which bespoke, we could
not collect, and concluded with moving, that "-A
sum of 441,5171. 135.. be granted for the Extraor-
dinaries of the Army from December 1808, to De-
December, 1809, which sum was not provided tor
by P4iarnent."

•
A Conversation of some length ensued upon the
different' items, in which Mr._Tierney, Mr. Ca!Craft,
Admiral Markham, Mr.)/V. Pole, Mr. Rose, Mr. Long,
Wharton,Mr. Mr. Abercromby, Sir C: Pole, Lord
Palmerston, he Chancellor of the Excbequef, Mr.
Lamb, and Sir R. Bickerton, took a part. The
Resolution was then agreed to, aria the House being
resumed, the Report was ordered to be received to-
morrow.

NAVY ESTIMATES.
Mr. CROKEII, on account of the lateness of the
hour, postponed the Navy Estimates till Friday.
' On the motion of Sir C. PoLe, a Return, of the
Monies. received from Prize Agents by the Deputy
Treasurer of Chelsea Hospital, specifying the date
of the disbursements to the Captors, was ordered to
be laid before the House.
The other Orders of the Day were disposed of,
and at Half past One o'clock this morning the House
adjourned. •

MAI LS.
AltitIVED —1 Waterford. Dus—t Gottenburgh, Lisbon,
Cadiz, z Dublin, 2 Waterford.

PRICE OF STOCKS
THIS DAY AT TVIZIVE O'CLOCK.
Consols - - qo # 1 Red. Ann. - 69 a}

THE SUN.

SOLENT QUIS UICERE FALSUM ADDEAT ?

LONDOIII,

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THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1810.

AccoUnts have been received from Cadiz of the
date of the 24th ult. from which it appeirs that the
French have at length commenced active opera-
tions against that city ; on the morning of the 21st
they opened a most heaVy and clestrbaive fire upon
the Matagarda fort, from masked, batteries, mount-
ing 2t twenty-four-pounder& and nine. mortars.
The fire was returned with the utmost vigour and
effeEt.

.Our Readers will recollect, that we stated, some
time ago, that the defence of the fort of Matagarda
wa3 entrusted to a party of British troops and sailois;.
it is situated ir: the main land, opposite to Fort Pun-
ta), and. in a great measure commands the en-
trance to Puntal Roads.

The Spanish Colours, of course, were kept fly-
ing, but the men, during the heat of the cannon-
ade, kept constantly calling out„: Up with the
British colours."

Abotit•noon on the elst, the flag-staff was shot

sway, and then there was a general cry far the
hoisting of the English colours, It is but justice to
the Soldiers and Sailors who were in the fort to
state, that no risen ever displayed more zeal and gal-
lantry; their condo a excited the admiration of
every one who witnessed
The fire kept up by the French was so destruc-
tive, that it was necessary to evacuate the fort aboilt
noon on the 22J, • after considerable loss had been
sustained.

The loss of this fort, it is apprehended, wih en-
able the French very much to impede our passage
by Sea to the watering place at the Lila, but it is the
opinion of the Naval officer; that. no impediment
they can raise will effe&ually prevent our vessels
from obtaining the water.

Another serious inconvenience that will result

from the loss of Fort Matagorda, and our leaving
that side of the water, is, that it will enable the
French, partially, to bombard Cadiz, and to render
our anchorage-room very confined.
It is intended, however, that the shore from Ca-
diz to the Puntal, and from the Puntal to Fort St.
Fernando, shall be lined with mortar batteties and
-guns, to meet the enemy, in case they should throw
tip works for the purpose above-mentioned.
Two of the Spanish ships were exnected to sail

from Cadiz about 11 e end - of last month, fcr tl e
-Hayatinali, and to take prisoners t? the Canaries;
the Bulwark is to rccompany then►.
The ships irons (",arthagena were getting ready for
the purpose,. as it was supposed, of being sent to
Carthagena.

Yesterday tine consideration of the L-ndon
Peti-
tion was resumed 41_ the House of Commons, and
after a very interesting debate, reje6ted by 3 very
large majority ;--tiwre were only 36 Members who
divided for the releption of the Petition. There
were 58 voted for the Middlesex PetitiOn.

'Yesterday Paris Papers to the Gas inst....reached
town. They states that a mdk formidable French
army is to be collt;cted for the invasion of Portugal,
under tke command •of -MASSENA. BUONAPARTE
has tried .JUNOT, Spuur, and VICTOR, against (Lord
WELLINGTON, anal from the result of the different
adlions in which they were engaged with the Bri-
tbah General, he is-not encouraged to repeat the •ex-
periment. If Lord WELLINGTON should meet
MASSENA, with any thing like equal_ force, we ,will
venture to predict that " darling child of vidori„"
as he has been calked, will have no mote to boast

than any of the others had at Virniera, or the
Douera, or at Talavera.

Private letters from the Continent state, that
BUONAPARTE'S attachment tO MARIA LOUIiA is car-
ried .to '.a most ridiculous excess ; it is even said
that he has made her a Privy Councillor, in order
that he may be gratified with' her presence even
when he is engavd in business.

Yesterday about two o'clock his Majesty held• a
Private Levee at the Queen's Palace., which -was .at•
tended by

The Lord Privy Seal, the-First Lord. of. the Treasury, the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, the First Lord of the Adini
ralty,,the Master General of ;he Ordnance, the three Secre-
taries of State, the President of the Board'ol Trade, the Com-
mander. in Chief, the Lord Chamberlain, the judge Advo-
cate, the Bishop of Norwich, the Duke of Montrose ; Earls,
Stamford,. Warrington, Glasgow,: And Kinnoul ;. Lords,
March, Heathfield, (gold stick), Boston (in waiting) ; Sir I'.
B. Leonard, the Swedish Ambassador.; Colonels,- Sir M.
Ximenes, Curson, anOtKeatney ; Captains Fraser, Curson,
and Spicer ; Messrs. C.; reville (groom in waiting), Leonard,
W. Burrell, Yorke, Morier, and Owen.

The following had the honour of being_ presented
to his MAJESTY

fhe Earl of Glasgow, upon/his being-appointed Lord
Lieutenant of Rentrewshite.

The Earl Kinnoul, upon his being appointed Colonel of the
Royal Perthshire Militia.
Lord Match, upon his arrival from Ireland.
The Bishop of Norwich, to present his Sermon on the pro_
pogation of the Gospel in foreign parts.
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Morris Xiinenes, on his being ap-
pointed to the 2d Berks Local Militia.
Captain Frazer, R. N. on his return from the Baltic.
Captain Curson, of the Oxford Militia, upon his cbming of
age, by Colonel Corson:
, Captain Spicer, on his appointment to the zd Regiment of
Lite Guards.

Lieutenza-Colonel Thearney on his appointment to the
command of the 2.d Regiment of Berkshire Local Militia.
Mr. Barrett Lennard, on his coming of age, by Sir Tho.
mas Barrett Lennard, Bart. _ _

-114;17William Ildrrell on being appointed Lieutenant-Co-
lonel:of the Stamford Regiment of 141coltishire Local Mirria.
Mr. Yorke, on his being appointed First Lord of. the Ad.
Mr. John Philip Morier, on his being appointed Secretary
of Legation to the United States of America.
Mr•. Owen, of 0 rielton, Pembrokeshire, Member for Pem-
broke, by Lord Boston.

The Chevalier de ZINKMAN, the Swedish Aln-
bassadoroook leave of his MAJESTY.

The KING gave audiences to the Marquis WEL7
LESLEY, Earls 'WESTMORLAND .and LIVERPOOL,
Lord MULGRAVE, Sir D. DuNuAs, MeSStS, PUCE..
VAL, YORKE, RYDER, and M. SUTTON. The latter
laid before his MAJESTY the proceedings of some
Courts Martial.

Yesterday forenoon her MAJESTY and the PRIN.
cEssEs-received the vNits of the Countesses of PEN.
BROKE, ELY, Lady CALTHORPE, Mrs. SNEID, Mrs.
FIELDING, MrS..CqWELL, Miss GOLDSWORTHY,
Miss FINCH and Miss KNIGHT.

A little before three o'clock her MAJESTY,. 'ac-
companied by their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of
'YORK, CUMBERLAND, and CAMBRIDGE, tbe
Prin-
ceSses AUGUSTA, ELIZABETH, and, SOPHIA, the
Countess of AYLESBURY in waiting, honoured Lord
and Lady ARDEN with their company to dinner, at
his. Lordship's house in, St. James's Place. At four
o'clock a sumptuous dinner was served up in the
principal dining-room consisting of all the delica •
cies of the season ; his Lordship waited on the
QUEEN. After dinner •her MAJESTY sent for the
two; eldest children of the Earl of Alma A, who live
tiextdoQr: • Her MAJESTY and the PRINCESSES re-
ceived them very graciously, and seemed highly
gratified with _their infantine playfulness. ,At six
the Royal Paity retired, and in the evening her MA.-,
JESTy hada sele& cart' party. •

Yesterday the Address to Sir FRANCIS BURDETT,
voted by the persons who met in the Common Hall
on Friday last, was presented"M the Baronet in the
Tower. Lord MOIIi A previously wrote to 'he She-
riffs in very handsome terms, requiring them to
keep back the crowd that might attend them, other-
wise they might be obliged to enter the Tower in
a way less suited to the respect due to such a depu-
tation.—Sheriff WOOD, in his State Carriage, Mr.
JONES BURDETT., Mr. WAITHMAN, and others, in
More than twenty carriages, formed the procession,
and arrived about two o'clock. The horses, &c.
were ornamented with blue ribbands. Sir FRANCIS
was at first so much disconcerted, no doubt by the
pride of an embassy so finely decorated, and so
patriotic in principle, that he was unable to speak,
but soon recovering himself, be made a long speech,
prepared for the occasion, expressing his gratitude
for the honour conferred on him, and compliment-.
ing Lord ERSKINE foci his late speech. The She-
riff made a brief answer, and the procession
tut ned, the, mob drawing Mr. WARDLE's carriage.
Yesteiday being the first day of Easter Term, the
Judges waited .on the Lord Chancellor as usual, at
his house, and from thence Proceeded in state to
tick respedive Courts.—There was no business of
any ituvortapce,

NAVAL NEWS..

PLYMOUTH, MAY B.—Arnved his Majesty's ship
Shannon, from off Rochefort ; the ship Columbus,
-of Hull, WILLIAM PERRY, Master, from St. The,
tries's, laden with coffee, rum, and tribeeri, bound
-to London; the sloop Betsey, YOUNG, from Water-
ford, laden with provisions, boundlo Guernsey.
~Sailed the Philomel With a convoy of merchant-
men for .the Downs, consisting of thirty sail -3. also.
sailed the Hope, WILDMAN, arid Columbus, PARRY,
Master, for the River ; the Betsey, YOUNG, for
Guernsey ; anti his Majesty's ship Niemen,.Captain
Sir MICHAEL SEYMOUR, Bart. on a cruize to the
Westward.-

, Came down the harbour, and anchored in the
Sobnd, his Majesty's ship Thais.
The Mariner gun-brig takes convoy to the West-
ward.
Put back his M tjest)'s ship Niemen.

Arrived his Majesty's ship Plover from a cruize;
the Mariner gun-brig from Cork; the Busy, JONES,
from Waterford, with a cargo of barilla ; the May,

CRAGGS, from Sunderland ; the Industrious, DA..
VIES, from 'London ; his Majesty's ship Surveil-
lante from. a croize; and the Recruit sloop of war
from the Eastward. '

PORTSMOUTH, MAY 9.—Came in this day his
Majesty's ship Pheasant. from Plymouth, and his
Majesty's ship Niobe from a cruize off Havre de
Grace.

Arrived his Majesty's ship Port „Mahon with
three sail of transports from Guernsey.
Came in his Majesty's ships Calypso and Sprightly
from the Downs. Also the Mary and Elizabeth and
PERCHARD, from Jersey ; Fanny, Bolls-

.FIELD, from Guernsey; .Fidelity, WILLIAms; and
Beaver, BATTOR, from Bristol ; Ceres, GRIFFITHS,
fronyLiverpool ; and the Shillelah, BALGRR, from
Waterford.

Sailed the, Johanna; BALLARD: for London.

I• Came in a French lugger privateer to Spithead,
supposed to be the one sent into Weymouth very
recently by the Larkins armed ship.

• SHEERNESS, MAY B.—Sailed his Majesty's brig
Martial.
His Majesty's ship Rut!' was paid up to six

months.
• .MAY 9.-.—Carne into harbour his Majesty's ship

Dauntless.
S:2i.led his Alajesty's ship Ruby, Captain Wit.-

LIA MS.

His Majesty's brig Manly has made the convoy
signal for Heligoland.

Came dow❑ from Long Reach, and anchored at
the Great Nore, his Majesty's ship Poiciier's, Capt.

BERESFORD.

I YARMOUTH MAY g.—Sir JAMES SAUMAREZ
hoisted his flag here on Monday, last on board the
Vislory, and is expetted,to sail with the grand fleet
' to-morrow.

DEAL; MAY g.—Came down from the River
the Cornwall, PEAT, from Jamaica; John Bent,
FORBES, for Martigique; William, —, for Gua-
' daloupe ; Edward, GRINLEY, for the Cape; Aaive,
WRIGHT, for St. Vincent's; Justinian, FARLIN,
fur Cadiz ; and Concord, OTWAY, for Gibraltar.
t Sailed his Majesty's ship Minotaur far' Yarmout h.

'About six this evening a French privateer came
close to- the Goodwin Sands, but the signal for an

enemy being made, she sheered off.

A Gentleman is arrived from the coast of France,
who in the beginning of the month of April last,
was at Verdun, where he frequently saw many of
our countrymen confined in that town. He men-
tions panicularly Lieutenants HENRY CONN, WIL-
LIAM THOMAS, a midshipman, Mr. THOMAS IR virs:o,
of the ship Bear, of London ; Mr. LISTON, of the
sh[..) Rope, of Bristol ; Mr. PATTERSON, of the brig
Chance, of Glasgow ; and Mr. SIMONS, of the brig
Juno, of Yarmouth. We, readily insert the names
of these Gentlemen, that their relations and friends
may learn that they were in perfed health when
our informant last saw them.
British heroism is the same in all countries. The
following trait does honour to the charat-ter of our
sailors, already so high in the estimation of the
world, and at the same time proves that our enemies
themselves are not blind to their merit. We little
expeaed to find British 'Jrars on the list of Napoleon's
Knights of Honour.
In the vicinity of Verdun, a village had been
nearly destroyed by fire. The house in which the
flames were first discovered, and most of those ad-
joining, were soon burnt to the ground. The
people of the village fled in every direction, and
the place was abandoned, when a large party of Bri-
tish seamen, who volunteered their assistance, soon
found means of stopping the progress of the
flames, and' finally succeeded in quenching the fire,
and saving the village. For this service their con-
dua was reported to the French Government by the
principal inhabitants, who solicited permission for
the most active of the British,
.on that occasion, to
return to England. This request was refused; 'btit
each person was rewarded with a gift of Sul. and or-,
dered to be recorded a Member of the Legion 'of
Honour, by which they will be entitled to receive
each about 91. per annum.