The Sun.
London, England, 1810-02-06 00:00:00

N AVAL NEWS:

mous exclarnafion of battle; and.the motto of the
1 immortal NELsosi, " Death or Victory, "- rang
FALMOUTH, FEB. 3.—Arrived this day the Pro- ' through the ship,
aillence, ROBARTS, from Wexford ; the ll:ince of . In this burnout, whatever event the conflict had,
'Pales, MiTcHEL, from Limerick ; the Eliza, MEN- . it would have been tremendous in itg duration ; how-
zics, from Dundalk; the Frederick, CHRisTENsoN, ever, the approaching ships,were in a short time die.
from Bourdeaux, with sines.
covered not to be enemies. On the 18th or 18th or
Also arrived the Countess of Chichester, ROGERS, 19th, Captain BRACE fell in with the Brisk sloop of
front the Leeward Ishnds, after a passage of 24 ' war, Captain CoODE, and with this reinforcement,
day, from St. Thomas : she confirms the account ! though still inferior in strength to the enemy, he
,biongiit by the Townshend of the two French fri- i went in pursuit of them, steering to the, N.W. the.
.;are, being de,iroyed at Gua'!aloupe, in which Cap- course which they appeared to have been .keeping-
pin CA NI ERON, of his Nliiisry's ship Hazard, lost his : he was not however fortunate enough to discoVer
life,' and ttitortunately by an English Midshipman, them a second time. If Capt. BRACE had had any
who perceiving Capt. C. making towards the boat kind of auxiliary, he would have engaged the enemy.
(and owing to the French colours being wrapped His anxiety has not been a little A their escape.
round his body) mistook him for a-French Officer, ; His Majesty's sloop Gaimit, . Capt. StiVaulow,
and shot him dyad. By the packet accounts are arrived yesterday at CoVe, with a fleet Of transports,. received that Guacialoupe was to be attacked the
Etcc. under convoy frdm Dartmouth. The Talbot
20th of January last by a force of 10,000 men. sloop of-war, Capt. the Hon'. A. joisits, reached the
Two American sips are tins evening arrived off harbour the same day froM iiorismouth, with a feet
th,J Port from Virginia with tobacco ; ',on board one ' of merchant vessels under her proteetiOn.
IS Capt. FARMER, of the ship Queen, from Hayti..
bound
to London ; and which ship was captured by
a French privateer of ,18 guns, after an action of
one hour, in which the Queen had one titan killed.
. His Majesty ship Hafixter, with convoy for the'
Downs, made signal to.getunder weigh this morn;
jug-, but it falling calm they again came to.

The 'Genera/ 111/ram/a, Captain FERlttEnn, froni
Hayti, has arrived in the Downs, atter engaging
with
,a French privateer, of 16 guns; and full of
then, for two hours, which she beat off.

EssEx EcacTloN.—The numbers polled yestef-
day*ere—,
Mr. H oubl r)n • . 224
Mr. Burgoyne • - 33

PORTSMOUTH, FEB. s.:—Came iii laA evening, to
the Niotherbank, the ship General Writes-ley, DA-
VID CHANVET, Commander, from Calcutta, bound
to London, laden with cotton and rice ; she left
Bengal the 1 ith Sept. last, arrivtid at the Cape the
15th Nov. and sailed therefrom the 21st.

Total for nr. flotation . 027
otal for Mr. Burgoyite sic

Majority for the former -
We have great pleasure in being able for state that
the dispatches received yesterday by the Cour: of
bititiors from Lord CA.LUDOW, althe Cape of Good
Hope, announce the cotnplete restoration of tran-
quility in India; add that it-is not necessary to send
any additional military torte to Madras..
Accounts from the:tape of Good Hope mention
that an earthquake has occurred there, which haS
done considerable damage. A small island on the
tOitse, it is said, hai been completely Submerged.,
. La Paz, whnte the lite loyal revolution took place,
is nearly 5t50 milei from the coast in the interior of
Pent; andis adjacent to the Like of Citation. In the
neighbolirliond iS the lofty mountain Illirnani, one of
the link's of a vast chain of -elevatiOns abounding in
the precious metals.
This day- the LORD MAYOR ordered the price of
Bread to be reduced 2d. per peck ; the quartern loaf
will then he Is. 041
On Tuesday evening about Mx o'clock, a dreadful
le.xdlosion of gun-powder trio:A place at Line belph,
n the Putielies, its joiner's shop belonging to the
proprielors of the li-ty Colliery, behind Messrs.
Bourn, Baker and 139..un'S Manufat.lory. A man was
pui,ringpoWder out of a pa.-,er into. a fia,k, and by
some,means unknown, it caught fire, and communi..-
cated to 'he piwder in ti,e boxes (about 2401b5.)
when the whole blew up, and killed the man
instantly ; and burot two other nien who were
in Clt: s:;on., but they are 1141 recovering. Thallt
buildhigs irround,wery 'very much damaged.
Several of. the Morning Papers contain a para-
graph; stating that a Pondy, of 12 hands high, is
matched by his owtter, ,tor 400 guineas, to trot 15
miles within the hour. We 'have frequently ex-
pressed our abhorrence of the barbarity of these
matches, but our concern and indignation are in-
creased upon this occasion, by the circumstance of
the owner of this unfortunate animal being stated to,
be a CLEftGYMAN !

Went out of harbour his Majesty's ship Gotheiwk,
Came into harbour this day the kary,
from Halifax, bound to London, laden with tim-
ber, having been taken by a French privateer, and
retaken by his Majesty's ship Rapid, of 16 guns,
W. MATHER, Commander : also, came into har-
bour his Majesty's ship Minotaur; of 74 guns, Cafa.
BAR RETT.
Arrived the Saniuel,DAvlsoN-i, froni Sunderland:
Flis Majesty's ship Pilot takes convoy to the
Downs.

twoor.Nogi.l

'SIIEETINESS, FEB. 4.—Sailed lli§l Majesty's brigs
konkey and Constant.

FEB. s.—Sailed his Mjesty's ship Africa) for
Plyn'louth.
Arrored the ToWer thndei-, with volunteers and
ihlPreased men for the fleet,

OZAL; FEB. s.—Sailed the Fiseuezrd frigate oh a
truize otf
Put back the Trincuin sloop of war with hci:
t'QY of outward bound that sailedliom hence ',titer-
xlay,

The :4(fred, Woidfonl, and Elplanstonc East in-
4iarnen still keep out.

COsic) JAN. ilia late nitiee of the
ktrginie friv,ate, in lat. 49. she ftil i with tame
t're ch fligiles; one of which wall aticertainod to be
of the largest clan- of single decked ship% and kept
company with them an entire day, occasiatially lying
t°, and offering the.si battle, which, netwithfland.
tng their great superiority, they showed 2to,iiidica6
li°4 of attempting. They adopted the defens.tee
'Ode of the Virgin/4 and also at times ta, but
in
such a positiin, almost in cOntad with each
°lliery that it was impraalcable to separate thou
s° as to attack one with any prospe& of advantage..
i
IVlloever knows the charaeter of Capt. BRACE
hand none ranks higher for skill and intrepidity in
the service) can well conceive that his situation was
tq oo small degree mortifying. It was a struggle be..
twert discretion and duty, which forbid being, the
assailant against such formidable odds, and the sug-
gsti, n of a gallant mind which rejected all per.
considerations. If, where the line of con-
tit:et was so obvious, any auxiliary considerations
were necessary, the bad state of the ship as to equip-
would have been a decisive obstacle to the
tintest. She had suffered heavily in a gale of wind
a Short time before—and not only exhausted her
bwn: stores in refitting, but had been compelled to
. receive al addiliOnal supply from Capt. UPTON, of
the Sytelle, u itit whom Capt. liaAca fell in at sea.
jn this state the Virgihie would have.been totally at
the mercy of accident had she been hit by a fortu-
"te slidrof the enemy. If Capt. Plaice however
1
t''d permitted his fening to usurp the controul of
'll9 judgment and prudence, there is nothing that a
~111'4) of equal force with the -Pirgi•
nie could have•
7"le that she would not have effected. The en 7
aiiastic gallantry of his officers and crew, and their
''lgularly high state of discipline, would'havi been
e °lllo.tent to the performance of all that was proof-
cahk' ; and this disposition was susequently proved.
"The Virginie lost sight of the French ships in the
"gi't ; but in the morning two sail were discovered
, • -
4 'll(:ward, and apparently bearing down upon her.
Cdpt. 131LscE had not before declined the battle,
'e Ship was instantly cleared for action. A short
;-• :11 to tlnp spirit of the crew, produced the unanio

TP. E LYCEUM.—The 'revived play of,passlNGEß,
ender tht new title of Riches; er, he fife and
Brotizer, was repeated last night at this place before
a numerous audience) and Was received throughout
*kh warm applause. Indeed the passages which
excited some sight disapprobation on Saturday were
wholly omitted last
,night;----On reconsidering this
ptay, and Comparing it with the original drama, we
tied that S. %lanes has done more than we at
first supsed; but .w it h alt our respectfor the memory
of the old bard, we are inclined to Omit that the al-
terations and'aciclitiotis tend very much to improve the
general elk& of the piece. These alterations ap-
pear in the charaaers of the young Ladies, who are
not marked by such strong traits of the maternal
virago as distinguish them in the original play. The
charatiers of the Lovers too are modernized, and
that which in the original was flatted Plenty, is by
no means so rough-hewn as at first. Altogether, .
the public are really indebted to Sir J. B. BURGES,
from whom they have received greaten literary fa-
vours, for thus restoring the produaiont' of a vigorous
old Dramatist, as well as to the Manager of this
Theatre for encouraging the attempt, as it may
lead to other revivals, tending to bring -back the
public taste to that healthy tone which may conduce
to the general improvement of the modern Drama.
We give the Prologue, which does credit to the
poetical talents of Sir J. B. BURGES; and also the
Epilogue, whioh is a spirited and humorous pro-
duaion of Mr. ARNOLD, the Manager.

Mr. KEMBLE iS so much recovered from his late
alarming disorder,, that he will soon be able to re-
animate the tragic region.
Another meeting of the Renters of Drury-lane
I‘fleatris bas been recently held, when it was re-
solved that a •petition should be presented to the
Throne; beseeching Hls MAJESTY to interpose his
authority, in Support of the patent, to prevent the
ereaion of a-new. Theatre,

A FAMILY IN UPROAR.--A few evenings since,
a Publican, in .2dary.le-Dope,' arrived at IWarlho-
rOughestroet Police-oSeo in a coach, to bail a fe-
-mole- and whilst an center was taking the bail,
soother coach arrived with the wife; while she
was giving vent to. her rage in the office, on account
of her husband's frailty, the potrboy arrived in a
third coach, charged with robbing the till. *-
A few evenings since a gentleman was hustled at
Temple Saar, and robbed of a book containing
15001.

A young married Lady is said to have Jkitely eloped
with a Justice of Peace,. who has left an ainitabk:
wife and several children.