The Sun.
London, England, 1810-04-27 00:00:00

-NAVAL NEWS.

PORTUGUESE PAPERS.

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PLYMOU:TH,. Aram 25.--Arrived the schconcr
LISBON, Amt.,.
. 14.--LCcitain intelligence has '
ROS
Zephyr, "MclArtwAm .master, from Martinique, , ' ~been rece.-ved here that 13A LLESTE is With his
laden with sugar and coffee. In. coming into the division at Ronquill6 ; the w hole coast of Ronda is
flee, and General BLAKE: iS MarChillg to Derperia Per_
harbour of Catwatcr, she missed stays, and drifted
•
on the rocks under the Garrison, where she rentains, ros, at the head of 2.5,000 men. Nothing is known
. with certainty of King JOSEPH ;
.it is, however, said,
and it is feared Will receive damage,- as well as the
cargo ; but hopes are entertained that, as the
tide that he has left Andalusia. In Cadiz, every thing
flows, she will be got off, going on well. , The French have abandoned se,
every assistance havin g 7 IS
been sent for that puipase. ;
.. H% veral 'points %% hid) they find occupied ; and it is
. i
Arrived the Peacock and two brig Sloops .of war generally thought that they will .soon eva‘-nate the
from a cruize.
i whole territory.-
-- . . _ .
The Junta OfSeville` is aCAyamente, whether they
removed on ihe 24.11 inst.
The French are retreating from Olva in the di-
reCtionof Nuebla.

1 _ PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 26.—Sailed this day his Ma-
jesty's ship Owen Glendower, for New Brunswick,
Quebec,.and Halifax,' with a large convoy of- tiler-

chant men.
ISailed his Majesty's ,ships Gannet, Goihazok, P -
lot, Minotaur, and Liana; on a cruize ;_ also Sts
Majesty's ship Albicore, with a.convoy for Guernsey ;
also sailed his Majesty's ship"P;urydus, with a con-
voy of merchantmen for the MAncrianean; Vestal,
Bntcps, for. Nevis and Barbadoes-;
.and the Stag,
HOLLETT, for Msdeira ; with seVeral others for the
West Indies, manes unknown.

Arrivrd the Hiortaus, frign. Christiana for this

Port, lade 6 with deals, ticc

The East Indiamen it is expected ‘‘ ill sail in the
coui se of a,dayor two.

WEYNIOUTH, APRIL 26.—Tbe ship Larkins, Let-

ter of Marque, frotn.Jhrnaica to London, .ANTHONY

Cox•ris, Commander, srnt
,into this port last
night the French schooner priv_►teer La Paul-

mounting four carriage guns with small
arms, and manned with thirty five men; after

a most gallant a6tion- of one hour and a half
she was cjrried by boarding; 'The French Captain
anl 0 men killed, and several wo.unded The
Lark?ns had 4 men killed, and several wounded:—.
The privater, when taken, had been three days

A rcport is curretn,wllfch seems to be well found-
ed, that the Duke of: ADRANTES has raised the

out of St.- bdaloes, but made no captures. Great
cred4 is dUe to the COmmander and crew of the
ship Larkins, in boarding and carrying the privateer,
as they were greatly •interior in number of men.—
,
privateer' has:lost her 'foremast.

blockade of Astorga.
All the accounts wb:ch we receive from Spain
state,. that the French in that Country every %Atere
meet with defeats. It was Gener,rl CARO ihibo‘,
' •
placing thll?French that were marching from Sara-
go§sa to 'Valencia
.(18,000 in omnber),,between two

fires, put thew completely to the route.
In Catalonia, the division of. Colonel SARSFIELD,
composed Of 1000 foot and ti.) horse, frit in with a
French diVisiun consiiting of 400 infantry and 50
cavalry, in' Mulla, attacked- and defeated it with
considerable loss.

FAL4OUTII, APRIL 24,,--Arrived the Duke of
Marlborough packet, Bn %kb
.a Mail in eight
days from Lisbon. •

SHEERNESS, APRIL 25.—Came down the River
his Majesiy's sloop Osprey.

AI rived his Ale.jcsty's brigs Briseis and B, itomur t.
&min, 26:--Caine down theßivei his Majesty'sL
..brig Oberon. -

It is also ►noun that the Spanish troops have
entered Aranjuez, and taken there 6000 stand of
arms, and that the French are retreating to Burgos.
In ,Estremadura General BAILESTEROS is carry-
ing every thing before,him, and all the movements
made by the French indicate an intention -to re-
treat.

According to the last intelligence from Cadiz, the
French have been conipelled to evacuate the post of
Santa Maria, after an action, in wlkich the Portu-
guese regiment (No. Lo) took a share. The report
of the French having raised the bleck-ade of Astorga
is also confirmed. . •

BADAJOZ, APRIL t 1.--=-Our combined army has
defeated the French in Chiclana, Mulina, and Puerto.
Real ; in consequtenCe of the said Aaiun, many
wounded arrived' in St. Lucas, and our conmunica-
(ion by land with Cadiz is open. It iA also said,
that our army intends to make a descent in Santa
Maria, where the enemy has established his head-
quaiters, and that it would already have heeir ef-
feded but .1ot:1115 boisterousness of ale weather.

. General BALLESTEOS continues to occupy the.
Sierra Morena, and-. to baraii`i the'euerny. 'General,
CotonßA is this day to, art-keit Curia with his dif
tikion. A dreadful explosion maybe daily.expeed,
which, from theitkied ener,;y of oitr Chie!s, and
revived emhusi.ism of the army, IA ill, Ore trust,

prose dys:rudive to the legiuns of harpies whidi

desplate our Penibiola.

2APE-113.

CAnn, Arum 2..—The following is a copy of•the
Gozette Extraordinary, published atValencia :on
the 14th otsMarcl)

" The French, accilstothed to subjugate entire
I<inordomshy means of treason and decilnion, con-
. 0
ceived that theße ,:arrie • artifice, would have enabled
them to-obrain 'immediate possession of this capital,'
and, sobsequeinly, of all the other to,ins of this
flourishing kingdom of Valencia. With such joyful
• exped,atioas, they Put in motion the greater part of
the troops they had,in Arragon.z A division broke
up from Alcaaiz, occupied Morella without difii-
; culty, fell clown upon San Mat o, and 'made a rapid
march by Burriol to .Muiviedro. The General in
Chief, Count Suchet, marched with another division
to Alventosa,
,where lie fell in with.the advanced
guard of the division of 'Valencia,' which was.push,
ing forward to watch his movements. He repeated-
ly reconnoiu-ed that position, and his sharp-shootets
Were twice repulsed ; ,but having made a fresh
charge with the:whole of his force, the advanced
guard of the Valenciao di, ision found themsekes
under the necessity of gi‘,:ing vv ay to superior num-
bers,'and, 'in conformity to thy orders communicatd
to them, fell back upon
,Valencil, as did also
the troups that Were in prrisonat lorella and San•
j.Vateo.