The Sun.
London, England, 1827-11-29 00:00:00

einoved farther shore towards the battery.

forgot to tell you that the town of Navarin is very
strongly fortified; and the Whole tine we were fir-
ing at the, ships this battery was firing upon us,. and
a' shot from it went through our main-mast, which

it very nearly carried away.
We then commenced with two French line-of-
battle ships, and the.Canibrian English frigate, to
play upon the battery, which we continued firing at
till the action ended. There is an account of 'what
his Majesty's ship Philoniel did. Now I will see if
I can tell you something about the Asia.
At the beginning oiithe action she had two line-
of-battle ships and three deuble-banked frigates lir-
ing upori her, which cut. her 'up dreadfully, and she
had her mizen-mast shot away ; but I had the plea-
sure of seeing her return it upon them in such a
manner that Ibrahim Pacha's ship blew up ; the
other line-of-battle ships, too, and the three frigates,
either sunk, blew up, or were taken.
I have not, much more time, because Lord In-

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estrie is going imme overland with despatches, and
he will very soon_ be, of. lle said he would take
this for me. I will give you an account of the
number -of ships and weight of metal we had, and
what the TUrks had. We have had some heavy
losses in some of our ships • but we (Philoniel)
have escaped withongireast:lcilled and five or six
wounded. The Asia, I believe, had
,about seventy
men killed and wounded ; her master, Captain of
Marines, pilot, boatswain, and two or three midship-
men, killed; but I do not know much about the
killed and wounded of the 'fleet
ENGLISH FLEET.' FRENCH FLEET. I RUSSIAN FLEF.T.
Asia 84 Talbot 28 3 line-of-battle 4 line-of-battle
Genoa ....... Rose lB ships ships
Albion 14 Philomel 2 very large fri- 3 large frigates.
Glasgow 5O lO gates
Cambrian ..48 IVrosiluitci lO 2 schooners
Dartmouth 46 Hind tender 101
In all 26 sail ; and the Turks had about 130 sail;
and don't think more 'than thirty or forty of them
are left,' chiefly very small .brigs, Btc.,- which ate
.burning fast, so that soon they will not have one left.
People may talk about ships blowing up, but it is
impossible -to form any idea of it, it is so truly grand.
I suppose about forty or fifty blew up, and the rest
sunk, or were taken. lam afraid I must now end,
for there is no more time, and the Captain will soon
be gOing. For goodness sake, I beg you will send
me out the newspaper; with an account of the
action in•it.
P.S.• We had a shot through our mast, which
very nearly took it away altogether; but we have
repaired it ; and we • had a shot in our hull ; but we
escaped very well, considering we were in the worst
of the action, almost; and it was only owing to the
Turks firing so badly that we were not sunk.

MIDDL7ESEX"IdUNATIc ASYtUAL—Yeste
day the Committee of Magistrates appointed at- the recent
general meeting of the'. Magistracy of the county, to su-
perintend the erection of an Asylum for the reception of
Pauper Lunatics, held their first meeting at the Sessions-
house, Clerkenwell. Mr. CONST, the Chairman of the
Sessions, presided on the occasion. The meeting being a
private one, we are only enabled to state, that the Commit-
tee resolved to advertise forthwith for a suitable piece. of
ground whereon to erect the building, of not less than 25
1 They
: also
s , whereei ss
aan,pel emn teit supply
apply off
ogro oplans,d
acres in extent, and in a healthy situation, near the Metro-
at.e.eley
ations,
and an estimate of expellee of buildings for the iaudable
purpose. A detailed report of the proceedings of the Com-
mittee will, we understand, be presented to the Magis-
trates at the Sessions. We arc sure our readers will-re-
joice that active measures have commenced for the•purpose
of relieving, as far as may be, the sufferings of our fel-
low-creatures, who may be afflicted by this worst of all hu-
,'man maladies.
YOUTHFUL IMPOSTOR.--A case of imposture,
by 'a boy not eleven years of age, has come to our know-
ledge, which, as it is by no means the first time a similar
trick has been successfully played off, we think it right to
lay before the public. A lady in the outskirts of the town
met a boy, who accosted her, and told her a most pitiable
tale. His parents, he said, had resided at Manchester,
but dead, and he was left entirely. friendless and dee.
titute.: He had 'begged his way, he stated, from Man-
chester to Hell, hoping to meet with some employment
he had only arrived here •on the preceding day, end had
passed' the night in the streets, being, unable to procure
sufficient money to pay for a lodging. He complained that
he hall bad nothing to eat that day, and was almost starved.
The lady doubted his word,
.and entered into codyersation
with him, when his answers to all the questions she asked were
di • ‘'
d lam
so pertinent, and apparently ingenuous, that she could no
longer question the truth of his narrative, and tecte
where she gave him his dinner, and feel-
turn 'Min' out in destitute condition,
allowallowed
o re Lis
iul7ts to turn
remain. till she could make some inquiry
respecting him. The boy conducted himself with so much
propriety, that she felt perfect confidence in the truth of
his tale, and having provided him with .a suit of clothes,
kept him for two or three days. At the end of this time,
and e• having bt
ctiiorncualnstonocleastletdhtios the discovery that lie had been at the na-
for, he immediately recoguised th
himm aster
as a boy whoeen was inn
the school a short time, and who was then much given to
deceit and . begging: 'On his parents being visited, they
were found to be decent,.
mall shop ; respectable persons, keeping, a
and froM them it was learnt that the boy,
notwithstanding eVery, endeavour on their part to prevent
it, had got such a habit of begging, that they found it
impossible to break him from it.
His name is JOHN
Jolt lox he is a fresh-cOloured round-faced boy, be-
tween , 10! and 11 years old. His manners and voice. are
• pleasing, and his whole appearance, gives an air of truth to
hi 4 imposing falsehoods.-”.gull Packet. •

FASHIONABLE AND MISCELLANEOUS.

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The Duke of WELLINGTON arrived at his re-
sidence, Apsley flotiF,e, Piccadilly, yesterday, from the seiit
Of the Dicke of Ricj-imoNn, at "GOothrciod, Su4st4: , .;

Prince EsTERHAZY, the Austrian
,Anibat7
sador,' and M. ROTH, the French Charge d'Affaires, trans-
actedbninesswith Earl'bunrx Y yest6rday at th'e Foreign