The Sun.
London, England, 1811-12-06 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

Ort..4.•Arrived last evening the
brig Samuel, belimging to Yarinouth, Newsom, late
Master, tront.LiSbonk -which place she lett on the
,18th ult. with a cargo of fruit ; wept captured on Sit-
turday last by a French blik.lnivateer, and re-capes
tured'on the Monday folloks)ng by the Pa.v4onnd
sloop of war, Capt..PAR tin. which vessel is also ar-
►►vedt bete.. Capq. Newsom, with hi% crew, except
a boy, were taken out by. the privateer.
Arrived tke Easter, DOWN tN.G, ironi Cork, last'
from Falmouth, with a cargo of provis►ions for thiti.
port; also arrived this day the C2neen m►►n of w3r,
from the squadron off Brest ; and the Diana frigate
from the coast of I.4statice.

The Gleaner' hired armed ketch takes convoy to
Guernsey and Jersey, and will sad to-monow morn-

ing,
Arrived the .arrow' schooner fr im Basque Roads ;
and the Elizabeth, DANItY*, frbin.Sun lerland.

'PORTSMOUTH, DSC. 5. Wed his Mijesiy's
ships impegueux and Theban for of Cherbourg.
The Tisre has dropt down to St. Helen's.

DCAL, DEC. b,--Sailed the- Earl• St: Vincent,
fiurroN, fur Jamaica, with the lass of an anchor
and cable; also, the Catherine, GIiECW, with da
mage.

FIVE o'CLoeK.—Several more ships atft getting
under weigh, but the convoy do not appear to be
preparing to sail to•night.

'KA:MOUTH, DEC. 6.—The.: Maria, of Leith,
BARCLAY IllaSlcr, from Oporto, bound to• Hull, with
cork, is putin, with !no loss of atkhoil.
Artived ;the ite4y smuggling schooner, of Folk-
,tone, PHILLIPS ins,bter, takep by the Banger CI'S.
IOIII,HOUSe cutter, with Duo ca.olii of Ginieve ott
board.

A letter of the 18t1). ult. was yesteHay received.
in town from Gibraltar, marked by the Bombay
man of war ; the" etter was. for w:aded trout Ply-
mouth Dock ; it is presumed, therefore, that that
ship is arrived.
A Letter from. an Officer
.in General' WI'S-divi-
sion, contains tie full Owing lutrticulEtts re4pe6lit,g
the defeat of the French at Artuya do Molino.—
After describing the advance, of
,the Allies, •it states,
that when the attack WA 3 made General Girard
laughtql; and said that the English were too fond ofi
coiliiort to get out of their beds such mornings as
these (rotting hard):--he thought it, was only an ad.
vancd party of Spaniards, and was, hurryit% his
men out of the vilinge, in order (as he Said) to drub
them heattily. On ruining round, the first man 114
saw was ono of the 95111, and lie rode otf to set his
troops it motion.

After describing the a6lion, the letter says—
(i'reird, who was wounded .twice, got off with
3 or 400 men, and they say lour Eagles—but they
were invisible, the Officers
.having pocketed them.
When we saw there wai:no possibility of following
them, we tried a ruse de guerre after their own
fashion ; but it did not do—a tlag ot, ill= was sent
to tell their they were surrounded,' and tri asi; them
to surrender. The men ' and Offieers seemed
do. so,. and an. Officer .ind a few men ac-
tually came off; but Girard said that he would never
surrender with life„and if.taken, there .was his re-
source, ppintioglo his pistolshe was in tears, and
much agitated. The prisoners are chiefly the 34th
and 40th light infantry, all Frenchmen,. and looked
upon as ipuuicates. The Spaniards, *both cavalry
and infantry, got a great deal of very Valuable bag-
gage„ as did also our. people. The liorseS taken re-
sold,. for the purpose of equally dividing amongst
our men engaged." ,

Another Meeting took place yesterday at the
Crown and Anchor, for the relief of the Army Lf
Gun. Ballahierns, At ono o'clock tbe loom being
filled with ,nost of the Spank!) Merchants, the Duke
of Infaniatio entered, and took the Chair, and atter
some discusaion it was resolved,—.

" That the Comthittee. should be,eMpowered to
.unite with them as many English Merehants.isr they
should donsider accessary; in order that the Subscrip-
lion might advance with as much rapidity is the
urgency of the ease requkred.
A circular letter Wats presented, the purport of
which was to solicit aid towards the Subscription
from all the'Spaniards 'resident in this country ; and
it was direeted to be published in Spanish and ling-
lish, in such manner, as the tommittee thought tit.
The Secretary informed the Gentlemen present,
that the Spanish.. Ladies were willing to contlibute
towards the cornicing of the brave soldiers of the di-
vision (*General Ballesteros, by supplying the hoi-
vitals with lints sod-linen for the wounded soldiers.
seas ordered that Thanks should be given to the
Ladies,. and that three- should re appointed to wait
upon them, and receive their donations.
All the pecuniary arrangethenti which have taken
place respeeting Mrs. JUBDAN and her children, we
are assured, are marked by a deree,ot
the part Of the. Personage trant,Whom they result, as'
to bear ample testimony In faactur.Of, her conduct,;
and appears to be intended to operate as some com-
pensation for the cessation! of an intercourse whirl,
seemed Unlikely to terminate but with the life of
one or other of the parties.
The French General • RONALID, late Gcivernot of
Ciudad Rodrigo, who arrived ii-Plymouthon Satur-
day last, its the Dotterel. sloop of war, lett that
place on Monday, accompanied by two.servanis, in
a chaise and pair, far 'Moreton 11.1mpstead, whew-
he its to be on bis parolt.,Of honour.,
The Annoyance Jury of -Mary-le-bone have been
particularly succesaful in den:ding Bakers in short-
weight bread. Two *era fiord: on Wednesday;
and the keeper, OA chandler's sholi„ hi.heetry •pc-1,
nalties.

LEITERS FROAteitATRAL, 411:114,
THE GREAT 0(1E1411,1A GEIcERAf..-4

" Province of Sofia, Oct. t 1).181 r ,

The troops of -Duran, and the Empeditra-dO,
after having made the garrison of Calataiud prison-
els, were obliged to retreat to their respeelive Pr'o-
vines, the enemy having colleted Goon men, with
artillery, &c. marched froM S tragessa. to that city.
•
The Empecinada went to Mulino, the garrison of
"which, we are assured, have already • been four
days besieged by hint, and are disposed to sur-
render.

Mina is near Saragossa, as he writes._ hitniell,
and the retotn ,of the enemy confirmsit, who had
advanced: Id Calalaji. 'ad, and retired preLipitiitely to
SaragosSa, in: consequence of which Duran 7 has
again fallen upon Arragon, and to day will arrive at
Calatayud.

" Six,. ten, and sometimes ibirty Cc' (mos de-
sert of a day to- theJunta,ot Guadalaxir.), from the
garrison ut Brihuega, giving as their reason that
they are quite destitute, that their rattans ale very
%hull, and that they give each man a pint of
vinegar, for which they call Joseph the Vinegar
King.

" Yesterday seven citizens of Burgos fled here,
and go to juin Duran
There hive 'doubtless been some advantages in
(.;,itile on the part of the Combined Army, against
the eneiny, whose object appeared to be to intro.
duce in Ciudad Rodrigo a large convoy, having,col•
laird for that purpose a very great force, Ailitftliat
of the antes is superior, and there is no doubi of
their success.

Copies of two officials, which this Junta
ria)' .has received from Colonel Dim Fraus Espoi
Mina, and from his Secretary.'
" Ist, In answer to the official of your.Excelleni-
cy, .of the 28th September, I have to say, that bat
you. indicate to me of the jundion of the troops' of
the Brigadiers Don Joseph, Duran, and Don Juan
Martin, the Empecinado' at Calataynd,.. and the
brilliant action which they had on the gfith with thb
unfitly which 'purls-66E0 it; haVing a great
rnatiy, making 7.0 prisoners, and the rest retiring io
a sirong Convent, which ‘'v.is ahotn .to be burnt,
very ratifying, and I .doubt not it 11t4' alre idy
taken place. , projetl so .interesting to our ul-
terior operations has "taken place; eaPiial of At--
I.ton may he threatened; to 'which ,:nd I am about
to makes rapid movement on that poim, now that
this kingdom is freed from' g 6 to 30,000 Frenc h
whooccupied it, some going to Burgos, and others
to Tudela ; and if we mAy_bvlie‘3lthe.positive news,
I have from Pampeluna, that on the 21st Septem-
ber; the Governor Baia c received orders that leaving
in Navarre the loth, .:2011), Toth regititems, the @th
tirailleurs, all the rest slio' old. advance info the Pc-
ni6ul.l to reinforce Mirshal Marmont ; we may do
much, cOmbi i rig good plans of operation, and a-
sisting one another, xO that at it is a common cante;
our operations should, correspond, guided by prin.
ciples of hdnour, to the confidence which Ni‘*meri.t
from the nation, ' •

" Since the t4tll, June, I have been pursued in
such a manner as to be obliged to cltide my people
into battalions, of which the t'd has maintained it-
self on the frontiers at Arragon to oppose, as much
as possible, the invasion of Valencia, calling the at-
tention of the enemy In these points.

TilifT: thousand man, unde► the conuiirind of
General Ccot►rsr:e, arrived, as far as Bos, doubtless
with the ohjeci of surpriiing the 2cl battalion ; but
not venturing to penetratd into the.mountain, they
tna;k: a retrograde movement, in such a manner,
as, I think, they will not stop till• they arrive at
Saragoisa.

" The, columns wllich followed me by Baston,
Souse, Eitevati, Ulzatua; Aviz, Sumbier, and San-
gue4a, mAkitig a total of sun°, have united at Pam-
peluna.

lam ignorant cit tlibliiihjeFt, but", et all events,
I mean to.pass to the neighbourhood of Sarigossa
with gooo men, leaving two hatt3lions ut tit,.! king
dom.

. .
" Between the 19,b3u1y and the-last of Septern-
,
ber,' 49,000 infantry and about 006 cavalry have
entered Spain, including. 14;000' Italians whom they
h.tvt, drawn to Bayonnt.,, telling firm they came
for garrisop duty, end that .the most perfea tran.
quility reigned in Spain,
" Within these few days 15,000 French have
passed. from Spain to France by 'run, including 4000
of i he Imperial Guardi, and 800'0ffireri of all ranks
of these, &o from Colonels upwards, without our
knowing their abject; only it is known, that in
Bayonne they speak very openly, particularly among
the meichante, that Russia has broken terms with
NaPoLkom—that the King of Paussts. has resigned
his Crown to the Emperor of ittillaiao and that .Lout*
.BUONAPARTS had died of grief.
" May God, I:rota& you, &c
Catnia Val Honor 'de Na' t 1 re, 6e.