The Sun.
London, England, 1811-01-14 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

t'LItM)UTII) JAN. 12.,----Arrived the Jan packet;
Capt. BUTTON, from Cadiz; Is days pmage, wink
Axhich have been lauded and forwarded to
London : she brings intelligence that a party of
Marines lately took the Battery of Point St. petre,
mounting nine guns, frail whence the boats of the
British ships were much annoyed in watering. This
capture was effected without any loss on the part of
the British, one serjeant only•beitig wounded—four
of the enemy were killed, The Ann was chased
yesterday four leagues to the westward of Scilly by
a French schooner privateer, full amen, but escaped
owing to the violent gale of wind then blowing.
In annoying the works of the enemy in Cadiz
Bay, the mortar on board the "Emu bomb burst, by
which
.accident 15 of her crew were unfortunately
killed, and several wounded.

His Majesty's ship Bulwark, 6174 guns, had ar-
rived at Cadiz from Vera Cruz, with a huge quan-
tity of dollars on board.
Arrived the Ithrribororigh packet, Captain JottN
800, frum'Ltsbun,,after a stormy passage of 21
days, with mails, which have 'been forwarded to
• London, she brings no intelligence of importance;-
the hostile srmies retain their forin,r posit(ons ; the
allied army is very healthy and well supplied with
',provisions ; a few slight skirmishes had taken place
between the picquets of the two armies, but of little
importance; the head-quarters of Lord WELLING-
TUN were at Cartaxo, and Geateral Eft ,L's brigade'
remained on the kit bank of the. Tagus ; the tut-
,
lowing canoe passengers in the Marlborough, viz.
Lord GEORGE GRENVILLE, Majors JEVEIMI, and
•DOWNMAN ; Captains MeboUQALL, DuLTUDI,
CHAPMAN) Lee, and CAMPBRI.I. Messrs. liatto-
itio, VliftNE, SCUTT, 111./..CK, ELWIN, CUMIN6I,
Mid ARCY. About a fortnight since, the' Marl.
borough was chased several hours by a large schooner
privateer, which afterwards proved to be the Ta-
rantula, belonging to this port, the former spoke
soon alter his Majesty's brig Lyra ; the passengers
by the packet stale, that the Poi iuguese troops are
becorne a very, tine and well disciplined body of
men, the regiments consisting of !buy strong.
Arrived the Eliza pricker, captain SAMPSON, from
'Sicily, Malta, and Gibraliar, with ntltils, Which were
ianded.at Faltneuth wt Thursday night. The British
feet under ,the command of Sir C4ARLRS COTTON,
were ail well on their station ntf Toulon, on the
Igth Nocinber last, and had nut bean dispersed.
and distuasted as was generally reported ; the Packet'
does not bring any ace'-out of the escape of
.the
Toulon fletiv; this roport it is therefore supposel-
.
mu's.: have arisen without foundation ; the Princess
Mary packet, PococKa, sailed from Gibraltar with
mails for England, four days previous to the Zlizu ;,
the former has not yet arrived.

Arrived the French ship privateer L' Amialle Flare,
of 14 guns, and a complement of 100 men, from
Granville, fruit-) whence she sailed on the 30th ult.
and has made four captures, viz. the Drawbridge,
float Liverpool, with a cargo of fi.h, hound to the
Brazils; the brig Anil, of London, M`FAIIL,EN,
Master, with a cargo, bound
,to Limerick ; the
schooner Peggy, R. Asuroun, Master, from Sc.
Übe's, with,a cargo, bound to London; and the
schooner ./Vancy, of Guernsey, G. BIGREL, Master,
laden with raisins and nuts, bound to London : all
the crew of the latter were bent on board the pd.,.
vateer, and a French crew sent on Wald to replace