The Sun.
London, England, 1811-04-10 00:00:00

siit or two Lieuretianti
one hundred and

1 haNe dire-led the Wiangter to proceclti to Eog
land, with Lieutenant Baker, Royal Navy, of ate
lit Ina of Anhoh, charg4i With Captain M surice's
tli-paicties, which 1 itui,e. may meet with your al).
probation.
have the linnonr Jo be, &c.,

(Si ~,tied) JOSEPH BAKER, Captain.
Sir lames Saomoct, Birt and K IL
Vice-Aatolra! of tk Ited. Com-
!!lalittO or-Chist, e 44.

SIR,

His Majest)'s sloop She!drake,
Antwit, Mardt zB, ISt'.
In idwilience to your signal yesterday to keep on

the North side ot the IsLind, my attention was par-
ticularly accts led iu preventing the escape of the,
enemy's to Ice vvard, hoping by so doing I
aniiepated your wi-hes.
At two P. M. observing the Tartar to windward •
of the Island , and the g•ov-ho endeavoering to
push through the passage inside the reef; I endca-
%toured to pt ice myself in such a situation as' to mess
.them, or muter an atlion utiavohlable. About four
P.M.- we d sed within long range of sitar, their
force consisting of
,sixteen gun-boats and armed ves-
sels, in close and compatt order, formed in line,
steering down with the apparent determination ot
supporting each other; but they, finding us equally
detertuined to bring'them to close action, began to
disperse juts when we were in hopes of placing
ourselves in such a situation tts must have annihi-
lated the whole of theta in a short time. How-
ever, as five of them belt in one direction, 1 kept
after them, and. have the pleasure. to inform you,
we brought them to close action at half-past lour,
when one of them, No; 9, imMediateiy struck ;
she mounts two long 'eighteen pounders, and tour
brass howitzers, sixty-five men, and commanded
by a Lieutenant of repute in the D mish
—lmmediately the prisoners were on board, we
made all sail after the largest lugger, which I atn
also :appy to ioform you, we captured ab:,ut
eight: P.M. after t xehanging a few shut. She proved
to he a gi,u-vessel, No. t, mounting two long
twelity•lour pounders, and four brass howl; zers,
complteneut ot sev..tity wren, only sixty of Whom
we I,end on board ; front the number ot shot she
received, I am convinced.she must hive lost many
ot her crew : her Commander is also a Lieutenant iu
the D troTh navy.
' l'in extremely rejoiced lb say we have no person
hurt ; our sails mind tiggiug being a litCe cut, and
a few grape-shot iu the hull, is the eN:terit ot (Alt
&Midge.
I feel great pride in being able to inform you, the
(Mice's trod crew I have the hononr to command,
behaved so as to meet my warmest praise, and I
can assure you, Sir, all on hoard Were. ivy:ally an-
noyed at the evenly not allowing WI toe plea,ory. of
Making 11. r example of the so much talked of O.:111,11
Night coming on, and we having on board forty
wore pri.oners than our own people,. I acts son y to
say we could not sneceed its capturing any more of
them, as they separated atter the firtit had struck ;
but heVeral that escaped were undel• our fire, 'MA ap-
peared to have so&red Much—So Much bet, "that
some. of the people say One sonit,
I have gce.
J. P. STEWART.

(Signed)
Captain Daker, his Majesty's ship Tartar.

Downiv•Sitret, April 9,
.1811.
D:spatchrs, ul which the folluwiog are Extratis,
tins morning received at Lord Liverpoors
(mice, udtitvssed to his Lordship by Liet*riliitlt.
General, Vi‘ctiorit dated Oliveira de
topitzd, 21st March :

Oliveira delophal, March 2r, ail.
The enemy suffered amen 'owe in the affair of
lba 15t1i than 1 was aware of, When 1 addressed
}ou on the IGth instant; the firing was not' over till
dark, and it appears thit weal tittitibers were drown-
ed in aitenipting to ford the Ceira.
The enemy with his mear guard from that

river in the course of the itith, alki we ciosse4 it
on the 171 h, and had our pails on the Sierra de
Motet:lla ; the enemy's. army being in a Strong pu.
sitiun on the right:of the Alm They moved a
part of their army on that night, but still maintain.
ed their position on the Alva, of river they
destroyed' the -biidges. We turned their left by
the Sierra de, Santa Quiteria wnh the ad; ist, arid
bth divisors on the 18th, while the light division
and the Oh manceuvred in their front !torn the
Sierra de Murcelta ; these movements induced the.
enemy to tiring back to the Sierra de Moita the
troops which had marched the, preceding night, at
the same time that they retired their corps 'froth
the Alva, and in the evening their whole army were
assembled upon Aloha, and the advanced posts of
our right were neer Arganil, those of Our left across
the Alva.
The enemy retired from the position of Moita
in the night of the 18th,, and have continued their
retreat with the utmost rapidity ever since; and I
imagine their rear guard will be at Celortco this
day, We assembled the army upon the Sierra de
Mnita on the toth, and atteadVanced posts are this
day beyond Pinbancos.
The militia under Colonels *Wilson and Traitt, are
at int nos.

We have taken great numbers of prisoners,, and
the enemy have continued to destroy their carriages
arid their cannon, and whatever would impede their
progress.

As the greatest number of the prisoners taken on
the I tith h.ttl been sent out on foraging parties to-
ward, the Mondego, and had been ordered 10 re-
!tun to their position on the Alva I conclude that
the enemy had intended to remain m it for some
clays,

.•
Soolt has gone to Seville,siore the fall of tatiejos,
and it is reported, that about three tootts3nd Fiend)
troops had been seen on their march through 13area-
rota 16 the Southward.