The Sun.
London, England, 1811-09-17 00:00:00

'.Cott, . 831*.t. I,—,Thtl EA*/
,Sir ;neer cutter,
Lieut.-80tt1441,L, is gone' to.Watetfordi and re-
turns ditettlY with impressed sramen.
. • The .Fbiliorde, Capt.NANsiTTART, is busy in re-
fitting, and expetts to be 'able to proceed on her
crbize thei 'beginning of next week, and nut tp
LolighsWilly, as at fiist reported. .•
The Saldaitha- trigaie Hon. Capt. PACKENHAS
may 4
be•shortly looked for.
'The . Emerald; Capt. MAITLAND; is expeaed
every day in England, on her return from the Ci'ipe •
of Good Hope .havingsonie.horneward-bound East
lodiamtn under convop• ft is •thought she will:
come on this station.again.
Lieut. VIOILAItS is appointed to,the Tortunje, vice'
WATSON. \ • -
The 'Helena sloop of. war tikes out thetrans—
port, No. 401, with .a detachment.of the Rural
Artillery, to garbadoes, and any other ‘essels that
may otter.
..The,•Gannet.. .sloop of war takes •t o. Portsmouth
1 .the t'''ransport, No. 4€4, with the Leitrim Militia.
she iijust now dropping down froM Monkstown.
' Sunday, about the- hour of three o'clock, P. M.
Rogers,. a Welsh 'Seaman, having previously pre-.
pared his bell with .11 cwt. of metal, fastened rouosl
its circumference, descended tram, the bowsprit of
a'
' sloop which was anchored for the purpose over
the wreck of the lighter .laden ith iron, which
;some time since sunk at Passage., The.diver- de-
scended three times to ascertain the situation ut the
wreck; in his last attenipt he wasloWered into the
hold' of the vessrl, dud succeeded in bringing up oue
bar of iron in his.hand. Now that he hems disco-
, vered the situation, he e xpects in a feo, days!to
be
able to bring up the entire property, which consfited
of about 30' ions' at iron. Th:s nuKel experiment
attracied a numerous .ind highly res,,ectable assem-
blage, among whom we perceiyed,.an Admiral and
Some Captains of the. Navy;

Dispatches were ycstei day received from the Bra-
z►th anti the• River Kale.

EXTRAC,T FROM TWO LETTERS 17,E0A1 RIO JANEIRO,

.
DATRID JULY 5.
Payoneche has defeated Castelii near the De-
saguadero, in consequence of which, he has taken
possession of La Paz, Charcag and Potosi, where he
his executed several -persons.
" Letters from Buenos Ayres, dated June, state,
that he Was at Cordoba del Tueuman, and near
lasco, wild was 4t Coruentes with fiO3, thoniand

Men.
" Elio .had den-landed succonr.froni the Piinces.
of Biaiit,' and the Portuguese troops have already
marched to join Gay oneche and rtlaso."
The, contents of this letter does not agree with
the foiloAing letter of the same
,date t-- .
'": Monte Viduo 61114111ns surrounded by the
trows from Bentis Aytes;:but.having plenty of
provisions is not likely soon to tail. The ,Paraguay,
ans have detected several. Portuguese Agents tamper-
ing with the army there,,and'en&avouring to seduce
it to the ,Braiil Government; and, in stiOri, to de-
liver ever the cnuniry,. have jointed the cause b t
,Buenos Ayres. ' The end of this
,may be easily

`brebeen.'!

A 13,4tet•ha; arrived from Rio Jaueilo, With let
tears ,to the 6th of July, whi, h sta.e, l• it 'he Por,
tUguese ,army of Itio'Grancle. hid torinc,t eordor
on the Spanish frontier, and that the
so strict as to prevent all, COMMUHiCiiiwit betWeeo
the; iespe6tive territories.
Letters in the Lisbon Papers from the.sarne gear-.
ter, dated the sth of July, state, that Castelli, the
Commander of Buen $ Ayres troops, had been'
deteaied near- La Paz,,b), Gayoneelie, and that the
latter had retaken seV: rat places w hich had pre-
viously submitted to the Junta. The 'same letters
'state, that Elio's -appiicadon to the Princess of the
Bratils for assistance had been acced'.d to, and that
the NortUguese troops h,,d inarelied to, join t helmet:a
of G iyoneche, and other Spanish Commanders, op-
posed to the Oroveriiment at Boenos'Ayres. -
, .
Tag THEATRIL.W.Tire Tragedy of Richaitt the
Third.was repreientecl,last. night at CoventiGarden
Theatre, and Kestel.:4 seemed resolved to recover.
the laurels of whtch 'spine persons seem to have
thought that he had been deprived by a popular
competitor; anci.to which opinion he liberally yield-
ed,, assuming the part of.liicltrnond. lie, however,
lest, night acquitted himself in an able a manner,
that altogether he inay.fairly be esteemed, not only
tie. best representative of Richard extant, but ad-
t,►ira to in the performance, of it.. lie manages his
voice with more >kill, and last night it was peculiaily
clear, lull, and impreisive. The canning, hypo-
giv; and sternness of the pan were well varied,
and nicely' discriminated throughout. Miss BOOTH
performed the part of Lad!) Anne inuch better than
she leiokeJ. it, for.her fignre is cerlainly tun ditninu-
tive fOrscenes of the heroic nature., Mll.-POWELL
displayed Much feeling
_in the. part of The Qneen,
.and CHARLES KKIN4I3I,E war very spirited, in Bich.
wand. Time scenery seems to be. new. It
.is ap-
propriate and well. painted. --The V. NC 'IIF.GENT
and•the .Duke.ot •CUKBERLAND were present dur-
ing the whole performance.
liiti-MAatcgi.---The.prnprictors of this theatre,
notwithstanding•that they 'have had some of our
ben performers. in' their company, and the addition
offloo4AN and, his Daughter tor the serious drama,
hive had'-so unaticces6tol n season, that they found
it, necessary to ,augment the admission to the
boxes one shilling, mind to adapt the pra6tice
f half- price, usual at the Winter Theatres.
Ai this arrangement was the:result of neeessity,-the
Public were too liber,al to object to it, and the audi-
ence aSsented.toitlast night without a murmur.—
l'he Play was if CUM far the,Heart-Ache, w hich
was altogether well supported,- though' EGIISTON,
.frotn-the'losi of his child, was unable•to aPp4ar.,
'LISTON,. Ike .are sorry to learn, has withdrawn
hiinself from the Haymarket Theatre. . .
Mrs, MouNTAtt4 has been so ill that her medical
attendants were doubtful of her recovery-; she le,'
however, better. Het; part, lu .the new Okra,:ot
'M. I', is of course still, performed .by Miss H.
I{Bl,ty., The. piece continues to attract, a crowded
andience-evety night, and is ICI:ely,164111 the theatri-
.
cat
treasury.
The Public, yre understand, are chiefly_ in,lebted
(co lie :firenueo 'and decision of G. T. GOo4ENoudit,
lif.shooter's in his:capacity of 24-a-
-gistiAte.committed Andrews and. Pall, whose ope-
risqpiis have excited ay „much public attieatinu.,
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