The Sun.
London, England, 1811-12-04 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

PLYMOUTH, Dec. 2. Arri ed yesterday. morn-
ing the ship Ranger, belonging 'io LondOn, Capt.
MOTTL'HY, from the Braiilt,With 'a
coign; copsisting
of cotton, 'hides; &c. boUnd 10 London ; was cap-
tured on the.:,2tst alt. by.the French Schooner pri-
vateer Le Junon, of 16 guns, and a complement, of
160 men, and reCaptoted on the same. day by his
Majesiy's.. brig of war Recruit, Of i 6 guns, bound
from Portsmouth to Halifax, the bind then I.),ea
ing north-east by north, distant about sevarleagues:.:
It is stated, that at the time •the privateer was first
discovered by. the Ranger's. crew, a British armed
cutter wat cruizihg within ,hail of the latter, with
which she communicated, the schoonei .having a
very suspicious appearance, - although then at some
djstance,w hen Capt. MOTTLE? received an assurance
from the cutter that she should remain near him, in
order to assist in • repelling an attack; shonld'she
prove to be an enemy's vessel. Shortly after the
schooner b;re doWn, and'cornmenced a most furi,
out attack op the Ranger, the crew of which (who
had previously_determined on,rnskin a spirited le-
sisiance, being confident of an able support from the
cutter, which was then cruizing within gun-shot)
.returned the enemy's fire, and continued the aelion
semi . minutes, with that true valour inherent in
British. seamen, when, to the astonishment of the
brave defenders of the Ranger, they discovered the
cutter standing off, when it was deemed prudent,
owing, to the ,superiority of their oppOnent, to gut -
render, atter being boarded 67 the ..greater- part of
her crew, the schooner,having towards the close of
the conflid ranged alongside the Ranger. The cut-
ter was shortly after lost sight of: had she lent the'
promised assistance, in all probability the enemy
must have been captured, as the Raver was-armed
with ten guns.

On the Recruit's heaving in sight, the privateer
left her prize, having previously taken out Captain
.MOTTLEY. and pars of his crew, who were after-
wards lent adrift in an_ open boat, but were supplied
with provisions anti a compass; A few hours after-
wards they were picked up by the Recruit, and Bent
on board the Ranger, then in company, when she:
bent, her course Inc this port. Captain AloTTLav
mates,- that tnp greater part of the Junon's crew,
spoke,•English, and that he received pretty good
'treknetit from thorn, and was liberated, with that
:part ot., his crew on board, on condition that he
'should,.on his arrival in this country,'obtain a re-
lease for the 111.c'e number of French prisoners, and
came them to be conveyed toTrance. -

The Anon Sailed, from St. Maloes the day before
she capturcd the Ranger, which `wati'her first prize
crn that crnize. During the former she was very
'successful, having captuied. nine British merchant-
men, one of which, with her cargo, sold. for
too,opof. 'The Captain, of the privateer states he
was not atoll afraid of being taken by any British
cruiser, from ttic schoones superior sailing.--The
Ranger sailed from Marantia'm on the Bth August,
and was a running ship : she pot into Teuby and
Falmouth.

The ship BrilliantStar, belonging to this port,
Na.Tr, Master, 11131 Sailed from hence on Sunday
laSt, withlt cargo tor Cadiz, Gibraltar, and Malta,
struck on a rock, near Ushant, on the following
morning, about three o'clock, during a very thick
fog, and shortly afterwards became a complete
wreck. Six. of the crew (foreigners) took posses-
sion of the small boat; and' were seen to enter
Brest harbour ; the remainder of the crew, with
Captain KRAFT, took to the launch, in Which they
drilled about three days, when they were fallen in
with by the Rhin frigate, and _sent on board
.a
schooner, in which they arrived here. The schooner

the Belisarius, under Data) colmrs, detained by
th'e Nimrod hired cutter, on her voyage from Nati,
with a cargo.
Arrived the, iltereronibie min of war, from the
squadron off Brest; and the brig Memel, 13LAcit-
HALL, Master, from Quebec, laden with timber,
for t i 3 port. , •
Also arrived the Royal 'Sovereign • nian
'of war
low the squadron off Toulon, and is under qua.

rantine.
SailedAbe-Ache/les brig of war on a min in the
Channel ; and the Carirr*nrs brig of war, with a small
convoy, for Portsmouth.

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FALMOUTH,
weeks passage, last
, jwz
Bola, a
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r,io,t tr, I,ei iiadas,t .
privateer Julan, of 16 guns and 115 men, front
the Ranger' , On (Pe !?, 4th ult. thyrbytfehtilelhecinr::ciOthht
. ye brig Recruit, of 18 guns, (convoying
thpuet.t:ewfoundland fleet), which recaptured her,
and was within pistol shot of the privateer, but stio
escaped by superior sailing.
,
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a.c''‘htinlasriliivel,ie'lPa‘e‘alafl:i,s'aists.nttieltirh:::ogio:felrolG.ass 'y'nen)ft r
elrh . :lel'intlij :fr.'
ILlLbiat.,irrr,s.iilbs6nig)°,;7;:lul', atigslllllialciletplaeoalitatiklsplrieentlqb:P.F7C'r'pel:lailfil.:).
7danitoliii:i,.t,frebonenarin I
tp,chaeicrkg:eitnet.,%;
E
cular has occurred in the Army since thee• Tii6
t 7.1 11, and Gibraltar.,er ely
iont;
arrived theLapiving Paiiet,r
—aptainlittinNgy,witt)
on 114
iatosenr ri).:iiiillielegain3ini;ill:cftlN::iiaatiltgia*:Plls:o
bine, g par rinv, ha'w k , Steady, Tuscan, 50110404 ~
thence.— ....fin d the Sakelwie4
ppose:, to lave,
Packet, Wili,Ch was 5,1 I 1 ' been 1011, had
WI
arrived there on the ibtlt Or. and Sailed again, .
the lath, .tor Cagliari. The Speedy Pacl"et 11°,. '3'.,
rived_safea‘t Cadiz, and maybe soon 0: peeled '"'l.
cons
longing t
-ot.he:Lopuii4 having died On her poilgei
she is' mr.kred- into quarantine, --Also are
t"'
1'67 E(:)./ .9t. I:,.ce :.cent from Palen-no, with braotil
and °ll-,.) days passige.; bound to, biteroscY ;. ll'e
.•
Providence transport froni'Ll,bon, ,I 5 (WS 104agC;
tar Corunio.
and a sloop Of war. from' TorismOuth,
.1-liiM ;
- -"Jesty's ship filendazis, having Lord Viol,
BENTINct, on board,- passedGinraltaron the 14411
November. . . d Ct.
-- 111eDariin with mails for Lisbon an •
. gtop, . ~
one of they eamen be.,
diii
and.the Aoslorz, with mails for the Medite
i
"'lean, sails the first fair wind.
1...........
PORTSMOUTH, D5c.,2.--Arrived hisAiajestY4
.1
11111 p Jasper, from Oporto ; and the Aeon sloop d
War from Bermuda ; the Thebritt and ilquillon Iron
a oruize ,;.tlict,. kenefabi:, .ringeur, and alt,
from off Cherborgh ; the Cadnos from Cadiz, at
the Rover, with a small corvette, her prize.
the other d..
Put back the Sophia, which sailed
at
for the \Vest Indies.
Sailed the. Pique for the DoWns..
—........
,s shit
DEAL; DEC. 3.—Arrived his Alajeity
all 1
13apid, 'with a convoy from Falmouth, WhiCh
141 ,
sailed for the. River, &c. ; the Rapid remains; a
all the outward-bound ; also. arrived the kw, Che,,,
TER, from Dublin, with the loss of Main
00007
mast, add one man washed over-board.
Aa
The Pacc CUNNINGHAM, for Jattivo -b 1
Olt
,
an anchor and cable. .
aog
•CHATHAM, DEC. 3.--Yesterdiiy afternoon
il#
LEY
launched at Air. BRIBD6,'E vard, very Pnag,
some 7.4. gun ship, called the, disitz. The Welt
very unfavourable ;. notwithstanding ‘Arbichia g il,
concourse of sfeetatorri asseMbied on the Qccl/5. 0
and about tralf-past two7olelock she bego tom°,ef
off in capital style, and had majestically into 'l.
natural element. pa flee '
ThCre, are two or three of the North ---
.4,
corning up the River to refit, names not yet li°°'_
~.............--.....---....... . ~,r, or,
' '.. Tit Quittri, ilriucesses ELIZAUTU. 00 .107-44
at traded by Lady AYLESBURY., arrived about w.etito ..
o'clock yesterday at Oatlands, Oa' a visit t° '
Piirs'ae fIi.“3IE.NT. ' ;11 11:d
HIS -Bort, Highness the Commatvler Coe
yesterday. beld'iOlithary Levee, at ink Otfice, io.oli •
Horse I.;u9rijs.. . ft Wal Pat thinly atiended; tllc ~/,
, • . sIvA,
t9eneral Officers present being, Ste JOBB
ENSON, ono 13-cv.v Es. 00
~
Sir FRAN76I9 ButtoE TT trade some coro—ep •
upart the Enslish mid Irish Courhs of, Justice itli it
recent harangue it the Ciovvn nod, Anchor, 1),Ii, to
was observed that the Baronet seemed studio
ip
avoid all reference co the Court of Seisi°
Scotland. , : Oh
H0t.,34 A:4 and' LiS daughter are. performing'. ~, of
I',at success at liirrui;tgloni, where his coattoviied,
Tire Gazelle .Extraordiaary bas ,bon rvPre"
r
arid welt receivtd . ..... ...,ion
Last Week, a hawker of an inferior deserlP.'o,o
-and his wtfe, .were detected in eirctliato'ol;
money in C.,e North Qdcensferry. The)? .sit
Sri zed,. and c..- lied by the inhabitant; toinvex'}.
ing, and 1,.dg.-ri itribe ill of tbat placg.

. .
414.LTA 4ND GIBRALTAR MAILS.

AucANT, oc:r. 26. The enemy having
breached the walls of Murviedro, BLAKE, to re'.
'ventits certain fall, determined to attack the enemy,
Non the 25th tried the experiment on the French
line. The folloWing are the particulars : the result
hat not been favourable ; the Spaniards lost two
Generals, and the French remain in their position.'
ft In the night of the 24th the army took up a
,I)osition close to the enemy, in the Gardens of Va-
-I:nes, and beyond them as far as in front of 'Betera,
Ythe Germanells road, where was the left ; the
!iglu at El Poe, 'with the General. In the morn-
they marched to the enemy. ZAYAS'
41he tight, tram El Pueg to before Puzol, on the
:tither side; LARDIZABEL, by the ,high-road ; Alt-
-41"4 04 hi's left; and Don C. O'Dorirint.r. on.
IGo left of the latter, has marched close to LARD!-
t 4111•, With 700 horse. These were the troops
, g u, Gen. MASS remaining in 'reserve. at Los
and the Commander in Chief at El.
I'lleg with troops there and in the Carthusian
•
Some,corps behaved very Well ; the enemy ad-
/t, but the nature of the country, whiCh is
!1!r4.049, and the re-union of our troops, prevented
fq-,L "gaining any considerable loss, though
44'116t having obtained our objet is. a serious
Inatlei. We maintained ourselves at El Pueg,
.7 . half: past three in the afternoon,...lapt=,
-` 1. 48 near the. Carthusian Hour, and the other,
111104 effecting a junction n the left. We are
,ptesent falling back upon Valencia, scarcely rP9"
kited by !he French.

ZAYAs' division behaved as well as could be ex-
Petted •
tt maintained its position by keeping up the
111 v
4itiell it opened. bout. half-past nine, until half,
e:t °at When it •was' ordered to wit hdra w, 'which it
I:tilted by battalions suCceSsivelY, or in *l'el9°'•it)
046(1 Order as if exercising, and closely
‘pursued
•71 the dragoons, whom a squadron of the regimee
0
ttePca, perhaps inferior in number, charged with
iin gallantry, that it compelled them to, fly and
1411 don the prisoners.
• i,114 The cavalry lately composing the. expedition,
epidly charged, under CA no, the French cavalry,.
,:
-111 !terse, good or bad, ,leaping over a hedge,
1144.2 e great havoc among them, and took four~
4117 of cannon; the last discharge front Which'
leY had stistained,'.', but in this daring attempt,
.I"tiv,lells of course,;theY tnade,v,ithout order, they
:It la with two squadrons of eurassiers and one of
014sui, who compelled them to come back with
t":41"-tn?pst haste. CAtso and Loi remained in the
e
sciu l'"unks, the former,rit believed, in con-
c6 the -giith of his: horse having broke.
e fire in
that tarter was not kept up so long as
°n the ri q
g It. This is positive.
kuri" 4.---The French haVe taken the castle. of
I felu'eir°, and have approached close to Valencia;
v:: days will decide the fate of that city.
the 4LaNdIA, Nov. this moment received
I'nweleortie news of the capitulation of the for
-
At)f. Minviedro, which has enabled the French
t° approach to within one league of this city:
A: telling you that' great events are at hand.
Ilitee4Esia"s, Nov. hasten :to. inclose you
li'it.utllentio accounts, the perusal, or which will,
glitt4e;give you great satisfaaion.

t •

40,4
EALLESTEROS TO THE- MAYOR OF ALGB.

HAAS: •
°elleral g form.
Ana - ALLESTEROS Los •t)le honour of
td
io 'e Mayor of Algesir'as (that he:may be pleas
(li4tltl,4e -it known to the noble inhabitants of its
1.(3) or
,the complete vi6tory which has just been
41
pai". by thq King's troops over the'enemy...
17( 0U the
a„, !titters artillery, the- whole of their
414,4-4 baggage,' a great many horses and mules,
Lue- quantily of tnuslrets and linapsacks, have
440 n into the hands, of the conqueror; who .have
kei ist.4ken pretty good number of pi isoners. The
•
ir'-wed with dead bodies, ,

S.
d) BALLESTBRO
Pit 14
NI
4441 2,,,uattle,between Xeres and Born", ov.
—1 %/thee, of (;cneral Ballesterui's Staff. 8.

\Field 41 Lubo, one League from Bornos,
Novein
ber 6 • .
4144: ):estelci,ay teat and coMpleted,efeated Gen.
had 'AL, Who W,15 its Bospik non4:llc
111411
ti Y killed and • wounded, and
:among therelori:
!Tito( le 'Conlmanding OtrieercOribe. Unh g.;
do We have. t,aken seme artillery, all tilet
tlth..-I,ition, many horses and mules, in short, most
tiqaP sPoils, with which many soldiers have en,
INI' t-t, themselves, Some of theM having
s had no
thk-311 Woo hard dollars to. their share, knap-
-14. Ittskets, &c. In short, it has been the se-
kivaeditionel Ximend, but with much greater
hta r
It, 4..' nany prisuners. • ' with
the igii7:CaVairy has marched forwardi,' and
•
41,:biry, come to this place. - I. think tt "11 be
Purpose, and that the sth act of the drama,
of Gibraltar,"E-is not yer•conCluded.
-Int
GOVERNOR OF TAEt.f'A TO TUE. GOV LI,

NOR .OF. ALGEiIRAS.
4RID. vvr,

horn our General) who is reported to have Area*,
with the loss of 00 men, but
,this requires confir-
rnatiOn: General. Coross, and the English-, bit
night commenced their march for Vejer, with tour
pieces of cannon. I will inform you of the result.'

UTIEL, OCT. 24.—,-Order of the My to the 2d
Army.

The General in Chief, sufhciently accustomed to
the vicissitudes of war, is not surprised at the ill-
success of yesterday, although he had the best-
founded hopes for flattering himself with its goOd
success, and commenced the action under the most
-encouraging appearances.. In consequence of this
misfortune; he is not less confident of being able to
repel the invasion of the enemy.

The conduct of the Generals, Chiefs, Officers,
and soldiers, was, in general, satisfactory, and par-
ticularly that of the 4th 'division of the. 4th army,
underField•Marshal Don J. ZAYAS.; but the Ge-
'neral is much dilContented with certain corps, and
some individuals; he will not publicly censure them till
he has inquired into the ciicumstanc,s ;- ai soon,
however, as he has proved their cowardice, he will
visit them with all the rigour of national justice and
vengeance.

ALICANTs OCT, e7.,-Qn
.the 25th inst. there
,was a severe action before Mary kilo, to succour
which four diVisions of our army marched under the
orders ot. Generals PARC), 4ARDIZABEL, 4YAS, and
MAHE-111e last the reserve. They did not ac-
complish their object, and the army retired in good
order to Valencia. The first of these Chiefs,. and
Brigadier Loa, remained prisoners the troops
fought witi the Utmost bravery, and in their retreat
were pursued but a little way by the enemy.

CADIZ, Nov. 9.—The vUrrender of the French
troop, in Catalayod, in number 500, to the valiant
troops ,of the Empechaado and Brigadier DuRAN, is
confirmed.

Head-quarters bdoreGibraltar, Oct. 18.
GBISTLEMEN4
~By the list of voluntary subscribers which has
'beerkytinsmitted me, together with a list of the
subscriptions receivedil own that you set the exam-
'plc, wliictt i 3 generously .10iiowed by the British
merchaats and other res.iteetablt, inhabitants of the
!garrison, to whose advantage will redound every
!measure calculated for driving away the enemy,
whom I have before me.

I want every body's aSsistanee, but will not ad-
mit any thing whico is. not perfectly voluntary.
Be pleased to accept •the assunince of my most
earnest gratitude in the name. of the. Spanish nation,
and of that part of the army which I have this ho-
noiir of commanding, and as you were the first to
subscribe, do me the honoUr 'to communicate my
thanks to all, both for what they have done, and
may in future do, until I can return them myself to
every individual subscriber.
(Signed) F. BALLESTBROS.
To Messrs. Ross, 0. C. Turnbull, Lea and Co.

Mr. ADAM came to town yesterday evening,
after having trnosaeted business With the PRtNce
REO3NT At Oatiands.

Mr. KAY .has been appointed
,by the Post-Mas-
ter=General-to •,ticceed the late Mr. GROVES', as
Architeol and Surveyor to the Post OtfiCe.
The Rev. Mr. PERNY,. Chaplain to theßight
HOD, the Ertl of CoveNTRY, has been presentaby
his Lordship to the perpetual Curacy of Oxendon,
in the county of Gloucester, void by the death of
the ReV. Mr. IltiaosTocic, late Incumbent..
,
Lord BROW N 1.0 VT has purchased 'Lord 00? d ens's
noble mansionin Cavendish-square, for I a;0001.
Bii Lordship is going to Mr. CI BM'S. house in
Great George-siteer, for ;which he has paid nearly
tioool.
A vessel called the .Cherokee is arrived at Ports-
tooutli (rein Gibraltar, Iron) wlreuree she sailed on
the 16th. 'NO letters by her have yet been received
in town..
A letter of the 31st of Oclober has been received
in town tram Valencia,. which briefly describes the
battle of Morviedro, and' the capture.of .th.aplace
by the enemy ; but the lettereonraiiis erxpres-
sions-of fear for the immediate safety of the city of
Valeucia. ..
A letter was received yesterPy from Quebec,
datedt2d Ottoher, which contains an atilitting ac-
&tint of damages Sustained by the merchuitt ships
at that plate on the 201 h, in consequence of a se-
vere gale of wind. One ship was wrecked, and one
stranded,• three -Would be obliged ' to noload, five
were much ilanrvied, tour slightly or not much
damaged; add one lost anchors and cables. •
(.otters from Madrid to Cadiz, dived in Otitaber
last, mention the arrival of Jourdan in that capital.
Ile was to succeed Belliard, as Governor ; and was
to be Joseph's Major-Gcneral, to 'whom all the
other Frew:. in the, Peninsula were to be,subordi-'
nate, - He brought with peen General
..Ripert, nine-
teen superior office's, and an escort of in.)
Pantry and 300 horse. Jotardan lived .in the,palace
which formerly belonged to Godoy ; and soon alter
his arrival, reviewed the garrison and other_ troops,
which amounted to 4,500 oleo. The arriVal
of
Jourdan had 'occasioned considerable inurintiFs
amorigbis.compentors, They Say, he is a political
General, and not a military one ; that he is not
comparable to Soule; 'that the troops have no con-
tidence in him, because he has been unfortunate ;
~and that neither Soult nor the others' will be pleased
at being under his orders.

TIIIRD EDITION, ;

SUN- OFFICE,
HALF•PIST THREE O'CLOCK.

A Copy of the Speech of the President of the
United States has just reached us. It begins with
stating, the hope that a successive confirmation
of the extinction of the French Decrees would

have produced a repeal of the British Decrees.
This had been refused by the British Government

having denied that the French Decrees had been re-
pealed, and, the United States having been given to
understand that the Non-importation Act would
lead to measures of retaliation.
The encounter between the President and the •

Little Belt is alluded to, and all the blame of the

first fire is thrown upon Captain BINGHAH.

The- British Government is accused of having ,in-
terposed against the proceedings of the United States
and the Floridas,

France is stated not to have iepaired the other

wrongs done, to the United States, nor restored- the'
Arnerican property which had becn seized. Her.
unexpected reSirialions will -require correspondent
Jestriaions on French-imports.

With Russia and Sweden the United States are

at peace, and the Atsaion to Denmark bad been

successful.

Measures bad been taken to pro%ide for the ge-

neral security, by public works, &c. Brt.

More ample provisions are nrcf.-,'ssary ; and the
measures of England having the diameter o.f war on

American Commerce, Congro.cs will feel it to be its

, .
. .
.....,:.... . . , . .
duty to put We State into an appropriate attitude. of
War.
. ,

The Regiments are propo4ed to be filled, an aux-
illiary force to be raised, and offers 11-otn lolunteer

crops to he accepted.
It' is recommended that the acceptance of Licenses
from foreign Governments be made punishable.
The whole tenor of the Speech is of a hostile