The Sun.
London, England, 1816-10-14 00:00:00

BAKER, fur Loo'doli;' (tar o; Dsmai for rici•-
bice ;.H„t{ General Palafox, BULL, for the Ltrl•
N.

letter front an Officer iof his Majesty's ship-
Inconstant (Commodore Sir JAMES Vey), dated
Sierra Leone, Sitly• 20, says—" Since our arriVal
pilot, the coast, have run down as for as the
Bight of I3iatha, whence we are just returned.
Our cruise was not so sneeessful' as was expected,
having taken only five 8/ape-traders, with about
260 slaves. We are now in. the height of the
rainy season, which falls almost without inter-
mission the whole 24 hours; Mr. SMILING,
Midshipman (brother of Captain of.
the Brazen), anti one man, are yet the only vic-
tints to the climate. We have bear,d nothing of
Captain Tucxey's expedition ; he did not call
Isere; and nothing has been heard of Captain
.P!ttpneY's,expeditiOn sitter he went up the (bun-
bia. it is said to be the inteotion of Government
[storm a settlement at the mouth of the Gambia,
for the protection of the gum trade. We sail in
a clay or two for Cape Coast, whence we shall
run down to the Bight of Benin, and thence to
Barbadoes and England."

The Leviathan is: taken into Dock to be fitted
os the Convict Delibt 'At POrtsmouth Yard. The
Captivity is to he broken up. The Crocodile is
breaking up. The Marengo is to be broken up.
The Britomart, Captain Btnnt.a, arrived on
Friday at Portsuontli, front' Barcelooar, and the
Captain 'SARGENT, from Mahon, last
from Gibraltar. Neither of these vessels sustained
any loss in the attack at Algiers. 'they left at,
Gibraltar the Albion, 74, Rear-Admiral Sir C.
PENROSE, Captain Coons ; Tagus, Captain DUN-
PAS ; and Ister, Captain FORREST, all Oft the
polar sailing for Malta ; and the Minden, 74,
C•ptaiii PATURS9N, refitting; she would be ena-
bkd to proceed on her voyage to India about the
.6th inst. The Severn was gone to Naples, the
heron to Genoa ; both were to return to Eng-
lund.
CovaT-Itlatmat..—A Court-Martial, was held
on hoard his Majesty's ship Ister, in Algiers Bay,
2.4 September, to inquire into the causes of his
Majesty's ship Isier, Capt.. Thomas Forrest, C. B.
getting on shore off Cape ;le Gatre, in the MvAll
terranean. in March last ; Sir Charles AripecoMbe
Penrose, K. GB., Rear-Admiral of the White,
,Presidept when the Court came to the follow-
iivg determination Court is of opinion that
Invtlarne whatever is imputabic to Captain For-
rest, his Officers, and ship's company ; hut, on
the contrary, very great care and attention to
steerage and I,oolt-out appears to have been, paid,
and that the coarse steered, by a careful exami-
pation of the charts, would have taken the ship
ftonv fon to five leagues clear of. the land, with-
out some set of current, Of other cause not to he
ascertained: and the Court is of opinion, that
verruimenal exertions and, very great skill have
.been 'shown in restoring- the Inter to his Majesty's
service, which reflects the highest credit in all
respects on Captain Forrest, his Officers, and
ship's company. The Court rioi therefore adjudge
the said Captain Forrest, his Oftice6, and ship's
company, to he fully acquitted of all blame %rota-
ever on account of the Ister getting on shore, and
they are hereby fully acquitted accordingly.

PEDF,STRI A NISNI.—BARNST last night completed
43 miles of his task, making, at a quarter before
ten o'clock, 1384 miles.

WINDSOR, OCT. 13.—,ArelitErday her MAJESTY
and the Petxoesses went in a coach and four to
ltagshot, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of
Gloucester, .where-they partook of a sumpritthis
repast, and returned to tile Castle to dinner.
Yesterday Lord Sirmer%ille irk the Caitle for
London, as did Lord St. Helens. The Royal
Fatilily'attended divine service this morning, in
the Private Chapel in the Caktle. The Royal'
horse Gitards, marched ft mn the Cavalry Barr icks
to the' Barracks in Sheet-street, where .both the
regiments heard divine service.
baURY-LANE. THICATBE.—The Beggar's- Opera
was performed at this Theatre on -Saturdayirtialii,
extremely well supported is all its parts. ~Miss
KEPriL, from the Liverpool Theatre, madelier
first appearance on a London stage in the charat—
ter of Potty, anti received a very distinguished and
well-merited portion of applause. . tier voice is
pleasing, without, however, any great degree of.
depth or power ; but what affords a ConSideruble
compensationlor the absence of the higher graces',
is the uniform delicacy, and taste which pervades
every pert of her execution.
A grand review of :MON Russians is .shortly
to .sake plitee in the plains of, Itocrov.,--,Vs a eitn
assure onrveaders, that the arrival of his 'Royal
Highness the Dike of KENT at Paris. as "I"
TlOlineed in several Paris Papers, is unfounded.—
Lord BURGllunsSil, Minister Plenipotentiary from.
iris Britannic Majesty at Florence, is arrived in
this capital.---The Portuguese fleet is at this mu.
mot composed-olii ships of the line, 1,4 fri-
gates, besides a great number of brigs and other
Nessels.----(Kom Gatignanes Meneager.)
An interesting event occurred on the beach,
while the Treaty with the Dey was pending. Mr.
iarecuesow, a Marble Artillery Officer, happening
to meet a Frenchman
.who had been in: captivity
for 15 years, asked him if tie would like to return
to France in the French ship which lay ht the bay.
lie indignantly replied, that he felt ashame&of
hii.country,. but.would go any where with the
biave Enobh, who ,had 86 kindly liberated him.
Frani the-Lickfield Mercury.—" We have just
seen some letters, and other communications from
the ,North,ol England, containing on abstract of
the proceedings of :Meetings at different towns,
partiettlarly Stockport,- AShton-under-Line, and
other places, in the vicinity of Manchester.--4A
i‘lanchester riaper has three advertisements of Re.
solutions on the subject of reforming Porliamerv,
the language of which exceeds' any thing ever'fii-'
kr4ted iii this Country before. At Stockport 'the
crowds assembled offered themselves as ready,vie-
tims, at any moment, to effect a radical change in
the—Government of the Country ! The senti-
Menti, as banded to us, ate without any parallel
in.their boldness.!'