The Sun. — London, England, 1812-01-07 00:00:00

ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, January a, tStz. \VHEREAS HENRY ; GAWLER, late a Clerk in the Navy-OtEce, and,lesident in Ossulston-streets Somers Town, stands charged with Forgery, and is stated to have absconded on the Evenjng of the tat instant, a Re ward of Fl FTY POUNDS is hereby offered by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, to any Perscn who Elul' apprehend the said Lawler; of whom a Description is sub joined. kii.CROKER. Height about Five Feet Five Inches ; Age about Thirty five; Light Fyes, Fair Complexion, Red or Sandy Hair; his Neck Is short, and he is rather Stqut made. MAILS. ATTILIV ID 1 Cadiz, t Guernsey, T jersey, t Waterford, Dublin. Dos— i Malta, 1 13razils. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS nAY ♦r TWaLVIS O'CLOCK. Cons. for Opening 62 4 I Red. Ann. - 641 THE SUN. gotEM QUIS DlEtite FALSUM AUDEAT? L O N D O N, TURIDA.Y, JANUARY 7, 1812. This morning we received Cadiz Papers : we have extracted their most interesting contents. The French, it appears, have made another great effort to destroy the army of the gallant BALLEsTZROS, and they have again failed ; and we are not without hopes that their failure will be attemled with as dis astrous consequences as the former one. The accounts from Valencia came down to the tOth ult. ; at that time the French had not made any serious impres sion upon the place. There are reports that Sucit ET has abandoned the siege, but they do not rest upon any au►hority. The first objea that must naturally engage the attention of Parlia►nent, which will meet this day, will be the arrangements respecting the Regency. The Aa which passed Last year, investing.his Royal Highness the PRINCE of WALES with the office of Regent, wa; neces'arily of a teinvorary nature. At the time it was passed, the Physicians in attendance upon his MAJESTY were una►simcus in the opinion that his MAJESTY'S recovery was highly probible. The result unfortunately has not justified that opi nion, and the period is rapi&y approaching, when, by the expiration of the Restrictions imposed in the Regency Act, the attention of Parliament will be again called to this important subjeet.--. The necessiry arrangements fur the establish ment of a peimaneut and unrestritied Regency will, therefore, be immediately brought forward, and at the same time 2 suitable provision made for the preservation of the KING'S dignity and comfor►, and fur the easy resumption of his Royal Authority, if His MAJESTY should fortunately re• cover hom his lamented illness. It is stated, that, after the Physicians who attend his MAJESTY, Ird given their answers to the six questions wh . ch had been proposed to them, accord ing to the account which we yesterday presented to cur Readers, Dr. JOHN WILLIS, when the Arch bishop of CANTERBURY had withdrawn, and con sequently the Council had broken up, expressed to Lord ELLnNsottouGH his anxiety to correct an error in one 01 his answers, declaring that " he could not state that he actually despaired of the KiNG's re covety." In consequence of this declaration, it was deemed necessary to summon the Council the fol lowing morning at Lord ELLENEOROUGIT'S, in St. 3 a mes's-square, when Dr. JOHN WILLIS gave his evidence again upon oath, concurring with the other Physician; in declining that lie did not totally despai r of the Kiwo's recovers%. • Yrsterd 4y the PRINCE IiEGEbIT held a Court at Carl*on House. Soon after two o'clock, his Royal Flig'sPess etrered the State Room, attended by Cot. M . MAtioN, Generals TURNER and KEITELL, and gave and'tnnes to Earl CAMDEN and Mr. RYDER. The PRINCE lIPGENT then held a Privy Council, • w:ls attended by His Royal Highness the Duke of York, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor, the lord President of tr.? Conned, the lord Privy Seal, the President of the Board of Tr ide, the First Lord of the Treasury and Chan cel,,r of the F schecrer, the First Lord. of the Admiralty, the Master General of the t Irdnance, the three Secretaries of State, the President of the Board of Coutroul, Earl liar row by, Lord Chief justice of the Court of King's Bench, the Puke of Nlontrose, Earls ‘Vinchelsea nod iolesfurd.— Air. Puller attended as Clerk of the council. Among - the business submitted to the Council was the speech of his Royal Highness, to be de livered ruts day at the opening of the Session of Parliament. Alter the Council, the Marquis WELLESLEY in troduced to the Prince, the TUUKISH AmaAssAnoa, ard Mr. VAuGHAN, on his return from Cadiz. The Yeciuis WELLESLEY, Lord MULGRAVE, Mr. PEE CEY ‘L, and Lord ELLECNIZOROUQ.H., had also audi ences of his Royal Highness. The Council broke up about half-past four o'clock. The QUEEN 2nd PRINCLSsEs are eapeeted in town this eay. The PRINCE REGENT will give a grand dinner to-d y, it being tier Highness the Princess CHARLOTTE Of WALES'S birth day, when she will enter in.o'tite 16th yeAr of hr.? . age. On Sunday Earl MOIRA and Countess LounoN gave a grand dinner to a seled party, among wtorn we'e Lady CHARLOTTE RAwDON, Lady AmELIA BROWN, the Dukes of NOEFoLx. and DEVONSHIRE, EMI Of SUFFOLK, Lord CASTLEMEATH, L , I:V/c.INE, Sir C. HASTINGS, Mr. SnititinANT, Ge- THE. REGENT'S SPEECH, The following i 6 the substance of the Speech to be delivered by the Lords Commissioners this day to both Houses of Parliament The Speech begins by lamenting the continued indisposition of hi, MAJESTY, so contrary to the hopes cherished by the dutiful affection of his Fa mily, and by the love and loyalty of his People.— It acquaints both Houses that his ROYAL HIGH NESS has directed Copies of the last Reports of the Council of her Majesty the QUEEN to ‘ be laid be fore them. It recommends to the ronsidera , ion of Parliament, that proper measures be adopted for providing for ae maintenance us his MAJESTY'S Royal Dignity, and for ample and careful attendance upon his sacred Person—And his ROYAL HIGHNESS strongly re conamends, that adequate pros ision be made for the easy resumption of the Royal Authority, in the happy event of its pleasing Almighty Providence to restore his MAJESTY to a competent state of health. The Speech then expresses in warm terms the satisfa&ion with w hien his ROYAL HIGHNESS and ;he Parliament must view the complete success Which has attended hivmeaautes f the defence of the -Kingdom of Portugal ; and that on all occasions the British and Portuguese troops have maintained the high reputation they had 4ready acquired.. in the course of the preceding campaign. =His ROYAL HIGHNESS remarks with great satis fattion the brilliant enterprise in ,Spanish .Estrema dura, where a corps of the enemy was, surprised and routed by a detachment under General Hue, in a manner highly honourable to that Officer, and the, troops under his command ; an enterprize, which has had the 0-red of obsttuaing the efforts of the enemy in that quarter. Hi, ROYAL HIGHNESS expreves his assurance that Parliament will unite with 11i:1 , i - in-rendering jus tice to the consummate skill which General Lord Viscount WELLINGTON has displayed in the conduct of the campaign., His ROYAL HIGHNESS observes' With great satisfaClion, that the spit it of the Spanish nation remains unbroken, and that the . peculiar system of warfare, so well adapted to the circum stances of the Spanish . peoplt., has been lately ex tended to a considerable degree, and powerfully seconded by operations, as well of the Allied Armies on the frontier, as of his MaaEsTt's naval forces on the coast. Although the enemy have been ena bled by great efforts to obtain partial successes, yet his ROYAL HIGHN ESS cannot but admire the conrage and perseverance evinced by the Spanish Armies ; and that in general fresh energies seem to have in spired the people, and that more etlectite efforts have been produced by the pressure of difficulty and danger. His ROYAL HIGHNESS then expresses his confi dent hope that he may be enabled to continue to the brave nations engaged in this great contest, that aid and assistance which have already been so advan tageous to them. His ROYAL HIGHNESS then states his satisfa&ion at the late successes in the Island of Java, and trusts that Parliament will approve the ability with which the Governor General of India, Lord Mrsn - o, has concluded these as well as his former operations against the Isles of ✓ France and Bourbon, and he passes a high encomium on the spirit and con dud ev►nced by the army under the com mand of that distinguished Otlicer Sir SAMUEL. AUCIIMUTY, so efficiently and ably secured by MAJRSTY'S naval forces. By this success, lie ob serves, that additional security ;s ensured to our Eastern commerce and possessions, and that the Colonial power of the enemy is altoseiller ex tinguished. His ROYAL HIGHNESS then states the expediency of directing the attention of Parliament towards such measures as may appear front actual experience and mature consideration n,•cessary, for the futurct Government of British India, and for securing the internal prosperity of those dominions, and of ob taining from their resources the greatest degree of assistance to the Revenue and Commerce of the United Kingdom. His ROYAL HIGHNESS then remarks that vations ; important topics of discussion with America still remain undecided : but that at least it is satisfaaory to htS ROYAL HIGHNESS, that the affair of the Che sapeake has been finally adjusted, And his RovAL HIGHNESs assures Parliament, that in the progress of the negociations now depending, he will continue to employ every means of conciliation which may be consistent with the dignity of the Crown, and ti:e maintenance of the tights of our Commerce and Marine. His ROYAL HIGHNESS acquaints the House of Commons that he has &retied the usual Estimates to be laid 'before them, and trusts they will furnish him with the necessary supplies for continoing with vigour tie contest in which we are engaged. His ROYAL HIGHNESS recommends to their par ticular notice the state of the Finances of Ireland, last Session. lie informs tlitim with satisfaaiOn that the revenue of that Country has considerably im proved lastyear, as compared with the former * and confirms the expectation that the delalcationsju, that source of the public revenue arose froiri-teniPo rary and accidental causes.? His RoYAL HIGHNESS concludes by expressing a sense of the arduous duties which are imposed upon him by his MAJESTY'S lamented illness, but.he feels perfect reliance upon the loyalty and public spirit of Parliament i to which, in any difficulty, he will con fidently resort, and through whose assistance he hopes, by the Divine Blessing, to discharge with success the high oust which has devol%ed upon him, and in the name and behalf of the KING, his beloved Father and Sovereign, to maintain unimpaired the prosperi ty and hOnour of the British Empire. NAVAL NEWS. PORT'MOUT;T, JAN. s.—Sailed the Pioneer, Edin largh, Crane, Cadmus, Thracian, and Port Mahon, on a cruize ; Virdet for Gtlernsey; and the Doris tranwort, LAMB, from Lisbon. Arrived the Royal Oak, San Joseph, and I'ene• ral•le, Sir HOME PurflAM. DEAL, JAN. 6.—Arrived his Wes , y's ships Bel lerophon and Eltphant from off Flushing, and the Aluidsitme frig .te from the River. LEITH, JAN. 4.—Artiged the Egeria sicop of war, Captain HOLE, bringing in the privateer mentioned in our last, to be on our, coast; she proves to be the of 14 guns and 33 men, out three weAs from Bergen, without having made a single capture. A. line cf battle ship is now working inro the Roads, slipposed to be the Zealous from the N9re with French prisoners of war. Captain LEWIS SHEPHERD is appointed to - the command of his Majesty7l ship Yiaory, pro tempore, Captain DUMA REM being absent on Admiralty leas:e. FALMOUTH, JAN. 4.—Arrived the Nanc,y, TON- KIN, from Bristol; Perseverance, Bunny, for Cotk ; IVilliam - and Thomas, OwENS, from Pons:mull) ; Dispatch packet, KIRKNESS I from Cadiz, whi c h place she left on the 21St tilt. Tilere had sailrd from thence - on the t oth tilt, his Majesty's ships Coltinitine and Papillon ; on the 12th, his 11 , 1ajesty's ship Basilisk, with a convoy of transports for 'l'a ; and his Majesty's ship Cossack., with mails for England. Sht left at Cadiz his Majtsty's ships Revenge, Alfred, St. Albans, two bombs, and the Darlington packet. Sailed the Duke of Montrose packet, BL wart, for Cadiz and the Mediterranean with mails ; the Princess Elizabeth, KIDD, with mails for Lisbon ; his Mjesty's ship Hyacinth, for Lisbon, with trans ports under her convoy, which at rived the 2d inst. from Portsmouth, viz. :- 276 Waclstry, Minerva, 23 Rosegrow, 2 Enterprize, 34 Blessing, 235 Henry, g 2 Wrn. Pitt, 33 2 Antelope, 55 Sarah, 753 Peace, e.,0. Phylleare, B. S. Robert.• Alio sailed the brig Mercury, ADAMS, for Malta ; the sloop Venus, ANDREWS, for Lisbon ; Sir P. Baring, WHITE for Gibralt.tr ; and the Fame, SHER WOOD, for Tobago. The Townshend packet is appointed to sail to. mw row, with mails of the Ist tin Jamaica. YARMOUTH.• JAN. s.—The Lively, Captain Tr ,is arrived from Wing° Sound. She sailed the 27th ult, under convoy of a frigate, with ab )ot forty ve*,els, which had put back after the gale into diErent harbours. The Ardent, ~,and anol her 64 gun ship, were left in Wingo Sound. Captain P. says, that the fleet cleared the Sleeve the second day after sailing, and he thinks himself ahead of th em ; bA as the wind is now noctb, they may be e xp e Ci e d soon. The Cossack, lately arrived horn Cadiz,is order ed to return with all possible dispatch. The Duncan, of 74 guns, at Deptford, will be put into commission in a few days, as well as the Iphigtnia trigate. A vesel, arrived fi . om the Dutch coast, hrings in telligence that, including ships of war, l 5 vessels perished off the Texel. 'tear Admiral who, since his return flout the Bailie, ha, commanded the squadron which blockades the enemy's fleet in the Texel, is now actively employed in directing the re-equip ment, of all the ships at Shithead, Mr. DrMOND..--We are extremely sorry to learn that this Gentlertrin, who had long been Manavr of the Theme at J3atli, died last week in that coy. He commencA hi, theatrical career at Drury-Lane Theatre, under the auspices of the immortal GAR RICK, and was an Actor of no inferior merit. He did not perform long in London, but was soon in duced to transfer his talents to the Bath Theente, where, by his merit as an Actor, and the uniform propriety of his conduct, he obtained the esteem of all the inhabitants and frequenters of that city, and becanie Manager and one of the Proprietors of the Theatre. His `death is si id to have been occasioned by an apoplexy. Lady HAREWOOD'S house, at the'cotner of Sey mour7stiect, Portman-square, was broken open on Sunday night, and robbed of plat; jewels, &c. to the amount of several hundred pounds; but no- I i n Lae been traced of the robbers_ C4DIZ MILL. CADIZ, Dsc. 15.—The intelligence from Valett , . cia comes down to the 4th instant, at which time it gallantly defended itself. Letters from Barcelorrti to the 2f r ith ult. give us an idea of the extreme pe nury which that people, worthy of a better fate, suffer. DEC. Ig.—We are assured, that up to the lath inst. nothing new had occurred in Valencia, whose.:. defence continues without the enemy having made any advances of consequence towards the completion of their design. DEC. 18.-6 y different Tersons a report has beets spread,, that on the sth, SUCHET had retired from before Valencia, but we are ignorant upon what foundation this report rests. DEC. 16.—General CoPoNs, under date of the 13th instant, fioin Tariffa, writes as follows " The eneJvy yesterday retired from St. Roue and Loa Barrios. General BALLESTEROS occupies the first place, and his ad anced post the second. I am assured they continue their retreat, which is not the case with the corps in my front, consisting of 3000 men. A few days ago it wished to make a reconnoitring, which I prevented. " Y(sterday the enemy presented themselves with all their force towards the Convent de la Lviz (half a league distant from this place). I marched. with 700 Spanish infant►y and the cavalry, to re ceive them ; and by a rapid and imposing movement, compelled them to retire for shelter to the Sierra, where they remain. The fire of the Guerrillas caused them some loss, which they also suffered on former reconnoisances. Hitherto the report bas been that VlcTott was conning to besiege this place, and that his artillery wai on the t t lit in Riten, but it appears to me he has desisted from this intention, which is confirrried by the movement made in their camps, and 'he tune which expired without their arriving here." Another Letter adJs, " in the morning of yes terday the enemy still remained M Riten, :n num ber 3,500 men, with It cannon of various calibres. It i s t o be pre. , urned they will retire, and it is sus p6the 700 m en t h ey advanced to La Cruz were led for thatbe purpose of crince a li ng t h e retrtar. " et GonerFt! C,,PONS will march to Aliy to incommode the enemy, shook' they retire. y E , VE S, DEC. 7.—There is a talk here that Ra &Jo, i s to be besieged; that Gen. HILL will fix ht head-quarters in Caceres; that the French from Placentia and Coria are retiring, and that the last convoy proceedi!tg to Ciudad Rodrigo was obliged tab retrocede on acc6unt of the uncxpeded movements of Lord WELLINGEON. SEVILLE, Not. 22. ORDER OF THE DAY. " To the Army of A rragon. dated Camp of Murviedro, October 2S, 1311. " SOLDIERS, " The General in Chief, BLAKE, availing himseif of the great power with which, as President of the In surreelional lunta, he was invested, succeeded in col le&ing from 'various points of Spain an army of 30,000 infantry, and 3000 horse. On the 25th, in the morning, he advanced and attacked us ; you did not calculate the number of the enemy; our com plete vielory has again proved to Spain the-valour of the Army of Arragon, we ha'e taken 4500 pri soners, 322 officers, atnong which are 40 Colonels or Lieutenant-Colonel s , and Generals CARO, &C.— We have taken 16 pieces of artillery. The army knows, with pleasure that the victiory of Saguntri. caused the capitulation of the fortress and fort of the .said place. At that instant two thousand tire hundred mendefiled by the breach, among which were two and 80 superior Officers, 220 art l ie and 60 ruiners, w h o remain prisoners of war. Considerable wag tziues, 19. pieces of artil o,t Brigadiers, nen, artil lery, and six flags fell in our power. (Sine(!) " SUCH ET." CAniz, DEC. 16.---The last expedition prepared with so much care and exertion, by SoULT, to de stroy BALLASTEEns, ha; hid the slm e i ssue as t ot the former. His army, amounting, we are assured b to it 3,000 n),-n, obliged our General to place hirnselt under cover of the artillery of Gitiraltdr, and at the same time, threatened to layeA Tarda, glrri4oned by a body of English duel Spanish troops, under the comnmnd of General CoroNs. He was busied in forming roads for the heavy artillery, he bad drawn reinforcements from the army of VtcTon, and every thing announced a violent i ind fortnithble 3ttacls - .. The movemenk, hoxever, of the patriotic parties and light troops 011 the tear of the enemy had re duced them to the greatest scarcity of provisions,. and after having temained for some days at only half a ration a day, they began their retreat in the night between the It th and 12th inst. Oqr troops on the 13th occupied San Rove and Los ha rlot, and had made some prisoner-. Dec. 20.—We are assured that the Partisan, fJoa JULIAN SANCHES, has obtained considerable ad./an 'ages in Castile, and succeeded in taking a large co,,voy, after having been in considerable danger. TARIFrA, DEC. 5.d....Ger1 , 21'31 BALLESTEROS ccnti noes 3n his position. VICTOR, on the 4th in,tant, marched from Chiclana with 5000 men, and heavy aitillery, to attack this place. All is prepared Lens defence.