The Sun. — London, England, 1812-08-04 00:00:00

FROM THE ST. 'PETERSBURGH GAZEtTE. OPFICIAL ACCOUNTS OF THE OPERATIONS OF THE WAR, FROM HEAD-QUARTERS, NEAR ALKASMA, ,JUNE 18, (JUNE 30.) This day the army is posted at the following places : itlie corps of Count Wittgenstein at Breilaw. ..The 2d and 3d corps at Deden. The 4th at t awloky. The sth at Melaschi. The 6th corpi at Novgrodi. The - movements of the enemy have increased, ' Which has. caused some skirmishing. Major- General Corf, commanding the rear-guard of.the 2 d'and 3d corps, has repulsed all the attacks of the enemy in the road to Dosna. B in y pru dent measure s he succeeded keeping the-cne lily in check, although .they had a great su periority of cavalry. The horse artillery, under the command of General Count Kutusow, forced. - them to retreat with loss. We have made pri soners Colonel Puntzen, in the service of NATur ternberg, and_ 3,0 primates. The Commander-in- Chief praises the conduct of Count . Kutusow, and likewise the bravery of the Imperial Cossacks and Polish Hulans. .JUNE 19, (.1•..7: - .Y 1.) N.S.—The French army seems to have divided itself into tWo parts ; one follows our movements, and the other tries to out flank us on our right wing. Our first army pursues its march in the ap. Pointed direction it has already uaitd several detached ctlrps. The enemy has attempted attacks at different points, for the purpose of reconnoitring ' • how ever, be was always repulsed with loss. In one of these skirmishes CountbrloW Deni.isaw, Ad jutant.,Geueral, has mdde many prisoners, among whom is Co.nt Oetavius Segur. On the 18th. the corps of Count Wittgenstein liras between WilkOmir and Koltihany. The corps of Lieutenant-General Tutschkow, and that of Count Schuivalow, approach Swen- zany. The corps of General Doktorow is on its march from Osehmany to Swenzany. General 1)1.1tow has left Bjalistock, and is pro ceeding to Wilkeia. Prince Bagradon continues to approach with the first army. JUNE 21, (3vt. , / 2.)—Nothing particular has occurred during these two days ; the troops are concentrating from 6%.‘enzany and Widzy. By this movement thecommunication between the different corps of the General of Infantry DA . .torow has, been re-ests.h.lished ; Count Pahlen, who at the beginning of the campaign was at Grodno, will join fain in due time. In this man lier the different corps till now remained midis . 'tutted, .and have not lost a single detachment. Yesterday seven squadrons of the French cavalry, with their cannon of the reserve, were severely repulsed. Head-quarters at Zamosz, July 23, (.1 - ;ly 5.) The army continues to concentrate itself. From all circumstances, it appears, that in consequence of the plan of the campaign adopted by us, the I?‘mperor of the French has been coMpelled to alter his first dispositions, which have served no other 'purpose than to produce useless Auarches ; be cause we have avoided, on all occasions, to give the enemy battle; where it appeared likely to be attended with advantage to him. Acting on this principle, our views have been completely ful filled ; and we expect a similar _result from the future. This day our army is situated as follows The corps of General Wittgenstein at Rims-. The different corps of Generals Baggohufwudt, Tuts'ehkow, and Schuwalow, are united at Widzy. The corps of General Doktorow at Budna. The reserve.at Zamosz. The loth of June, Captain Galewa, of the re giment of Polish Hulans, was sent ou a recon noitring party, with a squadron intrusted to him, by the orders of Major-General Korf. On the evening of the 20th, he received orders to pasS th e village Lantupa, and to take his course to the town of Swenziany. . On the morning of the following day, having. collected his out-parties, he set out with a view of returning to his regiment; but all the places through which he had- to pass were already occupied by tbree'regiments of the enemy's Favalry. Captain Galewa seeing himself thus cut off, formed his squadron in column, and cut his way though the enemy's troops. Having succeeded in dashing through these; he was a se cond time met, in a Wood, by a party of chasseurs, Who endeavoured to intercept his route'; but he quickly put them to flight. - His loss copsisted in one Officer, and forty-six privates ; arid that of the enemy in two Chiefs of Squadron, and. a considerable number of_Hulans, grenadiers, and ehasseurs, killed. • ANHOLT MAIL. .CUXITAVEN, JULY 10 the 9th, in the evening, an enemy's brig of war got aground without the passes of Neuwerk. • Scarcely had this event taken place when the imperial flotilla got under weigh to seize the ves sel, before the English, who reared her, could fend her any assistance. The garrison of Cux havenmarched towards that part of the river to sup port the flotilla, and share-in thebattle, if the En glish should- dare to engage in it ; but contrary Winds retarding. the advance of our gun-boats,,the crew of the vessel which had got aground, hav ing time to discover our movements,' set fire to their ship, and got off in their boats; shortly after the brig blew up with an astonishing re port. It is conjectured , that this ship had war like stores on board, which would render her loss doubly severe. One of the most economical substitutes for bread is the following very simple dish -c—Take two pounds of meat, prepared for a p:e ; mash a quantity of potatoes, and mix them up with milk to the consistency of • batter; pour it over the /beat, and send it to the oven without a crUst.— The potatoe • batter forms a crust, and thus pre- .pared, the meat will go much farther than in the u 4 way, and bread is saved. <'p COMINNA PAPEILS, CORUNNA, JULY 23.—0 n the 15th the OmerAl in Chief set out from i3etanzos for lingo. With the exception of the troops recluisite to keep Astbrga strictly' blockaded, all. the others . have matched forward towards their respective destina tions. Cabrera's division is to be in front of Za mora. The great respect which is due to, the loyal patriots of Astorga prevents the 'besieger§ from opening their fire, and will prolong the siege: ,'The Logrono militia are in the neighbour hood of the said city. The last advises` state the English to be near Valladolid,' aud Conde de Ainarante in Villalpando. Some travellers assure us, that there are great movements in Marmont's and Wellington's armies, and that a grand battle was immediately expected. _ . . . The Junta of Castile, will resided in Ciudad Rodrigo, has removed to SclamanCa. An English. ship of war, having on board 300 .TSrench prisoners, taken on the coasts of Biscay, has entered this port. CONITLLAS, JULY 0.-Senor Alendizabal is in Balmasida, with Longa and y Campillo ; and on the other side of Bilhoa is the Pastor and another party ; it appears that they will there unite 18,000 men. ST. VINCENTE DE LA 13ARQUERA, JULY 19. — The master of a vessel which :railed the day be fore yesterday from Santander, states, that Ge neral Catlarelli had arrived from Vittoria with 3000. men, which were joined by from 17 to 1800 of the Imperial Guards. in Castro we have a gar rison well fortised. Mina is in the vicinity of Vittoria, where he attacked an enemy's coluinn of, 3000 infantry'a-d 700 horse„ which he difipersed, with the loss of from 3to 400 killed in th field of battle. CoRuNNA, Juvy 23.—A brigantine, Al:hich has just anchored in this pore, brings information, that the Pastor's troops had taken the garrison of Guetaria, composed of 792 men. INTERCEPTED LETTER -PROM . THE PRETENDED KING TO MARMONT. TO THE MARSH4L DUKE OP RAGUSA. Madrid, July 10. I received, at the proper time, ad your ac- Counts, which in truth are not very flattering, and I have taken my resolution in . consequence. ' The most natural -would be (what , follows is iii cypher), but it is necessary to leaye_something to fortune. I :ha.ye varied my idea, and though the• new plan may not he conformable to your's, it is the most convenient to my own security ; flt is to go with half the army to (cypher), and.thence to pro 7 ceed to (cypher), unless I before receive informa tion from yon, ,that vou'haVe beaten and routed the English. Of this I flatter mlself. b'ut little, notwithstalding the activity of (cypher) and (cypher), who have effected their junction with you. While your preserve the line of the DOuro, I *ill maintainmyself in (cypher), and perhaps I may be able to join 30.11 by means a rapid and re trograde march, which ,maY discodeert the Eng lish phlegm : but if (cypher), all will be lost, and I will proceed to our frontier, continuing with an escort to France, and detaching the army from Iran. I, however, still entertain hopes, founded on yot - .4. activity and that of the other Generals, in the bravery and discipline of our troopi, ii 4 yo.sn• prudence; And the slowness of the enemy, and other causes Which may retard; and, perhaps, frustrate•their plans. Mine is, and- alvveys will be (cypher). Observe this, Marshal.; and, in the mean time, accept the assurance of my regard. Your's, JOSEPII. ]Last Tuesday the following persons were con duCted by a strong military escort froa - i Hudders field, and lodged in the Castle of York :- , -Samuel Haigh, late of Totties, in Hoimfirtla, charged upon oath with having been guilty of divers mis demeanours ; and also with having-feloniously ad- Ministered an unlaWful oath to one Joseph Barra dough ;. and also with having been guilty of di vers burglaries, in breaking,lhelouses of divers persons, and stealing from thence arms ; and also on strong suspicion of his ,having murdered Mr. Wth. Horsfalli late of Marsden, merchant—Like wise George Brookes, of Gully; in Holmfirth, la bourer; chqrged upon oath with having been guilty of divers felonies and misdemeanours, par ticnlarly with having feloniously and burglarious-: ly stolen arms in ,the night time, froth divers peaceable inhabitants, and threatened to ,lioot Thomas l3lyth, a. constable, of Hohnlirth, acid Thomas Reynolds, the Officer of Excise there.-- Likewise Benjamin Hind - tilt-Fe, John Taylor, "Ro bert Fritten, Abraham Armitage, George Beau-, mont, and John Shore, alllate of Hohnhrth, la bourers, charged upon oath with haying,'in the night time, within tlie•spaCe of three months - last past, feloniously stolen, taken, and carried away from the dwelling 11" V of W ,m. Newton, Esq. of Foolstone, in . the W est Riding, Cookson Ste phenson,' Esq. of Hdhutirth, and divers other persons, certain guns, pistols, and fire arms. Two hundred guineas reward is offered for such information as may lead tO the conv:;:tion of the persons Who shot at Mr. John Hinchliffe, of Up perthrong, and twenty guineas reward to any per son w,ho will apprehend John Scholefield, jun. of Netherthong, who absconded the night or morn no- after this atrocious act. The business of the Assizes at'York. finished on Friday : there has not.for many years been so few capital convictions ; only one prisoner has receiv ed sentence of death, and that will be commuted to imprisonment. The proceedings against the rioters have been extremely lenient, and this cle mency will, we hope, have its proper effect. The Assiies hpe been adjourned to the 6th of January, 1813, urnesS the Judges return to York on the 14th -,of September, the 19th of October, or the 7th of December. This arrangement will give the Judges an opportunity of coming down, iY cireurnstances should require it un;4r the present commission; but if, as they expect and hope, the, peace of the county should remain undisturbed, no further proceedings will take place under the pre sent commission. It is scarcely necessary to add, that the prisoners' sent from Huddersfield have not taken their trials.—(Leeds Mercury) A few tights since, die. shop c-f' Mr. thuitt, linen draper, at ILorriford, was broke open and robbed of property to the amourt of 6001. STAFTORD ASSIZES On Friday William Booth Alas put upon his trial for forging a note, purporting to be a promissory note of the Bank of England, of the value of 1/. atoinA the statute of 45th Geo. 111. Mr. Jervis, on the part of the prosecution, ex plained the facts as they were disclosed in the evi deq ne. The first witness,Dorothy Ingley, Wife of Rich ard Inglev, deposed that her husband used to work at the prisoner's. She saw the offeers of justice at the Boar's Head, Perry Bar, on the 16th of March last, and proceeded immediately. to the house of the prisoner, and acquainted Eliz. Chidlow, prisoner's servant, with the fact. John Linwood, one of the constables of Bir mingham, described the manner in which the house was blockaded, there being three doors in the passage leading to the parlour, all very ifvong and fastened with solid square oak and iron bars, immensely strong, and the windows were lined with wrought iron, and also barred, so that it was almost invulnerable to the attacks of any assail ant. The posse being unable to obtain admittance into the lower rooms by reason of the doors and windows being so strongly barri caded,and the windows of the chambers being also secured by iron bars, &c. so that they could not get in there,Chillingworth, one ofthe Birmingham assistants to the constables, proceeded up a ladder in front of the house. On, going up the ladder,: he saw the prisoner in the chamber over the parlour—he came up to the window—witness . asked if he would let him in.--prisoner said - be would just' now—witness then broke the glass, and prisoner went to the middle of the room, and witness saw him take Some papers froni press that was fixed upon a bench in the middle of the loom, the papers appeared to be the size of bank-notes,--saw the prisoner put their into a fire-place in which the,re was some fire. Witness then ascended the ladder to the garret windOw, and with difficulty for Ced himself through it into the garret; and others of his party followed. Af ter he had entered the garret, he jumped through a trap door into the room 'where Booth was when he went up the ladder; hut Booth at the same time went through another trap door into the parlour below. Witness remained in the chain ber, and found burnt paper in the fire place. Three other persons carne to him, and he broke the wall over the fire-place, and took many burnt papers out of the chimney—further up they found one which was but little burnt. • The note was pro duced in Court, and sworn to. John Lin Wood proved that materials for making paper, impressing water marks, and for copper plate printing, were. found upon the, prisoner's premises. _ John Ingley had been in prisoner's employ since Christmas last. The prisoner occupied 20Q acres of land.. Since he came to prioner,, the win dows of .the parititir and two chambers had been strengthened. Witness was taken to Work in the house about ten days before prisOner was'appre hended. .Before that time worked in the barn.---- Recollects -Dorothy ingley coming to the house On the 16th—and that Elizabeth Chidlow went and-rapped at the parlour door, hi consequence of Dorothy Ingley speaking to her. ' Bocth 'came cut, and said, " Good woman, what bother have you brought here?" Chidlow said the winners were coining. Booth said it was a d-.llic;—they thirst not come there. Walked back into the parlour, and called witness after him—gave him a small trunk (which was produced)told him the things that were. in it were done, and he .mnst go and plant it on the far side the ground- 7 -tbe trunk \MI locked—he dug a hole in a field and buried it ; lie had- been directed ley the prisoner to hide two copper-plates on the Tuesday before he was apprehended ; wraps them • up in a cloth,. and buried them in aditch; same day he was em ployed again to plant a single plate, which he did in the same nianner. Mrs. .Booth also gave him plates when prisoner was not 'present, which he hid in the thatch of a wheat rick. Booth was then in bed he had tumbled down a trap door that morning, and hurt himself. Witness was taken up on the Friday after the prisoner. He immediately gave information, and discovered Where the articles were concealed. Joseph , Chinn; headborough of Birmingham, roved the finding of the tru►ik'and plates. They were notes of different value, 'purporting'to be the Bank of England, and to a large amount. There were besides 13 blanks, with the Bank of England water mark. . Several constables proved the discovery of'Va rious materials used►in making paper, and copper plate printing, ivhich were produced and sworn to in Court. William _ BrUfg,es and William BreWer, paper and paper-mould . maker;3 to the Bank of England, proved that part of the.bills"folind in the trunk were made frOm the mould which had been pro duced. J.. 11. Harper, engraver to the , Bank of Eng land, said the note for which the prisoner was in dicted, was hot the impression of a'genuine plate was fraudulent in every respect.,--The date of the rote for which the prisoner was indicted was July 31, 1811, (exactly one year on the day of his trial). The prisoner's Counsel,took several legal ob jections, which were over-rifled. • - The Learned Judge occupied an hour and a half in summing up, and gave a luminous detail of the. eVidence. He explained to the Jury, .that if the persons in Booth's 'employ worked by his orders, - it was exactly the same thing as if his own hand had traced every 'line upon the bill. The Jury with very little hesitation pronounced a verdict—, Guilty. • he.prisoner was afterwards found guilty upon four other indictments, and received sentence of Dealt. . I!,lizabeth Chid low,. •for aiding and assisting the said Wm. Booth in forging'Bank qf England Bills, trans/'t rted 14 }.ears. There is some disturbance in the Operatic world between DIDELgT, the Ballet-Master, and No BL$, one of the Dancers. The latter was engaged, but has, it seems, been . dismissed; or, at least, is never employed, and he represents this treatment as the. consequence of his Oeing a native of Great Bri tain, alleging that the former gnly gives eacou rag,eruent to his own countrymen. 'COUNTY AssizEs - CARRICKFFAIGi.YBSATUEDAY; JULY 25. TRIAL :'OR MVRDER. Montgomery Brown. staiiti indicted foi the mur 'der of Charles Moore, at Belfast, on the 3d of September, 1811. This trial had been pu oir AssizeS, on account of the absence of a material witness on behalf of the prisoner; and ari applica= tion was row made to the Court for a similar pur pose upon the affidavit of prisoner, but refused by the Judge. , „ . Counsellor 3LCART - NEY stated the case on half of the prosecution, which is developed in the subsequent evidence. He stated, that on the 3d September, 1811, prisoner was captain , of a vessel then lying at the quay of Belfast. Deceased was a respectable victualler -in Belfast, and prisoner came to his shop to purchase some meat. 'Deceased had. been married about a year before, and a young child, the fruit of such marriage, was then in the shop; and deceased taking up'the child, asked pri soner, ” Was not that ‘a fine fellow :?" Prisoner answered, " Yes,to be the child of an, Irish b—, Deceased replied, " Why not by an Irish as well es A Scotch b—?"' ,Prisoner beinti,.. a Scotehman, prisoner replied, "'He would make him repent saying that." Deceased then turned away, not expecting so fatal a result, when the prisoner seized a large knife, which lay in the shop, and stabbed the deceased in the back of the loin of Which wound he languished for a few days, and then died. Bamitel Arrot sworn—ls a surgeon, lives in Belfast, knoWs the house of Carrol, a butcher ; knew Charles Moore, deceased ; saw him in wit ness's house on.3d Sept. last; he had received a Very deep incised wound, through the thick part of the hip ; conoeived it to be a very dangerous wound; thinks he lived till the ninth day; at tended closely ; has no doubt but it was the said wound which caused his death ; Surgeon Purdoa and witness dissectedthe body, and found it mor tified inward!y. Examined by the Court:—lt appeared to be a dangerous wound at time he first examined it ; the bleeding was extremely'profuse at first, but that being stopped, he appeared to be recov( r - ing, till within a. short time of his death ; tl e mortification was no doubt occasioned by he wound, but the immediate cause of death was that mortification and a second hemorrhage took place. • Henry Pardon sworn—is a surgeon; lives in belfast; is staff' surgeon of his Majesty's for in that district; held that situation in September last; was then called in to attend Charles Moore, deceased • had seen him that morning in go ;c,4 health ; then saw him in surgeon Arrot's shop, lying on his back, with a very- large wound above the nip hone ; appeared" to be made with a sharp instrument ; could not reach the bottom ot it with his finger ; had occasioned an immense effii , sion of blood; did not at first know deceased . , who was so altered by loss of blood ; saw body opened after- death, by Surgeon Arrot ; wound was six or seven inches deep ; a very large a'r.• ter; was cut; deceased survived wound a few days-; witness attended, and - prescribed for him ; has no doubt that wound was occasion of his death. Tlicirna.s Sloan sworn-=Tormerly kept a public bOUSG in Belfast ;* knows prisoner 3 remembers of September last; has known prisoner these 20 . yeaTi past has sailed with him to Scotland as a passenger ; was used well by him; , saw prisoner in houseof Wm. Carrol, Belfast, on 3d Sept. last Carrot' knew deceased, Charles Moore; 'Carrol 1.-vas hi , father-in-law ; they were both victual lers or butchers ; about three o'clock, When: he saw prisoner' in Cartol's shop, buying meat, anon they man was with prisoner, appearing as a sailor,' belonging .to prisoner 5 Mrs. Carrol was in the' kitchen ; witness in the shop, 'and called her out ; , the kitchen is behind the shop, and a door between them; .she came out, and sold prisoner some beef, and prisoner went away, and called again. in about three quarters of an hour for his account ; Mrs. Carrol gave witness 'lod. to treat prisoner, and sailor, and self, to a glass of liquor a piece ; witness did not see beef cut up ; witness went into Tim: •Spellane's and treated them; each had half a naggin of spirits.e witness then returned into the shop, and, was cleaning it up ; ,prisoner :did not return for' three quarters of an hotir ; Witness was absent, with prisoner about ten mi nutes; and ratii behind the counter when ; prisoner returned, and asked for his account ; witness,said Mr. Carrot was' out, and witness could not give it ; prisoner then turned ronnd, and looked over the half-door, towards ,Charles Moore's house, Who lived opposite ; Charles Moore came over from his own door to. Carrol's shop; Mrs. Moore bad her child in her arms, and came out of Cairol's house, (who was her father) and passed through the . shop towards the street ; she went out of thealOor e 'deceased then said to prisoner, " That's a line child ; heard no previoqs• conversation - between them; prisoner Lid, " That was a fine child for a.- long Irish to get;", deceased re plied, " Why hot an Irish as well as a Scotch , .1)--L?" 'prisoner said, " I'll- gar you rue that word ;" deceased then came into the shy, p, and came round the .counter ; behind with wit ness was 5 prisoner asked Witne.ss what he was about ; who replied he was amusing- himself -5 pri- • soner then turned 'about as if to go back again; the counter was on the right hand side of the slip going in; only one glazed window and one opera one in the shop, 'one on each side of the doer; On deceased attempting to go out, prisoner met Lle.- ceased, having a dismal look in his face, and a _large knife in his hand, which deceased retreat ed back ; it was a knife used for cutting up beef stakes ; it belonged to Wm. Ctrrol's 'shop; was near as long as witnesses arm to the elbaw ; wit ness had previously left said knife.on the cou.nter 3 deceased had then nothing in his band ; deceased had turned about very smartly, but as he did so, prisoner run the knife into him in the hip, or part of the thigh ; would know the knife again the knife was now proJuced, whict withess iden tified on his oath ; deceased then shouted "flair.. der ! murder ! save my life, Tom Sloan, or I am a dead man." Had known deceased from a child; never saw him in better health thantvp minutes • before he received the stab ; prisoner then threw the knife away, which passed though a pane of