The Sun. — London, England, 1812-03-27 00:00:00

G 0 L. D 0 , FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1512.: This morning we received Cadiz Papers to the 23d from which we have made the following iutelesting extracts : SUPPLEMENT TO THE REDACTOR GENERAL, Or THURSDAY, FEB. 20. 1812. • Mos. Excellent Sir,—The enemy has endeavoured to reinforce and succour the fortress of Tarragona. I rrmvched io meet him from Reus, and routed him so,completely, that the General could only save himself with some cavalry, and three prisoners were taken of this escort. The whole number of pri soners taken was near 800 ; among them several Commanders, and a great number of Officers. • The number of killed is excessive, in proportion to that of the prisoners, because some were rash enough, after they had surrendered, to fire upon our troops. Toe Fit-Id-Marshal Baron DE EROLES has acted as General, Cuirassier, and Gienadier, at the same time. The corps of cuirassiers, commanded by General CARASOLA, has surpassid my hopes. The gallant Commander REDING, of the batta lion of Busa, has been severely wounded. Several other Chiefs ant corps have equally distinguished themselves. But I reserve for the details of this glorious I:.:tiou the enumeration of their names and heroic acts. In the mean time, I can only assure your Excel lency, that I will endeavour to derive every advan tage poisible frotil the viaory. • God preserve your Excellency many.years. Luis LACY. Head-quarters at the Camp at Collblanch, 19th of January, Eii,nt at Nii;ht. In the sitting of the Cortes of the 17th of Feb ruary, Senor GLnoz proposed, that General BLAKE, being a prisoner, had lost his office of Counsellor of State, before the publication of the Decree for the ele6tion of thr: Council of State.. He afterwards in explanation said, that it would be impolitic and in decorous to retain him in this office, after the ca pitulation of Valencia, and the resolution of' the Regency thereupon. In the Sitting of the 19th the proposition of GA- Roz, that another Counsellor of State should be elecied in the room of Senor BLAKE, was again dis cussed, when Senor OSTOLOZA was of opinion that it should be declared, that BLAKE had lost the con fidence of the Nation. This, however, was oppos ed by several, and particularly by the Conde de TERRENS, saying, that this was not the subject un der discussion, and, that besides, it was not certain that he bad lost it. EXTRAORDINARY REGENCY GAZETTE, CA.• DIZ, FEB. 22. Algesiras, Feb. 20. lIIXTRAORDINARY DISPATCH RECEIVED BY THE MI- LITARY COMMANDER OF THIS PLACE, FROM D. FILIPE MONTES, CHIEF OF THE STAFF OF THE FOURTH ARMY. " Senor Governor, "Yesterday our valiant troops covered themselves with glory in the ne►ghbourhood of Cartama. Two thousand'of the enemy's infantry, and 4000 horse, commanded by General Martamitsr, Governor of Malaga, have been completely routed. Our infan try, with a boldness unexampled, after a lively fire, charged with the bayonet, and the enemy's horse and foot were put to a shameful flight. " We attacked them by the front anel flanks — our success was egnaily glorious at all points. Their General was killed, according to the confession of the prisoners, and the Colonel of the gth Poles, and the Commandants of Catalans and various Subaltern Officcrs have experienced a similar fate. These are - the happy results of yesterday, a day the most glo rious to our arms. The field of battle presented a most horrible prospea ; the whole of it was covered whh dead bodies. At this moment, the prisoners, and onieJtira ncntados, among them an officer, are on their warch for this place, On our part, we have lost Lieutenant-Colonel DE J. 11. GRENADOS and Don A. SELISIO, of the *Lena Car . odores. This loss has been sensibly felt by us, and their names will ever be held dear in the memory of the good, for their great valour and ca pacity. We should in consequence have entered Malaga, having arrived within a league of that city, but General REY, with two thousand five hundred infantry, and two hundred horse, endeavoured to a ttack us on our flank. His horse were beaten, and o:dy served to add a new triumph to our ante i•ior glories. 'We would have waited for them, cer tain of a complete victory, if all our forces hld been ❑nited but ‘bese scarcely amounted to Q.ooo in fantry, the remainder being occupied in obslrving different POinti." CAML, FEL. :o.—Since tile bird ions anion of the worthy Getoeral I,AcY's gallant boons, the enemy is said to have received , rcinfotccuients but this requires confirmation. All the letters, troth Cat, , lonia announce the con stancy, valour, enthusiasm, and eternal hatred of the heroic Catalonians to the 'lVrato, and that they , have already twenty thousand men in regiments.. VILLAN EU VA (CATALONIA) FE .5.. G.— SUCFIET, understanding ) , how much •he has to fear from the' military state of this principality, has oidered a divi sion of those troops, which were employed in the siege of Valencia, to come hither. Baron DE EROLEi and Sen. MANS') attacked, a few dl.; ago, the enemy in Altafulla, in Ca.!. c:liception th,it they did not amount to more than 2000 ; b.tt in the ac tion, being Convinced they exceedA 6030, by their having surrounded our tioupi, he,. by - dint of his troops valour, opened a passage through them, leaving some prisoners, at the expence of many SEVILLE, FEB. 7.—Yesterday entered this place, the famous besieger, VIPTOR, escorted by eighty men, after having unsuccessfully besieged Cadiz for two years and a half. CADIZ, FEB. 17.---The day before yesterday en tered into this port the Spanish - frigate Ferqando, from Vera Cruz, in 62 days, with rnerchandize and 18 000 dollars. We h ive letters from Yekes to the 13th instal): ; they represent the desertion from the garrison of Badajoz as uncommonly frequent, and that the place is in a mast deplorable situation in regard to pro% isions. PENFERRADO O MARC?"' 10.— Not Williilarlding many assurances of the retreat of the French troops, others say that part of them have united in VAL,- dolid, V.inez 4 , and other points. We are isnorant for what purpose. CADIZ, FEB. 18.—Conde D'EaLoN or General DROUET, is to take the command (row Marshal Vic Ton. It is reported, General LAttulzALen has marched from Valenca to Catalonia. LISBON, 1M A iCH 3.—According to all accounts, the gallant Catalonians show the ut,nost valour and constancy. ESCOLADAS, FEB. 18.—DORSENNE anal CAFA FULL! ale In Vittoria. In Bore,6s there is a consi derable number of troops, and we do not obset ye any movement. Magaz•tms are .coile;iling in Ber gara, Durange, and Vittoria. Our Readers will perceive, by the, report which • we have given of the Meeting of the Lively yester- ' day, at Guildhall, that there is a perfea conformity of sentiment between the Demagogues of the City and the, Opposition Writers, in their treatment , of tke PRINCE REGENT, for daring to consult his own judgment in the choice of Mini sters, and in rancorous hostility towards the present Government. It was in vain that the LORD MAYOR, on opening the business of the day, agree ably to the requisition which he had received, re commended mode►ation in their proceedings, and a patient attention to every person who might be desirous of expressing his sentiments upon the subje&s for discussion.—Hardly any body but Mr. WAITHMAN and his followers were permitted to speak, and what their opponents did say was in terrupted by such clamours as rendered it hardly possible to collea more than the general tendency of what they uttered. Mr. WAITHMAN, who prided himself on having been active for twenty years in bringing. forward complaints of grievances, and who indeed may be considered as the chief Agitator of the City, at length brought forward a string of resolutions of the most violent description, censuring every measure of Government, arraigning. the codua of the PRINCE REGENT, and of course not forgetting his Cntholicon—a reform in Parlia ment. These resolutions, of course, passed, as well as a motion for a petition to the PRINCE REGENT,wilich was couched in the same intemperate form es the Re solutions, and which, indeed, seems to be composed of materials derived wholly front the Opposition Papers, as supplied by the Committee of " Early Friends" otitis Royal Highness. • ,As a proof of the. entire sympathy between those writers and the City Demagogues, (we can give them Ito properer name), the latter expressed in the bitterest terms the disap pointment and vexation which they felt, because the PRINCE REGENT, froul a sen - se of filial duty, and a conviction of the abilities and integrity of. the present Ministers, arising front a retrospec tion of the benefits which the country had derived front their measures, had thought proper to retain them in office. In shot t, as we have before said, the sentiments uttered by Mr. WAITHMAN and his partizans, as well as their resolutions and petitions, were the mere echoes of the Opposition Journals, since the PRINCE REGENT thought proper to throw off the trammels of Party, to disavow all pre dilections, and to make the interests of the Em pire the great and only object of his wishes and en deavours. Yesterday Mr. CROKER gave a grand dinner to Lord MELVILLE, and the Lords, of the Admiralty, at his bowie at the Admiralty. _ Yesterday the Earl of CAMDEN gave a grand din ner to the Duke of MONTROSE, the Earls of WEST MORLAND, BATHURST, and LIVERPOOL; Lords MULGItAVE, CASTLEREAGH, and PA LNIELLSTON ; the CHANCELLEkIt of the EXCHEQUER, and a large party, at his house i❑ Arlington-street. Yesterday the Marquis of STAFFORD had a grand dinner party, at his house in Cleveland-row. Earl CHOLNIONDELEY gave a grand dinner yes terday, at his house in Piccadilly. Yesterday evening Lady GRENVILLE had a select ml.oc pity at Carnelford House. Sir Cu A RLES MoNCK, of Belsay Castle, expects to succeed to Lord PERCY'S seat in the House of Com mons, for Nor: Inimberland. The Earl of ASHBURNHAM, it is reported, is in so bad a state of health as to be given over by his physicians. • MAI Du. --1 Malta, I Guernsey, Jersey, 5 Dublin, 5 Water- tor( 'l' H .‘, SUN. SOLEM QUIS OICIP i FALSUM AUDEAT ? NAVAL NEWS. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 25.—Put in here this day from Portsmouth, the Alert sloop of war, having under convoy a fleet from thence, bound to New foundland, Quebec, and Halifax ; the weather being fine and the wind favourable, it is expected the fleet will sail again this day. . Put in here last night to join convoy, the brig Betsey, BURTON, master, from Lisbon, with a cargo of oranges, bound to London. Arrived the schooner General Burgnyue, JOHN PAR ELL, master, from Padstuw, bound to London, with a cargo of oranges, taken out of a - Swedish galliot that put into the fOrmer port in distress; also the brig Thyfaigar, FERGUSON, master, from Lon don, with a cargo bound to Gibraltar, last from Portsmouth and Torbay; sailed from the former place in company with a small convoy bound to Gibraltar, under the protection of the Pelorus brig of war, and parted soon after sailing. Sailed the Nyaden frigate on a cruize. Arrived the Friends Goodwill, PETHERPRIDGE; and Friends Delight, APTER, 1101T1 Wales ; also arrived the Good Intent, HAM ; and the Abbey, HANNAFORD, from Waterford, with cargoes, bound to London. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH .—A trived his Majesty's ship Savage, f«, 91 the Downs; Crane, from Cork, and sailed again on a cruize. - SHEERNESS, MARCH 25.—An unfortunate acci dent took place here- this afternoon. About half past four o'clock, as tie launch belonging to his Majesty's ship Raisonalle was proceeding from that vessel, with a draft of men, to the Namur (flagship) at the Great Nore, she - ran foul of the Martial gun brig, and almost immediately sunk. , It is supposed there were near eighty persons in the launch, of whom it is reported only thirtv-five were saved. The confuiion that ensued on the vessels-coming in contact, is represented as having been principally the cause of so many lives being lost. One of the shipwrights boats belonging to the Dock-yard rendered all possible assistance, and, every exertion was also afforded by the boats of the dif ferent ships. Two women were in the launch, and were both saved. It is reported a Sub-Lieutenant is among the number of the unfortunate sufferers. The Cruizer sloop of war, came into harbour this afternoon. She las returned from the Baltic, in consequence of receiving damage, having been on the AnhOlt Reef near eight hours, and was in great danger of being lost. DEAL, MARCH 26. Saled his Majesty's ships Bellerophon, .Bellona, Bedford, De - lance, and Eg, - - m6n t, under the command of Rear-Admiral FER• RIER, to cruize off the Texel. Five o'Clock.—The above men of war are brought up again 'by contrary wind. FALMOUTH, MARCH 24.—Arrived this evening a frigate, supposed to be from Plymouth, to assist the Conquestadoi, which ship is now safe in Har boor. TORBAY, MARCH 25.—The whole of the out ward_bound that put in here for shelter, are now gene, and on ,t heir voyage. The York man of war sailed from Gibraltar on the lgth of last month, for POrtsmouth. Her ar rival may thetefore be shortly expected. Lord MEt,vrt.LE took his seat at the Admiralty Boat(' yesterday, upon the resignation of Mr. YORKE, of whom it is but an ad of justice to say, that no man ever discharged the duties of his most arduous office with more zeal, with more aEtivity, with more attention, or with more abili ty. It was indeed the attention.he paid to business that obliged Tam, by injuring his health, to tender his resignation.—With all that disposition to find matter for accusation which belongs to the Oppa silion, they never could fasten any serious charge upon him—and, in several instances, even where they had hoped to be able to be his censurers, they were reludantly compelled to become his .pauegyrist. It is reported that BUONAPARTE has quitted Paris, having previousiy appointed a 11; 2 _0e7cy, consisting of EUGENE BEAUITARNMS, the Viceroy of Italy ; CAMBACERES, the Arch-Chancellor; and LEBRUN, the Arch-" Treasurer : and that he had sent the Austrian Princess and the young King of ROME to Vienna. On Wednesday last the remains of the Marchi oness of BUCKINGHAM were depo , :ited in the family burying place of the GRENVILLES, attached to the parish church of Wotton Underwood, in the county of Bucks. By her Ladyship's desire, the ftineral was stridly private. The body was removed from Lon don on Tuesday, and remained that night at Ayles bury, from whence on the following morning it proceeded to Wotton, where it was met by the tenants upon the Marquis of BuctuNGHAm's estates iu that neighbourhood, who, together with the poor of Wotton and the adjacent parishe;, attended as real mourners. Lord GEORGE GRENVILLE and the Honourable EVERARD ARUNDELL, formed a part of the mournful procession. The funeral service was impressively read by the Rev. Mr. A. BeCKET TURNER, Curate of the: parish of Wotton, and Do n►estic Chaplain to her Ladyship. The body of en elderly. man was found in the Paddington Canal on Tuesday, and yesterday a Coroner's Jury sat, and returned a Verdia—Found Drowned.—After the inquest the body was owned, a:,d the deceased turned out to be an usher at a boarding school a few miles west of London. He had j,ist recovered from a nervous feyer, which had hung upon him several months, 7 11.:7 PRINCE RE E vT'S COURT. Yes'erd3y his Royal Elightiess appointed to hold a Privy Council and Chapter of the Knights of the Garter, for the purpos. (if e:ean i g two Knights CoATanions.of that Nobjc Oider. Soon after enc.. o'clock his Royal Hieititehs left his private apart ments, and proc,e,led to the Council Room, attend ed by Lord BOSTON, the Lord in Waiting for Earl PAULET ; General FINCH, the Groom; the LORD CHAMBERLAIN, the Imp') STEWARD of the HOUSE HOLD, the VICE GOLD STICK CHAMBERLAIN, the CAPTAIN of the YHomEN of the GUARD, the TREA.- SURER of the HOUSEHOLD, &c. The PRINCE then held a Privy Council, which was attended by most of its Members; when Mr. fAvroN was introduced, and sworn in, and took and took his scat at the Ho. , HOW able Board aixordingly. Lord Viscount IVIELyrtLe bad an audience of his Royal Highness, and kissed hands upon his being appointed First Lord of the Admiralty. The Earl of Cour,Towig resigned his place of Treasurer of the Household. The PRINCE RE GENT was afterwards plcmsed to appoint the NO:e Eirl Captain of the Band of Gentlemen Pensioners. bird JocELyN bad audience of his 'loyal High ness, when he tik as pleased to appoint his Lordship Treasurer of the Household, in the room of the Eirl of CounTows. Mr. LisToN had an audience of the PRINCE, to Which be was introduced by Viscount CASTLEREAGH, and took leave, previous to his departure on ins. Embassy to Cr nstatninople; Earl CAMDEN, Mr. RYDER, Mr. PERCEVAL, Vis count CASTLEREAGH, and the Duke of MoNTliosE, had audi,Jrices of his Royal Highness. CHAPTER OF THE KNIGHTS OF THE GARTER During the time the business of the Council was proceeding, a number of the Members of the Most Nttble Order of the Garter were arriving at Carlton - t House, where they were strewn into the robing room on the ground floor, and dressed in their superb robes of tile Order. A few minutes after three o'clock, a Gervletuan in Waiting informed . the Priocipal King at Arms, that the PRINCE RE' GENT, in the name of the Sovereign, was ready td hold a Chapter ; the Knights, assembled with their Officers, arranged themselves - according to their re' spettive order, in their superb, elep.ant, and costif robes, made of blue velvet, lined with white Si with the collars of the Ot der on their righ \ ! shoulder , which had a very grand effeC.l, which was consi•t siderably heightened as they moved sm4ly, in grand procession, through the elegant suit of State itoonis. They aimed in tire following order : The junior Members first, the Marquis of Hertford, ths Earl of Winchilsea, Earl Camien, Earl of WeSunorel,odp• the Duke of Gloucester, the Duke of Cambridge; this Dula of Cumberland, the Duke of Kew, and the I Like of Yo:1‘. 'I hey were followed by the . Hon.' fir. Browlibw North , Bishop of Winchester, Prelate of the Order, witn r purlde velvet- robe, with gold tassels and cord round his shoulberSt and the emblems of the Order en his right. The Hon. Dr. John Fisher, Bishop of Salisbury, Chao' cellor of the Order. Sir Isaac Heard, Garter Principal King of Arms, in hi ; full robes and staff of office. The Chamberlain and Lord Steward. Earl of Harrington, Gold Stick. The Maser of the I lorse and several Officers of St:,tc!.... The PRINCE It ENT, in his lull robes, with his trai t held up. His Royal Highness looked extremely well. Th 6 , PRINCE took his seat in a superb chair in C I Drawing-room, at the head of a table c:veted with velvet. The Knights took their seats at the tabl e according to seniority. The CHANCELLOR then opened the Chapter 111 reading the Statute under which the Order was hel d ' and then said, he was commanded by the PION ° REGENT CO inform the Chapter, that it war tO 9 Royal Highness's wish that two of the vac?nt should be filled un. The CHANCELLOR then O f : leeled (rein each Knight, beginning with the 11) , $ 1 '" of YORK, and ending with the Marquis of WO ' FORD, their votes, which each Knignt had wri"te,` / on large sheets of paper, folded in four, and de ll" vcred to the Pin tqcc, who examined them, acid tit strutted the CHANCELLOR to declare, in his natiO that CHARLES LENNOX, Duke. of RICHMOND, W 9 5 duly elected a Member of the Most Noble and trions Order of the Garter.' The Principal King of Arms, being standing 3 , 1 the foot of the table, retired from the room W ick' wards, bowitag, and introduced qae Duke of M 01 .; TROSE to h a Royal Highness, who kneeling on crimson - cushion, the PRINCE received the Sword °‘ State from Major WoarrnAm, and waved it o ve j his Grace; and conferred the honour of Knightho o .; on him in the usual form ; on which occasion Grace had the honour to kiss the PRINCE 1 1 ; 6 , GENT'S hand ; his Grace then retired backwa r '' " bowing. The CHANCELLOR then took the votes from 1116 Knights in a similar manner he had done previou s . t . , ; the ele&ion of the Duke of RICHMOND, and a ft their bt;ng Ouly examined, the CHANCELLOR del dared, in the name of the PRINCE REGENT, JAMES GRAHAM, D ikee Of MONTROSE, Was d ti ' 5 I eluted a,Meotb,tr of the Most Noble arid Illustri ol-1 Order of the Garter. The Marquis of HERTFORD and Earl Wrivct lll ;l snA, the two junior Knights, will the Princil i King of Ari,s, refited, bowing, to the adjoirl it' ', room, and horoduced his Grace the Duke of 0 0:4 TROZE, the Ptinc , pal King of Arms carrying ,1 Gat ter and Ribbon upon a crimson velvet cus hion ; , all of them coot hated bowing as tries' approached i ! e l PiIiNCE. On (heir arrival at the head of the tab' ; the Dukes o! Yonx.ad KENT introdoced his Gra i l to his Roydl Highness, kneeling upon his 6'12 10 knee, when the PRINCE Was graciously pleased 0 place the Garter it the Order between his left 1 411° and calf. His Grace then rose, and the Chancel pronounced the, following admonition:— " To the honour of God Omnipotent, end in me n t oria• h i the blessed Martyr, St. George, tye about thy leg, for t'4 renown, this Noble Garter : wear it as the symbol of . r ael most Illustrious Order, never to be forgotten or laid as l ,l that thereby thou may'st be admonished to be VOuri):e ot 'lil and having undertaken a just war, in which thou shilt;/ engaged, thou may'st stand firm, valiantly light, and s vp ,cesstully conquer. Wear this Riband about thy r ec d adorned with the image of the blessed mart} r and soldier oi s Christ, St. George, by whose imitation provoked,, O r o may'st so overpass bath prosperous and adverse adventirell that having stoutly vanquished 'thy enemies, both of and soul, thou may 'at - not only receive the praise of t, 4 t transient combat, but be crowned with' the palm of etc ( ' victory." The. Noble Duke then shook hands with e' Knight, and thanked them for their support. The Principal King of Arms then called over e a t, Knight's name, and they returned in the save der, bowing to the PRINCE REGENT..