The Sun. — London, England, 1812-01-16 00:00:00

EitaATA. , :--11l the article headed " Ma. Fox's !It!Mt- DA Y," in our Paper of yesterday, for the " Party's" address of Mr. BA ti.r.tE, read " parting" address ;—and for " c oal," read 's in.?ffeetual." MAILS. AAR Iva D—l Dublin. Dell—fl Cadiz, t Lisbon, a Malta, Guernsey, 2 Jersey, a Brazils. Consols. PRICE OF STOCKS. Tl4ll DAY AT TWILVCO'CLOCK. - • 621 i I Red. Ann. . 6zi THE SUN. SOLIM QUIS DICIRE VALSUM AUnitAT? L 0 ND 0 N, THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 181. Yesterday some Aiicant Papers were received : they bring very little news. The following article, _which is extracted from them, is not, we fear, quite accurate with regard to the numbers of SUCHET'S Army, or of those opposed to him : " ALICANT, DEC. s.—We have received various accounts with regard to the situation of the import ant affairs of Valen , ia ; but those which appear best founded, and most authentic, agree in relieving us from the anxiety produced by the apparent slowness of proceedings; convincing us that there is nothing mysterious in it, but rather that it is calculated for , more completely disp!ayitig, on some future day, those efforts wfiich, we trust, will lead to glory and triumph. " We know that the reinforcement which was Opposed to come from Machid, and had arrived at Itequena, has been obliged to retreat, notwithstand ing the marching out of 2000 of the enemy to faci litate its junaion with SucnET's army; and that tha divisions of Senors ZAyAs and BASSECOURT Mve placed it between two fires, so as to render its- escape difficult. We now learn, that the above. reinforcement is the same which SUCHET detached from Valencia to Arragon, with the ob ject, it is believed, to restrain the rapid progress of the Empecinado and Duran ; and the new route assigned to it was 'only to induce a be lief, that reinforcements were on their march to him. Upon the whole, affairs seem to present art entuutaging -aspect. -General FL:EYRE, with 8,009 men, has advanced to the vicinity of the Va lencian army, and is acting with profound skill in accomplishing the orders of the Commander-in- Chief. SUCIIET must feel considerable alarm ; for it will be difficult for him, with 12,000 men, of ' which his army is composed, to resist effectually more than 30,000 combatants. " The numerous deserters who come over to us, say, his troops are dying of hunger ; and that the Mlle bread which they have is of bad quality, and as black as pitch. It is said, that MINA has repulsed a column of 6000 of. the enemy who had marched from Pampeluna to reinforce —I./CHET and it is added, that the greater part of them were raw troops of the last conscription. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER will thiS clay bring forward, in the House of Commons, his motion respecting his MAJESTY'S Household. The provision to be made for that arrangement, may per haps somewhat exceed the sum at which it had ori ginally been estimated. Every regard, however, will he had to economy, which is not irreconcilable with that attention, attachment, and respeEt, which the people of this country are known uniformly to have entertained for the sacred person of his MA3ES- The Household is now to be limited to ten Officers, in the appointment of her MA- F.STY viz. four Lords of, the Bedchamber; four grooms of the Stole ; a Master of the Robes, and Keeper of the Privy Purse : over these a new Officer of . super:or rank is to be placed, to super ii tend acid controul the whole ; that Officer, we . tuldersland, will be the Earl of WINCHELSEA. 1 1' Y . A separate Household must of course be establish -e4l for the PRINCE REGENT :Is soon as the restric ton have expired. Yesterday forenoon I:is Royal Highness the Duke of Yonx lett toy{•n for Windsor, and in the evening retired to Oatlauds to dinner, from whence he will return to town this thy. YOterclay his' Ruyal Highness - the Duke of Cum- BEILANI) returned to town from Rumford. Her Royal Highness the Princess of WALES re mains indisposed with het cold, ut Kensington Palace. . It is now so strongly believed that peace is signed- between the Russians and Turk's, that the mer 7 chants in some respeas are acing, upon that con . viaion. It is farther added, we know not on what .authority, that we shall have an open trade in the baltic next season. On the presumption, colonial produce has been progressively on the rise for some time past. Coffee has advanced of late full 125. per cwt. Tbesday sugar experienced a farther rise of vs. per cwt. Thu orders from abroad for these articles are very extensive. The generally received of inion is, that 'the signing of the peace between Rub pia and the Porte will be the signal for the for jeer Powers renouncing the " Contine§tal System." -- The ships of the line , at Spithead are to be put into an immediate state.of equipment, for some sud den service. The report is, they are to take it rein forcement of troops to Portugal. SECOND EDITION. SUA OFFICE, TWO IiiI'CLACX, P. zgr. An Arl°lt Mail has just arrived ; it brings an account of the St. George and. Defence having been lost off the coast of Jutland, on the 24th ult. There are reports that Peace between the Russiihi and Turks was proclaimed at Petersburgh, on the 26th ult. NAVAL NEWS. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 14.- Sailed the American ships Cumberland, LEWIS, and Golconda, CROCKER, for America; and the brig Alice, EDwAans, for Liverpool. Arrived the brig Ann, JACKSON, Master, from Prince Edward Island, with a cargo of timber, for this port. Sailed the Loire frigate, with a convoy, to the Eastward; and the Furtune. frigate for the Cork station. Arrived the Dove, CooPER, from Bristol ; Nimlle, &mum, from Guernsey, last from Weymouth ; Friends, Bzs'r, from Wales; Two Sisters, HUD SON, from Sunderland; and the Dolphin,. TAyE, from Ipswich. DEAL, JAN. 15.--Sailed the Cuff'nells, WOOL BANK, for Portsmouth ; his Majesty's ship //qui/on on a cruize off the Texel ; his Majesty's ships Mars and Pis gu ar d to Portsmouth. Arrived his Majesty's ship Inconstant from Ports mouth. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 1 5 .—Sailed the IVoolverine sloop of war, or) a cruize. Arrived the Cadmus sloop of war from the Downs FALMOUTH, JAN. 13.—Arrived the Earl Spencer cutter from a cruize. GRAVESEND, JAN. 15.—Sailed the Mary Ann, Ilium, for Gibraltar; and Margaret, CROALL, for Oporto. YARMOUTH, JAN. 15.—Arrived this morning tly Briseis and Pixen from a cluize off the Dogger. Sailed !he Dilkence and Urgent for the Down 3. • LEITH, JAN. 1 3.—The Clio sloop of war, which arrived on . Saturday, has made the signal for a con voy to the southward. The Gallant gun-brig went out of the harbour on Saturday, after being repaired. THE THEATRE.—The first part of Henry Me Fourth was represented at Covent-Garden Theatre last night. KEMBLE'S Hotspur was a very ani-. mated piece of noting. FAWCETT is obviously im proving in Falstaff. Mr. C. KEMBLE gave a lively and in'eresting portrait of the Prince of (Pales, and Miss BOLTON'S Lady Percy was playful and spi rited. We are sorry to find that our Dramatic Writers are unable to supply original materials, but are obliged to hash up the trash of KOTZEBUE, which is chiefly chara&erised by do3riues calculated to confound the distin&ions of virtue and vice, to corer sensuality with the mask of sentiment, and indeed to subvert all those _principles which have so long estiiblished social order and happiness. Corn-fields to a 'considerable exent now occupy the ground' which Mr. Maddox, to use the words of the Poet, 66 Won from the skirts of Neptune's wide domain•" This embankment was a bold enterprize, that re gilired great firmness and perseverance, and it 'is likely to afibrd an ample reward to the spirited pto jeBor. Mrs. C. KEMBLE has been ancommanly attrac tive in Edinburgh, and the public prints of that city have been very liberol in praise of her per formances. Mrs. JORDAN has removed from Bushy, and has taken a house in Cadogan-place, Chelsea, where she and some of the younger female branches of her family are in future to 'reside. It is said that the Elephant puts the Proprietors of Covent Garden Theatre to the weekly expencu of 601. It this be true, bow can they he expected to support actors and actresses, who, comparatively, have but little attraction, and who, whatever noise they may make in the world, are unable to give so loud a roar. His Royal Highness the PRI NCE REGENT has been graciously pleased, in - the name and on the behalf of his MAJESTY, to grant unto PENDOCK NEALE, Esq. of Tollerton Hall, in the County of Notting ham, his MAJESTY'S Royal license ancl-authority to take and use ►he surname of BARRY, of Tollertoi}-, only.—London Gazette, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 1 ti le. Prom the extreme density of the atmosphere on Friday last, which involved the metropolis in almost total darkness, many fortunate mistakes arose in the course of the day, from the clerks in the lottery offices, delivering quarters and eighths, instead of sixteenths in Abe present State Lottery, of Tw•o Prizes of 0,9001:&c. all of which will begin draw ing at nine o'clock on Tuesday morning, and finish in twelve.'hours. TUX DUKE OF, BUCCLEUGH.—This Nobleman died on Saturday last, at Dalkeith House, after a short illness. He was born Sept. 2„ 1746, was mar ried Mara 20, 1767, to ELIZABETH, daughter of GEORGE, late Duke of • MONTAGUE. 'He is suc ceeded in his titles and honours by his son CiIARLES WILLIAM, Earl of DALLSEIT'LI, and.Bakon TyNs- Al.g. PANTHEO,Y. The following account of the state of, affairs re spectingthis place was given in a morning paper of today. • Yesterday,we understand, there was a meeting of the persons who have encouraged the new project of an Opera at the Pantheon, in consednence of dif ficulties that fia - ve irisen as to the - undjr . which they propose to open that place. We sup pose, that the wholo.of the controversy will speedily be laid before the public, and we trust it will be a warning to others, how they embark in speculations of this •kind upon doubtful grounds. We under- stand that a long correspondence has taken plack: between the Committee of the Pantheon and the Vice-Chamberlain, respecting the nature and vali dity of the license. Colonel GREVILLE obtsined a license " tor the exhibition of Burlettas and Danc ing, and for the performance of Dramatic Enter tainments by children under 17 years of age, either at the Argyle Rooms or the Pantheon ;" but, it is averred, that he got this paper out of the office be fore it had received all its lot rns, on a promise to teturn it the same day. Near a month ago it was demanded back. The Committee hesitated. They said they. had aeted upon it, and had expended con siderable sums on the confidence of its regularity. l i If wrong, they ought to have been apprised of the error in time.' To this it teas answered by Lord JOHN THYNNE, that in consequence ,of the accusation brought by GREVILLE against the only person in his office who was acquainted with the facts of the origH.:ldr:': livety of the license, he had suspended him, aen that means was deprived of all source of intorant on the subject ; but the instant that the accusation was proved to he unfounded, and the officer was restored to his fundions„ he gave the necessary no tice to the Managers to desist from then- proceed ings under a license that was forfeited. It was replied, that Lord JOHN THYNNE Ilad re cognised the existence of the license, by the letters which had passed, and in the interview which had taken place behreer3 them ; and that its regularity was proved by its being drawn in the same forin and tenor as all the preceding licenses for Argyle -street, granted to Colonel Greville. To this it was answered, that the notice given to them to desist, and the correspondence that follow ed, was no recognition of an actual grant—Len it was in all that correspondence avetred that that grant had never heen completed—That in truth it Was originally desigeed for another purpose, that of English .Builettas or Dramas by children, at a time when, through the calamity of lire, the town was deprived of its usual theatrical amusements ; and that 'Colonel Ganvreer. had battered the license which he first obtained with the Managers of the Lyceum Theatre, a thing which would, of itself, he sufficient to forfeit the grant, as it was not a ful filment of the LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S intention. And when this identical paper which they now construed into a license was taken out of the Office (to be shewn by Colonel GREVILLE to his friends, and returned), there was no idea of a projea to raise upon it an Opera, which was the sort of entertainment now announced to the public—since, by the very words, it was limited to Burlettas and-Dancing. Now the definition of a Burletta was a short operatic piece of recitative and song, of not more than two scenes in .continuation—and dancing did not authi,rise a Ballet, which may be called a species of drama. The Committee contend in reply to this obser vation, that the words of the license adtnit of the full interpretation whiclt'they have put upon them, as it expresses that they may both exhibit Burleitas by performers of any age, and dramatic pieces by children under seventeen ; but they demur to the definition of -a Burletta, as given by the Vice- Chamberlain, for all the secondary Theatres give under their respective licenses Burletras of any length, serious as well as comic, and that they ar s e Operas under another name ; and they persist in the power to go on under .the authority they have received ; at the same time that they mnst earnestly desire to have the approbation of the Noble Lord, as they ,are aware, that besides their general li cense, they must have a special license fox every new piece that they brie rg out. Under these circumstances the Lords and G,'llllo - who have entered into this undertaking held a meeting yesterday, to confer together on the steps to be taken. The Marquis of BLANDFORD, Lord BURGHERSH., Lotd BRUCE, and Mr. AUSTIN, We understand, had accepted the office trf Trustees to guarantee. to the Subscribers of wool. each for boxes, the execution of the plan. The House has ,been converted into a Theatre—Engagements, at prices greatly beyond the amount of the sums paid at the Theatre, have been entered into with singers and dancers—and all the Subscribers who have in any way interfered, or countenanced the erection by their presence, know, by the verdit 4 .ts that were found against the late Duke of BenFoap and the present Marqtvis of SALtsauRY, in a similar case, that they are liable fur the exeences and en gagements; it was therefore indispensable to Cleir own safety, that they should be firm in the prose cution of their plan. We have not, however, braid the result of the meeting, but we shall teel it to be our duty to present to the public a more flail and perfect statement of this curious and intricate case,, if the. patties should think .fit to communicate. to us the particulars in on official form. The Automatical, 'Theatre, in Catherine -street, Strand, was last night attended by a numerous and genteel company, who testified their appto, bation of the performance by loud and repeAted plaudits. The mechanical powers displayed -in the exhibition are really. wonderful, and in a less enlightened age would have exposed the exhibitors to the suspicion, if not to ,the pu nishment of witchcraft. The Automatons not only imitate all the atlion of living creatures, but display a , degree of sagacity with which very few human beings are endowed. The. Optical part of , the entertainment is an impro , einent upon the one which Mr.PHILLIPSTAL formerly exhibited in this country with so much applause. The'Lind. scapes are most beautiful, and . they are changed in a manner that forms one of the most complete opti cal illusions we ever witnessed. Last week the wife of a ca►penter, who resides' in Devonshire -street, Kennington, was dellyered of th►ee children, who survived but a short time, and two days after, of a Lurth, which, with the .unlor tinnite mother, soon after expired, DUBLIN, JAN. 11. The Right Hon. POLE should take for motto the following tine of TElt ENCE :-" Haute et iiihil humanum aua alienum put() " —Nothing re lative to. the poorer part of iminkind e•cipedhis - attention ; whether he visit the wretched in the most disgusting, hrspital, or immured 1 / 4 %, Jittary walls of a prison—the risqi,e aryl lop! y of his own health is no considerat;(m. On a i t.i inspedion•of the City Ma , slialsea-, he otiserved and commiserated the oeplorable state of tee, debtors', when he. was informed, that a Mr. HIGGINS, be• (incanted sixty po , .ind,, to be annklaly di3tribute(i by the Lord ISloyor and Ecut ,, r Sheriff, on (2;;r, s t.; ma's Eve, to the debtors in the City sea. Mr. POLE immediately, sent f:ri tLe' Laid M.tyor, and inquired from hi; Lort.hip, whir the distribution was not made ? lits Ladsi,ip plied, that no such money 'ever cam, i,lto his hands. Mr. POLE, indlgnarli at learo,ng Gist ue quest had been suppressed by the r pr,.sentatii.e of Mr. HIGGINS, gve iintiiecthi e chre,ll to, to the proper persons to proceed the utmost cllergy for its recovery. THE A k il7-I'. foflowing.letter leas b-vn rec ived 17 the ' Grperai ciiint4 - t4ttding the E.,-.lit Dt.,,tl (coPY) • idn 10, Igtz. SIR, I have received the Comma c litl rua to , :sire that yuu wl,l levire ail guard& wit!,i! , the (11:,trict , inur Comm :rid, to b ex tremely alert aiid vigilant io tb p,rr(,rfnolee ar their night - dn:it:•s„ „lid 10 he Aly eli ail o:c fur:-t•.11 pmfules holh of )civihty the lecrisition 0: cont , t.,bles ot : ell Of kV:1(0h en, on th , ii repres,ni. , g thAt they hive reaion to benev , that there are pei;ious engaged the coin nicsion Ui t.)orglariei, 4)r .4 her nighly depredations in the y theft posts. I trace Bc.c. 54. c. (Signed) HARRY CALVE T, A. G. Lieut. Geu. Nicholls, &c. &c. Cantcroury. By a Circular recently issued from the War Office to the Officers commanding regiments of •Cavai.v, the allwwance io 4he dealer, for eoch horse detive.td at the head-quarters of regjmein 9, Jild app the Commanc:ing Officer, is, in consequence of present high rate of forage, to be instead of 1 , ;. Gd. for every complete ei 4 hteen DWei wirir h !Ito horse shall have been marched, except first iri miles, (or which the dealer is not to have any alloA once. The uce 1.3 to continue to the 2 41 1> of March next inciusive, unless any official order be given to the CO . lll rary. OLD BAILEY, JAN. 15. George Skehe, the Pimcipil Cl rk 'at Queen- • square Police Office, indicted for forging four receipts, the one purporting to be of W. Soulby, for 361. Bs. for coals; one purporting to ce of Staunton, for stationery; one purporting to be of -- Downes, tor printing ; and one puriorting to be of - Ryder, for rent due from the Public Office, with intent to defraud Thomas Baldwin, Esq. Receiver of the Police Offire , :.• Mr. Baldwin stated in his evi:ence, that lie was Receiver of the Police Office, and the prsoner -11:3 knew as the Principal Cierk of the Queen-square . Office. As such Cletk, it was his duty to pas the accounts of the Office, for the balance Of whielx the witness u.ed to give him a draft on his b,n ker. On the 21st of November last, he rendered the last quarter's account due to the ptecaling, o:'.tober, and he ch;:ged the sums stated in the above teceipts, and produced these receipts as vouchers of EW3 hav ing paid the sums therein speCified. Those h m were . accordingly allowed, and the balance paid Lim on the footing of that account. It was - attorwa,ds discovered that , those receipts ‘vete . forgeries, and that such sums .were rof paid. . The several parties were next called; whose mimes had Leen forged, and it appeared that Soulby's elated was only 171. 95. initead of dl. Bs. char2 : -() ; Dewnes's 41. 14s. instead of 71. ; St,iurnon's Ryder's Were the right sums, but ti.eir sign‘ttures were forged. On behalf .of the pr'sotiel, the Mar quis of rinntley, and a great nunter of rospecta.blo “entlemett, gave him the highest chara6ter fur in tegrity and probity. r The Jury found hitn qui/ty, bat recommended •hint to mercy, on account of his rooter good Cha meter. Mos. Conical' was inclined for forging and utter... ing/medicine stamps, with itrent to 4frau.a the Revenue. The prisoner was a tender of quack me dicines in Oxford-street, and tie wide-rhe adopted was as follows :—The starryl he- used nearly re sembled genuine starnp, except that iu the circle of the middle of the . stamp, uhich in the gennin One contains a CI . OWD, and the amount o f the duty encircling it, he used the voids " R. Biooke, Bris tol ;" so that the ddiefence was cleat :upon inspec tion ; but lie afterwards adopted another method to pass them off, for he eta out the circular pat be. fore, it wa, pasied on the box or bottle, and that seated over the .circular p.ut ttus et:t out ; so,.;hat when on the box or bottle the labe;s,nt the stSipp resembled a genuine °tic. The'Stamp ingiutelligence of this frand, \ on'tln. 3d of Decem— ber, sent Vicary, the Officer, .w ho iparehed,h4 house; and found a great quantity of these trlrett stamp 3. Mr. ALLEY, Mr. CuttwooD, and Mr. ADOLPIILJ submitted several objections ,to th e C ourt , , as to . the fbrai ollhe indictinent as to the uttering, and that • it was not a forpry. The Court thought the last objection a weighty one, and reserved the case for the (Onion of Shin Twelve Judges. ,The vbjczotion- was, 111,at the vit.- riance between the genuine stami) and the forged _one was so greaL,..that they did nuLresemble cu.'s other, and consequently the one could not be said . to:be a forgerpof the other, or an uttering of , its resemblance. - The Jury found-the prisoner subject to 'this objection: Priestley, John Rotinson, 'Wn. Goulding, and Thomas Price, were tried, for 4 stealir . i; from the wine cellar of Matthias.Prime.Luc i u s Than!ei.P. street,' 33. bottles of red port wine, value 31; prope'rty.=-7Guili.y.