The Sun. — London, England, 1812-09-12 00:00:00

Z,PAP PUSTFIEE EXiTACTS. • CORTES. In . the - Sitting - of the' , 25th of August the •dSTER of WAii, by order of the Begenc..•y, pre.- tented an account : of all that occurred in the ene , - Thy's lines, .according; to the telegraphs, from The hours of halfLpastlive till half-past nine - this Morning, respecting the, destruction of batteries, march of th e troops f rom one p o int to • another, advance of our troops to -the' late hostile 146, 4 blowing' up of magazines by the enemy, wrifica tion of the retreat of all their troopS, and the de n, Molition of the remaining batteries by our forces. (Shouts of applause.) . Senor .VILLANUEVA observed, that the flight of the enemy Korn his lines, was of the .greatest im portance, and _for AVIll'.;11 a 7:e Dean' should be solemnly sung in grateful acknowledgment. • Senor ARGUELLES said; they were too far tran,.sported with joy to he fit for deliberation: 7 -, The plaCe was already perfectly free from the be sieg ers. • Senor HAIFA:A, was of opinion, the Regency should state to the Cortes the distinction whlch should he conferred on the Battalion of the Con- stitution, for b being the first to occupy the enemy's batteries. It was approved that the Regency shoujd give orders for the soleinii. chaunting\mf Deuin, and appoint the day, hour, and place, for its .celehnttion, which should be duly conunu iaicated to the CorteS. • Senor TORNERO, said, the Regency should issue directions that, the same ceremonies which were to be obsnwed in Cadiz, should take place gene throughout the nation', for the liberation of . i ts capital, Madrid, as 'well as' for the raising .of t he siege of Cadiz. The proposition of Senor 111EktA was not ap prov ed, but that of the Senor TORRERO was auopted., CJ o-morrow was afterwards appointed by , the 'egencras the day - for the above-mentioned ce remonies.] The following AddreSs was published on the 2 5th' ' by the Duke INFANTADO, as President of the .Regency . or:,CAbiz,i—The Regency .- of the -a,i ngdom,,which beholds you, in these mdments Penetrated with the most exalted jOy, at the with - dr awing of the enemy's troops, which with so flinch audacity.preserited themselves in the front cif your city walls, insulting and ridiculing your constancy and. patiortism, is equally convinced that You are.aware t of the importance of prevent ing the re-occupation of those positions which they hav e , just. been obliged to abandon. You have suffered without Murmuring, and with a 're 4rewardignation *worthy of tharewardwhich PiTri 7 tience has this day extended to you, decreeing the tad of a siege, Which hoWever could not tire "t the constancy or deVotion of the . besieged. Iri• °l 'ner to secure at once your future. tranquility,. ; a nd plac e you beyond.the reach of any accident which may arise from 'the uncertain fortune of oar, th e Government has determined to proceed, the exe cu ti on of the works projected in the reader o , and which will be sufficient to secure the People of Cadiz against the 'repetition of such hostile operations in future. With similar i m p ress i ons , c o n tinue, Citizens cit Cadiz, faithful, to make, if necessary, similar sacrifi ces f or the general advantage of your coun t - l Y• The G overnment w ill h ave to ma k e k nown t° You such necessities, :should they exist, and furegards y our f ormer as a -sure pledge of your _ iuture patriotic conduct ; and, finally, the Re g", eY feli c it a t es you on - the most fortunate .eVent °f this c la y' - so fortunate for yourselves, for all euni tnereialmen, and for the nation in. general. INFANTADO, President. c 4 Cadiz, Aug. 25, 1812." Letters f rom Ri o not i ce th e conc l us i on o f pe ace ~„"etween. the 'Goverhinent of Buenos Ayres and the ortnguese-on the opposite shore of La Plata, and that the' latter v.ere in consequence Withdrawing the' limits of their own settlement. , BY the Mail' ceeeived froth Gibraltar on ThurS. 4.1 - orehave the following Letters :-.-- AUG. -- G. 14. We haVe 'not a bar rell Of flour. for sale.. The whole that was in the ay, on board the. ; Americans,- has been seized, Irit h seven. vessels, • not rich.- ;Two of them have dahke stores, such as cordage, timber, &c. for ;Niers, and they had actually:been there with t neir cargoes, but the Dey not 'finding the articles his liking, ordered them away with their con 'Lk. and declared - War against them." have lettei•s from Lisboin to the date of the ( pi). ult. • which were d e li vere d , front the Post it6e Yesterday. It is' impossible to speak in ~, adequate terms of the e x ultation at the Portu- V e e capital on account of the improved state of l e affairs Utile Peninsula. The annexed extract - 3 rum a letter bV tbiS opportunity: LISBON, AUG.' 25.—The aftny' is greatly in 4'9ebted to the exertions of General Beresford. 111 l has caused . the' ;Lieutenant - Governor of Al 41a to b e t r i e d, an d h e . w a s s h o t two . (lays ago." , fp, I. e subsequent paragraph, from . one of our n numications, explains the movements contin ' L ent on the operations in the, mime(liafe 4 rlldod of Cadiz. ' With respect to th e f o r ces under Soult, . th tntiet is making preparations for retreating.— ; t ve know for certain that the French have de 14n, Yed the fortifications i n S ev ill e , amid have t 1314 .ed the artMerV. . kgreat part of the army of ti c/u lt is assembled in `Carmona, Alcaia, and Espar 2 tr n a, and everything looks like a precipitate re-• an e r a i t. , They have abandoned the Castle of Niebla,: d" t he port' Of St. Diem., de - Barralneda. His tre v . a nced guard has ',reached Casteleja, and UI-; ri . o -lra, tar the purpose of watching the mo ,s, n s of General" Cri tz ,. whose piqucts extend . to an Luear Maj Or." , _ probably ; a . thouiand Other sindlar in ths that could be given 'of the - prolificness of 11, : e Piesent harvest; the following fact is not un rtliy notee :=There is at harrow, an oat iield, A " T ch has yielded . ten : quarters per acre. The 0 , were in general of uncommon growth.--- me °.f being measured, (:).f the finest were selected;_ when one of it proved t o . be six feet in .. 1 ,0 1 :12., and/ one inch and one eighth in Oa. • sev a t ; sin,* straw bore two hundred and thirty :fort o . ains. The field is the pi-operty of Lord hwick. <• • • by R. BANKS, tniulsorui`cia, INSTEtUIYiEgT , v Thermometer. Vy I • m. I :704 . ' V r",": . • • •-• z". Fair Do. Do. Po. Po. " Do. Do. 29 90 .9G 30.10 30. 04 bower el ,f Rain. WOOLWICH. Thursday the -examination of the Gentlemen Cadets who Were, Candidates.for ComthissiOns in, the Royal Corps of Engineers, and Royal Regi, ment of Artillery, took place before a Select Committee of Officers of ;he ahoye corps, and a numerous assemblage of spectators. The follow ing Officers of the Roral Engineers, viz. General MANN, Inspector Of Fortifications, and Colonels BRLDGES and BRICE, Generals LLOYD and BORTHWICK, and Colonel COLEBnOOK, of the Royal Artillery, were the Officers appointed by .the Master-General of the Ordnance to decide on the merits of the candidates. Dr. HuTToN was the examiner, and concurred! with the ,Officers present in - expressing his utmost satisfaction the great proficiency of the candidates,' through out a king examination of• five or six hours in' the most abstruse branches of Mathematics, 'including Hydrostatics, hydraulics, PneumaticS,: Fluxions, Practical Gunnery,. &c. &c.—General LLOYD, in the - name ; of the COmmittee, expressed 'himself . highly pleased with the .advancement of thi: stu dies at the Royal Military Academy, and the great dis Play of ability made „by the ,present Candidates,. and complimented Colonel Mno6E, the Lieute nant Governor, • and Colonel Pnirrs, the Inspec tor of the Studies; on - their great improyenient:— Twelve ComniisSions Were given in the Royal Corps- of Engineers, and in the Royal Re giment of Artillery. Among the Gentlemen who obtained.prOmOtion were the following . . For_ the Royol_Engineers-- 7 Messrs. H. Willson, Henderson, Eattersbee, C<Pver, WalpOle, Cox, Vicars, Tait, Brandreth, Streatfeild, and Mudge. For the Royal Artillery= 7 Messrs. T. Wilson, Blaeliiston, '•Diclenp, Dawson, Wraxall, Ford, :Lindsey, Bland; POole, Toniliyns, Tristram, and Darby. . , • DESCRIPTION OF A CONVICT SHIP: Mr: EDIT oR—Th e appearance and regulation of a'Convict. Ship, are as' singular as the novel - pu-. nishthent of transportation,.or as anregulatecreo roily of very lawless convicts Order and disci pline, necessary to such *abandoned - society, prevail in eVery Tait of the ship. The inen are arranged in one long line, the women in a se cond ; but the sexes are separated. The former dine upon their bedsteads, the latter sleep on a species of table, three. lOngitinlinally and two collatently. To preserve subordination and re gularity, a soldier in his regimentals - is placed at the.interval of ten convicts, as their guard. An 'adequate space is left in the loweSt hall for the cockpit and surgery each.; a second space between ',decks,' for the stowage or stores, and a third on the qualter for the apartment of the free- settlers,. and for the cabins or beds of the Officers. All the convicts are compelled to' wash once in the day their heads; their feet, and their fates ; the men under the superintendatice of a wo then apart, under the'eye of a:matron. The males are marched in a body of sik.aerosS the deck to the piunp , ; the sailors draw up the water, and they are artfully compelled to labottr for health at • the pump, and rinse away the dirt:" ,By this pru dent precaution, in every variety of weather; they obtain fre'-h air, and avoidthe scurvy or cutaneous diseases. A surgeon every 'day ins.pects this hit- Man cargo, and reports its state. .They are paid, per head, a sumfor - those who survive the vOyage. Hence it is the surgeon's interestto preserve the lives of those diseaSed _wretches.. To inure the assembly, disgorged from brothels, :ale-houses, _and gaok, 'to the appearance,. or to the idea ,of •decortirti, the men wash their bodies aboVe decks, and;the women between them. • The sexes are forbid to mingle; even at their meals.. So, rigo . - rous a diseipline is only supported by , se verity of punishment. ChainS, fastened round the body, and securely fettered ',round the ankles, , confine and distress each male convict by the clanking sound, and hy "annoying the feet: This image of 'slavery _is 'copied .from the irons, used in the slave ships in Guinea; as in these bolts and locks also . are at hand, In the; sides and ribs of each transport (for the vessels on this service, with peculiar propriety, are so:named), to pre= .vent the escape, or preclude the movements of , a convict. If he attempt to pass the sentry, he 'ls liable to be stabbed ; for the attempt, a convict was lately shot, and his executioner Whs applaud ed by his officer for a faithful,,though severe dis charge of duty. If a felon kill his cOmpanion,' a,. case very frequent in the quarrels of these high waymen 'lnd:robbers; the murderer is hung.at the yard-arth; and his body isslofvly carried through the ship, and laune•hed into the deep. For the theft of provisions, of of clothes from his' neigh hdiir, a case yet snore common and nipre natural to footpads, the convicted depredator is shot.. For , inferinr•crimes, as riot Or quarrels, a soldier is or •derect to whip the offender with martial severity: On the slighteSt.appkarance,of mutiny, the ring-- leader is cast headlong into the sea, in his irons and in his clothes—" We - commit this body to, the . deep," the Chaplain repeats,' hut the words 'Of" Shakespeare would, perhaps, be more appli-, cable : N . , " 0 mutineer, if thou bast any hope of Irear'n's bliss, Lift up thy hand'; make signal of that hope. . . . • • "he sinlis, and makes no sign." ' • • Jt \Via be- remembered that'Atherica was first poptd.4ted . by such chargctqs. CUTLDIIALL SESSIONS, SEPT. I I. 4 A nunibekdf prisoners• from the different gaols in the City, were this day brought up for the purpose of being discharged under the Inseivent Debtors Act. Several.' persons were• objected. to and re manded. . • James Nez'att was opposed by Mr. Atiotritus, on that provision of the late Insolvent Act,-which excludes from its benefit any persOn, 'who being ernplOyed' in the capacity of agent, had betrayed the trust reposed in him, The Debtor, it appear ed, wasthe secretary and treasurer of a feniale benefit society, and had received the sum of 841, froM the' members, which he was desired to vest in: the farids. rHe accordingly did so—but he idterwards sold out the stock, with the exception of 61. 13s. and appropriated the money, So obtain= ed, to his qv usc. The RECORDER strongly reprobated the Debtor's conduct, but did not think that hiS case cunn un der the section, of the Insolvent Act, which re lated to agents, for, in his. bond, he was expressly designated as, a trustee." He was, therefore, under tlA:•necesity of discharging him. Abraham De Mendez was opposed by Mr. AL LEY for Laying, at different times unlawfully pro ceeded beyond the bounds of the rules. . • The .RECdRDE R inquired of the Debtor, whether he was ready to make oath of his having confined himself to the prescribed boundaries.? The Debtor answered that. he was., • • The RECORDER----" Then, Sir, feel it my duty not to permicyou." Mr. ALLrsi* immediately called a Medical Gen tleman of the name ()Molt, from whose testimow it:appared, 'that Mr. De Mendez, who had-been in custody since July 181-1, was:at his own house in Westminster, between the 20th and 29th of May, 1812. • • fie was Consequently remanded. • Glover Was 'opposed by Mr. ALLEx,,for having procured a considerable sum olmoney, der false pretences. • The debtor, it appeared, was a grOcer,'residing in Itathboneplace, with_whoM the creditor; a publ can Of the mine of Sage; dealt, for tea and sugar,_ and occasionally supplied Mr. Glover with quantities of halfpence,' for which he took bilis. _Some: time .ago; Mr: .Glover called on him, and inquired whether he had.got much; copper by him,. to which he answered , in the affirthative. -Mr.Glover then told him, that a .friend of his; 'a -Mr. Serie, a respectable bookseller and bookbinder, re- , sitting in Lower Grosvenor-street, 'was in want of 1001. worth of --copper, 'and requested, him to let him`-have it. Mr. Sage ( baying inquired' into Mr. Serle's character, and finding it ex treMely good,' had no hesitation in com plying, with the proposition. Prior to his send ing the - Money Serle, Glover informed him, that his porter would take the ten bags of helfpence to his friend, if lie gave him a shilling, Which would save him much trouble. In conse quence the coop-per was deliveredsto Glover'S po;- ter, and, in a' day or two ; Mr. Sage called on' Mr. Serie to receive his, bills for the money, which he supposed had been delivered to him.. astonisaed, .however,,, on finding, that only forty pounds worth of copper had been given to him, for which surnhe received lie immediately called on Glover, and upbraided hiM with his improper conduct. The debtor told him, that he 'was abOut to call his creditors toge-. ther, and, when he had sold-the least of his house,.. he would see what he could do for him. Mr. Sage .offered to take tea, sugar, and other gro ceries, to the amount of 601. but gill he could get . from Glover was two bills for - that sum, which never were paid. Mr. KNAPP, for. the: Debtor, contended, that two bills having been accepted for the sum deft, .cient, the charge of fraud vas done away. The RECORDER observed, that if the debtor were indicted in.a Criminal Court for fraud, the, bills certainly would be an answer to the charge ; but as .that - wa§ a - Civil Court, the case was ti rely different. KNAPP' then argued, that as the„.evidence then before the Court world be deemed insuffi . cient„if die debtor \vele criminally indicted; to subject hhn, under the Act of Geo., I. to trans pOrtatiop for a fraud, by a parity c pf reasoning, it ought to be considered by that Court as not suf ficiently weighty, to authorise them to deprive the debtor of his. liberty. • • , The.objection wan over-ruled i and the. Debtor was remanded. Heacl was .opposed by ANTiIip:WS, un-* der the '32a section of the Act,. which excepts from the,benefitS of its provisions all persons., who, un der a former Act of Insolvency, had fraudulently, or by means of a,false oath, obtained their libera tion. The Debtor; it,appeared,:in the year 1806, had -procured, his enlargezn.ent;-under the Insolvent Act passed in that yeq, having set forth in his sehedule i that he had no effects. .His . creditor, Mr. Winstan ley, who this day opposed hint, conimenced an ac tion against him„for•a debt contracted prior to his liberation—to which the Debtor pleaded his en largement under the Insolvent Act of 1806. To this Mr. Winstanley. replied, that had obtained this freedom fraudulently; having described himself in his schedule, as possessed of no effets, when the contrary'was the fact. The parties bein , g.at issue on this point, the case went to a Jury, who having fon,nd for the plaintiff, decided on the frau dulent manner in which the defendant- had pro cured his liberation. . , Mr. ALLEY shortly addressed the Court, in be half of the debtor. His objections were imme diately over-ruled. The RECORDER held that the cast dame strictly within the meaning .of the ,ACt. of Parliament.— The debtor had evidently, procured his erilarge meat:Under a former Act of Insolvency, by swear-, ing to that which was not true—he - must, there fore, he remanded. He never recollected an opposition under this clause before—and be was very glad it had been made—for it would be , a warning tb persons coming into the Court, and delivering false schedules, to obtain their -enlarge ment. • Boxinz.—Carter (Gregson's formidable .Lanca shire eAriflidate) is matched , to fight a 13 - stone man, of the name of Bone.—The combat - is to ' take place early in the en - saing week. LANCASTER ASSIZES. EATtY . V. VICkizRS.. •• • • +1 This a was n assault cause. - Th ' e plaintiff is: t an accountant a, M.ancheter the defendant i s . a Dub.: lican ilic.r'e:" It appeqred from the eiridenctgiven on the trial; that , ,a number of persons had asie,n- . bled at the defendant's house, to " . comaii , inicirate the birthday ofthe late RiAlit Hon. William iiitt 3 " and the plaintiff, on Corning into'flie room I.He of some expressirms on seeing a. picture 6t that Gentlenian which did not agree with-the ideas of the langur!' tind-his . friends. 'The plaintiff srpni after propose toast which the name of Ingham caught the defendant's ear; on which he immediately - threw a glass of water in• the plain tiff's face,,and, to - c561 him Still :rrnive, en.intied_ a jn of -water over. him.. A enSlied, which the defendant 'actually bit.a. part of one of the plaint Ts, ears off. Verili6t for the , plaintiff. Damages 4R4, iii <: AK ER - y STRANIS. 'Weather._ POLICE. . _ M ANsuni-HousE.----Y es , erday Michael Lvreit j , was brought befdre. the LORD MAvoli; clbarged with being a'receiver,of stnlen. cor n . Ro berts, a corn-dealer, •stated to his .U:rdF , hip, that Ile had for sorte dine back' corn from his stores Very frequently. Suspicion fe.l upon the prisoner as being the receiver of the 'corn, and his house %vas, accordingly scarf:he:l. Thrre were found in it two sacks of barley and oat.; mixed togethet.. , • • TheTrisoneTleing interrogated as to the man ner in which he came by the - corn, sta 'r e'd to hiS I,4cr&ship, that he had parcimi, , ,il time back at 13rentford - market from a 7:,n - -son whomlie did not know ; - that on the saute day on whieb he made the purchase, he sont hiS own sacks 10 - r - it by a little boy who - then lived with, him His LOrdsliip asked h Im whether :;c coati .the boy forward to prove the The vrisdtcr answered:, that the boy had, run away from hi!n, and could rfot -be found ,a present to oiler .any 'testi:mm . )7'lll)On the business: IES: Lordship thvia asked the prisoner", what business had taken hilts 'down to Brentford, the reply of the prisoner very unsatisfactory, and he vvls remanded until Thursday. GuiLDHALI - ,. , :--Daiiie/ Scutt; 1-wilo' . ii•as charged ,a few clays ago with stealing a great coat from J. Masculine, a hackney coacrnan, was yesterday 6nimitterl - for trial. - • - • Mary Martin, for s'teatirika poker from a public— . bOuse in-Fetter lane was'sent toßridewell for one month John 'Williams was brought before the Sitting Magistrate under the following circumsdnees.:-- About one o'clock yesterday morning, he was ob served by Richard Bricks, a watchman, ir,..golden- Jane, with . a 'parcel in his possession. The watch- - man, entertaining some suspicion that the contents of the parcel might have - he stolen, apprehended the prisoner, and.took . him to the watch-house.— The parcel contained nine pieces of brass metal, and part of a brass cock, marked with tbe.letters F. B. When inquiry was made at the , watch- Ii611:.;e - as to. the. manner in which the prisoner came by the 'contents of .the parcel, he said he found them in Barbiem The' prisoner was remanded 'until the person could he found froni whom the things were taken.. MARLTIOROUGU-STREET.-The servant of two dashing females, residing in Hertford -street, Fitzroy-square, was charged with stealing a vain- . able diamond ring, and other articles. It appear ed in evidence, that the complainants had Liken the prisonerinto their service in a distressed state, and whilst:the'forMer were walking into the city, she ;decamped with• some 'money left here for the house ; and it was further discovered that she hats ransacked abed-room, and stolen-;:.he diamond ring in question, Which was "traced to hate been pledg ed at a pawnbroker's in Oxford-street. The pri sonet.waSfully committed for trial: .‘ HATTON-GARDEN. ‘ ---Yester&iy James Holder was - brought up and underwent- examination, Charged with picking a Gentleman's pocket, a few evenings since, in the'Temple, of a silk handker -chief, with which he ran ()if, attempting to make his escape. He vas pursued; however, and taken with the property, Which being sworn to, he i was . fully committed to- Newgato for trial. • - Ann Smith. and Elizab.lth Williams were charged with , going into the shop of a linen-draper in High Holborn, on Thinisday , evening, under pre tence of buying - some trifling article, when they took an Opportunity to steal several yards of printed cotton. ' Being suspected, an otliocr Nva. procured; who, on searching them, found upon the. person. of Williams the property.—The soners were committed. A young man charged with hunting a bul lock in the fields. nea.i.' the Founding Hospital, which'charge being made mit, he was convicted ; but on account of -.his -master - With rcliotn- he lived having given him a good character, he was fined in the mitigated•penalty of. lOs. 13oiv-sTREET:— Edmund Birkett,"taken into custody at Coventry, on suspicion or being con cerned in twk) forgeries, lately committed - on the hotise of Robart, Curtis, and Co. - . b-ankers,lion don, was yesterday• brout.fi,t to town and eka mined:. It appeared: by the te::;tkrony of Je.e< , miah Goodall; the constable of Coventry, that".. when he <ecuted the prisoner on the 7th inst. he found upOn ItTin ix notes of 1001. each, and Coventry• notes to. the amount of 4001. which he had exchanged, for foprother bank notfes, of ,1001. each. The •ten notes of 1001. each were.,lprO duced,- and proved to be the • same paid on the forged - checks on : the sth inSt.' • • • The prisoner, Nl.-ho declined saying any tieing in the present. state of the busineis, vas committed forlarther exarnivastiOn: - . • ' TheColleeting Clerk to the honse of 'Messrs. Metix and Co. in custody on, a charge having embezzled divers' sums of motley received for his employers, was re-examined and fully committied for trial,: " ' 'Thursday evening. Charles . Macdonald .and /Va.- lictin Robinson were examined and committed, on a charge of being guilty of certain practices. It was With some difilanity the illicers could iwotect them from the fury of the "niob, who had collected about the office, FA Do. Do. Do. Dq. Do. D,l.