The Sun. — London, England, 1812-03-25 00:00:00

the witness hoe, anti was strewn a paper from the Navy Board, as of work done by him, ;led he was asked, was that his signature to the Bill ? to which he replied " No." The Counsel expressed his as tootshtnent, and said, " it most be, for it was a voucher from the Navy Beard." The Blacksmith replied, " though it is a voucher from the Navy Board, neveleheless it is not me writing. It is a -forgery."—Upon this evidence the prosecution was grounded. So much for the malice. When Tanner was taken uti for his share in the transaction, there were found in his desk cer'ain remarkaille pa pers, as of bills for work done by &der of Cap'. Torn linson—on one side of the papers was the real number of days charged, and on the other fictions ones, in • order to defraud Government, so th.it instead of five or six days per man, there were charged 14 days. When the false gains were summed up, there ap peared a remainder of a bill in favour of Mr. Nicholas Tomlinson for 20 guineas ; finding - these tratelulent papers, was it malice in the Navy Board . to i:.stitute inquiry ? He proceeded to slate various oilier circumstances of a sw , pieious nature, which at that time seemed fully to justify the proceedings of the Navy Board in the case of Captain loneinson. Lord HENIKER spoke in praise of Capt. Tomlin son, and hoped no opposition would be given to the production of the papers. Sir T. THORNTON vindicated the conca& of the Navy Board, proved that the stores demanded by Capt. Tomlinson had been promptly supplied, and that nothing of malice had influenced their conduct. Mr. BRAND was of .opinion the House ought to allow Capt. Tomlinson to produce the papers which he wished to lay before them. Mr. W. SMITH spoke on the same side. Mr. ROBINSON thote, , ,ht the grounds On which the motion had b. en made were completely done away. Mr. WHITBREAD conceived Capt. Tomlinson to 1 have been very hardly used. He supported the rewire) Mr. CI:01:ER explained, that it was the charge of malice, cruelty, and oppression, which Capt. Tom linson an.' toe Hon. Genflei an had so unfoundedly made against tt,e Navy Board, whii7h rendered it neces , ary to state thy wounds and probable causes of prosecution en which 'hat Beard proceeded. In their defence it was necessary to relate the fads as they app eare d th em ; and it this statement bore bard on Capt. Tomlinson, he had only to blame tor it the anacks i.e bad made on the Navy Board, and he alone was r-spnnsible for the results., In what he (Mr. Croker) bad said, he did nor mean to charge Capt,,in Tomlinson as guilty ; it was possihle that the Cai;tain might be able to ex• plain t. a circum.t.inces of suspicion which have appeared ; all Mr. Croker meant to stale was, that prima facie, there were probable grounds of sus* i-n sufficient to justify the Navy Board, and, beyond the defence of that BAard,- he did not wish to enter into the Subject. But it was not to be borne that such attacks were to be wantonly made on a Bond, and not publicly repelled. Lot d CoCHRANE stated a lull itiv.:*ligation of the CiSC to be neces.ary. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER contended, that whAe:er introshin might be seen in the case of Captain Tomlinson, boweter it might be la tilenvd that tie charges made against him had been brought f, - ;rward as they were, still there was no thing of malice to be traced to the Navy Bo ird. He opposed the motion, as it could lead ,to no prac tical result, and as the inquiry recommended was one w;.ich that House could not pretend- to go into. Mr. ABERCROMEY thou ht Capt. Tomlinson was' pl Iced in a v untortumite situation. He 'bought the subjed might be referred to a Committee, who, if necessary, could send it to a Naval , Court of In quiry. • Mr. YoaKE observed, that if that which the last speaker had recommended were done, it still cuuld not be brought before a Court Martial, as the cir cuunsta,ce happened 15 years ago, and therefore such a proceeding would be contrary to the articles of war. "Sir F. BURDETT said, that as Captain Tomlinson was aipers,d by a charge of participating in the em bezzlement of the public money, the House was called upon to go into inquiry. Mr. LyTTLEro's considered Captain Tomlinson as hivim_; solferei a most extraoidinary hardship, and Parli.iment he thought would dishonour itself by of •Liory iog investigation. Mr. WESTERN shortly replied, after which the House divided, For the Mafiosi Against it Majority 53 -21 On our re .admission we found the CHANCEL LOR of the EXCLIEQUER replying to a question put by Mr. Wynne respecting the appointment of Colonel M`Mahon. Alter some conversation, it was agreed upon that Mr. Wynne would to-mor row give notice upon what day after the holidays be would bring forward his motion on the subject. The House adjonrile:.l at Half-past One. MAILS. ARRivan--1 Lisbon. Dus-1 Malta, t Guernsey, t ler. icy, 3 Dublin, 3 Waterford. • Thllll DAY At Twar.veo'cLocit. Consols . . • • • • • 59 T E SUN. 3OLIM QUIS DlCtitt lALSUM AUDEAT? L 0 N D 0 N. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1812. Our readers will find, is our Plymouth Letter, some interesting intelligence respeeting the Orient Tbeir obk6l appears evidently to have been to intercept our outward-bound Fleets. We trust, hoAever, that their retreat is effeelytally cut off. The East India Fleets sailed as follows : sr l ua d ron . The Pique frigate sailed from Portsmouth on the Ist of March, with five sail of East Indiamen, and a whaler; the Ante/ape man or war sailed from Portsaitnth on the t oth of March, with nine sail of East Indiamen, and two whalers; Capt. HowAiw, of the Monarch East Indianian, arrived at Ports- LONDON: Printed by 11( At the Stru 01./IG.I mouth on Monday last : he tvr;tes from thence, and stales, that on the 14th, in lat. 48. 16 North, long. 8. 13. West, he passed a fleet standing t• the S.W. which he took to be the outward•bound East India- men. This morning a Lisbon Mail arrived. We have not room to make .any comments upon its con , tents, except merely to observe, that the siege of iltdajoz was about to commence.. The dispatches received by Government this day from Lord WELLINGTON only reached to the 26th ult. at which time his Lordship was at Freynada.— They contain nothing of importance. In consequence of the licenses which have been issued, several vessels have recently arrived from France. One of them brings an account of some serious disturbances having broke out in Caen, in consequence of the high price of provisions, particularly o: bread. The, inhabitants, assisted by great numbers of people from the country, attacked the Mayor, pulled down his house, and committed various outrages. They were, however, suppressed at length by the military. On the followit)g day, about 50 of the ring-leaders were brought to trial, before a Military Commission, eight of them were sentenced to death, and were immediately shot, and twelve condemned to hard labour for foJrteen years. A Quarterly General Court was htld this day, at the India House, for the purpose of taking into con sideration ti c subjea of the renewal of the Com pany's Charter. There was a very numerous atten dance, and the debate had not concluded when this paper was put to press, but we understand that it was the intention of the Direeiors to propose Ilia considerable concessions should be made to the ma• notactorers of this country, as to exportation to India, bat that they should be restricted to the im poriation of the produce, not the manufactures of India. It wai also to be proposed that the trade to China should rest wholly with the Company. The PRINCE REGENT is expe►led to attend Divine Service at the C►,apet Royal, St. James's Palace, next Sunday. Yesterday the Duke of YORK and the Lotto CHANaELLOR had audiences of the PRINCE REGENT, at Carituli House. . Yesterday a full Bo3rd of the Lords of the Trea sury was hdd at the Treasury, supposed to be on the affair of Mr. Cm NN PRY. Yesterday the Duke of Font; held a Military Le• vee, at his Office in the Horse Guards, which wai attended by Sir ROBERT WILSON, LicUlCllant-Ge- nerals MAITLAND, ST. LEGER, NVEMYS, and CON.. GREVE, Major-Generals SANTAY, Sir- T. DYER, THOMAS, and STEVENSON. Mrs. SIDDONS IS coming to town to renew her engagement at Covent Garden Theatre. She took final leave of the lurk audience on Saturddy last: INCLEDON has been'exeriing his « native talents" to some tune in the principal towns of Cornwall. H.- is soon to resume his post at Coveut•Garden. MUNDEN is still performing at Edinburgh, and with great success. BUONAPARTE, we are told, found it expedient to unite Holland, the Hanseatic towns, Bce. &c. to France. This delicate language might be used by adventurers of an humbler description, when they -unite to themselves watches, pocket-Gooks, &c. &c. We are happy to have it in our power to cow ra die, from the best authority, the statements which 'nye lately appeared in some of the public prints, re ative to the disturised state of the town of Manches- There is no foundation whatever for such re- ter. ' ports. In consequence of the great inclemency of the weather, the mail due on the 21st init. from the north of Scotland had not arrived at Edinburgh, nor the Glasgow at Cat lisle, on the dispatch of the mails to London from those places, the former of which was of necessity forwarded on horseback. And be tween Appleby and Brough, the snow had so much drifted as to make the road impassable for a coach, and the bags were conveyed On horseback by the guard to Stainmoor,• where, from the depth of the snow, he was detained till the next morning. —Be- tween Sheffield and Manchester, and Bradford and Halifax, the snow had dtifted from two' to three yards deep : some parts of the road the guards were compelled to carry the mails on foot, and in others forty persons were employed in cutting through the (hilt, to expedite them. The mails have been also greatly impeded in South Wales the snow and the floods having made the roads impassable for these two days. The house of Dr. Nelson was entered by thieves a few evenings since, who effected an entrance into a back parlour, after making a difficult way through Mr. Collings's stables, by cutting a hole at the top of the stable door sufficient to admit a boy. They were unable to get further than the pirlour, by means of safe fastenings. The robbers left two cindles burning strcking against the wainscot,which was much burnt. &similar robbery happened at Sir E. Tilllse's, in Cavundish r square, on Sunday night. The thieves eficatgl an entrance Through some stabling, and got into the house by boring holes . through the door, but they obtained trifling booty. From the simi larity ache robberies, the thieves no doubt belong to one gin; of burglars, aided by a boy. Of nine prisoners left for execution at Winchester Assizes, seven have been respited.—Julian Dubois and Guilleaurne Beury, for forgery, were executed on Saturday morning. DIED 'II , IAS - WOOD, of No. 35, hbiden•lane, Covent-garden i and Published by WII LIANI ARMICER SCRIPPS, South Molton-street, Grisvenor-square, , No, 1 1 strand IN hero ildrotisements, _Orders for the I'ai)er. Leiters for the &filar_ km__ Ilitnl-1 - inirl mnat rn.ca.-1 On the tst ult. at Leith, George Johnston, Esq. elckst son of the late Robert Johnston, Esq. of Overton. On the ztst inst. at Cheltenham, Mrs. Sheldon, wife of Ralph Sheldon, Esq. of Weston. House, Warwickshire. On . Saturday last, in Harp.lane, Tower- street, of a de cline' Mr. John Cornwalli s C amp b e ll , grandson of the late Mr. John Campbell, of Charter-house-square. On Monday last, at Parson's-green, in the Both year cf her age, Mrs. l'atham, widow of the late John 'I atharn, of Southampton -street. LISBON MdlL. LISBON, MARCH 6.—Head-quarters were at Pre neda on the 26th, but if we are to believe reports, they are 'to be this day at Elvas. Badajoz is very strong, and no duubt will make a most vigorous re sistance; but unless a very p ower f u l army comes to its relief, it must soon fall. The ordnance, &c. as well as all the army, are in full march for the Alentejo ; two divisions are this day crossing the Tagus at Villa Velha and Abranies. VALENCIA DE ALCANTARA, FEB. 1 B.—ACCOrd ing to the last accounts, the French, who evacuated the Principality of Asturias, have colle&ed in the vi- cinity of Leon. It appears that General COUPIGNI is going to command iu Majoi,ca, where the legions of DOYLE and \VHITIINGkIAM are organizing with the great- est a&ivity. The French in Badajoz are greatly afraid of the approaching siege of that place, and are making dis positions, which indicate the dread they have been inspired with, by th e rec e nt catastrop h e , that has be fallen their arms at Ciuddd Rodrigo. Lasso's, Fcß. 28.—The accounts from Cadiz of the 1 sth inst. are very satisfaCtory. The new Go vernment has displayed an energy hitherto unknown. :s orders and their effed have extended from Ca- talonia to America. They are decisive, and promptly executed. Many useful reforms have been made in the Isle of Leon, where the English Gen. DoynE, so well known tothe world by his ardent patriotism in :he cause of the Peninsula, is employed in disciplining the Spanish recruits in that island. All the disposable Anglo- Spanisb troops have marched to reinforce Gen. BALLESTEROS, who is equally vigilant and lona- nate in his enterprises. General O'DotioJeu has gone to take the command of the troops in Murcia, which appear to recrire organization. In the Corwina Diary of the I gth inst. it is offi cially announced that ESPOZE MINA attacked, about the end of January, the strong positiOn of the bridge of Lordosa, which he forced, taking 632 prisoners, as much grain as loaded boo be.tsts, as also three pieces of artillery. We will give the deiails as soon as they arrive. LISBON, FEE. 23.—Letteri from the Alemtejo state, that the French are colleaing in Eadajoz all the provisions which they eau plunder the country of, &c. and that they are fortifying it as much Ps possible. Desertion still continues.—A letter from Portalegre, received by the same courier, says, among . othcr things, that 60 deserters, with their arms, had entered that city. ESTRENIADIJRA, JAN. f19.--T4 enemy continue to have their herd-gnariers in Z:ifra, oceopying the ground from Estrernadara to AtAllya and Valverde, IA here 700 Poles, the gartisnn of Badajoz, are quar tered, and lately arrived at Zrfra. • On the 20th passed through Almonaster, from Huelsa for Bridajoz, convoy of meal aod biscuits. To-day will enter to Fregenal 800 barrels of meal, likewise proceeding to B ijadoz. On the 22d the English took another in St. Martha, .which was also on its way to that fortress. Cot:TDADAne NUBLA, FEB. 3.—We are at pre sent free Nom the enemy. . All those which were in Conclado have marched for Estremadura, escorting is • provisions to OFFICIAL ARTICLE. The Government, which can never consent that tnistortunes should be hidden, has ordered the late evews at Valencia to be pubhibed, convinced that these reverses, far from abating the spit it of Spa niards, will only induce them to adopt such mea sures as may keep at a dis ance those which in fu tune threaten them. His Excellency Don J. BLAKit, under date of the mb, from Valencia, says—that after the loss of the battle of the QCYII December, and his army being incloSed in Valencia, there remained no other hope than that arising from the etThrts of the troops and inhabitants; but that finding affairs were growing worse, he determined to make a sally, in order to save the works from the hands of the enemy, who had passed the Turia. This was carried into etied on the night of the 28th ; but time difficulties of the ground, and the firing of the Guerillas, de tained our divisions, till, charged and cut off by the enemy, they were again found to retrocede, and shut themselves in Valencia. The troops returned in good order to cover the fortified line, and although another sortie was in tended, obstacles of consideration prevented it. The enemy established their works against the line, and continued them with great activity by St. Vicente and Mount Olivia, so much sci, that on the 4th of January they were advanced wit 100 a f e w krises of the fosse, in consequence of which it was requi,ite to abandon tie line, and take shelter in the city, an operation which was that night executed with the utmost order, bringing away part of the artillery and rendeting the remainder useless. On the sth the bombardment commenced, and was continued, with, much injury to the town, on the tith, 7th, and Bth. On the 001 SUCUET sent in a summons, which was refused till the Bth, when General BLAKE, seeing the consternation of the people, the evils that threatened the city, and that there were no hopes of succour, entered into a negotiation with the enemy, proposing the evacua tion of the place, on condition- that the gar rison should march where it pleased, which SucnEr refused, when the General finding himself in the utmost extremity, without provis;ons, and that the enemy had constrt.cted mines before the gates of Vicente, and a battery in breach in La auarte, I determined, in older to spare the place, to capitu late, and, 'in a Junta of Generals, the following terms were agreed upon. [Here follow the terms of capi!u!ation, which are already knowa.] NAVAL NEWS. PLYMOUTif, MATICH 23.—Arrived this morning at two o'clock his Majesty's ship Ayaden, of 32 gnus, Capt. T. EaswoaTu, from a cruize to the Westward. On the 14th instant, in lat. 47. she fell in with five sail of French line-of-battle ships and a brig of war, by which she was chased a con siderable time thew were three sail of ontward bound East Indiamen in sight during the chase, to whom the Nyaden continued for a long time to make signals, in order to warn them off the enea my's squadron ; the vat) ship of which was at one. time so near the Aryaden, Gat the latter kept up a continual fire until she had 'so far out-sailed die enemy as to be wit houtethe reach of her shot'. The Nlladen is a very superior sailer, and to this circurn stance may be attributed her escape. Tilt.: India men took the alarm, and stood away under a press of sail from the French squadron, from which it is hoped they escaped. The above squadron did not appear as if proceeding to any parti cular destination, as, when the Nyaden first discovered them, they were under easy sail, . a:;d appeared to be cruizing ; it is therefore supposed that their object 'was to intercept the outward-bound fleets, that sailed from the Eastern Ports, a few days since. Since the above period it has blown. a tre mendous gale of wind with a heave, sea, durieg which the Nyaden was much damaged in her sails and rigging ; it is therefore supposed that the enemy's squadron must have been also injured by the storm, which has been very severe. The kyaaen, -on her passage to this port, felt in with an English brig of war, which she ordered to pro ceed immediately off Brest, with intelligence to the Commander in Chief of the squadron there, of the enemy being at sea. The Nyadera on her ar rival here, had only a week's provisions on a boatd, when she was ordered to be viEtuailed immediately, and fitted for sea with all possible dispatch. It has blown a very heavy gale here all day, and shortly after the Nyaden's arrival, the storm began to in crease, which, it is feared, will continue some hours-. The Dryad frigate, Cipt. GALWAY, in Hamoaze, has received orders to proceed to sea immediately. Arrived this morning his Majesty's cutter Entre prenante, Lieut. P. Wreetams, from the Mediter ranean, Gibraltar, and Cadiz, with dispatches from Sir EDWARD PRLLEW, and is under quarantine ; left Gibraltar on the 2 Ist February, from which place she also brought dispatches, and from Cadiz the 23d following. It is reported here, that the Enteepaenerete hasbrought the following iotelligence, that on the 20th February, General ...RA LLASTEROS returned to St. loch, weer a desperate engagement with a French force near Malaga, ite which the lat ter were defeated with a loss of 300 men, in kill, d and wounded ; among the former, it is said, were two Colonels, and the Governor of Malaga. A number of spies, the greater part of whom are Frenchmen,. have been apprehended and lodged ;it prison at Cadiz. Fifteen thousand Frcnch troops, it is said, were marching towards Tarifa, to make an attack on that place. The Entreprenante has had a very stormy passage, but has not received any material damage. Arrived this morning the Providence, BROWN, from Wales; sailed from thence nine days since, with a fleet, the greater part of which were much damaged during the late pies, and have put into the Western Ports. On the 16th inst. off the Land's End, the Providence discovered a schooner in distress, about six miles from the land, and immedi ately bore down to her assistance; but the unfor tunate vessel foundered before it could be rendered ,her or the crew ; the latter, we lament to state, perished. The Providence, however, cruized near the spot, when a quantity of her wreck together with part of the cargo appeared, it is therefore sup posed she went to pieces immediately. The boat wag afterwards discovered full of water. It is sup posed she belonged to Fowey, and that she was called the Ceres, LANGMEAD master ; these latter particulars we give for information, but cannot vouch for the truth of them. BIRTHS. On the iBth inst. at Aberdeen, the Lady of Lieutenant Colonel Black, of a Son. On Saturday last, in Harley-street, Mrs. Stephen Thorn ton, of a Son• MARX/kO. On Saturday last, at St. lames's Church, Clerkenweli, Edward Bedwel! Law, Esq. of Southampton-row, Russell. square, to Miss Eliza Mary Stedman, eldest daughter of Mr. Francis Stedman, of Baron street, Penronville. On Palm Sunday, at St. George's, Hanover-square, jc. nathan Moon, Esq. of 06, New Bond-street, to Charlotte Denslow, of Islington. On Monday, at Clapham, Surrey, Mr. Thomas Pickle, jun. of Clapham Common, to Miss Anna Broadhurst, of Battersea Rise. Yesterday, at Mary-le-bonne Church, the Right !inn. Lord Charles Townshend, to Miss Loftus, daughter of Ge neral and the late Lady Elizabeth Loftus.