The Sun. — London, England, 1812-08-19 00:00:00

irTvF.Ts—,l Gotterihnrgh, I Leeward Islanas, NA'aterford. buE-1 Lisbon, 1 Guernsey, 1 Jersey, I Waterford. PRICF or STOCKS 7 THIS DAV AT TWELVE n'( - L2rlt. COVVAS 57i 58 I Recl.Ann.... .581 (Thulium . 4'#711:. THE SUN. SOLENT QUI.3 _DICER): F.IT.SLT3I AUDEAT ? L 0 - N D 0 N, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1812. A.-report was prevalent on' the 'Change this, morning, 'that five French frigates had been seen cruizing in the West Indies. No .such report, however, has reached Lloyd's, although they are in possession of letters from tarbadoes of the 6th July, from Antigua of the 7th, and from Saint Thomas's as late 'as the 15th.. . . ST. THOMAS'S, JULY . 13 —Ar.tved the Mary schooner from Jacquemel, in 14 days, and brings an account that CHRISTOPHE had raised the siege of Port-au-Prince, in consequence of the one half of his army having deserted him, and gone over to PET/ON. The fleet for Europe co 4 sisting of about.lola sail, left their anchorage with a favourable %Vind on the 3d inst. under convoy of his Majesty's ship Cherub_ A Gottenburgh Mail arrived this morning. It was reported .at Stockholm, that 12,000 French bad , been defeated by the Russians but this,'"We - suppose ; refers to an event, the, particulars of which have been already published, the Mail bringing no intelligence fromPetersburgh or the armies, so late as what we published on Friday. The fol lowing are extracts from the Papers : OTTENAI.YR 6H, Atm. 11.—When the news of the embargo reached Copenhagen, it caused great alarm,and the French Minister then intimated to the Government, that it was the intention of this Government to invade the is!and of Zealand, in' - consegnence of which, a camp was ordered to be formed between Roskilde and Sorroe, , to consist of 20,000 infantry, 2000 cavalry, and 50 pieces of cannon ; but by accounts since received from Copenhagen by expresS, the alarm has subsided, and the troops were ordered to remain inzarrison and quarters till further orders. . A convoy from Leith arrived in the roads en Saturday, and one from London yesterday, under ,protection of the Aggressor. gun-brig. The cap tains of the English packets have been official:7' informed, by the Governor of Gottenbttrgh, that they may come up the river. to their former an7'. chorage.. KONIGSIMRG, JULY 23.--According to private letters the town of Liebau has been occupied by • the allied troops since the 19th inst. BANES OF THE MEIR, JULY 25.--They write from Manheim, that great numbers of troops con tir.ne to pass through that town, and march to wards the North. Within. these .eight days the I,;th regiment of French infantry, 14th hussars, 000 Piednioutaise, and 5000 other men, have passed through Strasburg. Twenty thousand more are expected, who are.to embark upon the • NVEL/KU LOUKE, JULY 22.—A Treaty of Peace and Amity has, within these few days, been signed at this place, between Russia and Spain. The E:ApEROII acknowledges the present Government ecting in the name of King FERDINAND VII. for the management of affairs. Reservation is made of further measures to he taken concerning such alliance, as with regard to France, may be a consequence of this treaty. OREBRO, AUG. B.—We have just received tilt.: inforrna*•ion that General PL.vroF has obt,iine4 fresh advantages :over the enemy. Seven Polish regiments of cavalry have lken, almost totally de stroyed: Thirty, officers, and upwards of 500 men, were-taken in this affair. • pi ALTRING, Jrt,Tr..y 16. 7 --Ic.:sterday a three masted English ship was stranded on the western coast of *Jutland, four Danish miles to the north west 91 - this.place. •.This ship was commanded by. Catarli R.I. , LrmiNO; she is a wreelt. The cargo, which consists of ale, white-Soar, &c. is saved, and brought to Westerwig. Paris Papers reached. town last xii ht to the -instant. They contain no news from the Frmell armies Our readers -will: perecirvc .that the Gazette of last.night fully confirms the intelligence' we com municated yesterilay of the abandontnent of V•al ladolid b Cue remnant of;MARmoNT's army, togc tl-:er with 4000, • siek and . wounded, and a qUantity stores and ammunition. The Marquis of WELLPCGTON'S head-onartcrs were, on •-the 2d instant, as we stated Yesterday, at Cuellar, a position well.calculfited to embarrass in a still greater degree —the onted enemy; by increasing the difficulty of the j4nction with the force unddr. • . . Josryir. There- appears, incleecl, little reason to doubt, that only a -very small proportion of 3lnfi- MONT'S 'Willy Will ultimately escape the efkets of the Signal tiefeat it sustained at Salamanca. The promptitude with which• Government has sliewn its sense of the exalted merits. of 1.d01.d WELLINGTON, and of the incalculable 'services he i has rendered to thig country and the genera - 1 cause of,Europe; by raising him to the dig nity of Marquis, is highly honourable td ourßulers. Never Was such a dignity more justly acquired; and.we have little daubt that it *ill be followed by other marks of respect , for the gallant, and consummat , vGeneral, who has increased the military renown. of the British, Empire, and we may add, without the suspiCion of flattery, has raised himself to a level with the •greatest . Commanders , whom the world has ever known. IVe stop the Press to mention, that accounts have been received from the Russian army, of the 2Sth ult. stating, that all the troops were. concen trated,, and a.liattle expected. WINDSOR, AUG. W.—Frii)zess SOPHIA is a little better, but not suffieiently recovered to ride out.' Yesterday . the 29th Regirnea,t,' lying- in the tsar-e racks here, bad a grand festival, : in memorv.oNtie battle Of Roleia, in Portugal, in.which thev•Fo7 highly distinguished themselves on the -17th •of Aug. 1808, and gained the victory, for which they are allowed to wear the,insignia on their. breasts ‘,‘ Roleia." Early , in, the morning the Barracks' Were decorated with laurels, and all the Officers and men - wore laurels in their bats and . caps. A sumptuous dinner was provided .by Mr. TH,ol,4P ,sox, the purveyor of their Mess, of 'which they sat down to partake at half-past five o'clock ,with their friends, who were invited on the occasion, to the nnriiher of 53, in a commodious room. The choicest delicacies the season could produce were served up. hi the evening, a beautiful 4rcli, brilliantly illuminated, was• erected over the, en trance to the dining-room', v. ith the motto " leia, 29th," which was elegantly and tastefully lighted with variegated lamps, decorated with laurels. The whole was under the direction and management of Mr: TnomrsoN, who received great praise for his attention. The Duke of CLARENCE, the Bishop of SALIS BURY, and several other distinguished Pekonages, visited the Officers. The meeting did not break up - till a late hour yesterday morning. Our town was last night generally and brilliant ly Liuminated, in honour of the signal Victory of Lord WELLINGTON,' and of t i tle Duke of YORK'S Birth -day. • . The Duke of CLARENCE'S Birth-day will be celebrated On Friday, at Princess ELIZABETH'S Ccttage, at Old Windsor. The PRINCE REGENT, and all, the Royal Dillies; are ,expected to be present. Yesterday the Duke of YORK held a Military Levee, at hiS Office in the Horse Guards. Lord CLiNTON was among those ,who .attended to pay their personal respects to the COInCO.ntNT in Chief. His Lordship was most gra.ciOusly re ceived by his Royal Highness and the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, who was present at the time. Mr. PAYANT, who brought the'Dispatches from Gene ral TRANI' to Colonel TORREINTS; was also present at the Levee. Yesterday .morning the PRINCE RtoENT, ac companied by the Dukes , of CLARRIs7CE and Cum- BERLAND, and Col. BLOOMFIELD, left town on a visit to the Earl of EGREMONT. Lady WELLINGTON received letters last even ing, directed to the Marchioness WELLINGTON. Last night the Secretary of State's Office, for the Home - Department, was illuminated with the name " Marquis Wellington." Lieutenant-General ,Sir EDWARD PAGET goes off directly to Portugal, as second in commaud under Lord WELLINGTON. Major-General ()swim:), and Brigadier-Gene ral Roe s are appointed on the St 4 of Lord WELLINGTON. General PICTON is so far recovered that he does not return to England. Major-General HAY, of the Royal Scots, leaves town immediately, on his return to Portugail. Yesterday Lord COCHRANE had a long inter view with Lord MELVILLE, at his Office at the Admiralty. Yesterday Mr. TYLNEY LONG NW_LLES,LEY gave a most magnificent entertainment, at Wan 'stead House, in honour of the grand victory ob tained by the Allied Army over the French at Sa lamanca. . . Sir FRANCIS BURDETT IIadTCRSOTI to experience the instability of popular z or rather nzob favour, on Monday last ; for after the family had retired to rest, and the lights had burnt out, a numerous rabble assembled before his house, and broiNnost, of his windows. They served Mr. C otrrrs7's next door, in the. same manner. The paneN in the latter were of a very c.xpeasive kind. WILICES once experienced the snare treatment ou a similar occasion. A mob knocked him up very late, and insisted upon his illuminating his house. It was in vain tliat he assured them his house' had been illuminated ; they quite forgot all his pa— iriatis , and abuse of Goverumma,• greeted Hat with the appellation of " ;Outing old rascal," '&c. and swore that if be did not withdraw, and have his house lighted again, they would break his head as weli.as his windows. P.B . TWORTH,AUO.IB.---The PRINCE:RuzENT leas commenced his summer tour by a visit to the Earl of iklor.tmoNr., at this place. His Royal. High,- tiess is accomp'ariled by the Duke of CLARENCE, the Duke' of CUMBERLAND, Count MUNSTER,,Itind Colonel BLOQMFIELD. The Rev. J. S. CI,AIiK and other Gentlemen in the of the Pitt:; , TCE; had arrived to receive his Royal Highnes:), ,wliq is expected to remain at the Earl's till Friday. JOSEPH BUONAPARTE.—SOMe of the Morning Papers - of this day contairt two Jetters from this person, addressed to 1 1 Ai-1310NT and CHAmP*otcY, which will proOably be copied 'into 'the Ereuing Papers of to-night, bat we omit‘them, as we, con- Sidef them merely as ingenious fabricatiop. . • • NA:4 7 ,2tL _24 te: V• • PrsmotiTtr, AUG. 16.—Arrived the American schooner Doris, CaptainSnAcKroßn, from. St. wh:ch.place she left 19 days since, with a cargo of wine, bound to Londbn, and has been detained since her arrival bere.—We understand she brings intelligence that a British gun-brig got agroug.l near St. linear, a few (lays previon3 . tO her departure from thence, and soon after the ac-; cident,' fell over, when she was attacked and car lied, after a desperate action, by some French gunAoat.4.• ,Arrived•the schooner Brith., belonging to thiS port, Faxi - in' Coitd. - :; Com.; master, from :Ma- • deira, after a short pasage : she brings intelii gence that the 2i chard, beibnging to this port; 11,OBERT DAIiS - master; that §ailed from hence for Madeira on the Ilth July last, had arrived there previous. to her departure. . Put in here this day' the ship Gangr*, BEAR master,. from London, bound tp. Malta. Arr:ved the Nimrod cutter, •Capt'. PEAKE, with dispatches from the Channd Pica, i.vhich sue left on Satzirday last at .3P. catizing off' ,Us iirt:~t, conging of five sail of the nap, all well. :The Gol4,,inch sloop of wt 6, fran the coast of the fleet .on Saturd 1; , 5t, bringing.Spa nigh Gazettes of the sate. glorious action in Spain, and rcn&ahied to criliza. The Arazide frigate iia cruizing in shore, and it was reported that the French hai , e seven ,sail of the line in Brest harbour. Sailed. his. Majgsty's. ship Paroarite on a cruize. FALYLOUTIT, AUG. lA—Arrived yesterday the Prince Ernest packet, eaptain PETrtr, with mails, from Lisbon, 10 days passage ; brings a passen ger who left Salamanca on the 30th ult. and re ports that the number of prisoners brought in on that date, with the loss of killed and wounded) amount to 22,000 men. There is no doubt tha t MARMONT (from the wounds he has received) is dead. The retreating army arc said to have taken the high road to Bayonne, and those closely pur-, sued have disencumbered themselves of their mus kets, ammunition, Ike. to avoid being taken. This day arrived the Nocton packet, Captain NAYLOR, with mails from Demerara and Surinam, but brings no news. Also arrived this daythe transport Baron Nelson, (No. 189), from Lisbon, 23 days passage; has on board some French prisoners. Sailed the following packets with mails : Arabella, Capt. PORTEOUS, for Lisbon ; Diana, PARsoics, for Surinam ; Adventure, SAMPSON, for America; arid Eliza, STEVENS, for the -I\lediter- ranean. The Chesterfield packet sails to-morrow, with mails, for Cadiz. In consequence of the victory obtained byLard WELLINGTON, it is supposed trait packets will be immediately appointed for Corunna. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 18.—Sailed his Majesty's ship Fglla with , a convoy for. quern cy and Jersey. His Majesty's ship Tcnedos is appOinted convoy for Halifax and the ports in North America out side the Guiph of St. Lawrence. The Prince of ii' qes inaa of war; and all the, outward-bound for Ll.iboci, stid DEAL, AUG. 18.—Sailed his Majesty's ship Dlver with troops for Anholt ; the Valiant man of war, the Flying Fish schooner, and two vic tuallers, to join the fleet off Flushing. The Castaßan. sloop of war has a signal for con oy for Portsmouth. HARVIrCH, JULY N.—Arrived the Earl of Ucesterpacket, Capt. HAMMOND, with mails and passengers from Gottenburgh. On the 11th in stant a small convoy of 7 or 8 sail leftGotten burgh for ' England, -It is reported at Stockholm, that 12,000 French have been defeated by the Russians... YARMOUTH, JULY 18.—Saild yesterday the British nir, with a convoy for the Downs ; and this morninsthe Starting, with the outward-bOund Baltic convoy; Hum., AUG. 17.---Fifteen or sixteen vessels from the Baltic last week, being the first ships this sea son. They sailed from Gottenburgh on the 31st July, with four different convoys, in all about 150 said, among which were a great number Haden with o.,tin. A letter received here a short time ac'o, si ated, that 80- vessels were loading with corn at Riga-for England. IrS MIBUTION OF PRIZE=MONEY. The Bazzard, for L'lleron Concende, L=A►niahle Arnte, La N(aria Louisa, and ve3scl 710, and Cherokee, for the Laveni Le! ley, and Hercules, on thC -29th - just. at 23, Sarre;•-street, Strand, and there recalled: . " The Rota, for the Fame . East4ndia ship, on the 9th,Nci vern!)er, at 15, Surrey-street, and there recalled. ' • 'j'c Sirius . and Magicienne, for the Windham, and the Hussar, for the Julia, on Wedneiday next, at No. 13, Great George-street, Westzniaster. r!_vrTi.,-.c OF S.ALA:%IANCA. (EXTRACT Of A PRIVATE LETTER)... " Salamanca, July 26, . . . " Si ou will he glad, no doubt, to have a few details respecting the battle of Salamanca, which has been in every respect the most brilliant affair this or any British army has been engaged in. I will not attempt to give you all the different move ments, but to point cut the leading features which have characterised this glorious day. " The enemy having been reinforced; made a feint to cross the Douro, at Toro ; but immedi ately when he thought Lord Wellington's atten tion was directed to that point, pushed along .the right bank to Tordesillas, and in the night.cross ed his whole army at and near that place . . The allied army moved to Canisal, with an advance to.castragon a and the advanced' posts came in contact at the latter on the morning of the 1.9.tb, apd . the enaluy actually cannonaded us into the position of Canisal `‘,OtiAlie evening of 20th, Marshal Mar mont moved his whole army by their left, with an intention •of - turning our right flank.' This . was done ,fast before dark ; and when day . broke next'. thorning, he had the satisfaction of finding . . the"Liitiah line drawn out opposite, - and 'ready' tither to light or to manianyre,.as he chose. Ile. again procepled by his left, and of course LOrl. Wellington kept pace a-vith him, which preSentect an extraordinary sight ; two large armies march ing parallel to each other, as if by mutual con ,* octaslotially cannonading each other, as. oppcirunities of This. flank movement con- - tinued Cor upwards of three leagues, when the allies hilted about that distance from the position, in .front of Salam'anca, and the French continued; . their route to pass the Formes at Alba and iliteria.' This they did 'on the 21st, and Lord. Wellingtoa on the evening of that day, likewise passed the . river, and took up a position, covering the town of Salamanca, and defend:ng the Ciudad Hoarier%) roaa. We encamped late at night in the most tre metidiiiii thunder-stom I ever -witnessed, whit:'* added to the picturesque effect of the thing ; but couldnot be exactly styled as Buonaparte ci.d the one which oc 4 -red when he crossed the Danube, theforerunuer of a day glorious to the Frenc)i, army." So violent was the effect of the thundre storm, that upwards of 50 dragoOns were manned by the cavalry horse ; breaking loose ; many a the latter galloped off in all directions, and SOMC never returned. "f At day-light on the 22d, the enemy berg skirmishing in our front, and their columns er infantry,.and cavalry were seen in motion, iipra" . • ready still "moving to the left. We had a wood in onr front, and the enemy having one direcUf on his left, his movements were in some im:asure concealed from us, and rendered doubtful. upon getting more extended to his left we had 4 clear view - of the movements of his Marmont then commenced manceuvring, and en deavoured by the uncertainty of his motion.* to distract Lord Wellington's attention, and drat; our force to points where he only meant to thre-5-- ten, But there Lord Wellington shcwed himself more then equal to the French Marshal, and cao4 - teracted all his plans. We had a deal of cannow ading-during the whole forenooi. At one point the artillery of our division commenced operations upon some heavy columns of the creiny,' and tile long six-pounders sent the shot into the vtql. centre of them. They• moved farther . •cff - , j..2:ig ing, no doubt, that' the better part of valrmr discretion. . . " Thio sort eff wOrk continued-the whofe fore noon,and we lost considerably from the Cannol' - ade which they incessantly kept up upon one or other part of the line. About:two- o'clock 11 *''' were or4ered to_` move to the ri:rht, and form. i n two 110 -npon the flank of . the 4th division; he" conliug.,6o4is means the c' 6e , riwie o infantiy i , with the e: , :ception of the third divl sion. Vilm :e . aele this movement under a hcall fire of lit and shells from the .heights c• - :995t." which the enemy had pushed on, and taken F`" session df. No . w arrived the critical moment which de" -Bided - the fate of the French army. Lord WW e`" lington found Ihe enemy stillcominuing to ,pen to his left 7 . ----their impertinence in cannonading u s put. hitu out of all pAtieuce and when an Officer arrived with information that the enemy were still further off, going to their left, he said" - „"_,Theh, by God, we will attack them." Tbe st words 'fell like a thunder-bolt on the French army; and in three hours they were in flight and c° lll , - , fusion in all directions, and those very guns W hich had been firing upon, us on their way to Sall' - manca, were escorted by British soldiers into Sit, lain an ea . " The ,3d division, under. General,Pakenh arn, wheeled forward their right, and came upon t r.. left flank of the enemy; while ,the:sth on th 4 ° . ` left, in two lines, advanced" up the hill, oP ull which were formed the enemy's columns, under cover of their guns. Lord Wellington's wor cts '' one of our Generals were instantly put in ex ec ' . tion—" You will attaelabein, and drive the m t° the Devil." Shot, shells, grape, and mut'ke tr Y' could not unsteady the step, or waver the !M of e t the Britisl infantry ; nor did they even fire a s l l°. until within about forty yards of the cueniy, columns had formed into squares, and receiveLf them, the moment they surmounte ' d the bro w o .t . the hill, with a fire of musketry, which wa s 1311 . once returned ; the line gave one geueral cheer and dashed into the midst of the enemy - 5 h broke, and gave way, ,and the heavy cavalry jug through the intervals between us an 4 the 7 e. .division, charged them, and added to the P ag e t and slaughter. The 4th division on our left I T I with a flank Pare, and were compelled to retiree • hut the 6th (in reserve) coming up, car ried .t 1 height they had attacked. .Farther than this, a c : to the detail . of the husiness',- I cannot give ari lv count, except that every point was successivAs' u forced, and the French army put to 'the iont• eagle and two standards, with four pieces of can non, were taken by the sth division. Not an hour did it require to put the 61 1 in execution ; it was absoltitely like electricitYto, the people who were lying down en deavouril l g,, og avoid the effects' of a heavy cannonade , s P r ; c r, upon th e ir legs as if touched by a magic wiso-it and without any alteration of .•positioo,