The Sun. — London, England, 1812-04-02 00:00:00

AS it is always our anxious desire to merit v. conti nuance of the patronage for which we have -so long been distinguished l'y the Public, and to pro ?note as much as possible the accommodation of our Leaders, we hove the pleasu , e injorming them, that THE SUN will shortly be printed on a New Type, cast on purpose for it, and which we venture to hope will-afford universal satisfaCtion. MAILS. Artieriren—r Lisbon. Dur—i Cadiz, i Malta, 2 Water- ford • PRICE , THIS DAY AT TWt Lvito'ci.ocK. Consols. . 60 k 59; 6o 15 per- Ct . Navy 94 91 9.Di H S U N. lOLIM QUIS DICERS. FALSUM AUDEAT ? L 0 N D 0 IV. THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1812. We yesterday stopped the press to communicate the arrival of Dispatches trom Lord I,VSLLINGTON, and to communicate to our readers the following Official abstract of 'heir Contents : BULLETIN. Dispatches have been received from the Eirl of WELLINGTON, dated the 20th March. His Lordship invested Badajoz on the 16th, and broke ground on the following day, forming his first parallel within 2 hundred yards of the outwork, called La Picorina. Lord WELLINGTON conduCts the siege in person, with the third, fourth, and light di visions, upon the left of the River. Sir THOMAS GRAHAM crossed the Guadiana on Ihe 16th, with three divisions of infantry, and two brigades of cavalry, and marched upon Santa Martha and Valverde, while Sir ROWLAND HILL, with two divisions, and a brigade of Cavalry, moved upon .Merida, where he made some prisoners. These movements induced General DROUET to retreat Irom.Villafranca to Homaschos, to preserve his communication with General DARICAN'S division stationed at Lerina. Upon the 19th, a sortie was attempted by the Gafrison of Badajoz ; 2000 men pushed out against the right flank of our work, but were immedi ately driven in with considerable loss by Major- Get eral BOWES. In this affair, General PICTON'S Aid-dc-Camp, Captain CUTHBERT, was killed, and Lieut.-Colonel I.''LETCH ER, slightly wounded.—Since the commencement of the operations, the loss of the Allies has been about 156 men killed and wounded. There was no general movement of the enemy upon the side of ,Ciudad Rodrigo so late as the 17th of March ; but two of the three division; of MAR MONT'S army, which had been upon the Tagus, had moved through the mountains in the direction of Valladolid. The rains had been very heavy for the last three days. From the above account it will be seen that Lord WELLINGTON has colleEled the greatest part of his disposable force, for the purpose of carrying on and covering the siege of that important fortress, His Lordship conduas the siege in person. The next accounts from Lisbon will enable us to judge whe ther the French are disposed to risk a battle - to save Badajoz, or whether they are determined to leave it to its fate. If they adopt the former plan, their operations in the East and in the South of Spain must be stopped, - and a considerable portion-of the French force must be drawn from the North.— Thus, even if Lord WELLINGTON' should be under the necessity of raising the siege of Badajoz, he will have accomplished one of the great obje6ls which he had in view—he will have stopped the vitlorions career of SUCHET, and he will have given the , new appointed Regency the opportunity of colleaing and re-organizing their armies, and of taking ef fectual measures for repairing those disasters, which either the imbecility or the treachery of some of their Commanders have occasioned. He will in spire the people of Spain with new courage, by shew lug them that that British army which BUOZ4A-.. rARTE boasted a year and a half ago that he would drive into the sea, has not only driven the French out -of POrtugal, bet that in the space of a few weeks, it has taken one of 'the most important fortresses on the Spanish frontiers of Pot-, toga!, and formed the siege of another. If Badajoz should fall, the frontiers of Portugal will not only be secured, but the British and Portuguese will be enabled to co-operate effeaually . with the Spaniards. We stated yesterday by mistake, in our Second Edition, that Lieut. General Fletcher was wounded; it was Lieut. Colonel Fletcher, of the Engineers. Vie are happy, however, to add, that his woind is but slight; and there is every reason to hope that the army will be deprived only for a very short time, of the services of that most able and distinguished Officer. An Anholt Mail arrived yesterday. It is now said, that the King of PRUSSIA has consented to all the demands of BUONAPARTE. Indeed, it must be quite obvious, that unless supported by a formidable Russian army, his Prussian Majesty could not, with out " inevitable ruin, provoke a contest with Buo , NAPARTE. Lisbon Papers arrived last night, from which we have made copious and interesting extrads. his being the first Levee-day held by Lord NIELviLLE, since his appointment as First Lord of the Admiralty, there was a very numerous attend ance of Naval Officers to wait upon his Lordship.— It is supposed that one hundred and fifty Officers at tended on the occasion. Yesterday about two o'clock the Sheriffs of Lon don and Middlesex, attended by the City Itemem btancer, arrived at Carlton-house. Soot; after, they were introduced into the presence of the PRINCE REGENT, to know when his Highness would receive the Address of the City, lately voted in their Com mon-Hall, when the PRINCE was pleased to appoint the 9th instant. The PRINCE REGENT will hold his Levees weekly, it is expet`ed, during the sitting of Parliament, after next week. The Ministers do not have a Cabinet dii.ner this week, it being holiday week. A very spirited affair has lately taken place in . the Scheid!. Three French ships of the line, coming down, were attacked by one of our frigates and two sloops of war, and the Admiral's ship was driven un shore. It was reported last night, that information had been received from Deal, of eight or nine sail of the line having come down the Scheldt, apparently with an intention of putting to sea from Fleshing, when ever a favourable opportunity should offer. We do not, however, attach much credit to the report, as no such account has reached the Admiralty. A letter from Dover mentions a report from some fishermen whom the French have boarded lately, that most of the privateersmen have been sent to man the Flushing fleet, and that preparations are making to fit out a part of their flotilla to be sent away to the eastward to annoy our shipping in the Sleeve and Belt, and defend the shores of the Catte gat from our small cruizers. By the arrival of a merchant-vessel yesterday from advises were received from that city to the 6th instant. By these we are informed, that a day or two previous, several shots and shells had been thrown into the town by the enemy from his new-invented howitzers, which had no otter effect than to cause a temporary alarm amongst the women and children. Mr. Duff put on board this vessel dispatches for the British Got . erumant which were afterwards detained to accompany others in the Lord Hobart packet, appointed to sail on the eoth whose arrival may be hourly expe&ed. The [Palmer Castle arrived at Bencoolen on the 26th of July. The China (direct) ships arrived at Prince of Wales I-land on the Ist of September, arid xyere to proceed for China, on the 1611), by the Eastern passage. The merchant ship Brookbank, Capt. JELLARD, is arrived at Dover from Cadiz, whence she sailed on the I ektli of March. The letters by her do not contain any political intelligence of importance. A fist-sailing vessel, called the Dash, is arrived in the Creek from Smyrna, whence she sailed on the Bth of February last. A letter of that date con tains the following Our latest news from Con stantinople is of the 26th of January, by which we learn, that peace between the Turks and Russians had not actually been finally concluded, but the cosily articles which are usually presented to the Negotiators on such occasions, had been prepared at Constantinople, and were to be forwarded without delay to the Turkish Camp, 16 be presented to the Russian General on the final signature of the Preli minaries which were to lead to a termination of the war." Private accounts from France, of the 23d ult. stale, that an American vessel, called the Congress, Captain CLARK, from Baltimore, bound to Lon don, had been taken, and sent into Coerhurg : this vessel sailed from America on. the 4th of February, and has'been expected to arrive here for some time, and a considerable amount has lately been insured upon her in the city. She has been called an Eng lish ship in the Paris. Papers, but this trick will not do ; and the circumstance of her capture is another convincing proof, that the Berlin and Milan De crees are still in force. Lieut. D. E. BARTHOLOMEW, commanding the Richmond gun-vessel, has been promoted to the rank of Commander, for his gallantry in destroying the .Parepide, a French privateer of 18 long t‘velye pounders and 180 men, belonging to Malaga. Our readers will be pleased to hear that .Captain HARVEY, of fhe Rosario ) has been made Post, for 'his gallant conduit in the late affair with the French flotilla ; and Mr. DYER, the. Midshipman, who was wounded, has had a Lieuttnant's Commission. The Officers, non-commissioned officers, band, drummers, and privates, of the Roscommon regi ment in Frankfort barracks, have generously sub scribed a day's pay, for the relief of the widows and orphans of the .crews of the St. George, Defence, Hero, Saldanha, and Fanny, wrecked in the Baltic, on the coast of Holland, and the Irish sea. We hope this noble example of military generosity will be followed up for the relief of our brave seamen's unprotected widows and orphans by every regiment of the line, and all the British and Irish regiments of militia throughout the United Kingdom. Monday and Tuesday having been holidays at the Stock Exchange, yesterday was in consequence a busy day in the Money Market. The Three per Cent. Consols again experienced a rise; - from fifty nine three-fourths, at which they left off on Satur day ; they advanced to fifty-nine seven-eights, and for the account to' sixty. A few days ago a fisherman picked up, off Dover, in his trawl, the remains of a very ancient anchor, supposed to have formerly belonged to the Spanish Armada. It is said to be a specific for rheumatism, to apply a cabbage leaf to the part affeaed. Choose a per. feet leaf, cut off the protuberant stalk at the bark, and place it on the part with a bandage of flannel at going to bed. It will produce a local perspiration, and on two or three repetitions effect a cure. NAVAL NEWS. PLYMOUTH ) MARCH 31 .—The i nert sloop of war, with a convoy for Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick. Alphea schooner with a transport for Guernsey, having on board a detachment of .the 46th regiment, a small fleet of outward bound,_ and a convoy for Wale , , are detained 'at this port by contrary winds and stormy weather. We yesterday stated the arrival of the French schooner cartel Vidette, which was erroneous, that vessel having arrived at Dartmouth, and not at this port, but is daily expected. Arrived in Hamoaze the brig Minerva, of and for London, PATTERSON, Master, front Sierra Leone, in 57 days, with a cargo, put in here to join convoy ; also arrived there the letter of marque ship Best, from London, tor Gibraltar, with damage. The Rapid schooner takes - convoy to the east ward, and will sail the moment. the wind proves favourable. Sailed last night the Sparroth brig of war, having under convoy the Thomas transport s for Corunna. A vessel, name unknown, was wrecked last night in Whitsand Bay, and two of the crew drowned. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL I.—Arrived the Speculator lugger, with a convoy for the Downs, and has re turned. Arrived his Majesty's ships Pickle, Magnet, Crane, Ihrrior, and Cressy, froin a cruize. Sailed the Mary and Alison, GRAYEIAM, master, from Gibraltar, laden . with quicksilver, brandy, and wine bound to London; 31)6 left Gibraltar on the gth of March. We learn that his Majesty's ship Yuri.: left that place on the 19th February, having about 70 sail of convoy under her protection for England. The Mary and Alison was boarded by his Majes ty's sloop Foxhound, on the 22d, in the" Bay of Bis cay, fourteen days from Plymouth, on a ciuize. His Majesty's ship Brune is appointed convoy for Oporto and Lisbon, and the Porcupine for Quebec. Sailed his Majesty's ship Tyrian on a cruize. • FALMOUTH, MARCH 30.—Arrived this morning the Elizateth packet, Capt. KIDD ; left. Lisbon on the 25th inst. with dispatches from ;Lord WEL LINGTON, in charge of SYLVESTER, the Messenger. The siege of Badajos commenced on the 17th, and continued till the I9th; on the loth the enemy made a sortie, in which they were repulsed with the loss of 300, killed and wounded. The British lost about 40, killed and wounded; among the latter is Col. FLETCHF.R, of the Engineers ; it is alsb said, that the wreneh made too 'prisoners, as also two Captains of Engineers. Badajos was expeoled to fall before the 2d of April. Lord WELLINGTON has' dispatched a force to keep MARMONT in check.— The whole Army are in good health and spirits. The Queen Chartotte packet had arrived at Lis bon, and was expected to sail horn thence on the 29 ii instant. Tne schooner Lord Wellington, from London to Lisbon, is supposed to have foundered, two of her boats having been washed onshore. Remain the outward bound Mediterranean fleet under convoy of the Pelorus. DEAL, APRIL t.—Arrived the Mary cutler from off Flushing, with an account of the enemy's ships in the Scheldt having come down from their old place of rendezvous ; consequently the whole of the naval'force in the Downs are upon the move, and will sail this evening or early to-morrow morn ing, under command of Sir RICHARD STRACHAN, and AdMiral Lord A. BEAUCLERK. Sailed the Zealous and Ethalion for the taltie. The Furious gun-brig has detained and sent into the • Downs the Neplunus galliot, Captain PATERSON, from Seville, taken at anchor . off Giavelines, with a signal . for'a pilot flying. FIVE O'CLOCK.—Sir RICHARD STRACHAN with . the fleet under his command are under weigh, and will soon be oil Flushing. LEITH, MARCH 30.—The Gallant gun-brig went out of harbour on Thursday, after being repaired, and sailed on Saturday morning on a cruize, but was 4lut back the same night by, the strong easterly gales. The Rifleman and Aightirigok sloops of ,war ar rived in the Roads this morning horn - a cruize, and a Danish sloop, a prize. The Strenuous gun-brig made the signal for a convoy to the Ndrthward. NAVAL APPOINTMENTS. --Capt. G. Grant, to command the Drake, in the room of Capt. Barwell, pro. muted to the rank of Post Captain ; Lieut. G. Griffin, to the Theseus, of 74 guns ; Lieut. Richard Head, to the Mars, of 74 guns ; Lieut. I. Kent, to the Hermes, of 20 guns ; the Rev. C. &time, Chaplain of the Temeraire, at Plymouth, to the Union, 0198 guns ; Lieut. - fames Noyce to the San lose, at Portsmouth; Lieut. S. Lisson, to the Bar ham ; Mt. T. Goble, to he Purser of the Success frigate, at Chatham ; Lieut. R. Ratsey, to the °flow; Lieu:. 1. Nixon, to the Hannibal ; Lieut. Ed - ward Rowley, to the Argo ; Lieut. Charles Ricketts to the Theseus, at Chatham; I,ieut. the Hon. K. Soinerville to the rank of Commander; Mr. George Bluston,.Midshipman, to the rank of Lieuten ant ; Lieut. Harry Slade, to the Asia, of 74 guns ; Lieut. Wm. M. West; to the Devastation ; Lieut. Benjamin Ashley to the Favourite sloop ; Lieut. Wm. Mackenzie Godfrey, to the Asia, of 74 guns; Lieut. Abel Hawkins, to the Diana frigate ; Lieut. Peter Williams, commandinl.7, the Entrepre name cutter, to the Richmond gun-boat, in the room of Lieut. Barthofomew, promoted to the rank of Commander; the Hon. John Gordon, Midshipnlan, to the rank of Lieut. LISBON PzIPERS. ,The follotving most important articles are ez tra-ted from the Lisbiin Papers to the 251 h ult. re ceived at a late hour last night 111Aacu 22. —Ground wos broke b , fore Badajoz on the i - 7(11 under a very heavy, but not .destroCtive fire, from the garrison.— It rained incessantly- on the 17th . and IBth ; however, did not prevent very great progreis being made in the trenches. The light 3d and 4th divi sions, under Lord Wellington's" personal superin tendance,, carrying on the siege, with a considerable number of Portuguese troops. General Graham, with the kr, 6th, and 7th dbisions, is in front.-- General Hill is at Merida.. " The number of guns brought to the siege from the North is forty-foor, C4-'pounders, and tonitet-n howitzers exclusive of those forwarded from these p a n s . We lost three or four men on the first corps passing the Guadiana, who were killed by tn e enemy ; but this did not in the least degree itn- , pede our progress. Onr heavy cavalry are ;,t venza. The general opinion here is, that it will fall in three weeks, if not succoured. We hear no thing of the, enemy's movement, but it is not sop* posed they will suffer Badajnz to fall without risk ing a battle, the result of which, we confidently expea, will he the total rum of their army, and their being obliged to evacuate the South of Spain." " LISBON, MARCH 23 —Our attack on Badajoz is carried on, on the N. W. side only. 'the rapidi ty of the works ,is astonishing. Lord Wellington is; already on the spot. The enemy made a sortie with 1260 itifantry and 30 horse; they were repulsed with the loss of 200 men—we had 30 killed Gen. Hill i 4, it is reported,_ gone to destroy the bridge at Almatez. MARCH 24.—A1l goes on as well as could be Wished at Badajoz: Sir Thomas Graham, with the Ist, 6th, and 7th division is advanced towards Zatra. General Hill is at Almendralejo—Major-General Slade, wi h his brigade, at Villa Franca, which place it en!cred on the 20th, high spirits, though the men matched 31 days, with only two days halt, yet all were well and in good condition. The ene my retired before them t.,wards Usagre and Llerena. - The cavalry is brigaded as follows :—Under Major- General Slade, Ist Dragoons, 3(1 Dragoon Guards, 4th - Dragoon Guards ; under Major-General Allen, 12th Light Dragoons, 1441 Light Dragoons, I tith Light Dragoons ; under _Major -General ,Le Mer chant, 3d Dragoons, 4th Dragoons, stll Drilgoons ; under Major-General Long, yth Light Dragoons, 13th Light Dragoons, vd Hussars ; under Genet al Alten, t ill) Light Dragoons, Ist Hussars. " A six-gun battery is ereCied on Pickering Fort: During the time the enemy made the sortie, a heavy fire of grape-sho► was kept up lion . ' the town." OFFICIAL DISPATCH PROM MARSHAL GENERAL THR EARL OF WELLINGTON, TO HIS EXCELLENCY DOl4 M. PEREIRA PORJAZ, DATED HEAD-QUARTERS, ELVAS, 13TH MARCH. " I moved my bead-quarters from Freneda on the 6th, and arrived here on the 11th instant.— Maishal Martuont arrived at Salatminca on the Gits instant., There is 'not now any of the. eneo,v's . trooirs in Estrernadura, exct-pt that part of the 5111 corps (which is not in garrison at BAdajoz) ~ .I;busse bead -quarters arein Villa franca, and a detachment, which consists nearly of a division, under the corn tuand of General Darican, who has Lis head-quar ters in Llerena. Since I directed my anterior dis patch to your Excellency, the enemy has made no movement, nor have I heard that he has executed any operation of importance. According to my last accounts Marshal Soult was in the lines, in front of Cadiz." BANKS OF TH E G UADIANA , M ARCH 18.— Hi s Excellency Lord Wellington has been to the camp before Badajoz yesterday and to-day.—Yesterday Badajoz was invested from the right bank of the Guadiana. In the night between the 17th and iBth the trenches were opened; at day-break, two . great works were concluded within 300 toises of the place, and when the enemy perceived them they opened a fire of artillery and bombs from the forts Pardalleras and Picurina, and from some bulwarks , of the fortress., There is no attack made from the right of the river. " FRONTIERS of THR NORTH OF 'PORTUGAL, MARCH the letters received from those parts occupied by the enemy announce, that some of their troops are destined for France ; they Icrep increasing in the vicinity of Burgos, and it is thought Bonnet will, within a month, march with his divi sion for France : but as these reports ale spread by the enemy, we are not able to'ascertain the degice of credit due to them." FURTHER 'EXTRACTS. ELVAS, MACH 18.-During these last few days, troops, artillery, Generals, &c. have arrived here, all of which announces speedy great events. The enthusiasm among the troops is gneral; rancour towards the enemy is manifest in all the individuals of. the Allied Army. On the 12th inst. Generals Hut. and GRAHAM fvcrived the Order of the Thai, at the Head-quarters of his Excellency, Marshal WELLINQTON, on which occasion there was a ball, On the same day, a brigade of cavalry marched from Campo M,iyor to Albuquerque. On the WO) the divisions of Generals HILL, HAMILTON, and GRA.. vi r, passed the river ; arid on the Isth, the whole of the divisions marched for the camp at Badajoz, as well as the artillery ; some firing has been heard from the fortress and camp, from which it is con.. chided, the divisions we:e taking their sespetlivo positions. NORTH OF PORTUGAL, MARCO B.7—The enemy have made no movement of consideration... In Col. more they are making a large quantity of biscuit, for the use of the remainder of NlArtmosT's corps, which, it js said; will proceed to Estremadura.—The army of Galicia remains in . its former positions. They write from the Banks of the Ebro, that on the latter end of February, the whole of the Impel. rial Guard went, by forced marchei, Ir 0) Liorg,,s to France. . We have no totorinattim ruspuctih; the coming of frebb LFOOp'3.-