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

1301/STET has set out from Leon for Valladolid, Where VICTOR, with many Officers and some troops, are very shortly expected. BANKS OF THE GUADIANA, MARCH 14..--SOULT IS now before Cadiz, and, as is said, intendS attack ing the Isle de Leon. 11(eveve.r, 4000 troops from Grenada are coming by Cordova to , ards Estrema dura, and the greatest zeal used in collecting troop s in this last province. It is affirmed that General DROUET, the General of Artillery BUSSET, and DENBROWSKI, are going to France. MARCH l6.—Yesterday General ----- had his head -quarters in Albuquerque; and the following day marched to Merida. Bridges have been thrown over the Guadiana, and the Allied Army began to ' d efile into Spanish Estremadura. VALENCIA DE ALCANTARA, MARCH Marquis of MONSALUD has just taken the command of this army. LISBON, MARCH 21.—According to leiters from of the 18th, the troops on that day kept up a heavy fire upon the works of the besiegers, who answered it, and confirmed their works. The greater Part of the allied army had passed the Guadiana. It aPpears the 18th was the day on W hick the place was first invested. • PINHEL, MARCH 19. On the Iqth passed t hrough this place, on his road to Galacia, Seignor CAsTallos. The conqueror of Baylen, will, with out doubt, give energv tot he Army : he is going to Commn Ind upon this frontier.—There is nothing new. From another quarter we know, that his Ex cellency Seig. TRANI', Governor of Oporto, with part of the troops under his command, were on the 19th to be in Pezo Riova, and that on the 17th inst. Senor CASTANOS had arrived at Larnega, and was "Pected in Penafiel on the 20th, from whence he was toTroce?d to Galacia. LISBON, MARCH. 23.—AS the courier from the .Iklentejo is not yet arrived, it is impossi•.: , le for us to give any further information respecting the, to us 30 i nteresting, siege of Badajoz. From information tha' has reached us from both t he north and south of Spain, we do not learn that 4 nY larg e F rench corps i s marc hi ng to succour Ba 4'ajez .; their marches and counter-marches in the 1113rt h• of Spain are so confused and various, that it ob "t Possible to form a conjecture of their real he French usually make their manoeuvres when they wish to conceal from us the true designs of their Mat r , "nes' but if they eventually march for Badajoz all thi s ti% "bscurily with which they cover themselves ▪ ftll to us, as they lose time whilst we are pro- z 'n the hiking of Badajoz. t l'As, MARCH I 8.-0;1: ') - oaps proceeded rapid thln their works last night, as Cie./ er“ireiy omitted , first p ara ll e l, and began t h e , econd, a great por 11°11 of which they completed, with various commu bications, all wi;hin musket shot. From Alburquerque they write "under date of the 17 tb 'inst. There they had been talking of SUCHETIS "ling foe three weeks. We now see disclosed by the Gr eat L ord, a p l an, most vast an d well com bined, from which results of the utmost consequence /ba y be expeeled. , e AmPo MAYO R , M ARCH 12.—Yesterday entered th is pla ce , t h e P ortuguese b rigade, compose d o f t h e 4t 11 and loth regiments; some Spanish troops are at t Peaed h ere . In B a d a j oz, t h ere i s a gsrr i son o f 40 t nen, one thousand of these ate employed day 4 night upon the fortifications. I t is reported in Madrid, that the intrusive King Jost„ is getting every thing in readiness to pro teed to France, and that the French have experienc a considerable loss in the neighbourhood of Ii ANKs OF THE GUADIANA, MARCH 13.--. The French cavalry have evacuated Xeres de los Cabal as;' the infantry will do the same, as soon as th e „ . I nave collected the remainder of the contri eulions.• FRONTIERS OF LOWER BEIRA, MARCH 15.—0 n le 2 a instant a great convoy from Andalusia passed by t he vicinity of Toledo for Madrid. The enemy' labour with great diligence to fotm 11ral litary road in Porto de Pico for the passage of t 'me troops from the Tagus to Castile. Marshal Vic l'e'tt is expected at Valladolid, w.ho, it is' affirmed, %les to take the command of the army in•the North of Spain; We are assured that the troops of the Imperial gua rd assembled in Burgos, have begun their match 'O• r France, but their place will be supplied by an e qt 2 al number who are to arrive. On the 24th ultimo, an Officer of MARMONT'S S t aff set out from Valladolid for Paris, to re- Present to the Emperor the impossibility of p r eserving the army in its present position from . w ant of the means of subsistence. Three Officers have also set out for Salamanca, Leon, and Madrid, With what orders is not known. They write from Madrid, of the 26th ult. that a treat convoy is expeEted there, and with it Marshal "ox. . A large one will likewise go from thence, 4 a ll the beasts and carriages have been put in re luisition (or three leagues 'round. CARTAFA, ttie superintendent of Police, has been ordered to set off immediately for Old Castile, and it is to be observed, that this person always goes when preparations arc to be made for the reception of JOSEPH. Prepara tions for some journey are likewise observable in the Palace. From the same place, March 16.—The 6th divi sion'of the enemy marched, on the gth; from all the points it occupied ; it passed by Porto de Pico, and appeared to take the direction of Valladolid. FOY is at Talavera ; his division occupies the points which he allotted to the 6th. The convoy which goes from Andalusia, takes with it, among other things, 200,000 rations of biscuit. The civil guards of Salamanca are taken to Madrid as prisoners. General CLAUZEL, with the 2d division, is at Avila and its vicinity : his force may amount to 3600 infantry. General MANcuN is at Salamanca, and the Ge nerals of Brigade, THOMIER and MONFORTE, are at Medina. Each brigade consists of 2000 men. It is said, that they will attack Ciudad Rodrigo, which, however, appears to be a mere threat to et - Ted a• diversion. Some of the enemy's regiments have been re duced to fewer battalions, .and the supernumerary officers marched to Fiance. The army of MARMONT, including the twa di visions which have lately been added to the enemy,. amount to 33,000 men, reckoning in that number the cavalry, which is not numerous. Marshal MAR MONT Stt out on the 8111 from Salamanc,i, probably for Avila. BANKS OF THE TORMES, MARCH' 3.—The fortress of Ciudad Rodrigo will be placed in the best stale of defence in which it ever has been. The two breaches, covered with fascines; are invested with a good wall, and the.bastions and outworks have been eillargod aid taken a new form. Lord WELLING TON, CASTANOS, and Don CARLOS and HISPANA, were there on the 27th ult. There is a talk of the arrival of the Cartain General of Castile, er Senor HEREDIA. The Governor has sent money to make new works for the delenc.: of the pllcr, or any oiher services that may be necessary. Deserters come in from tne enemy on all sides ; Nlu.Nrotlo has also returned lo our burners, and the few re.naining guards, h6rse and foot, Ih, were Sa(amauca,in were taken away yesterday dis armed and under a good escort to Caramanchel, where it appe , rs they are assembiing from all parts under the orders. of MORALES and Avir.A. BON NET entered Benavente on the 4th March, and on the •sth set out for Leon. SPORTLNG INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING, 1812. WIDNISDAY, A Subscription Plate of sol. for 2,-yr olds /v. 3-yr olds. Sst. 71b. and 4-yr olds gst. T. Y. C. Id Stawell's cll. f. Nlockbird, 3 yrs - 1 Id Jersey's b. c. Antonio, 4 yrs - - 3 Ld. G. H. Cavendish's b.- t. Barossa, 3 yrs - 3 TOO to 5 agst Mockbird-6 to 4 on Antonio. The Second Class of the Oatlands Stakes of cogs. each, 11. ft. D. I. Mr. Goddard's Camhric, 4yrs sit. 61b. . 1 Mr. Glover's Crossbow, yrs 7st. 31h. . . - 2 Sir I. Shellev's Stinaail, ;yrs 7st. 41b. . 3 ,Sir. F. Standish's sister to Pirouette, 3yrs 7st. 31h. 4 Mr. Hallett's Coelehs, 3yrs 7st. 31b. S . . Sir I-1. V. Tempest's. The Engraver, by Shuttle, 4Yrs 6 Mr. Jones's POulton, 6yrs 9st. 91b. Mr. Shakespeare's Chester, ciyrs Bst. t2l. Mr. Thornhill's Topaz, ;yrs 7it. Mr. Andrew's Morel, 6yrs Bst. tzlb. . pd Mr. Dundas's Witch of Endor, 4yrs. Bst. 21b. . pd Mr. Blake's Atalanta, 3yrs 7st 41h. . pd to t agst Cambric: 4 to I agst Stingtail :. 4 to t agst En graver: s to 2 agst Poulton. PIGEON MATCri —The pending shooting match between Messrs. Morton and Payne, at twenty-one 'birds, from a trap at eighteen yaids from the gin, took place yesterday in Lord's new ground, be tween the New-road and Kilburn. The scene of amusement was well attended, in anticipation oft good sport. Morton wan the tuatch easy at se venteen birds, of which he bagged fourteen, having hit hard the fifth and fourteenth without bringing them down. He made one tniss only, which was at the twelfth bird: Payne killed nine birth only from seventeen, and several of the other eight were not e'en hit. He missed some of the finest shots which could be presented to the gun. Morton did not shoot at his remaining four bolds, the match be ing decided withotit them. The birds which es caped the matched men afforded high di,ersion to the out scouts (people shooting out of the bound;), as well as to the speCiatOrs of the match. One only of the birds which escaped fell a prey to the skill of the cockney sportsmen. It has been reported that the great embankrfient at Tre-Madoc had received essential injury from a late extraordinary high tide. It seems, however, that that tide, which was unpecedentediy high, has, on the contrary, afforded the most satisfadory proof of the stability of the stupendous work in question. Mr. WEST is very forward with a copy of his ad mirable piEture of Healing the Sick, for the purpose of presenting it, according to his original intention, to a Charitable Institution in America. It should be added, for the honour of the Artist, that he is taking great pains to render the new picture fully equal in merit to that which he sold for so large a sum in this country, and consequently he may fairly be said to present to the Institution a pe cuniary donation to the same amount. There is,. indeed, this difference, for a pecuniary gift would not have been so gratifying to the pride of America, or so well fitted to promote the purposes of bene volence ; for the Americans will derive a patriotic .satisfaEtion from so excellent a proof of the genius of their countryman, and by submitting it to public view, obtain a large perpetual snpport. to thelu stitution, ANHOLT MAILS. . GOTTENRU'RGH-, 'MARCH accounts late ly received from Germany agree in stating, that the King of Prussia has acceded to every measure the French_ haVe thought proper to diclate. There are 30,000 French troops in Dottie, the inhabitants of which Place have been ordered to hlpply them selves with 12 tenths provisions. General Von Suchteleu arrived at Stockholm, from Su Petersburgh, on the 21st inst. on an im portant mission. Letters from St. Petersburgh, dated the I nth in stant, say, that great prepatations are making there for war with Trance. Seventeen thousand of the Imperial guards, iiifamry and cavalry, marched from St. Petersburgly, the beginning of this•month, for the frontiers of Poland. The Danes have:a naval force at Christiansand, consisting of one ft igare, and ten or more vessels 6r war of Irom ten to twelve guns each. Extrati bf a Letter from Weimar, dated March S. —" The Duke of Elchingen has arrived at Erfurt, where, it is said, he will provisionally remain.— Three divisions, the passage of which has been an nounced, will go into cantonments in our neigh bourhood, as also a-corps of 5000 men, in which are comprised 600 cavalry, and a train of artillery. General Sebastiani is expected with his Staff, and a Portuguese regiment, here. We frequently see pass here, waggon, and mules laden with the attendants, &c. of the Emperor : we lately reckoned 150 of the latter.", BANKS OF THE MAINE, MARCH 10.—The 4th regiirk.nt of Chasseurs, and the Bth Hussars, arrived from France on the-29th of February,•at Frankfort upon the MAne. Several regiments of intantry and cavalry are to follow them. Letters received state, that a corps of troops are assemlAng in Upper Italy', and Illyria, of which t;reie is reason for believing the Duke of Abrantes will take the command. NAPLES, FEB. ;:t.—We have Jive mmy tears respecting the fate of Madame Blanchard. Four days have elapsed since her ascension, without any intelligence respelling her. Naples, surrounded on three sides by the sea, is not the most favourable place for these enterprizes. SEMLIN, FEB. t•-- 7 -A great depression prevails among the Servian insurgents. They generally be lieved, that in the course of the winter, peace would have been concluded between the Porte and Russia ; but they unfortunately see all their hopes disappoint. ed. Many Servians, who are fatigued with a war, the conclthion of which is so very precarious, wish that Czerni Georges, and the other Chiefs of the insurreetien, could find some means of reconciling them to the Turkish Government. They suppose, that, even in submitting, Servia would obtain new privileges and infirmities. The Seivians have not been pleased at the Russians quilting the right bank of the Panu'be, and passing to the 12ft.. It appears tha! there is neither concert nor unity of plan be tween the Russians and Servians. Sc.H AFFH AUSEN FEB. 26.—They write fromßasle, Om Count Guttorp is immediately to proceed to L)rich. STOCKHOLM, MARCH Dire&ors of the French Post-office at Liamburgh, having rernoed the obstacles which they had laid in the way of the free course of the Swedish foteign posts, and se ven,' mails having atrived, here at once troth thence, those concerned are hereby informed, that the fo reign post, by the way of Elamburgh, to the Con tinent, is to reco:nmence, and continue in the usual manner, ou Tuesday, the 17th inst. Corre‘ponderts are, nevertheless, required not to write on any other than , Their own private concerns. Royal ,Ge ueral Post diredi ,, n at Stockholm, the 16i1, March. " STOCKHOLM, MARCH i6.—By intelligence te ceived at Ystad, the Swi dish troops n Pomerania .were_on the sth instant disarmed by the Fr'ench.— Those which were at Stralsund received orders to assemble in three divisions at different places, when they were surrounded by a. superior French force, and their arms taken from them. They were at the same time inf.rmed, that they. , A ere no longer Swe dish soldiers. Those among them who wire both in the States of the Confederation of the Rhine, were separated from the rest, and immediately enrolled among the French soldiery. A number of the French troops have marched out of Pomerania, Sc ) that at present there are only 10,000 men remaining in that province. His Royal Majesty has not hitherto received the least official intelligence regarding the cause of the entrance of the French troops into Pomerania. HALMSTAD, MARCH 6.—Six Swedish seamen, taken by French privateers on board of Swedish merchant vessels, had been carried to Calais, where some were put in prison, and others forced,' under a strong guard, twassist in the equipping of ships.-- On the loth .of January last, they were fortunate enough to escape in a small boat, and were picked up by an English ship, which put them on s!,ore at Toreko, They were treated with. the greatest kind ness by the English. Such is the wide difference of treatment experienced from our allies and encrnirs. LOWER ELBE, FEB. f29.-I0 consequence of the general feeling, among the public, occasioned by the tall of Valencia, the Emperor has determined to onite the Spanish Provinces lying on this side the E u - o, with the French Empire, and which are to form tour departments._ _ It is said that the- King of Naples is to come to Paris to take the command of t/ae cavalry. DucitY WAasAw.—According to the Posun Newspaper, the Post-office at Marcanipol has given information, that the post-carriage, which left Preen) on the 20th January, was attacked on the road, the driver and guard murdered, and the whole of the money in the carnage, amounting to 9:06 guilders, l4gc. stolen, and all the letters taken out. A reward of 2000 guilders had been offered for the discovery. If Mr. HORNE TOOKE had been buried in his garden, it ‘vas the intention of Sir 14'aANCIs BUR DETT to deliver a funeral oration Oter his grave ; but as the Baronet has an interest in the ground, which he thought might be impaired by such an inter ment, he wisely assented to the proposal that his depidted friend should be interred according to the rites of the Established Church. Nor has he lost sight tif patriotism in his prudence, for' he has kindly resolved to let the world enjoy the instruc tion which his intended oration is no doubt calcu lated to afford, as it is to be inserted in a periodic,' pubiication, distinguished for the political cloth - lilt's so warmly espoused by- the worthy Baronet. M7ESTMIiVSDER SESSIONS, APRIL 1. The &-ssions of the Peace for the City and Liber ties of Westminster commenced ftis day betwe WiLtiAM MAINWARING, Esq. ;he Chairman, and a full Be•ich of Magistrates. Henry Bells was indided for assaulting and falsely imprisoning John Speiicei, on the 3d of last August, under the following circumstances. Mr. BARRY stated the case on the part of the prO secntor; which was in substance to she frdlowin:z effe& : 7 —Mr. Spencer had been to dine with his brother in Clerked well, who.n he left about o'clock, and walked to Piin in search of lodg ings. On his return hoMe to his apartments et Pancras, he stopped in the Green Park to rest him self upon one of the seats ; die defendant Carne-ti to him, seated himself on the same bench, and made a sort of posh against him. Mr. Spencer not liking his conduct, got op and walked towards the Park Gate, to go into Piccadilly. The defendant. followed him, and charged him with indecent prac- ITes, gave hiM in custody of a watchman, and he was conveyed to the watch-house. This was on Saturday night ; he was detained till Monday, when he was taken before - the M.gistrates at Maria rough-street Office, and no prosecutor appearm4, lie was discharged. _ _ Mr. At:Ccv, for the defendant, made a very able defence, commenting on the condo& of the prost , color as being very suspicions. He called Mr. Groves, of the Court of King's Bench, who glve the_defendant a good charaaet, having lived lit the time with his brother in Scotland Yard, who is since dead. Mr. BARRY replied, in an able speech. The Chairman dire6led the attention of the Jury to the evidence, who, after a short consultation, fouod the defendant Guilty.--The Court sentenced bun to ne imprisoned one month. John Christian Frank was indified for as:aulting an interesting young girl, 'of the name of Ann . Lane, with intent to ravish her, on the 2d of Juno. From the statement of Ann Lane, it appeared that the prisoner, who was a master tat for in Po land-street, hired her to live with him as servant, a few days before he assaulted her ; that. on the day stated in the india meat (Sunday), he sent his soli out for a walk; and having directed her to intiniltn' for what the guns were firing, on her return back into the drawing-room, where he was drinking wine, locked the door, put the key in his pocket, and pouring out a tumbler of wine, ordered- her tO drink ; she refused, and he then assaultej het, but a knocking at- the street-door alarmed hint, and she took the opportunity of running down stairs in'o the street,- and home to her father's. The Jury found him Guilty. The Court, in consideration of his being a fo reigner, and no; perhaps aware of the law of Eng land, only sentenced him to be imprisoned I.r si x months. SURREY ASSIZES, Mmica 31. • William White was convi&ed of stealing a 201. bank-note, the property of 'Wm. Manners, James Gudgeon was indiCted for breaking and en •tering the dwelling-house of Mr. Squires, no person being therein, in the day time, and stealing vari os articles therefrom. It, appeared that the prisoner Gudgeon was a lodger in the house of Squirts, and while the latter was absent; the prisoner bioke into the rooms occupied by the prosecutor Squires aunt I - is other lodge:rs, wh, were also absent, and s'ol;:. every thing he could . carry off. The prosecutor heard nothing of the prisoner (who bad decarni ed) for a considerable time, the robbery being in De cember, 1810, until he was brought into Chelms 'ford gaol, in alober last, upon another chatge.-- Squiies then went to Ciielmsford, and ideniified a smock-frock, in which the prisoner was found. as being his own, and stolen from his house.— Besides this, there was - a silver watch found up ti the prisoner, which was identified by one Iliown- Mg, who also lodged with Squires, and who was also robbed at the same rime. The Jury found him Guilty. At Carrickfergus Assizes, Montgomery BrosOn lave master of a vessel belonging to Irvine, in Scot land, was to have been tried for the murder ci Charles Moore, late a butcher in Belfast ; he, how ever, applied to the Court that his trial might he delayed till next Assizes; stating in his affidavit as ct reason for this delay, that a material witness, whom he expected froat Scotland, had not arrived. Tt,-! Court agreed to delay the trial till next Assizes...—. The moment that the Court had so decided, the widow of the deceased rushed forward through the crowd, and came up to the table in front of 11'9 Lordship. She thdb, in great agitation, fell down upon her knees, arid with 'much vehemence crieil out, " Oh, my Lord, give me justice against the man who murdered my husband ! I intteat you, my Lord, that I ,:nay have justice done for the nun der of of my dear husband ! His metJerer Ins got time, but he gave no time to my dear good hus band !" Having so expressed herself, she silently withdrew. She was dressed in deep mourning, her agitation and screams excited very palutul sen sations in all present, MARLBOUOUGII-STFMET.-;-JaMeS LonEArd was convicted in the penally of 40 shillings; Lir stealing • shrubs out of Mary-le-bone Park. • Several of the Nottingham Rioters, who were conviitted at the Assizes, arrived in town yestercia,,' and were lodged in Newgate. A number of weak and idle persons from remote parts of the City assembled yesterday at Wel'olin. ster Abbey, desiring to see the new silver cuLlin rearlynarde for the King, and it was a consider::tite time before the more intelligent spectators con d convince them it was Alt Fools Day. The apattmeots of Belcher, the' pugilist, in Wa• - dour -street, were entered at mid-day, a few days since, by means of a pick-lock key, and sever.,l ir ticles were stolen. A gardener, at Glasgow, .praaisel n Mode of de stroying caterpillars, which he discovered by acci , dent. A piece of woollen rag had been blown br.' the wind into a currant bush ; and when - taken our was found covered by the leaf-devouring inseas. He immediately placed pieces of woollen cloth in every bush in his garden, and found, next day, t the caterpillars had universally taken to. them for shelter. In this way he destroys many thousan,s every morning.