The Sun. — London, England, 1812-12-25 00:00:00

MAILS.. ARP.WED—lldel;goland, 1 L)bulin, 1 r/a•e.rford. Dori-1 'Lis bon, 1 Gottenburgh, I 1 DOlin, 2 Waterford. THE SUN. SOLED( QUIS FALSI'M AULIV-11: LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, ISI2. • We this moriiibg received Jaivaiea Papers to the beginning of _last month,, from which the fol "oiling are extracts : .KINGSTON, OCT. 25 .—By the schooner , William we learn that General MIRANDA sailed about 17 days, ago from Laguira for old Spain, in the 'schooner Fernando Septinto; formerly the Ge.zeral Sanches of this.port. Signor Rocßom, the cele brated Revolutionist, accompanied bin. POn FERNANDO MELHADO had arriverl at La guira from Porto-Rico, to take possession of the Province of Caraccas ; but General MONTE vEanu,.bad refused t 6 deliverit up, and said that nothing but an order from Old Spain should compel' him to do 'so, and that the country was at present in, too unsettled. a state to cuter into any ne eciation upon the subject. Don FEri.-• NANDO AchLHADO then , . proceeded to Coro, and dispatched his sori . in a vessel for Spain, to com l.:Junk-ate the business to the Regency. GeneralMoNTEvEnt* bad giso issued a notice, prohibiting the exportation of any more mules un til further orders. . We are assured, from an authentic source, that the accounts of battles • fought between the Car thagenians .and Santa Marthians, Nrherein the former are - represented to he victorious, are with - dui foundation. The fact is, that the:ca,use•of the Independents, since the overthrow OCMIRANDA, has become depreised'and languishing in most parts of South Anierica. In. order. therefore to cheer • • bis•partisans and gain fresh adherents, the press at . Carthagena is resorted td, and erroneous' state lnerits propagated hoping by this means to gain an. ascendancy, erect the revolutionary'standard, and establish -a .motley spe'ciel, of. GovernMent, the great-object of which seems t 4 -. 4c:obtaining : , lucre: ' Several of Miranda's adherents arrived at ear thagena on the 15th ult. from La.Guifa. Among .Colonel. Don -Manuel - Cortez, late Commander Of'the Artillery, in the Indepen. • eent Army. . It is with eVrerne regret tbat•sve mention the report of the capture of another frigareity the' Ankericans. The ,report ' WAS brought by his Majesty's ship Zephyr, which spoke with -the Wolverine in the. Channel, from whom ,she learnt that the. Macedonian, frigate of '36 guns, was captured by' the American frigate United States, Commodore RODGERS. The following let . - ter from Portsmouth, upon this subject, was re ce'red this morning : PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 24.—His Majesty's sloop Z2phyr spoke the Wolvirene in the Channel,. hay ing on board th e Purser of the Macedonian, with dis patches respecting her capture by the United States American frigate off the Western Islands.- 'Re port states the action to have been of the most sangi!inary description, and also gives the Ame rican 156 men more than the British. No accounts of this capture had reached the Admiralty this clay. The 'following, list was transmitted with the dispatches from Lord WELLINGTON, which were received yesterday : KILLED, WOUNDED, AND MISSING. - Ah:;tract of the Loss in Killed, Wounded, and Missing, of the ;truly 'under the Command of his Excellency General the Marquis of It'ellington, in the Operations from the 15th to the igth No vemher, 1812. capians, 2 serjeants, 7 rank and file, and 15 hai-ses killed-2 captains, 2 lieutenants,, 4 serjeants, 86 rank and file, and 9 horses wounded. • , 1 ti:eneral. tiitaff, 3 serjeants, 2 drummers, 106 rank 4nd file,. «pd 58 horses wounded.• t.: :arse-1 ensign, -36 rank and file, killed-1 lieutenant, serjeants, and 40 rank and file wounded-86 ;.4:1 tile this:sing. an,es of the. Officers Killed, Woundwl, and Missing. M'Cabe, sist regiment; .Capt. Iltlify Dawson, 523 regiment, Ist battalion. Joa Joze de Areveda, 20th Portuguese ^reginlent. . " - WouNDin).—lirwrisif-- . Lieut. George nitleob.t., 43d foot, Ist laaq. • . qtverely,7leg apputated,- Lieut. H. M. Baill, ditto, 'il:.;tu; siigfitiv; Capt. J. H. Curie, .52a ditto, Ist batt, ditto; Capt. 'rhos. 'l': Fuller, ditto, ditto, severely ; not dan , erous,v. . . . l'ortuguese-- - i;osign T. Pinto de Casten,. 19th Porfirriese re giment, slig;itly ; Lient. Gabriel de Carina' Lima, id Poi tu;ucse Caeadori".3 4 , 111is!!ing—Lieat.-General Hon. Sir E t h var d Paget, K. 13, YesterdaY LOrd‘CASTEREAGII tad a long audi ence with the, i i itINCE REGENT at Carlton House_ Yesterday Lord CASTLEREAGH gave a grand din nertito di itussian Ambassador, a n d ether Fo reign Mit stern in th this country, The II onieward hound West India fleet, under care Of : the Rbygdov . c kind anOther ship of war, ap peared 6ft klymouth On Tuesday; but from the prf:!valence'of.a very thick fog, it was uncertain. whether they would put into that port or venture. ult Channel. • Smithy se'nnight, 26-persons were drowned by the. ilre.kking . of.the ice, at Duxbury, neatchorley, in Lancashire. - • - NAVAL NEWS. PLYNIOUTII, _DEC. 23,—Arrived yesterday tltd Awerieo brig Columbia, Captain DixoN, from Philadelphia, with a cargo consisting of colonial produce; bound to Bourdeaux ,captu red by theTh iton frigate, Capt. Sir It. STAINES, and the Androlitace, frigate, Capt. Tonttr. The Columbia sailed from Philadelphia on the 26th November; and brings anacCount of the arrival out of the American ship‘ (cartel) .Lark, which sailed, from this port, haying on board gr. RUSSELL, late Charge d'Affaires of the United States: PVC also learn by this vessel the fate of the Swallow Post-:Office packet, Capt. Mo ß rimw, which vessel was captured on her homeward passage from Jainaiea, by the squa dron under the command of Commodore RODOEIZS . , and sent for Baltimore, where she had arrived with a large quantity of. specie, shipped on beard her on account of merchants in England. The Swallow sailed from Falmouth on the 6th July last. The American squadron were at sea at the time of the departure of the Columbia from Philadelphia; several American Papers pf a re cent date have been received by her ; -but, %s;e un derstand, they do 'riot contain any,news: of portance. Also arrived the brig Stephen, HUM-. PHEEYS, ,belonging to and . from:New York, with a cargo consisting of American produce, bound to Bourdeaux, captured by the Andromache and, Briton frigates The Stephen sailed .jvolu New York on the ..14th November. • His Majesty 's sphooner - Landrail, and the Rein deer brig of war, from separate cruizes, stood into the Sound this morning, and, after making their numbers, sailed again_ to protect. a fleet of mer chantmen, passing up Channel, (that appeared off this Port this morning) from &illy and. the Western Pc.: is where they were detained by the strong Easterly gale's which have lately pre . Vailed. Severalmerchantmen passed down Channel thii day. Put in here yesterday the brig Alexander, .Jou ILuuiAN, Master, from London, with a cargo, consisting of iron, lead, hemp, &c. bound to Vi aria, in Portugal. Arrived this morning his Majesty's cutter Fancy , Lieut. lIALLANDs,from the north coast of Spain, with his prize, an American schooner,' called the Argus, belonging to and from New. York, with a cargo, consisting of American produce, hound to Franee,"which she captured a few days_since. • Arrived the Mosnykent man of war from the coast of Spain ; the brig Fame, LOWTHER, master, and the sloop Dorchester, HODGE, master, both front Waterford,with cargoes of provisions, bound to London, put in here to join convoy. This morning the ship Margaret, SPIT.TALL, master, passed by this port frOm St. Thomas's, with a cargo bound to London ; sailed from thence on the 25th October last, in company with a fleet, consisting of about 28 sail, hound to Eng•L land, under convoy of his Majesty!s brig of war Ringdove parted comp ,r Ori the 6th instant, in lat. 50. 0. N. lon. 12. 0. W. duriug a very heavy gale from the eastward, when only • 7 of the fleet werelvtla the convoy, the others having.becu pre viously dispersed : three days after the Marga;et parted with the Ringdove, she fell in with a French corvette, during a storm, which raged with so much violence-a - S. to , prevent her being taken pos session of by the enemy, from which she escaped during the night. • The,Margaret has not semi:my of the fleet Once the 6th, the day she parted with th - e convoy, a few of which art bound . up the Bristol \ and Irish Channels.. Several American privateers were crniz:ng in the latitude of the West Indies. The _Margaret does not bring any prticular news. A passenger was taken out of her this day by a pilot boat, and landed here. Arrived the Bulwark man of war from the French _.. • coast, and a fleet of merchantmen fmni the ‘vest ward,: but we have not yet been able to learn their names, or any particulars respecting them. Also arrived this afternoon an AmeriCan schooner, prize to the Eincy hired armed cutter. FALMOUTH, DEC. 22.—Arrived this day the Swftszae, Packet, with mails,. front New York and Ilalifax ; from the latter 33. days-43 from the • former.—His Niajesty's ship Wander 6., of 18 guns, arrived at Halifax on the 12th of No vember, with convoy from Quebec. His Ma jesty's ship 4frica, of 64 guns, with a convoy for England, sailed on the 12th 'ult. The • American squadron of five frigates and two corvettes, under Commodore RoDGEas, sailed from BoSton on the •lOth of October, and bad not returned to port wlien;the Swiftsure left Halifax.: The capture and recapture of his Majesty's brig FroliC, and the Wasp American, corvette, by the Poictiers, is confirmed, Also arrived the Speedy Packet, with mails from lathilita, in 49 days• (the 'Only one wh i .ch Itas `escaped capture during the present war with America). She was chased repeatedly, but escaped by superior sailing. The. Speedy has brought' home about 40,000 dollars On' freight. Admiral STIRLING promised to send libme a ship OF War in December, which prevented. the Speed/ having more freight. Off the Lizard last night spoke his Majesty's brig iZelicon, and was inferred that . his Majesty's ship Albicoi-e, of 18 g,ups , !lac! the day before engaged a laige 'French frigate of 46 gdui which had made off on the ilelicon's coming up; . and got away. The A/bie* (it she)' had the First Lieutenant and six men killed or wounded. Also arrived his Majesty's brig Skylark, of 16 guns. This morning spoke a large French brig privateer," of 16 guns and 120 men, prize to' a sloop of war. Also arrived the Duke of Clarence, Fox, from Liverpool ; and Priscilla, 'CLARK, from Bristol. Sailed the • Lmnder ; 14twIs, and TraOeller, SWAN, for London. By a letter from Portsmouth of the 2lst we learn that the Fortune cartel had returned to that port from Morlaix, having on board' an inte , resting woman; a native of Ireland, 22. years •of age„who having been married to Colonel Berthon, a Frerfch officer of artillery, lately on ,his parole at Chesterfield, received permision of this Go verntrient-to follow her husband to France, and -embarked for that purpose at Portsraenth on the 17th of August last,_ has now been cruelly driyen back, together with • her son, an infant of 1-9 months old, - by order of the' French authorities, and is arrived at Portsmouth as aboVe mentioned, in a state of the greatest misery and distress, des titute of the means of subsistence for an hour; un 7 , til relieved at the charge of this GoVernment, as is done in all -cases of English women arriving in a 'state' of distress. The conduct of the French Government towards this unfortunate young wo man affords an additional proof of a fact which cannot be too-publicly known ,—namely, that-all marriages contracted by French subjects, ' detain ed in forein countries as prisOners of,. war, are considered by the present French laws as totally invalid. -That superb and extensive pile, the Town-hall of Liverpool, after having a considerable number. of workmen always employed on it for nearly eighteen years, is -at length entirely finished-, at least externally. , The roads- between Portsmouth and Bishops' Waltham have, for several nionths past, been in fested-by an highwaynian of no common descrip tion. He. is represented as a fine looking man, nearly six feet high, and always mounted on a blood horse. Mr.. Houghton, of Portsea, unfortunately fell in with this freebooter, on Sun day evening last, about sit o'clock, between Por-. Chester and Farcham, when he dismounted; pre sented a pistol to Mr. H.'s breast ; demanded his money, and succeeded in robbing LIM of upwards of 301. in. notes. Notwithstanding the most di ligent search, -he has as yet escaped the vigilance of jitstice. - On Friday.evening; about five Wclock,. ar Mr. Benjamin Robins, of Kinfare, was .returning home from Stouibridge market, be ,was shot, and severely woonded in the back, by .a well dressed trizin (who appeared about :five feet. six or .seven inches high) on liuniley Hill, and afterwards , robbed of his money and watch.. ,One hundred pounds reward is offered for the apprehension of tills atrocious robber. CUitrOUS eIIiCUMSTANCE.—A Gentleman, dur ing-a tour last Summer in the West.of Enghnd, .observed., to his 1.10 Slitfo s4irprise, Over the door of an elegant mansion, the singular Latin inscription :--EleTatys ad 0, per E.— Anxious to know the nrettning of these mysterious Words, he made inquiry, and was informed, that the owner of 'q.Was formerly in very indigent cir cumstances, and, that his present exalted situation' in life was owing entirely to his having purchased a Share of a Capital Prize at EYTON'S Lottery Office, No, 18, Coventry-street ; and likewise, that the literal translation of the inscription was, " raised .to opulence by Eyton." This day, Lord Er4ENBOI3.OI/GH Was occupied for some time at Guildhall, in hearing causes be fore common Juries, but they were wholly desti tute of any thing like 'interest ; and at the rising of his Lordship, the Sittings at Nisi Prius were, declared tb be adjourned_ to the . lBth of January next. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.-The subject of Mr. SOANE'S PrOjection, as presented by the District Surveyor, was again taken into consideration at the Police Office in this-street on Wednesday list. P. NEVE, Esq. the Magistrate, expressed his sur prise that this matter was again brought forward, as the Magistrates had already decided that it was not a nuisance. lie said that he had discussed the matter with•his brother Magistrates, and had con sulted the most eminent Architects in town, and they all agreed that the building in question was highly ornamental, and not a nuisance.---lii.. r,..Ek, Esq. the other Magistrate, however, thought the case ought to be entered upon again, and this •ditierence of .opinion, as only two Magis trates were present, prevented a decision. Robert Atkins, alias Bobby Fat, William Price, Ben Pratt, Moses Clark, George Hutton, Samuel Allen, Mansfield Evans, Trzomas Mills, and Thomas Allen alias Daddy, 0 ! have been 'again examined. Several charges of theft were preferred by Calling.- bourne and Glennon against all the prisoners'ex cept Mills, who is landlord of the crown public house, and who was charged as the•recgiver; on account of the number' of articles of wearing ap parel, &c. which were found in their possession, ,and produeed by the officers. Saniuel 'Filham, a labourer, employed in the Strand Bridge works, was charged, with.' stealing two logs of timber, the property of Messrs. lianks and Jollitie, the architects employed 'in buiiding the Bridge. He was fully coininitted to,Newgate for trial. k1,112 , i PAP.7.RA. FURTHER EXTRACTS., "-PosiN, DEC. s.—Since the last (Usti act es ftoiP the Grind Army, of the 28e1, TSehitschagoff leas appeared on its left. Some. divisions tifewtheinse4ea upon hini, and notwith standing his precipi!ate retreat, we have taken from him 3090 prisoners ; a great number of dead covered the field of battle. The Admiral's afiny.is totally in *ant of pro visions. After the defeat of Cieneral Sacken, who, conamanded 135,000 good troops, this corps being very much weakened by so great a detachment, now counts wore irregular bands than regular battalions. . . It has become impossible for the AdMira! to keep any discipline in the army under his com mand, and he contents himself with the constraint which devastation carries ronnd about him. , The RUssians justify in this campaign, and iri their own country ; the sentiment of one of theif principal Generals; M. de Tolstoy, who knew them well. 'ibis General, during the campaigd . of Austerlitz, commanded the Russian auxiliary corps ; which the English had subsidized to retake Hanover. Being momentarily abandoned by the Imperial troops, he was alighting at Cette, at the house of a very observing person, where quarters had been prepared, and, on his arrival, inforined himself of the conduct of his soldiers. On tl?eir declaration that they were, satisfied with it, he replied— _ . " That is very well for he moment, hit lithe French should repulse.me ( ne day, and .i thould ol the 'following day again take possession of your city, there would not remain of it one stone upo 1 another." ' The hearers were struck with astonishment, and l«c continued— The ignorance of our own people is .so great; that they cannot contain thc.tuselves when in a country evacuated by ibe enemy. if your city was occupied for only one quarter of an dour by Ave French, nothing could prevent its, being i treated as an enemy, and every thing put to fire and sword."—(Journ. de L'Empire, Dec. 20 ) 43BRLIN, Dcc. B.—The Russian corps of Gene ral Sacken, - which was chased as far as Volhyni . F."; has• lost 7824 prisoners, without reckoning the dead and wounded, and the military dispersed in the forests-, The patriotic gifts raised at Konigsberg for the wounded Prussian soldiers, amount, up to this present time, to 200 Q rix-dollars. NAPLES, Nov. 30.—For some time past the enemy had ceased to_ disquiet the navigation of our ports . for the whole length of the Adriatic Sea, in those of the Kingdom of Italy, and the Illyrian Provinces. It seemedas if the many at tempts. he had 'made were without stlc&es; which taught him to respect a coast where he had con stantly encountered as . tuany braVe men . as there -were legionaries destined for its defence. After a long repose, during which, though without giving up appearauces, he was, neverthe , less, kept'at a respectful distance from the coast he, on the - 15th inst: determined on recommencing hostilities. Ile; no doubt, flattered iiimself that "the inactive state in which he had keyt himself for several months : had rendered the defence. of our coast less vigilant, and that it might be pos sible for him to surprize, with advantage, soart . one of those numerous convoys whiCh keep the . ,navigation in a, state of great activity, franc one extremity, of the• Adriatic to the other. in this hope, and at about 4 o'clock in the afternoon of the said'day, at the moment Ivherk the approach of night rendered the surprize most easy, he attacked a convoy of several Italian ikfiti, liiViian 4ve..sels, which, taking refuge under the 'coa4tlnf Campo Marino, repulsed him, and caused liiins to sustain a very considerable danoige: At night the fire ceased. On the I Gtb, at - .break of day, the en' emv steered towards Teechin, where the whole of the convoy was laying , anchor. At the' first movement of the enemy, Lierit&- , nant Prism, who commanded the Legionaries,, caused the generale to beat ; every thing Was di:3- pOsed fdr the attack, anttwe immediately forthed a battery of two 6-pounders on the spot. Ile battle was -kept up the whole of the day. To-; wardS the evening, the crew of one of the vessels belonging tothe convoy yielding to the superiority of the enemy's force, retreated from the combat • The action then became more brisk, and the enemy was forced to, abandon his prey. The streams of blood which ran the whole length Of her side, sufficiently proved what damage the well directed fire of our artillery and nnisquetti had caused him. Lieut. Prisco being persuaded that the long duration and fatigue of the battle was the sole cause of the enemy's silence during the night,' 'but that. he would recommence the attack on the following day, took advantage of the tine left hint to prepare for a mare vigorous defence next day, in, case the enemy shOuld again come to action.: In erect, his armed boats essayed to disturb our preparations, and by a bold coup-de-main Make themselves masters of some vessels. The enemy. directed his whole force against a trabacole richly lad-en, which was laying at the right of our line. - The Lieutenant of the Legionaries of Rends Made such a determined resistance that the-cum: a y endeavoured in vain to , board.the rwr Lie uccecd but by setting fire to het on her quarter, which was immediately burnt: The whole attack was then directed against our gun boat and our battery, but it was all useless ; the. Legionaries precipitated themselves into the wa ter, and in the midst of cries of " Vice le - Roi !" sustained the enemy's attack, repulsed him, and forced him to renounce every attempt in future.— in this last attack, in which the fire of our brave . troops was kept up with surprizing activity, Lieut.. Frisco received a contusion from a discharge of grape-shot. On the 17th in - the Morning, the enemy was : seen at a great distance froth the coast ; at about 11 o'clock, he directed his course towards the' East. At the same hour, our convoy had got under sail, and steered under its guard towards the port of Vasto. The enemy had at the same ,tirne, the humiliation to see a second convoy of 2 0 sail pass him, and steer along our coast. The crews and vessels oldie enemy have suffered vv.'