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his - representative in the Peninsula, was not so readily accorded. In Mexico (for we shall give the precedence to the history of the revolution of that part of America) the Cabildo, or town corpo ration, bad suggested the propriety of forming a Junta which should •govern_that kingdom in the 'mule of the captive. sovereign. The Viceroy ap peared inclined to the measure, hint the old Spani ards were in consequence determined to depose him. • Had this chief merle use of his power, and or dered to the capital the troops which, to the num of twelve thousand, were stationed bet Ween Mex ico and Vera Cruz, the country would probably have been :qiared the horrors which are now laying .it waste. Wit .the 'Viceroy had no fixed plan : he was old, and wanto vigour*, he was besides afraid of exciting suspicions against his loyilty, and had even proposed to resign his. anthOrity. This weakness was soon perceived by the' Spa niards. One of the wealthiest merchants among them, a personal enemy of the Viceroy, was placed at the head of the conspiracy;i The officers:who . ll'ere to command the guard on the appointed day were bribed; and this person,,followed , bv about two hundred Spaniards taken from-the 'shops of Mexico, entered the palace of the ViCeroy at mid night, without resistance, and seizing.him and his lady, committed the latter to a nunnery, and, the former to the prison of the Inquisition. ; • (To be continued.] • - ittAILS. ArtntvEn ; --t Guernsey, 1 Jersey, 1 Waterforct • Dut —1 Ca diz, 2 Lisbon, 1 Gotteuburgh, 1 Dublin, 1 Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS .. ' rms DAY AT TWELVE O . CLOCK• CODCDIS 60f 6U 1 Red:Amu-60Hk S pr. THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICERF. FALSVM AUDEAT ? LONDON, THURSDAY, SFPTEMDER 3, 1812• French, Papers arrived last night, but they are . utterly barren of intelligence. It is rather singu lar that the Moniteur has never taken any notice of the conduct of Sweden : the Peace between Great Britain, Sweden, and :Russia, has never even been mentioned in the French Papers. Some of our contemporaries have expressed doubts respecting the safety of the Owen Glen dower frigate, for which there does not appear to be any foundation.. The Owen plendower sailed from Madeira before the Africaine ; but she called and remained at the Cape of Good Hope three weeks, and did not sail thence until the 28th January. It is probable she would make the eastern passage ; and, having the Commander in Chief on board, would probably visit. Java aid the Prince of Wales Island : she could not,' therefore,' have reached Madras by the 18th of March, which is the date of the latest intelligence from thence that could be obtained at Columbo, when the vessel that is arrived left that place. We perceive in T,Tie Morning Chronicle, which, t.ti do injustice, is always on the alert to support the interests of its Party, either by open or co vert attacks upon Ministers, an observation upon the King of SWEDEN'S late address to his people, in which he said that he had only armed for the defence of his own proper dominions. Hence, the writer in the Chronicle, with extraordinary sim plicity, if we may give him . credit for sincerity _on the occasion, seems disposed to infer that , we are to expect no diversion from Sweden against the French Ruler. But; admitting that Swe den armetl for. the defence of its. own pro-: per dominions, is it to be, concluded that she will confine her military preparations to that . object; tor it cannot be doubted that, in the present situation of France and Russia, it "will be difficult for her to remain neutral, and it is hardly possible that she will direct her rc sources in favour of France ? But after having by conjectural inference presumed that Sweden *ill not make a diversion agailist France, the Chronicle proceeds to consider the fact 'as certain, and asks if it is because we could not grant a subsidy, or .is it because we were not ready to abet her falling upon Denmark ? As to a subsidy, if it should be likely to be employed with effect in the corn mon cause, nobody would object to it ; and as to an attack -by Sweden upon Denmark, it is not likely that we should be inclined to abet it, if such 'an object were in contemplation by Sweden, tin . _less Denmark should provoke it, by appearing heartily to espouse the cause of France, which she can hardly be suspected of doing. The Chronicle, however, proceeds to settle the point at once, by saying, that BUOMAPARTE is not new likely to have any thing to dread from his olkGeneral. We do not pretend to be so well 'acquainted with BUCiNA PARTE'S " Captains - as the Chronicle, which has often Commended them, and set them far above the " pen whipsters" in our army ; but we think that it has been somewhat .hasty in its, conclusion. There is nothing very loveable in the character of BUONAPARTE, and it is well known that he and BERNADOTTE have been upon ill terms, therefore as the latter is now out of the tyrant's reach, he may be . expected to act as his own interests, and thine 'of Sweden, upon which he Nrholiy depends, may render necessary. But the Chronicle is chiefly alarmed lest. British manufactures should not be admitted into Sweden. This is a very laudable fear in the chronicle, but we hope that the treaty recently concluded between this country and Sweden will soon put an end to its patriotic ap prehens;ons; SECOND EDITION. S UN-0 , TWO O'CLOCK. There was a report in circulation this morning in the City, which rapidly spread to the other end of the town, which stated, that some AMerican privateers had entered New Brunswick and Liver pool, and setboth on fire. It is added, that a letter from a merchant at the latter place concluded with Laying, " my house is now burning to the ground: We can assure our rea,ders that do accounts of such an event, beyond the mere rumour, have reached the Admiralty. On Tuesday the D4e of - 1 1 , - 61t.K held a - Military Levee, at his Offiee in the Horse Guards: Yes terday his Royal Highness transacted 'hnsitiess at his Office: The Earl of PLYY:otrrit is one of the Stewards at the ensuing Grand cal Festival,' at Wor cester. The whole of the first-race performers in London are engaged for t'Tie occasion. Yesterday a Court of ibictors was held at the East India House, when. • Captain Wm. HAY, of the Inglis, - took leave previous tO departing for. Bengal and Madras: . . ; r On Tuesday, the Court . of Directors restored Majors WAHAB and LUSIIINGTON, and Capt•lins Horxmow and CAptt., to their rank in,the INlit dras Army. The following account of the reception of •Mr. Liston, at. Constantinople, is' taken froi a German paper of the 17th of August : " CONSTANTINOPLE, JULY 10.---On the 28th of June Mr. Liston arrived here, as the,accre dited Ministerfrom England to the Porte. His Excellency alighted at the present' mulish Atn ‘bassador's Palace, at Pera, - on theAth inst. He, immediately gave information of his arrival to the Kaimakan ; and the folloWing morning received a visit from the interpreter - of the Porte,who wel comed his arrival, in the name of the Kaimakan, and the Ministers of the Porte. " Mr. S. Canning, thv Ex-English Ambassa dor, will soon proceed to the Dardanelles, to emu hark in the Argo frigate for England, the same in which Mr. Liston arrived." A detachment of the Royal Staff CorpS (Officers only) has been ordered to proceed from llythe, for the express purpose of being attached to the Quarter-111astFr-General of the Forces . , in Spain. It was understood, a few months since, that Brigadier-General CARROL, who has so particu larly identified himself with the cause of the Spanish hid , !ndence, and who has served With so much dig .;wished merit in their armies, had gor.e, out witi: the joint authority of both Go vernments, to raise and diseipline.a legion of 4000 men in Galicia, upon a plan coinciding entirely. with that here suggested by Captain STOTHERT. Geneial CARROL, after visiting the depots of the Patriots in several Provinces on the Bay of Biscay, is now at Corunna, proceeding, we believe, in the work, of raising and training the legion al luded to. Mr. RYDEF...—Aire were much . surprised to sec one of the most illiberal attacks upon this Gentleman, in a Morning Paper recently, that has ever disgraced the public press. It was part of a letter written for the avowed purpose, of preventing any such treatment of the remains of those who commit suicide as might increase the misery of surviying relatiOns Mr. RYDER is so respectable a character, indepen dently of official duties, which he has always dis charged with integrity and zeal, .that, this gross and wanton attack is the' more extraordinary, particularly as it appeared in a letter written on the subject of humanity, and apparently from good feeling, as well as with great ability. Bartholomew Fair.—The preparations for 'this, annual festival . appear to be on the usual extended scale. Richardson, Saunders, Cryngell, and Seow ton, have raised their goigeous . Theatres on the . same space they occupied last year. Miles and Polito have brought a most formidable . body of savage animals into the field. There arc also elephants enough to equip a Nabob. 'The Fair was proclaimed last night by the rabble, Com monly denominated Lady Holland's Mob. This' day it will be proclaimed by the Lord Mayor, and display its proudest pageantry. Earl lINREWOOD, with a. benevolence hereditary in his family, is we understand, supplying the poor upon his estates with wheat at ten shillings per bushel. No less than ,six French Officers, prisoners of war, have_ violated their parole of hononi during the last week ; 'four liaripg absconded• from Bi shop's Castle, in Shropshire, arid two from Selkirk ? in Scotland. So extremely cold was the night of Thursday last, that ice was seen at four o'clock the next morning, at Shaftesbury. A boat was on Tuesday overturned below Black friars-bridge, and a symnan \v ho' was a passenger in it %vas drowned, notwithstanding the-exertions of several watermen, who promptly rowed to her assistance. Sunday night the dwelling-house of A. Bruce, Esq. army-agent, inParliameat-stiett, Westmin ster, was entered by gang of thieves,' who 'il•ot into the preinises the back way; by breaking open the stable doors, in Canno,n-row, through which there is a communication with the dwell ing -house, and proceeded up stairs into the dining-room, where they packed up 1. quantity Of silver plate and other articles, to a great amount, with which they made - their escape 'unobserved,, although there are watchmen stationed near the prernises, NAVAL NEWS. PLYMOUTII, SEPT. L—Plit in 'acre this day for orders, the schooner Actire, LAridrioN, master,' from Dublin, with a cargo, Consisting of wine, nun, and cork, bound to Guernsey. Arrived the Sprightly, S HE rq 3 Auw, from;PadstovV;" the Pheasant, BRO . OKES, -from Poole.; the John and Mary, JOHNS, and the Wellinton, LANGLEY, from Liverpool ; Eleanor, 111.:DoiALD, and the Perse verance, SEARLE, from Wales ; the Frederick, TAYLOR, Friend Ship, WHARTON , Providence,EAL , Endeavour, BLAIR, NathaniekWILKINSON, hd the Harmony, Sur, from Stuiderland ; and the John, 'OLDRIVE,' from London. DEAL, SEPT: his Majesty's ships Theseus and Nie►nen on a cruize off the Scheldt ; and the Gannet sloop.of _war for Sheerness: PcRTSMOUTH, SEPT. 2.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Derwent fi•om a eruize. Sailed his Majesty's .ship Grampus for Cadiz; I'ylades sloop of war for Gibrlltar . ; and the Lau restinus frigate oh a ernize. FAMOUTH, AUG. 31. Sailed the Szcifisitre packet fur New York and HAfax. • YARMOUTH, Sr,PT: 2.—XrriN 6 ed this morning tI4 Chanticleer fropi.a cruize. Passed by the Starling gu , i-brig with part of the ebnvoy, which left Wingo Slum' on the 27th nit. in all ne r;i 300 under convoy of. the Siathq, Wranglei, liven, and Starling. • The Snal payte&conlpliny with those foi• Leith, and the I: 7 sixt; , .. wi . tl3 the Mill ships. rp,!,TL% - .‘,Jci . p.sed morning with the , out ward-I;ound Baltic convoy: , .• Ho'ratio to join Admir‘al YOUNG, and the RedbreCla for I-14igoland. NAvm, I,'OrdoTtoNs.7- 7 capt..Eveleigh, of the.. Jasper, to the rank of Post Captain ; Lieutenants W. Bryan, J. Noyee, J. C. Roberts, and A. Viestropp, to the rank of 'Commander; Mr. Harru, to the rank of Lieutenant.. NAVAL APPOINTMENTS .—Capt. E.- Collier, to conimand the Manly guti-boat, ordered to he established as a' 'sloop at Sheerness; Capt. It. Man rise', to command the Chat ham, olf the Scheldt,' in the room of Capt Moore, promoted to the rants of Rear-Admiral of the Blue'; the Chatham is in tended to, be the. of . Rear=Admiral Scott, who will join the Sleet under Admiral Young; Capt. Sir T. J. Coch rane, to command the tiurprize, a, new 3S gun .frigate, fitting at Plymouth; Lieut. C. It. Norinan, to the Queen, of 74 guns, at Plymouth, ordered to restinic her station off Brest; . .Lieut.N. Glen, to the Alfred, of 74 gums relating, at Portsmouth ; Capt. J. Bissei to command the Royal Sovereign, of IlQ.guns, in the room of Capt. Bedford, promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral of the Blue; . Capt.Maling to the Royal Charlotte - yacht,-Capt. Milne to the Venerable,,CaptrDashwood to tile Cressy, Capt. Dunuto the Dublin, Capt. Temple to the Armide, Capt. Court to the Diomede, Capt G. Harris to the Belle Poole,' Capt. 'J. A. Gardner to the Pyramus Capt. , F: Barclay to the Success, Capt, K. J. White to the Capt..R..L. Coulson to,the Stork, Capt. Robb to 'the Appelles, Capt. Slichel to the Bold, Capt. Dundas to be Pay Captain at Slwerness; and Eve rard to-the Wasp.---Lieatenants Robert Shed,. W. E. fi,itt, J. Studdert, and Edward Purcell, frtim the Marlborough to .the Chatham, Lieut. W. Stone to the ltuyal William, Lieut.. E. Entwistle to the Warspite, Lieut.s. Pedlen, Ingrain, AinSlie,. and Dawson, 'to t;ie Grampus ; Lieut. Rowan to the Dublin, Lieut. E. Medley to the Diomede, Lieut. D. Edwards the Adamant, Lieut. It. Coles to the Melpomene, Lieut. R.Watts to time Fox, Lieut. C. Pearson, to the Pheebe, Lieut. T.Marshall 'to the acorn, Pout. Budbriolge to the Rover, Lieut. Houghton to the Magm4, Lieut. W. Finlaison to the Nim rod, and Lieut. P. F. Peyton to the Bold. Tuesday evening the Pylades, CaptainWhlmYSs, sailed from PortE;nouth, with specie; fur Lis bon, intended to pay the 'troops. serving in the Peninsula. Letters have been received from the Island of Ceylon,,(by (he Way' of the Cape of Good Hope), dated CoJumbo, in the end of March and the be ginning -of April. His Majesty's ship Africaine, the Hon. Captain RODNEY, had arrived in Co limbo, Roads the 16th of - iNlarch, having on board Lieutenant-General 131tbwxraG, the new Governor.: The Africuine had made a remarkably rapid passage from Madeira. For several days', she Made 200 miles a day by the log, and never saw a sail during the' whole of her voyage, nor sight of land after she passed St: Nic4las, 'one of the Cape de Verds, the 20th.of December. The Owen Glendower, which sailed from MadeirL about three weeks before the Africaine, haiing OLI board, the flag of Sir SAMVEL Hoon, going to command hi the Indian seas, not having reacheri her desti nation at the date of these. letters, apprehensions were entertained for her safety. •The ..41ricaine was waiting the arrival of the 'Owen Glendower at Columbo, to take orders from Sir SAMUEL I-16013 , but if he should not, arrive in. a certain limited time, then Captain RonisTry intended to proceed Madras, All was quiet in India.at the date of these letters, according to the information current in Ceylon. • • • IttvEk PIRATES.—Mr. Geoffry,' of Westminster, who has a sailing boat on the Thames, while amusing himself in sailing-down the river onMon day evening, about nine o'clock, was boarded be tween Battersea and Westminster 'Bridges, by three ruffians, who jumped from a four-oared 'cut.- Ater that ran alongside. They demanded • his watch and his money with dreadful imprecations .and as he had only a little.boy on board, he did not feel it prudent to resist, but gaVe 'them cash to the amount of W.—watch he had, not about him. The villains ther; left - his boat, and went into their own, where there seemed to be three other men ; and having desired him to put about, they rowed with great velocity towards Westmin ster Bridge, and were soon ...out of sight. Al though it was, extremely dark, Mr. G. thinks he. can recollect the face of one of the ruffians,. and has given'such a description of him as may lead to his apprehension: A Gentleman of the name of TOOLEY, under took, yesterday, to go from Westminster-bridge to Woodhatch, near ..Ryegate, and return ; the whole being 44 miles, ,in eight hours, and this part of speed beat him. He resigned, after per forming 30 miles in six hours, sore-footed. • Last Week a Leeds publican was fined for re fusing to:>admit soldiers into his house at arid night.. WINDSOR , SErr. 2. Yesterday afferiiodn, the QuEki4, Princesses ALZGUSTA;- ELIZABETH, and MARY, and. Prince;s. CHARLOTTE of WALES, ITerit to St. Leonard's- Pill; and hononied the Countess of lIARcouRT with a visit, and stopped and drank tea, , &c. with her L',:43hip. This morning the Duke of KENT arrived here, and accompanied his !loyal Sister and Niece, Princesses AuoursTA-anit CHARLOTTE of WALES, in their' morning- ride, on horseback, through, the pleasant and delightful 'plantations ,in the Great Park; front, eleven to one o'clock. The Royal Part!,' was attended by Lord WALSINGHAM, Lady PAULETT, Gen. WYNYARD, CO.'S. TAYLOR. and DEsimtow.- • Princess Soeitia, it is to be lamented, is not, yet recovered -from her indisposition, but her Royal Highness is considered' in a fair way of recovery ;. she was able this morning to take an airing in a Carriage in the Great' Park: The QUEE:g, PHlL cesses ELIZABETH. and MARYj honoured Mrs. FREENANTLE visit,,at Efiglefield careen. FRENCJi PAPERS PARIS, AUG. 23.-7-General Dufour, Command ant of 'the Legion of Honour, admitted by his Majesty to the , pay gt retreat, after thirty-seven vears elleptivC service, has just quitted Spain to retire toliourdeaux. This General has received eight wounds in ac -,:0n, , has had five hor - ses kdled Under him, :nd , always enjoyed _tilt eem .of the army, as Well as thAof the peopl, ,nose govern= mew: was intrusted to him, particularly of those of Kingclonis of Navarre and Granada. His Majesty the King of Spain condescended to teqify his satisfaction therewith, by the,present of a cross of the Legion of Honour diamonds. The American schooner Lynx, from Baltimore to Bourdeaux, with a cargo. of sugar and coffee, was driven by a conuary wind, on the 16th inst. into St. Nazarine Roads, (Month of the Loire)-. DRESDEIC 3 AUG. 11.-- , The enthusiasm with which.tbOse,of the Poles who wcre,subject to the dominion of Russia sacrifice their exitence and fortunes, in order to: unite with r 10 retliten, is truly unexampled. . is their 11 the Russians carried off linost all the horses,, - all the provisions, which they could lay hold of; the inhabitants were disarmed in pursuance of sur perior ordeis ; but these brave Poles nevertheless find means to procure for themselves horses and arms; They arerising in a mass to fight for their liberty and independence.- The Emperor, by the present position of his various corps - d!arthee, has it in-his power either to advance by Smolensk, on the great road of '.st. I'etersburgh, or forthwith .to.make hiMself master of,Moscow.. Many Rus sian prisoners of war arrive at Konigsbtirg. De sertion is now as frequentinkhe Russian army as it was'formerly rare.. The army of the Prince of Schwartzeribeg has defiled by the, Saxons. The army of reserve of the Du-,e of Bellimo begins to approach the Upper yistula. LAN CASTER ASSIZES. coorE v. AVA‘RDF.X.:I;- - SAME V. UNTHANIC . These were actions ct;unnenced by the plaintiff, who , is a turnkey in Lancaster Castle, against the defendants, who are Itehtoi-s , therein.? -Tiserezinse of . • action. arose upon ;a .charge made by the de fendants, of improper coercion -on a lunatic, which had caused his death. ;This charge is the same that was presented by Sir F. Burdett to_the House of Commons, in July last, on the — authority of Wardell. Mr. PARKE stated the importance of having the situation of the plaintiff filled by a person of re spectability and humanityi and the great mis chief resulting from charges of cruelty, which, when investigated, proved tobe withoutfoundation. . : The defendants not having justified theircon - duct, Mr. RAINE, their Counsel, spoke in mitiga tion of damages. . The Learned Judge stated, that though there was no ground whatever for the slanderous charge, and that the plaintiff must stand justified in the eye of thepublic, he thought the Jury would do right in giving . fair and libe ral, but not vindictive . damages. AccordingiF they awarded 201. with costs, in the former-ac .tion; •and in the latter, the. plaintiff (having cleared his character of the imputation cast upon it), took a verdict forrilOs. which gives the costs. A' Most important cause has been decided at these Assizes. It was an action _brought 'by Messrs. Wroe and Dimcuftagainsi the hundred of Salford, for the recovery of the amount of their •loss:-sust,ained by the, destruction of their weaving mill, at Westboughton, a short time ago, by a mob, who 'set it on fire.. A verdict *as given for the plaintiffs in the foil amount of their damages, which were upwards of 70001. ' Oh Wednesday se'nnight, Mr found guilty of bigamy. The first marriage was proved to' have been solemnised in England some years ago ; and the second was contracted in the beginning of . the present year, the first wife being alive. On the prisoner's behalf several witnesses were examined, by whoni, it was proved, that previous to the second marriage a divorce • had been - sued for, and, obtained, in Scotland-, by the first wife, on the ground of adultery. A writer to the Signet, and a Solicitor in the Scotch IkclesiasticalCourt,.mas examined as to the mode, of proceeding 'in such cases ; and it appeared, . that-previous . ' to a• divorce being obtained, it is always customary' and necessary to have evidence of the reaLgroundti upon which the pursuer seeks for the divorce, and.also to hear the de:nurrer's -reasons why it should not be given. He' said there had been: numerous instances of divorces ' being obtained in that- manner, and recognized as legal ; but on his being 'asked ivhether he ever knew. of an .English marriage being dissolved b‘i the decree of the Scotch Ecclesiastical Court, he said he could not recollect ail instance. The Jury, by the ' direction of his Lordship, brought in a 'verdict of but reserved the case for t he . consideration of the Twelve Judges. was A new Marshalsea Court-house is to be erected without delay on the Crown laud in .-.:cotland - Iyard, Whitehall, where several small houses and stablim now stand. It is intended for the recep tion-of the Officers, &c. belonsing to the Al shalsea Court, and for the hearinz of all suits is stituted in the Palace Court.