The Sun. — London, England, 1812-05-26 00:00:00

ARalvEn-3 DLll7lia. Dui:--1 Cadiz, 1 Lisbon, 1 Guernsey, 1 Jersey, Waterford. PRIG Or STOCKS VHS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLoCT.O Consols - - - 60i 61i S 1 crir-rxr U S sLF: , I QUI", DICERE FALSU'I AUDEAT ? LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1812. 'The negociations for the formation of. a new 1 Aiministration have not yet succeeded. • The Marquis WELLESLEY, as We stttted yesterday, finds new- difficulties to _contend against at every turn. We confess that we shall rejoice most sin cerely at the failure of any attempt to bring in the Opposition 'as a party to ,act upon the 'principles whicb they have Uniformly professed, because ve think those principles inconsistent with the welfare of the"., Country, either with a view to its foreign or domestic policy. It is ,not easy indeed,' to conceive how the Marquis WEL LESLEY and Mr. CANNING, with their opinions upon the war in the Peninsula, upon the Orders , • in Council, and upon the discussions with Ame rica, can by possibility coalesce with the Oppo sition, where opinions upon all 'these points are, avowedly diametrically - opposite.: We, stated, upon a forma occasion, that upon all ques tions of general policy, one only excepted, there- is scarce a shadow of difference 'be- - tw-een - the present Ministers, and' the Marquis WELLESLEY and Mr. CANNING, and even upon the pOint on which they do' diffet, their. dif ference does not appear to be of an irreconcilable nature. We are, therefore, still inclined to re tain the hope, that the existing Achninistraion will be strengthened by the addition of the abili ' ties of 'those distinguished Statesmen. We have heard, and we shall be happy to find it true, that Lord I‘l6iaa has expressed his willingness at this most arduous juncture, to . exert his talents in the service of his Country and of his -Prince. An Administration composed of thal l arquis WEL LESLEY, Mr. CANNING, and Lord MoiaA, in ad dition to, the majority of the present Cabinet, would, tine are sure, possess-the entire confidence of the country, and' we are not Without hopes that such a one may be formed. The following intelligence was this morning received at Lloyd's, from Plythouth,:— , RETURN OF THE FRENCH SQUADRON FROM THE WEST INDIES. P LY SOUTH, M 24,—Arrived this morning the ship Patent, -of London, Capt.M‘MAmeßs. She sailed from hence a short time since for 34- maica, but on the 17th instant, in lat. 30. long 14. she fell in with the enemy's squadron, con sisting of the A-lane of 44 guns, Andromache 44 guns, and the Manieluke of 16 guns, under the command of Commodo►e FERTIER. This squa dron left Nantz on the 9th of January, and a few days after chased the Surveil,tante frigate into Cb runna, since which they have been to the West Indies, but' did not touch at any of the islands.= The object of the cruize appears to have been, wholly, plunder, in which they have, unfoytu nately, but too well succeeded, as will appear by the following list of vessels captured': .the greater part of theta had valuable cargoes. Tice enemy either burnt or sunk all of them, after taking out the most valuable things on board : List of the vessels captured= On what day, destinations, 4c. Feb. 21, 1812, Goiderous Planter, of . Lopdon, Turner, 'for. Madeira and Jamaica. 22d, Sampson, of Hull, Luke, for Lisbon and St. Croix. 23d, Boston,. of Liverpool, Hughed, from Ccirk,•for Tortola. March 2, St. Harmony, a Portuguese, for Lisbon. 3d, Schooner Polly, an American, from Boston, for Guada loupe. 11th, Brig _Amethyst, an American, froth Amelia Island to Martinique. 11th, Brig Three Friehds, of Bristol, from St. Croix to Marg. tiniquo. -1•1111, , Alonzo, American, Saunders, from St, Croix, for Por6- mouth. 21st, Emilie, a Swede, Lockness, from Liverpool to Amelia cad, Brig Adventurer, an American, Curtis, froin St. Croix for Boston. • . Apra 2, The Henry, of Liverpool, M`Dowell, from Demerara for Landon. 10th, Pizarro,'an American, from Madeira for New York. 15th, Prince Regent, of LOndon, Free, from Martinique to Lisbon. . . 20th, Twn Portneese brigs , o ne from St. Mary's and the other ftom St. Salvadore to Lisbon: 26th, Brig Happy COuple, an American, from Baltimore to Oporto. May Ist, Ship Isis, an American, Donaldson, from Rhode Island to Gibraltar. 9(1, Sally s chooner, an American, from Majorca to Boston. 4th, Rosaria, of L o ndon, Allen, from Lisbon to Tobago. 7th, A Spanish packet, from Cadiz to Havanuab, with dis patches- Vith, The Mary, an American, Craycroft, from Havannah to Smyrna, with d. most valuable cargo. . . The first vessel captured by the above squadron was the Nancy, of Guernsey, Capt. CHILDS, froth the Brazils, bound to Guernsey. They captured also two,. other Ainerican ships, whnst. names I cannet.learn. The ship Patent, who brings the above neWs, was given up :as ,a cartel, and has on board abont, 150 of the crews of the abo ve named • vessels. The Patent left the enemy's squadron on the 18th inst. in lat. 40. long. 14: • Next day fell in with his Majesty's ship Achates, and gave her intelligence. A few days after fell in with two frigates, the Setnirankis and the Andromache, and since that with. the Ifeacon guts-brig ;so that if the enemy, attempts to get into any of thewestern ports, it i, to be hoped they will be intercepted Sonic of the masters think they will proceed North about, and endeavour to, 'get into the Texel, .or to Norway' 3 others ,of the masters think they will keep to the South%vard, to -await a gale of wind, and rim for Bourdeaux, or so,we of the Western ports. This morning - we received Lisbon Papers to the (sith inst. from which we have made the following extracts OFFICIAL PISPATCII From Lord Weltinton to Don M. .P...Porjaz, dated Head-quarters; Fuente,de Guinlido, May 6. ' Nothing important has occurred' since I transtrii:ltecl your EKcellency my last dispatch. — No movements of importance have taken place in t South. The information I receive front Galacia in forms me that Espoz. and Mina has , fought the enemy silce tiv4 end of March, with much sue , ce, -, s, frustrating all, the endeavours made by Gen. Dorsennc, with an infinitely superior' force, to destroy the corps under his command, since which he has again succeeded in an attack made. on the 9th - APril, against one of the enemy's convoys, on which occasion, it is said, he took a large sum money. " LISBOIst, MAY 'U.—Not a word of news; the army has began to move south. No accounts have•yet been received from Gen. Hill." AMERICAN PAPERS. %HE NEW AUMY. A letter from Washington to the. Editor/ of the Democratic Press (Philadelphia) says,—" The Be- partment of War 'contemplate having 15,000 re gulars in the field by the first. of May. It is said Colonel Fenwick has, in- the short space of a fort- night,, recruited 200 men in the vicinity of this city."—(Petersburgh Intelligencer, April 3.) • SOMETHING LIKE PREPARATION FOR WAR. ANNAPOLIS, MARCH 23.—We are informed that Lieut. Clark has received orders from Govern Meat to place this harbour in a complete state of defence. From this we infer, that it •is the intention of "Go vernment to man the fort with such An , additional '.number of troops as the. exposed situation of the City requires for its defence. It is a source •of regret that this City haS been suffered to remain without military preparation so long, as it is cer tainly .a place of considerable importance to the State, and of course should not have been over looked by those whose duty it is to extend equal protection to all the Union. THE GLEANER. On Saturday evening last - three seamen .made their escape from on hoard the British ketch Glea ner, lying off this harbour. BefOre they reached the shore they were observed by, some on board, and several cannon and a number of small arms were fired; but withoUt effect or even deterring them from their object. They were, however, quickly pursued by three or four officen, and a number of men armed" with muskets, etc. and notwith standing . they had been informed by a justice of the, peace, that _there was no authority by which the deserters could be apprehended or delivered up, or that could justify so wanton an insult, to the dignity of an independent nation, they de termined to compel the return of the deserters (if found) by force of arms. They had not pro ceeded ,far, before they were followed by a party of t.welve or fifteen citizenswhO (under the im pression of the deserters being impressed Ameri cans) had armed themselves with the laudable de termination, of rescuing them at all hazards, had they, been taken, and securing the Offenders against the dignity of the States. The English-' men were met on their return,,after a fruitless 'search for the deserters ; and on their arms being demanded, (dreading the Consequences of re sistance, and seeing there was" no possibility of escape), very submissively delivered them up, and were marched into town as prisoners of war. The citizens, with' that true generosity which has' ever characterised the Aiperican people, discharged the arms they had taken, delivered them to the prisoners, and sent them back to their Mas ter's vessel unhurt., but not without the :loss of another seaman, who, finding himself in: a free country, disdained their threats, and boldly re-- fused to return, on board. We have thought proper to make this. plain statement of facts as they occurred, as there is no doubt but. the affair will be much misrepresented.; atulthiS will serve to do away .any erroneous opi- . nions which may be entertained on the subject. NAVIGATION OF THE LAKES. - (From the Saratoga Advertiser." , England command% the Ocean—let us command the Lakes. Let Congress give the President power; and let him lose no time in insuring the superiority of the American Flag on', the great Lak,es. .At present the English are superior to us. New. York itself is able to wrest the trident froth Canada, as it respects the Navigation of the Lakes. • If England be suffered to exercise the mastery on the Lakes, she can do us •great mis chief.; her, savage allies, who would rendezvous tit Malden., could be landed at different points of the Laic Copt, - and. cut-.off defenceless settle ments with impitnity. Let Congress look to this seasonably. (Front the Baltimore Federal liepublican) The following .may be relied upon : henry received a check drawn by the Cashie of the Bank of Columbia, (one of the Governr ment Banks at . Washingtoli) on the Mechanics Bank of New York, in which the Government money is deposited, for S 48,000, Which check was presented to the Mechanics Bank of this city, on the the 15th of February, and changed for the following, viz. _ S 17,337 13 is a check," drawn by ft A.Smith, Cashier, in favour of John Henry, on the Mechanics Bank of New York, to be made.use of in Philadelphia: 20,000-in another check drawn by ne. Smith, on the same Bank, in favour of H. Cary, of New York. 10,162 87 Paid to Mr. Henry in cash. S 48,000 FROM WASHINGTON, MARCH 17.-1 enclose you a copy of the warrant drawn for Henry's. 250,000 dollars. • . " No. 4332.-;--To ThOmas Tudor Tticker, Trea surer of the United .States, greeting—:paY to John Graham, or order,' forty-nine thousand dollars, being on account of the contingent expellees of foreign, intercourse, and for which sum he is to- be charged and held accountable ; for so doing, this shall be your warrant. • • • 49,000 Dollars. Entered in the Register's !Mee, this 10th Feb. 1812. Joseph-street, for the Register. • Given under my 'hand and seal of the Treasury, this 10th day . Feb. in the year of our Lord', .1 one thousand eight hundred and twelve, and of Independence the thirty-sixth. ALBERT GALLATIN, Sec. of the Treasury. Countersigned, RICHARD' RUSH, Comixtruller• Diplomatic Dept. - bidar.yed,' Paid, Received Feb. 10th, 19!2. Bank . of Columbia, JOHN GRAHAM. THOMAS - T. TITKR, Tr. L. X. MESSRS. MUNROE AND FRENCH. [FROM THE 'BOSTON PAP,EIt.] WASHINGTON, MARCH 10.—With this, I send • you a paper, containing the Message of the Presi dent, yesterday communicated to Congress.—Thus presented t t o the public', is..sufficient to establish its authenticity; but lest any' individual should doubt the validity of the letters and, docu ments accompanying the Message, permit me to state what took place before the Com mittee of t'oreign Relations, to whom they were committed. Immediately on the adjourn - - ment of the House, the Committee directed their Chairman to request the attendance of Mr. :Mun roe, the Secretary of State, to - meet with them in the evening, at 7 o'clock, which he did, and he exhibited to the Committee the original papers, copies of which liad been communicated with the Message," These papers being examined, Mr. Munroe was asked,if he knew the hand-writing of Lord Liverpool—and-lie did not hesitate to say, that the letter from Lord Liverpool to Sir George Prevost, were signed by him—he further stated, that Mr. Pinkney, our late Minister at London, was Well acquainted with the hand-writing of the clerks employed in those offices, and that he de declared them to be authentic documents. Arid further, one Gentleman of the Committee is well a acquainted with the hand-writing of J. H. Craig, late Governor of Canada.; and he is fully con vinced that th l e instructions No. 2, and the Com mission No. 3, numbered in the documents, were signed by him. There was a stipulation on the part of Govern ment, that, the names 'of persons concerned with Henry, in America, should not be insisted on — this-was a condition on which he consented to' give up the papers. He expressly said, he never would, under .any. circumstances, betraying the confidence they had placed in him—and that he should not have hetray - the confidence of the British .Government, if they had not been perfidious to kind:► - • . Yo'ufs, EIiEN. SEAVER. Confirmation, strong as proof from Holy. Writ. .BosToN, APRIL S.---The Hon. William M. Richardson, Representatives Congress from Mid-. dlesex District, arrived in tr,,..rn last evening, from the Seat of Governmetrt. He publicly asserts, that an. Embargo for sixty days would immediately take place—and that War with England would be declared at the expiration of that period. , The 12th Light Dragoons; which have so fre quently. diStinguished themselves of late, is c jrll - by the lion. Colonel PONSoNBY, whose attention to the discipline 'and to the internal re gulatiOns . of it, hes,,rendered it One, of the most economic and desirable corps in the service. At Chester about six . htindred of the City Local Militia, three hundred of the North Lincoln, and ninety of the Oxford Blues, it is said, will. occupy the 'Castle Yard during the trials. Each man is to be furnished with ten rounds of ball-cartrdge. FRENCH' PAPERS. , - - MAYE,gCE, MAy 11. Their. Majesties arrives here thiS-morniug—they alighted at the Artillery SchOol. Hotel. The Princes of Neufchatel and Wan-ram, have arrived. etiAEONs, MAY 13.—This town has again just enjoyed the happiness - of possessing within its walls his Majesty the emperor ; lie arrived on the. 9tli, at eight in the evening, accompanied by his august spouse. ' They descended at' the Hotel of the Prefecture. An,immensel crowd went to meat them beyond the TrimaphatArch, 'and. he was re- H ceived with , enthusiasm, and 'reiterated cries of " Long slivklie Emperor !" " Long live theEm- press !" " Long live the King of Rome - i" FRANKFORT, MAY 1 3.—The Westphalian Afoul.; T tear announces, that a part of therussian troops .. will join the allied troops, .arid take a'position is ',:' Silesia. The troops of the Confederation of thy' Rhine are principally in the Duchy of Warsaw. Their Majesties arrived here to-day, at half- past five in'the morally ; they were .received with , the ringing of bells and 'firing of cannon. According to the Berlin Gazette, the Prince of Echniuhrs head • -quarters are at Braunsburg, in eastern Prussia. - PARIS, 'MAY 18.—On the 13th their Majesties . arrived at Aschalfenburg, at nine in the morning; • they breakfaSted ; there, and afterwards set out for Wurtzburg, where they were to arrive in the evening. . LEIPZIC, MAY lO.—The day before yesterday the King of Italy .passed : through this town, oa , his way to join the Grand Army. . . • - MAY 14.—Some days ago the Duke of Dantzic proceeded to Dresden ; b. great number of troops and equipages still continue to pass through this. place. r . , . NAPLES ; APRIL 28. The Neapolitan., troops , . • who are to join the grand army, are under, coin- ..' 'nand of Lieut.-Gen. Detree. - PARIS, MAY 19.—At five o'clock in the evening , • of the I3th, their Majesties arrived at Wu.rtiburg , where Were the, King of Wurtzbnrg, and iGratia: Duke of Baden.. - . . , , • On the 14th, in the morning, . their Majesties ' departed for Bayreuth. The Grand Duke of. VVin;tiburg accompanied them to Dresden. On the 14th, in the evening, the King of Itali arrived at Frankfort.' VIENIqA, MAY6.—The departure of the . 81 11- • peror for Presburg is fixed for next Monday , a nd' ou Tuesday the Diet will be closed. NURENTBEI,:G, iNIA - Y B.—According to letters from .Prague, the head-quarters of the Dal' e d'Abrautes are nowat Glogau, in Silesia, .and th e i French and allied troops, , which constit ute part '° his corps d'arinee, are cantoned on both Banks 0 ' the Oder. A numerous corps of Prussian troops are asseilr: b,ling in the neighbourhood of Breslau., under tlt. .1 orders of Field-ALlrshal COunt •Icalkreuth. lt .' j .-- thought at Breslau that they wilkuon march 't",,:, another destination. Every where the Prussi*' and French - troops live • up . on , the best under- 7 • standing. . AuoSßUligir, MAY 13.—The last intellig a ce from Vienna persists in. assuring .us, that the . sians and Turks are further distant than ever any kind of accommodation. The Turks absoW e ? insist upon the evacuation "of Moldavia, lachia, and that part of Bessarahia—whie l ' been invaded, and.the abandonment of Servia - ,, These are ,the preliminaries ; their army incre3-5.; that of the Russians '.diminishes 5 they are 'lle dined to act offensively, whilst they suppose to Russians will Confine themselves to acting . 4 the defensive. The. Turks, in a word, ar e torce,.and in a situation not to desire peace. 0 AMSTERDAM, Max 12.---To-day two frio ct , were launched - from the-dock-yard of this P ° pt with complete succe ss, amidst reiterated cr ies " Long Live the,Emperoi:" On the. 9th instant a frigate was launched at Rotterdam. io VIENNA, MAY -7.—Great baste is obser ce 'for the preparations for their Majesties' departure sre , Dresden ; it is said the two Archdukes Nvik i ,-;- company them. The Archdukes; who have t o ed some-.time at Gratz, are upon their r elit ° Vienna. 3 ad • 'VERDUN, MAY 6.—On Sunday last, MaY English Officer, prisoner Of war in this t a i r is made, in'the Parish Church of Notre Patne,:iier, solemn abjuration, before the Curate Manta] err and embraced the Catholic Religion. 'f i ll' s mony drew a considerable concourse of 1)&13 . • FURTHER EXTRACTS. the ab' PETEREiURGII,, APRIL 22.—During sence of his Majesty;. Field Marshal Coun t kow win preside at the Couail. of State. l'Aius, MAY 19.—1 f we may credit pri B'3.- til e ters from.Franconia, their Majesties will er °- i , forest of Thuringe, and pass through Weymar, Ilamburgh, and Lechzu, in th eir t;0 1' to Dresden. Nearly at the same time the t th is peror and Empress of Austria Will arrive a 0,3 latter town ; many other Sovereigns, Pri4ccsl , Prii.cesses are likeWiSe exipected there. VIENNA, MAY G.—The Russian trool's %;03' have left Moldavia' and Wrallachia for Poli6ll . , sea are estimated at 30 004. . , , plcoect' Tbe Russian army in Turkey has in vain —° ' the ed reinforcementsinforceents 3 they have received ° destination. ' ' .. ',, 1 05 iron., MAY ' 1 .--Since General Ka u° - c 01 been . confirmed ',in the command in chief °. il fil' Russian army inWallacbia, Moldavia , and 13e55',4 bia, or, as it is generally termed, the Rilss i34 he of the Danube, with very extensive pe'verl;efif: has completely disjoined that army. I t 91 ' y ei , this separation 1128 taken place, to r eplace 54: 4 ile' NO at , corps, which, in consequence of supe on s, ' from Petersburgh, have left 'their posi ti° , a ns i : . siP reefing their march towards the interior of s o' of or, as some assert, towards the frontiers , itiCie.. . i tl ll ll ' Sevelal Russian regiments ha d arrive d ,