The Sun. — London, England, 1812-02-15 00:00:00

. M A i i,S ARRIVED —I Dublin Dut —t Cadiz, r brazils, 2 ‘Vater- ford. plucc 01. STOCK 5. THIS nAY AT TWILV O'CLOCK. Consols. - - 6 . 114 Red. Aim. . x'll i S UN. s o 4,1 QUIS UICLRF FALSUM AUDEAT ? I,ONDUIV. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1 Spanish Papers 'mention the loss of the Surveil lanle frigate, and French Papers state the loss of the frigate, - on the coast of Holland ; but no such accounts, we can assure our Readers, have been received at the Admiralty. It is stated, in the Morning Chronicle, that a com munication has been made from the PRINCE Rs- GET to Lords GREY and GRENVILLB, respeeting the formation 'df a . new arrangement.—The Chro nicle adds, that it has not the means of informing the Public of the terms, or even the substance of the communication, " but that no consideration will induce either of these Statesmen to accept of an office; wilhout a thorough understanding, that when in power, they will be permitted to follow the same general line of policy which they have recom mended while in Opposition." That is to say, they will not come into power unless they are al lowed to break off our alliance with Spain and Por tugal, to withdraw our Armies from the Peninsula, and thus to - deliver it up Without l a struoe, to the posses,ion of BUONATARTE---I0 surrender our mari time rights to America, to permit her to aet as an Ally to France, and to enjoy the rights of a neutral from England—to concede 10 the Roman Catholics all their demands, without reserve, without condi- tion, without any security fur our Establishments in Church and State. It may be said that these Statesmen would adopt a different tone upon, these points, tt they were in office; but the Chronicle assures us, we suppose by authorit,v, that they will pertinaciously adhere, when in power, to their former opinions. Nay, it cells us that they are resolved not to come into office without an understanding, (by which we suppose is meant a pledge from the PRINCE REGENT) that they may be allowed to pursue the same policy. If the Chronicle had not so gravely mid so authorititively assured us of the inflexible de termination of those great Statesmen, we should, judging froth the , past, haire supposed it not quite impossible that they might have changed their opi- nions. Tie very circum,tance, indeed, of Lords GRENVILLE and GREY acing together, tint afford to every one who .recolleas what passed a few years ago, a.strong proof of no ordinary degree of political flexibility in , one or both of these Noble Lords: But the total change in their policy, respeding the Ca ftholic Question, rendered it quite impossible for 1.21 to suspect them of any very obstinate adherence to former opinions, however solemnly expressed. We believe, however, that the Chronicle is partly cor rca in its statement, that they will not change a gain, for it is probable that they will be condemned to consistency by being precluded lrom power. Yesterday his Royal highness appointed to hold a Court, at Colton Patace. Soon after two o'clock, his Royal Higtmes entered the State Room, attend ed by Generals TURNER and KEPPEL, where a Privy Council was which was attended by— The lord President of the Council, the Lord • Chancel lor, the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury, •t:d Chancellor of the Excheq cr, the Master-General of the Ordnance, the three Secrir..iri,...s . of State, the President of .the Board of Control, Lord Ilarrowby, and the Duke of Rion: Soule , trifling alterations in the late pricked list at Shelia's took. place, and other State .business ; s'ter trt Lich the Recorder of London was admitted iwo the presence of the PRINCE,• and madp.his Re pot t of some of the Convicts under sentence of ticatn in Net,vgate. His ROyal - Highness gave audience to Earl CAM.. DfiN, Mr. PELICEVAL, the Marquis WELLESLEY, tn.o the Earl of LIVI;POOL. We copy the following. from a paper of yester day :----" l'ite pain which the PRINCE REGENT bas so long felt in the hand, and which has made it.so ditileult for him to use his pen, has at length been proved to proceed from the gout. His Royal Hightiesi was advised last week to take the Eau Aledicinale. He h.is had a Douche erected at Carl, ttn House, for the purpose of restoring strength to tt c spr ;fined foot ; but we have not learned whe tter he has tried , that remedy. Yesterday a Court of Dire&ors was held at the Fast - India House, when the times for the under ti.ent toned ships were thus fixed viz.:--- Toe Eurl lime, for Bengal, to be -afloat the 12th of March, sail to Gravesend the 26th, stay there 20 days, and be iq the Downs the 22d of April.— The Extra 'ships Diana - and Juliana, for • Bombay Alexander, for Madeira, Bengal, and Bencoolen, and Ca/mar/heft, for Madeira and .Bengal, to be float the t2th of March, and sail from Gravesend at the expira , ion one calendar month. Toe Court adjiurned at sit o'clock till Wednes day next. The West India fleet, which is to sail from Cork, •is colletting fast, according to the latest ac coun ts, dated the 81h instant. ajor General LE CoU TEun xv:;s at Cot k, waiting a passage to Jamaica in is • C wain ARTHUR BATT BINGHAM, who coin rnalAted the Little Belt at ti)e time of her engage •-••,n stli 11 the Anit:ricau'irigare President, has been - . . to the rank of Post:Captdin. NAVAL NEWS, PLYMoUtn, FEB. 13.—Put ib here last bight by contrary winds, the ships Wildthan, DENT, for Ja maica, and the Pitt, DENNIS, fbr Dominica, both from London ; and the brig Jackson, ANDREWS, from Jersey, whh a cargo, for Cork. Arrived the Spanish brig El Diligenle, DE CAA-. RIAGGI master, from Corunna, with a cargo of nuts, far London t and the sloop Eleanor, BROtlrbt, from Limerick, with provisions for this port. The Hermes frigate has detained and sent in here this day, the American ship Flora, DAvis master, from New York, with a cargo consisting of tar and turpentine, bound to Cowes fir - orders. Came down the Harbour and anchored in the Sound, the Stork sloop of war. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 14.—Arrived his Majesty's ships Goshawk, Porcupine, and Partridge, from a cruize. DEAL, FEB. 14.—We have experienced to•day a very heavy gale of wind from the \V. S. W. A shp from St. John's for New Brunswibk, Itst from Portsmouth, has palled one anchor and let go another, by which she appears to ride very well. Three ships hare cut and gone for Ramsgate; se- veral ships have arrived from the West ward. His Majesty's ships are all well, except the Ri naldo, and she has sprung her foremast. Five o'Clock.—Wind due West, and more mo derate weather. DOVER, FEB. 14.—1 t has blown a gale all day from the south-west; several vessels have arrived from the westward, with signals for pilots, three of them lost anchorA and cables ; we think they have gone for Ratusgate, as we cannot learn any parti culars. , LYMINGTON, FEB. 1 4.—The transports, with re inforcements for Lord WELLINGTON, remain wind bound. FALMOUTH, FEB. 12.—Arrived the Hope trans- port (L Z), JAMES master, from Lisbon ; sailed 18 days since, in company with four other transports, bound for Fig , teras, with flour, and in consequence of the late gales, has been - obliged to bear up fot this port : can give no account of her consorts. ISLANDS OF SCILLY, JAN. 29.—This morning the galliot Maria, of Liverpool, Jots, master, from Liverpool, laden with it on, rice, oil, woollen, and linens, together with sundry other merchandize, hound to Oporto, was unfortunately driven •on the island of Trescor, (crew saved) but the cargo which has been taken out of the vessel is considerably darnagtd, and is lodged in warehouses at St. Mary's, Scilly. REPORTED LOSS OF THE SURVEILLANTE 'RI GATE.—The Spanish brig Diligente, which has ar rived at Plymouth from Corunna, brings a report, that private letters had been teceived at Corunna, from St. Sebastiau's in which it was stated, that, in a gale, the Surveillante frigate had been forced into that port, when the batteries.commenced firmg upon her, which was returned by the frigate with great spirit, but at length:she was compell:d to sur render. It is reported that the Cornet of Now BedfOrd, ALLEIN, master, from Savannah, was taken 27th ult. by a French privateer, and lost near Feeirnp. The Three Sisters, CUDD, from London to Brighton, was driven on shore yesterday near Broadslair3. The Venus, JoNEs, from Liverpool to St. .Mi chael's, is lost at the latter place. _ _ _ The Hope, WILDMAN, from St. Michael's to Li verpool, was lost near St. Alban's Head, on Mon day last. The Chance, GRAHAM, from Rio Janeiro to Ma ranham, is lost near tl'e latter place. MIS c.—Dr.CßtacH gave a high musical treat on Thursday night to a select party of his friends in the rehearsal of a new Oratorio, which he has composed' under the name of .Palestine. The words, as we before mentioned, are taken from the admirable poem of that name, which. does so much honour to the author & Mr. REGINALD HESER.—Dr. CROTCH has displayed gleat talents, taste, and science, in the composition of this work which is throughout marked by appropriate expression ; and though the subject is uniform, yet he Jias contrived, by accompaniMents and airs,. to give it a most in teresting variety. He presided at the piano-forte himself, and Mr. F. CRAMER occasionally assisted with his violin. Mr. HARRISON and his two'daugh ters, Mr. BEALE, Mr. ATWOOD, and some very able amateur performers, supphrted the vocal de pat tment with great ability, and the whole afforded an exquisite repast. . _ Thj engager - nent of Mr., BETTr commences at Bath this day, when he is to perform the part of the Earl of Essex, in the tragedy of that name. On Tuesday he will play 4chrnet, the part in which he made his debut on the London gage; on Thursday. Hamlet ; and on Saturday. Young Norval. The new Musical Farce fprthcoMing at Covent Garden Theatre, is from the pen of Mr. HOLMAN. The music was composed by Mr. CooKE, of Dub lin, add is said to display more than common merit. Anthony ani Cleopatra, as well as .fulitts Cesar, are to be among the Shakeipereati revivals at Covent Garden Theatre, before KEMBLE resignS his mana gerial sovereignly, or, rather, Viceroyalty. Mr. REINAGLE, an artist of well-known talents, has been elecfrd Royal' Academician, in the room of the late Sir YLIANCIS BOURGIWIS, ti?Elveli PAPERS; Monitetirs and minor French Papers hive Liken re ceived to the 7th Inst. inclusive; they are perfectly silent reepeding the affairs of the Peninsula, ANISTERDSM, FEB. 2.—We have. received fres!l accounts relating to the running ashore of the Eng lish frigate which was lately lost on theie coasts.— She was ,called the Manila : the whole of her crew are prisoners, and will to-morrow commence at riv ing by detachments in Amsletd.,m. As it was not possible to get the ship afloat, she was set on tire. All the world knows, that in the moment of dan ger English sailors have no other resource than that of flying to,lignor which,may be on board. At the instant the vessel was set on fire, the French de tachment sent to execute this operation found in the hold five sailors dead drunk. ' The officers of this frigate declare, that she was lost in consequence of ;he orders she received to closely and unremittingly watch the Texel fleet the sailing of which, it appears, is expected in En,g land. Twelve men perished on board the frigate in consequence of an explosion. The same Paper contains three letters from Ad- Mind DE WINTER, to the Minister of the Marine and Colonies, by which it appears, the Manilla was commanded by G. F. SEYMOUR, Esq.. who with the crew, consisting of from 170 to 180 men, has been saved. VIENNA, JULY 2.5.--rt is said, that in conse quence of a late convention hetWeen the General in Chief, Count KUTUSOW and the GRAND VIZIER, the latter will remain,' under certain conditions, master of Rudschuck. As soon as the grand question of peace or war shall be decided, he will be abandoned with his • army to his fate. • They write from Semlin, under date of the 12th January, that more than 40,000 men have already been colleeled at Schumla. They are principally composed of young people between 17 and years of age. VIENNA, JAN. 20.—Letters from Tkirkey announce, that the corps under Generals LANG EROF and MARKOFE, which were posted on the right bank of the Danube, in the neighbourhood of. Rudschuck, have retired to the left bank of that river. SAN STEPHAN°, JAN. 20.--The Lieutenant de Vaisseau, MAcxot.r, who, in his Majesty the Empe ror's brig "Meille, took, on the 26th,of last May, the English brig Alacrity, which he now commands, hav ing learned that a Sicilian privateer was in the island Januti (a small Uninhabited island situated near this port) manoeuvred SQ as to arrive this morning at break of day off that island without being perceiv ed ; he dispatched one of his boats, which surprised and took possession of the privateer and two French merchantmen she had previously captured.. The Sicilian crew fled to the island, but were soon made prisoners.• The privateer was armed with one cannon and muskets, and the two ttraken vessels, one of twenty eight; and the other of fi ve tons, have just entered this port ,under The coma:and of a volunteer. • The prisoners to the number of thirty-six, are on board the brig. It was not unaptly observed yesterday in a Coffee room, that making such an extraordinarly little Lot tery,Scheme, in respect to Tickets, so uncommon ly rich in point of Prizes, as that which will be drawn on TUESDAY NEXT, would be likely to be injurious to future Lotteries. " True," replied a" sagacious Quidnunc in company ; " but Adven turers will not quarrel with the present - Sciremeon that account, but will naturally take advantag e Of, its extraordinary interest." It is now said, that the four foreigners who were brought recently to London, under the care of a King's Messenger from Plymouth, are French Officers of distinction, being no humbler personages than General GIRARD and three of his Aides-de- Camp. They were brought over from Cot unna in the Hermes, and were received by the Messenger on their landing, by whom they were conduced to town, and treated with the most marked respect. It appears, that Gevernment was apprised of their cerning by their having sent a Messenger to the out port to await their arrival. These Officers must have made their escape from Spain in order to avoid the reward that they had to exped for the unfortunate issue of the affair of Arroyo de Molino. An inquest was held yesterday, at the Cross Keys Tavern Biackfriars Bridge, on the body of Mr. Fol ler, Clerk of the Assizes for the Western Circuit, who was found drowned on the Surrey side of the Thames, ,on Thursday morning.—lt appeared be fere the Coroner that the deceased had been dining with some friends at the Cross Keys Tavern, on Wednesday, and returning, home late in the even ing, rather inebriated with wine, in company with a Gentleman named Cooper, both unfortunately missed their road, and turning to the right, walked down-the ferry steps into the Thames, where the deceased was sucked. under some floating rafts of timber, and immediately perished. Mr. Cooper happily contrived to keep himself'above water until a waterman came to. his assistance. , The body of Mr: Follet remained immersed` in the river until next morning, when, with great difficulty, it was removed ,from tinder the fatal raft of timber. The deceased lived at No. 2, Garden -court, Temple, and was much respelled by a numerous circle of friends ,and acquaintances.—The Jury found- a verdict of Accidentai•D'ecal. P.:10.1t PliE, G-di4,4;14E5'. FIGUIILIAS ASTURIA), Isl.—The Stir . rir3F Jnota of this Province has just received a dis' patch from Don Juan Dia Porlier, dated the 24th, at eight in the morning, in which be stltes, that he was in Orson of the enemy with his civalry, and some corripanies of light infantry; that he had colktled is U‘i, du ieo deserters, ,A ., i0 1 ti , e bands of the 119.11 and 120th regiments; and this he could not give a 'circumstantial account of th 4 (Afros which the enemy had abandoned both there and at Gijon, as well as of the loss which thief suffered in their Accounts - front casitopl state, that the enehlY evacuated the town of Grath; on the tUth, b4Otig e first destroyed the. forstfications„ On the 23d awl( evacuated Ovicdo. Their departure seems partly to have been occasioned by the arrival, on die 22(1, of an Officer porn Valladolid wilh letters for, Bonnet. Ti. French, on taking .leave of their re kpel'tive hosts, gave out that they were to march 'for Portugal. COMUNNA, FES. I.—On the 27th ult. the head. quarte,s of the Gih army were at Sueros, thr.4 leagues from, Astorga. The advanced troops were close upon Orbigo aod Astorga, and the rest vi e rs in motion. LETTER TO THE SUPERIOR JUNTA OF GALLICIA. " Figueras, jaw- ari " Most Excellent Senor,--At halt -past ten on the morning,of the 23d, the enemy evacuated Ora do, and on the toll,wing night Oviedo. Brigadier Pother entered that city a few hours afterwards.--- He hascolleCted about 200 French, who were either left behind, or remained there for the•purpose of de sertion ; and he has detached his cavalry and a corps of light infantry to harass the enemy on his retreat by the road of Rijares. " At the same time, by the arrangements of Sc.' nor Lo.ada,..one diviiion, under the command of Don Pedro Barcena, was marching towards the bridges of Soto, and another by Pravia, in order to harass and pursue, in all direct ions, the corps of Bonner. It only remains to chastise hitu, and avenge the principality of those outrages and 10905 which it has suffered under the yoke of the enemy " The liberation.of one Province of Spain,whic3 had beheld itself reduced to slavery, is a source of consolation and joy to the other provinces of the Peninsula. _This Junta, fraternally attached to your Excellency, both by the nature of its institution, and its sentiments and principles, hastens to COW"' naunicate the happy event of the recovery of the Asturias.—May God, &c. JOSE VALDES, Vice-President.' By order of the Superior junta of Asturias. SALAMANCA, JAN. 21.—Accounts have reached us of the capture of 'Ciudad Rodrigo. YeAerd , ty, Alarmont and Dorsenne were expeCted here ; but as they did not arrive, they are expet l / 4 .ted to-day. The French give out that they will coiled 50,000 men and 1.00 pieces of cannon; but even with !he addition of Bonnet's force, and supposing them to have nothing to fear from our troops in I do not believe they will be able to as,emble more than from 30 to 35,000 troops. If the French piss the Tort - nes, it will be only for a reconnoissance, and nothing more, for they are ignorant of tha actual force of the allied army. From Vittoria we learn, that no reinforcements are on their mart:lie The fall of Ciudad Rodrigo opens a wild field tv our hopes. [The ExaCie Como, of Corunna, of d of February, under the head of " Confidential Intelli gence," has the following paragraph On the f.e4th ult. the vanAuaru of part of Marmont's troops were beaten at Puerto de Banos by th-e Allies. The loss which the ent-my sustained was considerable. This defeat has deranged t he plan which they had formed, in consequence of being too late to relieve Ciudad Rodrigo, and which that of occupying Placencia and its vicinity, which a few days betore they had evacuated. Tile enemy, not considering themselves safe in Salamanca, have retired' to M-.dina del Campo." oFFicIAL. Don Jonquin Ignacio Irisarri, in a letter, dated Sanguesa, Dec: the 30th, cominaniutes the follow ing information:— Brigadier Ewpoz y Mina is in Upper Arragon, and on the left bank of the Ebro, wiin three baits lions of infantry, and one regiment of cavalry, with' a view of joining 'he Einpeciiado, if possible,. to surprise Saragossa, and call off the attention a tho enemy trom Valencia. "The measures adopted in Catalonia will give the enemy a great deal of tr,n.ible, even though Gat relli, with his division of 8,000 men, has marched towards that Principality, thus leaving Navarre and Arragon entirely free from the enemy, who thus reduced to a few small garrisops, may easily fall into our hands." THE ORATORIO.-The regular season -of this. grand Entertainment_ commenced last night at Co vent-Garden Theatre„ under the diredion of this ASIILEYS, whose long experience and known talents fully qualify them for the office. The vocal and instrumental departments are well supplied. CATA LAN', Mrs,. MCE.O3, Airs BLAND, BELLAMY, and IRAHAM gave a powerthl support to the whole.— The house was very wt-ii attended. Lieutenant SIbIIIIONDS, late of the Manly gun brig, has been appointed to the command of the Attack, in consideration of his gallant defence of his former teasel, against two Danish ships, each of far superior force. • We are sorry to say, that Mr. G. PONSON I BY ma with a severe accident on Thur.sclay evening ; in crossing a Street, the pole of a carriage siruck his side io semstely as to frattnre a rib, which we fear will detain 11:m from his duty in Parliament for some Yesterday morning, about six o'clock, a disglace ful scene took place in.Stnithfleld Market. A wan sold his wife in a baiter for the trifling sum of flyg . shillings and half a pint o f gi n , to one o f t h e Yeo men of the Guard to his Majesty. A pra6tice so, disgraceful" to the country, ought, surely, to be put stop to. . Mr. Banells, a fishmonger, of Spalding, has been missing since the night of Friday se'nnight, and is supposed to have fallen into the river near the Wheatsheaf ruhlic house. At the same SpOt, Mr. Jackson, a carver; and gilder, lost his life more than three week: since.—Both the unfortunate men have iett families.