The Sun. — London, England, 1812-08-26 00:00:00

, . ' MAILS. ARRT cr. n-1 Malta, 4 . Gottenbnrzb, 4Waterford. Du e.--1 Csdiz, 1 Lisbon, 1 Waterford. prdtr: OF STOCKS rlils mks' AT TWELVE o'cwirtc. C - InFols 58ii I Red. Ann..... I Omniuni pr. THE SUN. s , )tr.m Qurs nicEßt: r.‘tsuni Aunr.vr? ,I, 0 N D 0 IV, 'WEDVESDAY; AIIGUST 26, 1812, We this morning received Gibraltar Papers to the Bth instant, but theydo not contain anynews ; and Malta Papers to the &I 'ultimo, from which we have made the following extracts : SMYRNA, • JUNE 22.= On the 14th May the 'Treaty of Peace between the 'Russian EMPEROR and 'the GRAND SEIGNIOR was signed by the Pleni potentiaries at Bucharest; and there, is no, doubt of its being ratified by the SULTAN: Russian qffic - ers are 'arrived at Mr. CUMMINGS'S, in Pera, to treat for the liberation of the pri- soners This looks well, and indicates that the Court of England and St. Petersburgh have preconcerted measures for a peace. Hitherto no exportation of grain is permitted through the Dardanelles; two cargoes have been lately seized there. Mr. LisToN has quitted the-Argo, and takes his passage in boats, tp`go sooner to Constantinople, where 'his presence is very,essential at this mo inent; • FrenchAmbassadot, ANDRE9SSI, is also on his way to Constantinople. The confirmation of the Peace, and opening the Black Sea .to the Russians, will give a turn very favourable to commerce in general, especially that from Malta. .MALTA, JULY 11.—The Commissioners A. COURT and BURROWS, who came in the Gany merle, to inqurie into the laws, &c. of this island, have commenced their proceedings, to the great satisfaction of many. We this morning received the- folloviing letter from Greenock : GREEtO CK All G. 22.—Arrived the Narian, EwiNG; from, Jamaica. On the 23d July in lat 33; 22. long. 45 west, in company with the John, Skirling Clinker, and Henry Cerf, all of London, from Jamaica, • at 11 A.M. the John, being the stertnnost ship, made the signal for an enemy ; •tve all hove to ; when a schooner came up with English colours, and hove to also—Capt. CLARX, of the JJhrt, being suspicious of her, fired the first shot.; the schooner hoisted American colours, and returned it : they, engaged Some time l'efore'the American hauled off to the southward, she slimed nine ports, and was full of men. Ili the evening the schooner bore' down and engaged the John a second time, and was, again. obliged to haul off to the southward : night coming on we saw no more of her. if.it had not been fa-Capt. CLARK , of the John, some of us would. have been taken. The Marian parted from the Jahn, Starling, ,Clinkri and Henry Pl', all well, in lat. 49, long. 22. .west, on the 14th, of August. The follaTing article was this morning posted up at Lloyd's :--- "Lloyd's, August 26. " Capt. TUCKER, of his Maljesty!s ship Cherub, at ri‘ ed from the Leeward Islands, has informed:the Lords Commissioners of the - Admiralty, that 431- the fleet which sailed from St Tlfomas's the 3d nit. under his protection, parted company . at dif ferent times during the passage, by making sail from the - convoy. " TheLord*Commis§ioners of theAdmi'ralty have informal the Committee, that if Masters of vessels under convoy continue inattentive to signals and instructions, and will Voluntarily . part company in • the manner they at piesent so , generally do, that his Majesty's Officers cannot he responsible for ' the safety of the trade." A letter from Captain MAXWELL, of his Majes ty's ship Aiceste, to J. W: CROKU, Esq. states, that the convoy from Malta,, un(ler his protection, " in general'were very attentive to hiS signals and orders, arid that with the exception of one. ship, they 11:e.d all arrived safe ; that ship, the Falcon, has also arrived. • We .do not attach any credit to account re ceived; yesterday from Corunna, respecting.an other battle. If any Major arrived there with dispatches' as stated in the report, he:was proba, the,bearcr of the duplicate. of ',or(' 'WELLING-, TON: s Dispatches. "We were gratified a few days ago in the oppor tunity of commending the.... l l:l6Ming . Chroniae for its liberal homage to harl-tylt,TANGToic, and of concurring with it in • the cutivittion that he de served every mv:rk of honour Which this country can bestow 'upon 'him for the services which h e has rendered, 4nd the incycased glory which he hai conferred on the national character. Butcve were not without. 4- secret • fear that we should soon - have occasion to differ with that great prop: of Party, or, to use its own phrase, we ‘`progizt7s ticated a prophecy" in our own minds, that we should soon lie obliged tQconVert our praise into • censure. Accordingly we find .this day an 'artaCk upon Ministers on account of" the delay and subse quent suspension of the Sicilian Expeditioßut even to adopt the Chronicle's statement ofthe matter, which of course has received a colouring faVour able to its own views, we see no cause for attack-. ing Ministers on this ground: The Chronicle..al leges, that " the leading. point ia Lord Wm . - LIAM 13ENTINCK'S instructions was, that in the . prosecution of whatever object the Expedition should employed in, he should iiever lose Sight of the paramount ronsideration ; and thaOhe cause of the Peninsula. should ever cilaihi the more direct and anxious attention, and that every other should - he held as subordinate to , it, -and only as eventually conducive to that- primary and essential object." We beg teave to ask the ChroiziCle, whether there was any thing obj jectionable in these instructions, or %Thither they afford ground for " prognosticating a- prophecy ", injurious to the. 'great interests 'of this country and its allies ? But it seems, that " a temptation arose in ,another quarter,J! which induced. Lord W. BkICTINCE to conceive that the expeditiv might be more beneficially employed, arid there fore he sent .over a statement of his reasons to Ministers justify his hesitation and •to solicit 'new instructions. Now, will the Chrbnicle Con tend, that if a fair temptation occurred to induce a belief that the great cause might, be promot2d by' 'a variation of measures,. Ministers .were compelled to abide by the strict letter of their own instructions ? It is true policy to act aword ing to circuinstances. But it states that Ministers took some time to deliberate upon the measure sug gested by his Lordship. At length, however, Ministers deemed it proper to confirm their origi nal instructions. But the tendency of all that the Chronicle has -said on *this subject is to ex cite a belief that- an unnecessary delay took place, and that we-Josrthe " critical moment" Now, if the Chronicle means to say, that a Government should never pause upon expedients 'proposed, or never deviate from measures it has directed, but that they should be carried into sudden execution, without regard to intervening advantages, Wemay venture to -" prognosticate a prophecy" -that it will soon lose all its credit for political sagacity, and be considered as ,the mere dupe of its own party feelings. After all, we can relieve the Morningi Chronicle from its " prognoSticating . prophecies,"'lri asSur ing it that the Expedition did sail due time to Produce .the effect eNpected fro'm it, and that it will produce it, iii spite. oldie ill bodingi of that Paper. Before . we,quit this-subject, it may not be un amusing to recal to the recollection of the public the opinions expressed by the Chronicle when some. doubt was entertained respecting the victory at . Salamanca, and •to contrast them with the prediction which it has pronounced now that fact has been ascertained. When the first report of the battle of Salamanca reached this country from Corunna, the .ChrZnicle declared that it was unquestionably, if true, " the most seasonable vie . " tory ever obtained by our arms, for its conSe " quences will be most important,' not to England " only but to the civilizid World. The defeat of " All.motoNT's !limy, with the loss of ten or twelve " thousand men - would bo, in the present circum . " stances, decisive of the fate- of the Peninsula." Some doubts having arisen With respect to :he truth of the accounts fromCorunna, in consequence of the, non-arrival of the official diSpatches, the ClirOnicle adopted these doubts,and expressed its regret upon the Qccasioll % beCause " a 'vietory over MnamoNT " to the extent reported in the Coruana papers, would have been the most critical and important " event" for the cause of Europe„ that. has hap " pened since the commencement of BnoNA- . PA4TE'S career; but it is our duty not to eon " Teal the truth, however unwelcome:7 One would naturally have supposed, that when the oftcial accounts did/ arrive, ednfirming the former reports to the fullest extent, when a vic tory had been obtained, " the most important ,for. the cause of Europe, that had been obtained since the commencement of MIONAPARTEss career," that the Chronicle would have been among the 'loudest in the general exultation : . but within a week, a little week, after .this glorious news, was confirmed, the Chroniele . relapses .intO its old habits, and we are this day told, that — but, lest we should be suspected of misrepresent-, ing the Chronicle, we will e.:ztract its own remark able wohhs :—" nor' do we hesitate to prognosti ," eate a prophecy which we entertain.with reltict " ance, that, for the present, none of the great ob., " iects will be attained of which the British pUblic " have been so studiously deluded into theflatter . ing, bat false, hope of speedily seeing realized." Yqterday the PRINCE REGENT inspected the Royal Train of Artillery and the Arsenal at Wool wich. - - - - Yesterday Lord Afp,LviLLE held a Levee, at his Office at the Admiralty, which was fully attended by a nundier'of NaN;al Officers. NAVAL NEWS. PLYMOUTH', AUG. 24.—Arrived the Frierats Goodwill, BRYANT, from Waterford, with a canto ' of provisions for this port; the trillium and ther, WILLIAMS, from Waterford, with a cargo of provisions, bound to London , the (Foxhound sloop of war, from a cruize ; the Anierk•an ship Swan , wide, CLARK, from London, bound to America ; the Alert, WRIGHT, from Penzance ; and the. 'Lamb, MErAwisn, from Bristol. . - Sailed: the -Dryad frigate, with bullockS, for the Channel fleet ; the Bermes and 411ficore sloops of war, Helicon and Qre . :tes brigs of war, on se, parate cruizes Arrived the sloop Enterprize, belonging to.tbii port, ROWELL, Master, from Madeira with•ra cargo,; Sailed the Hotspur and Rota frigates for the coast of France. . FALMOUTH, AUG. 23:—Arrived his , Majesty's ship Hermes from Plymouth, and the 111tinchester packet with mails from Malta and Gibraltar; sailed from Malta 12th July, and from Gibraltar the 6th inst. passenger who arrived in the Man chester informs us, that General BALLASTEnos, who it was supposed had been cut off by the 'French, had effected his retreat in good order, under the fortress of Gibraltar, and that The expedition ,which was fitted out to go to Catalonia was (in .consequence of affairs, looking so well in Spain) abandoned, and had returned to Sicily. The packet left lying at Malta, his Majesty's ships Trident, Euryalus, Ganymede; and ficLtsg/,. On the 31st ultimo, off. Cape de Glitt, spoke this ship Termagant on a,cruize, all well. His Majesty's ship Scipio, 74, arrived at Gi braltar, from England-, on the sth inst.; on the 7th inst. spoke his Mitjesty*s ship lfizaqd ,a cruize ; 20th inst. in lat. 44. 19. long. 9. 11. spoke his Majesty's ship Niobe, from Portsmouth,' for Oporto. , While the Manchester packet lay at CagliaiT, their Highnesses the ArehidUke FRANCIS of Arts - - trill . , and his consort, the Princess of SARDINIA,' paid Captain ELPHINSTONE a visit, and were re ceived with a salute of 21 guns on entering and leaving - the Tessel. PokTsmouTit, AUG 25.—His Majesty's. ship Tenedos gives instructions to all vessels bound 'to the Gulph of St. Lawrence and Newfoundland. His Majesty's ship Prince of Wales with the Me diterranean convoy remain. The whole of the outward-bound will sail to morrow, should the wind continue. SHEERNESS, AVG, 25.—The extra convoy 4f about 20 sail, for the Baltic, sailed this morning under convoy of his Majesty's ship Tweed.—The next regular convoy will sail about the 29th .or ;30th instant. ' After the review of the 23d Dragoons on Mon day, General PAYEE gave an elegant dinner; at the Castlq Tavern, Richmond, to the PRINCE WI- G:ENT, the Dukes of YORK, CLAIIENCE, and CUM BERLkND, and sever al Officers of distinction y , The eight troops of the Life. Guards, which are under orders for foreign service, will leave town on Monday week, for Portsmouth, where they will embark. The men and their horses are to be divested of the enthhersoine trapiptngs that at pre , - sent adorn them. The men are to have short MO jackets, short boots, just to reach above their ancles, .with overalls ; they are to have new - saddles, on a lighter construction, and without the heavy skirtings ; and caps instead. of hats, with their hair cut short. The men are in -- high Spirits, and all anxiously look for the day oftheir departure. -By . a letter from Bourdeaux, - of the 10th in-' stant, we are informed that the people of that town had learnt from Bayonne the news.of MAR- NoNT's defeat, but the strictness of the police prevented all communication on, the subject.= Bread hAd fallen considerably, and the misery of the people had been alleviated in some degree by this ; but it stilt continued to 'be very great. — The conscription for the army'. " of the King 'of Pome — was carried into execution with great se veritY., and Under that pretence boys from twelve to eighteen years . .of age, were torn fro -u their parents. ,To this were to be added the ordinary and the maritime Conscriptions, which are also in force 'in that departMent, and the requisition of horses, oxen, and forage, for the armies in Spain. Member oftbe , Commission appointed byßoo- NAP.ATE, to.. lend-money, in-his name, to the pro--I prietors . of vineyards on pledging their wins, had lately made away with considerable quantity of thewines so pledged, and disappeared ; but 73uo= NA6RTE refused to be answerable for the MiSCOII- • duct of his agent, and the . proprietors must,rehn-. 'Arse money advanced_to them, and lose their wine, besides. - The appearance of the present vintage wits highly favourable. • - • - Masquerade Tickets.—A GentiPman the other day looping over.the Scheme of the Lottery, which draws the Bth of Nexi Mowrn, said to the Clerk at. the Office, '‘‘ This ought to be called the Mas querade Lottery, for the best Pvizes may come masked as Blanks, but how joyful will the holder of a. Blank be who finds he has got 50,0001 in Prizes. by it. TaOTTING ATATCIE—Mr. Roberts's n'oney, splash, of Edgware, trotted seven miles out and seven in; on the Kilburn road, yesterday morn ing, in one hour and ten minutes. The match was for 30 guineas. FROM 'rpm LONDON* GA:ZEtrt, AUG. 25. WAR DEPARTMENT. Downing -street, Aug. 23, 18122. A Dispatch, of which the following is an extract has beet thl; day received at . the. Earl l3athurst's Office, from Ciene trail the Marquis Well iagtua, K. B. dated Cuellar, 4th Au , „gust, 1'312. The French army of, the centre,• after having passed through the Gua.darrama pass, and after its head had arrived at the Vcnta de San Raphael, returned' to Segovia, where Joseph Buonaparte arrived On the 27th July, at night. The object of this movament was apparently to divert the allied troops from die pursuit of the army of Por tugal, and to enable the latter to .maintain them selves apon the Douro ; in which, however; the enemy did not succeed. Their rear-guard re mained in some. strength on the_ left of ti Douro, dUring.the 28th and 29th; but the light and Ist divisions, and the cavalry having crossed' the 4re3rna and Cega rivers on the latter day, the enemy's rear-guard retired dazing the night across - the Douro, and thence folloWed the inovementi , of the main body . towards Villa Vane z, -abandon ing andleaVing there seventeen pieceS of cannon, a. large quantity of shot and shells and. Other stores, and their hOspitai; with about eight hundred sick and wounded. The Genero. in Chief Macquinez took three hundred prisoners in the neighbourhood of Va 11.4 dolid; on the 30th ; our advanced-guard crossed the Douro, and ozw patties entered V , lladolid on the same day ; and I had the satisfaction- of being received by the people in 'that city with the same enthus;a-Aie joy as I had' been in all other parts of the country. Thearmy of 'Portugal having thus crossed and quitted the Douro, , if was necessary. to attend to the movements of the army of • the cenire, and to prevent a junction between the two , on the Upper Douro, which, it viraS reported, was intended. While, therefore, the 4dvancel-guarci and left continued the pursuitot the army of moyed the right along the Cega to 7 Caeliar„ whet-e I arrived on the Ist inst. Joseph Buonaparte retired from Segovia on the . 'morning of the Ist, and marched through the Guadarraina ; and he left' at' Segovia an advan , •7ed guard, principally of cavalry, under &- pert ; having 4lestroyed . - the - cannon ancr annlin nition ‘vhich - were in the castle, havint , carried cif the church plate and other valuable property, and having levied a considerable contribution .on ti e inhabitants of the town. • q.; have_ not yet heard whether a detitelm..s.nt, which I sent to Segoviti yesterday uhder Briga diet General D'Urban, had entered the town. . The army of Portugal have Continued ther re treat towalitis'Eurgos. The enenly have continued to increase tb&r force is Estremadura. inclOse Lieutenant -General• Sir Rowland Hill's- report of a very handsOrne affair with the enemy's cavalry, on the 24th July, by the div;- slot' Under the command of Licht.-Gen. Sir Wil liam- Erskine. I have received no further accounts of the opr. rations under Sir Horne Popham. P. S. I-have just heard that the Frejrh trnopi under General Espert, have withdrawn from Ses govia by San Ildetonso. MY LORD, Zafra, July 27, 1612. I have the honour to transmit to your Lord ship a Copy of a Letter from Lieut.-General William. Erskine, and one from Major-Gen. Long, reporting an affair between some of our cavalry and three 'regiments .of the' enemy's cavalry, ja the neit. , ..lbouthood of Ribera, on the 24th iust. I am, &c. (Signed) To G,:lntral the Earl of Wellington, K. B. &c. &c. &c R. HILL. Los Santos, July 25 7 1R15.4. "t... SIR, I have the honour to report to you, that a body of 'the enemy's cavalry, consisting of two regiments of dragoons, and one of chassc<trs, der the command of General of ,Brigade attacked yesterday morning the Portuguese pique t at Hiuojosa, which they drove in .is far as Ilihera, where four .squadroiiS Of - Portuguese cavalry wer e stationed, andet the COMmatid of Colonel Camp" 'bell. he force tinder Colonel Campbell being great' ly inferior to that of theenethy; he was under the necessity of retiring upon Villa Franca; Which lie did in the best order. MajOi-General - Long ad vancingut the - salve tince time from Villa Franey with the brigade of British . eavalry mulct his cony mind, and Capt. Lefebue's troop of horse aetiilerY to support him. The eneihy, on perceiving the advance of Gen' Long's\ brigade, halted on the high ground De" twixt = Ribero and. Villa Franca. General Long also halting until joined by a part of his brigac l; that had been detached in the morning to observ.e. the enemy •ou . the side --of. Usagre. During' 615 interval, I directed Major-General Slade, with V" regiments of his brigade, to Move from:Los SO; tos, and direct his . March on the left flank and I ' o of the enemy. • As soon as 'General Lon.. had collected Cl 6 whole of his brigade, • he moved forward ag ai n‘ i thp enemy, who imniediately withdrew heY u . the defile atßibera. General Long passo-thr"gd the defile to the right and left of t h e town, attacked the enemy with/much spirit, whils t t .„.b, artillery fired with great 'effect from the bly e , ground-on the Vita ft'q...ti* kidic4f the defile• enemy rtkired rabidlyu'non Hinojosa, closely lowed ;, from ilifiojosa the aiemy retired to Le, 1 13 1- ey and from thence to Vatendih-' de Torre j the were, followed as far as. Leira, Ht two regiments wider Major-General Slade ) 01 -d e ' i'dajor-General Loug's brigade, having 'ya w , a very rapid march at a trot from Los San Gn but from the great distance could not arrive sufficient time.. to cut off the enemy's retreat Leira. Major-General Longspeaks in the hi,;-hest te ,, r ,7 1 .1; of all the troops under his command, parti ea .,, -the horse artillery, who displayed great activl: b y their movements, and precision in their fire which the enemy suffered very co nsiderahlY' b e et~ The loss, of the enemon this occasion h' l - I _ . s we d, y about thirty men, and a great many hor n s. eleven Men, and ahout•thirty horses