The Sun. — London, England, 1812-01-02 00:00:00

LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1812. We have very little doubt that the Prelitninaries of Peace either have been. signed, or that they very shortly will be, between Russia and Turkey. We know from authority, upon which we place the trrost implicit reliance, that all the impediments which hid hitherto interrupted the Negociation had been removed; and unlessßUOl4 A PARTE should have suc ceeded in creating new ones, the Treaty by this cnte must have been signed. The recent march - of French troops through the southern parts of the Austrian dominions, towards the theatre of war be ... tween the Turks and Russians,• aflords. strong rea •sur,s for thinking that BUONAPARTE intended to fall upon the Russians in that quarter, .in conjunction with the Turks; but if the Pelee has 'been signed, that plan, - of course, will be frustrated. The Letters fiom 'lie North state, that BERNA-; D3TTE continues lo manifest the strongest desire to remain upon amicable terms with this country.— Whatever that per:on's real feelings may • he, his interest, and indeed his personal safety, ,so strongly point out to him the o fecessity of adopt lg pacific measures, that we are inclined to believe that he would not willingly engage in a "war either with this country or with Russia.— Tlie tenure by which he holds his prfSent alted situation is a most precarious one; and 131JOt4PARTE has .no power to protea him against the resentment of the - Swedes, if he should excite it by plunging them into•a war to promote the in terests of France. It has - been stated .in ' letters from Cadiz, that some differences have occurred between the Blitish Minister in Spain and the Spanish Govern- We have reason to believe that these reports are erroneous. • flint. The Cressy, about which some apprehensions were entertained, arrived yesterday at Spithead. She parted ; company with the St. 'George and the Defence, off the coast of Jutland, in a gale of wind, on the 43d ult. Several pieces of wreak have been picked up by the Desirje legate, supposed to belong. to a 74 gun ship. The St. George left bingo Sound under jury masts. Yesierday histipyai Highness the Duke - nr Yoi left town for Windsor. Yesterday forenoon his, toyal Highness the Duke CUMBERLAND had a 1011.4 interview with the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, at his house in Downing-street. Yesterday Mr. Peßc EVA L gave a grand Ministeria dinner, at his house in Downing-street. The Duke of MAN ctiEsTErt has arrived at NB. RoT'i Hotel, (torn Kimbolion. The Earl of DERBY is expected, on Tu:sday morning, from the Oaks, in Kent, to attend the House of Lords. Lord and Lady CASTLEREAGII are expected to 'arrive at their house, in St. James's-square, in the course of to-morrow, from their seat in the North of Ireland. Mr. WHITBREAD arrived in town last night from his sent in Bedfordshire. Yesterday the Marquis and. Marchionets of STAF -FORD, Lord GOWtR and Family, arrived at Stafford House, Cleveland-row, from their seat, Trentham Hall, in Staffordshire. t.. 1, Earl GREY and Lord LAUDERDALE were expect ed to arrive at their town re , Adences last night, pre paratory to the commencement of the ensuing Parliamentary campaign. Lord GEEN VILLE is not expeded in town before Monday 'or Tuesday next. We have just learnt, that a Banking-house in the Cite, has this morning slopped payment. We Midervand, that during the Session of Par liament, Mr. YORKE has altered his day for receiving Naval Officers, from Thursday to Monday. Captain SHELLY, Me;riber for Lewes, and for merly Aid-de-Camp to General . ,HuLse, died yes terday, in town. POPE made his entre on the Edinburgh Stage on . Saturday last, in Lord Townley, and was much ap plauded. He Was to play Othello on Monday. Mrs. JORDAN still remains at Bushy, as the ari rangements agreed upon are not finally executed. The account of a dishonourable intercourse between a Lady in high life and her Footma'i has been con tradi&ed by.authority. As many Ladies were said to be alluded to, it was somewhat injudicious to seled an individual for an authorised contra- Extras` of a letter received from an Officer in the ritish army in Poetugal, dated Albuquerque, Dec. 1, 18 11 : " General Hill's brigade is stationed here, and the advance of the Alentejo army is about eight leagues from Badajos, in which town there is a prrison of 4000 iidantry, and about 200 cavalry. The French have improved the fortifications since we were there, and I think if we lay siege to it, we shall find them much better prepared for ❑s. At Merida, which is the advanced post of the army of the South, there is a corps of about 2000 men' who have blockaded the streets, and are continually upon the alert, fearing a second attack. A letter has just been received from a Captain in the 39th regiment,• wit() is employed upon the set - % ice of reconnois-, sauce, which mentions, that on the 30th of last month, there was a Council of War held at Tala vera de la Reyna, at which Marmont presided ; im mediately after, he departed for the army of Ciudad Rodrigo, and put them in order of retreat. His whole force is now in Old Castile, and it is reported that he is gone to take the command oi the army in Galca. The deserters say, that the army of Spain will be marched to the North of Germany. "Our quarters here are good,game in great abund ance and cheap, wine cheap, but bread three times the price it is in England, owing to the scarcity of wheat. The rainy season will set in, in the course of a fortn:ght or three weeks." "The quarters of the cavalry are chiefly in advance. Gen. Slade's cavalry brigade quarters are, Ist Royal Dragoons, Lamego ; t 2th (Prince of Wales's) Light Dragoons, St. Joao de Pesquiera, both upon the river Douto.* Accounts have been receiveel,that at Doroco, in Arragon, 2500 French - have been obliged to sur render. I3allasteros is again under the guns of Gib raltar. On Tuesday arrived here, the Marquis Va lencia, the Marquis Ponte Lima, and Senor Vas Mu. cillas, Portuguese 'Noblemen, who escaped from the French. When the French left Lisbon, they went with them. A short time since, they applied by letter to Lord Wellington, to know whether he would pro tea them, which he promised, and wrote to theße gency, saying what he had done. Being tired of being traitors to their•country, they escaped by way of Madrid, and arrived safe here. The uncle of M. Ponte Litiia was formerly Port.uguese Ainhassador to _ _ Jondon ; another was with Lord Neon in the Me- diterranean. The brother of Mucillas was in favour with Lord Wellington, when within the lines. They state the French army as much dissatisfied, and that fear only of the Guerillas prevents their very nume rous' desertion. They are obliged to send always very strong escorts in search of provisions ; and from the difficulty of obtaining them, never bring in snore than for 1.5 days. Every day pi isoners or de serters from the French army arrtv.e here. It must very much lessen their force in the Peninsula.— Unless they are much reinforced, I: think we shall be able to de something with them in the spring of the campaign," . One of the Glasgow coaches was overturned last October, in consequence of running a race with a post-chaise on the road from Edinburgh, whereby a Mr. Brown was killed, and his wife So bruised, as to bein imminent danger. A verdia has. since been found, in consequence of an a&ion brought in the Court of Session, against the Proprietors of both the Coach and chaise. Lord Meadowbank, Ordinary, has found the defeudazts liable to the following damages : To Mrs. Brown, in compensation of damages suffered _ 4300 zoo by her person To her for the loss of her husband And to each of 'the children, eight in number, r3ol. each 10+; 7C 1540 With full eicpence of process. An advertisement in the Leeds Mercury, of Sa turday last, offers a striking illustration of the abso luie necessity of establishing a system of Education for the Poor. Of twelve persons, who publicly apologized for an assault committed on the person of a neighbour, only one could write his namea—the marks of the eleven others appearing at the toot of the advertisement. On Christmas morning a Merino ewe, of the Escurial breed, yeaned a strong healthy lamb, in the open park of Cvats, in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh. Gent, 1. ttrailley, Cent. T. Walker, Cent. Tetriporary Hoi;.ital- Marc Edward Nl'l ver, and Temporary Hospi t,l-Nlate L. C. Mac r.)'Boy. The K,ng's Geirion Legion —tst Regiment of Light Dra goons, Troop Quarter-Master H. Cohrs to be Regimental Quarte.r-Master, vice Lindes, who resigns. Ist battalion ut Lignt liifintry, Lieut. C. Wynecke to be Cat Lain of a - .'orri l iany, vice Klencke, who resignS. En. sign Charles de Heckmann to ne Lieut. vice ‘Vvnecke. /St 13.4qiitcit of the Line, Cadet.Serjeant C. Von Weyhe to be Ensign. Witte, appoiritertto the ad Light Dra. goons. Hospit Mate P. Langeheeneken to be Assis6nt- Shrgeon, vice Ader, appointed to the ad Light Dragoons. sth Ditto, f..rj...int appointed to the ad Light Dragoons. rh Ditto. rtnr j. Korc...ann to be Ensign, vice A. Meye*. prone: ted. Afsu ZA N DUNI. —The Appointment of Ilospital-Matc Phi lip Langelie,neken to be Assistant-Surgeon in the 7th Bardion of the Line of the King's German Legion, as stated in the Gazette of the 16th February last, has not taper`. place. ERR A u in the Gazette of the sth__Noveinher last tzd Foot 1. or - Bird, Gent. to be Ensign, vice G. l'a. ton, deceased, read - Bird, Gent. to be Ensign, without purchase, vice 13;11 - 1ow, promoted. DIVIDENDS. .1 fan. 2c. J. Goodwin, Ludlow, Shropshire, shop-keeper, at twelve, at the Sun Inn, Ludlow. lan. t 4. W. llohman and C. Hobman, Grove-street, Deptford, Kent, cow-keepers, at eleven, at Guildhall, London. lan. 22. Richard Rcnnards, Kingston-upon-Hull, mer chants, at eleven, at Guildhall, London. lan. 18. I{enzell, Little EaStcheap, London, at eleven, at Guiltthall. can 7.. W. Itarchard, Bury-street, Edmonton, Middlesex, underwriter, at twelve, at Guildhall, London. jan. 18. E kVakeling, Clare; Sufilk, brewer, at twelve, at Guildhall, London,. Jan 22 D. Rmlton, Cuper's-bridge, Lambeth, merchant, at eleven, at Guildhall, London. jam 14. P. Phillips, Drury-lane, tailor, at ten, at Guild hall, London. Jan. 2t. M. T. Cole, Hatton-garden, copper-plate. en graver, at ten, at Guildhall. Feb. 8. lames Hurry, Richard Powles, and Ives Hurry, of Nag's Head.couit, Gracechureh-street, merchants, at ten, at Guildhall. lan. 22. R..byre, Leicester, currier, at ten, at the Saracen's Head Inn, Leicester. Feb. 8. R. Phipps, Maidstone, Kent, linen-draper, at ele ven, at Gni! dull, London. jar 22. D. Parker), Exeter, flour-merchant, at eleven, at the Globe Tavern, EXeter. Jan. 21. Bull, King-street, Cheapside, linen-draper, at eleven, at Guildhall. Feb. r. J. J. Lester and R. W. Lester, Rotherhithe, mast; maker, at twelve, at Guildhall, London. Jan. 28 S. Morgan and M. R. Morley, York-street, South wark, Surrey, hop-factors, at twelve, at Guildhall, I_ widen. Feb is. C. S. Milward, Bromley, Middlesex, miller, at one, at Guildhall, London. Fob. 1 5 ., F. Noble, Leadenhall-street, London, master-ma riner, at twelve, at Guildhall. - Ph' 'as. 1. lacol. and W. Jacob, Newgate-street, London, merchants, at eleven, at Guildhall. Feb. 1. W. Field, Oxford-street, Middlesex, fringe and triliming-manulaattrer, at one, at Guildhall, London. lob. 5. P;tle . B. Toledano, Great Prescot.street, Good. man's-fields, Middlesex, merchant, at twelve, at Guild hall, London. Feb. is. H. Smith, H Chesmer, and 1. Down, Great Winchester-street, London, merchants, at twelve, at Guildhall. Jan. 2t. J. Walker, Lower Tooting, Surrey, butcher, at ten, at Guildhall, London. CERTIFICATES, lAVUARY 21. S. Matthews, Manchester, shop-keeper. F. L. Nlesurier, Lloyd's ColKe-house, merchant. 1. Ross, Liverpool, baker. T. Ekidells, A iderinaobury, London, warehouseman. S. Robertson, Liverpool, merchant. J. Ball, Adam-street, Adelphi. auclioneer. MAI LS. - ASIR a D --1 Guernsey, t.leriey, r Dublin, 2 Waterford. DuL---t Cadiz, 'Malta, r Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY A r TWILV O'CLOCK . C 1115015 - 64 6 ;1/I Red. Ann. 62,11 I Omnium dis. THE SUN. SULEM QUIS DICIIRL FALSUM AUDSAT? NAVAL NEWS. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 31.--Put back the Ann andt Elizabeth, GRAY ; and the Felicity, TimoTnY, bound to Dublin. The Mars, belonging to this • port, PtICOARDS master, that arrived here yesterday from the Brazils,. Gibraltar, and Lisbon, is under quarantine, with a cargo, consisting of wine and vinegar, bound to this port for orders ; on her passage she experienced very. bad Weather, during which 'she became leaky, - and her sails split; during a squall she carried away her main-top-mast and topsail-yard. Arrived the Lalona frigate, with a fleet of tran spors from Lisbon, which have on board sick and wounded troops from the Army, and a number of French 13tiioners taken in the late engagements.— Several Bri t i,ll Officers came passengers in theLatona,^ * which, with her convoy, sailed upwards of three!' weeks since. Among the fleet is the Britain tran sport, on board, which seven British soldiers died during the passage. GAIN, of the 9th Light Dragoons came passenger in the Britain, and is in a very ill state of health. Arrived late last night the Ganymede frigate, with a few vesse:s under convoy, bound to Lisbon, Cadiz, Gibraltar, and the Medi' erranean, and will lake un der her proteaion the trade from hence bound thithrr. Arrived tll'Na!icy, COLLINS, from London ; Pa. lemon, DODDS ; and IL illiam, BURT, from Sunder land ; and the Industry, PROCTOR, from Boston. The Latona (frigate, takes convoy to the West. ward, and will sail the moment the wind proves fa ourable. • Arrived the Mermaid frigate from Lisbon; -also arrived this day in the Sound, a ship from the Bay of Honduras, with a cargo of log-wood and maho gany, bound to London, hut we have not yet betn able to learn her name ; she put in here by contrary winds. We slated some days since, that the Niemen fri gale detained on the sth November, ofl• Bourdeaux, the American schooner Purse, on her passage from America with passengers bound to France, when a midshipman, named SAUNDERS, and ten seamen were sent from the frigate to conduct her to this port ; shortly after which, TUUNER,lrlaster of the American, and three of his crew, who were left on board, having in all probability a favonrabie oppor tunity of re-possessing themselves of the vessel, rose on the Prize-master and those who were on deck at the time, the former of whom was shot by the American Captain, and the latter subdued, when the schooner was run into France. The abuvc infor mation is said to have been brought by a cartel from France, arrived at Dartmouth, Three oars were stolen on Sunday night last from the Cu.tom•house boat, which with another were secured on the preceding evening, by an iron bolt being run through them, with a lock fixed at one end, which the ;ohbers broke, together with the bolt other boats in Sutton Pool have also been robbed of the like articles. ~ In consequence Of directions from Dr. BELLAMY, chief Magistrate of this Borough, the Constables have been uncommonly active in theirendeavours to discover any of the persons concerned in the late most. atrocious murders in the metropolis. The ships in this port have been visited; and every person of a sus• . picious appearance found on board theM have been taken up and examined ; ,but we are given to under-. stand that no discovery has yet been made here -a any of the wretches concerned in those bloody deeds. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 1.-By the Cressy, Captain PORTER, which arrived this morning from the Bal- tic, we learn, that in a severe gale of wind, about' seven days since, she was obliged to leave the St. George, whom she had in tow. After the storm, the Cressy waited h day or two,' in hopes of again seeing the St. George, but did not ; some fears are therefore held fur her safety. The Defence, Rose, Pyramus, and Bellelle, were also in company, nut . - - they were doing well when last seen by the Cressy. The Hero was at Gottenburgh. ' Arrived his Majesty's shipi Nisletoe and Linnet from a croize Sailed Ilk Majesty's ships Hope, Rover, Cyane, and Cumberland, with a convoy for the Downs. DOVER, JAG. I.—A severe engagement' took place last night, between nine and ten o'clock,.a little to the westward of Dover, between his Ma jesty's hired armed schooner Charles, of 10 gun,` and 40 men, and one of the largest class of French lugger privateers. The 'privateer kept up an inces, sant firing 'of small arms for three hours, which did much damage to the schooner in her running rig ging, but was at last compelled' to sheer off, baying had her main=mast shot away, but unfortunately succeeded, by superior sailing, in escaping. under the batteries at Scales Creek. The ,mate of the Charles was slightly wounded.—Alarm guns were fired from the batteries here. FAmoullr, bEc., 30.—The Montrose plekt, fur Gibraltar and Malta, has gone into the Roads, a[3:l will sail to-morrow. tiEAL* JAN. I.—C2me down from the River !i 5 Alajety's ship Tremendous. Sailed his Majesty's ship Apelles on a cruize. HARWICH, JAL 1.-By a boat just come is from Hosely By, we learn that a vessel had ar rived there from the Baltic brirgiug an account of the loss of the St. George rirn of war otf It appears, that after her jury maits were rigged. two vessels were ordered to attend her, but were se parated from her in a vr:ry beavygn:e of wind. Co 3 get no further particulars.—We regret exceedingly that no mention is made of the crew. COVE, DEC. -'7.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Dauntless, Cap!. Barber, frorn a cruize, in pursuit of the Jean Bart, French privateer. Although Capt. B. was not so fortunate as to fall in with the pr;va(eer, !;e gate chace to a vessel which he co,,t for her, but which proved to be the brig Brid , . : ;et, of Maryport, in ballast, out 14 weeks fur a cargo, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, but owing to the late ness of the season could not retch her destinatiost, and was captured and plundered by the Jean Bart, who put on board her the masters of two vessels, she had previously captured. Yesterday' morning arrived his Majesty's ship Stork, Capt. Legeyt, from a cruize. She is to pro ceed to-morrow to Plymouth, and returns shortly to this station again. Yesterday sailed his Majesty's ship & Capt. Sir W. Bolton, and Resolute, Capt.• Keenan, with a large fleet of transports, having the tst and 2d Regiments of the German Cavalry fur Pertug l on board. Major General Baron Bock accompanied them. They soon got clear of the harbour. The Jane, and another naval transport, proceeded them for Lisbon and Cadiz, having provision for our fleets. Yesterday the Earl Spencer cutter, Limltenant Bothwell, hauled down her signpl for the Downs, having received orders to proceed this morning for Plymouth. Arrived this morning the Hamadryad frigate,, Captain Sir Thomas Staines, from a cruize. The Dauntless, Captain Barber, is appointed to :ake the reKt convoy to the West Indies. The crew of the Helen, Ritchie, wrecked on Lady Isle, have now left the island, where they bad erk!..6l;cl a 'tent, in order to sure the cargo,— They were saved in a wonderful manner. When she struck. on the rock, they did not perceive that they were close to the island, owing to the flat kneSs of the . night and the height of the surf, but on cut_. ring away' the mainmast, with a 'view to right her, it fell in. the ..direetion of the island, and; with .one etid're,gtipg on the rock and the 'other oak the island, enabled them to stern the torrent of surges .that intervened, otherwise they must Lava perished: THE ARMY. Copy ofa circular. Letter from ti:e Secretary at War •to Colonels of Regulars and Militia, sent from the Office of Military Accounts, December 31. 1811 War Office, Dec. rr, IS! r. ". Sta—The Prince Regent having taken into his consideration the inadequacy of the present pay trf Boy Recruits to provide for their doe maintenance, and to leave a residue suffiCient for the purpose of keePillg.up their: stock of necessaries, as required by his Majesty's Regulations, I have the honour to ac quaint ra, that his Royal Highness has been 'pleased, in the.:name and on. the behalf of his Ma jesty, ,to order that in the several Regiments in which Boys are allowed upon the establishment., they shall, from the 25th instant inclusive,-be placed upon' the same footing, in point of pay and allow ances, as the men of the Regiment to which they belong,. provided that such boys have completed the age of 15 years. "' You will accordingly be pleased to make known to the Regiment under your command ,his'Royal Highness's gracious intentions, " I have the honour to be,. - Your most obdient hume p s , e it .rz i n E i u , s ' TON," 14 •••••••-, Colonel of the -- Regiment." The .Sicut ~CouaTors SAINT C LAIR , f ormer l y Aid-de-cam kb General JOSNgT, and since Lieute• nant in the 116th. French regiment of the line, re cently hired a boat at Rochelle to transport him to Aix ; but holding two loaded pistols, Obliged the fishermen to conduct him to ards the English crniz . -.' ers, and,waS received on board his Majesty's ship Atercromby., 7 1:1)e- Sieur addressed a letter to his supericir. Officer; which he sent by the fishermen, to exempt them from - punishment, stating that they aaled by compulsion, and this statement-was corro4 borated by a letter from the Captain of the Aber. , cromby, declaring Isis conviClion of its truth. The last Cadiz papers turnish us with various de , tails of the guerrilla warfare, which is still inces , . santly kept up in all pasts of Spain, and . which,_bea s.iclers cutting off the enemy in detail, must harass and intimidate the Most. resolute of his soldiers. The. King of Prussia has issued a proclamation, prohibiting the export of coin; and also of silver in, bars, without the previous permission Of the'Prus• sian Chancery. Informers are to rect..ive orie jhalf of the seizure.