The Sun. — London, England, 1812-06-22 00:00:00

,iMINS•U.M.MIALMMO....=.I I C.I.II:IIII MAILS. ARRIvED-1 Lisbon,-1 Malta, 1 Guernsey, 1 Jersey, 1 Heli goland, 2 Dublin, '2 Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS • TUTS DAY .'r TWELVE o'clmcK. Caqsols . 57 ii i Red. . 24. s UN. SOLEM quls 1:71( I',ll.Strlkl A ? L 0 N D 0 'N, MONDAY, JuNE '22, 1812. * There was a report strongly prevalent in the City, this' morning, stating that the Islands of Martinique and Guruialoupe had suddenly and wholly disappeared, and that St. Vincent's also had materially suffered by a biniilar couvulsion nature. This morning a Malta Mail'arrived, from whicri we have made the following extracts : GIBRAIITAR, MAY 30.--:On Thursday, General 13ALLESTERGS put himself in 'notion, and was yes terchy in Übreque. • • • MESsINA, MAY 1.-The French seem very quiet in Calabria, nor do we hear of any further motion of their troops. A division of gun-boats (about 46) came ddivn lo the gulph of St,,Ephemia, and; about three days ago, the Thames frigate, and a division of our gun-boats; left this to attack them; but when they'lirrived, the bird was flown. We'have not yet heard any thing . of the, troops who Went' to LiSsa. ; 'they must have arrived . tinnT before. :this. The Royal _l;`ainily'. are to p to Malta, leaving only one' of the -.yolng children • of the Hereditary Prince, and a Regency is.to be formed for the government of the island. PALERMO, MAY 5.---Admiral FiiEEMANTLE yes terday came in upon his return from Tunis. He Lids prey F fled upon the Tunisian G6l-ernment to Conclude a treaty with the Sicflian for all the tune that we shall reniain in this Wand as friends, and, brought back i 3OO Sicilian slaves, who have been rmsomed, and some of whwii bad been twenty years in Barbary. - CARTHAGEN,A, MAY f2l.—Capt. ADAM, of the I , Invincible,- with the Tennagantsloop•of • war, -arid 3Q6 - Spanish soldiers, proceeded front hence on the itilfint:t. for Altheira, at the same time that Gen... FriLar.„made u movement uponßaza. The French • . . ••► csacqated . Alraeira, and the'-;Spiniards landed without opposition. They .have destroyed the Fortifications, and • Captain .A.DANI is returning here with a quantity of sulphur, lead, . and some "'rah.„. a. Ciilsxcl por t OM no longer be a hiding place for Fren,7h*priva teers. • General EREr has been obliged to fall back to Baza,.on account of a scarcity of provi- :ions for his troops. General ROCHE has' had a most gallant ATair with 2000 French troops, under General thßisrE, near Alicaat. They came to levy contributions. General ROCHE went out to meet them, killed and wounded. 240, and brought in 53 prisoners, among whom are seven officers, This place is in a perfect state of • security, through the exer tions of that.most active officer, 'Gen. Itoo. l‘fsslNA, APRIL 11.—The followingcommuni ation of the changes in the Ministry has been made to his *Excellency Lieutenant-General D. GIOVANNI DANERO• llis Majesty having been pleased, at the request of the Marquis of CiticELLo, D. EMANUEL PARISI, ;the _Marquis Cavaliers D.. DoigATo THOMAS, .and ' the Marquis Of CAsTILLENTINI to grant them their . ' dismission from their respectiie stations of Secre taries' of State, and to appoint, instead of PARIS/, the Prince to be Secretary of „stlite, Justice and . (;race; the Prince of tELMON'iR, instead bf the -Marquis Ctr,cELLo, to be Secretary of State for Forergn.iffairs, vith the ch4ge , of Corvcr Mag e, • ,giore and tbe', title of COunsellor -of • State ; -the Ptince of AEISTEAD, instead of the 1 1 4:Erquis •pf CAS:fILLENTINI' to be Secretary of 'State for, - - 'the War and the Marine ; and the Prince of ens ' T EL NISOVO, to be Secretary of State, Finance, and . 'Commerce, in the room of the ISarqll4 THOMAS. has been pleased to• continue office' the AN.larquis D. ChfAz to .A)itoNio ; sand has besides been pleaso to aproiat him Secretary of cliate ,for the Affairs of the nousehold-. The said Secretary now cohnnunicates to your Ex-, ceileticy these appointments, for your information and that of the other Magistrates. ORAZIO ANTONIO CAPPELII. The new. Ministry have already entered on the exercise of their respective functions, .and are seri ously employed in the examination of the different branches of public (economy, %with the view to ,establish a, more ceconomical administration in the departments of finance ; the urgency of such au administration, and the adoption of measures of meolioniy will be evident when we consider • that the expellees of a single department at pre 4ritgreatly exceed the whole of the ordinary, vtuues of the country ; nothing, therefore, but th* most prudent management of - ti 4 public tO , ; sources, and a salutary reform in the expenditure, can preserve the nation. AP UL `O.---The long stay -7hich the. British snmy has made in this'lsland has ,given Many opportunities to-the Sicilians to adinir the , exact discipline of servdd among the troops, and the liberal and just treatment of the ,sOldiers by their Commanders; under such circumstances it must appear surprising that • there are` individuals among them so blind'to their own interest as to wish for a - change ; but such. is human nature, that if Paradise Was to' be tranferred to the ter restrial globe-, there would not want persons wlio the part of fallen angels, and work their own dcgruction., We have been , led to these reflectiOns by the terrible, but just example, which has just taken pkiee in Messina; bylhe militai;y exe cution of two deserters on Friday, and two on the following' Morichiy`; and here we cannot - but ob serve, that whatever repugnance the English may have in general to the punishment of death, such istheir sense of jwitice that offender -is fully convinced of the nature of his crime, and to this may be, attributed the few instances of offences descrying death which Occur in 'the British army, where, perhaps, they are More rare than in any other in Europe. Having been favoured with a copy of the order of the day published on this occasion, by his Ex . Lord WILLIAM BEN - TINCK, we present a translation of it' to onr Acaders, as. it breathes those s9und principles of justice . and true ,hu manity which so conFpicuously charcteriZe the British nation. ORDER OF TER -DAY. Lientenant-General . Lot d Wm. BENTINCX ex perience: great regret, that the 'duties , imposed upon him, by the high confidence which his,3la joAy has been graciously pleased to repose in him, has rendered the pneceding:act of justice and ex ample absolutely necessary, and he makes known, once for all, to the army under his eon - Miami, that it 'is his intention to persevere in it as long as the infamous and traitorous 'crime of desertion shall cQntitthe. The British service is ,a voluntary enrolment ; no man is forced to, enter it ; he does it by his spontaneous :Ind free will. The British is a Service of liberality and jus tice ; what is due to the - soldier is_never with held from him ; and in cases of wrong or injury, the means of procuring justice are open to all. .r N - o - soldier' 18 ignorant that this is, the practice of the army, consequently there can be ifo w,eil fpunded reason for the unworthy crime of desex tion ;. but the late frequency -of the offence re quired prompt and efficacious 6xamples. (Signed) J. CAMPBELL, Adjt.-General, Mr. CANNING will this day bring forward his motion respecting the Roman Catholics, when the question will again undergo a full discussion, though it is impossible that any thing new can be said upon the subject. It, is unilerstood that Mr. CA SINIG will move the following resolutions : Ist. That, the House will, early in the next Session of Parliament, take into its most serious consideration the state of the Laws affecting his Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects in Greatnil tßin and Ireland, with _a vie* to such a final and conciliatory adjustment as may be conducive to the peace and strength of the United ,Kingdom, to the stability .of the Protestant establishment, and to the general satisfaction and concord of all classes of his Majesty's subjects. 2d. That the foregoing Resolution be laid be fore his Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT., We haye not heard that any thing new came out irethe debate in the House of Lords,,on Fri flay, respecting 'the late Negociations. Lords MotEA, GREY, and GRENVILLE, we understand, severally explained the motives of 'their conduct, and the two last-mentioned Lords denied .that they bad the slightest intention of offering any in sult to . the PRINCE REGENT. The discussions upon this subject are now,, we trust, over— and, we most sincerely lipe that the serious inconvenience, which has resulted from the, publication of all the letters 'which have pass ed, and the' conversations whieh have taken place during these negociations, , will put a stop to .a practice which ought never, to' have been adopt ea. The conduct of tOrcf MotRA during the whole of these transactions has be - en candid, honourable, and consistent. The Principles Upon which he acted were not adopted for the occasion ;- they are the settled principles of his political life. His . determination respecting the Household did not arise from any' wish to' conciliate the REGENT at the expellee of the Constitution, He enter tained and exprssed the same opinions years ago, and ,31r Fox' then expressed the, ,most distinct approbation of his conduct. The Fos.ites of the: preseut day, however, seem to think that tl:e sentiments Of Mr. vox, Loki 7,ioniA, Mei SHERIDAN, and Mr. WHITBREAD, are not for tl Moment to be put in. competition- with those of Lord QRFNviLLE and. Lord GREY. -There are but two things in which the Party is con ,. • sistent, and these are the rancorous abuse which they pour forth against any person who is unfOrtunate, enough to differ from them, and their arrogant pretensions to exclusive politi cal talent and political virtue. The moment any man, however eminent for his,talents, or however estimr.ble for his private worth, presumes to -dissent from the dogmas •of the head of the Party, 64, moment he becomes the object - of the most • envenomed' abuse, and -evr.ry effort is made to hunt him down. W re collect :when Lord FITZ WILLIAM, Lord SPENCER, and Mr.•WiNniumg, differed in opinion , from Mr. Foi upon the subject of the, French Revolution, they were ridiculed and attacked, without mercy, by their former , friends ; Lord • MoiRA and Mr. SHERthAN* are now experiencing similar.treat= ment, and y-e are not quite certain that Mr. WHITBREAD Will escape. - The opinion 'which we have always entertained of the importance of the union of Lord-SIDINIOUTH and his friends with the present Government, was abundantly confirmed, on Friday last, by Mr. SHERIDAN, who may be considered as a pretty' adequate judge of public men. In his spee,ch on that day, we observe that he describes that, No bleman as an individual of "omblemished jute- . grity, animated by pure patriotism, • and possessed of great. political knowledge," and necessarily,. therefore, a great acquisition to any Administra tion. In justifying,,the cordial support Av:.:11 ate had given to that Noble / Lord, as uninfluenced by any private motives, he noticed. the constitutional and. conciliatory tenour of his general conduct, and defied contradiction when he Stated that the vigour of his military and financial measures'wa.3 absolutely unrivalled. We are unable to conjec ture what motive, but an honourable, feeling, on this subject ; could have led Mr. SHEItiDAN to press those sentiments.; in which 1.11 . r. TIERNEY , also appears to have, in a great ,degree, con r curred. • _ _ Yesterday Divine Service was performed at Carlton-house, by the Rev. Mr...BLONII3ERG, fore the PRINCE REGENT, arid his Household. Yesterday Earl RATHUEtT bad a long audience of the PRINCE REGENT. at Carlton-house. A Cabinet Council sat from two . o'clock till half-past four yesterday. Saturday, 'at two o'clock, a Cabinet' Council was held ae,the Foreign Or BRAGGE BATHURST has been added to the Cabinet—he attended all the meetingB during tbe last week., Friday, the QUEEN and Princess ELIZABETH vi sited the DucheSs of BRUNSWICK. The Duchess of YORK visited Princess SoPHIA, -at the Queen's Palace, at the same time. The QuEEN, the PitIN CESSES; :Ma Duchess of YPRX, left the Queen's Palace, about four o'clock; for Carlton House, to dine with the PRINCE 'REGENT, where they were met by the ROYAL DUXES, Mrs. HowE, Scion after half-past six o'clock, the QUEEN and PRINCESSES setoff on their_ return to Windsor. - I.4'riday, -the ,Princess CriARLOTTE of WALES Yihied with the Princess of WALES, at Kensington Pakee, and afterwards proceed6d on to 'Windsor. FITZWILLIAM, on Saturday, gate a grand dinner,' at his house, hi Gr( ~ ...nor-iquare, to, his Highness the Doke of GLOUCESTER, Earl GREY, Lora G ItE'NVILLE, C. ' His Lordship gave another grand dinner yesterday, to Lord PoN SONBY, &C. tkC. Lady SIDNEY SMITH last evening had a grand party at: her 'Muse in Albernarle-street, which was attended'hy .upwards of two hundred .of the first fashionables in town. • The unfavourableness of tbe weather. yesterday prevented the usual display of elk antes in the Parks. • • , , On Saturday morning the new: Loan was done at a 'premium 'of 2 7-Bths. It fluctuated during the course of the day, and left off at 2 3-Bths. Tbe_Lisbon Papers contain an address from the Government to the ,Spauhsh exhorting them to facilitate desertion from the- French ar mies by protecting and forwarding deserters to the out-posts. 'Colonel GonDON is to succeed Colonel Mtn RAY in the office of duitaer-Mater-General to the British 'Army in. thel'eninSula. The, latter Officer has been , appointed to the same station in Ireland. The .Indian tribes which lately:took up arms under 'the Prophet, against the United Statt!.., have sued for peace.to Governor Harrison. The treaty was upon the, point of being i conctuded in April. The prophet, who bad escaped into the interior, -was blamed by TeccUmsee, his brother, and other Ghicifs, for : precipitating hostilities, 8y pulling off the mask too' early. Borthwick Castle (N, B.) built in 1340, was sold last week, by authority of the ,Court of ,Ses sion. .It is acknoWledged to be the mwit entire and magnificent wecimen in Scotland of the -Man sion of a feudal Baron. On Saturday se'nnight.an Inquisition Was taken at the Swan'public=house, Harston, on view of the body of Itichm-d aged 20, Who, whilst bathing in the river near ti) the village, wq ; s. un fortunately drowned. It is supposed that'he was either suddenly seized with the cramp, or "was taken in a fit, 4 as ;la companion, who went , into the water with him, found him stretched Upon.hi& ly'Ack a corpse, in very shallow water; he had not 'been absent from him more than three or four "AlL:lutes. • NAVAL N EWS• PROk' VIE LONDON GAZETTE, jtNs 40, 181 Admiralty Office, June , 2(l, 1812. Admiral Lord Keith has transmitted to Join* 1 Wilson Croer, Es4..a letter from the Hon. Cap• twin Bouverie, of his - Majesty's 'ship Atedua, to Captain Sir George Ralph Collier., of the Sur veillante, giving an ,account of the destruction of 1 the 'reach national story-ship La Dorade, cf I=l I guns and Bfj men, on,the sth instant, in the ha 7 - I hour of.Areasson, by the boats of the' Aledli, I under the directions of Lieutenant Josiah ThOter- , - son. NotV 0 ithstandin.r.the enemy were prepared. for the attack, and the boats wer€ hailed before. they were within musket-shot, the ship was ear -1 ried, after. a . desperate struggle, in, which the 1 whole . of the crew, excepting twenty-three taken # I were either killed or compelled to jump over-. board ; the Commander of the vessel (a L.,:ute nant de Vaisseau) was amongst the I,tter, s.: - .• , , , ,2:-cl , l • wounded. The Med,usa had none killed, and only 1 five, minded. _ . . .. I At daylight the ship was got tinder weigh, hut i aftsr proceeding abOtit . a leN-tied )wri the 'har- , bOur, she gro:Anded ;.and. the tide• then running , . out with great violence,. she was set fire to, utter I flit-. wounded had been taken out, add some time l'after 'blew up.. • i-. •The Dorade haft been watching an.,oppo i rtunity to escape from'Arcasson since the month of April, 1811; CNA: ~I.Souverie. - highly commends the conduct of Lient.. Thompson and the other officers and radii employed (in this occasion. Adniiralty-00ce, June 20, 1812. Rear Achniral Brown, Cf:ininiae - r-'n-Chief of the islands of Guernsey and iers'cy, his transnfl ted to John Wilson Croler; Esq. a iev - ci“ froze I.)ieKenant Drake, commanding the .Sandwicb hired lugger, giving an account of his nix the 15th instant, captured the Courageux IA) lugger privateer of two guns and twenty-frmr n4:l - 4 7 . out four days froth Brehat, without making a 4 capture. _ PLY:I-ICUTR, TutiE 19.x--The Ta d revenue ,cutter, cone tided by Hr. BowDE,N, the mate fell in with a Frenell lugger :privateer, last eve ing, about • six miles east of the Deadman, With a brig in company her prize. The 'Hind inune diately commenced close action, during which, the . • enemy.fell alongside; and attempted to carry tile' cutter by boarding, but met with such resisLAAce , that two of her masts were soon carried awaT ., ' and time cutter's clew harried her in the most gat"- lant style by boarding. On taking pOssesitm , she proved to be the French lugger privateer 1 ,3- comparableof St. haloes, last from Roscoff, arnica, with 14 guns', 12-pounders, and 53 men on board- " Doringthe action, she had 7 killed and 9 Wounded, and owing to the fire from, and falling oa board the Third (it blowing a gale of wind at the tin)e, • with a heavy sea),' she received so lunch damage , that she soon became in a sinking state, av d with the water , over her ballast; and it gettiill dark, it was with some difficulty that the M711 4 :i men, I,yho had taken possession of her, with thie of the privateer, his first officer,'and of the crew,' were gOt out of her ; the rercainaer> it is feared, went down in the priVateer. On the first appearance of the cutter, the privateer glad e a signal to the Frenchman who bad taken. possci sic)]* of the brig (consisting at twelve persons) t° rejoin the privateer,; but by the quick approcii of the . cnttcr they were prevented, and as the Sc' ran very high towards night, and, it having be" come very dark, it is feared that the boat fOii dered with them..' The name of the brig is th e Mary,• of Sunderland, WARDELL, -laStery prised to be . from Cardiff, whli a cargo of iroii , • bound to London ; she proceeded on her voyag e with her former crew, which'were not exchanged/ the Hindhaving previously hailed her, and directed the master "to proceed to . the nearest port. Th is gallant affair reflects credit on Mr. 130wDEN and t.he'Crew, w none of whom were hurt. The Ifin 4/ arrived in Cawsand Bay last evening. Arrived the Prince q; Wales, BoyLEs, Master' from Surinam, with a cargo of provisions; for this port.; the Love, and , Unity, JOHNS, from NiTake and the Unity, Caoss,,from Cowes. . _ JUNE 20.—Arrived the brig Antelope,belooga l w to Guernsey, 41-IN LE Prr,LEY, piaster, fi °l 4licant, Carthagena ; and Gibraltar, with a cflrg ° • of wine, bound to this- toit ler or( Mrs, and Is' under quarantine ; sailed 'frorn Alicant on tie 24th March ; Cal,:thapena, the 19th May ; 3114 Gibraltar, the 2d inst. came a running ship . : °l s° attired this day, the: Orion, belonging to Beaty maris,, Wm.; EvANs, master, 'from Cork ; .Priyee of Wales, belonging to, and from Liinericb, T:ios. Boyi.ts, master ; and the Persereiance' belong' ing t 0 POIISIIIOIA, WILLIAM SERJEAN-rr mo i ster, from Sligo, all laden with provisions , : 1 0 for this port; and th• ;Vary, Tnam'As, from Wales" The outward-bound are detained by contrail winds. Sailed the Gleaner ketch with dispatches for America FALMOUTH, JUNE 19.—Airived the Princess Charlotte packet, Capt. WHITE, with a Mail frol ° Gibraltar and M ilta. DARTMOUTI-, JUNE 2O.—Arrived the Provide 3cg 1 cartel from Morlaix ; also six cartels from 1'9115,