The Sun. — London, England, 1812-09-14 00:00:00

Coninulnderof the advanced guard of the corps of WIT'"(II:NSTETN 3 has feated a brigade of the enen4S cavalry, consisting of two l'e - iinents; Gtmeral St. GENIES ' and a number of soldiers were made prisoners. At•the same time' the enemy was repulsed before Duna , - bor g , w i t h a cons i dera b le loss in k i lled and pri soners.. On communicating to you these rapid victories, 1 have ordered the Director of Police at Polotsk to cause Te Deunt to be sung in all the Greek and Latin church-es -to return thanks to Tod for this important success. to voii to cause the some thing to be done in all the disirictS of the Government of Witerisk, and to`give the greatest publicity to this intern.: gence. The Prince of WURTEMBERG, • Governor-General„of Whiteatissia. Intelligence has also this moment arrived, that Gen. PI: ATOW, with his corps, has entirely deieat ed four regiments of the enemy. This }vas only the forerunner of a eomplete'victory. The wishes of the citizens and of the army have at length been granted. The following letter has been received from Palermo " MY DEAR Ste, " Palermo, 54th " The Parliament held their second sitting (first for dispatch. of business) on the' 20th, when the following fourteen articles, were resolved, and Passed through the". three sChathbers, by a large majority, in spite of th e influence' of the Court. There is not perhaps ,in history so remarkable 1 , • , e voluti on brought ahatit, , with so much tranqui i4}'• The Barons have given up their feudal rights,. and if the llesohitions are followed up, of 'hich l'have no doubt, the people will be free. " Our Minister deserves the highest credit for condu:st ; the Sicilians admit that they owe every thing to his moderation, good sense and firmness. . rat. The Supreme- Authority making Laws and impos -111 Tax es , is vested alone in the Nation. 2.d. The Executive Power is in the King. 3d. Judicial Authority is in the Magistrates, subject to tile approval of Parliament. 4th. The King's person is sacred. 6th. 'The Mlnisters arc resonsible to Parliament. 6 th. The two Chambers t o c o ns ist of Lords a n d C o mmons, il2d the Clergy to hare seats in the former.' 4 7th. The Barons to have one vote each. • Bth. The Right of assembling Parliament. is in the King, kin necessary every year. 9 tli t . The Nation sole Proprietor of the St a te. lab. No Sicili an catr b e j u d ge d or con d emne d, excep t by ' 4l is to be recognised by Parliament., of Ix 11th. The Pendal Law is abolished, as well as the Right vestiture (Monopoly). itlo I •2th. The Privileges of the Barons, over their Vassals, is abolished. •` Every proposition, relative to Taxation, must ori ginate. in the Lower Charnbev, and be approved by the Upper. ' 14th. A modification of the British Constitution to be te con:one-tided this Session. c : ' The Parliament had their second meeting last " I gnt, the 24 t h. Th e Ecclesiastical Chamber Sen t a deputation to the Lords, 'stating, as their °Pinion, that. first ,article of the Resolution should go to establish th e re li g i o n o f t h e coun t ry , w hich was carried, after a debate. It 'was then r esolved, that the articles already voted by the three chambers should be forthwith p resente d to tue Ring for his sanction, previous to any farther Proceedings, it 'being argued, that if the King should put his Veto on these Resolutions (which were to foini the basis of‘the new constitution) airy s uper4rocture formed upon them' must fall to the w(mild. There were only six dissentient 'voiceson this question. Princes frabbeia Ca'iSino t he Pres ent Mi n i ster o f t h e interior), Cuto and cucchisi Niscerni and two others, voted with the fi"lt linters, the 'Premier Baron, gave the rstvoice for the articles being innuediately'pre tted.. Their deliberations cont nued to a late " our. . 1 - be, Marquis Salvo proposed and carried the 9 th Resolution against the _Ministers. Prince Belmonte ' made a most eloquclA P e eoh, and to his perseverance, ability ant'. 14 " s, every credit is due. • "The Marquis Salvo also proposed the Trial Y Jury, which was opposed by th e L or d s ; but crtrried in the Commons'. `` The Duke of Sperlenga proposed a n d carr i e d the motion relative to the feudal law, on which ° ecaso n he delivered a brilliant speech. liar` I hav e littl e more t o a dd t h an that the Par.; t r rlent is declared p erm an en t , un til th e Constiitt.- 4) . 11 is formed.—l mus t conc l u d e , as t h e cour i er i s g` i ing to be dispatched; and I write this in the e atest haste.!' i . n .,, o t' k tie American ship Peickn, Captain MURDOCH, it.L Philadelphia, on her homeward-bound passage Ow, Canton, was - wrecked on the 26th of Fe ruarr.in the Straits of Sunda., The Captai n a n d cF ew saved. 0 The siege of Cadiz by the French commenced 4 , 11 the 6th ot February, I SO, and was raised on gle 25th o f l ast mont h ; a per i o d o f two years, s ix s"ths, and nineteen days, of attack and re stance. ha he Buildi n g C omm itt ee o f the City o f L on d on i,,e marked ou t th e groun d f or t h e new - square, t u e tended to be built in Moorfields ; and this ex;- d ; llB ive Work is orde re d t o b e c a rr i e d i n to imme `ate execution. ofAt several o f the provincial horse fairs; a gang Joekie s have been very successful in disposing , a ; 11 °''ses, fed with pepper. and other stimulant t 3 'ees, as of su p er i or qua lity, a t near t en ti mes he ir Value.. In foul-instances the animals died in"- the w e 'Course o f a f e weeks after: the sale.--'-At Sto ckwell 40 ° ekwell fair they Obtained . a fine horse, worth g B ' brway of 'exchange, for one not worth ore than 61. The Old Bailey Sessions, Tvhich commence on edoesday next, are the heaviest that have been p n ii . °l " for several years past. Up w ard s of 250' ~ .g. o ne rp a re already committed for trial, among• "1411) ilumbers are charged with capital ollenees.j \ A \ k° 61 1 lA. Thursday PrinceSies AUGUSTA And CHARLOTTE of WAI < ES took their usual morning ride in the Great Park, with their attendants, for two hours : and PrilleCSS SOPHIA took an airing in he var riage in the Great Park for an hour; the QUEEN and Princess ELIZABETH took an airing to the Cottage at Old Windsor. In the afternoon the QUEEN and PRINCESSES and Princess CHARLOTTE of WALES went to Frogmore to tea, and returned to the Castle at eight o'clock. This morning Princesses AUGUSTA and CHAR LOTTE of WALES took their ride the Great Park, accompanied by Lord WALSINGHAM, Lady Rass- LYN, GCneral WYNYARD, and Colonels DESBROW alld TAYLOR. St.PT. 13.—Yesterd.ayeveningthe QUEEN,PRIN cEusses, and family, drank tea and spent the even ing at Frogmore * Gardens, and returned to the Castle at eight o'clock. At nine o'clock the PRINCE REGENT and Duke of CUMBERLAND arrived. • This morning the QUEEN, Princess. CHARLOTTE , Of WALES, Duke of CUMBERLAND, PRINCESSES, and faMily, had Divine Service performed at the Castle. • The. Princess of WALES, as Ranger of Green wich-park, has given her lodge theye for the use of the Naval Asylum. Mr. LEAR, late American Resident at Algiers, has addressed a Circular to all his countrymen trading to the Mediterranean, informing them of the DEY'S having rejected the American tri bute, and prepared hostilities against the Ameri can commerce. We mentioned this rupture some time ago. An exchaiige of prisoners has been established between 'the United States and Great 'Britain.— The Pacoc cartel was to sail from New York on the 6th of August. No small uneasiness has been excited in the United States, since the declaration of war against this Country, on account of the deficiency of 'flints for the. musquetry. Committees were formed in several States to search for flint-stones; but they proved unsuccessful. Drs. MITCHELL and, PEN DERGRAST, who have been appointed by General BLOOMFIELD, have at length discovered,,that it is abundant near Hatchets Town'and Schorley Moun tain, in New Jersey, and in the neighbourhood of several towns' inTeunsylvania, 'and that the qua lity very. promising. In their Report, dated Aug. 2, they state, that « the same subject gave great uneasiness to their predecessors in. 1776; that on the day of the declaration of American in dependence, and. after the ratification of that in strument,. Congress was occupied in deliberating upon this very subject." For some time after the restoration of peace, an abundant supply was Ob tained- from France, and subsequently from Eng land, until the passing of the Non-Importation taw, when the supply was 'reduced. Since the 18th of June (when war was declared), imported flints bad advanced from two to twenty dollars per thousand. On Tuesday labt the Lottery began and finished Drawing at Coopers'` Hall, in Basinghall-street, when, the following Capital Prizes were Sold in 72 Shares, at Btsx's truly' fortunate. Offices, 4, Cornhill, and 9, Charing-cross 3,651. B. 4 . 16,000 974 B £4,000 c,880.... ...... 8.......3,000 600... .500 2,736 A 500 2,736 B 5OO 3,002 .BOO 3,689. 3OO 2,508 ...30G 411 . .200 4,863 A 200 4,863. B. 2OO 2,760 ' 200 &c. &e. The holders 'of the Shares may receive their noney on demand, at either, of the Contractor's Offices as above, cr Exchange them for Tickets or Shares in the New Lottery, to be Lrawn the 20th of next month, the Scheme of which contains two prizes of 2000/. (instead of 16,0000 more prizes, and the lowest prizes of the last may he exchang ed fOr Tickets and Shares in the,new, as cinder: Sixteenth 2s. 6d. I Quarter 7%, Ocl, Eighth 43.0. Half 10A. Oa. Continuance of Great Luck !—ln the tottery drawn on Tuesday last, PUDDING and Co. have again had the 'satisfaction of distributing among their Friends the following ,Capitals, No. 974, Class A, a Prize of ,41,000, and No. 600, eta.% B, a Prize of ch ) so9 ; the former divided into One Quarter, Two Eighths, and Eight Sixteenths ; the latter into One Quarter, One Eighth, and Ten Sixteenths. The fortunate Proprietors (who have not ,already been paid), are requested to ap ply at either of PSODING ' and Co..'s Offices, No. 1, Cornhill, or No. 3, Charing-cross. SMITHFIELD MARKET, SEM 14. This day's Market was fully supplied with prime Beasts, and the show of • Cattle in general was plentiful ; Beef, INlutton, Lamb, and Pork, were cheaper ; Veal sold at last price, and the trade for the most part was somewhat brisk. The sales in the Hay-market were pretty lively ; Hay and Straw fetched better prices ; Clover obtained last ,price.—We subjoin an accurate statement of the prices. and numbers : To sink the Offal; per Stone of Sib. Beef, 4s. 2d. to 3s. 6d. Mutfon, 4s. Od. 53, Bd.. Veal, os. 4d. to 7s. Lamb, ss. Od. to 6s. 6d. Pork, ss. 2d. to 6s. Bd. Beasts, 2400. Sheep and Lambs, 19,500. Calves,l6o. Pigs, 22J. SMITHFIELD HAYMARKET. Flay, 41.105. to 5.1. 10s. Straw, 21. ss. to 81..55. Clover, 51. l'ss. to 71. l Os. CORN-EXCHANGE, SEPT. 14.—The fresh arri vals of. Wheat this day make a:tolerable good sup ply,' partly new, and light-quality, which is at a reduction of about 3s. and 45.-per quarter, but the few .sampleS of fine old are fully at the prices quoted ;. Rye hardly supports the cast quotation ; .the arrival of about 10,000 qharters of Barley lately from the Baltic causes this article to he lower ; Malt- keeps its price ; *Beans of each sort are higher; bats •411 short supply, and likewise support last prices ; Flour without variation. , Wheat - -80 s. 105 s. 1485.. Fine ditto 7 • - 1525. 1535. Rye - - 625. 70s. Barley - - - 545. 625. Malt - -90 s. 975. White Pease (boil.) 755. 82s. lGrey ditto - - 745. 802, Beaus - - bis. 100 s. Tick Beans - 9gs. 98s. Oats •- - - 575.605. 645. Poland ditto .655, 675. Potatoe ditto - Os. 70s. nape Seed • - - 581. 641, Fi'e Flour - - 115 s. 120 s. Seconds - - - 1103. 1151. 21. "a it is 1-111Jil "JUIN lJtiL4ll4. .L DEPT . I Z. ytTAR DEPARTMENT. Bowhinglstieet, Sept. 12, 1812. . ~ . •, . ... . Letters, of 'whieli the ,fw'. ollong are extracts, have been received by Fiai:l Bathurst from Colonel Sir. Howard Douglas, dat.i.id Castrorontrik,O; 22d, and Astorga, 29th Angus. Cristronatrigo, Ailaust 24, IEI2. When the Earl of 'Wellington transfert :Nlhis head-quarters from Mojados to Cuellar, the Gal ,lician divisions, then occupying La , Nava and Folios, crossed the Douro again. and. General Santocilde.S established his head-qnarters in Valla dolid. On the 7th instant Tordesillas capitulated, and the siege of Toio was uridertaken; biit with means very insufficient. On the -12th the enemy advanced, With abOut seven thousand. infantry, and one thouiand five hundred cavalry, from Palencia•toWards Vallado lid, which was only Occupied by• one .hattaliOn. General Santocildes retired, taking the road, by Tortelobaton towards, Villatpando.. The enemy now advanced, towards - Toro ; •and it was ascer tained that their objects were to relieve Toro and Zamora, and then to march, to Astorga, to raise the siege, and having withdrawn the garrison, fo destroy the works. The Spanish-troops were withdrawn from fore Toro, which the enemy immediately aban doned; and. General Santocildes, having collect ed all his force'at Belver, on the Rio Seco, com menced his retreat on Benevente, near which place the- enemy's .eavalrycame up with that of the 6th army (about four hundred), and in the, affair which followed we sustained some loss. On the 19th instant Astorga surrendered, when ,the'enemy had already reached La Baneza, from which place they have since retired, on hearing of the loss of that garrison, which was of such importance as to lead them into these operations. 1 have no doubt, from the direction they have ,taken, that they will now withdraw the garrison of Zamora, and entirely abandon the line ot the 'Douro. Astorga was commanded by a General of Bri- . gade, was defended .hy a tieutenant-Colonel of Engineers, and the garrison was composed oftwi) - battalions of the 23d and one of the Ist infantry of the line—in all one.. thousand two hundred ef . fectives at the time of the, surrender. Astorga, August, 19, 1612, The enemy retired from La Baneza on hearing of the fall of Astorga, and took the directioU of Zamora; they evacuated the latter place on the morning of the 27th, retiring by Toro towards adolid. The Gallician army has again moved, forward, and now occupies cantonments on the Esla, in the towns and villages near Villarnanan. Downing-street, Sept. 12,, 1812. Letters, of which the following . are extracts, have been received by Earl Bathurst from Lieu tenant-Colonel William ; Parker .Carrol, dated Zornoza, 24th August, and off Portugalette, 26th August. Zornoza, August c, 1512. I have' the honour to acquaint you that, on the 13th - instant, General Rouget, with a force . of nearly three . thousand men,' advanced from Du rangb to attack bilboa. General Renovales took up a position on the left bank .of the river, having his right on the heights of:Bolueta and 011argan, defending the new bridge of Bolueta ;. his reserve at Castrejana, As soon asthe enemy's force was aseertained, General. Renovales formed i his plan of attack : part of the vangUard and' Campillo's regiMent were to pass the river at 7Portughlette, and proceed to the heights Of, :.-:anto Domingo, to attack the enemy's right at daybreak on the 14th, whilst General.Porlier, with the vanguard, attack ed the .enemy who were in possession .ot. the two bridges in the tbsyn, and the troops at the bridge of , Bolneta and the heights of 011argan were to attack the enemy's left, which was strongly post ed on the heights of Begona and el Morro. . At three o'clock on the morning of the 14th,. the attack commenced with great vigour, aild, af ter a heavy tire of four hours, the enemy was driven from the bridges of the town, and from the heights of Bergona and 'Morro and at nine o'clock,:they commenced a. precipitate retreat towards Zornoza, pursued by General Renovales's division, and the 'van-guard, headed by Porlier : had the troops which were to have attacked the enemy's Tight :arrived at the appointed time, the victory would have been Most complete, and. probably General Rouges, with the greater part- of his troops, would have been cut off from Durango. Their loss on this occasion far exceeded ours, which was twenty killed and fifty wounded. It was highly gratify ing to see the.steadiness of the newly raiseil troops of General itenovales's division. 'Too much praise cannot be bestowed on their. Chief, in whom they place the greatest confidence,. and who is indefati gable in his exertions to complete and'organise his Since the . lsth we occupied Galdacano and Zor noza, oar advance close.to Durango,. which point' the enemy have strengthened, having twt guns on the bridge of YUrrcta, And occupying. several houses in the town ; .they have e.lso aryeneamp inent on their left of the town, on - the heights of Santa Lucia and Betuno. On the night of the 20th, we received gence that tbc/ enemy were moving to attack us, and that a -column had marched to Qrduna, the high road from which to Bilboa, joins the road from Z44rnoia to Bilbab, about a mile from the latter town. General Mendizabal determined to fall back and wait the enemy on- the left bank of the river, is nearly the same position as that oc cupied by, General ItenoVales on the 14th in stant. • 'On the night of the 21st the enemy adrapeed from Durango in three cOlunins, two by Zornota; . the other by with a view of possessing then - rselves of ;the heights that led from. Arrigor— ,riaga,_ and , flanked those of Bolueta,, which was the right, and the, key of onr position. Penovales's division•occupied from - the heights of 13olueta to .thoe,Of Olaviaga, which supporled Our left, co vering thebridges of St.. Auton, the wooden bridge, and. the bridge c.)f.boats. . daybreak On_the -morning of the 22d, Gene- ;1 P in , C).. . . ceededto aitack this column; ilirertile; division of Iberia should meet us at k rif.;or. iao ° , bispositionsWere made, :which seemed to ensure the deAructiou of this column, The eeemy, &ndingthat. we ‘vere in possession of the ,bridge of Arilgorriaga and roads lead ug to Billion, ehang 7 ed their diriction, and by a most" rapid mar 'h, fa- . voured the thickness of the WoOds,,effectfct their junction with tlie second Colimm, :which , ve.s,des-. tined to make B....siMultaneons' attaA upon the lyidge of Bolucta. General Men& zabal: with i , angnard,- and Lotga's divilion, arrived in time to resist the eneniy'S attack; their principal efforti, were to face the bridge Of . Bolueta, which vas defended in the most g,illant Manner j, the enemy .suffering ,eoniiderableJoss Without he'ng able to gain a foot of ground ; their efforts on the lea of " our line proved equally unsiiceesSful. , General Renoyalcs, at the, head of his brve peasant soldiers met their attack at ey4ry point the eacin'r in -vain o force the Iwo bridges of the town, and that of boats ; night coming on, the eneniy retired to his position on the height 3 of St. DoMingo el Morro and Begona. Arrangements' were made for "a combined attack upon the -.enemy's poAtion, bat finding that he ' .had, upOn being attacked., by Ilenovales, ,who. crossed . the river infrotit of the heights of Bandeeas, 'early in the night; commenced his retreat, no time was lost in .pursuing hfni, and notwith standim.• the great advantage he had in point of time, from the rapidity with which the division of Melia niarched, we. came up with -him near the toweof Et3erid - za; and -attached his rotr.with such vigour, the.t. Ilk retreat became a confused a 4 . disorderlV flight; insbmuch that they did not avail' themselves, as they might - haVe done, of several strong positions cvt,ich the road 'fro!n 7..;‘.irnoza tcl Durango presents. 'At one, of the strongest of these pc itions they - Treacle an effort to stae.d, but the gallantry of the tointhalint-Geheral Longa, who at - thehead of hip troops led GYe arzaeic, mating 'them- by his example, who charged. the erieiny with a few cavalry and a !ioly of in - - fanery, obliged him to . abandon" this pesitiun, and fly for s.lfot.); tit the_town Of Durango. ' 46 . The enemy's loss.bas been very considerable ; we have taken some fiorses and prisoners. As 'et I am unible to: give you a detail of this vie tory, as my attention was' Occupied on our right, and in the pursuit of the enemy with the division of • The General in Chief has not as yet received the cletails from the commanders of divisions. . This victory has been highly creditable to the Spanish army. The_advantaOs which will result, and the confidence it inspires in this newly raised army will, I have no doubt, produce the very best effects. The enemy's force appears to . have b4e-tv from five to six thousand. We understand, front prisoners and deserters, that Ron cat, Puvernette, and another General, lately froth Prance, -cant manded this action. - On board his Majesty's ship Venerable, off - Portugalette, Aug. 26, ISI2. • have the honour to aNuaint ydur Lordship, tlitit we have just received information that Catfa; relli, who . is much exasperated at the failure and defeat of Rouget, has marched a force of fr9rn 2500 to 3000 men to Durango, to reinforce Roui,et, ,and that they purpose making another attack upon Bilboa. I am returning to join General Mendizabal. The troops are in the highest Admiralty ..:Sept. 12, 1812. Extracts of Letters from the Captains of his Majesty's Ships named in the. Margin,* addressed to Vice-Ad:niral Sawyer, Commander in thief of his Majesty's Ships and vessels at IlaLtfax, and transmitted to J. W. Croker, EN; .•-r • His Majesty's ship A casta, at Sea, • • 24, 1812. • I beg to acquaint you, that Ps Majesty's ship Acasta, under my command, fell in with, and. captured %this .dtly, in Lat.,44:15. N. and Long. 62. 30. W. after a short chase, the American pr vateer brig Curlew, pierced for 20 guns, but liar.. ing only sixteen on board, with a complement a# 172 men. . Aeasta, Colibri, Emllot3. Hit Malesty's Sloop Colibri , nine Si3le, beefing West 12 leagues, July 26. I beg leave to acquaint you, that on Sunday at eight.A.N.we descried two:ships to the north ward, and a schooner to the S. E.. the former ap parently steering a course for Halifax ; hauled up in chase of , the ...schooner at noon exchanged numbers with . his Majesty's schooner Bream wore in Chace of the ships to the northward, which we fOtind - had llanled up for us, the head most evidently a man of war with an American ensign, and pendant flying ; she .sOon tacked and made sail from us, with a bark, her prize ; we continued.closing with her, and at a 'quarter be fore•three o'clock we came alongside, and the ac tion became, general, and at three they called out for quarter; brought• too, and took possession of the American ship privateer Catherine, from Bos ton ~ out eight days; and had taken nothing but the said bark : she is .a beautiful. and. well-equipped ship, pierced for sixteen guns, mounting fourteen long six-pounders', 'and a complement of eighty eight men, commanded by Fral:cis A. Burnham; she had one man killed, and one wounded ; her men ran below, which accounts for their suffering so small a loss. His Majesty!s sloop Emulous, at Sea, July ;31, 1812.. , . . His Majesty's sloop under my.commaud, fell in with, .yesterday evening, the American privateer brig Gosamer, of fourteen carriage guns,, with one hundred men, and after a short chace came up with and captured her : she left, Boston MI the 21th instant, had made one capture, the fillip Mary:Anne, .of.Grecnock, from Jamaica, bound to Quebec. Contraissions signed , V!: the Lord - Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire. r r Sif B. R. Grahatn; Bart. to' be Dep-.7.ty Lieutenant. sd. Regiment of North York Local Militia.—T. Baricr, Esq. to be Captain, vice Pitt, resigned. Conuniz-sions -signed by' the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Dorset. . Western Battalion of. Dc:srsetOire Local Pranpton to be Quarter-Master, vices Writ lt, resigUeti'. DOrsethire Yeomanry C-iyalry.—Cornet G. I , 4 , )raii; Iso Lieutenant, rice, Piifiel.l,