The Sun. — London, England, 1812-04-27 00:00:00

AVAL, , NE WS. t'LYMOUTH, APRIL 24.---Acrived - this morning, the Bay, he ship Ber k. Cast. GRIFFIIII . IS, from BStbadoei, after a passage of 6:3 days, a run .lli"g ship, with a cargo, bound to London put in being ninth in want of provisions and water. On her pasMge she eXperienced very bad weather, during which her mils were damaged, and many of her spars spiting. His Majesty's ship Dragon, of 80 Pins, the flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Sir James LA. )°II2 Y, Conn in Chief, and'Statira and Loire frigates, were left at Barbadoes; the latter had arrived there a kw days previous, from a cruize, and was under repair. —On the 1311) instant the Berwick/fell in with the Minerva armed shit) ; Captain LEE, from Surinam, with a c' , rgo, bound to -London; parted co mpany with her last evening, off this port, when the latter stood away for Tor bAy on the t Bth fol-. 'Owing, in lat. 48. 56. N. Long. 12. 39. W. the 23erwick and Minerva HI in with :wo large French brig p rivateers, of 18 guns each, one of which came itilin gun -shot of the tanner, but neither of them attacked fhe merchantmen,although in sight of each ether till the 20th, when the enemy were lost sight of. The Minerva had the appearance of a corvette : it is therefore supposed the pt tvateers were afraid to attack her. Cavain BERG -ER, of the Army, Mr. an , .l MISS ANDREWS, came psseriAers 111 the Berwick. • It is reported that the Tonnant man of war, Capt. S ir JOHN GORE, has captured several Neu* chasse Mar t 63. Arrived the barque ship Dre Gute Hoffnong, J. WALLIS master, from Naples, Port-Mahon, and Gibraltar, with a cargo consisting of brandy and dine, bound to this port for orders, and is under quarantine. Sailed from Naples 11 weeks since, and from Gibraltar on the 25th ult. The Tonnant man of war has detained and sent in here this day, the American schooner Martha, Lis -I.EY, master, frown Botirdeaux, with a valuable cargo, e °csisiing of brandy, wine, oil, silks, &c. bound to Philadelphia. ‘. Arrived a French chase marine, with a cargo, captured a few days since ; also, the American s hiPs Superior, COFFIN, from St. Mary's, and Mid dlesex, POLLARII, from Wilmington, with cargoes ° f timber for this port ; the latter had a very long Passage; the Friend's - Delight, APTER, and P/yrnouth, 84EhnoN, from Wales, calm laden; Caroline, ,teen, from London. The Intelligent gun-brig takes convoy to Ports illcalihi-and will sail on Sunday next, if the wind Alr'')* favourable. • Sa iled 'he Bola frigate, Captain SOMERVILLE, for the coast of France. APRIL 25.—Arriv,:d this morning a beautiful American schooner, callel the Tissita, Capt. Ct,cK , lroni Bourdeaux, wiih a very taloabie cargo, colt airing of brandy, wine, and other goods, bound to Baltimore, captured on the 18th instant, during a *torn), after a chaseof six louts, by his Majesty's ship Aiemen, of 38 giitis, Ca;it.'Sir MICHAEL SEI MOUE, /33r t• The Vista sailed. from Bordeaux . in company With five Arnefican vessels, homeward-bound, one of which was detained and sent in here . yeoterclay by the Tannant man of war. - - Arrived the Amet lean ship Persevergnce, Show, %aster, from St. Mary's, with a cargo, consisting of timber and. staves, for this port, 50 dlys pa sage ; ant a fortnizht since site spoke the ship Venus, from London, outward-bound, all well. -Also arrived this day the sloop. Jane, ADAMSON, master, from Port Mahon, Gibraltar, and last from 111 , Ives, where she was liberated from quarantine, ‘ v itil a cnrgo consisting of wine and cork, for dun nage, bound to Guernsey, put in here to join con.. t OY ; the Edward, belonging to Sciliy, SANDERSON, master, IroM Cork ; and the Sedulous, belonging to Cardigan, THomAs, master, from Waterford ; both with cargoes of provisions for this port ; the 4 fizateth, Ross, iron] Wales; and the Dove, CaorE N , from Bristol.' ( I°. Put in here this day by contrary winds, the Electra brig of war, with a fleet under convoy, consisting of about i forty sail, from Poole, bound to Newfound land. Yesterday the Conquestador man of war, that tan a-ground Some . days since on the coast of Prance, was undocked; and the Clarence man of War lately launched from Mr.BLACKBURN . S yard at T nrnchapple, docked, in order to be coppeted. 'Admiral DURHAM has shifted his flag from the /iota, in the Sound, to the !Medusa, in Hatno*aze: Sailed the Surveiltante frigate, Captain Sir G. COLLIER, having ou board General CARROLL, for Cornana. The Meteor bomb, in Hamonze, is o‘ tiered to Cadiz, of war. Sailed the Ann tender for Wales. Went into Barnpool to refit the Fantome. sloop Arrived the Piercer gun=brig.frorn a cruize. Arrived last night the Mullet schooner from Ha -litax, and is gone up the Harbour to be refitted . • also arrived tl-e Fa;:ry cutter froft PortsCriotiiii; aailtd again to the eastward. DEAL, APItiL 2.6.—Sailed his Ma lest;i'i Ships' 7n - constani, Swiji, Cordetia, and Origin, en Crui2e3. PoßTsthnuTH, APRIL 26.—Arrived hiS Majesty's. ships Venkeur, Hannibal, and Faun, from the Downs, and t)e Hope from Guernsey, with lour sail under convoy. Sailed his Majesty's ships Sceptre, Dolphin:Cum berland, and Plantagenet, for the Downs ; and the Helicon for Plymouth. His Majesty's ship Savage is appointed convoy for Spain and Portugal, and ihe coast of Africa, in stead of the Thais, and the Vixen to the Eastward. YA R MOUTH, APRIL 26.—Sailed yesterday his Ma jesty's slip Sheldrake . for Wingo Sound, to call off the Humber on her way, to take the trade from that river hound thither. Arrived yesterday the Prince William and Beaver from the Downs, and the Flamer from the more, with a convoy. 'Sailed to-day the Redbreast for Heligoland, and the Prince lyilliam, with a convoy, for the Humber. - CHATHAM, APRIL 26.--Sailed down to Gilling harn'Reach, his Majesty's ship Barham, Captain SPR A N,GER j and the Diamond frigate, to Sheerness, to be repaired. The beautiful neW' frigate, the Teneclos, just launched from this yard, is commissioned by Capt. HYDE PARKER, son to the late gallant Admiral. The Ardent is commissioned by Captain DAVIE, as a troop ship. The Poetverf ul is breaking up. An order is come down from the Transport Board to clear the upper-deck. of the. Glory for all the French Officers who have or m..y break 'heir parole. Orders came down yesterday to The dock-yard to fit the Brunswick for a prison-ship, in lieu of the Bnckinghani, ordered to be broke up. The Gazette of Saturday contains a Declaration of the PRINCE REGENT relative to the Berlin and \ Milan Decrees, and the Orders in Council (which we inserted on Wednesday), preceded by an Order in Council, declaring, in a formal shape, 'he taller part of the declaration, namely, that on the Berlin and Milan DeCrees being repealed by a public Mit promulgated, in an authentic manner, the Orders in , Council shall case to operate. MANCHESTISII, APRIL e5.--About fonr o'clock in the afternoon of yesterday, a . very exte ns i ve weaving fadory at West Houghton, :bout 13 miles from Manchelte, was set on fire by the populace, and, with all !he machinery, cambries, Ste. burned to the ground ; happily n„ lives were lost. Where this dreadfully ruinous systeM will end it is impos sible to te..1,, horn what I can hear , they are said to be resolveu noon attempting the destruction o f every kind of ElllCiiinery that has tended to lessen the value of manual labour." The following senter.ces of the Officers of the First Roy;rl Surrey Regiment,. vtu were brought to a General Court Martial a short time since, were on Sunday last read at the head of the regiments it garrison at Chelmsford.—Major Peter Thompson was sentenced to be cashiereit, bu , , being recom mended by !he Court, the I ), ince Regent had been pleased to order, that Major P. Thorrq;son be re moved from the First Royal Surrey regiment„ Captain Frizell, the charges proved, and to be chi .missed his Majesty's service. Captain Thompson, and Lieutenant and Paymaster Hunter, both ho nourw ly acquitted, but not_ to return to their duty till an investigation takes place.—Capt. J. Ford, th e charges proved, and entericed to be suspended in rank.ani pay for one month, and reprimanded, and the proceedings, to be itisesligate.l. Saturday, in the Court of Excheqder Chamber, Mr. Clifford argued the case of Edw. rds, who 'had been tried at the Old Bailey Sessions by two Juries, owing tone of the'Jurymen first impanm lied having fallen down in a tit: ,At the time of the trial Mr. Clifford had objealed to a new Jury, but was over ruled by the Judge. Mr. C. now insisted, and, in proof of his opinion, quoted several great authorities, and adduced a number of cases, that when a Jury was once impannelled to an offence of a capital na ture, they could not afterwards be discharged with out giving a verdict. Lord •Ellenborough and Mr. Justice Chambrequokd similar cases, which had also been referred to the Judges, and in which they had confirmed the verdiBs. Lord Ellenborough ob served that the case had been so often been desc:ded, that it must now be held to forma part of the law of the land. Saturday, a Ciim. Con. of a peculiar kind was brought before the Court of King's Bench, in the cause of Flowers v. Lewes. The plaintiff, a convi& on board the Hulks, brought hiS action against the defendant, whci had married his wife, and had two children by her; it appeared, that the woman, before. the marriage, had lived servant with the defendant, and that her previous marriage was totally unknown to him., Mr. Garrow, who spoke in extenuation for the defendant, characterised this as an absolute burlesque on the Crim." Con. cases, and observed, that the object was merely to extort a sum of mo ney. Lord Ellenborough told the Jury, that s viola tion of the marriage contract having taken place, some damages must be given ; and they accordingly gave twenty shillings. On Friday a writ of inquiry was executed at the Town-hall, Plymouth, by the special appointment of the Under Sheriff of Devon, before George East lake, Eiq. and a most respectable Jury, for ascer taining the damages in an action brought by Mrs. Bentley, wife of Corporal Bentley, of the Royal Marines, against Lieutenant Gibbous, late the Con. mander of the Alphea schooner. The case must be familiar to our readers, and therefore it is un necessary to enter into it. The plaintiff wag order ed to be fastened to a buor, where she was left for some time in a most dangerous situation. The Jury gave her verdict for 5001. PORTUGUESE AND SPANISH PAPERS. .CEiE DE LA. SIERRA, MARCH '7 7 ---From Valeta"- cia they write, that the garrison has .des;royed.the •fortiiications and dismounted all the artilry, with the exception of 30 pieces, which are in the fortified stiti,*,9i San Domingo. MARCH B.—The Patriotic parties are evrry W! , e,re on the alert.. Clo-e to the gates of .Madrid th.ly finely took mules belonging to the Mi nister tor the In,terior to King Jostph, CADIZ, Slia,cii27.—S.itsiield has ‘nade another excursion into Prance, and returned with., 45,000 Crowns, .200 head of horned cattle, and 400 sheep, the fruit of his contributions. Es. oz and Mina (now Field Marshal Espoz and Mina) writes from Seguenza o n the 9th February, that there was no French force ,of consi.leration tn Navarre, and only some movable columns. VALENC3A, F. 18.—General Suchet continues in this city. Notwithstanding, by thecapitnlation, properly was to have been respeded, he has cot le.ted all the jewels and precious elfeas, and depo sited them in Paluarch College. He has iutposed a contribAion of 20,000,000, besides which w e daily pay 8900 rations and 10,000 rials. BANKS OF THE CoA, APRIL 6.—.ACCOr‘ling to ac counts, Brennier, with his division, appeared on the 4th near Almeida, for the purpose of making a di- Version in fairour of Badajoi, by attempting - to take. that fortress by escalade, but up to the 6th he had not approached sufficiently near to invest it. Our troops are now posted near that city, and the Ge neral Who commands them has been to communi cate with the Governor of Almeida. Seven French men have already bt•en made prisoners, and four have voluntarily surrendered themselves; these men slate that the enemy's army suffers greatly for want of provisionS, and that Brennier brings 40 waggons laden with ladder's to take Almeida, ind artillery to undertak,t the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo. It is already demonstrated that the French have lost, that energy fur which they were celenrated 'by thel'r rapidity of marches and operations, all of which has passed to the combined army. FURTHER EXTRACTS. LISBON, APRIL I I.—The taking of Barlajoz will cause the g►eatest acclamation throughout Europe, fill England with enthusiasm and gio'ry, Spain with the most lively hopes of its liberties, and Portugal with honour; and the almost certainly of not being again invaded. The name' of the great . Lord fills France with terror, and BUONAPARTE, and the ene mies of the holy cause we defend with alarm. We know that SOULT • arrived, at Llerena the evening preceding the fall of Badajoz. Llerena is situated on the skirt of the Sierra Morena. We have seen a Proclamation and -Decree of SouLT's, dated XLres de la Frontera, 3d March, ad dressed to the Andalusians and Estremadurians; a most sanguinary produdion, which not only proves the badness of heart of this. Marshal, but the little obe dience and no resped, according to his own con fession, that the Andalusians have hitherto paid to the orders of this vile satrap. SOULT perceiving the epoch of his misfortunes and conclusion of his reign approaching,- wished to make known, by an aol.of desperation, the extent of his wickedness, in order that there should not remain the least doubt among us or posterity respelling his judgment and person. In the Proclamation, after loading with injuries all the Spanish Generals who are either dead or not now in Spain, particularly of such as ROMANA land PALAFOX, names which will be honourably trans mitted to the latest pos!erity, he proceeds : " Spaniards of Andalusia and Estremadura, you desire peace and tranquility ; know that it depends upon yonrselves to obtain both. 'Like no share in a resistance which can only be produdive of fatal consequences to you. Preserve with yolu your sons to cultivate the fruitful fields. This is the path which reason points out to you. Repulse with in dignation, and even force, the proposition of the 'chiefs of the insurre6tion and their agents. Honour and justice is on yourside, opprobr.ium and treason on that of your adversaries. The Impe - rial army will support and cause yOur rights •t 2 be respeaed. But if, unmindful of these exhortations, you conti nue obstinate in pursuing a wild and destriglive , system, you will bring upon your persons and property the most severe punishments, and all the_ hOrrors of war." The Decree consists of 15 Articles, all worthy of such a Legislator. By the Bth, every Spanish pri soner who escapes, if again taken, is to be imme diately shot ; and by the 14th it is decreed, that the 'Justices or Di,tri6ls who suffer or tolerate men, who have dispersed and arrived at their houses, again.to join the insorgents, shall be burthened with dOuble contributions, till the said dispersed return to their homes; for a SOULT was a MINA born; he it is who comprehends the -business, and knows how to issue decree against decree.(- OFFICIAL ARTICLE. (Prow the Regency Gazette, Cadiz, April 2.) CIRCULAR FROM THE MINISTER FOR THE INTERIOR TO THE PRELATES, COUNCILS,,SUDERIOR JUNTAS, &C. OF THE PROVINCES. Among the weighty cares which at present at tra& the attention of the supreme Government, the means of remedying the scarcity which affects a great part of the Peninsula, occupies a principal place. The contest in which the nation is engaged, and has with so much glory sustained for nearly four years, ,has naturally produced that detonaCon in agriculture and interior commerce, which those countries that become the-theatre of war always experience, and which ihe ferocity and spitit of devastation that chara.lerizes our enemy have error. piously increased. . In :addition to these so considerable injuries, the Shortness of the last harvest, the aversion of the labourer to cultivate the land in the prot4rces oc cupied" by the French, persuaded that he would but sow and reap for his oppressors; and I:,srly, , the .system. adopted by the enemy, in order to ensure the subsister:ce of himtroops, of forming magazi6es in the internal produces, viewed with reason as the granary of the kingdom, have succeeded in producing hunger and misery, as may be'discovered by the exorbitant price to which all grain has ri,en, and cause fears of still greater evils in those months which must precede the ensuing harvest. " The cannot colisider this sad per speBtve, without the most profound grief; but among the miseries of an inevitable war, a war sworn td by the Nation, and in which all the re sources are inefficient for the indispensable equip ment and support of the soliier, it cannot give Way to its good intentions, aid as it Wishes, the walls of the labouring class, and pftponionate succours, according to the scarcity experienced in the Pro.: vinces." (Here, the Regency, alter promising tause every exertion to alleviate the public tni.sery, and calling upon the Prelates, &c. &c. to endeavour to.pievail on the husbandmen to sow' the ground. with such seeds ac-are congenial to the season, proceeds). " Theaversion to sow and cultivate the fields, foe fear the enemy should enjoy the benefit of their la bours, ought to be efficiently combated. The la- . bourer .should 'have inculcated upon him, that the seed he commits to the earth re pains covered from French rapacity, and that in the mean while the efforts of a Government determined tabury itself in itsruins, . rather than submit to the batbarous enemy who at tacks us ; the heroic constancy of the Spanish people ; the copious assistance which is expected from our Ally, the generous British Nation ; the war which threatens Boot4e4a-rE in the 'North, and, above all, DiVioe Providence, whose cause is ours, and who has 'given us so many and such signal proofs of his protedion, even in the midst of our greatest misfortunes, may easily, and, perhaps, sooner than is expealed, produce such a change in the state of affairs, that by the time for reaping the fruits of the secd.sowed this Spring, the enemy may not be in a condition to enjoy them." It ends by' requesting the Prelates, &c. to use their influence on men of capital to endeavour to procure provisions, and the establishing of charitable institutions. GERMAN PIPERS. ST. PETERSEURGH, MARCH 2. —The Officers who have been in this capital on furlough, were, on the 3d instant, ordered to join their regiments without delay. corps of 5000 men is fcrthing in Podolia, out of the prisoners made du: lug the late campaigns against the Turks : they are chiefly ~Alb anians, &c. and proles the Gretk VIENNA, MARCH 26.—The Diet, to the surprise of all, still continues silting. - Agents from the Senate of Servia arrived in the capital on the St h.-- 'Various tumours • have been circulated as to the cause of their journey ; the most probable is', that they come to solicit the mediation of 0..:r So vereign in the present perplexed situation of their atLirs. BELGRADE, MA aco SeQate have re ceived disraches from the Russian Commaill,q io Chief, whlc't, after long consultation wish Czerni • George, has occasioned an order that all those ca pable of bering arms shall hold thernselve ready to join the corps assembling at \Vt !din. Siturday morning the Scipion, of 74 gun, Cap.. tain J. JOH NSTON E, arrived at PortsmOwb, from the C , pe of Good Hope and St. Helena, with the Moffat, Mills, end .Caroline, lion Bombay, and a whaler under .convoy. The Scipion het Bom bay the 22d. D cember last, the-Cape the 31st of January, and St. Helena ifte 14th of Fehr:- ary.- r -Sir-SAmuLt. HOOD, in the Owen Glendower, had touched at the Care, and ,one on to ihe com mand in India. The Scipion left - Ca;,e Lion, 64, Hon. Rear-Adonrol STOPFOHD, Captain BAYNE ; and the President, Ca e tain S. .WARItEN. —To e Harpy , Captain HoArie, - had sailed for the Isle of France. Captain- H. HEATHCOTE, of the Lion, came passenger in the Scipion. The Lion during the time she was employed at Balatia, l us t several of her crew by the pestilential i fever of that country. The Clipper merchant brig was lately lost at the Cape. The Devaynes and two oilier ships were expected to leave Bengal for England the be ginning of January. Mr. COBB, of the India House, gave a very charming musical treat to a numerous body of . his friends on Fiiday night, at •his house in Russell square. SAPIO presided at the piano -forte. Mrs. DICK.ONS was admirably in voice, and displayed her talents with great zeal. Mrs. STUART, a Lady of well known musical taste and knowledge, also exerted her powers with great sucass. Duets, &c. were ably suuported by SAPID, .Ml. CoBB, and some musical Ladies, and the compnly departed, at a late hour, highly gratified with the, entertainment which they had received, and. with the attention and hospitality of the wort hylloSt and his Lady. Sir JAMES IVPINTOSH, the late RreGrder of Beim. bay, nas arrived in the Caroline Kist Incljacnan, c 0