The Sun. — London, England, 1812-01-27 00:00:00

MAILS. AR it rvrn —2 Anholt, r Guernsey, r fersey, 3 Waterford, 3 Dublin. Du&—t Cd liz, I Lisbon, t Brazils. Consols. OF STOCKS. THIS DAY A P TwxLvzo'cLocK. - - 63 r I Red. Ann. - -63 Z THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICERS EALSUE4 AUDEAT ? L 0 ND 0 N, MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 1812. It is with the deepest regret that we acquaint our Readers, that intelligence has reached Gibraltar that SUCHET having been reinforced with a corps winch made his army amount to 28,000 men, storm / ed Valencia on the 26th ult. when BLAKE and the greater part of his army were made prisoners. No particulars have bee►, received. It affords us, however, great consolation to be enabled to state, that Dispatches have been received this morning, which mention that the French Army, after a vigorous repulse, in an attempt to storm Ta rifa, found it expedient, on the sth inst. suddenly to break up, leaving behind them all their heavy guns, waggons, ammunition, &c. 'I hey are repre sented, by deserters, (54 of whom came in on one day), as being in the most miserable condition, and in 'A ant of every species of provisions. The following interesting particulars are extraaed from the Portsmouth Paper : PORTSMOUTH, lAN. 26, 1812. Hampshire Telegraph Office. By the arrival of the Terneraire this day from Gib raltar, we receive the important intelligence of the enemy hating raised the siege rf Tarifa on the itit instant, raving ten pieces of ordnance, and a great quantity of ammunitioa. The following letter ap pears in a Gibraltar paper of the 4th inst.:--- " TARIFA, Dec. 31.-1 . an happy to inform you, that the enemy has been repulsed in an attempt to assault this place. Alter my letter of yesterday was sent off, the breaching battery, which seems to have four 16-pounders, and one 12-pounder, continued Its fire, and made an opening of about 20 yards, being neatly the whole space between two of the flanking towers on the east side of the town. In the after noon a summons was sent by General Leval, who stated that the defence had already been honour able, and that the breach was praaticable the day before. On an answer being returned, the tiring was resumed, and continued all night, without do ing any material injury to the garrison. The-enemy made but little addition to the entrenchments; but early this morning we saw then, filled with troops, and observed that great numbers were passing down to the valley, through which flows the stream that passes through the town, and in which the breaching battery is established. The violence of the torrent had during the night swept away the rows of palisades ontside and inside the wall, and even bent the portcullis. The enemy appears to have supposed this also had been carried off, as' he -advanced along the bed of the stream, and came di. reetly to it. The breach is only a few yards from the entrance of the water, but not a man sheaved himself on' it. Finding that there was no opening, 2nd that they were exposed to a most galling fire from all parts, the assailants, though they had seve ral hundred men under the wall, began to retire in about half an hour, and again hid themselves in their trenches. " Their loss has been very severe. Most of them badly wounded have been brought in, including six or seven officers. The six-pounder, under Capt. MrrettELL, Wai of most essential use ; indeed half the execution, at least, was done by it. Our loss is not great. Lieut. LONGLEY, of the engineers, and Lieut. HALL, of the 47th, are killed; also a Man of the rifle corps, and there are about t o wound ed. From the wounded prisoners I learn, that Ge n, ral LEVAL has with 'him altogether 12 pieces of st tillery, all of which are in. battery, and nearly .10,00 D men; that the storming - party consisted of twenty companies of grenadiers and voltigeurs, and two of sappers, making front 1,500 to 2,000 men. " JAN. 2.—The weather here has been dreadful. Two Spanish gun-boats have been lost ; but we on :41a not to complain of the rain, since it must be more annoying to the enemy than to us. He has clone nothing since the assault, and there has been little firing on either side. We have not been able to ascertain the loss of the French on that day. An .dicer, who carue with a flag of trucz., told me it was 110 ; but we know that nearly this number was left killed and badly wounded. They were al lowed to take all those not close to U 3. Some ct their officers brought in, stated their loss previous to the storming to amount to 700 men, principally from the shells. Seven or eight deser ters have come in, and described the effeas of the rain on the French troops, ammunition, &c. to be _dreadful. Their battery guns cannot be moved a yard from their present position for some time." We. have received some more Amer:can rapers, from which we have made the following extraels; which our readers will perceive are of a very war like nature. 'With all due deference to the sagacity of ►Le American Legislature, it seems rather an inversion of the natural order of proceeding, first to recommend a Maritime War with Great Britain, and then to set about building a Navy. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, DEC. 17. Mr. NEWTON, frorn't he Committee of Commerce and Manufactures, to whom was referred so much o the President's message as related to the subject, re ported a bill to deprive certain vessels of their .Ame rican charaaer, and to prevent trading under li censes from any foreign powers. Also a bill to pre vent the exportation from the United Sttites, of any goods of foreign or domestic growth or manufaElure, to any place whatever under fort'ign licenses. The bills were twice read, and referred to the Committee of the whole for Friday next. Mr. CHEEVCS from the Committee to whom was referred so much of the President's Mtssage as re lates to a naval establishment, reported a bill. The first seCtion authorises the President to cause to be refitted all the public vessels not now in service, which are worthy of repair. The second section provides for the building of frigates, not ex ceeding 38 guns each. The third section authorises the increase, of officers and men. The fourth ap propriJtes dollars for the phrcliase of ship timbttr, &c.—The fifth provides a dock-yard or dock-yards, where deemcd necessary. The sixth, directs the appropriation from any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. The seventh dire&s the stationing of gun-boats, &c. The bill was twice read,,anl referred to the Committee of the wh,de for to-rnor:ow. Mr. CHEEVES from the Committee, to whom was referred so much of the President's Message as relates to fortiticat;ons, reported a Bill appropriating one million of dollars for the defence of our mari time frontiers. Twice read and referred to the Coln tnitce of the whole for to-morrow. Mr. POINDEXTER reported a bill to enable the people of Mississippi territory, to form a constitu tion of government, and for admitting the same into the Union on equal footing with the other States. Twice read, and referred to tho Committee of the whole for Monday next. The Bill from the Senate for completing the pre sent military establishment was twice read, and re ferred to the Committee of Foreign Relations. [The Bill gives 16 dollars and IGo acres of land to such as enlist foi five years.] The House resumed the consideration of the un finished business of yesterday. The fifth Resolution of the Committee of Fo reign Relations, creed to by the House, was re ferred to the same Committee, to whom was re ferred the Bill from the Senate, relative to the mi litary establishment. The foe' th Resolution was then on motion refer red to the Committee of Foreign Relations, and which was 'yesterday ordered to lie on table, the was taken up by the House. (This Resolution au thorises the arming of merchant vessels). Mr. \Valour moved to amend the Resolution by adding—" and if attacked by any British ship or vessel, it shall be lawful to capture and bring into any port of the United States such British ship or vessel for adjudication." Mr. WRIGHT proceeded -in a speech of consider able length to advocate his amendment. Mr. FINDLEY followed Mr. WitronT, and when he sat down, the House adjourned. TUESDAY, DECEbIBER 2 4. Mr. POINDEXTER offered a Resolution for calling on the President for deelnitive information with re sped to his Proclamation of October 28, 1 8 10, for occupying West Florida, which says that the occu pied territory will not cease to be an object of friend ly negociation while in our hands ; as we were about going to war, it would be necessai y to inspire these people with confidence, lest the doubtfulness of their situation and the empty protest of the Biltish Charge de Affaires might induce them to accept of foreign protection—his object was to know whether any negociations were now pending, &c. It was agreed to let it lie oil the table, as Mr. Bacon thought the subjea was rather delicate, as there might be a ne gociation pending, &c. • Mr. STOW (from New-York) offered the follow ng Resolution : Resolved, That should a war ensue between Great Britain and the United States, it would be expedient to provide by law a bounty to impressed American seamen, and their associates, for each British ship of war which they may capture, and bring into an American port. Made the order of the day for the first Monday in Febtu iry. We have extracted from the Anholt Mail, which arrived yesterday, a curious Speech made by BEA NADOTTE to the King of SWEDIIN, on his resump tion of the Royal Authority. It is a ‘ery curious procluaion, and though it tells very little that we did not know before, it is more communicative than we could have expcaed. Regular sets of Moniteurs, to the 20th inst. in clusive, have this instant been received ; they are perfe&ly silent upon the of of the Peninsula. The Gazette de France of the 20th January, states, that on the 20th December, a dispatch, dated Bth Dec. was received at St: Petersburg, from General KUTOSOW, slating, that the Turkish army on !he left of the Danube had, in number, thirty-five thousand men, all chosen troops, laid down their arms, and surrern,!ered prisoners of war. All the artillery of the Turks fell into their oppo ❑ents hands. The following article is extraaed from the Free man's Journal " Upon the authenticity of the following most important intelligence, though not men . , ioned in the London Papers, the public may confidently rely : His Holiness the POPE, having complied with the wishes of BUONAPARTE, by nominating to the vacant Bishopricks in France and its dependencies, has been freed from all restraint, and granted a Palace at Parma, in Italy." The following Bulletin was yesterday shown at St. James's Palace : Windsor Castle, lanuary " His MALEsTY is nearly in the same state in which he was previous to the late increase of his disorder. " 11. HALFORD. " M. HAI LLI " W. H EBERI)EN. at I. IVILLIS. " K. WILLIS." Saturday at two o'clock, a Cabinet Council met at the Foreign Orlice, Downing -street, which was attended by all the Cabinet Ministers. It was sum moned by Mr. RYDER, and was supposz-d to relate to the affair. of Ireland, as Mr. Secretary WELLES LEY POLE arrived in town on Friday evening, from Dublin. The Council only sat about an hour. Earl CAMDEN and Lord .MULGRAVE remained with the Marquis WELLESLEY for some time after. The No ble Marquis transacted business'at the Office till a late hour in the evening. _ ...ammo.. Yesterday Lord ARDEN and Mr. HERBERT were the Lord and Groom of the KING'S Bedchamber, in waiting at St. Ja s mes's Palace. • Yesterday' the Dukes of YORK, CUMBERLAND, and CAMBRIDGE, visited the PRINCE REGENT. Yesterday Lord PONSONBY and Mr. ELLIOT visit ed Lord HOLLAND. On Saturday the SPEAKER Of t he HousE of COM MONS gave his first grand dinner to the Minis!erial Members ; and yesterday he gave a grand dinner to the Opposition Members. On Thursday last, the LORD MAYOR and LADY MAYORESS gave a sumptuous dinner to his Royal Highness the Duke Of CAMBRIDGE and a large party of Nobility ; in the evening the LADY MAY OR ESS had a sekat party to meet his Royal Highness, at which she presiied with unusual grace. Lord Viscount BULKELEY gave a splendid din ner, on Saturday last, at his house, in Stanhope st, eet. Yesterday Marquis WELLESLEY entertained a large party of Noblemen and Gtntlemen with a grand dinner at Apsley House. Yesterday Lord GRENVILLE gave a grand dinner to Earl GREY, Lord HOLLAND, and a select party, at Catnelford House. Yesterday the Duke of NORFOLK entertained E Niorna and a large party with a grand dinner, at Norfolk House, St. hnies's-square. On Saturday the dispatches for the Royal George, Wincltilsea, David Scott, and Cr/ft . /ids, for Madras and China ; and Surat Castle, for Prince of Wales Island and China, were finally closed at the East India House, and delivered to their respective Pursers, P.issengers per Royal George—Lieut.-Col. lames, Leith ; Lieut. Riddell and family ; Messrs. Wray and Macleod, writers; Misses Timmins, Daniel, and l'earce. l'er Gibson and Lady; Lieut. Gibson; Ensign Smith ; and W. Ansell and family. Per David Scott—Mr. john M'Kerrill, writer ; Mr. Shar man, surgeon; Misses Rumley and Bcse. For Ceylon: Mr. S. Wilson ; Mr. Wilson, Deputy Paymaster-General ; 'Messrs. Wimbolt, King, Bose, Gordon, and Stodart, Cadets. Per Cutlhels —Mr. Samuel Smith, Alexander Frazer, writers ; Mr. M`Dowell, and Dr. Scott. Saturday, a Committee of the Lords of the Privy Council, consisting of the Master of the Rolls, Sirs JOHN NICHOL. and W. WYNNE, met at the Council Okike in Whitehall, to hear and determine Prize Appeals. . The 7th Dragoon Guards, from the Sussex dis. trig, are to relieve the 23d Dragoons on the coast duty of Kent ; and Major General MACKENZIE re lieves Major General Sir J. Mt IZRAY in the corn rvand of Hythe and its vicinity, retaining, al the same time, the command at Brabourne Lees, &c. .11 has been not;fied in a Circular from the War Office, that Regimental Officers succeeding, with out a Staff appointment, to the command of his Majesty's troops abroad, by the death or absence 01 the Commanding Officers, shall, during the time of their aaually exercising such commands, have, t Field Officers, 20s. a day, if of inferior rank, 10s. in addltion to their regimental pay. NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.—Caps. Jackson, t 9 the Poidiers, in the absence of Capt. Bere.sford ; Capt. I. F. Devonshire, to the Armada, vice Capt. Mack enzie.; Capt. Lucius Curtis, to the Iphigenia; Capt. Grant, of the St. Albans, to command the Armada, on her arrival ►n the Mediterranean ; Capt. Dunn, pro Impure to the Bacchante; Capt. Plampin, to the Duncan ; Capt.W. Cumberland, to be regulating offi cer at Cowes; Capt. Blarney, pro tempo-re, to the Loire; Capt. Gillard, of the Sabrina, is promoted to be a Post-Captain; Lieut. J. Reynolds, to command the Nimble cutter; Lieut. J. Hanmer, to the Sparrow ; Lieut. Hugh Montgomery, to the Vengeur ; Lieut. G. Goose, to the Mercurius ; Lieut. Mac Donald, to the Warrior ; Lieut. J. Crosby, to the Bulwark ; Lieut. C. Jefferys, to the Hogue; Lieut. E. Tur, berville, to the Tonnant. Mr. J. R. Scott, from the Gladiatot, to be Surgeon of the Tytion. - SECOND EDITION SU,N OFFICE, THREE O ' CLOCE, P. M BULLETIN. WAR DEPARTMENT. Downing-street, fan. •z 7. A Dispatch is received from Lord WELLINGIoN s dated Gallegos, January 9. His Lordship invested Ciudad Rodrigo on the Bth. —The enemy had increased the difficulty of pp pro telling the place, by a strong redoubt, constru,!:t ed on the field of St. Ft - mit:kw. It was necessary to attempt to take it. It was stossot don the night . of she Bth, by a detachment of the Light Division, led by Lieut. Col. CoLnouNe.. The work ‘,t as cur ried in the most brilliant manner, and all the gar rison either killed or taken. Our loss was only six men killed ; Capt. Meng and Lieutenant WOODGATE, of the 52d, and Loid HAWKESLEY, of the 95th, with fourteen men, wounded. By this success, Lord WELLINGTON has been enabled to break ground within Goo yards of the plaCe ; the redoubt of St. Francisco being converted into a part of the first parallel. General HILL, entered Merida on the 30th of De. , cember. He h3d hoped to surprize General DOM.* BROWSKI, but his approach was discovered by a patrole. The French General retreated from Me rida, leaving magazines of bread and ,A beat, and several unfinished works. On the Ist, General DILL marchtd to attack DROWIT'S corps, at Almendralego, but the enemy retreated to Z3fra, abandoning 4.50,0001b5., of wheat, &c. On the 3d, a detachment of our cavalry beat a body of the enemy's horse, at Puente del Maestro, taking two officers and thirty men prisoners. Genial DaoutiT ietreatii-g to Llerena, Gerieral HILL found it useless to pursue him, and ; . elutheti on the sth of .Luuary to MCfl(l3. NAVAL NEWS. PLYVOUTII, JAN. 25.—Soveral vessels in Sutton Pool were robbed on Thursday night last ; the de predators etter ed the cabins, and succeeded In carry ing off many articles, among which were the Mas ters' pocket-books, some of which corit,,in<d notes, but not to any considerable amount. Sa;1 , :(1 rhe.Rota frigate, Cll):ain a cruize off the coast of France. Put in here to join convoy, the schooner Seri IV:imph, J. M g CArtrEY master, groin St. MichaA"(s, with a cargo of fruit, bound to London. The Myrtle sloop of war, in FLunoaze, is ap pointed the ❑ext convoy for Lisbon. Sailed the Lyra gun-brig on a ctuize off the coast of Spain. Came down the hai boor and anchored in Caw sand Bay, the Bulwark man of war. Arrived a convoy from Wales. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 26.—Arrived his M tjesty l 3 ship Terneraire from the Mediterranean ; and tho Crane sloop of war, from a cruize. Sailed the Obrron, with a convoy for the Downs. Arrived the American ship Jupiter, HUTCHINS master, from Charieston : left there the 7th ult. in company with the Mount Hope, NPI-108 master, and parted the same day ; on the Igth inst, in hat. 49, long. 9. 00. was boarded by a Frenli privateer, of 14 guns ; the privateer had captured the shiv Mary, of Greenock, from Lisbon to London, which she burnt. While Capt. HUI CHINS was on board the privateer he saw an English brig that he was in company with the night before, which he supposed would be captured. DC‘L, JAN. 26.—Came down from the Riter the Aughstus Cesar and the hit ludiamen, for J3' onJ retnaio with the Lai kins, and Earl St. Vincent East Indiatft.'n, and sett - ,tlA others. • FALMOUTU, JAN. 24.—Arrived tite Spanish br;g" La Union, JUAN BAPTISTE DB OEBETTA, from Co runna, bound to London,with wool, brought in as a recapture by the Favourite sloop of War.—Also ar rived the Elizabeth, STaing, from Southampton ; the Fame, LONG, froth St. M.chaei's ; the Severn, TREVRETT, lion] Chichester; the Blessing, SoLo- MON, from Neath ; the Northack, BLocN, frotH Dartmouth ; the Jeremiah, STEED, from Pool; the; Isabella, HUNTER, from Gibraltar ; and the John, lisx, from Gibraltar and Lisbon. Sailed his 'Majesty's packet Carteret, DAVY, viith Mails, for Lisbon and Surinam. JAN. 24.—Sailed the Seveni,'IREVERETT foiVyra- terlbrd. GRAVESEND, JAN. 26.--Sailed the Prince Regent IrCliatuan for India ; and the lblur 8, IRwiNI for t:.e Care of Go.,:d Hupe.