The Sun. — London, England, 1812-05-25 00:00:00

ISBO • ••• . . tIBD.ON, LY . 9. l —According to letters frma ?otes, General Mende4ebel has set out upon a..,!e era expedition. " • On the 6th instant, C-etzeral• Trant was ex, Pected in. Oporto. MAY9.—According to.. letters from the Alen tejo of the 6th inst, Scnitt has"set. out from Se t Ile for .Los •Poi.tos . , - with SW horse: Fourregi m'nts from• Cadiz haVe arrived at .Badajoz,. and anong them the regitnent of . ..I - len, in order to form the garrison of that pace, or be otherwise enplOyed. Field 22arshal Don. G. Martens, who served with the Marquis Romana, and was chief of the Staff of Governor Menacho, is the Officer named as Governor of the fortress of Badajo-2. . • • MAC 10:—Otir head-rmart:4-sl. are at Fuente de GUinaldo. The enemy, according .to the most authentic accounts, are stated as follows :—Mar mont at Salamanca, Drouet at Arnaga, and Soult at Seville, part- of whose corps - is still inclining more to the southward. It is said that general sir 1. Graham is to, base the first-divison, aed to_take the command of three divisions upon the. DOuro. Two divi sions have gone to Ahnendralejo to teplace Hill, who -has moved to Merida,. and has Vith him 2d.pontoons, a number of ladders, and a new formed brigade of iron 2.4 : pounder howit— Very large depots are forming at Eivas and clajn7.. It iR.a very generally receivetL opinion here, that-Lord Wellington will, in the course of the present campaign, completely clear the south of Spain of theeneiny AlAy 5.,--General Ballasteros, equally-skilful as a Warior and a politician, has circulated many pro clamations throughput the ATI d alus ia.S o inviting, Qn condition of pardon,. .the Juramentados, to abandon the colours of 'their perfidious -.enemy.— There effect was such as might, have been. evpect 7 . ed• It appears that more than'l,soo have desert_ to the Spaniards, with their arms and ninny Iterses. It -is certain, that lAyanionte, some . 900, including dispersed and xecruits, have been tufbarked for Cadiz." • • AMERIC'd. • The Gossipiunt . arrived on Thursday at Liverpool from the Savannah, .and the A.V. Lawrence from ' . I% lew Orleans. Both vessels have brought papers and letter from New York, to the 21st ult. On . the'l4th ult. Congress passed an Act; prohibiting !he exportation of specie, and of goods, wares, • tad merchandise, of. foreign or domestic growth Or manufacture, either by land ,or water, during ,-I tteenntinuanee of the Embargo Act,. under the Penalty of the forfeiture, of t.he vessel, carriage,. t l te. so employed 1000 dollari, on convictio n ( *the owners, or any person knowingly concern ed in such transaeti on . The President is autho ised to employ an y part '.of the military or n ava l 4 gree in execution of the Act... - The farther con aideration of the bill, for a 'temporary suspension 14 the Non-importation Act was fixed for, the 20 th;; but it was generally suppo se d th a t it would Pin be put off to the Ist. instant. A letter had l i z r een. received by a Gentleman at Washington, Mr. Barlow, which, after stating, that .his osPects of a satisfactoey arrangement with the reach Government were very discouting, adds, ‘ `lf the Emperor turns a deaf ear to the renion 4tl'ances and petition's of twenty of his principal annercial cities, can it be expected he will lend . 'lllore favourable one to - the de man d s o f a fo ki„ • 0 . 1 Government i," Oa the 16th April, -a Mr; Wheaten presented-a - t °test to the House of Representatives aga i ns t A capture- of the. brig Comet, by the French, 11 i , eh, after considerable discussion, was referred the Sectetary of State, by a large majority., : he , New' York Gazette, of the 17th nit: states;Dat Mr. Foster, had, written to the Chevalier that-the .General Government had 'given. . 0 1 °1 assurances that' he conduct of General Mat t e „Nvs, Colonel Smythe, and Comm o do r e C am p- Ell is bigi:lv disapproved of, a n d th a t A me li a : - `1 11 (1 will forthwith be delivered lip to the §pa.. • Comniandant. ta . l Ile electi ons th ro u g h ou t the United-States are' 1 14 to be decidedly favourable to the Federalists. 4 431 towns in Massachusets, they had a ma- I tY of 1,260, where their opponents last year a. majority of. 4,742. , 1 1: 11 ?i 'Nan VII: and the Defiance, ships of fLhne, arrived in the Downs on. Friday,from to 4 •n4' The Eleplkiiit sailed the same day z • Join the blockading fleet. z - t i t :urion s 'O ccurrence. —a,, lFElES, MAY 19.7-One t i t k . and mysterious circumstance, connected with ti-e. a ssassination of the Prime Minister, we can -4'4 omit to m e nti on , as, however strange and t tlec ountable it may appear, we can saf e ly pl e d g e pion credit; and we are a u th or i s ed lik ew i se t o 1 4 ` ci '.ge the •Credit of a much respected and' highly 0 , tc ,!"-. 1 friencl in vouching for its truth. 1 0 , night of Sunday, the 10 t h i ns t. twenty hours before the fatal deed was perpetrated, lii l e Port was brought, it is not yet known from mir quarter, t o .Bridekirk, a village about two I lia!! f rom Annan, that Mr. Perceval was shot,. in th e 7, to the H ouse o f Continoo, the door or in. i k ° o ll of that house. ta, l} l. d 3 inost remarkable fact the whole i n h a bi 7 h i : of that village are ready to attest, as the Li quickly spread, and became on iliandaY the rsal topic of conversation. The Clergyman. it,4l: 4°l °. eve have alluded, and who allows us to of u se of his name, is Mr. Yor s t o u n , Mi n i s t er z tm lodd oin. This gentleman, wit,h a laudable Al*. % rent to th e s p o t, an d carefully inve,,tigated. hl tt i ;, lllll ou.r, with a v i ew o f trac i ng i t to i ts source, h a , 'a t s net hi t t erto b een success f u l , although he , kia v i."tained th e mos t satisfactory proof of its, rth t i t existed at the trine we have mentioned.-- . T m fries and Galloway Courier) h t , first stone on the Denbighshire side of the i 4 , ri dge'near O ver t on , was laid on - the 11th it tit 4t, by W. W. Wynne, Bart. th e L or a :th e fie.nan't of that county, and the .first stone on yatr4ltshire sid e by the Right Bon. Lord Ken-; design of this b r id ge i s nea t an d eollSiStillg a one eliptical arch, of one hull - 4i 4 - g 4 twenty feet in- the span; and 'forty -1'4417a the surface of the water to •the soffit of '414 GERI►MAN PAPERS, WAn5Aw, MAy courier has hire with intelligence of a rencontre having taken place in the - neighbourhood of Radzilow; betwen 'a detachment of ,the allied troops and the Cos sacks. It appears that the latter crossed the Bohr, and attempted to advance. along. - ne left bank of the Wysa, for the purpose of plundering the v& lageg - , When Collinel - Wenzlow attacked. them ' with the Polish and confederated troops, and put them to the rout : he, afterwards pursued them across the Wysa, „killing and wounding ninety six of them ; , and making twenty -two prisoners. It is said that the Rhssian Commandant of Go nindz has disavowed this act of aggression, and. requested :the, particulars, in order to transmit them to the EmperOr. The march of troops th r ou g h 'thi s 'place con , tinues daily. Our contingent of 30,000-men. are all in the field: LElrsie,. MeY 7- T 1 from Elbing, that the troops Of .his Majesty the Emperor, and those of the Rhenish - Confederation, form a seg ment of ,extending from. the Behrung to the borders of 'Austrian Gallicia—in -some parts, the forces -of `France and her allies are within four miles of the Russian corps of observation. 'There are various rumours in circulation ; hopes are still •eirtertained of adjustment. It' is certain that whatever affairs ma hvve occurred;' they are not autholised bythe Commanders. PETERSBURGII ) APRIL 24.-- , There have been - sonic modificatioo in the, late levies of troops--- it being found impossible, to raise the required numbers, many inalca. have been taken under the Age of 18 and above that of 40 years. Three corps of reserve_ have been formed ; one, at Pskow, consisting of ten thousand troops ; an t other between' Tharmapol and Bhitomie, of twelve thonsaml.i and' a third at' Biallistock of fourteen thousand, Which will ji6 augniented. They are well, equipped. FRAIIKEoIiT,. MAY 18.—The Russian Court Ga zette of the 4th ult - . contained an ukase, forbid ding the departure of the inhabitants "settled on the western frontiers to th e i n t er i or. They are promised ,p , rotection from- any ' predatory f ore i gn force, and'indenmifiCation of all losses, an account of which they me directed to transmit to head quarters: The are likewise or d ere d t o ' supp l y horses and' waggons for the conveyance - of troops and stores, and a certain q uan tit y of' grain, &c. for which latter they are to be paid. ?another ukase, of a date prior to the .above, forbids subjeCts of Russia serving in the armies of a foreign continental potentate, under the, penalty of-confiscation Of property. A third ukaSe directs the return of all Russian subjeets from the dominions of any - Continental power within a limited' time, 'under :penalty of receiving no indemnification for loss of property . which they may sustai n in consequence of remain-7' , ArrENIcA, MAY 10.—The troubled aspect of the times has occasioned' the departure of some hun dred Russians, who have spent the winter in this capital; they have taken various routes :—a num, ber of them - are likewise returning from Italy to their own country2_ • ' COPENHAGEN, MAY B.—A corps of 6000. men have been orde.red to - assemble in Holstein, under the cominand of Gen. Muller. They will guard the coast against all insult on the part of the English. • " The troops who were permitted.to return home, at the conhuencement of the winter, have been ordered to join their regiMents without delay, circumstances having rendered thei r serv i ces in •,,.dispensahly necessary to their country. 'BUDA, MAY 4:--It is confidently reported, that the negotiations between the Russians and Turks . 'have terminated abruptly, and that the Plenipo -Ontiaries of tile Inger -are preparing to return to Schumla. The Porte insisted upon the ,restora tion of the conquests made from her, which was - refused ; and the resultiS,. that she is activ e ly,: employed in preparations for resuming the.offen,' sive, avid driving the Russians from their con quests. All the great Officers of the Ottoman Empire are convinced that peace is unattainable; and extraordinary taxes will be levied to defray the expellees of the war. The Grand Vizier has received reinforcements from all parts of the em pire ; he has rendered Schumla impregnable, and put his army in the best condition ; the Russians, on the contrary, have weakened their army, by sending detachments to, the westward : the fleets of both powers Would quit their respective ports for the Black Sea the beoinning of this month. Letters were received'on Friday from Manches ter) which communicate .the unpleasant intelli gence, that dufing the last few days several vio en •lt outrages haVe been committed by the Lud dites. No fewer -than three, persons have been shot in different parts of the country without any discovery orieven suspicion of the murderers. Theserjeant of the Local Militia,' who, it is supposed, was murdered: by the' Luddites ; was naffed Moore : he was quartered. in Manchester, and he.parted from his .friends for the purpose of going home, accompanied by a. young Woman.— On going up Aticoat:s-:street, they .were met by a party of men, rho,: it is conjectured, precipitated them oyer the bridge into the Rochdale. The neighbours heard - a. cry of murder !, and rushed out, but could discover.no one in the water ; but noticed several men walk away at a quick pace. Moore had incurred the resentment of the Lud dites by his refusal to take their oath. The two `bodies were taken out of the canal next morning. Faig4t persons 'have been committed to prison at Manchester, for administering oaths and rioting since Sunday, the, 17th instant., • , • Letters from. Nottingham state 'the following alarming fact, viz. that no sooner has a person taken the oath of traitorous union in that county, tilart . ,he receives that constant pecuniary supply_ which: enables him-to support himself and family without work. Last week, at, Ymnouth, W. Hammon4, wherry -Juan, and his wife,. throwing potatoes at each other, one of them hit her on the head, when she, withoht .cvil intention, threw at him a clasp \vbieh penetrated through his ribs, and, einsci inimediate ',.death. The Coroner's jaiy brouglit in their verdift—lllansiaughter and zne fuliv committed for trial. PE LIEF OF TF E 41/INUAICTURERS. . . On Saturday a respectAgit; fhottgli not-very nip , • inerous, meeting of Noblemen; Gentlemen, and others, was held- at the Freemasons - Tavern, for the purpose _of taking into.. consideration the means of affording •relief to the diStresses of the manufacturers in.various parts,of the country.— , Besides the Duke of York, who was in the:Chair, there were present, among others, the - Duke- of • Kent, Cambridge, and Rutland, Lord Rolle, Mr. Justice BaileV, Mr. Wilberforce,. Mr. H. Thorn tan, Mr. Babington, Mr. Stephen, &c. Mr. 'Wilberforce regretted, that liciwever re spectable the present meeting was, a greater num ber of persons of all ranks had not been brought together by an, object interesting as that for which they were now met.- „ Indeed, as the distresses which prevailed in the manufacturing-- districts were so very extensive in nature, it might seem to wine an object beyond the means of a meeting like/the present to afford them reLq; but still those who originated this measure wouh:. feel gratified by doing as mu c h as th e y were a bl e, if they could - not do all they wished, and at least a'beginning would be given to exertions which might be more extensively followed up,by others. lie thought that th e fi rs t reso l ut i ons to be adopted by the Meeting should be of as general a nature as ; and that their first object should be to appoint a committee fur the purpose of receiving contributions, and corresponding with local committees in various parts of the country,. so as to learn what claims were most urgent, and also in what- way relief could best be applied.— 'The attention of the Committee snould also be, di rected to the best means of. husbanding the re-: sources of the country amidst the present dearth of provisions, and particularly of forming soup . establishments in various districts where they could not fail to, prove highly useful. .11e'fi'usted, that the example set by the illustrious personaeps, now present, would be followed by the highest, ranks of society.; and concluded with moving. see veral resolutions, which. went generally to declare the necessities under which many of'the manufac turers laboured, the duty of affording them relief, and the propriety of appointing a Committee with that object. The Duke of Kent, in seconding the resolu tionS, observed, that the object of the meeting was not to consider the causes to which the diS, tresses of the manufacturers might . be owing. Discussions of that nature, connected with .qoes - tions of policy, were foreign to their purpose; and their first object was now to consider the ,evil as it stood, and to unite all classes of society, in furnishing relief to the families of manufac turers till the next harvest, whiCl he hoped would remove the tempora r y preSsurejntising from the high price of provisions.. , . .A Birmingham Manufacturer, 11:hose name. we did not learn, begged lea ve t o recommend -the general wearing of buckles and metal buttons. If the- illustrious personages now present, and others in 'the higher ranks of society, were to re :store that fashion and make it general, it would open new employthent to the mechanics of Bir `mingham, and do much to relieve their distresses. Air. Stephen alluded to some remarks which he .had read in a morning paper, the tendency of ;which he deprecated as calculated to induce peo ple to keep aloof froth relieving immediate, dis 'tress, while professing to recommend the removal of the, Orders in Council as the 'only cure. But if these measures were wrong,• which he denied, the labouring classes were not chargeable with the errors of Government ; and the proper in quiry was, not whether the distresses. of .the nufacturers were caused by this or that measure, hut what should be done to afford them. relief , iri the first instance. Having heard that this meet ing was recomended by the Deputies from the Potteries and from Birmingham,.,he had expected that it would have been attended .by some of those Gentlemen who thouht differently from dim as to the policy of .the Orders in initherto the pure stream ;of public:charity hatrin -country been uneontamurated by party.po fitiCs ; it NV as humanity alone which shpuld form iTeNond of connection on the present occasion ; anirhe hoped that thousands of those whose dif fered in political opinion would contribute their exertions to remove distresses which all must la ment. Mr. Oddy wished .to impress upon the distin guished personages whom he lad the hon Our to address,, the inexhaustible resources which the conntry . might derive from the cultivation of the waste lands, and the improvement of the fish- cries. Mr. Justice Bailey proposed that the meeting should adopt a Resolution s recommending to the higher classes of society, to limit the consump tion, of bread in their families, and to leave off the use of pastry. This might produce a saving, equal.in effect to a considerable subSeriptiOn. Mr. Wilberforce begged to suggest that a tacit agreement of this sort might be preferable to a public resolution. p He trusted, however, that.the attention,of the Committee would be particularly directed to the Opining an increased suitply of fish for the consumption of all clauses of.s9eiety. The take of Cambridge also recommenclecl to the Learned ,Indge to postpone his resoluti oA , Mr. Justice Bailey's resolution was 'accordingly withdraWn, and a Committee was appointed which comprised all the Gentlemen whose. names we have already . given, together with several other . individuals. On the motion of +the Puke of 'Rutland, the thanks of the ineeting were voted to the Duke of York, for the zeal and alacrity - Which he had shewn in the husiness,of the clny ; to which: 114 Royal Highness made . a suitable reply, The Budget--the Loan.—The pevy;Oter expected to contract for the Loan, and bring for ward his Budget in a few days. There is another Budget, however, which attracts the attention of ‘i the Public at this thne- , --the Budget of Capital;. , l Prizes, which is to be drawn on thOiing's:Birtil Day. Of the contents of this Budget, those who delay their purChases can have-no chance, as there are but 8,009 Tickets, hardly equal to the con sumption of a Country tow 4, J. Jones has effected lit - escape from Mont gomery .gaoi, where he IV4 c9niined under sen tence of death. POLICE. !Mansion-House.—Saturdava,!f who under one a prilr.ite days, since,-.x.Carged with AeAing hundred'pounds in bank notes house, where he aeted'as a clerk, w .! •• : to the ,bar. It appeared, npOn the suspected an taken into CuStody, he c0 , 13' - “?, robbery; and told where most of the rnoTu:y deposited', which was in the chestof a - youn-.; man whom he associated with, and where Cham berlain, Ore:officer, found above eleve;i hunch -ea pounds, which.he produced. The young woman' was likewise detained in 'custody, but no proof appeariti.k.pf.her.knoydedge of the i . ntoney 'being stolen, • she Was dischari,red. ,The male prisoner was remandedfor . further exam' illation. Union-Hail =l,aac Wood, the waterman, of pugilistic notoriety; , who fouglit Pi.if.:11 , .12T0 tin; • black, was on Friday. night apprehended by, Gar and Clerk, .on a. Jud-ge's warrant, charged with -essaulting lfr..'Tleadle, a - custom-house_officer, wNlst - in.the discharge of his • duty. officers took into.(tistody la little 'before twelve at night, ai a,on the'wziy to the watch-h ouse near Blackfriars-bri on the Surrey side, he escaped 'from them,:.ruti down the steps, plunged into the water, aid swam to a boat moort:d at some dis tance from the shore ; fin - ding her, however, too well Securcd for • him .to unmoor, and perceiving the officers had' followed Thiin close behind, he again took to the wirer, and made for some float ing timbers, still fu - rther from, the shore ; is at tempting to get upon them. they gavo way, and he again sunk, but regained.them at one end as the of:leers mounted them at the other; and End- . ing it impossible to escape fnrther,•he put dims t'.'' in an attitude of defence, and . a desperate battb: ,ensued,. but Superior skill and science were; obliged to give way to.superior numbers ; he was secured, tal- en on shOre, and next morning coinniittA to Newgate, to be:taken from thence to Maidstone for trial at the next Assizes.- • , . An alteration in the dress of the - Ma.rine. CorPs. is about to take place : caps arc to be snbstituted, for hats. The great Aggregate Catholic Meeting is ex pected to take place in Dublin early, in June. The Gazette of Saturday contains an Address of 'condolence to the Prince on the occasion of the ever to be lamented death of Mr.. Perceval, and of approbation and Thanks to his Royal Highness 'for his . patriotic conduct, from the Loyal Livery of London; the county of Selkirk, the towns of Be verley, Ashburton, and Peebles, and the county of Dumfries. A friend of the late Chancellor of the Exche quer conversing with young Mr. Perceval upon the virtues and merits of his father, the modest youth immediately exclaimed, "- Oh, Sirl I feel 'but too conscious how unworthy I ant at present of such a father; but I trust that the day will come when his friends will-not have any cause to blush for me !" Mr. Vansittart enjoyed the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer but one single day : the, shortest tenure of that high office that the Ministerial re cards have hitherto notified. The Anniversary of Mr. Pitt's birth-day will be celebrated this year at Doncaster, Leeds ? New castle-upon-Tyne, North and South Shields,Edin burgh, and at various other places. A large vessel, laden With timber, supposed to be the Brutus, of Hull, was fOund on the coast of Scotland, near South Hist, the end of Februar\!, without auy person on board, and towed into the Island of Ereskay. CORK, MAY 18.—We were sorry to observe a ,disposition to riot 'manifested thi, day by some of our fellow citizens. It 'seems some evil-dis posed persons circulated a report that there were some potatoes lodged in a store belonging to Mr. Callaghan—in consequence of which representa tion a considerable number of persons proceeded to break open .the doors; when Dan. Callaghan, jun. Esq. arrived, and offered to open the whole stores for their inspection; in the mean time the Mayor arrived, with a party of cavalry, and tran quility was immediately restored. A lamentable accident happened last ,week in a coal-mine at Orrell, near Liverpool. The work . men had been ;warned not to approach a certaia part with tire or li ht ; notwithstanding which, one of them entered it with a lighted candle, when a tremendous explosion took place, by which all in that-part of -the . inine, consisting of nine men and one woman, lost their lives. is said there Will be an encampment this sum mer in' Sherwood Forest, the famous haunt of Robirc Food; and another at Litchfield. Two divisiop . of .the Itoyl Denbigh R eg h nent of coP.nmanoid - b) Sir W. W. Wynne; Bart. have ma - zehecl ft.* Sheffield to Hull. MAIUcET, MAY 25. This day's Market was pretty well supplier' 'with prime Beaqs:, and the shoW of Cattle in other respects.. was. middling ; Lamb and Pork support last prices ; Beef, Mutton, and Veal, are dearer ; and the trade in gen6ral was tolerably brisk.----The sales in the Hay Mail,et were some what 'lively ; Bay, Straw, and. Clover, fetehe , t last pries.--laVe annex. a 'correct statement of the prices amtnumbers,:.-.... 7 Y 0 siolethe Offal, per Stone of slb. ss.'S4i.: to is. I‘ll4t,On, 6s. Od. to 7s. td. Veal, 7 s . Od to 3.. Oil. Pott t.i) , 6s. 6s. Rd. Lamb, 7s. Od. to Bs. 4d. Stitep and Lambs, 8 ; 700. Calves, 89. Pigs Br4sL4, 1710; 215. ~eMITHr.IELD HAYMARKET. Hay, tis. Straw, 21, los. to 31. 3s. Clover, Cl Os. tollb. ss. -t . - • . . ~.. . , • Cor,m4x - ctitiNgr, ..Alki 25 .--This. dav the fresh arrivals of VSfheat coakvolse make a tolerable snp ply, and having ,Several foreign, -supposed up , waTas of 5,000 iLunkrters, .tend to the effect' Of. be - iiiy sales, it rather lowtt prices'than on .Fri.-1 d 4 -; Baxley again very Aral sale, at somewhat less ; Maltand. White Peast nearly at last.prices,: as likewise the two sorts ..16 - f Beans ; there are considerable supplies of ofitt, sal es heavy, and hardly at the last quotatiten; takl. Flour at late