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PRICE OF STOCKS PrrittsnAv..43 vwEz.v.E o'ct,ntx. Consols... .60if 5 per Cent. Navy 91195 - 1 Omnitnn afl pr. el TIIE SUN. SOLEM Qt inCERK.FAT4ur4 suntAT? L b o N, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER. S, tBl2. We have not received any intelligence from the Continent which will 'enable us either to confirm or contradict the report respecting. BUONAPARTE, which excited such agitation on Sunday, and yes:- teiday. The report produced a considerable effect upon the funds yesterday morning ; o;Unium,Ut the opening ofthe market,was done as high as 93-Bths ; but it afterwards fell, and left off at 8 5-Sibs. ; It has teen suggested that the whole report was a frabrication inerely for stock jobbing purposes - I but. it is indisputable that a rumour, of BUCRNA rAILTE'S death, mas current in France. The re , port itself, however, would note have produCed , . , tnuch effect, if it had not been accompanied with circumstances, which we know are not fabricated, viz. the extraordinary meetings of the Conserva. tive ;Senate; and the silence of the illoniteur, • noti.vithstanding the reported successes of the French' aims. Having yestekday submitted to our Reatiers the observations that occurred to us upon this subject, we shall forbear all further speculation - upon it until we are in possession of more information. The defeat of General O'DowNEL has excited a veiy'strong sensation at Cadiz, and is • certainly a most i'infortunate event at this juncture. It ap pears,,from the Spanish Papers, that strong sus picious of treachery are entertained, and„ Con sitlex-ing how often the Spaniards have been be trayed by their leaders, we cannot wonder that they are'apt to be suspicious. An investigation has been instituted, and the General's brother, who was one of the Members of the Itegency, j has • resigned,. in order that the inquiry may be freely and impartially made. There is every reason to think that the next at counts' from Cadiz will announce the raising , of the siege of that place. The French cannot now entertain a hope of taking it, and SOUL?, we should suppose, would be anxious to concentrate his forces,as much as possible, and to be in com nlunication with SucnE T. Just before this Paper was put to press, we learnt that letters had been received from Paris, of the sth inst. which coo not say any thing about BUONAPARTE being dead or wounded. It was generally understood that the meetings of the Conservative Senate were for 'the purpose of taking measures'to repair the dreadful losses Ve 'Lich the French armies haVe sustained in Spain. Almost all the troops of the line have been or dered from the differZnt fortresses to march to 'wards Spain. SUN-OFFICE, ONE O'CLOCK. We understand th'at the last accounts from Pe tersburgh.„ which'are dated the 15th ult. state that the Russian Army had advanced 50 wersts, and that the enemy had retired 80: We understand, `also, that a letter froni an Officer ,on , board the Victory stated, that a Courier had arrive,d, with an account of a signal victory obtained by the Rus ,sianS, but that, as t Sir JAMES SAlntivz was at Some distance, the dispatches had not been open ed. Nothing further has transpired respecting the rumoured death of BUONAPARTE, though it, has • been confidently said. that he actually died on his birth-day: Gcivernment, last night, sent off by post, copies of tat.t last...,,Bulletins issued, in town, in conse .treriA,..e of Ihe capture of ,Madrid, by the Marquis of WELLINGTON. They are translated into French, and are to .be distribUted along the French coast. Firit, Semi - id, and Third Rekiments of Foot Guards were yesterday intpected in Hyde Park, by 1115 Royal Highness the CoifCoifMANnEß-IN- Cdi r, their Royal Highnesses the Dukes 'of CLA . REN,C,n and CAtfB}CiDGE were on the':ground.— . Folirteeti hundred'and fifty men' were drafted from the first, battalions for_ernbarkations'for Portugal. On _being informed . , that they were to join the Marquis of WELLINGTON'i army they _gave three cheers . . One half -of them are expected to march this • morning, and the remainder to-morrbiv. A great concourse of spectators was assembled . in 1 2 1Ycle Park dUring the morning. The reported death of BUPNA.P . ARTE caused ari universal sensation in: the .City yesterday morn ing. The Change was crowded at an early hour The. Stock Exchange was opened at ten . o:clock; the first.price was 9 per Cent. tor ,Omnitun ; it then declined to S-.T. ; at 12 o'clock it was meuy bnyers ; and offers 'Making of 20 percent. in the.event of the report being confirmed. . We.,are sorry to learn, that_ in , the disgraceful scene of confusion, which took. place at Bartholo mew Fair pa aturday night] several females were trrated with great . indecericy , anq cruelty. We really hope that some measures will be adopted for putting an end to . this annual nuisance. BRE.A.D.—The same as last,week. NAVAL NTEIVS, SErT.7.---Sailed his Jliaj , _:sty's ship War spite on a cruize off Flushing. . _ Came down from the River the SO ft, East India Pilot sloop, to wait the arrival of the India meniglie Nymph, hired armed cutter has a signal flying for Portsmouth. PORT:MOUTH, KEPT. 7.—Sailed the Quen Char lotte cutter, with a convoy for Guern . Sey and Jersey; his Majesty's ship Rosario has made: a signal for the con v oy bound for the Downs to get under weigh. DATMOUTId, SEPT. 6.—Sailed the Providen,t and Eliza cartels for Morlaiy.. rAtmourn, SEPT. s.—Arrived the Queen Char lotte (2nd) from Plymouth, to be cons-erted'into a pae4et. • , LEITH, SEPT: s.—The Sarpedon sloop of war arrived in the Roads. on Friday with a convoy fromGottenbnrgh . ,and the Baltic, and two Ameri can Ap d C brigs; the Cuba, JONES, an ygnet, TR WELL; from St. Petershurgh, for Boston, laden with hemp, iron, &c.' the former of which is va lued at 40,0001. They were detained by order of the Admiral at Wingo Sound, on the 12th ult . T'te Sarpedon left Gottenburgh with the fleet (about 230) on Sunday se'nnight; and parted with the Northern and rnglish convoys, about twenty leagues off the Naze, on Sunday last. The Sarpedon made the signal for a convoy to , • the southward yesterday, and will sail on Monday. • NAVAL APPOINTMENTs.—Liettt. J. Wells ; to the rreya, at Portsmouth. Lieut. W. l'il‘Leod,to the Snap sloop. Capt. J. Brisbane, to the Danneroa.rke, of 74 guns, in the room of Captain Bissett,. remored,to'the Royal Sovereign, of 110 guns. Lieut. A. Donnadieu, proinoted to the . rank of Commander. 'Capt. Millie, apptiinted to the Venerable, to comirand the Princess Charlotte yacht, until Capt. Si.z. H. Popham joins. Lieut. J. Campbell, to the Boxer sloop, fit ting at Portsmouth. Lieut. T. Burt; to the Valiant, of 74 guns, in the Downs. Lieut: J: Davis, to the Fox troop-ship. Mr. N. '.feast, to be Purser of the Snap sloop, atPortsotouth. Mr. F. Gould, to.be Purser of the Boxer sloop. Mr. C.Ran dolph, Midshipman, to be Lieutenant of the Impetneux. Twz THEATRE.—Covent-garden Theatre open ed, for the season, last night, with the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, and the pantomime of Harlequin and Padmanaba. The part of Romeo was support ed with. great ability by Mr. C. KEMBLE, and Juliet, in a very interesting. manner, by Miss S. BOOTH. JONES was very lively in Mercutio. They were all well received by theaudience, and CLARE.. MONT, who had been discharged, .but who has. been restored to his station, had a very compli mentary notice. The Pigeon-hole•boxes, as they were called, at the top of the Theatre have been Closed nil., and the piers . which divided the upper Gallery have been removed. The Theatre looks the better for these alterations, and the performers are certainly heard to more advantage. ' There was a more numerous audience than was to be ex pected, particularly as the season has commenced several days before the usual period. The sublime Oratorio of The Messiah was per formed on Friday last in St. John's Church, Ports mouth, 'for the benefit of two charitable institu tions of that town. CATALAN' liberally contri buted her efforts on the. occasion, and the profits were considerable. Miss Munir, who appeared some years ago .at Covent Garden Theatre, and who has now reach ed ,her fifteenth year, last night performed Little . Pickle, in The Spoiled child, at thE Surrey Thea tre ; she acquitted herself with great spirit, and was much applauded. 'Mrs. DICKONS has been, performing at Wor- . thing, where INCLEDON. sung for her benefit on Wednesday last ; she has since assisted his - benefit at Brighton. . KELLY iS, it seems, to preside over the musical . department of . the new Drury Lane Theatre, and his experience in dramatic music, as well as talents for , composition, very well qualify. him for the .. s itu *on . . . According , to report, a considerable number of Addresses for the opening of Drury-lane Theatre :have already , been transmitted to the Committee, andit is very probable that more will be presented. The occasion affords: good scope for talents and fancy, , and, whoever may gain . the laurel, the whole collection, if published, would exhibit a striking, and not . uninteresting specimen of the poetical genius 'of this country ,at the present period. Mr.. ABBOTT, who has been engaged for 'Co vent-garden Theatre, has been - for some years a . favourite performer. at Bath. He performed three or four seasons ago at the Haymarket Theatre, and displayed respectable talents.- .It is said that COOKE lately wrote to the, Pro- prietor of Covent-garden Theatre, signifying that he should soon return from, America ; but there have been no further tidings of him. . F A RLEY, the actor, had a very narrow . .iescape lately, at Covent=garden Theatre ; in passing over . the stage in the evening, he fell through a trapL. door, and sonic fatal ,Consequence,would have oc curred if he had been precipitated to the bottom, , but luckily he pitched upon his haunehes,on'the end of a beatn, •mid-way, and was -safely extri-, cated, though not without difficiiity. A grand dinner was given on Friday last, at ..the Liverpool Arms Hotel, Liverpoolin :honour of Mr. BROUGHAM. 'Mr. Roscoa .Of course made a' complimentary speech on the occasicp;,. - -and BROUGHAM of course made a . grateful , auswer. Many persons of their political principles had the honour of being toasted, and the day. passed off without disturbance. • , . On Wednesday last, some persons at Manches ter, who profess to be friends to a Parlianientary Reform, had a dinner at that place; Major- CART WRIGHT, whO seems to -be travelling for popu larity, was present, and made a speech in return for having had his health given as a toast: We do not hear that the speech had A soporific effect upon the -company. SPANISH PAPERS: CORTES.-17T1i DAY. CA.t.tz, At d'usr 11.--Senor the Marqbts of Villafranca delivel.ed a rep!'esentation of the Su 'perior Junta of Murcia,' in which it was asserted that the misfortune of the second and third army was greater than had been stated by the General in Chiet Don Jose O'Donnel, in his- dispatches ; that all the forces of the province bad been use less ; that the action at Baca, which the Gazette of the Regency lied represented as a victory, had been nearly as disastrous as : that at Castella k thciugh not so conspicuously s 6 : he proposed, therefore,. that all the. Chiefs of that army should be changed, including the Staff, on account of. the little confidence which 'the people`have is them. He sail the number of the enemy vt ; iS about 3,000 men and, our forces exceeded 10,000. He deinanded a speedy remedy. The dispatch of General O'Donnel. was read, in which he says that the army in the acrtim of Casten, after having gained advantages, had suf fered some loss, in co sequen,ce of tAvo sonadrons of cavalry having been beaten on the left dank ; that he'hoped the action would have no ill conse luences, though he sensibly felt that it had frus trated hrs designs. - .... The dispatch of the same General, relative to the action at Bata, was read. • Senor Villannevet proposed, that the Regeney should be requested td furl - 1141 fall and accurate lOrnation. on the whole. • • ' " The Count de.TorrenO Proposed that the Secre tary at War should be sent for. • • • • • Senor Traver, after haying referred• to vArions notes which he bad relative. - to thin - action, and . the' conduct of the ; Ccimthander in- Chief, added, that it was suggested he had a firm support in the Regeney,- because his brother was aßegent ; but, surely, said he, neither' he nor his, brother, can think themselies secure in yontaFesence, Unless they have justice on their side. resolutiOn Was then reid,,,passed by the Congress in secret ses sion to the time of the former Regency,. autho rising 6en'eral BallasteroS, Who was .to go to Valencia, to require by means' of the Intendant of that army such ''supplies as .1.0 • might. think ne cessary.far the subsistence of the army, the com mand, of which they entrusted. to him. He that this order of the Congress had been decidedly for General;B . allasteros, and not for any other Chief; but "that the present Regency having- as sumed the Government, they conferred the coin mancl.of that army a with those means, upen Gen. O'Donaiel ; he observed, also, that Senor Ribas, the Intendant of that army, was 'the brothe, of another - of the Regents 5 so thatthere existed a kind of semi-regency without the. knowledge of the Congress-. He proposed, and it was unani mously approved, that the Regency should be apa plied to,- to send irtimediately to the Congress the Secretary at War; with the original dispatches which the - Regency had received relative to the action at Castella, with the orders and provisions made by the Regency to investigate the eauSei.of the loss of this action, the change of the General in-Chief, and the destination of the former. After some other businesshad been gone through, the Minister at War appeared; and read the dispatch which the General in Chief had trans mitted, relative to the action in question. It ap peared, that the cavalry, under the command -of Brigadier-General Santistevan, which should have between Sax and Viar, had posted itself be hind,Villena, without the knowledge of the Ge neral ; that the- first charge of the cavalry was re pulsed, but not the second ; in• which the infan try was sabred, the battalions of 'Cadiz 'and Co , rona not moving ; that the enemy's cavalry was checked by the regiment 'of . Cuenca, under its Co lonel,- the Count del Montijo, accompanied by the General in Chief; that the enemy c.nly pur sued the - army to about a league and a half from Castelia. ; that all the 'battalionS (except that of Badajoz, which fell into disorder without being charged) behaved perfectly well; as likewise did the .provisional squadrons of the line, and the or denanias of the General ,••• that the - victory would have been, ours; if Brigadier Santistevan had act ed with the 763 horse under tis command,. On the left : he was immediately suspended. The date of this dispatch is, Orihuela, - July 30. That the statement of the loss was as follews : —Killed-: priacipal• officers, 3 ; mfEcers,, 1,3 ; ,cadets', 3 - a . seajeants; 16 ' • soldiers, 3.64; horses, 4.—Wounde.d : principalofficers, 1. ;, officers, 30; cadets,. 4 ; serjeants, 18 ; soldiers, 401 ; horses, B.—=Prisoners : ;principal officers, 3; officers, 67 ; cadets, eight; serjeants, 102; soldiers, 2,65'5 ; horses, 10. He also gave in a statement of the positions occupied in Castella by the enemy and our troi - ips, and a copy of the instructions' given by the Gene ral, with one of the number of which the corps 'consisted ; as also the declaration Of an cadet, taken priaoner; whi; bad escaped, ..which was, that there had been hn,tiesiadispersed, altnoatthe whole loss consisting., in killed,,, wounded. . and prisoners. -The &gen cy,haa :appointed Field-Marshal Don Xavier Elio., Comm mcler a in a Chief of the second' and third army, and ordered him to nominate an officer of character to inquire into this action. The President.—" I ask, what destination . has been given to central O'Donnell'' , The Minister.—" The organization ' of an, army, of reserve : to Senor Cruz Mourgeon, and in his absence to Senor Loigorri the command of the Isla. - • • a . Senor Traver called the attention of. the Con greas, to the application of the Deputation. from. Valeneia.,to the Regency of Spain; to avoid Allis, catastrophe, Which they Momentarily feared,. and_ . thought that this was•a case 'which required• re-, sponsibility; not from General. O'Donnel, but the. ..It.egen.e.a of -Spain. 'He:again mentioneththe order, ivhich. in hii - anterior'disCOUrse he'quoted) . rela a . tive . to General •BallasterOs, notwithstanding which 'the Regency appointed D. Joseph O'Don a net, who dame flying from 'Valencia, General of the 2d and 3d Armies, which the authorization of the 'Cortes alone ga . ve 'to General 13allasteros. He read the applications made -to the - Regency, knd the Cortes, by .- the . deputations from Valen cia. They preferred charges against o:Donnel. who was rewarded ; at present no complaint is preferred against O'Donnel---it is against the Re gency of Spain, that charges are 'preferredi COveinfrieit bcucd to bring forward O'Dor - 11'01 the hOnour 'of his brother the Rev!it is compfonaised; it is necessary that this investiga tion should be made by some individuals of the Congress ;--:-.among the military men there are none who. can investigate it ; all are under the in fluence of tile Regency. What will the astonish ed Congress say to the conduct of the Regency, in employing O'Donnel in opposition to the .judg ment or the nation ? Let the investigation take 'place in AliCadt, and not in Cadiz, as irrthe case of General Blake, and let it be made by deputias from the Cortes. . - Senor Villanueva,, for the information of „„.i 'ern:neat, es one of . their ministers , was present, read paragraph from the Commission of Gqvern znent of _Valencia, upon the state of the army on the 14th i it in sUbstance•said.,, that iron). - the oc cupition of the capital, a force of 10,000. men have lordedsit over all the kingdom ; and now only with's,ooo Men', and some trifling parties; that oar arm consists of 1.0,000 infantry, 1300 hOrses, and an ahtmdant 'artillery, in addition to an army of.6ooo men in Alicant : they complain i .tha.t the inhabitants maintain an immense mass Of men from a country. 'which' they do not defend. • • • - . - • Senor Traver supported the, ptopOsition ; re conrnended energy to the Congress, and .sai..;• it was responsible to the nation. FVRTHEit EN.TkACTS; EIGHTEENTH - DAY. The Secretary of Warpresented hirrcdf,..,fina, 14)&4 his_se4t,....yhe,Commis . si2nof War i,nct_dcata the neces!ity ofiiivestigating the disgrace of the -3d army-in accordhig to the established 'fOrm : it did: hot approve of the . P:'6 - 3DS:liattS passed, and therefore proposed, itft, That the Regency should iunfla point a person of acknowledged impartial:ty, should investigate. and report upon this act ;;gin, within) fifteen days.. - "2d, That a copy of it should be transmitted fo the dortes, who would examine its legality, aa that when entirely concluded it should be printed.. 3d That it disapproved of the Regency having appointed General O:DONNELL General of arc Army of Reserve,_ prior to Ills ... being trigd and ac quitted. • 1-7 :1?-''. Senor GIVALDO strongly opposed the first of these prcipositions; quoting the success of a simi lar - commission given to the Governor of Penis cola, GARCIA NAVARRO, (who sur— rendered that fortress), to investigate the CXCCSECS Of the 3d Army in La ,Manchp, a Commission. which no ageAt of NAPOLEON could have dis., charged more to'his satisfaction, and stated that two °fib e Regents. had two brothers iu that army. Sid nOY CAPMANY entirely disapproved of cimry • thing contained in the report of the Commission of War,- and urged that strong measures should be adopted in such critical circumstances.-- " What," he exclaimed, " rout upon rout ; no 'Care : excess upon excess ; no justice : who has the power of remedying this Your 3lajesty alone, who are the father of the country, formed to save the nation : it is time to think of revenging' the country, 'badly defended in some parts. Whit : said LUE:I:LO, vanquished by .the Paithians, to his soldiers, who wished to dispere;, Ia presenting to them the head of his son The grief is mine, the vengeance is yours:--- .TheCommissibtimishes the investigation to be li mited yo:the General'S . conduct, and I wish that it .should extend_ to the time when he took the com mand ; I *kit the Ministers to inform us of the Geueres liilpositions, Whether he attacked or weAS attacked, What'were his Elrces,_ and what were those of 'his opponents." * The Minister said, that the General's report read yesterday contained all, the information de" manded, which could again be read if required. • Senor BORRUL disapproved of the propositions of the Commission of War. Settor CALATRAVA supported the Commission. -- * " God forbid," he said, `-that the functions of Government should be exercised by 180 persons ; if the Reency is blamable, render its responsi' bility effective." Senor taavEr-,r-" Yesterday I offererl to pro" that the Regency WPS culpable ; I had documenrl -in my hands forthis purpose : your Majesty either bas or has nOt confic once in the Regency--if you have, proceed, if not act. I oppose the. Commis- Sim" Senor GOLFIN' supported the Commission. Senior PELI.G . P.IN proposed, • „. Ist, That the Cortes order that the Commission of •VitlenCia shall name a Commissiori,-which; join ed , • to that appointed by the Regency, shall assist at the ;.investigation, as the most certain Means of insuring•the confidence of the nition. .2d, That the proceedings be'printed. ct 3d, That the Generals, whos:° m ilitary condq is ;being investigated, be rw,t individuals oft Council-of War, and the,cOuntrymen be also es_ amined as to the facts. • Senor - AnpuELL3.;—" There is no confid ence the Governmeor..—l entirely approve of °l ) .. said b. f . Senor CALA,TRAV.A.--.-What •c°ll. dence cant e nation have in a Government whit has disCreAiterit ?" The :Minister retired, and the report of the . . . hen nusste,n was c on fi r med in all its parts. p u t Senor PELEGRIN'S propositions we I: t r,6 t 6 the vote, whep the Ist and 3d were rej ec, ' ' and the 2d approved. • CoOr