The Sun. — London, England, 1811-02-06 00:00:00

The co r p s o f General . COPONS was dlittibutea:i on the 10 t h i nst. in St. Bartholomew, Cartage), an d Lepe, p reserv i ng his lino upon the river Piedra, de taching continually light parties t o disturb the enemy in thei r excursions, a „ d d epr i ve them o f the suc court of cattle anti bread whi c h they p lundered from the villagos. On tie I tilt; the Gener4 re ceived various advices from his spies and confidants d , ' v by which he was 3,,s,red that the ene my , rein fo rce himwith by too m en , wer e marching to attack eight piec es o f artiller infor me d y ; and a t t h e saute titilacvawllrtys , that two columns of infantry an d c we re advancing by Valverde to take hi m in, th e rear, and surroundhitn. He immediately formed a plan of op erations to Counteract the designs of .t, teerie-'' my, Re ordered a sitting column of infan try t o . embark, and , land at Palos, to attack Moiscreet, Idn order to take or render useless the artillery poste i. there, and at Luz to make prisoners the garr son of the town and the sick, to seize the . d the b aggage of the Prince of Altotamntitto a ri n ill the other of fi cers, the supplies of provisions at '-- ' , r iches which were there ; at the same time he s.; . n .s t. companies the battalion of BnitsAsTno and some panic. of Guknt A to eastille el I gas, whi c h the•enerny ( break. n . n enter, covering also the line of the Piedra, they Inght Tile n u t penetrate to Lep e . that terve posted at Castillegos• which amounted to lin kt more than 400 tha n 1500 men, .was a t t ac k e d b y wore with some field artillery, which our troois wanted, they, however, supported Their - fire for tilt tl ite hears, :it'd th en ret i red in good order to Puea de Guzfi.rtif. Linifinerrible are th e mischie fs ,tros. l Li nod injuries which 'the ' ene my did at C"Illiv- Thi cked the ellac l nered man privat houes 4 plud , hunte tavi s d th e gates, &c. The Generi , y e; ng direCled all R his detachments Co it-sin a.' pubis gav e orders to pursue the enell.Y# who positio ns. Ilt"dY gave indielition s ot retiring to tbeir form ,er W e Me %Wired,rho ugh not officially, th a t i n t h e Vicinity of the river Catlarga, the eneltny suffered a considerable loss in killed, wounded, and prisoners; it ii Also lakl,lhat the e xpedition to Moguer had coslderablesuccess, as a N it o f the garrison' the hi4' the baggage, and the . riches the enemy had . 'culleddi fell into the Wails of Our troops. On Monday evenin',, a 'conference took plice be low"r4 the Palace's jellatteelior' t Mr. AD"") and ..ie Lora President of the council (Ltd CAtitorN)i theen it was arranged that a general assembly , 0 tt privy Ci)ifti6elloth should be hdd at Cistrit9n --nose this day, for the 1 his Royal purpo , ,e o ,tiiiilliness being sworn into the office of Re gent' P I ileiir P„Tesence. In eousequence of which, all we 'IVY uoutisellois were yeSteldity StittittlOtied to at-- tend the meeting. , A double guard of the Life Go U ard-i, in their best , 'el,"thing, inouuted guard at' thu Horse-pa:cis all Teen, and 'Woof them (mounted) Pdraded St. ' 11 )L8, 4 Park the e4rne as if the King was M. t o Slid 14)1(111% a Court, or the family b., ere sesiding at the Queen s Palace, IlliS novel appeilaixe existed iral cur iosity and inquiry' ; the Dukes' off I . °lt t and Mowntose, Lord NiVti:sTsrotter.Aiwn, ant. I ' l e, t uber of persons of (list incl ion stopped the men to )(ignite the cause, but they were nut able to aq- du tor it. We understrthd that the gu:trd now ' °l' i' m 'Y is Considered as belonging to the lt,getlt, and cil i a: the twit) men are to parade the Park in honour . "1,116yul Highne!i9 being iti town, tile Same 45 if built' ,• were in London. .e;tiorully :itterneolf the Stip'!" p y and the Satinet, _p_ ,ntnging to Shields, were driven cat shore to tilt' °Ql,,iiworti ot Suntlcri4nd Harbour. ti l . L 'e ship Liwy, tquisT, is wrecked near Crook. filia4), le the county of Cork, alter ri tooth dread de.. Pal3 a4 of 95 days fro b, Part. oh the crew Itr'''-,110 the ship boure she %tent to pieces, but we e inaPpy to bay that Captain Vuosr, who remained: ‘)liiitcuoard to the list, With 2 sailors and paSien.&rii of ,efee4e(l in saving himself, the sailors, anti two , - the passengers. , a ll few additional letters nom , .. Cadiz, came to our . ''' nda yesterday. It will be recolietted, that Wt. 4 10 ti that prior to the, lnentione • arrival of the Bulwark, th 311 ,0 f a million of dollars had been required of e Chanther of Commerce by th(i_ ItegencYP on Which 2 , with fteasure ,;„ . •,0,000 dollars.bad b,..ett raised, but that hip . entering the Ray, tile eiintribulions 1 suspended. rho 'e'ett c y of 760,000 dol.. ZliaybZ,Elioliwie i i b i e o e c rl i d . crust d id e ed h ' 'in Con.segoonee G'l Ilic T o t hew 4 . Co the views of our modern lteforrners Mr. , 494Coldsmith ht, in a Filth Edition of the Secret ili"""the Cl . # ' ri v . 444, a Jrne qf ...,uonaparie, given a 'long ,'. A getted MCMOtr Sent by one of our dashing nto-, ,"ern Itefornters, a n j le b .1. )1 11 London Consti tutional Societ and 111 ' ' L of ( I 1 'e p. arsons coma etted , in the attempt Ytio'rescu°elheir fri s e e t (it Arsrfttur O'Con i , , 4 0t it Maidstone, to the Firenclii Government to prov e 1.4 .; . th e Possiblitty and urging the invasion of es Isles, by the rufli ,n hands of France. Mr. G. , L t lY4 111 4 he has the criginal, which was written in .., ten i t„ tren c h and which Wil3 obtained from.au En.;liNli aitni I Fans"l.ernati Ot Pill'ill, who WaS COMptliett to OCCOIII. tittotiaparte to Boulogne in 1804, wit i en de er 1.. 1 4 , ti u ftv a d ~ " Wel meditated. This document should be %nit attention by every true friend to his toootry and b those 1 .1 t or _ . ~, . y w who honest/l. wish fur -a re 404te _Hi will serve them as s e cant ion how they as w tit men who while calling out tor reform, it/Oly w - tt. - . Q gbh tor a revolution. $ QOX m 4 . i l --'-'lseBitleit the match irAwixt Dog/terra &Id i/r, A A N , ' er i'Or he, on Tuesdity next, anothOr or colt etable ititetest has been Milkte betwixi a Lanla 'l vitro oa.tt abu t c • ' c ry ,. ' lite c ite .ett 11.1 height, catered tor by 1,464, And an athletic .bluck mon produced bi--the ilk 4 J V/ Ilea illuliaeux. • t c THE THEATRE. COVENT-GARDEN. The Poem of The Lady of the Labe. posses.ses so much intrinsic merit, and has deservedly acquired • 'such high celebrity, that it was natural to suppose that.some of our .modern Dramatists - would avail themselves of ao 'popular a composition, and endea-, vonr to tinosfer some of its beauties to the Stacre..-r -'Accordingly we find, that in Ireland, Scotland, and at the Surrey Theatre, the story' has been moulded into a dramatic form, and _last night another cork, founded on the same materials, was brought forward at this Theatre, under the title of The Knight of Snowdoun. Far, from blaming a oranptic.Author for such an attempt, we rather are induced 19 'CM mend him, for endeavouring to render a beautiful Poem more generally familiar to the .public at large, and we are inclined to look with great indulgence upon any work which follows so.admirable an ori ginal as the Poem in question. We subjoin the ar. rangement of the charatlers, and shall point out a, few of the deviations from the original work, .as it would be a waste of rinie to detail the fable of that work, since its high merits have given to it so with: a circulation. DRAMATIS FERSON/E. The Knight of Snowdoun, Mr, C. ax.a. Sir Roderick Dhu, . Mr. YOUNG. , Earl Douglas, . . Mr. lin AR YMOR .. Young Douglas, . . Master CH APM AN. Earl Mar, . . . Mr. EGEILTON. , Norman, . • • Mr. BLAI,CHARI). Mac Loon, • • MT. LISTON. Murdock, . . ... Mr. EstER Y. X)ld Norman, . . Mr. enApmA N. Warder. • • • Master OROS LT. OM of Brent, . . Mr. 11ELLAray. ' Captain of t h e Fort, . Mi. HAM tit TON. Lieutcnant, . • Mr. KING E then', . . . Miss'S BOOTH. Alice. Mrs. I)lcKoris. Isabel, . . . Mrs. LIsTON. The dramatic story differs from that of the l'nem in uniting the characters of Roderick and Gicerne, by omitting the tatter entirely, and rendering 1.19- de-rick the favoured lover of - Ellen, as we ll as the protedor of her father. The mother of Roderick is omitted also, and so is Allan Bane, the veperable minstrel, who is so Very interesting a cliaraEler in the original. The incident of Douglas's prowess is also excluded, as well as the terrific episode of the temaleinaniam The Author of the.dratna has re- taincd the circumstance of the arrival of thepurning cio s, t 6 gather the followers of Roderick together, just at the moment when a rustic marriage is going to, take place, and the unlucky bridegroom is obliged instantly to fly twat the object of. his wishes.— The very , striking incident of the sudden appearance of Roderick'h troops from the ,rocks - and bushes at the sound of his bugle, and their as sudden disap pearance, which is su adtnirab.y described in the Poem, is.a leading feature also' in the Play, as well as the meeting between ,Fitz-James and Roderick, and their amicable agreement to repose together during the night, and resew their hostilities in. the Morning at a Mier plap. The guard-room is also introduced in the play, but it.doe4 not make any conspicuous figure, and might as well be omitted. — Lastly, the Palace at Stirring, and the discniery that Fii-4../riines,. the Knighl . el Snowdouri, is the King, eunduties the play, us it dues t Ite poem, wi.h this ditternee, however, that liederich has not received a mortal wound, but is received into favour, and rendered happy by the hJtici of Ellen. 'Ut►e addit - ion s which the dramatic writer hos in• tioduced, consist chiefly of an infant son of Doug las ;' Maclooti; one acne usual compounds_ of cow ardice and humour, which has become a prominent character in most modern operas; Alice, the disap. pointed bride of Norman the man ordered to depart with the signal for' the gathering; and Isalel, a servan► of Liten, • The Poem itself contains materials that might be employed in the composition of several musical pieces, and therefore the Dramatist hasshewn much, ingenuity in compressing them so well, particularly as he has made se many additions. After all, a drarnaiic author; even with every advantage of stage exhibition, must have insuperable difficulties in fol lowing a poem which takes such a firm possession of the imagination, and is of so romantic a Charatter. Mr. MORTON, to whom the public are indebted for many dramatic Works of merited popularity is,; we utiderstand, the avowed author of the piece 01 last night. Indeed in a modest advertisement to the' 'book of songs, he does not attempt to hold hirnselt forth on this occasion as an author, but as One who Las selected passages from an adafired original, and made such alterations as the nature of theatrical exhibitions seemed to demand. The play on the whole is interesting, but will be more so to those who are not acquainted with the l'o:rn, though, indeed, there are probably but few • who stand in that situation. The piece was Very ably supported by CHARLES kabllll.B and YOUNG in the heroic characters, blleitY, BLANCHARD, and Liseem, in those of the lathiliarkinci. Mss BOUT H was very interesting in .firii, but would have been much more so it her action had 'been less in the style of an Opera-dancer. Mrs. Dtcitoes watbled very finely ; but it is diffi cult to conceive how a Highland girl should have acquired such carriabile and bravura graces, and such talents for " gargling glib divisiuns".—The Managers have done their .part in supplying some beautdul piOuresque and splendid scenery, and Mr. BISHOP has enriched the piece with ; a good overture and some excellent music, but certainly not of a kind appropriate to the time and place of aaion.— The drama was received with very warm applause by a ctowded.audirory. On Monday last Lord PORTSMOUTH entertained one hundred and thirty poor Children . ,._ of both sexes, belonging to W or kh ouse o f the United Pa rishes of St. Giles - in the Fields, and St:George, aloomsbury, at his Lordship's house in Lincoln's• .inn -fields, by regaling them with plenty of roast, beel, plum pudding, ale, arc. His Lordship sat at th ! ,-: bead of the table and carved far-them. After dinner -was over, his Lordship presented-each of , thorn with a silver sixpencel this benetoient -act has trans pired several_ times. We are happy to hear that her Ladyship is much better, and tibe is stow considered in a fair wily of recovery. IRELAND. Extra& of a letter from the neighbourhood of Cappotrin, dated the 24th inst.—" On Sunday, the 29th inst. a party of seven .men,. armed with pistols, guns, a blunderbuss, audit sword, feloniously o.lcred the hottse of Mr. Richard Andrews, of Car ratolcbc-near Cappoquin, at the hoer of half past twel.e in the noon-day. -The first obje6l of their search was fire-aro-s; of which they took possession of they et").)ld find; they next demanded whis key, of v. Oich . thq WA three, and then de parted, uttering the most desperate menaces against Mr. Andrews, who hgppened to be from home at the tithe. Resistance was whotly out of .the - ques .tion, and n ould, it, attempted, have proved wholly unavailing, and probably fatal, as the only male per smi in 11)6 house at the • time was Mr. Richard An drews, jun.. who wa.a in a delie,de state of health, . and . acquiescence was tortably secured, by having a gun and two pisttils'pressitted at him, and hi") life threatened. it he even made an, effort 'to more front the po:ition in which the assailants found him," • thiOGHEDA, JAN. morning la'st, Mr. John Armstrong, assisted by sonic it-lends and a party of the Tyrone Militia, proceeded, by virtue of a warrant imp Ralph Smyth, Esq. to Lobans town, County of L)uth, where. be apprehended William Heeney, a notorious offender, who. evaded every effort to take bon for KUM: ILlUnlhg past. He was found concealed in a lily-rick, by Mr. A. who hand-cuffed hint and pliced him on s car. When the party arrived a Rath, Heeney made a sudden spring from off the car, and escape, into a grove. — He was fired at, wounded in the reoken, and safely lodged in the gaol of tlis t 0.% n. This fellow was principal in tue rubbery of Mr. l3ytne, of Dublin, last summer, near this town, and various other felonies. It is thought the wound will not wove mortal. CURIOUS SPORTING. Mit. Enacts—Should you deem the following curious circumstance worthy of insertion in your Paper, it is perfectly at your service, and you may depend upon the truth of it. As James Deering, Eig. and myself, were shoot ing in his groundi, in Yorkshirr, we observed a large bird in the air at some distance, which, when we approached, we discovered lo be a hawk, With some trouble we contrived to shout it, and upon ex amination, the craw was found to contain, in addi tion to numerous bones of small,. birds, a large piece of blue cloth, in which were sewed %iv, two guinea pieces, a seven shillings piece, nod iwo sixpences.— From whence it came, and by what means tie bird became possessed of it, are considerat'ons which have involveu the neighbourhood in wonder and amaze ment. lan. 31, 1811. Yours, bcc. C. D. Early on Wedne4d y morning . , as the carts be longing to the -Laoark Mass . Cytnpany were pro ceeding from Glasgow, the principa; carrier stopped for a little to settle with the tolltuan at the Gallow gate and on coming up with the mils, he discover ed that a box, containing a thousiind pounds in nntei, had been abstraaed nom one of theot Sus picion having naturally lighted on the carter, he was apprehended, and confessed that he took off the box, and- tossed it over a hedge, where his ta titer and two other accomplices ,were in waitiog. The. whole,of them are now in custody, and al most all the money was found on the person of time father, who was apprehended on Thursday at the Yoker toll. One day last week, as a Dragoon was on his re it= from duty, to his quarters, a small public house, called Barndeau Hut, in the- Forest, near Petersfield, in Hampshire, his attention was arrested by the cries of some person in distress, which in duced him to ride up to the spot trom whence they proceeded, where his humanity was shocked on be holding a woman tied to a tree. with the tears which her situation and suffering had produced te.tu4l)y. trozen to her cheeks, and khorrid to relate !): quite naked, having been stripped and rubied of every article of her dress by t h i aficrword)i - left her in that deplorable condition. The Dragoon. instantly cut the cords that bound her !muds ands' feet to the tree, andhaving in some measure restored, to her the use of her limbs by rubbing them, wrap- . p;:f her up in his cloak, placed her on his. horse, and proceeded on to his quaff tern, where he twon arrived, and'as he was conducting the shivering objet of his care into the house, she looked through a window that commanded a view of the kitchen, s m isl e nty shrunk back, and in a faint voice e);chtimed, “ there are the two men tit it robbed me'of my all, and thud. .nle so cruelly !" The soldier, in consequence, tered the kitchen. and socured the men, who were tie next day taken before MagiStrate, and otter the nece,s.,iry examioation, Cully cootruided tU Winchts» ter gaol, for tri,,l at the next , uss,zcs. The. por woman, we need hardly sty', was !alien proper t are of ; and the Dragoon, we hope, will be properly rewarded for his exertions in the cause of hotionity and justice. BOW-STREET.—Yescerclay Jahn Aaron, the driver of the hackney-coach, No; 825, %%as convicted in the penalty of 31. for exactiog a shilling more than his tare Irian Comilla to the Angel Inn at Islington, and also for abuse. The later charge. arose Irvin the c.rtmaitance of two genWeine tik fite, re- Twining him to dllve fAither into ' , lingual, which he refused to du 4ncl uhs:rNed, that t ie supposed they, were robbers, ;in,l wanted to rob him when they got him into bye piaee.-- In justification of this base insinuation, be :oats d, that on the night of the uc th ult. he Was hired by two men, respe,;tably dressed, in the,,C,lty 'load, who ordered 11:01 to drive to Gfeeti-lade, NvWil,gll,ll, N lune he ntrived about half 'post 'one t;clo( .. k, wh-n tut). got. out and in quired tiii fare, and itlttifrohtvly put a p Still to his mouth and ifirelteiß d to'b'xx his braloi out if he did not giVe diem MI t.i, Money; alid tic lots oblig ed to "'awe his voilfett vis i t to t h e „ mount it siapp,,s,(l, of 11. tbs. The same itien, antalicx haekory-coactitnan, on the !Ane nig:a, in Puudor's Ent. EDINBURGH, Fas.l. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, JAN. 31. ADVOCATE-GENERAL V. PETiIR DICICb This was it prosecution against Mr. Dick, a comb mon brewer in Edinburgh, to revover the penalty of 2001. upon'the statute of 42 Geo. 111. cap. 38. 14 manufacturing or preparing, from certain ingre dients or materials (not be►ng malt and hops) a quer; to imitate or resemble, or to be used ait beer or ale brewed from malt and hops. The material made use of by the defendant was, it appeared, raw or unmalted barley or grain. The cause is obviously of great importance to the Re venue, when the high duty of as. ad. per bushel on malt is considered ; and' it is of some importance to the defendant, should it be ultimately decided that he can, by any ingenuity of his Own, save the: whole, or a considerable part of the malt duty, by substituting raw grain in the place of duty-paid malt. The cause appeared, by the numerous attendance in Court, to have excited great interest and expec tation. It was proceeded, in for several hours, and many witnesses examined on the part of the Crown and of the defendant. Mr. Clerk, a, leading Court‘ sel for Mr. Dick, had just risen to address the Jury, when one of the Jurors (Mr. Nisbet, of the Tones tine, builder) suddenly fell from his seat, and Willi taken out of Court. Medical assistance was imme diately procured, and Dr. Coventry shortly repprted to the Court, that Mr. Nisbet's situation was such as would render it impossible for him to tesurne his duty as a Juryman. As the law requires that the Verdiet should be an unanimous verdict of twelve men, it was impossible to proceed further, and the rest of the Jur were of course discharged. This unfortunate event prevented the final deci slim of lite,impottant question, whether brewers can legally make use of unmalted grain ; and, as we understand, the whole ease must come on de novo in the next term, we should deem it improper to detail the evidence which was given on the one side or on the other, or to offer any observations at this moment upon the case. • We regret to learn that Mr.. Nisbet died last night. ADVOCATE•GENERAL V. WILLIAM SEGO AND TWO OTHERS. This was an itiformatlon filed by the Lord Aid. vocate against the dtfcud f ►nta .for receiving more than two gallons of ;ultra iiint at one time, without perm►t ; and for hindering and obsiruct►ng James Anderbon, a Supervisor of Excise, in seizing and securing ihe Timis, which amounted in all to asO6t gu gallo►is. It appeared in evidence, that Mr: Anderson had received it4rmatien that the defendenittr were ex• peed front the hills into the low, contrry, in the neighbourhood of Brectlinovith a quantity - of The Supervisor, with two officers of excise, went out .to l ee k f o r them, and on the 2. , PlhMarctt 181 U, near to Ba:gaf,tich, they met the defendants with five bursa, and fin afflicts of whi,liey. Sotm altcle.:tion ensiled hut with the assistance of d Mr. Stewart, a faitti.,:r at Balgatrcch (whoia conduit met with the high approbation of the Court), the spirits were secured, and lodged in Mr. Stewart's 11004 e. • The detendant4 came to Mr. Stewart's house, and there very grossly miscondu4:te.l themselves, by breaking into tila :.ouse, iititalting his servants, and demolishing some of his windows. . It did not, however, distinctly appear that their object was to Itiodyr or obstruct toe otlicets; aud they Seceded, by the evidence, to be sotnewhdt lOXiClatedw' After a very able and candid charge from the Lord Chief Baron, the Jury found the defeudauts guilty of receiving the spitits, «Lich make.; them liable to a penalty of uoul.; but acquitted th e m the obstruction. . , Fox-tinwriNo.—un foursday, the 24th ult:4( fox was unk6nnelied at Ystradrohis, in the county of Brveon, which was permed by a number of men on toot, to the extremity of the parish of Lhitigh'i l r, in Gtatuorganshire, where lteynard became Ode exhausted, and was killed, after a chase, which, la a direct line, was not less than 3.0 miles, but i l va ro winding ditec,tion which the fox took; i 4 supposed to be nearly 50 miles. The pursuers Were all in .4t the death, but could (tot muster a hat or shod amongst Oval, so eagerly had they (00 wed :their game, and the dogs were completely knocked up..- The hardy fellows, afier taking some refteshtnent, set out on their tatnrn home. . • The hounds belonging to E. T. Nichols, E q, of the Brodnisi near , Stone, Staffordshire, IMO hew moSt escOvnt sport the whole of the season, but particularly on .Saturday, when they 'found a fox: near Notion Fatros.. He took a ring tur about . two tiwii through Swiunerton Park, crossed the river to li.niztstun Woods, Was headed about a mile horn Lane End, - came back over. Meer Heath, through, &radon and Dray cot t Wcods, from I hence through Chartley Park ; the hounds run into hint in great style upon Cage Hill, near Chartley Castle, after a severe run of about 24 miles in little more than two hours. Many peibons, having experienced great losscs, fur a long time, have found before now the suief , shine of Fortune in a single hour, by a Lottery Ticket or Share ; -and when for a stnatlt stun Ten ca . Twenty Thousand Pounds may be obtained, ift One Day, as in the present Slate Lottery'. why not try to' get c:ther of the Forty-low Capi tals, an Friday, the 15th inst. which may remote our etubarrawitticots, rasa us to indepen dence. Coax EXCHANGE, Feu. 6.--;-There are but few fresh arrival of Whvat to-dart srd not muvh 'on hand, soles fully Maintain !Mt priCCE ; Rye ts some what dearer ; Bat-ivy, with Malt, nearly at our last . quotation; Peace and Berra} of each deNcriptlon v iry hut little; there ale tolerable quantiti es w Oats ot; hand, but ft:w fine smplvs, Which keep their price, a. d **ales of oilier qualities at Wit: late reductmin; st our lace-chanted prices. •