The Sun. — London, England, 1811-12-17 00:00:00

- tea;: • . . . . . Nlantier, borne on board the. • Scipion i supernu merary on promo inn, seyerely.—Scipion--FrAn- Cis Noble, Lieutenaol,Ai:htly John. D. 'Wortl4 , , Master's-Nixe, slightly.; Robert G. Dunlop, .Mos tel-Mate, ‘Oghtly.—President-1 - 1.. Lieu= tenant of Marin , s,• • sev.i.roly,—Plicebe—lptm• .S. Lieutenant of Marines, severely, Given under my hand on board he Scipion, in Batavia Roack, 28 tit August, li3 (Si'ned) ROBERT . STOPFORD, Rear-Admiral. Another Letter • from Admiral StOPtord, dated 133tavia Roads, Angost, ; after statiog, that-he joined the .armatnent, • and took the coin- Maud on the 9th - , says, • * " The NiSLl9:P:rebidenti and' Phcebe, joined me horn the Isle cif Frapce on the 20th instant. "Their marines were immediately landed, and most: thank - f ullY received by the General, whose army was al : . ready much diMinished by sickness, particularly 'amongst the native troops bronght from *lndia. I ihall ever consider it Isis most fortunate circurn ttance for the success of the expedition, that the cipioti dad the three frigates arrived from..the JJe of Prance, as they have very. matetially coo filtrated to ease the press of 'duty, - so severely felt i n this ehmite., &letter f rom Commodore Broughton to Admiral i t6 i'ford, after acknowledging the receipt of the, ater's Orders,'says • "I have now to state 'My prpceedings after join ing the Leda with the expedition ueder my' Corn- 41 'nd• On the 3d ihstant„ in she afterneon,•: we taut f the coa s t abut Murderer's -Point, and on ',the !:lowing day,. about three P. M. we anchored the Village o f Chilliogcltill, in five fathoms ter, Edam bl an d bearing N. 40 deg. W. and ~,4 1i "nt; Priock 'S. W.. two miles off shore. The a' w ,"itt , r part of - the army was lauded before dark , 01 ." 11 "nt tie smillest opposition, and in the cou rse ' the next erery thing the entry required was ao shore., "On the 6th" the Leda and the small cruizer‘ N eeeded off the entrance of the river, Antzioi„ and anchored off , Iliniatig Priock, where the Y aneC of the army took post in the course of the • . ' On the 71h, the advance in the ,night crossed paeel , Aniz'ol, on a bridge 'of flat, boats, pre „a' by sift. navy, under she direction of Captain l er, of his Majesty's ship Leda, and the: Com— qnti, 1.4 aunsell arid Reynolds. '" in the morning of the Bth, a flag of truce e ta sent into Batavia, and a deputation came ow fro m the city, requesting to surrender at .discre 'P lu d Put themselves under our prOteetion,, ,I ya, e General a n d myself agreed to respe 6t the pri , "i, 4 ; Property of' ;tiose inhabitants who remained Colonel eny, and the advance under 'the command Gillespie, took immediete possession li r ; men 'of war and transports in consequence re- C ve d from their former anchorage towards Scipion, Batav,is Roads, sapt.4. SLR, —.Mott will be pleased to acquaint my Lords li,,. 44 "iiiitaters of the Admiralty, the. Commodore *,: 4 ,Rhtensailed this morning, with the ships nitmed l e ,'"e margin*, and is directed to rendezvous of I ,Z II , until joined by the transports froth this /0 7 , conV4ing „the Sepoys and ordnance stores, l i p the wad: upon the enemy's remaining posses g,".tiiert.theisland ofiriava,. at,Gressi and Soura ga T he 14 th regiment of foo t, and p art of the i re ' regitnent, with the artillery and held-pieces, bat eolhark t d on b o ard the ships of war. Lieute t'Ganeral Sir Samuel Auchmuty purposes sailing to morro w hi, M . .)esty'rt shl) Modeste, to _corn thgetilii the trirop‘. I shall sail'at the same time in ci Pinn. lam to great hopes that by'an'imme tro: an d vigorous impression being made by the I tr „P ° en hoard the King's ships, and the assistance u tl — ,,,the seamen and marines, posse's' . • n can be or of these pierces without waiting for . the arrival tethe trabaports, which would render our operations ry tedious , ~ltere oas been no authentic. ateriont'rereiVed of General,. tnseos' proCeedings since hefled from Bui lt see, Oil the nig h t o r t h e el of August, but it s ee , 'lectured that he 14 gone' to . gessrabaya : be was 44 04 1 ', 1 !Pani'd in.his flight by one French General, and I,l le ; 6 ft j cavalry : the remainder of hiS troops, to tohge Ling tn ° ll nt of t wo or .t h ree hundred,Eoropeans, Pliny .chiefly' of Gerni , ins,...refusing to accorn kner. ; 1 ' , nave deliieted themselves up as pri g to th e British army. I have. the honour to be, &c. (Signed) ROBERT . STOPFORD, • Rear-Admiral. Y • ertler * itlus, Ng. triuu s , Lion, itilindtn, and Leda. ( A I. "4ted Letter from Captain Hoare, of the Minden,Mi . tit tit Point Sr. Nicholai, Jone 6, 1 a r, de,t is ,11(jY4IC:11:;t of two eiltltViltS between . 200 soldiers, an 7Tines, aneseamen, landed fmra the Min flnt .500..0f the enemy's chosen troops, near li t P. oil the coast of -Java • in . both of whic h were entirely defeated, with great Joss.) ur n . of the kilted and wounded of a detach' l ßi c r ;` ,0 1 seatben, - royal inanities, and soldiers,_ .. J ut 4 from his ,Majesty's ship IVlinden, sth 18 Pit st %. i• • • tha r h i "Liack,—mi n U n , t seaman, serjeant of ' eB ' 4 privates - of marines, wounded•—•l4th 1 ger .4. " l ank and .file wounded—Total, 1 seaman, and r ant of Mat ines, 4 privates of mat ines, 2 tat* Vie, ,wminded. 4 i t e d 71 1 )4 Attack.---Minden,privates of marines corponl anti 6 privates of marines wound., Poet, corporal and 4 privates .wounded e~`'cot, 3 privates wounded ---1•t31, 2 privates r ,`nes killed, 2 cor p o rals and 13 privates wound '-lener:d To ta l 25, (Signed) E. W.IIOIIIIE, Captain. ),„: L e • ---- {Felt iter from Lieut. -, Edmund Lyons, of the tiv e , s —n, dated Straits of Situda, July 31, ISI ir), l a n account of his hav i ng, only 34 sea l ; tort 'he l aunc h ant i cutter , s tormed the Dote fan s A larrack; on the coast of Java, mounting . 54 44(1 ' e .cr and .gairisoned at - that time by "I so soldiers, rows of two.gun-boalo • "'e t! 1/4) sterday' marniog early a fire brbke, out, a , 43 a 1 1 ,4 Upper Thatiles-streei, (lattedxp cc' warehousey - the interior Of; , which. ° lallY de , tro t ether with a li,!se . v4 itlitt)l ' )e ' -- L goods. Muniteurs and other Paris Papers reached town last night, to the Bth instant, but they arc tilled with decrees and regulations respeaing municipal interests aud,concernsi and corn ai3 no political news. We insert this day, from the Gazette Extraouli naq, the &oils of the cdibture of ,Batavia, and of the 'French force in the Island of Java, which will doubtless be read with considerable interest. ,We have no space left for observation, nor indeed are any necessary, the Dispatches of 9ur gallant Officers give, a clear and distinct s - I:.count of the whole trans-. .latEtion, which mikes the highest credit upon all who • ,ere employed in the exp'edition. :It will be seen with pleasure that our loss is by no means great. capture; and the manner in, which it was ch:e.ed, is the more gratifying,. it 'not being king since BUONAP 01:LE published some:, letters and other . dOcuments in the Moniteur, for the purpose of per suading the people of Fran'ce that it was extremely tlitlicult, if not irnpo , sible,. for the French posses. in Java to fall into the hands of the Eoglish. We have great pleasure in relieving the feelings 'Of'rhe tiiends arid relatio;is of those who belonged his Majesty's strip Saidanha,l# the following list of persons who ere lot, when she sailed, on • board the Tre'nt, at Cork,' and are now safe yo that ship :4 Rd. Standish, Lieut.' Mrpines; Private Marine ; - John R O'Reily, Midshipman ; Chas. Hodges, Ab. ; John Warren and . JOhn. Carey, Ordinary; Ch3s. lord, Ah, ; John M'Csiferty, L. M.; Jamvs Game, Corporal .if Marines ; John Pidgeon and:Wrn. Saunders, Prlvate Marines; Win. Moore, aule ; Bicitertoil, ordinary ; J. Knight, ordinary; W. Page, .able; W. Collins, ordinary ; G. Bousey, private 'marine; Js.-rm. Bell, ditto; JetinGiltrore, earpenter's.crew .P, Curren, .J. Q. True„ordirlary. We mentioned yesterday the dreadful storm which ha,i occurred In the Belt. The homeward-bound convoy which Sailcd, from,t-Linno Say on the ioth ult. consisted of more than 2,00 sail ; out of this - number it is stated that 17 fetindered at .s.ea,: the crews of which were untottunately lost; i 2-(and it' is feared more) were taken by Danish privateers ; 73 had reached liiist 0., iChi . a' port twa m - r - C Isha tit, most of them in.'.l disabled itsth,,and where ,it was 'feared they wank be.obliged.to.winter ; and several ai ' thors sought shelter in, the pertS : ht . 71,_alatici. The 81. Geo ge rode out the storm, but , was.,obliged to cut away her main, ritten, and fore mast; Amongst the allegations urged by the Opposition Writers, it has been preiended that Government had . sought to conceal disastrous news "from the Ai turias, and thatotaial accounts have been received Many jays ago of the defeat and jispersion of Ge, : neral . MENDIZABEL. I 4 army. 1"110 Wits: are, .that the French army. in Leon has been greatly distressed for prosisions, Thus harvests in 'the plains of that province have been vet) , bad,. while in the vallies of the Asturias they have been productive. DOIISENNE appears to have bad in clew the increase and ez tension of his means of subsistence, A large, body of troops having been asseinbled near Leon, BuN NET'S dive n, amounting to about 6000 infantry, with 300 cavalry, moved rapidly in - t columns to the passes of Palates and Alesa ; he was supported by 'another division which advanced only to the toot . Of the mountains, and ending that little or no 0pp0.., 46000 was given to, the.march of BONNET'S columns;- ,it returned to Leon, There were but tew Spanish troops in the utighboorhood of the Passes, and these fell back toward the frontier of G,silicia, so unite, with the rest of the Austrian troops, and a corps de. tackled . fro.o General ABADIN army, BONNET crossed the mountains on the sth, and entered. Ovi edo on the 'following day. llto has • been busied since in exacting requisitions of wheat from Gijon, Aviles, &c. and in collecting carts, and preparing escorts for its conveyance into Leon. Gen. MENDIZABEIa, whose - corps some of the English Papers respresent to .have been dispersed, is distant froM the scene, of these operations. *His principal station is under Stood to have been at Pores, in the district of Old Castile, called the Liebau, He not been attacked, or even threatened, at the date of the last These facts, which we cart confidently state, will that the 4 Opposition Writers are more ready to bring 4har g es against Government . than CO tiouble titeruselees with any inquiries iota their truth, or . probability. The Petlth itabewr fins been indisposed at York House for these two days re, with severe pints in the arms.; he has been attended by. Sir firtittY HALFORb and Dr. BLANO, at well Ss Sir WALTER FAIIQUFIAR. He was relieved by their preserip ticins, and is considerably better. Yesterday the tarl of LiVaiiPOOL and Mr. RYDEIt had audiences and transacted busii.ess with the PRINCR RBGENT. Datchet Bridge was opened yesterday. Her MA. sesTr went first over in her carriage and four no, cornpained,by the Princesses ELlTkilliTll and MAtiY, The Duke of Sussex has had no i-lapse of his disorder since Friday, hot his l'ltsicians strongly recommend a speedy change to a warmer clintale, to perfect his recovery. Amongst 'private letters to the $d inst brought by the Lisbon Mail, one 'of them states,- that be • tween the 23d and 28th Nov. PH ILIPoN, who Ms as Commander in Chief of the French Army doling the absence of Ms LI MONT, advanct'd wit h . tom° men, tor the purpose of escorting provisions, a.n munition, &c .' . destined,. to Ciudad Rodrigo. Lord Wei.t.motorr having 'previously learned that such a moveritent Was ,to be made, marched with his whole' disposable force to • trmtrate - the• design, and, the enemy, finding himself pnequal 'to his Ol)ject, retreated with precipitation. I , is men tioned in another letter, that General GiorAiru did not die in consequence of the wounds he receive,' near Merida, but by his own hand. The arrival of the, Wandeter, Captain New. cointie, 'from the West Indies, • atford4 us 'the satis faiinn of learning, tha;. the Leeward Islands, a nd the' shipi on the station, were healthy, and free from I et'. The Wanderer sailed-from Barbtdoes on the sth, finOl GuAlainupe on the Rith; and from Antigua on the Vith of October . She brought home, the last convoy of the season; coti!listilig of only seven met chant ships. and the William trarts port: l'oar-AdMiral Sir,. Francis Laforey, in the Dragon, ith the Gloire, was at Barbadoes; Staiira, Tribune, and Forester, at•%Antigtia; and Orpheus at Gu ,datoupe. Sir A. Cochrane, since he assumed the Go e rianent Guadeloupe, had preserved his Health. The only enemy's vessel in those, seas was the . a . ke de Danizic privateer; she 11,id been often chased, but, none of our ships could i:orme up with her. The Thetis, Capt. Byron, Castor, Captain Dilkes 'and. Frac sloop, Capt. Whinyates, had lien' removed to the Jaiiroul station; they took on board 000 of the Yo , k.Rangers, from Barbadoes for Jamaica: • The strong fort of Bourbon s on the island of Martioignit, hail been des:l . 4er]. The trapspott has brought the guns of the' gars ion to Engiand. Slrould the island, therefore, be aided, or taken' by the enemy, it will cost them immense tim4 and'expenee to restore it to its former state of .defence:: Colonel Keane, of the 13th regithent,- is come.home from the Weal Indies passenger in •the. William ; he is to join the Staff in Portugal. Capt. Sutherlano, of the York Rangers, died on the passage, of consumption. Tee Wanilerer took en board 04 invalitis at Barhtdoes and Antigua, I t of whom died, on the passage of denility and consumption. On Wednesday last the University of Cambridge, in a vily . fall Senate, voted, by a majority of iodte than I o to I in boils houses, the sum of ,one Lim o rol ,pounds from the University Chest to the So ei:!ty touiptomoting , Christian Knowledge, use token of regardifor that . respeatable:Society, so long •dis.i. tinguished by its support of .the Establishment. TM.. grant, with the late liberal grant to the Ni tionat Society .for promoting the Education of the Poor in the, ptinciples of the Established Church, strongly.,marks the • sense of this University in its 'corpoiate,capacity. • MATRIMONIAL INFIDELITT.—,A very extraordi nary instance of this kind has it is `said recently oc curred in high life. A'Gcntleman of 'considerable fortme received an anonymous , leuer, charging his wife, ,a very beautiful woman, with this offence confidedt in her virtue, he threw it into the tire; but receiving two others, he was indueed to consult with his. Solicitor, Withotir imparting the 'matter so the Lady. 'A plan was contrived to discover the author of the letters, who proved to be the Lady's maid, and who gay& satistatiory testimony of the alleged guiltjtf Ilk Gentleman pretended to leave town, bat 'returned 'in a manner arranged,aud went into the lady's chamber, where'he found her in bud with his own foottnan In his rage he drappt the paramour out Of the bed, and intlided ou boa summary jutice, and then had him put..into the same cArrntge 'With the' lady, and th I were driven with gw.at fury on the northern road,'and ;tot king has since b:.ten heard of them. ' • 'l'lte Office for Military Accounts, in Dolie-sireet, :Westminster, 11:b lately been discovered to be robbed of regitn-otal ond distria accounts of the utmost coost:quence, and to an.incalcathlo. amount, Some of - them . '.ere tractil to the shop of a cheeaemonger, who purchased them of John Gordon, a man . L c . longing : to Office, who was in consequence taken into Cuitody by Towiisend yesterday, and brought to the Office, where he underwent an examination before 11 i..NARES and Mr, BIKNIE.—Mr. Stuart, one df the'toperituendants of the Office, indentified the p:ipers',setied as the property of the King, 30 On re'cille•t the prisoner was committed for fur ther esnini,:ation till he could consult his principal and Mr. Litchfield, the Solicitor to the Treatury. A chq.i)9t npre, the property of Mr, 'Thomas Kirby,'d York, trotted on Monday, the 0111 instant, thedistance of tout - teen miles and seventy-one yards, front Lord Eghotouti's Castle ,ate -way to osw:dti, Mill-door, in forty-six minutes and • forty-three seconds....-the tine given thirty minutes. The bet was' made by Colonel Blair and Capl'aiti Stepherison, two Gentlemen residing near Irvine, in,Scothnd, two months ago; and, ger trying all England, Mr. Kirby's mare was fixed upon as mo , it suitable for this feat.. The road on which it Wag performed is as bad as any .Scotland can produce, lying. through the town of Irsine, which has two remarlzably. sharp Willi in it. At this place the inareJell ; returned ; rook a standing.start, and per formed her task - with. eaut, .She WAS prepared anct rode by Mr. John Skipton, in. Yorkshire. We 1.16- d.-rstend this match" waL nude tor a sery co..hider able-still, and a4i,reat numbly of bets depending upon the is,ue BilliAD,—Thisday'there was no Court of Alder men., : The LoaP Maitott, atter Morcott.; the re- Rims, ordered ii to advance id. per Peck Luat. The Qoartein Loaf will now be MAILS. ARRITED Guernsey, •r jersey, I Dublirt. Dat—t Cadiz, • t Watertord, PRICE Of WITOCKS ,;;i THIs DAY Ar TWRI.Vt O'O4OCIC.. Pm. for Opening . 63i I Red: Ann. .6281 T j j E SU N. bOLENI QUIS Aisum AUnt4Tl LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1811. POLICE. tin . Milltrnilict iN RATCOVF man bas, ender ye , s' extraordinary circumstances, stated. himself to have been one of the assaoiins who de. Aittled the family of Mr.. Marr; but whether the declaration of this person ILA been produced by the workings of a guilty conscience, r was the clfeet' of di3Ordvred mind, remains to be ascertained, We Understand Gat a 1111111 . Cidisted o,t sr :di dAy after noon at Pitolico, with a recruiting ratty belui gihg to - the Kist, ',want) , Militias he slept that night with atiether recruit at a house. iu Tothill. street, Westmitister, : In the t nurse oft he night h.. star ted .up in' bed in-groat ag,itatron;andAatit tr, his comrade, " Did 110t i l,ott see the hlooily hand of Mrs. Marr hanging o'er iny fact- , ?" The other replied, that he thought he had seen It oinOhing ; when his bt.:drel low awoke him, sod added, " but I hope you , havu had no share in 'lilt shocking bpsitreas l" The ',e /4" recruit tlita. declared, wvii great a c .;. , JtiOn, that he had !bat he assisted. in rourdering ells. Marr, but that he (ii,l not murder -the infant, for, said he, " it WAS BliiCk Jack did I lilt, " In the morning the re. cruit; who had beard this confession, infurtned hi Serjednt of what had passed, purl the man ,vet seized and carried to the Queen-squat e Police office ) where art examination of the parties took place be fore. Mr. a'rkittliour,,the Magistrate. ' The prisoner, when before i.e Magistrate, did urn deny, that he had it, the declaration V- hick has he la stated, but said that it was the r-tr, a Of, intoxie.ttion. 'He was COrniiiitteti to Tot ,ill-fields N. jupt,aild ordered to be brought up for farther ow* initiation oil Thursday next. SHAD SELL PIL cu-Orvidi.--- : Yeat erday at half. past, two o'clock, Hewitt and Holbrook arrived at toe Odice, in a post.chaise, having a man in ens. tody, suspected of being concerned in the recent distressing massacre at Ilateliff Highway, and who had beet' tAen into custody by the itight . Hen. Lord Middleton, at Godalluina*. The prisotiet's account of himself was, that he worked as a rop e -,maker at Messrs. Sims's. He ac quainted the: foreman of the manufactory on the Sattirday e.ening, when he was paid his wages, that he was going to, Portsmouth, in order to bring his wife and eitildto:Lonclon. He left hitt lodgings early ,on Sonciay , morning in consequence of being to arrear with his rent, ..and wished to avoid, his land lady.. He had been to Portsmouth, and was return ing with his wife and child to London, when he was taken up at Godalining on suspicion. The Magistrates have coMinitted the prisoner for. further examina tion, when the parties' alluded to will give their evi. deticw. Nu lid egg hive y,:t hien received of the Guam. soy frock and handkerchief observed lying very bloody in !Natl . on die mottling of the horrid murder. II Joy person or Nroops did pi c k, them tip, it is hoped they will ciiith; forwittrt the NlagiStiates of that taa. MR. WAISII. Bow•sTar.tu......Y.lsterday this gentleman was brow ht from Tuthill fields Bridewell; and und e r. Wet, t allol her cxamitutt ion. He was *Unwed, a 44,a u. it the and i:oncesled' his fact.v with his funds as before. Mi. Brauer', a stock broker, of Waltharnstow., attendtd and stated, that he and his partners h a v e been stock-brokers to the house of Coutta and C o . for a witilher of yew; pia', and als o brokers lor the purchase and sale. of Government Securities. H e stated, that he had no transaction • with Al f . Wiw i on the bt h instant; us to the sale of Fotchequer and,•to . the best Of his recolletlion, nev6r had any dealings with hint. Mr. Ellison, the clerk to Messrs Debert and man, tl)e AntraCan brokers rind ageets)torn w:tottt Lllr. Walsh purchtsed the, Awe; lean Suck, tittend. ed, and stated„ - that he paid the identical attik•natts. draft, 3tc.ainoUnting to 13,4801. 18s. ti , J, received Iron) Mr. Walsh; ,fur the purchase of the American Stock into the bankiug.hou,e of !Messrs. MOter. UM and Co. : ".che cletks_of that house proved the ideality atilt! . l'uool..Baisk-notes s which are'deem.. ed slinatertal iii this cati' Mr. Jenkins, the Solicitor-Geneird's' Attorney, procluct:d The Examiner Newspaper of last Sunday, which a:mtait►id a lettt'r Wllab, dated :rum To hill4ehla Bridewell, charging him with hating c cjq,p ptornise of favour pa beloilt of the Sohcitot-,General, if Mi. Wie.sh wnuld give up the propel ty. Mr. 'limn and Mr.Nrouts, the 'Magistrates who were in*estigating the busineis, cold they duuhl got idlow thtt letter in•the newspaper to be read in evi. &Lice, hut would rrilow . him to give torkience Itt izotariKilaion to the chargo, without any rjel . en't: the lette.r.. Mr. Jtfnkins then stated upon oath, th it he did noi, awing the time he was v ith Mr. Walsh, nt airoduth, nor had he at any time since,. made hitn apy 14ontise of favour, nor held nut aiiy boties to him that any lavour should be ahewn him, hut, on the contiary, %h en Mr. Walsh observed to hitn Ault he hoped ;he Solielior-Getteril would take C.ire of iris tarp ily, the witnesiohseived, that h e nii 4 ht p 04., sibly do that, hat with regard to hiinsell nu tar our would be shewn him, ai he did not deaetve When Mr. Jenkins's evidence had been taken in writing, ' •MrAlaan, the Magistrate, desired that it might be recd loud enough for Mr. Walsh lo hear itoA hick was according y done. Mr. Walsh attack nu reply to it. Mr, Jenkins then stated that be had .tinished ott behalf of the - Mr. READ ast , Lti ,tvlr. V,r,i1411 what he had ro say ? He made no answer, 0 , 11 tvinainen A) the 1011 n, die. aonsoialestate, Mr. itc.,4l 'hen asked Mr. ibr niei,, the Attornt'y, who tail attended all ti.e exile wintitions lor Mr. W a l s h , i t he had atiy thong to otter' -for his eiktit 3 he .also declined ;ityl ng any , thing in the present I).d:e of the bo‘ittewt. witnessee) were then hound over to prosoeure, o w ri o ng Mr. Wilsh with tdonionsly 15,000 i. anti upwards,, the property of Sir T1,6 111 .. 1 Homer. 'Hr. Walsh was ihen fully committed to take his trial. Solicitor-Gem:lW canto into the Office just alto the exareinAtioll 11 , 41 ch , ded, and rt.4._ laity signed the infornution, which tie 114 gtveu uu a humor examination.