The Sun. — London, England, 1811-02-07 00:00:00

f. ..1 j ,r; well•cleserving. Every thing announces that the loss of the enemy was extraordinary ; we found a multitude of dead bodies, which, with all their care, they were unable to cat ry off. " I cannot speak certainly of their number ; but it is beyond a doubt that some of them confessed at liesalu ' that they had lost iierirly 400 killed and 600 woutided, of whom six Officers died on the same night in that town. Among the latter Fs said to be General Clerment, who commanded in the attion. -We only took .10 pri , oners. and two _horses ; whether it, was owing to their being led to believe that we gave no quarter,. or from a persuasion that they did not deserve it in consequence of the nu merous atrocities they had 'committed, seven of. them threw then selves,. in despair, from a preci pice.ut Cas;elfullit, and many mashed On the points. of our bayonets. Our loss has been only one of- . ficer, one serjeant, and e 3 soldiers . ; and one: captain, three. subalterns, one serjeant, and s sal Biers wounded," ' C()ItTES. i SITTING OF THtt s+rll JAN. The argnment was continued' reSpecting the re gulating.. of the Executive 'Power and sotue of its articles having been approved, the proposal Of Senor LLANO wa OiSCUSSA, ia which he demanded, that the Executive Power should put in practice all the - measures it might: thick expedient for,organizing the army, relying on the concurrence of lila Congress, as far as mign,t .be necessary, to ef fect it. Several. Members were of opinion, that to eine this the observing of the military orders wAi'suffik,ient, others mainfested the neces sity of their being corrected, and augmented, whilst - joule others were of opiniri, th,,t the Regency ought to nominate, a Supreme Junta of war. But after SetiOleS LLANO, and Anotrt.A.Lcs, had ob served drat . the object of the Orcposii ion was not to pressiibe rules to. the Regency, but in order to mani.: fe s t to it tlte. spirit try which the Congress Was atitinat, ecl, and to spew to the 1136011 that every Measure was • taken, and that. the ExeCutivu wits aottierised to avail i.selt ekeiy :therms to effect this object, it , was agrced that the Regency should be left in 'full liberty to act to the .:xtetit of its poise "s, and that it 'might rely 6 , 11 the OCMCIIIiCtiCe of, the Cortes re specting any Lc:terms or elrangcs', , ior which their ap probition might be deemid teockite, sari:lgo OF THE Tito following-Articles respating the previsional regulhtions for the council ut I.l , 2gettey, %vete argued this cl,ty : • Ist - The Executive Power shall be incapable of de el.-iring war, but by Virtue of a decree from the Cones, and shall communicate to the latter any dis« agreement on State Ni..goeiatioiri, as may argue the necessuy for declarii g • war ; this first 'part was cairt::d 'wiihout any oppposition ; but in r..gar to second, it was observed by s e n o r Boon rt,t,, tli,lt the Ececutive Power of ht tiot tot 4 to iIIIG tii . the Cortes in 'case.. of iln actual rupture;but even in case any iouriincnt danger should tt:reaten appro:teli of war. This amendment was approved ,by ARGuLtAxs, on the ground of ii , , , cessite for secresy being indispensably re ,quisit Li in • neg.,nciations of tli!s ,nature ; and Ilow much this secrecy o u lti be endangered it the Cortes took cognizance of all nes , ociations which rn,ty happen to be esfablistred; - after some father dis,ussion, the silt:oil* part wad 4110 2d. The Regency shall be authorized to treilt with Foreign rowqrs, 10 - form• Treaties of Peace, Al ,- Lance, 'cominerce i taking scropulons care not to . • ,compromise the - rights of, the nation in any ut the , s , „id ne vzoellitkrui. W 3 ,1 cur ia, i s v,VI as an . other article, by winch it wits st:piihitod thm,. Ole •Itvgeticy shall, after the conclusion of any negocia. tion, present to the Cortes the entire and original correspondence, to be by them examined. 60 1 , The Executive shall appoint Ambassadors, Ministers, or any o'her diplomatic agents, acquaint. lug this Congress with their appoirttmenis before it is made put - 4)0014os the secrusy of the negeciation Alernand the contrary, in which case the Esc cotive may reserve the communications until the cireumsisnee have varied. This article was also carried with the ainendment, that the Executive ' should not be accountable to the Cones for the appointmeut of Consuls and .of other Mitii3ters of thus st:cond order. LIAPAJOZ, JAN. 13.1-01 i tkt I °tiro( this month, at in the morning, vso oil the enemy's horse p r ,sented thembeives oehise this :dace by the road ,and tatter tiling a !inle t tevartied at twelve. The saint: scene was repeated the day be fore yesterdal, and. they afterwards took the road to OhvelizA ; they Aeteaccompanicaby some infantry, with 1.‘40 cannot), and 2ti 0410. l'h e re must haye been something scriou>,,as, ac. advi;es, their ebus tv4s dismounted, and they to(1 9.ltAith thou) 15 woonAeti, y eti e l day the enemy again made, their appearance at the hOqi, within Qinnoll 8110.11•• in equal numbers, ,We one of tittir drogoons„and they ic tirgd iit noon. By the right 01.the,GuAtliana four hundred horse also presqltteil ithettiseives, ~.t;4 arrived neatly at the Midge. of ~Gevara ; atterwards retired to the toottomins tit ,Botoit o wtylto wo know they h.tve.sorne int4tatry, and one Inet.io of. artillety. „ rn Talavers, Alba'lora, and Santa Malin, time r are 7000 infantry of the enemy. The enemy have a large convoy, which, accord ing to accounts, has taken the diieaion for the bridge of Almare. ,„,„ Our .oevilly entered this p 1 tis morning, , and to•night . ' thrir vanguard marc , puder the orders of) Conde de-PERINE, tO recottaiitre upon Oliven- Za, in the vicinity of which the enemy have 400 infantry, 600 horse, two cannon, and an obus. 4 1 4%)1.. AkRIV ILD-1 Cadiz, I Malta, 4 Anholt, t Dublit,, 3 kk - a. terthrd. U 4 x - I.ll4A lfa. :Vale 0 r ;;TOCKS THIS nny Al Tvv.tLve ()!CLOCK. Consols . - .6i i-66 THE whole of the STATE LOTTERY will be iildwnon FRIDAY, the isth'imtant. Forty-four chipitals ; four 0f.20,0,01. anSI 4.,(r00 other-I'li zes. T N. 01. E.:,1 1 / UIS DIC I, tAIS Ni A ? LUN ))011,'. TIIURSDAY, FP.BRUARY 7, 1811. " Windsor Castle, Feb. 7, 'tBt t. " MAJESTY seems to be making gradual progress towards recovery." • Signed as usual. Yesterday his Royal Highness ,the PawNc,e of WALES took the oaths as Regent, at Carlton,Hou.e. Our readers will find a detailed aecOunt:Of remony in a subsequent column. The PONCE OI WALLS, we are assured, has signified that he does not intend to meet P.nliament in State, as was ge nerally rumoured and expeeicd. The reasons which govern his Royal Egln:ess. ou this occasion, are feeliugs of delicacy towards Ilia august -Father, and his unwillingness to adopt any measure that might be thought to savour 'of Pomp, or heyond what the national, interests might ,estoutially House of Lords has adjourned till Tuessiay next, • anal lit is 'Job:11)1,1. that she House of Commons will'adjourn over to the same day.' We think it right , !•9 correct an inaccuracy which appeared in a Paper at thistnernitlg, which_ • stines, , that after the ceremony was over," Mr:TEWCEVAL had an audience of' his Royal Highneis for one mi. ante. We IL 110 p e 4 Pap r questiotYwill row'set its readers ri,;ht upon this subject by 1110 • following erratum—for one minute,. read half an houT.' It . is :proper to add, that nothing could be more, gracious and affable, than the Prince was his Majesty's Ministers yesterday, desiring that every: thing in the various department, of Goternment miglitso on as usual. We bylivve t hat the Oppoiitiun already begin to entertain to sr, that the gentlemanly manners, and mild conciliating temper, as well as ,knowledge and intellectual powers of Mr.Ptacr.vst„ • with t a due reflection on his manly firtnnl - !SA and loyal niftction, may secure the confidence of the PUINCL. This =mitt Wei xeceived some qerman and Swedish Papers by the Anholt and Gibraltar and Spanish Papers by the Malta Mid. It is stated in the S,vedish Papers, that an application 1184 been made by BUOVAVAtiig ' to the King of Swpn ! si, ib t 1000 seamen, and that the Swedish Government has refused to comply with the demand. The Gibraltar Papo3's cohtain an account of the very gallant attack made in the Bay 'of Palatnos upon a French .convoy, respeeting which the French Pipers lately contained so exaggerated a statement.. The official. clvtals, which will appenr in the Ga zette of ',Saturday, state,' that about five hundred men were landed from the.Kort,' the Can.q., , ,lati, and some other vessels at Palamos, in order to' d es i r ok a convoY of eight. Lire trier; clrint stills' protected by. a Corvette nun, xebecs, intended for the relief of Barcelona , tlu whi..4e 'which were completely burnt and Llestroyecl, except two,' winch were brought otats but n:ir brave and unfortunate fellows, instead of immediately ve-era barking', straggled into the town, where rtp..vards cif 30 were, killed, 80 or 90 wounded;--and ns trilny rapt, l'Abrai of the !- James in thia Monitor?) was taken priiOuer. lie commanded the party on Shore. The Moniteur 'made out six or seven hundred, killed and prisoners. There v.as uotdllcer.kilkd. • Extra of a letter from a Gentleman at Demarnra: " Shortly after my landing here (the latter end Q t October) there arrived, afttr a journey of SiX_Nneki, an Indian Prince, Nith,his Lady, and a train'of at tendants. He cattle to make a demand on the co lony' for a deit, which, he says, the colony owed his great-grand-father ; at the ,same time threatening, 'it it w.is nut paid, that he would, in the;courSe six weeks; bring art army of 30,000 Indians, and murder all they could lay their hands on.. This per sonage, his wife, and all the retinue, were naked, and smeared with red paint .over their faces cirtc' bodies. Ovir , Governormade them considerable pre sents.of Axes, beads, knives,-gtin,powder, and mus ..kets; and I believe friend Ship is restored; but the matter was kept somewhat secret. It is said they are to have presents to a certain amount annually." NAVAL NEWS. rLYMOUTII,JEB. b.—Arrived last evapipg the Duk of A .acket," Captain BitnoiTlrotn C.;,d'ilp, after a ; IA- my passage of 13 dhs, with forAeLdeAhis day,tshe alsb brought a messenger charged with dispatches for Government, with %%110 he landed ,and set off for London e tran . spired.. 4uived...this morning the, French brig privateer Le .Brocanta, Mounting 16 -guns, and a comple4 nient of. 50 met); trout Morlaix, boUnd to the Isle of Frvince,, left the fo:inei 'place 'on the Janus ary, and was captnred on the tat instantby his Ma.; Alin, of . 38 guns, Captain MA LcULM The privateer is a Very fine' vesSer Of her`Class, about 200 torts burthen. As she was coming round the Lizard last night, she tell in with three,French lirivateers, but fortunately -escard- froth them. The sloop Elire,abeth'and Mary,. Wit Liam ELLEPI ; Master, that arrived title a taw daYS hint e with a cL!rgo botkridtei Li,bon,•in k:iky state, is latichog it this. Port, to repair the cialnlie she has st.i). twined. Saiied lliti Majesty'.4 ship MaP ()ugh, of 74 guns, to join the squadi otf Rochetort. Armed tae lioxer, Moult, from Loudon, with a • eargU'of wh ea t, boilnd to Lisbon, put inlere for cuo , ,uy ; the Rubi!rt, Suntkriand ; INILL, from \Vales: •.• Al.iiiGATa' FEB. 6:—Tile James and. John, Wu..- Limns, from London' and Lisbon Has chaced and need at ulf the Nati, Voreland on Wedueiiday morn ing, by .a French lkigp,er privateer, and the pilot ran her uu litlofc upon tire: Main,. where the crew took to then boat. As soon as the privateer perceived the schooner to be ashore, shit tacked and stood away, when the master, riot, Qlld crew returned on board, and succeeded in getting Iter.olf whiz the 10,8 of lier• anchor, cable, and hawser, bat being leaky, she went into itam,*goLo. • YAIIM4)(ITH, FEB. (S.—Arrived this morning th e Lady 4pcan and Beauf6y packets Crum Gotten hurgb; with They do not bring say intelli genti9,of POIIiikoUTICFEB, 6.—Arrived the IFolverine sloop IA war irum Lisboa ; illury Ann, PuAcecx, from Buenos ; left thew. I till November : The Bloeliale which had been . laid by AluhteVideo on Bueritis sisnetioned by Capt. was raised. by -Admiral Dv. Coo it c oti the ist Nu. vember, wt.o insisted..on the British shipping being respeetiVe 'peas without . in terruption. The Government, of Monttividerphad protested, against butt, slating, that they should bald him -answerable to the British .Governmect, and to th e 11,. : , geney of Spain, Jet . so 'doing. Captain dr his Alajcsty •ship bad en lire!), gained 'the esteem- of .the Government Of BuNtos Ayreq and the merchants, whose intentions were to raise a piece of 'plate' f tor his esetl tionS iw the cot niercial interests.. /)eitz., Fen. 6.--Put bAck the Redpole and con , voy. SAiled, lAA Majesty'li fiLips Royalist, Skylark, anti Cdrdelia, op 2 ortii4o. The .Tatinton Cu.stie and Union .East Indiamen are working thronli the Gull stream front the River. TORBAY, FEB. Majes ty's ships tinder' Sir JOsErti I,roaKt: got under weigh at 11 with the wind at, S.S.L. and most pan of them ttre.now cleai• of the Berry Head; but since the witid his shifted. to the South, and - it is •514posvd they will be , obliged to return .- --The East Indiamen JJIPEKLI,L, PAR ai4ifEzv 1.10 USE OF PERO:, wumbEst.)A.Y 'IIIC LORD COANCELLOR (being clvt:iined, as we understood; - nr the Council - held - at Callum House),. did not - bake. his .seat: on the Woolsack till nearly , tire O'Clock,iwhen some judicial .and private hilliness was di.ipoied, of.. . PREVA'rE mug. It ~ vlii.ordereci by their LiJrdffhip9, that no Peti tii7ns for Ptivitte Bills be ,received, after 'Monday, vith irwt, ; • ' . " `not nicßeports the'idgei tipon Pe titions prehentedt4 'Private Bills be received after Monday,' Ist of April next.' • - copies of proceedings in the Eeclusiaqiral Courts in Ireland, in the case of Lord v. Lady Clot,curry, being duly presented and" laid before the HOuse; a Bib w?s 'brou'ght in to dissolveibe mar riage between the Right Hon. Nicholas, Baron Cloncurry, and Maria, Baronesi Cloncurry, his now wrte„ which was read a fir st, and ordered to be read a second time, o n Tuesday foit night.' 'rho House then adjourned till Tuesday, when it is ',,,id Pirliament,,wdl be' again formally opened unde r the 'authority of his Royal Highness the Prince Regent. HOUSE OF COMMONS. At a few minutes after tout o'clock, the Speaker not being returned irom the Council, Mr. Lee, the Clerk, informed the Members present, that them was of course no House, upon which they with drew. • 111/111 ,, STOCKHOLM, JAN. 2.—We are assuralf, most mspt!etable authority, that a (10 0 ' 14°1 rol l seamen has been made on our Govern . L, EMl"irOr NAPOLEON ; a compliance lig, been refused, on the ground of ita with the constitution of Sweden. • ( 'HERAIANi'ADT, DEC., 3,—The Itasii3n in Chief, has, it is said, declared to 114 Negociafor, that he WM 110 t iiulhorised to' an acmistire, cortsequently the blockadc' li is rarlird ('it; ilie"grcaiest visouti JUSS6F Nat; stiil remains in I r i s strop; before . Schunita ; the v write how' will soon be besieged is form. ........or GlBll.lLtalli GIBRALTAR JAN. s'.—Frout , 1 to hear, that a success ful attempt 0 , w' -- :that coast to destroy — an enemy's convol in Bay , has, unfortunately ended in tare FAN , of the Cambrian, seven or eight and uir.var2.s . of two ittindred two ° nines who were employed on that " trri ' ' ' understand that after obtaining their oar: Bay, the party landed, ant: that iorol n3l '' b sn givelt, by two deserters to the FOP A 3 neighbourhood, of their numbers a n d were overtaken, and cut otf before they to their ships, , 4 p On the night of the 23d tilt , a batt'flfit ~ :,; 116-pounders, situate to the north of c o;- . zeola, and near the entrants of '2"" stormed and destroyed by art ft°ll3Pli' eltip Milford, consisting Ot th e .1:1"I'f i C ; , q t * Marines, and 50 Men. The Monv'" t iu ' safety, alter a b l y :e t r li s e pi A k c j i n n o. tir t a h l e was tr s ost ki P li t: : ::l Y :, lantly . seized by this small party, .vili'''' I I , , 1 the enemy * and bringing o g tt ur m i v priP' 1. 1 JA N, 1... ~; ..—ll"givec us great satistaelicn'i )10 ,10 state, that in co n s equence of ili°' °%' ,oo telligenee received bUth, from the:Lot iii'" , f 0 8 11 11 1 1 : , i f i c r n: m h u ; r t 3 s ' a e l b l et s f ri b week, i t p r l e l s i . s al)ened i ,. and ti g e f c : 0 11 ° , 1 - r : 1 : 1 1 1 `: c i l li ., : it . pioceet in ni fit; Pet i Pensula and others, with the e xcv t ;'. t' ' T O l at'd Ca, tlfagen 1 the merchants I,e7st' 1 ,,,,,i' are Still to pert ! tit eight days qty.ir,io 4' .1 0' from the day of Je t - in the ai)OV artuie f ru k ports. la hi bet 1 JAN to s i iLt t b i b l Y il ea e t t i c i s l l e e i la . t e d t i t r -r n ' : 6o e e fu ; l 7 : orsf2y°aattlntribui,ora,joittcbdpauesta.:Gl,c:ugenenri'llii juStetriliat:ll;criPle',t::.ll4ll;/:1001:i.j. Cipouscd the cause of the Usurper' if need not be told that the ofles and si: o ho . `hictiain of the gallant Aloutitaineerß aisott Yes, P r . ° P °B3l or an" interview ,with " k liic t i )10 11 ' trietid had concluded his letter, " ' Lk ' I two friends from the City, of %hint/ ..,1 c n o n u n l ‘ d vi b n e g , Mr. 'II "-------------------* jrP4ll , t ..IERNEY was met yesterday' ill 0.4 Ile 11. j . iio ! ,, .new- ? They told him that StaP . 4 !Yr) •w preyed confidence STerned to Pr cv3 i i ,; tht!:,' Tl h ie at :f ,arid was simply answered, a P cd/ h a e P :ef. ' i 4 e t x be traa are . not to be Chancellor of the l' c '" " t' ilt%l' ' ' ' c ' 1 ,, i Mail; contains some interesting ii l4- 10 1P ,, ,,, recommended to the inhattitants of P - opt i ;," c e in c t );r e t i v : a : :; wl e a s e: it e n : c ° : l 6 l ll o l t t i o j r d i f A y el: such n Y i r i c i 9a l; j i l— n e theirl t nt : l % ri ; ri l i t t e t: l2 ll : ( l lll ' c ilerl e 'i : '!'i c i irllf i l i ti'l e t l , : ' ° l ll°ll . , :' ed, that the accompanied in Many in stances bY I r it i : Which they b e lo n g. T o _d a y, ho , :es''''r,t•''' has taken a diredioe more nortlivtlY):;p3i,,, an n intention of crossing the Tagl''''lti.iiii lilt'; _ )Aroontooartntlid:terwr northern tit F itrleue re rs, n t;o c ft l b i bui a isti r l r ie t it t s y issin t ile t ti t : t : d aia e p r 4: . l l o l . , l ll. t r i T l i o!e ready road, to farm a jondit,',,,,,o't, .. te • lis will quiet the m i n ds o f l i r ! MP , ' ~. i hr ,$ o W n e lave now but little to lar froro:oocV, prnaching." . , ' r ' ' 0. 9 " Vie have now upwards Qf 1 ''() e ‘t ot' t-A 'N 'f: ' ~, 10w5;....... • ,o I) ~lp causeiroomf attic rise ~.101 vessels in this port, all of w bleb nov t ' - . l ' oc a i o f, of rice and flour, Indian corn, 5:7c , - " fis y , Sr . ,, prgspea of freights, consequlcodf : - f e ,',„ , I tun) in ballast. So many arrivals ". a '.:iP ii prices to decline, but not rnateri4NY' i s tO 141 1 ‘ L .,' It is the opinion here, that suc h A to !,,ili i t 43b : Yr t . e f i e t a' i:i n r . r l d. d i k ,\ t uV h l i n a lelb r t i s t i l e t : i r a i g l e pt y n or l e w il : l9 e i e l : i ' f ?' o n i :r: l t is l:-t h s 'ieb t i c!n Yil) ! e.t'c l : 11 : 1 1: :: :: 11 : ;:1itF . ,:::?: Tagus with (2'3,000 aen, god the , 12 • 1 0 4 :i,M4 c . omplete. Souls and INlortier are at„ d titok; Lisbon." issV....o ' hi' fr 'There are other private accoono 'Y 1 01i , , , ,,$ the allied troops who were pON d lik ;j l tire) Bemposta, and opposite Abran tes ' 1/ 4 ) 1 ' 01 to S 3 lvaterra ; but !hat on the 1611 ' 5 ,,f, o r 4 to their former posaiuos. This retr,'lft t' lli i , ,; ;' !ration rather, of the forces on the '; ,it , T rages, was on the supposition that, i: is olai,ji ed to penetrate into Alentejo. li' r ,.ll, r f ,,“ . ever, to have alt;,red his line of ''' j s i o tt" 0 in the direedon of Alcantra: N'V e . : t 010 -surprised; after all, if Aelortier's ohr. siege to Abr.innits instead of Bzioi''''