The Sun.
London, England, 1823-04-21 00:00:00

OLD BA I LEV.—SxrunDAY.

BIGAMY,— WM. Gut/ stood indicted for bigamy, he having
intermarried with Julia ihyley, on the 14th Nov., 1819, during
the lifetime of his lawful wife, taking with him some of her wear.:
ing apparel, and in consequence of which she was compelled to
resort to the parish officers of St. Martin's for parochial relief.
The ItEcorthEn summed up the case to the Jury, who in-
stantly returned a verdict of Guilty, and the Recorder passed
judgment upon 'the prisoner, commenting in very serious
terms upon the enormity of the offence, which, he observed,
embraced robbery, seduction, and perjury, and sentenced him
to be transported for seven years.
Wm. llionroe, aged 67, by profession a surgeon, who ap.
peered a once respectable man, was convicted
,of stealing two
sheets, the property of Thomas Annie, in the
The written detente of the prisoner, couched in respectful
language, detailed a short history of his distressed situation.
The wife of the prosecutor recommended him to mercy.
George Huggett was indicted for stealing a quantity of
pepper, the property of the East India Company.--Guilty.

Sittings appointed to be hell in Middlesex and London be.
fore the Right lion. Sir CtrABLEs ABBOTT, hnt., Lord
Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, in and after Easter
Term 18.23 11. W 7ERM.

miuni.Eanc. Lowbox.
Monday - - . April 21 Wednesday - April 23
Monday -- - - April 20 Friday . - . May 2
Friday - - - - May 9 Saurday - May W

AV T Ell TERM.
Tuesday - - May 131 Wednesday - May 14
To sit at half-past twelve o'clock on the 21st, 23d, and .21101
of April, and 2d of flay; on the other days, at half-past nine.

A conspiracy to escape from our County Gaol,
has been detected amongst those prisoners that were tried at
our late Assizes. On Sunday last, about 9 o'clock in the evening,
one of the turnkeys heard a noise in Shaw's cell. On examiea.
don, it was discovered that he had contrived, by the aid of a
knife used to cut his food, and the handle of a saucepan, to make
a considerable bole in the wall, and in a short time he would
have made it sufficiently large to allow him to get out. Shaw
has since confessed that he with Mathews, (condemned for
burglary and reprieved), 'Smalltuan (for. horse-stealing), amt
Williants (for a robbery -Morville), combined to attempt
their escape : he was to have got out himself, and then to hero
broke the locks from the doors of the prisoners before-mentien-
ed. The prisoners were searched next morning, when there
was ul upon the person of Thomas Ward, who is under
sentence. of transportation, the sum of Mi., concealed in the
waistband of his breeches.—(Bfireirsbniy Chrenicle, April 18).
In digging foundations at Dean Bank, Stockbridge, it few
days ago, several rude earthen urns were found at various
depths under the • soil, containing human bones. There
were likewise discovered some vaults, or cavities, termed
of unhewn stone, which also contained burrito bontw. There,
were no inscriptions or carving, or accessory objects which
could in any way indicate the age to which these.remans bee
longed-4 Editilnirgh, Courant, April U.) •
Last week a poor woman, of the Mune of Higgins, within a
few days of her confinement In child-birth, residlng in the Ley-
lands,iell over the cradle, in her own house, and expired almost
instantly. After her death, the Calarian operation was per.
&ruled to save the child, but it had shared its mother's fate.

PARIS PAPERS.

[From the Moniteur.l
TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCH.

BAYONNE, APRIL 17,1823.
The Major-General to leis Excellency the Minister of War.
Our advanced guards have entered Vittoria

and Bilbao.

(True copy.)

CHAPPE.

Aran. 18.—Admiral Hamelin has again
left Paris for Brest. It is said that the squadron
fitting out in that port is destined to cruize on
the coasts of Spain.—(ConstilutionneL)
Preparations are making at the hotel of the
Portuguese Legation for the departure of the
Minister of his Most Faithful Majesty.—
The passports for the Legation have just been
delivered at his desire. It seems that his
Excellency will depart in the course of next
-week. It is said, that with these passports the
Minister received a note, expressing the regret
that was felt at his havirig determined to leave
this capital, since France had not. shown any
hostile disposition towards Portugal, nor had
tent any order to the French Minister at
Lisbon, nor to the consuls of his. Most Christian
Majesty, to quit that kingdom.—(Journal de
Paris.) _ _ .

Between the 6th and 12th of this month, the
packet-boats took from Calais 546 passengers :
only 264 have arrived.--(lbid.)
A Toulouse journal says, that the four prisoners
who were among those wounded by the first
cannon fired, have been tried by a Court Martial
and shot. This news seems to us to be premature.
It is well known that very important papers were
found in their wallets. It is affirmed that the
Duke of Reggio, when he caused the dead bodies
to be removed before the French column, said to
his men, " Behold, my friends, the reward of
treason."—(Quotidicnne.")
It is affirmed that M. Deniee and Gen. Caux
will not remain in the War Department : we do
not know enough justly to appreciate all the
changes that have been made during the short
absence of the Duke of Belluno ; but we do
know enough to express some surprise at them.
—(lbid.)

The police made a search yesterday in the
shops of the dealers in walking-sticks, and has
seized all canes containing swords, daggers, &C.
They were all carried to the Prefecture of Police,
by virtue of the ordinances which forbid the
wearing or sale of them.--(lbid.)
The advanced guard of our army has passed
without difficulty the famous defiles of Salinas,
four leagues in advance of Vittoria, where the
head-quarters of the Prince will be on the 17th
iinst.--(Journal des Dads.)
His Royal Highness quitted Tolosa, after
having installed a Junta, which has given new
force to the confidence of the people in the pro•
mises of his Royal Highness.—(lbid.)
According, to the most recent reports, the
.bridge of Miranda, over the Ebro, has been de-
stroyed by the orders of the Count del Abhibal.l
It is not believed, however, that any serious op-
position will be made to the passage of this
river,—(!bid.)
We learn from Madrid that Count Abishal has set out for
Seville. The Universal announces the complete Insurrection
of the Asturias. Corps of Royalists occupy the Pardo and the
Escurial. The Political Chief sent it regiment against them ;
the Royalists separated without even waiting to see the enemy.
They assembled again the next day, and their numbers being
increased, the Political Chief suffered them to remain undis-
turbed at the Pardo and the Escurial, contenting himself with
having them observed by this regiment —(Quotidienne.)
We (the Quoadienne ) have received, by express, the follow-
Ing interesting letters, which we hasten to lay before our
readers,:—

" ST. JEAN PIED DE PORT, APRIL 14.—The informa-
tion. which I have collected mince the French entry passed the
Bidassoa, states, that the Spaniards receive it with the greatest
,enthusiasm, and that the Clergy every where come in a body
to meet the troops as they arrive.
Pampeluna, which, according to the'Revolutionary Papers,
was to receive a numerous garrison, and be provisioned for a
year, is, on the contrary, ill provided with troops, and desti-
tute of every thing. The garrison, including that of the cifa-
del, does not exceed 2,000 men, half of them militia, who, by
the accounts of persons worthy of credit, wait only for a favour.
able opportunity to abandon a cause which they detest, or
which they have joined only by force. On the 9th, in the
night, 100 of the militia rushed from Pampeluna (doubtless
being. informed of the arrival of the French) and joined Colonel
Juanita, to whom they offered their services.
" The young men of Lucaide who had taken arms for the
Constitution, and who were near St. Sebastian, desert to return
home ; sixty of them arrived in the night of the 11th. It is
affirmed that Andalusia has risen in favour of the legitimate
cause, and that 10,000 men are already under amts."
BAYONNE, Arum 14, P. 31.—( By Express. )—I have an.
nounced to you that Pampeluna had been evacuated by the
garrison, composed of 2000 men ; 1000 only have left that place
to escort to Arragon valuable effects' which had been deposited
in that town. The remainder of the garrison is composed of
militia, who have neither the power nor the inclination to de-
fend themselves ; if they were to attempt it, the inhabitants are
so enthusiastic in favour of the good cause, that they would open
the gates themselves.
All the accounts from the army are excellent, and our troops
are now before the walls of St. Sebastian, without having expe.
rienced the smallest loss. The garrison, wholly confined to the
place, has not made any sally since the division of Gen. Bourke
drove it back fighting ; its forced repose, and the departure of
the revolutionary incendiaries, Nantil and Fabvier, give every
reason to expect a speedy surrender.
Bilboa is occupied by our troops ; this news is certain.
,Alany
of our vessels laden with provisions have sailed for that port,
which is of the greatest importance.
The Bishop of Parnpeluna, who has been at Bayonne for this
year past, left it to-day, to return tobia diocese.
Our city begins to' be thinner of troops; we expect now
only one division of dragoons, and some regiments that are still
behind.

We have stated that Ballasteros had given up the defence of
the defiles of Salina, and retired towards Tudela. Letters of
the 14th mention, that General Molitor, who had advanced with
his corps, has just obliged Balaseros to evacuate Tudela also._.
Thus success every where attends the French army.
It is General Queszda who has taken possession of Bilboa, at
the-head of his corps, which consists wholly of Spanish Royal-
ists. A French garrison will, however, be put into the town,
on account of the importance of its post.
It-is certain that the Duke of Belluno has replaced his de-
partment absolutely on the same footing us before his departure,
aril the persons who were called to fill different offices during
the Minis Fees absence, returned to their posts ; M. Denniee,
jun. to his post of Intendant at Lyons ; I4lessr. Dccauz and
Thirat, to the Council of State. It is hoped that M. Tabarie
will be placed in a situation which will enable him to do fresh
services to the Royal cause.
It is said, that the Constitutional Spaniards who are At Paris
have received orders to leave the kingdom.

411X-LA.CItAPELLE.—A great deal is said of a highly, im-
portant mission with which the Russian General Ben entiorff
has just been entrusted by the Emperor to the King of Wur.
temburg. Though the reports on the subject are various, they
all agree that this mission was wholly of a political nature.
The arrival of Mr. Brook Taylor at Frankfbrt has caused
some sensation, for he is said to be charged by the English
Government with several negociations with Princes, Members
of the German Confederation. Mr. Taylor is P,nglish Minister
at the Court of Bavaria.
•

It is positively affirmed that the Court of Rome refuses to
give the canonical institution to the new Archbishops and four
Bishops, who, by virtue of the Concordat, concluded last year
with the Holy See, have bean nominated by the Protestant

Sovereigns of Germany. It is thought that such a refusal may
lead to serious differences with the Papal Government.
PEUPIGNAN, Arum 9.—At half-past one in the afternoon
an estafette arrived from Bayonne. The Marshal yesterday
inspected the corps of Baron d'Eroles, whose troops continue to
receive eight thousand rations a day, although desertion has di-
minished the number; but it is said that what is delivered in
kind is re-sold to certain individuals, who profit by this kind of
speculation. The cavalry of the Faith who were at St. Laurent
departed yesterday, and defiled almost under the walls of Perpig-
nan, to the number of 200 horsemen, all in a very bad condition,
altho' they have constantly received their rations from the French
magazines. Before they left St. Lawrence they sold fifty hecto-
litres of oats, at the rate of 61.25 c. the hectolitre ; whilst those
who bought them resold them at 131.75 c. This cavalry is to
be cantoned in the villages above St. Esteve, where the camp of
Baron d'Eroles is established. The soldiers of the Faith re-
ceived yesterday, by the courier from Toulouse, the Proclama-
tion of the Duke d'Angouleme to the Spaniards.i In conse-
quence, in!a general assembly of all the fugitive. priests and
monks, a deputation was formed to request permission from the
Vicar-general to offer up public prayers for the success of their
armies, united with those of k'ilince, which permission has
been given. The prayers will commence on Sunday, and the
rosary be chaunted in Catalan. 'They conceive that the Spanish
campaign will not be long, and that it will be crowned with
the restoration of the Inquisition and the Holy (Office.—
Courier Francais.)

SPAIN.
OPERATIONS OF THE FRENCH ARMY.

Letters received direct from Bayonne, dated April 12, con-
tain the following intelligence :
The accounts from St. Sebastian are very interesting. With-
out referring to the official bulletin or order of the day, we may
mention that on the 9th of this month three battalions, making
part of the 3,600 men composing the garrison of the fortress,
advancing to reconnoitre to a considerable distance from the
place, met with the French, with whom they exchanged a few
musket shots, but finding themselves very inferior in number,
they fell back to the town, when a flag of truce soon ap-
peared. The Commandant replied, that he would not let the
officer with the flag of truce enter till he had caused the troops
to retire to the distance determined by the laws of war: this
was done ; then the flag of truce summoned him, in the
name of his Royal Highness the Duke of Angouleme, to sur-
render the place for Ferdinand VII. The Governor replied,
that he would not deliver up the place without a formal or-
der from his Sovereign. The flag of truce withdrew, and a
fire was commenced upon the French troops, consisting of the
22d, 30th, and 31st regiments of the line, under the com-
mand of General Bourke. The bulletin states that we lost
only 20 men, but we know, however disagreeable the avowal
may be to us, from much more certain accounts, that we
had 60 killed and 500 wounded or taken prisoners. This vic-
tory, though slight, shows how the Spaniards may defend
themselves, and must inflame their courage. The news was
immediately announced at Bilboa and St. Andero, by an aviso
that was sent to those places. A French brig was taken in the
port where it had put in. After taking out the cargo, consist-
ing of flour anti wine, which they paid for, they put on board
the French prisoners, and, it is said, even most of the French
refugee officers, who may be more useful elsewhere. The town
has been abandoned by the whole population, with the excep-
tion of some individuals and the Alcalde, M. Brunet, a
Frenchman, a man of great firmness and very active. 'We ex-
pect every moment the men wounded in this affair.
Provisions are very scarce in Spain ; so that now the soldiers
who pass through are obliged to take provisions for nine days,
which is a dreadful fatigue for the men. The horses have no-
thing. We learn from St. Jean Pied-de-Port, that the subdi-
vision Cauchy, of the 3d corps, has passed the Pyrenees, and
that the remainder will pass here with the artillery.

The three provinces In Navarre have informed M. de Mar-
tin:Lc that they will assist the French on condition that the
King of France will . guarantee the restoration of their ancient
privileges.

Our news from Murcia ht also of the 2d ; that from Corunna
of the 30th ult. The military anti civil authorities every-where
show the gratest activity, and endeavour to reclaim the deluded
sons 'of the country, who repent of their past conduct. They
also continue to wage a persevering war with the rebels, who
will be completely dispersed—thanks to the good spirit of the
provinces, the courage of the troops, the enthusiasm of the mi-
litia, and the firmness of all patriots.
The Political Chief has published the following notice :--
"The King and Royal Family arrived at Andujar, at six,
P.M. the Ist of April, without having at all suffered in their
health. They were received by the inhabitants with cries of
• Lang live the Constitutional King.' The houses in the street
which leads to the palace where their Majesties alighted were
decorated with flowers and drapery. In the evening there was
a general illumination."