The Sun.
London, England, 1812-02-20 00:00:00

SITTING OF JAN. ?2.

The new Lords Regents, D. Joaquin NroEquera,
counsellor for the Indies, U. Juan Maria Villavicen=
cio, Governor of Cadiz, D. Ignacio Rodriguez de
Rivas, state counsellor of his I\l,i:sty, and D.
Enrique O'Donell, count of Bisb:il,.appeared in the
hall of the Cortes ; and the decree appointing the
new Regency (at the heal of which is the Duke del
Infantado, now absent) having been read, and the
oaths being administered to them in the accustomed
lot in, the Senor President of the Cartes, with the
before-mentioned Regents, took-their -seats At the
foot of the throne.

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diSt7oorie; ti e'substance of which was, that frew the
activity and zeal of the said Lords Regents, hi, Ma-
jesty looked fo:ward with 'hope to the salvat on of
the country, the mamtenanteot the.cons,iluTU n, &c.„
senor l'UottursaA, President, in !Urn, of the Re-
gency, sciebioly declared, that tie and his olleaguci
would observe the'Consititotion, and endeavour to
give such an impulse to a nation so noble, engag,
ed in the maiwenance of so just a 'war, that our
cruel enemies might ultimately be driven beyond the
PyreneeS... . . .
The Regenry then retired, accoinpankd by a de-
puatio:l of the Congre.s, who Writ& to_put them in
possession of their authority.
The deputation soon after returned to the 1-10-0 t
the Cortes, and informed them that the two Ex-Re.;:
eents.had come out to recr:ve thew, and had givers
their ensigns of qtlice to two of the new Revutsi
who remained in possession of their posts.

SITTING OF THE- STH.
The-Minister of Marine read a Melanorial on the,
utility of maritime commerce, the •irnpwt;:nce of
which he demonstrated by tie prosperity which
an,l *Biscayan 'Provinces, C:natmia
and Valene:a, enjoy, as- compared with depot.
pulated Arragon, -and the Ctstiles. He shrw ed
the necessity of our win-Marine- corresponding
with our in,•rcantile, wi h , the gre-at extent of
our forign po•stssions, and with the circumference
of the costs of Spain, Tne possession of an ade-
quate fleet was itlinst :goal in import:t..ce to that of
a !,!ites_: for natl wr poisessd, as formerly. a navy of,
ninety ships of. the lire and sixty frig,ites, -.he
enemy would not have thfai ed -those adv.mtiges
whtch he h\d done, • espee:ally on our coasts ; as
we should have 'finstrated his plc-n:s by, movable'
armies, conveyed, in -respetlable ; nor
would so many of our American brethren have boen
seduced from their duty. it became, theref: re, ne.;
cessary to build a suptrstruClure upon the vainr;ble
remains of our marine, and render it such as
cumvances would admit, if we dld • not _at tain our
utmost wishes. The Memorialist then proceeded
to suggest a variety of `alterations in our naval sys-
tem, and particularly recommended that the Conn.*
cil of Marine should be_Separated from that itaf Wttri
after the example of the AdMiralty of EnglAnd.,,
The Memorial was referred 'to the Comma tee of
the Constitution.

CADIZ, JAN. 29.—The Regency Gazelle contains
the Official accounts of the advantages obtained by:
Brigadier-General DtJRAN over the gArtison of
Soria ; the intercepted letters to the Governer of
Badajoz, of the 16th and 1711, ulc. and the Bulle!ins
relative to the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo. The parti-
zans of FEMBILLA and LOBIIOO have obtained ad-
vantage 3 over the enemy. In Polls there are vjuil.
prisoner., made by_ LONGA and MEND LZAni,:L.
CADIZ, JAN. 31.—Congress have vot4(l t.ieir
thanks to Lord Wellington, and the aided troop
under his command, for the capture of Ciudad
Rodrigo.

In consideration of the distinguished services of
General l3allasteros, the Regency have notninlied
that Officer Captain-General of Andaltisia, and Pre-
sident of the Royal Audience of Seville, with die
chief command of the 4th army, now vacant by the
appointment of the Count de Bisbal to b.e. a Member
of the Regency.

,The fortress of Ciudad Rodrigo was taken in the -
name of Ferdinand VII. and itnmect;ately thlivercd-
over fo the possession of General Castanos, and the
Spanish arms. Our Allies have taken upnit them-
selves the expences of giving the necessary rep..irs
to the different works and fortifications of the town.
CADIZ, JAN. 19.---It appears from the last letters
of General Mahi, dated the 1 tth, that he was thau
at Alicant, whither be was under the ticessity of
retiring with his troops, in consequence of being:
threatened by a very superior force of the entity.
General Freyre and La Carrera were in the vicinity
of Alicant, with the cavalry ; and to that fertreAs-
the troops of the different divisions of the third
army, and those of Villlcampa and Obisp.,, were
assembled.

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In Baker-street, Portman-squ.tre, the leady.of LiLletenaat.•
Colonel Morris, of a Daughter,

M.4RRIEI).

On Tuesday th ISth-in,t. at Winchester, -by the Rev. Sir
Henry Ravers, ISxrt, Joseph Story, lisq.-.-of ffingtidd, in the
County of Cavan, Ireland, to Louisa, youngezt daughter ot
the hat! Sir Parr Rivers Gay, Is,rt.
On Monday, Henry Erect:rick A itictiroz, I'sq. •f the Ad-.
miralty, to Kfurna, dau6liter of Mr, Mtibourite, of Great
Quebec. street.

D!ED

On the 9th inst. at Ashro:d. i:! Kent, Mrs. lernmetr,:vvif
of George leminett, ai.;ed 6z.
On Till! rSrl ay last, at his hour: in New Bond-street, in
the 73d year ut his age, Mr. Ki...lfit(d Mason, in:Any
.years an.
eminent Tea.dealer and Grocer, whose utbantty or manners,
probity, and universal charity, endeared him' to a nurthrou;
and respectable circle of fildiuls a more kind andlender
master, or sincere friend, d,es not survive ;. in silo! hey,As
honoured by the great, loved by his equais, and respezie4
by all.
The same day, at her house in Upper 13ei'keley•streer,
Portman aqua e, Mrs. lane Maria Nlas.:'l::voy, aged 63,- re..
lict of the late Chriroplier Mae voy, or St. Ctoix, --ia
America,. alter a long and SCV2.IV. illness.
On Tuesday last, at the Governor's house, in his 73d.year,
Colonel Matt tr.:w Sinn h, Major of the Tower.
The saint morning, at Ins broiler's house. in Poet's
Mr. I leiity Medley, late of His Majesty's E 4.11 ltei;intent
Foot, aged 41 years.
On the 191 h hist, after a fete days illness, Mr. Dakin, of
Fricity,tu.-et.
On di,: 27111. of dcTion' er, in the Island of Bathadoes, ith
the yellow lever,. Mary, the wire of Deputy- A s,:istant Cons -
thissary-General Cook ; a,,.? at Ue.rbic.c, on the 16th uf'Sep-
tent et last, her' only son, aged eight Loom ha.

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