The Sun.
London, England, 1812-12-03 00:00:00

[FROM THE REGENCY GAZETTE OF NOV. 19.]

The mischiefs which. the hostilities of the Al-
gerines caused our, cominerce, attracted the at-
tention of Government, in order to remedy it;;
and, after many efforts, it has succeeded in re-
establighing a good understanding, which has
been disturbed by the machinations of the French
agents in Algiers. The Dey has promised that his
ships, and the privateers belonging to his subjects,
shall henceforward respect the Spanish ; and
the restoration of the brig -Espoz.y Alba, which
was taken after the agreement was made, but be-
fore it was known to the captors, is ,a proof that
he intends to fulfil his proinic.-' In virtue of the
same agreement, he has.restored the ships•talfen
from the commencement of hostilities.,, .The in-
dividuals in the ships taken amount to 226, in-
cluding 25 Spanish soldiers, and 52 French pri-
soner, who were in the polacro Saragossa, 'and
.have all ,been given up.. The main obstacles to be
surmounted in bringing this negociation to a ter-
mination would not have been got over without
the powerful interest of his Britannic Majesty's
Ambassador in Cadiz,i the happy arrangements of
the British Admiral Pellew, and the zeal, pru-
dence, and agacity of Captain Adam, of the
English -ship Invincible, who was the Gentle-
man who, in Algiers, discharged so arduous a
commission.

The Regency of the Kingdom has seen with
surprise, that one of the periodical papers printed
in Cadiz, has published, without permissions of his

the greater part of the officia: documents relative

to the conferring' of the command of the Spanish
armies in the. Peninsula on the Duke of Ciudad
Rodrigo. The originals of almost all these docu-
ments are in the office, of the first Secretary of
State ; and the slightest suspicion- that the copies
published have issued from thence without the or-
(hers of Government, would be very detrimental,
,especially as --they relate to a Ministerial Corre-
‘spondence which is, in its, own nature, secret, and,
on a subject still depending on the approbation of
the Prince il.genfof Great Britain. The Regency
Las, in consequence, given orders to the First Se-
cretary of State to make the requisite investiga-
tions ; and the result has been, to convince his
:Highness, that the office of the First Secretary of
State still preserves that incorruptible fidelity; re-
serve, and propriety, by which it has always been
distinguished; and that none of the individuals in
the' same have furnished these documents., As
some of them have never been in the office of the
First Secretary of State, n::r in any other, this' is
a sufficient proof that none in those offices halle
had any share in a publication, at once illegal and
unseasonable.

When solid instruction shall become more ge-
neral among us, it any public writer should be so
wanting in the respect he owes to Government,
,21s to make similar publications, without order or
ntinwtiou instead of raising the credit of his pa-
, per, or obtaining any end, he would find the pu-
nishment of his temerity in the indignation of his
:readers. For in a nation so intelligent and re-
fecting as this, even the least infoimed .person
will admit, that it appertains only to the Govern-
ment to, publish, at a proper time, the result of
negnciations and expeditions ; and if, .before this
arrives, individuals, shall presume to make
I:nown even any of.the intermediate steps taken in
rsach negociations, it would be necessary to abo-
lish our Secretaryships, and even to-suppress the
names of them, and to order that matters of busi—
ness, which are discussed only in Cabinets in all
civilized countries, shall be proclaithed in the
üblic places.
[FRom Txt REDACTOR-PENERAL OF N'OV: la]

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The Conciso, of the 170, conta:Us a represen-
tation from General Ballesteros, dated Antequera,
the 10th of November, requesting a second time,
that the Regency would change his destination
from Ceuta, wliere the nation and posterity would
confound him with criminals of a very different
class, to some place in. the Peninsula,—at least
till he has been beard and judgeil ; a request which
the editors of that paper do not doubt will be at 7
-tended to.

DISPATCH FROM BARON DEROLES .10 DON LUIS

LACY.

Most Rxcellent Sir,---I have avenged the death
of &Lyle, and the Regidor of Clot, victims of the
barbarity, of Henriot, with the heads of more than
200 Cat-tubs of the garrison of Lerida. We have
carried vengeance and obedience to an height
.Ivhich has revolts humanity; but neither 1, nor
my troops; have been able to refuse quarter, Jo
175 More Frenchmen, who had laid down their
arms to implore our clemency. It is sufficient
to font) some idea of this carnage, to observe,
that in this number of prisoners there is only one
officer; but not one, either officer or man, es-
caped._ Only 70- horse took another route ; but
of these, too, 14 fell into our hands. If. this,
however, should not appear a sufficient satisfac-
tion for the blood of our defenceless patriots, we
still have bayonets and hands to avenge them.
This victory has been obtained with only the
Companies of grenadiers and chasseurs of the four
battalions of Tarragona, Ferdinand Vll. Cardona,
the Loyal Manresans, and about 60 hussars of
Catalonia and cuirassiers. I will send you, when
communicate to you all the circumstances of the
the' names of those.who most distinguish.
e i teemselvesion this
_oceasion. I shall only add,
for Our satisfaction, that out loss has been very
small, though it is increased by that of the Cap-

At an early hour this ,morning a Gazette Ex-
traordinary was publiShed, containing Dispatches
from the Marquis WELLINGTON.

Our Plymouth Letter states, that a neutral
vessel had arrived there front Bourdeank, which
place she left on Wednesday last, the Captain of
which reports, that the twenty-eighth Bulletin
had been received, and that it contains an account
of another sanguinary battle between theßiusians
and French, in whiclL the latter were victorions.=
We are not inclined to attach any credit to, this
report. The vessel is stated to have left Bour-
deaux on Wednesday last, which was the 25th
ult. Now we received Paris Papers on Monday
last of the 25th 'and 26th, which, it is hardly ne-
cessary to say, did not contain any Bulletin.

The Diomede sailed from Cork on Friday wish
a fleet of transports with troops on board for Lis-
bon.

Yesterday . being the day appointed by the
PRINCE; REGENT to receive the Address of the
House of Commons, at ten minutes before three
o'clock the SrliAkEit arrived in his state coach at
Carlton House, accompanied by his Secretary,
Chaplain, Train Wearer, and Mr. SEYmou-a,:the
Serjcant at Arms. The following Members at-
tended the SPEAKER in court-dresses :
Lord Clive and Mr. Hart Davis, the mover and seconder of
the Address; Vis Count Castlereagh, Earl of Yarmouth, Lord
Lowther./ Mr, iransittart, Mr. G. Rose, Lord Charles Somer-
set, Mr. Bathurst, Mr. D. Giddy, General Thornton, Mr.
M. Mutton, Mr. HolfOrd, and Mr. Davis.
In a few minutes after the PRINCE being seated
on his- throne, .they were introduced, and the
gynikiv3ll read the Address ; to which' ifit Royal
returned a most gracious answer.
Yesterday a Court of Direetras was held at the
East India House, when the following ships were.
taken up, viz.—Minerva, 534 tons ;Union, 5.i() ;
Lady Lushington, 594, William Pitt, 572, Lord
Forbes,, 513.

THE THEATRE.—A Drama, under the title of The
Renegade, founded on DRYDEN'S Don Sebastian,
was last night brought forward at Covent-Garden
-Theatre. The Constructor of this piece is Mr.
REYNOLDS. As our Readers in general cannot
be ignorant of the original play, it is needless for.
us to detail the plot,- or even to notice the alte-
rations : it is sufficient for us to say, that the
chief characters are retained, and that tzle under-
plot is taken from the comic part of The Spun4h
Friar. The _Renegade is formed according to the
taste of the times, and has fine scenery, superb
dresses,, processions, and music. A hold effort
was made to represent a water-spout,and when it is
better managed than it was last night, it will be
a striking feature in the play. DodScbastian was
well supported by C. KEMBLE, Dorm' by YOUNG,
and Muley' Moloch by BARRYMORE. These. are the
chief of the serious characters. Those of the co-
mic kind are rendered as prominent. ks they admit
by JoiwEs,..l.HsToN-, BLANCHARD, SIMMONS, and
MiSS BOLTON. The music, particularly the cho-
Jmes, is very creditable to the composer, Bl§Hor.
SINCLAIR bad two songs, in one of which he was
properly encored.. Miss BowroN also had encores.
She sung one air to the lute, and another 'with
castanets. She played with great spirit. 'The
,play was announced for repetition by Youi4G, but
not without opposition.
Captain J. FAIRFAX was sworn into the com-
mand of the. ship Hugh Inglis, destined to Madras
and Bengal.
The recent defeat of the American forcein Ca-
nada was ascribed to the militia of the United
States having positively refused to march across
the lines into' the British territories, which neces-
sarily weakened the invading army. The Ameri-
cans, in enumerating their less, mention General
RANSELIAR as wounded, and a prisoner ; and Sia7
jor RuYThR, as, having been killed,

I.ILAIOUTft, DEC. 1 Vessel arrived
here this morning from Bourdeaux, Which sailed
from thence on Wednesday last; and brings intel-
ligence that the:2Bth Bulletin from the army bad
been received at Paris, which; it was reported,
contained the details of another sanguinary battle
between the Russian and french armies, and that
the latter. were victorious.

The Fanny transport, , belonging to rondon,
TAYLOR, master, that arrived here yesterday from
Lisbon, after t passage of 15 days, with part of
the 2d battalion of the sth Foot, consisting Of
,152 men,'brings intelligence that a fleet of trans-
ports from England, with -a reinforcement for
the Marquis 'Of WELLINGTON'S army, arrived
there a few hours previous to her dcpaiture, and
that the
,troops, about 2,600 in number, had
landed in good health and spirits. Ten thousand
Portuguese troops, under the cnmmand of British
Officers, had marched from thence, a few days
previous, to join the Allied Army.

Arrived his Majesty's ship Bustard, of 16 guns,
from Alicant, Minorca, n.nd Gibraltar, with dis-
patches from Generals CLINro.:s and CAMPBELL,
and Sir EDWARD PELLEW. ,General CAMPBELL
was at Gibraltar. The Bustard is under .qc,iaran-
tine. Last night, off Falmouth, she spoke the
Queen Charlotte post-oflicc packet, bound 'thither,
out four days from Lisbon, with Mails, and from
her received intelligence that the Marquis of WEL-
LINGTON was falling back on Ciudad Rodrigo,
that the French army had been conceatrated, and
a battle was daily expected between the hostile
armies.

• Arrived the Niemen frikate•, Captain PYM; from
Lisbon, but' we have not been able to learn whe-
ther she. has brought any news. , Also arrived a
few coasters.' •

The Bastard sloop of war failed from Gibraltar
eight (lays since, and, we mderstand, has not
_brought any particular news from thence or the
Mediterranean. The dispatches brought by her,
together with the letters, 'will be forwarded this

evening.

Sailed the San Josef man of war, the flag ship
of Admiral Lord KElTll,ComtnaDder of the Chan-
nel fleet, to blockade Brest ; also sailed the Stre-
nuous gun-brig fur the coast of France.

The Warspite man of war, irk CawsKnd Bay, it
is said, is to take out Lord MoraA to India, and
not the Seahurse frigate; as was al first reported,
the Niter, we understand, proceeds immediately
to the Mediterranean.

FALMOUTH, Nov. 30.—Arrived this day his Ma-
jesty's ship Dauntless, with about 11 Sail of West
Indiamen from Portsmouth, to join the outward
bound here, under his Majesty's shins Seahorse
and Coquette; also arrived the schooner Venus,
Hop Kiss, from Lisbon; the brig Hope from
Portsmouth for Chepstow; and the brig Pheasant,
Wt.T.E4Lwa, from Portsmouth for Cork.

Arrived the Marlborough, BULL, and the Queen
Charlotte (packets) MUDGE, from Lisbon, the
former 10 days, and the latter only 99 hours ;
brings accounts that Lord 'WELLINGTON'S army
had retreated to Ciudad Rodrigo, and that his
Lordship was at Traves with the advanced troops.

The whole of the French troops in Spain have
joined, and consist of 90,000 infantry, and 10,000
cacalry, and were marching towards Salamanca ;
it was reported, that they, had entirely quitted
Burgos, which was in possession of the Spa-
niards ; it is expected that a battle must shortly.
take place.

This evening came off here his Majesty's ship
Bustard, with dispatches from Gibraltar, eight
days, which were lauded, and forwarded to Go-

vernmcnt.
The Allied Army on the 20th ult. was 80,000
strong; head-quarters were at Cuidad Rodrigo.
The Arabella and Psincss Elizabeth Packets had
arrived at Lisbon.

TORBAY, DEC. 1.--Arrived his Majesty's ship
_Macon, from a cruise, bound to TeignmOuth to
convoy his Majesty's ship Persius to -i'lymouth.—
The Helicon spoke a Spanish frigate at sea, which
reports that the French had left Madrid. • -

PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 2.—Arrived his Majesty's
ships flied and Stag with a convoy from Lisbon ;
and the Regulus from Leith.

Sailed his Majesty's ships Success and Freya
with a convoy for Leith ; and the Dexterous on a

cruize.

Extract of a letter from an Of4cer on board his
Majesty's ship TenedoS, 38 guns, dated Halifax,
the 14th October :-.7" We shall sail from this in
a few days, in company with the Nymph, 38 ;
Shannon, 38 ; and Curlem brig, 18, in quest of
Conunodore R'ODGERS'S squadron, consisting of the
PPesident, UnitedState.s, and Congress frigates,With
a sloop oi war." •

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TIIVRSIiA.T, DEC. 3, 1812. s
WAR. DEPARTMENT.
Downing-street, Dec. 3, 1812.
bispAtches, of which the following are extrads,
were received last night by Earl Bathurst, ad-
dressed to
,his Lordship by the Marquis of Wel.;
lington.

Pitiegua, Nov. 7, 1612.

The enemy repaired the bridge at Toro at
much earlier. period quit' I expected. I therefore
desired S;r Rowland el to continue his march
by Fontiveros upon Alba de Tor Mes ; and as soon
as I fouud.that he was sufficiently forward, I broke
up yesterday morning from the position which I
had held in front of Tordesillas since the 30th of
last Month, and I am in march towards the heights
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of St. Cheitoval, in front of Salamanca.

The enemy has not pressed at all upon the teat
of the troops under Lieutenant-General Sir Row
!and Hill, nor have those on the Dburo followed
the .march of the troops under my command ;
conclude that the two corps will unite, which, la
consequence of the situation. of the Douro,
could not prevent. •

Ciudad Rodrigo, Nor, 13, 18,15.94
The troops under the command of Lietttenant
Geneial Sir Rowland Hill crossed the Tormes, at
Alba, on the Bth instant, and, those under my
command took' their position on the heights of
St. Christoval de la Cuesta on the same (bpi- ;
gadier-General Pack's brigade occupying Anita
Lengua, and Brigadier-General Bradford's
brerizoi on the right ; and the British eavalTy
covc;ing our front. - 1T had desired Lieutenant=
General Sir Rowland fill to occupy the town and
castle -of Alba, with Major-General Howard's
tirigade of 'the 2d division, leaving Lieutenant-
General Hamilton's Portuguese division on the
left of the Tormes to support those troops; Nrhile
the 2d division was posted in the neighbourhoo-d
of the fords. of Encinas and Huerta ; and the 3nl
anti-4th divisions remained at Calvarassa-de Arils;
in reserve,

On the 9th the enemy drove in the picp;ets cif
Major-General Long's brigade of cavalry, in front
of Alba; and Major-General Long was obliged to
withdraw his troops through Alba on the morn-
ing of the 10th. In the course of the day, the
enemy's whole army approached our positions on
the 'formes, and they attacked the trorips itt
Wa with twenty pieces of cannon and a consi-
derable body of infantry. They Male tics
pression on them, however, and withdrew the
cannon and the greater part of the troops on that
night, and this attack was, never renewed.

I inclose Lieutenant-General Hamilton's report -
to Sir Rowland Hill of the transactions' at ;Uha,
which were. highly creditable to the troops cni-
ployed. From the 10th till the 14th the time
was passed in various reconnoissances, as well of
the fords of the Tonnes as of the position Ivhie.ll
the troops under my •command occupied on the
right of that river, in front of Salamanca ; and ort
the 14th the enemy crossed that river in force, at
three fords near Lucinas, about two leagues uhove
Alba.

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I immediately broke up from Saint
and ordered the troops to move towar& AratOcs ;
and as soon as I .had ascertained the directioa of
the enemy's march from the fords, I moved ‘.l.
the 2d division of infantry, and all the c:tvairy
could collect, to attack them ; !caviar; Lieut,-
nant-General Sir •Rowland Hill with the 4th, a 71
Lieutenant-General Hamilton's divisions, in fvon,:
of Alba,' to protect this -movement, and the 3:I- di-
visiOn in reserve on the Arapiles; to secure the
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possession of that position.
The eneiny, however, were already too nume-
rocs, and too strongly posted at INlUzarbes to be
attacked ; and I confined myself to a cannonade Of
their cavalry, under cover of which I recdlinoired
-their po.sition.

, In the evening I withdrew all the troops from the
neighbourhood of Alba to the Arapiles, /caving a
Small Spanish garrison in the castle, and having
destroytA . the' bridge. In the course of the ,
night and following Morning, I moved the greatest
part of the troops
,through Salamanca, and
placed Lieatenant-General Sir Edward Paget with
the Ist division of infantry on the right, at Aluea
lejada, in order to sec;:re that passage tor the
troops over theZungUen, in case the movements of
the enemy on our right flank should render it ne-
cessarT for me to make choice either of giving
up in communication with Ciudad Rodrigo or