The Sun.
London, England, 1812-09-03 00:00:00

FRENCJi PAPERS

PARIS, AUG. 23.-7-General Dufour, Command-
ant of 'the Legion of Honour, admitted by his
Majesty to the, pay gt retreat, after thirty-seven
vears elleptivC service, has just quitted Spain to
retire toliourdeaux. This General has received
eight wounds in ac-,:0n,, has had five hor-ses kdled
Under him, :nd,always enjoyed
_tilt eem .of the
army, as Well as thAof the peopl, ,nose govern=
mew: was intrusted to him, particularly of those
of Kingclonis of Navarre and Granada. His
Majesty the King of Spain condescended to teqify
his satisfaction therewith, by the,present of a cross
of the Legion of Honour diamonds.
The American schooner Lynx, from Baltimore
to Bourdeaux, with a cargo. of sugar and coffee,
was driven by a conuary wind, on the 16th inst.
into St. Nazarine Roads, (Month of the Loire)-.

DRESDEIC3 AUG. 11.--,The enthusiasm with
which.tbOse,of the Poles who wcre,subject to the
dominion of Russia sacrifice their exitence and
fortunes, in order to: unite with

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retliten, is truly unexampled. . is their 11
the Russians carried off linost all the horses,, -

all the provisions, which they could lay hold of;
the inhabitants were disarmed in pursuance of sur
perior ordeis ; but these brave Poles nevertheless
find means to procure for themselves horses and
arms; They arerising in a mass to fight for their
liberty and independence.- The Emperor, by the
present position of his various corps -d!arthee, has
it in-his power either to advance by Smolensk, on
the great road of '.st. I'etersburgh, or forthwith
.to.make hiMself master of,Moscow.. Many Rus-
sian prisoners of war arrive at Konigsbtirg. De-
sertion is now as frequentinkhe Russian army as
it was'formerly rare.. The army of the Prince of
Schwartzeribeg has defiled by the, Saxons. The
army of reserve of the Du-,e of Bellimo begins to
approach the Upper yistula.

LAN CASTER ASSIZES.

coorE v. AVA‘RDF.X.:I;--SAME V. UNTHANIC

. These were actions ct;unnenced by the plaintiff,
who, is a turnkey in Lancaster Castle, against the
defendants, who are Itehtoi-s,therein.? -Tiserezinse
of . •
action. arose upon ;a .charge made by the de-
fendants, of improper coercion -on a lunatic,
which had caused his death. ;This charge is the
same that was presented by Sir F. Burdett to_the
House of Commons, in July last, on the—authority
of Wardell.
Mr. PARKE stated the importance of having the
situation of the plaintiff filled by a person of re-
spectability and humanityi and the great mis-
chief resulting from charges of cruelty, which,
when investigated, proved tobe withoutfoundation.
. : The defendants not having justified theircon-
- duct, Mr. RAINE, their Counsel, spoke in mitiga-
tion of damages. . The Learned Judge stated, that
though there was no ground whatever for the
slanderous charge, and that the plaintiff must
stand justified in the eye of thepublic, he thought
the Jury would do right in giving . fair and libe-
ral, but not vindictive . damages. AccordingiF
they awarded 201. with costs, in the former-ac-
.tion; •and in the latter, the. plaintiff (having
cleared his character of the imputation cast upon
it), took a verdict forrilOs. which gives the costs.
A' Most important cause has been decided at
these Assizes. It was an action _brought 'by
Messrs. Wroe and Dimcuftagainsi the hundred of
Salford, for the recovery of the amount of their
•loss:-sust,ained by the, destruction of their weaving
mill, at Westboughton, a short time ago, by a
mob, who 'set it on fire.. A verdict *as given for
the plaintiffs in the foil amount of their damages,
which were upwards of 70001. '
Oh Wednesday se'nnight, Mr
found guilty of bigamy. The first marriage
was proved to' have been solemnised in England
some years ago ; and the second was contracted
in the beginning of . the present year, the first
wife being alive. On the prisoner's behalf several
witnesses were examined, by whoni, it was proved,
that previous to the second marriage a divorce
• had been-sued for, and, obtained, in Scotland-, by
the first wife, on the ground of adultery. A
writer to the Signet, and a Solicitor in the Scotch
IkclesiasticalCourt,.mas examined as to the mode,
of proceeding 'in such cases ; and it appeared,
. that-previous.' to a• divorce being obtained, it is
always customary' and necessary to have evidence
of the reaLgroundti upon which the pursuer seeks
for the divorce, and.also to hear the de:nurrer's
-reasons why it should not be given. He' said
there had been: numerous instances of divorces
' being obtained in that- manner, and recognized as
legal ; but on his being 'asked ivhether he ever
knew. of an .English marriage being dissolved b‘i
the decree of the Scotch Ecclesiastical Court, he
said he could not recollect ail instance. The Jury,
by the ' direction of his Lordship, brought in a
'verdict of but reserved the case for the
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consideration of the Twelve Judges.

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A new Marshalsea Court-house is to be erected
without delay on the Crown laud in .-.:cotland-
Iyard, Whitehall, where several small houses and
stablim now stand. It is intended for the recep-
tion-of the Officers, &c. belonsing to the Al
shalsea Court, and for the hearinz of all suits
is
stituted in the Palace Court.