The Sun.
London, England, 1812-11-16 00:00:00

Al\tD '031!-.7.,ALTI.V., MAIL.

ALicANt, OCT. 17.-Ali the accounts Ave ie.-,
teive from the interior of the province occupied
by the enemy, announce that they are going, to re-
treat•and concentrate their force 4; but the acci-
dent of Soult's army having: -caught the yellow
fever, which has ardict(4l and devastated a part of
the provinces, and part of the kingdom of Valour;
cia, demand the
.attention and all the zeal of.the'
authorities, civil and •military,' in receiving -de.
sellers and prisoners With that. precaution whicly
the public safety requires. We expect succeSs.
of much importance, and powerful influence on
this part of the Peninsula and the general•cause.
ALCOY, 0cT.'14,---The enemy have so great-
ly debilitated the points Of their line, that we
lieve they will retreat when least expected. In
this plaCe they have committed' every excess
which could enter into the most depraved imagi-
nations ; our manufacturers, &c. &C. have disap-
peared.. - • •
• - . • ..

ALICANT, OCT. 8.--The 'desertions from the
enemy are great. Soult has left many of his men
'in the hospitals of Granada, &c. and by the de,
setters' accou'nts lie has brought* immense num,
ber of carts full of-sick and wounded.'

General Maitland has, from ill health, , been
obliged tb return to Sicily. A detachment of.the
81st regiment, consisting 0f,,500 men, left .65 on
the evening of the 3d, with,loo grenadiers' of,De
Roll's and 40 artillery and artificers, to endeavour
to surprise the Castle' of Denia, where the Gene-
ral supposed they had a depot of corn, and the
garrison reduced, s(r to men ; they left us
they did not knoW of Soult.',l4‘ being sic, near: they
were taken round in the Fame and Bustard. • The
sickness is abating in Carthagerra, and our medi-
cal men deny the existence of the yellow fever ;
but there certainly has Seen a fever of some sort,
which affected our ,troops in the Calera. Near,
200 of the 67th regiment were in the hospital; and,
several of the towns-people died.

.
Our.lo.7—The detachment from Denia returned
yesterday,, upon findingthe enemy had 'stifficient
men to defend the place.
On the afternoon of the Bth, the enemy pushed
forward a detachment of about 500 cavalry, sup-
ported by a regiment, of infantry, and attacked
our piquet's in Trdrit of St. Vicente. It "put us. all
*on the alert; dna there was.skirmishing,for two
hour's. What the enemy had in their rear we
know -not, but they retired to Montforte in the
night, in consequence of a considerable force ap-
pearing the same day in front of Tibe and Xixona.
The Spanish troops 'stationed there (the former
unaer Major, :;.nd the latter under Gen. Roche)
fell back on Aluchtimul. . Our troops did not quit
the post of St. Vicente; and if the enemy has left
Xixonas '(Which we shall kbow this *morning), it
will again be occupied by Roche's division. Oar
loss in the .skirmish amounted to three or four
killed, and•iiine or ten WQii ed , mostly cavalry.
Besides these; a detachment of the Calabrese were-.
pushed too far forward, and cot consisted
Of one English Officer;, oneeCialabrese ditto; and
twenty-five mycn. It appears half themof were
killed before they surrendered. Capt. Courant, of
one of the 'foreign corpsi, was taken alew days
ago when out with a party, to obtainintelligence
near-Recoti.

Two, P.
,11I.—:Our reconnoitring parties are.
repirncet ,from .N.-ixona, which tie enemy did not
cuter ; it and Tibi Will be re-occupied this after-

noon.

A flag of trice is just come in - from 'ffarispe,
stating that Captain Shearman was wounded,
seven of his men- killed, acid the rest' made pri-
son ers.

Alicaltat, Oct. 19.

"'Six--I have
.the:pleasure- to inform you, that
after the. slrietest investigation by fourAledical
Officers of the army, accompauicd by four Trac-
titioners oldie' town', in their visit, yesterday. to
the different quarte.rs of the city, disease of a
walignant or 'contagious nature %VHS found to ex-
ist. On the contrary,' they were astonished At
the Small number, Of sick, compared with the
numbers, and crowdedstate,of the; population.—
None of the persons in theLazaret, who had com-
munication' with Recio 'and' his wife, Have fallen
sick.

e‘ I have the honour, &c.
" E. Baol.vN-,
" Deputy-Inspector of Hospitals.
" To his Excellency Major-General ,M'Kenzie." •

ALICINT, OCT. 21. town, the army, and
the navy, continue very healthy..
In the French army, howevee, the infection has
certainly broken out, and 7000 oftheir troops hare
been placed under " observAtion." This is at-
tributed to the inctirsiOn,of A. party to pluniier
Ziegar, where they had been told' the yellow fe-
ver,',was.

Soult has made an incursion with the great part
if not the whole of his forces, into La Mancha.
He has moved towards Cuenca, lieeping the road
to Arragon open.
' Suchet has been withdrawn- from the neighbour-
'.•mod of Alicant, and concentrated.at Fuente de la
lleguera, his sick and baggage defiling by St..Fi-
iippi.
Our advanced posts occupy Alery, Bear,
Castalla, and Fiki.

PALERMO, SEPT. 23.----YeSteday we had the
pleasure of again seeing in this Capital, where her
Majesty the Queen also is at present, his . Royal
Highness the hereditary. Prince," who has been,
for s plc days indispoSed ; it is probable that the
business of the State•has delayed the re-establish,,
ncent of hi/S health, so greatly the object of the
anxious wishes of thepeople. The King, under-
standing that the orders lately issued against, the
further exportation of graiii-have been shamefully.
evaded, has issued another.decree confirming all
the former orders, and subjecting those
.who. shall
guilty.of clandestinely exporting wheat, bar-
ley, or pulse, out of theKingdoM; if they should
be-NobleS, to imprisonment in a fortress for life;
and if of ameanerirank, to the gallies for life, and,
eonfiscation of their godds‘; and with- the punish-
ment of death if the same should he done, or at-
tempted; with an' armed force.

Mr. VANSItTART took his seat as CHANCELLOR
of the EXCHEQUER, for the first time, on Thursday.
The Right lion. Gentleman was dressed in new
superb robes, valuaile bands and ruffs round his
neck of point lace, a bag, &c. He took his seat
on the Bench.