The Sun.
London, England, 1812-11-04 00:00:00

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Oar.-12.--=Senors Pcnue aril
had arrived here. Up to the 24th ult. a rein-
forcement of 5000 men only had arrived front
France, and there had proceeded 2000 for. 'th,:t
country front Pampelunit, and 3000 Who escorted
Mamma, so that it may be said the _French have
not been reinforced.

The.troops which the enemy have in the neigh-
bourhood of BurgOs, including those they have
drawn front the garrison, do not exceed 25,000 men:
CADIZ, OCT. 19.-IVe ~are assured that Duran
has taken a convoy of ninety waggons, and that
on the 9th he was preparing to march on Za-
ragoza.
GRANADA, OCT. 12.—Various English prisoners
have arrived here, who effected their escape near
Caravaca, as have likewi,,e sonic French deserters,
who assure us, that discontent, disorder,, and in-
subordination, have arrived at a great_ height
among the French ; the scarcity of provisions
was'so great, that for the four days prior to their
flight they had received no rations. They add,
that Souk had repeatedly attacked the castle of
Caravaca in vain, and with great loss; in the last
attack he lost more.thati 600 men.

OcT.•iU.—'Tie head-quarters of General Bal-
lastevis still remain here: Had he sufficient anus,
his army' would soon amount to 40,000 chOsen men.

TOLEDO, OCT. 6.—The head-4arteri have been
established at Aranjuez, and the united troops
amount to 30,000 aim
BANKS, OF THE EBRO, OCT A.—Positions of the
armies, according .to intelligence received to the
sth :—Lord Wellington's head-quarters in Cam-
,pagares, one league to , the west of „Burgos, in
which city are 3000'English ; General Castano's
in Gamonal, a league to • the east of Burgos,
from ‘x hence his troops extend themselves to Bri-
biesca, seven . leapt:s. from Burgos. The troops
of theSe two Generals amount to 70,000 men.—
From :Burgos to the' right, in 'the 'direction of
Rioja; have been placed the following Guerillas :
Bellobas and Sanchez, in Montes de Diu Bor-
bon; in Villafranca ; .Marquinez, in Ezeary ; 1300
of the militia of this city, in St. Coloma ; Ta-
briencain Sotes and Navarre, at two leagues from
Legrona. These forces are estimated at more
than 2,000 horse ,and 10,000 foot. The French
forces in the said points are estimated from 30 Co
40,000 men.
ANDU-JAR, OCT. 12.—Yesterday arrived here
5000 of General Ballastcros's troops, under the
command of General Merino. Had it not been
for th'e heavy fall of rain, they Would to-day have
proceeded for Cordova.
It is said that in each capital of the four King-
dOms of the Andalusias, a division of the fourth
Army will be established for theurpose of or-
ganizing 40,000 men. ,

Fdotpad Robbayy:On ,aturday Inst, a footpad
robbery took place about one o'clock in the day;
attended with very extraordinary circumstances.
Mr. Robert Thorley, oh his Way froth town to his
residence at Petersham, sent his servant .torward
from Wands Worth with a message to his family,
and instead of himself prOceeding home through
Richmond Park, as was his custom, he went by
the private road; Which turns off to Richmond, a
little heyondrthe seven mile-stone on the Wands.:
worth road. When Mr. Thorley bad passed the
first gate a short way, .he 'perceived aleinale, at
tired like a Quaker, and a man following her at a
short distance, on the side-path, which is parallel
with the horse-road. The man appeared to he a
einyenter, mechanic, with an apron f,ilded
round him.. As soon as Mr. Thorley came oppo-
site to him, he sprang suddenly from the foot-
path into the main road, ivhich causing Mr. T.'s
'horse to startle, he involuntarily struck him
across the breast with a rattail stick ; and sup-
posing the man to 'be. intoxicated, he inquired
what he was about. The robber on this, took
out a pistol front his left side, whiCh Me. T. ob-
served was loade&up to the muzzle, presented it,
and said " I must have
.your Money." Mr. T.
replied, " you can have but little ;", and gave all
the silver he had; consisting of a Bank token or
two, and ,a few shillings.. The man observed,
‘: If yOu willdo me no injury, I shall not hurt
you ;" and then retired, saying, " real distress
has compelled me to 'thiSact." This observation
disarmed Mr. T. of all resentment against the un-
fortunate' wretch, and he was only solicitous to
render ltim service. He told him it was a shock-
ing alternative be had chosen ; and inquired if he
did not know, that by the act be Had just com-
mitted, he had forfeited his life. The footpad
walked on, and would hear no more.' Mr. T. was
still anxious to learn the man's situation, and con-
tinued stationary and looking after him : but the
footpad mistaking. ,his object, turned back and.
followed hint hastily, with a presented pistol.—
Mr. T. did not, hOwever, lose sight of him, re-
tirinr, to no greater distance than was necessary to
avoid the danger ofthe shot. At this instant a
person on horseback passed close to the robber,
when Air., T. called out--=" a highwayman !?'—
The footpad immediately skewed his pistol, and
desired the Gentleman to go on, who proved to ,
be a Mr. Smith, of the city. Mr. T. and Mr. S.
conferred together as to the best mode of appre-
hending the man, when Mr. Reeve, aMagistrate;,
arriVed on the spot. By this time the footpad,
had got ..over the hedge into an adjoining field ;
and a ,servant Of Mr.-Nettleship's having joined
the party, means were immediately employed to
take him. Mr. Smith rode to Wandsworth for a
constable, whilst the other persons stationed
themselves in such directions as to prevent the
possibility of an escape. At this moment a pistol
Was, heard ft-Om the opposite side of the hedge to
that on which Mr. Reeves was ; and that Gentle-
Man conceived at first that he had been fired at
by the robber;, but an farther investigation it was
found that the wretched footpad had laid violent
bands on himself, by discharging the contents of
the pistol into his own head. He was found
without One of his shoes, lying on his back, and
quite dead. The body was taken to the George
'inn, at Wandsworth, where a Coroner's Inquest
was held upon it on Monday last, 'before ,-----
JEI4IMET, ESq. Coroner for the county. ;Verdict,
Feb° de se. ,

Some hundreds of persons have attended to view
the deceased, but by none of them had be been
recognized up to Monday night.