The Sun.
London, England, 1812-08-05 00:00:00

INTELLIGENCE FROM OUR ARMIES.

JULY 8.--T4 Army of the great LOrd re-
mained in the same positions as on the 10th 501 P
ile
and the head-quarters were in La Sca•

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enemy oewti p ride of o c
night of the 7th, withdrawing the garrison, which
they had there. Up to the Bth, .357 deserters. and
PFench prisoners hild' been sent. to Alineida. LilT
tire guards and piquets Of:the enemy;have been made
prisoners. •

The party of Don SANCIIES performs prodigies
of valour.

NARmoNT-seems determined to quit Valladolid,
and remain perfectly upon the defensiVe.
The French, in
,order that they might be free
from no species of wiekednes'g, when they evacuat-
ed Salamanca, Toro, Zamora,. 4c. &c. took with
them the most beautiful and rieh Married ladies,
and now demand enormous sums from their un-
happy husbands for their ransom. They not only
are Vandals but Algerines.

MARI,.IONT,-besides having 1000 men in AStorga,
also left 500 ih ZarnOra and 700 in Toro, who arc
completely blockaded.

General HILL's army is in the' same positions
of Lierena. There are continual skirmishes be-
tiveen the advanced parties, in which the French
daily suffer loss.

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There is a report in circulation of an action be-
tween the English heavy horse'and French cavalry,
hi which the latter suffered very considerably.—
This report however requires confirmation.
More than GOO prisoners who belonged to the
forts in Salamanca arrived here to-day.

They write from Castile, that the nnmber of
Spanish troops who have joined the allied army is
very considerable, and that the ancrillas, •al ways
to be feared, have become formidable; since they,
bad the Great Lord near them, and do not allow
the least communication between the French gar
risons.,

- o a, Auc UST -3.—Our SimdayprOmenade,
Which is one of the grand attractions to,this place,
is again revived, although it is not allowed on the
Terrace,. on account of the state of the KING : it
Tins beep commenced. in the Great Park, and the
promenaders were particularly attracted to a cer-
tain spot, on Sunday thervioon, by the band of
the ".9th regiment • being stationed there to. play
for a considerable time, When, it is supposed,
there were about 2000 Nobility and Gentry of the
• town and neighbourhood, and distant visitors ;
numbers-were in carriages. The band continued
playing till- near nine o'clock. The QUEEN and
Princesses took an airing in two of her Majesty's
Open. carriages, ..and Princess CHARLOTTE of
attended by Lady DE CLIFFORD, rode in
her phaeton and greys to Old Windsor, Eghapi,
iiinglefield Green, and through the Park. On her
MAJESTY and the Princesses' approach, the band
struck up " God save the King," the : drivers
Pulled up their horses, and the Royal Party passed
slowly by the company, receiving and ritcoa.niz-
jug their respects. The promenade will-be con-
tinued every Sunday evening during the summer,
Itqien the weather will permit.
Yesterday Princess CHARLOTTE attended divine
service at St. George's Chapel; . and heard a Ser-
. Thon by Mr. NORTHEY. The QUEEN and Prin,-
cesses had divine service performed in the Castle.
This morning Lords WALSIIGI-1,01 and Ilia-
-cOuRT, Lady TH'i*NNE, &c. attended ' the Prin-
cesses in- their morning ride.

Private letters from Lisbon, of the ISth, state,
that the PRINCE REGENT of PORTUGAL was ex-
'Pected to arrive in that capital very soon, being
already on his Way' thither from Brazil.
It is reported that General COIIIIt,BELLEGARDE,
celebrated Austrian ‘OfAcer, and others of his
countrymen, have -refused to take commands in
the Austrian.auxiliary force:
• Colonel GORDON, ',Quarter-Master-General to
Ills Majesty's forces, arrived at Lisbon on the
14th of truly'; and, 'with his characteristic zeal
'for the service, set out on the folloWing: -Morning
t,9-join the, army. Some of our letters ~from the
Aritish camp state 'that Colonel GoltooN is to act
,V--ith the army in' the triple capacity of Quartra--
llaster,General, Adjutant-General, and. Conunis-
sari-General.
Extract of a letter from*:an officer .of one of his
liajesty's ships belonging to the,squadrOn Cruiz-
oTthe Text!, dated July 29. :—" The French
the now ten sail of the line in the 'Texel ; and
when we were last off there they had only six.—
We have beeri infornied by some fisherthen, that
three or four of the line-of-battle ships in the
4:4:eldt have mutinied, and were ordered up to
Atdclleourgh. The. account is said to be true, as
ffteen sail of the line were observed' when
Wst reconnoitred, .and• a few days before there
\'''-erz. eighteen." . . . .
It is said that Sir FRANCIS BURDETT and a well
politician, of his principles, have been in-
, l'ited by certain persons of similar sentiments to
. Norwich, with the supposed view of Obtaining
a Parliarnentaru connection for them in that
citY• Mr. W. S:,,turli, -one of the Members, it
*eems,-has given disgust to maw/ of the sot-disinzt
lrohticians of Norwich, by refusing to drink the
. 'oealth of a certain public writer, alleging that the
Person alluded to was a Venal apostate, who would
3oin any party, and Sacrifice abyprinelple, to gea-
tlfY his own. interest and ambition. This manly.
declaration has given great offence to the party
ht. proposed the health, and they are endeavour-,
gto revenge themSeivesbYteniOving A„ Ir. SMITH
fro
tt4rthe representation, when a general election
all take place. It seems besides, that Mr. S.
o,ollgh an Opposition Member, has declined going
leugths with the violent men of his party in
.70r1vich, some of whom want a representative of
:revolutionary description. We trust, however,.
that there is too much g:)od sense, and too strong
'I:11 attachment to the Constitution, among the
tillhabitants of Norwich in general; for them to
r, pseudo-patriots to create a ierolutionory
)merest in that cite, under the flimsy veil Of Par-,
qamen tory Reform.

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.17E7IbSPECT OF Eill?1,I*

BY MU. 3OUTHEY.

Why loves the Soul on earlier years to dwell,
When Memory spreads around her shddeniug spell,
When Discontent, with sullen gloozneercast,
Turns froin theprecnt, and prefers the past?
Why calls Reflection 1,4 my pensive view
Ecach trilling act of infancy anew ?
Each trifling aet with pleasure ponttcring o'er;
Ev'n at the time when trifles please no more ?.
Yet is remembrance Sweet, tho', well I know
-The days of childhood, are but days of woe;
Souse rude restraint, smile petty tyrant sours
The tranquil calm of childhood's easy hours.;
Yet is it sweet to call those hours to mind;
Those easy hours for ever left behind;
Ere care began the spirit to oppress—
When Ignorance itself was Happiness,
'Such was my state in those rernember'd years,
When one small acre. bounded all my fears.

LAW REPORT.

COURT OF CHANCERY, Auo. 4.

EX•••PARTE MALKIN, IN THE MATTER OP SAM. THOS.
ADAMS, BANKRUPT.
Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY and Mr., HART applied
on the part of- Malkin, either to supersede the
Commission of Bankruptcy, or to stay the certi-
ficate. The grounds for: the first division of the
motion were, that Adams was not subject to the
operation of the Bankrupt Laws, having been de-
scribed as a 'builder, dealer, and chapman ; that
the creditors themselves, under this impression,
had, at a meeting subsequent to the entry of the
bond„ thought it' advisable to alter the "desbrip,
tion, by calling him a builder, scrivener, ebapritarr,
and dealer 5----that this alteration had been made
without a fresh stamp ; which 'circumstance, of
course., vitiated the, bond. On these grounds,
therefore, they moved, that the Commission might'
su,t2rseded. The reasons for staying the cer-
tificate were,, that there had been a collusion be-
tween the bankrupt and ..some of his creditors,
the principal creditor being his relation ; and,
-also, that the advertiseMent, describing the bank-
rupt, did not give- such a description as would
identify, him to all hiS creditors.
Mr. RICHARDS, on the part of the bankrupt,
insisted that he was a proper subject of the Bank-
' rupt Statutes, both from his profitable dealings
as a builder, and also as a scrivener. ' He denied
that there had .been any collasion between the
bankrupt arid the assignees, andrebutted a charge
which had been made ofsome property being still
in possessson of the bankrupt, by stating that
some mahogany tables, and family portraits,
which the hrankrupt had the vanity to have paint-
ed in his more prosperous days, were the property
alluded to; and that these bad been returned at a
fair and proper valuation.
Mr. LEACH, for the. Assignees, denied any col--
lusion between them and the bankrupt ; and
stated, -that Malkin had attended the' meetings of -
the creditors, and agreed to the:appointment of
the Assignees. Tim debt of the petitioning cre-
ditor was a bonafide
,debt,.nor did he -stand in the
_same degree of relatiOnship as had been mention-
ed. He insisted that Mr. Mains, either as a
builder or scrivener, was -equally liable to be
a bankrupt ; and that the advertisement, so far
from being deficient in particularity, was abun-
dantly special, as it described •Mr. Adams in both
his professiOns, bOth as a builder and scrivener.
Sir S. RomiLLY contended in reply, that a
builder could not be niade.a bankrupt, if 'h is trans-
actions were confined to. improving his interest in
any-estate which he had purchased, and in selling
the property so improved. He referred to the
case of- WiSdoM v. Clur)ie; in 5 tspilaasse's.lte-
ports, where this doctrine was laid down by the
Chief Justice of the King's Bench. He'obserV-
ed, also,- that the bond; was invalid, as a very
material-alteration had been Made in it xrithout
fresh stamp.,,
The•Loßp CHAir9ELT,6R observed, that it would
be unjust to come. to a decision onthis subject,
till. Mr. Adams had an opportunity of. Stating the
nature of his business as a scrivener : he perceiv-
ed by some of the papers, that his professiOnal
gains were-estimated at 2000/. a-year; As to the
point of a builder being a bankrupt; if every 'r•Aan
who bought land- and improved it by building,
and then sold it, was to be subject to the bank-
rupt laws, then his creditors might makehim bank-.
rapt, by calling him -a builder` and Chancellor.

, , SUSSEX ASSIZES.

LEWES, 111oNDAY, Auousr 2.

On Satuyday.the Judges' arrived, and imme=
diately opened the Commission ; and this morning
proceeded to business. The number of Law
causes was Considerable, but there are none of
any_nlnmerit. • The whole
.of the Common .Jury
causes, and one Special jury, were disposed of in
the course of this' day. Lord ELL-gwnoßouGit
also tried all the prisoners, none of whom were
for any bad offence'. •

TILT V. BOWATER.

This -was an action to recover 1071. for a bill
run up• by the defendant, a young officer 'in the
Sussex Militia, at the Castle Inn, Brighton.
Mr. CyrArcioo,•.-for the
.defendant attacked the
Brighton 'charges, andins isted the Jury ought not
to give the, mount of the bill.; that. some 'of the
people of Brighton not only fleeced, but skinned
their visitors ; and that the plaintiff, by giving cre-
dit to such an amount to a young man, a there
subaltern of the Militia, deserved to have his bill
closely 'pared down, and he trusted the Jury would
reduce it at least one-half.

The Jury found for the plaintiff to the full
amount proved-571. 16s.

THE KING V. PEAT.—Special Jury.
This was an information. against the defendant,.
a baker, at Chichester, for as.sauiting some Of-
ficers of Excise in the execution of their dety.
The evidence of Creed, and others, stated,. that
in April last, the Excise. Officers were attending
the hearing of some ipformations for offences
against the Excise at the Conncil Room, Chiches-

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er ; While they, pnpniate asceni-
Ned bOukr; ',an greeted them With roitgh•
horns, salt-boxes, &.c.; .as they came away,
the mob hustled them, and followed them up the
tretA, elbon'ing and assaulting them. The de-
fendant Peat 'MIS particularly noticed a§ being-
active in this work ; and being positively identi
tied, the juryifound