The Sun.
London, England, 1812-11-17 00:00:00

NAVAL

FALMOUTH, Nov. 14.---ArriYed the Mackarel
schooner, Lieut. auGpES, from (.;oranna in three
days ; she has brought a Messenger with dis-
patches, but cannot learn any particulars by her.
It' was reported that Lord WELLIN GTON CO:11A
not posibly effect' a retreat without a battle.--
The enemy's force are estimated at 60,000 mcv.
Sailed the Rapid schooner with a convoy for
the Downs.

CoauK, Nov. I--West India Fleet. —His -
j est y's ships Ci,-ce, Dotterel, and Peacock, are to
convoy the above fleet. There are upwards f5O
sail assembled .here at present, and to-morrow is
appointed for their sailing it is the most nulue-
rims as well as valuable fleet that has rendezrOuseJ
here for a length of time.

Yesterday orders were received for the regnovat
of the several seamen belonging to the American,
vessels detained and seat in by our cruizers,.on
board his Majesty's ship Stork, Capt. CottL..,:ox,
preparatory to their being, sent to. Englatid tlaie
first fair wind,

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM SANTANDER,
OCT. 28.
" Since my last,. a'Very material alteratiou hits
taken plaCe in the relatiVe'sitiuttion of the 'con-
tending armies. Just as Burgos.was expected to
fall, SOULT made a rapid movement un Madrid,
with the view of placing himself between Lord
WELLINGTON' and General HILL : Lora W. how_
.
ever, received intelligence of this, and in a sew
hours afterwards :vas some leagues from Burgos,.
in full march to Join HILL, and attack SOUL?
before the army from Vittoria could come up.—
This last army.is now in or about Burgos. 601.
MAITLAND, Elul, front twenty to 30,000 men, is
advancing from the south to join his Lordship ;
who, it ‘vas reported last night, had just, takcu
700 horse. Thes(. operations will, most problb2y,
lead to something dedisive ; and yOu may expect
yery shortly to hear of new laurels ,being added to'
Lord 'W'sbrow. The allied army is in the great-
est spirits, and every thing promises a glorious
terminatioU to this prolonged and eventful con-
test. Lord,„W's raising, the siege of Burgos
amounts to nothing ; for as soon as he has beateo
SOULT, he will march thieler,agaln to ream the
attack. SOULT may run away, if permitted,
,but
Burgos cannot. It has long been talked of here,
that the Royal Marine-battalions were going to
Santana ; utijd the For tufee, which arric ed ou the
26th, brought a 'fiehi thortat a.:ul ammunition for
them. They • have also thtee mortars brought
from Cokuonn, two howitzers, and four field-
pieces. They would make a very 'respectable ap-
pearance before San-lona, if properly supported ;
but it is probable that Lord W.'s movements•may
have the effect of preveuting their operations, at
least for the present, as
,it can be scarcely stip-
poSed that the 'French will allow t.Santona to be
taken, unless they themselves are kept completely
in check by his Lord Ship in this quarter. They'
will, therefore, most likely remain here:formal...vs
from England, or till they can he of service on
the coast, which the lateness of the SLaSOLI at
present preKents.

‘c The squadron here consists of the Vener'able,-
Iris; Surveillante, Fox, Latona, Lyra, and Foirg.
The Diadem sailed a short time since for England,
-and it is supposed for the purpose of bringing out
the battalion forming at Portsmouth, to. reinorce
those here, which will make the whOle about
2001.) strong. We are in daily expectation of
some great news from the army.',

CHAPLIN, THE MURDERER.--MIS man, (who
is in custody for the murder of 'his wife,) on Fri.
day ,would have added to the catalogue of his
crimes by another murder, but for the interference
of Ward, one of the turnkeys of the Compter.
appears, that since his commitment he has been
double ironed and handcuffed. -Having,, however,
begged them to be taken off for some ne cssary
purpose, he' asked a Chinaman, who is in the
Compter, for a knife to cut his throat. ' The
Chinaman having said he had notgot one, be in-
stantly rushed uppt- him, tore his cluaths,
searched every corner of them for the weapon, and
being disappointed, he seized a wooded bar, six
feet long, kind four inches in thickness,( and raised
it with the design to inflict the deadly blow on the
poor Chinaman, when the interference of Ward
prevented his intent. He was then again hand-
cuffed and,on being asked the cause of this atro-
cious attempt, he said, -" The Devil had ordered
him to wash the Wail with the Chinfunan's brains,
,and that he had only hid' and two more to kill,
when lie should be perfectly easy." He is now
confined in a strait waistcoat.' It turns .out that
this very-man was brought before the Sitting Al-
derman on Friday se'nnight, charged by his wife,
with maltreating her,; -and, frotii the peaceable
manner in which -be conducted himself, and his,,
positive assurances of future good behaviour, the
Alderman was induced to let hiM 4t large. His,
wife then emphatically .said, " if he was let loose,
she should be a dead woman before the end of the
next week." Her words were unhappily prolate..
tic, for on Monday evening she wa4 murdered.

DLIt, N. R. blows hard!
Came down from the River, the Mars, FALco'
Nzi, for Dominica, and several otheri, and ailed
with_ the whole of the outward bound merchant'
men, coasters, and colliers, under convoy of tbe
Speculator lugger, for rortsmouth. Arrived
his Majesty's shin bannemaric, with. French pri'
soners, hound for Leith ; Norge. and Cretan men
of war from off the Texel. Sailed his Majestyll
ships Lipratio and Pyramus for Portsmouth.

POIV±SMOUT:fI, Nov. 16.—Arrived his Majesty'l
ship CorMorant ‘Vith a convoy for the bowns:
Sailed his Majesty's ship Loire for off Havre.
The Barflezu is appointed convoy for Lisboa,
and the Dapper for Plymouth.

EFIGRAIII.

11nouGaA74 writes his Epitaph—to wits
" Here lies the EleOly of PITT."
If welt to take this, /a leitre,
The sooner 'tit:: inseritl',l VA. !)etter.

ELECTION (V

'OTS PEERS.

Yesterday came on, ac Holyrooil-house,
election of sixteen Peers to represent the Scots
nobility in Parliament, when thelollowing Noble-
niru were chosen :---

Votes. Votes.
-Marquis Queensberry* .... .50 F.arl-of•Aboyne 50
Earl of ,Rothesc. 4S Earl of Aberdeen 51
Earl. of Caithnees 19 Earl of GlasgoW ' 49
Earl of Home.. 4P Lord Foibes 45
Earl of Kellie . 50 Lord Saltoun 48
Earl of Dalhousie 5O Lord Gray* 45
Earl of Selkirk 47 Lord Sinclair 49
Earl of Balcarras 41 Lord Napier 44
Those marked * were elected in the room of
Earl of Strathmore Earl of Haddington Lord Cathcart.

PEERS PRESPNT.
Mate oFßnecleugh Earl of Balcarris
Duke of Atli°ll Aboyue
Dlarq. of Queensberry Aberdeen
Earl of Rothes Glasgow
-- Cathness Viscount Arbuthnot
:---L— Morton Lord Forbes.
.--. „Moray — Gray
---- Rome - Sinclair '
;------- Kellie . Napier ,
---- Lauderdale Elihank
.--L-,--.., Kinnoull Belhaven
~----. 'Elgin -- Lore Roll;
6--. Wenlysk -:--:- Ruthven .
Leven Z---- Kinnaird'.
--.--- Selkirk ,

Dake of Lennox
Earl of Dundonald,
Breadalbane
,Stair
Lord Torphielien
Reay

rItOXIES.
to Lord Forbes
Ely.
.••••-• Kinnaird
Earl of Lauderddl6
. Lord Forbes
Kiunaird.

SIGNED LIST.
Earl of Hyndford
Portraore
Honetoun
Viscount Sortuout
Lord Somerville
Blantyre
Forrester
Kircudbright

Duke of Grafton
- Monorose
Earl of Errol
Eglington
-- Cassi;llis
Haddington
—7-- Galloway
Notthesk
Dunmore

There were 52 rotes in all, viz. 29 present,
6 proxies, and 17 signed lists.
Their Lordships were attended by James Walker
'and Walter Scott, Esqrs. two of the principal
Clerks of Session, in virtue of a commission from
the Lord Clerk Register of Scotland, and as usnal
by two of hi.s Majesty's Chaplains, viz. Dr. John-
tton of IC3rth Leith, and Dr. Inglis of the Old
Greyfriars church.
The election was attended by a very numerous
assemblage of ladies and gent! enirtm.