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

eORITNN A PAPEItt

s.—Notwithst3ndirig tlt lest
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frern Castile has not arrived the krhok, w.R‘34-,;-
know by persons who have come friiiii"r.rv:t'ile; t.
the Freitill have fallen back to
an hour in Palencia, and their vall-,-atri
donsiderably in Penafeil, thro-,..gn which, the Lord,
retired. - ' '

ComnslNA., Nov. thomund of the allied
troops have arrived at Toledo ,to re."inforce Hill,
who is observing the large arinrthat Soolt has
collected on the frontiers of. Valencia, and, Whose
Van-guard has. entered La Manciaa.

CORUNNA,Nov. 4.—Our hour for n-oing.to press
has arrived, although the post from Madrid bas
not arrived. We can, .however, assure our readers
that tha%t beloved city is covered from all attempts
of Soult by the valiant Hill, and that the Satrap
has retired.

BENEVENTE, OCT. 27.--We now have here a
part of the sub-inspection and principid chest of
the army, which, with the allies, were, ,on the
25th, in Valladolid, to the neighbourhood of
which, and thal of Palencia, the enemy were ap-
proaching. The officers and soldiers 'vho formed
he escort, assert, that it is not a retreat on our
part; it is one of those retrograde movements.
which the wise Wellington knows so well how to
adopt,' amffrom which great advantages are ex-
pected. It is also said.that at the departure of
the Courier, the enemy's van-guard had been
beaten not far 'from Torquemado, which
gente was probably well founded, because it tran-
quilized men's minds, and the Adniinistrador,
who w;th others were preparingto depart, chang-
ed their intentions:- If -,our army continues to
fall back, we cannot at present determine whether
itavill.procced towards Madrid or Salamanca.
The person .who brought the correspondence
confirais‘ the intelligence contained in the fore-
going afticie,- arid, adds, that an order had been
received for .the equipages and ~sub-inspection to
return to Palencia..
MADRID, OCT. 23.—0 n the 1 Lth inst. General
Mina had ar"glpCious action in the neighbourhood
of Tafalla '; it lasted from eight ;-1 the morning
till two in the afternoon. The fi-1:1-61 battle re-
maibed covered with corpses, wag-gons,. and, bag-
gage, belonging to the: enemy.

CADIZ, OCT. 27.—0 n. the 22d inst. Gcn. Bal-
histerps remained in Granada.

THE Alti‘.,fir.

, GENERAL ORDER.
RECRUITING. DEPARTMENT. •
Horse-Gu4rds, Nov. 10, 1812.
His Royal Highness the PRINI;E REGENT has
been graciously ple':,..sed to command,' that sol-
diers desirous If re-enlisting after completing the
period of service for which they have engaged,.
shall, if found fit to continue in the service, re-
ceive the same bounty,as other recruits enlisting
at the thee. ,
By command at, his Royal Highness the Com-
mauder4in-Ch ief,
HAIILY CALVERT, Adintant-Gencral:

• A boxing ,f)ok pace on tiaturday after-
noon.for five gi.lueas aside, between two novices,
named-Chip and -iyant,, in Harier's-tields, Edg-
ware4oad, in the presence of about 1000 speCta-
tors, They set-to about three. o'clock, seconded
by Tom Tones and.DiCk Hall, and fought a )yell,,
cortested battle for about an hour and a half, con-
sisting. of ',upwards of .50 ,rounds. Bryant was
shockingly bruised about the body, but wa-sulti,
mately the victor. 'rhe ring was broken in by se-
veral of the light-fingered gentry, Who were ex-
tremely active on the occasion, one of whom was
detected by a constable.

About nine o'clock on Thursday morning, the
-sth instant, as a Folkstone boat, containing five
persons, was leaving Gravelines, it was suddenly
swamped in the -surf, and, melancholy to relate,
three of the crew, viz. Michael Boxer, his soti
Jacob, and- Thomas Elgar, all belonging, to Folk-
stone, were drowned ; the two others .with great
difficulty saved themselves by sWimming.to the
shore.

A child who lately began to learn' to read, in
the Charity School at Greenford, was, anion; other
words, spelling, M, I, L.-, K; which he 'cOiild not
immediately pat together to say what they spelt,
—when the master said, '' Well; Sir,—what does
M, 1,,L K, speli?7-The boy still hesitating, the
,master again said, " Why what does your mother
jut in her tea ?-7-The boy answered •". Rum, Sir."