The Sun.
London, England, 1812-11-23 00:00:00

FROM THE MADRID GAZETTE OF 'OCT. 27.

Oa the 19th inst. the Allied troops were situat-
ed on the right of the Tagus, waiting the enemy's
,approach, who attempted to surround General'
Bassecourt, with from 6 to SOQ horse, and from
3 to 4000 infantry; and on the evening of the 18th
this force. was'detained at the bridge of Atalagui-
bYthe Yaguan section of dragoons, and the
hussar squadron of Arragon, who succeeded in pre-
veating the enemy, for more than 'three hours,
from passing the said bridge ; in the men time,
the other troops belonging to Bassecourt defiled,
and retired in the greatest order. This operation,
in which we lost some men, cost the enemy very
dear.

On the 24th, the enemy occupied Belinoitte,
apparently With the object of covering, by this
position, ihe march which they,are making by the
rear towards Cuenca ; and there do not want in-
dications to induce us to believe, that they will
proceed from thence to Arragon ; this, together
with the intelligence of a large convoy having left
Saragossa, in the direction of Jaen, and of the
having repaired the bridges on the road from Sa-
ragossa to Yaleneia, confirm us-more and more in
thisopinion. They write from Calatayud, under
date of the.lsth instant-, that on the preceding
day some French troops had arrived at Ahnunia,
who took off the g,arrisou, and returned to Sara.
gossa. They have done the same with the other
troops who were stationed in the other points of
Arragon, on this sole the Ebro ; thus allowing
Don J. Duran's division to. extend itself, without
opposition-, throughout the whole line of the high
road and villages, and prevent the enemy- from
collecting provisions for their magazines in Sara-
gossa.

- On the I Ith inst. General Mina maintained a
very obstinate action; a brisk and 'continual fire
was kept up for nearly nine hours ; the said action
is the one of which we spoke in our anterior num-
ber. The force of the enemy was from 3500 to
4000 infantry, with 320 horse ; our's was infe-
',rior in infantry, and superior in horse; our cavalry
could•uot attack that of the enemy, who fell back
and took-shelter 'under their infantry. We can
confidently state that the enemy's loss, in killed
and wounded, was triple ours.
On the 15th, there was another action, between
Ciraugui and Marrero, which Mimi describes in
these terms :

" I believe that yesterday I ruined Abbe'3 fa-

Last night arrived a Mail from I-I.!igoland, by
which we received the folloWing reports with re-
gard to Demark :
" HELIGOLAND, Nov. 19.—A1l accounts from
the oppo4te coast agree in regard to the state of
affairs in Denmark. It appears that the reigning
Prince has dismissed his Alinister, from office,•and
conducts the affairs of. State sote]y: by himself
and his Aides-de-Camp. Under Fuel) auspkes,
the mil via has been embodied and augmented be-
yond all former precedent, and compr::;•e: a torce
of 100,000 men. Families ate ,very where re-
moving, to avoid being drawn for or serving in
the militia. Fiona Sleswick the
Frencii troops 'are neaily all withdrawn to asst
their conntrymen.in-the North, and the duty per-
formed hi their absence by the Danish
The King is supposed to be firm in- his eng;,!ge,
merits Ivitl4 Napureon ; and the cause of releing
so large a body of men is attributed tc, the pre-
pari.tions lately male in ..‘veden."
Wo Janeiro Gazettes to the Bth of August,
have been received, and the followin:
ar-
ticles :

", Count riblen, T:invoy Extraoraary from
the Emperor of R,!ssia.to the Co:_irt of the Pr nce
Regent of Portugal, arrk:ed in 'this city on the
•
24th July
•

" There having appeared in this cfty, among
other printed-papers lately rect:Ved from linen is
Ayres, a Supplement to the Gazette, entitied
Extraordinaria Ministerial de Buenos Ayres, in
which the Government of those provinces Dollies
to the inhabi•tants the armistice entered into be-
tween the Prince Regent and the said Govern-
ment, establishing in that negociation principles
derogatory to the sovereignty and independence
of his Royal. Highness, and to the valour and
energy of his troops,--we are officially authorised
to contradict that part of this notification, which
says that his Royal Highness solicited the armis-
tice. He assented to that measure only in fur-
therance of the beneficent views and wishes ma-
nifested by his great ally his Britannic Majesty;
from a desire on the pert of, his Royal Highness
to'facilitate. as much as possible the object of the
mediation. of that Monarch,—namely, .the con-
ciliation and tranquility of the 'provinces .of the
river Plate; an .1 also to spare that etfusi,,n of blood
which is so repugnant to the known humanity of
his Royal Highness."
We learn that the scene of Mr. W.e.L TER SCOTT'S
forthcothing Poem is
.laid in Yorkshire, Cumber-
land, and. -Westmorland 5 and the period is (luring
the Civil Wars, previous to the usurpati:m of
Cromwell.

A few nights ago, as Mr. Barnet a respectable
inhabitant of Shadcvcll, was passing by Limehouse
bridge, in the neighbourhood of the Commercial
Road, on his way home between ten and eleven
o'clock, he was surrounfltd by five or six pers,. As,
one of whom struck him a violent blow with a
_

. .-
stick, which brouglit him to the groan& He re-
covered, however, and being armed with a good
stick, -he laid it round him ~vith such d terity as
to level one :)t them in turn, amt by 1•:- means
disengaged himself from the rest, and effected his

escape.
A coroner's inquest
,was held on Thursday
morning last, at Over, on the body of Mr. Robert
Ayers, who was found drownetl in a large pond in
Over Park. It appeared that the deceased lived
on ill terms with his wife since the month of June

last, in consequence of his having become
att..clied to a voting woman of Corsham, in
Wiltshire, and that inconsequence they agreed to
live separate; on which occasion the young woman
came to reside with the deceased. The fever of

Ti.. Ayers's-passion having, however, subsided,
he was seized with extreme remorse of consci-
ence, and unable to endure his rejections, he rose
on Tuesday morning soon after six, and having
tied his hands to prevent his swimming, threw
himself into the pond, wherelte was found soon
after seven o'clock. Surgical aid was immediately
obtained, but proved ineffectual. Pecuniary dis-
tress formed no part of his inducencha to this rash

action, as hehad, about a fortnight since, with the
assistance of a Mend, made out a statement of his
atfair, upon which it appeared that he was worth
a considerable sum of menu•. Verdict, lunacy .
Bristol Journal.

!),JITHFIEI.I.) MARKET, Nov. 23.
This day's Market had a considerable supply of
prime beasts, and the show of cattle, in other re-
spects, was tolerably gnod : Beef, Mutton, Pork,
and Veal are dearer, and the trade in. general was
somewhat brisk.—The sales in the Hay Market
were pretty lively : Hay,. Straw, and Clover,
fetched last_ prices.—We annex
.a correct' state-
ment, of the. prices and number :
To sink the OM, per Stone of sib.
Beef, 45. 2d. to ss. 4d. Mitttou, 4s. 4d. to 5/.Bd.- Veal,
to Gs. 7d'. Lalob, Os. to Os. Od. Pork, ss, 2d. to, 7s. 0,1.
Beasts, 2,C5J. Sheep, 14,500. Calves, 103. Yids, 250.
SMITHFIELD HAY-MARK.:r.

I-Tpy, 4i. Os. to 51. los. Str.kw; gl. Ob. to 21. 10s. Clover,
SI. Os. to Si. Os.

CORN-EXCHANGE, Nov. 23.—Our supply of
Wheat this day from Kent and Essex was tolera-
bly abundant, which wentoff at last week's prices,
but no surplus ; of Barley we had a good supply,
and prices are 2s. lower ; Malt fully maintains the
prices of last week ; we had a gond many samples
of new Tick Bs•ans, which are 2s lower ; but old,
Ticks being much in demand are 4s. clearer; we
were but shortly supplsed with Oats, which, on the
whole, were worth Is. per quarter more than last
week ; Boiling and Ilog Pease remain stationary;
Floor continues the same: For further particu.
lars we refer to the prices at foot, the correctness
of which mast be 'depended upon.

New Wheat 90s. 100 s. 105 s.
Fi❑e ditto - - -140 s.
ke
Barley :As. 68s.
Ncw Ditto - - -70 s.
Malt - - - 925. 102 s.
Fine ditto - - -108 s.
White Pea ,e (boil.)100s. 1101.
New ditto - - - • 120 s.
Grey ditto - - - 765. 80s.
New ditto - - 843.

Tick Beaus- - -82 s. 945.
Ditto - - - 1.205.
Small dint) -120 s. 12Gs
Feed Oats - - ties. 49c.
Fine ditto - - -
Poland ditto - - 4th. 50s.
Fine ditto - 524.
Potatoe ditto - - 565.
Rape Seed - - - nflt. ,
Fine Flour - - 11)`")s. I !at.
Seconds - - - 1001. ILS i.

mous column, in which was the terrible and in-
fernal Soulier. The action began at haa.-past
nine o'clock in the morning, and finished at eight
at night. Abbe abandoned the greater put of
his wounded in the lanes, Sze. The Colonel of
the column ‘cas killed. My loss in this action s
10 killed, anti 40 wounded : that of the enemy
exceeds 1,000 men.