The Sun.
London, England, 1812-09-14 00:00:00

gence.

The Prince of WURTEMBERG,
•
Governor-General„of Whiteatissia.

Intelligence has also this moment arrived, that
Gen. PI: ATOW, with his corps, has entirely deieat-
ed four regiments of the enemy. This }vas only
the forerunner of a eomplete'victory. The wishes
of the citizens and of the army have at length
been granted.

The following letter has been received from
Palermo

" MY DEAR Ste, " Palermo, 54th
" The Parliament held their second sitting
(first for dispatch. of business) on the' 20th, when
the following fourteen articles, were resolved, and
Passed through the". three sChathbers, by a large
majority, in spite of the influence' of the Court.
There is not perhaps ,in history so remarkable
1,•,e volution brought ahatit,, with so much tranqui-
i4}'• The Barons have given up their feudal
rights,. and if the llesohitions are followed up, of
'hich l'have no doubt, the people will be free.
" Our Minister deserves the highest credit for
condu:st; the Sicilians admit that they owe
every thing to his moderation, good sense and
firmness.
. rat. The Supreme- Authority making Laws and impos-
-111 Taxes, is vested alone in the Nation.
2.d. The Executive Power is in the King.
3d. Judicial Authority is in the Magistrates, subject to
tile approval of Parliament.
4th. The King's person is sacred.
6th. 'The Mlnisters arc resonsible to Parliament.
6th. The two Chambers to consist of Lords and Commons,
il2d the Clergy to hare seats in the former.'
4 7th. The Barons to have one vote each. •
Bth. The Right of assembling Parliament. is in the King,
kin necessary every year.
9tlit. The Nation sole Proprietor of the State.
lab. No Sicilian catrbe judged or condemned, except by
'4lis to be recognised by Parliament.,
of
Ix 11th. The Pendal Law is abolished, as well as the Right vestiture (Monopoly).
itlo
I•2th. The Privileges of the Barons, over their Vassals, is
abolished.
•` Every proposition, relative to Taxation, must ori-
ginate. in the Lower Charnbev, and be approved by the Upper.
' 14th. A modification of the British Constitution to be te-
con:one-tided this Session.
c:
'The Parliament had their second meeting last
"Ignt, the 24th. The Ecclesiastical Chamber
Sent a deputation to the Lords, 'stating, as their
°Pinion, that. first ,article of the Resolution
should go to establish the religion of the country,
which was carried, after a debate. It 'was then
resolved, that the articles already voted by the
three chambers should be forthwith presented to
tue Ring for his sanction, previous to any farther
Proceedings, it 'being argued, that if the King
should put his Veto on these Resolutions (which
were to foini the basis of‘the new constitution)
airy super4rocture formed upon them' must fall
to the w(mild. There were only six dissentient
'voiceson this question. Princes frabbeia Ca'iSino
the Present Minister of the interior), Cuto and
cucchisi Niscerni and two others, voted with the
fi"lt linters, the 'Premier Baron, gave the
rstvoice for the articles being innuediately'pre-
tted.. Their deliberations cont nued to a late
"our.
.
1-be, Marquis Salvo proposed and carried the
9th Resolution against the _Ministers.
Prince Belmonte 'made a most eloquclA
Peeoh, and to his perseverance, ability ant'.
14" s, every credit is due. •
"The Marquis Salvo also proposed the Trial
Y Jury, which was opposed by the Lords; but
crtrried in the Commons'.
`` The Duke of Sperlenga proposed and carried
the motion relative to the feudal law, on which
°ecason he delivered a brilliant speech.
liar` I have little more to add than that the Par.;
trrlent is declared permanent
,until the Constiitt.-
4).11 is formed.—l must conclude, as the courier is
g`iing to be dispatched; and I write this in the
eatest haste.!'

i . n.,,
ot'k tie American ship Peickn, Captain MURDOCH,
it.L Philadelphia, on her homeward-bound passage
Ow, Canton, was- wrecked on the 26th of Fe-
ruarr.in the Straits of Sunda., The Captain and
cFew saved.

0 The siege of Cadiz by the French commenced
4,11 the 6th ot February, I SO, and was raised on
gle 25th of last month; a period of two years, six
s"ths, and nineteen days, of attack and re-
stance.
ha he Building Committee of the City of London
i,,e marked out the ground for the new- square,
tuetended to be built in Moorfields ; and this ex;-
d;llBive Work is ordered to be carried into imme-
`ate execution.

ofAt several of the provincial horse fairs; a gang
Joekies have been very successful in disposing,
a ;11°''ses, fed with pepper. and other stimulant
t3'ees, as of superior quality, at near ten times
heir
Value.. In foul-instances the animals died in"-
the w e 'Course of a fe weeks after: the sale.--'-At
Stockwell
40°ekwell fair they Obtained. a fine horse, worth
gB' brway of 'exchange, for one not worth
ore than 61.
The Old Bailey Sessions, Tvhich commence on
edoesday next, are the heaviest that have been
pnii.°l" for several years past. Upwards of 250'
~.g.onerp are already committed for trial, among•
"1411) ilumbers are charged with capital ollenees.j

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61 1 lA.

Thursday PrinceSies AUGUSTA And CHARLOTTE
of WAI<ES took their usual morning ride in the
Great Park, with their attendants, for two hours :
and PrilleCSS SOPHIA took an airing in he var-
riage in the Great Park for an hour; the QUEEN
and Princess ELIZABETH took an airing to the
Cottage at Old Windsor. In the afternoon the
QUEEN and PRINCESSES and Princess CHARLOTTE
of WALES went to Frogmore to tea, and returned
to the Castle at eight o'clock.
This morning Princesses AUGUSTA and CHAR-
LOTTE of WALES took their ride the Great Park,
accompanied by Lord WALSINGHAM, Lady Rass-
LYN, GCneral WYNYARD, and Colonels DESBROW
alld TAYLOR.

St.PT. 13.—Yesterd.ayeveningthe QUEEN,PRIN-
cEusses, and family, drank tea and spent the even-
ing at Frogmore *Gardens, and returned to the
Castle at eight o'clock.

At nine o'clock the PRINCE REGENT and Duke
of CUMBERLAND arrived. •

This morning the QUEEN, Princess. CHARLOTTE
,
Of WALES, Duke of CUMBERLAND, PRINCESSES,
and faMily, had Divine Service performed at the
Castle. •

The. Princess of WALES, as Ranger of Green-
wich-park, has given her lodge theye for the use
of the Naval Asylum.
Mr. LEAR, late American Resident at Algiers,
has addressed a Circular to all his countrymen
trading to the Mediterranean, informing them
of the DEY'S having rejected the American tri-
bute, and prepared hostilities against the Ameri-
can commerce. We mentioned this rupture some
time ago.
An exchaiige of prisoners has been established
between 'the United States and Great 'Britain.—
The Pacoc cartel was to sail from New York on
the 6th of August.

No small uneasiness has been excited in the
United States, since the declaration of war against
this Country, on account of the deficiency of 'flints
for the. musquetry. Committees were formed in
several States to search for flint-stones; but they
proved unsuccessful. Drs. MITCHELL and, PEN-
DERGRAST, who have been appointed by General
BLOOMFIELD, have at length discovered,,that it is
abundant near Hatchets Town'and Schorley Moun-
tain, in New Jersey, and in the neighbourhood of
several towns' inTeunsylvania, 'and that the qua-
lity very. promising. In their Report, dated
Aug. 2, they state, that « the same subject gave
great uneasiness to their predecessors in. 1776;
that on the day of the declaration of American in-
dependence, and. after the ratification of that in-
strument,. Congress was occupied in deliberating
upon this very subject." For some time after the
restoration of peace, an abundant supply was Ob-
tained- from France, and subsequently from Eng-
land, until the passing of the Non-Importation
taw, when the supply was 'reduced. Since the
18th of June (when war was declared), imported
flints bad advanced from two to twenty dollars
per thousand.

On Tuesday labt the Lottery began and finished
Drawing at Coopers'` Hall, in Basinghall-street,
when, the following Capital Prizes were Sold in
72 Shares, at Btsx's truly' fortunate. Offices, 4,
Cornhill, and 9, Charing-cross

3,651.
B. 4.16,000 974 B £4,000
c,880.... ...... 8.......3,000 600... .500
2,736 A 500 2,736 B 5OO
3,002 .BOO 3,689. 3OO
2,508 ...30G 411..200
4,863 A 200 4,863. B. 2OO
2,760 ' 200 &c. &e.

The holders 'of the Shares may receive their
noney on demand, at either, of the Contractor's
Offices as above, cr Exchange them for Tickets or
Shares in the New Lottery, to be Lrawn the 20th
of next month, the Scheme of which contains two
prizes of 2000/. (instead of 16,0000 more prizes,
and the lowest prizes of the last may he exchang-
ed fOr Tickets and Shares in the,new, as cinder:

Sixteenth
2s. 6d. I Quarter 7%, Ocl,
Eighth 43.0. Half 10A. Oa.

Continuance of Great Luck !—ln the tottery
drawn on Tuesday last, PUDDING and Co. have
again had the 'satisfaction of distributing among
their Friends the following
,Capitals, No. 974,
Class A, a Prize of ,41,000, and No. 600, eta.% B,
a Prize of ch)so9 ; the former divided into One
Quarter, Two Eighths, and Eight Sixteenths ;
the latter into One Quarter, One Eighth, and
Ten Sixteenths. The fortunate Proprietors (who
have not
,already been paid), are requested to ap-
ply at either of PSODING' and Co..'s Offices, No. 1,
Cornhill, or No. 3, Charing-cross.

SMITHFIELD MARKET, SEM 14.
This day's Market was fully supplied with prime
Beasts, and the show of • Cattle in general was
plentiful ; Beef, INlutton, Lamb, and Pork, were
cheaper ; Veal sold at last price, and the trade for
the most part was somewhat brisk. The sales in
the Hay-market were pretty lively ; Hay and
Straw fetched better prices ; Clover obtained last
,price.—We subjoin an accurate statement of the
prices. and numbers :

To sink the Offal; per Stone of Sib.

Beef, 4s. 2d. to 3s. 6d. Mutfon, 4s. Od. 53, Bd.. Veal,
os. 4d. to 7s. Lamb, ss. Od. to 6s. 6d. Pork, ss. 2d. to 6s. Bd.
Beasts, 2400. Sheep and Lambs, 19,500. Calves,l6o. Pigs,
22J.

SMITHFIELD HAYMARKET.
Flay, 41.105. to 5.1. 10s. Straw, 21. ss. to 81..55. Clover, 51.
l'ss. to 71. l Os.

CORN-EXCHANGE, SEPT. 14.—The fresh arri-
vals of. Wheat this day make a:tolerable good sup-
ply,' partly new, and light-quality, which is at a
reduction of about 3s. and 45.-per quarter, but the
few .sampleS of fine old are fully at the prices
quoted ;. Rye hardly supports the cast quotation ;
.the arrival of about 10,000 qharters of Barley
lately from the Baltic causes this article to he
lower ; Malt- keeps its price ; *Beans of each sort
are higher; bats •411 short supply, and likewise
support last prices ; Flour without variation. ,

Wheat - -80 s. 105 s. 1485..
Fine ditto 7 • - 1525. 1535.
Rye - - 625. 70s.
Barley - - - 545. 625.
Malt - -90 s. 975.
White Pease (boil.) 755. 82s.
lGrey ditto - - 745. 802,
Beaus - - bis. 100 s.

Tick Beans - 9gs. 98s.
Oats •- - - 575.605. 645.
Poland ditto .655, 675.
Potatoe ditto - Os. 70s.
nape Seed• - - 581. 641,
Fi'e Flour - -115 s. 120 s.
Seconds - - - 1103. 1151.

21. "a it is 1-111Jil
"JUIN lJtiL4ll4. .L DEPT. I Z.

ytTAR DEPARTMENT.
Bowhinglstieet, Sept. 12, 1812.

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Letters, of 'whieli the ,fw'. ollong are extracts,
have been received by Fiai:l Bathurst from Colonel
Sir. Howard Douglas, dat.i.id Castrorontrik,O; 22d,
and Astorga, 29th Angus.

Cristronatrigo, Ailaust 24, IEI2.

When the Earl of 'Wellington transfert :Nlhis
head-quarters from Mojados to Cuellar, the Gal-
,lician divisions, then occupying La ,Nava and
Folios, crossed the Douro again. and. General
Santocilde.S established his head-qnarters in Valla-
dolid. On the 7th instant Tordesillas capitulated,
and the siege of Toio was uridertaken; biit with
means very insufficient.

On the -12th the enemy advanced, With abOut
seven thousand. infantry, and one thouiand five
hundred cavalry, from Palencia•toWards Vallado-
lid, which was only Occupied by• one .hattaliOn.
General Santocildes retired, taking the road, by
Tortelobaton towards, Villatpando.. The enemy
now advanced, towards-Toro ; •and it was ascer-
tained that their objects were to relieve Toro and
Zamora, and then to march, to Astorga, to raise
the siege, and having withdrawn the garrison, fo
destroy the works.
The Spanish-troops were withdrawn from
fore Toro, which the enemy immediately aban-
doned; and. General Santocildes, having collect-
ed all his force'at Belver, on the Rio Seco, com-
menced his retreat on Benevente, near which
place the- enemy's
.eavalrycame up with that of
the 6th army (about four hundred), and in the,
affair which followed we sustained some loss.

On the 19th instant Astorga surrendered, when
,the'enemy had already reached La Baneza, from
which place they have since retired, on hearing
of the loss of that garrison, which was of such
importance as to lead them into these operations.
1 have no doubt, from the direction they have
,taken, that they will now withdraw the garrison
of Zamora, and entirely abandon the line ot the
'Douro.

Astorga was commanded by a General of Bri-.
gade, was defended .hy a tieutenant-Colonel of
Engineers, and the garrison was composed oftwi)
- battalions of the 23d and one of the Ist infantry
of the line—in all one.. thousand two hundred ef-
. fectives at the time of the, surrender.

Astorga, August, 19, 1612,

The enemy retired from La Baneza on hearing
of the fall of Astorga, and took the directioU of
Zamora; they evacuated the latter place on the
morning of the 27th, retiring by Toro towards
adolid.

The Gallician army has again moved, forward,
and now occupies cantonments on the Esla, in the
towns and villages near Villarnanan.

Downing-street, Sept. 12,, 1812.

Letters, of which the following . are extracts,
have been received by Earl Bathurst from Lieu
tenant-Colonel William ;Parker .Carrol, dated
Zornoza, 24th August, and off Portugalette, 26th
August.
Zornoza, August c, 1512.

I have' the honour to acquaint you that, on the
13th-instant, General Rouget, with a force. of
nearly three. thousand men,' advanced from Du-
rangb to attack bilboa. General Renovales took
up a position on the left bank .of the river, having
his right on the heights of:Bolueta and 011argan,
defending the new bridge of Bolueta ;. his reserve
at Castrejana, As soon asthe enemy's force was
aseertained, General. Renovales formedihis plan
of attack : part of the vangUard and' Campillo's
regiMent were to pass the river at 7Portughlette,
and proceed to the heights Of, :.-:anto Domingo, to
attack the enemy's right at daybreak on the 14th,
whilst General.Porlier, with the vanguard, attack-
ed the .enemy who were in possession .ot. the two
bridges in the tbsyn, and the troops at the bridge
of ,Bolneta and the heights of 011argan were to
attack the enemy's left, which was strongly post
ed on the heights of Begona and el Morro.
. At three o'clock on the morning of the 14th,.
the attack commenced with great vigour, aild, af-
ter a heavy tire of four hours, the enemy was driven
from the bridges of the town, and from the heights
of Bergona and 'Morro and at nine o'clock,:they
commenced a. precipitate retreat towards Zornoza,
pursued by General Renovales's division, and the
'van-guard, headed by Porlier : had the troops which
were to have attacked the enemy's Tight :arrived at
the appointed time, the victory would have been
Most complete, and. probably General Rouges,
with the greater part- of his troops, would have
been cut off from Durango. Their loss on this
occasion far exceeded ours, which was twenty
killed and fifty wounded. It was highly gratify-
ing to see the.steadiness of the newly raiseil troops
of General itenovales's division. 'Too much praise
cannot be bestowed on their. Chief, in whom they
place the greatest confidence,. and who is indefati-
gable in his exertions to complete and'organise his

Since the.lsth we occupied Galdacano and Zor-
noza, oar advance close.to Durango,. which point'
the enemy have strengthened, having twt guns
on the bridge of YUrrcta, And occupying. several
houses in the town ;
.they have e.lso aryeneamp-
inent on their left of the town, on-the heights of
Santa Lucia and Betuno.

On the night of the 20th, we received
gence that tbc/ enemy were moving to attack us,
and that a -column had marched to Qrduna, the
high road from which to Bilboa, joins the road
from Z44rnoia to Bilbab, about a mile from the
latter town. General Mendizabal determined to
fall back and wait the enemy on- the left bank of
the river, is nearly the same position as that oc-
cupied by, General ItenoVales on the 14th in-
stant. •

'On the night of the 21st the enemy adrapeed
from Durango in three cOlunins, two by Zornota;
. the other by with a view of possessing
then-rselves of ;the heights that led from. Arrigor—
,riaga,_ and, flanked those of Bolueta,, which was the
right, and the, key of onr position. Penovales's
division•occupied from-the heights of 13olueta to
.thoe,Of Olaviaga, which supporled Our left, co-
vering thebridges of St.. Auton, the wooden bridge,
and. the bridge c.)f.boats.
. daybreak On_the -morning of the 22d, Gene-

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ceededto aitack this column; ilirertile;
division of Iberia should meet us at k rif.;or. iao°,
bispositionsWere made, :which seemed to ensure
the deAructiou of this column, The eeemy,
&ndingthat. we ‘vere in possession of the
,bridge
of Arilgorriaga and roads lead ug to Billion, ehang7
ed their diriction, and by a most" rapid mar 'h, fa- .
voured the thickness of the WoOds,,effectfct their
junction with tlie second Colimm, :which ,ve.s,des-.
tined to make B....siMultaneons' attaA upon the
lyidge of Bolucta. General Men& zabal: with
i,angnard,- and Lotga's divilion, arrived in time
to resist the eneniy'S attack; their principal efforti,
were to face the bridge Of. Bolueta, which vas
defended in the most g,illant Manner j, the enemy
.suffering ,eoniiderableJoss Without he'ng able to
gain a foot of ground ; their efforts on the lea of "
our line proved equally unsiiceesSful.,
General Renoyalcs, at the, head of his brve
peasant soldiers met their attack at ey4ry point
the eacin'r in -vain o force the Iwo
bridges of the town, and that of boats ; night
coming on, the eneniy retired to his position on the
height 3 of St. DoMingo el Morro and Begona.
Arrangements' were made for "a combined attack
upon the -.enemy's poAtion, bat finding that he '
.had, upOn being attacked., by Ilenovales, ,who.
crossed. the river infrotit of the heights of Bandeeas,
'early in the night; commenced his retreat, no
time was lost in
.pursuing hfni, and notwith-
standim.• the great advantage he had in point of
time, from the rapidity with which the division of
Melia niarched, we. came up with -him near the
toweof Et3erid-za; and -attached his rotr.with such
vigour, the.t. Ilk retreat became a confused a 4.
disorderlV flight; insbmuch that they did not avail'
themselves, as they might- haVe done, of several
strong positions cvt,ich the road 'fro!n 7..;‘.irnoza tcl
Durango presents. 'At one, of the strongest of
these pc itions they -Treacle an effort to stae.d, but
the gallantry of the tointhalint-Geheral Longa,
who at-thehead of hip troops led GYe arzaeic,
mating 'them- by his example, who charged. the
erieiny with a few cavalry and a !ioly of in--
fanery, obliged him to. abandon" this pesitiun, and
fly for s.lfot.); tit the_town Of Durango. ' 46.
The enemy's loss.bas been very considerable ;
we have taken some fiorses and prisoners. As
'et I am unible to: give you a detail of this vie
tory, as my attention was' Occupied on our right,
and in the pursuit of the enemy with the division
of

• The General in Chief has not as yet received
the cletails from the commanders of divisions. .
This victory has been highly creditable to the
Spanish army. The_advantaOs which will result,
and the confidence it inspires in this newly raised
army will, I have no doubt, produce the very best
effects. The enemy's force appears to. have b4e-tv
from five to six thousand. We understand, front
prisoners and deserters, that Ron cat, Puvernette,
and another General, lately froth Prance, -cant-
manded this action. -

On board his Majesty's ship Venerable, off
- Portugalette, Aug. 26, ISI2. •

have the honour to aNuaint ydur Lordship,
tlitit we have just received information that Catfa;
relli, who.is much exasperated at the failure and
defeat of Rouget, has marched a force of fr9rn
2500 to 3000 men to Durango, to reinforce Roui,et,
,and that they purpose making another attack upon
Bilboa.

I am returning to join General Mendizabal.
The troops are in the highest

Admiralty ..:Sept. 12, 1812.

Extracts of Letters from the Captains of his Majesty's Ships
named in the. Margin,* addressed to Vice-Ad:niral Sawyer,
Commander in thief of his Majesty's Ships and vessels at
IlaLtfax, and transmitted to J. W. Croker, EN;
.•-r •
His Majesty's ship A casta, at Sea,
• • 24, 1812.
•

I beg to acquaint you, that Ps Majesty's ship
Acasta, under my command, fell in with, and.
captured %this
.dtly, in Lat.,44:15. N. and Long.
62. 30. W. after a short chase, the American pr
vateer brig Curlew, pierced for 20 guns, but liar..
ing only sixteen on board, with a complement a#
172 men. .

Aeasta, Colibri, Emllot3.

Hit Malesty's Sloop Colibri, nine Si3le,
beefing West 12 leagues, July 26.

I beg leave to acquaint you, that on Sunday at
eight.A.N.we descried two:ships to the north-
ward, and a schooner to the S. E.. the former ap
parently steering a course for Halifax ; hauled up
in chase of , the ...schooner at noon exchanged
numbers with . his Majesty's schooner Bream
wore in Chace of the ships to the northward,
which we fOtind - had llanled up for us, the head-
most evidently a man of war with an American
ensign, and pendant flying ; she .sOon tacked and
made sail from us, with a bark, her prize ; we
continued.closing with her, and at a 'quarter be-
fore•three o'clock we came alongside, and the ac-
tion became, general, and at three they called out
for quarter; brought• too, and took possession of
the American ship privateer Catherine, from Bos-
ton ~ out eight days; and had taken nothing but the
said bark : she is .a beautiful. and. well-equipped
ship, pierced for sixteen guns, mounting fourteen
long six-pounders', 'and a complement of eighty-
eight men, commanded by Fral:cis A. Burnham;
she had one man killed, and one wounded ; her
men ran below, which accounts for their suffering
so small a loss.

His Majesty!s sloop Emulous, at Sea,
July ;31, 1812.. ,

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His Majesty's sloop under my.commaud, fell in
with, .yesterday evening, the American privateer
brig Gosamer, of fourteen carriage guns,, with
one hundred men, and after a short chace came
up with and captured her : she left, Boston MI
the 21th instant, had made one capture, the fillip
Mary:Anne, .of.Grecnock, from Jamaica, bound to
Quebec.

Contraissions signed, V!: the Lord -Lieutenant of the North
Riding of Yorkshire. r r
Sif B. R. Grahatn; Bart. to' be Dep-.7.ty Lieutenant.
sd. Regiment of North York Local Militia.—T. Baricr, Esq.
to be Captain, vice Pitt, resigned.
Conuniz-sions -signed by' the Lord Lieutenant of the County
of Dorset. .

Western Battalion of. Dc:srsetOire Local

Pranpton to be Quarter-Master, vices Writ lt, resigUeti'.
DOrsethire Yeomanry C-iyalry.—Cornet G. I,4,)raii; Iso
Lieutenant, rice, Piifiel.l,