The Sun.
London, England, 1812-05-09 00:00:00

A Malta Mail arrived this morning, from which
we have extraaed the chief contents, which will be

found in another part of our paper.—We have se-
veral accounts of the aelion which took place be-
tween his Majesty's ship Vielorious and the French
li4 gun ship, the Rivoli, the report of which we con-
firmed yesterday on official authority. We'take the
detail from the Gibraltar paper of the lath ult.
brought by the above mail.

The subject of Parliamentary Reform, upon the
motion of Mr. BRAND, was last night brought for-
ward in the House of Commons, and produced an
ample discussion. We have not room at present
for any observations, but we lament that such to-
pics should be introduced at this time, whatever
mar be deemed expedient hereafter, when the Na-
tion is involved in a war which demands all our
exertions, and does not afford sufficient opportuni-
ty for a due investigation of abstract questions,
that, after all, might lead to such a result, as to
bring into hazard the wisest system of policy which
ever existed, and of which the prat:lleal effe&s have
long rendered us the freest and happiest people upon
earl b.—The friends of the Constitution will see the
division with pleasure—

For the Motion -

Against it

. . 2IS

Majority - -

- -7---117

We yesterday announced, in a Second Edition,
the arrival of Dispatches from Lord Viscount WEL-
LINGrON, and communicated to our Readers an offi-
cial abslraci of their contents in the following

BULLETIN.

WAR DEPARTMENT.

May 8, 1812.

Dispatches have been received from the Earl of
WELLINGTON, dated Niza, April 16. SOULT had
collected his army at Villa Franca, on the Bth of
April, but herring there of the fall of Badajoz, he
retired in the night towards,Andalusia.
His rear was closely followed by the British Ca-
valry, under Sir STAPLETON COTTON, who Came up
with 2500 of the enemy's horse, early in the even-
ing of the 1 1 th, near Villa Garcia. Sir S. COTTON
fell„npon these with two. brigades, commanded by
Major-Gen. LE MARCHANT, and Col. PONSONBY.
Thu French were overtl:rown, and driven. in
great confusion to Llerena. They sustained a
very considerable loss in killed and wounded, and
we made about one hundred and fifty prisoners. On
the part of ate British, fifty were killed or wound-
ed; amongst the latter is Major PRE*OTT, of the
sth Dragoon Guards, slightly; and. Lieut. WAL •
KER of the same regiment, severely. Great corn-
n4endation is bestowed upon Sir S. .COTTON, MajOr
General LE MARCHANT, COIOIICIS PONSONtIY, and
HARVEY, Major PRESCOTT and other Officers.
The enemy's forces retreated, upon the 11th, from
Llerena, and have evacuated Estramadura entirely.

Lord WELLINGTON had not heard from General
BALLASTEROS. The Count DE PENNE VILLAMAR
had. approached Seville by the right of the Guadal-
_
quiver, and hid skirmished with the garrison upon
the, sth, and had obliged them to retire within their
works. Lord WELLINGTON had accounts from Ciu-
dad Rodrigo, up to the 9th, when the enemy still
kept the place blockaded, but had made no.attack.
They had not repeated their visit to Almeida, where
they suffered some loss, in a reconnoisauce upon the
3d of April.
Upon the 7th inst.' most of MARmoNT's troops
Moved trom near Ciudad Rodrigo toward:, ,Sahagul,
and their advanced guard-entered Castel Branco on
1:2111, but eva, uated it before day-light on the
1 4th, when General ALTEN'S Hussars, and Colonel
LE COH'ii -Drigade of Militia entered the town.
Lord WELLINGTON is moving towards Bastille,
and his. advanced guard has reached Castel Branco.
•The Gazette of to-night will, of course, contain
the particulars of the above gratifying intelligente.

A large vessel, supposed to be the Mariner, of
Nes...nide, was wrecked the 26th ult. on Dornack
hd ail the crew, about sixteen_ in number,
dro% ned.

were wil4lin minnon hot of tbe'tigos ba
tear, on the Spot called La \rebidla.
CAD/Z, Arm. io.—Our positive accounts froth
Seville come4down to the 3d instant. SOULT had
mustered about 7000 men, and marched with bag-
gage for Carmina, but returned and again set out
for Lora del Rio, where he continued on the 3d :
his troops were distributed over the environs of
Seville. Great qOantities of provisions and effects
were carrying to La Carteja, and in Seville there re-
mained no other troops than the civic guards. On
the 2d, 18 pieces of cannon had been conducted out
of the city through Triana. Snur,T had taken six
more along with him towards Lora.
CADIZ, APRIL. 6.—The French force in Andalu-
sia, are repotted to consist of 34,000 men. It is
supposed that SOULT has dot 18,000 together ; that
rather better than 4000 are blockading Cadiz ;
8000 watching General-BALLEsTErtos, and the re-
mainder in small garrisons and detachments. It is
added, that they have abandoned Rota. A Frtneh
deserter who came over the day before yesterday,
accounts for the suspension of the enemy's fire upon
this city by a want of ammunition.
HORCAJO, (TOLEDO Moo NTAIN4), MARCH 16.
Thleu of the enemy's divisions making up togythcr
about 10,000 men, occupy the country bet‘i'een Al-
marez and Talavera, where General FOY is at pre-
sent. Several of their d-...tachments push as far as
the towns and villages in La X:ira, and some.of those
on the Banks of the Tagns, to raise contributions,
which they do with the utmost barbarity, plunder-
ing the inhabitaws of all their provisions.
They have made, and continue to make, large
quantities of biscuit, which they put in boxes, and
and keep ready loaded in the carts of which they
have robbed us. It is confidenly reported among
them that no fewer than 50,000 men are immedi-
ately to assemble at Valladolid ; but if they sh.ruld,
which is no easy matter, they could not undertake
any thing for want of provisions and means of tran-
sport.
MasstsA, MARCH with great satisfac-
tion that we are able to announce, that his Excel-
lency the Commander in Chief of the British forces,
has concluded a convention with the French Go-
vernment, lot the exchange of prisoners in the
kingdoM of Naples, of which the following is a
copy :
CONVENTION FOR THE EXCHANGE OF PRIS9NERS.

Lieut.-Colonel COFFIN, charged by his Excel-
lency Lord IVS.I.,BENTINCK, With the exchange of
the prisoners of war in the service of Great Bri-
tain, and in that of Sicily, and Adjutant-General
GALDEMAR charged in like manner by his Ex-
cellency Lieutenant-General MANtIES, to nego-
tiate the exchange of the'prisoners_ of war in
the service of the Kingdom of Naples, have
agreed to the following articles of exchange seb-
jea tu_the ratification cat their respective Generals.
Art. I. There :shall be a general exchange of
prisoners of war in the service of Great Britain, and
01 the Sicilian on the one side, and of chose in the
service of the kingom of Naples or, he nt her.
Art. 2. The cartel of exchange shall be made rank
for rank, or by equivalents, acconing to the tatif
adopted by both Governments.
Art. 3. To effect this exchanv as soon as possi-
ble, there shall be given to the 'English a list of the
British and Sicilians who are prisoners in the king-
dom of Naples, and, in like manner, there shall he
delivered to the Ne policing, a list of the prisoners
of war appertaining to their service, and who are
actually in the power of the Eegiish.
Art 4. The port of Reggio shall be the point
of debarkation of the .Neapolitan prisoaers who
shall be exchanged. The English and Sicilian pri-
soners shall in hike manner be embarked at Reg ,i(5,
and disembarked at the isthmus of Messina.

Art. 5. This exchange shall take place irnnv-Ai-
ately, as soon as the prisoneri shall arrive at Messina
and Reggio.
CitOLla Feb. to, 1312.
,
(aigneo)JOHN PINE COFFIN,
Lieut.. Col. Dep. Q. Muster Geneeai.
3. L. GALDEMAR.
Ratified, Wsi. CORMICK.
nENTINCK.
MANHES. •

We have the satisfa&ion to announce the capture,
on the 13th of February, off Cape Corso, of a French
ship of war, by his Majesty's frigate Apollo, Capt.
TAYLOR. She proves to be the Merinos store-ship,
pierced for 28 guns, but carrying only 20. The
Apollo also chased another ship, which, it appeared,
was the Mplza'wk, formerly an English sloop of
war, but it falling calm, and she being assisted by
barks from the shore,• they towed her under the pia-
teEtion of the batteries of the bland of Guangha and
Cape Curio.

Yesterday a ballot was tiken at the East India
House, tespeaing the question of miscondn6l on the
part of the commander of• the Company's ship Cey-
lon, which w' is captured by the enemy, when he
was most fully acquitted of all imputation of neglect
or miscondu6t in respect
The 4th Battalion of the 60th Regiment is or-
dered to the West Indies to relieve the Ist Battalion
of the Royal Scots, which is to proceed to Canada,
to be'stationed there instead of the 4t st Regiment,
ordered home.

Music.--!Mr. HARRISON had his Annual Con-
cert last night, in the Great Room at the King's
Theatre. The tespeet in which his talents and chi,-
racier are held was visible in a room crowded with
elegant company. The Concert was rendered highly
gratifying by his own exertions, and those of 131 -
TLEMAN, BELLAMY, Mrs. ASHE, MTS. LACY, ALES
MELVILLE, MISS DARB', CATAL-ANI, and other per-
formers of known talents,' and was agreeably diver-
sified. by instrumental pieces, most ably performed
under the direEtion of WEICHSELL and GREATOREX.