The Sun.
London, England, 1812-05-11 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

PLYMOUTH, MAY 9.—Arrived yesterday morn-
ing a very fine American schooner, called the Grace
Ann Green, Captain MORTHOP, from Bourdeaux,
with a very valuable cargo, consi,ting of brandy,
wine, silks, &c. bound to New York detained by
the Andromache frigate, (late the Princess Charlotte),
Captain Tostrr.

..A.rrived this day the ship Granger of London,
Captain VANDYKE, from Demerara, last from Scilly,
soon, after leaving which place, she was attacked by
the French privateer L' Aigle, (late the Chesterfield
packet, commanded by the famous Captain BLACK),
which she engaged a considerable time, but was at
length captured, after having the .mate killed, the
Captain's thigh broke, and Several men wounded.
The Granger was retaken by the Constant gun-brig.
Capt. Sir NI. SEYMOUR this day took the command
of the Hannibal, of 74 guns, iti Ca wsand Illy, and
Captain PYM at the same time took the command
of Sir MICHAEL'S late ship, the Niemen ; the latter
is to be fitted for Channel service.

Arrived the American brig Golden Age, FAIR -
Fl ELD ; the Neapolitan polacre brig Endymion CA-
REACH! from Naples Coverlet- Milne, LIBBU RN ;
and John, ARMSTRONG, from Gibraltar; Ranger,
NVENtrY, from Guernsey ; Sydney, CAREY, trona
Port Mahon ; and Claudius, Ruct3Y, from-Messina,
The Roy,il Sovereign man of war tell in with,
on the rst instant, the American cartel Catherine
Ray, which had a number of Americans on board
from France, bound home, who were examined,
and one of them proving to be a British subjea, was
takvo Out and sent to the Commander in Chief at
this port, in the A/lion cutter, which arrived here
this morning.

FALMOUTH,MAY B.—Arrived-yesteida)i the Speedy
packet, Captain SUTHERLAND, from the Mediterra-
nean, with mails : left Gibraltar on `the 261 h nit,
Just on her departure, spoke his Majesty's brig
Goshawk, with her convoy. On the Ist instant,
in lat. 39.47. lon. 10.36. spoke his Majesty's ships
Porcupine and Abundance, with a fleet of ttanSportS
and merchantmen, out, 1.4 days from Portsmouth.
On the 4th, in lat. 45. 45. 10n.13.6. spoke the
brig Perseveranve, of Hull, from Cork, for Lisbon.
His Majesty's ships Leda and 4aive, witll con-
voy for England, had left Gibraltar.
Also arrk ed the American ship Tantivey, HUM-
PHRIES, detained by his Majesty's ship armide,
Capt. DUNN, on her voyage from Bonrcleaux for
,Nry York, with a cargo of wines, brandy, silks,
&c. on the 3d, having ben only one day from Bour.
deaux. Capt. H. says, that a scarcity
-of provisions
prevailed there, but that trade was brisk.

This evening arrived the Duke of Kent, COTES-
WORTH, with mails for Lisbod, 10 days passage ;
repOtts that for want of provisions the enemy were
retreating. His Majesty's ship Semiramis, with a
fleet from Cork, had arrived there, as also !he Prin-
cess Elizabeth packet, in five days, hom Falmouth.
Several ships of war were lying in the Tagus.

We have great pleasure in stating that the Psyche,
about which sears were entertained, is site in Co-

•ruuua.

LISBON PAPERS,

ERZChIVED AT A LAIR HOUR LADT

Lisnotcr, AratL 26.—A1l proceeds As we Cgo!Li
wish. After the fall of B.ldajot Lord Wellingt,•ti
lost not a moment in hurrying to the North, and
driving away the French robbers, for in reality they
are no better.. They spread themselves all over the
Beira, as far as Celerico on the one hand„and b:!-
yntitt Castello Branco on the other, committing
every devastation and horror that could be conceit ed
at Castello Branco, they found only duce aged per-
sons,' whom they murdered.
The 3d, 4th, sth, and 7th-divisions have
passed S::)ogal, Marmont every where retreating
belote Lord \Vilington. In ten days i3adajoz ,r6CI
L.: in stair/ quo, every thing repaired and well
stored. General Hill remains in ‘adv.)ne, watch.ng
Soult, over whose cm -dry ours have Obtained t p.o
or three dashing advantages, the,truits of which are,
several Officers of rank, and 400 Of 500 men killed
or taken.
Slagle's brigide of heavy, and Ponsonby's of light
Dragoons, remain there; Sir S. Co.ton and ine Test
of the cavalry .:,re gone of er Soult.
LISBON, APRIL 21.-0.-; the 16th, out troops
were it! Villa Vel':;), in two or ftre.• days ill
occupy our frontiers, as far as the Goa; the enetuyo'
devastations must I. ye ceased
BANK. OF THE GUADIANA, APRIL 22.—0 n the
2011), Dr •o •t : is i...an quarters 111
Gazan, w ith 5000 t eta, has inak...ed for Se tile, ;Ili
Soult, with his Staff., for Cotdo a: Cond. De Penne.
Vellamur, on the 20th, art veil at Cab llerus, with
the troops under his command, and it is atur.,l to
snppuse would, to-day, arrive at Badajoz.
.According to letters from Abrantes of the 224
the French were on the I gth stilt in Penarnacar
is affirmed, but with less certainty, that trey Wrl4
likewise, on the sante day, in Sahugal and Alfacre'.
•On the 20th, Lord Wellington vyas in &ea.os dd
Cema.
LISBON, APRIL 25.—0 n the ifilh and ITh, the
French retited in great haste, in the direction Oh
Salamanca.
Letters from Alinedia, of the Igth, also announco

the departure of the French.
LISBON, APRIL 20.—There are within siqht of
this port, about twenty transports, wiAli
troops, besides the 42d scotch regiment, which dis-
embarked to-day.
.According to letters from the Alentejo, metC
than too dragoons,made piisoners in Usagre, 113'
arrived at Elvas; in that -city they talk of an 8844
between Conde de Penne and Morella, in which 114
French had 200 killed, and 700 taken prlsoners.---
General Hi:l had his head-quarters in Alinendral
-lejo, and extended his advanced posts to Santos 30
Safra.
LISBON, APRIL 22.—Yesterday entered the rilt
.
of this ci!y 4.5 English tranworts, from %Olio',
great number of horses were landed to reinour
the British Briny, and for the service of the aro'.
lery,

[FARTHER EXTRACTS.]
Official Dispatch from Field Marshal Bar°
D'ERoLas, dated Roda,- 6th March, to Don Pi
LACY.
' The enemy, in number 3000 infantry and
horse, attacked me yesterday morning ill- this toWel.'
and were completely beaten, after a lively fit
-
ten hours. All his best grenadiers have been de‘
stroyed, and they lost more than 40 officers in lollea
and wounded, among them a colonel, and a cool'
mandant of•a battalion ; Gen. Baron BROUKE,
commanded in the z&ion, 'received • three sevell'
wounds. This adion is the more glorious, because
it was contested by scarcely 1000 men, who
formed the firm res elution of perishing within lII°
place. This is the greatest recommendation that
can- be possibly paid to all the troops whom 111311s'
the hollow tn command.
' " Another will furnish your Estelleilc,f,
with :t detail of3ll that occurred on this euriolis i
The enemy reined to-t,ight with the loss of
than 900 men, abandoning a portion of Wourni
found it impossiblet;ursue them, the trocfrro,
being overconw with fatigue, and having bad
thing. to eat fur two days. I am, neverthele'i.
going to pursue them, having ordered SAasvigi,l3o
division (which; according LI accounts; is very near)
to cut off their retreat, and in consequence of 1-„-of
went tress and
.dispersinn, I hope. to entirely des"
them before they can re,•ass tire Cinca."
pg
MADRID, MARbH 30.—0 n t.tie sleth,V°s,6,r,
went a hunting in Monte Venuclas, but his ie--10
occasioned by the boldness of the Guerillas,
great, thatin addition to (tie, usual reconnoitttnA,
h &c. e reinforced the royal guards with the We'
phalian horse. •ed
In the last Gozett fi a supposed advantage vvrifo4
over Attatt.'s party has been published. TD: thd
is; his loss has been much less than that 01 •
French. bog
. There is a repbrt in circulation that- Loll"'
int,:rcepted in Pofarbo a French -convoy, with
4000 muskets, and a quantity of cloat bins and she,
,
coming from') France.
ty,„, this
MADRID, MARCH 20.--,Yetet'day beL-n
birth-day of the intrusive King, there was-a C°11,15;
but no review nor any public diversion, bec:3, '0
neither the French nor their partisans 'are in re,
best humour. Both assert, that MARMONT 105.
ceivt d perempt,,r? orders to- take Ciudad itodr:=l,ll`,,
at all costs. At o'clock yesterday, glatln
voy from Ardalusia, for winch 5000 talons
demanded, began enterints and at 4 in the 3' is,
noon, another part entered with 400 lalis°'ve.
of whona the greater part were peasants,' and 5°135,
ral waggons of wounded French, three Gent-4•
10,
and a considerable number oh Officers of all t. 31,.
whose regiments had been reduced, arfi"(',l. this.
They sty that to-morrow the greater Partn
convoy will' put sue ins journey to Franc ; il"-, tbe
possible this can be accomplished on account °'
wattot conveyances, since they have not bertyLlo
ready, noewithstanding the most stria ordo,
so toe Prefects and Commandant; of the neib
ing cantonments. b 35
CADIZ, APRIL 16.—General WrrittNottA..
art here troin M‘norca. • •

FRENCTI PAPER'S.

IMPERIAL I)ECREES.

At the Palace of St. Cloud, May 4, tBl2, N. oLzcit4, Em-
peror of the Frenk:4l,&c. &C. &c.
The preamble
,states, that having caused an col-
-1111. ate of the grain throughout +he empire to be made,
'is found that there is. sufficient for all their wants;
I but that the circulation from various causes not being
!Vim', measures niusare r. sorted to, to give cir-
;t'iation all its activity, and the departments which
11117 wait', security.
the report of our Minister of Mantkfatlures
hate om
Cmr•rce, our Council of State agreeing, - We
decreed and 'do-decree as follows
tsti. the Circulation 01 GrairPand Flour.
Art. 1. The free circulation of Grain and Flour
willw be protected' in all Departments of our Empire;
command all-the Civil and Military tint horities
~assist it,; and all the tl c Offices of Pt lice and
cclstice to repress all opposition, to denounce, pro-
Ote,,or cause to be prosecuted, those guilty of it,
ctore 0,
Courts and Tribunals. .
or Ari. .
-Every individual, merchant, commissioner,
maser, who shall make
14.e' 11"):arket purchases of grain or flour
, to provision the Depart mei; ts which may
h:llll.'re it, shall be bound to do it publicly, and after
pre:fleucgmade a declaration
_of it to the Prefect or Sub-

SE
WhateverA 3
class
Cr. ll.—Of
Art, the Supplying the Markets.
It is forbidden to all our subjeas, of
or condition they may be, to make
Or Purchase
° or provision of grain or flour to keep
lationwarehouse, or to make it an objet of specu-
in Art. 4. Consequently, all those individuals ham-
.g grain or flour in store, IA ill be boond—ist. To
':t-clare to the Prefeas or Sub-Prefeas the quanti-
tie.' Possessed by them, and the, places in which
trio are deposited. 2d. To bring to the halls and
sait,kets which shall be pointed out to them by t 4.
te: Prefeas or Under-Prefeas; the quantities ne-
'arY to keep them sufficiently supplied.
IN,Art• 5. Every farmer, cultivator, or proprietor,
WSSeS.:
deck.'ing grain, shall be obliged to make similar
.
th, " ati°ns, and liken ise equally submit to ensuring
quiretlioimili.og the markets when it shall be re-
.
terillrt..6. Farmers who have stipulated to pay their
to kind, shall make a declaration to that effed,
n-
producing their leases ; in this case,
the „."4- quantity they shall be obliged to twill to
sh,rirkels for"thetr sup-ply, prop.ittonate quota
will om account of the lessors, and the farmer
Prief,
"Y them in money, according to the market
in jt,rt• 7. Proprietors who receive the rents of farms
salZd. Can compel their tanners inhabiting the
rece:FoiThnune, to take such grain to market. on
todiv!ng a tair remuUeration ; if they ate not bound
° by their leases.
SECTION 111.
rtl
Akers • IL All grain and flour shall be carried to the
established for that purpose; and it is for-
ka eaetatther to buy or sell them,
_except in the said
tk.
Art
fOr h• 9. The inhabitants and bakers shall alone,
,
6rat hour, be allowed to purchase grain for
--
Thuwo consumption.
the , and Merchants who come to
title Market, after having conformed to ate td As•
till —1 the present decree, cannot make parchases
Afte
A r the first hour.
„,
io• Our Ministers are charged with the
for,-"tion of the present decree, which will be in
Xt (trlY to the Ist of September next.
buall be lose:tett- in the Bulletin of Laws.
(Sighed) NAPOLEON.
Count LIARtI, Minister, Secretary of State.

I, '

Per(itek,,eeills- probable, that General LEFEBVRE has
Itlrda,ed Ills escape from-, this country, as
itiour Sa-
ratik Yhs Paris letters announce, that an 0 cer of
te,„ had ins, arrived, having escaped from his con.-
to —et't in England.- If this proves true, there is
for t:).,llbt but that a vessel was previously prevarea
reception. Our GoVernment has been able to
arci:".„oothing feather of this event, than that he
hack at Sablonaire's, in L-itester-square, in a
iq tine}'-coach,qabout nine o'clock in the evening,
tended chariEter of a Russian General Officer, at-
bis bY two Aides-dot-Camps, one of which was
is dressed en militaire ; that th-y conversed
two eirrilau during their stay there, which was only
gage I°tars; and went thence, with some light bag-
about eleven o'clock, in another hackn y-
-Yond which no further trace of them
been discovered. There is no truth in the
'tortlrt'r that Mr. RYDER has received .a _letter
ilarole'"%BvßE, in ju,tifteation of -this breach of

Ttc4"t he' letter mentions the arrival in France of an
trerclistinction, who had escaped from ihts cowl-
Lei La here 'seems little doubt that this was General
po:uvr„„,_
e h who, personating a German Counr, took a
chaise at Cheltenham for London. MadameLe-
ton, '" attired in boy's clothes, passed for his
they 'fld his Aid-de-Camp was valet-de-chambre.
Con4llghted at an hotel in Jernayn-street thsl
8°4,4t stated his intention to quit England with his
Pass:,,rid that he came to London for the_ necessary
where s'" LI the same stile ttey reached Dover,
Veld kta s'liuggling boat being ready, he was con.
the coast of France.
tiatic:,ll3te organisation for. rebellious purposes in
—ll,‘"e was discovered in the following man.
ot ttie 'tlernlits having been Made to seduce many
titerl-tllll..tary from their duty, instrudions were
ttlsociant° a Serjeant in the Bolton Local Militia to
4ttachitt~se hi with time tioters, and give them hopes of
nt to their interest. The bait sacceed-
t"ttlaj lie
roan was invited to several of their
tonoc-
was eetiugi, where he learnt that- their (*jai
the organise disturbed
a general and simultaneous rising
t-1„1, :2,76,turhed distriEls; he obtained their
witnessed the administering of Urn-
'"atio -n" occasionally communicated such in or-
t,?;ttirtl at °I
the Ma is:rates as frustrated many of the
tim,at 1:61 schetnet of the 'rioters. Every parti-
a-,l4ies -fng, obtained respe&ing the conspiracy, the
„‘'.'uttritc). ,1" leaders, principally mechanics, and the
.
,-"l'reli„°`, the funds, orders were issued fo? their
54,114 (:0-11-,si:". About 22 were taken into custody,
4 mite
hat Castle. It is. ascertain-
t -- uancaster.
.
"(A:1 persons had taken the oath.

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HOUSE OF FELRS.

SATURDAY, MAY,9.

n(YRTHWICK PEERAGE.

In a Committee of Privileges, Mr. Weddet bourn
was head at considerable length, as Counsel, in
support-of the claim of ----- Borthwick, Esi. to
the above (seats) ba►ony.
The Earl of RADiwa . then submitted a proposi-
tion to the Coinniittee, touching the nature and
extent of the evidence to be given, the considera-
tion of which was, on the suggestion of the
LORD CHANCELLOR, postponed till Thuriday.next.
The Committee then adjourned, and the House re-
sumed.

After prayers (by the Bishop of Oxford) were
read, their Lordships proceeded to forward the Bills
upon the table, which were mostly of a private o'r
local description.
Among them-the Wrought Plate Duty Drawback
Bilywas read a second tune, and committed for
Monday. • .
Moore's Divorce Bill was reported, and the same
agreed to by the House.
The Birmingham 'Police Bill was read a • third
time and passed.
The Report of the Committee of - Privileges, on
the case of the Roxburgh Peerage, was ordered to
be taken into consideration on Monday.
Adjourned.

Major-General AGNEw returned to India in the
fleet which sailed from Portsmouth 'on. Thursday.—
Major-General GORDON, who succeeds the Ho- ,
pourable General MEADE, in the command at Ma-.
deira, also went out "in one of 'he ships which
touches at that island. General MEADS goes'to she
cape of Good Hope.
MUNDEN and MATTHEWS, and a considerable
number of Performers of high professional' repute,
are, it seems, engaged for the Haymar4et-theatre,
for the ensuing season.
Mrs. BOEHM • gate a. splendid rout on Thursday
night ; aboUt 400 Fashionables Attended. St.
James's-square was crowded with solendid equi-,
pages about midnight. The PRINCE REGENT WaS
of the parr.
A private .1 tier from on Officer on bolrd the
Victorious, contains the lollowing particulars"re-
specting her,prize, the Rivoli. We find, says the
letter, she sailed frosts V.-nice the day before, bound
to Tri,ste, to sake with her the Danae; from thence
the intended. to go so Ancona, ter the Uranie
then.:etoß indisa for the Paulina. No doubt Cap-
tain BARRE intended to put his threats into execu-
tion, which were to sweep she, Adriatic ceps this
summer. However, we hate 'put an end to all his
intentions for some time to come. No doubt but
his force would have been too formidable for either
the .eagle, off Corfu, i.r tor us at Lisa, having only
the iikeste and the ritecize/ ; and with the Eagle
are the Ceeberus and Kingfisher. Nothing could.
exceed she heroism of Capta n TALsoT, Lieutenant
T. L. PEALE (Ist), -and JAMES CRAWFORD, the
Master ; for, during the latter, part of the action,
they wet* the- on 1). persons on the qt)arter-deck
cheering up the men--;poor fellows, nearly s,x-
hausted, as .you many Will imagine, after four
hours and a half hard fighting.
Lord Grosvenor has let his eighty acres of land,
between Grosvenor-place and Sloane-street, on a
building lease, at 3001. per ac,e, makings net rental
of 24,0001. per annum for this tract of ground,
which, within the memory of many persona living,
W3S let by she late Lord Grosvenor, for 31.sper acre,
amounting only to 2401. peeannum. -