The Sun.
London, England, 1823-01-04 00:00:00

" FRONTIERS OF SPAIN.

" ENVIRONS OF PUYCERDA, DEC. 20.—1 t is
anounced that Paul Moralles, who commands a
a corps of 5 or 600 men, entered the town of
Toura, after having forced two hundred militia
to abandon it, and take refuge in the Castle.—
It is also stated that Moralles having
learned at Calaf that a considerable convoy left
Barcelona, for the troops stationed before Seu,
Went in search of it, but learned that it had
already fallen into the hands of the Royalists.—
Accounts from the environs of Seu, of the 19th,
state that Romagosa, at the head of a great party
Of the garrison, approached the town, and pene-
trated as far as the Portal d'Espagne.

46 PERPIGNAN, DEC. e4.—The great fall of
snow has been succeeded by a quantity of rain,
which has made the roads impassable, and pre.
vented the couriers from proceeding on their
journey. Romanillo is here. General Fleyres
has set off for Toulouse.

" Letters from the frontiers assure us, that
more than 3000 Royalists have collected at
Conque du Tremp. They state from Bayonne
that a great number of the soldiers of the Army
of the Faith are continually passing that town,
who are going to join the army of O'llonnel.
Artillery is arriving here, although we have the
report of Peace."

Lisbon Papers of the 18th ult. reached us this
morning ; they announce the appointment of the
Regency of Brazil, consisting of five Members.
The Archbishop of BRA:ZIL is President. Their
residence is to be fixed at Bahia, and all the
provinces of Brazil are to be subject to them,
except those of Para and Maranham. On the
16th there was a long debate on recruiting
the army. The Militia are to be enlisted
into the troops of the line.—The Piedmon-
tese Gazette, of the 21th ult. states, on the au-
thority of accounts from Ancona of the 16th, that
Lord STUANGI ORD has been obliged to put into
that port by bad weather. It adds, that his
Lordship is to demand of the Porte free passage
of tho Dardanelles for the vessels of every recog-
nized Power.

FROM CUltAcOA.—By the arrival of the brig
Hippomenes from Curogoa, we have received
The Courant of that place to the 9th Inclusive.
The sloop of war llercules, of 500 tons, and 9.2
Z2-pounders, Commodore Daniels, and the private
armed brig Vencedon," both from New York,
had arrived at Laguira iu fifteen days passage,
with 500 men on board, and were immediately
taken up by the Columbian Government.—
These vessels, after hoisting the Republic flag,
proceeded, on the 28th October, .in quest of the
Spanish frigate Ligera, and were descried on the
Bth off Laguira, cruizing against the Spaniards in
the Gilph of Maracaibo. Orders have been re-
ceived from Begota not to send any more troops
out, as a sufficient force was preparing to
march for Cundinamana and Carthagena to
dislodge Morales, who, notwithstanding the
late report of his having returned to Porto
Cavello was in possession of 'Maracaibo. On the
12th October the Colombians were making gre‘at
preparations to attack him by sea and land, seven
thousand men were ready to march.

We this day lay before our Readers the whole
1)f the Message of the American President on
the opening of Congress, of which we published
4tl abstract yesterday. We do not think that it

is necessary to enter into lin examination of this
document. It is so perspicuous in itself, as to
require no explanations. We shall 'offer only
one remark, therefore, respecting it; and that
is, that Mr. MoNRoE does not seem to be in•
fected with the visionary theories of the advocates
of free trade, from which so much danger was
lately apprehended to the vital interests of Great
Britain. M. MONROE, in admitting the abstract
truth of those theories, takes care to guard against
particular application in practice, and even sug-
gests the policy of increasing the duties payable
on the importation of foreign productions into the
United States.

On Thursday night Mr. ROBINSON, the King's
Messenger, arrived in Downing-street, with dis-
patches from Sir WILLIAM A'COURT, our
Minister at Madrid.

It appears from the following extract of a let-
ter from Kingston, Jamaica, dated the 18th of
November, that a Jamaica ship, bound to Lon-
don, has been convoyed from the naval ren-
dezvous at Jamaica by an American ship of wur :
—" The John Esdaile, bound to London, does
not sail until the 21st inst. And goes to-leeward,
under the protection of the United State's
schooner of war Shark, no\v lying at Port Royal,
the Captain of which has promised to see the
John Esdaile through the Gulf." _

A frigate is ordered to carry out Lord Wit.
LIAM BENTINCR immediately to St. Andero, or
some port in the Bay, on a special mission to
Madrid.

_
ROYAL NAVY.—The following Officers are appointed to
the Prince Regent, of 130 guns, fitting at Chatham, as guard-
ship at that port, and for the flab of 'Vice-Admiral Sir Benja-
min Hallowell I—Lieutenants Pierce (Ist), Aldridge, 31erre-
dith, Ratusden, Barlow, and Charles Hallowell, Flag-Lieu-
tenant ; Mr. Robertson, Surgeon ; Mr. Purdo, Master ; Mr.
John M'Arthur, Purser ; Rev. John Kirby, Chaplain. The
Officers appointed to the Gloucester, 74, Sir Edward Owen,
are—Lieutenants Maclean, Harrison, Evans, James O'Brien,
and DanFersfield ; Mr. Wilson,. Surgeon ; Mr. Vidall, Purser.
—Circuit:li Gazette, Jan. 3.)

A few days since, by an unanimous vote in
Common Hall, NATHANIEL ATCIJESON, Esq., was
chosen an Honorary Freeman of the ancient bo-
rough of Leicester.
DvEr..—A meeting took place on Thursday
morning at Finchley Common, between Captain
G—N—T and a Mr. in consequence of
some expressions made use of by the latter rela-
tive to the sale of a pony, purchased by the Cap-
tain for a Lady of Mr. M.'s servant, which was
returned unsound. The parties fired twice, and
in the second Mr. M. was shot in the shoulder,
but the ball was extracted on the ground by a
surgeon in attendance, and the patient was en-
abled to reach Holloway, and is said not to be in
danger.
MLLANCHOLY DEAT' OF MR. BOUCHIER
SMITH.--The Christmas festivities at Crome, the
seat of the Eurl of COVENTRY, have abruptly ter-
minated in consequence of an event equally awful
and afflicting. JOSEPH BOUCIIIEIt SMITH, Esq.
who was on a visit at Crome, and who on Satur-
day night, Dec. 28, retired to rest apparently in
good health, was attacked, at half-past eight
o'clock on Sunday morning, by spasms in his
chest, which occasioned his death in about forty
minutes. The deep concern of Lord COVENTRY
and -his family may be readily imagined, as well
as the grief of the other friends and surviving
relatives of the deceaied. Mr. BOUCHIER Smyrn's
polished manners and extreme good nature,
united as they were to a powerful intellect,
great command of language, and infinite variety
of knowledge, peculiarly qualified him to shine
in the social intercourse of private life.
On New Year's Day Mr. YOUNG, the Actor,
visited the Royal Menagerie, Exeter 'Change, in
company with a gentleman ; soon after leaving
the place one of the men (a German) picked up
a ten pound note in the room, folded up in paper,
and written upon, " For the Theatrical Fund."
There were two Ladies in the room at the time,
but, from the superscription on it, it was pre-
sumed to be the property of the above Gentle-
man. The man waited upon Mr. YOUNG, last
night, at the Theatre, to inquire if he had lost
any thing ; upon which Mr. Y. exclaimed, Why,
yes ! I have lost a ten pound note—l know not
where, nor do I know the number. The man
presented the note to him, informing him where
he had picked it up. Mr. Y. told him he was
an honest fellow, and presented him with a
sovereign.

On. Friday last, the 27th ult. n gentleman of
this city shot a most singular and beautiful young
cock pheasant. On the head are horns resembling
those of the horned owl, between which is a
complete mass of gold, and the plumage alto-
gether is exceedingly fine.—( Worcester Journal.)
SUICIDE.—On Friday. last (27th ult.) an in-
quest was taken at Stragglethorpe, before GEORGE
WUITE) Gent., Coroner, on the body of Hannah
Rowbottam (a servant of Mr. Chambers, of that
place), who had hanged herself.—lt appeared in
evidence that the deceased, having risen at her
usual time on the preceding morning, went to the
stable, and culled one of the men servants to come
in and light the tire and get the breakfast ready ;
and on her return into the house she met another of
the servants, who asked her for a light, when she
told him she had not a light, but he might get
one in the stable.—On two of the men 'coming
into the house in a few minutes afterwards, one
of them took a candle, and went up stairs, where
he found the unhappy young woman hanging by
a silk handkerchief to a baulk of the chamber;,
he immediately cut her down, and although the
witnesses thought not more than five miVutes had
elapsed from the time they spoke to her, all life
was extinct. The Jury, after mature delibera-
tion, returned a verdict offelo de se. The body
was accordingly buried in a cross road leading
from Stragglethorpe to Broughton, and from
Beckinghant to Leadenham, with a stake driven
through it according to la w.—(6'lconfordllercury.)
There were 1,268 individuals ccmmlitted from
Marlborough-street Office, for felonies, misde-
meanors, and assaults, in 1821 ; and in 1822
there has been an increase of 235, the total num-
being 1)503, who have been committed for simi-
lar offences from the same' office.