The Sun.
London, England, 1810-05-21 00:00:00

PORTUGUESE PAPE:ft.:7.

TASitii?, MAY is reporiecl that I4T/y mlrch=
ed from. Salamanc ► on the
.191 h ult.. Detached p
fies.of the enemy's troops continue to sheW them-
se!ves on 00 left bank of :be Douro.
The adv ices from Almeida to the 28,1 i ult. inclu-
sive, are as follow :—" The French have been in.
motion these several days past. It is 601, however,
yet ascertained whether they -intend to attack Ciu-
dad Rildrigo, or ,proceed to Estremadura. A forte
of about. 5000 men is- collected at - the Puerto de
Perales. They are colleaing provisions in Tamarnes,
which is five leagues firm) Ciudad Rodrigo ; but We,
are ignorant of the total of their troops in that quar-
ter, as. various other corps have marched to different

LISBON, MAY s.—We have just received the fol-
lowing paper, printed at Tarragona :•-•-• •
" Tire General in Chief ad interim of this army,
has received the pleasing intelligence that u cOlumn
of the enemy's troops, consisting of 1506 men,
having marched from Barcelona in the direction of
Espirraguena„ our vittorioui troops of Villafranca,
who were at the bridge of Casamassana,- upon learn-.
ing the enemy's approach, rapidly descended to
meet them, iviihoot waiting to ascerrain their force,
and rell.in with them on the plains. between the
towns of Eparragueira and Abrera. The result
was, that our brave troops remained masters of the
field, with the Joss-on the, part of the enemy of SQO.
prisoners, 400 killed, and the rest dispersed and
put to flight. It is certain that few or none of them
could escape to -Barcelona. The General„aware of
the satisfattion which the public must derive from
this gratifying intelligence, orders that it be forth-
with published. ,

" O'DONELL, General."
" Tarragona, 4th April, 18ro." _ ,

BADAJOZ, APRIL 30.--The 3000 French infan-
try, and 400 cavalry, who entered Merida on the
26th inst. on their march from Andalusia, continued
their route on the 29th for Almendralejo, in wind)
city they have established their veteran troops, and
the park of artillery.
The enemy put in Tequisition every description of
vehicle in the places in, their possession. They are
also collealing protisinns in Truxillo.: It is certain
that 1000 French hate already entered Caceres.
Letten trtAri. Cadiz state, that Blake arrived 'there
on the 22d, and was 2prioieted Minister at War ;
and that 10,000 men had left the Isle of Leon to
join the troops in tle Sierra of Ronda. - • .
BADAJOZ, MAY 1.--,By several peasants from
Moutrjo, we learn, that in the night' of the 27th,
the enemy's troops that skewed themselves in tront

of this fortress in the morning, entered that. -place,.
bringing in with 'them 18 wounded, and having left
several killcd'on the road. Their object in paying
us a visit was to carry off the cattle in our vicinity ;
but they appear to have suffered from the fire of this

fortress, a-tt-d fort St: Christopher.
BADAJOZ,AYhtL 27.--The French, it appears,
had completely evacuated the kingdom of Valencia
bythe 23d ult.

We leirn float the Manresa Diary, that the for,
tress of Huila'rich has, been •in vain summoned a
second time, by Byron L.-Mazanchelli, who Offered'
the garrison the honours ofwar, and that the (Al-l-
eers should retain their liorses'and•baggage, and the
solditTs their knapsacks.. The answer of the Go-
vernorD. Julio D'Estrada was as follows To
the General commanding the blockading army---Sir;
I have read in your letter the articles you propose to
me, and the reasons which appear- to hate induced
you to propose them. It 'affords me•ttie-satisfaCtion
of.mamfesting to you, 4s I have already done to
your General in Chief, the sentiments which ani-
mate this garrison awl myself. You will, therefore,
exeuse me in advising you to abstain, for • the fu-
ture,•.from .all proposals. of that description, unless
you wish to inflame more and more the ardour- with
which my troops already glow, in the &fortd of
their just cause, though circumstances -haveleftvthe

fortress they garrison to stand alone in the Midst of

all their enemies:"
The French were so much enraged at this brave
reply, that they opened a most furious• fire upon the
r castle; and the next day,- between seven in the
morning, and five in the afternoon, they threw in
160 shells of 14 incheS diameter, but without the
smallest impression upon the ardour of the garrison.
the 21st and the 22d of February, the enemy
discharged no less than 425 shells.
BADAJOS, APRIL 23.—A great part of the division
of Regnier marched' from Merida, in the morning of.
the 2 tst inst. for Montijo,• whence they pushed
their advanced posts towards Roca. ind latter
were, however, repul,ed by the.lsoo Spaniards post-
ed there, under the command of Brigadier D. Carlos
Flespanba. In the evening Of the saint: day, the.
rest of,the division'marched for the same point,
whence 4000 set out for Roca, and arrived there at
day-break, on the. 22d. The Sir-anish troops fell
back towards Albuquerve.
It is ascertained that the gairlson of M.:sdrid has
been reinforced by troops that have Inatched fiom
the Rioja and Arragon.,
Murillo, a Member of this Junta, has assembled in
the districi of Caceres, t ',non peasants, of whom
800 are already armed.
B,
ADAJOS, APRIL 23.-,---The_enerny, in their move-
ment upon Roca and Afberplerque, whence they
retrelted on the 23d, lost 260 men.
Bialasteros still occupies Aroche. The French'
force which was advancing against bins, wllO he
fell back to that place,. enn...isted of 7006men:They
came to blows at Constantina, where the French lost
200 men, and the Spaniards an equal number; in-
.
eluding the peasants. .
Bassecourt has 20,000 under his command" in
Cuenca, and his advanced posts extend into La
Mancha.

Mr. SAMUEL `WESLEY, %Ahose musical knowledge
and gmius have deservedly raised him high in pro-
fessional repute, had a Morning Concert on-Satur-
day last at the Hanover-square Rooms, which was
attended by anu I,erouS•and elegant audience. He
performed an extempore on the piano-forte with ex-
traordinary excellence, and which was marked
throughout by taste, as well as profound science.
He displayed also great skill in executing a Concerto
of SEBASTIAN BACH. Mrs. BILLINGTON, MOSS,
BEALE, and VAUGHAN, added to the treat, which
mas also enriched by a grand composition of a Mr.
NOVELL°,

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No. t6.—Distant Vie b slariils of C:Te Townsend;
hum a mountain in N4,-v.• 11011'10,—W. Wr.STALL.

We noticed thiS" pi'6lUre befoi-e it appeared in the
isCademy, kind our seconcliiew of it, -at that place,
has confirmed the favourable p)inion which v‘e then
expresseti. The picture glowipg but not giudy.
11:e artist has taken his stand upon a point which
enabled him to pte--ient a sctbe rich, striking, and
piditresque. 'The whom forms fin interesting spec.
tacle, as we before ,observed,, to the philosophic
naiad; by suggesting, the improvements which time
may be expected to koduce, in giying_culture,
and all their attendant blessings, to a scene
witch now: presents .to, the Lye nothing but a. bold
display of savage grandeur;'.

No. 17. A Charger in a Skirmish: %i,ithCut his RA:lr.—Sir

BOUIC EO It.A.'
The merit of this artist in representing- that noble
animal the horse,
,is well-known: We kive here a
spirited sk(tch of that animal in a %cry p'eculiar and
striking point of There is great boldness in
the conception, and the mariner in whiCh the artist
has treatedit, corresponds with the animation of the
subjeo. 'Such sketches have often a stronger im-
pression on the mind than more tinished.composi-
(ions.

No. 67. Pyrtrait of the Right 1-IOn."G Canning.—T. LAW'.

R ENCE,
•
This is a very exact and animated portrait of the
distinguished statesman Whom it represents. There
is a modest dignity.in the air and attitude; the co-
louring is c!taste without tameness ; thee is' a gotid
breadth of light, and the pidure altogether,_ if the
name Of the Artist were not known, would be con-
sidered as the produdion of no ordinary pencil.
No. 142. Tile De'atli of the Earl of Argyle.— 1. NORTH.

corE, it. A.
Though the incident here represented seems to be
without any other authority than the.accomit given
hi the late'Mr. histot ieal fragment, yet it has
a sufficient basis fir the skill pf a paitner, and the
artist has fully embodied the citcutivaantes as de-
tailed by the atithor.. This pittore we noticed m
its progress, and the artist has fully gratified the
expectation whielr its adVances excited. The story
is well told, and.strongly interests the mind: • The
contrast between the triingnil repose of Argyle, and
the bitter sell-teproach-of the man who li,d.assist.,
ed in dooming him to death, is awfully impressive.
ThF,.. gaoler displays a firti) boldness of diameter.;
without volgarity. , The whole is charaderized by
plain manly colouring, and is 'altogether a v;ork of
distinguished merit.

An organ-builder in Gottesbuhren, in We7opha-
lia, has invented a loom Which. performs -all. the
operations of itself. - Without, the intervention, of
the weaver, it sets the treadle in motion, throws the
shuttle, and stops it.at the opposite. side : loosens
the web, when a certain portion is finished, and
winds the cloth upon the axle. An index, attached
to the.machine, shews at.any time the number of
ells:that are woven.,.- -

M. ANTOINE TsottAN, meclanician, at BalStall,
has constructed an air ballcion.of 15,000 cubic ket,
which he tills in three minutes with an improved
gas. The balloon is made, upon 'the model of a Pa-
lace, with four fronts ; a boat is attached to it, car-
tytng two pieces at cannon,- which' he Loads and
discharges at a c. ruin elevation.
M. TscnAN matle
ttis fifty-tUrd ascension at Soleure, in Switzerland,
oil the Ist ult.

Mr. GREVILLE'S MINERALS.—In pursuance of a
Petition to t-he House of,Coiumons, from.the .
tees of the British Museum, this Collection has been,
valued by Drs: BABINOTON and WOLLASTON, C.
HATCfIETT, Esq. and ti)pr athel• Gentlemen, who
report, that the whole collection consists of about
20,000 specimens'; that She serits of crystallized
Rubies, S.ipphires, Emeralds, Topazes, Rubellites,
Diamonds, and .precious Stones In general, as well
as the series of the various Ores, far sti,pass•any-that
are known to them in the different Europeon
col-
leEiions; and that the value of the whole is
13;7271: ibchiding that of the Cabinets, which cost

Boxatts.--=-The anxious match of boxing, betwixt
the celebrated Dutch Sam and Medley; w ill take
place in a thiity feet roped ring, On Thursday se'n-
:night, in. the neighbourhood of Crawley, SUssex.
Betting is seven -to four on Sam, who gi% es 201 b.
The-airntteurs of the fist have two other matches for
the same day, betwixt Cropley and Powers, and
Dougherty and Burn„ for subsoripiion purses. Sath
training at Chertsey, and Medley at -Thames
Ditton.

On Saturday as Mr. Priestly, an elderly Gentle-
man, .who .resided at Chelsea, was f•assing through
the Mall of St. James's Park, and while in th ad of
Couveising with a child, and giving it a penny to
buy some milk, he was sciz'd with a fn and fell
,down. •Sorne scents and water‘ were Obtained 1-om
Mrs. Crow, at the Stable-yard gai,e, and_a Medical
Gentleman wa% procured, but tfef,re his arrival life
had d'epaitrd. The body was conveyed to the Ship
public-house Charing Cross.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. -An interesting young
female attracted the attention of the promenaders in
rlYde-park, yesterday afternoon, by deliberately
throwing herself off the. bank into the Serpentine
river. She had parted in anger vi ith a young
Ole of different sexes about half an hour previon-ly
to the ra,h attempt, and she wafted :une by ti4.t
side of the river, in appitrtffit agitati,n of mind. At
the time of heAplunging into the walcr, two young
tneli were walking: amongst the. tree,, about 200
yards fr,frin the spot, and they rescued her fro:»a.
Ww.ery gra% e. She was about t Inirutes under
water, but 'she soon recovered. She mined-out" to be
the daughter of a tradesivian, in Swaliow-street, and
jealousy was supr.osed to have prompted her
.to the
rash attempt.
'The net produce of the. Siarnp I)w:es on-News-
papers and Abnanacks, for the year end:ng the sth
of April isu9,,amoanted to 278,8 =sl:#6i. 6d. The
Duties on Advcttisements for the same time, amount-
ed to 106,'2811. 3s. Bd. These gums do- it include
the Duties on NewsPaperS, Almanacks, and Adver—
tisements in Scotland.

At a Special Council held at Lincoln's-Inn on
Thursday last, the Ohnnsious Rule of the Benchers,
that no pen,on shQuld be called to. the Bar who had
written in Newspapers (by hire, was rescinded.
The Rev, Gsonoß `Oxus,- M.A. instituted to
• the re9ory of Bagihorbe, Nnrfollti on (he presenta.
A
twn of 5).-• G. CHAD, '' .

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1342713 H ii\'31FIIIII0P:

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Oa Irri01; Wt the i3ireoori of this ezcellerit Fsta-
blishinent for the Fine Arts met at the Galleiy its '
t tte purpose of tiwarciing the Pretniurni
for the best proshiatibni of the present year, When
they were aSsigned follows

. . . . .
To Mr. HA Yoog, the Premium of One Hundred Cu;:,
.r.cas, tier his Picture of " The Assaisinaiion of Dentatus."
To,Mr. 11.i1.-rO,, the Premium of Fifty Guineas, for hig,
Picture of "Th S e u:render of Calais."

'Die above performances haVe been further ltd•.
floored :by. being Ourchased .at liberal prices ; the
first by. Lor(1-1Z1uLotiAvE,- aucl the latter by Mr.
(lore. •

ROW AT LIVA'RPOOL.