The Sun.
London, England, 1810-04-26 00:00:00

SP4A7SII PdPERS.

FxTrAcr cPA LET ER FROM CADIZ, OF APRIL 7.
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atH: Iwteg:::esryrnedaymtt.eicelli
ispaotirsefa.cdolinofindetontionfforsenuccyeosus:
7of 'completely repelling the enemy. On the
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vilis; ilarch, a ship arrived here from Valencia and '
axigov, the_ Master of which, G. GotizA.es,
"ares, that the French occupied Marviedro, the
suburb 'of 'Valencia with a considerable force,
zli.ou e•
- nng t0'17,000 men, but that on the 14th of
- 1 14,17hth they le.:t it in a very precipitate manner,
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l. CAI rig in the direttioo of Arragon, and were-pur,
i a ;led by a considerable number of our troops and
ined pe::sants, who retook, in Marviedro, all the
rbootyv made by the French, and intikied on them
, erY severe losses. He adds, that General CARO
took Willi him 353 prisoners, all either members of
the Junta or inhabitants of Valencia." -' .•
r., The Master of a ship arrived from Alicant and
''4lthagena- confirms the above statement with re-
_t!rd'tii Valentia, and adds, that the bead-quarters
t7;Petteral BLAKE'S army were in Outruela, and one
4i'ion of his artny in Lorea, to succour Valentia
itl
case of need.
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ClugllcA,- MARC!' 1.5.,--It appears by a repprt froth
•Clri •
Iv ather-Geiletal Dorf PEDRO VILLA,CA
oMPO, to
330r-General BASSECOURT, that our trps cn the
9111
and 10th inst. obtained several advantages over
„ .•
"le enemy; ' •
a Po the Sth, a party of French troops were at-
: 'kited
io'Conde, and atter two hours-hard fighting,
::: Pel!el to surrender. • The enemy's loss coosist-
r to two officers and 164 rank and file taken prison-
!
tu rs i and 42 killed and wounded. Our loss amount-
ed to
be 30 wounded and- 8 slain. The Brigadier -Ge-
rai having left in Teruel 'a detachment of his
co,
1)4 to observe 3 French party which had taken
refuse in the 'eollegeor seminary, and which, from
via,„."'
6, of heavy' ordnance, he was not able to dis.
i 'V -1 he marched with the remainder of his corps
tile Alazanera, in order to attack a French detach-
etl' A' -ch occupied Alventosa. The attack was
made ":11. the 10th, at 8 o'clock in the morning, with
tiB°. nluch gallantly and spirit, that after a short con-
let, tht en my was completely routed, 'Writhcoosider-
:4lel°sS. Five officers•and 163 tank and file were
made prisoners. Twee pieces of cannon *ere also
ken in the aaion of the 1 oth, and tveo in that of fhe Bth.
VALENCIA, APRIL 2.—On the sth of last month,
the eneniy appeared before the walls of this ca-
eta', and-on the 6th they occupied the suburbs
°f Alarviedro; the College of. Plus the Fifth;
th 4 Royal Palace; and ;Zaidia; all situated with,
othe
the walls of this city, otl the other side of
4e river; and in the night between the kWh and
11t11 ult. illeyrn,ved all in a very precipitate man- '
bet'k nurint. the time they-were before our walls,
they committed fenny robberies and murders in -the
,geigbouring places; but undertook nothing of ma-
4)ent against the city. The inhabitants of the en.
!: in)ns joined by thousands its flying parties, the
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arg"e number ef which probably induced the enemy 1
to retreat.
111 Castellon de la Plana and Villa Real, were 300
of the enemy's foot, and 200 horse, but only 80 of
the former, a.d 120 of the. latter came away ; the
enemy's loss in other places was equally considerable.
eis most vigorously pursued. We -this day ex-
. Peet 300 prisoners, and 200 more with an howitzer,
taken in Villa Campo. . I
MURCIA, MARCH B.—ThO last accounts from '
St. Clemente state, that-Don JUAN MARTIN, and
.4311 'VENTURA Itaxesies, (two celebrated Spanish
Partizans), lately intercepted a French convoy going
t° Madrid on which occasion they killed the escort, i
4" took a million and a half of :la's. It is added,
that the former also defeated a detachment of the
ene-ny's tro ;pi; which marched ' from Madrid to 1
P4rsue him, and killed about 200 of them.
CAniz APRIL s.—Copy
.of a report from the
Governor of Ciudad Rodrigo, to the General in
Chief of the army of the left. . .
" Most Excellent Sir, '
" The night before last (between the leth and
20th March) the enemy 1...00 strong, attacked the
' Posi,tion of the English in. Barba de Puerco, where
' tvas also a party of 46 foot and 16 horse detached
- frOna this plaice. At first the - English advanced
Posts were driven in on all points, and the French
- Pushed owns far as Arribes, but the main English
, body soon formed in line and compelled the enemy
to make a precipitate retreat.
" The English covered themselves with glory, and
44Pliyed durink the whole aaion, a regularity of
Inrwements, intrepidity, and valour, of which my
-°l6cers, wico. also shared in the action, speak' in,
terms of -the highest admiration and praise. Al. I
though this force hardly amounted to one fourth of
the French corps which formed the attack, the lat-
ter Was completely routed, with considerable loss."
VALENCIA, MARCH 2.—The last accounts from
, Catalonia -relate to a very sanguinary anion, in
which our troops manifested all the valour and in--
, trepide__
1 y.of their brave Chief, General O'Dotisieee'.
The eat: try were entiench:cl in Vich, and received
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our army with a brisk fire of artillery: Our troops
advanced with great gallantry and the a&ion became
destruaive and obstinate. We remained in our former
positions, and our loss has been of some considera-
tion ; but that of the enemy far from being inferior,
we believe greatly exceeds it, as both our infantry
and cavalry -advanced boldly to the very mouths

of the cannon. General o'Doti NELL, pur•tling the
new tactics which ought to be employed against the
French, was preparing for a second anion, to dislodge
them and deprive them of all hope, not only of mak-
ing any progress, but.even of obtaining any rest.

'List nigliranived a Gottenburgh Mall and Ger-
mdh Poperslo the 7th inst. from which %%e have
ma to die following Extilaai

" TieiESTE, MAR Cil 15.—The General of artil-
lery, Onvfiel, has returned from the tour,he made
along the Illyrian Adriatic Sea. ;AcCording to his ac-
count, all the ports of D ilinatia and Illyria will be
fortified and fUrnished,With artillery, to prevent the
piracies of the Several. 'transports have
sailed troth hence laden With cannon, which were
on tioard RuSsiaos slip. TheSe caininn arc destined
for Utnago, CirtaNddva, Vottcretniet o„ and Paren2o-,
Rmigna, and Polo, in 'lstria. A 'still greater quantity
has been embarked for Crotia.

" Sr. 'PETF.IISBMIGH,• MAn'olt Gerterlil
menskoi, who cotninandcgt the army in has
set out 'for the army in Mold. via.. It is sitict that
he "ill gave the command

" 'MARCH 28.—1 t is tOl.t,
with evrtaiiiiy, that the head-quarters of the army
in Germany arrive here in. a -few•days frotu
larishon, The clehydry'of the city of Ilatisbon to
his Wetly the King of Blivaria, wilt immediately
follow."

STOCKIiuLM, AVItiL i0.;:-.The day befote yes-
terday arrived here, M. Desangues, Charge d'Affaires
from the Court of France, and, yesterday he bad act'
audience of our Minister. It is rumoured that the
English Minikrer will shortly leave ibis place."

thetollowing answer has been 'transmitted' to the
Petition lately tent from Hu11, to the Lords Of the
Privy Council.

" Councii Office, Whitehall,-Aprit iS to.
Sot---the 'Lords-4 his Majesty's Most rlnn-
onrahle• Privy Council having had under considera-
lien the Petition '6l the MerChtints and Ship-owners
of tbe Ur i+ of Kingston-uNn- Hull, praying that
do more Licenses may be granted to foreign vessels,
perthittin, them to impoft tiltber from the Baltic,
&c. I am di -,f.etetl to acquaint you, ror the informa-
tion of the Gentlemen -of Hull,' interested in the
tiMber trade, that an abundant supply or timber is
essential to the manufaftring and trthing interests
of Great Britain ; and that it does not appear that
an adequate supply of that article could have-been
secured, if all importations horn the Baltic had been
suddenly interrupted.

" I ant, however, to observe, 'hat the Lords of the
Council have not recommend.. d the graniig of any
Licenses for such importations in foreign vessels,
from a'iy Ports where British vessels ate permitted
to enter; a id that the increase of foreign vessels is-
the unavoidAble cia-isequonce (;f't he. extension of the.
was., and the ettc.lusioa of British ships fioni the Ports
of the Continent.
I am dice cted further to state, that their Lord-
Ships .have under consideration the expediency of
submitting to Pardatnent, that additional
.duties
should be imposed on the itnpi,rtation of foreign
ti ber, with a view to give a decided preference to.
timber, the growth of his Majesty's Colonies: in
Nail) America, which is allowed to be /imported,
duty free, by the law as it now stands.

-
"'STEPHEN COTTRELL."
44 R. W. Moxon, Esq. Hull,"

On Easter Monday, according to annual customi
a grand hunt took place with his Majesty's hr?unds ;
it was the greatest that has been known, for many
years. About nine o'clock, the Duke of GoaDON,
who is on a visit at Swialey, and a numerous as-
semblage of spetiators, began to assemble- on Tower-
hill. The Marquis CORNWALLIS, the Master of his
Majesty's stag-bounds, gave a rublic breakfast upon
the oaasion, to a great number of nobility-, and
persOns of distinaion,- at Swinley Lodge. The
morning being -remarkably tine, it was a truly
charming sight to view the company corning in all
diredions to the top of Tower-hill, in coaches and
four, landaus, sociables;chariots, gigs, &c. &c. as
Well as pedestrians.
About eleven o'clock Marquis Cornwallis arrived
at the top of Tower-hill, from SwlQley Lodge, where
upwards of 500 spectators were in waiting to see
the sport of the bunt. Immediately after the ar-'
rival of the Noble Marquis, a fine young deer was
turned out of a cart, for the day's diVersion, which
had never been hunted before. It was taken from
Richmond Park. At first setting off he ran with
great swiftness towards Bagshot Park, taking to the
right across the forest, to Caesar's Camp. After an
excellent hunt, and about an hour's bard running,
the_ deer was taken at Hanakin's Lodge, being com-
pletely exhausted, on account of the beat of the
day. Several of the sportsmen were thrown from
their horses, and lost thorn for some time in the
forest.

This morning the famous Hendon Deer will be
turned out, inn Farnham Common.
Some letters of the 16th ult. have been received
in town,. brought by a vessel arrived off Falmouth,
from Norfolk (Virginia). They inform us, that
Mr. MAcon's Bill remained in the same unsettled
state as when the last advices came away, and that
the Non-intercourse Al would be suspended until
the arrival from England of the John Adams. The
December and January packets had arrived; and the
Americans had been made acquainted with the re-
ception in England of the intelligence respeaing the
dismissal of Mr. hcxsom from all further inter-
course with the American Government. They ex-
press much wonder and astonishment that no vio-
lent measures bad in consequence been resorted to
by the British Government, and contemplate a happy
termination of all existing differences.
Cheltenham will be highly improved by the com-
pletion of the iron railway now making from Glou-
cester to that place, which will be etfeaed in the
course of the next summer, and enable the inhabi-
tants of the former place to procure their coals at
)7i. 6d. for which they now pay 455. per ton.

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1 BRI GHTON, Atatt.. 24.--)Ve are es -gny at this
place as in the height of the-season. Yesterday
we had a very goad horse race, by Gentlemen rid.
ing their own horsess, (And last night there was an
~Easter Ball at the Castle, yvbich was numerously
I attended. Nothing can exceed the beauty of 'the
i weather. A mail conch starts dire& for Brigtton
in the middle dfnext month, which- will be a great
accommodation, if it shall regularly perform the
journey in eight hours.
,It is to come to the New
Hotel, in North-street; uhere beds are
.to be ready;
so that as it Will.artii-e at four o'elOck In 'the morn-
; ing, Gentlemen ',nay run down aftet angle busi:-
nes of the day.in tov n—enjoy .several hours sleep
I —and yet have the'd,,y before them: .It *returns at
ten o'clock at night`,lo as 'to arrive in town at sixl
o'clock.

•
The neighbourhood of Kennington has for some.
time past been both amused and alarmed by an on-
uswil and extraordinary circumstance.—A respe&-
able person, while at htime at his house, abOut otie
o'clock on Wednesday, the t Ith instant, was dis-
turbed by an unusual knocking at his front door.
On going to the door, the knocker continued to
play, although no person was near it ; at the vine
time the clock in the house began to strike. The
person suspeding some one was playing biro a trick;
imthediately had the knocker taken off the door,
beat about with a hammer, and laid on a' table,
when it began to perform its operations, in con-
junction •whh the clock, and continued without in-
termission fur the space of an hour. On the Wed-
'ne,d:ty ti)llowirtg, at the same hour, they were agaiti
alarrned by the same unusual- noise, without being
'enabled in any measure to account for its cause.--
.Bbitie old women in the neighbourhood were so
alarmed as to mention the necessity of read-
ing prayers to avert- the judgment that seemed to
threateo them, of to prevent a recurrence of the
same, which they fully expected yesterday, at the
usual hour.

A GilosT..—LaSt week, while two men were
employed in the interior of a family vault, about
seven miles from teed;:, a meagre figure, black from
lied to foot-, glided into the sepulchral Mansion;
the Man whose eye first caught the .sPeare• became
instantly petrifi-ed with horror, his speech forsook
hint, and it Was only by a vigorous effort that he
Could jog the 'elbow of his fellow, and point to
the object of alarm., Like the shock from the
,eledrie spark the terror was communicated by the
touch ; but the symptoms were net so slrong in the
second as hi the first subjeel ; t, icing courage, he
addressed the in a filtering accent, and said,
" In the name of G•,,!, what is your et rand to this
world ?"--- "- I I.:ye no errand ; I was goieg past,
and I thought.l would just look in." These grate-
ful sounds instantly dicpeiled the illusion, .and the
workmen recoo;zed in them the Well-known voice
of a neighbeucing chimney-sweeper.
Mrs. BISHOP, whose .health seems to be very de-
licate arid pre( arious, was last night unable to per-
form Constantia, in The Cabinet, at the Lyceum
'reeatre,
~ind Miss KELLY; after a suitable apology
had beco'rnade for the beca,iou, went through the
charader with much ability, and was very favour-
ably received ley the audience.

Dr. Coox.—This Gen!leman ,possessed so much
real taste and lcnowkdge; that he,well deserve!: to
be included among those Mtislcians whose memo-
ries-receive the tribute of an occasional ctlebration.

Yesterday being tLe Auniversary•Meet_ng of the se••
teral Amateurs. and Professors who received their
musical education from the Poaor, many of them as-
semble,' to perform the afternoon service in West-
Minster Abbey. •

The musi-cal world are principally indebted to the
instructions of Deittor for sonic of the first mu-
sicians of the present day, at the head ot . whom are
William Patsons, Doctors Smith aed Hague,
Messrs. Bartieman, Greatorex„ Harrison. Knyvets,
Bellamy, 'Corte, jun. of Salisbury, Beale, Walms-
ley, Marenet, Street, &c. most of whom were
present, yesterday, in addition to Messrs. Gosq,
S. Smith, Horstall, Hawes, &c. The service of
the day was Blow's mach-admired one in A. -The
Anthem was the whole of the 1.3e1 Psalm, set
by Dr. Cook, which gave a' fine opportunity for
Mr. Bardetuan to display his compass of voice,
taste, and science; Mr. Goss, and one of the young
Gentlemen of the Choir, also evinced much ability.
Mr. Cook, the son of the late Do6to-, who is or-
ganist at the Cat hedral,- presided at the organ. After
the service, the Gentlelneo adjourned to the King's
Arms Tavern,. New Palace-yard, and partook ot a
'sumptuous dineer, and sang some of Dr. Cook't.,
glees. Sir William Parsons presided.
Yesterday morning Win, Affiddos, for a burglary
in the house-of Wst. GUSTA RD, Bedford-street, 'Co,
vent-garden, and George Upton and Edward Daj/q,
for a burglary in the house of T. DUNCAN, War-
render-square, Wapping, were executed at the
Debtors'-door, Newgate, in pursuance ~of their
sentence. The unfortunate men came upon .the
scaffold a few minutes after eight o'clock, and- after
spending a short time in devotion, attended, by Dr
FORD, the Ordinary, they were launched into
eternity.. An immense concourse of spectators
were present on the occasion, The culprits were
young men, the eldest only thirty-four,. and ego-
dueled themselves ih a manner -becoming their
unhappy situation. It was erroneously stated in
all the papers pf yesterday that Maddox had been
respited.
Wednesday se'nnight J..MeDonald stood on the
platform, at the Cross, Glasgow, with the followhl
label on his breast----" 'Convified of theft from his
Evzployers—banished the City."—l iv had a wedge
of soap hung beside him, to chew more prticularly
the crime for which he was thus punishel.
It is impossible for Britons, natites of the favour-
ed land of liberty, to- contethplate; ithout the
highest degree of sympathy, - a gallant people
strugging to preserve their independence : it cannot,
therefore, appear surprising, that the lives and pot-
traits of HOFFER, and the two Denutirs from those
gallant Mountaineers it'serted in the RnF.,,SITORY
OF ARTS, &c. should have excited such extra-
ordinary intere,t. It. ACKER:y! ►l'4 has now the ad-
ditional satisfa6tion of presenting ;o the admirers of
patriotic virtue, the strains which have so often led
on those heroes to battle and vittore. in the Tv7
ROLESE MARCH, just published by him ; tied which,
for melody, brill ince, tn-,j sly, and science, is not
to be surpassed by any pieee ot, at irtisl music extant'.
_(See the fitivertuenzent vi the front rage.)