The Sun.
London, England, 1811-12-31 00:00:00

GADIZ PAPERS,

• [FURTHER EXTRACTS,)
BAGA, Nov.7.—Suice the eviwitatton of derdana.
by Baron DE BROLRS, the enemy have again ()CCU'
pied it.—„Ott the third, QOO National Goardi en-
tered Poegcuda. They have sacked the tow.os of
Nov. B.—The day before yesterday -Cordova was
free from the enemy. They matched towardi
Montlias and Rosillon, where, .accutdisig to the re-
port at some of the French otticerS, Brigadier BO-
*URA had entered.

We have received* information from Valeneia to
the 22d inst. General with 7000 rent cat. the
3d army bad-arrived, and also 10,000'muskets.
-'Ve hMte also been informed, that the Port tivese
troops had at last arrived ai Monte Vidco. *
Nothing .particular had occurred in Valencia.
The enemy continued to construct works. It is
said a correspondence ha; been discovered between
some persona' in the city .and the French.

VALENCIA DE ALCANTAHA., Nov. 28. 'Y'ster,
day morning General Castanos at out iwith the
Chief. of the Staff, Adjutants, and Senor Galiag,o, in
quality of Assessor Extraordinary, tut Castile. It is
not known whether, niter he has had an interview
with Lord 4Wellington,he writ proceed to Gallicia,
or return, here.

Alarmot keeps his forces divided towards Avila
and Talavera. Some panies.have pas•ed the
and advanced to Gurn:alupe, in sea►ch of peovisions.
On the left bank of the Tagus nothing new has oc-
cursed.

Nov. 29.--. The principality of Asturias has sepa-
rated itself from the dist'►ict of the sixth artily, •an •
nexing itself to that of ihe seventh, and placing
that army aiso under the chief command of General
Castanos, as the fifth and sixth Were.

All the pristine's which our troops make, and
have brought to head-quarters, aie delivered to the
Fingliih,•who take them to Li,boti i`as for the Duke
of Aremberg, he was made prisoner try the Sewell?
and. has always been at the dispval of the Allies.—
The enemy entered Asturias with boom men by the
pass of Pajares, and 4000 by that of Ventana, with-
out being able to surround our troops, as they had
flattered themselves. / - •

CADIZ, Dec. I.—The Philippine Islands have
been placed in an excellent state of defence, •and
both reg.ilar troops and militia are otganised. The
Governor; Don Manuel Gonzales, has eflicaeiou•ly
promoted these •lieasores, secondin.; those taken by
his predoceosor, Senor Folgneras; bo has al.° col-
let:led 2000 dollars in aid' of the Peninsula. Oirthe
tit h November Senor Don Ventura de los Reyes
was chosen Deputy toy, the Cortez. He arrived at
Cadiz on the 20th ult.

Timm() Nov. s.—On the 3 I *t tilt, a convoy ar-
rived from Andalusia with the regiments of juramen-
tados 5,7, and 8, infaOtry, and 3, of cavalry, with-
out horses, composing in all the miserable force of
400, men. Yesterday Nlart-nom set out for Talaircra,
and the day before the Gerthati regiMint of Hosse,
'and 500 marines, who were in the army of Portu-
gal, marched for Andalusia.
HEAD•QUARTERS OF THR 6th ARMY, Nov.
The Vanguatd of tt 2d and 3d division of This a:-
my on the 7111 made 'a Movement nil Astorp,'La
Baneza, and Bc.nevente, to call the attention of the
e.nethy, preventing hitn from sending reinforcements
tx, the_ Alturi.is... 4000' infantry, and.. 6og
horse of the enemy, passed by 0 bigo on the Dth,
in the direction of Astorga, causing otir troops to
retiteovhh, bower% er, had first obtained their object.
Los BAltutos, Nova 21.--General. Ballesteros has
taken merisures for the' instruction and exercise of
the Serranos (mountaineers), having committed
the cars of the infantry of his division to General
•Alcrine, and that of the cavalry to the Chief of the
St at}: Among the good effects of the last: excursion
he has made, are to be reckoned the Collecting 1700.
scattered and dispersed soldiers, the addition' of 850
men to the Regiment of Jaen, and the organization
of ditterent bettatiOns of Serranos, with the foie& of
60500 men:.

In conseqUence. of several - vessels having been
recently token' off Dover, the Adridrany have
tto-
ticed tie! same to Rear-Admiral Foley, the
mender in Chief on the Dover station, Who has ex-
culpated himself, and the officers under' hiS Com-
mand, from any negled on their part, by slating to
the Lords of the Admiralty, in answer to their corn-
munication, the causes which, 'in his opinion, have
principally led to .the captures in. question. The
Admiral states, on the authority•of the prisoners
taken on board the &deur privateer, that- the Ship
at t'.,o guns, carried into Ostend, was captured close
Under the batteries of Calais, and that the privateer
w 4 'h was sunk was only a pinnace, cad which
founderedin the surf, and was' not sunk by that.
merchant ship. The Admiial tieirt alludes to some
ships captured on the French coast,
.and says,-that'
the attention which. Lientenant.'hutiCey was obliged
to give to the Tigris Indianian, compelled Ulm gi
leave three or four merchant ships to"-their fate,
who were so,cloae in with the:French Coast as to
make it impossible to rescue them. front thiarined
boats. Adm. Foley concludes his report as &Akio's:—
" It appears to me they have fallen into the
hands of the enemy from the inattention' or igno•.
ranee of the Commanders, in suffering therriselves
to ,close with' the French 6[1,1, in preference to
making' five with the English coast. It seems to be
a rule with the trade bound up Channel, if they ~
cannot weather the South Sand Head, to stand on
all night, by which means they are thrown under
the enemy's • batteries, where Ins Majesty's Croix,
era cannot possibly prate& them. Captain Hat-
vey, of the Rosario, informs
few me, that he saw a brig
. .
going into Boulogne a days ago at dawn of day,
While he was ohly-three miles frdm the Shore, and
which he could not, under theat circumstances,.
prevent. In justice to the Captains and CoMMand•
ers under My. orders, I beg leaVe to represent that
they have keig the sea with great.petteverancein
very tempestuous weather, and do not think that
any of the trade have been taken, ,except such as
have thrown Alseruselves under the .enemy's bat.
teries ; and, indeed;' eyest iu that' situation, the
Insolent, on the 10 inst, saved a brig that a priva-
teweas in the act of boarding,, Close up with the
batteries `Of Calais." He speaks ii*lrly of the cot;-
duel of Lieutenant Jauncey, of the Crochir. gun-
brig, in gallantly' attacking and dtiving away six
privateers.

SUOCKIIVG:CATASTROPII

EXTRACT OF A. LETTER illoM CARDIGANSHIRE,

DEC. 25, 1811.

" Whilst T Was'in,Pembrokeshire, there happen—,
ed the most awk3l.• and tremendous thunder .artd
lightning ever known in this oeighbodrhoo.
set tire to the beast-house and corn-yat d at Fenian
Lansaint pearl, - near .Morfa Maur, which consumed
rlh farmei's whole stock of corn, consisting. of
wiwat,"birley, oats, peas, and all his pwn bay, and a
icit which bad been sold to another person ; seven
cows wt.-tie Saved with great ditliculty, and four were
burnt: The dwelling•house ne,3ly escaped,.
Ft'om thence the electric fluid, passed by Mabus,
otter Tyn y Batly, without doing any damage, hat
's'tuck a new farm-hou,e, calledTy Cam. It knocked
down the chimdey into the middle. of the housei,
tore off the slating in a. wonderful winner, turned,
up the board, Of the loft (which liad been strongly.
nailed down) on their,edges, passed through, and
killed the f.irmer, who was in bed ' with his
wife. and two young children, who slept on
the ground floor ; the wife and children escap-
ing unhurt. The man and his wife had been
in together, not five minutes before, of the dread-
fulttess of the thunder. She called again to him
several times, but receiving no answer, she got out
of bedvith the hope, of lighting a candleibut could
not approach the hre-place. on account oh the ruin,
anti rubbish; nor could she,open the door, on ac-
count of that passage also being• stopped up. She
called to .a Maid servant; who slept in the loft, who
attempting to get out of bed, and not knowing of
the 'boards having been, forced ;out of their, places,
fell through to the ground, and hurt herself severe-
ly. The window 'having been forced- out 9f its
place,. the wife got out that way, went to her neigh-
bont's house for a light, and when she returned,
found :her • husband a cowpse ; the youngest
child (rbout four months old) sleeping profoundly
on his arm; and the other, (not. two yea's old)
also asleep. This awful scene happened about 12
o'clock oil Sunday night,. the. 15th:ins:ant. Tt,e
lightning did no other mischief in this neighbour-
hood ; but at the public house at Yspurty Yotwith,
it struck a stable, and killed seven horses, belonging
to oyster carriers, four of theth .the property of a
Laosaiutpead man. Mabus House .shook 4's if an
earthquake- had -occasioned it. Norhing of the
sort hai ever been heard in. this neignbourbood
before."

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curt Feparrietrit4l.,reaciibg the execution of
the Mu inect s ,:t. Plymouth ::,-, i
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When U.* 'doat ',pal , n ar ited, .the prisoners
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wera apiiokril.,.ot:',:trkiatriikr* e 21st inst. at ball,
past ten,'! )6 'sittifilMor . ndigit punishment was
hoisted on boa - ' ador, in. Hamoaze, and re-
peatcd by' the Diana frigate, in the Sound. _Soon
ifterwards the prisoners proceeded in a boat from
tile, forwer ship to • the: Diana, attended by a strong
guard, and the Master. at Arms, A second boat
tiillowed;tontaining the Rev.. C. Birdi,vood; Chap.
lain to the Navy at this port, and theditev. Mr. (A-
llard, the Catholic minister in attendance on Martin
and Joachim, with several officers. All the boats
of the °different ships in the harbour, manned and
arawil, u,..(uhled. round the Diana: and theshmkds
of , the other VelrfiniS in the Sound Wereltianne4..
On the arrival of the prisoners at the appointed spot,.
it beeime necessary, in consequence of a heavy
swell, to. hoist them into the yetis.* when, Mr. Bird-
wood, Williams, Land Mellington, and Mr. Gilbard,
Joachim, and Martin, *ere conducted into two se-
parate cabins, where they remained at prayer till the
Master at Arms came to inform them that. all was
ready. In the mean time, men were ordered on
the fore yard-arm to reeve the ropes required for
Carrying the sentence into. execution, and two plat-
forms were erected, one on the larboard, and the
other on the starboard side of the forecastle ..411
being ready, the prisoners took leave of the
Clergymen, and ascended, to the platforms, accom.
pained by the. Provost. Marshal and the oecesaary.
Attendants; after, having previously
.requested Mr.
Birdwood to represent to all around how sensible
they were of the enormity of the offences which
they had committed: The ropes were then fastened
round their necks. Martin and MellingtOn being
placed on the larboard,, end;.Joachim and Williams
on the starboard side of the lore-yard-aren. On the
word being given to " haul the . ropes
.taut,", by
which nothing more was, intended than to prepare
in the surest manner for the signal, two of the pri-
soners (Martin and.Mellington) fainted and fell, ap-
prehending it to be, an 'Antler for their being turned
off; but they speedily recovered. At tWs moment,
(half-past one) the signal guns. were tired , from the
ttow, and, instantly, the prisoners Were run, out to :
ithe-yard-arm, where they remained suspended an
hour ; when their bodies were lowered. into boats
prepared for the purpose,. and conveyed to Stone-
'house, where they were put into shells, and taken to
'the hospital for dissedien. ,Every part of theawlul
.ceremony ads conducted in. 3 most decorCqs.and.
solerpri. manner; and, the efficera and men stood
with their hats off during the whole time the crimi-
nals were suspended. r

POTATOES.—A most rernarkable.: proof of the
wonderful fecundity of this 'useful vegetable was
shewu by Mr. Hoar; of Brempton, upon his farm
' (which is rather of a light and chattery soil), called
Barrisole, in the parish ofGillingharn,-near Chathani,
Kent, which be thinks worthy the. attention of
farmers and agr*tilturists. In his. growth of pqta-
toes, in the, year 1810, he, promiscuously met with
One that appeared to be of an extraordinary size;
be examined and weighed it, .and'found it to con-.
lain' tot eyes or sets, and to weigh 41b. to oz.;
from the circumstance, he was induced to !.hint and
cultivate it: by itself, to see what it would :produce,
which, in the following season, proved to be six
bushels and a half (2901b5.), at 601 b, 'per, bushel
these potatoes contaimng7o6o eyes or sets, which
he again planted, and in the last month dUg up the
Produce, which proved to be the wonderful quan-
tity of 647 bushels and half, weighing 26,8501 b.
Many of this growth are of an' astonishing size,
weighing from tour to five ponnds each, twenty-
five of Whieh weighed 1001b..andtme in particUlar
51b, 2oz. '

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On Tl.lo,day evenhig, at his hou%e in Tinsbury'-sql)".
the F. uh of Henry Sansom, Esq.. or a Son.
York..placer Mrs. Peter Mac Esoh °'
.S-I°Aile. her father's scat, Hugh Masty, Esq. Stlgdale' 11;1;
lretiC4C, -the Lady- itielhad Sadlier, By. Jun. of ‘
I.t..,dge, of a Son axed 1 leir.

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Aiviell
j.,ion‘evsjs
,tot.sll:4l?s,ssiall'ieriloy.ievaeris,
pdauuret
the Rev. B. Lovell. Captain Henry Waring,9,f,,itlic Illy
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At the Cathedral Ch rchOf Ferns, Rol: OtrOtet. ,4Her--•
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of Seatield, in the Count of Wexford, to flarttit..ol'4"
daughter or the late-Ilon (icor .e lccelyn, and niece to tfig
4;111 of Rode . ' '
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At Ashy Park, Limerick. the seat of john Head, 13y#
the HOD. Lyre Nlassy, tO Miss l'habellead: ~,i.
Mr. W. Shine, ot'llame-strettt, Dublin, to Blabch,
(tow " ot the late rierce,Hanralr r-
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