The Sun.
London, England, 1808-03-07 00:00:00

TO THE Eb'irPl?.OP THE SUY.

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•
1 think the following narrative of fads
.respe&ing
the kind treatment of the late gallant Lieut. :Cc*.
kiINGTON, oldie Gth Regiment of Dragoon Guards,
or Carabineers, by General LINTERS and his family,
and the great humanity of an old,Spaniard, in sav-
ing his life, cannot be made too public ; ypu will,
therefore, when convenient, give. it a place in your
very eieellent Paper; of W.J.tich I am a constant
'reader :

Lieut. Cal. KINGTON having advanced a 'consider-
tible way into th town' of Buenos. Ayres, on the
morning of, the sth July, received a
.musket ball
through his right leg, whiCh occasioned Lint. to fall
whilst cheering mid animating his Regiment to fol-
low him, and endeavour to take two pieces of can-
non opposed to them in the centre' of the street ; 're-
fusing any assistance from his men to ,carry him off,
he desired they NOuld march- forward' ahci do their
dutyunder the braVe and rintch.lainouted Copu,dil
IMIRELL, who soon received a Mortal round: , In
the mean time, the Colonel contrived to remove
froM the, centre into one of the Cross streets, and
there remained till the Carabineers- had been ordered
to retreat; when the enemy advanced, and used
him in a most brutal manner-7they were upon the
point of dispatching him with their bayonets, had
_ not an old Spaniard rushed front Ills house, ;and,
throwing his cloak over the Colonel, and his person
between him and his countrymen, beseeched thorn
to spare his lite, and not take advantage, of a fallen
foe. the old man then dragged him into his house
and having bound-up his Nvound, laid, him on his
,own bed, and watched him during the day,and,night
with the tenderness of a parent he had him con-
veyed, flu the Oth, to the Citadel, where,General
Listeas ordered every possible' attention to be paid
to his wounded prisoner. The General told the Co-
lonel a relation of his (Mrs. o',Goussorst) had of-
fered to accoMmodate cne of. the 'wounded Officers
at4lic-sr own house, and requested he would be
Moved to her dwelling, where lie would have every
possible care taken of his wound ; in this hospitable
mansion the-Colonel lay: sevemega days before his
dissolution, receiving from the hands of. his kind
hostess-and her relations, all kinds of nourishment
and medicine direeted -by the faculty. Genoral Li-
, NIERS attended him daily, and visited him always
before he retired to rest—he showed as much' lute-
', rest for the Colonel's safety as he could have done
for his own son in a similar situation.

The old Spaniard wac constant in his enquirieS for
the safety of the Colones,wound, and though press-
ed by 'him to receive a sum. of mvuey for his gicat
humanity amid tenderness, he could,not be prevailed
upon to accept the least pecuniary reward, yet by
no means in }anent circumstances.

General LiNleits! generous behaviour continued
atter the Ci;loners decease, on the 22c.1 Juiy ; he di-
reeled the body to be removed to the ViCeroy's Pa-
lace, and there to lie in s yte till the interment ; the
funeral was condueled ittit•:r the English manner ;
General LINIEni and all the principal Military
Officers and Civil Magistrates attended, v:ith fottr
Regiments orintantry to tire over the grave ; a ta-
blet, with suitable in
wts onV,red, by
thc.General, to be placed over the reotaiin of tile
deceased.'

To hear that this gallant young hero, cut off in
the prime at lite, received such masked
.atiention,
and experienced every oornlort from his emniies iti
ins last moments, must be highly gratifying to his
atfliEted widow, the Marchionesr; of CLAN kthAR6E,
his relations and numerous friends; and should
ano-
ther Expedition to South America prove more-for-
tunate than. the last, his brave countryinea may have
an opportunity of convincing the enemy they are not
to: be outdone in ,genereilty. and: hittnanity-, the
grand charaaeristio of the Beitish Nation. • • ,
I am, Sir,' your obedient Servant, •
And a.Brother Officer, ht Btthuos t•Ls,
"Anctraost sincere Piiend
Of the late Gallant. Colonel.