The Sun.
London, England, 1808-11-02 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

ratimounr, 4CT. 313.--Sailed this morning His
Majesty's Ship Amazon, of 36 guns, Capt. PA 12 KER ,
far Corunna, having under convoy two Transports
with: part of the 3iht Regiment of Foot on board.
nits'Right Hon. Lord and Lady HOLLAND, Lord
Was. RUSSELL and family, embarked in her. A sa-
lute was fired on their being received on board.
Also sailed His Majesty's Ship Aigle, of 36 guns,
for off Brest, and the following Packets with Mails :
Prince Adolphus, BOULDERSON, for Barbadoes, with
Mails of the 19th inst. ; Marlborough, BULL, for
Braiits, with Mails of the 4th inst.; Eliza, SAMP-
SON, for Corunna, with Mails of the 18th and 25th
inst. ; and Princess Elizabeth, KIDD, for Lisbon,
with the Mail of the 25th inst.

Yesterday arrived the Dispatch Packet, Captain
HARRIS, with Mails from Corunna, 72 hours pas-
sage: she brings no particular news. The Troops
under General Sir DAVID BAIRD were still on board,
about 2000 of which were expeled to be disem-
barked the next day. Mr. FKERE left Coranna for
Madrid on the 25th inst. Nothing was known from
Bilhoa.

Yesterday sailed the Mary Cutter, of le guns,
Capt. PUCKEY, for Lisbon ; and Foxhound Brig on
a cruize.

Arrived this evening His Majesty's Ship Humber,
of 18 guns ; the Ship Nemesis, QUICK, from Gib-
raltar, for Lisbon, detained by His Majesty's Brig
Primrose, owing to her Papers not being regular ;
and the Prince of !Pales Packet from Fowey.

Prxmotrrx, OCT. 31.—Sailed the Cesar, of 80
guns; and Defiance, of 74 guns, to join the Channel
Fleet.

Arrived'the Swallow Sloop of War from Ports-
mouth, and the Contest Gun-brig from Torbay.

Sailed L'Eclair and Insolent Sloops of War, with
a Fleet of Viituallers under convoy, for Corunn3.

PORTSMOUTH, NOV. I.—Arrived his Majesty's
Ships Furious, Dapper, and Bold, with a convoy
frogijbe.Downs.

Passed by the Country Squire and several other
Transports to join the Expedition at the west end
of the Isle of Wight.
Arrived his Majesty's Brig Defender from a cruize.
Sailed his Majesty's Ship Are/hula on a cruize.

His Majesty's Ship Jupiter with about 12 Trans-
ports under her convoy, are expeEted to sail this
evening for St. Andero.

His—Majesty's Ship Mutina, with alleet for the
Brazils, is expected to sail to-morrow.

DEAL, Nov. I.—Arrived his Majesty's Ship Prin-
cess Caroline from the northward, and remain with
the Ships as per last.

HELIGOLAND, OCT. 15.—Several ships have been
driven from their anchors. The iitlas, Fischer, arid
LVelly, from Leith, are lost. The cargo of the for-
mer is saved, though much damaged. The greatest
confusion took place yesterday evening, when a hur-
ricane blew from the Southward. Eleven small
vessels, the greater part richly laden, went adrift,
some with their crews on board, others forsaken by
their ship's company, and nothing has since been
heard of them.—Fourteen sail are missing.
OCT. 20.—We have had very rough weather
here; there are between 20 and 30 vessels which
have still their cargoes on board, although they have
been here above ten days. I fear the shipping will
st.ffer much this season.

The Juno Privateer, of 14 guns, was captured on
the 20th ult. by the Exertion Gun-brig, and carried
into Heligoland.
The Charles armed ship, and the Hope, JACK-
sok; from Gottenburgh, arrived off Holy Island the
28t.h ult.—The fleet, consisting of nearly 100 sail,
have parted from their convoy.
The case of Sir JOHN MORDAUNT, which is one of
the precedents for regulating the proceedings of the
Court of Inquiry about to be instituted with respeft
to the Convention of Cintra, is fully detailed in the
sth Vol. of SMOLLETT'S History of England. Sir
JOHN MORDAUNT was sent in 1757, with 10,000
men, to make a descent on the coast of France,
near Rdchefort, and to destroy the fortifications and
arsenals of that place. On arriving oft- the coast,
and reconnoitring, sounding, and examining the ap-
proaches, several Councils of War were held by Sir
JOIN MORDAUNT, and the determination was, that
the objed of the expedition was impraaicahle. The
expedition accordingly returned home a ithout at-
tempting any thing, and a Court of Inquiry was in-
stituted to investigate the causes of the failure. This
Court consisted of Lieutenant General CHARLES, the
Duke of MARLBOROUGH, and Majors General WAL-
DEGRAvE, and Lord GEORGE SAUKVILLE. After a
minute investigation, the Court reported, with some
qualification, that it did not appear that any sufficient
impediments existed to prevent the landing, and the
'attempt to carry the objet of the expedition into
effect. Upon this report, a Court Martial was in-
stituted, and the result was an acquittal.
A battle took place, yesterday, at Wilsdep-green,
between Tom O'Donnell, and -a countryman, by
trade a boot-closer. They fought forty-five hard
rounds, in which the countryman got a severe beat-
ing. Haviug boasted, before the battle, that he
could beat any man, he left the field of adion, as
may be supposed, a little ashamed of himself.

personsTo who_wish to become acquainted with
the theatre of the late events in Spain and Portugal,
we earnestly recommend an attentive perusal of two
authentic works, " The Picture of Lisbon," and
" The Picture of /alexia," (the latter by the cele-
brated FISCHER), which, from the variety of infor-
mation they contain, are not merely calculated to in-
terest the general reader, but particularly to afford
many useful hints to perso,ts engaged in commer-
cial speculations and manufactures.

• GdrTEkIWRGII MAIL.

Head-quarters, I.amland, 061. 12.
His Royal Majesty has received the following re-
port from Major-General A.l4ion,:

‘‘ I am directed by the Commander in Chief of
your Majesty's army in Finland, humbly to report
to you, that on the 29th of 'last month, an unlimited
Armistice was concluded between his Excellency
)yield Marsha: Count KLINGSPOR, General in Chief
of your Majesty's Finnish army, and Count kA-
mitcsioy, Russian Lieutenant-General, and Com-
mander in Chief Of the Northern Russian army in
Finland. I humbly beg leave to lay before your
Royal Majesty a copy of the said Convention.

" I. F. AMENOFF, Major-General.'

(Here follows the Convention which we have already corn-

en unicated to the Public ]

Admiral Baron RAYALIN, Adjutant-General of
the Fleet, who arrived here this afternoon, has re-
ported to his Majesty, that he has not only main-
tained his position in Grouwicke Sound, in pur-
suance of his Royal Majesty's orders, with the flo-
tilla, composed of 47 gun-sloops, notwithstanding
the vast superiority of the Russian flotilla, consisting
of upwards of 100 sail, but that the enemy's flotilla
has also began to retreat to Pulwa Sound, and thence
farther to Pargas Sound and Hango, the farther par-
ticulars of which movement will shortly be reported
by the vessels detached to recannoitre and watch the
enemy's motions.—(Stockholm. gazette, OCi. t 5.)

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET THIRD OCTOBER MEETING.

TUESDAY NOV. 1.
Sir C. Turner's Cousin Abraham beat Mr. Bouverie's
Wood-daemon, Bst. 41b. each. R. M. loop. D. Ir.-7 to 2
on Cousin Abraham.

Mr. Panton's Ralphina beat Gen. Grosvenor's May, Bst.
each. Two-yr old Course, sogs. —6 to son Ralphioa.
Mr. Kellerman's L'Huile de Venus, 7st. 111 b. beat Mr.
Fermor's Brighton, Bst. Across the Flat, 3cogs. L. tr.-
6 to 4 on I.'Huile de Venus.
Ld Foley's Weaver, Bst. 2lb. beat Ld Stawell's Brighton
Lass, by Gohanna, dam by Sir Peter, Bst. 11b. Across the
lat, toogs. —6 to 4 agst. Weaver.
Ld Lowthcr's Brainworm, Bst. 31b. beat Mr. Fermor's
Hippomenes, Bst. Last half of Ab. M. toogs. h. ft.-6 to 4
agst. Rrainworin.

Sir C. Turner's Gundy, beat Mr. Howorth's Cassio, Bst.
71h. each. Y. C. 200 gs. h. tt.-7 to 4 agst. Gundy.
Fifty Pounds for 2-yr olds, carrying a leather, 3-yr olds, 7st.
51b. 4-yr olds, Bst 91b. 5-yr olds, 9st. 31b. 6-}'r olds, 9st.
71b. and aged 9st. tolb. Last 3M.0f8. C.
Mr. Payne's b. c. Barbarian, 4 yrs old
Mr. Lacey's bl. c. Mungb, 4 yrs - - 2
Ld Darlington's br. c. brother to Expeaation, 4 yrs - 3
Mr. Goddard's br. c. Fuscus, 3 yrs - 4
5 tot agst Isarbarian-3 tot agst Nlungo-3 to t agst Fuscus.
I.d. Jersey's Whistler, Bst. 5 lb. agst Mr. Wilson's c. by
Hambletonian, out of Totterella, Bsr. 21b. Ab. M. sogs.-
011. by consent.

Mr. Panton's Chloris, Bst. 41b. rec. 35gs. from Gen. Gros-
venor's c. Wood well-head, by Whitelegs, Sst. ilb. Y.C.sogs.
Ld Lowther's Tot, Bst. 31b rec. togs. from Ld Barry.
morc'sPavilion, Bst. Ab. M. loogs. h, ft.

Ld Kinnaird's Achilles, 9st. agst Mr. Lloyd's Fun, 7st.
Two-yr old Course, jogs.—Oil by consent.

We trust that the Magistrates will persevere in
their endeavours to suppress those hot-beds of sedi-
tion, the Debating Societies, which are not carried
on for the purpose-of free and liberal discussion on
topics interesting to mankind, but merely to fill tile
pockets of desperate adventurers, who are known to
be enemies oft he Const itut ion.

TETE THEAME.—The Tragedy of Macbeth, to
the honour of the public taste, continues to be at-
traaive, and had last night a very numerous audi-
ence at the King's Theatre. KEMBLE and Mrs.
SwooNs are so well known in the Thane and his
ambitious partner, that we need only say they per-
formed with their accustomed skill. There is one
great impropriety in the representation of this fine
play, which we have often thought of noticing, and

it is now carried to such a ridiculous extent as tore;
quire strong reprehension. The tidies who support
the choir of Witches are more solic►tous to display
their own persons than to represent the parts which
they assume, contrary to the design of the author,
and the charader of the drama. Mr. KEMBLE who
is laudably anxious for proper costume, should "re-
form it altogether," for nothing can be more absurd
and disgusting, than to see a number of Coquettes,
snurking and ogling, while they are supposed to be
celebrating the most awful orgies, and the murder of
a virtuous monarch.

Mrs. Muni H, who is engaged at Drury-lane Thea-
tre, first made her appearance upon the stage at
Edinburgh in 1800, and has since performed with
success in various parts of Scotland, Ireland, and this
Country.
Our Readers are already informed, that a British
Army of near 21:,000 men has marched from Portu-
gal to Spain, under the command of General Sir
JOHN Mooite.—The following is a list of the Regi-
ments ;
Under Lieut.-General Fraser : —The 4th, Al; 42d, and
five columns of the sth battalion of the both foot —Major.
General Lord W. l3entinck. The 9th, ad battalion of the
43d, and ditto of the sad—Major-General Beresford.
Under Lieut.-General the Hon. J Hope :.—The 36th, '7lst,
92d, and five columns of the 9th battalion of the 6 ,th foot--
Major-General Crawfurd. The 2d and 6th foot—Major.
General Auckland. The sth,
.32d, and 91st foot—Major-
General Hill. The 38th, 79th, and tour columns of the zd
battalion of the gsth toot—Brigadier-General Nile.
Under Major-General the Hon. f. Paget : —The Loth, fst
battalion of the std, and five columns of the tst battalion of
the 9ith foot —l3rigather-Geneial Anstruther. The Light
Battalton t, and King's German Legion 2—Colonel Allen.

Upwards of 1000 of the Royal Chester Volunteers
have enrolled themselves in the Local Militia.

Dr. JAMES VEITCH has been appointed Surgeon of
:he Royal Naval Hospital, Antigua.

CORN.EXCHANGE, Nov. 2.—The fresh arrivals of
Wheat are considerable, and sales are dull, at a re-
dudion of 2s. and 3s. per quarter, and expected
cheaper ; Barley in large supply, -and, with Malt,
nearly at last prices; White Pease cheaper; Beans,
of both sorts, likewise; Oats in great supply, but
they are nearly at last prices ; Flour at little varia-
_ _

_
(ion.
W heat 7os a Sos a yes ad Tick Beans . 66s* 72s ski
Fine ditto (new) 9p .98s od t )ats - 34$ a ibs a 4os od
Rye . - sas aV6 04 !'.,land ditto 42s a 43$ od
Barley . - Ass asa od I Potatoe . . --st a 44$ od
Malt - . 84s a 9as cd f Rape Seed . 441 a 461 --od
I
White I"
Cale
13 -,s a 142 s od line flour - Sp a 9os od
Grey ditto - s6s a 6zs od Seconds . . gaS a Iso vii
Beaus ... . . tgs a 74s cod

41 HISTORIC/IL RECIDAL

•of toe
CAMPAIGN OF 1100NAARTE IN !TALI',
iN THE YEARS 1790 AND 1797,

nATTLIE OF LODI.
{Conihrurd from our Paper of.yeiterday
We will readily admit that MIONAPARTE %yak
vßtorious at Lodi; that the passage of the Adda,
Vigorously defended by a numerous artillery, and
by brave battalions, commanded by a General of
reputation, was carried, and that this bold and diffi-
cult undertaking presented dangers truly al:inning ;
but this avowal shall not prevent us from exposing
many inaccuracies, and even fal,ehoods, which Buo-
f•IAPARTE has inserted in his official report.

1. He declares that BEAUL/EU, with all his army,
Was ranged in order of battle ; and this is false !
BEAULIEU had with him, at the utmost, but ten
thousand men to oppose, to the whole army of Buo.
N APA RT E , consisting, at least, of fourscore thousand !
The situation of BEAtatzu was become extremely
critical, since he had been abandoned by the King
of Sardinia; still more so, since his plan for the
seizure of the three fortresses had failed ; and still
more so, since he had been obliged to regard the
territories of the King of Sardinia as an enemy's
country.

What could this most able General do in a similar
case with a handful of troops ? for, as I have already
declared, he had, at most, but four and twenty
thousand men ! He could not certainly ad offen-
sively against the immense armies of the French :
be could not even, without reinforcements, long
continue on the defensive: he adopted therefore
the most prudent plan of falling back on the Tyrol,
and waiting there for instru&ions and supplies.
He would not even have thought of defending the
passage of Cie Adda; if he had not had a pressing in-
terest to retard the march of the French, and thus
preserve, from their rapacity,. all the effetis, provi-
sions, ammunition, baggage, &c. which belonged to
the Emperor; for there was an immense difference
between the manner of subsisting the French and.
Austrian armies. The French, who announced
themselves as th.l deliverers of Italy, subsisted at the
expence of the Italians ; they exaled abundant sup-
plies, not only of provisions and clothing, but of
every thing which struck their fancy ; while the
Emperor, fearing that his army might become bur-
thensome to the people, caused.it to he always fol-
lowed by an immensity of provisions and rich maga-
zines. These BEAULIEU would not, and, indeed,
ought not, to sacrifice : he had the glory of saving
the whole, to the advantage of his Sovereign, and
the infinite regret of BUONAPARTU j but he could not
effeta this without employing a considerable part of
his army to escort them.

Another part of his little army was detached t.
reinforce the Garrison of Mantua, and it happily ar
rived there in safety. Thus BEAULIEU had fulfilled
every part of the duty of a good General ; but he
had thus unavoidably weakened himself. In (tefi-
ance, however, of this redudion, he made at Lodi,
with his ten thousand men, an ever memorable re-
sistance to the formidable and overwhelming num-
bers of the French.

2. BUONAPARTE admits that the fire of the ene-
my was terrible; but, according to him, it had no
other etfeet than that of causing the head of the
French column tbr hesitate. He has not chosen the
proper word, for the' Column not only hesitated,
but took fright; nay, to such a degree was it terri
fied and dismayed, thai it wheeled round, and ab-
solutely refused to advance. The faa is incontesti-
ble, and known to thousands ; and BUONAPARTE
himself was struck with such consternation at ir,
that he had recourse to a desperate stratagem to re-
animate the courage of his soldiers. He ordered a
republican flag to be fixed on the bridge, and by
pointing out that standard of liberty, which they
could not leave without shame in the hands of the
Austrians, re-kindled their almost extinguished cou-
rage, and smothered the emotions of fear under the
sense of national honour.

It has never yet been ascertained who it was that
planted this flag on the bridge. BUONAPARTE has
taken credit to himself for this aEt of courage! while
AUGEREAU has asserted that he was the person.—
Whoever it was, the facl is certainly worthy of
praise, and even of being recorded. There is,
however, a circumstance which tends to diminish,
in some degree, the heroism of the achievement—
it is, that the instant the. bearer of the flag advanced
a step before the rest,. BEAULIEU ordered 311 h:s bat-
teries to cease firing. Unfortunately, he imagined
it to be an officer dispatched with a flag of truce,
and therefore ordered one of his Aids-de-Camp to
meet him nor did the firing re-commence till he
was undeceived, and the French officer had rejoined
his army.
It is very extraordinary that BUONAPARTP, in
his official report, should say nothing of this affair of
the flag ; his historian, too, passes it over in silence
in the eternal panegyrics which he makes of his
hero. Now we all know, that, when praise is the
subjea, both the one and the other are more z eady

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of some abatement.

uoa;t.9l.what never happened, than to suppre:-.6
•\!. s•di,y took place. Shall vv.e then say that
Bthile-ApAirri iaa= be*' modest for once in his life;
and that,:i)h ibis Occasion, it did not cost him much
tone .o, since ik was in favour of:an of which
the pub;icity 'could not be affCted byliis silence, as
it was seetkbyt4 two armies inithe_midst of whom

_it pased Or shall we say', that BUON APAR FE was
'unwilling to speak of it, because he must then have
' confessed that his soldiers were intimidated , a fad
which he would not allow,, he, who repeated, with-
out ceasiinz, that be commanded an; prniy of heroes,
inaccessibh, to tear !

3. BUONAPARTE affirms that his terrible co-
lumn overthrew. every thing: that opposed it, that
it tOok all the enemy's tirtillerY, and, in the twink-
ling of an eye, dispersed the whole Austrian Army
This is a very magnificent recital,
_but in comparing
it. with the real fact, we shall find that it will admit

This Army, whatever BuosAPARTE may
be, plea,ed ru say, still maintained a posture, and
indeed, a very 'admirable posture, even after the
French were masters of the bridge. BEAULIEU
•
gailantly waited -tlfeir approach; he had thrown up
' some entrenchments in baste, but with so much
skill, that the French Army was unable to dislodge
him. He kept up, during the.rest of the day, and
'even till' the night was far advanced, a very brisk
fire of niusquetry, and frequent discharges of his
artiliery, loaded with langridge and grape-shot; and
it he retreated on the following night, he retreated
in tranquillity, in perfeet order, and without being
molested in the slightest degree. These, which are
solemn tans, arenot proofs of an " army dispersed,
and. put to complete rout."
kspi: •
BUOIii!LPARTE says that he " lost but few men,
and that the Austrians lost between two and three
:q CorL
Thousand in killed, wounded, and prisoners." It is
than probable.that.theloss of the Austrians is
sp,,gg:rated, since it is the invariable pradtice of
8u.(./NApaitTE to.double and trebke the losses of the,
enemy ; but it is quite certain tbriitrthatof the French
is diminished in an inconceivallle and incredible man-
I.` •We says 'I3II4ON4PARTE, " but lew
men L" And -we, we declare, in our turn, that he
lost: man;•—that he lost an jinn:tense number. We
only appeal for the truth of this_ to the Acial
report made to :the Directory. It is there said,
" that the batile.of Lodi was more
.daring than
that. of the vassage of the Po, and more severe than
the barle of Millesiind." It is there said, " that,
although'since the commencement of the campaign,
ilk.. French had been engaged in mny a&ions ex-
tremely warm, yet that none of them approached in
any degree to the terrible passage of the bridge of
Lodi."

Will any one-inform us why this passage was so
daring, and why this battle was more terrible than
aII the rest 4. if it be not that both the one and'tfie
other were mote dangerous and bloody ?, Now, it
cculd . not be more dangerous and bloo:Ty for the
An-,trians, since they defendod: the bridge; and, in
t!:, kind of combat, it is7the army which attacks
that is eiPosed't6 the whoict fire, while that
which defends has- an it-omen-se. 'advantage: It is
then forthe French that this action was so terrible:
they had, by BUUNAPAIITE'S own confession, to sus-
tain the fire of. thirty pieces of cannon which enfi-
laded the bridge of Lodi, .4nd completely swept it
as, often as the aggresso9 qdvanced : they had to
sustain, thi;: a very co:siderable tunic, for, as he adds,
44 the cannwmcle.lasted seutTql "tours."

But, indepeNently of tje indire& avowal of Boo-
_
NAPARTE, we havea variety of fa&s which prove, to
a certainty-, the prodigious number of men that it
cost him to carry the bridge.of Lodi.
The first is, the terrqr of the French, who, after
. having seen a multitude of their troops destroyed,
refused to advance : they were, however, men in-
ured to war,.:who lived in the midst of 'combats,
. and were familiarized to the sight of dangers ! But
a.,continual fire, a fire always brisk, always destrtic-
Live, struck them with terror; and this, it could-
, only do by incessantly sweeping off whole battalions,
. whose place it was incessantly necessary to 'supply.

'A .second fad is, that the affair of Lodi was not
contined,to the attack and capiure of the bridge :
.there was a second attack,, extremely warm, after
the bridge was carried, and-this was not less obsti-
nate, nor less tiv,arcieroui than the first ; above,all,
fur . the French, ~,vho w:s.J.e not, intrenched, which
the Austrians were, and in a masterly manner. If
we may believe the account Of the French prisoners
(Yn account infinitely more ,redible than that of
131TONAPARTE), this second aaion was a real butchery
on kite side of th‘t! French; and their bodies lay in
such
,irumense numbers, ,that the stiryivors piled.
them up to make ramparts., f?pr.l thus cover them-
selves, in some degree, -froiritthe-fire of the Austrian
trenclunents. We spfaWrolz.mOtitude of French.
prisoners, who were .takeu to, BieiC;a, and who,.
upon being questioned.-by.the inhabitants, gave the
account whiCh we-have just mentionea., . .