The Sun.
London, England, 1808-07-18 00:00:00

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SECOND EDITION.

A Letter from Palermo, dated.l4ay 31, sjays..—
‘.! You were informed in my, last letter of the loss of
,Scylla and Reggio.,. This, however, is of.little con-
,setinen ce, as the masse in Calabria have since that.'pe,
nod had continual skirmishes; Nvith :the .French in
every quarter ,of both Calabrias. A feW days ego
intelligence was received that the 'Calabrese masse
had landed on the shore 'of Gijoa, after taking pos-
session of the little fort, and killing all the garrison.
They afterwards marched to the Woods of Rosarna,
where the French and Neapolitan force attacked
them. The action was bloody, and lasted for seve-
ral hours, but terminated, to the advantage of the
masse; many hundreds of the French and Neapoli-
tans, were' killed, and many of them taken prison,
ers-7amongst whom, it is
:reported, is tlfe, Prince
STROt4GOLI PIGNATELLI. It is clearly ~,ascertained
that the French have concentred ithernselves 'in
Reggio, Scylla, 'and •Menteleon, and are beaten by
the masse in every encqltiter. At Cosenza, bott
those who have been hitherto French partizans, and
the masse, have revolted. 'his compelled the French
to quit their, head-quarters, and burnt the hospital
with. 200 wounded French. The French partizans
in general are believed, in consequence of the cruel-
ties and ill-usage they have received from the.
French, to haVe repented, and to be disposed to make-
common cause with the Royalists. Should this be
the case, the Kif'gdotn of Naples, together-with the
Capital, must revert to its legitimate master. The
masse in the Abruzzo are very near Venasco, which
is not more then 4.0 miles from Naples. Not a
month elapses but they intercept the French Mails
and Dispatches froM and to Naples, which they
bring to Palermo. Ttipy lately intercepted a Mail,
and killed four French ,Dragoons who escorted it,
together with the COuriei, ~it is scarcely possible to
express The fear which the wench in both Calabrias
are aduated by at this moment ; suffice it to say,
that no one is allowed to be out of his house after
nine o'clock at night, under pain of death. No one
is, allowed to go to Church except on Sunday. Only
one mass is allowed- to be Celebrated at a time, and
then only in the presence of a sentinel, for fear the
inhabitants should converse together. In the same
manner they are prevented, as far as possible, from
conversing; together at home. The Cathedral alone
-is allowed to be opened on Sunday, the other
Churches are shut. . It remains to be seen whether
the Calabrese will suffer such a Government to ex-
ist. By the news brought from Naples, it is
known that great want and misery prevail there.-a•
The population are in despair, and are ready to re-
volt ; but they are not yet quite ripe for it, because
out ing does not wish them to carry it into prac-
tice at present. The poor people therefore sutfer,,
ih the.hope that the King will at length send them
succours, to enable them to carry such a project
into effect. I doubt, however, whether the Neapo-
litans will any longer bear their sufferings. JOSitPli
BLIONAPARTE has issued a Proclamation, stating,
that lie had been obliged to accompany,his Wife to
Milan for the benefit of her health, the air of Na-
ples not agreeing with her ; and therefore recom-
mending to his faithful subje&-s the defence of his
States : (such is the language of an infamous.
Usurper.) At the same time, however, the gens-
d'arrnes who were established by the French Govern-
ment have been disarmed. Every body is required,
under the penalty of death, to protide themselves
with a card of safety, at an expence, per month,
of ten carlions (about 3s. 6tl. sterling) fOrevery
housekeeper; 75 granos (about 2c 8.l.) for every
One of the family ; and e 5 granos for every servant.
You have here the deplorable state of the unfortu-
nate Kingdom of Naples, after two years and a half
of French Government. God preserve this poor
Kingdom_ from the effeas of the despair of the
people! The French themselves openly •declarei
that they are perfe&ly aware they cannot stay, the
inhabitants themselves being a set of Brigands never
to be tanned, even if the whole French force Was
to be colleted there.. Every day therefore, of their
'stay seems to them a day too long. I trust in Divine
Mercy for compassion on the people, and hope.those
who now govern ifs will. soon be thoroughly con-
vinced that it would be much better to be tranquil
in their own Country, than govern under the in-
fluence of so much fear,' where they are so much
hated:,

SUN-OFFICE.

WALT-PAST TWO O'CLOCK.

The following Bulletins were issued this day from

d -1
1- r ASTLER44OII' s Office.

" Downing-street, July 18, 1808.

" Letters have been received at this Office from

Major-General SPENCER, off Ayamonte, dated the
f
25tb,and 6th of June. The Major-General vas

on his return to Cadiz from off 'the Southern Coast

of Portugal, where he left the 'Portuguese Flag fly-

Lug along the whole extent of Coast of the ProNince

of Algarve, :QA, all the Forts and Batteries.

," The Spanish Frontier on the iide.of Ayamonte

iad7remained perfeEtly secure since. the British

•
Force had approached that Cciast ; and the di...Ach-

ments of the Enemy's Farce, which, on General

SPENCER'S arrival, had retired.to Villa Real, aid

Castro Marin, have since surrendered themselves,

with the above-mentioned places, to' the :Portuguese

Troops?'

" Downing-itreet,July 18, 1808.
" Advices from Lord COLLINGWOOD, of the 26th

June, state, that accounts had been.received that

General DUPONT was in great distress, surrounded

on3all sidei, and disappointed of the reinforcements

heexpeaed.

" On the 16th he retired six leagues behind Cor-

Bova, and the Spanish Army advanced. Intelligence

had arrived that DUPONT had PROPOSED TO

CAPITULATE, if allowed to pass into France un-

molested ; but nothing short of unconditional sur-

render would be accepted.
Dupo/;ri bad retired to Andugar. CASTANOS'i Out

pats were at Aldia de Rio, within two miles of the

.
Eriert•'s rear. The whole
_regular force under

CASTANOS, amounted to 21,000 Infantry, 2,500

Cavalry, and a fortilidable train of Artillery."

NAVAL NEWS.

From the LONDON Gt.ZETTE, 3'illy i 6. ,

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- Admiralty-Office, July 1.6, 1808.
COfiy of a. Letter from Captain John Duer, of His
Majesty's Ship the Aurora, to the iron. IV 1
Pule, dated on board that Ship,. Carlisle Bay,
Barbadoes,the 2d June, 1808.
I beg leave to' repreSent to you, for the inforini-
lion of my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty,
that on- my passage to the West Indies in . His 'Ma-
jesty's Ship Aurora under my command, with a
convoy, on the egth ult.. I fell in with and captured,
after a chace of four hours, the French Schooner
Privateer Le Vengeance, pierced for 14 guns, but
mounting eight g-pbuuders and one long 12-pounder
on a pivot, with 86 men ; four
.of the g-pounders she
threw overboard in the chace. She bad been out
twenty-Six days from Pointa-Petre, GuaclalOupe, but
had made no capture. .
It appears she was His Majesty's late Schooner
the Tobago. I have the Honour to be, &c.
JOHN DLTEit.

PLYMOUTH, JULY 16.--Arrived the • Orestes
Sloop of War, from the Mediterranean. She, touch-
ed at Lisbon on the 30th ult. where she learnt that
every thing was going on faVoUrably on the part of
the Spanish and, Portuguese Patriots. The latter
were anxiously expeaing the arrival of naval and mi-
litary aid -from this country, in order to compel
the Russian Fleet in the Tagus, 3and the French
Force under JVNOT; to sn?render.

DOVER, JULY W.—The Expedition under the
command of Sir, JoHN MooRE, arrived in the
Roads this morning from Gottenburgh ; but it being
a calm, it has come to an anchor. There are about
135 Sail of transports, under convbY of the Audd-
cious. The -43 d Regiment came, in
.to-day from
Hythe, and march to-morrow for Ramsgate.

JULY
.17.--The:Expedition still remains in sight
to the Westward, the wind being unfavourable.

The 97th Regiment marched in this afternoon,
from Brabourn Lees, and proceed to-morrow to
Ramsgate for embarleatiOn.

. Letters, dated the 26th ult. have been received by
the Brothels, IsAAds; arrived at Plymouth from
Oporto: They mate that the French troops which
bad approached Oporto, under General LEIS ON, fell
back on the advance . of the Patriotic 'Army, and it
was understoed had reached Ciombro, in the hope
Of effeaing'a junction with the main body at Lis-
bon: A Letter dated the 25th, contains the follow-
ing particulars, !---,. ' . .
" Louts D'OLit'EtaA is a prisoner, and it is
generally supposed he, as well as several ‘others in-
clined to the French interest, will be executed in a
day or two on the' Rope Walk. It is impossible
for me to relate to you the fransaainns that have
taken place in the course of these three or four days.
In all this hurry and Confusion, I, am' sure there has
not been more than two or three lives loit. The
Portuguese Ship, Cif!! qf Oporto, is moored close to
the bridge, mounted with heavy gnus. No French have
'vet made their appearance, and I can assure you as
a faa, we had, two days ago, when the alarm bells
rang, in this-city and neighbourhood, not less than
70,000 men under arms. We are all soldiers here
to a man. I. kept watch to the great guns last night,
at the entrance of the bridge, and it is the true, and.,
sincere with of every one that this cotintry .may be
restored to its former Government."
OLD BAILEY.-011 SatOrdAy. 14
.rcisohert) were.
tried, two of whom were capitally Convkled, viz.
Joseph West, for a burglary in the dwelling-house
SANLiGATE, JULY 17, FOUR O'CLOCK, 'P. M.—' of John ' Hanson, and stealing. four . table=spoons,
More than 100 Sail of Transports, having on board three table-cloths, and other articles, his 'property';
Gottenburgh, are now on their.way
thiTroops from and a . pair of sugar-tongs, 'a table-Spoon, and other
articles, of • Charles Clapham. Donald Robinson
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to the Westward. Such appeared to be the urgency of for stealing seven 11. bank notes of John Brickon-
the service they 'are destined for, that notWithitand-
they did not put back t shear, privily from his. person. 1, ~ , ~ 4
ing the wind was contrary, tight were convicted of .felony, viz. Thomas
the Downs, but remained all night at anchor be- Richardson, James Kieff,°Ann Fiulaud, James.Hen7-
tween Folkstone and the South Foreland ; and the
° Cripps„ Catharine Perry, Saniuel, Feary, Daniel
moment the tide served this morning they Icy, ,and Win. Taylor ; and tour were acquitted.
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again under way; the headmost Ships are now: nem;
‘,.,,1:, on:S-Excn A.NGF, JULY 18.—T6(,1:e are large Op-
C
:plies of W.lie•it arrived to-day, and sales very
.heavy,
at -a redniction in price of about 3 and 4s. per quar-
to Dungeness, and' the rear are at this mommt '.,ter;. very litttle Barley, Malt, or White Pease, eadh
Pacila'nr.,tgobtyt.he German ~
. , -of' which are higher'i Grey,,and Beans of both sorts,
Le,;ion passed Ihvough title are dearer i Oats are in consider:lWe supply, but
of the 43dMarcl'iedon the same sertvii)ct'e ;..k.etst!e');Clat-)"'
early, .011 their way, to Ittinsgaie ; -tilhetardlye,ir:sladstewaneseeks. a further advaireei and Flour
.

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• LAXkkpORT.

, . C911,1,t7.120)C1NG!s BENCH., (tux t 6. ,
SITTINGS 130PQR1 LORD :ELLiNDORODGII AND A srzciitt
JURY.
.1,- MUM.: CON.- .•
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vtaex.ea, eta. v.. READER, ESA.
This *Man, ;talon ittpUting to the Defendant a
criminal itatereenrse with the Plaintiff's wife.—The
dareagea were laid at 20,000 i.
, Mr..Gialkow said, he was never called upon" to •
exercise hit professional duties under circumstance 4
of greater pain Atld anxiety. The Defieidani was,a
Gentleman belonging to the same profession Pi him
self, and with whom he had had a long intimacy
and friendship. That fa&, he trusted, would not
subject him to‘any unjust criticism; or do away the
received opinion .that Advocates, :mwever painful _
the duty cast upon them, ttlways concluded thetas-
selves with hotieur'and honesty towards theirelients,
He had said so much, lest it should by possibility be
imagined be would •dO less against the Defendant
than he should against an indifferent person placed
in the smile situation. The Plaintiff' was a Gentle-
man-of fortune, and had passed much of his time
in the West Indies, where,- in the year 170, he
had become enamoured of his pteSent wife, who
was certainly a. feinale of Most accomplished mane ' •
ners and great beauty. Shortly after his marriage he
came tie England, and resided for a time in Hatton-
Garden. • The Defendant at that time had been ,
chosen eCloneh:Commandarit of a Volunteer Corps,
and the taut of the Plaintiff's having a Company in
the same Corps brought the parties on a footing of '
extreme intimacy. Shortly after this the Plaintiff
changed his residence, and took a. soacious house in
Russell-squiare, where the Defendant appeared to
have commenced a system
.of intercourse so extra-
ordinary, that the Jury. would have to determine
whether there was not something more that) friend-
ship M the visit's he paid. . The dtity would find
Mr. Reader at the Plaintiff's' house late and early;
besieging, as it were, the Perkin of Mr's. Walker,
and pursuing her lils,e her Shadow ; waiting on the • -
steps of the door, catching as it wee every casual
.
whisper, and ailing in a witty' as if he felt it
sible to live. apiirt front her. Whatever way she
rode out Mr. Reader was sure to be upon the road,
and the coachman,-as a matter of eobtse, drew up
the moment, he saw him, and took him in. On
one occasion the blinds were draWn down, and in;
deed a Variety of circumstances tdok'pNCe, which' it
,was impossible to reconcile in ;toy other way than
by imputing a criminal intercourse between the
parties. Mr. Reader would be found folloe ing Mrs, -
NV. to Cheltenharri, visiting her in the atssence of her
husband, sitting with her in a room with the door
fastened, and the window•turteins drawn, and, in
short, ceeduer;ng hiniSelf Ina way that none of the •
common .purpeses of life call for. Oti one oeca-
sion, in towel, the Servant: went to the parlour iri
which Mr Reader and MrS. Walket were sitting,
to get the: newspaper, when, the then& the door
fastened.. On knocking, and telling her errand,
Mrs. NV. opened the door 4utfcien4 to put bet
arm through and cave it. Again attlieltenhatn, the
servant ob,ervect Mr. ft. coming Out of the sitting
room, and obscrv,:d Mrs. dress, which wilt
blaCk, marked with powder ori the shoulder, the
sofa discomposed, and one • of the cushicins upon
the ground. Mrs. Walker did not wear. powder, but
Mr. Reader did. Such were the mat'erials he had
to lay' beforethe Jary,-aodthey would decide as to the
suspicion they ,naturally excited. It Was true, the
witnesses in support a these fa&s were discarded
servants, all of whom had left Mfs. Walker's
vice in displeasure ; they would therefore watch theit
testimony with great circurnspeaMii, and if they
slidtild believe they wetb conspiring against the
peke and happiness of the Plaintiff and his wife,
and seeking to ruin and disgrace the Defendant; God
fostitl they sisultt succeed : on the other hand; if
they should bOeve them to be the witnesses of
truth, they would judge of their testiniony es man-
kind ingeneral would judge ; and if they thought
the criminal , intercourse established, they would •
say so.. The next question would theh be the
amount of damageS; and he would not disgrace him=
self by saying, If the criminality was ..dpparerit, that
it was not an aggravated case. The Plaintiff *a&
possessed of an amiable and beautiful wife; and
the way the Defendant got introduced to the family
Would snake his dereliCtion the more Inexcusable.- .
Men' associated iii military life had generally a nice'
sense of honour, and if the Defendant had abused''}
the confidenCe of the Plaintiff, and seclneed his wife,
he ought to pay damages adequate to the injury he •
had infitew. The Learned Munger concluded by
saying, that if the Jury were satisfla?of the Des:-
fendant's guilt, they would say so by their verdi&';
but on the contrary, should the evidende not esta-
blish the case; he for one . should he"gtfid that'his
friend in the hOut of trial had not been,_ found want-
ing in those moral and religious dillies whichhe
had hitherto considered him as possessing.
The ATTORNF.Y GENERAL said, he would not
give the Learned Counsel the•trouble of proving the
marriage, &c, but at once admit that part of the case. .*
Mr. Alexander Kay was then. called, and spoke -
to the absence.of the Plaintiff in Scotland dating the
summers of 1805 and 6. Mrs. • W.was pressed- to
accompany her husband, but ,she dedined it. -The.,
Plaintiff, he said, wAs an affeelionate husband. 'Wit-
ness called one day to see the Plaintiff, whom
,he '•
understood to be -indisposed; and was , surprised on
.being told that Mr. and Mrs: Walker were both :
tfrom • home: I-4s sister accompanied -him, and
tthinkingthe serviint. had beeritf?ld to'cleny his master,`
' ;she said, " I am sure your master it at home, there- 1
ifor step into the parlour, while thy-brother goes
up stairs." On saying this,' she opened the parlour .
door, and found Mrs. Walker and Mr. Reader t 00...
ther.
Mrs. C. Lancaster, a LadY wh6 had resided fot
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.tiome time in the Plaintiff's house in Russell-square, •
,spoke to the, almost daily visits Of the Defendant'
'when the Plaintiff was absent: That he attended
:Mrs. W. and herself to the play three times that',
'Mr. Lancaster was
,alwa'ys .of the pdr.ty, and Mr..
,Reader's son once. That after .the play the party' ,
:supped together. That Mrs. Readet was obliged to
go to Brigioon on ,account of the sudden severe in-
disposition, of her daughter; and that the engage 4
talents for tile plaY were -made before Mrs. Rendef
Was apprised of such indisposition ; and that Mrs,.
Reader was to have' been one of the party. That
Mr. Reader and 'cis on enother evening
_supped at
Mrs. NValker's, and Mr. iftradir reaa to them. 'a
nvel called " Elermsprong, or Man as 1-. e is not."