The Sun.
London, England, 1808-09-06 00:00:00

IVELIT.

BARBADOES, JULY 19.—His Majesty's Schooner
Subtle arrived yesterday evening from off St. Mar-
tin's, where, with the Wanderer Sloop of War, and
Balahou and Elizabeth Schooners, she had be,:n
gaged in an attempt to carry that Island by a
coup-de-main ; but which they were frustrated in,
owing, chiefly, to some false information of the
enemy's stiefagth, whom, however, they drove from
three batteries, in a very gallant manner—but on
attacking a fourth, had to sustain a sharp conflict,
with more than. treble their number.
About 130 seamen, and marines from this little
Squadron were the whole engaged in the enterprise,
headed by Lieutenant SPEARING of the Subtle, ,;ho
unfortunately fell in storming the last
,battery, in
which attempt about twenty or thirty men were
also killed and wounded. The enemy's force at this

,
post was nearly 500 men, against wnorn it was
impossible to make an etil,c,-tual stand or a safe
retreat—a surrender therefore became the only al-
ternative, and the whole party consequently were
made prisoners. We understand, however, that a
Flag soon after pazed between the SqUadron and
the shore, 'by which an immediate exchange was
agreed upon. Such are the particulars of this un-
fortunate-affair that have.corne to our knowledge.
On Sunday arrived here, the • French Cartel
Schooner La Fine, nine days from Martinique, with
33 prisoners for 'exchange ; and Phcenix Cartel
Sloop, from Cayenne, in six days, with twelve

Letters from the Canary Islands, of the 29th and
30th ultimo, were yesterday received in town. These
prisoners. ' The former Vessel affords no news, nor
letiers describe the conduit of thoselslands from the do we hear of any late captures carried into Mar-
moment they received intelligence of the condu& of tinique ; but by the latter some circumstances have
BUONAPARTB towards the mother country, Before-
ings of the Spa transpired of the highest importance. Without af.
any thing was known of the proceed
niards in consequence of the tidings from Bayonne, feeting to be well informed of their nature and ten-
a Carildo General was called. Their first resolution dency, we shall only for the present observe, that
was to resist French domination ; t-o acknowledge Were we even in possession of every particular that
only the old Sovereignty of Spain in* the- fainily of
the BOURBONS. Tile next resolution of this Assem-
bly has been developed by a most fortuitious discovery,
•
was to solicit theprotedion of England—that •is ,we should not at present, for the most obvious rea-
its maritime protection, for they protested againit sons, enter into any detail.
the idea of admitting any English troops. They
By this Cartel, however,' we learn the capture of
also resolved not to admit into their ports any armed • • .
' vessels belonging to any nation, until they should the -Brig George, M‘KrßisoN,-- from- Belfast,- bound
hear from Spain. But immediately upon receiving to Jamaica, and carried into Cayenne, by the Int-
. accounts from England*, the Junta Guhanativa, ' •
ertal Brio- Serpent of 24 guns and 150 men, which .
*pleb consists of representatives, froth all the Islands, P t) '
decreed that the ports should be thrown opus for all fell itt with her 60 miles to the eastward of this
English vessels. And the-first names in the Islands i Island, and was twenty clays tow •in. g -her up to'
• were appointed to compose this 'Junta, 'which is
Cayenne: The cargo of .the George, ,consisting
assembled a.t Tenerifie; and which" consists of re_ .
pre,sentatives from the different orders of • the corn- of nearly *l2OO barrels of , provisions, and some
numity. Of this asSerobly. El Sena Marques DE dry , goods, aaually • relieved the Colony from'
VILLANVEVA,DEL IYRADO is President, and the Se- a state of starvation, -there not being, at the time of;
cretaries are F. JOSEPI-I OONBA.LEZ Y SOTO, and Don
T - her arrival there, a single barrel at market.—The
JIAN TABARES DE ROO.
There was, on Sunday evening, a very numerous Serpent was from Bourdeaux ; and several other
and elegant concourse of people on the Terrace, at armed Brigs are also expeaed there . from thence.
"Windsor, in expetation and hope of seeing their . A Letter of Marque Ship, with flour, has lately
MAJESTIES and the rest of the Royal Family, but
they did not make their appearance. The last. • given them a seasonable supply. Upon the arrival
three or four days have been very showery,; and the j of La liapide at. Cayenne, a Vessel was instantly
air, in consequence; has•-been rather cool ; but the , dispatched to the river Plate, in consequence of the
-whole of Sunday it continued very fair,. and. the
advices brought by her.
carriages were rattling into the town till near seven .
o'clock. As suon as 'it was known that the Royal ' JULY 23.—. The French Sloop Phonix, from Cay-
Family would not appear, the Bands of the Blues ' enne, which arrived here on Sunday last-as a cartel,
and Stafford played, alternately, several martial and
having excited suspicions as to the real objea of her
other beautiful airs, and the Terrace was crowded
with visitors till past eight, listening' to- them with voyage, has, upon examination, been :discovered to
infinite satisfaOion. with , v,;
1 havc: peen ' charged' p;.patehel: from VICTOR

Huourg to the Captain Get.eta' &NOCE', of Go
daloupe, transmitting -duplicates of those sent by

BLIONAPARTIt from Bayonne, in the lately captured
Schooner kji Ilapide, but which were thrown over-

board during her attempt to escape from the ,Belette.

On board the Phcenix, these duplicates were
found concealed in a bread barrel ; and are not

merely dispatches cram BUONAPAILTE, but embrace
a large mass of ediets, proclamations, and instruct

tions from the fallen 'Monarch of Spain, and big

extinguished satellite the Prince of Pence, to the

Provinces of Carraccas, St. Martha, Carthagenc,

Vera Cruz, Mexico, and -the River Plate, and iu
short,. to the ViCeroys, Governors, and Councils',

throughout -the whole of Spanish South America,
announcing,- on the one .part, the abdication of the

Throne—and the. elevation to it, on the other, of
JOSEPH BIiUNAPARTE, to whOtEl they are enjoined

to pay vassalag9 and obedience,' and deliver up alI
those ektensive and valuable Provinces; to whicb.

the Emperot NAPOLEON guarantees a flourishing-
commerce and extensive trade; under the proteetion .
of the great nation which be controuls.

• The 'xi.iscovery these- dispstebes.is -new- only-
important, as far as they tend to confirm what had
long evidently appeared to be the intentions of
BUO NAPARTE towards Spain. Happily, by subse-
. quest events, all his projeas seem likely to be
completely frustrated, for the gerin of liberty
which burst forth with the counter-revolution at
the head of the Empire, alike pervades her distant co-
lonies;and among them, all fraternalization with ,
the French is already broken. A state of hosti-
fad, has even commenced ; a ~vessel from
Martinique-,.• sent to.the Spanish Main for supplies,
having been made prize of, and all the crew sent
to prison ; another French vessel there,.on the
sane errand, was attacked, but escaped by preci-
pitately putting to sea. All intercourse between
them is now completely at an end ; and Spain may
be fairly said to have shaken off the .yoke of
France.

AuotritfAitTß, confident, however, in his triumph
over Spain, that the South American Colonies might.
not be ignorant of the new Monarch which he
had projected •for them, dispatched. other vessels
besides La Rapido,lo this country with tho man-
dates of the depoSed King for their yielding to the
sway of brother Jusiffeti.- One of these vessels (aa
armed brig) .has eluded all our cruizers, and arrived
at Guadaloupe on the 14th instant ; she was also
direct from Bayonne, and left it about the same
time with La liapide.

We spoke onlyin distant allusion to these events
in our last, La Fine Cartel from Martinique being
here at the time ; the has since sailed, and we are
induced now to be niore explicit. Sir A. Coca&
'UNE, upon investigating the several documents dis-
coveredon 'board the Placid:. (by being charged
with which she so palpably violated the sacred
rights of the cartel flag), had the-vessel seized, and
she has since been libelled in .the Admiralty Court ;.
and--M,. 801111014, who was in charge of the dis-
patches, and the Captain of the vessel, have been.
'sent prisoners to 4ngland iu ;the Sullie Schooner,
-by which. the Admiral also transmitted the dis'
covered papers, entrusted to Lieut. SE oust, wh9
sailed in:the Subtle on Wednesday last.

A Gentleman who made his escape from Bilboh,
soon after the entrance of the French into that tovair
had reached St. Andero, from whence he has writ'
ten, that immediately on the enemy's entering the
town, they, proceeded to commit every species of
depredation, cruelty, • and murder. Several families
were found murdered in their own houses ; and tO
.one of the principal meets, called the Post-office"
street, scarcely a family escaped. The houses Were,
robbed of every thing valuable, the males murdered,
and the females violated, and the towa was literally
given up to pillage. •
The following are the goods permitted, to 'be ex-
ported from Holland
Butter, Cheese, Geneva, Earthenware, Rushes, -".14-ve,
Roots, Tiles and Pans, Hoops, Dried Hides, Cambria, ,ee,,
tiler, Plants, Paper, Pipes, Sach. Saturni, Ground 141*L".
Bricks, Starch,
,Tobacco, Tarras, Flax,rruits, CloYerik
Garden, and Flower Seeds, Madder.
Dr. DAMPIER, Bishop of Rochester, is to b 6
translated to the see of Ely, in the room of the HOP'
Dr. YoRKE, deceased; and the Rev. Dr. VINcENTI
,Dean of Westminster, is said to be the new Bishop
The Rev. JOHN DONCASTER, A. M. a Fellow
, Christ College, Cambridge, is. eleaed Head Master
hof Oakhani School, Rutland.. t land. ,
•

Orders had-been received at Deal for the imire°
diate embarkation of the Brigade of Guards there.-'
The Brigade at Chatham its also to embark, other re"
giment will join them, and this fresh embarkatioti
will eensist of about 10,000 men. ' The embadch-
tion at Cork, which had been suspended, is also
immediately to take place. • ,
A Serjeant of the Royal Stannary Artillery C°'
lunteers has discovered a method by which an oh'
jet} may be. htt with a cannon-ball in the night
time with equal ease, as in open day-light, and
lately.urdered ,by the Board of Ordnance to proceo-1.
to Plymouth-dock to try the experiment, • Which Ile,
did in the presence of Gen. STEPHENS and. sevsr3ii.
other Officers, and has since received the thanks
n.
the Board and a reward tor the discovery. This
genienS man has invented a quadrant, by
gun has been, laid .with such accuracy, that he ha5..1,..)1„
a"pole at a thousand yards distanCe, and broke it 1"
a-single shot.' •

I

SPANISH PAPERS.

IVIALFESTO OF AUGUST
.12Set

After so Many _days of pain and affliaion, the
period has at length aitivbtl_which t could expep
from the;.' firmness and
.valour with which you have
defended this illUstfious capital... klaving witnessed
the shameful flight-of the French slaves, who have
abandoned -the artillery, ammunition, and provi-
sions, which
.their detestabletapacity had heaped up,
16f us now pet:for:in our. principal duly, and offer up
thanks to. the Omnipotent, who has inflicted con-
dign punishment ors those wretched soldiers who
profane the Temples, outrage the eacred images,of
the Divinity, and are such strangers to morality, that
they are not worthy to have any intercourse with
the rest of 'mankind. Let us leave their Emperor
to the remorses.and affliction which are the iot of
tile wicked, and, beseech the Most High, that he
11)4Y vouchsafe to bless again our arms, that the
two Attnies which are in pursuit of the fugitiVe
hers may complete their destruetion.

L" The fields of .S'aragossa, its gates, and even its
streets, are stained with. the blood of 8,000 French-
xlen, who havi'paid, with their lives, for the teme-
lity of their Chief. This is the fruit which they
!lite reaped from their entrance into Arragon. All
tlrope, nay the,Univese, will hear with horror; the
detestable names-of their Generals,`LE FEavat and
VER'DIEtti who, 'untnindfUL of the good treatment
Ahe 'drench prisoners and all the natives of
trance eititilenced in .Atraton, hive committed the
‘iinlost atrucitieS. They Yety justly appreciated the
difference between the system of an ambJious and
treacherous Government, and that of a nation which
cements its felicity by the fairest prineiples of justice,
and considers not 4t real enemies those Who tool*. no
Share in the condua of their Government.
'I France will long deplore the calamities.which
the wat with Spain has prepared for her, and cannot
feeollea,witlititit the deepest Sense of shame the
iteana `iinployeti td carry it on.

" Hifsbaucuen, artizans, orphans, aged, and• re.
ligious petidns; 76 ,N,llO have been reduced to ini47
gene and misery in COnsequence of your fields being
tired, yoUr houses destroyed, and your property,
which, however small, constituted your whole for-
tunei and ail your comforts robbed by the French--
6 easy: you have the good fortune of living in
arid your's is the glory to haVe defend-
the 'capital of Arragon, whereby our enemy
'as preven'led from deibl'ating the rest of thi!i
tifut Provike. You bOre up with resignation ou-
tlet your sufferings, and-disregarded your private
ter(
es s, in order to proniote the general good.
i cannot look with indifference on deeds of he=
ioistti like your's, nor omit any opportunity of pro-
eLlting-YOU relief: I 14. re very particularly charged
the Intenda'nt General of the Kingabrii; D. LotteNzo

kALBO, as Soon al, the, most pressing occupations
of the present period shall permit it, w relieve your
'vlthts by every tileaus. in his power; and I depend
64 the generoUs-feelings of all SpaniardS, and on the
liberal sentiments of odr beloved King, that all pos7
eible etertion *ill be Made to indemnify you for
Your sutrerings and losses.
" PA LA r 0 X."
nead-quancis, Saragossa, A tig. 13, 1808."

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'
r 13iRcELotiA, AUG. B.—To supply the present
nteessitiet, and provide for the army which has been
raised and organized in this Province, the Supreme
lately has ordered, that the estates situated in it,
aPPertaining to bon MN AUEL GObOt, Ehall
the be Sole b Public adatiOn, or let out at a rent. Thus
i nuninie property and riches acquired at the
exPnce, and ti_.
y the sacrifices, of the. Nation, by The
most foolish and ambitious of men, will ultimately
be rendered useful to it.
VIANA (IN PORTUGAL), Atm B.—The English
Who have lauded.- in Figuera, together with the
Spanish and Portuguese, compose at army of
100,000 teen, which on the mth or 18th inst. will
attack Lisbon.

OVIZDO, AUG. 22.----The Capta;:n of a Merchant
\re-Esti which arrived at Gijon from Plencia; the day
before yesterday, has asserted on oath, that the
French, to the number of frdtn 7 to 8000 melt, en-
tered Bilboa on the 16th, with the loss of about 2000
Inen from the resistance they met with : the people
of Bil boa seeing themselves without succour, add
lm°st Wit
hout arms, capitulated; on oritlitiotis that
they should receive no injury either in their persons
or property. But the French troops, habituated to
.feroc,:ty and licentiousness, when they entered the
town, plundered and set fire to it, and killed se-
veral persons. They had not left the place on the,
19th, and we do not yet know all the excesses they
have committed.. These armies, which we treated
with so much kindness, have every where left dread-
ful proofs that they are the enemies of the human
race, and have substituted every crime for the laws
of nations and the sentiments of humanity.,
France can any longer tolerate . such monsters, she'
ought to be,!blotted out from the list ,of Civilized
Nations.
We cannot see with indifference a. paper which
has been publicly circulated within these few days.

!t purports to be printed InArld; and edntaina a
. . •
letter frOrn a person stippOsed to be resident in
`Paris, to his friend in Spain, in v.-hich he asserts;
• • • •„
'that FKADINAND VII. has been proclaiinea there,
•
&c. We, however, are far from giving the least
credit to the assertion, but believe it to be Utterly
false; and we Can have no doubt that such papers
.are introdUced into, and dispersed in Spain, by our
enemies, only to disarm the Nation and extinguish
the glorious spirit by which it is animated, by making
it suppose that its wishes are fulfilled. In like man-
ner the Gazettes of Madrid, when udder the French
controul, disfigured facts, and pUbliihed the most
loll:indent falsehoods; and in like manner the Ca-
binet of St Cloud erideaitours to persuade the rest
of Europe, and the French themselves, that Jo-
saPsi NArotzoir and his army left Madrid froth
fear of 'a contageous fetor; and retired to Burgos,
as a more healthy country Whereai it was the burn-
ing fever of the invincible at-Mies of Arragon, An 7
dalutia; Valeticia, arid of all Spain; which made
them fly froth thecapital, and which will force theni
to fly from BtirgOs", and beyond the Pyrenees. No;
Spaniards will not sutler themselves to be deceived
by false intelligence, or the treacherous promises of
the Cabinet of Paris. „

ADDRESS tO THE ARMY.

. ,
ARRAG,,NESE SOLDIERS WHO DEFEND SARA.,
GOSSA.--II IS now two months that the French.
Armies, styled invincible, have besieged this capital,
and,used all means whicit cruelty and v illainy could
suggest to distins it-. Not satisfied with robbing
the most sacred things, burning the crops in the
murdering innocent and defenceless persons,
and violating in the most scanclaionS manner all wo.
Men whom chance or MiSlOitUlIC threw in their
way, they have throaAt upwards of five thousand
bombs and "shells into the town, atiac ked se oral
times with the utmost fury all points ot defence and
batteries, and have not allowed us one stngie da) or
night's rest.. You have known how to resist every
where ; your bravery, your firmness, the sacred en..
thusiasm inspired by rcligioo and your native land,'
niade you forget all ideas of repose, and prefer death
to the humiliation of • the Spanish name. Your
wives, whose admirable valour has exalted them far
above the most glorious deeds recorded in history,
daring the most sanguinary contests, have appeared
amongst you to animate your courage, and to ad-
minister to you provisions and aid. All Europe ad-
mires the defence made by Saragossa. The whole
Spanish nation offers up prayers to the Most High
in your favour, and when it shall be blown that ail
the calamities experienced by this town, the destruc-
tion of many houses, and the robberies committed
by the vile slave's of BUONAPARTE, have not been
able to extort one single tear or complaint, posterity
will perhaps incline to question a heroism so great
and exalted ; but the -mennoty of so many officers of
merit, of .so many heroes, but lately peasants, and
now solders, whose names shall be published in
more peaceful times, must at all times live in the bo-
som of your grateful country. Soldiers, our tate is
now decided—our triumph is sure ; complete the
work you have so well commenced ; let not one
escape of those treacherous destroyers of the peace
of the human kind. • The valiant Spanish armies,
accustomed to conquer, are hastening to you!' assist-
ance; be prepared, and when the moment shall at-
rive that you are called out, which may soon hap-
pen, assemble with alacrity, pay implicit obedience
to your Chiefs, and complete the extermination of
the'FretiCh army, which has so ill concluded itself in
Spain.

JOSEPH DE PALAFOX Y 11/NLEI.
Head-quarters, Saragossa, Aug. 13, 1803.

VILLANUEVA; JULY 23.—Here, as in every other
part of this prinCipaiiity, we are in the highest spi-
rits, in consequence of the repeated successes we
have obtained over the French, whom we have con-
tinually defeated in every engagement we have had
with them, and with great loss on their side, not-
withstanding their army . has been reinforced with
six thonsand men. Yesterday the Marquis DE PA-
LACIO); the General in Chief of the army, which
we expect from Mahon, entered Tarragona, with
his whole Staff I and to-day five thousand men will
be disenibarked, which, when added to our brave
Catalonians; will form an army of 50,000„. men.
We believe that there are not in Barcelona more
than 1,500 French troops, as the remaining 5,000
haVe left that city with an intention to attack Ge-
rona,Windt they find it very difficult to approach,
oft account of the obstacles in the toads, which the
inhabitants; being aware of their de:Sign in time,
bii.e cut up. At-the sight of snob uhexpeeled dif-
ficulties, they reiolted td take post on the Side of
Mataro. The city of Tortola is in the best state of
defence, the forts, walls, arid the banks of the river
are lined with cannon. The Catholic inhabitants of
Gerbna, knowing that the memorable defence of
that City; and the VidGry gained over the French
army, has been more a miraculous effect of the
powerful intercession of their illustrious Patron, St.
NARCISSUS; than their own natural strength or he-
roism, haVe resolved to give a public and religious
testimony of their eternal gratitude to their glorious
protector, by appointing him, in all form, and with
the greatest soletrinity, Generalissimo of their
troops, and placing on his body the military en-
signs suitable to that office.—(oiiiedo Gatettt,,
ilugust 24.).