The Sun.
London, England, 1808-09-08 00:00:00

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In the pocketp of the French, General .THlBeertees ,, In our paiierof Tneerlay we Mentioned the ensue--
who:fell in •the. glorious battle .of the 21st, at Vi- peseful,attack which he. el been made upon the Island
ttiliera, was found the .following ; bt St. aViattcti'a. .:We laave Since received some fa-
, Torres Vedras,.August zo, ISA thee particulars. The Island had been long considered
... .
ARMY ,O,F, PORTUGAL. . as a shelter, eo the nutrierous French privateers VkliCh
GENERAL ORDER OF THE ARMY. : ... West the West Indies; and obstru6t the trade of this
His Highness the Duke \Of ABRANTES has issued Chuntry :, it becarnee, therefore, a desirable (shied
the following Organization for the Moveable Army : to endeavour to extirpate. this nest of depredators.—,
FIRST DIVISION. Our
.men soon obtained possession of the lower fort,'
,
Delaborde, General of Divi- 2d light infantry, 7eth infantry of six guns, which were instantly spiked ; -MeV loss
sion of the line, the Swiss grena- 1 so far was trifling; but on ascending the rocky
Bremidr, Gen. of Brigade , diets and . voltigeurs-artil;• heights, covered with the prickly pear, the superiority
bf the enemy Was very severely felt,: as. a number
SECOND DIVISION.
Loison, Gen. of Division - 12th and igth light infantry; of brave fellows fell, among whom was Lieutenant.
Folignac, Gen. of Brigade - szd, ;Bth, and 82d infantry of SPEARING, their gallant Leader, who was shot
Chailot, Ditto - - - - the line artillery, ;pieces.
through the chest within ten yards of the upper
fort, and almost instantly expired. His fall occa-
sioned much consternation among his companions;
who reluctantly retreated to their boats, but were
' obliged to surrender. Captain CROFTON, of the
1
Wanderer, finding the fire from the fort so tremena
dous and incessant, sent a flag of truce on shore,
which was accepted, and the whole of the prisoners
who could be removed with safety were given up. .
Thus fell, in' the prime.of life, in -a most daring
and gallant attempt, a promising active Officer, whose
i long services in his profession certainly entitled him.
1 to the notice of his country; in whose cause he had
received eleven wounds, particularly at the battles of
Cepenhageo, and. in the West-Indies, and closed a
We are happy in being able to, state, that JOVEL- . career of glory, animating his men by his example,
LANOS, though named Minister of the Interior by I on the batteries of Sr. Martin's. .
Josef"' BUONAPARTE, never accepted of that office; Nothing can better evince the admiration which
and while the French were at Madrid, though , even his enemies entertained of ,his conduct on this
strongly urged to repair to that' eityeconstantly re- occasion, than the tribute conferred,on his remains:
fused to quit his residence at Jatiraciiie, in the Pro- he was interred with all the honours of war, the
vidence of Guadalaxara, where, after histleliverance French Commandant *himself attending, and also
If King JOSEPH had been ii English instead Of ii
'
from prison by FERDINAND VII. he had taken up perm Corsican Lawyer, he weillit, from his receot erf-
itting part of the gallant crew of the Subtle to '
his abode in the house of a friend, for the re-esta- pay their last sad duty to their beloved Commander. ventures, have been perf'ettly qualified to Write .a
brishrnent of his health, impaired by seven years . It afterwards appeared, that the enemy had re- treatise ?non alie,Writ of Latztat et disolirit.
close confinement at Majorca,. It is needless to add, ceived information of the intended attack; • and were BIJONAPARTE has ordered his slavish Mete ..f 6 te.
that- this virtuous and enlightened Patriot is equally prepared accordingly; upwards of 900, troops being . &One Madrid to
port that- his Brother JOSEPH retired
zealous in the cause of his country, as he is able in the fort, while the storming party consisted 'only Burgos to avoid a cOntagiceasfeeea. It is very pagaa.
effectually to serve her best interests, by his eaten- of 135 men. Out of forty-three sent from the Subtle, ble that the Continent will in a shoie time, induce
sive knowledge, his just and- liberal principles, and seven were killed and seventeen wounded. • him to feel airong symptoms of an agile,' ftrid,,t.ilat
firm and inflexible character. • The following is a copy of the. older issued on the his whole family too will experience a sliakivfit7,
INDlA.—Extraa of a Letter from an Officer in. melancholy occasion, by 'Capt. CROFTON, of hid. Mrs. MUDIE, the heroine of to a Windsor Ceime
the East India Cornpanv's service : . Majesty's Ship Wanderer:--,- - ' Many, is engaged for the ensuing a'hason at Tharp-
, •
Lane Theatre; This Lady hae altered great fro-
." Deetii, DEC. 16, .1807.-1 left Bengal in May ' "TO THE COMMANDING OFFICERS OF HIS tie.resee'e vincial repute in the higher walks Of tra:gedy, dirditi
last, and Calcutta in June, and after a painful jour- -' • SCHOONERS SUBTLE AND BALLAHOU., genteel comedy. • ,
ney of nearly four months, partly by land, partly• -
.'" You all well know the melancholy though glorious death BANNISTER is performing tie the Potteries in Staf-
by water, arrived here on the 13th of October, ,of Lieut. G. A. Spearing, late Commander of his Majesty's '
owing- greatly to -the tedious. navigation of the . Schooner Subtle, who fell fighting for his King and C>ii,,zry; rotoshire, but b hisy eetensive theat.;•eil- tnnie dor..
his corpse this evening is to receive the honours of war, ~on- ing the 'Summer, lie had preeiOnsly filice ..is own
Ganges, the stream of which runs very rapidly ' ferred by his enemies, adMirers of his gallantry 50(1 courage t vessel to the brim.
down, while the wind blows always strongly in a You will join, on a signal from Inc (when the tort shall have
,
fire" a shorted gun), to fire minute galas."-Dated 4th I uly, The Provincial Theatres, this season; What very
contrary direction. We-have received a good deal of oft st. Martin's. few exceptions, . have been very unProspermis,
trouble with a. petty Chief, named Dhoodiah Khan, — . though individuals of established' merit have per-
who had the command of a district in the heart of '
The following animate:; eulogium on the BRI- for Med with succees.
our new conquest, and against. whom it was hardly •
TISH Ca:4sTITuTioN came from the pen of Dr. SYM- Mrs. POPE, who accompanied tier husband on his
thought necessary to take any precaution. In Sep-
aloes whose %lineable lines, in honour of the theatrical trip to Ireland, hai heeti employing her
tember last he thought proper to
_rebel, and abet ' „ '
. LITERARY rust), recited on its last 'Anniversary
himself up in a very strong tort called Cornota. A . talents as an artist with great. shccess at Cork, where
force composed of 5000 infantry and lOW cavmlry, Meeting, we , had the pleasure 01 inserting a few her character and conduct have procured her the
under the command of General Xackens„ a King's .months ago. This description of our excellent .Sys- countenance and esteem of the first people.
Officer, was sent against him, and opened the ten of Government forcibly manifests the political The ez./de fashion, whiCh is at preseet.se prevatint
trenches on the 12th of' 06tober. During. he siege acumen of the learned author, and also exhibits in among the females in the higher circles, seema iii
glowing' colours the real of the genuine patriot, with have been imported from Ulabeiie; and it. must be
he was so daring as to attack' us two or three timed,
in one of which onsets he had t.early succeeded in the eittightened views of the philosopher, and the ' acknowledged, from some late trials, flat many of
_ those females' may reasotiably be thought te have
driving us from the trenches. By the middle of benevuienceaef the Orient hiopist.—" To the sagaci
derived from the same place all their notions of
November we had our approaches close to the ditch, cious and unprejudiced eye, which contemplates the
of England, es it was established in ehata:it,Y•
the scarp of which was blown in on the 18th, and
1689--ato the eye which can command this admi- We may soon ex edit a new translation of Fiersiul,
on the teth the place was stormed. •Our gallant
rable system 01 liberty in all its beautiful cornplexi- . from Mr., GIFFORD, to whom; the public are indebt-
little army fought three bouts, and made brave and
repeated, though unsuccessful, attempts to enter
ty ; which sees it diffusing through the whole ed for such a faithful and spirited translation of Jua
subordination of, its community more 'equal freedom venal, as well as fur many original compositions
the breach, when the General found it necessary to
"call them off, distressing tO 'relate, with the dreadful than has ever yet resulted from any other plan of charaeterized by taste, learning, and genitee and _
political institution •; which observes it extending particularly fur the annihilation of the affected I)ELLA
loss of 40 Officers and 600 men killed and wounded.
the. controul of law to its highest Subject, and the CRUSCA School of Poetry. ~
The Rebel Chief had, however, sustained so great
loss, and Was so very apprehensive of another attack, protealion of law to its 10i.vest ; which views it every From one of our sea ports there are said to 'rive
wilel.e jealously checking and balancing its trust of been sent off tee. Holland ne fewer than one teou-
that he abandoned the place the same night, and we
entered it next morning. We learn he has got to Power; which beholds it opening all - its emolu- sand copies' Of therGazatte containing the particulars
tbemountains, and• that most of his followers were ments, and honoUrs, with the exception of one un- of the late glorious viaory of Sir ARTHUR WEL-
dispersed ; in consequence of which, we are in daily attainable dignity, to the exertions of ability and vir- LESLEY—aii article of British exports that will pro-
dispersed;
of seeing him brought in by his own tile, .and thus uniting the animation of a common- bably be considered by the people of Holland to be
people, in order to procure their pardon." wealth with the trampiillity and ea.ecutiveness of aan objea both of curiosity and value.
Monarchy ; which surveys it, in short, as it effi- SENSIBILITY.—Perhaps it would be d4cult to
The following Historical Anecdote, though trivial cientty combines democratic energy with hereditary .. give a more striking instance
g.--- of the poianancy of
in itself, is not unimportant, as a proof of the jea- power in its legislature, aid democratic feeling with sensibility than the followin
The Rev22Mr. C—,
lousy and vigilance with which the Spanish Cortes legal- wisdom in its tribunals ;—to such- .an eye, e. some time late Minister of Ce-s---, in the North of
guarded, not only' the essential parts of• the Con- REPUBLIC, ill all its VISIONARY PERFECTION, can Scotland, was no less remarkable for the fervency of
stitution, but the most minute forms and oereruu- I present only relative deformity, and can suggest no• his piety than for his. conjugal attachment : the'
vies with which they had been entrenched.Ac- thing
elishtie. more than an occasion of envy-or If glory in sincerity. of his affection for Mrs. C-- was proved
cording to the established laws and customs of the fortunate inheritance of Enai n •
by .his death. A Baronet, Who was Patron of the
Arragon, no foreigner had liberty to• enter the parish, and ha whose house
We are glad to find, by several letters which we
Hall in which the Cortes assembled. FERDINAND, in used to spend Much of their time, being taken very
have received„ that the pratlice of exposing horses -
the year 1481, appointed his Queen, iSABELLA, Re-ill, and not entertaining any hopes of recovery, sent
to the most barbarous trialsof their strength,- by
eent of the Kingdom, while he was absent during the
for-Mr. Ce---,. in order to administer to. him some
owagers against time, are held in general detestation.
law required, that spiritual comfort. As soon as the pious man en-
course of the campaign. The Th last experiment upon the PONEY, who was en-
feted the sick man's bedchamber, Sir A. G.-L.— dis-
a Regent should take the oath of fidelity in presence gaged in a contest with .a Mail-coach, seems to have
missed his- attendants, and thus addressed him :
of the Cortes ;* but as ISABELLA was a foreigner, particularly excited the censure of all persons who • ,
from entering their "Finding myself in a dying condition, arid to tree
she was prohibited by the law have expressed their sentiments on the subjeci.,
Regent she was enjoined by the law in some measure my mind of' an insupportable load
Hall, and as
It is to be hoped that the melancholy fate which '
to take the oath in their presence. To obviate this
has attended Major CAMPBELL, and has prockiced of guilt before.' die, I wish to disclose to you an aa
of criminality which I have coininitted against yourdifficulty,
difficulty,- the Cortes thought it -necessary to pass so much misery in the families of himself and his ,
art Aal, autholising the Serjeant-porter to open the honour ; and shoiald I be fortunate enough to obe
unfortunate opponent, will tend to lessen the prat-
of the Hall, and allow her to enter. ZURITA, fain your forgivenees and intercession; I hope the God
in recording this circumstance, justly observes, that
such jealousy is peculiar to all .free States. flee of duelling, by rendering people more cautious 'of all mercies will also forgive me. -The crime I
in taking offence, since it may lead to such dread-
allude to is, that I have succeeded in seducing the
wife of your bosom, upon whom you so much
till consequences.. The praCtice of duelling it is ins-possible to' abolish :altogether, and however rigid 1 doat." Like a thunderbolt, this declaration struck
moralists may exclaim againA it, it is not without the, good. man dumb, who. Withdrew without mak-
its advaetages in civilized life, which, but for such 1 '
ing a reply, and betook himself to his bed. He
a practice, would beexposedeo insult, violence and [
t neither ate nor drank after. He died on the-third
bloodshed, that might soon degenerate into general' 1
of duelling without -day after he received the fatal news. It is singular
barbarism. But the practice I
that the Baronet died also on the same day. They
the intervention •of seconds, ought resolutely to be I were bothahnried on the same day in the same
stopped, in order to prevent all . unfair and dishonour- Churchl'aratcd`.; but how different were the feelings
able proceedings; which might otherwise put the l of the attendants respecting the character of the two
weak entirely at the mercy of the strong. The men . .•
magnitude of the evil on the present melancholy LtheoeviTY.--:--There are now living
occasion must render it most awefully impressive, : in the parish
.
and while every body must deeply feel for the rela- of Finden, in Susse.x, three persons, whose united
ages amount to 266 years. The youngest is a la-
tives of the two unfortunate Gentlemen; that very •
bourtne man, aged 85, who retains all his faculties'
circumstance will tend to make the example more
• -r-
-unimAaed, and, without let or hindrance, follows
beneficial to society at large, since no person in- I Iris daily occupation. The: next is a female, who
volved in similar Circumstances can hereafter enter- t • enjoys perfea health and spirits at the age of eV.
fain the smallest hope of escaping the, verigeance, of And the third is a man who has attained his gist
the law, if submitted to its authority. year. He frequently walks eight or ten !idles a uay,
The British Soldier who took the- French General amid is remarkable for the tenacity of hi, inetnory,„
BRENIERE, in the recent glorious action in Portugal, He has followed four clergymen to their graves, who
and diSclained all the -offers that were Made to him had, in succession, officiated at his parish church for
to allow the latter to escape, is, a Highlander.— upwards of ete years. _
When General Basettais was expressing his sur- I Hop picking commenced pretty generally on Men-
prize at , the inflexible honour and fidelity of day, in the Iteighbourhood of Maidstsele. The ap-
the Man,' he suddenly broke off on seeing him, pearance'of them is superior to any thing seen tor
and exclaitned-e" There ! that's he in the petty- many years past. 'Many pieces are laid 4 1111,1 c 446
coat 1" - f per acre, . .

TUNOT's ORDER OF BATTLE.

:/.1 ^l, NT EXPLOIT`.

CAVALRY.
Margaron, Gen. of Brigade Artillery, 2 pieces.

ESERVE.
Kellerman, General of Di- 2 ist and 2d regiment of grena-
vision

Ordered by the C hid' of the Stdtil

It. is ordered by the General commanding the 2d
Division, that the corps under his order's do provide
themselve's with 'sixty cartridges each man ; ordered
that no horse or mule, or equipage of any-sort, ex-
cept such as are allowed by the regulations,, be per-
mitted to follow the army.
The General of llrigade, CHAILOT.
Headquarters, Torres Vedras, Aug. 20, 1808.

A Letter from Carlisle, of Saturday's date, says :
": On Wednesday last, a little before four o'clock
in the afternoon, a tremendous peal of thunder burst
over this city j it was preceded by ,vivid lightning,
which appeared to some people standing at a
shop door in Caldewg-ate to be a complete'sheet of
fire. The elelric fluid burst upon a hay loft in
Caldewgate, near this city, which it. set on fire; con-
suming a quantity of hay, and otherwise injuring the,
premises. Happily the fire was prevented from
spreading to the adjoining houses by the exertions
of the surrounding crowd. Some buildings in Cald-
coats were likewise struck by the lightning, spouts
torn from their places, chimnies demolished, and
many windows were broken. We are .extremely
happy to add, that no further damage was done.
Though many people complained of being struck
with a numbness by the force of the lightning,
yet no lives were. lost or material injury sustained.
The principal strength of the storm fell upon
Caldewgate. Before it commenced, the sky be-
tame suddenly dark, and the awful silence which
,prevailed seemed to be the forerunner of a 'dread-
ful storm. Happily -it was not of any continuance,.
for after the first peal, the thunder became fainter
and fainter, and in a time t'he horizon be-
came serene and settled as before the storai• corn-
trienced.".