The Sun.
London, England, 1808-12-02 00:00:00

a!--.-Thert are reports in ...serne of the rrT:ciate letter!,
of 3UONArstitTE having reached Madrid: other ac'
,counts state that he has returned,to Paris. We do
not believo either. He is probably, at 'Vittoria, di"
reading' the .movement of his armies.
The Supreme.Junraismaking exertions proPor'
tionate to the importince of the contest in wllicis
their country is engaged. A general levy of •alithc,
males capable of bearing arms, has been ordered, but
th6-alacrity of the Spaniards to fight againit.the elle"
tnies of their•couptry;re.pderscompulsory rneasur.V

,pnpecepsasy.

We this morning received Lisbon Gazettes to tho
15t11 ult. tlle
.cputeilts of which are given in a iub-
sequent Column.

Tue arrival of an Austrian Messenger, in OA
Minstrel Sloop of War, from Malta, as *Wed
is
,our Plymouth Letter, is an event that will naturally
excite much interest. The unfortunate state of the
Continent obliged bhp, we may conclude,- to come
dawn the Adriatic, in order to procure a passlo°
'to this Country.
The same letter mentions. the return of the Go:
hounl Cartel, from Morlsir, but the vigilance Wit'''.
which she was observed, prevented her fro
si
obtaining Any intelligence respeCting the state a
things on shore.
NIWIII111.1111,10•1

•
The Chief Opposition Paper, referring to what
was said in The *IN, on the folly of con-'
dernning Ministers for' not having compelled
the Spaniards to accept the aid of our troops!
after they had civilly, but positively, declined 'to
says, that " none but an imbecile would, susPe
them of such an' aet of insanity." if it be imbol'
lity to suspeet the Opposition Writers of such ins'',
pity, it must be surely something worse than itubc!**
cility to be guilty of such a complaint; and y 6
thG
Paper alluded to has repeatedly rung the changesPr'l
the,weakness, folly, and criminality of Iviinisters'
for not having given more etreanal asslstao.o.l(?
Spain, and it is still labouring to prove, that WO:
the co-operation of 'our -troops was declined iP
part ofSpairi,, ought to have been carried:toe:a.
ther. We are referred, indeed, to a letteraldre
►
by Sir THONIASDYER to Sir AR.T R HUWELLSSI.6-::
soliciting the assistanceof the Fritish army der
command, for the Asturians; but the writers
forget dates, and they presume that they can be
tt'F
judge than Sir A4THUR whether after the r.eiee
- bt
' 'don of his offer by the isinta of Galicia, he Jrg
not have excited the jealousy of the Spaniards .$r
late, and whether it was not on that and Ol'ef
considerations, wiser for him to push on teFOl.:,::
gal, in order to drive the French out of thattl
try ; besides, 11e.was-r arnestly-advised.tOlte lt 5.10
ameasure, as the best means to forward the Cr":io
per
of .both counttles. Bat the OPposition
not unwilling to throw a sarcasm upon Sir .4.11j47 a,
en passant, for he says, that " if instead of Pr'cr,s,
ing to Portugal, he had staid to assist the ttstPr!%;l,
he might have done more good, aye, and
.gattlerio'
more laurels, too, than he did in fighting the P 1,04.
D'Anuat4T2s, either by proxy or yin persott• •ti';
believe that few people will think that Sir ,A4rl.°'iti.
could have gained more liturels than. he Oiled 0;'
, his victory over JIJNOT, .haviever they maydifferve
to the Convention ; ,but every body, we concel'
must, despise the insinuation that. Sir Attr4l./fttoo
dispoied to fight by proxy, or that he W 39 Ot.ej
much alert on his post,.in the glorious aaion 311ti
isb
to, to warraut, any such pitiful attempt to °r
tieing
those laurels. We are almost ashamed' of tw,tior,,
what, to adopt the words of the Paper io que
„v qldb°
" none but:an imbecile"could write; but i* C'f'O'
injustice to the writer not to mention 0t1e,9"-16,...i#
his sagacity, as we cannot help thinking 00'
ei
ore of the most striking proofs of sagacity be evio
111
exhibited, and because it sht..ws a regard to 11d111,;''
and simple matter of fad which we 1140.
rtea
an
witnessed in his lucubrations. Mark, ti,er'
``,rite"
profit by the wisdom of the maxim--the • e,
with extraordinary' wisdom, observes, that f%Pire
ditions are likely to be most beneficial when theYilef
most wanted, and that " if they arrive pa late, t`
had better never hate: departed."

Cof

Yesterday morning his MAJESTY, Duke -
13ERLAND, -Princesses AUGUsTA , SOP H (Ai
'
LIA, accompanied by Lord WALSINGH Of,
GO'
CRANLEY, Generals TiIITZROY and HARCOURT.
lonels TAYt.oti and DESI3ROW, took- an aiOgeel,
Windsor Great Park, where Mr. BRAD—LEY, tltol4
lebrated young Yorkshire , giant, only 16 1.14040,;
age,,was taking
.his morning exercise; Hi- IselA;
and the Royal Party stopped and converse" 1:01f
him for some- time. The Duke of CeLvu"ire,rse
and Lord WALSINGISAM alighted from their L'`ifors'
and walked under .his aim ; the Duke of Citf;: 101'4'
LAND meaSures five teet eleven inches. Friigille'
,JESTY and the Royal Parry were higblY
with his conversation and geoilernan-iiko soc)r
and expressed their surprise at seeing a Pe") of
r
stature grown in every way proportionable' ortel)t
walking with the Royal Party for aboW. ,°.,50 1-5
an hour, Mr. BRADLEY went into a post tie Iv-
was Waitin; and returned to his quarters, ti e
tll''
to
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