The Sun.
London, England, 1806-09-06 00:00:00

INTERCEPTED LETTERS.

4/1172RAi EEETHIER, CHIEi OF THE STAINF, TO

GENERAL REGNIER.

GENERAL,

•, Naples, July 8, tBo6.

" His .kCiajesty received, by M. JAMIN, -the details
of the landing of'the Enemy, and of the dispositipus
which you bad made. His: Majesty is
_extremely
vexed, and still more surprised, at the condo& of the
troops, which has r•endered your well-judged dispo-
sitions unavailing. -The Ist Regiment of Light infan-
try aught to have remembered that it had before
shewn itself afraid of the English, and since that
epoch they may have learned to make it fly : but the
other Corps had given proofs that. they, formerly
knew how to march forward, accompanied always by
vidory. His Majesty does not know
.to what this
'moment of shameful pantie ought to be ascribed; but
he flatters himself that by the time you receive this
letter the troops will be recovered from their delusion,
or rather that'they will have recolle&ed that they-are,
Frenchmen. • His Majesty desirt!s that it may 64
wade known,to the troops that he wishes the Em-
peror to remain ignorant of the extent Of their
negle& of duty, and he looks tbrward to fresh de-
tails, which he hopes will prove that those you have
under your command are Frenchmen.

"His Majesty sends 1200 men to reinforce ,Gen.
VERDI,E with iristruetiOns, a copy of which is trans-
mitted to you. He orders the troops to. defile above
Cassano, which is a central point, and in the posses-
sion of Which, they will be able-to direCt their march
wherever their presence may be necessary. His Ma-
jesty expeaed a landing of the English at the moment
when the attack was to be made on Gaeta, in order•to
make a diversion for raising the siege, and to cut off
all Calabria by: the event which has-happened to you.
His Majesty now desires you to abandon all Hither
Calabria; and• consequently requires you to.take a po-
sition befdre Catanzaro, if theEnerny be not already
masters ..•of. it,. or of any other. position you may .
judge more suitable for -nrrestinghis progress, pre;
serving: always a retreat by Cassano,' that,- undeql.
possible events, yoU may be able to juin our foires,
in order to assume the offensive"; for his Majest'Y'ia=i •
ther wishes that the Eueiny should disembark on that •
coast, than in the neighbourhood of Naples, where
the moral aof their presence might be still more
dangerous. His Majesty desires that you will send
him accounts of your observations on the situation of
the enemy as • often as possible. He has given orders
for issuing pay and subsistence money to the troops.
1 have the honour to salute you, Monsieur Gene-
-4al, with the most marked consideration,

(Signed) « C. BERrnuoi,
" General of Division and Chief of the S'tff."

GENERAL VERDIER TO GENERAL REONZER.
Niatcht, litly ts, 14306,

Et GEN ERAL,

ef I have withstocid, as well as t was able, the
Whole rebel ,population of the Province, which has
attacked Inc near Cosenaa, from the Ist to the .9th
current.. I have received information by his Majes-
ty's Aid-de-Camp. /AMIN, (*your engagement, and
your retreat upon Cotrona; In consequence of my
ammunition being wasted, and. 200 of my troops
killed or wounded, joined to the unpleasant accounts
of your situation, I determined to proceed to Cas-
sano, wishing as much to avoid figivingat Castro-
Villaro and Morano, which I knew to be in .a state
of insurreetion, as to cover your retreat upon that
-point,: in case you should .have continued your
movement in that diredion. When I arrived before
Cassano, I found the people in insurrection, and I
had to open a passage through them, and take the
town by main force, in doing which I lost many
men, and exhausted all the cartridges I still had re-
maining. 'While the place was taking I had to
sustain an attack, sword in hand, from noon to:four
o'clock,' P. M. We at last :succeeded, without
iire.artns,. in repulsing the .vast :multitude ofrlaring
peagants. I took advantage of the obscurity of,the
tight to. remove to . this, quarter.--the only place
where I can hope to procure succours in men and
a turhunit ion,anid to avoid the massacre of my troops,.
who are without the means of defending them.
selves..

. .
"-On arriving at Poliecro, I -found an Officer of
thetatf, who'4Vas 'charged with the 'annexed Dis-
patches- tnr you, by which I learn that some rein-
forcements are to be sent to ts: The Messenger not be-
ing.able to ,Continue his'foute to you, I have sentbim :
back la Naples; and forwarded the Dispatchesto-
you by the only communication which rernaitii
operi to its, which is the sea.

" I expect that when his Majesty learns ourveal:
siltlation, he will take measures to relieve us -from
the emuarrassing circumstances :in which we are.
placed. .
The relation of .all that-has occurred to me be-
ing too ,voluminous to be conveyed to you at this
moment, I have merely sent it to the Sta 4; intend-
ing to
,transniit yOu a copy at a more favourable
opportunity. Your'fi, wholly..

" T. A. VgRDIER."

By the accounts of a female traveller who has just
arrived in this country from Verdun, where she
has been a prisoner ever since the Belle Packet was
taken, on board of which she was a passenger,: it
appears that since the Negotiation has commenced,
the prisoners in general are treated more libe-
rally ; and that all passengers, as well as many
others, can obtain passports to return home
without much difficulty. Numbers were on the
eve of leaving France at the time she came awjy.—
A.few weeks ago a duel took place at Verdun, be-
tween two English Officers, respecting a Lady : one
oftriem, of the name of MILES, offered to explain
hi‘oooduEt, and went th the ground very rcluaant-
ly. - They fought, howeVer, and Mr. MxtEs
his opponent to have the first shot, where the
bail penetrated his side, and he expired immediately
ori the spot. His antagonist is now in England. •
Yesterday an Inquest was held before G. HOIDG-,
so&, Esq. one of the Coroners for the County of
Middlesex, at the sign of the Mother Black Cap,
Cainden-town, on the body of the male child which
was foUnd the preceding day in the custody of a
woman who was endeavouring to have it privately
interred in St. Pancras Church-yard. The' infant
was not quite two days old, and there was trot Any
ground to stisTeet ihe mother of murder. Verditt-
Died a ?iaturest.deatk.
V'ls' •