The Sun.
London, England, 1808-11-10 00:00:00

MAIDS2-ONE, Nov. 9.

Wednesday last being the day appointed to elea
a Mayor, for this town, the -late
...‘Lyor. ga-.•.e a
splendid breakfast to the Corporation and his mends,
after which they proceeded to Church, v<here an
excellent sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. All-
free, the Mayor's Chaplain; after the service of the
Church, the Corporation and Freemen asseMbled in
the Town-hall, when George Burr, "Esq. was una-
nimously elected Mayor for theyear ensuing. An
excellent dinner was provided at the Star Inn, and
the day concluded with harMony and Convliiiality:..
Yesterday the Staff of the 18th Regiment of Light
Dragoons (Hussars) marched from the Depot in this
town, for Dorchester. •

We understand that Mr. KNIGHT, the Inspector-
General of Army Hospitals, Superintendant dt the
Medical Staff, and Comptroller of Hospital Ac-
counts, has called upon all the Regi.-nental. Sur-
geons in the Kingdom for an account of the history
and treatment of all the diseases which have pre-
vailed in their respeaiie regiments for the last two
years. This will form an ample fund of useful
experience in military practice, which it is sup-
posed, Mr. KNIGHT will soon lay before the pub-
lic, in an improved shape, when properly revised
and sele6ted. This mode of promulgating useful
medical fads and observations obtained from ins Ma-.
jesty's service, was first adopted, we bclieve, by Dr.
'TROTTER, late Physician to the Fleet, Who some
years ago published several volumes of medical ex-
perience in the Royal Navy, under the title of Ille-
dicina Nautica. Of the 'great utility of a Work of
this nature, not only to the milit'Er,y praatilioner, but
to the community, no doubt can be entertained.
FOUR BUSY DAYS.—On the 26th alt► a young.
couple were married at Slaugharp, iu SO6SeX WI the.
27th, the bride presented the bridegroom with a child;
on the 28th, the infant .received baptism, and dkod ;
and the 29th it was buried !
CAtTION TO WAGGONERS.—At a monthly meet-,

Sr<ii.V.

RIVATE LETTkIt'

NIADR !D.:OCT. shall now resume the se-
quel of my narrative, which the extreme length.-of.`
the subjeCt,_and; tht pressure of time alone, pre-
vented me from concluding in my fetch to you of
'the 19th.. _

• •
On quitting the unfortunate town 'of Medino de:
Rio Seco, reduced from its commercial affluence to
a state of misery, I proceeded on, my route to this
place, and every. where gladly'fotind the like spirit
of loyalty and patriotism,' and of bitter execration
againSt,the true, but masked, enemies of the Conti-
nent, and of mankind, pervading every class of so-
ciety, and heightened by
_a, just envenOtned recol-
ledion of the fell and perfidious injuries inflicted by
a nation, whose friendship we had a right to,Coli-
skier as indissoluble, whom we had 'ever looked to
tOr mutual, support, and in whose exclusive benefit
we had systematically incurred the most distressing
sacrifices of every description.! However, what af-
fords me the highest satisfadion is:the him pers'ua.
sion, that; if the-god-like sentiments of my coun-
trymen be not altered or weakened (which Heaven
'forbid should. happen), and
_their energies be pro-
perly direded by unbiassed consummate, abilities, it
will be easier to exterminate' than to stibdUe- them ;
and never let it be remotely imagined that a sincere
reconciliation of Weetion can possibly take place
with the unprincipled causer of accumulating mis,
sheet; for we have too much reason, indeed, not to
harbour 'towards him feelings. of ,amicable disposit
ttou, and will have, I apprehend, still more, and in
• a higher degree. At any rate, I feel proud and con- .
fideut that, to ,the event of ordained misfortune
(which God avert) the glorious 'scenes of the heroic
resistance opposed to the Carthaginians, Romans,
and Moors, will be renewed ;• for man can but 'die
once-, and also, that, Spain, even in her own destruc-
tion, will unavoidably dig the graVe that Must
ly 'swallow up her atrocious toe.; and I am sadly de-
ceived if, .by our subjugation.too, .the darlinj objctl
of Napoleon, in his -war against Britain, be not '
completely foiled, nay, annihilated, with his own,
hands ! And pray, who can doubt but that our in-
nocent blood.will be. on the beads of its basernre-
tenting shedders ?-,•Q7zien y mal lrnda mat para (be
who lives ill .a.ks illy we say. Who will not shud'-
der at the t%cital of his barefaced atrocities ?
pel a friendly and peaceable nation, by the Most in,
TaMous and sanguinary means, to take up arms,
sha,nelessly insult them with the lying epithet of
Insurgents, and barbarously treat them as irreclaitnL
able rebels.--*Horrid! hut.the day of retribution will
arrive.
• .
I need not repeat the accounts of the occurrences-
that happened in this capital durihg its occupation •
by the french, since you have received them pretty
accurately in London, but will avail myself of an
opportunity to transmit a'detail, by'a favourable con-
veyance, for your inspedion, at leisure; meantime,'
rest assured, that they were fully as base and- atroci-
ous as reported.