The Sun.
London, England, 1808-12-13 00:00:00

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Nov. 16.

ED LVL tift GH, .DLc. 16.

.... _ . , . . THE ATTAC,K ONT CAPRI.
COtiRT ot, StsSlOir.
The praEfical benefits to be derivel froth the pos. 1 We haVc received the following preculal3 of Es
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C ti` si 8 - wined' " ' l'
On Tuesday last the o r eteea •case o
session of Portugal; in the event of misforttines he.. ' attack {n the Island of Capri, by different vessels
from Sicily and Malta : a very interesting ndture.Mr. Doreafd-M'Aitfinf
failing the Spanish eauSei must now be iihvibus•tO
the dullest Observer, and Will'be f felt On die 2d of October General Lamanairk sailed L the pastor Of a diSsenting cengregation at P, t Ban.
. powerully by fi'om Naples with one Frigate, a Sloop, and Brig of' natyne; in ,the Island of Buie; breitighe at) action
;
the country. But we repeat, that notwithstanding the War, 40 Gun-boats, and about 80 other boats
con-
against John Campbell, Esq. of Southall, ii; dn the
advantages which the expulsion of the enemy from
raining- in the whole nearly 5000 men, with which ground that the latter Gentleman; On the 2dth Oda:.
beer, 18(?5,while Mr. M'Arthnr was celebrating (li-
te attempted to land on the Eastern pait of Capri,
Portugal presented, his Majesty's Ministers, We are
vine service in the midst Of his cOngregatiOn; had
where Lieutenant Colonel LOWE and Captain
persuaded; were prepared to have foregone those Cireacit were posted; but the French were every violently seized upon his person, forced hith bra
where repulsed with great slaughter, leaving upwards board a vessel bound for Greenock, and having land-
advantages for a time, and to have hazarded the
ed him a few Miles from that place; had, after cell.;
of 500 men dead on the spot. General LAMARQUR
bolder enterprize of attacking the enemy in the
fining him in a small inn during the night, Marched
then proceeded to that part of the Island called Ana
fist instance in the North of Spain, if the Pro- Capri, where the Maltese Regiment was under the him along the road as a common felon, and delivered
vincial Governments of that country had had ap- command of Major Hasaiee, which regiment when him to Capt. Tatham, the Rego lating Officer for
that quarter, as a fit person to serve in his Majesty's
ordered to advance against the enemy, threw down
plied for such an exertion of his Majesty's arms; .
I hat Officer, accordingly (as the Pursuer
their arms, and surrendered or fled or the most Navy so far, however, from soliciting such aid, it is in evi- shameful manner, in spite of all the efforts of farther stated), sent him ithmediately oh board ihn
deuce that they repeatedly stated, that they required the gallant Maior HAMILL 'and his officers to re- Tourteielle Frigate, which speedily conveyed* hith
no assistance of men, and that the best service we strain them. Major HAMILL, on witnessing the out of the jurisdiaion of. the Scottish Courts. After
condua of his regiment, rushed into the thickest of being detained for five weeks en board different
could render thetii would be, by diteeting our forces the enemy's ranks, sword in hand, where he ell, ships of war, and suffering, as he alledeed, every
against the enemy in Portugal*. covered with wounds. Captain DODRENEALIK also species of indignity and hardship; Mr. M'Arthur
The determination of the Spanish-Government at
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fell gallantly fighting • the areatest part of the regi- was discharged, by express order of the Lords
of the Admiralty, and furnished with a Certificate,
meat were made prisoners. Ana Capri being thus
that time to decline the assistance of an English At- in the possession of the enemy, they summoned that he was never again to- be impressed into his
my, was founded, no doubt, 'in that unbounded con- Lieutenant Colonel Lowe to surrender, who, how-
Majesty's service. The summons concluded against
fidence in their own Patiot Bands, which their holy
ever, refused; and on the f ath, when the last cer- Mr. Campbell for 20001. damages, with expentes.
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. . tarn accounts left that Island, he continued to de-
Mr. Campbell in his pleadings before the Lurd
zeatin defence of their liberties and: independence so fend himself in that part of the Island called Capri Ordinary, denied several of the most aggravating
,‘natitral nespired. • Confiding in their own strength, '. Proper, with the 0
utmost vigour. Brigadier General circumstances of the case. In particular, he alledg,ed
and in thejustieeof their cause, it is probable that the
MACFARLANE sailed from Sicily, on the intelligfmee that the prisoner was in the pradice of preaching
1 arriving, with thri;e regiments' to reinforce Lieute- immoral and seditioua6t dorines—that he was •a tit
nant Colonel LOWE, ''
but was unfortunately driven
high' and noble spirit of the Spanish Government e-'
objed of the impress, havingbeen forMerly employ-
felt unwilling to allow any Foreign Troops to divide back by contrary winds. ed in the herring fishery, and being consequently a
• with their Armies the glory of driving the invader : Of the events since the lath nothing is positively seafaring man ; and that, under these circumstances;
from their native soil. It is certain that their
known. One vessel from Cagliari states, that Lieut. ailing bona fide as a Justice of Peace, he conceived
e
himself fully entitled to deliver him to Capt. 'l'a-
first LOWE had surrendered on condition of being
first wish was to try their own strength against the sent back toMessina with his garrison, without be- tham.—The Lord Ordinary (Lord Meadowbank)
,
enemy ;:and having, as they imagined, proved. their ing considered prisoners of war : and another, that pronounced an interlocutor of considerable length
superiority over them, by the triumphs which the the Mercury and Ambuscade Frigates having arrived, finding, for the reasons therein stated, the whole
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scandalous and unjustifiable; repelling
had cut off all communicgion oetweeu the French proceedings
had gained, they felt a reluctance to avail themselves :at Ann Capri and the Main Land, and that for want the defences, whether founded on the Pursuer's hay-
,
of the military assistance of their Allies, except in !of provisions General LAMARQUE and his army had ing once been a seafaring man, or in the religious
the
„ event of an imperious necessity: 'That necessity ...
• been obliged to surrender. do6trines he is said to have taught, or on the sediti-
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. did uotappear to them until they found BUONAPARTE
pouring in reinforcements and directing against
them the whole force of his military power. It was
then t;iat the Spanish Government first agreed to
.
accept of the do-operation of a British Army ; and
it w ill be proved by the most ind,isputable testimony,.
that the uttnostpraeticable dispatch was used in Om-/., '
plying with their wishes.
1
If the Spanish Government over-rated their own
strength ; if their armies acted without concert, and
upon no settled plan of: operations; if they paid
too little attention to acquiring military discipline i
• and skill, and' relied with greater confidence on 'the
power of patriotic enthusiasm, than the prevalence,
of that passion amongst the people at large would.
seem to justify, then the lamentable events which !
occurred, whilst they fill every bosom with grief; I
cannot excite the surprise of any refletling mind. I
It will, however, be some consolation to the coun-
try to know, that hiS Majesty's Ministers made every
praaicable exertion to prevent these disasters ; that
the Patriots titre furnished in due time with the
most abundant supplies of every kind; and that 1
we have strictly adhered to the disinterested and !
approVed principle, of being guided in the aid we.
gave " l', the wishes of those in whose behalf it was I
employed. " It is also some consolation to know, i
that if the Spanish cause be retrievable, we 8611 pos-
sess
very powerful means of contributing to retrieve 1
it ; and that if a formidable stand can be made in 1
the South of Spain, we shall be able to afford such
co-operation as shall ytt give the Patriots a fair
chance of ultimate success. .

ous speeches which it is stated that it was rumoured
he uttered ; and further, finding the Pursuer entitled
to 105 i. Sterling, as a solatium for the wrong he suf-
fered ; together with the indemnification of the ex-
pences incurred by him, personally or otherwise, ia
obtaining his deliverance, and expences of process.
Mr. Campbell presented a petition against this
judgment to the whole Court, to which answers were
made by Mr. WArthur, and the cause was upon
these pleadings advised On Tuesday, by the Ju(',,-4
of the Second Division, who delivered their , pi-
nions on the point.—The sentence of the Lord (dr-7.
divary was affirmed with expences.

Extra& of a Letter from an Officer of Cavalry at
Messina, dated the 13th of Oclober, .1808 :.--" We
are still ready to start from hence on a moment's no-
tice, but as we expea a large force here to co-
. operate with us in going to Italy, I presume we
may 'yet remain a short time longer inactive. The
.French have attacked Capri, an island at the mouth
of the harbour of Naples, and in oar possession:
.They landed on the 4th instant, and possessed them-
selves of the heights of Ana Capri ; a regiment of
Maltese in our service having shßrnefUlly refused to
support Major HAMILL, their Officer, ran away,
throwing Ziown their arms. The gallant Major's
pride would not, though thus deserted, suffer him
to yield up his sword when demanded, so that a
French Serjeant blew out his brains ; thus perished
a brave fellow on account of these dastardly Mal-,
tese. The Island was trusted to two foreign corps,'
Maltese and Corsicans : the latter behaved pretty
well, and an Officer of their corps named CRL'IZE,
with two companies, charged a French 'regiment
dawn a tremendous precipice, and killed numbers
of them. We have this instant 'sent Off reinforce.;
ments, but, it is feared, too late ; the reinforcements
are English and Irish, and commanded by General
APFARLANE.

BARTOLOZZI.--.-TiliS excellent artist and worthy
man, it is well known, wasinvi:ed some years ago,
by the Prince REGENT Of PORTUGAL, to pass the
remainder of his days in Lisbon, and a liberal pen-
sion was settled on him, for the purpose of inducing
him to superintend the arts, and cultivate the powers
of genius in Portugal. When the French obtained
possession of the country, every body here, who
knew the talents and the private worth of BARTO•
Lozzt, was interested in his fate. JUNOT, it seems,
continued the pension during the time that he was
in Portugal, and has since removed the venerable
artist, who is now in the eightieth year of his age,
to Paris, Where he now resides, with a pension
equal to what he received from the PRINCE REGENT.
BARTOLOZZI was so admirable an engraver, and his
reputation was so high, that he might- have acquired
aJortune sudicient to plaee him above the necessity
of any patromge, it he had not been too prodigally
generous to all who applied for his assistance, and
particularly to a swarm of foreigners, who con-
stantly preyed upon him, and at last reduced him
to comparative indigence.

Under these circumstances, his Majesty's Mini-
sters may safely rely on the support of Parliament
and the Country, though it were vain to expert
any thing but hostility and abuse from those, the
violence of whose opposition to the Government
is always in exact proportion to the misfortunes
of the Country, or of its Allies; and who, how-
ever they may deplore a great public calamity,
still retain that philosophic coolness s.iihich enables'
them to descry in it a prospeat of their own ele-
vation to power. We shall take another oppor-
tunity of making some observations on the fondue
of the Party in question, who, with their usual
virtuous and disinterested zeal in the cause of
their country; have chosen the present moment to
solicit (through their organ) the confidence of the
people, who have not yet forgotten, the arrogant
pretensions to exclusive talents and virtue upon
which it was claimed when they were called to
power, nor the egregious misconduet by which it
was so rapidly afiid irretrievably lost.

•An application was indeed made from Sir TI(OMAS
DYEA to Sir AitTu exWEL Les Lity, urging hitia to land, and
ttack Santander; but the application was confined to'that
i nee abjell, and it did not convey any desire whatever on the
Part of the Provincial Govetnmeni to have the assistance of
the British Forces in any general plan of operations against
the Enemy; and Sir Aut. nUR WELLESLEY has staled to
the Court of Inquiry the most, satisfaCtury and conclusive
with that application,
reasons for not compl) lag

On the Ist of November, which is considered the
commencement of the military year in Austria, the
salaries of all the Officers of State, and ITIOSt de-
scriptions of pensions, were raised in proportion to
the increased dearness of the necessaries of lite. All
salaries under 400 thitiDs pQr have beets raised
5 0 per cent.