The Sun.
London, England, 1808-09-15 00:00:00

NAVAL NE IS

ELYNIOL7II; ht:otidr whla ai--
rived here yesterday. from Corunna,with Dispatches,
is the Nateldess, Capt. RIELL,Y, in bzWaqt : she
brought over :two English and one Spec i,i)
all of whom landed immcdiatel,/ after the Ves-
sel arrived, and set off for London. It is confidt-ntlf
asserted that they' briny intelligence of the s,:lriender
of Joso-2 and the French Army, and of the ftus,;i:ln.
Squadron in the Tagus.
Saiied the Pompdc, of 80 guns, to the WeStwar,l
site has taken on board a large quantify of ammuni-
tion, and is supposed to be bound to the Metlitet:.

ranean.

Sailed the Stark, CLIANi3EnS, for Cork, last frorn

Jaamica,

IDP,AI.• SEPT. 14.—Sailed his Majesty's Ships.
Thetis, for Sheerness; Jupiter and Lit:fender, with
the outward-b6uud, &c. under convoy to the -Nut-
ward.

PORTSZTIOLITII, SEPT. 14.—Arriv.,c1 the
Frigate, Capt. SOMERVILLE ; Gannet Brig, Capt.
STEVENSON; and Alusquito Brig, C:lpt. GonTE, with
a convoy from the Downs.
Sailed this day the Si: Alban's, of-64. Tans; Capt.
AUSTEN, to th'e Eastward ; and the Alphea Cutter;
Lieut. GIBBONS, on a cruize.

TORBAY,SEPT. 13.-Sailed a Fleet of Tian.Voits)
under convoy of a Gun-brig, for Cork.

COWES, SEPT. 14.--,--Arrived the Ameticati
Schooner Hope; YooDvvAttn, from Havre, wial
Dispatches from the American Minister at Paris,
and waits for Dispatches fp oin•the American Minis-
ter in London. She has also on Übard lb PassenA
gers (Americans) from Havre.

CORK, SEPT. 91—His Majesty's Ship Pirgini';
Capt. BRACE, made the signal this. morning for be-
ing destined to the Southward, and only waits for a
wind to enable her to proceed to tea.

THE BATTLE OF VIM' ERA.
" His Majesty's Ship it It'red. Coast of
Portuhal, Aug. 22, :1;,;8..
" It is now two o'clock in the looming, and I am
fatigued and sleepy, having just returned front con-
templating the field of battle. it was a shocking "
sight—ditches MS-Wally filed with dead bodies, anti
at every step we took the wounded, Frcnci) o.ild
implore us for a drop of water. Before ai 'riving at
the field we passed through a thick wood, and the
distant echo of the groans made us shudder.
'4 On the 17th of the men* General FEacusoN's
brigade, of 4000 men, was engaged against 5n09
French. We lost 29 dicers, 5120 men killed, and
30 taken. The French were routed, and their loss.'
was three pieces of cannon, and f,500 men killed
and mounded. Their riflemen being numerous,.
picked of many of. our Officers. The Myth regiment
suffered most, and the 95th were very a4.-live. This
action was well contested ; but never was there such
bravery displayed on both sides as yesterday. You
shall have the detail exmaly as it came bon) Sir A.
WELLESLEY, but make nu comments on the ril-
ing. The whole night, on the 20th, the two armieg
were wi:hin two miles of each other. The English
consisting of 16,000 men, the French of 14,000.—
At half-past nine in the morning the enemy char:;cd,
ten deep,' in all diredions, and in a most ferociDus
manner. They very nearly occasioned our left wing
to retreat, but Gen. FERGUSOn'S brigade, came up
just in time, and repulsed them with great slaughter.
Our artillerymen began then to f.L,y them :--
good God, how they mowed them down ! The
French artillery was very slack, but their c
annoyed us a little. About halt-past ten there u
nothing bat charging on b nit sides. It was a tleal-
tiful sight, and I saw it all from our mast-head.
43d behaved most ll 1 ga..ant.y. They cut Cie 70th
French regiment all to pieces—runt a man e:icaped.
The 71st the French thought devils—in slier;, every
regiment that enga,•,eti did its utinost.—At one alts:
aaion ceased, and the French retreated in a quick
march--what a beautiful sight. There w.:s no! 0
man out of his rank—we did uot 'pursue them, it is
'said, because we had not sufficient ci“alry—how-
,•Ever,*our troops did a good day's work. They took
18 pieces of cannon, 7 or 800 prisoners, and the
number of killed and wounded i&abHut 3000. Only
7000 of,our men engaged, and withstood the c barge
of Jv NOT'S whole force. One of the French Gene-
rals, however, contradias 'this ; he says, 6, only 0000
French engaged.' Tie that as it may, Sir
never was there such bravery tbewn on both
sides—the French were stubbornly brave, and would
not yield, when they saw resistance was useless:—
lt is supposed the French will make another stand.
Our soldiers are mad to fUllow them. One of our
Lieutenants said to General BrIENIE RE,
(who is on board us), 4 Now, Sir, tell w candidly
what do you think of an English Soldier?' His
answer was, I never had any opinion Of them
until to-day—they are devils indeed.'
a: in. we are bringing the wounded soldiers oft, Eng-
lish and French. Our men are burying the
It is said the enemy have lost more than 000ty—
JUNOT is still supposed to have .20,000 men
him. What false accounts we must have received!"

A poor weaver, at Bolton le Moors, who has a
wife wnd several small children, has lately'succecclud
to an estate cf 40001. a year. It was let' by an un-
cle of the weaver, on aordition that it -shoulci ire
claimed within six months of. the death of the tes;.4-
tor, and failing of that claim, was to go to his ~.erv-
ant. His servant, it is supiused, intercepted
all the letters addressed to the weaver, who, ho
ever, learned the decease of- his u.:164.. just in time
to prefer his claim.
Died; at Granloure, the seat of the LORD JUSTICE
CLERK,. near Edinburgh, on the loth inst. C:HARLrs
Hon, Esq.-Commissioner of the

Upon which Charges the Court came to the fol.!
lowing decision :
The Court having well and maturely considered
the evidence, adduced in support of the Ciesrges
against the Prisoner, as well asshe obsaeeftions and
statement 'made by him by way of defence, is of opi-
nion, that the Prisoner, Capt. klallilay, is Not Guilty
of the of dice contained in the first Charge e,hut
that he is Guilty of having preferred Charges againit
Lieutenant and Adjutant Spike, end•Lieuteneet and
aetiog,Quarter- Master --Simpson, to Lieutenaut-Co-
lone' Newman, the Prosecutor, untecoving Ofii-
car to prefer, although the Court feels itself' bound
to say, that it does not appear to it that the motives
which induced the Prisoner to prefer' such Charges
were either malicious or '
The Court is of opinion that the Prisoner is Guilty
of the second Charge.
That he is Not Guilty of the first part of the third
Charge, but that he is Guilty of having behaved with
personal disrespe.:',-: to Lieutenant-Colonel Newman,
the Prosecutor, his Commanding Officer, in having
made use of improper expressions tefore him, al-
though it does not appear to the Court that such
expressions were intended by the Prisoner to apply
to him, Lieutenant-Colonel Newmaie
The Court is further of opinion, that the prisoner
is Not Guilty- of the fourth Charge, and the Court
Both therefore acquit hirn thereoh
With respect to the fifth Charge, it appears to• the
Court, that the prisoner has alrcady 'been severely
punished, by hating been put into, and kept in
arrest, fur the offence stared .and alledged against
hireeie that Charge, and having been severely re-
primanded in orders, and afterwards released front
arrest, and therefore the•C6urt considers that that
Charge ought not to have been preferred by Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Nowinsn, the prosecutor, against the
prisoner, and it has therefore declined to proceed
upon the invest:gat ion of it.
For the offences of which the Court hath's6 found
the prisoner to be Guilty, it (loth adjudge, that be,
the prisoner, shall be suspended front !funk and 'Pay
fir ti;e space of Three Months. •
Having thus performed a very unpleasant part of
its duty with respect to the prisoner, the:Court con--
sidered itself seompelled to notice the: Condriet
those Officers of the 2d battalion of the t oth Regi-
ment who. composed the mess at the time the sen-
tence of the late Court-martial on the prisoner was
officially communicated to him, and who reit-Ise& to
re-admit him as 2 member of their mess at the time
they were well aware that his Majesty had been
graciously 'pleased to extend his forgiveness to him,
and to re-instate him in his rank as Captain. • e
The-Court is concerned to be obliged to notice the
con,Juci of Lieet-Colonel Newman, the prosecutor,
in having confirmed an improper arrest of Lieute-
nants Spike and Simpson, and-at the same time corr-.
tinued to associate with them) and to permit them
to dine atebe-mess whilst so under arrest ; and also
for having on the present occasion preferred the
. Fifth Charge against the Prisoner. His Majesty-has
been pleased to approve and confirm the- sentence
of the Court ; but from various circumstances of
the coudu& of the prosecutor, Lieutenant-Colonel
Newman, as they appear upon the proceedings, :it
has commanded, that it should be intimated tOLieut.-
Colonel Newman, that his Majesty ees' not con-
sider him a tit person to have the command of the.
Second Battalion of the 10th Regiment, and that he
will be immediately removed; and with. respect to
,stie conduct of 016 Officers who compoSeci the mess
at the time the sentence Of the late Court :Martial
.was officially communicated to Capt. Hallilay, his
Majesty has been pleased to command, that it should
be intimated to them that their promotion shall be
tbr the present suspended.
His Majesty has beep further pleased to command
that h may be intimated to CapteHallilay, hat, hav-
ing been twice.tried- by a General Court Martialeby
tilt first of which he waseentenced: to be cashiered,
and by the second to be .suspended from rank and
pay for three -months, his Majesty does not cobsider
him alit person to remain any longer in Cr; 10th
regiment, and that he will be immediately removed
from it.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-140K—
' f- 'RUW._
27 min. after 10 :stterrioon, o min.-after. ht.

.one side of .t be horse's belly,- the rider fails down,
and la ithout'the succour of the Chulos, outaPedei-
trian 'c'otuhatants, he must forfeit his lifea-a-These
in a inorn.:nt rescue the unhorsed PicadOre from
the bull,, by endeaveuring to attra& the latter's at.-
lention, with Out pike or sword, bua only With a
little piece of taffety, or a small red flag.—No=
.thing exceeds their dexterity to make the bUll bunt
them, by merely shewiug him tlkese dazzling co-
lours,
.and by the constant cry of Toro, "Toro; a
nti! (or bull, bull, have at rue) ; but with equal-ce-
lerity they know how to escape ,from hiin in the
moment of danger over the indosure of planks
which surrounds the Circus; the animal eagerly
pursues. them, and when he gets within dose
reach, they suddenly drop their 'fags, and by one
leap find themselves in safety. In this manner
the disedmlited*Picadclie succeeds in mounting ano-
ther bore.z-his'hor.Our is invaded, and he must re-
venge the insu4t—he gallops with impetuosity against
the hull, and wounds him. Excellent ! excellent
resounds from all sides ; and. during this thunder of
applause, en humble.Chulo, or flag-bearer, endea-
vours to make the animal' abandon the pursuit of his
adversary. But the Corregidor gives the kagnal, trum-
pets and 'kettle-drums are heard, the Picadores retire,
and .06. Bandarilleros, or flag-bearers, alone, begin
to chew their skill in combat : a banderillo,
or flag, in each hand, and being scarcely an inch diS-
taut. from the horns of the beast, they endeavour to
get at him sideways, with .great precaution; they
follow all' his motiorsa, till they perceive thelavour-
able moment, when the armed point of their ban-
derillos is stuck into his body, and the rockets or
fire-works go off, while the bull= drives ftirionsly,
about the Circus. The scene, however, becomes
tedious, and the multitude call for another bull ; the
Matador, or bull-killer, now steps majestically into
the Circus, and makes a bow to all the 'assembly ;
his silk cloak is shivering in the air, :and his naked
sword glistens, in the sun ; he approaches ; the bull
steins to know his dangerous enemy, and both stand
still opposite to one another; all the spe6iators testi-
fy the most anxious expe6tation, and a dead silence
reigns all over the amphitheatre; the moment the
bull makes a motion, the Matador throws open his
cloak, and in an instant • the fatal blow is given ;
down falls the roaring beast at the conqueror's: feet ;
the cries of " Excellent ! Excellent ! Bravo Bravo!!
the Matador for ever make the amphitheatre re-
'echo from'all parts.; ,to this stice(-3eds the clapping
of bands; sticks; fans, 'the sounds of trumpets and
kettle-damns, in short, the noise is increased a thou-
sand-fold, and baffles all deseription. The ama-
teurs then go into the Circus, ale' bull is searched,
and his wound pro4ed ; they dispute, measure the
vigor's steps, and.load him with encomiums. The
dealers in water ail& lemonade, the girls that sell
oranges and pastry, fill the Circus, all is in motion,
-visits are paid from one box to another, allathe
handkerchiek are waving, and the whole assembly,
take their afternoon's luncheon ; but the door of
the Circus: is opened, and three mules; decked with'
bells and flying ribbons, enter at full gallop; they
drag away the slaughtered animal ; • the area is
smoothed again, every body hastens back to his seat,
trumpets and kettle-drums announce the arrival of
the second bull, and the spectacle is repeated with
few-variations. If the bull is not fierce enough, they:
bait him with blood-hounds; if extremely wild, he
will often kill horses by the. dozen. Theend of the
bloody spectacle is generally rendered very gay and
rtierry. They employ, for instance, men of stra‘i;,
With lead on their feet, whom the:bull will toss ten
kimes into the air, and • yet they always appear can
foot
.againa Monkeys will leap between his horns,
and make the most cmious faces and grimaces
'at. each vain toss the animal gives. Harleguins,
with large balloons, flag labourera, disguised as wo-
Men, with large fans, &c. Sometimes you will see-
a black fellow; who jumps on the_ bull's back, atid
:.draws a thong of leather full of iron spikes round
his muzzle, while he holds the thong at both ends
With:his teeth, and playS on- the guitar, Sac. &c.

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