The Sun.
London, England, 1808-09-14 00:00:00

are few examples of a eendii& so incoila
sistent with all the principles of the muitary
The General, who was unable to tommand his artily,
discovered himself in the negociations which follow-
ed equally destitute of political firmness and ability.
Like SABINUS TITURIUS, he rushed upon destruction,
entirely from a spirit of infatuation, and suffered
biraself to be deceived by the artifices and pqrsua-,
hions of another AD.IBIORIX. But the Rcaitti sa-
diers, more fortunate than ours, perished with their
arms in their hands.

" This tmexpeaed intelligence, still more import-
ant from the encouragement which it must give the
insurgents,. the advices of numerous descents by the
English on the coast of Galicia, and the excessive
heat Of the season, which checked all the operations
Which circumstances Might render necessary, indu-
ced the KING to assemble his troops, and to place
them in a cooler climate than that of New catitiie,
and in a situation which presents a mild&Attudilj
Phere and better water.

" The KING lett Madrid on the Ist of August;
and the whole arm) went into cooler cantonments.
"So late as the 20th of August, the insurgents had
tot entered Madrid. They appear to be in a state
Of complete contusion and dissention.

" On the 22d, the KINTG was at Burgos, and par-
ties sent out to the distance of from fifteen to twenty
slides could procure no intelligence of the enemy.
"Every intelligent person sees with regret, that
England has obtained the melancholy advato <tge of
iiixciting among the Spaniards a civil war, of which
the issue is not doubtful. But what influence can
the rational and enlightened middle class icave upon
the ignorant multitude, when led astray by fana-
ticism, popular prejudices, and foreign corruption ?
General DUIIESME has again entered Barcelona,
where he intends to unite his corps, and to keep that
important city in check, all the forts of which are in
hands.

" The English Cruizers having landed some
tnissaries at Bilboa, the people of that city were
Weak enough to break out into insurrection, in
which, however, the mercantile and respectable
Classes of inhabitants took no part. Gen. MERLIN
Thatched against the places with two squadrons of
Cavalry, and two regiments of infantry. He car-
tied two monasteries by storm, disarmed the insur-
gents, and re-established the Government of the
Provioce. The loss of the insurgents amounted to
500 men. Our's consisted in only three killed and
12 wounded.
" Such is the corredabstraa of the events of the
tarnpaign in Spain. There has been no battle,
Snot
a single action, in which the courage of our troops
was nut displayed to advantage.
" Had General Durota kept his troops united in
a body, he would, without much difficulty, have dis-
persed the insurgents, their army having consisted
only of three divisions, scarcely forming a total of
20,000 men.
1' The bo.lies of insurgents scarcely deserve to be
mentioned in this war. They defended themselves
behind a wall or house, but could not tnaintain
themselves in the open fields and a single squa-
dron of cavalry, or a battalion of infantry, is sot&
jelit to put many thousands of them to the rout.
The principal army of the insurgents was that
Itlich Marshal BESSIERES annihilated at Medina
Lie) Rio Seco.

All that the English Papers have plblished re-
'lng The affairs of Spain is unfounded and false.
England knows well the part she is ailing on this
~tive:si°n• She also knows well what she is to er.-
re`4, fr()M all her efforts. Her only obje& is to in-
vol Spain in confusion, that she may thereby make
herself niistress of such of her possessions as best
Stilt her purposes."

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LONDON,
Vilpt4SbAYs SEPTEMBER 14, 1808.

a A Schooner arrived on Monday at Plymouth
from Corunna in six days. She does not brin g
any intelligence of
importance. No movements
had taken place in Spain, except that Gerleral
BLAKE had quitted the position whith he had for
some the occupied, and had advanced to Rio Cea,
cm his march towards llurgos. No authentic ac-
counts had reached Corunna from Portugal. There
was, however, a report there, that another Battle
had taken place, that Juwar had been defeated,
with the loss of 5,00 u men, that he was killed,
*lid that Lisbon had surrendered. A Gentleman has
460 arrived who left Oporto on the 3d instant, and
at that time no accounts had reached that place sub-
sequent to those of the Battle of the 2 'St.
A Mail from. Heligoland also arrived this morning.

The Duke of Kent Packet has arrived from Ja-
tnaita;by which we have the Kingston Papers to the
14th 'July. They do not contain any intelligence
from the Spanish Colonies, but we are extremel.
sorry to say, that they announce the' death of Ge-j
neral VILLEVITS, the Commander in Chief of the
Forces in Jamaica. Re is succeeded in the command
by General CARMICIIAEL.

At length the French Despot has thought proper
to present to his enslaved people an account of his
failure in Spain. It appeared in the Moniteur of the
6th inst. and was copied in one of the Dutch Jour
nals, which we received last night , down to •ri
L.he.
1t th instant. This account of the proceedings
.
of the French in Spain, and of the glorious.
eventa in that country, is, as might be expe6l-
ed, a comp Jund of the most gross and contra

cir'y falsehdods from the liegintiiiit 16 4.'be
It is not drawn up with the usual art of the French
Govet'nment, but is as inconsistent as it is falSe, and
destitute of every thing like probability. It is ob-
servable, tirSt-that wlth the single exception of
DUPOicr'S defeat, the account sayS that the French
arms were invariably successful ; and even in men-
tioning Durotcr's defeat, it says nothing distinElly
of his surrender. It is quite silent as to the
loss
.of the French Fleet in Cadiz, and equal-
ly, so as to ail the disgraces which have at-
tended the French arms. in Saragossa. DuroNT
seems to be consigned to destru&ion, and there-
fore he will be Wise in never attempting to return
to France. The Spanish Patrio:s are eVety where
mentioned as Rebels and. Insurgents. The People
of Spain in general are represented as being in a
greater state of ignorance than those of any other_
Country. The losses on the pa,* of the Spaniards
are said to have been great, and those of the French
very trifling. Sometimes the Spanish Insurgents are
Smugglers, then Monks and peasantry ; but in spite
of all the attempts of the Moniteur to disguise the
truth, it will at times break out. We hear of" the
great force" with which they appeared in some
places, of " the principal army of the Insurgents,"
and of " the great extent of ground" which the
Rebel Forces occupy. We are told, too, of the
impossibility which attended the attempts of the
French and Spanish Traitors to bring back to obedi-
ence (to JOSEPH) an ignorant and tnnatical people.
The greatest cruelties are imputed to the Spaniards,
to whom, indeed, the Moniteur only transfers those
cruelties which have been practised by the French
themselves. Upon the whole, the accounts are cal-
culated to discourage the French from engaging in
any farther enterprizes against Spain, rather than to
anim.tte them in a cause where they are, only likely to
sacrifice themselves to.'gratify the pride of their Tyrant,nt,
and to elevate his family. We cannot avoid noticing
the manner in which this account mentions the flight
ofJOSEPii from Madrid. The KING, we are told (poor
iloseva), " had been induced to assemble his' troops,
and to place them in a cooler climate than that of Cas-
tile, and in a situation which presents a milder atmos-
phere, and better water," and therefore on the Ist
of August, he and " the whole army went into
cooler cantonments." But the heat of the atmos-
phere, and the badness of the water, was not dis-
covered till he heard of the unexpected defeat of
DuroNT, and the n u met ous descents of the English !

The State Paper from his Holiness the Pon,
which we preßent to our Readers this day, is a
very important and interesting document. It con-
tains a clear and affeAling narrative of the injustice,
ingratitude, and trranny of the French Despot, rind
trust have a powerful operation on the Continent.

We are happy to announce the safe arrival of the
Leeward Islands and Quebec Convoys, at Deal and
Dover.

The Manchester Packer is arrived at Falmouth
from New-York and Halifax—she left the former
place on the 6th August, and the latter on the 251 h ;
:the letters will be delivered to-morrow. The Duke
of Kent Packet is also arrived at Falmouth from Ja-
maica, in 42 days. His Majesty's Brig Hunter sail-
ed from Kingston on the 28th July with the trade
for the place of rendezvous and Great Britain.
Admiral DACRES had an audience with Lord
NULGRAVE at the Admiralty this morning.
Sir DAVID BAIRD, with the Expedition under his
cwomand, have sailed from Cork with a fair wind.

A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Office
yesterday, which sat from three until four o'clock,
and was attended by the Duke of PORTLAND, Lord
CASTLEREAGH, Lord MULGRAVE, Earl BATHURST,
Mr. SPENCER PERCEVAL, &C.

The Transports with the brigade of Guards on
board, came into the Downs on Sunday, and the
embarkation of the remainder of the troops com-
menced yesterday.
The 6 Ist Regiment has been ordered to join the
Expedition at Cork immediately.
There was yesterday no less than six arrivals from
different parts of St. Domingo. By M. DA eY, an
eminent merchant of Cape Francois, who sailed
from Gonaives the 30th of July, we are inforrmd
that there is no truth in the reports of Monday last,
of St. Marc and Gonaives having been taken in the
month of July. Both these places continued in the..
power of CURISTOPHE'S troops, and no attack
from PETION'S side was apprehended. Not only
Gen. ROMAIN had not been shot, but he was high in
the confidence of CHRISTOPHE, who appointed him,
in July last, Chief of the Staff of his army. . ,Both
Chieftains have an army of 30,000 men under their
orders. Specie is much wanted, and conarnerce
•very" dull, though there is abundance of produce.
`All reports, from those quarters, should be received
with extreme caution.

The sentence of the Court-Martial which tried tha
Generals who signed the capitulation of the suit,..nder
of Copenhagen to the English, has been made public.
Generals PYEMAII and BIELFELD are adjudged to
suffer death, and General WATTBRDURF to be ba-
nished.

JOHN LAcV, Esq. of Wimborne Minster, shot
i:Astilthe Manor of Verwood, is the county of Dor-
set; bn, the third day's shooting, this season, 30
brace of partridges, 10 brace of hares, and 12 cou-
ple of rabbits : he commenced his day's sport with
the rising sun, and closed it at four o'clock. Six
servants, with four brace of pointers, attended hint.
What makes this day's sport the more extraordinary,
the whole Manor is not more than 2,500 acre*,