The Sun.
London, England, 1808-08-01 00:00:00

, Spain, and, considering tie ma,gnit;tde and va-

riety of the respeaive services, ;t cannot he said
that they have not been rendered with all practica-
ble celerity and effea. The reports of did-kettles,
in the way of a choice of proper Commanders, have
been chiedy the fabrication of the party writers for
their own purposes ; but admitting that there have
been. such dit*ulties, it never can' be said That the
choice has not fallen on men from whose military ta-
lents and experience every thing may be expeaed that
zeal, knowledge, and enterprising spirit can accom-
plish. But we are told that if the'British Troops had
been earlier dispatched, Spain would have been able
to obtain more decisive advantages, and that, indeed,
not a Frenchman wotild, perhaps, now be alive in
that Country. The Writers who make these unjust
and Absurd charges, forget that an intercourse took
place between the Patriotic Spaniards and the
British Commanders, before those Patriotic Spa-
niards sent a formal embassy to the British
Government, and when our Naval and Mili-
tary Powers were authorized to co-operate with
the Spanish Patriots, in securing the French Fleet at
Cadiz, the latter, from a high sense of gallantry and
honour, not frau any mean imputse'elf jealousy,
Wished to have all the glory of the anion
selves ; a feeling of laud-able pride, and respect for
their Country. All possible activity has since that
period been shewn in sending supplies of every
kind to the Spaniards, and they are deeply
sen-
sible of the zeal and promptness with which
we have supported their cause, while the spirit
of faaious spleen at home has laboured to
excite British discontent, in proportion to the warmth
of Spanis'h gratitude. But it is not only by pitiful
complaints against Ministers that the Opposition
Writers attempt to discourage the public hopes of a
successful issue to the struggles of patriotism in
Spain, 1.0 they lay great stress upon the progress of
JOSEPH BUONAPARTE in that Country, and manifest
aPprehensions, that: by force and artifice united, he
may at' length be a'ele to essablish himself on the
throne. 'ut they either do not or will not consider
the cautious nature of his progress, the little advance
he has made, and the formidable resistance which he
has to encounter in the unanimous efforts of a whole
people determined to maintain their independence,
‘k.ho have the powerful assistance of this Country,.
and the Is i,hes of all mankind in their favour.

Qn Saturday the Duke of Yoiu; arrived at Wind-
sor, hal'an audience oi his MAJESTY most part of
the• day,, Wiled With the QUEEN and P44NOEssEs,-
and in the evening returned to town.
Yeiterday MAJesrv, Princeses SOPHIA, and
AtrousTA,-a(!compauted by Lady ToYAINE, Gene-
rals I'"ITZKOY and CARTWIGHT, and Col. TAYLOR,
rode to St. George'ti.Chapel, and heard Divine Ser-
vice, and aft( rwardc returned to' the Palace; •
Gilts, the MesSepker, 'arrived yesterday at the
Admiralty, with dispatches frotn AdMiral !vIuNTA-
GUE. at•Porisitiouth;
1-1 yg, thv Admiralty Messenger, left towrkyester-
day evening with dispatches for Sir Malty* WEL.
I.43t•LY.
An 'dditinnal order for 90,90.0 stand, of arms has
been 'delivered' at the Tower, -Which and to be
shipped to Spain an,l-Partugal.with the' utmost ex-
pedition.
Friday last the Royal pock., or King's Qwn Re-
giment of Militia, oil their Parade East &tune,
volunteered to a man kit offering tl,elr:serviees to
any part of Europe, int, the present momentous

The wind having come round to the eastward
yesterday, the Ix7editiop. from St. Helen's will be
able •to make sotii,2 progress. It has receive. an
accession of some recruits and troops from Ireland,
particularly the 2d battalions of the 36th'and 45th,
which will make it amount to nearly 15,Q00 men.
The first rendezvous is to be olf - the Tagus;
In the mean time other preparations are making
for the fourth V..icpeditipn. Almost the whole of
the 9t.t:rds liave reCeited order's to embark. The
following is an Extract of. a Letter upon this sub-
jeat

" CHATHAM, JULY 30.—This morning, while
out for a field-day, the 2d Brigade of Guards, con-
sioing.of the Ist battalion of the Coldstream, and
3d I.'..ghtient, received an Express, Ordering them to
b;..! in teaditte,i to embark for foreign service on the
s4ortest. notice. They will immediately be c 0.7.-
pleted from the ..cl. Battalion of their respective Re-
g;ments; in London, to 1300 rank and file each ;
and we venture to assert, that a finer body of men,
and, to the credit of their Officers, a 'Corps better
disciplined, is nut to be found in any part of the
world. On the order being communicated to the
men, they testified their satistadion by loud and re-
pe.tteck ouz.ztis ; every day, in,lettd; 'adds fresh in-
stances of the enthusiasm which aCtuateS't he whole
of the army. A war more popular, or a cause more
congenial to Briti:h feelings, has not liappened ir;
modern times
We unk:eroatut that a similar order was_ at the,
same time sent fothe Ist D
tat ol,consisting
of the Ist and .ad, Battalions of the Unice of YozK's
Regiment. The Sots 'ftrtyals,. 4th Battalion a the
20th, or,Caturronians ;' the 25th, or Edinburgh Re.
gimenth 8d Battalion'; the 3d Battalion of the 27th,
or Inniskilling Regiment, are embarking at
The latter go out under the command of Brigadier-
General $44444, to join Sir 4artivit Wgl.4,usic.tiv's
Army.

Ott Friday night, Mr. W4oqsrAFT, the Messen-
ger, left town war' dispatches for ,J. *HUNTER, isq.
in Spain. This Messenger goes out by the sane
conveyance as Lord W. ~,Ptzwrisrpc, Mr. Dvyr,
and the Spanish Messenger, whose departure we an-
nounced on Saturday. He is to ;main in Spain
for the purpose of bringing back as speedily as pos-
sible the first intelligence that isle be communicated
from the Patriotiocourt: • • -