The Sun.
London, England, 1808-09-28 00:00:00

OFFICE OF ORDNANCE,

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'.pt. s,
THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of HIS MA-
YES r .4
'4 ORDNANCE do leer+ give Notfre, that
Propotals will be 'recei-..e.t at their Office, in Pall Mall, on or be-
fore irednesda; the sib oa4er next,itom stair PercOns at may he
trilling-to undertake the perjormeice Of it PLA I SZE RER S'
WORK. for service of this Department, for a period of Three
l'ears„at the following Stations,Viz. . . .

The Tower,
Pail Mall,
Greenwich,

Woolwich,

Furtieet,
Gravesend,
and

Tilbury,

Further Particulars, farther with the Terms and Conditions of
the antral), may be known upon Application at the Secretary's
Office, in gall Mall aforesaid, any Day between the hours of Ten
and Four o'clock, where Proposals are to be delivered; waled up,
and indorsed," Proposals for Plaisterers' Work ;" but no Pro-
Posal can .be adm'itcd after the said sth Oftober next, at Twelve
o'clock at noon of the same day ; neither will any Tender be no-
ticedunless the Party making it, or an Agent in his behalf, shall
attend.

By Order of the Board,
R. li. CREW, Secretary.

OFFICE OF ORDNANCE,
' Sept. 16, 1808.
THE PITINCIP,IL. OFFICERS of His
Mll-
- .7 ESTY's ORDNANCE do hereby give Notice, that
Proposals will be received at Mel- Office, in Pall Mall, on or be-
fore Saturday, the tst Oeiober next, from. such Persons as may
he willing to undertake the supply of COPPER HOOPS:for
service of this Department for a period of one year.
Further particulars, together with the Terms and Conditions of
the Contrati, may be known upon application at the Secretary's
Office, ix Pall Mall, aforeraid,' any day between the hours of
le.: and Four o'Clock, where the Proposals are to be delivered,
se sled up, and indorsed " Proposals for Copper Hoops ;" Biel
no Prop9so/ can be admitted after the said sst au, of oao6o-, at
Twelve o'clock at Noon of the same Day ; neither will any Ten-
der 6e noticed, unless the Party making it, or an Argent, in. bit
behalf; shall attend.
By Order of the Board,
• R.ll. CREW, Sec.

, EAST INDIA HOUSE,
Sept. 22, dog,
THE COMMITTEE of SHIPPING of the
UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of EiVG.
LAND Tradiug to the EAST INDIES do hereby give Notice,
That the Committee will he re.zdy to receive Proposals in writ.
big, sealed up, on or before IPednesdly, the 61b alder next,
front such Persons who may 6e willing to sirpply• the Company
with

, ANCHORS and GRAPNALS,
• . , CANVAS, and
PITCH and TAR. •
And that the Condit;ons of the Contrails may be seen upon appll-
eatiun to Mr. "'antes Coggan, Clerk to raid C9mmitiee; with
whom the Proposals mutt be left before Twelve o'clock at Noon,
on the said 6th of Oaober, beyond which Hour the Consatittee will
sm. receive any Tender.

. • This D.iy was published,
Neatly printed in Two Volumes, aim illustrated with a Map
of Spain and Portugal, prise Jos. 6d. in boards,_ a new
Edition (being the Eleventh), with a tww I ntrodudetion, of
rrHE LADY'S; TRAVELS into SPAIN : or, a.
General Relation of the Religion, Laws, Commerce,
Customs, and Manners of that Country, written by the
Countess D'AUNAY, in a series of Letters to a Friend at
Pais, _ •

Primed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand.

FROM THE SPAiVISH PLIPERS.

MADRID, SEPT. g:L-The 'SC-pi-erne 'Coun::il: of
Castile has ordered to be* published the fodo.vi:ig
• account of the execrable conduk9 of the Freareh
in their retreat by Buitrago and' other, towns; as
also in Medina de
.Riosecc‘ when they entere,,t i it.tt
' town : •
The, Magistracy of Buitrago, on the I oth
• August last, -transmitted an account of the sacrilcge•;,:
abominations, outrages; laurders, burnings, and spo-
liations, perpetrated by the French troops
on their retreat from this.capial, marched
seph by that town on the 4th ult. In l3reojo they
• ia-ofatted tilichurches, robbing them Of the sacred
vessels, throwing down the Lets, and ( arrying •ot;'
all the vestments and ornaments. In Buitrago thy
converted one of the
.hermitages into a stable, c1:-.v-
-ing off the valuables; and destroyi;ig the iffi;;;;,.
Ifi an adjoining village they inurde:ed two rirtit and
it.wotna-n, throwing away. the Arke t rey could not
drink, and burning the casks and vessels. They
plundered all the vidages in the vicinity, and ticntt
nine houses. In Gandullas they set' fire to the corn,
and also to the woods of his Excellency the l'ue
Del Infantado. Even in, the very town where Jo- •
seph lodged, they broke open the drawers; and rot)-
bed their contents, leaving Buitrago and the adjoin
lug villages in the greatest consternation and tni•ety,
the inhabitants being coip'elled to'fis into fieLk-
ablndoning their hauseS and lyroperty. he Go.
Yernor of the district of Rioseco, on the loth of Au-
gust, writes, that alier the attack of the 14th 'of Ju-
ly, the French troops entered that city, killing ail •
i.vhotnlfierinet, withont distin6tion, ami even those
who fled fp-4n these horrible •proceedings, by the .
roads and avenues leading front-'the town. They
antxrdered it great number of Monks, Priests, and-
veraFwomen, ravishing them, witheet dis'ineti6n of.
age or rank, in the presence of their hu -bands, .pa-
' rents, and relations Land even Nuns, S.tripping them
naked in the streets and houses, committing indecen-
cies even on their dead bodies, ,and, what caused, if
'possible, still greater horrors; even upon the prin-
cipal objects of our worship. 'They carried oir,
their, camp a number of utimarrierreinales, some of
thew:l6(oe first rank, whom they coetinued abus
ing,during their march, from which ill treatment
most of them have died. They plundered the
chtrchesidettroying the images, robbing whit .sag
crilege,,us hands the. sacred pyzes, destroying the
consecrated hosts, and applying the sacred vessels to
the
_most indecent uses. - They set fire to more
than -forty hon-es, killing the poultry, /sheep, find
cattle, which they met, and carrying of liorses and
carriages of every kind. S'ich execrable violations
.of all the laws of nature, such horrible a6lB of
lence, and the losses which the inhabitants have suf-
fered, amounting to more than two millions of . solid
pesos, have reduced even the rich to the most lament.
able _situation, and have excited a spirit of just indig-
nation and vengeance against men who are marked
out by carrying desolation every 'where."

The Governor of Corunna has addressed the fol-
lowing letter to Don Arias Mon, Dean of the Su-
preme Council of Castile.

" Illustrious Sir—On the 24th, an English Gen-
tleman, accompanied by two Irish Gentlemen, de-
livered to me a letter to this effe& :—‘ I take the
liberty to present, through the midium of your re 7
speotable authority, a small offering of 10,000 reals
for the, unfortunate town of Vent urada, destroyed on
account of its loyalty to its King, by most cruel and
ferocious enemies. Two Irish Gentlemen (Mr_
Fitzgerald and Mr. O'Hara) of .the first families of
the, country, accompany me, and are desirous of
proceeding with me to the army of, General Blake.
If there are any volunteers in this. town, or in the_
kingdom, who may wish to accompany me,.though
their ninnber should amount to 1000, I shall,
much pleasure, pay the expellees of their journey,
travel with them on foot, and fight along with them., ,
glorying to serve unkr the command of any biave
Spaniard who has taken up arms in defence of re-
ligiokb and liberty. •

WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR:
a'lli6lsaid 10,000 reals being in my hand; I
inforth 0i! Thereof, in order that publication Way be
made in the Court Gnette, and the money applied
for the benefit of the unfortunate town of Vent urada.
" AtiToNtq ALcrmo."

" Corunng, August 28."

The Council ordered the above 10,000 reali to
be transmitted to the National Bank, for the use of
the people of Venturada, and.-direiied the Govritoi•
of Corunna to express to Mr. Landor, and the
two Irish Gentlemen,. the high sense which the
Council entertain of their generosity, valour, and
honourable enthusiasm.

On the evening of the 24th of Angust,.the Pro-
clamation of our beloved Sovereign, Don Ferdinand
the Vllth was -celebrated here. , The celebrity or
that daY was marked by all
_those- circumstances
which could render it great and memorable. If we
consider the joy and•delight manifested on the oc-
casion, they could not be exceeded; if we consider
tlre magnificence of the- preparations, they could not
be surpassed ; if we consider the order and demean-
our preserved by the people, it will seem that every
• indiVidtal had imposed upon. himself the severe but,
equitable: law of not giving the smallest offence to
his-neighbour; notto offend in actions nor in words ;
noLJA profane a day dedicated to Ferdinand VII.
with the least appearance of impropriety. • So great
ifits the respeet in. whiCh the august name of our
desirable Sovereign was held by his faithful subjeds.
When future ages shall read, in the great volume, of
history, the demonstrations wherewith the generous
people of Madrid testified on that day their love,
-their respeEt, and their loyalty, they will admire_ our
virtue and bravery, in preserving to him the throne
of his faithful. and invincible country, in spite of the
execrable perfidy and horrible violence of the de-
testable Tyrant. The greatest homage which could

he -ertlered to the ,happy,tnernory,nriFerdtpqna
,14e
Vllth, vas his solemn eroclamation.
The City cT Madrid, who were particularly
anxi-
ous to dernenct rate their love tor their §overeign, re-
quested permission of the Suprern& 4unta of Castile
to Wear at the ahlhe of pi oclathation the ancient dress
'of the^ Spaniards, that they m'ght in this• manner
record the heroic deeds of our ancestors, and to bag
nish from their minds the very name of tiiti'dreis of
Frt,nehmen, who had brought 'such misery upon
Spain. The Supreme Tribunal, with much satis-
faLlion, granted their request, and with the procla-
mation celebrated the evening of the 24th. Edicts
were passed and circulated during the day to inform
the Public of the time and order in whiCh the carri- I
•age 3 engaged in the procession were to pass. Every
person revolved in their imagination, exalted with
joy and delight, the manner in which so festive a
day was io be solemnized. • The time being arrived,
the proces,,ion began to pass through the streets.
The houses and public buildings were splendidlY de-
corated, but our limits do not permit us to give a
particular detail of the ornaments. .•Portraits of Fer-
dinand the Vllth were hung on all the houses. The
lonsesphich deserve particular attention were those
of the Marquis d'Astorga and Conde Altamira,
Standard Bearer or Madrid, who, to avoid disho-
nourhig him: elf by committing an infamous aet in
asaistiog at the proclamation of a oretended King,
it2ci from Madrid, thereby setting a shining example
of loyalty to all good subjeßs. On the front of his
'envie; were placed four statues, representing Pru- •
deace, Justice. Fortitude, and-Teniperance The
C!ty of Madrid, who were chiefly interested in the
festivities made hi honour of their Sovereign, pre-
Served for this day the magnificent triumphal arch
which had been erected for the entrance of the vie-
terious armies of Valencia and Andalusia. The
hoese inhabited by Don Florencia Martin, in the
street of Platerias, was decorated with great elegance.
The house of the Royal Phillipine Company was
splendidly Ornamented. In the great entrance was
placed a 'arandr,ome portrait or King Ferdinand the
Vi--Ith, painted by Don Joseph Cameron, surround-
ed with laurel. The other houses that attradted
much attention were those of the Marquis De Ca-
rilirty.ift, the Marquis of Moatealegre, the:Conde De
:Onate, S:c. It is impossible to give 'an: adequate
idea of the beautiful perspeaive exhibited by the
streets of Madrid. His Excellency the MarqUis'of
Astorga, as the Standard-Bearer of Madrid,. had in-
vited the 'Grandees of Spain,
.the Nobles.of
the Officers of i.he Palace, the Councillors of State,
the judges of the Tribunals, the Officers of the Ar-
mies of Valencia and Andalusia, the Inspe6tors and
Colonels of the Royal Spanish and Valon Guards, the
G•ivernor and Mayor of the Palace, the Secretaries
'ot Dispatches, andanany other persons of distinaion;
to attend on horseback, and assist at the solemn ce-
remony. What gave additional lustre to alie=piah
t'ess!on, and joy to the spe6lators, washthe happy
circumstance of the presence of SigniorsaDoyle and
Whithelini, who were likewise botia-iiivited to
perform a funhtien as an acknowledgment for the
'generous fr;endship manifested by the British nation
tra,v eats this coontry. Scarcely had the procession
began to move, when the people began to express
' their joy with loud shouts and acclamations. Their
dresses were highly becoming, giving them an ap-
pearance of great dignity and gravity. Madrid never
was the scone of such happiness ; never did its inha-
bitants expiess such satisfaCtion, because they naver
saw a Monarch proclaimed so beloved as Ferdia
nand V/.1.
• A party of cavalry led the procession, and were
wed by a clayony 'of halberdecrs, with 24 Al-
orlazds, preceded by the Algunzl Mayor. The
iii followed, attended by the maces and
ar:IH of ::.ladr.d, the A!catdes of the Brotherhood,
the tour Kings at Arms, and a great many other
cleiraehes t,f distintlion, and public officers. The
people "were astonished at the sight of such grandeur
and lAriiiancy, and the horses seemed to participate
in the joy and enthusiasm of their riders. The peo-
plc! tesiitied every demonstratton of joy during the
pewassion and ceremony. On the arrival of the
Proces,;;on at the Court of the Palace,' the Chief
Standard Bearer, Corregidor, the Regidor Dean, the
*Kings at Arms, with the Secretaries of State, as-
cended a platform vv hick had been prepared for theii
reception, xvherein ••as placed a handsome portrait
of Ferdinand ;he Vllth. Having arranged them-
`Felves according to seniority, the. eldest, according
to ancient ca-‘tom, spoke in a- loud tone of voice,
hileneh; Silencio, Silencio, oid, oid," and
:the C ,lel Standard Bearer repeated three times the
following words, " Cas,illa, por
el Senor Rei Dun Fernando VII. qUe Dios. gatkie."
And the four. KI:iT; at .1 tens tloew a quaatuy of
F,c1.1 end silver motley amongst the people, which
they had ihao i.hal ter the purrare.
Scarcely had tne august namt, of Ferdinand been
me.;!ioned, *hen the people with me Voice, from
the b atom of their hearts, cried out fr tv6, i 1.1 :ell
viva ! and expressed their detertn:h.ition to shed the
last drop of ;het: blood in detence of the just rights
of their leeh;Olale Sovereign, and the glory of the
1014041. They also saluted the Conde De
.A.itamira, and the English Officers, Colonels Doyle
and Widir;h4htni, and cite words England, Spain,
and-Eordivaud, µere continually mixed. The pro-
eaa.sion went to the Plaza Mayor, the P 1 tzuola de las
Lies::alza, init.' de la Villa, where the Ptociarn faun
it as repeat Ctl oit h the same formalities, and in the
Court ut the Pal •
Daring the niht 9f the 211 t very brilliant fire-
work: %.% disi.iayed on the Prado. On the 27th
hno 29th •taeoe- were bull tights. ' One halt of the
t-ci are 'was alloitcd to the troops of Valencia anti An-
who vi,ert• admitted gratuitously. The peo-
p;.• w.. 0 occupied the other half paid less than the
pl.ce oi admission. • • •

P LEN J.: I a, AUG. 14.-=—The
_French army under
the oitiilltiattd (if 8 -ssivres • returned to this city on
't h.: tin instant, and remained here fie days. They
st•ized lebr,ifin of th6•Consolidation Fond, wliiCh'
Wa4 cots er but frigu the Treasury they had
nA'hitig to'ren, it had been previondy eihausted.
'•,-4itutieted are hOnse of niishal Tordosilles y
It „,ir,.43 463- r,s(4olll•the pooerty of Senior Valcies,
!.11c.1 •; Bich there. ' the Town:.
.1,011 b t heir 'eti.predaticps ittcfn(feti even to the
and .ciliary wurn• by' the. 414itazilc 'They
rie4.oif all'the plate of thepratorin.'• Orders
o,ett th•ttle centinels to permit no perSOn to
.or enter theluyin; and this was done that it.
•Uot be kuown yiltetliq the troops anct-,64;.?

iriageg mereprOee4ing to Burgos. At 14st, pti the
Jodi, about seven in the evening, Gener.ll Lasalles
set off in great haste with his cavalry, leaving no
l'renchmen ey,ceptrome sick in the hospitals.

GERONA, AUG. 21.-4 Letter from the Gc-merel
of hivision at Gerona to the General in Chief, me -
tions, that in the action of the 16th, one OtEcer and
51 soldiers were taken by the Patriots. It also spe-
clties very minutely the various military stores which
were taken on that occasion. The principal of
these were 7 brass cannon, 9-mortars, 4 howitzers,
11 gun-carriages, 4000 balls, bombs, grenades,
2700 ball cartridges, 200 musquets, 80 quintals of
gunpowder, and a quantity of besieging and sealing
materials. Yesterday the prisoners which were in
this city were marched into the interior of. Spain;
among them is the Prince of Salm-Kyntirgh, who
before his departure wrote the following Note to the
Junta :
" SIGNIORS,

" Having received orders to march to-morrow
into the Interior, permit me to return thanks for the
good treatment and attention which I have expe-
rienced during my continuance in Gerona ; and be-
lieve, Signiors, that it shall never be effaced from
my memory.--1 beg you to accept the assurances of
my respeatul regard.
" THE PRINCE OF SALM'-KYBURGH."
Gerona, August 19."

BADAJOZ, AUG. 24..---The attacks which the ene-
my has attempted to Make with small parties, from
the garrison of Yelves, and by ambulatory columns,
which every day change their position, threatening
various points, have had only the same fruits with
the same expeditions commanded by Generals Du.
pont, Bedel, Moncey, and Lefebvre. The object of
the greater part of these incursions was to procure
provisions, of which they were in want ; but the
troops of our army situated on various points of Por-
tugal, despising their impotent efliarts and threats,
almOst always took from them the provisions of
which they plundered the defenceless Portuguese,
and made no attack without taking some prisoners.
At the sight of a Spanish party of about eighty or
00 horse, with a small detachment of infantry, these
wretches retreated to Yelves, though they were 5 or
Coo in force. From the sth to the 14th inst. there
have been taken from them 1200 fanegas of wheat,
897 of flour, 71 cargoes of wine, and 55 prisoners ;
and on the 19th, two waggons full of wounded.
Our army is impatient for the combat ; the troops
..advance with the rapidity of lightning to attack the
enemy, and the skirmishing of Evora, though the
enemy's excessive force made our troops give way,
has obliged the Commander to retrain from exposing
himself to a new attempt. Every day on which they
have the boldness to shew themselves, our guards
force them to retire with precipitation, pursuing
them to the very palisades of the place where they
are in garrison ; and if the wails had not proteaed
their disgraceful and daily flight, our chasseurs and
hussars would have ere now led prisoners the con-
querors of Austerlitz, of Jena,. of Eilau, and of
Marengo.
MADRID, SEPT. 7.—Freed in this capital from the
galling yoke which our oppressors had for the space
of five months kept us under, weiejoice in the satis-
fa&ion that Spain is abundantly avenging the un-
heard-of wrongs endured from the satellites of the
Gallic Despot. It may be relied upon, that at the
hour I am writing this, their loss amounts to more
than two-thirds of their forces in Spain, where up-
wards of 200,000 men of French troops have enter-
ed. In their ignominious flight, to which they have
every where recourse, they drop spoils ofall descrip.
tions,- numbers of dead, dying, and prisoners, and it
is hard if the remnant of that numerous host, with
their inglorious chief, Joseph Bucnaparte, escape
from this country. In every direation the banditti
have been foiled and worsted; ignorance of the mi-
litary art, and cowardice, are some of the prominent
features by which we have learned 'to know them ;
scduaion, cunning, hypocrisy, and bribery, are the
arms with which they have hitherto triumphed over
a credulous world. The charm is over, and the
eyes of Europe are open. Of the French Generals,
many lie dead on the plains of Spain, a prey to the
ravens, and arise that have escaped with life are con-
signed to ignominy and irrision. The terrorism which
they have exercised on the people of this country,
the sacrilege and atrocities committed against the
altar, and the unoffending and disarmed, so far from
intimidating Spaniards, have roused them to re-
doubled vengeance.

SaIIAGOSSA, AUG. 24.--7ExtraEt of a Letter writ-
ten by his Excellency General Palafox, of the Army
of Arragon, to his Excellency Dun Gregorio de la
Cuesta

"The French army which has besieged this place,
and precipitately fled from the pursuit of the troops
of this kingdom as tar as Tudela, has with disgrace,
abandoned that city; whilst, by finding thus a point
of security, I am enabled to establish the general
quarters in the centre. I have still to keep an eye
to the re-union of the Spanish army to prevent.
Navarre, Rioja, Castile, and even Arragon, fromfall-
ing a prey to the enemy's forces, which I am apt to
think will reunite on the left bank of the Ebra,
since they have not been able to maintain their
ground on this side. I have in consequence to re-
quest your Excellency to dire& your army at Madrid.
towards Soria or Logrono, in order that, at-ling in
concert with mine, already reinforced with that of
Valencia and the troops I' have been able to em-
body in Navarre, we may attain the dignified and
honourable end of our wishes, which are the salva-
tion of the country, religion, and rights of our law-
ful King.
" I am advised, that on the 19th a division of
5000 men from the army of Bessieres was to enter
Logrono, which no doubt meditates penetrating into
Soria, to destroy and plunder all on its way, and
even to return to Arragon, joining their forces to
'those of the besiegers of this c4pital and of their pre-
tender. I flatter myself, that your Excellency will
avail yourself of the information, and concur, as far
as lies in your power, to avert such pernicious con-
geg oenCes.''

MAILS.
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A, 4 We again beg leave.to C.lt the particular attention of our
Readers to the valuable Art,ule continued iu THE SUN of
this day, as it will enabl:.• mankind fully to appreciate the.
Military Character of that man, who has succeeded note
by cral.: and good fortune, than by real abilities and know.
ledge, in usurping the throne of France, in spreading mi•
eery wherever he promised friendship, as well as where he
menaced hostility ; and who has so long, by trick and ter-
ror, kept the Continental Powers in pusillazimous sub.

THE SUN.

.soLzsi Quits Dicta& FALSUM AUDEAT ?

L 0 ND 0 N,

WEDNESDA'S', SEPTENI3I:II. 28, 1808.

The Private Letter which we received from an
Pffieer on board Lord COLLINGwOOD'S Fleet, and
of which we yesterday communicated some part to
our Readers, states, that when Lord COLLINGWOOD,
Admiral Putty's, and other British Officers, dined
with General MORLA, who was anxious to testify
the good understanding that prevailed between the
Spanish Government and the English, nothing could
exceed the warmth with which the people received
our Officers as they passed. Every demonstration
of respe6l, esteem, and gratitude, was manifested,
and ardent acchumitions attended them wherever
they were, seen. After dinner the British Officers
were invited to See the Cadiz Volunteers reviewed.
They consisted of about three thousand very fine
young men, who seemed to be quite expert in the
military discipline, and who were evidently animated
by the warmest zeal of patriotism and loyalty. Lord
COLLINGWOOD was assured that there were four
hundred thousand such men as these, ready to join
the national standard, and to hazard every thing in
defending the independence of their country. if so,
the French must soon be driven from the soil which
they have so long polluted, and it is hardly proba•
ble that their ambitious tyrant will be able to force
them to venture again into a country where such
genuine loyalty and patriotism, under the guidance
of wise and honest Rulers, animates all ranks of the
people.

WE have received Spanish Papers to the loth inst.
They contain some further details of the dreadful
atrocities committed by the French in their retreat,
particularly at Rio Seco, of which we gave an ac-
count some time ago, on the authority of a Letter
from an English Officer.

The Gazette of last night contains an account of
the surrender of the Castle of Mongal (an impor-
tant post commanding the pass in the road from Bar-
celona to Gerona) to his Majesty's ship Imperieuse,
commanded hp Lord CocitaArrt, and a body of Spa-
nish Militia. Lord COLLINGWOOD, in his letter to
the Admiralty, states, that this is one of the many
instances in which his Majesty's ships on the eastern
coast of Spain have rendered effettual aid to the
Patriot Spaniards, in resisting and driving the ene-
my out of their country.

AN HISTORICAL RECITAL OF THE CAMPAIGN OF EUO•
NAPARTE. IN ITALY, IN THE YEARS 1796 AND 1797.

Previously to entering into the details of this Ita-
lian Campaign,
m aplaldi gt' so vaunted by the friends of BUONA-
T still' more by himself, it is necessary to
p A R
fix our ideas as to the respe&ive forces of the bellige-
rent powers. If we believe the Historian of whom
we have spoken, BUONAPARTE had only 50,000 et-
feaive men, while he had to combat an aimed
force of 280,000. To give an air of probability to
this most lying assertion, the writer furnishes us
with the folio% ing calculation :

The Austrian Army amounted to • - 80,000 men
The Sardinian Army (including the Militia) 90,000
The Army of the Pope 30,000
And that of the King of Naples . 80,000

Total - 280,e.z0

On this there is but one observation to make ;
namely, that from these two hundred and eighty
thousand men, we must begin with retrenching
somewhat more than two hundred and twenty thou-
sand ! And why must this enormous reduction be
made ? Because that the Austro-Sardinian Army,
with which alone BUONAPARTE had to contend,
never consisted of more than fifty-eight thousand
men. 'This is a fact which can very easily be

proved.
The Sardinians amounted to no more than thirty
thousand.; this was the utmost that the King of
Sardinia could furnish, as be had already been de-
prived of those Provinces which bordered upon
France. Add to these thirty thousand Sardinians,
about twenty-six thousand Austrians, and you will
not be far from the cxa6t truth. In vain does the.
historian carry the Imperial army to eighty thousand
men, since it is a fart, which cannot be disputed,
that this army, far from being augmented, was even
ntimerous than that which, the. year before, hat
been confided to the Baron Da VINs, and, which
never consisted of more than thirty. thousand. This
it was, which induced the King of Sardinia to press
the Anstrian Cabinet incessantly to reinforce its
4tar!au army., lie had sent, the preceding winter,

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two extraordiory couriers to. ba,tcn tLc disp:Ac
succours., and both had re!urncd to Turin with a
verbal but positive assurance, that consideraille re-
inforcements were on their march. The same
promises had been formally repeated to the Marquis
GIIIRARDVZj PiellipOtelltiary of the Em-
pire at the Sardinian Court. None of them, how-
ever, were kept-, and the public voice loudly accused
the negligence (to speak • tenderly) of the Baron DE
TtruouT, who at that period possessed the confi-
dence of the Emperor.
•

It is true that the King of Naples bad some auxi-
liary forces in the Austro-Sardinian army ; but these,
at no time, amounted to more than two thousand

four hundred knen.

Thus, then, we have the two hundred and eighty
housand men reduced 'to fifty-eight thousand tour

hundred; and thus vanishes all the heroism of 800-

NAPAIITE, whom his sycophants labour to impose
upon the world as the conqueror of immense armies!

For, let us suppose, that he had only fifty-six. thou"
sand men, his force was, at least, equal to that of
the Allies; and he was stronger 'by many thou-
sands than ALEXANDER, when he set out for

conquest of the world; that ALEXANDER,t° '443°113
he has the ignorant vanity, the impudenc°' to
compare himself ! And he had another advau•
cage over ALEXANDER,•since his army received COn'
tinual reinforcements from home. For this fad'

----
we appeal to the testimony of the inhabitants of the •
western coast of Genoa, from Varo to Savona, vibc)
will all declare, that in the winter of 179 b and
1796, there scarcely passed a day in which they did
not see large detachments of French troops, quite
fresh, march by to join the army of the new etee-
ral. 'Nor ought this to surprise us. BuotriAPAtt•q
was, in'a partiCular manner, the creature of the Di-
:
reaory ; he was their favourite agent, and all the
world is but too well convinced that the Dace:tory
were not sparing of the blood of Frenchmen !
the reader should be curious to know whence
particular affeiajon of the Directory tor .Buot4A•
PARTS originated, he may be told in two words,
that the latter bad rendered the Diretlory au
essential service the year before, when, 011 the
stla of
upon the wretched inhabitaoo
Oaober, he loaded the 4:11..;;non with grape" .
shot', and fired p
Paris, whose blood run in torrents down the street
during: the whole of the night ! Added tothis' BAR-,
RAS, the most powerful of the Direet°rs, had an
obligation of a very peculiar nature to him ; 13Licu4Am
PARTE rescued him from the ennui of a Nv°l.n
otochoufernt
tptheoaeosstsiloetrillnemp,broraebrsyetseddj acceptingioswgsEridapocrdisgracefully
of
m his hands, as 3 Wi,t.
j3ceElAeubrklaAtediumbyls'i
he na
Perhaps, too, e
• -
rectory were willing to shew their gratitude to 13v°-
NAplurg for the service which he had rendered t 9
•
the Revolution, when, in 1793, he presided at the
massacre of the unfortunate Toulonese,
blooded atrocity of which no human being but Ilia!
self was eier capable -?t..
However this may be, we now see that Paryci
BUotiAPARTE, who, by a solemn Decree had been
banish4d from his country ;
•-'• that BUONAPARTE,
Who
,h,sid been broke, disa ,
rnied as a terrorist, alter
• an instant to
tile 'death of ROBESPIERRE, raised in
the rank of General of an army ! What a vast career
ambition We will now trace his
opens to his E1T1.,1 • with a cold-
spirdodgyreessleviantiotabiws
hnicehwhecohuarssesi,nctheeobfitr4sitnsetd7 to that
To &continued.]
*lt is proper to remind the admirers-of BcoNAPAR"
that there exists, in print, a letter from him to the licre-
sentatives of the Convention, in which he expresses hi5s3V4C
•
joy that;"be bad spared neither old men, women, nor ebildriS
at 144":q!.0.;" and •• that he had ordered his so/diets to ,xlertni"'
nate with the bayonet and she sword all those whom the cannon
had spared !" This letter, which will exist longer perhaps
than his friends may wish, is signed Brutus Buotrapat le. "'-
believed himself a Roman far having achieved such an en'
terprise, and he was only a cannibal and an assassin !
It is a fad attested by authentic and ocular witnesses',
that BUONAPARTL was driven fram Coisica'by a viol.
Decree which banished him for ever: nor was it for one
those faults for which youth offers same plea, and %111
a number of praise-worthy actions subsequently Peribillie;
may perhaps efface. He was banished for a • rime, for -
grievous enormity which deserved death. it was thus
179 z 13u0NAPMR"!L retired to Ajaccio, not as a French
grant, but as an Agent of the Republic, laboured to Stir
hi's Countrymen, by instilling into them the principles of r
cobinism. Ile experienced a resistance Which he did not Cl '•
ped, and for which:he determined to take signal vengeance;
And did Ile died it ?On the very day of the -5c
cord Fest.o.l of Easter, at eight. in the morning,
when the ,pious Communicants were coming out of tile
cathedral •.:ditlrch, he ordered a band of cut-thruats,
wbofi
_hefiacUrltivett for the purpose, and placed in ambush ''
.urine
the pre&ding night, to fire upon the people ! l udge, it 't
possible, of the surprise and terror of the unhappy
who suspeOed nothing of the kind ! Numbers were sever
wounded, and not a few killed on the spot. All tr).9e"
cumstances aggravated the crime, and called for exelliPylai"
tiri
punishment. Nevertheless, B CiN APAR TE CSCd pelt
the decree of perpetual banishment and infamy, which wiii
unanimously awarded against him. This Decree ex'st:
or,
the archives of the country. (This estimable writer due
perhaps, know, that it is to be found in P e 3.11 ER,
trom the Corsican Records, together with a lite,aLrl
joted
torward awn signed by the
PAPXI, who was then President of the Assembly. Ot
they shew sticli indulgence Why tiid not tbe sro
justice then fall on a head guilty, and so accutse.n •
nem! - '