The Sun.
London, England, 1807-11-19 00:00:00

WAR- IN LA PANDEE.

Tim Count DE PuissTe has just published a Fifth
Volume of the Memoirs of the War in la Vend6e,
Which we have perused with uncomtnourinteast.:
There is a sacred duty imposed, no.leslf bq llo-
nour than humanity, on all those. who, ih'the revo.
lotions of Empires, have been drawn into the vor-
tex of public affairs : it is to bequeath to posterity
the inaterialsmost proper for enlightening its justice;
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and to the historian all necessary documents, that,
liberated froM the passions by ivhicli-we are agitated,•
he may appreciate 'With severity, but, at the same
time, with impartiality, the faas submitted to his
discussion; cud thus present to a 'generation terri,..
lied by OtieMisforttines, the causes by which they
Were accumulated upon us, and the means by which
they hay be averted by themselves. •• •-.-• •
The Contemporaries of those awful Bevoltitibei
Which overturn Empires, cannot write their historY.
Inthose times of calamity we are called on to choose
our party, and to aCt ; to select our enemies, and to
combat'thein thuS incessantly occhpied in repelling
the attacks of crime, or the calumnies of intrigue. He
Who exists in those guilty and uhlortunate periods
•can he neither tranquil nor impartial. It is mcgtnbent
an him, therefore; to abstain from passing judgment
on
.the general question, on the combination of
"uses, with many of which he is frequently un-
thawed obscurity. ;Still envelopes the culpable,
.4'24 nothing,
but the. hand of time can rend asunder
the veil which yet hides ..the powirful criminal
Awn view But it is for Contemporaries; In:writo
Memoirs em, all the events In which they. wee
4nliaged, and of Which the truth can only be known i
to themselves. It is the re-union'of authentic,
deposits which forms the evidence of the cause to be
tried.hy theage to come, and of which the legiti-
%ate Judges are not yet in existence.
It is in the midst of the guilty, when a Writer has
the courage to name them, that the pieces which
inculpate them should be published; that they may, ,
justify themselves, or that, their silence descending
tuptisteii4, together with the charges against them,i
intyconvince future ages, •by that alone, that the
;times imputed to them can neither be palliated nor
dented,
i,„_:..Titern are charges, undoubtedly, which it becomes
lat dignity of those Who regard their own. charaCter,
• 16 4,llSWet only, with contempt s but. when a man,
V.4iversally esteemed and respeCtedr and who has.
at the head of great and important transa6lions,
4ressashiniself to the public, supported by every
lied of proof calculated to ensure confidence ; when
. he cites fa&a, and establishes them, as he proceeds,
the most authentic vouchers, it is indispensibly
necessary, for those whom he accuses, to answer
him, or stand self-convided of guilt ! It is this con-
sideration which renders it a sacred duty for such
lien aII.M..DETUISAYE to, publish their Memoirs in
the midst of theircontemporaries.
•
The reading of this fifth Volume inspires t ,fn
.
tf melandloly interest which resultSfrOMthe nom s
bination of important reColleaions with deep rel.t4tt
nand
, onizin
•. - • i Amidst the Most horrible
fi c. EVous. i
clainities, we perceive the only possible nibins of
.ayerting them; of restoring to the French their
e9untry,,to their King his throne, and to Europe It%
independence. and repose; and •when we believe
ourselves on the eve of 'attaining those desirable,ob-
J6Ets, we are suddenly disappointed by men whem
the revolutionary chaos brought forth to perpetual!
• anarchy, and assure the duration of our tyranti„. In
this manner, while, at home, the ItevOl'ution:e4
'wated.to the surrimit of power all that was most
~:,abjeCt in France, abroad it environed the krench.
.'princes with every thing vile and despicable, with
the sweepings of streets, and • the refuse of dung-
hills. ,
Beings wholly unknown, and destined, for the
happiness of 'the world, ever to remain so, flung out
el their proper sphere.
,by the storm which over-
whelmed all France,. sought, among the neighbour-
lug
nations, to enrich themselves by intrigue, 'and
assumed; at pleasioe, the- titles of Agents, Ambassa-
dors, and Generals ! Prodnced by the Bevolution,
they never forget their.obligations to it, and all their •
efforts were' directed -to support and confirm it.' In
the Voliune'before us, the Count DE Porattiti h s..
hilt •
Open their shameful manoeuvred,d
,out the dreadful consequences which ettended:th4::.
Monsieur DE PUISAYE owed this jut ice,ttY• the.
brave Mon whom he commanded; and whom he
law perish, for the- most sacred of causes, viaims of
these intriguers, who never dared to approach the
spat where theit-noble sons of honour 'and loyalty
fought and died. Since be has bad the misfortune
0 survive then74,l!it is his duty to expose to-Attscorn
and reproach of all ages those names _which Ware
formed indeed, for Obscurity; ~but,to ••-mthieb their
orioles imperiousirrefuso that asylum. He owes to
1110 st energetic Nation of EUrope;aukiroirtgereat:cst
.
of the age; 'my. ;had death•hasr'rEilsflet from
ni. a narrative wlsieh shall establish beyond the power
of
rinc'stion, and fur ever,, the well-grounded rno7',
Cves
utcir tiob!et alisißtaiteAto the. Vinvolitt Wirt

and, consequently. to bring to light those wretebea
whom England suffered to exist on her bouniy,
while they calumniated her views, and to whom
she still continues her charity, through a contempt,
for baseness which is allied with magnanimous pity
for misfortune !

What duty enjoined, theCountDa PUISAYR has per-
formed ; what yet remains to do, he will undoubted-
ly accomPlishi Honour commands him, and his gal-
lant companions expe& it from him. The calumnies
of his enemies are more calculated to betray their
own fears of exposure than to arrest his pen; and
we would advise him to adopt, as a motto for his
future works, the following observation of SENECA.
Quanta dementia est vereri ne i fumeris ab
Aznibus !

Count PALFNCE, a distinguished Hungarian.,No-
bleman, who resided for a considerable time in
England, returned to his own country, and. was
proceedingsome time ago on his way to this country
through Holland. Notwithstanding his Court was
at that time in terms of amity with that of Paris,
he was by French influence detained at Amsterdam,
on the assertion, that-as his carriage, and several
other articles of his.property, were English, and he
had been fora length of time resident in this coun-
try, it was probable thathe might have in contem-
plation some objeas favourable to us. He has since
that been removed to Paris, and has not yet been.
able to procure his liberation. The Princess SI•All-
REMBSIEG, about three or four months ago, went
from England into Germany, for the purpose of ar-
ranging some domestic atfiirs that were necessary to
be regulated, in consequence of the death of the
late Prinee.and Princess. Upon her return to Eng,
land,'relying.on what appeared to be a double se-
stirity, first, the existence of amicable relations be-
tween her country and France, and secondly, the
`Sacred charaaer di Ambassador, which her illus..
-triousconSort bears, and which situation he has for
.a long time most honourably filled, purposed travel-
ling alga through Holland to, this, country. There,
however, even' she baS been detained.

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Lieilttglinit Loan,, of the Claudie, has brought
hoMe the Swedish OrderS Of St. Joachim to the:
Duke Ds BOUILLON, Lord Viscount TR AVALGAU,
anct.Sir AUGUSTUS isruovr. This- di,tinction has,
been conferred by the King of SWEDEN upon -Lord
TRAFALGAR, as a mark of his Maje Sty's respect for.
the mernoryof the illustrious Neesote.
The pigeon match between Mr. MAJUOT, of Is-
lington, and Captain Doetee, which was to have
taken place on Saturday for too guineas, but which
was deferred by% consent,,qn account of the incle-
mency of the weather, .took-place yesterday near
Harley Coraer,•, There were twenty-one pigeons
for each of the sportsmen to dispoie of, troM a
trip of tweety,one yards distance. The Captain
shot • first, and killed seven birds following ; he
missed the 'ninth and tenth, and the 'filuteenth
fell three yards out of bounds ; he also missed
the fifteenth and eighteenth, and consequently ho
had sixteen dead birds, Mr. MABBOT, missed the
feurtill fifth, eighthe eleventh, foarteent le- and fill
teenth birdie which decided the match its favour of
his adversary. The loser, was the favourite before
the match. •
The American Consul at Leghorn, according to
letters received from thence, of t he Both of July, had
advices from Paris, that the decision of the cases dee
pending before the Tribunal, respetling the Vessels
arrested at Leghorn, qu account of their having saie.
ad from England after the decree of blockade, had
been suspended for the present.
Tee Tneerez.e.-The new Opera of Two Faces
under a Hood, was repeated last night at ,Covent
Garden Theatre, with those curtailments and omis-
sions which liberal criticisms 'suggested, and, as we
pretli6ted, effeaually triumphed. over its adversaries.
—The music is, indeed, admirable in general, and
exquisitely beautiful iu parts, and the Performers
render =OIL justieta eheitee several charadera.
--erhe piece, of ,course, in being rendered more
compact, is more offeetive in the representation, and
it now goes off with great spirit.
The Grand Jury for the County of -Middlesex, in
the Court of King's Bench., meet on Tuesday the
,feet) and Saturday the,2Bth of November, to receive •
Bills ofindielment." •
A very extraordinary, .occurrence
,took place 'at'
Castle Eden, in the county of Durham, on Thurs.-,
day,selinigla; which we relate yith much pleasure,
es it records, a benevolent :talon, but still more as
it teaches people never to despair of the life of a
fellow creature when, in jeopardyt—John Arm-
strong, sinker, of ,Bishopton, was sinking a well at
the ion at Castle Eden, at the. tlepth of fonrteen
yards,. when about noon, by the imprudent removal
of 4 few .bricks, ..biobiol had obstrtOed the gradual
_descent of the: crib, and its superstraLiute, a great
portion of the well closed upon him, His voice
was heard, and four sinkers who happened to be
working at Haft, itbeet three miles off, were itn-
. mecliateiy procured, by the assiduity of Mr. Kiplitig,
master of the inn ; but on attempting to remove
the eaperiecumbene bricks, the well closed a second'
time t towards evening all hopes, of finding. him
alive were given up, and the work was suspended
for the bight, as -he was no longer beard ; and the
stato,of the shaft becathe hazardous., At this jenee
ture the Rev. Mr. Brandliug, of Shotton • Hall, pre-
videntially arrived, and by the' most praise-worthy
exertions colletc,ted the neceieary men, and materials,
directed the mode of securing the shaft, and renewed
the interrupted energy of the workmen. After
• severe labour for the greater part of Thursday night
r and till Friday at eight o'clock in the evening, their
toy
,and risk were happily repaid by rescuing' the
poor man from his perilous suuation. The bucket -
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with which he had been sinking, lied formed the
key of an arch Over hjs head; and he was found ie
:a bending posture, closely pressed on all sides by
the' bricks and gravel ; but without having sustained
any material injury. Mr. Edger; Surgeon, of' Shot-
ton, bestowed his humane and gratuitoesattendance.
Thus, -under Providence, has 'the happy benevo-
lence of a Gentleman, aided by the persevering ef-
forts of a few, naive individuals, almost miracu-
lously restored an industrious Oman to his family and
the community.
The Court of Sessioe was opened at Edinborgh-
. on the 1 gth. inst. for; the dispatch of business: All
TitAe..;uo rteciagarit