The Sun.
London, England, 1807-06-29 00:00:00

PUBLIC INQUIRY.

,The Country has an assurance both,in the Speech
from theThranewhich prorogued the last, and that
which opened the present Parliament, that the great
objeEts of Publiclnquirywith a view to produce the Most
teonotnieal Expenditure of the Public Resources, will
• pot oui• notbe4tbandone-d, but will be prosecuted with
increased energy. The CuANcELLou of the ExettE,
QUER on Friday night, in his admirable reply to some
obserra.tiotis which fell from Lord I-Towicx., pledged
the present Mihistry to the formation of a Corn-
.rnittee oft Finance and Public Offices, on the .brOad
basis of impartial investigtion and real public utility.
Such a CoOmittee as is. now intended to' be tortned
will be capable or rendering most important, bene-
ficial, and Lasting services to the Country. Their
powers ought to be large, and their views extensive.
While they bring under their review. transactions of

long standing, they ought not to overlook those of
more recent date, for those abuses which are of later,
birth are the most dangerous and prejudicial.. If. it
-shall be found that within the last twelve or eigh-
teen months places of large amount, and many in

number, have been created, for the sole purpose of
extending the patronage of the then Ministers : if
it shall be found upon inquiry that large additions
have been made to the Salaries Of Clerks in of
already enormous, merely because they were the
relatives or favourites of those at the heads of the de-
partments in the State—we trust such transadions
will not be permitted to remain in the suspicious
secrecy with which they were enveloped ! •

We have heard likewise of some transactions,
.of
some years standing, it is true, connected with the
department of the War Office, which ought not to
be passed over' in silence. We have seen state-
ments published relative to the mode of applying
the money granted for foreign corps, which contain
charges of the most serious nature, which ought not
to be passed over without the most minute investi-
gation. We have heard of money having, been
drawn by Agents abroad for foreign corps, when;
in point of fa6t, the majority of the men existed
only upon paper. The public interest requires that if
these charges are well founded, the persons who
have been guilty should be exposed and punished; on
the. other hand, if the charges are false, it is but jus-
tice to the persons accused that their chara&ers
should be rescued from suspicion. In every point of
view the most strict inquiry is absolutely necessary.
These, and many other things which have hither-
to unaccountably been' allowed to sleep in oblivion,
will, we trust, come under the revision of the Com-
mittee which the present Administration mean,
without loss of time, to propose to Parliament to ap-
point, and from whose labours, so appointed, we
auger the best consequences to the national uiterests
and honour.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE,

FR'otif THE.HA.MIiURGH.

ilhsxtteNnunGH, JUNE 9.—Particulars of the evenia
which took place on the 4th and sth of June, at the
first corps of the Grand Army : . .
" On the 4th of June, -at three o'clock in the
morning; the' Enemy made demonstrations to at-
tack Pettelkan and Zergern by liratinsburgh. Part
of the 9th- regiment moved accordingly to the point,
where he attempted to cross the river, and com-
pelled , him to retreat. A cannonade issued from
both'banks of the river from Zergern to Pettelkan,
Which listed some hours, - but produced no im-
portant result.

At eleven o'clock two colUmns of the Enetny's
troopi were observed from the redoubts near Span;-`
den, which advanced on the road of Muhlsacli and
Wormditt against the bridge-head. Soon after,
ihese two coluMns, estimated each at 3000 foot,
supported by numerous cavalry, deployed, formed-
in front of the bridge-head, and unmasked a battery
of ten pieces of cannon and two howitzers, which
iMmediately cormiidnced to play on our entrench-
ments. _The fire was returned with great vigour,
and after a conilia.w,hich lasted two hours, the Ene-
my was -obliged 0 -retreat, buth on the road of
Mtililsach and Worinditt.

" At. three o7clOck in the afternoon every thing
was , quiet along the line. On the sth, at iour
o'clockin the morning, the advanced posts reported
that ,a brisk, cannonade leas . heard on the right,
anti-soon after intelligence was received :of a severe.
attack being made on ,the 4th and sth
The first corps took up arnis, and prepared for any
event which could happen. The Prince ot Potr.rz_.
'operations,
made the necessary- dispositions for offensiVe:
operations, in order to make a diversion when once
the, fire ceased in the right wing. ' •
General Ftt HEE, who comManded at the bridge- -
head of Spanclen, reported at-nine.o'clock, that two'
heads of columns were, perceived on the roads of
Muhisach and Wormditt :
,the Enemy advanced
.10 to 12,000 foot, 3000 horse, and 20 pieces- of
ordnance, posted some battalions of light infantry:On-
the banks of the Passarge on the right and left of
the tete de pant, and his sharp-fi.hooters took post on
the banks of that river,. under cover of the woods
which are on the right bank.
The Prince of PONTE CORVO ordered thereupon
six battalions to march from Neumark-to DentSchen'-
donf and dire&ed, at the same time, General-GE-
antri's brigade to advance from the Cant') at Coro
vendn, on the heights between Sc4loiden and Span-.
den, The 63d Regiment° received circlets also to,
support ,Spanden. The four regiments of dragoons,
under General LAHOUSSACE, which joined soon
after, were distributed in that line. The 17th Re= .
giment was .posted in such a manner as•to be able,
on the EneMy's first retrograde Movement, to ad-.
vance to the right, bank. Whilst these dispositions
were carried into execution, the Prince passed -the
line on horseback, and approached Spanden, in
order to ascertain
.the Enemy's views. The road
which leads.from Schloiden to that village, was ren-
dered dangerous by the fire of the Russian sharp-
shooters,. who were posted on the right bank of the
river, and seemed ready to attempt the passage.,
The Prince ordered them to be dislodged from
the woods they occupied, by grape-shot and howit-,
zer shells ; but, unfortunately, the pieces of ord-
nance, destined tor that purpose, did not arrive in
due time.. The Prince had proceeded to the bridge-
head, and:given his orders to Gee. FkSRE. On his
return he perceived the, 1 7th regiment of dragoons
taking a position under the fire of the Russian in-
fantry. He was desirous to post it in a less danger-

'bus place, but while he was approaching the r;gi-
ment, his Serene Highness was struck by a musket-
ball in the neck, under the right ear: the cdllision

was so 1, iolent, that he fell for7wards, with his head
on the saddle. The troops, for a moment, were
struck with dismay ; they thought their GCneral in
Chief was killed; but this painful error did not last

long ; the Prince raised his-head again, and employ.-
ed hip remaining strength to inspirit the soldiers to
avenge him. An exclamation of revenge was -their
answer ; and the Prince was endeavouring to avail
' himself of-,this favourable disposition_of the troops,
when the blood, streaming forth from his wound,
and the weakness •thereby occasioned, coaipellti
him tO withdraw to a. house, and get his wound
bound up. He therefore direCted General MAISSON:,
Chief of the General Stall, tO convey hiS orders to
the ditii.qen: 'Generals, strenuously to maintain their
positions.
The Prince's absence did • not last half an 'hOur.
His wound had been scarcer,- bound up, when here-
ceived a report that the -enemy was attempting to
cross the river near Bourden, and immediately pro-
ceeded, with the 27th regiment of dragoons, to the
• Heights of Ditetschendorf. Soon after, General LA-
PIESSE. arrived, at the head of three recriments•and.a
battalion of light•infantry, and marched to the river
to attack all who should attempt to cross it. By the
• perseverance of these troops, the enemy's design was
frustrated : the Prince thereupon received.. intelli7
gence, that fresh troopS of the enemy had made their
appearance,.and that the first two columns were ad-
vancing to Carry the. bridge-head by assault. He or-
dered General FAERE to hold out to the last extre-
mity ; and, in case of need, •to cause himself to• be
buried, with the 27th regiment of light infantry, un-
der the ruins of the redoubt. Gen. WELIATTt was,
at the same time, dire&ed to support General FRERE,
and to fall'upon the enemy's flanks..
. " General MAlssom soon after reported to. the
Prince, that the. five Russian Regiments bad made
an attempt to carry the bridge-head by assault, but
had been vigorously repulsed by the 27th regiment
of light infantry, which kept its fire until the:Rns-
sians were within musket-Shot. In consequence
thereof the fire, supported by grape shot, betarno
so destructive, that the . enemy was compelled to
'• retreat in disorder. He was ptirsned by the :13.7th
• regiment of dragoons beyond • Wutpsen. The Sur-
geons say, that the Prince's wound will not take
more than a fortnight or three weeks to cure, and
that he soon will be able to appear again at the head
of his corps.