The Sun.
London, England, 1814-03-16 00:00:00

FROM A PRIVATE LETTER.

Bergen-Op-Zoom is on a rising ground or bill,
the only one in the country, protected by a marsh
on the South-east, and watered by the little river
Zoom, which is divided into dykes and canals.—
Ou ti,e West it is WttAseti uy. Lt- bfittleb or tine
Scheldt. The assault was made by two brigades,
simultaneously, 'on the North side, next Tholen, -
and on the South-east. The brave Major-Gene-
ral the intrepid defender of Tariffa;
commanded the attack. He had some time before
broke his leg by 'a fall from his horse, from which
he- was not recovered. The other brigncle was
conducted by Major-General GORE. It consisted •
of the Ist Guards,, Ist Royals, and 44th, with a
detachment- of the 91st. It traversed •a frozen
morass, cleared the empalments and clievaux-de-
frise, and scaled the ramparts ;—they actually got
into the town undiscovered. The other brigade,
consisting.of the 55th, 69th, and 33d, and some'of
the 21st and 37th,. also assaulted by escalade, but
was vigorously opposed. - The enemy raised up
the ladders from the top of the ramparts with
hooks, and dashed down the men on the frozen.
ditches ; the gates however were forced open
from the inside, and the greater part of the as-
sailants entered.

• 'The garrison, though surprised, was not thrown
into confusion it rallied, hued the houies on
each side: the streets with musquetry, and enfi-
laded there with grape-shot and howitzer-shells.
The Guards were drawn up,' and prepared to fire
by platoons, xvhen they were ordered to throw out
their priming and to charge. filmy advanced at
the pas de charge, but they met nothing but
showers of grape, cannister-shot, and bullets.—
Almost. all the brigade was laid prostrate ; nor-
did the other brigade suffer less, though they'only
gained the ramparts. The two leaders, Generals
GORE and SKEREETT,- %Vete literally pierced with
balls ;—the first fell dead on heaps of slain, but
General SKERRETT survived. The corps now be-
gan to retreat ; but here the enemy, feeling .his
strength and his vantage ground, shut the gates.
Many threw themselves over the ramparts, but
the greater number remained in the town, killed,
wounded, and prisoners. To intercept the retreat,
the, French opened the sluices, which flooded-the
dykes over the ice. Three lines of works, and
three courses of dykes, had the retreaters to pass,
under showers of round and grape, and shells,
before they could be safe ; yet, wonderful to tell,
numbers of wounded men, with balls in their
bodies, got over all ; number:: also Were drowned
in the attempt. The enemy will boast of having
taken two pair of colours, but there was no. ho-
!tour lost ; they were lost only when their gallant
defenders ceased to breathe.

Accounts froin Holland mel.zion, that the POPE,
whose removals had been. frequent 'lady, was
'brought to tike on the 9th of February, and was
to depart on the I 1 th for Genoa, where prepara-
tions were making for his reception.
Affairs in Switzerland are at present in a very
unsettled state. There is a great struggle be-
tween those who wish the unqualified 'restoration
of theold 'government, and others who aim at in-
traduciug some popular improvements.

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POETRY.

IMPROMPTU, BY A FRENCHMAN,

the Movement of Lord WELL! NG TON'S Right recalling the
French GeneralPmus from his March to the Interior.

The Allies differ strangely, le Chronicle say,
And, for once, I'm afraid, the assertion est vrai;
To Pceris to march is tilt. grand allied whim,
But dat WELLINGTON vile will bring Paris to him.
Thus one try to get up while the other withdrabf,
Is dam bad militrire; just so liko un see-saw.

THE. MIDNIGHT VISION; JACKEY FROST AND

SALLY_SNOW.

SUNG AT THE ROYALTY THEAT.E, VIELLCLOSE-SQUARE,

BY Mtt. J01,15.---WORDS BY J. W. SMITH

'Twas the rising moon .
With clouds had veil'd her tight,
The clock struck twelve, whets lo ! I saw
A very chilling sight.
Pale as a snow-ball was its face,'
Like icicles its hair;
For mantle, it appeared to me,
A sheet of ice so wear.. •

Tho' selawn given to alarm,
I'faith I'll not cllsmemble,
'Aly te,ch all chattr'il tr. 7 head,
And et;ery joint eV eremite.
At list I cried, pray who are you,
And whither do you go;
Methought the Phant•nt taus replied
My name is SALLY SNOW.

My Father is the Northern wind,
.Mv Mot.ber's na:zze zvas
Old Parson Winter-niarrlNl
rand I'm their fIOPEPUL DAUGHTER
I have a locer, •TAQRI;:Y FROST,
My Dad the match condennos,
I've run frociahome to night to meet
My love upon the Thwates.

i.stapp'd Miss SNOW in her tliscourse,
This qnswer just to cast in,
I hop)! it JofiN and, you unite, .
Your,vnion won't be lasfing.
Beside if you slinul4 parry bun,

Yon nei-er would do well oh !

For I Icnow.TAcnEY Pins? to be
A very slipper q fellow. '

She sat her down aside the fire,
My wonder soon increase.
For she I took to be a maid, •
Now tumbled into pieces ,
For "• air, thia air," did HAMLET'S Ghost,
Hii form at, cock-crow barter; •
Ent what I saw, and now describe,
Reviled itself to water. •

Mr. KEAN, whose transcendent 'abilities are
now avowed and fostered in the metropolis, for-
merly resided for some time in this city, and per-
formed at our Theatre, in Mr. BEVERLEY'S Com-
pany. He married.his.Present wife at "Stroud.--
(Gloucester Herald.)
The Critics are mistaken,
.in•saying Mr. KEAN,
in Hamlet, formally
,divided contumely into four
syllables. His- error was laying the accent upon
the second, instead of the first syllable.

Mr. liEmßLE,is performing with great eclat at
Edinburgh, and this_brother CHARLES with similar
success at Dublin. Among other characters, he
has played Shylock.
Captain GRANT, a pedestrian, undertook yester-
day, on the Stanmore Road, to go a mile in five,
minutes and fifteen seconds. He accomplished
his task in five seconds within the given time.
On the Ist of-March; CHARLES FORBES, Esq. of
NI.P. wag lettgniumusly elected Lord
Rector• of the Mnrischal College and University- of
Aberdeen. Assessors—=The LORD PROVOST of
Aberdeen, Dr. RUDDIMAN, Dr. CALDER, and the
Rev. GEORGE FORBES; Minister of Strathdovo.—
The same day, GEORGE DOUGLAS, Esq'. Sheriff of
the Mearns, was. unanimously elected Dean of
Faculty.

A iC;litical Attorney, reading in the -accounts
from the seat •of war so many notices of affairs at
Bar-stir-Seine, Bui•-..stir-Aub, Bar-le-Due, &c. de-
clared, that the whole business scented. to him to
rest upon one action, which the parties hail,agreed
to decide by a trial at Bar.
SURPRISING LEAP.--Last Wednesday a fa.
vourite bunter of -Colonel 'RAM's, having got
loose about a Mile from Clonattin, 'Wexford, iat-
-mediatelv ran home, and finding the gate of the
lawn shut, trotted about:an hundred yards up the
road, and' turning short, took the wall of the de-
mesne in a stand, which he cleared Without the
slightest-touch ; it measures six feet high of lire
•tind stone, and eighteen inches broad. The spot
where the horse triOlt off to where ke landed, is
above eighteen-feet; the
.exact place on the wall
has been barked since by a streak of whitewash.
Yesterday a'Coroner's -inquest was held at the
George, in ..lermyu-street,- before A. GELL, Esq,
Coroner' for 'Westminster, on the body of Ann
Bidden, the wife of G. Biddell, living in, Badly
Mews, Wells-street, St. James's. The principal
witness was the husband of 'the 'deceased, who
deposed, that she went to bed the 'preceding night
in good health, after taking her supper as usual.
When he awoke the next morning he found her
apparently 'lifeless, he Ininietliately sent for Mr.
HUMBY, Apothecary in St. A!ban's-street, and on
his arrival she was quite dead :' the- latter was of
opinion that she died by a fit of apoplexy—l/el.-7
'clic --Died by thz Visitation of God.
Friday morning it was discovered that the
premises of Mr. George- Marshall, a nurseryman,
of Win.aor, had been robbed of a variety of arti-
cles ofproiterty. At the same time it was ascer-
tained that the premises of Mr. Bedborough„ a
.stone-mason, near the same spot, had been rob-
bed. By the information received from a watch-
man, and the track of fret, a wheelbarrow was
traced to a small house in an obscure passage in
Park-street, in a man of the name of Smi-
ting lived, whose apartments a warrant was ob-
tabed to search. There were found in them a
wheelbarrow belonging to Marshall, which had
been stolen to itake the other articles in. Pro-
perty stolen from,Mr. Bedborough's, and a-large
quantity of oranges, loaf sugar, &e. supposed to
have been stolen from 'Mr. Atherton and Mr.
Aldridge's waggon.
On the 22d ultimo, a sheep, belonging to Mr.
'GEORGE M'DouGLE, Fouldt-m-hill, Scotland, was
thig out of the snow alive, after having been
there 44 days, and is'now doing well.

CORN-EXCHANGE, MAncit 16.—We had a .few arrirals of
Oats from Boston. Wheat sold at is per quarter more than
on Monday. There was also some Barley fresh in this morn-
ing, which fully supported the prices last qtioted. In other
hindrof Grain the sales were rather dull, although the sales
effected Were en full as good terms as on Monday. At the
close of the Market Flour advanced Ss. per sack.