The Sun.
London, England, 1809-09-07 00:00:00

To CURRESPONDENTS.

o** We have received several Letters, inquiring whether a
Jubilee, with the usual forms and ileremonies, is to take
place throughout Great Britain on His Maiasra's en.
trance into the soth year of his reign. We conceive that
such a celebration would more properly take place when
HIS MAJarry has completed the stti year of his reign ;.
an event which every man who reveres a good king must
be anxious to witness.

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 181/4'4.

We understand that advices have been received

from Lord WELLINGTON, dated Trnxillo, on the

21st inst. Our Army h.O been extrecnely distressed

for want of provisions, and his Lordship was there-

fore obliged to fall back, and was on the road to

El w s

There had been no appearance of the

Enemy, who, it seems, had not passed the Tagus,
except with a body ot cavalry,near Arzobispo, which
took the cannon of Co ESTA'S rear-guard.

_ . .
The Enemy's Army had separater SOVI.;;S
was at Placentia ; NEY was gone back to Sala-

manca ; MORTIEg, VICTOR, and SEZASTIANI, in
Estramadura and La Mancha.

Sir ROBERT WILSON had engaged, with his small

corps, NEY's army on its return from Salamanca,

near Banos. After nine hours gallant contest,- he
was obliged to retire through the inountains—his

corps behaved with great gallantry. General CUESTA

resigned the command on the 12th,._ and was suc-
ceeded by General Eautnt.

It is said that the Duke of BRUNSWICK this d'dy
received an account that the Prussian Army is en-
camped, but for what purpose, we know n pt.

We have extra ed from the Journal de t'Empire
n narrative of the late operations of the French Army
in Spain, %.% hich admits, in effect, that they ware
defeated at Talavera, and could h ave left no doubt
aq to that point, even if it had been_ received pre-
vions to the arrival of Lord WELLING 'ON's
patches.

This mr)rning we received Portnzuese Papers to
the 22d ult. An article from Lisbon, of the Ist,
quoting a Coyunna letter of the 6th, states, that the
army of the 143rquis DR LA Rom A; amounting to
thirty thousand men, began its march from Cornona,•
for Lugo:,, on the Ist, Ad, and 3cl ult. Later account
mention.the.advance of the ILl.trquis to Leon.

The contents of the Gazeith being of much more
importance, in nor opinion, than the ravings of
party-spleen, we (lid not think it necessary yester-
;day tq notice an outrageous attack upon this Paper
that appeared in the chief Opposition Print, in con-
sequence of what we said on Tuesday in ailosion to
the late Sir :foto; Moons. The Opposition Writer
has shewn all the eloquence of St.,Giles's in his ob-
servations upon the passage alluded to, and-we con-
ceive that it is an as of some condescension in, us
to notice such vulgar virulence at all. All we
said in relation to Sir JOHN Moons was, that
though Lord WELLINo-roN's eminent services in,
Spain are denied, and all his aclions discoloured
by fatlion,' particularly in reference to his glorious
vielory at Talavera ; yet, " that Sir JOHN Moons,
under circUm-tances not quite those of a skilful and
fortunate retreat, accomplished after a glorious and
almost unparalleled vi&ory ; or the prudent aban-
donment of one obje&, which had become im-
praaicable, after a brilliant and perlea success
in two others of far great importance," could find
" strenuous advocates." Is there any thing in
this, allusion that can justify all the tropes and
figures of Billingsgate or Dyot-street ? yet it is called
" a foul and cowardly aspersion," and the' person
who, wrote it is denominated a " skulking assassin,'
an infamous and wicked calumniator," " malig-
nant 4,41raa0r," &c. &c. a6tUated by " envenomed
hatred." The party writer. also hints at an invita
Lion to the field of honour, which he intimates had
been given at a former period, all of which must be
the creation of a disturbed imagination, for we at
least are wholly unable togpess his meaning. We
have only to say, that all the abusive appellations
and outrageous vulgarity which he has heaped upon
us, are really applicable to those who are in the con-
statit habit of attacking Lor,d WELLING.TON?, one of
the proudest boasts of our C(,untry ; but we must do
the Writer the justice to believe, that with all his
pretended. veneration for the, memory of Sir. JpIIN
Moore, if that departed hero were now alive, at-

tached to the principles, and strenuous for the intc.,
rests of the present Administration, he would be likely
to be the,obje& of as much bitter personality and
paltry detraelion as are now every day cast upon the
character and conduct of Lord WELLINGTON.

Administration are accused of attempting " to
shift the blame" of the diversion attempted in Naples
from themselves to Sir Jolts SruArtT ; but the
Writers who bring the charge do not tell us what
blame there was to shift. Who will say that it was
not politic, in the state of affairs between Austria
and France, to attempt this diversion in favour of
the former; and who Will deny that it has been very
successful, to a certain extent, though- in the un-
fortunate state of Auitria at the time, it was not pro-
duBive of all the advantages it• was calculated to
effect But the grievance, it seems, is that Sir JoHR
was r!strialy tied down" by his instrudions; yet, after
the Opposition Writers as maple this broad assertions
he immediately attempts a qualification, by saying,
"we do not mean to assert that be was pdsitively
instruaed respeling the particular point where a
demonstration ought to be made," but he was come
mantled "to take care for the-proteetion and aelence
of the Island .of Sicily I." Granting that these were

the orders of Sir JOHN, of which, however, the
Opposition Writer certainly knows nothing, is these.
any blanw imputable to Ministerslor being anxious to
preserve to the legitimate Kiug of Niples the only
part of his territories remaining in his possession.?-
or was there any_ blame in leaving". the demoristra-'
. .
tion in quesOon wholly to the discretion of Sir .foHN,
requiring him, however, to be careful of Sicily ? No,
the blame is wholly imputable to factious writers,
who are resolved to abuse Ministers, however they
may expose their own ignorance and malignity.

We are able to state, positively, that Sir PiIrID
Dr NDAS derives no emolument whatever frgm the'
appoiniment.of Colonel in Chief of the 95th, or 'U.!,
ft, Regiment. The Colonel Commandant of each
Battalion, stands upon the same footing as tne Co-
lonel of any other regiment in the line. From tlito
peculiar nature of this Valuable corps, and in order to
ensure perfea uniformity in its discipline, it was
thought more expedient to keep it as one regiment
of three battation4, than to constitute three se-
parate regiments of one battalion each. What has
been said about the patronage, and the monopoly
of honourable appointments,' appears to be founded
on the erroneons jdea that the whole patronage of a
regiment .is in its Colonel. We conceive that the
Colonel in Chief would, in most cases, be consulted
upon occasion of exchange, kc. and it is extre7,
desirable that he should he

We take this opportunity of alluding to the case
of Lieutenant B,tiowNßlGo, which, upon what
ground we confess we do nut quite understand* has
been made a subietl pi annnaeversion. When we
consider, however, that the writet•s upon this OW
have invariably Confounded the Garrison Battalions,
(formerly the Battalions of Reserve) with the 1,71 e-.
ran BattaliOns, which, before they reteived their
present more dppronriate ann Significant appellatio.4
were styled Garrison .Ba+talions,, we suspe6l that the
same 4o.rt of confusion and error pervades the whole
statement.

Yesterday noon his MAJESTY arrived from Wind-
sor, at the cluEEN's Palace, and was- shortly after
wards attended by their Ryal Higitnes4e, the Dukes
of YORK, KENT, CAN",,BRIDGE: and CUMBERLAND.'

. .
Soon alter two o'clock- iti MAjESTY held a private f
Levee, which was attended by
The Archbishop of Canterbury, and his brother the. Lor4
Chancellor Of I reland, the Duke of Portland; Earl,
the Earl or Westniorland, the 11 ail- of Li'verjn'tol, Earl k'd'"
thurst, Earl I larrovvhy, ViSconni Castlereagn,. Lord Mul-
.grave, Lord Bolton (in ‘vaiting), Sir Stephen Lotterell, Sir
David- I)undas, Sir Sidney Smith, General Finch (G rootri to
Air. .Pl.fteval, lyir. Canning, and Mr. Ryder. ' •
rr:le lonoing had the honour of being presented
to hk 'MAJESTY

Lord IV:inners.*
Kcal* Admiral Sir Sidney Smith, on his return from thq
clues naval cummand in the Braeds. _

Lieutenailt-Gcrieral Iseaoti, on his appointment to the
command of the loth Royal Veteran Battalion.
Sir David ; undas, on his promotion to toe Coloncicy
of
the 25t0 Of4OOllS.
Sir Rupert George, on being created a Baruhet.
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His MAJEtiTY afterwards held a Privy Council,
and gave audi(ince to the Duke Of PORTLAND, and
the rest of the Cabinet Ministers; when Mr. itypEß,
the Judge-Advocate, laid before his AAA JESTY t.ll
proceedings of several Courts-Martial.
• About halt past five his MAJESTY Jett town fOr
Windsor.

Letters frotn Seville of the 17th ult. state the ar-
rival there of the Marquis WELLESLU, in railer Iry
ditnreu►t health, but who was fast recoveri• b.

A General Court Martial has been held at Hull,
on Lieutenant P. D. Wheeler of the second battalion
ot the 15th regiment of Foot, upon the undernieir
tioned charges, viz.

ISt, For bell:lying in a scandalous and infamous manner,tirfr
becoming the Chat atter or au Officer and a Gentleman in liar;
ing most grossly insulted Major King, of the bed regiment t
y, Il
Foot, at Scarborough, by teilinlin that he had assert
must daunucu ;ntainous lies ; at the same time saying to hirnt
1 shake my stick over you," or words to that died.
'4 ,3-
2d, For having, in a public cofiee-room at the York
vern, in York, pusted or caused to he posted, a paper, con"
taining words to the following effect : " 1 hereby post ,Major
King, olthe.Szti regiment of Foot, as a base calumniator, 4
liar, and a coward, as 1 personally told him.
(Signed) P. 1,. W HEELER."
3d, For having sent a copy of the above to Major KinOt
Scarborough, adding tliat the said letter had been posted
the coffee-room at ; such conductbeing subver„
sive in military discipline, •and •01 ot the Article sOl
War.
Upon which charges the Court came to the.O.,
lowing decision
That the Prisoner, Lieutenant P. D. WheeiAr,
was not guilty of the first part of the first charge)
hut was guilty
.of •grossly insulting Major Kipg7.le
The Court acuits the Pt ironer. of that part ot
said charge, 'llshake my stick over you," the
not having been proved. With respeo to :he s-q-*°..
-and third, charges the Court found the Ptisone
of the whble, and every -part thereof, and 04.06,1
him to be dismissed his Majesty's st rvicek