The Sun.
London, England, 1809-02-27 00:00:00

Testerday-padit and Seville Papers, to the zoth
instant, reached town, the contents -of which are of
a very gratifyi4 natute. The aceriUnts of the de,
feat of the Freneh in their attack,upon Saragossa are
confirmed. The attack was made upon the gist
ult. The French advanced it seven columns of in-
fantry, exclusive of cavalry and artillery. After a
lard-fought anion of five hours, 'the French were
forced to fall back with considerable loss, and their
reserve was then brought forward to make a second
attempt, but it was equally unsuccessful with the
first: The loss of the French is estimated upon this
occasion at 4000 men. The French, we are happy
to find, have failed in an attack upon the fort of
San Josef, with the loss of 800 men,

The necessity of faithfully detailing the examina-
tions before the CoMmons, is felt by us on many
accounts. We lament that the great concerns of the
Nation should .he impeded by the odious interven-
tion of swindlers and strumpets; and AVe arc not
,without some ,regret on our own account at being
compelled to omit many favours of correspondents,
as well as many things which regard us personally,
and which tee a4e anxious to submit to the public.
—The following notice of the ;officious attack of
A. B. in the Morning Chronicle ought to have ap-
appeared before ; but we could riot possibly And
room:—

To the EDITOR of tip MORNING CHRONICLE.

" Six,

" I was sorry to observe, by a letter from Mr. Alexander
Baring to the Editor of Tug SUN, (wed the alith instant, and
published in your Paper of the 25th, that my accidental
adoption of the signature of A. 13. so so: letters, afterwards
republished at Ridgway's,"

Surely the minute accuracy of this Advertisement
cannot have escaped the notice of the Stamp-Of ice.
At RIDGWAY'S, Piccadilly, the south-side of the
way, nearly opposite the crossing into Bond-street
Gramercy ! Mons..A. 13, if we have occasion for
your six letters" we now know where to find
them.

" had drawn upon him the imputation of having supported
the opinions contained in his most excellent publication"
Excellent publication.—Why there it is now 1 "Ka
me, l'se ka thee." Mr. ALEX. BARING .tenns the
letters of A. B. " most Ocimirable ;" apd, pot to
be owdorie in courtesy, Mr, A. B. denominates the
pamphlet of A.L.c.x. BARING " most excellent."--
'Vas there ever so complaisant a pair ! It savours,
indeed, a little of the .;qtr dire& ppon their respee.
live publications ; but the intensity of feeling; on so
interesting a subject, :a3 the virtues of f‘ yentig Qo
lembia7 rdust apologise for the tl apness of desceird,,
log to the artifices of Kntterfelto and Dr. Graham.

" respraing our relattous with ,Amerie4, by lettet3 to the
ticwvapers. '

may or nay not be true; and, in fa& is not of our

cognizaoce,

1 teel no shame in having delitered my opinions upon a
most' important national subject through the channel of A
newspaper."

This we believe. Shame is one of the.last qualities
which wo6 should think of attributing to the writer
of the letters signed A.B.

" An anonymous ciluMniateltofprivverharafteristhemast
wicked and despectible of mankind ;"
No ; there is a chara6ter more wicked and despica,
ble still : and that is the anonymous calumniator of
a whole people ; the base and hireling slanderer of a
generous nation ; the mean and malicious traducer
of a too lenient Government.

" but, the
.greatest Statesmen, and the most celebrated men
of all descr►ptions, have communicated their opinions upon
Matters of general interest under borrowed named'

This is a notable discovery, and worthy of the ge-
nius of A. IL He seems to think that by adopting
two letters at random for his signature, be 'is not to
be considered as writing anonymously. Is this a
Yankee subterfuge ?

" Indeed, when parties run high, there is no other way in
which the public cgn be impartially addres)ed."

The confidence of A. B. is beyond every thing that
we have yet witnessed! He writes a most partial
series of ,Letters, in a Opposition Paper, and then
tells us, as an escuse, that when parties run high,
(which is not the case here, though it be in Ame-
rica), they can only be addressed, impartially, by
an Anonymous Scribbler !! ! Ergo, the Six Letters,
if republished at Ridgway's," bear the signature of
A. E.'

" if Mr. Baring had written) his celebrated pamphlet bcforp
my letters were sent in yon, it Would hoc occurred to me to
employ a Oilkrent signattrie."

It is quite as well as it is : air objc6linn is
to the matter of these letters, (which Mr. BARING
cordially approves), and not to the signature, which
we think not altogether unhappy—.

" Indeed, I might have written in my own name, without
one person in a thousand in London, or In England, tieing
more acquainted with the ,author titan they are at pr, sent
with A. B. 64 A. 8...

Gramercy, Sir ! and have you crossed the seas,
and put, your precious life in hazard, for the gene-
rous purpose of enlightening the wooden-headed na-
tives of this " ruined island!" Mr. JEFFERSON, WC
trust, will reward you ; for we, alas ! are too stupid
to be duly sensible of your kindness, and too poor,
as you well know, to repay it. We might, indeed,
recommend you to a: certain family which gave a
warn) reception to the despicable idiot La VINGSTON R,
after he had infamously accused the Government of
perfidy and murder, in the French capital.---But we
.Leg pardon t you have already found your reward,
perhaps, In yont. Success !
After all, your confession is an admirable one.
ou cross the seas (the Atlantic,, we will suppose)
with your head and your heart full of America;
you drop among us as 'a stranger, and a very imper-
tinent stranger, let us add j you inst)lt the Govern
tnent ; you calnmniate the country; and you have
the assurance to add, that " this is the only way in
which the public (who do not .want you) can be
impartially addressed !"
If you have any more letters, pray take them to
America, and present them to Mr. JEFFERSON : to
him they will be welcome, while they only nauseate
us, They will not, perhaps, have the effed which
they are sapposed to have here, and this, un-
doubtedly, was what induced you to favour us with
them ; but they will be in chara6ler, as nothing can
be so grateful to the President's nose as the incense
burnt to Buots,iVARTE. Here it is offensive.
Before we take our final leave of you, we desite
to know on what authority you dare to charge us
With ascribing your " six letters" to Mr. A. BARING.

Mier observing that there is a trifling error of the
press here, and that for onx relations with Aine-
ride should be read, as more germane toilie mat-
ter, out relations with .England we beg leave to
•add that the
." sorra*" of A. B. though oot pies.
tionable, is surely somewhat unaccountable. Before
Mr!. ALEX. BARING so judiciously expressed his
exalted opinion-of " the six letters," and his edtire
acquiescence in the illiberal and anti-patriotic semi-
rnents which deform them, the writer might feel
something like shame and regret at their being int-
•puted to a Member of •the British souse of Coin-
mom; but be must be strangely " used to the
melting mood,". if be ceuld spare a single teat for
the injury offered to him afterwards. tf,' indeed, it
bed question of authorship, a jealousy of literary
fame, the case is altered; and we sincerely sympa-
thisewith A. B. who, for us, shall wear in future,
without corrival, all his dignities.- ' ,••••
0, Even supposing such conduit tq be unwprthr of the
stridest honour"—
(the supposition is not amiss) You have not, it appears, read one word in Lie
—" the person who intended toeensutc Ur. Hattng shoto4
..0 flux respecting it; and yet yon rudely chop in,,head
have looked it datestdatesWore he ventureti to qua d all, like a hungry boitnd at breakfast, ansl
Ac-
him."
• cuse us of you know. not what !We know that you:
Bight ! we will look at them bestirs we venture into,
and your party never venture to look at us. Your
the field again; and perhaps we may also consult the
souls sicken at the idea of encountering any thing
moveable feasts and the eclipses. But, cu} tong? ,
Javourable to the honour and interests of England ;
.
Will looking at any of ,these things change the
dud. You• turn from the blasting sight With horror. In
tore of stria honour, end make what war: unwor4
thy, meritotiousf the Lepers of Pppositioo you meet with matter con,
- • :
.
!. The Six letters !drltteu under the signature 9f A. 13. veers
genial to yournatures : We have no desire to inter-
published in The Morning Chromcle befoto the publication rapt your pleasures ; ,but we certainly shall insist
of Mr, haring', Pamphlet; and nuns* have been published
•
since, Under that Signature, upon the same subject." . upon being Teed before we are next accused.
Next to the blessing of a reasoning head, says e With respel to the observations which provoked
profound writer of the last century, is to be coveted i the attacks of Mr. A. lhatwo, and his admirer,
that of a calculating one. What would the good we repeat- them with increased confidence.
old man have thought of both those heads in one,
We sincerely rejoice that Sir FRANCIS BARINg
at least, the essential matter of three and that one' wantonly manifested his prejudices by his most :ill%
on the shoulders of a Correspondent of the Morn. timed toast ; because he converted suspicion At
tag Chronicle! A. B. is undubitably the prodigy, certainty; and, unless we are mad, will not be call
of which the venerable philosopher above Owed, td a consultation on Trans7Atlantic affairs. We
never supposed the existence possible,
rejoice .that Mr. A. BARING published his notable
lowed this, we may be permitted to ask, in ourturn,
what pamphlet ; hecause'it openly espoused the doctrines
may be the precise purport of dila profound of a party, and enabled ua to reduce his opinions to speculation upon dates In all that we have said
their true 'purport and value. We rejoice that w
of A. B. and his admirers, there is not a syllable
have drawn forth these attacks in the Morning Clara-
that, any mode of reasoning yet adopted, can nick ; !meanie the flattery banded from one writer
possibly be brought to to' any point. of. time,
to the other, and the cordial adoption of the lan-
.past, present,, or to come
guage and sentiment of each', by each, speak vo-
" You well know, sir, that I sm not Afr. Alexander Baring,
though you do bathtubs! Whirl sm.!,
7 lances to the discerning public, and puts every well
This is a hocus-pocus kind of an assertion, whicl: t wisher to his country completely ox ins GUARD.

Yesterday morning his MAJtrrt, Prince sses Au.
oUSTA, AMELIA, and MARY, accompatlied by Lady
THYNNE, Generals DERUDE, FITZROY, and CALT•
WRIGY, rode to St. George's Chapel, and bold
Divine Service.

Saturday the Duke of Yon waited on his MA
JESTY, on particular business; in the afternoon he
returned to London.

glidayngining his MAJESTY' the Duke of Cast-..
!!RIDGE, Princesses AUGUSTA, SOPIIIA, and AME-
LIA, accompanied by Lady ELY, Genetals DEBUDE,
CARTWRIGHT, FITZROY, and Colonel TAYLOR, rode
in Windsor Park, and returned at twelve o'clock to
the Palace.

Mr. ADAIR, according .to the Hatnturgh Corre- •
spondenten, has been allowed to land at fiestas, on
the 'Dardanelles, where a house has been provided
for him by the Turkish Government.
Yesterday, at two o'clock, a Cabinet Council was
held at Burlington House, at which were present
his Grace the Duke of PORTLAND, the Loan CHAN..
CELLOE, Earls LIVERPOOL, WESTMORLAND, CHAT.,
lIAM, BATHURST, and CAMDEN; Lords MULGRAYE
And CASTVEREAGH, Mr. Secretary CANNING, and
the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEWCER.
The Portuguese in the Brazils have fitted out a
formidable expedition against the French Cayenne,
of which the noted VICTOR HUSHES is Governor.
The Expedition consists of a number of gun-boats
and ocher small vessels, with about 7000 men. The
plan is to land a chosen hotly of Indians (good
marks,
men) to windward of Cayenne, to penetrate through
the bushes, while the great attack is made by the
gunboats, 6.:c. on the batteries. VICTOR HUGHES
is said to have a garrison of five hundred men ; but
his ordnance is in a bad state, many of the canuoti.
being dismounted.

The following very remarkable passage of Mr-
PONSONBV'S reply to Mr. CANNVW, on Friday night,
not hitherto been reported; we thihk it however
wqll deserving the public attention.
" The night Hon. ent;ernan (Mr. Canning)
had said, that he would not be altained to march in
the ranks of Spanish Patriotism„even thoogh they
were preceded by the standard di Ferdinand 'tile
7th, and tbe effigies of our Lady of the Pillar; nor
should j, added Alr. Ponsooby, be unwilling to fol•
low the au,ipices of this Lady, if she were Wit 3
young one ; much of the influence of a Lady de.,
pends upon heryoOth and her beauty, to which qua-
lilies I fear Our tidy of the Pillar can have but little
pretension ; in fah, I doubt that the Spaniards can
feel much enthusiasm fur this superanouated dame,
whose age may be very respectable but certainly •
cannot be very enticing. This Lady of the Pillar
reminds me of a mistress of Charles the Seconcl•
who had procured a,grant of the Phanix Park PP('
Dublin, from the King, but who had been distil„",
pointed of it by the Duke of Ormond, then Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland. This Lady on the omisir
having expressed very great displeasure towards t"
Duke for his interference, concluded by siling,!t,°,
.
him f 1 hope I may live to see you lose your Nix
to which the puke drily replied, MadMadam,ll6Pe,
to live to see you an old :cumuli.' Now, continued
Mr. Ponsonby, our Lady of the Pillar is become like
ads mistress ofeharlert, Inv old woman, and cannot,‘
I think-, veri_wol.deselya"the reverence :which the
flight Hon. Ge!' Itifinsn Amnia to treat Nit
Upon this passage we mate htit One"remark, yi !
that our Lady of the Pillar is the blessed Virgin, 14
an objed of,peculiar and enthusiastic veneration, if
Pot of adoration, in all Catholic countries, but more
particularly •in Spain; in parts of,whiclt, froM ttla
tradition of some miraculous circumstances reluti_iVi'
to a pillar on which one of her images stood, Sheba:
should be glad
We
received the peculiar and highl venerated tide 7;
Our Lady of the Pillar.
to
that Mr. Pousotiby was igoorant of-this lat.t.

Friday Captain WOODRItP, Agent for Prisoners al
War nt Portsmouth, embarked 109 French prisoners
of war and aix aliens on board the Dasher Cartel,
for Morlaix. They are to be sent to Franca in ex-
change for the same number captured by Frencll
Cruisers, and released at sea.

THE Aars.--,The Afonument to the memory of
Sir Itarza ABEECROMEY, whose name will for ever
stand conspicuous in the, rolls of British Heroism, 15
now placed'in St. Paul's-Cathedral, and willloon be
• submitted to public, inspection. It is fixed in the,
South-west corner, and in a situation which end-
' bles the, speaator t 9 view it, to the fullest advantage!
Mr; WitsratAcorr. is, the artist to :whom the kw
portant task of commemorating the fall of the gal'
lant Chief was assigned, and he has perforined the
work with such skill as does honour to himself :T"
!hearts of the country, as well as to the subject. Toe'
point of time is the moment after ' the Hero is
supposed to have received the fatal. ball which. de-
prived his country of one of her most distinguished
Commanders., The General appears to be falling
from his horse, and is supported by a Highlander.
The likeness of the General is exatt, the attituit, i 5
appropriate, and there is an expression of t"tt
signation which becoMes'a men who knows th 3 hu
has discharged his duty, and -that be falls " ,u•"
nour. The introduction of the Highlander to '1
the expiring Chief, chews-great taste and judgml
in the artist, as the costume of such a char:lc-ter
more picturesque *than the Englidi military attire,
as. it denotes the country Which gave birth to tr,c
hero, and as it was natural that such a oharajer
would be one of • the first to rush. forward, from
the impulse of national pride, as well
.ai of hunll;
pity, respe6i, and duty,. to render assistance to such
a gallant Chief.

The figure Of the Highlander is admirablY de'
signed, and his attitude spirited, natural, ald st rikd;
The horse is •'of a fine martial charatter,

exhibitss-a warlike action suitable to the occasion''
A figure of a dying Frochmen, -who., to use'!"' d
bombast ofcountryinen; is biting' the gran
and grasping his colours in death, is well introdiaced'
and is fuliof cliarader and -expression. A SPII
is properly placed an each side, to mark the sce.Pe c'f
„ Wiwi, and they constitute pi&uresque supporters 0f
the general group.- The work, altogether, is worikh-,YI
of the subjeel, and may be classed with 00,'
efforts of British genius in this province of Ow 4'e ,

On Saturday se'nnigbt a fire broke out in the
of Capt. Robinson, at Tottenharn Terrace, by koll
the house was entirely destroyed;