The Sun.
London, England, 1813-08-14 00:00:00

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an Lgrd WELLINGTON, that SouLT was presi-
ing op :be I. gilt or thi. Noble Nlarqui,
with 35,0 )0 h:s 'having with
Lim at tba time only the divisions of Gene-
raIs[sAKRIPP.INGLE, tirId.CLINTON, but
yet occupying 4 strong position : and being Well
"'llre that Sir ROWLAND HILt., with his whole

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corps of 20,000 men, (consisting of the 3d, 4th,
and 6th divisions) was then coming up, his
"hill \vas determined to, exert himself for the dire-
terution of this position, even under the
existing disparity of force. 'f he whole of the
26th was spent in efforts to this effect, the ene-
y
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- In----eek,
anny attacking ; when, in the even-
ing, Oeneral Hitt joineil, and so increased
ihe force under Lord WELLINGTON, that the lat-
ter Was no longer opposed to such disproportioned
nullifiers) and this is the day on which Souvr
us he halted after carrying Linscoin and
141r6.--Pampelinvt, it is`presumed, continues in a
Itate of blockade by tire Spaniards, under O'boN-
KIM, while General Hui; bad advanced to form a
ilniCtion with Lord WEI.LINGTON.
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.e Telegraph at the Asituiraliy (communicat-
ing with the ‘Vestet n District) was busily at work
tbie trtortlittg hetweeh ten and eleven o'clock, and
excited great anxiety ; but, the Communications
here of a suboiditiate natnre; and had no refer-
ence
to the expected 'tidings fiom Spain.

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Papers to the 10th have been received;
they
' are blanki in the history of these' times, and
only worthy of notice from their remaining still
i„nex("bly, silent on the events among the
4-YrenteS.

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IVe..this day give insertion to a letter. -signqd
which touches' upon the business we-have
deemed it to be our duty to bring before the Pub-
ci vve alltide,to the AMERICAN LOAN: It will
be allowed tis, we, trust, to publish: fairly,atid. im
partially any doeuments which may be addressed
to us, ehicidatbry of a.'subject' so vitally
imttor-
tant to the Nation ; but .vith every inclinatiOn to
pursue this inquiry. in a bold and fearless manner,
w.e. Must beg teave to suggest to all anoqy-
molt* Correspondents„ that we must also •be
guided ay prudence anti discretion. We can have
tin personal 'or priVate motives in this affan' : It
/1- great national concern, and as such we
• dress ourselves to it. We have brought no charge.
aga6s any individual or individuals, but, citing
our authority, we have -related facts ;which we.
coufess we are touch ,surprised have not (if there
ii.r4by yrtleiparties in London) been
as publicly rep pled as they are publicly stated.
Some explanation is clue to the country; not of
Any fiCei,z.tion brought, by tis, bat of a statement
opully promulgated in an American Newspaper,
And which.in the common way.of extracting whet
is worthy of notice frOni publications wl,ich are
received from abroad, MaLMition Journal, in nos-
session of that particular print, could avoid se,:
lectiug.

Vqtli respect to-the difficult question, of com-
nercial prdicy Involved in the permission granted
u~MFitt specie, m
ecie, we. profess to he extremely em-
r--sea as to the judgment we should come to
%'l)(i'n it.
INTw• At all events,: it is far too large for a
discuSsion, ',and 'would lead us into the
"(Ileis to breaChedThy the Bullion Commit-.
". ato. every ramifitation conneec,ed with the.
"Puttaad impOrt trade of the whole world.
(f..\re desire tg know from any Amulet. capable
411441iag us the necessary information; .
in
b)? manner the nefarious purchase of Louisiana
‘4, IJaited States from France Was transacted
e believe that this injurkms:hargai4 was cons-
th
Pitted rough the medium of means and persons
je London f
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A

fost distressing wicked report has been
••d
push Ined iet circulation in the colirkesof yester-,
Y and tic •
s ni9rning, the invention of Which we knu,„ 'i
1.111)1, nOt ;
10W sufficiently to reprobate. It wwigsuip)pueatitrri ea:
sev alio,ut thatpitE Prat hail made its
"once
a in the crowded district of Wapping,
(levouti tval persohs bad fatten `victims to the
cleuh lig tualady. The fabrication, as it was
atldli!lesB Intended, created the utniost uneasiness,
op -e Inst no time in dispatching several persons
inquiriCWeeould rely, to make the necessary
1114 Into the fact upon the spot, in order
Iriit:,lWe might be enabled to quiet the public
4upon the subject if false, and if true,
,ru_l.'t such representations to the Government,
tt': otter ,sueli advice, to the inhabitants of the
"r°l4)lis as should be best adapted to miti-
gate mut '
LONrib, "nlme,the ravages of a visitation so
tittle h'+°,ll thew inquiries we rejoice to be
LO
,assure. the brie that there is no truthpu
as lithe o • :n4tever in the original report, and, consequently
veracity in all the aggravated circum-
, ):c:6l. which have since:been supe'raddeti, of the
Cetrlg of eetitittils lit the dOors of infected
„
—Owing find and boundaries between

he :castern and ivetistein parts of, the city ; TWO
truniberless uthei idle and lex' titi'vagant
whiCh have been circulated, to the great agitlith,,,,
of the. minds ,of the people. .
TO this satisfactory assurance, from our own
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attention to the hiutter, we ire nappy to iotve it
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in our power to subjoin the testimouyot the tot-
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lowing respectable and competent persons
JOHN HARRIOI7, Esq. Resident MugistrAte oldie Thaiiies
Police;

The PARSONS, D.. D: Rector

Mr. ALEXANPER, 0111110N;Churchwardert.
Mr. MICHAEL wxrsoN, Sidesman;for 'Tao. HOuoUi,ti,

Churchwarden. •
Mews. RICHARD MOUNT, CHARLES
.CURTIS; inha-
bitants of Wapping, and
Mr. TI-10. 11. HOLLOWAY, SurgeOn to the Universal
Medical Institution, 20, Aurr-street, Wapping.
These Gentlenien Lite published, under the

date of yesterday, a contradiction of the alarming
and ill7advised.statement which gave rise to these-
reports ; after alluding to which, they say, " We
feel it our duty to take, the earliest oppO rtunitg of
acquainting the Public, that there is no foundation
for' such statement, and that there has been but one
burial in this parish since the 31st of July last."

SUN-OFFICE, Two O'CLOCK.

A Letter has been received front Captain
DAsnwoon, of the Cressy, dated Cape Clear, East,
40 leagues, 6th inst..stating his sal a arrival with
the whole of. .the, Leeward Island fleet, excepting
one vessel, which he had sant to Berituida leaky,
and tour others, WhiCh have wantonly and,.shaine-
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fully separated from convoy the day before yes-
terday.

The i3etsey,'MERRYWEATHE,'R. , from St. Vin-
cc:Ws, the Mariner, qtanosis, from St.. Croix to
Bristol,.and the Eleanor, front Poole to Liverpool,
were taken nine leagues to the westward of
Scilly by the Argus, American schooner; the
Betsey was sent for France; the Mariner, liana ;
and.the Eleanor given' op to the crew of the three.
The, Argus on the 11th inst. had taken sixteen.
other vessels.

.The Gimler Ameilcan. privateer, 415 volt an
60 men, is taken by Elie Electra sloop of war; au
sent to Newt(intntletod: • •

The PRINCE REC,EN":' returned to Carlton-house
last night,-front indsor.' His Royal Ilightntss,
after being present on Monday it the celebration
of the Duke Of Aroatc.'s birt;,-day, is exp4ted to
return to Brighton on Tuesday.
Letters were received ia town a few days since,
front the Dake of CumatiaLastoolated front Sot!.
Lt 4 on the 17th 'of July, on which day his :Royal
Highness was to leave therefor Berlin.
• II MAJESTY Will give a, grand entectaitiment
at FrogmetreLodge on Monday, in lionour of the
Birth-day of toe Duke of Voett, which festivity
has always', heretofore been odd at Oatlands.—
I he workmen are busily employed in making ar-
rangements it the Grand 'Atte. The Turkkh
tents, long disused, trill ag4in be pitched in the
garden, and cards of invitation id a hundred per-
'Sons will, it is,said, heissued. •
A. heavy firing (ruin the French coa&t`was heard
at Margate about seven o'Llock on 'Wednesday
evening, 'awl again on Thursday morning. It is
not improbable that it May have been occasioned
by a visit of the wife of BUONAPARTE to some of
the Flemish ports. It was announced in the
French papers that she would return home by way
of Brussels.
'ACcounts from' Cronstadt mention, that about
:MU Russian seamen aye now assembled there for
the purpose of being .immediately conveyed to this
country, with the view of completing the Russian
fleet here.
The .latest accounts from Malta state, that the
Plague, which it was hoped hail somewhat abated,
his assumed a more malignant appearance
41, :MALTA, th1:4,14.---We are sorry to say, that, the Plague
has again become very virulent. The report for the fast
twenty-four heirs is as bad as ever: 36. Iwo cases have oc-
curred, and 30 deaths. The weather. is dnueually hot and
sultry. No boat or vessel (tom this is allowed to cookmuni
~cote with Sicily; they have guard-boats stationed round the
Island to prevent it, and seteral ships hare returned here
after having he'en fired upon." .
We yesterday,presented a list of the killed and
wounded 'of the Royal Scots, at the assault on St.
Sebastian's to 'the latter, )Ve find, is to be added
the mime ,of Castram, who coin-
mantled the Royal Scots at the battle of Vittoria ;
be was also severely wounded at St. Seliastian's,•
but is still doing welt; and tit the gieat regret of
the whole regiment, the Set:icing-Major (Felt-
GUNON) is' mortally wounded. A private letter
adds, ";„.it is impossible for language to dojtittiett
to the gallantry of this:brave man on. this -and
many other occasions. The Royal Scots are now
commanded by the senior Captain (MuLl.lO, iu
'the absence of Lieut.-Col! BARNES, whOis on his
way to- join, after having recovered fror,l the
Worinds he received in the Salamanca.''
battle of Salamanca.''
- CottoNex's INuntsai.---An` adjourned Inqueit
sat ye.SCCl'day; at the Swan with Two Necks,
Finchley,. before G. Htulgson; Lsq Coroner, on
the body of Joseph Lemon, a-youth, seventeen
,years of age, who was shot by Thomas. Moon,
a private in the f/th Light Dragoons, whilst hitr•
rowing in a field, 172 yards distant from the spot,
oil itVednesday evening. It appeared-in evidence
that it Serjeant and four privates were escorting a
deserter frotu the Savoy to Northaniptou,
itr►ieal near the eight•tnile stone, Moon and
one of his'eontradei had occasion to stop a little,
whilst the party 'vent on. Moon, who was fresh
with. discharged his carbine; and the ball
went through the body of the deceased.' Mr.
Gollios, the muster at the boy, overtook the party
I:at Whetstone, and secured Melon, whose piece
wa4 unloaded. fleseas ,taken before N. Conant,
1 inehley, aril committed;',,-The Jury re-
I turned a verdict of Wilful Murder against Moon,
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