The Sun.
London, England, 1809-08-22 00:00:00

ORDER OF THE DAY.

" GCEELLERSDORFF, JULY 7.—ln the' battle of
yesterday the troops of the left wing in no respe&
answered the expe6lations which I had a right to
cherish respe&ing them, nor the hopes I had formed,
the importance of that day considered, from their
strong and advantageous position.

" The disastrous result of that battle must be
ascribed to the condu6tiof these troops : for as the
confusion was general among them, the retreat was
made with, too great haste and disorder. 1 am also,
with some exceptions, far from being satisfied with
the infantry. Several regiments marched 'forward
too soon, and began to fire without any cause. They
were besides so crowded together that they 'fired
upon one another. The officers were not able to

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rally the larger‘ bodies, % vhich fled in disOrde,, anti
thus ground was lust. lithe confused•cry which was
beard among the troops tlrowned the voice of- the

commanding'otticers, '•
" Had the Commandefil, accustomed their tooops
to silence; and taught the: in to attend to nothing
but their orders, the sepae,ation of the left wing
would• not have produced such shaibeftil 'copse-
qypnces.

T; In every regiment which khan hereafter cOnduet
itself in A similar manner, th& tenth man shall, be,
condemned to die, and the rest )f the men shall be
distributed among the other regibents. TheCoM-
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manding Officer shall be cashieoA and the other
Officers diSmissed. Cries of alii,rm among the
troops shall be punished with dea\•ll. The troops
must only aEt when oicteri are givcvl to • them, or
on the signal of the drum. In mosi, regiments the
drums are placed with the .music out of the reach of
the fire, but the. Commanding °Meer& khan see that
all. the drums return to their postS, and shall take
care that the troops under his direaion do not fire
without orders, or at too great a distance.:

" In the evening of the sth the regimerit" of Ar-
gentair made sueh bad dispositions, that in the un-
profitable retreat to.Neustdel th'e 2cl line fired .on the
Ist, and ocertsioned great disorder. The reginn :fit of
Hesse Nemburgh did nothing but wander'hert: and
there; sometimes were heard' the cry of forward,
where there was no enemy! General IttEsc did-not
conduet himself well at Entzersdorft On the 6th,
in the evening, I,did not find him at the head of ,his
troops, . and, besides,. he did not follow the,ordera
which were given him respe&ing the attack.' He
shall be dismissed frOrn the service of his Majesty.
" The disorder which still preVails :samong the.
•
troops, provesthat the Officers of the Staff know
how to apply a remedy. I shall, howeVer, set an'
example myself. I shall, according to the circutn-
stances, dismiss or cashier such Officers of the Grand
Staff whose troops are notagain brought under-Proper
discipline. It is the shame of the army that so
many stragglers and plunderers are found on all the
roads and in 'all the villages. ,

(Signed) CHARLES, Generalissimo."

FRANKFORT, AUG. 6.—The last accounts from
Vienna give hopes of peace. To shew, however,
how tar the reports whith are circulated here require
to be authenticated, it is sufficient to state that it
now appears that the negotiations were.not to coin-.
tnence doll the (2716, the very day on which, ac-
cordin to the rumours we before had, the Peace
was signed.

TALAVER'A, JULY 29.—The English army
which was in Portugal under General WELLESLEY,
after having- joined .the insurgents under CuiSTA,
haci marched against the first corps,' hoping, with
triple numbers, to beat it, and effect its. junaion
with the troops under VENEGAs,
" Already had the English flattered themselves
with getting to Madrid but the events that have
passed during the three days that have elapsed, have
a vod deal deranged the plan of campaign. His
Majesty after the affair of the 28th continued to
puriue th-enetny, Who arrived on the fine position
ofTalavera•and entrenched themselves.—His dispo-
.sitious announced an intention of maintaining him-
self to the last extremity-yet, after having been
vigorously attacked by the French army, having lost -
a part of his infantry and, a whole regiment of ca-
valry, he abandoned his position. Iri these circum-
stances the French have proved, as they have often
done, that, whatever be the position and number of
their enemies, they,can overcome all obstacles.—,
The English and Insurgents sustained great. loss.--•
our's is not considerable.
" General LATOUR MAUBOURG'S division entered
Talavera this morning ! ! ! !
" We' have received news from Marshal SOULT ;
he marched' On the 25th in
‘the direetion of Placen-
tia.—(Gazeite de Madrid.)
PARIS, AUG. 9—We have letters from Santa
011 ala, of the 29th ult. at JO P.M. which mention
the 'new viapry gained over. the English, Portuguese,
and Insurgents. The loss of the EpgliSh is enor-
.mous. We took BQO infantry prisoners, and a whole
regiment of cavalry: Thislegiment was taken by
one of Ours, which opened its ranks to receive the
charge; and then cut off their retreat. The rest of
the English , column, which constituted the whole
'force of the enemy, is in full retreat.
" From Munich of the 31st we hear, that the
latest 'news, from Bohemia announce, that on the
White Mountain near Prague an entrenched camp is
forming, to which. the Austrian army will retire if
peace be not signed. Prague is fortifying, and am,
munituin colteicting for a six months' siege.
" FRANKFORT, AUG. 4.--General FUNK, who ar-
rived here on the night of the 2d, has brought be-
sides the news; that on the 26th the bases of Peitce
were established, a very gracious letter., f.om the
Emperor NAPOLEON to the King of Saxony."—Ga-
zette de France.

NAPLES, JULY 24.—His Majesty has issued the
following decree ;

" All those orour Neapolitan subje&s. who are
now fighting under the enemy's colours, and will
hereafter abandon them, shall be at liberty, either.
not to enter into 'service or if they will, they may
have the sum rank which they enjoyed under the
enemy. They shall not be prosecuted for any past
offence;' on ,the contrary, all who shall be taken
with arms in their 'hands shall be punished with
death."
jULY.26.—The English destroyed the fortifica-
tions of Ischia and Procida, befora they evacuated
those islands.

MUNICH, SOLI 31.--General Beaumont has eel,
Wed am men at Schongard, under the orders of

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COPtNHAGgU, JULY 2.3. ---At C ti e`l,7
SUItS hay() been taken neces,at). try is-
chier‘'hick might arise trom a boinbariolent by the
English.

MADRID,. JIIII.V, 28.7—His MajOSIVI" K ng being
informed that winy persons who Invo ,o,artdoritd
their residences, itt order to.go occu-
pied by the Jnsurgents, have fie, ~,ited their pa-
perq, property, aid effeas in the' hands of their
relations and friends,. has passed the foiltiwing
Decree •

" All the depositories of property, papers; and
effeas, belonging to persons who haVe „abandoi,ed
their dwellings, in order to repair to the insurg.,nts,
or belong to the suppressed monasteries and ccni-
vents, shall remit them to the 'administrators of pub-
lic property, who shall give them is receipt for the
,same. All persons giving inforthation
of such property which may have escaped its vigi-
lance, shall receive a reWard in proportion tiy the
value of such' property. All those who (ming. such
effets in their possession shall not within the terin
of twenty.days from the publication' of ,t he preser.t
decree, deliver in a declaration of the same, sit 11,
be severely punished. The produce of these etfeds
shall belong to the public treasury."
" MUNICH, JUNE•3O.---A Royal Edi& has just
been published, ordering a Loan to be raised in a!1
the Provinces of the Kingdom of Rav3ri,4. The
King states, that the following grou&ds have induced,
him to resort to this measure

‘f We have been obliged," his Majesty says, "to
make uncommon exertions, in order to oppose the
enemy's invasion with ail our force. The courage and
,unshaken • fidelity and attachment of our subjects have
been crowqed with' complete success. The enemy
has been driven out of our k:rigdoin, and as the Ar-.
mistice has been signed, '.we may hope for peace.—
But the nearer we approach the conclusion,of peace,
the more ought we to redouble our perseVerance.---;
The extraordinary wants of our army are still the
same, and the safety and tranquility o' the kingdena
must be maintained. The ordinary revenue is the-
' lesS.sutlicient to meet these heavy charges, as, on
account of the ' seat. of "war having for some time
been established ill our kingdom, inanydi have
not heerr able to pay the usual' takes. w Wit g. to
revert, in those circernstances, to aii 'extraordinary
war-tax, we have thou ;ht it necessary to recur to a
general loan, &c. &c."—(Muniteur, Aug. 9 )
AMSTERDAM, AUG. 3.—Tne appearank e of the
.English off our coast has produced a tariwy of false
end contradictory reports, which we find reduced to'
their just value, by the following observations in-
serted in our Official Gazeite of to-day
ligence arrived 'hereon the 30th of list mouth tilates;
that a fleet of about 130 sail of Aransport3, scorted
by solne ships of war, appeared the precediag night
off llumbang, in the Isle of Waicheren. Our the
30th, at night, the enemy's fleet stood for Neer;
,and chewed an intention to attempt a hiriding iu
the'Vicinity of iaak. There' is reason to suppose
that this project has been carried into execution, be.-
cahse a very heavy cannonade was heard the whole
evening, as Well.as the folio ing in :ruing.
,The
my having. oecupied Schouwen, no intelligence. has,
of course, been received from that a oint. What
renders it probable that the E:iglish have .41 .de food
a landing in the Island of Walcheren is ttt,, e,at
the signals of Scliouwen and of Walcheren do no
longer correspond. Should the enemy suppose he
will be able to maintain himself in these islands; he
will soon feel the necessity of relinquishing that pro-
jed, or'be compelled to evacuate them by the tercet
dire&ed against him." • '
" The King arrived yesterday at his Palace iii
Amsterdam, from Loo, which he left in the morn.;..
//rig. 9.)
FROPIA, JULY 10. —The fort of .Capo Vatica-
no, ,Which was formerly garrisoned by the /French,
is now defended by our militia. Yesterday, at five
o'clock, a signal was made from that fort, that five
ships were in -sight ; a sloep, whibli vtras- one Of
them, stood in shore, Al shewed an intention of
attempting a landing, but stood,Off again, in conse-
quence of the fort having Opened its fire against
her; she returned however, soon, joined by, the
other ships, and fired several broadsides against the
battery., A cannonade --en Sued, which lasted two
hours; the result .of which was, that the enemy
sheered off with* having obtained.his objea, A
launch, which tint off from. one of the ships,' wag
sunk by the 'fire of the fOrt. It has received very
little damage, and we have'not lost a man."-,--(11/6.
niteur, Aug., 8.). •

DUEL EXTRAORDINARY.--,A sanguinary contest
took place on Sunday morning in a field between
Highgate and Hampstead Heath, beweeti two Hi
bernians; in consequence of,.some
,dispute 'oil 'the
preceding night. Disdaining, however, to decide
their difference in pugilistic combat,,, they had re-
course to their national weapon, the cudgel, in the
management of which they seemed to have had
considerable experience, if one might judge from
the :dexterity with which they handled their wen,
pons., They were each provided with two stroi,g
black thorn sticks, one to be held in reserve, in cats
of accident, and were, as usual on such occasions,
attended by a numerous party Of theft countrymen.
They fought for an hodr and five minutes With the
greatest desperation, and could not be induced to
discontinue the contest, till O'Reiily,, one of the
combatants, fell to the ground, completely exhaust-
ed, and covered with severe con nisiOns and cuts. •

On the 3d instant an inquest was taken at Cam-
borne, before PEARCE ROGERS, Esq. Coroner, on
the body of an infant which had been found a few-
days before, concealed ha a chimney corner, Oder
the ashes. On examining the child; it appeared to -
have had its body btirned from the navel to the
chin : and, from the evidence taken before Loaf Du
DUNSTANVILLE and the Coroner, it clearly aPpear-
ed, that the woman found in the house; and confin-
ed to her bed, was the. mother of the child, and
that she had delivered herself on the.Vth of 4oly ;
but no evidence appearing to prove the child to have
been alive when born, she was, by his Lordship's
direCstions, .placed under the care of proper persons;
to prpvent her laying violent hands on herself; and
until she can be committed for" trial for concealing
the birth,'