The Sun.
London, England, 1807-09-15 00:00:00

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. TWA gallant Officer, Wiu) tell, co bravely fightte . n
his 'CoOutry!s cause, in the late attack on 800 os
Ayres; was a brother of, Mr. Taorrutt'lltrfeYeis,
Reprelentative in the late Patliament for the Borough
Doempatrick, and of Mr. Ttio.r,:ra, lite Conti-
dential Secretary to Mr. Pox, and-gi nephew Of the
late Bishop of Dowts. „
. Major TROTTER began his military career in the
astli Regiment, in which he was preSent at the tail
ing of Dunkirk. With that Regiment he went tcp
India,,,andlaccoMpanieci the Indian Expedition tct
Egypt, where his merit attra6ted the notice of his
superiors, and he was in consequence appointed
.to a situation on the' Staff, After the commence-
ment of the present war, General.BEßiBFOßD, the
friend and patron of Captain TROTTER, being placed
-on' the Staff in Ireland, appointed him his Aichtlie..
:seamy): From that situation he was promoted to a
~Majeriti-in the 83d; and his exertions were most
censpicuous. and -successful in perfetting the disci-
• Pine of „that :Regiment,. andinducing the men to
cyottin4eer for g( neral service into the first battalion.
With !the 83d. Major TROTTER went on the Expedi-
tion to the Cape of Good Hope.; and, as Ming As-
siStant Adjutant-General, distinguished himself •in -
such a manlier in the attack and defeat of the Dutch
army, as to merit the public thanks of
.Sir DAVID
BAIRD, who commanded the British force on' that
Expeditioth.
When the conquest of Buenos , Ayres was ,
.achics%ed by-the' gallantry of the British force,
der: the conduct of General BERBSFORD, that ga*
lam. and able Officer, from the 'high opinion lie'
-entertained of Major TROTTER'S courage andabili-
ty,wrOte to him to :come over with the reinforcement,
from the Cape, and appointed him Assistant Acli4-
tant-Gcheral to the Britiah forces iii South America.
But, before the arrival of the reinforcement from
the Cape,. General Bettis:roan and the little army
his command had been unfortunately com-
;4)0;166 Surrender to the Spaniards; and the force
dnderi Sit SAM': AUCHMUTY 'had been accompanied
'bq an .Assistant-Adjutant-General, 'appointed in
this Country. That General, however, oftered Ma-
jorTitorrea an appoiptinent in the, QuarterMes-
ter-General's DepartMent, 'which be dedlined;
questing only to be placed in some waive situation,
in which, his exertions would tend Most to the be-
nefit of the service. He was, in consequence, ap-
pointed to command the'Grenadiers in the attack on
'Maldonado, and on that OccasisO he againicondual
ed, himself in such a manner as to obtain particular
notice in the public thapks.
In a skirmish in advancing to the attack of Monte
Video, Major TaarTE R pact a horse shot under him,
andireceived a wound in the hand, but was not there-„
prevented from leading the Light Brigade, in Cod':
jenetitaliwith his gallant Jriend Colonel 13aowwitido,
6i the .desperate service of storming the breach of
...that fortress. On that occasion Major Teovreit,was
,7 )op firit man who mounted the breach, and rillowed
bya few oldie bravest hen, had the honour..;, opening
ihe gates to the rest bf the Army. Me qtr TROTTRIA
Conduel on this occasion alio was ui,:ntioned in the •
highest terms in the official disp,lL'a, and the gal-
lant and lamented I Colone. —ll ROWNRIGG, hisfriend
and companion, in arms and in danger, his kind
attention -to whom in hii. last niotnents was no
less remarkable than his brave adherenee.and co-ope.
ration ip battle; made it a last request to his uncle,
Gen.fittoWNatoo; that he should use all his intet'est
to get him promoted to his Lieutenant Colonelcy.
'To this request Gen. BROWNRIOG paid•all the atten-
tionto which it was entitled ; and there is no doubt,
.'..,t.hat if Major Tam-ilia' had lived, the Illustrious
Persod at the head of the army would have taken ad
early opportunity of promoting , •
In a sub4equent skirmish with a party. of ,Spris
itiards?, in the vicinity of Monte Video, Major TitoT,
TER received a severe wound thropgh the body. The
close of his life, as.described in the Dispatches rely—.
Live to the late attack on Buenos Ayres; was consistent
with the eagerness with which he alWays led his 11)1;4
loWers to the petit of danger. But in proportion as
every danger that he encountered and escaped, ekal ted
his fame, and established the charader of his military
talents, his. lite became more dear to his friends,
and more valuable to his Country; Hence, though
his bravery; like that Or NeLSokt, rendered his
death more to be exPeded, it rendered it also
more ,to be larriented. To his friends ..his.7losir
is fittleparable. To his COuntry his„value,luid.litit be-
gan-,to i)eknown. But the military Men under whom
and with whom he fought had formed the highest
Lpetatioris of his future glory ; and after what has
ebeetiltere detailed, and what is otherwise known to
us,'it is not too much for us to gay, we have reason to
think that, if he had liOed; what WoLex was, ,
TER Would have been. •
Besides the two brothers already mentioned, Ma.;.
jor TROTTER has left 'a sister, whom he loved moat
tenderly, and who is but slenderly provided fog' It.
would be a 'becoming testitnQn' of the gratitude the
'public owes to his memory, it those at, the head of
the 'Army, or the State, would edopt some means of
making a suitable provision for her, either by the.
sale of his commission Orotherwise.‘

Captainltdl.4l, and AB. Woop.—=the anxiety
relative to the match between these tWo pedestrians
eontinues to increasd aR the tithe approaches for, the;
pmts., and considerable sums are every day betted
gp9a.the issue. The Captain will go, for
.the 24
,
'obis
on a piece of chosen ground on the Beacon
kewMarket; a mile backwards and forwards,'
over 'Which Wood ' will run is three.
miledln length, and-about a trlile from that elididif'
• 13y Captain '..Barclay. Each Course will be--411ted:
with bootlia 84c, and lighted up., The average bet-
ffilltirat,this‘ time is f tht 'lOO to go in favour of
Wood, *rho, it will be remembered, gives eo miles.
The inet.ol4„wl,A.,,taite place in about 28 days,
Two sons, ,of the, Narquis of War,r.asurr are at
*ent• on .a tan' t6the Hebrides. They sailed Iron
Oban:,:on the 3d instant;" ou board the Piince of,
Irgks.Cutter, Capt. WALLAcn, in order to visit the

A plan is to be submitted to the next Court of Alr
,flftrmen and'eatinon Council, for the more
supplying the London' market with fisiarpm
Torb4aY, and for an application to Parliimillt;
through the City. Members, far an At to enforce
,
ith'i".teguiatton, and to preveßt the abusel now justly
AC() mimed of, in' the purchase"aud saga of this use-
ful aliment.

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Ph Tbursday,artived in, Leith „Roads a -Lugger,
laden with spiriti,
.p.Eie-tO.,the, Fancy Gnn-brig.---
9ie vitas.capture'd a few diOksince in a by the
Tbtl. ti Qf th. Fancy, after a long dace to the South-
W-a• d ?f-Aet4vick; :but the crew.,' had deserted her
liet'oie;the ilats.ef the .Fancy. came up. • . .
Yesterday morning the, signal was 'tpade for .the
Baltic ICOnviiy, when the whole got under weigh,
and Sailed from Leith Roads under• charge of the
itaitilGeorge Excise. Yacht, .. • ,
Oh tr hursday night,arrived in. T,ei t h 'loads two
auishyesicp-bpJ)e:frpir,9 . of 1 3 iSoy,..laderi
with ryes:for copenhazeu; and.-Oe (!thn- au..Otit:;
.ward-bound Vessel, ,jn . ballast eaptuyed, the
Amaranthe Sloop 6,f N.Var. . .
Lieut. General AI,X.:ANDik CAMPBnLL, M. P. is
appointed to the Nolh British Staff, and now corti-
inendi the Fdrcesl. • .!•/(', r •

The Loyal Edinburtjt Volunteers, commanded
by ',lent: ColOnel.Jirints", march to Alloa, on = per-
manent duty, for ton days, on Monday, the 2I st in-
stant.
~

The namesof two of the Vessels mentioned in
our last4s:wrecked. near Dunbar,- are, the Beim,
I:isher, LY 4L, of Dundee, and the bohemia ilia
Ann, 'of 'Band: . •
••
We formerly ncltied, that, in August, 1 So 4, the
Principaland)Prolemoil of the thliversity of Glas-
gow, together with the Dcan o .FacOies, laid the
lOundation-stone of the bi.fildinir.intended tor' the
reception of ,the Hunterian Miiiw•um, We can now
'nention;`tha't an, elegant building. for that valuable
:Museum is finished; that the greatest part of the
articles belonging to it have already arrived ; and that
the -remainder are soon
.dxpeaed.

It appears from our last letters by the Gotten
burgh Mails, that STEEN BULB is the name of the
Officer who has the giblet command of the Danish
naval force in the Sound. The tbllowing intecdote,s
respeaing him must therefore be peculiarly interest.
ingat the present period. He appears from them to
be a seaman not unworthy to cope even with British
(kill and valour

Differences having arisen, between Denmark
and Tripoli, which ended in a rupture, the command
of the Naiad Frigate, of 36 guns, was given-to Capt.
S.r.cair 'BILLit, who was stationed off Tripoli, in
company with the Thetis, of 44 guns, a Brig of is
guns, and a hired Xebec of six. In the harbour six
IfrigitteCand a Xebec ready for sea, and feared'
to venture out ; the Thetis, however, beinr, detached
to Malta, the Euemy'eonsidered this a fit opportu-
unity to na. offensively. Their forts opened a heavy
firfa on our little Squadron, which was cruizing as
.close in shore as•-possible, but BILLE soon caused
theni4o repent..
forined his projeet, he asked the pilot,
in a casual way, if it were possible to, bring the
Frigate into a6tion with the Shipping in the. harbour.
The pilot, who was a man of experience and judg-
ment, replied in the affirmative. Nothing now
could restrain the impatience of littax, and his gal-
lant crew heartily seconded his wishes, they shaped
their course accordingly. Soon after the .Naiad
struck on a bank ; but this Misfortune only served
to heighten their ardour. She was soon afloat again,
and presently 'the 'engagement commenced, wllicti
was crowned with all the success the intrepidity and
bravery of our tars deserved. The havock was
• dreadful on board the Enemy's Ships ; they lost f7e-
Vela' hundred men, while we, from superior skill
in matteetivring, escaped with only one mkts wound•ed. Meanwhile, the Enemy's Vice-Admiral got
Under in order to capture the Brig and
Xebec, which, in fad,' .so far from assisting were
bull en hindrance to the Naiad..
.g it is well known,, that Vessels of low construe-
thin light guns, and With few hands on board, are not
altogether the fittest-Ships to combat a Barbarian
Man, of War; which always carries such immense
numbers of men. MLLE, seeing the danger his
compaeions were exposed to. from the crowded
decks of the Enemy; was obliged; to give up a cora-
tain triaMph to save them ; and although one of the
Enemy's. Ships, which he engaged, was' about to'
strike, he hastened to relieve his friends, A lucky
shot, 'however, froth the Naiadicarrying away the
Viee-Admiral'S bowsprit, crowded with men ready..
for boarding the Brig, assistance became unneces-
sery. Me;inwhili' Mita kept up a running fight
with the Other Ships, which upon seeing she. hie
of-Aheir Vice-Adruiral,, prudently, declined further
" Evening coningßat:s aS.unable to re-..
suite the contlift,.and relu6trintly, qui ttedthe harbour ;
having, by this anion, confirmed the good opintoa;
enter uiiried of his Frigate, :saved two of .our, Ships,
from destruaion,
,and, aboie all, jireserved.tbo glory
untarnished whichour ancient naval limes ,havev
transmitted tti us. . .
" The following day a; Flag of Truce was, sent`
by the My to invite BILLS on shore, when an
honotir was ciariferred. on him' 'never before shown
to any. European Officer. The guns th 4 rant-
parts saluted him on, his landing ; and he was re,
'eived most obligingly by the Dey; who reqUested
the 'lean of some carpenters to refit his disabled
Ships.,. The request was granted.
" Captain BILLS, for the re-establishment of,
PeOce went on an embassy to. the Emperor of

The great services rendered to this countly by
this excellent and deservintficer,.Were.not wire.
Warded. The King of DENMARK made him a
lehnitiberlain-i-. the King of Bwznew Created hfm a.
eltin3.-Sward and the Merchants of CUpen..
bkigeti, voted hilu an,ele* oant service of ,plate.
Officers were promoted, and medals distributed to
those.Ot hiS brew who bad bees partieularly'distin.
gaished for their-exertions." - •'

Thep was no Cott of .A14.,,414n4n held trhtlay,,
buftP lord Mayor, after inspeeting the returns, or.
dorddqlread to remain at the present prices.
Ou‘Sunday itibrning, as Mr. Scott, of Mitcham,
was morning .fitoni town, abOut ..,o o'clock, he
was met near the eight mile stokk:,. ,oti.Vjg's Marsh,
by 1 till, stout run, dre,,ed inTdark surtout coats
and rqund hat, with' liorr.d impri;cations,
,knocked him down `v a thick hludgeun, and, in
the,tpost inhutnan'tn3ittipi..o, till
lie"wai nearly sidticated, while'he rifled his pockets
of bis watch and maney, when ha walked off to-
wards London, leaving his vidim iu the most pitia-
ble state.