The Sun.
London, England, 1813-10-16 00:00:00

SPAIN'.

EXTRACT OP LETTERS PROM AN opprcla op lint
• ROYALS, NOW' IN SPAIN.
"" C.inp in Me P.vre,inecs, blot e frunznn, Sept. e', IBt3.
I understand that an idea of the Spanish 'Lind
Portuguese violating the graves of our deceased
Officers iu the Peninsula, and plundering their.
remains, has given great uneasiness to their snrviv-
t
ior, families in England but I assure You that in-
Atiluee of sacrilege never happens. Indeed there is
aeld("n occasion, for few cat ry to the grave with
6(11 more than what barely serves for' a r winding."
.Flieet. Invariably, in every action in which I
Itave served here, the Spanish, and more partic.4.!:
the 7,
•I) vortuguese peasants, rob the slain Of
ever,,
thing. it has often excited our astonispnent
t° see the fallen inqantaneously stripped to their
!ki.n
sJ the very moment the disputed ground is yield-
itwould appear as if it were effected by, magical
Inacets, or that the -depredators were possessed of
the n
unwet of being invisible, for not an individual
"
ever seen in the act of despoiling. The plunder
°nail)" by the soldiers is incredibly great, as
the French otricerß, and even privates, wear about
their waits, in the inside of their belts, all sorts
of money, and they have all gold watches, probe-
MY the fruits of pillage.
tan.
`4"ery thing at present is renutatably qniet fr
"nt•—We learn that our French adversaries,
~;Ici.ers and Allen, are miserably disappointed at
not having .been concluded. It is confi-
i,-1111 reported that we shall cuter France --
175'nY prisoners have escape t{ trom Pamplona to
and among these arc three (Meet's. They re-
present the garrison as being very sick, and sadly
for provisions. All the horses of
atlrt•
aate and even of the- officers,
'aieed, and stored for the garrison's sub-
ti;tit4istence. Two ounces of horse-flesh is the
allowance for a man. The French have
bli'tclY turned nut of the town many of the inlia-
artiti,lliB. and made themselves master of what
eR In their houses suits their convenience.
ter, tiencral GRAHAM, and all the deneral Ofti-
stlis. are gone this day to head-Elms tens, to he pre-
• the "t the ceremony of investing the new Knights
41 Lath.
t al my in general never enjoyed better
i
"altih It is the
it, rlgularly and well rationed ;
.an
jO,, 'vantage of every soldier Having a tent since
opening of the campaign, has been very instru-
tvii4ilital to health as. well as comfort : excepting
retrial we were going up and- clown that ter-
ii„a niscaY) the Traios Alontes, we have
luxuriesficll in ahnudance. Both officers and
for I, Plenty of.mouey, and actually wala
; we even sport a profusion of
.the sto::,`,'S4 of the soldiers for a trifle after
itinoits f
tSeatillasiti•, s
lan7tlallii'Ly t•
odfficers purchased it with their
PL. ETCII_
.EtuR,A
peovZ , forgetniio ate hoe wbnrait‘t.e"
trepid ST•
Dray,. or 0,4 Ot. the Royals ? Captain DUB. OUR•
trellelieS, tir"HerY, who fell so early in the
vine still universally lamented, for his pri-
,te 14,), as well as zeal as a brave and expe-
-1 nincer.
rr
ma.
e Pr-General RoniwsoN, who commands
t''' "Eigade, and was wounded in the face, is
doingll6l-, opt on his duty. Major-General LEIT/I Is
; 'very well. Mawr O'LlAwntAN, of the 4th
reitl';iinent, who was Field Officer in the t reaches
nt),;'"• sel,e night the gnilrisein made a sortie, andrr-
tried sc" tle Portuguese and English, has, been
by a Court-Martial for neglect of ditty, f but
ii lei
lR• "eeu honourably acquitted, the blame
ul!" Others, tor' not conforming to his tn.
strnettons.
tr,it 15 confidently
.oill-13110NAPARTP, asserted that SOULT is off
with 15,0{)11 men.
,
vieneral CASTANOS, the brave aincl perseve.
Salrtalyid.shGenerali'has resumed big station with
'sle(:,,:,1:1"-i've is nn General in the French army so
11,,
Ott, !1 hy 'ls as that detestable monster eticnET:
tql,,tes we hear of his cruelties me so horrible
-',ll4uity• Indeed, there. is no one over w
to use a soldier's phrase, a
lous
1,01,,,wi victory, -or,
il‘L would give ns more delight .

1„ 14e army of the Ca ow rt PE trlca, we ate happy
290,41;11, by the advises from Stockholm of the
is likely. to be increased , by the addition
MOO Swedish troops—a most appropriate, asi
seasonable reinforcement. Ten thousand
14,44'es•liiive we believe, received orders to cot 7
ilHmediatelv for Pomerania, to march from
ht order to join their brethren in Saxony.
Atulf,',"
lor the Swedish force is, it is said, to face
ltUtt'N'°Pway, in order to oppose any. threats
Il'td.:llQ Danes in that (warty,- ; and threats, we
JJ'esemli is all that _Sweden has to dread front
lis4-11101t. The master which the latter country
Le r (14(leetakt4.1 to serve, has,
Pos4
"() much of ids we suspect, din ine
for own personal pur-
thee to stiffer to act with much eller: ..ither
lefe"e ot her own northern d or .
ominions, I
'matt*,
1. of those 001er neighbour.
i?11:".1 of tilvEstrooL, all the Cabin t
ba:l-;"" in town, dined with the Spanish Ant-
Ilk
sl(":1 on Thursday.
11."Yal Highness itiloNstEua 'tnd suite ar
eve:ii at his house, in SouthAudler-st"ett last
esfroth Hartwell., Bnekinghanishire.
ott h--ivt"ity Viscount StillklonTn, .atter trausact
"slt
term ,181,1'ils)aartkii.
I is Office, went to his house in
""Ing been represented in several
34Pers that (GEORGE 3011 N SippoNS, vsq
of
_the
peen
the celebrated Actress of that name, hase
retitit BtPPointed Governor of Bencoolen, we ar
raf (14-('(141 to) state, that WILLIAM PARKER, Esq'w,
ntt i(2jeingni Establishment, is Resident. tail
ulis.h,:c°. 0011 N SIDDONS, Esq. of the same I.?,!ta;
cttlerei,e,nt' Head Assistant and Secretary.
t° the East India Register, it will De
that. Mr. PAgKER is a Civilian of ten years
~hur",ty• .!titatling in the service that, Mr. SlDD„oxso
only appointed in the year 102.'

NAVAL SEWS.

LAST FIALIt'AX AND QUEBEC FLEET'S,

Coaki OCT. i I.,—Yesterday arrived bete a
Vessel with the Mutters Of ten' sail of the above
beet, captured. by au American privateer, said to
be the Yankee. This fleet sailed hence about
five weeks ago, under convoy of his Abjesty's
ships Endrnion, Ethalion, Jaseur, Prometheus, &c.
The captured vessels were separated from the
rest of the convoy g.ile of wind and thick
weather, anti were;then fallen in with by the elle,

r. . .
my, Who destroyed thy%) "Oxcept one vessel,
given up to the masters and the crews.
FALMOIMI ~ OCT. J 3.— Sailed his Majesty's
cutter Laxdrai/ with dispatches for Passage Lady
Louisa packet with mail fur Passage; Prince
Ernest packet with a mail for Lisbon ; and the
Lady Mary Pelham packet with a mail for the
Brazils. Sailed the PortugueSe ship OceanO for
Lisbon, and his Majesty's ship Eurolus for the
coast of France.

PorrrsmouTir, OCT. 15.—Arrived his Majesty's
ship Julovse from Cork,' having under her convoy
the following ,transports with the Argyle Militia.
on board, viz.. A. I. Betsey, B. B. Plymouth, A.Y.
Lauri', A. G. Prilliam, A. U. Mercury, anal a. R.
Henry. Caine into harbour the fliga packet, re-
captured the Portland and the Aid from Quebec,
with timber for the flock-yard. The following
are the convoys appointed :—/iivon for Spain,
Portugal, and the Mediterranean ; Medway for
Bermuda and the Bahama Islands ; aud the Cyanc
for Madeira and the coast of Africa.
YARMOUTH, OCT. .—.Sailed yesterday the
Bonne Citoyenue for the Downs, and the Spitfire
for Spitlicitd,
DEAL, Oar. 15.—Arrived the Cadmus sloop of
war from a cruise.

PLYMOUTH, OCT. 14.—We understand the men
who were wounded by some of the Monaghan
Militia, in the affray at Dock, on Tuesday night,
are expected to recover.
DOVER, OCT. 15.—Came in the Fly brig, let-
ter of marque, from London, boimd to Guernsey
and Africa, hp Yin had part of her side beat in,
in the gale of Tueb‘ ay.--Part of the Derbyshire
Militia march to-morrow to Deli) ; the First West
York tnare: from hciice on the 23th instant, for
Essex ; they are to be replaced by the Aberdeen-
shire and Derby-Militias.

" Sr. ANntmo, Scrr..47.—One of the transports that came
in our convoy seas taken the night we arrived here (35th
Sept.) and carried into Santona, about 15 miles East of this
pl:,ce, where the French have a force of 2000 men very
strongly fortified, and from whenie they commit •reat de-
predations. The vessel captured is rained at 75,0001 having
a cargo of wheat, cloathing,And stores. The French have,
we understand, nt Santor', two brigs, a-corvette, asia-SOMit
row-boats, which they man with 40 or 430 people."

A ship from Quebec, a Spanish brig from South
America, and a collier brig, were taken in the
Channel -last 'Monday, and carried into Calais.
One of them foundered otf the South Foreland,
the other was knocked to pieces going into Ca-
lais Harbour. ' The crews were saved. '

-The Asia, of 7.1 gnus, lately arrived from the
West Indies'; brought home about 250,000/. in
specie, ‘v.hicli was lauded at Deal last Frid sy, and
forwarded to the Bank of England by Mr. EDWARD
Tootmostr, of that place.
His Majesty's sloop Sylph, with eleven sail un-
der convoy, arrived at Tiridge-Town, llarbadoes,
from Ilalifax,*about the.end of July.
A Gentlemap, who hail the fact from an Arne-
rican Senator., states.; that in a Committee ot 'Con-
gress appointed to examine into the actual state
of American Navigation, it was •lately proved,
that they hail 14,000 foreign seamen in Ameri-
can bottomi, of whom about 12,000 were ,sup-
posed to be British, and of these only 1600 na-
turalized as American Citizens.
The following distressing accident is communi-
cated in a letter froinDeal, dated on Thursday
A shore boat, coining from his Majeity's ship the
Norge, of 74 guns, Mien within half a mile of the
shore, upset, by the carelessness of the man who
held the sheet not letting it go in time, by which
Mi. Ks o, Midshipman of that ship, and son of
Mr. KtNu, of Dover, was unfortunately drowned.
The other three were picked up by a fishing-boat,
who saw the accident, and bore down to their as-
sistance : the bod is not yet found.
. Last week. T. LYONS, in his pill-yawl, ileum-
panied by T. 0 Li.mo RE, S. SußPeNito, jun. and his
son,. went dOwn Bristol Channel in hopes of
meeting craft coming up, with intent to pilot
them up. The wind blew hard limn S. S.W. and
next morning the Imatil oars and tackle were
pit,i.ed up of Clevedon, bat the unfortunate crew
%;•e missing—the whole arc supptised to have pe-
rished. SttyPAat.) has left a wife and six chit-
Lorolgs a wife- and three, who arc thus de-
privid of their means of support.

The Inspectors of Army Clothing having been
ordered to finish their inspections of the ctothing
of the regiments stationed in England, and the
Islands in the Channel, in the course of the pre,.
sent month.
'Captain HUGO, of the 3d regiment of Hussars,
King's German Legion, who fell on the kith: of
September in the action tol Garde, Whilst so gal-
lantly awl intrppidly leading Ws troop in a third
charge against the French infantry, was by birth
an Hanoverian, and of a most 'ancient and ho-
pourable family. It is imtnenough tifiey, that the
army has lost in him a truly, valuable Otlicer : his
(for his worth was known
Bto"lfelivsc)irweliellof evefrr)tel.enedpsly lament their irreparable
loss, Baron Hu" may be said to bare been
gifted with extraordinary ualities of head and
heart. Would tat he ha 4 been spared tp his
1 country and lis frierds 1

Poi, 1111. t".

A CRITIes
Qui capit ille Prat.
ofohl %.v.ts a maii of good nacos;
Who vainly'y hdrisled up (J .dins to Panne;
Nt'ho Virtu. add Truth would diid.llll to intrjy,
Md be.rter the ieFdict of judgment 'for pay.
blot now, among Scribblers, a wretch we may find,
As filthy in periOn as foul in his us
Whose pen is a bludgeon, and who, ruffian-like,
Vuless he's well paid, will ferociously strike.
Op artists and attars he 'l;si s his paws,
And if they're afraid, from their pockets hb draws I
To get from Ins gra*p. they must "'s•tr,-;:le its vain,
They ne'er can be frte whil, sr tioit i., can drain.
known that the fellow has oft been rebuird—
' 'Tis lintiwn that, indeed, he wits hided and was ellirdi
He milled for some years in cositcrapt and disgrace,
And hid in a gaol or a garret his face; "
Dot now, as new actors and artists aftpear, •
He darts from his den and resume: his careers
His style is so plc-bald, affected, and coarse,
'Tis hard from the jargon) a me:tning to fore',
Save this ruling point, which he always pursues,
:! If yim pay me I'll praise, but if nut I'll abase."
To stop this vile wretch li, his scurrilous strain,
And strait to obscurity sh•ivc him again,
The remedy's easy—a horsewhip or cane.

EPIGRAM

ON A MEDICAL SPORTSMAN.

,As 1 Spo:ttiman, no wonder that GaAnul has skill :
Tor you:lnow, my good Sir, he is It likened (0 kill:"

PEDESTRIANISM.

ITNER.-TIliS celebrated Pedestrian Lost his
match of 100 miles in IS hours, on Thursday, on
Tenterden Rare•course, near Ashford, in Kent.
—The accounts received last night state, that
RAINER did 69 miles in 12 hours and 9 minutes,
and ,could proceed no further. The weather was
much against the performance, anti the Pedestrian
was lunch exhausted.

The Lincolnshire Yeoman, who undertook on
Sa►turdaty se'uuiglit, for a wager of 200 guineas,
to g0.48' miles io 12 hours, for 12 successive
days, completed his Herculean task mOVedues-
day evening, about six ►wiles from Melton MOw,
bray,. lie appears to have been much distressed
on the Bth d.►y of his journey ; hut he recovered,
-and won -the ►match by. extraordinary resoiatioa
And power.