The Sun.
London, England, 1814-01-04 00:00:00

EFFECTS OF THE FOG.

Many singular accidents and curious mistakes
which.lnive occurred in consequence of the. heavy
darkties3 in which we have been ft,r some titue
involved, have already been statci to the public ;
but the following, we have every reason to helieve,.
are new :

Lost in the mist, without being missed, All the
Talents. They had been long on the decline, and-
wearing .away 'by a slow consumption, so as al-
most to resemble spectres, which probably ac-•
counts for their total disappearance, remaining so
completely unnoticed. ,
Lost their way from their respective places of
abode, to attend the Sitting of Parham:lit, all, the
Members of the Whig Opposition. The Ministerial
men ,by means of a great light from Spain, and Ham--
beaux from the flame ot Moscow, renewed and
trimmed at Leipsick, were enabled to see their
road very clearly; while the poor Whigs, flours-.
tiering on in the dark, tumbled.into plts and wan-
dered- into hogs, out of which those who. could
extricate themselves, emerged such dirty and lu-
dicrous figures that, they were ashamed to be seen,
and therefore skulked home again to hi-de them-
selves in the best manner they could.
A Gazeteer an a Treatise on Geography made
easy for the use of Preparatory Schools, miscar-
ried on their way to the Party Gazette Office, and
the consequence has been increased blundering in
the digieult science of Topography, • and the en-.
gendering of an idea, that 1200 men had deserted
in France, who were in fact . only stationed by
Lord Wellington nearest to the enemy.
A speeeii intended for another occasion was
formed by Sir James Mac Intosh, While loo%ing
carefully after a book entitled. Vindicte
which .he had some time dropped and forgotten.
He was so delighted with his good luck ti' he,
immediately groped his way to the House of Com-
mons, and fortunately arriving just as it was'going
to rise, delivered .the sueech.
‘Vaithman, the \;ity orator, and Mr. Ro-
bins, an orator ot another description., ran foul of,
eachother in Fleet-sti-eet, and a dreadful email-
sion of heads ensued. Happily, however, there
was no material injury sustained, though Mr. W.
was very fairly knocked down. •
Owiug to the extreme density of the norms-.
phere a great many " early Friends" neglected
to shew their attention by sending the usual
Christmas remembrances, 'and-the lives of many
turkies Were thus miraculously preserved.
Mr. Whitbread managed, in spite of the obscu-
rity in he was involved, to pick out the
nearest path to Drury-lane Theatre, where, bor-
Towing. Mr.. Arnold's spectacle's,• he selected a few
pieces for representation ; but, unluckily, saw so
indistinctly, that he mistook a parcel of bail fora
packet of good Dramas, which the public, haying
better optics, d—d accordingly.
A dog lost his proper track and strayed into
Drury-lane Theatre, where he unexpectedly ap-
peared on the stage...

The great fogs which have prevailed for so
many days have much retarded the arrival of the
mail coaches in various parts of the Kingdom,
and much inconvenience has ensued therefrom to
public correspondence.

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IPAN'lsir ACCOUNT or THE ENG.AGEMENtS OF en a
.10-rt2, ITH', 12,TH-, AND 13TII KECEMEER,
AS CONtAINED ICI 'Tilt VITORIA PAPER OP
.THE
ISTH DECEMBER.
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The Duke of Ciudad ItOdrigatt'wishing to
:ode the cOthmunication which the enemy had
‘teit4t San Jusln Pie 'de Port, from Bayonne by the
'high road which proceeds from the latter place to
Tione'esvalles, and oblige hint at the same time -(if
Mme wished to preserve the std communication) to
inake- a painfid compass by nid right-Of the Moor,
-which, whilst it increased the journey, should
-likewise render it more difficult and precarious
wishing on "the other side to give more extension
to his cantonments, and also influenced by a num-
`ber of political reasons, he determined upon mak-
ing a geneiral movement with . the Allied Artuy,
for the purpose of obtaining these objects.
" ror this purpose he made dispositions, that
General hill, with the 2d division, that of Mot&
la, and Hamilton's Portuguese division, should
sass the river Nive by the bridge or fords of Cain-
o, proceed immediately to occupy the said high
road; and, forming a junction with _the 6th and
-nd divisions . Under Beresford's command, which
was to-execute a similar operation by Ustaritz,
immediately march- against the enemy. G-tt-meral
dope, with the Ist and sth English div:sions,and
two Portuguese brigades, tvas to threaten by the
coach-road froth Bayonne, the_ entrenched camp
which the enemy had before that city, forming,
with this corps, the left of the Allied Army,,—so
that by this operation all the communications from
Bayonne by this side of the Adour were inter-
rupted, by forming a kind of semicircle from the
left of this river to the sea. The Allied Army re-
inalimed on both- Sides of the river Nive, over
which'it had formed two bridges of boats, to faci-
litate its Communictitions between.the corps which
passed the Nive and the right of General Hope
were conveniently placed, the light,- the 4th, amid
7th divisions, in readiness to assist wherever it
might he requisite, anti forming at the same time,
the centre of the army. The Duke of Ciudad Ro-
drigo having given the necessary orders, set out
from San Juan de Luz, at three o'clock in'the
Morning of the 9th, taking the direction of Usta-
ritz, where, he arrived at break of day,:and at the
time when the 6th division bad just passed the
Nire without firing a single shot, having surprised
and taken the enemy's piquets which were placed
on the other side. The 3d 'division immediately
followed the Gth, and at Canibo d similar 'opera-
tion was executed by the troops commatuled by
General Hill : both corps advanced to meet the
enemy, who occupied a strong position a league
and a half from Bayonne, his right 'supported by
the town of Villafranca on the banks of the Nive,
Thr'd bls left protected by the Moor. The Duke of
Ciudad Rodrigo, in order to he able to attack the
enciny the following clay to advantage in his posi-
tion, and outflank his right by the heights of Villa-
franca, ordered the 6th division 't.cs .ttArk the said
point, and drive the enemy from it.:A brigade of it
with the 9th Reg. of, PortugtieSe Cacadores; per-
formed this with the utmost promptitude ; but the
enemy having been very_considerably reinforced,
returned against• our troops, and again obtained
possession of that important point, after' an obsti-
nate resistance.
However, the Duke, who wished to obtain
possession of the said point, nonce more ordered
into be occupied, and the 6th • division executed
this operation quite to his satisfaction ; at sun-
set it remained entirely in our power. General
Hill supported also froth the high road 'of San
Juan Pie dePort, a very obstinate attack, which
terminated in his favour, and which must have
cost the enemy much blood, calculating front the
considerable number of killed which he left on
the field. Whilst this was passing on the right,
General Hopp attacked and drove before him all
the posts that, the enemy had in the high road
from Iron to Bayonne, to which his troops ap-
proached so near that they were fired at from its
walls. Night terminated time operations of this
day, and the Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo passed it
ita Ustaritz, intending to attack the enemy, who
.vas between fhe Nive and the Adour, the follow-
ing day.
'' Day had not broke on the 10th, when the
Duke, who was in Villafranca, observed that the
enemy had retired from the. positions which he
occupied the preceding day, and ordering the
to advance in the direction Of Bayonne, he
began carefully to examniue the enemy's move-
ments, fearing that Marshal Soult, profiting by
the tipa-antages which the bridge of Bayonne af-
forded him, and the facility with which he could
pagaltroops from one side to the other, should
attnek•our troops from the left of the Nive, see-
ing; them separated from the right, with which
their communications' were veryalifficult, the roads
liaving'besm rendered impracticable by-a continual
rain for several days. - The event proved what time
Duke feared,- as Sonit passed ::!t his army,
by the bridge of Bayonne; attacked, with the
utmost fury, General' Hope's troops, and imm
stHcessSion the light and fourth- divisions. Itainist
be said to time honour and glory of English 'va-
lour, and as a iiroof of its superiority over that
of the enemy, that a brigade of the fifth diriSiOu,
folifflianded by General Robinson, supported for
an hour and a half, and 'without losing an 'inch
of ground, the attack of two enemy's divisions,
giving thne, by its heroic resistance, for the ar-
rival of other corps, which immediately attacked
end drove the enemy to time entrenched- camp at
Bayonne. Not a single shot was fired on that
day on the right of our army, and nothing of
consideration took place at any other point of it
till -about half-past three r. sr. when'the enemy
-wishing to drive in our piquets, charged them
with
,very considerable forces and drove them to
the position they occupied on the morning ofsthe
9th. There lie was received with the- greatest
. -vigour by the Portuguese hisigade, commanded
by Luis de Rigoa, and other English corps, which
made him hastily retire, leaving- the 'field covered
with killed.
. " Ourloss in the two days may- be estimated
.at 1,500 nmeu.- Among the wounded is included
the gallant General Robinson, who
.on- this occa-
sion acquired so much glory.
" At 9 P. M. of the same day, a German Officer