The Sun.
London, England, 1813-08-19 00:00:00

i.IP:, leii,lt4APY:

Tuesday the Duke of Yoapi 'beid a Lt, cc at his
Office in the horse.o lards, as, Commander-in=
Chiet, which was attended by Lieutenant General'
Sir S. Ac,illauTy who had an Audience of Ithltuyal
Highness:upon his. return front Boinhly ; alsO by
Major General lI.'CoNRAN, General ligtv-r,
Major General
,Sin?,vrAtur, Major General Ltam,
Major General BACK.HOiISE, Lieut. Ceneral
LAGER, Major .General NEPEAN, -Major General
MEAD, Colonels JonNsToN, ZOUCHi WHEL4Y,
LYSTER, and KANE% , .

The first Lite Guards return to Romford this
day ; the London duty wilt then be divided be-
tween the second Life Guards and that excellent
corps the Royalfflorse Guards, 'who have taken
possession of Hyde Park Barracks for that pur-
pose. • - •_ •

Transports are daily expected round from the
Downs for the purpose of taking. on board many
detachments at present" at the Depot in the Isle
of Wight, to jvin their several regiments in North
America. They will embark from Cowes on the
arrival,of the ships at that ptirt.
A considerable reinforceme►►t of troops are un-
der orders for America, and likewise an addi-
tional number of ships of-rear for the same des-
tination,.who are•each to take out troops—the
Dictator, of 64 guns, is to teceive 100• soldiers
on board. •

The following is given as the exact amount of
the military force at present in the field milder the
Cro‘Vn Prince of SwEDEN., as Commando- in
Cihtef:

Prussians, including.6ooo Cavalry and Iltt!ow's.Cerps 43,000
Russians, being. the Corps of Winigikerode,
chalrOVorollzow, atm' Tettenhorn • 25,000
Hanseatic Legion-7-Lubeeliers Minoverians, and
..
Meelaenburgers, equnnandeS by C6unt tVahneden 12,000
British Troops, undo' General Liibbes 5,000
Swedes—Etreetive - 32,0601
44
Reserve in Scania 12,000- ,000,

Total

12(1,001)

And of these, 20,000 are Cavalry.
COURTS•MAliTlAL.—Lieutenant WHITp., of the
Artillery Driver Corps, has been found guilty of
obtaining quarters as a ithfjor. of Cavalry at, the
house of a priest at Lann.•o, .in Portugal, and
whilst there causing the inu•!e of the prick to be
imprisoned, taking away, silver spoons, destroying
the f, .:nitnre, and kicking the servants out of the
house. —Lieutenant STEITZ, Of the 60th regiment,
has been tried at the. Cape. of Good Hope for sell-
ing sheep belonging to Government, to different
Colonial farmers ; fur having, embezzled several
barrels of flow.►t• ; for• eniploying soldiers tu tau
skins of the Gtivernment-sheep, and making thein
into trowsers,. selling the fat, and exchanging it
for soap, L: &c. Deputy Assistant-Commissary,.
Geuer4ll BERARD has been tried at 14isboti on
charges of defratitling GoVernment in purchases
and supplies of stOres
,to the amount,
,ia one in-
stance, of NARK or thereabouts„ in another
instance 26,862/. 12s.

Private, letters by the Heligoland Mail state,
that the French continue destroying tile outskirts
of •Htunbur g'They have lately undermined St.
Michael's
Church, in' order to blow it up should
any attack be made upon the city. It is said to
have been. found impracticable to make it u place
-of great strength.. . The first instalment has not
yet been paid, and great oppression It's in con-
sequence been practised by DAVOUST, arse Of the
fiercest of BUUNA,eATRTE'S radian agents. The
CROWN PRINCE has been heard to express a strong
'inclination to make DAvousr, in particular, feel
the effects of his vengeance.
A letter of the 4th instant, from ari Officer on
the French frontiers, states that the, eon.--
voy taken by GenerallivNi.. consisted of 100 ears,
and 250 mules, laden with provisions,. and es-
corted by 1.100 meat, whi n Ili& gallant Cleneral •
attacked with tfuly 400 men,:and after a slight ~.....!
sistance took 500 prisoners, the remainder living,
in every direct* as if. paint-struck. . The; whole
of Marshal 'Souk's baggage fell into the hands of
the pursuers., In a few days, the Officer says, he
expected to enter France, where .the army was to
take lip a position on the river Admit.. •
The position which Lord NATimt.rticrrim occu-
pies, says.,an . intelligent Oilicer, in a confidential
letter to one of his friends., covers the whole of
Spain; except the province of Catalonia., where
the enemy arc dreadfully harassed by. the; warlike'
Catalans, who are accotinted the most fatuous
people in Spain for irregular warfare'. The annl-
tains, which with their values come within the
range of our po;ition, are covered with fine, attle.
and we have ready, access to the squadrons, which
supply us with bread from Lnglantk
r 'esterday about hall'-past` twelve' O'cloek, the
Duke of YOKK, accompanied by 111 r. Lnxi:, left
York House in his -travelling carriage and four,
on a visit to the Earl of Esse.:.v.., at his sent
near Watford'. His ROYAL. HionNEss was to tan
upOn his Royal Brother the Duke.' of .Ice,,,cr, at
Castle Ear Bill, and if his Ito v At. 11ton NESS was
sufficiently rccoved from his' late accident, he was
to accompany him there..
Yesterday the Hereditary Prince of OitAxcE,:
who.brought the dispatches front the Maryiess.of
WiaraisciTosr, and his Serene Highness his father,
dined with tad I3;yrnuasis, together with the
Earl' of‘..l3twKiNotrAmsnine, the CHANCELLPR "of
the Excticiaur.ll, and several othei.s.
/10//am/ gouse.Continues to be the great depot
of Opposition. F‘very Politician, and every Wit-
hin. wbo.overe at all known in the tine of The
mods, and every one who has since "nionu'il hat
artisht:' against the present Ministry, is as bidden
guest in that mansion of poi/4mi
ivicholson, the assassin, was yesterday convey-
ed from the Houk; of ,Correction to Maidstone,
preparatory to his trial. He %vas secured with.a
strait waistcoat, and was attended.. by a proper.
escort. The Bill of Itidietment will be preferred.
before the Grand Jury this day ; and should the
Bill be found, he will be tried to-rnorrOw morning.
Tiie interest excited by all the circumstances at-
tending this man's ease, has hcen most extraor-:
di/laq. :The town of Maidstone has beet) crowd-
ed for some days by persons of rank anti distinc-
tion; who are,auxiotis to be present at his trial;
on' Friday, James Wilson was wh i p ped through
iladdingtoo, parstiant.to a sentence of,_the High
court.of justiciary of the lath JulyJast, for .as-
saufting JAN 'r ScoTT, with intentioo to commit
a vipe; ,o 0 also tar assaulting and beating iigett:.
datum who attempted to rescue her,

Atitlur 17.

His Ruvat 1‘ 1c,3 Juke ot
arrived Lis afternoOn at tom o'clock, and soon
after prof erta,tled the Steyne for upwards or half
an hour. The following personngvs tkrrived in the
course of the di}'
The Earl of FirE, Lord Lowrltt3t, Lunt Vis...iEttAtr...,:it, the
Portognese Ambassador, `;it li.tierr„ and Colonel
THORNTAN• •

.fit nine o'clock, his itoylii HillweSs the PriNCE
RPG-EVI* , accompanie4 by Lord 'l",,:i„Ntc.itrro, Col,
0, and the Rev. Illy. lii.umw,snG,
the,Pavilion. The Ds,:ke of O.4.NENCE, ‘Viril the
ahove.mentinned ablenterianti Geotlemen, form-
ed the select pnrty ntdinner. Us Royal' I I igh oess;
we tintlertanft, will honour this place with his
presence owl! the 27th in,,tattt. •

POETRY.

BUONAPARTE,
" Prettathqi:eated
lly the' lute turd Nt:GeN

Curet lie the tvreteb, should all dn.:months of Fame, •
Wide o'er the worldbis deathless* deeds proclaim .
Who, like a baneful cornet, spreads his blaze,
While trembling crowds la stupid wonder gaze;
Whose strength and wisdom.serre his lawless will, •
Wh'elt twits each virtu: to a public
With direful rage, perverted puw'r employs,
And Heat-Vast-v.:A ends with Hear'n's best gifts destroys.
If savage veloitr he his vomited fame,
The Mountain-limn snail dispute his. cloito;
Orlf from fraudful wile's lie hopo applause, ,
Vows torOke to llsav'u, and Earth's et-aged laws,
The stibtleruffian's title stands coolest, • ,
Whoic lurking dagger gore; the Tyrant's brei,tst;
And sure the viliaio less deserves his fate , .
Who'stabs ur<d zeretei,than ht: who stabs a State.
Now, mighty hit-it! boast thy 'proud delights. •
The price of toilsome days, and leepless hightst
Speah,—calest Coat 'aught in purple grandeur drat,
Stveet 'as the shOliers of the eottag'd hind ? • '‘
* Read- deathful.

The Duchess of YORK g,we ;tn entertainment
yesterday' at.Oatlands, in houoult of thelte's
birth-day, to her domestics, the children she so
laudably supports, and the peasantry.
The new Bishop ut Loxpow had the superin-
tendance di the Hereditary Prince of OnANGE's
studies during the time boa Serene Highness con-
tinued at. Oxford.

The Royal Yacht is preparing at the Pigeon
House,. 11,614), for the reception of his: Grace
tic Duke rat RICHMOND, Who, it is expected, will
lease Ireland about'the '.'.7th

render the lust .glorious :intelligence from
Lord %VELLA NOTON still IVOIV unpabttahle to the
factions malcontents, it was brought by tin:Ormve,
man, and one who does itondur to the i•ipoellation.
A country clergyman has'endeavoured. to prove
that FloaNtit TooKE was the author of, iti.attosis.
Letters., not the first time thatso.stranKe`
idea was startital. It
,was first sus-gested by.
the bite 'AIr..TnICIC.N ESSE , whose singuiarities.wfil
fully account for so extianrdiii a supposition.
*(;APTAIN (.413YRNE.-Tliis who was
long .welt kiriow.n :upon tire' town, .and who die&
last week suddenly, Was first brought into notice
by a dispute about Ars..ll.aRTLEy; at Vauxhall,
in which the late Lord LITTLItTOW ~Captain
cItOFTE, .and a Gentleman known by the name of
fighting Fit who wls afterward
banged, were engaged.. In consequence of the
part Captain 013 v it NE: tool for Lord LyrrixTot6
ht..! first
:became acquainted witk that Nobleman,
'by whont he was afterwards patronized, and. he
was aatongst those who' were present at the last
scene of Lord LYTTLRTOreS life, 'wilco In callse-
(pence of the prediction of the ghost which he
fancied he saw in Mill-street, his Lordship fell a
vietii» to a ntyrvons spasm, which attacked hini
within the time appointed by the glinst, at Pit-
place, near flpsonl. The persons then present
were Logd .riAtTEt'cliE, Admiral WOLSRt,EY, and
CaptariiNO'lly UNE, the tirNt of whoM it the only
erne ROW Veamining to attest the story.
ISltsts.zu,n3.—The Hall- of the School. of Equi-
ty,- at Poitiers, . where the Institutes were
read, was called La Ministerie ; on which head,.
Fkirinond,de Itemond, (book vii. ch. 11.) a peak-
in of Alhert Babinot, one of the first disciples of t,
Crilvin, after laving` s'aid he Was called '' The
good !glad," addSs, that,, because he had been a
Student of the .!`tistihites rat this'Mnsisterie or Poi
tiers, Calvin, and others, stiledlihn Mr. Minister ,
from wrience,, afterwlails, Cokin look 'the occa
sion tit give' the name of Ministers to the Pastors
Of the Chureb.

I)4l.lrmarii!s pli.mber having been em 7..
ployed to evert tt icopper in a workhonse at the
gins[ end of the town, sent in his bill as follows
• To h4,liigito,r, a Cooper,' to make soup for the poor
people, P;4s."
Tun 14341i.N1AN sat
V) an artist of this tieseriptimilo have his portrait
taken, hat begged at the same tune that it might
be kept a secrct. The painting finished, the Gen-
tleman or iends could trace no similarity be,
t wren- it and his physiognomy.. The painter, in
excusing said, "As he had expressed a
in wish to keep the cirenstanee secret; he thOught
it best not to make the portrait too like his cus-
tamer."

14e following. very singular eircutir,tanee may
be. relied on ; gnu-room steward of his :ALl-
sa
its:;:is:t3:ll:el6
ciS2l,:slltish
al!),
etjliz.
s"e;11,): :rile:awl Cl
.oti is:I'll!: I:141
icn :Chl l. e
ili:rti
etbi
kit ;II 't
1)14:1:1::
(01111(1 tilt hook toitati.le.,l a I
n ea 911. c rawrog it up,
found the identical gridiron, before mentimied,
with an entire sheet of covper tilt tclord to it.—
\ye know but of one. Nvay in which it) :o-cotiot for
this eir4titustance , a sheet of copper. on .the hot:
tom of thevesSel might possibly have l4cen loose.
so -as to stistoin the gridiron, told being nearly nil
from the ship, perhoUs %vas entirely detitcht:,(l lay
the hook mut
A few dijri ago a fire. broke oat 10 the paper-.
hanging liiitinifiletory of I‘lescxs• Goot"-", Lula
(° in Wt!stgate-strcet, Newcostle-1111011-'lync.
The ilonieseommunieuted to Vtplel")"1" °E 'Vii
,
PL,attiow. irrysolter, nod Mr. rtoosorz,
maker. -The iproperty of the foriuer iiibitbitants
we •c portly- ensur%d., but nothing of Mr. liouo-;
SON