The Sun.
London, England, 1814-03-26 00:00:00

MEETING AT LLOYD'S.

- Yesterday a Meeting of the Subscribers to
Lloyd's was held at that house in consequence of
a requisition; signed. by twenty Members, to take
into,cousideration.the propriety of restricting-the
committee from voting any stun of, money for
other thau.purposes connected with .Marine In-
surance, • until the:funds of the Society amounted
to a sum adequate to nicer the annual-expenditure.
. -Mr. LIATuAwAY, in a -speech of considerable
length _and great.ability, opened the proceedings.
lie stated, that such had been the .wanton profu-
siona_ that the funds of the Rouse, which in 1803
amounted to, 43,0001., were .now reduced •fo

13,0001.;: and that, as •the current expenses at
present considerably exceeded the permanent. in-
come, it' was full time that a stop, should"be put.
to such proceedings ;• and trusted, that. however
unpopular it might be to. step forward in 'suet' a
task, yet he hi)ped to be supported by a consi-
derable majority ; for it was evident, that unless
economy were resorted to, the subscribers ►►rust
be called upon for an addition to their present
stibscripti?►u, as•it was not to be expe►cted that,
in the event of a peace, .any
,great accession of
new subscribers (the principal source of their prv.-
sent reven❑e) could beexpeeted.
Mr. G. BROWN, in a short speech, seconded

he motion. He obsei ved, that hi many instances

where .subscriptions were set on foot for the best
of purposes, that the.Subicribers to Lloyd's had
frequently excused themselVes from contributions,
by. the plea Of their havint:done so their cor-
porate capacity:
,Mr. i\IARRYAT (the Chairman) replied to the
arguments of Mr. Hathaway, with great ability.
He objected, to the Resolutions as not only un-
'necessary but nugatory. The votes of money
from the fund of the/ House had, in his opinion,
not only been prudent and discreet, but highly!
honourable to them as a body. By thus attempt 7
in 7 to tie up their hands, the character of Lloyd's,
which now stands so pre-eminently high, would
sink to nothing. lie was sure that tic -Subserib-
ers bad too much good sense ever to vote any stun
of money (however urgent the claim), unless their
funds were fully adequate to meet the demands.
With regard to what subjects might be deemed\
connected with marine insurance, he conceived
every act which tends to raise the glory of the
country, might be so construed. He- should
therefore oppose the Resolutions.
Mr. BaNTLEY supported them; and contended
that the state of the funds had been grossly
mis-
represented.
Mr. DIXON was of the same opinion.
Mr. CARUTHERE.OppOSed the question.,
"IiIr.MARTEN and Mr. ROWCROFT; in very able
speeches; followed on the same side, and Mr.-M.
moved au adjournment. The latter very happily
ridiculed the idea of the expenditure exceeding the
income, as if 1500 of the Subscribers, who were
the most eminent Merchants in the City, would
refuse to increase their subscriptions a gninea or
two a year, if necessary ; the last-10,0001. which
had been voted to the Patriotic Fund had produced
the most incalculable benefits to she country.
Mr. HATHAWAY MadC_ a short reply, 't7,14211 the
question of adjournment was put, and declared by
the Chairman to be carried.—Tlke friends at the
question moved for a ballot.
*On the subjeCt of the above question, it may
perhaps be improper in us to offer an opinion, but
we trust we shall not be over-stepping our , duty
if,we call upon the subscribers to-paue before they,
adopt the Resolutions. Tht.tone which the pro-
ceedingS of.that respectable Body, in their muni-
ficent vote in July, 1803, gave to the 'whole coon.;
try, will not soon be forgotten. From that Meeting
much of the glory of the last eleven years emanated.

LORD WELLINGTON'S'ARMY.

E).TRACT OF A LETTER FROM AN OFFICER OF

RANK

'Cazernes, Department of Landes,'March 4, 1814.
After describing theearlymovenient, the writer
'says, on 'the 26th of February, the 3d diviSion
(Sir THOMAS PICToN's) forded the Gave de Pau,
about four o'clock r: m. drove in the enemy's'ad-
' vanced posts, and 'took up a position' within four
miles of their main- army, which Marshal SOULT
had concentrated' on a strong commanding ground,
of very difficult access, is front of the ,town of
Orthies. The light, 4th, 6th, and 7th divisions
passed the river .early in the morning ; but owiog.
to the badness of the roads through which some
of the trpoN were under the necessity of defiling
to reach their points of attack, it was nearly one
o'clock before the attack commenced on the ene-
my's fight-, and at 'that time the whole of the
'troops intended' to co-operate in-that quarter had
not arrived. • The enemy's right rested on a
small village, surrounded by strong hedges of live
growth, on _an elevation of Very difficult 'access,
which was occupied by-a cOnsiderahlebodyoftirail:-
, • leurg, and supported by masses of infantry, with
several pieces of artillery: It was twice carried
by the 4th division, who were overpowered by
numbers, and obliged to abandon it ; but on -the
- arrival of the light division, it was attacked in
front and dank, tind carried after an obstinate re-
. sistanct ; and the 7th division, which opportunely
joined in the operation at that period, secure(' the •
advantage obtained, and forced the enemy to fall-
, back- With the loss of two pieces of cannOn..
ing this operation seven battalions "of the 3d divi-
sion moved upon the enemy's centre, and three
(two Portuguese and one ;iritish); turned his left
flank, and carried a strong position on which it up-
puyed. As the eneniy hail a numerous artillery on
this point, which might be considered as one of
the keys of his position, the resistance was obsti-
nate, and our loss in storming it very considerable.
The enemy's position was in form a triangle, of
considerable elevation; and' commanding all the.
ground in its neighbourhood, The two pointS
of the base line were hard pressed by the flank at-
tacks, and the seven battalions of the 3d division
were gradually gaining ground on the centre. In
this situation he commenced his retreat : at first
with'great order and regularity, supporting the re-
treating troops with solidmasses'of infantry iusuc-
cession ; but as the night advanced, they fell into
greaulisorder, andmade ofFin perfect confusion, dis-
persing and making thel?est of their way, andby that
menus escapedns, as they had formerly done at Vit-
toria. We were so fatigued with moving up,the
mountains, and over the ravines, during the opera-
tions of a long day, that we were unable to pursue
them any farther, and they were in-motion during
the whole of the night, so that we could not get
sight of "them again until the following evening,
when it wad too late to attack them and during •
the night they withdrew across the Adour at St.
Severe, and destroyed the bridge. We, however,
forded the river with great difficulty, and are now
slowly pursuing them up the right bank of that
river, in the. direction of 'Toulouse ; but onr
means of subsistence will not allow us .to go
much farther, and we .shall probably take this

opportunity of besieging Bayonne, which is
closely invested by Sir JOHN HOPE. This
has: certainly 'been one of the most general
,affairs that we -have' had with the enemy dur-
ing our operations on the Continent. The 3d
divisioo had, as usual, Rs full share-of the ha-
zards and laurels resulting , from it: Its loss
amouoted to 825, of which number 53 were Offi-
cers. In its attack upon the left flank, it was
very ably supported by Sir H. CLINTON and the
fith division. ,Senators and Generals were sent by
the " Emperor," to raise the levee en masse, and
irritate the people of thd country against us ; but
-they completely failed, as we were every where
received in-the most friendly and hospitable man.
-nor, and the utmost detestation is every where
expressed to the Government and person of NAPO-
LEON. If the Allies would proclaim, or even
Offer them, one of their old Masters, he would he
well received by the army in general; as wellas
the public ; but, with the best disposition, every
one is afraid to take the lead, and cointhit himself,
without a certainty of support.
" The Country fromithe Pyrennees to-the Adour
and the- Gave-de Pau, is the-best settled, alai the
finest populatioo, 'I have ever seem in any part of
the world. Property is most admirably subdivid-
ed, and you never meet with even the appearance
of want, ,or any species of misery. I have never
seen a beggar, since I have been in the country.
They are all well-lodged, welt:clothed, and well-
fed, and are generally a most hospitable, well-
disposed people, perfectly simple and unconta-
minated, The state of agriculture appears to be
very favourable : they are particularly attentive to
the collecting and forming of mpture, and irriga-
tion is generally practised throtighout,the country.
-=-They all agree that they were perfectly happy
tinder the old GoVernment,. and that they had.no-
thing to complain of.

The .2d Dragoons, or Scots Greys, which ar-
rived in Canterbury some weekb,since, in o der to
be in readiness to einirark for Holland on the
breaking-up of the ice, very unexpectedly received
their route forfortsmoutli, where they are to be
embarked‘, and proceed to join_the army of Lord
WELLINGTON in France. The first division left
Canterbury on Wednesdaymorning.
The 2d -battalion 'Of the 26th, or cameronians,
are ordered to embark for. Holland, forthwith-.
The Earl MULORAVE'S regiment,*the 31st, ex-
pect a third battalion at the next volunteering.
FORGERY.-Yesterdaylienry Howei, a genteel
young man, who has been some years clerk in--a
respectable mercantile house in Businghall-street,
underwent a long examination. before the LORD,,
MAYOR, charged with forging and uttering a
check upon, the BAnking House, of Messrs. 1.1.0-barts
barts and Curtis, purporting to be the check of
his employers, Bra4k. and Synths, for the sum of
3041. The prisoner' was remanded- for further
examination on Weducsday next.