The Sun.
London, England, 1809-09-09 00:00:00

SPAIN.

MAbRID, AUG: s.—What can I write to you, in
the insulated state in which we are ? It is tt,ow a
capital offence to recel're. a! letter or, writing from
any place. not yet subdi4ed by the Vandals, or to
circulate any news. Last night a vast cavalcade of
Counsellors of State,' Minister's .(i!iongh not all),
and other fonetionaries, aid a number of partisans
of the, Fretth who did not choose to be left behind,
set out from this city: There were 783 carriages,
of different descriptions, besides an innumerable
quantity of horses; all of which took the foad into
Castile, by way Of Rotas and C dapagar, with ao
escort of 300 infantry. 'They took •With them eve% •
a number of their sick and wounded. The occa-
sion of this journey, .is a mandate of Joseph, which
was communicated yesterday, Ordering the transfer
of the Court to. St. slldefonse.
Cabarrus and Arrivas remain here.; the former,
in order to impose a contribution of 10 millions of
feats, which 40 merchants have to furnish in 24
hours ; and the latter, being cruel and sanguinary,
to terrify those who are dilatory in paying the sums
imposed,' with threats of the gallOws. ,They have
before raised 90 millions of reais. . BELLUNO is said
to be at MoStoleN, with 12,000 men, plundering
the towns they pas's through : here not a Ningle
horse nor any cap le' Whatever has been left behind.
The garrison consists of 3000 'infantry, and very few
cavalry, with a great dumber of mounted cannon,
but no artillerymen 'to serve them. In the course of
the week mote titan 6000 wounded have come in,
the result of the battle of the 28th, and many of
these departed with the rest, last night. Cabarrus
has stripped ate Customhouse, and carried' away
the public funds. Come soon, for God's sake,. and
deliver ; you ha,,e no idea what millions are car,
ried 'away. in money and jewels at night, though
great quantities still remain in the Retina. They,
however, will be sent away to-day or to-morrow, if
horses can be stolen for the purpose. All who go
with them carry more money than they are worth.
Much, very, much, has been taken from the houses
of the Grandees.

FOR THE SUN.

MR. -EDTTOIt ' .

In justice to departed tn;rit,althOugh in an enerr
I reqt;est you will allow me to supply an omission-of
the FrenCh Ed;tor, wh-se enumeration of the ex-
ploits of General LASALLE you gave us in your'PaPet
'of last Wtfdnesday. The omission to which I allude
is the more strange, as the fa& thus con4l;,;piettto
oblivion is recent, and was recorded, with evident
satisfadidn, in one of the French bill, tins from
Spain, in November or December last. It .3,,pred
by that official publication,. that LASALLE haring'
fallen in with sixteen poor stragglers or tired min
of General/ HoPa's whom I-Ague-Arad-pre-
vented from keeping up wi,ll their corps, charted
them with his light cavalry, with the ,tartie I.,treptd.
heroism as lie had overthrownWho'c -,nt:,,trous of
Aus)rians, and put; them to the sii:ord. It was
added' hi the same bulletin; with a hind of exulta-
tion, that this was ,the first meeting between the
French and English in Spain.
That the leader of such an achievement merited,
as the French Editor asserts, the regret of Bb MCA-.
PA RTE, I will ti.. 4 for a moment quegtion. 'He was
a man exaelly after his own heart, who could gathet
laurels even in a charnel-house.

Hammersmith, Aug. 3 i, 1809

PREFERMENTS.

X. X.

The Rev. Harrison Packard, A.M. has been licensed to the
perpetu.:l Curacies of Blythborough and Walhersbick, on toe
nomination of Charles Blois,. Esq ; 3114 also to the Curacy
ofreasehhali, on'the nonnnation of the Rev. F. Leg4ett.
The Rev. Adam (oh') Walker, Curate of Leyboiime, Kent,
has been instituted, by the Lod BishOp of Ilerefuld, to the
Rectory, of Bishopstone, and the VicardAe of Gazor, in his
diocese, on the presentation of Uvedale Price, Fsq.
The Rev. Henry Rice, orCholderton, is presentee!, by Sir
Egerton Brydges, to the perpetual Ctiracy of Swinglield, itt
Wilts. •

The Rev. H. Kempson, M.A. Student-of Christ Church.,
Oxford, has been presented to the Vicacage of Long Prestni,
in Craven

The Office of Register fOr the West-Riding is at
length become vacant by the death of Mr. Peregrine
Wee t Wort h. Four candidates ha, e• started to succeed
him in this office, viz. Mr. Markland, of Leeds, Mr.
•Busfeild, of Cononley ; iNfr. Hall Butner, oflton,
and Mr. Hawkesworth, of Heath. Theelectien rests
with the Freeholdeis of the West hiding, poss,e;sed
at the time of election of tool. per titantuai, iu estete
ofireehold lands, tenements or hereditament:; Jo be
certified to the Scrutators upon oath, if required. •
The following trait of brotherly affeEtion deserves
to be recorded :—At the commencement of the pre-
sent contest between this country and France, a
young man belonging to BOurdeaux, who had been
-married only a few weeks, was drawn as a-conscript,
and ordered to appedr before the Military Prefct at
a stated period to enrol himself for the army. Hia
feeVings, and the syinpathieing distress of his 'rela-
tives, may be more readily conceived than'describede
A younger brother, however, being a witness to the
.angUish of his brother and his young bride, con-
ceived thelaudable resolution of treeing him from his
distresSing dileMma ; and, without giving the least
notice to any of his relatives, he repaired te*the Pre-
fea, obtained his brother's discharge, and enrolled
himself in his stead. Very soon afterwards he idined
the army, and being placed in a regiment of dra-
, goons was taken prisoner on the Continent, and sent
to this country, where he has remained a prisoner
ever since, till ThurSday last, when he was liberated
. in the following way :—His sister, during the short
interval of peace in 1802 (if it may be so called), en-
tered into a Gentleman's family belonging to Bath, ,
as Lady's maid, and-in that capacity arrived at Ply-
mouth last week with the Lady of Captain Rayntun,
-of theilliiiford, late. Miss Mayhew,'-of Bath. She
had previously been acquaintedthat her brother was
confined on-board a prison-ship in the harbour, and
on mentioning the circumstance to her worthy mas-
ter, he interceded with Captain Woolley, the Fort
Captain, who immediately interceded with Admirale
Sutton, and obtained the prisoner's release for a
given period, that he might, after.solongan estrange-
Ment from every relative, enjoy the society of .a b,-
loved sister. - We sincerely hope that a representa-
tion of this young man's case to Governnient may
procure his. release. Hd is, 'we understand, an in-
teresting youth, has had a liberal education, and pos-
sesses all those amiable and social virtues Which ren-
der even an enemy respeetable.
A short time ago Mr. Roscdre, of Liverpool, re-
ceived an anonymous letter, informing 'lan,' that
eix black slaves had been thrown WO prison by a,
Portuguese Captain, upon alleged 'atiOns of debt ;
but in reality, because he found tltat they were free
on their arrival in England, and he hoped by this
expedient to detain them until his vessel should be
ready to sail, Having verified the faCt; W. 11: sent
a person to bail all the aCtions: Au ortt, r was ac-
cordingly issued for the discharge of the prisoners,
when it was discovered that the Portuguese C.ip'tain
had mustered about 100 of his conmiymert to seize
the blacks,by force.on their exit from prison. Ap-
plication was instantly made to the Magstrates, v.Vho
took, the Captain into custody, bound 'him 'to his
good behaviour, andrestored the poor blocks to the
enjoyment of their newly-aequil*i.liberty. . •
WALKING MATCH.—Joseph Wacket, a private
in the East London Militia, aged 67, ritty-one 'years
of which he has been a soldier, backed by several
Officers pf the regiment, uuderiook fur a wager of
. fifty guiecas to walk four miles in forty minute,.
The gre„-id fixed upon N.yers the Dept fot d-road, and
Monday tart the day 01 pertormance. In the inter-
val, a veteran in. the West Lotikion„ in the 61st year
A melancholy accident happened on the Ist inst. of his age, backed by S 0 lie of his Officers, seawed
while the workmen. were cutting the Glasgow, as a rival, and engaged for the same antoont to walk
Paisley, and Ardrossan Canel, near Ha w k bead the distance in is 'tirtlki'han his fellowsso;dier.
Mains, in the neighbouroood of Paisley, by the bank From the disparit) ot yeitts and appeal ante, bets !un
of earth above .snddenly giving way, which killed considerably against'Mie:ketat st Mg, and cootwut d
on the spot Joseph Harrison; labourer, and so dread- to do so aeacry half. the way, ‘k lit, it the sTtertnrs
fully crushed one of the feet of Colin Campbell, walked abreast, and, indeed, haul] in hand ; but this
another labourer, that it was obliged to be an-pu- alveating to the respeCtive trie ,d, of the par le, to'
tated below the calf of rthe- leg ; he now lies in the, be incompatible with !he-rives rivalry and teen-
House of Recovery, Paisley, and is likely to do „. ;
etsideni,•aed as likely to tereeteee sn.a tie, they in-
well.' Joseph Harrison has •left a Widow and tWo . sisted up4)6 Gieir separ i,teg, and irying their strength
children, under tour rears at. age, to lament his and speed singly;. Foe the rt.t.,is atitug distance, the
loss. • ' • t aiv‘ititZige wa evi !ently iu la.etr NOV-auk, t, ho
Bristol Fair commenced on Friday, last, and ex- rtormed his task in 38 minutes and.a half,,bea in
hihited a very large show of cattle. Fat, beasts went his antagonist by one oftmate ;Jul 25 sccyllicii, to
,off readily at' good prices ; of the *lan kind great, great won ification of the kno sing ones,- si ho had
numbers_were cfriett away unsold.' kiurses!brought a diffeience to wake good, to•the, tune of, six hurl-
high prices. . (Led guin,as. .

It is said thal 'Belliard is marching away also, and
that General Paris, who commands at present iti the
Retito, 'is to stay here, in order to capitulate with
some "800 men.

The Treasurer-General goes also with them, • and
takes with him all he has. It 4s said that the Ad-
ministrator of the post at Aranjuez sent in an account
of the advance and positions of our army; it so, he
ought to be hanged. / •
From ten of the evening of the 29th of July to
the following night, there had been great aait ity and
hustle among the Ministers, Generals, soldiers, coun-
try people, the French, and their Spanish partizans,
all employed in carrying-: t heir effects into the Retiro,
where they shut themselves up. Coaches. and car-
riages of every kind, postillions, &.:: were all em-
ployed. The tumult in the Valace, • in,the Casa de
Moneda, &c. was very great ; women :Ind children
running in all dire&ions; all to;zether presented a
scene'gratifying to tine Spaniards. The streets were
filled with people of all classes, who ill concealed
their secret pleasure. The cause of this tumult was
inielligence'that the advanced guard of Venegas, &c.
was approaching, and the garrison here consisted of
only 2UOO men at the utmost, and a very fev3 ca-
valry. In order to take watch, four engineers as-
cended the tower of Santa' Cruz.

But, this day all is chang*d again. • Many indivi-
duals have taken.their etlects 'back into their houses,
and the Comluissaries and other Members of the
Police have returned to command and tyrannize in
the city,. +Aho yesterday exercised their.fun6tiansin
the Retiro.

From the 3ISt of Jiily to the ad inst. we calculate
there have 13ett brought in more than 5000 wound-
ed, and among them 550.4Z:hi-leers. Of ttn,se~ brought
in on the 2d, 209 • were put into the Seminario de
Nobles; and on the same day came in from 30 to
40 ammunition waggons, five cannons, and five
boats, which had been carried itt order to pass the
Tagus. A dispatch was forwarded to thc Comrnis-
sary General, ordering him to prepare immediately
360 beds at the General Hospital. On the evening
of the 2d, four carriages arrived, in which were
Officers of rank. Tney were directly sent to the
Retiro. On that day, three per ions were con-
slimily in. the Observatory, employed looking with
telescopes.
The wounded who have arrived here cannot deny
their defeatl but console themselves with saying,"that
they did too much in resisting so' great ,an army as
that which attacked them. The King is to,day,
,(the 3d) at Iglesias waiting for Soult, who i 5 gone by
the mountains of Airia and Cavalleros, towards Etra-
madura, in order to unite their whole force, and
make an attack. At the same time every thing is
prepared for a retreat, according to the orders given.
It has been observed, that in the houses of some
French Generals and Ministers (Counsellors of State)
every thing was taken away ; and this day (the 3d),
even the papers, This has been done 'cunningly,
and rmich has been packed up to-day in the Retiro.
Cabarrus -went away at halt past eleven, and the
wife of Ch.- Governor of the pa:ace... The Marquis
of Rotuana is. advancing by Valladolid, and the
French are all intercepted. They are trying to
unite, in order to break the line and escape ; but
some .think they will try to elle& this by the way
of Guadalaxara, seeing thin a great force is col-.
. lected against them in Castile, and that they will en-
deavour to reach.Navarre, tearing much: the army
of Venegas, &C.

MARLEOROUGH-STREET.—Yesterday, a man of
the name of Hughson was committed for trial for a
tOl-)ery in a gk-litleman's house in Charlotte-street.
The Prisoner called at the house to inquire for of e of
the servants, whom he hAI met -in the street ; and,
being dressed like a countryman, and expressing a
• desire to see his pretended acquaintance, he was ask-
aeinto the servant's room. The hell rung in a few
minutes aiter,and, whilst the servant was gone to the
door, the Prisoner escaped -with a great coat, linen,
' • and a watch,.by the area The servant did not find

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