The Sun.
London, England, 1809-10-19 00:00:00

POETUGUESE PAPERS.

SEVILLE, SEPT. 2.o.—The Supreme Board of Go-
rernment of theltingdom. wishing the' laws- relative
to the press, and to newspapers, to be enforced, has
'or4ered the Supreme Council of -Spain and the In,-
(1,8 to superintend that Departmeot, as it had ever
done before, and accordingly the -Council has-a,il-
- D. I\lntluEL LOKDIZABEL to take cogni-
zance of whatever relates to the ..press.

TItEUL, SEPT. 4.--;,The unhltppy inhabitants of
Saragossa, who have, survived.-he most dreadful
siege..., and the most destruEliVe epidemy, are 'now
'undergoing a treatment scarcely less hard than death
•
itself. After so many Calamities, the barbarous Str-
CHET has-levied upon them elorbitant contributions;
and allowed his soldiers-to cut down the corn before
it was ripe to feed their horses,without being moved,
soy thl tears of the nrifortanate. widows and orphans.
To thise are added many- other vexations, one of
• Which is, that no one upwaits of fourteen years old,
can go about the streets without a permit for that

purpose, tc>l which he must pay.
SEPT. h.—The.Commissioner of

. ,
sent.intelligence, under yesterday's,loile, that
Ole enemy occupy nearly the same ilers'itionS they
did previous to the relief of Gero,:o; notwiihstand-

ing w hich, (heir fire -gpon the, fortress has considera-
bly slackened.

A
TARAAGONA, SEPT. 1.--As tan greatest scarcity
prevalls in Barceions, the French Gover9meotibavi
dire&ed.vessels la en tv'ith provisions to be field in
readiness in all 11,e harbours on the coast between
Ts)ulon and Cape Creus, which are to-sut sail for Bar-

celona the tpment I.l3cyare Eo ordered, under cop.,-
voy of a 17i-ench soadron frorn Toulon. • -
The English Admiral, COLLINGW 00D; WhO is.
13lockading the latter, has made the. best dispesitions,
for preventing this operation, to. which end he has.
divided his, fleet into several squadrons,‘ and sent a
74 gun ship, the Conqueror, Capt. Fut. Lows, to re-
inforce and take the command of the blockade of
Barcelona.

cUID.ND RDDIIIC39, SEPT: 4.—Two Alemters of
the 13.0ard of Old Cak-ile, who are just arrived here,
state, that there are 2000. Frenchmen in Burgos, but
that in Fkurgos de O ma, Aranda, and the adloitiing
towns, thoy have only a few detachrnents of cavalry
and infantry.
NEY's division is, stationed between
-Salamanca arid 'Toro.

SANTA CitUZ.pFe SErf.Litie
French who were in Cohnenar, Chencilose, and Ar 7
gatpanda, have fallen t?..lC'4 towards Alcala, in which
. .
dire4Stion another divi.6on is also proceeding,
has plundered the towns and villages on .the Saw:, de
Toiedo.—.- (Gibrultar Chronicle, Sept. 20.)

SEVILLE, SEPT. 2. -- Decrees, issued by the
Usurper, from the 18th, to the 2(1 of August, both

days

A Decree for suppressing the religiouz orders, di,-
reaing every member oftheseorderi to return to his
native place, where he shall receive:the allowance
pronlised in February. This allowaine, wliicb was
-then licitited • to, ten teals,^ was shortly after curtailed
to six, and is probably reduced. at present to nought.
A Pecree fgrbidding them to peach, or to -Lear
confessions, until. they have obtained fresh licenses;
they May hold curacies, prebends, &c. No poor
comfort t

A Decree authorising the Bishops to make use of
the convents, if wanted, for clivirte-A.Korship.
A Decree to pit--vent the sale of any part, of the
property of hospitals or charitable' institutions.

A Decree abolishing the. class of the Grandees,
and all titles. His Majesty will create a new no-
bility, and settle the style of addresses ; the present
titularies will be allowed, to make good their claimsj

by producing their ancient diplomas.
A Decree abolishing all the Councils, excel)! the

Coqnc4 of. State.

A atc(ee depriving placemen of their places,
for Vihich.,hey will haye to sue again.
De 4:lt ;Jo paq.ckf the-Public Debt to
coi.:_‘,l:3F. .s. 1- shall have been

THE SIJN.

SOLLIA QUIS_DICZRE FALSUM AUDCAT ?

L 0 1V D .0 1%7
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3g, 1809.

Ws have made some more extracts trom the 11/Y0-
respe&ing Lord WELLINGTON, who has
lately bad the honour of having near 20 columns of
. ,
that Paper employed in:abusing him. We are told
that he is totally destitute of military sicilt)--anci‘ that
aert; is nothing the French wish for :.so much -as
that he should-continue at' the head of our army.—
It is, really a singular act of kindness in, I.3voszts-
pArta:c to, point out to us the defedts of our Generals.
We should have' thotiglit, - that, if Lord ilY.E.LlVG-
was_so vary- ignorant-of-his profession, so very
incompetent to command ,army, and if litrox.s-
PARTE Vi,;S, therefore, so very anxious that he should
remain at the head of it,--s-we should have thought,
we say, that liVONAPARTE WOLIId not have taken so
much pains to display his Lordship's, errsirs, and
thereby to induce the People of Englaisd to wish for
his ream' val. The .(a& thot, in- this. instance,
SI7OI4APAIITE'S rage has got the better of jud4-
merit, and the victories which Lord WELLINGTON
hai obtained over saute of the most celebrated Freinch
Generals, have rendered him an obje& of pessoNsl
dislike to the Corsican :. hence_ all the columns of
abuse poured out against him in the itioniteam
We are-also favoured in the same Paper with sorne
observationS respeding the capture of the Island of
Walcheren., Every. epithet of abuse is lavished upon
the authors ,of that I;:spedition,, and a great deal,of
atfeEted commi3eration is bestowed upon the soldiers
who are exposed to so unhealthy a elhnate. With
regard to the observations upon the Expedition to
Walcheren, we have only to repeat, what we said
before respe&ing Lord WEI.L,INGTObT. It the Ex-
pedition was so very absurd, if it is likely to pros ,
duce such, bad consequences to. this Country, why ,
should' BUC NAPA be so very ansgry ? Why
should he lose his teinperbecan se We 9niplpy unskilful
Generals, or attempt injudicious expeditions ? Why
should he be So treinblingly anye• to our interests, as
to manifest such unbounded, rage at. our adoption
of aline of conduct which he assures u, is most ad-
mirably 'calculated to promote, his .views ?, With
respe& to the commiseration expressPd for our
soldiers exposed to the unhealthy climate :of Wstl-
clieren, we are, we confess, very Much disposed to
question its, sincerity.' We recolle& that a
French Marshal boasted, last year, that .he had
met with sixteen English stragglers in Spain, and
that he
.ordered his army to butcher them, and
we retollc& also, that this glorious achieve-
' ment was' pompously announced in a Bulletin by
BIJONAPAVTE, whci is now so' interested about the
health of our soldiers in. Waleheren. We are happy
in having it in our 'power to afford.some relief to
his tender mind upon this subject, by assuring him
that the illness among our troops is rapidly decreas-
ing, and if he should wish to ascertain that fa& by
personal Observation, .tlle) will be ready and happy -to
receive him. ,

-As it mmy be inferred, from a Statetnegt which has
appeared in the public Papers, that Lord CAmpat4
with-held from Lord CA STLE3EAGH a CWIII3IIO icat ion
-which he had been desired to make to him, it is neces:,
sary that it should be understood,' that however Mr
'CANNING might have conceived thetcommunication
alluded to, to have been made to Lord CAI,fIDEN it
was never stated to Lord CAMDEN that the commu-
nication. was made al the desire of Mr. CANNIIIG,
and,thatso far from Lord CAPotEIN hating been au-
thorised to make the communication to Lord CAS?
TLEREAPH, he-was absolutely restricted from so do,

As it may plsp be inferred, that Lord CAMDEN was
eue6led,to prepare Lord CitsTLEaEOn's mind for
any proposed change, it is necessary that it should be
understood, that Lord • CAMDEN never engaged to
communicate to Lord CASTLEREAGH any circum-
stances respef.ting it 4 before the termination of the
.

it Las been confidently stated, that Mr. Yoß4p
. .
was to succeed Lord L. GOw.ett as. Secretary at War,
but we have reason to believe that no such arrange.!
Inept has taken place.

Some. of the Letters recently received from Por-
tugal state, that Lord WELLINGTON 15 seriously hi,
disposed. We are- not able from authority-to -con-
-tradici this report, but we have reason to believe
that neither Goveinment' nor his frintls have re-
'ceived any accounts to that effea, ,

We this morning received Portuguese Papers to
the tit inst. and the GiOaltar CAronicle of the 30th
ult. Extracts from which will be found in a subie-
quent coluMn.

Several of our contemporaries have amused them-
selves and their readers with conjectures reSpecting
the terms of.the peace between Austria and Vrance
According to 'sortie of ttlem, he has resigned the
title of Emperor`of Austria, and ceded all his do-
minions, with the exception of Hungary and
hernia. We have already expressed our apprehen-
sions that the peace is,, humiliating to, Austria, but
we can hardly . suppose that she -would' consent to
such terms as those we have alluded to. T
NAPARTE had the me cf.diaigiing.sucb terms, the
Negotiation would not, we think, have lasted so
long. But it is useless to waste time in idle specii-
lations upori,..this Subiecr3r, as we have no doubt that
we shall in a 'IOW d;rys ;-eceive au 7 zutaeLitlc... accou.vit
of the Treaty..

Yesterday, about twelve &clock, his MAJEsTy
ar-
rived at the Queen's Paint ,le, from Windsor, where
he was received 1:1 their Royal Highuesses' the
Dukes of YORK, KENT, and CVNIBERLAND.

Soon after two o'clock his MAJESTY held a pri-
vate Levee, which was. attended
The Archbishop of Capterhpry, the First 'Lord of the
Treasury and Chancellor or the. Exchequer, the Secretaries
of State tor the Horne and Ir.oiwn andl rish Departments.
the Lord .resident of the Countil,.the President of tin
. Load of Controui, the Commander in Chief, -the Duke e,f,
Montrose., Lord C. Spencer (in waiting,) General Graharn,
Colonels Maxwell and. Bunbury, Rev. Dr. Andrews, the
Rev. Mr. Wm. Bentirick, 114esrs. the Hon. Frederick West
((' rooin in waiting,) l'awkencr, W. Pole, and Croker.

The following. had the the honour of being pre.
seated to his M4J,ESTY ;----
The Rev. William Benrinck, upon his being appointed a
Prebend of Westminster Abbey, by Lord Charles Spencer.
Vie Rev. Dr. Andrews, upon his being appointed Dean
of Canterbury.
Major- General Graham, -upon his return from Watcheren.
Leutenant,Coloriel Maxwell, of the Carneronians, upon
ltis ite•air,n ;tom Walcheren. •

Mr. Wellesley Pole, ,upon his being. appointed Chief Se-
crcrary `?"the Lord Lientepant of Ireland.
Croger, upon leis bghig appointLd Secretary to the Ad-
miralty. , . .
Licatermt. COlonel Burkhury, Quarter-Master-General to
the Farces in the Mediterranean, upon his return horn fordo
service. . -

His MAJESTY held a Privy Council,.g..o which Mr.
WELLusaY VOLE was introduced, and sworn in a
Member, and -Look his seat at the HO n. Board ac-
cordingly.

Flis k.Asi.'5TY gave audiences to Mr. PER'CEVAL,
t 'll,, rest ot the Cdbir,2t Ministers present, and Sic D.
- ,

The ilionitevr., of the gth -,of:o6to::er,, contains
tome rernar,
ks, in the shaLle. Of notes, Oil Oh-
krvatious of an English Paper, of d t.3th Sep..
ember, relative to the•oonclnd of Lord Waling-
iori in Spain. •

Enci.isK.PtqEit.—"7 We -hate said, that in a military
poini of view ihe movements Lorizi Wcklingtoii were, regu-
tated by his own choice."

Notefif tllo4oniteur.._,-Loo Wellington, has been
very fortnnate to reach .the banks of the Tagus, to
he able to cover himseil by the river, and thu4 escape
total' destrueiion ; but that his retreat was regulated
by his own .choice, is a thing which cap only be said
in Eraland, and will be' believed. no where.. Why
then ,yid not Lord, 'Wellington. retire-by Placentia,
where his magazines were ? At least, why did he
not pass the Tagus over the river of 4linaraz ?. Why
did he pass that river by the bridge of Arzobispo,
whence he• made his retreat' over
moun-
tains, and. by scarcely practicable roads ?' Certainly
such a retreat as this coUld not be a voluntary re--
treat ; and Lord' -Wellington, unless .we suppose
flirnaauqlly insane, could- never haVe taken, that di.-
realion of his own choice.

" Lord IVellington preserved, during ten days, a. position in
which the French troops, had they•thoughttheinseives strong'
enough, might.have'attacked our army, and left it no other
means of escaping but vidory."

Note.—Tbis is a very singular assertion, when, ac-
t.

cording to the noble custom of the English, Lord -
Wellington had abandoned the army of Cuota, whb
had been beaten on are< Tagus, and lost 35 pieces of
cant/n, and all his ammunition. The writer asks
w,hy the French did not pursue t he English arrrry.They
did pursue it ; for they came up with the rear guard.
rihis rear guard, it is true, was composed only of the-,
troops of Ctiesta ; but they were there as allied troops,
and Inlde a part of the pursued army. 'The Freneb.
too, destroyed that portion of this army, which they
overtook. Two things certainly result from, this
first,, that the rear-guard of Lord Wellington was
destroyed ; and secondly, that Lord Wellington
having to give the post of-honour either to the
English troops, or those of the Spaniards„of whom.
he speaks std ill, determined in favour of the Spanish
troops: The post of honour in an army is that which is
nearest the enemy. When Francis. I. sent to re'
demand the sword of constable from the Constable
of Bourbon, the 'attar replied; " The King took it
from me on the 8.4), When he gave the command of
the adiaticed gone, to the Duke of Alencon." Lord
Wellington had not 111e_same sentiments with the,
brave chevaliers of those times. He does nor piquet
hitriself on keeping tor' hirnself the post of. honour ;
he gives it up to l,isatlies. the'rietich, after hav-
ing, beaten his rear guard, might have entered Porta.-
gal, but they did ~not wish.it, tecause it was then
the month of August ; because the climate is tet4:
at that season ; because only madmen; such as those
who dix'66t the English Government, would, in Ole.
months of Augnst and September, expose_,ar, arts):
to perish in the marshes of Walcheren, or in tits
sands of Estremadqra. ":

i

." It is certain that he was'deceived hi his expediation Of,
finding provisions,'and.the means conveyance. The chatg
Of. want of foresight‘made against Lord Wellington, falls -4

itself." ,
~wfantil:lesprovisions is 01"
-Note.—Thq.pretext
ways the excuse of Generals who 'are beaten, or,
wlra are, renciared • unable to do any thing. Would not.
one :A.t.ppow Lord Wellington commanded an artrY
of 300,000 infantry, and 40,000 cavalry'? When
General his an ariny so considerable, the procuring
of provisions play give him ,soine trouble, but cannot
absolutely stop his progress. 'Can it be believed, that
an army of 26,009 men could not find subsistence
in a country where towns are so numerous?. Such. an
army is only a strong division, which a single•towo
of Spain could maintain for twn months. liesides
if Lord Wellington was uneasy with respea
subsistence of his army, why did he abandonbig
-
magazines His line of operation and his magazines
were upon and at Plasentia-,--why did he suffer 'FP'
centia to be taken ? Why ? 13ecanse this General a
Sepoys had the imprudence to advance to the veil
middle of Spain, wiihont knowing either what frgcq
was befoye him, or
.wha-, tipon his flanks. We see,
by his dispatches,e that he sometimes believed that
the Duke of Dalmatia had but 8000 men, and some'
times that he had 16,000. Under these false stir
positions, he bad proposed to divide his forces, to go
and attack the Duke of Dalmatia; when all on
sudden, and• -too late, he: learned, that this. sard°,
Duke was advancitig upon, him, with a corps al'
60.4000 men. Fle.then in the utmost
he was in . the right. t-lad• be been. ainustd aCP7'
lavera, instead of being attacked, aid had tot
the Tagu,, ..44,94..imiiie by sat. "tieing the corps
cuiar and local circumstances permit t, ct him to pa!
he left bellirick him, not a soldier of his arrriy.wool,`"
have again sewn England. It ever there was aGe
nt'ral wanting foresight, It is certainly Lord Welltoii
ton. It he should long Command the English arrtfter
we may flat er ourselves with obtaining advantage.
f
rom the brilliant combinations 9f-a Gneral
experienced in the trade of war..
•, We are told that the French have a numerous flotilla Ur!
• der the protediOn of the batteries, of if they should
dare to come forwards we shall, no doubt, give, a good 45"
count of them."
Note.—What a prudent
.resolution t We should
be Very happy, shOuld the English establish therd'
selves' in the Island of Waicheren, in order to. retain,
it. When we choose, to drive them out„ we can 019.
it ; and then it, will not be a simple garrison of 2 or,
3(100 men who tiiilst lay down their arms, but
entire corps of . 15,000 ,or 20,000.
ENGLISH PArEß—Passgein a Letter from an Officeat
fiushing-r-" I saw in a wagon 13 Officers of the 69th ref
ment,-suifering under this cruel disorder."

.Noie.—lf the malady which 'affe6ls the Eng)ls"
army were the consequence of laborious marches
the great fatigues of a long campaign, or of some
foreseen causes, the English soldiers ought to, support
with courage the evitsnwvitably attached to the net
ble proiession of arms.' When maladies are a scourge
of the climate—when it is known to the whole
~world, that to send an army to the Isle oflWalehereil
.in the. months of Augnst, September, 06tober; and
even half of November, to expose it 'to' certain'
destrnetion—w hen it is only necessary to consult the
' meaneSt. Of the fishermen of, the Scheldt, to leare•
that dysenteries, hospital disorders, pernicious fevers,
and even the plague itself, are less .dangerous than
the maiAles which prevail in the Isle oft'Walchereo
at this season of the year, we cannot but pity the
fate of the English soldiers. The frantic; ignoran6
'or criminal men, who have thrown so many braio
-fellows into certain danger, deerve not only their
ania:adversions, but that of the gellerousi of all coon'
tries.

The Admiralty will make a conspicuous figure 60
the day of the Jubilee. A grand allegwical trans'
parency is to be exhibited on the front gate, all tilf
windows in the area are to be illuminated,With part)"
coloured lamps, and the missy columns of the pa'
tico are to be ornamented with -serpentine lines 0
file same manner.

We yesterday gave some extraas Of letters frog)
the North of Spain. We have since been tavutirect
with the following : • e
CORUNNA, OCT. B.—The greatest.. tratitpliJitie
prevails in this part of the country, and we have 1101
the least expectation of being visited by the Frencli.
The Conde de .bl.uktoraA stall commands this pr Of
v,inces lie is a man of abilities, and is much liked'
The Defender brig, which lately arrived from Err
}and, "has brought with her 10,00 stand of areio,
Which she is 'now unloading, for the use 0f.j126 Pa'
triots.

. •
•••••••••••1
Parliament was yesterday further prorogued. fro
the 2d of Noveuiber to the beginning of Dececabif4

NAVAL NEWS.

•
PLYMOUTH, OCT. 17.—Arrived his Majesty's
'brig lnte lligent, Lieutenant TUCKER; from the
Dardanelles, last trom Malta, which place she left
the 27th of August ; Mi. BAKER, Private Secretary
10 Mr. ADAIR, and Mr. MELLISH, his Majesty's
late Charge d'Affaires at Palermo, came home in
her, charged with dispatches from Mr. ADAIR, our
Ambassador at Constantinople, who landed, by a
special order, this mora;.ng, and immediately set off
for town : the intelligent is under quarantine; on
the 11th inst. sue detained a galliot, laden with salt,
fr°lllTeueriffe.
Arrived the French schooner l'lncomparable, of
14 guns, and 63 men, sailed from St. Maloes, on
the 4th instant, on a maize in the channel, and was
captured on the Bth following, after a short chase,
by his Majesty's ship Zmerald, of 36 guns, Captain
AITLAND,
in lat. 48.0. N. long. 10., 0. W.
Il

Rear-Admiral STOPFORD, is to hoist his flag on
board the Scipion, of 74 guns, fitting in Hamoaze.

His Majesty's brig Cadmus has captured several
Trench coasters.

Went up the Harbour to be repaired, his Majesty's
ship Pheasant.

Caine down the harbour, and sailed on a cruize,
his Majesty's ship Player, of 18 guns, Captain
BROWN.

Arrived the Tunis, JoHNsoN ; and Mary,
rgAOLTE, truth Cork ; and Dove, RUBLATSUN,
from Bristol; also arrived a French brig, laden with
salt, captured by his Majesty's ship Minerva ; and a
brigantine, captured by his Majesty's brig
Cadmus'.

PoRTSNIOUTH, OCT. 18.--Carne in this day the
Nympize frigate, of 36
,guns ; and his Majesty's i
ship Cjorre, with three or four sail of transports,
from Lisbon.
Arrived the Orestes sloop. of war, of 10 guns, from
Cork; and the Defender -u gun-brig, of 14 guns, Lieut.
NroPs, from a cruize.

Caine into the harbour lais Majesty's brig Virginia
from Spi thead.

Arrived the Partridge, WIDGE, from Tenby ;
4ge'2oria, from Guernsey ; Die Einig/zeit,
from London.

DUI, OCT. 18.—Arrived this morning, the In-
dignant gun-brig,with transports with about 900 sick
soldiers on board from Waicheren.
Come down from the river, the Henry, Anna,
Catherine, Mors, and Noutrich; the two latter are
for Ramsgate Pier ; and from Jamaica, the
Ilarllet Miller, and sailed for.the River.
.1••••••••••
II W I 11
18.—Arrived four transports,
with sick C
men. from Flushing.
Sailed the
Lord Ads°,
• packet, for Heligoland ;
Lady Nep
eau ditto, for Gottenburgh ; and the Beau-
foy ditto, for Flushing.

BRIXHAT4 Q.I.TAY, OCT. 170—Sailed the Orestes
sloop of war, from Portsmouth.
The 5 Ist Regiment of Light Infantry, left Berry-
head Barricks this morning, and embarked and
sailed for Portsmouth.
PALM,

,OUTII, OCT. W.—Sailed the Virago gun-
brig, with a convoy for the Downs.
Arrived his Majesty's ship Seqflower, from Lisbon,
with a messenger and dispatches.
The different packets are detained, wind bound.

Extra& of a Letter from an Officer on board the
Dreadnought, to his friend in the city of Dublin,
dated Basque Roads, September 25.
" A cartel arrived here a few days since with
the French prisoners who capitulated at Senegal, but
as not a man of them would be permiitd to land,
the boat that went from her, and in which was a
French Officer, was fired at so soon as they got
within reach of their shot ; but the poor fellows
not wishing to understand it as a mark hostility, ven-
tured to approach nearer, when the batteries opened
a fire of grape, and what is rather astonishing, con- I
tinned it even when back, evidently
he was coming
designing his destruaion. Thus these poor people,
because they did not make a resistance suitable to
Buonaparte's expe&ation, are exiled for ever from
their native country, or murdered if they approach
its shores, from whence, some of them have been
absent for snore than 20 years. Nothing can equal
the tyranny pursued on shore, in the country, in
raising the new levies. From the various pci sons
who have effeEted their escape in neutrals, we learn
that the conscripts and the sailors whom they seize,
are matched to their destinations chained tog ether by
means of rings round their necks, and inthat situa-
tion are they trained and exercised like so many
brutes !"

- On the 24th of December last, the brig Ad-
venture, of Poole, EDWARD LISBY, Master, the pro-
'perty, we believe, of LEDGARD and ALDRIDGE, of
Poole, sailed from Liverpool, hound for Oi!orto, with
a cargo of bale goods, staves, dollars, &c. to tte
value of about 16,0001.—0 n the 28th of the same
month, she was taken by the privateer Le Pluto, of
St. Maloes, and all
_her hands taken out, except one
man and a boy nine years of age. Seven French-
, man, including a pri4e-master, were put on board
the Adventure to bring her into the nearest port in
France. On the 2d of January following, a sail hove
In sight, when the hero of our tale was forced into
the cabin, and a centinel placed over him to prevent
is speaking. On being neared by this vessel, the