The Sun.
London, England, 1809-01-17 00:00:00

PROM THE auTcH PAPER,SL

ViR:4ll4, NC. I 7.—Mustapha Bairaelar, accord-
ing twchtf pat advices from Conitimomple, W 34 not
killed, as (Lid been reported, by lite explabion of a
powder ithigazioe, but had effected his escape with
the Grand Seignior, Mahomet H. on board one of the
vessels in the harbour ; the Admiral of the Turkish
fleet Seidl Ate', being his friend. • On the 16th
,ult.
the ships of wor were boinbaritng and cannonad.
lug the posts in the city occupied by the lanist4-
ri4; and considerable tears were entertained for the
safety of the Foreign Ambassadors, in the suburb of
Vera. The blood that had been shed was beyond
all conception.
Dac. c7.—General Gonvion St. Cyr, who
commands time 711, corp. of _the Army. in Spain,
rum ched on the 7th tor BarcLshina, to term a junc-
tion with General Duhestne, and subsevenily to
continne his route ah Valencia.
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The sth corps,•under the command of the Dike
• of Treviso, (Mortier), reached Logruno on the 121 n,
and was to he in front of SaragOhsa on the 16M.
The ruiners and besieging artillery entered Tudela
'on di:,' WM. Immediately atter their arrival, Sara-
goss t, to .prevent the alliteceSSaiy loss et lives-, will
be invested, and neither a boinbardinent nor mines
will be employed, unless the obstinacy of the inha-
bitants should render it absolutely necessary to
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sort to such extremities. against a city wiin.ll has al,
ready suffered so much.
The, corps of Marshal the Duke of ElChingen ar-
rived at Madrid on 11th, and was to occupy the
quartets which the Duke of Datitzic Tinted:on
marching off the day before!.
It was reported at Modlid, at the above date, .
that in consequence of the defeat of the msurgents'
at Caparoso, Tudela, Catalayud, and Guadalaxara,
scarcely tiuuu of their great army then remained in
one body.
A.Letier from Avila, dated Dec. 12, says, " The
.greatest tranquillity privails to Old We,
send supplies of provisions to the Escurial, and we
ardently ,wish that ad the other provinces of the
kingdom enjoyed the same happiness,"
The following Letter from Count Florida Blanca*
to the Marquis Dc La Itomana has been inter-
cepted :
" 4ranjeuz, Nov-18.
••• • " My nmeh.esteemed and worthy, .friend-, I sin-
cerely sympathize in all your regret. NOthing can
expresss the wretched ,condition in which we find
ourselves placed. In the midst of our mistirtunes,
we learn that O''Neil and St. Marc, on time morning
of the 14th, took possession of Caparosa, after •was
evacuated by the enemy, who occupied a wore ad-
vantageous position. , We wait for the further par-
ticulars. of this event. At present the great object is
to unite bur 101CeS with the English army, if it
.be
possible to effett such a junction. lam not certain
that my letter, will not tali imp the hands' Ol- the
enetnj, as they occupy alitiost all the roads. . My.
„health is infirm, as Might naturally be cxpetted iu
an old man of 8U but my good spit its never Jur;
bake ate."

&nor, L)ec. 24.—f1i4 Majesty Ws !romantic('
the lollowtog I,2tlt:r to the M4gistrott.s 11111 city :
belovird, and I:311141ka ,ÜbjcV.lS, •my
provinces being-evacuated by (liek:utlCll, 11ry atß,lli-
tiOn ix 44)W directed to the aCCumplishwent to u~y
heartfelt vt 141 of returning to my capitol of 15. rein,
with the Qom') my spouse, and my tamily—an
obj:ct which I have by all possible, illeani eltdea-
voored to ottani since theconclusvin t peace. I
have given orders that the Constituted Atit.iturttli!
shalt leave this ploi.v for Berlin, won 4tS t
trids on thebiner st 4 at the Vistula Jrnic tiegtin to
breathe a hale tram the erect ()t tile heavy borthens
they have SUSI:I4I,A in turoishing coinages and sup-
plies, both hetige, and daring tlid evacuation of the
counisy. short interval I shall employ iii a
journey to St. Petersborgh, in consequence of the
repeated Iliendly and urgent invitations, both ver-
bally and by letter, of his MajdAty the 4inperaiut
Ittifoo, . I shat) expedite my journey, :ton hope,
.within a few week;, to reviOt my provinces on
other side of the Vistula, to which 1 owe so euany
proofs of estinlilary tuleht) and I shall in purlieu..
lar hasten my return to Berlin, to testify to tits sub-
jects ut that city my gratituue
,tor their firmness and
good conduct, and to asithe tkab of my attachment
and satisfaction. I inform you hereof, and coin.
rnanft you to notify the same to my lov mg and faith:,
to' eilizeus of city ; and I am your loving
Sovereign,

Fn, SVit.t.ZAM.,•

ScnuCTtOS.—A most distressing case has occurred
within these few days, The daughter of a re-
-1.-spe:Aante tradesman, at a town in Surrey, not far
distant ffoln London, a very pretty end 3CCoinpliSllell
girl, only in her loth year, was pertained by ter la-
ther to spend•the Cnristmas Hondays with a friend
at Hampton i;ouri, who had a niece al) 'tit her own
age. :When, one day, walking tit the Cloisters of
the 'Palace, she was seen by an Officer ut a regiment
(parleyed in that neigilLourhoun, more renok.vnear
tor hi, eolignests innocenco, butte I,2ere
and in the Sister Kingdom, than military aehie.e.
nttlntti he unfortunately saw iihti marked her as a
victim fur ltis kibidinous desires; to .aCColnpliill
, which, he had 'recourse to the servant in ,thelittnitY
where the:young lady was, and, by brib4tg her, gOt
an opportunity of sneaking to the young lady, whose
unsus-peding maid he so worked upon, as to induce
.her to consent to an etapenita wntcti, with the
assistance of a male pander' of the Gtvain's, was
etf:ctud on Thursday last, betweeu time and
ten de;o4; anti, notwithstanding :the severity of
i the ).vvatlier, the fugitives Walitecl from Hamptan-
i Court to Hounslow, where they ptUt.lated a poSt-
Cilatie,s, and proceeded towards town. The yulang
lakly being very hOoli (nissH, tier tether was inune,
litately ",ent for, Wilt) soon aseertaint:d the cause or
hisdeugtner's eight, and, al.l;ost trantie with grief
and rage, "set off in si'areil at her. At ttonmer-.
sown he lexttt, that the chaise had, broken duACo.
there, but that 16E7 had procuted anotner, whic,l
conieyed itrtn to Leicester-fields, where al
trace was lilt, the wit et stating th.tt he put thent
tIOND in dies 'greet. All friday and satei(tay, ttte
nithapiy tat tier, mind can tle bet-
ter nna6nted than tkocrniett, wad spvnt Itl truniess
scarch,oi tlt3 inst though assiited)by Sayer,
one AA tliV 0111C(-$ r,f kiow-streev, 00(1 they •Vi.ated
eVgry that part of the town tik,:ty tsar them
te 1;;:$01.