The Sun.
London, England, 1813-10-16 00:00:00

tanutrc.vsy °Fru: cnn OF AULT.

jtoSE‘tl, (Do:M:4MA), JULY 29.---The weather
for the few clays preceding the 2,:1d instant was not
very remarkable, except being rather calm, with
nil extreme degree of eonsequent heat. On Sa-
turday the lith, a very heavy rain fell, accom-
panied by as much thunder and as was
supposed sufficient to clear the air, and for a tilde
at least to cheek any accumulation of vapours
likely to he destructive or injurious. Through the
night of the -22 d it was 'showery, and the wind
'early in the evening tar to the northward. Soon
after day-light of the 231 the lowering sky, mid
the rapidly. flying scud over the hills and the sea,
Hnuotlnced the approach of a violent storm ; and
providentially was it, that the violeot blow was
lint struck in the dead of the night, for had it so
linprned, to what inure aggravated dangers and
horrors. windil IRA the sleeping inhabitants have
been aa,akeheil
The garrison at Morne Bruce, composed
of the. Royal ll'est ladiAtaiigers, and a detach-
ment of the 4th West India. Regitneiit, from the
elevation of the gtotind apoWirhich the' buildings
were`assailei early-hind violently ; and the
Barracks and other Quarters began to yield to the
tempest about wren O:Cloek they continued
failing until between eight. and nine. Trie hospi-
tal, which had then above 50 sick. patients; the
'officers' miss-rooat, and every other building, ex-
tent one officer's quarters, were Completely blown
down, and by fragments scattered in the 'air, co-
yet-Mg the tops anti :-.irks of the hill. ''the losses
sustained. by the officers, non-comet (Ali •
C' ti, and privates, must be vo-y considerable, as
the VW* were so sudden and heavy, and' the place
so exposed, that nothing could be saved: The
lois of his Alaiesty's thwertimetit must be
as these buildings cost a cousiderable sum
in their erection•a sew years agn. We lament to;
s:iy, too, tiett the 1101111 Kr of killed and wounded
is not inconsiderable : six being io the Humber of
the former. awl 1 3 4.the I.4ner s mad eight miss..
stypoSed to Li.' blown6ver the cliffs. Among
rttir otfivers wmtudert are Major Ilrereton, by. a
• ,
reeeiVed sonic very severe bruifies.
From Prince Ituperes Head, the accounts are
also distressiag.t The coomicticement Of the gale
,was about 'Six its the morning front the northward,
and its extreme Vinlente WHS not felt until be-
tween nine and ten, when time buildings began to
give way : the barracks of Fort-Slibley unroofed ;
the Home called (iovernment 'house, and the
Octagon, the same. On the other .cabrit, the
.quarters of the eommandiug officei- (Major Eden,'
who was confitted by gout) Were about one-half
destroyer): himself unable to move, but luckily
not wounded, Two ranges of officers' rooms were
blown over the hill : ru thiesi! I;qter were
Al• Clean, of the 4th West India
giment ; Assistant Snrgeosts king and Dinialdsoa,
and a female who Unfortunately %vent don't' the
precipice ; Donaldson was
outright , the others, although miserably bruised
and mangled, miraculously escaped with life.—
Three pri%ates of the tiOthSvere'killed, four other's
wounded.

'The fort ;►yid K;krrision rxf Cachaerow have also
suffered severely, every buil►ling being thrown
down.
.Lientensint Pilkington, of the 4th NV. "1.
Regiment, was stationed there, with a detachment
x►f the Royal W. I. R►tng►ers, and is nut hurt ; but
his Servant was severely wounded ; the rest es-
caped without injury. The devastation of Roseau
and of Charlotte Ville are of tilt most afflicting
kind : several persons have perished, and a great
number have been wounded and bruised. The
commit of losses sustained by the proprietors of
buildings which have fallen, and those falling, or
otherwise Much injured, must be very great in-
deed. It is impossible to calculate those lositnior
to entinscrate all the individ-nals, as We have not
been furnished with, nor can we procure the
'The destruction of f►►r►siture,. hedding,
liquors, chink►, gluss,-ware, hooks, and inertliati-
slise of all sorts, must be extremely heavy, the
storm being so very rapid its its tidy:nice as to pre-
(lade all precautionary measures of sutety tc►r tiny

Vic public b►iildings hui•e experienced their fc►ll
ipbare of this calamity; the King's-ho►►se, and
erections at King's bill, used as the Quarter
'4Niaster General's quarters, levelled with the

ground ; the Government-house, with the out.,

building's, and all the other officers prostrate :
scarce a tree of any decriptiou left standing in the
• • books,
and The loss to his Ji,xcellevy, In wines, s,
and furniture, must be severe, as there was little
time, as before observed, to remove any thing ;•
bis Excellency, when the house fell in, repaired
with his Secretary, Mr. Bruce, and Mrs. Brace
and children, to the Fort in town, where they
were sheltered. The Court-house is levelled, as
are also the Custom-house and l'ost.oilice ; the
Commissary's Stores completely destroyed ; the
Gaol unroofed i the Rowan Catholic and Metho- 1
tlist Chapels de4troyed in iota; and the MIA Ca-

house unroofa. indeed, sdaMe a atable,
kitchen, or out-house, paling,' or fence, remains
attached to any buildings in -any part of OM()"
t'"
or country. The Cirand Bay Quarter, .it is stip-.
posed, has suffered most ; but there, is said to be
throughout great desolation; works and mills
destroyed ; canes lodged' or turn up, and coffee
estates almost completely deprived hyth of their
old and young plants, and their buildings thrown
down.; negro-grounds and ,gardons laid waste ge.i.
neraily ; plantain-walks ruined ;
_fruit awl ottier
trees, (or fruit Or 01'9:OACilt, completely broken,
and rendered (or ever useless and un,protitlble.
One igrcunistatice :WO% e all othei astonished
the inhabitants, particularly ,those4ilt the Pay of
Roseatt and New-toWn, or 'Cliailotfe-ville, .anti.
was the cause of great and anxious alarm.---the
-sudden ruing of the -ea, after the-wind had veered'
to the eastward and southtvard : certainly nothing
could be more frightfully awful. The waves curled
their monstrous heads as high as the silks of the
-windows uu the ,second stories of houses on
the dais, and thundering along, shook the build-
ings to their foundation. Many of the front walls
and pillars of the galleries were destroyed on the
Bay, and the stores and cellars filled with the sea
through some of the stores the water broke
tint-iy, and drove up above I :"9, feet- frtnn litigh wa-
ter mark ; scarce a boat, , flat, launch, or canoe,
remains. The ships Venus, Capt. )Iroce, and
Chard, Cain, Motherwell, loaded, and- it' the hay,
ready to sail with the expected convoy, cut early, ,
and got OW to sea, tts did all the small craft. The
ships lost their mizen-masts; but are in other re-
spects'said to have been unhurt; of the small craft
returned, at present, is only the slot*Lune, Capt.
Cunningham. Such are our short details of the me-
lancholy morning of.. July 23, and which we sin-
cerely hope may not be 'followed, and aggravated,
by absolute want: or diSerrse in the colony. Ills
Excellency, With great:" hUntintity and kitompti-,
tude, assetubt:d the Privy Council, and has open.
ed the ports for the importation of all sorts of,
lumber and provisions, free of duty, by procla-
mation, for three months ;, and, we trust, the
neighbouring islands, which have happily escaped •
this deplorable calamity, may have some powers
to relieve us, and will be expeditious In succour,
ing our distress.

MORE INTERCEPTED LETTERS.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM MR. 4. TO MADAME B.

AT STRASBURG.

Camp befote-D.ttiGet;-Seid. a, fBl3.

," I know not whether you, have received my letter of the
lst instant, dated Vresden, in which I informed you of the
frightful catastrophe which befel us, 12 leagues from kence,
in LiOheinia. Our corps, commanded by General Vcinclaunue;
has been almost destroyed through the blunder of that Genet
ral, who stuck us fast among mountains of prodigious height,
which made it iasy for this enemy to surround us : we lost an
infinity of men; the Colonel was made prisoner ; a great
twiny other officers were killed or wounded, and rol34illed in
the power of the.cnemy :•Cuptain Cuchereau is one of them.
I only owed my safety, like all the rest who escaped, by
plunging into the woods amidst a shower of bulls, and
cliutb-
ing a moontain, or rather a rock. In short, I have again
had the good fortune to escape once snore ; thanks to the
;goodness- of that tieing who presides user our destinies; and
who doubtless pleused to piescree tne for sty beloved
, _

reinanis of our carps. Ile told us that lie would
give us a few days fur our re-urganizatiob, and then we sdioulil
return and take our revenge.

I atu tolerably well, but precisely in the same situation
as 041 oty retuern from Moscow, that is, with only the clothes
au my batik; and to beighteu our misfortune, we are not
paid what is due to us. Thii adds. adds to the chagrin which
overwhelms me, but still hope supports me may it he your
support, also; and Act nut these gloomy details too munch
affect your sen,iiiility."

LETTER 1.1R9M M. T. TO M. P. 'vi' PA RI ;..----.II.I3I)RESSED
" Lenic particulicre pour 411. soul."

Camp„ Sept. 7, 1.813.
• " Our continual movements, my clear I'. hate hitherto pre-
, vented tile from givitig you any receotnit of the losses which
the regiment has married in consequoice of the bad arrange-
ments of uttr, General in Chief; 14 ollicers and 844:sUbalterns
and privatiat are the whole Of it Oat vicaped deatlior captivity.
The details, though keg, deserve-Imi lig given. Ott the 48th
August. the regiment had an affair which will form the
Mont epoeh in its military annals t it teas ordered to carry a
formidable position which the eliemy occupied in front of the
village of ; the command of the advanced guard was
allotted to Major O. P.; and it was composed of our four com-
panies of Carahineers anti Viiltigeurs. This attack united so
much skill acid ardour, that in three quarters an hour, all
the positions were in our power; tire pieces of caution, one
howitzer, five raisons, and iobl prisoners, were the fruits of
this fine ntltir. -We had only to. regret the loss of Captain who fell a victim to his own valour; ten men were killed, and
about 50 wounded. .The Generals loudly congratulated the
regiment on this hue at:thin, and have reason to hope that it
would be specially reported to his Majesty.
" Emboldened by this first success, our soldiers were fall of
ardour to light and to conquer. If the love•of glory i, the first
quality of a military nian, yet bow pernicions it is when care
ricd to excess: Our General thonght- that nothing cools with,stand his, and that every thing must give -way to our arms; the enemy hithttif made us presnme as much by bis
twecipitate retreat; but we were mistaken; Culm awaited us,
dettined to be the place of our defeat.
" The enemy; retired in haste upon (Vim and awaited us
in
po, i ions whiat nature had formed, but schiCh.edifkr not have
been made inure of by There the 2d• dirision commenced
action; an order was received by the ist division to accelerate
itsMareb,Which our regiment led. Arrived in presence of
the enemy, the General-in-thief ordered
_the regiment to
carry with the bayonet a battery of 26' pieces,'w;th which
the enemy was •playieg upon and which did• tier considerable
mischief. That I may clod (NISI a slur •011 the memory of any
one, I.shall be compelled to throw a veil over this action, and
simply state that the regiment was ordered to charge in close
column by divisioos, without having any square 'to .secure n
retreat, and without, being Mode to deploy; so that when ar-
rived tinder the battery, Ma regiment lust two-thirds of its
complement, and the enemy's cavalry, which was ready to
support their artillery, pereeiviug this stupidity, took advan-
tage of it, 411Iti charged us. Our regiment retreated moth
inure quickly than it would otherwise have wished, and left
80 wounded in the power of the -enemy. The number of
killed might amount to 715 subalterns and privates; in fine,
at the close of this discomfiture there renfained GOO men un-
der arms. All toe regiments which were ordered, in Sue- .•
cession to make new attempts, failed in theta, but with less
glory than ours (this was on the 291 h.)
" Hitherto our loss wainothing,--the 30th had not yet ar-
livtrt Tolkive you on Men. of the erenti of that day, yon
must know Sjust-the village of COM is situated' la a small val-
ley,, and is.comutandad on all. ".des..-by tren4irdraneiseights,
hi this valley our baggage and our artillertwere buried,
without maintaining in our rear a second hut to coverro-
treat ; so that the enemy, who already mustered 150,000
strong, caused reconnoissances to be made 10 ascertain our
tunic • and having learned that We had flat 40,000 man to op-
Posebiro, in addition to our bad dispOsittons, Inroad us by
on the-evening of the 291,11, without even giving
hithself the trouble of masking: his
wemovements. (for may
hody.perceived them), and
u-hr giefaine
road Whitwhich;tad tett in our wereAih
planted his cavalry on the very

s',l,Em Qv:4 r.ust'm

LONDON,
N,..1777R1).-.IY, OCTOBER 16, tsr4.

• d'i'e. have just received a letter from one of the
Of:leers of the Di:Mho, stating, that he was an
eye witness of the movement of Lord IVELLING..
TON'S army into France. He saw it distinctly
front the heights ; its numbers amounted to
55,000 men, itt the higNest state of discipline, and
he adds, that the French were flying in every di-
rectipn.—A vcssrl was waiting for the Dis-
pat dies.

The advance of Lord WELLIN&TON into France,
which we yesterday announced., is indeed a theme
on which we would.strike the note of triumph. It
restores us to the Old Times of Britain's Glory :
Ile, scenes of our national history which are
dearest,to the memory of Englishmen 1400ni again
fresh and fair before our eyes. Poicders end
Cressy and Agincourt .revire,-the age of oar
IhNnies and EnwAans, of our WattwlcKs, our
Tautors, our P.E.SIBUO,K-Elp our LA :ASTERS, oui'
BEnrouns and Nownttps (for our BEDFOLT)S and
Ilowmtns of those days ~were, npthing' like the
creatures who now wear tht‘ir:p'ainei), tine

age of OM' SMASBURYS, our IVEsTNIORLtAs ,

our GLo'sTults, seems on the eve of !veturoo,..,;-
once more. The ‘,‘ vasty fields of France" rt:.e
again troaden upon by British valoeir, ,and tat!
glorious ensign of St. George flouts, while it-vies
with, the blue sky of Gascony,! This, is as it
should be—worthy of a country justly denomi-
' nated " Great ;" worthy of the immortal cause in
which we are engaged—every way worthy of the
Government and of the People who are fighting.
the battle of universal liberty, in which they have
no peculiar interest ; for the world combined is in-
.
competent to tvp.‘,
The 7th of October, .1813, is the day made for
ever memorable by the invasion of France by Lord
WELLINGTON and his gallant Compeers. The Ist
and sth Divisions of our brave Army crossed the
Bidassoa at Irun, attacked the advanced posi-
tions of the Foe on French ground, and heat them
Wand with the toss of nearly 200 slain and 504
taken prisoners.—The Allircl lOss amounted in
tell to about two hundred, among whom was
no Officer of rank. Our troops Were "come:
quently established between the Rivers Niive and
Bidaisoa, with Bayonne 04 their front, distant not
more than some twctve or fumleeniniles.
Such have been the first Operations in a mea-
sure which we.have never ceased to Contemplate
with enthusiasm and delight. The paltry, paITY-0
inhaled, degenerate Party, who infest and dkgr.4c:e
this land, with a spirit becoming thetnselves; and
a lodgment worthy of their known talents, call
upon us not to venture to invade France—to
beware of their invincible BtroxArArt.re; not to
provoke, in
,the centre of a people by whom
he is beloved and adored, the hdro of their
admiration, the military idol of their patriotic
praise, the divinity of their political idolatrN

Wretched drivellers ! It was thus three years Ago
they bid us
(beware of the contest in Spain ; they
wi,hed our VEbLINtnT.ON and his Army were sale
at home, and they feared they could not hope thei
,Leopards would be so fortunate as to escape from
the all-potent. grasp of the Corsican' Vulture !
The Ministers of the Crown, strengthened by
the voice of the people, laughed at their bolings
of disaster (for they Itttpw the prophets) and
.com-
mitted Britain boldy, yet prudently, to the awful
contest. The result is befOreus—a nation res-
cued, a people delivered, the glo7y of our native,
land elevated to the proudest pinnacle that ever
adorned the annals of a country. But the Inatl'
Ilion of fame is seated Upon many The
mountain we .have climbed in Spain bus a
parallel in•Franeedl4Vhose top and shilimit we May
-also gain,. Tberattempt is full of honour—replete
with blessings to Mankind. We are told (talsCly
told) that the people of France are devoted r 6 their
Tyrant. It is not in nature that BUONAP,IftWV;
can be loved. But there are those who serve him:
through fear; it is against these that the. united
trugli Britain and Spaia aad PortugaLadraPcF

the former to perform her grand antlainzil
universe,
"Imoting. the welfare of-the
P
latter tO avenge their wrouga on the 01;i°'
!
treachery, rapine, and foul usurpation
What is there in France that its
be so dear to our pretended patriots. Pelll4
posing, that the people were: as
tlCVOtcdil attat,
to BUDNAPARTE. as they assert and Ohl,
should not France be visited by those
I:
rots which she has inflicted on °tilers'
eno
are the dominions of our most desperate
tlieltl
to be entitled to all the respect which
organ, e,FF.
through. their rgan, claim for them!
but the baseness and perversion of partYlW:
cunt for the promulgation of these alni'l3lr'
doctrines. What we reproved yesterdaylo'!'
m
out of bravado, been repeated in a
this day, with a little sp king
r of
petitions of venal hireling and milli
and the usual censure for calling
by his proper titles of -Ruffian, al
and Coward, instead, forsooth, of
iroLeoN. Surely, venality itself
tue ; surely, the most low and ab
were elegance, when compared iv
tural dereliction of every moral
duty, this subserviency, in far
mind, iu least and in soul, to I
of humanity, the throned assalsi
eat aim is our annihilation as
let the Dog go to his VOWit
pledge ourselves'to make him and
hateful to their country a's the
are inflicting upon their coney
'slt'lr'zilingsalc
ptlua.ont,eladystawiltlheseirlivotse jai/stir:ha
these d
to, the population of France to p,
;—to suppOrt the fluter
soli
-.--bccause they are told in an tag)
that riaiglaiul is exhausted, that the
is not so much detestell as.. they ntif
that they ought to arm for hi
indepamietice !

f'+

Fie on't, 'ti► an unweedcd gardem.!
Thing rank and' posi iii duce'
I'iKi6css it wholly.-----

Theinvasion of France, even as
ration with our Allies in (lemony,
in the common cause, the most P°'
by passibility he made, is stilic4niq it
ed to our utmost exertions
productive of ulterior ana still nlor''r vrig'
tO e
sequences we have every, re.: 139.1
PCDPI.C. of France hive 104 19° Mn`
be tired of RVON'AP.AIIT4 thitg

Itrlied.to him in.rhi. itiomtry ',OK 0
1 join
of concealed and deserted o'
to join aay force that can prut.-
are hundreds of thou sands of k'reoc.fl
col
under the 'insufferable yoke of
lorign• ig for an. opportunity of tbr'u~c 43
asserting their native rights. ell'
'l'he army of Lord IVF;LLINGI.°I :too"
them t0..d0, this. '!'lint Chief, we
undertake no enterprizt Le has liot we'-`0;
in an its parts. Discretion and vsi°llr 311''
tlis
eminent irr all he lias done, awl with
of the Almighty, we are confident
glory will, be rendered still mare tft4iiirli;
by what he will accomplish on G:olic
The invading force, we rejoice t° lear"tr:
mined rend' augmented by continual reillfuri),
13y the Dictator is mentioned the arrival at'
toirosnfte°°trl:ilfritit7YartlillrryO,
Tire next accounts are dnxiously laolict
Cavalry, and s
from this caonr);f,i.

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most of Our readers have allowed' to p'a's fl'
negociations—a matter which we°
minds into oblk:lon, without caring that ir
ever be thence redeemed. it is very Lucia) t°,lo'
this palier War about 1-ni, whose vory 001%
in the memory of the nation—who arc on;
much forgotten as if they had never 100' col
political Gladiators, " the aamvs ond 1 i
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nbilpOily influenced the Councils of !kir '
with what we arc at this new ond 01'1
in which they have been furNiii;dexteo.,,
nioeJ from all conduct in, puldicl4lo[o
laPitY to diem, we beg their ehlogi°'...,:,°;. lgi'
or we must refer to their words itud dce".,"oll'',
and show how much peril the contitt'YrdefeJi "`
and how much glory she has won by
Ill.'
their arrogant pretensiol/8,

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