The Sun.
London, England, 1814-02-23 00:00:00

'LORD WELLINGTON'S ARMY.

Government received Dispatches yesterday from
Lord WELLINGTON', dated the 13th, which state
that the British and allied forces were preparing to
advance.

By a letter from Lord WELLINGTON'S head-
quarters, dated 6th February, we are infinmed,
that the we4ther had changed considerably for
the better, and it was supposed that the right and
centre of the army would .move up the left bank
of. the Adonr,- cross that river above the enemy,
and turn their left. Our left standing fast to oh-
serve any movements from Bayonne, which has
been reconnoitred within two miles of the plate,
and it was ascertained that the French had taken
every possible precaution to guard against an at-
tack, by all sorts of field works, independently cif
the fortress and town itself.

It was reported that the Spanish Armies (by
order' c : the Cortes), would no longer acknow-
ledge Marquess AVELLINGTON PS their-Commander
in Chief.—( ()ruing Chronicle.)

EX7'ENC7' OF A LETTER FROM AN OFFICER IN THE

QUARTER-MASTER GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT,.

" L 4 Frupce Feb. 4, 15311.
" Not a shot has been 'fired for these last three
weeks. • The French nave completely finished
their entrenched camp in front of Bayonne,. Which
is perfectly covered by the.guns of the place ; and
I should not beat all surprised if,
,in the course
of a few days, Soul.T was to send to the North
a very considerable part of his array, leaving only
a strong garrison in Bayonne, and a corps of ob-
servation on the Adour and Aran. how absurd is
it to read in the Engliih newspapers anticipations
of Lord 11:471,LINQT0IrS advance towards }lour-

dernx. How llttle'can the writers know of 66-
ival
geography or statistics of th s part of France• r
hence to •Boardeaux is a barren ituti uncultis,-
et! country ; a soil universally Sandy, and prodtlic„;
ing little or nothing—certainly unthing
way of supplies for an army. la a part of to'
pantry,
,vines of different sorts are grow'',
speal:ing-generally, nothing is to he
an army commissariat. 'fLus, then, al4 our sul'
plies must COQ m ie fro ti:e rear—that is, eith',r
it.
,ra
from. Spain .cpt• England ; and if froin 4
must he. lauded 'at Passages or St. i can de
'for from tLat port-to Bourdeaux ;here can bclh,
cominanicat ion heltywith the sea, the coast 1/,',.1
universally dangerous, and without harbour•
in either case,. to leave sad, a gin•visoor
'wine will no doubt contain, in the rear, wnui"
measare infinitely-too absurd to suppose 6". t.,
momeat that Lord WILLLINGToN
In •every view of the subject, it appears p 41E1 .1
we have reached our ne plus altra. 111 !co',
should rather think, that SauLT is 40 etinvin'c°l
of it, that he will, if occasion requires it,
probably 50,000 of the 75,000 men he 111: un''`'
his orders, to reinforce his master's northern 3':t
inies ; 'and even then I do•not think it likelUPt.
we shall cross the Adour, for the reasons IV3
p.
already given.
„dor
" Lord WELLINGTON is extrentelK stork-
with the whole Spanish nation. The ftegencyin°,-
certainly piiid hint a very high compliment, in r`i
moving General O'DoNAGHos (Coto the ikiitustrY°
W;il, but his Port-fsluille is given to as invelell't''
an enemy of Lord'IVF.I.LINGTON as himself,
MoRENo. It )S unnatural to suppose that Alt
tiOn so high in the scale of Europe &twin
chase to submit .its principal administration k';.;
its army •at present certainty so into the
of any man, how, high socver lie may be)
a native Spaniard ; and the best infortae;lliere.''''.4'''
most decidedly of opinion that Lord SVELLINGI47II
‘vould have done ‘vell to Itak:e refused the count'; :*
%viten otTetcd.to him, and to have recoup:tor:lo.,
Spanish General for that high otliee—of
one on whose co-operation he could have phlc '1"
finpliCit reliance. It was precisely the bhindel:.
AitrONAPARTE. Thus it is with Lord IViiLLIS„,II
ToNas with other ambitious rhea. Had he ch"li
to have governed Spain, mutat° nominu, he I°l'ol'
have had the whole opinions. of the people to
him, which at this moment are certainly in 'rcr(
much the.contrarrdirection. •
" The inclosed very rough sketch of our 10 j.
tion will sliew you- exactly. how we are sittotea
It is a very extraordinary ,position, and mut al 41,
and-order;rule but it will -be seen that the 0114
munications are all Complete, and that if tittuc!'i;
either on our right, occupied by. tilt
HILL, with Mut:mix, on oar centre, bY
,STAeLEToN COTTON, on our left, by Sir Pb
lels
HOPE, OW, whole army could be at once unli.-0A
for support or reinforpement. The Kenai
is most peifect. It is a line' en potence, and thre':,.,,
ens equally every part of our ariny."--(The3l°l'
INC:- CHRONICLE:)

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THE SUN

SOLLM QUIS DICERE FALSUM ArDrAl

LONDON,
WEDNESDAY, FRB !ICA RY 23. 7814

'CHANGE, ONE O'C4°‘;l‘.o
French Papers, one day later than those
which we have made extracts, are just arfiv`ei
their contents have not yet transpired, bat til;/
are supposed to lie very favourable. Oulni,ti'll:l
now at 281 to 4, which is an .advance of
per Cent. since yesterday.
The Euke of Kent packet, from St. &bast-
is arrived at Falmouth—sailed the hith

St7N-OFFICF, T% o'Ci'°C‘' „

Since receiving the above intelligence'e of
are informed that the French Paper's 111'0,4
the- 2011, and that the only important
~0
they communicate is, that 4000 prisoner
been marched into Paris.

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By a fresh arrival of French Palters to 41;e: vie/
we have, at•length, something like a gencr;ill
-of the state of atfairs—a,glinipme at the PO5 411
which the 'Tyrant is environcd, presented t1111151ti;1
,the deceitful medium of is own reports, islt
4
so satisfactory as to cheer our best hopes, 01:atic
promise 'of that glorious accomplishment
wishes, for which ive han'e so incessant'," l'''11:1-
%Ve commented yeslei•day upon • the susoivi°ai:e'i
levee with which the Paris Journals,
wantoned in descriptions of the annibil3tiviLi.'"
the teoLtinNes annihilated army of BLuatic-'; '
Ict
ed over all mention of the main Allied A 011)11.,
04''
Prince SCHWAIITZENBELIG—and we expresseged
conviction that this army must haVc d'rejjterat6.
Paris as nearly on theß
left
as LucurAt'hati.'-
h'cet'
done on the right. These opinions vrcre ct.'lfrol°
On .the 10th, the Allied force Loove'l ,
Troyes to farce the passages of the Se' .1•0
march to Paris. Opposed to them well.: CI .70
and GI emir), at Naaent •-•-•:Outm NO • •
ee'll7,,
corps Provins (47 miles sooth-east fr"°l -10%0
to defend the Bridges over the Seine, /over
than that of 'Nugent, at Bray, and glitifercool'
situated on the conflux of the Seine nod 40:
about thirty miles from the Capftisl ,J.c"
PAioL, occupied in the same object, Sll5

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