The Sun.
London, England, 1809-08-28 00:00:00

Prometheus.

Killed— Mr. Thomas lA manic, Captain's Cierk. Joseph
Case, Yeoman or !'owner-Room, died on the 26th 'thy.
Tames M 'Gee, Ordinary Seaman. I ohn sitwortli; pri-
vate of marines.

I,N/011i:tied —Calitain Thomas Forrest, slightly. Lieutenant
Gawen Forster, ditto. Mr. Matthew Vez,y, buaswatii,
severely. Peter Mackey, Captain of the Man,-top,
Robert .f hrussel, Quarter..C;unuer, ditto. Win. Uotion,
Captain of the Main-top, slightly. Witham Steward,
Quarter-Master, ditto. lames W,lson, able seaman, lot-
to. win. Longbin, ordwary seaman, severely. Peter
Brown, oidinary seaman, ditto. John N►azier, ordinary
seaman, ditto. Thomas Malony, ordinary seAnan,
ly. Joseph Keating, ordinary seaman, ditto. Nicholas
Lines, ordinary seaman. John tvlane, Landman, ditto.

Return of Killed and Wounded on board the Enemy's Yes-
els, captured the zsth (illy 1809.
Guit.Vessel, Nu. 6z-24 killed, zo wounded.
Gun-Boat, No. 65 -3 killed, 15 wo inded.
Gun-Boat, N. ou -1 killed, 19 wounded.
Armed Brig -5 wounded.
Total 2'6 kitied, 59 wounded.
(»giled) W. FORREST, Captain.

List of Vessels captured by the Roars of his. Majesty's Ships
fllllt.:JS Carolina, Minotaur, Cerbaus, and Prometneua,
on tne night of the 25til my, tSo9
No. It. Transport Brig. or 23 men; Nicholas Wulff, Mas-
ter, bound'twAho, laden Alta provisions.
No. 6z. Gun-Boat, of two IS.poutiders. and 44 men.
No 65, 6un-Boat, of two guns anti 49 men.
No. 66, Gun-kluat. of two guns and 44 .alert.
-N.B. The Gun-Boats taken by the boats of the above ships
at 1' redcricksharn.
(Signed)

C. D. PATER.

Admiralty-Office, Aug. 26, 1809.
A lettet has been received by the Hun. William
Wellesley Pole, from Captain Cowell, of his Ma-
jesty's ship the Nijadet,, dated in Oulu Thy, he
6th of June last, giving an account of the car ore or
destruction or twenty-two or twenty-three vessels in
the river Kola, by the boats of the above ship, under
the direction of Lieutenants Wells and Smith. A
fort, under which those vessels were anchored, was
taken possessor of, and the guns brought away; or
thrown'into the river.

MAILS.
AR iViD—z Dublin, i Waterford. Dot-3 Gottenburgh,
i ta, i Lublin.

PICCE. OF SrOCKS
THIS DAY AT TWLX.V O'CLOCK.
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THE SUN.

SOLAM QUIS DICIRZ FALSOIA AUDIAT ?

L 0 N D,O N,
MONDAY., AUGUST 28, 1809.

IT has been erroneously stated in some of the
Morning Papers, that Dispatches have been received
from Lord CuArnAm, stating, that Councils of
War had been held, to consider of the practicability
of attacking Fort Lillo and Ants,verp, and that a di f.
ference of opinion prevailed among the Generals upon
the s'abjea, &c. The whole of this statement is the

t. invention of a fertile brain, to supply the place of
.real intelligence. The same observation applies to
the account of the inundations round Fort Lillo. As
soon as any authentic accounts arrive, we
shall c~i~jt-
out delay Communicate them to the public. We are
happy to find, that the Magazines found in Flushing

are very considerable ; iu one store alone there win:
found 12,000 sacks of flour, all public property.

The Gazette of Saturday announces the elevation
of Sir A. WELLESLEY to the Peerage, by the titleof
Viscount WELLINGTON, of Wellington, in the
County of Somerset ; a dignity to which his
eminent services have so well entitled him. His
Lordship's family was originally settled at Welling.
ton, but Went to Ireland we believe as early n the
reign of if Emir 11.

We are unable to communicate to our readers any
authentic information respe6ting our army in Spain,
36 Lord WELLINGTON'S Dispatches have not yet ar-
rived. It is stated, howevet, upon the authority a
private letters from very respectable quarters, that
be has effected his retreat in perfect safety.

Though the public have been much disgusted by,
the attacks on Sir ARTHUR WELLESLRY, which
have appeared in two of the Opposition Papers, }Tit
these Papers are still picking and nibbling at the dm-
raeler and conduct of that gallant Officer. It might
be conceived, that in point of mere taste, the Writers
would have discontinued attacks which are so dis-
gusting to every liberal mind, and that they. would
'nave had more discretion than to persevere in a piti-
ful hostility that can do no injury to the estimable
:objeet against whom it is direCted, and that, indeed,
can only be disgraceful tt; themselves. But no,
such is the spleen which these Writers feel to-
wards the Military Chief, that they cannot suffer
a day to pass without • some covert--attack cr
some illiberal insinuation against a man who, had
done so much honour to himself and his Countrirf
and on whom his Country look with gratitude and
admiration. Nor is it only against Sir ;ARTHUR
WELLESLEY that these writers are every day venting

their malevolence, but those who protest to ve1440
rate his character, and to admire his condudt;are de-
nominated " profligate sycophants," and are a
eused of " luxuriance of baseness and subserviency,'
for giVing birth to those sentiments in favour of a dil'
tinguisned General, which every Briton is proud to
feel. So that, according to these writers,whenever the
great majority of our countrymen, who admire Sir*
WELLEscivorrimitest their esteem for bun, and Limit
'high sense of his achievements, they are all " pro'
fligate sycophants," and are guilty of " luxuriance
of baseness and subserviency." We have much
greater reason to brand some of the writers alluded
to with the name of " profligate sycophants to
some secret enemy of Sir ARTHUR and his Fara'',
and to charge on them " luxuriance of baseness and
subserviency," for thus sacrificing at the altar of pet'
sonal spleen ; and a " luxuriance' of folly also, Iti
thus exposing themselves to the contempt and in`
digtiation of their countrymen. But what renders
the condite of these Writers as inconsistent as it
is illiberal, is, that as soon as the intelligence of the
glorious battle of Talavera arrived, they ascribed to
Sir ARTHUR the talents of a consummate General►
though they are now so anxious to retract their
praise, and to substitute Much more than an equal
proportion of abuse on him and his efforts. /For
our parts, we would rather be exposed to the daily'
charge of being " profligate sycophants," and of
shewing " luxuriance of baseness and subset.*
..viency," for attempting to convey our high
sense of the eminent services which we have
received from a man who is the ornament of
his country, than to be employed in the despicable
task of endeakouring to tarnish his laurels, in order
to gratify the spleen of his secret enemies.

Today •the Princess AMSLIA and the Princeso
MARY left Windsor, with their suite, for Weymootb:
They will be tour days on their journey. The il1;s;
night they sleep at DEINIEZY'S, Hartford Bridge, U
second at Andover, the third at WOODGATE'S_.,JP::
near Salisbury, and on the fourth will arrive at ve/eg
mouth. The continuance of their Royal Highnes'i
at that place will depend on the state of their heals
while they remain there. ,
Yesterday morning, his MAJESTY, Prince“ 19'1;
()LISTA and MART, accompanied by Lady IsAsgli.
Tit YNNE, Generals CARTWRIGHT and FITZROY, ru

to St. Georgr.'s Chapel, and heard divine service.
The Expedition intended to reinfo
rce Sir Arrratl-
WELLESLEY, goes to Cadiz, and will consist (";
sides artillery) of a brigade of Foot Guards, Orf
brigades of Light Cavalry, and two brigades 12g
Heavy Cavalry; the cavalry to consist of one regimen
of Lite-Guards, the regimen t of Horse-Guards (Bitic)'
the Scotch Greys, and the Inniskillen Dragoons-
An Expedition against Guadaloupe is said to w
in contemplation.
The garrison of Flushing arrived on Friday the
the Downs in several men of war.
In the Austrian distridts, where the late bat,e,
tle
took. placp, twenty-seven• large villages reinait,
sorted. Seventeen of them are wholly rav,agbs.
and the remainder partially so. Manrof th
_J.") NI
bitants have taken, up their abode in the v 1"
lots, &c.