The Sun.
London, England, 1822-08-02 00:00:00

FOR THE SUN.

MR. EDITOR-4 perceive in your Paper of last
evening the following curious anecdote of a Scotch
Grey and a Collier

During the encounter between the Scots Greys and the
colliers at Crwmlin, one of the Grey was in the act of striking
a collier with his sabre. ' Hold, Alexander,' said the collier,
shewing his medal, ' don't you remember when I carried you
wounded off the Field of Waterloo.' The soldier immediately
dropped his sabre, proud that he had, for the first time, an op_
portunity of shewing his gratitude to the man to whom he owed
his existence."

Curious it is to me, but it must be much more
so to people in distant countries, to hear that the
gallant regiment; the Scotch Greys, should be
encountering an unarmed Welch Collier; and that
the latter had been a good loyal soldier, and
tained a medal for his bravery at the battle of Wa-
terloo; from whence he had conveyed and preserv:
ed the life of his wounded comrade, whom he re:
cognized as his antagonist, who, with uplifted sa-
bre, was going today him. Query--Whathad this
unarmed collier done to place him in so perilous a
situation, opposed, in such an unequal combat,
to an armed and mounted dragoon ? And if he
had done any thing deserving the death that
awaited him from the uplifted sabre of a
mounted dragoon, upon what principle of jus:
tice or right did the soldier exercise the dis:
cretion of not inflicting it ? Who could re
late this ? Not the di agoon, or he would have
forfeited his ye by the Articles of War, for
not having done his duty; andi on the other build;
it is very improbable that a Veteran, acquainted
with the destructive powers of armed military,
particularly cavalry, would have voluntarily plac:
ed himself in a situation to be butchered by them;
nothing but starvation or desperation could have
led him into such peril ! !—Perhaps the insertion
of this in your impartial Paper, may give " the
Colliers at Crwrnlin" an opportunity of informing
the-Public how they came to be placed in such
a perilous situation, and I think you will agree
with me that, for the honour of the loyal ancient
Britons, they should be heard.
I am, Sir, your obedient Servant,
Bridge-street, Aug. 1, 1822. J. W. PARKINS..

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

PARIS, JULY 30.—We find the following in
the Journal of Toulouse :
" We have this moment received the following
uews from the frontiers of Arriege :—On the
morning of the 16th July, the two parties which
dispute the
.possession of Catalonia, came in con-
tact in the neighbourhood of Vich. The carnage
was frightful ; never before was there manifested
such ferocious desperation.on•both Sides. now-
eve r, the troops of Misas and of Malavila
wtreunable to hold out long against experienced.
regiments of the line., and of militia, and these
two• Chiefs were obliged •to sound a retreat.—
Their loss has been considerable.; it is estimated
at 600 men killed and' wounded. The Constitu-
tionalists were commanded-by the Captain-Ge-
neral its person. They had previously informed
the inhabitants of Puycerda, that they( might
rec4con -upon their speedy deliverance. Three
6ensand men, disembarked at Roses, have been
marched towards Olot. Three thousand men
have also marched from Barcelona, and are ad-
vancing-upon Lampourdan:"
The same paper announces also, that the de-
feat of Quesada by Colonel -Assura and Lepas-
tor is confirmed. There were forty killed, one
hundred wounded, and thirty prisoners." The
Constitutionalists took a•quantity of ammunition,.
and two hundred muskets.—(Courier Francais.)
The 'King has appointed the Duke de Laval
.Montmorency Ambassador at Rome, in place of
the Duke de Maces; who has resigned.-.—(Gazette
de France.)
• Our Correspondents at Augsburg and Aix-la-
-Chapelle transmit to us the following news :
•" The Greek Prince Cantacuzena, who has been
at Leipsic for some time, has received from the
- Government of his country an order to proceed
to Verona, if the Congress should beheld in that
city. It is added, that the Austrian Cabinet
give'him the necessary permission to proceed
to fulfil hiS mission.
• " On the 25th of July there was published at
Carisruhe an Ordinance of the Grand Duke of
Baden, which confirms not only the prohibition
of French wines, but extends this prehibition 'to
brandies, vinegar, -and other liquors coming from
'France.
" It is asserted that the Grand Signior, having
'been informed that the 'Greek ships which set
fire to the fleet of the Capitan Pacha carried
'Austrian colours, his Highness has demanded a
considerable indemnity -from the .Court of
'Vienna.
" A report was' current -on'iChange at Frank-
-fort, that, in consequence 9f fresh. disturbances,
• the Sultan , had quitted Constantinople for Scu-
•tari."—(Jwernal de Paris.)
COURT OF ASSIZES AT COLMAR.
We gave yesterday the beginning of the Sit-
ting of the 2ilth. It was terminated by interro-
sgatories of the accused, particularly Guinand,
'-and some unimportant depositions.
In the audience of the 25th, M. Toutain, Lieu-
tenant of the King at Belfort, the 25th witness,
deposed, that on the Ist 'January last, at a guar-
ter past eight in the evening, M. de Rayniac,
.Lieutenant-Colonel of the 29th regiment of the
,fine, came to him, accompanied by Captains
Elornh Debautte, and Etienne, to acquaint him
that at midnight a conspiracy would break out,
1-I•,e object of which was the overthrow of the
Kinig's government ; that the tri-coloured flag
and cockade were to be mounted, &C. &c. 46 I
wentr said witness, " to the post at the Gate of
-France,- to see if the service went on well. 1
went. into;the room of the officer of the guard
. (Manoury) to-give him new orders. On coming
out, I -perceived in the gateway, four stran-
ger:3, with mustachios, svho Were earnestly urn--
, ing the .gatekeeper to let them pass to g 9 into the'
suburb.' -The mustachios struck me, and I had
,no doubt that they were disguised officers wt-
were to play a part In the conspiracy. I
melted them to tell me their 'lathes, And to Shen
their papers. They gave their natnes—Peztilu,
Desbordes, Bree, and Lacombe.; and when I had
brought them into the room of the officer of guard
• they shewed me their passports or .papers of
-route, which justified the truth of their declara-
tions. My suspicions were then changed into
'certainty. I declared these -four individuals in.
a state of arrest, and gave them .in keeping to the
.officer Manoury, telling him that he should an-
swer to me for them with his head.--s-Having'
..learned that the Adjutant Sub-Officer, Tellier,
was at the Coffee-house Stroltz, in the suburb of
Yrance, I took •five men of' the guard and went
to arrest him. When 'at the great bridge, I sent
the officer George, Who voluntarily accompanied
me, to see whether Tether was at the coffee-
house, and continued to advance. • Beyond the
bridge I saw a • loose crowd of thirty or forty
persons, and among them one, Who by his dress
I saw was an officer of my garrison. The crowd
dispersed ; he remained.; I ordered bias to ap-
proach, but instead -of obeying Ise took flight. I
ordered the guard to pursue him, 'and pursued
him myself sword in hand. When nearly. over
-taken he stopped, and said to the.guard—' 'Sol-
diers! will you arrest an Officer of your, regi-
ment ?' He threatened to blow out the brains of
- 'the first who should approach him. I cried out,
.4 Wretch, lo ,you think to-frighten me ? lam a
soldier of Austerlitz, and do not fear conspira-
tors!' The soldiers hesitated rtrnontent. The
'Officer made a circuit to get at me.; and when
was within shot of his pisfol, fired on me-and
struck me near the heart, crying-s-' Commander,'
-you are-mine In spite of my wound I pursued
him, crying -‘ Vive le Roi,' as if had been
hi
perfect health.. I have learned since that this
-was Lieutenant .Peugnet." On re-entering the
: town I wished to put the four men I had arrested
into:the hands of justice ; I: learned that they
•' had escaped with Manoury, who !had
knockedsclown the man who guarded them, and
had forced sword in hand-the man intrusted with
the gate to let them out through the: wicket..!
[The continuation of the Sitting is not given.]

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- CONSTANTINOPLE, JUNE 25.--The Austrian
Observes has an article of this date, which con-
tains accounts of the arrival of 8000 men in Can-
dia-from Egypt; and of a defeat sustained LI 70

Greek vessels going with troops to Candia, which
were attacked by the Egyptian and Algerine
fleet. Twenty-seven of them were taken, and

several sunk.
On the 20th a firman was published, forbid-
ding the sale of Christian slaves ; and another,,
which was immediately put in force, to disarm
all Musselmen below 18, and above 60 years of
age. It is hoped that this is intended to lead to
a general disarming of the people, and it has
made a sery agreeable impression on the lovers

of order.
The negociations with the Boyars of Moldavia
and Wallachia are concluded.. They are at li-
berty td go all over the city and converse with
whom they please. The Ministers of the Porte
affirm that the nomination of the llospodars
will soon be .published, and orders were issued
a week ago.to hasten the departure of the Otto-
man troops from the Principalities. The follow-
ing is the postcript of this,letter •
" Just before the post set out we received the news that
in the night of the 19th the Turkish fleet off Scio expe-
rienced a severe loss. ThefolloWing are the particulars of this
catastrophe, which we have been able to collect with some cer-
tainty at the first moment df receiving the news :
" Three Greek fire-ships, disguised as merchantmen, and
appearing to be laden with tobacco, anchored before Thimiana,
and .had been for some days near the Turkish fleet. As they
hadhoisted the Austrian flag, and had Austrian papers, either
forged or taken from some Austrian vessels, they were consi-
dered as harmless, and disturbed by nobody, nor were they
;prevented from taking up a position in the evening very near to
the Admiral's ship. :In the following night, these same vessels
(with what materials or instruments is not known) set fire to the
ship of the Captain Pacha, and to two smaller ships of the line.
The crews of the two latter succeeded in extinguishing the
flames, but the Admiral's ship blew up with the Captain
Pacha and the whole crew. The corpse of the Captain Pacha
was found floating in the sea, and buried at Scio the next
day. The Greeks had already made two other attempts, which
failed. Their stratagem must have been contrived this time
with great cunning and ability. It may be foreseen that the
Captain Pacha will be severely blamed for his delay at Scio ;
but he had doubtless reason for it, and the catastrophe of the
19th might as well have happened a fortnight before. His
death, however, is a 'great loss to the Porte, both LA the com-
mand of the fleet, and the deliberations of the Divan. Cara-
duhmed Paella, who is appointed to succeed him, was some
years back General of the Artillery, and is accounted a brave
and able man, but whether he has a sufficient knowledge of
naval affairs is another question, and as he is now at Patras,
.his being at such a distance will be very injurious in many re-
spects."—(Austrian Observer, July 19:)
'VIENNA, JULY 18. 79i; Bank Shares,
70 1-40.