The Sun.
London, England, 1814-01-04 00:00:00

'~eiori i~ to tie
I.'4t atsit'n I,6girtfefi'ts Melt Mbar itl
the mietny's reserve, presented himself :as the
ariyanced posts Of the 4th divisiai; atitl ?stated
that there were in the Vicinity of the said division,
and in march to join it, two battalions, of his corps
and the Frankfort regillient. Geoeraltoldatlopt-
'ed all the necessary' means, Advanced to meet
them, font in less than halt an hour arrived some
1300 of the said three corps, perfeckly,clothed,
"and as fine looking soldiers as can be imagined.
We are ignorant of the infOrmation which the
chie•f:of these 'corps may have 'given the General
in L'filet, and only know; that, inforthed of the
events which barl occurred in Gerinany, notwith-
standin'g the endeaVours of the enemy to conceal
them ; knowing that tiller the battle of LeipFiic
theditterent Princes had separatea from, the CVII-
- .of the. Rhine, he immediately took his
resolution, and determined to -carry it into exe-
cution as soon as possible, and before the enemy
should, through any suspicion, disarin "rim. To
no one did he communicate his resolution ; and on
the 10th in the evening, after the action had
terminated, finding himself placed in front of the
4th division, to observe its inovethtntB, not having
at his side any French -battalion, and having
received orders to, retire, he believed the op-
portune moment had arrived, and drawing his
sword, informed his men of the events of- Eu-
rope, and of their positive obligation to be faith-
ful to their Princes; proposed to them to go over
to the English army, to be conveyed to Germany,
and fight in it for the liberty of tire Continent.
All with one accord followed him, and at half-
past nine were already in our lines. They,imunel•
diately put theniseives in march for -Passage,
where transports are ready to conduct them to
Germany. They were treated by the Duke and
-the whole army in that manner so worthy
men merit. By this snare chainiel we have lz..arned
that the enemy's.loss on the 10th was very consi-
derable, and that-General Villatc was among the
wounded.

At present the army forms a curved line that
e tends from the right of the high road from San
Juan Pie. de Port to the sea, across the Nive by
Villafrauca. The occurrences of ibe 11 th and
12th have been of very trifling consequence.
" Every day renders more visible the good re-
sults produced by the means adopted-by the Duke
relative to the country. Now the inhabitants ,dui
not abandon their houses, knowing the advantage
of remaining in them, as not even a single ration
is exacted from theta ;- they can also.travel frcm
one plat to another, with the same security as in
Spain. The French army commit those excesses
to which it has been accustomed, and their trOops
Garry with theta wherever they go, the same spirit
of destruction and Vandalism which they have
exercised in other countries.

• • " On the 13th, the enemy attacked with 7 di-
visions the 10,000 men who, under General Hill's
orders, occupied the road from Bayonne to San
Juan Pie ile-Port... Thrice did the Vandals at-
tack, and thrice were they driven back, with so
horrible a 1035 that, according to faithful wit-
11P-',-S_ it was not less than 5000 men. Ours was
almost- nothing ; anti the reason of this extraor-
dinary difference is, that upon the enemy's fa-
rionsly arriving near the English line, and seeing
their soldiers immovable, with their bayonet 4
fixed, and ready to receive them., far from attack-'
iug, precipitately turned their backs, in which
confusion the English killed them at their plea-
sure. Three times was this operation repeated,
and in all three was the success equal,The im-
mortal. Duke is in the zenith of his glory, and
probably is meditating some new plan. lie has
advanced the _fourth army and the. English horse,
which indicates that by blockading Bayonne,
marching his army across the Adour, and placing
las cavalry in Pau, -he is going to occupy all
,the
country between that river and the Nive.''

Lieutenant General De Bitlow is the Com-
mander in Chief of the 16. or 17,000 Prussian
troops in Holland. He ha.S left General Dc Hot.-
stell, with about 7000 Prussians, before Wesel.
The Russian Major-General Benkendorik has
joined General Bulaw with his brigade of Rus-
sians, 3000 strong, and is under the coniniand of
General &low, who is the Coniman der in -Chief
of the 3d corps d'arm4e of his Pri.lssian Majesty.
The Russian General Winzinf.;ertiile is with his
corps of 35,000 Russians and Hanoverians before
Brenien. The Counts Woronzoif and Sirogonoff
command under him. Winzingerode
_received
lately the order to advance to Deventer; in order
to support the operations of the Prussian troops.
These details will be. fotlnd to be more correct than
we hitherto been able to give as to the corps iu
question.

- Among the distinguished actions of the 'British
troops in the bite engagements on the Adour and
hive, the conduct of the, 9th regiment of .foot de-
serves particular mention. These brave fellows
were at one time so completely surrounded, by a
Superior force of the enemy, as to leave no ap-
parent hope of escape, and a flag of truce was ac-
cordingly dispatched by the 1-retich commandant,
desiriug them to surrender prisoners of war. The
Only reply to this demand was a shout of indigna-
tion, and before the trumpeter' could return to de-
clare the result of his mission, the gallant troops
had, with a dreadful impetuosity, brOken- through
the enemy's lines with great slaughter, carrying
in their frOnt,lso prisoners.
PROFANATION OF THE SAIHIATII.—On Saturday
the 18th inst. eight youths of the parish of Bard-
ney, were convicted before the Magistrates at
Horncastle, in the penalty of 3s. 4d. each, and
costs, for playing at foot-ball on the Sabbath, in
a close rented by Thomas Jessop, a farmer there,
and sanctioned by the permission and presence of
the person who had. a light to reprove and pre-
vent their misconduct ! -And on Friday-the 24th,
a female servant (4 the aforesaid Thomas Jess'op,
with four other young women, were convicted be-
fore.the above Magistrates of a similar offence.
Vest erda y Christian Sinclair, convicted before
the High Court of Justiciary•on the 22d ult. of the
murder of a female child about eight months old,
the -reputed daughter of her brother, Thomas
Sinclair, was executed here, pursuant to her sen-
tence. She was attended by theßev. Dr. Baowri,
one of the Ministers of this city, and Air. Poll-
TEous,- -the Chaplain of the Jail. After hanging'
the usual time, she was cut down, and. her body
given for dissection.—(Edin. Courant, Dec. 30.)