The Sun.
London, England, 1815-08-22 00:00:00

6'.r:k-i..E OF FRANCE

The internal State of France is represented by
Travellers to be deplorable in the highest degree,
and there appears to be great danger in' passing
through that country, from the licentious and Un-
bridled soldie-ry of the late army of Buonaparte.
We have the following statement front a Gentle-
man on wh6se authority we can safely rely :—to-
wards the latter end 61 'July, the Hon. Capt. 'Ca-
dogan,. of the Royal Navy, mid the Rev. Capt.,}.
Sandford, a gentleman well knoWn in the county
of Somerset, were returning front Italy, through
France, to England ; when they arrived in the
neighboahood of Dijon, their servants beirig on
the road t short distance before them, they wera
suddenly alarnied about ten at night, by the cry
Of murder; baviiii tonne up iii their carriage,
•what was thiir surprize to find an Officer.of BUO-
naparte's artily, and 15 hussars, superbly mount-
ed, ordering them to deliver their property. • Some
of the party were inithe act of tying their servants
band and fdot, and threatening to murder them,
which at once accounted for the cries they had
just befote heard. The French Officer seeing a
star on Capt. Cadogan's breast, charged him midi
being either a Prussian or Austrian Officer, on
which the Captain told hint that he and his com-
panion were Englishmen, and that the Order be
wore was that of the Empress Maria Theresa,
which had been given hint by the Emperor of
Austria, dining- the tiine he held a command in
the Adriatic. The TrenchmAn then said Lthat it
vas fortunate for them that they were not Prus-
sians or Austrians, for if they had liis party would
certainly have shot them—he then demanded that
they .should immediately make a snrrender of
'Their property; when seeing they had pistols, he
ordered his men to burn their carriage directly—,
on explaining to him that their pistols were not
loaded, he became less boisterous, an,l contented
himself with taking them as his own ; he then
took their money anaunting to 35 gold Napo-
leons, and insisted upon their giving hint a draft
for 200 more on the bank of Perigord in Paris.
On this demand a great difficulty occurred, as the
English gentletnen had neither pen nor ink—the
French Captain being
,asked for these necessary
materials for %friting, flew Into a violent rage,
and swore that his men should burn the carriage
immediately. On this one of the hinsars pro-
duced a pen, and ink, with which the Rev:
Mr. Sandford wrote a draft for the above sum
on the back of. a letter, resting on the saddle
of one of the horses. The robbers 'also took

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from then? several Venetian gold chains, and
other valuable articles, which the Travellers had
inte*nded as presents to their friends in Eng-
land=-all their letters which - had been- received
durittg their-Stay in Italy, were also taken away.
Whilst the wowk of plunder was going on, the
Captain of the banditti said that they might con-
sider themselves fortunate in being Englishmen—
England_was a brave nation, he obServed, and it
was English guineas which had overthrown all
the Emperor's projects (meaning BuCinaparte) it
was therefore fair as England had begun the war
for them to continue it. Mr. Sandford then said,
how are we to proceed without money ? it is pro-
bable at the next-stage we shall be murdered.—
No, no, replied the Captain of the gang,
,we Will
escort yuu to the nest stage, which they accord-
ingly did, and also some distance further. Aboat
two in the morning, not hearing the trampling of
the horses feet, the Travellers conjectured they
had lost their escort, and on looking out of the

carriage found they had happily got rid of them.
Shortlyafter' the English Gentlemen met a ear-
Tiage and six horses, with a Lady, going the same
road they had just travelled, whom they thought
it their duty to inform, of the danger she was in
by pursuing her journey at that time, and re-
counted the adventure of the night. They told
her that 13nonaparte7s soldiers were turned rob
bers,.and there was no lop#r any stikty in. tra-k
veiling in France—on which she laughed heartily,
and said -they must be mistaken, -as the robbers
they mentioned could be.no other than Prussian
or Austrian soldiers, who were then in that -part
of the country. On their arrival at the next post
town they learnt that this female was Hortense,
wife of Louis Bnonaparte, and late Queen of
Holland, 't,,ho was then on her journey from
Paris to Switzerland. -On the arrival of Captain
Cadogan and Air. Sandford at Paris, the former
communicated their adventures to the Duke of
Wellington, who advisvAl them to stop the pay-
ment of their draft on Perigord, which they ac-
cordingly did.—These Gentlemen had fortunately
secreted in the lining of .their carriage 200 gold
Napoleons, %Illicit the French Guerillas did not
discover.—(Temnton, Sac. Jolanal, Aug. 19.)

ATTACK ON THE MAIL-COACH.----Tbe
up coach by the way of Cashel, was attacked be-
_tween that place and Littleton, on Sund4 night
last, by unarmed banditti, who fired a• number of
shots from behind the hedges. One of the Dra
goons who escorted the• coact; waS wounded in
several places, but. we are happy to understand
not dangerously ; the horse of the other Dragoon
was wounded, but fOrtunately the rider escaped
unhurt. The passengers, guard, and coachman
received no injury, and the coach proceeded with-
out any further molestation. Several shots were.
fired by the guards in the direction of those vil-
lains, but it is not known whether with any ef-
fect.--,--(Cork, August 1,6.) .

The following letter has been sent to us lot in-
sertion 1 am much concenied to. infOrm you
of the disturbed state of this part of the county,
and 'of a most alarming; outrage at Gortavrolla,
(Barony of ;T:klla), this,day, (Thursday kst) by
a large mob of persons, who attacked Lieutenant
Gardiner. and a party of the 88th foot, when on
revenue duty, with Mr. Daniel, a supernumerary
Officer ; one-. of the soldiers was shockingly
beaten, and the military providentially escaped
unhurt, except the one inan. Lient...Gardiaer
was knOeked down,: and when down, the army
fired and killed the ringleader, a man of the name
of rat. .11forony,of Gortavrolla, in the parish of
Tomgreany, which put the banditti to !fight.—
The army brought in a full seizure, ando.pri-
saner of the name of John Clancy, notwichstand-
ing the opposition they met with. Not.
,a day
pases without some outrage being
attempte
kEnnis ddvertiser.) d."