The Sun.
London, England, 1823-08-08 00:00:00

F ont the Etoik. )

The following letter, written on the 18th under the walls of
Corunna, appears to us worthy of the attention of our readers :
it will enable them to appreciate all the reports which the Li.
beranshave set on foot concerning the battles which have obliged
the Revolutio:;iNts to take refuge within the walls of that city,
and concerning the pretended retreat of the french on the sub.
sequent days :---

" At the bivouac of the advanced poste befOre
Corunna, July 10.

" It has pleased Ood, the disposer of all things, to grant to
our 7th light Infantry a complete victory over the most furious
Revolutionists, drawn up under the walls of Corunna, and coin.
mended by Quiroga and Wilson. On the lath llourck's divi.
sign passed the heights to attack the out-posts which defended
the approach of the town. We were ordered to push forward,
and the fire soon became iTtneral throughout the whole line.
On our right was a strong redoubt, which supported an in-
trenchment occupied by the enemy on the left; on a high
hill was another intrenchmem,strengthened by windmills,
wherein were three pieces of califion, and, besides this, a large
body of infantry.
Our Colonel, Dame Lembot, marched by a very bad, dif. '
flcult road4towards the works on the left. lie contrived to draw
up in front of this position. He saw it was of no use to begin
a fire in front of a line so well protected. lie ordered us to I
charge at a brisk trot the windmill on our left, which was the
highest point. Our brave men, without minding the balls
which hailed on them as they passed along the line, followed
their Colonel at a quick pace. We soon saw the enemy waver
and give way. We redoubled our speed ; and what with
astonishment at our audaCity, and fear of being taken in the
rear, the enemy abandoned every post,
and took fairly to his
heels. The Colonel, the first to arrive at the mill, stuck on it
his white pocket handkerchief, as a sort of flag : as for uii,
continued our pursuit of the enemy.
" Our battalion having on their side carried the redoubt on
the right, joined us in pursuing the enemy, even to tile walls of
the city.
Berthier's brigade,
which came up to support us, did not
arrive till the enemy had been forced from every post; we ex.
changed shots during the whole night, and our regiment took
post at the distance of a
Never did a regiment show more vigour and courage than our'
pistol shot from the gates of the town.
7th. We have lost 40 or 50 men in this affair. Quiroga and
Wilson were present in the works which we took, and it was a
ball front the 7th which wounded Wilson. They had but just
time to make two discharges of cannon, loaded with grape shot,
and which they speedily carried away : we have, however, got
their two ammunition waggons, with the mules, which they had
not time to put to. Thus our regiment has, as it were,,insured
its button, N 0.7, And every one will think it en hotrtur to
wear it."

In Our-Paper of Wednesday last we exclu-
sively announced the arrival of a Messenger
from Paris with important dispatches from Sir
CHARLES STEWART. The dispatches, as we then
stated, were immediately forwarded by Lord
FRANCIS CoNy:l6n.tm, the Under Secretary of
State for the Home Department, to Mr. Secretary
CANNING, who was, with his Lady, at Coombe
Wood, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of
IavEIIPOOL. The dispatches were deemed so im-
portant, that after some consultation with the
Earl of LIVERPOOL, it was determined to
summon a Cabinet Council, at which all the Ca-
binet Ministers should, if possible, be present.—
Orders were sent to town for that purpose, Held
as the major part of the Cabinet Ministers were
at a great distance from the Metropolis, sum-
mouses were immediately dispatched to the Earl
of 'WESTMORELAND at his country seat ; to
tbo Earl of HARROWBY, who was OR his way
St. Albans; Mr.
to o oonni 1 oln,
tf,rsodgany
night; to
fordshire, near
'Tiverton,theE*ahrlo BaArTrlivi cedarti',l
at•Cir~ncrster; the
Cheltenham Lord Tit,)luAkne, yOa r°
RIEGLHL: ON,
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rat
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Lul-
wßorrxth LEY,Caist: leß;erlAlkisrl:i re"; YVN'iNsc'ouhillt
Wales;oa Lord
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ELLOR of the ExcurQuEa,
Berkshire; the CHANc
at Leamington ; cud Viscount MELVILLE, at the
Isle of yight.
Yesterday morning most of the Cabinet Minis-
ters had arrived in Town ; and the Cabinet
Council (as exclusively stated in our Paper of
yesterday), was held at the Foreign Office, at
Downing-street, at half-past three o'clock. All
the Members of the Cabinet, with the exception
of Lords StOraotyrit and BEXLEY', and Messrs.
RoatssoN, and WYNN, were present ; and
the Cabinet continued in deliberation till a quar-
ter paSt five o'clock.
Soon after the Cabinet had assembled in de.
liberation, Mr. Waal), attached to the Embassy
of Sir WILLIAM A'Cotinr, arrived in a chaise
and four, with dispatches from Sir \Vll.l.lam
A'CounT, at St. Lucar, from which place he had
travelled in ten days. During his journey be
was attacked and shot at near Seville.

The opinion (first stated in Tits Sus),, that
the dispatches from Sir CILI.ItLEi STEWART. re.

late to ►►n approaching negotiation, is strengthen-
ed by the arrival of the dispatches from Sir
WILLIAM A'Cov►lT, and which, indeed, render
it highly probable that a disposition to ne.
gociate has been simultaneously manifested
both by the French and Spanish Govern.
The Duke d'ANGoULEME will ar.