The Sun.
London, England, 1823-08-12 00:00:00

tryman professed, Or believed himself to ac t
in proposing to negociate with Morillo ; and
what precise meaning he would have the world
affix to the several propositions which he
brought forward, and which he has taken the
trouble of annexinglo his last letter, dated July
30. There is something or other in this craft of
diplomacy which seems to turn the head of a
poor soldier whenever he gets entangled with it.
The Duke of Wellington, a few months ago,
though one of the most plain spoken men in the
world as to what concerns his own business, no
sooner found himself in Lord Londonderry's
shoes/ and obliged to conform to the practices of
" the civilians," than he began to prose away, as
idly as ever his predecessor had done, about
6‘ false positions," and the Lord knows what, that
none of his countrymen could translate into com-
mon English. It is really with reluctance we
say, that a similar malady of mystification ap-
pears to have descended upon our friend Sir
Robert, at the very outset of this his new and
unprofessional career. One remark, indeed, we are
bound to make in justice to the gallant Officer ;
which is, that although the correspondence (if it
be really his correspondence) has transpired, we
are totally ignorant of the facts which may have
been calculated to explain and justify its objects.
On the first blush of the thing, one might be
disposed to think that the intention was to hoax
Morillo/ to gain time, and so effect by stratagem
some object of a military nature. Sir Robert
could hardly expect a proposition to be enter•
tamed and acted on with a view to any serious
result, from an individual not pretending to be
clothed ' with any sort of public character.
Sir Robert states, that all the Galicians of power
and influence wish for an honourable peace ; but
did any of the Constituted Authorities call upon
him to ask peace at the hands of Morino lie
adds, that the Government of Cadiz evince the
same pacific inclination, and have 66 already
" placed themselves in communication with
" the British Minister.'v Of course, then,
the British Minister may without difficulty
express the wishes of his Government and
of the Cortes to the French Commander; but
would not, we presume, be mach more alert in
making the trecesaary overtures for such a pur-
pose, if he learned that Sir It. Wilson had been
joined by the Cortes in the same commission with
him: That England has " offered her mediation
to the Cortes" (recently, we suppose,) is an-
nounced in this series of letters ; but as she is
likewise declared to have done so without stipu-
lating that the wicked enterprise of the invasion
shall be, abandoned, Sir Robert proposes, or sup
gests, that to "equalize" the parties—since Spain
cannot get rid of one set of occupiers—she
shall consent to be doubly occupied, and to sur.
render some of her fortified places to the British,
until the French shall be pleased to give up
their possession of the others ! What use or
credit is to be derived by the Spaniards from this
arrangement, however dexterous and novel, we
do not venture to guess. Tho truth is, that
if a suspension of arms in Galicia were the end
of Sir Robert Wilson's overture, or if, as has
been conjectured, he wanted merely to procure a
safe conduct for himself and his Aides-de-camp
to Cadiz, Morillo has thwarted both designs, by
telling our countryman that he bore no public
character, and ,could not offer a satisfactory gun-
rantee for the execution of any agreement. If
there be a further meaning in these written de-
monstrations than has yet appeared, we are of
opinion that Sir It. Wilson or his friends ought,
without loss of time, to say so.

he Roal stables at
PinTAiiicigo,RwOhicoAsrie Sp'rroitgarLeEsss."—walsi for some little time
suspended, from a misunderstanding between the
Contractor and the Board of Works, are again
proceeding with redoubled activity. The eleva-
vation and plan are most admirably adapted to
their intended purpose, and afford the most
perfect example of every comfort and solidity,
without the least extravagance of design, that the
greatest admirers of stabular comfort and conve-
nience could suggest or imagine. When this
building is completed, it will set the ground at
liberty between Pall-mall East and St. Martin's
Church for the execution of the plan for throw-
ing that magnificent portico, hitherto quite au
secret, open to public admiration. That
part of the Royal Equestrian Establish-
ment set apart for state service, and the
use of the household, are housed at the Royal
Mews, which consists of the cream-coloured
horses, the blacks, and the bays, devoted to the
use of the Master of the Horse and the Equeries.
His MAJESTY'S private *post and town horses,
together with the riding horses, stand at Carlton
Palace, as being under the immediate eye and
controul of his MAJESTY himself, whose attach-
ment to these noble animals has been unbounded
from his infancy ; and the discriminate selection of
most perfect examples of blood, shape, bone, and
action, has most materially contributed to keep
up in England the acknowledged superiority of
our breed of horses.

AN INTREPID FEMALE.—ID the course of the
present week three or four, apparently Irishmen, in coming
along the road front Colne to Lancaster, remained, all night at a
public-house, kept by a person of the name of Coats, at Mar.
sham, about nine miles from the latter plate. ln.the course of
the evening, and not till after the.men had retired under the
powerful influence of Soninus did the landladi conceive any
y
suspicion of the honesty of the guests in her house. In the
morning the rose
rather early, and left the house; she with
the greatest alacrity minutely examined if any thing was miss.
ing in the rooms where they had slept, when to her astonish.
meat she found that they had broken into the drawers, and
stolen a al.- note and 2s. Mad with rage, and galled at her
loss, she instantly pursued heroes, whom she overtook at some
distance. She pounced upon one of them with a large stone in
her band, and belaboured him most unmercifully, who hap.
p_ened to be the identical man with her money in his possession.
Finding resistance to be in vain to her Amazonian courage, he
threw 'his ill. gotten spoil of M to her, and in his hurry ss.
along with it,
eing 3s. more than was stolen. All the villains
then fled. The woman returned home well satisfied with her
encounter..—( WeBtmoreland Gazette.)
METEOR.-AD immense Meteor passed over the
°chills, from south to north, on IVednesday
morning about one o'clock.
It surpassed in bril-
liancy the noon-day sun, and appeared to dissi,
pate in a long train of electric fire.
Wednesday last ahotit-30 feet of the walls of
. •
nerrY) winch were successfully defended against
King James,
yielded to the Ivasting hand of
time, and fell down with a. tremendous crash.—
No lives were lost.