The Sun.
London, England, 1812-08-08 00:00:00

BUONAPARTE'S ARMY.

It may be. amusing and instructive to consider
what necessary to support the force which
Buonaparte has ; it may give our ReaderS
SOIM: notion of military diffieUlties: His army
consists

300,600 .rnfantry
50,000 Cavalry
50,000 Fo

400,000

This requires, at a
Pound and a half of bread per day 600,000 1h15..

pei week-4,200:07J fos.

• The-horses of this at my, including cavalry, stai.,
regimental baggage,' artillery, snmunitien, com-
missariat, must amount to 150,0003 these ought
to receive each Sibs.. of.corn to keep them in con-
dition. Here then is required, for horses-
-1,20,000 lbs. a day, cr
8,400,000 lbs. a weeg.
4;200,000

Fcr men, as above.

13,00,000

Now we must add for drink, which must be
tr=3ported, as beer, wine, and spirits; .halt v pint
a day, or half a pound and of other eat bie
beef and mutton, groceries, &c. half a
pound more

This rylizes . .
400,000 Ihs. a day.
• Per we;k
2
Horses- ought to receive a: least 1.. 21b5.0191.°47:' I
a
b.
stay : -
150, 0 0 0 horses

1,800,000 per day.
7

-MIST • , • 14;600,000 per week.
i;,,r horses, corn
Corn for troops • • 2,200,000 ditto.
Wine and groceries, &c.

3. 26,00o„000 per week.
Which is equal to Twig :14,000 per,,,vattk.
Now suppose a horse -will draw or carry 500
weight on the average, bad roads taken into con-
sideration, and supposing, as ought to be the case,
that the great magazines are: miles in, the
rear, and that each horse goes'loo miles a,vVeek,
this Would require for transport of food only
112,000 horses.-L.See then

To draw 112,000
For Cavalry - • 50,000
Artillery „ 5,000
Reniup.ntal 13,crir.5,000
‘-• _fie...
Officers and Staff 4,000
Spare Annnunitica • 3,000

179,000

1. It is to he allowed, that during the. summer the
I number of horses wanted will not be so great, but
when the snow comes on in Russia the whole. will
be wanted. We are. to add the difficulties of, pro-
viding beef and mutton at half a pound a day—
.allowing each :sheep 50 lbs.. weight, each bullock
at 5001b5., 400,000 persons at this average would
require 1400 bullocks and 14,000 sheep a week,
which must be kept up in food till killed, .

On Thursday night Lord and Lady i\TELBURNE
gave a magnificent entertainment, at their house
at Whitehall, to his Royal Ilighnesq the PRINCE
REGENT, and all the. distinguished fashionables in

• town.
• . We feel
.much
.pleasure in stating that Mr.
repeated his Lecture last night in recom,
-inendation of. a National Benevolent Institution,
for the support of those persons in middling life,
who, by an untoward course of events, may be
reduced to distress. Mr. ROBINS, following the
landable example of Messrs. CHRISTIE and SQUIBB,
opened his Great Room in Covent-Garden for the
.occasion, and the audience was numerous and
elegant. The discourse was admirably calculated
to impress the auditors with sentiments favar-
able to the proposed Institution, and the benevo-
lent Lecturer evidently excited feelings congenial
with his own -in all who heard him. -It is very
much to the credit of the Gentlemen who have
thus opened theirßooms in succession, in order
to give effect to• the meritorious object in view,
and we cannot doubt that they have thereby ma-
terially contributed towards promoting its accom-
plishment, The Institution is entitled to general
protection, and is a striking proof of the philan-
thropic temper of the •mind that produced i
There , are many establishments in this country
highly ,honourable to .the national character, for
the support of the lower classes of society, but
not one precisely of the description which is now
proposed. Persons who have been once in a si-
tuation that- enabled them to appear with credit in
the world; and who 'have fallen under the weight
of unexpeCted .misfOrtunes, peculiarly. feel 'the
stings of adversity, and suffer 'from the effects 9f
a natural and allowable pride, as well as from ex-
ternal necessity. Every delicate and liberal mind,
therefore, . must be readily disposed to patronise
the. only, Institution which wined 'necessary to
complete the character of our- countrymen for
every virtue that does honour to human nature. • •

SHREWSBURY, AUG. 7.-=LThe London papers, a
few days ago, published an account of a female,
about 18 years'of age, who had arrived in titre me-
tropolis without Money and without friends, after
having wandered to thiS town in quest of her in-
sane lover. Her tale, however, to the Magistrates
in London, contradicts the narrative which she
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gave .here. ri,ne facts, as far :as we know of the
lady, ate these :—She was travelling on foot, with
a small bunt& of cloaths, near Chester, and was
admitted into the coach from thence to this town.
Although entirely 'destitute of money, she was
treated With the' greatest humanity bythe family
at the Lion Inn, during an entire week, 'having
two, servants in constant attendance night and
day;. and • occasionally a Medical person. She.
made. -no application. to the Physician or attend-
,ants at the Insane Establishment -near this town
'but she mentioned that she •was in quest of a lover,
aid she so minutely described the person and ap-
=pearance of a gentleman, who at present resides in
this town, that he Was taken to her apartments at
the Inn. During the interview the lady scarcely'
spoke.; she had. but just recovered froni an hy-
steric' fit.. The gentleman, however,
.asked her
several questions,- and remarked,- that he thought
he had seen her at .a 'public breakfast at Brent--
lord. She mentioned here that her parents lirtd
at Brentford, not at Bath..., Inquiry has been
%lade. at Bath, but no clue has been disco eyed
that could enable the inqtfirerto identify the per-
sons alluded to, -or trace the circumstances of the
narrative.

His Majesty the King of Prussia has honoured
Mr. Lefebre, Sccretafy of the French Legation,
with the Order of the Red Eagle of the second
class.

" They have only a snaffle-bridle Mn- their horses for the
convenience of teeing at all times, and even in presence of
an enemy. If their horses had bits, they could not take ad-
vantage of every opportunity to graze, and they would be
ruined ; for their activity is too incessant to admit of long
stops for regular feeding.,
" t The SCythians of every I.4•Pe hare been celebrated as
bold ar,d riders."—GmoN.
«; They at first gave no quarter, but the Emperor offered
a ducat for every living pri'oner, and several thousand French
are now evidence; of their mercy."

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