The Sun.
London, England, 1812-10-27 00:00:00

cAmr BEFORE BURGOS.

SEPT. 21.—it 115 s .already been said, that Oh t'lle
10th, at night, the Enoo. took with the 'bayonet.
the strong redoubt tb the north of the Cast!c ;
but the circumstances which attended the capture,'
and which 'will display the intrepid character ,of
the assailants, are well ivorthy being noticed.
Four hundred Portuguese, carrying scaling ladders,
'led the van, but on their arrival at the fosse they
found the ladders were too. Short. They hesitated
for a moment, but at. the same instant came up
the famous brave Highlanders, who commenced
the attack like lions, who locking their bayonets,
were mounting by them, thus supplying the defect
of the ladders. The result was, that they cut in
pieces all they found within, with the exception
of about, 40, td whom they gave quarter, which
they earnestly implored-. / •
, SEPT. 20.--Three pieces were sent into the re-
doubt that had been taken, also tim.ber, and other
materials nece.-,ary for constructing a batterY:

SEPT."22.—The enemy threw balls and hand-:
grenades into the works at the redoubt, but did not
prevent their continuation.
SEPTEMBER 23.—At night the enemy kept up a
lively and continued fire of howitzers, cannon,
musketry, and hand grenades, which lasted five
hours without intermission. According to all
appearances, an assault was making; on the
Castle with' scaling, so at least ve judged
f:om the camp, though we could not brit Con-
demn what we conceived to be a very rash at,
tempt ; but to-day we found that it was to cover a
sally which the enemy had
_endeavoured to make
to procure water from some neighbouring wells,
.but in which they did not succeed, but lost in the
attack two pieces of cannon, and had many killed.
The first regiment of Asturias, /which garrisoned
the City, and opposed an intrepid resistance to the
enemy also Suffered some loss. A flag of truce
was to-day sent-to the Colonel of the enemy, inti-
mating that her must abstain from firing upon and
destroying the city, or expect the severest treat-
ment. A peasant, who in the attack to-nighthad
contrived to escape4from it, and who had been
employed in it, though much agNinst his inclina-
tion, to take care of the cattle, assures us that along
with the Fren eh are many traitors, who throw them-
selves at their feet, and intreat them with tears,
to listen to no capitulation, for there is great
reason to hope that relief will soon arrive. Such •
is the meanness to which the vile wretches who
have conspired alinst their country can descend.
The French treat them with the greatest contempt,
and only use them well as far as it is conducive to
their own views. The answer which BUONA:-
PARTE gave at Madrid tot ove of his Marshals,
blaming him for his excessive compliance with
their applications for favour, is well known—" we
must support.and humour them till ();,r work is
done." It is notorious through the whole pro-
vince of :Burgos, that the degenerate Spaniards
who follow.in the train of the French, are called
by ,them the canai'lle, au honour weli deserved by
those vealig and ignorant men who adhere to the
maxims and tarty: of the Tyrant.
SEPT. 2 1,---14ighteen French. deserted to us.
The,Erigli.dh have begun a covered waylrom the
redoubt they have taken to the citadel.
SEPT. 25.—it is said, that the fugitives in Pan,
corbo are already besieged by the great Anglo
Poriuguesedv iision, which went frdm hence after
them; but this, wants confirmation.

SErr. 26.—Those besieged are in great want of
water. They have got some poor women, whom
they let down over tho wall, t:atving them four reals
for every bucket full they bring theui.
SEig 27.—The work of the covered way is
continued, as is also the fire of the besieged. At
night the Ist regiment of Asturias took a small.
parapet, which the enemy had to the east of the
Castle. '

SEPT. 28.—The covered *ay, was Completed,
and from it a mine begun, which is carried on
with the greatest activity, and, it is said, will be
ready to .be biown till to-morrow. The enemy
defend themselves with great obstinacy, though
we know they suffer greatly from the scarcity of
water; but all their resistance,' according to their
situation and the state of our works, cannot con-
tinue more than four days.

4.—This morning at day-break
,a brisk '
fire of artillery was begun frotn'the English bat-
tery constructed in the redoubt, to which the
enemy answered with corresponding briskness.
Four mines are already charged, and prepared at
the first word to throw down a great part of the
wall that surrounds the height on which the cas-
tle stands, and according to appearances and the
dispositions Made, they will, be blown up to
night or in the morning, so that in a few days we
shall be masters of the fortress. The inhabitants
of the neighbouring country loOk up with enthu-
siasm to their deliverers, and onake every exertion
to give assistance to the allied troops.

LOGA, SUPT, 17.—We have had an action with
Soult's rear-gnarl in the neighbourhood of this
place ; killed -36, and taken 122 prisoners.
forces consist of from 33 to 40,000 men.

I a;11 persuaded that after Hill, Penne, Morella,
the 2d division, the- expeditionary division, in
combination with that from Majorca, which is al-
ready in Loria, battle will be given, because all
the preparations arc of a bloody descriptiOn.
BELMONT, 5ErT..12.7-The head-quarters of the
3d army, under General :Elio, are in this place.
force consists 'of 6000 infantry and 1500 horse,
under the - orders of Senor S. Juan, in conse-
quence of Senor Freyere's. absence at Madrid, and
ten pieces of artillery, he has left in each of the
Castles of Aquilas, Lorca, Caravaca,
and Alcantirrilia, with 100 infantry, well supplied
with. provisions.
CADIZ, OCT. 3.—We have just received a dis-
patch from ,Gen. Ballasteros, which states that
Soult, with his troops, .were in Baza, without
Making any plovements-3 it, is said that General
Ballasteros has received orders with his army to
join. Ge;leral Hill, NVIIO will have marched from
oledo.

On, the 12th inst. an Inquest was held in Horn
beach March, on the body of John Dallymore, a n
Irish►nan. After an investigation into .the cir-
ctimstances of this, man's death, which occupied
two days, a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against
William Alderman was returned; and the Core-
ifer imMediately co►nniitted him to Lincoln gaol.

NilinNir AT TAAVANCORE.

EFIJeTHER FARTICULARS.

fr.X.I'ACT OF A LE'T'TER FROM AN orricEA AT

.W.JIL9N; To MS FRIEND AT MADI's kS

".0h:oole, .11-A3' 30.—As you have !h'obablv
heinei net vague rePorts Of What is goino • forward
Travancore,". ',take:the libth tr, ,as it. may not
prove uninteresting, of in ihrtiiing yOu of the dan-
get myself, and every European `Officer in uilon,
have escaped. I must commence by telling you,
that we have had, as State Prisoners, a Dewan of
Travaamore, lately for some Misdemeanoiir deros-
ed ; also a man called the Pyche-Rajah.-, These
together, by bribery, had corrupted a Native Of-
ficer of the 14th regiment of. infantry, and they-
engaged him 'to bring into their plans; the
greatest part ofthe native troops of Quilon, and,
I am sorry to say, in a great measure they,suh7
ceeded. The ilajab, the prime instigator of the
whole plot, proposed; that when sufficient num-
bers of sepoys came into their Views, to attempt
the murder of all the European Cffieers - in the
place, and to be accomplished in the following
manner :—They bad heard that the 18th regiment
were to_he reviewed on. a certain day,' and that
every Officer in the cantonment, the Resident in-
eluded, were' to dine at our Mess in the evenihg,
The conspirators werehto fall upoU us -when as.:
sembled, and to strike off the head, of .every cine
When this horrible murder was accomplished,
they were to remain ge-iet till morning, On the apj
pearance of which, the drums were to beat to arms;
and the three corps were to be thus disposed of—
' one was to march to the southern lines, another
to the northern, and the third to the Arungbant
Pass, for the purpose of preventing the mareh of
troops into the country. Several battalions were
also to be immediately raised, and by these means
they expected to keep possession of Travancore.
I must tell you, that to accomplish, the intended..
massacre, and to make it the more easy; the lines
were to be fired ; and if the 6fficers left the mess-.
house, which-they expected they would do, they
intended to bayonet them as they came out.'
" This abominable and atrocious design was
.prevented, only by the absence-of one man, -who
had promised to make his appearance with fifty
associates. It was, two days after, found out by
a sepoy, who overheard a few of the conspirators
talking of the business, and lamenting why it was
not accomplished, and appointing the next public
party; which they expected would be on -the 4th
of June, as the day of business. The Command-
ing Officer was informed of the whole by this man.
The brigadh was immediately ordered out, for what
purpose not an Officer knew. The native Officer
above-mentioned was called to the front, with
about 30 sepoys, by name; these were from the
14th regiment; and were immediately put in irons,-
and sent to the main-guard. A Field Officer, one
Captain,. and 2h-subalterns, were immediately or-
dered on duty, and it was then-that the Officers
knew the extent of the danger they had providen -
tinily escaped, hut never dreamed that more of the
native troops were concerned. The folh4ing morn-
ing a Board of Officers was held, and a few sepoys
turned King's evidence. They informed the Corn- •
mitte,e of what I havealreadv told you, but did net
implicate another person. It was thought strange
that s,h _few should have the temerity, without
other assistance, to attempt such a vile murder;
but the following morning a Fakeer, and one or
two- other persims, were taken up on.sushicion ;
and when the Committee had met, they gave in
evidence, that two-thirds -Of the troops, with the
native Officers, were concerned. The Fakeer
called out a great number by name from the 14th,-
(native Officers), five front the 18th, two or three
from the llth- and 9th ; implicated some- of the
Resident's Peons, natives of the place, and seve-
ral Officers' servants'; he also said nearly all the
Sepoys of the 14th, and several from the other
corpS, were engaged in the plot ; and that the
man in charge of the public cattle had-been bribed,
and many others. The danger was now thought
very great, and Quilon was in great agitation and
alarm.. It was deemed necessary to make an im-
mediate
example of one oh -two of the rhugleaders.
All the native Officers- who had been implicated,
from the different corps, were sent off to Tri-
ehinopoly that.dayh under the guard of 50 of the
Resident's Peons, and the whole under the charge
of an Officer of the 14th. The 14th itself was or-.
dered to leave Quilon, with its European-Officers,
the following morning, and to march to.the same
place ; but they march in the course of this day
instead, as twelve hours was rather too short a
notice. On the same day that this information was
received, (the day before yesterday) the troops
were ordered under arms, and formed a line in bri-
gade at five o'clock. Three guns were advanced to
the front of theline, about 100 paces from the cen-
tre ; also u gun from each flank the same distance.
The latter were prhned and. loaded with grape-
shot, and pointed towards the battalion, as it was
expected the sepoys would
,Make some opposition
to the several measures in contemplation. Tw6
of the guns in the centre were only loaded with
powder. •Twd prisoners, the Jemillar that I fo-st
mentioned, and a writer, , who been most guilty,
Were brought forward, and, ,without 'ceremony,
were lashed each to the muzzle of -a gun. The,
troops, on seeing this, were still as death—net a
murmur, no not even a breath was to be heard—
and, at this awful crisis, Aalmain, Brigade-Major,
read over the sentence that had been awarded the
prisoners by the. Board of Officers which sat in
the morning; and the Colonel gave the words,
Ready ! Fire-!.' An involontary shudder ran 1
through the whole line, but nothing more. The
Colonel then informed the troops why be was
obliged to have recourse to this severe met sure,
and ordered the- whole line to march round the
bodies, and return to their barracks." -

Monday last an unusually high- tide rose at
Gloucester, whicn overflowed the meadows on
the- banks of the Severn: and swept away 200
sheep' belonging to a gentleman farmer, all of
which periSbed: in the flood; many of the car-
casses' being recovered, were taken to Lydney
Market, and sold at reduced prices to the poor.
The same tide also_ inundated a great part of the
tarl of 'Berkeley's estate, breaking. down the
fenees, and otherwise doing considerable damage.
WEAD.—To-day there was no Court of Alder-
men', the Lord Mayor after inspecting the Re-
turns ; ordered, bread to be raised a farthing in
the Qua'rtern Loaf. •

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