The Sun.
London, England, 1812-04-24 00:00:00

their former position.. Had it not been for the at-
tack made upon the Castle by General "PICTON, and
who most heroically carried it, we might have
teen obliged to give up the attack. It was a
considerable time before we knew for a certainty
that' the Castle was in our possession until it
was known, our succeeding was of course doubtful.
Having, however, got posst..!ssion of that important,
• place, and General WALKER having succeeded in
an attack on the other flank, the attempt upon the
town was no longer doubtful ; and Col. BARNARD
fortunately got into one of the breaches with the
light troops. Thus, being established at the flank and
the centre of the place, we soon got pos,ession of.
the remainder, and as soon as day appeared, the gar-
ri,oo surrendered prisoners of war. The Governor,
PHILIPPON, and the greatest l art of the Officers,
had taken refuge in Fort St. Christoval, but on
being summoned, they immediately surrendered.—
, Our loss, you will observe, has been very great
indeed, and particularly amongst the officers; but
you must take this circumstance into considerat
had not Lord NVELefiaGron pushed on the siege.
with such unlooked-for and unexampled rapidity,
SOULT would have come to its relief, and we should
have, in addition to the loss of Badajoz, had another
to sustain, probably much greater, in a general ac-
tion : and, therefore, you must not ineEngland run
away with the idea, that lives-have been unnecessa-
rily thrown away. A number of, most valuable
Officers have been killed or badly wounded ; and I
have to lament many who were my most in,imate
friends. Isf arcely ask for one without being told
he was either killed or wounded. I hope you will
net see in the list that you have any friends of yours.
" Capt. JAMES, a relation of Lord CAMDEN'S, is
very badly wounded, and I fear cannot recover :
but Colonel HARDING, who is also a relation, will
no doubt write on this occasion. Colonel BLAKE-
IVRY, who was wounded at-Albuera, has again met
with the same fate, but he is not seven!), wounded,
and understand' is doing well. Major PAKEN-
DAM, who was badly wounded, is likely to do All.
Col. TRBNCH, brother to Lord CLONCARTY, has
been also wounded, but is doing very well. These
are only a few names among the many gallant Of-
ficers who bade suffered in this occasion. As usual,
I have, thank GOD ! -escaped unhurt ; but Staff
Officers are not so much exposed in sieges as in
general actions.
" Of all the awful/ sights I have ever beheld, the
attack on Badajoz was the-most so. It began at
ten at night, when the enemy threw up a racket,
and afterwards several fire balls. As soon as our
troops approached the breaches, tremendous.explo_
sions took place, and as the rieht was very dark,
you may form to yoUrself some idea how great and
awful was the effect. To describe it is beyond my
power. No man ever deserved better of his Country
than General PICTON. Had it not been for his skill
in the attack which he made upim the Castle, we
might still be on the outside of the Town. He is a
most extraordinaty Officer, and highly esteemeckby
the 'whole army.
" SOULT, of course, will not think of advancing,
now that we have got Badsjoz. His army is not so
good as when we were opposed to him last year, and
ours is in the highest state of per feaion.
MARMONT has crossed the Aguedo, and Iris
surrounded Ciudad Rodrigo, but he will not he able
Co do any thing before we can send some of our
troops to the North;
" I trust that in England you will be satisfied
with what we have done. We, who are lamenting
the fate of our comrades know how to estimate their-
loss. But there is not a man in the army who does
not feel that,with a view to ultimate success against
theenemy, the taking of Badajoz was indispensable ;•
and nothing but the skill and celerity of Lord W.
could have given us' this most irnpoltant fortress
without having to fight a battle, which must, how-
ever glorious had been tbe,viaory, have caused a
much greater loss than the one we have experienced.
It is in this way that what has been :achieved
ought `to be considered : In fowler campaigns
we had proofs that wewere at least equal to the
enemy in the field—in this campaign we have shewn
that in their .hitherto unrivalled art of besieging
towns, we are in point of celerity their supetiors."

Yestt!rday, about twelve o'clock, her.MA;ESTY,
accompanied by the Princesses AUGUSTA and ELI-
ZABETH, attended by the.Gtuntesa MACCLESFIELD.,
arlived at the Queen's Palace, from Windsor.—
They were visited by the PRINCE REGENT, the
Dukes of Yontc, CLARENCE;• and CUMBERLAND,
Lady CRANLEY, Lady ELY, Miss GOLDSWORTHY,
&c. Soon diet' three o'clock the QuCEN and PRIN-
CESSES ent in the Duke of CAMBRIDGE'S carriage
to dine with the'Duchess of BRUNSI.yIC.R; .at her
house in Hanover-square, and about six o'clock they
set off on thrir !worn to Windsor.

The Dukes of Yottx; CAMBRIDGE, and GLOU-
CESTER, were on the parade yesterddy morning, and
inspzded the Gudrds in their new caps and knap-
sacksl and were pleased with the good appear.ince
of the then.