The Sun.
London, England, 1810-08-02 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

•
[FROM THE MONITEUR.]
f.';" The Engli.kh newspapers never were so full of
'se news as they have been for these fifteen days
I)pastthe reason that the English people were
never
niore uneasy a that the English government
8 'Ver stood-mere need of deceiving them re-
t,),titia- the mad system which they follow, of
Fishing to struggle alone on the continent- 'with'
rance
! The goOd , sense of the English nation
enables them to faese e the dishonour and destruca
of their army in Portugal; they are continc-
, efdl.thatthe mast fortunate event which could be-
-I'dt army, would be a catastrophe like that of
wre• The English are too much accustomed to
alealculate chances and events, not to know, that
n"6., against France, they can, in such a contest,
Zeet with only disasters, and obtain only disgrace.
en of sound judgment, like Grenville or Grey,
are numerous in England; but they are at present
itlioat any influence. •
F?'‘ Ministers, therefore, not being able to change
Public opinion, endeavour to deceive the people.
or instance, it is said that General Sebastiani has
.capitulated: this _report is socu contradicted ; but it
Is 119 i 119 i the less repeated in a thousand different ways;
one time it was a mule-driver, at another it was
chi; ntaskr of a ship which I:Ad arrived at Cadiz,
wliu hr-n,cht these,great news ! ! !—They also wish
lie minds of the people about the army
() \Vellingtou this army, it is said, amount-.
ingio the dreadful, number of 24,900 English, has
r'riled at such a state of discipline, and the soldiers
a" so much 'confidence in their Commander in
that they will be able to, beat 70,000
;renehtnen : fur it is proved that a British sol-
dier is, for courage-, worth at least tour French gre-
Itadiersl
" The French army says nothing.; but it has in-
Yested Ciudad Rodrigo, opened ,he trenches, and
's batteting in breach. The cries of the inhabitants
w. Ciudad Rodrigo are heard in Lord Wellington's
H4nla,• which is' only six leagues distant.; but all.
fdrs are shut against them. It was thus that the
ilhabitants of Madrid' endeavoured to move Gen.
I°ole by their cries ; but he also shut Iris ears
4g`ainst then:, and Madrid was taken in his sight.
And it was thus that verylately the inhabitants of
I•Seville and Andalusia t alled their most jaitVal allies
to their assistance, and that Wellesley answered
their, according to the constant custom of his coati-
trY, Get out (d• the scrape the test way you can !
" The: following particulars respecting the affairs
'°fStain are positive :
fiat the French arid English armies are in sight
of each other on the frontierS of Portugal.
rs,",That in this situation the 'French are besieging
'''Ulgad Rodrigo;
gl
I'havtintghe English do not attempt any thing to-
wardssuLcour to that city ; and alter all their
boasting., they will be the laughing stick of Eu-
to
„ulle, if it is captured within the reach of their can-
.on.

The Editors of the English newspapers turn
Incl twist theniselvs thous;ind different gays;
leY intercept. letters, copy hbeis 'en the insurrec-
iinii, and wind themselves two eery possible slbal,e
tn, order to induce the nation to believe that the
re''cl) armies in Spain are but a confused crowd
without ditcipline discouraged or incapable to a&
and corndanded by chiefs who are ikllo-
ra"" and without any experience.; that the unly
g°(-)ci troops are those of which the English, Pottu-
g`'eBe, and 'Spanish armies consist.; but while all i
'is 13 proclaiming by thttn, the French armies are
41 s'ght of the English army, capturing Astorga, be-
4t`ging Ciudad Roaigo, Badajoz and Cadiz ; cap.
,
tlring. it, Catalbnia and Arragon; Lerida, Alequi-
uenza and Hostalrich; the French airily in Arragon
is besieging Tortosa, and that in Catalonia, Tarra-
gona, The French armies are carrying on five
great sieges, and have just terminated five others ;
ihq oecu:iy the provinces of Spain from the North
ci the South, and from, the East to the West, and
`tleY every where repress. the robberies which are
e4ited by the intrigues of England.
0," This necessity felt by the English of deceiving
'n public respeCting the real situation of things,
leatis them a great way ; they published pretended
t:tters iron) the Emperor Napoleon to the
.foriner
`"'tit of the Two rid:cdlons letters, in
I\)%aidl the Emperor is re,,resented as making ntityr-
ITyless apoj,,gi„ to that loos w Oman ; and while
ar,: printing such absurdities, . thclr cannon of
al:'rlb is resounding Andygliout • SiZ.‘iiy! and the
tit "Pojiian navy are covering themselves- with glory
the presence at their king,' by beating the Anglo-
oteilia!) Fleet.
6 Ilespeeting the affairs of the Continent, they.
atone tune, thai they
.are going
.to have
iiieact; With Russia ; that a War Lknween France and
ti'S'a is 'going to bte;di tit, and di it a new coa 117-
lno is about to he formed; and: at another that flu;b
ril)eror 'Nat,..leoti is forming such or such a project
the tl'antilliiitk' Oi RUSII3, •
great powers of itee continent are daily
tighter the knot by winch they are uullea ;
s3;el are ditty becoming nacre convinced fit the fully
is "gluing for theEnghsh. Wien Ciudad Rodrigo
captured, toe catastrophe will be more imminent
f°l* England, 'and it will then be necessary to call
t
the helm of the State men who are more prudent,
the
Who are better acquainted with the nature of
• ti c resources and the strength of their country, and
• iljerefote incre,Maderate. Such men will be sen-
I
sHe of the urgent necessity of liquidating the d na..
ri deft, of calming their passions, and of giving
ce to the world. But never will such results be
• rh."ined. from presumptuous and ignorant men, who
xv-""take what is well known by every coffee-house
take
in Europe, viz : the influence of the English
w
,:se(l and their weakness on land !"
b 1141 tis, JULY 23.—Prince Napoleon, the ;Grand
2 tine ot
g arrived at St. Cloud on Friday, the
4th inst. The Emperor clasped him for a consider-
able time in his arms, p
they Come," said he, " my "son, I will be your fa-.
0:, you will lose nothing by that. The conduct
Your father wounds we to the heart ; 'his infirmity
alone can account for it. When you-come to be a
sever You will pay his debt and your own. In wbat.7.
ever situation any policy and the interests of my
%(I:Ttre may place you, never forget that your first
...A pnes are towards me; your, second towards France.
' Your other duties, those even which regard the
, Vie I may confide to you, come only in the' next

, • . •
Their Ihiperial and "Royal Majesties hav6. resided
1 atithe palace of the Thuilleries since Friday even-
1. lag, and it should seem that they will remain there
some days. _

There- was a diplomatic audience yesterday at the
Thuilleries. At one o'clock of the preceding day
there was a meeting of the Council of State, at which
his Majesty presided.

On the 21st, their Majesties the Emperor and
Empress honoured with their presence the sotli re-
presentation of Cendrillon, at theThea,tre Feydeau.
The concourse' of speetators ,was inimense, and
their .Majesties were'received with the warmest ap.
plaus,.s.
.Her M3jesiy the Empress yesterday visited the
Palace of the Luxembourg. •
His Majesty, in consideration of the approach of
banes', has ordered-the Spanish prisoners of war to
he distributed among the farmers, and tnanufaeturers
in different parts of the country, 'as the Austrian
prisoners of war were.

Her Majesty the Queen of Naples passed through
Bologna, on the 7th inst. on her way to Naples.
PARI, JULY 22.—Their Majesties, the Emperor
and Empress, honoured with their presence the .re-
presentation given on Friday evening, at the Impe-
rial Academy irf Music. The performances were
Colinette a la Cour, and the Ballet of Telemoque.
Their, Majesties were received with unanimous, ap-
phuse. They retired at the conclusion of the Rd
ad of Telemaque.,

Their Imperial Highnesses the Viceroy of Italy and
his august spouse, arrived at Langanne, at two
'o'clock on the 13th instant, on their way to Italy,
by M-I.ll'. Simplon. They stopped only to change
hor:•es.

NAPLES, JULY 10.-We are in Momentary ex-
pectation of important events. Various movements
a& observed among the troops colleAed at So
The army is divided into three corps. The Ist
under the orders of General Partonneaux; occupies
the right of 'Scylla ; the 2d, under the' orders of
General Latharque, occupies the left; and the cen-
tre, composed of the guards, the reserve, and the
Neapolitan division, under the orders of Generals
Dery and Cavaignac; is in the town of Scylla. His
Majesty is on the point of setting off for the camp,'
and is to be accompanied by the General of Divi+ion
Count Greniet, Chief of the Staff; the General of
Division Campredon, Commander in Chief of Engi-
neers ; Brigarlier:-General Sugny, .Commander in
Chief of the Artillery; and .the Chief Commissary
Maret.

The Counsellor of State, Simon, a Captain in the
Navy, has the cbiet command of the, Marine; M.
Piquet,ciiiet of the Administration of Marine, su
perintends that branch of the service in the txpe.
dition ; and M. Chastreau, Sob-inspee,tor of Re-
views, attend. to the equipment and reviewing of
the squadron: •
The 27th :convoy, commanded by the Captain of
the frigate Barbara, entered Scylla yesterday morn-
ing, without hating been attacked by the enemy
since his ai.:tion with ha 74, off Cape Vaticano, The
28th convoy, curnmanded by Captain Abram, will
soon be hew.

ST. PETF.RSBURGH, JUNE 39.—Forty-five vessels
have recently arrived in our ports under Spanish
colours. They pretended to have cleared out from
Teneriffe, and their papers were all regular; but
:hey aftually came trotn England, or English pos-
s-ssiOns ; and, besides, the owners. forgot that
Teneritle, not having acknowledged the authority
of Kingloseph, Vessels coming from a port of the
Spanish Monarchy that had not submitted to the
King we,e ;tdble to. he'considered as enemy's pro-
perty.' This is exactly what has happened ; the 45
vessels and their cargoes have been confiscated.
They are vaned at 15,000,000 of rubles. The
English Jourrhilis:s, who prophesy a speedy change
in t he dispositions of our Goviernment, will probably
find themselves puzzled to reconcile this fact to their
-predictions.

The inhabitants‘of a farm-house at Denham, near
Tiverton, Devon, have been lately very much dis
turbed and alarmed by noises, wide!) human reason
is incapable to account tor; the many reports con.
cerning them induced some persons in the -
bourhood, of the first respeCtability and character,
to inquire into the circumstances and ascertain
their truth or detect the imposition ; to this' end
they made stria inquiries of the fainly, under an
impression that the whole was an imposture—the
family, hos. ever, all concurting in asserting the.
truth. of the reports, some of those Gentlemen have
sat up many nights in •an adjoining room, and'are
fully satisfied that the singular noises there heard,
are supernatural. The farmer's feMale servants
sleep in an upper chamber, into which they pass
through an outer one, about midnight a tapping
is heard against the wainscot of the outer
,root,
which proceeds gradually into the chamber ; the
most horrid and supernatural noises immediately
'begin; a weight.seems to press the bed, like a chest
of drawers; an old sword that hangs behind the bed
is violently shook, and something is heard to pace
the room, which they. say, is like the foot of a bear
without claws.; a young child which slept with the
'maids -was..neairly suffocated with this supernatural
pressure, but' nothing can be seen: It sometimes
visits the farmer's bed-rothn—one nigh', a brass
candlestick which was. on the flour spun round with
the greatest. velocity; the farmer being alarmed, at-
,tempted. to ring his bell, when the candlestick was
thrown with great violence at the bed's head, but
fortunately missed thefarmer—the room was imme-
diately searched, but nothing could be discovered.—
The lioUseis built with stone, and there is not any
.space between the wall and wainscot to. practise a
deception.

Yesterday Dickenson, who was conviaed at the
last Westminster- Sessieus, of an assault upon a drum
.buy of the Guards, was exhibited, for an hour on
the pillory at Charing-cross, and received a most
.pitiless pelting from the indignant multitude, with
mud, eggs, turnips • and other. missiles. Hels a
well-looking young man; about 22, and was a waiter
at Hatchett's Hotel, PiCcadilly. In the course of
the first ten minutes he was-so completely enveloped
with inud,aud filak, that it was scarcely. possible to
d stinguish his; back from ,his front ; and it was with
the utmost difficulty that the. peace 'officers could
prevent him from being torn to pieces by the mob,
on La return from the pillory to thtt prison.