The Sun.
London, England, 1810-11-27 00:00:00

dA DIZ PA P ARS.

i,,t,:y:

MADRID, OCTs 23.—The desertion of the sol-
e.icrs this gatrispa still continw-s. On the 22d,
f arty Sp,ini.irds,of: the batylion formerly caded Pe-
•lri, but now. Qa,killa, deserted, On t t,e evening
of sime day there was an alarm that a party of
Gueriihrs had arrived within a short distance, by the
road of Ballecas, and we are assured that it carried,
off -a rccono itring party, with the Officer who
oJaiman.ied it, that. marched Eton this pl.w.e.tor the
pori,,,pie of observing it,.
Oil. the 23d, neatly 3is
,Otlicer, wounded, were
br:)::,;lit to our hospital, and early in the mornioz
Vario,is w•aggons ;:of all
Iron), the.net6hbonrhood of Guadalaxara.

It is now said that we have 7500 men in garri-,
; i,tit of this number, the_corps of royal guards,
win a part.
s)n the same day 1000 men marched from this
towards Guadolaxara, among which at Setliti
of Ihe royal 4uiirds.
jLtisewise a conga), d
with ,A 'lures and other'etteets, set inn on the sane
.lay in in •lireelion'Ot Castile. Ott the 24111, at one
o'cl,ock• day; the wail was dispaithed' 'for
taut t the gate of Elierro, stopped by•
p. 1.1) of ‘A 1)0 carried otf the conduetor
ane sight •dragoons ;curled it'; and the post,l-
- Jl9 to wads his escape- a;.2 bought the trews ;
11!.,ceits,5qqellce.of st..vend .detachments sal-
lied .;u1 seek the patiloijs',2but the t.t.er itninech--
ately rFtitea with' ttien prey, in' consequence of
w:hich, at lialf-...past lour in the afternoon, the
coming troth, France :arrived without interruption
by srme road., -We are like ise confidently ,
told, that; the g,uoi-aI courier, who also departed
from hence on the sau= day (the 24th) Was' sur-
pristd in liozas.by 4b Spiniatds, w ho. had taken the
ohtit Of fidelity to 14(1.11/4g Joseph, who from thence
Marched to st.eli the first, party of Guerillas, for the
purpase of joining thein. Tho !.,..ieeting of the
COrtes of the kinudoen in the island of Leon c:injs.,fs
eNtictne tribulation
.16 the French and their pat ty.
Tney have aclopfed the expedient' of ridiculing it
lu
ad possible, manner of way,, aiul describe the thing
ofintle consequence or irui..brtai:ce.; 'but never-
t..ey'cannot entirelj diSsimurate their tears,
and J.liej vexation which the resolution of the Spa.:--
nisi" peooe, to maintain their independence, causes
them. They t ilk in the same letins-of tht
dis-
6redit of the paper money, which they say bag
currency.. The intrusive Government Continues
its system Of -deceiving the incautious, with pomp-
ous pro yeti which cannot be realized ; it has is-
sued a Decree,. commanding the b.ines' of Cer-
vantes, Solis, Cortes, and other celebrated Spaniards,
I,ei:ich lie either tvithin or w ntiout tins capital, tp
be dug up, and translated With great pomp and
ostentation to the Royal 'Church -1 IstdrO. The
individual sepulchres of iioale ,c)f .these great men
we are ignorant of, although we know the churcir4is
in which they are interred. ' We ale-likewise igno-
rant from'what funds the experce for such eu undei'-‘
taking can be dra,h, as nobody. is paid, and money
is watoed tor the tn. st requisite purposes; but.ias
the. decree in imitation of whets, has only to remain
in the Gazette, these difficulties arc of little import.--
ance., • It. oatcraily causes indignaiinn that those
should wish to snow so much reved to our 4o-
t':es.ers, who endeavoured to debits, t:teir desLetid-
ants,, and talk at honouring illustrious Spaniards,
they ate omitting nu • means to dishonour
Spain, • by endeavouring io subject it to a foreign
yoke.—(liegenu Guette, mu. 10.)

FIRST REPORT •
. ,
Of the..CornmiSsioners appointed to inquire in the nature and
extent.ofthe.several Bogs in 1 reland ; and rite piatticability
of draining and cultivating then.

(Coritinued from our raper of Friday last.) •
The cosi of the different improvements proposed ,
in the rivers, and of the main and•minor drains; Ore
estimates at
And of the cross drains, at

X 4-9,268
. •
:20,110

, •
Allociether
70,04-r as nein°.
the expetices of, 616,iiaiging the waters from theSe
22,491 I tish acres, eqUivatent- to 3(3;480, English
acres ut boA, statliciently to enable the farmer to
commence his operationson theni. 'ln this view of,
expence, it is however particularly worthy of con-•
sideration, di:lt there is a farther extant of no less.
thran 40th) Irish acres, riot of bog but of good land,.
lying,alOngt he "banks of the river, whose course it is'
proposed to'improve, and the expence of improving
whtch is inctoded in the 70,0441. These 40u0 Irish
acreA ac,pear to t,e at present covered with water for
not less than half the year, and.to set at an average,
rent of less titan thirty sitil!in;;s per acre, while the
taplands'in the nu vicinity set iur not less
than three guineas.
In the, opinion of Mr. Griffith, these low lands,
if pre'served troth these inundations, would become
more valuabl;:tlian the' upltaid4; Sopposing them;
however, to _receive an increase of twenty shillings
per acre, in their arnual-value;
.sigh e,tithating this
increase at- twenty years-purchase,,an improvement
would ba eflt6ted toilie'v2tine. of :'80;000),
more than 'su fficient' to cover the entire er,punGe of
the proposed drainage, not eretely.of the inundated
landss'but of the bogs also; ".iso that if the opeia,
tion were to be 4.:arrted intn'effect, and considered
in a, gem,ral View, it vonid appear that,the profit
of recovering these 4060 acres' of inundated lands
would be. more than equivalent to (I- fray the .entire
cost butt' of their ovv n n.telamation, and of the
..41-ctinage of 'all the bog ice this district ; whatever,
therefore, might ..be the increase of . improvement,
which the•entire extent of bog might receive from
the drainage, would be every part of it so. much
•.
clear gain resulting•from the adoption of the ope-.
rations sito-o-ested' b} Mr. Griffith. The dimensions
recommended by. Mr. Griffith for the ruain,.dfains,
i nt;:r.nh ut tonne:en feet at top, of two .feet at
bittom, arr.: a depth of twelve feet for ,the. minor'
(;: 1i: va,:tif 1,11.1 e feet at top, on foot fit
uttom; and a depth of ttbllt feet;.. and for J.Jit: ero,s

breadth: of sik fret a;lop,:obefbot at
but-
.tc and a deptlio five itet.-
_

Advert tug to an opinion which some may enter-
tain, that the breadth. m recomendedfiro the bottom
of these drains is not sufficient, 'Mi. Gritliih'cb7
,sersres, that it has hen found by. experience in the
bogt' 0-sscl through by rfie. 'Grand Canal,- whete
there was any fall, deep drains with narrow ~bot-'
toms +A:ere kept clear at bottom by the running
Water, but that the contrary was the case where
their bottonis were 'made broad, es the same quan-
tity of water, being thinly spread-on the bottom in
the latter 'instance, was not sufficient. to carry off
It part ides of peir which it containt-d, but depo-
sikq.l them on the-bottom of the drain, which on
.this acc6nnt required frequent scouring. •
_ _

The mode in which Mr. Gritiiih proposes to
construe; these drains, So a$ to obviate as much aS
possitile the 'tendency of the sides to at.llapie, de-
set tics particular attention, not merely on account of
the sitnilieiti;, and ingenuity u: the priociPle,• but as
posse,sityr, the recommendation of havitz answered
on the trtal, which it has received in the different
vv,.rks itra...:t taken in theSe bogs by ;lie Graild Canal
Company.
heg to be understood as tw no rileans pledg-1
Orly
lug owselV-,.:S to an opinion, in all cities' strelv
dr.t'ir,, and in the'aul.e igoporrion, would be
cient to discharge the waters of a great bog; it is
a po itt on which we Wish to reserve the expretiuo
of our own Opinion, 'until We shall have had an op-
tittenity of comparing the opinions" of our ctlier
engineers.' We consider-the inquiry referred to ui
as d:visible into twh gei.cral heads, namely, the
_practicability of 'drztinitt.g the bogs of Ireland, and
sec,ndly, of cultivating them when once -drained,
In a subsequent Report we sliitil-feel it'o,u• duty to
enter luny into the.latter cOnsideration, hithertoour
views have been more directed to the former; since
if the drainage•shuiald appe'ai- to be either impracti-
'cable, or attainable only at an expence dispropor-
tionate to the 'objeft; the latter inquiry would
be-
cotne of Ittle moinenr; at present we.sh.all' merely
observe, that we- believe there is hardly a part of
Ireland itt which the evidence of facts does nut fur-
mosri.otriprete:refntation of the- opinion,
" that a drained bog is susceptible Of ihe excite-
ment of tnanure'."

On this Mr. Griffith -observes .to us : " In an-
swer to an assertion made by Some persons, ihat a
bog depliVed- of water. is a Caput IVlortuum, on
'A filch no plant will vegetate, either' spontaneously
or' by atiy alteration 'in' the composition of its sur-'
fare that can be effected ; it rrny be'otis6tved, that
although bog when first drained
,appears to have'
iosttfie powerof-suppotting aquatic plants, with-
out a capability' of food for the vegeta-
tiOn "of plants of a different or more useful nature,
still we timid, patience, the'beo-moss, &c. which-
cot4oses the upper surface ocf the bog,
irate subsided, And •13y the near approach of the
/noisy fibres' (Which vAen alive are-kept asunder
6y water) and exposure to .the atmosphere, shall
t'keoale (to a 'certain degree) putrid, it will be
c.iid -that "va,ious grisses of good quality, and e-ven
white clover, will vegetate sPontanuously on its
surface.

" But it is not to be supposed .that an gaive peo-
ple will auk' sillf(r nature, unassisted, slowly' to at-
tain a desirable` alteration in the ,upper suifaee' of
draining bogs.; they will natoroliv•ioin hand in
hand with her ; and by the simple progress of dig-
ging or ploughing up the surface of the- drained
bog, and by gathering it into heaps and-(in dry wea-
ther).setting tire to them, (having previously mixed
a portion of -clay amongst the heaps, which is al-
Ways to be found in inexhaustible quanties beneath
the hog) accomplish in two years, what nature,
unassisted, may have attained (less perfectly) in
ten." •

A preindiCe much more extentive than that of the.:
irreclaimability of a drained bog, is an apprehen-ion,
which we haie found ery generally "enters wined,
that in the event Of the success of these operation',
the country would be left without a sufficnmt
supply of fuel. It seems not to be generally under- ;
stood, that if the 1),0 of Ireland could
be reclairt~-
ed, we should derive not merely the advantage of
cultivating-their surface, but at the same time, that
the power of applying them wherever necessary
fair fuel would be increased .some kindred, or
rathet' some thousand fold.. -.Fuel cant 'at present
be obtained only from the edges of 'these bc.gs ;
the excessive wetness of 'their interior rendering it
in its present state wholly unavailable for fuel, but
if= once drained, fuel might be procured from
every part of them ; and it is a great mistake to sup-
pg.& that the drainage of a bog wodld impair its'
qualities as turf, on she contrary, it would operate
as the greatest possible improvement' of :it, and
that not merely at the time when it was etfeEted, but
at all future periods, and in a degree progressively in-
creasing.
And we are further convinced, that those who ap-
prebend a scarcity of turf fuel, have for Med a. most
eribtleonscOmparison be,, veer any possible demand
and the certain power of• supplying is. 'lt appears
by Mr. Griffith's Report, that the entire proportion
of bog in this district already'exhausted by the supply
of fuel, amounts to no more than 1,117 English acres,
'that is, less than one thirty-second part of its whole
extent.

And further, if these 13.,gs ever should•be
claimed, if it snould indeed become more desirable
to use them for fuel than for-cultivation, we inky be
certain that the profit inseparable from that circum-
stance, would insure that such would be the ,appli-
cation ; it may reasonably be supposed that the ef-
feet would I:41, . that so small a 'proportion ..as might
be necessary tar fuel, would contAue to be applied
to that end, and that the remainder would be no
less profitably employed for the purpose of agricul-
ture. .

It was otir wish to have stated the rate of expence
per acre at which the survey is.,condutied under our
diredion, a•roiut, however, which Ave:find it im-
possible to ascertain, until we .shall have received
reports iron our did-treat engineers. Most of the
surveys of the distrias.hetweenllublin and Shannon
ate already far, advanced towards completion •.and
vieexpea at'the commencement of. the next Ses-

sion, 'to ,be enatled to. fefc6fC4ls,.y li4-tourable
Fibuse; upon the ‘eht7fe,of the ea tern portion of th,
grtat divigjorrof treland.inended beiwcen
mentioned in the first pArt Of onr:Report, aceQlllpa
.nif,d with .a Aeleton map spewing the conntctio .
of these distrkt.,. In Iroportion as they. shall
bG completed., ".ve shall .send forward the engineers
who have 'been employed in them to district,
more remote, and pi-ocfed, as fas as the means
'which may be• entrO4fed to us wit permit in com-
pleting the Survey of the remitining- bogs of rre-
land.

C. VALI, A N C
RIQH NRY) GRIFFITH (L.S.).
•
HR:va fIUA MILTON,
F6STEIt, (L.S.)
WI Li_rtim 'Gout, (t.s.)
.15ated this Toth day of I une, ,810.

From the LONDON GAZETTE, Nov. 24 O.

I k' IDEND .S'

Dec*.-13. \'Varwick, of Iced Lion-stieet; Clerken*ell,
j::%yeller, at ien,..at Guildhall, London.

Dec. -is. %Vol, Newman, of t..:dotentiry-square;
Surrey.. and of Poole, Dorct:itire, pielchant,. at ten, at
7.;rrildhall, London.
Dec. t 7. I. l'ocitturrteri .of Preston, Lancashire; linen-dra-
per, at twelve, at the White Morse, Preston.

OL. 't,. I. I}4n,i, tit Kirhy-Stenhen:-Westmoilimd, banker,
at eleven, at. Guildhall, London. '

IX ,
:c. 15. C.: Young, of eorgd-street, Brick-lane,
sex, viety.llla, at rttn, at C; uttJhal 1, London.

•
Dcc. ts S. 1.. Linfof d, at Cheapsale, London, silversmith; at
eleven, at

Dee. A. Williams, 'of Cliclenham, Gloucestershire,
jeweller, at wie, i,ondort. __ _ _

30. r. Clive and S. Ricl-ai,Aon, of Tokenhouse-
yard; London, merchants, at elcVen, at
Dec. iB. j. Sanders, late or Hinckley, Leicestershire, dealet
• in corn, at ten, at the Woolp. d ~Warwick.
Dec. ti. S. ra.;ton, of !)over, Kent, ibrandy-inefehant, at
twelve, at G ld ha I l', Lorilm.

:Dec. 28. W. Ha.ywood and. R. S. Haywood, of -Mancltes-
;et, liF:eil7mcrc,lmits, at three, at the Bridgewater Arms,
Mandiester.

.Dec. Is. 1. Childs, late. of Huntingdon, grocer, at ten, at
- the Fountain Inn, 44-untingtion: -•
'Dec. 13. I. I'. Fearont- ni U.pper Grafton-street, Fitzroy.
square, Middlesex, late Cein,rander-of 'the Belvidere East
Indianian, at twelve, at
.London.
Dec 20-W111i:111i Whitaker, now or lateof Wakefield, York,
and i. Whitaker,-now or lare„'.or- 404.1 air, West.Ardstev,
Woodchurch, York, colliers, at eleven at the Woolpacl:
• Inn, Wakefield.

Dec. 18. I. Dc Prado,_ of Lime-street, London, lead.mer-
iner,:lnint, sit ten, at-Guildhail,

Dec. 18. It. Davies, of ltosZ;'s,gateway, Russell-street, St. 1
-Mary Niagdaleir, Petinti:dsey, . Surrey, leather-dresser, at
• • •twelve, at Guildhall, London.
Dec. 21. W, Brown, late of Kepier Mill, St.. Giles, Our.
ham, miller, at eleven, at the-Wheat Sheaf, Frani well-
gaie, Durham.
1)e. 3t. is. Bradley, the elder, of Bromley, Middlesex,
twelve, at Guildhall, London.
Dec. 18. Keirliek, of Bristol, merchant, at twelve, at
the Rummer Tavern; All Saints-lane BristOl.
Dec, 3-t. P. Kopp, ..orGaiiion-row, 61d-street-road, Mid-
- dlesex, cutler, at twelve,; ,GL nildhall,- London.,
Dec.. 31. I. New,..11 and s.,Ncwill, of Stoke, Stafford, car..
Tiers, at twelve, at Gtiddhall, London; • • •
Dee. 45. F. Wagner, late of:Uxbridge, Middlesex, clothier,
at 0ne,... at (;uuitdiaall, LOiiilott,, •
is. J. Br-:;wO, late of Long-lane, Bermondsey, Surrey,
tanner, at one, t G trillictl I, London. ' _ •
15. -J. G. Peters, of Chalharn, 'confectioner, at ele-
ven, at Guildhall, London,- - . , •
Oct:. ;s. Clutton, of 'rooley-street, Borough of •S:utli-
'ivark, Surrey, corn=rnerchant;, at'' eleven, at Guildhall,
Lou ‘don.:
Pec.'.ls. 4 . Kruse, of Union-Court, Brprad-street, London,
at cloven, at
Dec. is. "I'. .-Nshfcin, of l'Ortsea, Southampton, linen--draper,
- at, one, at Guildhall, London.
Dec. 18. K. of I'ylai,!stone, Kent, linen-tl!aper, at
elev,n, at (;udmiali, Lonttln-
DeC,-2.9-. G. Wardle. of'Neweastle.,upon-Tyne, grocer, at
eleven, at Guildhall, London.
Dec. 22.--H. Darwin; of Sonthampton, tailor, at one, at
Guildhall, Lonalon.
I),C. u 3.• T, Chippenall, of. St. Martin's-lane, Middlesex,
upholsterer, at rev, at Guildhall, London.-
Dec; 15 D: Davies, of Old-street, St. Luke, Middlesex,
victualler, at twelve, at Guildhall, London,
Dec. 1. Dods, of the Commercial Chambers, Minories,
London', ship and insurance-broker, at eleven, at Guild-
hall.. • .
Dec. 22. S. Hamilton, of Shoe-lane, Louden, at twelve, at
Guildhall. • ' ,
Dec. 31-. R. Rasell, of Shoreham, Kent, shop-keeper, at
at one, at Guildhall, London.
Dec.. 29. K. Wood, of Margate, Kent, grocer, at eleven, at
Guildhall, Loudon'.. -•
1141. I-. G. Bonbon, late of ChatingL-cross, Middlesex, coach-
proprietor, at one, at, 1.0,001-1.
Nov. 27. 1. l'laniseer, Hudson, late of allaCkney-grove, IMM-
•dlesex, and Old City Chambers, London, merchants,- at
• ten, at Guildhall,
•
•
•' " - • I/CERTIFICATES'.
Dec. 15. H. Hudson, of Newgate-street, London, tavern-
keaper.
R. Jackson, of Red Cross-street, Southwark, Surrey, rec-
tifying distiller.
S. INiwned of Sheißeld grocer.

A. Hancocl:, of Shelfield, grocer.
R. Heath, jun. of the London.:road, South 'ark, soachl
maker.
1. Tetstall, of Ckaddesley Corbet, Worcester, tailor.
111. klarke, late of Oakhatn, Rutland, mercer.
F. Jackson, jun. of Great Driffield, York, druggist.
K. Terry, now or late ofiladleigh, Safthlk, mercer. .
S. Thorson, of I Suithlk, maltstcr.
W. Hutchinson, of Sinith's-buildings, Leadanhall.strect,
"Louden, Wine-merchant.
T. M. Phillips and W. Phillips, Tw*ford;.Wilts, mealmen.'
I. Taylor, late of the King's-road, Middlesex, whitestruth.
A. M•Nairi of Abchurdi. lane, London merchant.
1. H. Browne :me of Fish-street Hill, London, and now of
Camberwell, Surrey, merchant.
,G, 1. Briggs, of Gravesend, Kent, slopseller.
W. Sparks, of Hunt's-court, Castle-street, Leicester-fields,
Middlesex, currier.