The Sun.
London, England, 1810-12-05 00:00:00

DIVIDENDS.

Feb. t 6. J. Jackson, of Farnham,' Surrey, surgeon. and late
of St. Swithin's lane, Cannon-street, London, merchant,
oi.e, at Guildhall.
,an. IV.. I. isrickvvood, sen._ 1.. Brick wood. jun. I.:Rainier,
W.• hlorgan, and 1. Starkey, of Lombard: street, London,
bankers, at ten, at Guildhall.
fan. 26. M. W. Persent and' A. W. Brodecker, or Little
St. Helens, London, merchant, at ten, at Guildhall.
Vitt, 30. T. Stapletnn, of Sheerness, Rent, shopkeeper, at
ten, at Guildhall, Lond p.
fan. Is. M. Sherwood, of Doncaster; Yorkshire, widow,
jeweller, at one, at Guildhall, London. •
f an. t I. H. Knibbs, of Lime-street-square, London, in-
surance-broker, at eleven, 'at Guildhall.
13n. 29. T. White, jun. of 'trood, Kent, coal-merchant,
at ten, at Guildhall, London.
lan:. 4. R. Dcrbishire, of Liverpool, grocer, at one, at the
Globe Tavern, LiVerpool.
Dee. 26. C. Greetharn, of Liverpool, nierchant, atone, at
the' Globe Tavern, Liverpool. •

" Windsor Castle, Dec. 4, 1310.
" Hii MAinsTY continues the same as lie was in

the morning.

" H. R. REYNOLDS.
" H. HALFORD.
" W. HEBERDEN.
" M. BAILLIE.
" 11. WILLIS."

" Windsor Castle, Dec. S.
r" His NIAJOTY has, passed another good night,
and is still a little-better this morning."
• Signed as above.
•

The Morning-Chronicle, in commenting upon the
recent intelligence from Portugal, has advet ted to an
expression, wh;ch we used yesterday, viz. " With
" the reinforcements which -are_on their march to
" :join • MASSBNA, -he may, .and probably will, at-
" tempi to winter in POrtugal ; but whatever be
" .11is plans, we have the
.satisfa6tion of knowing
" that they will be opposed by a General who has
" hitherto baffled all the nianceov.res of this "spoiled
" Child of Fortune."--According to this paragraph,
says the Chronicle, it is surmised that the. French
General "may yet attempt to winter in Portugal.'
certaigly he may make the attempt, and we do not
think we concede much when we admit that he who
came to conquer the country, may be able to main-
tain a position. in it.

Let us for' a moment reeollea the language wtlich
was used at
,the cOrnniencentent of this campaign.
The question was, then, not whether' MnskstiNA
could winter in lortugal, but whether Lord WEL-
LINGTON could remain there. It is Obvious that
BUONAPARTE thought he could not; arid many peo-.'
ple in this country were of the same opinion. It
cannot be forgotten how. many patriotic wishes were
expressed, 'that the. British army was sate at home,
and what fears were entertained that ',Ord WEL-
LINGTON 'would not be able to etre& an embarka-
tion without considerable loss fiom the attacks of so
able and aaive an enemy.

As one among the many proofs which we Inght
qUote, we shall submit to our Readers the following
Extra& from the Chronicle of the 11th AugUst :
" After:- all the abuse which has been heaped
upon ,us in The Morning Post during the week, for
asserting. list Saturday, that Lord WaLLINoToN had
commenced his retreat in consequence of the move-
ments of MASSENA, the obje& of which was evi-
dently to turn his flanks, it is at length admitted in
The Courier of last night, that 'his Lordship has re-

treated, 4.id it i 3 added, that r he intends proceed.
ing' (a Modern #ynonyrii fur .retreatitg) •C nearer
to Lisbon to'talie up another strong. position, where
he will wait the attack of the enemy, irshey be
dis-
posed to vehture on an attack.' Nearly the Same ex-
pressions were applied to the former position of Lord
WELLINGTON, in whidi we were also told, that
he intended to wait-the attack of. the enemy, &c. ;
but is it to be supposed,that the French General- will
be foolish enough to attack a strong position in front,
which, without risk or sacrifice, he can silently turn,
and thus compel the possessor of it to'retrein ? If
this is to be the system upon which our army are to
act kr Tottng.it, it is evident that after fruitlessly
waiting I,br. Au attack ju the last strong position
which the country affords, the troops must at length
embark, and ipiietly leave to the enemy the .posses-
sion of all the, stroug positions, together with the
territory which contains them. The British Com-
mander is thus placed in the situation of a Chess.
player, who seeS,;that, however skilfully be may
move, his adversaiy-must give 'him uhcck-Mate."
Such was the the language used not four months
ago; it is now, thank God, very different. We
are not now considering whether Lord WELLING-
TON'S army will or will not be driven into the Sea,
we are discussing the .possitility of , MAssENA's
army, the inVading army, remaining in Portugal,
the question is,. not, whether he who, detends
.can maintain his ground, but whethei he who in-
vaded
can' escape? We should have thought that
the General who bad effeated such a change, would,
have received the applause of etgry lioglistiman
unfortunately, however, the spirit of party prevails,
and our Officers are now applauded or censured, not
for their military conduct, but fur their political opi-
nions.

There is one passage in the Morning Chronicle,
which we'read with peculiar pleasure :••••••
44 The character," say the Chronicle, " of mill,
tary officers is too sacred to be lightly touched upon,
and we have studiously abstained from all cornineu-
tary upon What has happened, as -well. as from:all
hints of what might have been attempted. There
will be. a time fora faithful and dispass"!onate review
of the campaign, and that by men competent to the
task."

Most heartily do we concur in the proposition'
that ihe character of our Officers is too sacred 40 be
• •
lightly tobctied upon. It would - have been fortu-
'nate
,in this cuuntry if that opinion .; had'been uni-
versally felt anti acted upon. We cannot, however,
agree with the Chronicle that "' it has studiously
abstained from all Commentary upon what .has hap-
pened;" but though we think the paragraph ,lncor-
rd'et, as far as it relates.to the past, we ar: willing
so receive, it as a pledge of the' Int.= conduct of
that Paper, and of those whose cause it supports.

•
The QUEEN , and Princesses ELIZABETH and
MARY; took an airing to FrOgniore yesterday.

Yesterday morning Princesses AUGUSTA and SO.
PIIIA took their usual rides for two hours, accom-
panied by Lord WALSLNGHAM, Lady ELY, Gene-
irals MANNERS and CARTWRIGHT, and Colonel
TAY LOS, in Windsor Park. ,
The KING'S apartments in the Queen's Palace
are preparing with airroisible exertion for the re-
ception of his MAJEsfy. The QuEEN's apartments
are also undergoing some preparation for tlie r&ep-
tion-of her 11IAJESTY.

A Volenteering frdm the Militia, will, it is said,
take place in a short time, and the battalions of
several regiments be increased,. Those highly po-
pular corps, the Scnts Royals, Inniskillings, 42d,
and the Ride Corps, to have each four battalions
the 7th, 43d, 52d, and 71st, to have each three
battalions.

We learn that the reinforcements for Lord WEL-
it are to be di4litched with the utmost speed.
His Lordship is sending home all the sick and wound-
ed which - encumber his army. In the most liberal
manner the Royal Naval Hospitals have been opened
for the reception of wounded officers and soldiers,
there being mi miiitary ones of the same magnitude,
and affording the same comforts.

In addition to the regiments likely to be sent, to
Portugal immediately, is the queen's, or 2d Foot.
All the troops at the Cape have gone on the Expe-
dition under Gtneral ABERCROMBIE, except the 23d
dragoons, 94th regiment,. and. Hottentot corps,-the
only troops which General GREY has now under
him. We hope soon 'to haVe to communicate ac-
counts of the Expedition against the Mauritius.
•It muht be. a singular gratification to the natives
of Ireland, oat among the Officers who have dis-
tinguished theMselves ih Portugal, they can, reckon
among their countrymen- Lord WELLINGTON, Mar-
shal BEREiFORD, Sir B. SPENCER, General COLE,
General STE.wAiT, Lord AYLMER, General PACK;
General Cox, COls. PAKENHAM, PtOACII, DOvLE,
M`CREAGII; &C.

Among other Officers mentioned as likely to sue-
.ceed General CRAIG in the 0)lonelcy of the 47th
Regiment, which has two battalions, we have heard
the names of Sir BRENT SPENCER, General CAMP-
BELL (who lately distinguished himself in Sicily),
General LEITH, and Lord DALHOU SIE.

Mr. ELIAS LOVEDAY, Tide Surveyor at Harwich,
seized, a few days since, on board a vessel at that
port, 22 bars of gold, weighing 2870 ounces. Mr.
LOVEDAY found the gold concealed between the tim-
bers of the vessel, uns.ier abott thirty 10113 Of Shingle
ballast.