The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-08 00:00:00

CAPTURE OF THE REDOUBT

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FREDERICK THE GREAT, MS COURT, AND TIME'.
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—The most glorious of the sovereigns, and peril-15V 0,
most extraordinary man of the eighteenth century,is
beyond dispute, Frederick the Great, of Prussia. 16
a singular tact that it has been reserved for a writer of t;
own country to furnish a wore complete and satisfactot.ro
account of this monarch and his times, than has hither
appeared in any language. This work, to which Cat ,Pe;
bell the poet has performed the office of editor, P''ssure
es•
indeed, the most diversified attractions. The portrait
of the main subject, the King himself, is placed .in ra..°;f
prominent rel.ef before the reader, in his qualitielri.
hero, statesman, legislator, and father of his con big
His character and his opinions are freely cativasee";tten-
excel encies duly marked, and his foibles not forg".„t„,
The numerous anecdotes of. his kindliness, his affabit'Sy
his humanity, nay, his very eccentricities, furnish a %or,
explanation of the universal enthusiasm for his Fe gust
which, perhaps no monarch ever excited in ell erased
degree. Such of our readers as have not yet PC that
this highly interesting work, will be pleased to legit; its
a n-w and much cheaper edition of it has just tn_e:bich
appearance, complete in two small volumes, tu
Mr Campbell has prefixed a copious introductiOn-
loos.
HUNGERFORD AND LAMBETH SUSPENSION Bliwor'ol
—The piers and buttresses and other necessary deice
for the erection of this bridge, under the superinte° pil-
ot' Mr. R. Brunel, engineer of the Great Westerelion of
way, are just completed, and this important itte.Si soots
Lambeth with the west end of the metropolis And
be carried into effect, as the placing of the chain' part
the bridge itself will be commenced in the
expected
of next week, and it is confidently leo than
bridge will be opened to the public in
and 6t16.'
three months from that time. The iron Iv oct
pending chains, weighing upwards of 800_ ins,
cop-
earttPthe
cast by Messrs. Sandys, Came, and Vivian, n_ b_ a suite
perhouse Foundry, Hale, Cornwall, are nevi„'_,,,idere•
of forwardness at Messrs. Smiths' wharf, pc' _alior
toota the
construction, it has been found necessar nroper
road, Lambeth, where, in consequence of their Pe.c •-e
suspending chains before
position. The centre span of the bridge n3ak...
feet, with seccndary Ones of 331 feet on eacl I_7ooool
ing a total of 1,340 feet from shore to shore. Tne
placing them in theirw i;", 678
centre being
will be 14 feet wide, the lower part of the
'The supcorting
35 feet above the level of high water.roadway,
1 of the
, piers which are 60 feet above the level
will be en-
DISCOVERY AT HAMPTON-COURT PALACE.—Since
the finding of the remains of an infant in the sewer at riched with castings in iron of a very Ins, 51,7„roftches
Hampton-court Palace, further and most active investiga- T
tions have been instituted, and other portions of a child have in besides the ornamental additions. n
and 80, feet above the level of high waten descrip.
the Middlesex side will be from 1-lungern
been discovered—a hand, a part of a face, &c. The horrible h • Surrey side near to Messrs. ttocn:e.
:from
and those on t e
affair has, naturally enough, caused no ordinary excitement ;this 11 -
and no doubt the strictest scrutiny will continue, in order to
trace the criminal—for that crime has been committed they siding in
various parts of Lambeth, by using_
can be no doubt. will be eared.
the Lion 13n/weri . Itis eaktilated that to /nr'b age,
a distance of nearly half a mile •

SlR,—The Chancellor of the Exchequer proposes not to
alter the gross amount standing in the name of any indi-
vidual depositor, when the new law which is intended to be
passed, comes into operation. Here he is at fault. The 9th
George IV., c. 92, (passed 28th July, 1828), did not (though
it ought to have done) disturb the then existing amount
invested. Now, some of those amounts are great, and, if
interest is still to be. paid upon them to their full amount, it
will be a continuance of serious loss to the country ; and,
that the public generally should suffer for private gain, is the
very reverse of what it ought to be. No depositor ought to
have more invested than 1001., and interest allowed up io
that amount. Persons who are enabled to invest more, are
not those for whom banks for savings were established.
There is another circumstance requiring rectification, i. e.,
the salaries of 'paid officers, which ought to be settled by a
definite rule. I know banks in the country where the salaries
are widely different in proportion to the quantum of labour
performed (and have no doubt it is the case generally), some
being over-paid, and others otherwise. It is most desirable
to have competent individuals as paid officers, and their being
adequately compensated for the duties (which require uni-
form attention and care) they perform. For this purpose I
think a fair table might be settled applicable to every bank.
May 8, 1844. A TRUSTEE.

DES AUGUSTINS.
The following extract respecting the capture of one
of the re loulits at Toulouse, by the 79th Highlanders,
is from the Note-book of Captain John Ford, which ar
pears 'n the last Number of the United Service Journal :---
" When the enemy attempted to recover possession of the
redoubts, I was in the triangle,' a kind of fieche or out"
work of the one we had taken, but separated from the main
part of it by a deep farm road,—and a French regiolee.
-
marching up by that road, cut off my retreat, and that o'
seven men who were with me, and we immediately sat down
close to the parapet. One of these men who first saw the
enemy advancing on our left, had the presence of mind to ell,
out, " Sit down," and if the words had come from a generrt
officer, they could not have been more promptly obeyed. Z:
this moment we heard a cheering, and that portion of
enemy then close to us appeared panic-struck, went to the
right about, and immediately retreated. One French officer
looked at us, and shrugged up his shoulders, (supposing 1,11
were wounded, and thereby intimating that he was sortY-I°‘
us), and a French soldier attempted topull the epaulettes °J. •
Captain John Cameron's coat, as he lay dead a few Yards
from us, but did not succeed ; Captain Cameron command
company I belong to. It was altogether a momellta`j
business; the cheering came from the 91st, then advancing.
to meet the enemy, for Lieutenant Roberton, at the head oi
a party of his regiment, immediatel entered the work,lo
surprised at seeing us there, said, " ord, are you wounded
Having been thus released, we joined our regiment where it
had re-formed, having had a narrow escape of being
bayonetted or dragged along as prisoners with the retiril
French army. After the regiment had left France, I he
many incorrect reports respecting the attack of the two ee".:
tral redoubts by the enemy, the time they held possessl°,l
of them, &c., &c., and having been by mere accident plaehe:
in a position which enabled me to speak positively on tto
subject of one of them, I became naturally anxious at last
have some confirmation of my statement ; and having asc
tamed that Lieut. Roberton whom I had not heard of for
period of seventeen years, lived in Edinburgh, I wrote to
him, and received a very satisfactory reply, of which ta
following is an extract :
" Edinburgh, 28, Greenside-street, June 21, 1831:he
" The circumstances which you mention relative to ',in
battle of Toulouse, are quite fresh in my memory; and it !lt
afford me great pleasure if anything I can say on the subjh
prove satisfactory, or avail you in any shape, of whie
hope you will do me the favour to acquaint me.
" My entering the outwork with some of the 91st Inet
and my surprise at finding you there, happened just as Y° •
describe.
" It was the body of Captain John Cameron which laY,,
the fleche, as marked by you with red ink in the Pc-e;
sketch you sent me. Lieutenant Duncan Cameron, broth
of Kenneth Cameron, the then adjutant, lay in the oplotile,-
angle; the latter when I aroached was quite dead, itia
the other writhed in apparent agony. The body of CaP"'"
Purvis lay in front of the fleche."

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