The Sun.
London, England, 1810-03-16 00:00:00

PREArIi

In the debate bf Friday last; in the' Fiobst of doili=
mons, Mr. Jacobs spoke with proper indignation of
-tha conduct' of the French in Spain: Mr. Whim
.bread very properly said, " that he must cross-ex
mine .the Honourable ' Member !" Now we alt
know 'what is meant in a Court of Justice by a Cross=
examination, namely, being retaincd by the op,
polite party, it behoves an advocate to cross.exa.:
mine ail witnesses who depose against his
We should have been afraid of giving this inuendo,
but Mr. W.'s fzank declaration searc.ty admits di
.any interpretation 29 to his meaning ! We rieVer,
thelesstake the liberty of requesting' this advocate
for Fre.rich humanity to
,peruse a pamphlet Later
publiblie.d here, entitled,"An.exposition of the'cone-
duet of France towards Americ by Mr. Lewis
Goldsmith, wherein lie will find the following,traiti
of French .hunianitv.:.—

. .
" I cannot avoid taking,notice of a well Writtai
and spirited Letter of a Mr.* Charles Villars, which
was circulated in print among the author's -trieod*
about the time of the transaaions at Lubec, address 4
ed, to Madame Fanny de Beauharno:s, aunt of.
neral Beanharnois, first husband of the Einpre.,s Ju4
sephine. , .

" After the battle of Jena. (says Mr. Villars) the
Prussian 'General Blucher" retreated from that svente
of carnage, and got to Lubec, whither be was pur.,
sued by three corps dormers, commanded by Souiti
Beroadotte, and Murat. Lubec, though a fortified
town, was but ill prepared to resist the entrance of
the
,Prussians, the latter` got possession hi it by a
coup-de-maih. They then put it in a state' of de.,
fence. The French got possession of it, and iii
lation of a capitulation, by which the lives of the
Pros.dans were to be spared, all of that-nation who
could be -found were massacred ! •Had the 'matter.
rested here, Mr. Villars would not have exposed his
life by publishing the- Letter in qtiestion ;, but hor-
rible to relate, the harmless and inoffensive city of.
Lubec was given uli for three days to he pluctl.ervd,
and submitted to every kind of cruelty that could
disvrace•the history of modern time:. Not a female
of 7lrettiost ttendet age- escaped vk)lation. Even the
hospitals and the very mad-house were not respel-
- ! Mr: Vtllarti further observes, that tor thirty
• •
years to come .every-family of that unfortunate city
Will have reason to recollect the three days that the
French army passed there. I (says Mr. Goldtnith)
have entered. into these details, because I know t here,
are some, persons in this country yeiy little dioposed
to believe any thing against the philanthropy of their
demi-god Napoleon !"
• This is "reged-by Mr. Lewis GOldsMith; Who)
someye:ll-s ago, .%•117.0te a work called " The Ciienes
of COOinets." -Vcre do not suppose that Mr. Whit-
bread will " CrOss-examine" Mr. G:: on the' con
•
trary:we rather think that Mr. W. who no doubt
put iniTpiicit co:lidente in that author's former pub=
lication, will belieVe 'all he says in his pres'eni, Works!

M.T. Charles.Villars was originally of Metz, but wag at time resident at Lubec, and au inmate of Me. Matitizal
'Rodde, a Senator and respectable Aleiciiant of ilutt . city tot
twenty years,' Mr: Vi I I ars is a corresponding Metitt;er of flit
National Institute, and about seven years axo,obtinned troth .
that le'arn:tl body prize fora work, which '.he
ed " On the good 'effects of the RefoimationoiLutheri" and
which has been translated ' •

rAbout half past one o'clock yesterday morning,
,as• the watchman was going his rouo.is iu Dallie-
'stieet; Aldgate, as' he passed the hoUse of Mr. Noyes,
leather-seller, he observed' flamis. issuing from the window of the first floor ;he instantly gave the"
alar:l to the inhabitants by loud 'and reiteratei
'knocks at the dont, and at- length Mrs. Noyes,
who slept. in the third story with her sersunt-tnaid,
a, girl of about nineteen years Of age, and- her grand
datfghter, an infant of. five years old (Mr. Noyes
being out of town), ppened the window, and oh he-
. ing apprised of her danger, rushed to. the. roem
door, leaviog th'eAvindow, unclosed ; but the mo-
ment slic opeiiid the door, the draft created by the
windoail."i'liVaillt;:i.lrew a column of the devouring
'eleinent up the strers.comMunicating with her room.
She rushed throbgli the flames up another flight of
stairs; Calling'on the Servant to follow her; and made,
her way into the workshop at the top of the house..
Here she stood ler some time in i'state of distrae*
tien, auxioudy waiting the approach ,of her grand=
daughter and the servant. Vain,,however, were her
hopes, for so , irresistible and tremendous was the
volume of flat* which ascended the moment she
quitted her;
_bed::clianiber, that the ,retreat ofsttle
unforttinate servant and the infant.was cut off.—
They. approached the window to call
.for aid, but
alas ! ere the' expiration of two 'ninnies, the floor
sunk,,:and they were both plunged into .the heart
of the fire. Their remains: have not yet been disco
vered. Mrs. Noyes having heard their, last ago-
', nizing shriek, and, concluding all was over, now
thought of her own safety, and opening the window
of the workshop, clambered out on the roof, al-
most in 'a state of nudity; from whence she made
btr *ay to the windows of the garret of her neigb.
' bour's (Mr. Breach, the haberdasher, the corner.
of Duke-street, in Aldgate), and here, fortu-
.nately, two shopmen slept, who-Aiere in a deep
sleep, from which they were Aroused by the &ash
of a 'pane of :glasS, which Mrs. Noyes 'broke,
in order to arouse 'them ; and having been infdrin-
' ed of their perilous situation, they received 11Irs.
N in their .armsand carried her down 'stairs, !ilartn-
ing the family aS they deseended, who had jusetinte
to escape_befare. the flames made their way through
the
_party' wall. In a few minutes the two houses t
were.AStihe'aiVfnUcbtaigrarion,- the hot rori of which
werejaftiSiddiahly.:'lncreased' by the Shrieks of the
atirig,ht-edjAitiateSiWbo rushed fro& the adjoining
houses,. and with Scarcely atyy clothing, insa cold
inclevtithit rtiglii'sought refuge in the houses of the'
htnitift,o imMiiitanti *,-in. the vicinity; Nearly an
hour 'ehttagest.: before a *sufficient ,shpely of water
was procured to sten-I.ole progress of ' the' flames,
which threatened desnuttion to a great extein.—An
abundant supply,' bewever, was then obtained, and
by,the unremitting , :exertions of .the firemem, the.
names were extinguished before four o'clock, waft-.
out having .extended beyond the two houses of Mr.
Noyes and Mr..Breacli, the shells of which only re-
main. A sknall.;quamity, of the stock in the shops
of each. !muse wits preserved. .

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