The Sun.
London, England, 1810-07-07 00:00:00

HIGH RANK.

“ Cadiz, lune 9, I g;°'

e 4 All' DEAR FRIEND,
" As you may wish to obtain information thoti/C
may be relied on, I embrace .this opportuttil
writing you from,Cadiz, which exhibits at this 111,4
ment a scene particularly interesting. I rettir°,-f
yesterday evening from the advanced posts, wher-ij
bad anopportunity.cf frequently seeing Blake to
other charaaers, of whom u have, doubb"o
4eBt4-tti+ich, Blake has:tinder. his coMmand
horns, an army of hieolv-three thousand ate,l
Cuesta commands here, and Castanos is at 'the
of the itegefley,
vea
" It is reported that Castanos is to be rem°
Iron: the Lead of On Regency, and the Bisi)Pvc
Otenga is to replace him. .The Bishop. arTed
.deter, and ni.man of go.,tj chnaeler, bat his .`°
must be ag.iinst lien, excet-tim,seventy-six..
" NNT. have, at inlet-Yak, very heavy cannorOw 1
from the hattenes round brae,yesterdAy hePtett
swan fire from Pueota:es on the Nilelll).'6 works tits.
Trocadero. Their grand objea 'A'! is to occupy ert
ggrda, from whence our troops were lately drivof
with loss, and the fortress reduced to a Heap
e,
ruins. It will be a warm position, for we Katie
Yeral works and many guns to bear on it. The (ltlhav
tion then will be, on their erecting sea mortal'
teries, whether the,t can annoy the town. tof
" There is no apprehension for the sir'n'go
wa:cr. The season being %tot, has been the 016-0
of filling the tanks, of which the inhabitants ,1;'0
been careful. Tile enemy are flinch discontented w:ti
the species of warfare .they must of necess

. carry one
(le
,p- • •
" I have been several tunes at some distal,-
1,014,
the.eountry from Gibraltar (once near being on-cio
iand every where have found small detacheil
Hof Spanish cavalry and infantry. They setdbc
make a stand against the• enemy, but the 0011
they -destroy is considerable. The enemy are 6„os
to have already Jim. seven thousand chosen tro
before Cadiz and in -Andalusia witiain two moo' ill'
From every information they hoe altogether- i("c„,,ir
Spain above one hundred and fifty thousand of
best troops. 'The officers and soldiers eau never
but in strong .parttes. It atone, or not sufiicie'ier
powerful, they fall• a sacrifice to some of the puiljb-eir"
ous detachments employed by the Spaniards for t
destruction. They take towns without .any
ance apparently, but never can keep possessiotb
whole- detachment generally victims.
Gibraltar the deserters from the enemy (of wharf
there there are,nubers daily) bring sad. aCCUULAIS I
,b1111:1I 101 l Of the French. ‘.
cif
.." cannot describe the savage snd hardy apP -
;once of the monntatneers. They bring pri4onc-r/ofo'
daisy to Gi!traltaf, and trophis of the French-04%5l
•they have killed, such as horses, helmets, t:"-i1),r;il
cloatlat, Sze. In short, these peasants, forlll7,io
clad in sheep skii.s, are nowt completely equipPe'o.
French uniforMs. One body styled the Albux°l;
occupy the Grenadines, and the chain of mouro)
from Marbellai through Rondas and Grenada, Al
n a destroy the French ill doe6tions, to the east w‘'Ed:
rtg
whilst/ the Serrano 3, or Mountaineers of the 6.°11,il
Morena, persecute the enemy, and make
and destructive excursions on the troops to the °II
ward. Marshal Ney's army near Salamanca is :9.1111'
unhealthy. Our advanced division under `6eof
Hill. is likely to bring them to action ; and re01;1'
says a batt,e will soon take place with Lord ot
lington's army and. that of Massena, LIP PS
the, head of 70,000 troops.
01"
" Although a defeat may be sustained by if•
troops and the Portuguese, it cannot irretrievablYord
feet the general cause ; the resources of Spit' td
more considerable than I imagined. I will write
you again the first opportunity.

_ .. .
" Yours very truly,
. ‘, 8....,,.......—. 0
" P. S. There is a report, that Feidinand is 147:1f1
msrried to Joseph Buonaparte's daughter. TV,3I(
rangenient mule in. consequence is, that he
„Lb
return to Spain as Prince of Asturias, and six')
his farbet4n-law. A Council of State is to be P•
iii,meditttely, aad the Cortes to.be asserubled.".