The Sun.
London, England, 1810-06-26 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF. THE.S.U.IV.•

SIR,

Age Q 2, 1810.•

the following strong circumstance in favour of
vaccine inoculation, ought tube generally known ;
you will be doing a public
_service. if you-will insert
hin your. paper. A Taylor in a small village in.
Herts, of which I am 'Ardor, had two children ino-
culated with vaccine matter four years ago, they
had it in the usual manner, and were in no way par-
ticularly affected by it; about two months ago, the
small pox made its appearance in 'a neighbouring
parish, and many people took a strong ptejudice
-against vaccine inoculation. The Taylor I before
mentioned• had by.this time three rnve children-,
and was persuaded not to trust to vaccine, but to
try small-pox inoculation. The consequence, was,
that his three children all died, while the two who
were before .vaccined lived in the house, and slept
in the roora-with the others, and remained perfect-
ly free from infection. The following circum—
stance also occurred here : a poor Min had five chil-
dren all inoculated with. vaccine matter, but it
could not be made to take any effe& upon the eldest
who caught the small-pox, and died ; ‘4, filch the
other four were preserved from infection, these chil-
dren all slept in the same room, and were ill nearly
at the same time. _ •

PAPERS

T. N. O.

RELATIVE TO THE CkI‘IPAIGN IN PORTUGAL AND

SPAIN.

[Continued.]

Translation of a Letter from General Cuesta to M. Corael,
, dated Truxillo, Bth August 1809.

SIR,

I hav4 received with the highest respect and gra-
titude the royal order, which your Excellency is
pleased to Make known to me. dated the 15th. of
thiS month, with the permission which his Majesty
has deigned to grant 'me, to take the baths of Al-
barna. .1 shall depart for that place 1?y the stfaight
road through the'Pedroches of Cordova on the day
afier to-morrow, -for not even the repose of these
laSt.
:days has produced any alleviation of my disor-
der this would nth impede my wishes to remain
in 'the command, at any price, unless I considered
it actually impossible for me to discharge its duties ;
since I count for nothing in balance with the service
of his Majesty, a life as often exposed as it could be
useful ; but I think, on the other hand, that tt
would cause nothing but delay in the affairs and at-
tangemenis, with injury to the State. I shall not
succeed in expressing 'my gratitude for the high esti-
mation which yOtir Excellencyis pleased to enter-
tain of my confined services, unless by declaring
my-lively wishes for the recovery of my health, in
'Order solely to enable me to continue them.
(Signed).
.GRE'doltlo DE LA CUESTA,
His Excellency, Don Antonio Cornel,

&c. &c &c.

Dispatch from the. Marquis Wellesley, to Mr. Secretary
Canning, dated Seville, 24th August, 1809.,-With Ten
isiclosures.
SIR,
The lasf dispatch which I had the honour to ad-
dress to you, was dated on the 18th inst. ; since that •
period of time,_ my attention has been principally
engaged by the continual distresses of the army
tinder the command of Sir Arthur Wellesley.
2. The inclosed letters from Sir Arthur Welles-
ley (under dates from the 13th to the 18th inclu-
sive) contain the details of that calamity, and of
its unfortunate consequences, which have ultimate-
ly reduced him to the necessity of withdrawing to-
wards the frontier of Portugal, according to the in-
timation which he had repeatedly made to the Spa-
nish General, to Mr. Frere, and to me, and which
had been regularly communicated to this Govern.
ment.
3. From Sir Arthur I'Vellesley'S letters you will
perceive, that notwithstanding' the promises and
professions of this Government, and of its Officers,
the sufferings of the 'British array had not been al-
leviated from the 12th to the 18th inst. that no se,
tisfactory proposition for the relief of the wants of
our troops had been offered to Sir Arthur Welles-
ley by the Spanish civil or military officers in the vi-
cinity of his army, and that he entertained no ei-
petSlation of seasonable relief, from any effort which
the StiPrerne Junta had eng,tged to make, in conse-
quence of my applications to that authority:
tt.- Sir ,Arthur Wellesley's letter of the 18th. of
August, announcing his positive determination to
withdraw into Portugal, ' and requesting that I
would give notice of that determination to this Go-
vernment, reached me on the 20th in the evening,
when I communicated the original to M. de
Garay.
5. Although the notification which I made to M.
de Garay. on the 20th inst. must have been expect-
ed, it was received by shim with the strongest indi-
cations of alarm t and I had every reason to believe
that the rumour of the return of the British briny
into Portugal had excited a general sensation of a si-
' milar description. Attempts had also been made,
with some success, to prejudice the public'opinion
'with respedt to the real causes of the retreat of the
'army, which were stated to be;not any deficiencies
in our means of supply or of movement, but cer-
tain political considerations, inconsistent with the
security and honour tif Spain, and with the good
good faith of Great Britain. Rumours were circu-
lated of demands made, in his Majesty's name, for
the cessation of Cadiz, of the Havannah,. and the
island of Cuba, and for changes in the form of this
Government, as preliminary conditions to the fur-
ther operations of the British troops in Spain; and
it was suggested, that the rejection of these condi-
, lions by this Government, bad occasioned the re-
treat of, Sir A. Wellesley's army.
6..1t is unnecessary to inform you, that I have
asked nothing from Spain, excepting subsistence for
the brave army employed in her defence.
t'o be Continued. j

The provincial papers received yesterday, state
that a good deal of rain fell last week in the north-
ern counties of England, and also in several parts of
Scotland, from which the harvest will derive' great
benefit. -