The Sun.
London, England, 1810-04-05 00:00:00

FROM 7HE' FRENCLI PAPERS.

; BAYONNE, MARCH. 30.-.-Yesterday.a number of
prisoners (3500) were marched in bete, taken in
the province of Catalonia, in straggling parties. -We
expea a considerable.number more in their progress
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to the interior of France. It s,i(nagiued.that with-
in the last five-weeks 15,000 prisoners have gone
through here,

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The.arrival of reinforcements continues, and 3000
of the troops of the Confederation pissed onward
three days ago. These will be followed by others,
Swiss and Italians, to strengthen the.army of Ge-
neral Suchet. .

MARcir i7.--Every thing i 4 prepared for- the
siege or Cadiz : that of Lerids will soon commence.,
Yesterday a' great
.quantity of heavy attillery and
ammunition was forwarded from hence. A corps
of mariners, who were- employed during the last
war on. -the Danube, has passed through this town
for Spain, Officers of the Engineers and Artillery
are also
.constantly passing. Twenty: squadrons of
gendarmerie have marched through for Spain, and
it appears they are destined to serve in the interior
.of that country. General Count Suchet is gone
to Valentia. It appears that the robbers, who had
rendered the roads insecure, are cut, off, or reduced,
for the couriers now arrive in safety.
HAMBURGII, .MARCEI 23.—General Kalkreuth
has returned to Berlin from .Paris, whither he had
been sent on .a particular mission, to congratulate
the Emperor Napoleon. People here eipeet the
best results from. this rnission. The letters from
Petersburgh afford every proof of the continuance of
friendly relations between the -Courts of Peters-
burgh and krance.

• • - KINGDOM OF \VESTPHALIA.
CASSRL, MARCH 1.5.--His Majesty, accompanied
by his Ministers, the great Officers of the Crown,
the Civil and Military Officers .of his Household,
went this day to the Palace • of the States, for the
solemn reception of the Deputies of his ProvinCe of
Hatiover. The King being upon his throne, the
Deputation was presented to his Majesiy 'by the
Minister for FOreian Affairs. The. President of this-
Deputation spoke as follows :7-7

" SlRE—the Hanoverians appear, before your
Majesty, to lay at the foot df your throne the re-
speaful testimonies of 'their profound submission.
Hanover was the • first portion of the North of
'Germany that felt .the effeas of a renewed war,
which is at length
.termin.ated.. For - near seven.
years post, our finances, our agticulture, our &Om-
merce,population, and circulating speck, have con-
siderably decreased. •

" Divine Providence has entrusted to your. Ma-
jesty the beneficent task of retrieving our woes, of
consoling us, of restoring tranquility-to our fami-
lies, and of insuring;the general happiness. This
political regeneration, Sire, reserved for your vir-
tuft, for your exalted qualities, is particularly wor
thy of the illustrious name„ whiCh you-bear.
tory will perpetuate the rem beinhi mice" of the pro-
digious viaories in
.Nvhich your Majes,y shared, but
it will-chiefly delight to consecrate in `all _hearts the
memory of the blessings whin-you will have dif-
fused among all classes of your subjeds. Deign,
Sire, tesurrattud. yoUr. thrune with a new people,
happy, grateful, and faithful."

All 16 Deputies ..ere then presented to take
the oath by the Minister lot sureign
His Majesty returned thi answer to the Deputa-
tion

" Gentlemen, Depn:i,F-s of Hanover--I receive,
with :satisfaction, your first homage; I am pleased
with the eagerness which you- have shewn to bring
me the aSsurarice. of your submission I'ktinw the
inevitable calamities which you have experienced;
'it will be to me an agreeable 'task to endeavour to
repair them,.and to give you more happy days. •
" The treaty which unites -you to. Westphalia,
attaches you to the Continent, from which 'you
seemed to be cutoff; it places you henceforward
under the tutelary proteaion of that vast system
which tends to insure, for a long time to come, its
peace and prosperity. I know .the strength of the
influence of habit on the mind and affeaions ; but
I know •also your morality and your good sense; and'
I trust to the oath of fidelity which you haVe just
taken on this solemn occasion. Among a people,
enlightened and attached Ito honour, perjury must
be unknown. You augment the family which
Providence has committed to my care; you' will
imitate.the loyalty of my old subjeas, and I will be-
stow on you. the same love and solicitude."

PARIS, MARCH 23.--;-Many of the Nobility have
set out to witness the meeting of liis Majesty and
the Empress at Compeigne, where iris supposed she
will be on the 26th.

The preparations for the Solemnization of the
nuptials are continued with the utmost a6tivity, and
this capital will become; in a frw days, the scene
of the most splendid ceremony that was ever wit-
nessed by the eyes of man. •

MARCH 25.—The day before the civil marriage of
his Majesty the Emperor, the Chapter of. Notre-
13ame will repair to St. Cloud, to carry thither the
:Imperial .mantle and the crown which was used at
the coronation.. The following day, alter the cere-
mony of the 'civil marriage, there will be a
.family
dinner at St. Cloud, which will 'be followed by a
spectacle. The gardens, and especially, the orangery,
will . be illuminated in the most brilliant Manner;
the waters, which are to play in the light, will ex-
hibit a pellet-Hy novel sight.
On the day of the religious ceremony, the con-
stituted authorities of`the city of Paiis will repair,
about noon, -to the triumphal arch .of l'Etoile, there
to receive and compliment their Imperial Majesties
on their entrance into the capital.
It is believed that their Imperial Majesties will go
from St. Cloud to the Thuilleries by the Bois de
Boulogne, the road of Neuilly, and the barrier of
l'Etoile; they will alight from the .carriage, under
the vestibule.of the Palace, the steps of which have
been made passable for coaches. It seems to be:
fixediliat. the Court will assemble in the salon-des
Mareehaux, and.pass in procession into the great
gallery of the Museum. In' this immense room
have been placed seats,, in the form of an for the accommodation of eight' thousand
persons, who have been invited to this ceremony.
Through these brilliant ranks, their Majesties will
proceed to the Ball of Pictures, where a chapel his
keen consecrated, in which the august couple will
receive the nuptial benediaion. The high altar,
decorated with basso-relievos, executed under the

direaion of M. Biennas, the Emperor's goldsmith,
the candelabra, the tabernacle, all the vessels .tn(l
ornaments necessary for divine service, are of the
"highest Magnificence, and will, it i 3 presumed, be
afterwards appropriated to the use of the chapel of
St. Denis. -

Workrpen are extremely btasyin ergling the bal-
cony from which their Imperial Majesties will hear
the concert, and observe the fire-works, which will
be exhibited in the. Place de l'Etoile.
Some idea4nay already be formed of effect
which theillumination of the Toriilleries will pro...
dQae,j independently of that of the buildings. The
flx,ver-garden, the wail' of Port Tournans,' the
alleys - of Indianchesnur, and the terraces, Will• be
studded With yew-_trees Wind illuminated vtises.

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The finest spectacle will be produced by the
mense portico
.of fire presented by the grand alley ;
on each side of this alley, including the kind of
broad vestibule formed at each extremity, ,are 150
columns, each of which will be furnished.with
lamps; these columns are connected by a 'double
frieze, which runs throughout the. whole length,
And will .be capable of containing 33 lamps between
each column. Thus, this single part of the
nation will exhibit. 18,000 lamps, many of :which
have double wicks. The thirteen trittinpbpl arches
introduced on each side between the columns,
will require. nearly a' like number of variegated

Among the decorations of the triumpi al,arcli of
l'Etoile, we remark several medallions, representing
their Majesties the Emperor andhis august Consort,
the arms;of the two empires of. France and Austria,
the Seine and-the Danube personified, tke.
.The edifice 'which ieitonstrueting on the top of
the turrets of Notre-Dame will represent the
tew-
ple of Hymen ; it will' be 50 -feet high. These
turrets will nOt be illuminated ; but the Temple
abotre them will be delineated by thousands of lamps,
,and seem suspended in the air. This aerial Palce
will have :for accessories twelve blazing comets,
and agreat number•of stars, which will sparkle
on he: tops of the, highest buildings of the Me-
tropolis._

• The illumination of the church of la Madelaine
will represent the façade of the Temple of Glory,
as it will appear in a. tew years.
The cupola of the chUrch *of St. Genevieve, will
be surrounded and 'surmounted with- magnificent
illuminations. Above this monument is construct-
an antique' tripod, fourteen feet in height, in-
eluding the
.steps.; flames will rise from this tripod.
liorincrthe pedestal will be flambeaux and garlands.
The sides of this.c4ola will be illuminated, as well
as the eagles and cyphers in the intervals.. About
the attic will be plaCed garlands, caodelabra, the
cyphers orthe Emperor and Empress, To the
columns of the dome will be susptnld lustres.—
In the sub-basement will 1e seen simple star,, and
stars of the Legion of Honour, grb. Ttie works in
the interior of this Church proceed, u /I activity; •
in a few months it will be paved v% hit -black mar-
hie and Ne-mouri stone, in compartpents, and in

At the ends of the bridge de la Conccirde;and at
the exirewities. of the abutments, will toe pi:iced
eight obelisks, each 70 feet high, for illu.winations ;
.and cm the balustrades of that briJge wiil hN
eretied 'col-umns, at intervals, SUrMQI2 uted
crowns.

A magnificent illumination is preparing for the
whole tocade of the garden of plants, facing the
bridge of Austertitz. The lampi will exhibit the
figures of elephants, camels, '

It is said that. the fetes will not immfdiately
suc-
ceed the marriage ceremony, Their Majesties will
go the following day to. Compeigne to spend the
month of April ; the rejoicings will begiq,with the
month of May, and last till ihe concluiion of
The band of the Emperor's Chapel have rect'iTed
orderi to iepair to Compeigne.

It is reported that the two to viers of the church
of Notre-Dame will be speedily again furnished will;
bells.

THE CLOTH OF GOLD.

It is stated in one of the Paris Papers, that Boom-
parte meant to revive the ancient Tournaments of
'the Field of the Cloth of Gold.—The following was
the origin of that title :

Henry VIII. in the early part of his reign, went
over toCalais With his Queen and Court, to vi-it tare
King of France. The two Monarchs met in a &hi
within the English pale, between Guisnes and At--
dres. Such was their profusion, as procured to the
place the name of the Field of the Cloth of Gold.
Henry• proposed to make some amendments of the
Articles of their former alliance, and he began to
read the treaty.--1, Henry, King: these were the
first words, and he stopped a moment. -He sub-
joined only the words, ,of England, without adding
France, the usual style Of. the English Monarchs.
Francis remarked this delicacy, and expressed; by a
smile„ his approbation.

This compliment was soon repaid by Francis: .
That generous Prince was shocked at the prec,u-
lions which were observed whenevei he had an in-
terview with the English Monarch. in order
to
break off this tedious ceremonial, he took with him
two Gentleinen and a page, and rocies.tlin.‘,..tly into
Guissues.' The guards were surpri,ed at the pre-
sence of the'Mor,arch, who called'aloud to
You are all my prisoners; carry nee to your 'Mas-
ter." Henry Was equoily astonished at tt.e ;ipl):
ance of Fieheis, and taking him in his arms, -‘‘
brother," said. he, •( you have here played me the
most agreeable trick innhe.world, and have site .vect
me the full confidence I may jilace ill you ; I sur-
render myself your prisoner from this moment."--
He took from his neck.a.collir of pearls; tt Oral
15,000 angels, and putting it about Francis's, beg-
ged him to wear it for the sake of his prisoner.
Francis agreed, but on condition that Henry should
wear a bracelet, of which he made him a prese,,r,
and which was double in value to the collar:- T, e
King went next day to Ardres, without ward; or
attendants, and confidence 'icing now Intl! esta-
blished between the Monarchs, they einployt.d 311 e
rest of the time entirely in nts end fes-
tivals. - -

Captain Barclay's groom will undertake his rnatc:l
of t 00, miles in 20 hours, in a few weviis. •

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(Continaed froiti our Paper of Tuesday.)

AUG. 3.

LEY, • AUGUST ‘9.

AUGUST 9.

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PAPERS
RELATIVE TO -SPAIN AND PORTUGAL.

EXTRACT FROM MR. FRERE TO SIR. A. WELLESLEY,
AUGUST 3. •

" It is useless and endless to' attempt to drive 'the
Spaniards off a bad argument. In my corespOhdeuee
with M. de celyilloS, a foolish fallacy; half a d6Zen
times refined in the course of half a year, was, re-
plodubed by him'at the end of the d.scussion with
much gravity in a' note to. M. de Anduaga, alibarst
immediately before he (M: de And uga) left London,
that he supposed it to a/Itide'to some formal aaree.7-
meiii. It is nor worth while to quarrel with them
nor to waste time
.in-:discussion,. in order to prevent
them, it they-are so disposed, from keeping a rub
bish.-of bad reasoning for theit own archiVes, espe-
cially when the proofs to the contrary are in your
own hands.

" In other respeas the Government have taken'
all the Measures in their• power, and are ready to
take any that you Might indicate, to facilitate.- the-
provisionment of the.arruy under your command.—
You are already apprized of the a'med requisition
which had been made for conveying to your army all
the beasts of carriage which were to be found in the
country, and whieb were to proceed, in the first in-
stance, loacl,:a ri h previsions. Orders have like-
wise been s;int to arrest all the alcaides who had ne-
gloeted- to comply with the requisition already sent
them, and to take them in custody to Badajozo
It may seem to you, perhapi, that a British
Minister ought, b.:tore this to have established
a regular system fur securing the; subsistence .of their
armies ; but the evil is of a very deep origin, derived
from an old despotic Government, and from a. sys-
tem of eighteen years of the basest corruption; in-
trigue, and public pillage. -The eet'e6ts Of all this
still continue, and, in part, the system. It is such as
even- a .Sovereign in ordinary times would 'find it
difficult• to remedy, and in times like these required
an authority very different from what I-havearany
time found myself possessed of. I had hardly be-
come acquainted with the new state of things, and
the new faces,. and we
,hardly recovered from the
confusion of our flight, hither, before I ceased to be
the:Minister of Auxiliary Power. At the time that
operations in favour of this country by a British
force were announced, the intelligence was accom-
panied by theintimation of my recal, and since that
time, I have-literally been a Minister only from day
to day, looking out for the driival of. my successor
by the first fair wind ; a situation very unfavourable
to any thing like a controuling influence."

V&TRACT FROM GENERAL CUESTA TO M. DF.- CORN EL,

"'flag nightannounced to your Excellency, that
in consegAence cf Marshal Soult's having entered
PlaCencia, the Engnsh army set Out this morning,
with a fair prosfieel of heal in.g him.. r 1 short time
however, after .their-marcls:

a letter written by General Jourdat.„ and anci.:let-
Joseph Na‘poleon., dated -Vargas, 30th )ttly; to Soult,
through. the means of the Governor 'of _Avila, who
intrusted- them to a Spaniard, who has brought them
to me. In_thetn, aft,l- acquainting him. with the
battle Odle .27th and 2.Bth,.they announce to him,
in strong terms,. It-rity much it is the" interest of the
cause that he shOufd arrive as soon as pOssible at
Pi:lcentia, and Urp,.eed from thence to attack the
which, ih,,y assure him, conists of
f;oln which one must necessarily in-
fr; that Souk 1111.1% 'have had at least
,an equal
tor:'e, vv!.ich renders the victory doubtful for the
English. On the other hand, h have learnt that
Marshal Victor has moved from Maqueda, towards
St. Ofalla, which thews that he is waiting the
rival of Marshal Soult, in Order to attack us at one
moment. in front and in our tank. e-
" The consideration of not leaving the :English
army exposed Amara or my ownrarmy here in
a position entirely open on :the left, which, the
lish have left Unoccupied had determined me
march, to-night to General "Wellesley,., leav-
ing here the appearapce of a vanguard, in order that
the enemy may not: immediately perceive this ruovQ-
menr, and may respect Talavera, to whiCh place I
propose to return as soon As we 'shall have b&aten
Marshal Soult ; and in„ case Vielor should attaek
Talavera with his whole force, I shall at • least have
avoided the contingency of not being able to de-
lend it .

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" I have made this movement known t9Oeneral
Venegs for .his guidance, and to General Welles-
lev, .v.hom I have sent the original. intercept-
ea letters, for which reason I dd not inclose them
at present.

EXTRACTS FROM MR. FR ER E TO MARQUIS WELLES.,

" It -is hardly possible, from General Cuesta's
letter, except that the Etas which he is obliged to
'communicate; necessarily imply it, and that such a
result was to be expe6tcd as the necessary conse-
quence of the unaccountable resolution taken by
General -Cuesta to abandon his post at Talavera,
and To run after the British army, without v‘aiting to
know whether his assistance was wanted ; but for
this I sa.y, there, is nothing' in Cuesta's. letter from
which any disagreement or difference of opinion
between him and Sir. A... Wellesley could possibly
be interred and accordingly I 'by no means trust
to the:account which he gibes of the result of Ge-
neral o:Donogliuc's conference..,

I do 'notknow whether c.f., corre& in the
cause which I assign'to.the disagreement. which evi-
dently exis!s ; but I have ,no report twin Sir A.
Welk-sley„and, in, tire mean time, it is necessary
to take the most populanground, as the Govern-
ment and all the-persons in employment' are using
their uttnost, endeavours. with the .people to persuade
them that the fault musi7lie with its, and:not, with
the General employed,-or, in other words, with
themselves."

EXTRACTS FROM MR. FRERR TO M. DE GARAY,

. .
" General Cuesta has abandoned 400_0 .English at
Talavera, wounded in.the service of Spain, and vie-
tuns of bis obstinacy ; he hating deserted, as appears

from his own report's,
.'the pOst.lrhit occUpW
concert with the British General, and withdrawn
even his advanced parties tinder the command of the
Duke of Albuquerque, which had-been pushed on to
six leagues beyond Talavera, without havig met an
enemy. 'This step does not ap war to have been
taken in concert with, or communicated to, the
English. General, although he was at a very short
distance off, and might, consequently, if he had
thought "it ,necessary, • have availed himself, of the
junction of the two armies by a momentary h to
await the arrival of Gen. Cuesta. My private let-
ters state, that Sir A. Wellesley has taken the direc-
tion of Portugal, with a determination not to return
to Spain. cI am confirmed in this opinion, from not
-having- received any letter from him since the 2d r a
silence which I can account for in no other way than
by supposing him to have taken the above fesol9--
:tion, and, consequently, to havedonsidered any tur-
.ther communication with me unnecessary."

EXTRACT FROM A DIARY OF THE PROCEEDINGS. OF

THE FRENCH ARMY IN OLD CASTILE,

"Salamanca, July 31.

"Yesterday,Soult and all.his troops in nchrct fr :rn
hence, leaving only 400 men. Ney enters to-chy.
His corps consists, according to the; highest calcufa-
tion, of 10,000 men, so that between Soult, lor'
,tier and Ney, they unite fram 30 to 34,000 men.
:'lie artillery of all . the three corps must amount to
50 4-pounders, except about a Italia dozen eights:"

EXTRACT OF A, LETTER FROM THE. DUKE DEL
PARRUE TO MARSHAL BgREsFORD, CIUDAD RU-

DE-RIGOR iIUG. 1.

_ . .
" I learn that part.of your troops had.arrived at
St. Felices, and that the rest were .successively to
take up the position upon the Agueda. This situa-
't ion appears to !lie excellent to cover the front itTs of
Portugal; btu if your Excellency propoies to I hreaten
the .enemy, and to check his progress, so that he may
not come pp with the rear tif the. British ariny,"n
wild be absolutely necessary for you to abandon that
position. And in order that your Excellency- may
meet with no hinderance or delay in the service of
the army under your command, es you tell'iu you.
'have already. experier.-ced, I have appointed Ole
Commissary d'Viconx Izquierdo to. remain with
'your Excellency,, to expedite any orders you may
issue; which arrangement, I conceive, will put
stop to any inconveniences which may arise. ' •

EXTRACT FROM M. DE GARAY TO MR, FR ER E, AVG. 10.

" The se6tion for the War Department, and the
Military Junta, having weighed the arguments with
which General Cuesta endeavoured to convince 'Ge-
neral Wellesley not to abandon the attack on Souit;
which it was his intention to Make when .he depart-.
fed from the Spanish Army, ;have found them well-
grounded; for which reason the surprise and con-
sternation caused by this .ilic:,sure in his.4ijesiy's
mind has been greatly-increased, in seeing that Ge-
neral determined not abandon his 'resolution so
prejudicial '7. existinz circumstances, as the
y of Talavera is consequently
pfter the many sacrifices which
made to obtain it. His Majesty, therefore;
fears there must be some other motive which has
atluated the General in the above-mentioned deter-
tninationiand has ordered me to7expressthis to you,
Sir, bat you may be pleased to acquaint me with it,
as also whether we may reckon upon the co:opera-
tion of the Engli-h army in our future operations,
'that I may ,make the •atrie known to his IV3jcsly,
that the necesssry measures .may be taken in the
situation in which we are placed, occasioned
by this unexpeeted measure." •