The Sun.
London, England, 1810-11-07 00:00:00

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EXTRACT OF A LETTF.It PROM At,l,oFr.i.`,Eß OF THE.
BRITISH.TRii,iS, AT I'EFS'ENT "IN CADIZ, TO 1-Jiff
,BituTll6l.l DATIIl) CADIZ, 06T.'0,

` Ti,i; p:_nins,lia small island
nt Lyon, ',A.,,.tch is sep-arafe.t the main land,
to the- nothward, by a river, about the bread`th cii
the Fot:th at!QUeensterry,` gnd,loWaids' the Scuff h;
t 7 -river not broader than t Carron'. The.
French' have, qxr.eral htron o, latitteries on every side;
'aid, are working very> busily , itt rendering 'their
Means of both- attack anddefence.s;ill more fora!ni-
dable. .shot and shells both'reaclarhe
own, but the distance is sO constderable, (bat they,
produce or, no effea, .and can never:become
really icirni.dable. 'However, ,we and the Spaniards
are far from being idly. The French woiking: par:
ties are al ways annoyed as soon as they appear, and
our shot is a!atost, dttring-eveq hoar of the day,
flying among them. They return the fire, but.
from what reason I' know not.„(comelallege front a
want of mann mition); we fire at, least three shot
for their one: :They' are trre:4 Noy sIOW p*Ogress,
and it is belie%ed by the, best judges that the island
is completely.. impregnable: We ate in high spi-
rts, and do not consider ourselves in any serious
danger.
"' The good news, which you have douMless
heard before: this. letter can reach you, 'from both
Tartakona and Portugal, of the deleat:and distresses
of the ('reach, have given our good friends, the in-
.habitants hero, much joy and increased confidence.
The tortes have met, and proceeded to business
boldly.; thcy are,likely to do intact) good, and will,
'it is devoutly to be. hoped, prove the regeneratots,.il
nut the-SaviourS of Spain. The speeches of 'many
Of the members haVe beemexcelient,
,Thepubli,
cations are numerous, -and.are greedily read by all
classes. It is very common to p,rceive, in theTob-
lie walks and squares,• twenty or thirty-inhabinnits
listening to some person who kindly undertakes to
read to them. The same thing takes .place in the
workshops and :manufactories, and the auditors ne-
ver lad to-compliment the English with the empha-
ticallk expressed appellations of brave and gcnotous,
while they unhesitatingly express the utmost con-
tempt and hatred. for the French.
" The Cort6s.4i-e anxious to destroy ahuses olevery
kind, and are really displayingan 'energy from which
sometlnng beneficial to the cause of Europe's lode-
pendenceis rationally to be hoped.'

EXTRACT `OF A LETTER FROM AN OFF4ICER IN. THE

ARMY Gl.' GENERAL GRAHAM, DATED CADIZ, DC-,
. TUBER 4.

" -The meeting of the 'Cortes took place on the
24th ult. and their proceedings have hitherto been
highly creditable to the abilities of the members.
Thegal:setiei are open to the pdblic, e'xcept'.airpar
tictilar occasions ; 'and 'the only amusement of this
place is gi,:mg to hear the -debates, which are often
very animated; and :all the speakers express them-
selves with fluency, without the le'ast matitiaise
honte. There are a few, -however, of superior ta-
lents, who take the lead.' Our newspapers- will, of
course, give an account-of the '•proceedings-,, The,
only unpopular act-is, having- re-appOintd the
.same
Ilegency. But this-was Very wke meanwhile', for a
change could not
.have been made without creating
a 'kind of anarchy; and the • greatriskswould have
been, that the assembly would ,have -taken the •.ex-
ecrative pOl".Ker into their own hinds, whereas now
they may take time to form a permanent•govern-
Ment; which never could. Have been done, at first.
The confidence in this assembly of the Cortes, 'so
long and • anxiously wished for, is -vely great,•and
the enthusiasm it creates very general, and' likely
produce:important effects. ' "however, -Much,-
H not all, will depend Upon the fate Of Portugal.
".Should affairs really take a firvourahle tut'n from
*tiris. time (and the. thing is not to be despaired of),'
I.
shall begin to give more credit to "good coming;
out of evil" than hitherto, tor:nothing short- of the.
absolutedistress of the former government, -which,
rendered therri•incapable-of condiraing the machine
any longer, • without the aid of 'this popular spring,
has -brotight bout the'nonvocation of the assembly
from WhiCh 'such results may ,come.
" It may fairly at least- lie•said to be the last hope
for the independence' of Europe, *and, therefore,:
wflat sacrifice ought we to grudge in the -mainte-
nance of the cause This, however, will not be felt
by the' rich' egotists, - Whip. would gladly get Still.
liehefon the plunder of Spain; by eitabliShing a tree
trade with her colonies. • .•

. .
This assembly will reconcile and keep together
those distant provinces, in spite of cur intrigues,
and on that depends the success. of Spain, for she'
must loOk there to
,the resources for carrying on the'
War.,' It will; thereforeyhe a iiiisernble policy to he,
assisting Spain, And at the same time diviaiog her
colonies trona her, for the"sAe of lwr own coal=
coerce."

EXTRACT uF A LETTER FROM AN OFFICER OF HIGFP
RANE, TO A GENTLEMAN IN EDINBURGH, DATED
LISBON, OCT. 7. •

" Every thing,..is bustle and confusion bete among
the merchants. The thousands of peasants who are
fhcking into the. town from .the 4:;eserted-vil.lages,
aklifed to the lull retreat-of our army froin Leytia, to
,tiwir tries near this glace, has infused consternation
amongst those who'd() not understand that •this•
treat twitle by Lord.Welliugton, is one of .the-rmist
able' :.tnantruvies ever practised, tnd which hay
completely deceived the Vrench, who are close at
his heels, thinking thdt his Lordship sin fun retreat
to embark at Lisbon. • ,

The consequence of this is, • that 'the .Prerich
are cotnuig.ou with a feW days biscuit, and wit/ a
'determination, as they say, to drive the British into
the rea. . The battle must be toughtin a fevd•days.
The British and Portuguese are in , the high
rits, iiiid confident of success. Ail the
troves, .except a few, have joined from Cadiz ;
et hers have arrived yesterday, from, Britain,. and Lord
Wellington's army is now folly equal fo the glorious
task of eitp,lling the nivadets."