The Sun.
London, England, 1811-02-21 00:00:00

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LINES ON THE MA'NIFES'T OF THE SPANISH

"CART ES ;
n which it deterrhitied to resist F'LantNANO VII. should
he he sent to Spain, surrounded by the Satellites of
,BUONAPARTL.

Hail, free-,bornßritons ! .hail the patriot band,
The plighted,guardians,of their native land ; •
Who, ilia' their breasts the pride of glory feel,
E'en to a Captive's throne submissive kneel.
But, tho' the blood thatglows along their veins
• Fain would they shed to break their Monarch's chains;
Hear them, ye Britons 1 fired with kindred flame
To what erst beant.d aroundyour Country's name,
Hear and applaud;--with patriot Voice they swear,
Should their lov'd King, thro' flatt'ry'or despair,
Deign to be led by Callia's faithless hand, '
In peace and friendship, to his native land;
And claim, supported by a Despot's might,
What ev'ry Spaniard now asserts his right—
'Swear, whilst attendant Slavery shrinks with dread,
To wreak just vengeance on his royal head. ,
Uhl may each bosom catch the sacred flame;
loin ev'ry youth that boasts a Spaniard's mime ;
And swear, like them, to keep unsheathed the sword,
Till front their soil withdraws the murd'rous horde :
they quit the Tagus' sister shore,
And all their sodates' native rights restore
There, emulous again of Albion's zeal,
In Freedom's holy cause to draw the steel ;
Tho'' their ,um shores their utmost aid demand,
Mid social dangers, fights a chosen hand ;
A band that, late, the brave Romana I.d— .
By sorrowing thousands tho' the tear is shed,
The worthiest, and to thee, blest'shade ! most dear,
Drops from a Baton's* eye, and santlifies thy bier.
Feb. t t, Att. E. A. 11.

* See Lord Wellington's feeling tribute to the Memory ol
Roinana, in his late Dispatch—
" Muftis ille bonis tlebilis, occidit •
Nulli ftcbilior, quain Virsife."—Hox.
Laudari a viru laudato.

Extra& of a letter from Cartaxo, received by the
last packet
We are still quiet : bow long we.may continue
so I cannot tell ; but the Vrench are in much want

of proviqions, and I think they must-either return
or advance in a short time. Massenas objet l to

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cross the Tagus, and get into the prOvince of Alen-
tejo, where be could provitiion himself ; but Hill's
division, now commaudtd by Sir W. BeresfOrd, is at
the other side to prevent 'him. This division
amounts. to 13,000 men,.English, the ad, 28th;
tgth, 31st, 34th, Ist and-ed battalions of the 48th,
3911),' 66th, and Pootogueie regiments ; also some
ca►•alry•. Mm•tier is somewhere near Badajos ; he
has 18,000 men, and is endeavouring to form a

junction with Massena, but whieh he cannot ac-
corpplistt ; he has not'3,ooo men in one place ; and
when he xteuipts'to unite any part of Ins troops,
the,Spaniards rise uni frustrate his attempts. Bal.'
lastews hair a Jorce in the neighbourhood to keep
[Mtn in cheek.
" It is;adiflicult tO-account• for MilSSeMi'S holding
his ground AO long, %hew we consider how itty ill
off he was for provisions when oppisite our lines ;
and it is certain be lost numbers from want, for the
villages and places they occupied were strewed with
their dead; but, I believe, whilit they were allow-
ed to plunder and feed themselves, their Commis-
saires were, establishing magaz:nes in their rear, at
Santareth, Liria, &C. Lord Wellington, with Col.
Fletcher, the Chief Engineer, was here yesterday,
planning out batteris. Thictown is On the Camino
Real, or high road.
" We are now busily employed ercaing batteries
and strengthening the rear. In case the enemy
vancei, we are to defend ourselves here, cnd.check
their prowess until the divisions on our right reach
their ground. His Lordship has added to our divi-
sion the fusileer brigade, from General Cole's
: this brigade, consisting of the two batta-
lions of the 7th and 25th regiments, lave already
joined.—The sd battalion of the 88th are in the
neighbourhood of Lisbon.
" I dare say you hare heard of the accident of
Junot he, was wounded,in the face by one of the
dragoons some days since. He came to We Mayor'
to plunder, a peasant having infurthed him of there
being in Store wine-and corn there. Our.cavalry
retired on his approach, but not befbre they used
many means to induce the French cavalry, consist-
ing of two yregiments, to attack ; but it would not
do, they knew our cavalry too Much to leave their
infantry ;.we had only two squadrons :Inds two cum-,
panics of catadors.

" A serjeant was sent to observe his movements
near the, iown ; he observed a number of Officers
reconnoitring ; he noticed one in particular, and
pointed iiim_out to one of his wily, a soldier of the
German hussars, who went behind a two and took
deliberaia aim, fired, and Junot tell ; he was Car-
ried away by his staff. The enemy retired, with-
ont being, able to get more than a barrel of biScuit
or two, notwithstanding they brought 209 melei to
carry away the plunder. Tkey hanged the peasant.
Our cavalry occupied the advance in the evening."

rttto nutmeg tree flourishes not only in the rich
black mould et* Banda isles, but even amidst the'
lavas 'of Gondug,,which is the highest isle, the sum-
mit being 1940 feet above the level of the sea. It
grows to the size of a pear tree, the leaves resem-
bling those of laurel, and bears fruit from the age
of ten to one hundred years. The nutmeg, when
ripe on the tree, has both a very curious and' beau-
tiful appearance : it is about the size of an apricot,
and nearly of a similar colour, with the same kind
of hollow mark all around it in shape it lEi some-
what like a pear : when perfectly ripe, the nod,
over the mark opens and discovers the mace, of a
deep red, growing over and covering in part the
thin shell of the nutmeg, which is black.
The dove-tree grows to the height of about
forty or fifty feet, witit spreading handles mid
pointed leaves. I►i deep sheltered vales, some trees
will pro4uce thirty pounds weight annually, the
1 chief crop being from November to February. '