The Sun.
London, England, 1811-09-17 00:00:00

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liAlll3, iO.;--A cartel, arrived at Moiiaix
from the Isle of France;' has brought us the Ibl.
Imking details...with regard to the state of affairS in
India
The Inhabitrinta of the 'ilea of France and of
• BuOnaparte hove l eeti Cruelly deceived m their di,
pedationa. of Being the English observe with. fi,deliiy
the articles of capitulaiicat. The . first . measure of
the English Administiatiori was to donblethe diced
taxes, .antiAtadd inirect ones. colonial produce
• was 'then Tiroltibited to be experted in, any other
ships but those of 'the, East' India Company.; that
produce brought to England, which Is.quite over-
stocked with it, is sold at,a loss: , . The French are
only to carry nn the coasting trades4rom tale to isle,
and w.ith,the coist.of-bladagascar. -•-•
To term the eipedition against the Isle of France; •
the English had stripped their Indian possessions of
troops; but the; insanity of the famous Holkar made
titeni suppo4e themselves in no. dangetr•of an imme- •
diate .attack: Sir Barlow, the. Governori.General,
was employed in the month of March, in projeft-
itig an expedition against Batavia; but Gen. Dien-.
who commanded there, was in such
.prosper-
ous circumstances,'as to be able to make the enemy
repent of an attempt on that colony. •
That General had just victoriously terminatedd-a
war against.the King of pantani, and a coalition of
petty Javanese Princes. He had traversed.as Con-
quetor the whole Island from Bantam to Sourabage,.
whence-he pad returned to his camp at Veltefreden;
some leagnea'distant -fidrn I.l.itairia; In this
trenched canip, which is placed- upon heights in
free and w7holeserne atmosphere; General Daendels
had colleded e 5,000. men mostly natives.: among
than,' he tilSced' chic( dependence on the Bong-
geses, or Natives of Macassar. •
The fortifications of Batavia-on.the land side were'
entirely'raied : ihoUtl the enemy occupy that place,
General Daentlek Could maintain his ground-on the
mountain's', :till the distiases of the climate shbuld.
annihilate the Eughsh army. This General,•-esteem•
ed for his severe ptobity, fears the'English so little,
that he is even preparing a maritime expedition to
drite them from the Moluccs Isles.

M
every day some
Spanish prisoners of the gairisop of figueras pass
through our town. TO-day 300 arrived; most of
them are sick,, and covered

The Lisbon Gazelle contains the following offi-
cial articles

Elm Act of a l.)ipatch from his Excellency Lord %VALLI wc-
TON, direct :,,O)ugal, August 8 to hut xcellency Don
Ivllcolc-I'OKJAZ,

I haVe c.oittinued to move the troops upon

their left since my dispatch of the 18L instant to
your Excellency. (-4,-rtsl-41. Sitevetaa informs' me,
under 'doe of the' ti.sthly, that the troops of
BESSII3II4S, and thus: undet.the command Of Gene!,
ral SANTOL;I4DES, continued 10 maintain the same
positions, which they iespocliv,',ly occupied accord.
ing to his letter of the 2lat of July.
I. know that apart of the filth army still re-
mained in Zafra on the 2d inst. and that a division
Emily tad set out in the diredion (4 the country of
Nienla. All the information which I haile received
:14,t.ees in stating, that Marshal SOuLT has gone in
. the direction of Gret,ada. have received a cOmmu-
nication from Valladolid, mentioning that Mariihat
Beasts:us had gone to France, and that General
VAiaNtit.had now the command of the North of
Spain."

•
Extraa of a Dispatch from Lord Ws LLINGTON to Don
hirostai, Vi.astit4 1 ORJAZ,d4tCd kleati6tlU.Artcrt4 rutitto
Guina4to,, HO of August,. t 8 s.
" The, enemy' bas'lnade no alteration in regard
to the, respe6tive
.posiiions which their different
corps, occupied since my St dispatch of the Bth
inst. The Army pf
.Poitugal was in the same pO.,
sktions in the vallerot .t he Taguq, and near Placentia.
on the ti2!iticipl. The Argly,of the North, and the.
Fifth Corp, remain as they were on the I..:th inst.
It' api.ears .very certain that" Souvr has marched
in the ditc4i44t of Grenada, with
..a ,lalge corps or
00p.54

'• WCLLINGTON."

A letter :frOm Lisl3on, dated the 25 di, states as
follows.:--

" The INleipthnene has 'just • arrii•ed, convoying
the 3d Dragnoni; some 'of the 'German Legion Ar.•
tillery and'tietaclimint. fresh troops continue to,
arrive' in this to augment.the Limy of his
Excellehty EtLINOTON. Yesterday arrived'
a convoy' of cavalry, Yesterday.landad, several Corps'
Of-Infantry, ,and a great number of cavalry 'lately
arrived. from England:. The appearance and gOod
discipline of these troops is equal to that which we
have so often admired in all the other corpa, which
form the 'auxiliary ..army sent to aid the cause olpur
independence."

Our letters by. Le Rhin frig ite, :froM,Corunna Are
th
numerous, and to e date or the 7th
strong'detachnient which threatened the army of
ADADI A WAS from• the forces "lately under Bras-
-61 gtt liS. The Spanish General retreated before them,
until he reached the defiles of Villa Franca, where
he Made a stand to 'receive the 'enemy, but the
French not thinking it tit to attack him in these
formidable lines, withdrew. The Patriot troops
ifollowed close upon their rear, and took some pri.
sorters. The following is an extraa•of a letter
the latest date

'1 Corunna, Sept. 6

" We have been in great alarm, here in conse-
quence of, the rapid advance of the French army
upon and the retreat of General AiintA', but
the es,,petlent , rnancenvreS of LOrd wrow
have obliged the French to fall back, and have 're
inOved all our anxiety. Our Gallician army united
to•theAsitvii\osompunts, to ,25,0Q0 mon, but only
15)(16n41-Fi, armed. Lord WELLliiorr ow has deter-
mined to cal. them' into atEtive-duty, and has
:plied a part, wirh clothing, ammunition,' and a few
arms.
‘- We diintinne to hear rumonrs.of arrivals a
remforcements into. Spain through Biscay,. but nut
to: a lame mount " 1:Ite French' army under: MAK-
IvION T hotbeen 'atr6rigtliened 'from -Madrid; Valla-.
'dolid,, and, other. places, with 'lo,noo men, very
art :in arms, and ready to lay.
.down theit iirei-in*deferiCe of rhe'ltily,tiont."

POET' ?Y

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TITS tioN. W. R. srENcts.

fio
sooth,thy languid liburtir.rPr humble strain;
by tit happiei"nuthl?Crs ran
So scentless -gales, when Summer burns the plititti
Borrow i frgrance from the Rose they fan I

DtfilLlN, SEer.

On N' tonday last the'Curragh RaC#o, commeteed,
and die weather was elocoinnioni3rfine i nine dif-
ferent races:too-lc place, which ;tweeted a numerous
assemblage of every description in society.
'The different matches were well contested) those
which created, most interest were the match for the
Cilia- and 250 guineas,.. over. the course, betwee4
Colonel Lottas s Hollyhock, and Mr. M. Brow Ile.B
English hoise. Pope—won by the latter i odds at
Matting three to one in favour of .Hollyhock..
Tile next Viak'i 'Match of conaidemble interest
for ‘6OO guineas,—lreland against EnglAncli
Eruen, county Carlui:V;
.having wagered for lha
sum' with Sir Wheeler Cuffe, that he would o'o6
duce an English horie which , should beat any Ti i.h
'bred horse, that Sir Wheeler should bring against
him—two miles. At starting the odds were. con»
siderably in favour of Mr'. Bruen's English horse,
' White-nose,- Sir Wheeler being disappointed
prOcUring.a horse.tirhich,
_in all probability, would,
have proved the .liampion of Ireland.
Slug was the horse that was beat upon this QC+,
casioa, but nevertheless made a good , race. Thai
day's sport did not conclude till dal k.
The stand.diouSe was considerably crowded with'
the first chareCters in the neighbourhobd..

Bread wai advanced 9.. d, per peck. to-day. Th9'
quaitern loaf will be Is. 41d!
TWo shipcVt iglus belonging to the deck yard tic,
Plymouth, . being at work on board an old Spanish
sloop of war,, which fitting tor a receiving bulk,'
iin,catting away a pirce of ceiling -plank, they found.
a baa of dou'blotina concealed, to the' value of up.
weals (45001;''' •

Saturday morning, about 'five o'cloCk, a salesman,.
going to Smithfield 'Market, was hustled in Cnick•
T-ne!by five or six 'fellows, and' robbed of his pocket,
bOok, containing 251._ in batik-notes, with witch'
.
they made theirescape towards Field-lane.
A robbery was committed on one- of the Cam.:
bridge.ihire drovers on Sunday moroing, about .t wo
o'clock ; 'as he •4a4-driving tits ghoqi near South-
.gat, he oilis stopped by four fontpidc. and ;Pier'
seine resisiance, ip which he was rtinjt cruelly treAt-
ed, they took from him thirty-six poundq in c00n,,.
try notes. the. lioW.Street rowers Are ifter the
depredatOrs.

STRAND BRll3Gtt,—.lllo first -Ole, to form 'the:
ribc.till.ellti .on the Surrey side, (If this. stupendbus
unlertirking, was driven last week: The foundation
is a regular HON gravel, but when strengthened by
the .wood there is no danger of its giving w4y. 'A
great number of engines are kept through the day,
in incessant moron forcing in these piles ;. they are
all• beech and elm, id feet in length, and from 111
to tti inches diameter. It is the intention of the
Engineer, Mr. RAINIE, to have them driven by a
steam engine ; ibis can easily be appiied to the pile
machines, and will,seceletate the:Work most ineaf.
calably. A steam-engine of six 'wises power
keeps two cast Metal .ptittps continually .it work to
extra& the water which springs from -behrtv, and
forces
,itself, through the 'pallisade of dpuble pill's,
'which wardi otr Ate approaches of the tide. Alm.
titer pier• is. in 'rapid progress, the. valisicle, being
nearly fiithhett.... The Other piers will ue conform-A-
oil by watts of ,huge..iwpo4en. frames, that are to,
be sunk at the appointed places, and • the warier
pupped out.' 'Thu 'f6tindation of the first lad pier
will be,laiclverisoort ; .the stones to compose it are
prepared, being,huge blocks of Scottish and .Wcislk

On Sunday sennight an alarming,and destruMive
tire was discoVerect in:the house of Captain Jame.*
liirliet;•Stebbtitilffeath Terrace, Salmon's. Fields„..
The came of the calamity has not been ascertained,
and so sudden aiiii , iapid was the conflagration, it
.Was with much difficulty the, family escaped with
their lives. -Nrhaps. a'gfeiter degree of personal
courages'Os:, rarelynikep displayed in any individttal
than in the colleCt*Aud.. prompt decision of,C.tpt4
'B. Who; with the 'help of the bed-clothes, tied with
a slip. kuni,.lOWerd his wife., sister, and servant,
from .an,aliartstient, two. stories irornit he basement
floor. When consideied
,Captain
to encounter the suspended weight, of those, he was
so anxious to PreserveHthat the effort, repetked
three titIIe4,ITIOSI necessarily have a powttf tut ip.
peal to his strength; their, escape appears
To those who api,reciare the charAMer, of a ;4,t,t,:r,
this new proof of valour and good judginent will he
highly gratifying, tending to rank our Country', hill—
work, not less at liorhe when exploring t has pa.lile,l
deep, than vigilant in every situation in which their
exertions can be beneficial.
A horrible Ararisa6tion lately took place at ALl-
iyagliur. A. Zemindar, named 'Bezoko‘it., who
had been deprived of his lands for
.his seditious
cteonndptiecrt:lobpsu,t - tfo". d'Ne'ahtoe of his
hl, aridafterwardsfamily,
"tin;ns.7).taiticig lite'l;
himself with-ndagger.
- COMETS —The:Newtonian theory, " that the
Sun is a body of, lire, ,that its rays are material,
" and that the. Comets are designed to stipptv it
" with fuel to keep/titithe equilibrium of the Ifni-
" verse," seems very inconsistent with that beautir
fill simplicity which is observed in all natural oh.ivets
within the reach..of 'man's examination. Distance.
in the hated of Almighty, Power, is as nothing ;
the whale phcenothena Of Light and lieat couid
easily produced, by unerring Wisdom, train
pheric influence without exhaustion, as by muter's!
ignition. The old Philosophers considered
.COrnets Merely as wanderers in tee inunetniiy,4
space, but portentous of great events to all who
courted their influence; and as the present Coirhst.
will shine with increitjef.l lustre on TUESDAY,
22d of OCTatUR, this' accounts for the attrai.lion
the. present small... State Lottery, of only: 1.3,500.
Tickets, with 'MoreVariety capital Prj-z,es
for mane years Mast, 'which will be 15.;cirikvi .on toes
,'.,saints day.