The Sun.
London, England, 1816-08-27 00:00:00

1110:11 i MENU] PA PERS.

PATITI('ULAM RESPECTING GIBIIAIZAIt AND THE
SPANP:II SNIITC;GLERS.

The geognwhie,il position cif Gibraltar: the arti.

fice, .81 once milttary aml political, wl►ich trans-
ferred that f►►rtress at the of the last.
centre (1704) into the hnnds of the English•;- the
various siel;tesllYtderta►keu since that time, in vain,
for the purpose of restoting-it to the Spanith Mo-
narchy; the admirable f►trtifications which- have
rendered it completely impregnable ; the medley
of nation's, religions, idioms, and interests, which

gives %t) peCuliar a ph ysiogoomy to its population ;
finally, that extraordinary association which is
cemented rather ihatt, compressed by the military
force—bitve all.heett the'subject of a multituilv.ot
.tescripiious. Tile travellers of every country have
had opportunities of observing all these things,.
and noting theta-, in their. itineraries ; 'and
raltav i., generally•speaking, better known,than
any other part of the Peninsula. But there Is One
noire essential point upon which it is possible
to filitlish particulars that: are new, and worthy
of brine read with interest. _

`!'his rock is the rendezeons,, the fartnry Of the
Spanish sintuglers 1.0 the wOole,eoust of the Medi-
terranean, especially •of those residing in the
vicinity of the Strait, along an extent of near
forty leagues tt)' tii(e right and lett of Gipraltar.

Antlaittsia is a e tnitry distinguished. for.the
tktion of the arc ,or srteat of shigglihg, .:The

men who addict chemsilves to this branch t I
comtheree, for to it may he tlettomin.iteti, are
by no men)! rtilizitr %Yr:lent-5 rend olitew9t3 Lif
soCiety. Tian thipgers of the prof, siiitm, Ihe
profits is itich it yields, the petstotal beauty ftik,l
the elegant 11l 1.5 S of the %viiiw.etirry it oil,
its it were, ennoble the trade; Hod stooetimr.t,
these enemies of the revenue are as well trrittell
by tore' a 4 by - hirtime, The Antitilosisits of all
ela•te. feel a very strong eittot ion at the of
a smoggier, sat Lire acentint oh thc thitgas et ttir3t

lie I+:ev brityett ; und this rnt..tinti is not the client
"t "vemi""lit tedlA Thr stnitggier have ( e
and znysterioos connection with the most distill.
nirdketi s(itts, be grunt them 4 kind ut it -
tronaae ; bait; that their account, in it, tvini encti i$
foitlitta to the conditions of the trees(}. 'llicre

thirst be guilty of it..,'These commodities are Boom
diSpersed, by various 'routes, o'er. all Auditlntiai
and thence, by degrees, over all Spsin. The sim.i
pie pellikiutt..giil,: the line dreSs 'so
closely follows the forms of nature, the getitle.,.
Man, wrapped' II in Lis heavy cloak, the monk,
protected 'by the sanctity oU LIS habit and of lilt"
office, prolunte ulike. the circulation tit these maim
fruits of courage and ingennity,
The smugglers, thus organised, drain the Pe-.
nlosolii of an enoniums tinamity of specie ; they'
stifle Spanish. ineinstry ; they .amply. indemnify.,
England far the expo ace of troops und the forti-
fications of Gibraltar; its case of war they ensure
ctinmitinications and authentic intelligence the

secure agents. of all ela6sol, illtbAellee
ilVieS P4►lcirdie4 into the very couneils,ofllladrid.
It was one cif the principal causes of the ill
cess nt the Peelle!! intension in 1810, that this

Generals it that knowing, only how_ to

fight theruhelres or to to tke soloirrs Sight. (Ns,
dallied \dill a silly pride to tletive ddrstutlge froui
the inliithitaiits told tliittaa of the country whielk
they were to subdue. - • -
But .Englantl, whose innutnOrahle fleets cover
all the teas, who bas nothing more to feat hot

heit:if, cloys\ not clean it der-ogatory to lie poll-
tidal gravity to.veatelt attentively over the
vation of the smallest channels, by means of
SilebbSituctli•tho sohstance of those Statei

which 4.hc must not openly attack. A►►d Spain,
rich in every thing that she n►rry lose will►out

erasing ,be H tiower of the first order, behold*

a noble haitierenee her neighbours enriching
theinbelves with the tretlsitres which `B he bus long:
fludelL Posleseili because she has noted

their Itie books Iter Clistoin-houses.

A small Frenchdell With frill', has
I+eeilsei>'' at Lone, in einitoiittenee of cow rtilmitt
Koutis OH hoard ovpearit th 4
tier itiAeninti3 iminoviog on the classical,
wit Of the ancient., had cows' rsicteti t‘OCRC Sllittit
hOrles, est tr tit about l'WeiVe inct),et in cirento.
territhe, ow; whit.?it had the. oppearance of a bet
elegaitt
.play-t4ings. exainining thei! curio-
aticii;irly; it s i tintt the aitiinait
ivere with armed Greeits.
3Elk shores and dtochinis or a ititerior
tralitv II Tiii*eitl siil it ilimr,ivtry, t,t COl.ll'%C, 01i
ttillowcd by tht'detention of ale vcsbti.