The Sun.
London, England, 1816-08-12 00:00:00

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AT BOUILDE,kUX..

From a Sande's; Vaper.-,eA British mercht
espeetability at Bourdeanx, on mercantile bust-
lief's, has communicated , to us the fallowing par-
,
ticulars of an outrage which he and two other
Englishmen bave experienced
tht-the 27 h of, July the merchant and his
two friends agreed to go on horsrthaek to Laagur,
about thirty miles up the river from B•mr-
deauN. 10 see the country ; and on returning to
'the city on the Ntondly following, the 'father of
one of the party, who is one of the ottlest,inhabi-
tants Of Bnurdeaux, told his son that there was no
tvet:ssuy tot-passports; and this was StriC!ly in con-
fnrunt y with the merchant's opinion, having re-
cetoly been aft over that part of the country put.-
closing wines, wit hunt the formality of pasvorts.,
party.had arrived at the extent of their jinn,-
tiey, and sat down to dinner, when %v.) gendarmes
appeared, and inquired for their passpoits ; the
p Illy explained the nature of their journey, and
ttko their ignorance of the necessity of passports.
This ilia not satisfy the officers, and in about ten
minutes one of them returned, and desired the
party to follow hint to the Mayor. 1n vlin they
pleaded for time to finish their wine. Instead of
taking them before the Mayor, the getularmei
brought them into the presence of an inferior
"Municipal Officer, to whom they explained their,
situation, and referred him to several respectable
land-owners in the neighbourhaml fur the re-
spectability of their, character S.. All they plead.
ed had nn effect, and they were blinded-over to
the gendarmes, who immediately conducted theta
to a common gaol. the first instance they
were actually lodged in the felons' cell, vvliere
were confined many convicts condemned (I) the
;zanies, HOtt some to death. On remonstrating,
the party were tit length accomntodated with a
room, where there were prisoners who' could Al-
ford to pay for bed and hoard. Next the party
procured permission to write to the Mayor to
apprize trim of their situation, and to inquire of
him what means were to he pnromed to procure,
their release ; and la fly, the Mayor was rettnireth
to make know their situation to thc• British Co
n•
sul liourtleaux. Notwithstanding an their
representationi, they were obliged to pass
the night in a filthy prison, annoyed by a
most loathsome stench, Avithoet covering, or
ever, a handful of straw !o lay dos%n upon. Next
morning the Mayor situ them, and being fully
assured of their respectability, and of their inno-
cent intention's, he was pleased to exprwss his re-
gret at what, had passed, and said', that had he
been in town the evening before, he would have
prevented them from suffering so much mortifiea.
tion , and inconvenience ; but, pevertKeless, he
could not give them their liberty, as they were in'
charge of the gendarmerie, over whom be bad no.
authority. All that couldbe done was, the follow •
ifn; morning to seud,an express to Mr. i'ennell,
the British Consul at Bourdeaux, who procured
them their discharge ; but not mull after passing
two nights innl a day in a common g,aul, deprived'
of every comfort amf aceommoihith.iil. The pally
had always been,strong advocates for the govern-
ment of ihe Bourbons. The British teerebants
and their friends lost no time in making, a reps`'
sentatian of the affair to the English Anibassador
at reds, through the medium of the Consul at
BourtWaux.. A copy of their statement AS'itS ti(),
presented to the French Authorities at Bourriettuk.
gendarme, who acted lib the greatest
brutality on the occasion, is named Bonnet, and is
the determined enemy 4f all ISttglislimen."

ASSASSINATION OF 11 IL LYELL.
[FUR!' HMI VAI:TICULARS:)

The following Extract of a Leiter, (kited Madrid
the 28th ult. from a n English Gentleman with
whom Mr. Lytu,t. lodged, goes more into detail
than the accounts which-we have already pub-

LORA :---
" It is with extreme regret and pain I have to
inform you of the death of our poor dear friend Mr.
lavoi, the Messenger, '*.ho was most inhumanly
murdered on Sunday the 21st of uly,between the
hours of ten 43nd twelve o'nlock in the forenoon,.
Ile was found dead in a ruinous building called the
Observatory, at the back
.of the Botanical Gar.
den, near thq great house in the fields, called the
China Manufactory, which was bloWn up by the
),:nglisharmy. I believe you and I have been'
there together., Ile had five.woonds, one in the
groin, another about his heart, anti was much
bruised about the head. It appears by the evi-
dence of the surgeon, that the wounds were in-
flicted by the bayonet, or by the kind of sword
which is carried in walking-sticks.- What indeed,
astonishes us so much in Ns. tragical event
that we have every reason to believe he was not.
,robbeti. clothes,consistiog of a plain blue Coat,
grey ‘vorsted pantaloons/ striped waistenat, pair of
strong Enll3ltsboes, cotton stockings, white neck-
cloth, silk pocket-handkerchief, with a small FrCncii
gOla match, stniff-box, spectacles, tootlipiek.em'iti
and penknife, %Vete alt found about him. As
soon as he atrived at Madrid he drew 301. of Mr.
VAttatlAN, almost all of which was found in his
portinanteau, besides about 40 ducats, and 13
one-poultd Bank of England notes. Mr. LYELL
wars with us abOut five weeks ; during that time
I always found hint to be a steady, quiet, and
inoffensive man. Ile lived in our house, and he
and myself were in the habit of milking out to
gethtic every evening, and, to my ItstoWledge, he
had no other acquaintance. Indeed, if T May he
allowed to say .o, he often told me how kind.l
was to hint, and how glad he shonld be in see me
at his house in London ; and I am sure I always
experienced from him the Civility and advice more
of a fathq than a mereetimpanion.
" outs. are to observe, that he went out alone
almost every morning after breakfast, .for abOut_
au hour and a half; now whether be made any
acquaintance (which is not likely, not knowing‘
lug the language), oetas ethat a ler bosse,hadto know. been watch
Ile
Berlßerlby any body, e
never intimated to me any such thing.
, • " Notwithstanding the vigilance of
.tote Judge,
eke Ili:Ik', and Mr. VAUGHAN'i
.1 • agents e
h ag mployer(
. upt been