The Sun. — 1818-09-23 (London, England)

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM MUDDVNGUR, DATED 17TH FEBRUARY, ISIS. " I bad, on the morning of the 1-sth, the pleasure of acquainting you with the fall of this place, but shall now endeavour to give you some detail of the proceedings which have fortunately led to so happy a result. " Finding that our battery had no effect on the enemy's stockade and covered gateway, it was determined to attempt the place by escalade at daylight on the oorning of the 15th. For this purpose the little detachment was formed into three parties. " The first, or main body, under Captain Farquharson and Dominicette, and Lieut. Capon, consisting of 140 rank and file, and several seamen from the Pri.;ce of %Vales ammd Sylph, destined to carry, in the first insraece, the stockades and covered gateway, and ultimately the fort by escalade " The second party, under Lieut. Waddington, of-60 rank and file, intended principally to create a diversion. " The third party, of 50 men, directed by Capt. Taylor, and for the same rtrpo,e of divetsi.m. The hatter}, was Wit in chat go of Lieut. Dash wood, of the Engineers, (heir being no artillery officer with the del echment. " The men bivoneked under their different leaders for the evening. " 'the main body mover! off during the night with the most perfect silence, and occupied a chowkee in the face of the hill, where it remained till day-light. The second took up a concealed position opposite, the N. E. face of one of the enemy's stockades ; and the third occupied a ravine on the S. E. " At day-light the battery commenced its fire upon the gateway and stockade ; and 2d and 3d divisions moved with their ladders towards the tort, commenced a heavy fire, and made every demonstration to attack, which the eisemy endeavoured to prevent by a smart tire from the ramparts; this was the signal for the main body to advance, which it immediately did; after leaving a reserve of 50 rneo in the chowkee, and carried the stockades with the most undaunted gallantry. The diversions were admirable ; so completely did we take them by surprise, that our battery had fired twelve shots before they returned one ; and our main body wits close upon them unobserved, just as had been planned. All accounts agree there were 750 men opposed to us ; I wish I could give you any adequate idea of the road which we had to ascend, li with two long ladders of 15 feet each, and six shorter ones ; on getting within the full range of their fire, we were ,obligvd to ahandoiv one of the largest, in order, to clear the path for the rear sections. For ten minutes, I think, we made no impression whatever upon the stockades ; at last the lower side of the second.gave way; at this time, not more titan twenty of its hail got over, and we were fearful it might overwhelm some of the seamen who were pushing to get forward ; fortunately not a man was hurt by it, and its tall, though of little clearance to the road, inspirited the men to push forward *you the secoed MOSS one. The stones sod fire, from the tower and covered gateway above, was now very hot ; but our advance bad gut to the wail and a few into the gateway. The ladders were twice knocked away, and we could not force the gate ; at length, a few of the men succeeded in getting up the hill a little on time right, anti tired well ; the ladders were again placed, and in a (rice we had the pleasure of seeing the rascals flying in all directions ; we pursued them towards Moddiingur, on the left, and scaled after theism ; such steeps and heigths as time fellows fled over you could scarcely imagine. If we had had but men to have formed a fourth party on the South-west side, not a man of them would have escaped. There cannot be less than 50 of them killed, upon a moderate calculation. Our plan of attack, which was drawn up by Captain Farquharson, after reconnoitering the roads, and obtaining the best information he could as to the stockades and in= terior of time fort, was well conceived, and (I trust I shall not be considered presumptuous in saying) happily executed, as it perfectly succeeded in every respect. The men all behaved well, and some with the most uncommon bravery."  The extraordinary disappearance of a young man named Roberts, who held a clerkship at the Ordnance Office, is already known. On Monday night a young man, attired in a smock frock and red cap, was taken into custody by one of the constables at Woolwich, having been observed wandering about that place without any apparent business. The constable took him before a Magistrate, and upon being interrogated, he said that his name was Roberts. Upon further inquiry, it appeared that he was the young man whose sudden disappearance had caused his family to imagine that he had either been robbed and murdered, or committed suicide. The constable, by direction of the Kentish Magistrate, took him before the Magistrates of Surrey, who ascertained the address of one of his relations in town, and ordered the constable to deliver his charge to him. The youth, upon being questioned as to his motives for the strange line of conduct he had adopted, said he was sick of a sedentary occupation, and had determined to join the standard of the Independents in South America.  Two boys, convicted of stealing apples, were ordered to be publicly whipped in lioniton. The three constables employed were convicted of dipping their cat-o'nine-tails into blood, to deceive the spectators, and so turning the punisb• went into ridicule : they were fined two guineas for the trick.—(Times.)