The National Register. — London, England, 1809-07-02 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. 420 You mistake inflation for inspiration—like other dealer• in fiction. The portrait, as drawn by yourself, is nnnatnrally large, every feature is distorted, the contour is altogether out of drawing, and your attitudes are affected and unnatural; look at what you really are, a man of base and mean origin, who made his debut in the ranks as a common soldier. Possessed of some natural abilities, he soon set about turning them to advantage; and, practising the usual arts, be was soon promoted to be a serjeant. The natural turbulence of his disposition led him to feel very uneasy under the necessary controul of his su periors, and the discipline of the army in a remote sta tion in America being lax, he began to collect materials for revenging the slights of his officers, upon his return to England. Connected by that similarity of disposition which is necessary to friendship with the traitor Frreorasen, he planned the destruction of several officers in his regiment, and obtained his discharge through the interest of this Irish traitor for that purpose. Without principle or ink gray, he carries on the farce of a court martial, and prac tices the most villainous artifices to remove, at the same time a groat number of the loyal part of the regiment, under pre tence of being necessary witnesses. But whether a suspicion of his real design, 'I% itti entertained, or whether the fear of being prosecuted for sedition were really and truly felt, so it is, this same accuser absconded to France the day before the trial I Ile has since endeavoured to justify this atroci ous conduct by a gross and infamous libel upon the Laws and Administration of Justice in this Country, and assert ing that he had made promises not to bring forward an evidence who actually was brought forward and examined— by asserting that the regimental books were in the hands of the prosecuted, which necessary evidence, was not secur ed, so es to be brought forward upon the day of trial, but which books actually were produced at such trial and ex amined—by asserting that twenty-two letters which would have established these Charges, have been suppressed, of the existence of which letters there is no proof but this man's assertion, contradicted by the internal evidence of the letters really produced—by asserting that if the charges were true, the Government would have prosecuted him for this. mockery of justice, when it is notorious that the opinions of Sir J. Scope and Sir J. MITFORD were grounded upon a technical objection to the form of prosecution that least be adopted, and not at all depending upon the gnilt respecting which no doubt was entertained—by asserting that it the charge made against him were true, the in jured party might have prosecuted him in a civil action, when we know at the same time that he was protected by the Statute of Limitations from any such nction—bv assert ing that all he wished was to make the transaction noto rious, and to provoke investigation ; when it is not ° . rioay the fact that he carefully suppressed every thing which relates to the Court Martial, in what he has give n to the public as his life--when it is equally notorious that he dared not rehire to England till Foseeee was dead; and that when he did return, he vaunted his services to this country whilst in Ain erica, and began immedi ately to make an Gin fllde honourable, and to conci liate the Government here by associating wit h its de fenders, and affecting to become one of its most violent pirtizans ; and when from these circumstances, coupled with the ow insignificanee of the fellow, Government were either induced to overlook his former conduct, or what ix more likely, that the obscurity and meanness of the man atibrded him a more ignoble security, he has now the im pudence to plead that very lenity (if it he lenity) as proof (oh, monstrous) of his innocence. have but one word more upon this part of the stibiect. Nobody, Sir, ever thought of identifying our person or popularity with the Cause of Reform. it is 30 u , who arc endeavouring to write yourself into notice by doing it. _ _ _ You are trying to sap the foundation of tl:e good scale Rod integrity of the people of Ilampsitirc, by ad- JULY 2. rainisteting exasperating irritants to their passions upon the popular subjects of the day ; and you are doing this, Sir, with the vain and futile hope of becoming* their repre sentative. With so many men of really superior mind and intellect, united with truth, consistency, and character, the County of llaats must exhibit a deplorable state of &gra dation indeed, if it were to select such a low miscreant from the ranks to represent them. A house of Commons, composed of such materials, would be a " Kabt Ic Par liament" indeed. When such silly men as the 'V.'s and B.'s are excepted from your general censure of we.alc minds and miserable intellects, it requires no great share of judg ment to discover the cause. It is the rule of nature, that fools arc first the (litres, and then the ready tools of KNA I.IS. I hid' conclude with a few of your own words, " we shall now hear what he hp.s to snv avinst these stubborn farts; though, I imagine he will be found to have little to say except iii the way of abuse." A MonritATE IlEtoattri. TOBEIC.I FROM THE Dil PA PER. St VTI;L:N7'I7 BULIRTIN. " Filen Fyn ar, tY 4.—The enemy had thrown upon the right banks of the Danube, °pliant! to Presburr,b, a bey of 9000 men, who entienelled themselves ill the village of Engorau. The Doke i>f A uer,tadt attacked them yesterday with the ,harp s hOOter:; »f lle,se Darmstadt, supportel; by the Nth regiment of infantry of the line. 'the village was speedily carried. A Major, and eight other officers of the Bealieu's regiment, (one of them the gran.6on of Marshal Bealicii) and 400 lirivate6 were wale prisoners. The rest of this rq.iment w ere killed, wounik•d, lir driven into the water. 'The remains of the enemy's corps found in an island the necessary protection for their re crossing the river. The sharp-shooters of Hesse Darmstadt ac quitted Ilwroselves extremely well. The Viceroy of Italy hei returned to his army, and for the present has his head-quarters at Dedenbarg, In Itutigary. All the valuable effects belonging to the Court have been conveyed from Oleo to Peterwarden, on the frooliers of Servia. The Emprez.s has also repaired thi. ther. The Duke of Ragusa has arrived at Ley back, General Mactlooald is master of Gratz, having 'educed the castle, which seemed di , posed to make some re .istance. In the battle of Esling in the t!lst and 2241 of la't month, Brigadier-General Fowlers was wounded in muking.a charge, and thrown from Ilk horse...— !l similar ;Accident Inlet the Genet al of Division Dorousnel, Aid-de-Camp to the Fmpernr. as lie was carry ing orders to a division of euiras , ters, who were charging the enemy. We have had the satisfaction of learning that both these Generals, and 150 soldiers, whom wt gave np forlfisti, vt ere only' wounded, and that they were left lying among the rout, at the moment Wheu the Emperor, on learning that the bridges had been broken down, ordered the troops to coneentrale them elves between Its- Ifig it Great A,.pern. The Dromhe falls, hut from the con tinuance of the warm weather, w 4! fear it will rise again." PNrPATREN2'II BULT,EI IV. " VT ENNA, t;orgoin. LA id-de-Camp of the Einpe-ror of flits , ia, arri.e lat I inperial head-quarters a letter from chat So vcroign for his Majesty. Ile has an riltnice.l that the Ittis , :ian army, which is marching upon Oltuntz, had pa , ed the frontiers on the 24tit of May. The Emperor, the 114♦ hefore yesterday. reviewed his guprds, infantry, cavalry and artillery. The inhabitants of Vienna admired much the tine appearance, :tad excellent condition of these troop. The N iccroy ha. gone with the army of Italy to Ortlenburg, in II ticgary. It appears that the Archduke .lolai ii,tends to rally his army on the !Utah. The Duke of Rat:usa a rris ed ssith the army of Dalmatia, on the 3fl of this month, at Lay bach. The heat i , very great, mul persons actlimi;tted ss ith the Daimbe as us, that in a few days it 11 ill overflow. We shall employ this dine to finish driYMg tile piles, independent of the bridges of hosts and rafts. Al the accounts which we receive from the. enemy state, that the towns Of PreP.hurp,-, Brte.n, 'and Znaiat, are fa of woutic!A. The Austrians theupel yes estimate their lo' at I*,ooo men. Prince pith the army of the ~P7. ~.* I erilf es i '1 i Ali I.' -' , i