The National Register. — London, England, 1809-06-25 00:00:00

18 he wrote to. Capt. Powell, that you bad offered some reason, for this, which it teas Us My to lay before ihe King. On the 4th March, in year: letter to the /tide Advocate, you soy that he had acquiesced in your reasdtts, and you acknowledge the plea mad yea felt Id his having acquiesced. Hew dare you have the impudence after this to say it .was held in London, iu consequence ' of your letter to Mr. Pitt, written on thu 'nth Mech abominable tissue of fulteltOod is scarcely to be parallelled -in the annals of the Old Bailey. Was it not the duty of the Judge Advocate to inform Captain Powell of the wish you tied e), - pressed to alter thoplace ',her , • Court Martial should be P. awl %Ili it not equally Ills deity to hie the reasons hcCore the :a .4 ."ere mit your wisnea inseediately comp! ied with ? On the 1111 i of Mardi, yott persist in sl .:at you vviii sub.- stantiate the charger,---What el, he dew model:et. thane;-8, of which you had a cots- ‘.:: t;tt Vl' of February uhirh omitted the , cha;.ges. far the proof of tellich fhe books were a necescary , oidtnee.—W ith revert to the Lem.: said to have been ‘ , ..ritten by you to Mr. Pict on the Its of March. it is impossible that buci a Letter could have been writ ten.— Ev , 9l you, W rn. Cobbett could not have urged Mr. Pitt, on the 7th of March, to inlet fere, hi order to have the Court Mar tial held in London, when sour own letter, on the 4th of March, to the Judge Advocate, ackno is ledges and rejoices in hi, teovlng lcceeded to your reasons for having it held there.— Great liars, Mr. (:ohliett, should have good memories!! You are an aniont in the practice, without slim essential requisite.— Sir; if ou wrote, as you say you did, on the £o , h of hl re ,In the .1 lige Advocate, from a village near Poris•Thoit i• how came )6u to request him to send you an answer by Ike N ex Dar AT NIGHT to sitst . lodgings Surely, Mr. Colibett have hada dip in the Lir.. How did you know, if yon were r: or at your lodging* on the day of the 2lst„ at night. that such an answer as you requested was not sent? Hew did you keno on the 81st " that ne, answer came," if von set of on the " Aud as son hadlearued, in the mean lime, that there Was a design to prosecute you for sedition, it quickened your movements." In the meals time can only wean between the seclioe your letter of lite 20: h and the Nee day at night when you fixed to have an an swer; it must be intended to convey this idea. or what you say is nonsense, for otherwise it could not have induced yon to set off, or, 1111 your own words, to quicken your movements. You then proceed to oily, that a; you were going to Portsmouth, you . heard the story about the sedition. Now, Sir, do you beliew. that a single man in Great Britain, can avoid feeling the utmost indignationat the libel you have presumed to utter against the administration of justice in this country ? That a fear of being prosecuted for what you never said, was the occasion of your ahseoeding to France, (to revolutionary France, at this period). Has it never been suggested to you by your friend and ccnfidant, the traitor Fitzgerald, that if such takers were accused wh ose loyalty was not to be seduced, and that if under pretence of beim necessary witnesses, you could get 60 or 70 of the most loyal of the soldiers removed out of the way, that Portsmouth might be carried without difficulty. Did it never occur to your mind, that the accusation of sedition might relate to certain projects which you'mlght think very harmless, when concerted with the only honest officer in this regiments Dues your recollec tion furnish no clue to the source of your fears upon that occasion ? Does not the mind borrow eyes from the ap prehensions, and is not fear the usual companion of guilt Can you recollect ena norsrsT max who eve; lied fron► bis co miry under such circumstances? But " you had pro- raised Besland not to mention his name without his discharge." Is it credible that William Cobbett absconded to France •nd JUNP 0, such circuntslunces, merely to save this B.,!hrtil the cloture of bloody shoulderS. The known 4umanfty of the fellow makes any contradiction of this silly subtfrfuge unnecescary. But lose iurdo were actually secured, and this same tiesrand did actually app a r i ar 1% tutees at the Comet Ifarliar. And tot cbarze of ...Noon was made agaii)st William C. bets, and no inteatioa •• eisted of making such a charge. It is all a' hum ! You are the au•hor of this Dilliehood }ourself. lint Captain thr ,,, o i . ontratdict ; Berland ton is dead ! What a tissue• of ealnitlicated ‘..tsohood and villainy. ! ! ! Do you expect that any man will believe you were so ixoorhat in , n o t t o !claw what the //uuse of Brun s wick mremt. U fu! ,:rePte! for shame t. an volt persuade one Man to &edit your (bat you 111 not know what it sugyerslon of the it‘iteas Corpus 4c: Neaut! add vet that you ran away lest you 4 ht::11(1 he Sent to L el. RH) Bay, for utteriag words 3on oevcr tholt;..at of! And so ..ou ;id not leace Enplavd from this motive I 'not it Ix as on areauet of :our poor friend whom on were afraid of irvolt ing NV lett. you run away, nod leave infamy to attach everia-tirOy to your t ha racier, sooner am brer.k a pronii: , e to a frieod, (the sVead can tell no tales).—But v.:O riot all'Ob reason t " on thi)v;:ht it het ter to leave the w hot:. set to do MY hat it was quite et !dent they had resolved to do." What set ?—and what had th• v revolved to dot Sir, whatever flattering unction you may ntiminister to yonrs-li; Append upon it, there is a fund of gro, I sense in this country that will not be long deceive m.'sterinus allusions, these maligaaot and dark insinthitions will not impose opon the credulity of one man v ho is not I , redetermined to believe w hat -ver you say. Your charade; is blasted, not by 30111 oppo nents but yourself.—The intrepid li.tr, the malignant calumni ator, the boasting braggart may live for a day.--But whew truth has presented her mirror to the bloater wretch, we only auut day-light and our senses to enable us to prunouuce him a -Villain. You say that only five out of I ►renty•seven Letters are printed, she rest are suppressed, Examine, Sir, with a little attention hat 'have ! eeu published, and you will find it ►s impossible ,here could have bleu written what you state. The dates and t!ie references make it impossible. live surely, Sir, you wise lan quote passages from your Letter to Mr. Pitt, eau furnish the public with what yousay have beta suppressed. Why don't io publish them? If these be necessary to yourjustification do print them. Indeed, indeed you require all, to bolster up what 1 have, no hesitation to pronounce a more barefaced and infamous ftransaetion than was ever unblushingly avowed by the vile* miscreant that ever existed. Your opponents, you say, feel they are not sate while your pen is in action. tioperson, Sir, is safe whilst such a man has the power of doing mischief.; and whatever your vanity, or wretches of your own kidney may say s depend' upon it that you will, ere long. be considered as a Van gerous animal, and by the common consent of every honest mas in society, be driven to herd with other beasts of prey. Tor the rest you were banished this country till Capt. Powell was dead. You know the Attorney and Solicitor General gave it as thek opinion that you could not be indicted but for a compiency, and that this transaction being purely your own,• yon must escape the punishment you deserved. Nor were you ignorant that the Sta tute of Limitations prevented• the Officers from recovering da mages against you in a civil action. If I were your friend, I would advise you to begin the task of Reform with yourself.— Look into your own heart ; banish the malignant passions that corrode it ; shew your gratitude for those abilities you possess by a proper use of them, and endeavour to cultivate " Peace e earth and good-will towards men. " If I were your enemy, I would advise you, it 4 another paroxyism of rage and fury, to sit down and write just such smother double letter as your last.--• You may perhaps hear again from A MODXSATI Ritronmut. THE t4ATIoIgAL ItEGIsTER.