The Sun. — London, England, 1841-06-30 00:00:00

INIORNING SUN. T l l nch credit on Cap sins Napier and Mounsey, by whom the ~aval service was d i rected. " I.llto Captain Napier to Captain Sir R. Laurie of the Ajax : 4 " H.M.S . Th ames, Ponza Harbour, Feb. 27, 1813. ( . 0 : 86,--Ag eeably t o y our di rect i ons I em b ar k e d Lieutenant (iL"el Coffin an d t h e second battalion of the 10th regiment ) t e i the 1 6th i ns t., and arrived off Ponza on the 23d, the har- I !' of which is about a quarter of a mile wide, with a mole 2 no extreme end of it, defendd by four batteries mounting "II twenty-four and eighteen- e pounders and two , nine-inch 41 °rtars.' zu Colo ne l Coffin and myself agreed that the shortest and anr.ie ,st road t o success was by running both ships into the mole, u arri n la by lt ; ut e weather was unfa :o,trable for such an ce attack assau b the until the morning of the 26th, n ell the ships bore up in close order with a fine breeze. theirT enemy Were prepared for our reception, and opened telhatteries vr t fire nearly half-an-hour before our guns could bear : the ere, however, passed with little injury, the shirs %Png on both sides, and the Thames was anchored ae: ..ss cto,insole-head, the Furieuse bringing up a little atom- "` s at . k tr. tri Coffin and the troops landed the sa:-.,e, instant, and fled for the height of a strong tower, ; ~.*" ythieli the enemy the. Treated, and their appearance. a,,,TPs, induced the Governor oritit the severe fire from err to the inclosed capitul,al6ll, to: hoist a flag of time, and NA N4ll'' '' " CHARLES NAPIER." TREATMENT OF THE YANKEES UP • Our" , THE POTOM ‘C, 1814. • In e • Mediterranean, now lies in America ; but a minute ago it was e' sto elediterrancan, for a sailor's life is subject to strew:o wee, i , s , l . 4 nd strauger anes. linealhe latidnnap,. who . seeu . -ely hate himself in his "fine and purple,' little imag nes hi te 'hie:mutations of climate alone, the fleshy fiatne of j e , ted 'A . lie forms a eo.nposite part of the " Service " is seb- Ni el , To -day his orders, yerchauce, bar him emong the crttl Idyl erborea, and the snow scenes ot the retie ; eie re ' e m"rrow he may be scorched by the brassy skies that o f . r toe Carribeee and Martinico : next day the fresh-blowing aftNerit rrithcan may fan him, and her blue delight ; but I , short sojenriiine he is borne away to the re elder akies f I ,+; l rte gal, _ r o hurries' next to the untried tracks of the New thatt° fight on Transatlantic shores. One would suppose a, a xing run the course of al these, tho csseoui sem 941 de eo n no loeger boue, but haeo atta:nod to the induracy Or t tail ed ehe inane expeditiou s u p th e. bays and rivers of the hrilli!t 'ates (hiri ng th e l as t war of 1814, none equalled . in This °f eetecut;on that up the l'otomac to Alexandria. th • vias intru tea Cietain James A. Gorden, of • tain t ic",'- , rse, 46, taking with hi n the Eu , yalus, 42 3 _ Cap reel. (ter; Deva s t a ti on Etna, and Meteor bemlee Erebus atei'' ip, and a small tender o: despatch-beat ;an I was thelie ,i a )lned by the Fairy brig of 18 guns, Capt. Baker. 17th, at 9. lere. a.m., the squadron ot ureter -PTO . from the anchor h age at the entrance of the Poto g mac, and, _eiut th e a id of pilots, began aeeending the intrica'e channel me river leading to the capital of the United . States. On mids4sth, while 'passing the fiats of Maryland point, a squall "atk th e mid 0, e euluadron ; the Seahorse hod her mizen-mast sprung, ' e nryalus, just as she had dewed up her sails to be in to receive it had her bows rit en , l the head of her fore enest ba.dl a s , • erre" he -ening:and the head of all three topmasts fairly e on. Such, however, was the state of discipline on bear the ship, that in twelve hours the Eurjalus had refitted Ofers'll, and was again under weigh, ascending the river. ter haring, on their sail up the Potomae, captured Fort ane'shington, the Americans, recovered a little from their panic, " took strong measures to oppose 'the return of the seuadron of the Potornae. Commodore Rogers, with a chosen body lie: ea men from . the Guerriere at Pid'aelelphla ; Captains f rY, Porter, and other distinguished officers ; a party o tle t ie t ers and men ire= the Coestellation at Norfolk ; the men Zbad beloaged to Commodore Barney's &tle, regular n°Ple riflemen, artillerists, and militi.s, all flecked to . the II :" of the Potomac, to punish " the base incendiarui . , e fire-vessi Is and five row-boats were directed in . eer , nn afe,Cernmodore Rogers himself against our shipe . . , _ , eh r ile, in eV'e uf the execution which a prize g un -' -, cat, and a bOat Amer' to the Euryalus with a howl.ze,, am, hem eri c to impede the in their progress at their .rarks, they nevertheless, ahrs m, , ,a battery of eleven guns, with a furnace for heating ~;harassed - our vessels iii:aeeeveateeeely. Two of our ves __ grounded and, beer:de' most desperately situated, on ace irit e i l l it a of th i eir exposse to the fire. This continued, together a tlii n e e P r eraeri !edy annoyance from the firing of the Yankees, the Ri nd — Y - w..ooded creek, till the sth instant, at noon, when he el , I :oiling fair, and , every suitable a. rangement having ket..e . - ‘des the Seahorse and Euryalus anchore I within muse 4te 'ant Of the batteries, while the whole of the prizes and 1 1, 4 11 4)s which had grounded, passed betwece the frigates nre e B h° o l. At three p.m., having completely silenced the Tot e f_ the American battery, the Seahorse and the Euryalus pesiire 11ir cables ? an d th e w h o l e equa d ron procee d e d to t h e next b ustle " taken up by 'the Yankee troops, who had here two of %li ' mounting from fourteen to eighteen guns, on . a range L e i s about a mile in extent, and close under which the w rack were obliged to pass.' It was not intended to make the tleaek that evening ; but the Erebus grounding within ranee Calla l batteries, the frigates and other vessels were neeessarly into action. On this occasion the fire of the Fairy pro • isle the most d ec i s i ve e ff ect, as we ll as t h at o f t h e E re b us, with De vastation, Etna, and Meteor peppered away peir shells with great precision. By 8, r. at, the Yan sk„,nad got enough of it, and their ba!teries were completely to_etis..llderOn the 6th, at daylight, the 13titi:h squadron saw weigh,' and the 'Yankees, having a belly-full, sow oth t he no further use in opposing their progress. On the • ' no and the Euryalus sailed out of the Potomac, Ltd tan ,. a _ , o anchor in safety at the spot whence they . had "." twenty - thr ee days before. The loss in this daring ead te r att"did not exceed on board all the vessels seven killed tboli,,Y - five wounded, including Captains Napier and Bar how, 4, 44 ar limits will not allow us to give from the despatch of Sir -,,Gordon more than the one extract which follows : Captain Napier I owe more than I have words to ex ror,--' The Euryalus lost her bowsprit, the head of her fore %Cu, and the heads of all her topmasts, in a tornado which ~i.,encountered on the 25th, just as her sails were clewed up, setae twelve we were passing the flats of Marylaed Point ; .and yet, twelve hours' work on her refittal, she was again under ' I Z I I, and advancing up the river." NAPIER IN LITERATT.r a tn„ ls, a Pier remai ne d on half-pay tult,Thia appointment to the Ga -14:: at Portsmo u th, on w hi c h S t at i on he was three years, an d Ca me s'me b}' petitio n , on amt.:fit of his wounds (for the Gallant 'ut ja /came), an out-p ens i oner o f G reenw i c h H osp i ta l t o t h e fr o - °f 80/. per anr-din. Let it not, however, be supposed zlotnaf this that the Gd a ' o s Officer is poor, far from it. He fights doie: e ,„ see br ead, f ed for the deep-seated desire in his heart of too '.O" his country. In this view he cannot be extolled t he b l-1 .1---his whole being seems consumed and flaming with .-allowed devotedness of a lofty, we had almost said, suh skiZPatriotism. It is this great feeling which actuates his cla r i on e b eing and energizes his every action, and which, like a that evithi'n his so l ul, plaYs for ever a spirit-stirring blast, 4 4, urges him to valour and achievement. re „, roubled, hoe ever, by his wounds, he sought now a short ind~but th oug h t h e state o f hi s b o d y d eman d e d quietu d e an d i n :, i g, e nce, his m i n d, p rone t o movemen t, an d com f or tl ess but Per* — " , engaged it se lf i n en li g ht en i ng th e wor ld w ith h is ex peti-nee upon ma tt ers o f nava l expen di ture an d economy . Th e J ou ' e Placed th e swor d o f M ars , an d i n th e U n i te d S ervice H are several proofs of his literary talent s , p a rticularly , f ','e.l o urnal of 1832, Vol. 1, wherein are an excellent series ver Ob servations on the Construction and Qualities of the , "n and Castor, and on Naval Architecture in general. N 'mh Z s e wer e two vessels whose comparative merits ouch en :ved naval attention at the time, the one being built by the of tL Y board, an d t h e other by Captain Symonds. In the course 'l etn.l,' article, C ommo d ore N apier s h ows t h at h e h a d h imse lf 0 ed well th e t h eory an d pract i ce o f s hi p- b u i l d ing, for h e delis re marks—. F our years ago I sen t t o t h e Ad m i ra l ty a Teo- Vr k , l3 , f a ship —i t i s now in the United Service Museum. She -• r l2 feet long, and the same breadth as the Nelsen." This up on is throughout valuable for many suggestions thrown out, is a Points in ques ti on . I n th e same years Journal, Vol. 11., p . 4Paper entitled, " R emar k s on Ste- m" Vessels," and also at sam" e talented Remarks on the State of, pen. the Navy," all from the The NAPIER AT 7r ., ORTSMOUTH. - 1832. , lei s . e Persevering Knits of our hero not allowing him any 1551 f re' we n ow f.nd him, in December, 1832,_ proposing hien- Inct is en a „ didate to represent Portsmouth in Parliament. "erns- - -1" be said of the staunch addresses delivered from the and forums of antiquity, but for genuine manliness of ~iciukt, strong laconism of expression, and blunt , unt,hearty, un - tie tte et :, 1 ; and uivarnished avowal of his own deeds, there is no nett °r atory, from plain Phocion's harangues to bold Coh- Vre4rebunciations, that, being put into parallelism with It, trac t "t lose by the juxta-position. It is an eccentric, ex 41i4at?t, but superlative piece of honesty ; each paragraph its' l ike rocky water from a pure and potent fountain-head . truthfulness'roo,ol is as perfect as an unflawed chrysolite, though abl e , 43 a dirt -encrusted diamond : it is the speech of a vent- Or4,,•l,4l,ercules--not Hercules in the effeminate attire of • tro la " 4l es but Hercules slovenly and tough as when he had est 4leed the Stymphalides and brained the Nemean lion. We -deir e + s lw t his document so important a portion of the Commo otnistic?" mind that to omit it would be equal to an artist's too:i n of s. feature in his portrait ; and as it furnishes v e id and succ i nct recapitu l at i on of all the even.s of his aftor_sich we have hitherto recounted, it will serve as a bold s 'arieer o , s ra Phnny to th e lif e w hich we have wr it of him with T• It was thus that be spo'ae to the burgesses : _ Ny e "le course of y canvass (said the Gallant Officer) 1 N em - . "een asked who ? I will tell you. lam Captain Charles tour in flieexx,who twenty-21m ears ago commanded the Itecruit brig Indieee'and who had the honour of being twen . y. '"g ° fr O or ," n a n de. - -"the guns of three French line of battle ships fl e 'ee ptio„ ftritisli squadron, the nearest of which,. with the t o li f th a e tt Ha n o f. vk b ig was from five to six miles astern the '. I kept flying double-shotted n eal v ad4 2 cl e e s into them, One of these ships (the Hautpoult) sts., z i ^as captured by the Pompey and Castor, the ether two 1 2ed by superior sailing. Sir 'Alexander Cochrane, my the Chief, romoted me on the spot into her. At wer e of lartinique, the Xolus, Cleopatra. and Recruit kid thorere.d to beat, up in the night between Pigeon Island fea r i,, main, and anchor close to Fort Edward , the enemy, r0 0 ,,7 an attack, burnt their shipping. At daylight in the this, i i % it appeared to me that Fort Edward was abandoned ; si of e ,ovvever, was doubted. I offered to ascertain the fact, Id s ,„7. l th five men I landed in open day, scaled the walls, and Wa s -4 the Union Jack on the ramparts. Fortunately I undiscovered from Fort Bourbon, which stood about hundre d Por t ed yards off, and commanded it. On this being 14114110 d to Sir Alexander Cochrane, a regiment was e n 4 , 1 1 ,n,_ the night. Fort Edward was taken innsposseion w,' and Lae mortal's turned against the enemy. lam pos duct :of a letter from Sir A. Cochrane, saying that my eon tieee of el the means of saving many lives and shortening the Martinique.' I had once the misfortune of receiving trmett7nirenuks,elinickying from a French corvette ; the first shot she thigh, and a plumper carried away my main nished lbe enemy escaped, but the British fiag was not tar- I w as On my return to England, fn command of the Jason, itio. turned out of her by a Tory Admiralty, because I had eare i" e r st ; but as I could not kad an idle life, I served a. a g r a i e n ar ov ry o i u ng nd e d. with the army in Portugal as a volunteer, when h°ll ,our At the battle of Busaco, I had the et ° l lel N a • off the field my gallant friend and relative, cl e , Pier, now near me, who was shot through the face. ,was not the only field where he shed his blood : at Co." ne was left for dead, hut, thank God ! he escaped with the • v rr a nc k• On my return to England; I was appointed, to inhabit Mea, in the Mediterranean ; and if I 6ould bring the tell • ants of the Neapolitan coast into this roomy they would ap ps )° u , that froth Naples to the Faro Point there . was_ no . t . a where I - toe u p w a rd s did not leave my mark, and brought off with ‘Psels of a hundred sail of gun-boats, and merchant ui ie u . se I had the honour of running the Thames and tar, 1 into the small mole of Psnza; which was frotrillg,Y • defended; and before they could recover fia t' , the n' surtrise I was t I captured the island without the loss of a fortu „ en removed to the Euryalus, and had the good ch ke t T, t° , 'au in with two French frigates and a schooner. I Core ee ulem in the night close in 'o Calvi; in the island of as bli-s's passing close under the stern of one, ialumpering her rite ;.I,„and though we were going eight knots, I tried to s' ar u of her at hwart re h consort , who was a little outside, standing she succeeded a wse th ight was dark, the land close, and eas, wkere sh crossing but I drove her ashore on the übli ged to anchor e was totally wrecked, me, and her consort was tot o ff • or close by her. The Euryalus wore round and s_• almost brushing the shore as she passed. The ships '6l guns afterwards aseertahied to be armee en flute, mounting 22 ..;3 each, , and the schooner 14 From the Mediterranean I „, ordered to Amer' • • * • •IT‘tion bete lea , and if my Gallant Friend Sir James . 7.". e ae. would have told you how I did my duty on that long and arduous service up the Potomac ; he would have told you that in a tremendous squall the Euryalus lost her bow sprit and all her topmasts, and that in twelve hours she was again ready for work. We brought away a fleet from Alexan dria, were attacked going down the river by batteries, built 'close to what was the residence of the Great Washington, and I was again wounded in that action in the neck. On the pear/. taking place I went on half-pay, where I remained till I was ap pointed to the Galatea, which ship I commanded for three years on this station ; and I hope and trust I have done my duty faithfully, during that period, to my king and country." Despite, however, of this nervous and energetic addre,s, at the close of the poll, the numbers stood as follow : Carter...... Baring 6ol Napier 2lB The truth is the Captain was new in the field, and his name not sufficiently known or blazoned ; this defeet was re medied by the time of his Greenwich attempt, when, within the minimum of a few, he reckoned as many votes as the most veteran and illustrious of his competitors. NAPIER'S CAPTURE OF THE AIIGUELITE FLEET. 1833-36. The war of succession in Portugal now solicits attention, in which the services of Napier as Admiral were more than usually signal. The hero has told the most of these in his own blunt, unsophisticated style, and the truthfulness of his unco loured narration would form no ill model for historians. From his letters to the Emperor Don Pedro, and other sources, we condense this heroic period of his life. In 1833 Captain Napier succeeded Admiral Sartorius in the command of Don Pedro's fleet, and after paying his devoirs to the Emperor of Oporto, he got his fleet off, and shaping his course outside the rock of Lisbon kept a look out for the Miguelite enemy. Before, however, the grand action came to pass which so greatly sig nalised him, he made, with his party, successful descents on the coast, capturing Beja, Tavira, Othao, and Faro, the capital of the Algarves. But the great event drew nigh, and the famous victory which he achiesed over the more numerous and powerful squadron of Don Miguel off Care St. Vincent, which the Gallant Briton, with his brave followers captured in the course of twelve minutes, by boarding, a la Nelson ! is thus graphically described by himself : " At eight o'clock on the morning of the 3d of July, the officers of the watch reported two sail, then three, then four,' and so on until they counted nine. I was surprised, and, as Sir Richard Strachan said, delighted ; but the delight was accom panied with a disagreeable sort of feeling just resembling the• sensation of your heart coming up into your mouth, and requiring a tolerable gulp to keep it down. We were standing on the starboard tack under courses and top-gallant sails; the enemy were on the larboard, broad on the lee •bow under their topsails ; one alone, which we took for the fifty-gun ship, had her courses and top-gallant sails set, and sailed bad. They were formed in two lines, having the Don John, bearing a Com if.odore's pennant to windward, supported by the Rainha of the line, the Martin Frietas, and Princess Real. The three cor vettes and two brigs formed the lee division opposite the opeii spaces, all well painted, sails well set, and lines compact. It was a majestic sight, and I turned the hands up to show the crews hew well they looked, and to exhort them to pay atten tion to the management of their guns as the surest means of success. I had never been in a general action, and although delighted at the prospect before me, I could not but feel ap palled at their great superiority and the magnitude of the en terprise I was about to undertake. " The breeze was good, the water smooth, not a cloud in the heavens ; the enemy looked well and firm, and they were plainly seen training their guns as we approached. It was a trying and awful sight, and accompanied with a considerable degree of dread (at least I can answer for myself) ; officers and men were calm and determined, though aware of the dan ger of the enterprise, the success of which mainly depended on the state we should be in after the first broadside. " The enemy kept their line close, and reserved their fire till well within musket shot ; the frigate then threw out a signal, which we concluded was for permission to fire : the moment was critical, and wo all felt it. " The Commodore's answer was hardly at the mast-head ere the frigate opened her broadside, which was instanta neously followed by the whole squadron, with the exception of the Dohn John, whose stern and quarter guns could only bear. Poor Rainha !* I looked up and expected to see every mast tottering ! but the cherub was sitting aloft, and not withstanding the most tremendous fire I ever witnessed, which made the sea bubble like a boiling candron round her, the smoke clearing away discovered to the astonished Mi guelites the Rainha proudly floating on the waters of Nelson and St. Vincent, with her masts erect, her rigging and sails only showing the fiery ordeal she had gone through.. " It was now that the frigate flew to, grazing the Rainha's stern with her flying jib-boom ; the foremost guns were posted • into her, crammed to the muzzle with round and grape ; the helm was then shifted, and we ran alongside of her under a very heavy fire, which struck down my secretary, master, and many men. The ships were lashed with the main sheet, and Commodore Wilkinson and Captain Charles Napier, heading the boarders, passed from the bower anchor to her bulwark, driving the menacross the forecastle, along the larboard gangway. " I had not intended to board, having enough to do to look after the squadron ; but the excitement was too great, and 1 ound myself, without hardly knowing it, on the enemy's The chief ship of Napier's squadron, =_ ~~ -_ _, _---- I. -- forecastle, supported by one or two officers. There I paused, till several men rushino , .on board, we rushed aft with a loud cheer, and either passed through or drove a tarty down upon •the break of the quarter-deck. At this moment I received 1 a severe blow from a crow-bar, the owner of which did not ; escape unscathed ; and poor Macdonough fell at my side by a musket-ball. lierradas, the Captain of the ship, came across me, wounded in the face, and fighting like a tiger. He was a brave man. I saved ,his life. The second captain came next, and made so good-natured a cut at me that I had not heart to hurt. him ; he also was spared. Barradas took up arms again, and was finally killed in the cabin." The Commodore aid Captain Charles:Napier, after driving a whole host before them, fell, severely wounded, on the quarter deck. The former with difficulty regained his ship; the latter, beihg stunned, lay some time, until the noise of friends coming to his assistance roused him from his stupor. " The quarter-deck was now gained, but the slaughter still continued, notwithstanding , the endeavour of the officers to stay it. The main - and lower decks were yet unsubdued ; and as the Don Pedro ranged up on the opposite side to board, both ships fired. rn a few minutes all was quiet ; the lower deck gave in, and; any of the Portusuese seamen rushed on the quarter .deck. for safety, with white canvas on their left arms, having discovered that was the badge worn by our men in boarding." This gallant action was ended by the Commodore's chasing after the fugitive vessels. He followed the Martin Freitas, and the Villa nor, which was making of, but by ten she was in his possession. "Thus finished the action of the sth of July 1836, leaving in our possessiOn two ships of the line, mounting eighty-six guns each, including four forty-eight pounders for throwing shells, one frigate of fifty-two guns, a fi.ty-gun ship, and a corvette - of eighteen guns; two corvettes and two brigs escaped-; the two fogner arrived safe in Lisbon ; one brig joined the follow in day, and the other got to Madeira. The enemy were aretply found in every species of warlike stores, and mounted. step-guns in addition to the full complement on their broad sides." The loss of the squadron was about ninety killed and wounded. The enemy lost between two and three hundred. " It is not for me," says Napier, " to comment on this action ; I shall leave that to the world, simply observing, that at no time was a naval action fought with such a disparity of force, and in no naval action was there ever so severe a loss in so short a time." After so great and crowning a victory, won by the strength of his own arm, and the ability of his tactics—having destroyed, or, for a while at least, crushed the power of that enemy who resorted to every possible intrigue and machination to under. , mine the stability of the then established *throne of his Mistress, the foulness of ingratitude was his ultimate portion, which eventually so disgusted him as to drive him from their shores. True, that so long as the sunshine of his recent success flung splendour around him, and even the blackest intriguer .at Court could not, being human, refrain from yielding him just praise, seeing that the wave was still wet with - the crimson of traitors, and knowing that, at such a period, their attempts to bias the Queen would be too frantic and hopeless, they quietly saw him invested with the title of .Viscount Cape St. Viiiksbrit, and with the Grand Cross of the Tower and Sword. But no sooner had the won der of victory. in some degree subsided, than these lurking friends of Don Miguel crept like adders around the throne, and poured the venom of their black spleen into the ears of the Queen, against the man who had been the means of so firmly seating her on her long-shaken throne. The cheek of indig nation becomes red 'with anger, at the remembrance of such shameless doings. Napier was at last treated withsrna.rked in justice, and when, at . a subsequent period, the young Queen had her eyes opened, and she became conscious of the base affronts Which had been put upon him, she requested him to retain his honours, and ordered all his demands to be granted, without let or equivocation. ingratitude of Portugal, however, had made too deep an impression on the Admiral's mind to be easily erased, and the death of Don Pedro severed the last link that bound him to the service of Portugal, and in the November following Admi ral Napier returned to Er; land. - - - - Atm _ 7 ~=►~: ~' ~~~_ _~ / ` `l "' G ~ great good humour and patience. His pithy and characteristic declarations of principle were audible to' the friends imme•. dia'ely surrounding him, but even this was too great a privi : ledge to be eijoyed—for first came a lump of mud, and then a sort of independent firing of stones, till at length a g e nera l volley was given. l'm d—d if we can stand this !" ex claimed the gallant Captain, who turned tail, and in an in stant the hustings were cleared, although the rush down the solitary ladder which led to them was anything but pleasing to those gentlemen who wers not desirous of having their legs broken. On the second day, the gallant Captain, who was not going to allow his Conservative opponent to carry the battle his own way, brought from the Medea steam-frigate a party of seventy or eighty seamen, under the boatswain, who soon procured for the gallant Captain a fair field and no favour. One of these Jack tars seated himself on the top of the pent-house which covered the hustings, waving one of the colours which Captain N. had tak, n from Don Miguel's fleet off Cape St. Vincent. Three sturdy bargemen of the opposite party climbed up the supporters for the purpose of dislodging this venturesome Napierite. The first that came within Jack's reach went down to the ground much sooner, than he came up; the next shared the same fate ; and the thi r d re t rea ti ng left Jack in undisputed possession of his elevated position. This little adventure, as may be suppo - el, excited much fun, and was considered as an omen of the Gallant Of f icer's success. Capta'n Napier is a stout man, with an intelligent face, the head poked rather forward, and with dark hair, now becoming grey. On the occasion of his election, he appeared in an old blue frock-coat with brass navy buttons; duck trowsers, not rivalling the snow in whiteness ; shoes patched, but very eas) , ; and white-cotton socks, carefully if not comfortably darned. On his left breast dangled a profusion of orders blazing in their brilliancy, yet serving only to render more striking the tout ensemble of seediness, which this true "British Tar" presented to the admiring crowd of the " beauty and fa shion' of Greenwich and Deptford. The whole was crowned by a round hat of most manageable brim, of whose colour the only adequate description must be given in the language of the Latin poet,— "'Qui color albus erat mine est contraries albo." And there stood the man, pelted by the bargemen at Green wich in a paltry election squabble, on whose cool head, ready harp!, and unflinchitrg heart bad depended the destinies of a nation—one who hcd gained more victories and made more captures with less loss of life than any man had ever done be fore L-a man quick to plan, prompt. to execute - whose very ashness was a carefulness of consequences, and who; when he struck a Wow, always weighed how much depended upon that blow being at once decisive. Luckily for him he was not re turned for Greenwich, the numbers voted beine . thus Attwood 1,361 Barnard Napier So that the dirty denizens of that shore-going vicinity can boast no hero for their Reform representative. The defeat, nevertheless, in this case, was very nearly allied to victory. NAPIER AT BEYROUT AND ORNSCHOJOUEN. In 1839 be was appointed to the Powerful, and when she came to Portsmouth tor 'her- crew, the following characteristic and somewhat prophetic bill was issued : " nanted active seamen for the Poterful. " Captain NAPIER. " The Powerful is a fine sli:p, and in the event of a war will be able to take her own.part." It was the flag of this fine-built vessel that was now destined to flout the skies of Syria, and to wave triumphantly on the top of Acre's formidable bastions. It would require glowing colours and no feeble painter to describe in adequate and im passioned terms the grand things which were effected by Napier in these Eastern regions. The. naval crown which already graced his broW was bright and sparkling, but the - gems which he added to it by his exploits in these parts were yet more brilliant by many degrees. There is a species of chivalry, almost amounting to romance, in the various inci dents that are toll ri him in these Oriental combats. It stirs up the heart like a trumpet to read—of the camp at Djournie, where Napier is described as working in his shirt sleeves, up at six in the morning, encouraging, urging, compelling all to labour at the fortifications, and himself setting the exam ple—of the storming of Sidon, of Jaffa, of Tsour, and of Caiffa. It was at deeds like these in the olden time, that our streets blazed with illuminations, and a rapture like fire ran through the British population : it was at actions like these :that the shoe-buckles a our fore4thers cracked asunder :through their uncontrollable joy at the triumphancy of Bri tannic arms, and which invested the name of England with so appalling a majesty as kept the nations in awe, and bowed them into homage. The first affair which redounded to the fame of the Com modore in these parts was the march upon Bey rout. 'ibis place , the ancient Barytus, pleasantly situated as any town in Syria, stood on the verge of a beautiful plain, varied with small hills, and extending to the foot of Mount Libanus. The surrounding country was covered with kiosks, and enriched with groves of vines, olives, palms, and orange trees. Its population was estimated at ten thousand souls, of whom the Turks formed one-third. it was this place that formed the grand entrepot of the commerce of the Druses and Maronites, from whence they exported their cot tons and silks, which they exchanged for the corn of I3ekar and Havarau. Cairo, Damascus, and Aleppo also largely drew ~~ ~; ~_ -~~ r t -- W - - - 41.-- "1"---....-------- - __;, --_, T.=••• gr__....Vf -- -;-N A---__-• ~ = ==t-- - --- -- -- , -__-- - f , ". •,-..- - -_____- -- I=-- - _ 1 - -- _-=,- - -,.... -- -, ---."... ---,-------. -------'-. p,.-_,---"__-=-_--k -7:-1------`' - -=,: 1-r r = ---1------ , 7--- ---- ,--- r-'''''_---------===-7-.•,-_,_--: from it in exports. This redoubtable city, wh'cli during the Holy Wars was the scene of the fabled - victory of St. George and the Dragon, was again, like ins symbolic serpent, destined to fall a second time undet the overpowering might of another knight of Christendom. Napier, on the 9th Oct., having directed the Emir Bechir to join him on the heights of Ornsehoi.uen, arrived at tke tenth on their summits, when they found to their surprise that between 2,000 and 3,000 men had planted themselves in a position that appeared unassalable. The at tack began by short skirmishes. Heavy firings suceeeded. The hi;l v.a.: crowded by our battalions, who, on coming into con tact with the enemy on its top, soon gave the affair a precipitate termination, and caused the Egyptians to ground their arms: A second attack was made on the remaining troops, and in less than half an hour it became a total rout, the enemy leaving all their bagqagc, ammunition, and provisions. Night put an end to the pursuit. Ibraham Pacha, who commanded, escapid with a few men. and the rest dispersed, leaving between six and sevea hundred prisoners. March was now made for Beyrout. The late defeat had struck its garrison and inhabitants with terror. It evacuated to the British troops, and this stout citadel became our prize. The effect of these successes led to the entire dis organization and submission of Soliinan Paella's army, to the amount of nearly 3,000 men, and the whole of his artillery and stores. Napier landed at Djournie on the 10th of Sep tember, having made about 5,000 prisoners, and increased his numbers by about 5,000 deserters who had come over. Immediately after receiving the intelligence of the capture of Beyrout, Lord Minto, the first Lord of the Admiralty, paid to the lady of the gallant hero the greatest compliment ever yet received by the wife of a naval officer. This lady, the widow of Lieutenant Edward Elers, R.N., the captain married early in life. Lord Minto, or the above occasion, posted down to her residence at Horndean, to announce to her that as a testimony of their Lordships' approbation of her husband's conduct, they had appointed her sun, Captain Charles Napier, to a ship; as well as to convey to her an expression of the obligation of the Gorernment and the gratitude o f his sovereign. . - - /:_...:•, ' . -- • . : ',., .. - --. ' - . ...-. ,- ','r ....... ..... ~ ,___•., , ''.....-..i/,.. ..'7. ,%: :" -'-'---... 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The Lord of Acre may, if it so please him, cause a famine to be felt even over all may, Djezzar Paella used to insist that the key of a public granary is the mightiest engine of military operation, and thus it was that he, an old man pent up in a small tower by the sea-side, pos sessed so extraordinary an empire. Hence, too, we find Acre to have been the last place from which the Christians were ex pelled from the Holy Land; and hence its tranquil possession, notwithstanding the insignificant figure it makes in the n.ap of the great Asiatic Continent, is of more importance than the greatest armies, under the most victorious leader ever sent for the invasion of the country. Commodore Napier on this memorable occasion headed one of the two divisions, and would not cease his fire till every gun of the enemy was silent. The order of the engagement was thus : On the 30th a general order was issued by command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, thanking the fleet for their zeal and exertions ; and on the same day a council ewer was held, at which an immediate attack of Acre was decided on : the same evening the supernumerary marines were em barked, and on the following day about 3,000 Turkish troops, each ship taking a portion according to her size, General Sir C. F. Smith accompanying them. In the afternoon the steamers Gorgon, Vesuvius, Stromboli, arid Plicenix started for their destination. Shortly before sunset the whole anchored off the town, the forces then assembled consisted of the following vessels : , Princess Charlotte (Flag), Powerful (broad Pendant), Thunderer, Bellerophon, Revenge, Edinburgh, and Benbow of the line, Castor, Pique, Carysfert e and Talb t o b t e f T rig u a r t k e i s s , ga Ha zard corvette, Wasp brig, and the steam frigates Gorg on, Vesuvius, Stromboli, and Phcenix ; the Austrian frigteGuerriere, and Medea, and a eorvette, and Ad miral and cutter tender. At fifty minittes past one, on No vember I, the Phenix opened her fire ; u t n h d e er Powerful, c l ose l y Th would be as Bellerophon, well to state, ar lo d tte ( , it a fo n i d loe p -c i d qu l n iy , s t t h n e cd P tn rin th e n es n s northward (twoit sea----one to the west h an er d e t , h th e a n t t t i h in e r to to wn th pen e r s e n s uth ts ), and the north-west angle of the town, in threei ) a r p de an r n d am an od eho h r e e f d nro off . The Castor, the Carysfort, Talbot, Benbew, Edinburgh, asp, and A ustr i ans stood in for t h e Revenge was was ordered t o keep unde r weighsouth Turkish face. Adm i ral, rrhe as a reserve. At a quarter pas t two o'clock, the batteries to the south opened en the Castor, the admiration of the whole fletiestooskheurup and with t t n o most t e gai r station iaatlY' about 700 yards of the batte • ries, where she and her consorts opened their fire, as had also by this time the northern division. The steamers were laced a o weigh, and th us th e 1 cti between the two divisions under possible to att empt a des c :? became general. It would be im but had thos e who have desc r i p tion of the scene at this moment ; heretofore doubted the bravery and constancy of the Egyptians, then witnesse d the a a fire kept up by th e batteries, they would l ong er benimaptteical as to their co urage and endurance. About three o'clock the Re venge, was ordered in by Commodore Napier to supp ort the Pow erful s division, and took up position ahead o f that admirable ship. At twenty minutes past four, the action being at its height) a terrific explosion took place in the town, which for a time wholly concealed it and the southern division from view. Its appearance was truly awful, and "1 can compare it to nothing," says an eye-witness, " but as if a huge yew-tree had suddenly been conjured up from the devoted town ; it hung for many minutes a mighty pall over those hundreds it had hurled into eternity ; and then slowly, owing to the lightness of t h e wind, drifted to the south war d." It proved to be the ex ' onion of the principal m a g azine of the place, one-third of which it destroyed; and from a whole regiment having .been quartered in a khan immediately ad joining, it is supposed from 1,500 to 1,700 soldiers perished in the ruins, besides' a number of camels, horses, bullocks, and donkeys. After this fearful event, the fire from the southern batteries nearly ceased ; but the western one still kept it up with animation, and was answered broadside after broadside with redoubled vigour and tremendous effect. Shortly before five the Admiral made the signal to discontinue the engage ment ; but from the smoke it could not be seen for some time by the Powerful's division, which continued until half-past five to tire at the few remaini n g guns which still maintained the action, after which not a shot was fired either from the town or fleet. Shortly after a boat pushed from the Captain of the Port, to say that the Egyptians were leaving the tows, and that if a party was landed at the water-gate it would be found open. This was of course immediately done , and 300 Turks and a party of Austrian Marines took unopposed possession. At daylight the remainder of the Turkish troops and a consi derable number of Marines were landed, and quietly marched into the place. 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N - ~,.,---„_•-•,____ .. - - ,------ - f ___2- -- --, :: r - 7 _._- : •..__---______..--....__ 0 -- "--------V - -- S - 1 60 , -- _ r - ---_-='------- ___, _,.._/„., ___ .„ ______,. ________, ~=,.. _,_______________„ _ ______,„ ro-, - 4_ -----4------4 __72 - - ----- v -- 7 ---_, , - -.-.-----. -_-,_ _-_-,__ ____-• 7-..,.._ .7:----..-7-,. 1 -111 1 • • •••• • •- _ - NAPIER AT GREENWICH. 1837. Among the delicious ruralities of his seat Purbrook, or in the vicinity of•Horndean, near Southampton, Narier for a while enjoyed the retirement he had so nobly earned. His house was like a Prince's for hospitality, for in its hall the wearied soldier and sailor found ever a friend and welcome. The state befitting an Admiral was also kept. up by him, combining with' it the hearty Lon-hommie of the o'd English. gentleman, while he drove along the Southamptonshire roads his four-in-hand with all the spirit, if not the grace of a Wa terford. But again the fire of his blood broke out, and in July, 11+37, Captain Napier -stood for the borough of Green wich, with Mr. 133, nard and Mr. Wolverly Attwood, M.P., the Chairman of the General Steam Navigation Company. From the first there never was any doubt as to the return of Mr. Barnard, end the contest therefore was in fact between the gallant Catitain in the Liberal interest and Mr. W. Att wood, the new Conservative candidate. ' At the nomination a scene of most tremendous uproar and ' confusion took place. A large party of perions employed by the General Steam . Navigation Company crowded round the hustings, and by their voeiferations and shouts prevented any body but their candidate from being heard. Captain Napier, when he proeptect himself endured the storm with A f E SUN, LONDONT, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 1841. do, , ,It n P pry be r , i ~1~ ~; - r` , ~=.~ ~.p...4- 5,.-Z - _ - %" ,','% ~,~_.~ r=c-= • ' . V ~ - - .... 'tg . :....i.,.. A lb , ',.- •• .., , ~., .....,* ~.7:, ' .:.- ••:;,... ,fr . : -, ~, - • • • , , 1 -~ _ ~~~ ~~, ,Y,tl NAPIER'S TAKING OF SAIDA. On the 24,h September, Admiral Walker, with the Turkish fleet, spFared before Tyre, summoned and took it, with 560 captives. On the 26th Commodore Napier appeared before S,,ida with one line-of-battle-ship, and with the Austrian divi• lion. The Egyptian Commander having refused to surrender, Napier commemed tire. After two hours' cannonade the breach was declared prac!icable, and 1,000 British, Turks, and 200 Austrian', marched to the storm and carried the town. Threw thousand Egyp,ians laid down their arms : the allies lost 40 killed and 70 wounded. The resuA was most complete and speedy. The whole LI Lebanon was on fire; the effect on Ibrahim's troops was electric. The corps of 10,000 men un der him dispersed, acid in the news of the taking of Saida 60 officers with 4,600 men went over to Napier. On the 27th September, Ibrahim himself left Baalbeck with a small force and fled to Damascus. The four Consuls who left Alexandria joined Napier's fleet. NAPIER AT SIDON. The individual valour of Napier at Sidon is surpassed by no instance in modern times or ancient. The invincible daring displayed by him on the occasion was most signal and un matchable. The following spirited account of his taking of the town is furnished by the Malta Times of the 15 th Oct. : " Off Alexandria,_ Oct. 5. " The smartest affair is yet to be told you. • Charles Napier, on Friday, the "sth, talking with the Admiral, remarked that Sidon was not in our possession, and said to him, " If you like, I will go down and take it, and be bark again in eight.and forty hours." Ile startPd, and was as good as his word. H e had the Thunderer, Cyclops, Gorgon, and Hydra, with SOO Turks and 500 marines. On their way he fell in with the Stromboli from England, with a detachment of 200 marines: these he took with him, and after firing slot and shell at th e town for a couple of hours, he made a breach, and landed at the head of his men. It was a sharp struggle; but, after destroying a great nitim`bei- of the enemy, who neither gave nor would receive quarter, th ey at last kill. d the Egyptian Commander, who died game. With two marines bayonets at. his breast he refused quarter, and resisted, 51 they fired, and he of course died, when his trenps threw down their arms to tl:e amount of 500 ; 1,500 were afterwards taken. and the whole' ,000 have been brought round to the fleet at Djournie; I belieye they will he sent to Cyprus. Napier was . must daring—on th e t o p s o f t h e h ouses he made his wa y , waving his hat on the point of his sword, and cheering the men on. Our loss amounted to fifteen marines killed and wounded ; two mates badly wounded, Motley and Shears, of the Wasp ; and a mate of the Revenge, with five seamen, one since dead ; and one of the Thunderer's launchers killed. A marine officer, who had only th a t morn i ng arr i ved i n the Stromboli, was killed in the breach—his name is Hocken, and he has b.ien serving on the coast of Spain ; and I hear an other wa s wounded. 'I he Castor and Pique took Tyre." NAPIER'S BOMBARDMENT OF ACRE. Acre the impregnable—the beautified by the Ptolemies—the strong-trenched citadel whose towers withstood the two years' siege of Richard Lion-Heart and Philip Augustus—Acre, that s ink into the hands of Sultan Seraplia by treachery alone—that resisted the storming of Bonaparte, and so long resoun ded with the World's Debate-- Acre, the st rong an d Imperial buckler of the East, spite of its reputed invincibility, was destined to succumb under the arms and armaments of Stopford and MORNING SUN were taken ; 700 of one regiment, who hid evaettated the town in the night, marched down to the beach with drums beating, and quietly laid down their arms. The bat teries were awfully knocked about, many guns upset, and several burst. Vast quantities 01 munitions of war and pro visions, together with specie to the amount of 5,0001. were found in the town. Nahmoud Bey, the Governor, effeeted his escape, but was afterwards taken by the mountaineers. Poetry has crowned the terrific taking of Aare and the beginning of a carmen tritamphale written on the 'cession would have served one Commodore for his threatening war song, as well as ever did the " Song of Roland" serve Nor mandy's chieftain, on the eves of his onsets. Now ye ramparts ! I am near you Strengthening yotir inviolate town, For the flag of England hastens Not to save, but smite you down. From a thousand mouths of terror L';2t on bolt shall volley dawn, Till abov.: the smoky darkness Napier'e b W e ,:znnot pas s by the 5 „,ziner crowns the town. p l e ,zlid action of Admiral Stopfor —an actiolt which has covered i.t.!" Admiral with immortal n honour. It was Admiral Sir Robert bt.: ford who left his flag ship for the Phenix, who directed the I:ttai-2,, who fired the first shot oo the devoted fortress, who neared w ee formidable batteries, and under the bristling cannon (the labom - s and as cumulationi of ages) stood up with wolness, daring, una.baken courage, and commanded the whole operations. The.result of this grand action was 3,000 prisoners, an int. , mcn'e quantity of warlike stores accumulated for years in this celebrated fortress, and po.sessiern of the entire coast of Syria. The fail of Acre will echo and re-echo through the world. The Sovereigns of Europe w;11 see that the spirit of Nelson s'iil lives in the 1 ritish navy, that her fleets can yet batter down mighty works deemed by ordinary people impregnable, and that England is yet the undisputed Mistress of the Sea. Our deytiviption of this great action is complete as it ap pears above, but the following letter, as if hit off by the sweep of a suitor's tar-brush, with an honest and hearty seal, presents a rough and sphited sketch of the Sidon and Acre actions. The brave Commodore figures in it bravely, and it conics from one who accompanied every inch of the business : "My dear Father—l have received your welcome letter, and am happy to hear all our dear family are well, as I am at prevent, although I must say, since I wrote last to you, we have had some sharp work for the eyes, I do assure you. First and foremost, we took Sidon. I was ashore with the Royal Marines, whom we call jollies, and right jolly fellows, believe me, they are for fighting, as the Egyptians know to their cost ; but now I must tell you, as far as 1 can learn from the marines, their officers proposed to send out skirmishers to cover their ten while they formed their landing, and go on in what they call sections or three', or quarter distant solurans. But our brave Commodore, who is called Charley— a rum ore to look at, but a rare one to go—swore he would have no " parade nonsense," but would make skirmishers of us all ; so off we set with the Turks helter-skelter, the devil take the hindmost. I believe our niessmates, the Turks, thought us mad, for the moment one of them shortened sail, or lagged behind, the gallant old Commodore, who was without his jacket, with his shirt-sleeves tucked up, and an old straw hat, let fly a stone at him, with " Bear a hand, rnessmates: shake a reef out of your trousers." _ _ Oh, it was capital fun ! Only a pity they were not our saucy neighbours on the other side of the water, that we might have tried to take the shine out of them, instead of the miserable half-starved Egyptian recruits, poor rascals, we bad to deal with. Poor fellows, I pitied them, but it was no fault of ours. Next we went to St. Jean d'Acre, a mighty strong place, and where we cast anchor at about two o'clock on the after ternoon of the 3d of November, beat to quarters, and away we rattled at the fortificalions ; but, alter the first broadside, the smoke was so thick, devil a thing could we see, but we blazed away at a fine rate. Some of us put four shots in the guns at a time, which made the guns kick, and sometimes stranded and carried away the breeching; but, as we were determined to give them a good dose, we did not vend upon trifles. When we had fired away about two hours, a most wicked shell from the Gorgon steam-ship went slap hang into their largest maga zine of powder, blew 1,390 men to atoms, upset their guns, and knocked the carriages to pieces on the ramparts, and killed their artillerymen : after which, no wonder that they were cowed, and would not stand to their guns, and marched out of the place, poor devils. Some mistake was made by some of the ships not taking their proper berths, and the Admiral finding one of the ships filing over into another, hung out the signal to discontinue the action, so they had after wards nothing to do but look on. We have taken a great many guns and stores, and a great deal of cash ; so I hope, my dear father, to bring you home some prize money, which is a rare thing in these days. If it had not been for she blow ing up of the magazine by the Gorgon, as we had fired away l arnost all our powder and shot, they say we should have at tempterl to storm it next day ; in that case, I think a great number of would have lost the number of our mess, which means, b e i ng sent to Davy's locker, or if not to kingdom come, the place was so devilish strong. But " All's well that ends good luck n d i andband r e r r e p o g r o4 t d - fired very well," and we hare had -ho f les un , The Egyptians stuffed badly. Give my love to all at home prpm your loving son, and so could not trail their ;iins fore and aft, 1 J . 44 " St. Jean d'Acre, November 5. ('ea rfiairleed NAPIER AT ALEXANDRIA. Commodore Napier's ship " the Powerful," though she had the warmest berth at Acre, was, strange to say, only bulled twice. After the engagement she sailed for Alexandria, where the Commodore further crowned his glory, by settling in stir: hours, not with treaties and protocols, but on the word of honour of a British officer, and under the guns of a British man-of-war—the Egyption question, against which all the diplomatists in Europe had been knocking thssir heads for the last five years, and which shook the Ottoman empire to its centre, and all but involved Europe in the flames of a general tsar. The short circumstances are these : Commodore Napier having arrived off Alexandria with reinforcement of several ships, learnt from her Majesty's Vice-Consul, Mr. Larking, of the transmission of the terms of settlement proposed by Mehemet Ali to Lord Palmerston, through the Government of Malta ; namely, that hit Hjgh ness would restore the Ottoman fleet, withdraw his forces from Syria, and content himself with the hereditary poseeasiorr of Egypt alone. Whereupon the Commodore took the Power ful in with her guns double shotted. Twenty-four hours' time was given for the Pacha's ultimatum ; before the expiration of which the Pacha signified his assent, and the treaty was duly signed and executed on the 24th inst. A more formal ra tification of the treaty was made by Admiral Stopford shortly after. A Maltese Correspondent, who saw the Gallant Commodore at Alexandria at this time, gives this short but entertaining sketch of him : On the 26th of November he landed at Alexandria, and spent his time in walking through the town in a plain coat without epaulettes, and all the inhabitants, Turk, Arab, and Christian, manifested the most intense desire to see hint. He took up his quarters at the British Consulate, and in the ceurse of the afternoon the principal Consuls stalled on him. On the 27th, about noon; be passed through the bazaars in the carriage of Mr. Larking with a groat cavalcade to he presented to the Pacha, and I perceived that most of the Orientals gave him - a profound salaam. Nobody would have believed that Lord Pal merston would have entrusted such a delicate negotiation to Commodore Napier, who has always been considered a mere fighting man, but the result shows that his Lerdship'sipregnos tications in this respect have not been deceived. he town was in a perfect state of jubilee, and the old stagers say this is the merriest Bairam they ever saw. NAPIER FOR MARYLEBONE. Bronzed by the sun of Syria, and laden with the laurels of a" hundred battles," the Commodore once more sought the strands of Britain. On his arrival he was elevated by her most gracious Majesty to the rank of Knight Commander of the Bath, and is now Sir Charles Napier. Sir Charles now aspired to the representation of Maryle bone, and for this purpose he resigned his command in the Mediterranean, in order that no obstacle might be thrown in his way, and that he might go in unshackled to support the Administration. Sir Charles Napier's political principles are too well known to the bulk of his fellow-countrymen, and especially to the electors of Mar}lebone, to render it incum bent on us to dwell upon them here. He is a Radical of the right sort, and as decidedly opposed to the Corn-laws, and ether restrictions on trade, as Colonel Thompson himself. The people will find him as unflinching en the floor of St. Stephen's as on the quarter-deck of the Powerful. On Sir Charles's first advance to represent the Reform interest in Marylebone there were two other candidates in the field with himself, viz., fir Benjamin Hall and Mr. Young; but as this division of the Reform interest was likely to be in jurious to the cause, and likely to let in a Tory, it was mutually agreed that a ballot should take place between Sir Charles Napier and Mr. Young, the weaker whereof was to retire. Accordingly, on Wednesday evening, June 16, the ballot was taken, on which occasion the poll stood thus: — Sir C. Napier Mr. Young Majority for Sir C. Napier —986 Mr. Young, though defeated by this immense majority, most handsomely came forward in accordance with the pledge he had given, and stated that considering himself to be justified in supposing that he was by the above poll supported by a large body of Reformers, he would now give every support in his power to Sir Charles Napier, and he called on his friends to do the same. The election of Sir CHARLEB for this borough is now beyond doubt, sor does it need any harangue on ourpart to blazon further the deeds of him who with his good sword has cut his own name upon one of the most prominent pillars of Fame. He who has stormed the fortresses of Syria with such power, will storm with equal tremendous ness and su ccess the fortresses of monopoly, and endeavour, with the rest of his compatriots, to p ou r over the face of the earth the bl essings of free trade, promotive of that great interchange which will unite in confraternal links the nations of the universe. Hitherto it has been only abroad, and at far distances from his native home., that he has laboured to gain glory for country, and to wreath her brows with the rich sunlight of renown. How nobly he has com ported himself in the discharge of this duty, how strenuously he has fought, and how magnifi cently triumphed, the annals of his country will hereafter record, and deliver down his praises to a remote futurity. But this point of his history, instead of being the end and consummation of his fame, is likely to be but the first step of his ascending greatness. He is about to stand before his country at this moment of time in a far more noble and heroic point of view than he has ever yet occupied. Large principles of freedom, and majestic philanthropical efforts, form the proud pedestal on which he at present stands, and the grounds upon which he offers himself for Membership in St. Stephen's. Those patriotic principles of the public good which he has ever deemed paramount to all others, for which he has throughout the past jeopardized his life amid warring hosts and annihilating flame-bolts —these, which from the first moment of his career appeared suspended like a radiant orb within his mind's eye, encouraging him in every contest, and inspiriting him in eeovvrpery operat ion, je a ocu n ta g , r aat — Ir de still these, es s t e h n o t u i g e l y n t o h w e t s u a r n m e e d u on towardsnew will eventually conduct him to the same mighty and magnificent results of triumph in the halls of our Legislature, as they have heretofore tone in the battles of our realm, \~