The Sun. — London, England, 1821-04-21 00:00:00

GENERAL PEPE. If the following Letter be genuine it will ef fectually disprove the infamous charges brought against this gallant Officer, and prove that he was actuated by the true feelings of Patriotism:— " NEAPOLITANS—I am almost ashamed to call You countrymen after all you have done and all I have suffered. I have no language to express the detestation in which I hold the conduct of eventful those who have guided your councils in the late Period, or the disgust I feel at the base nessof Your conduct on every occasion when the e d nel q Made his appearance. You fled, you desert ner 'Y o u submitted ; an d su b m i t t e d upon the terms the conqueror; and this, too, in the face of all Your protestations, of all your pretended enthu siasm for liberty and independence." lie dwells for some time on this subject, en tering into particular details of th e di sas t ers i n Wthe Abruzzi, and, after alluding to what might ave been performed there, proceeds thus Ha d you made a stand when resistance was repossible, and victory so p r ob a bl e , h ow diffe h" would have been your sit ua ti on an d mine— ow different the situation of the civilized world ? bc , n e : fl ame of lib er t y wou ld h ave sprea d f rom t h e --Ins ula of It a ly i n t o th e N ort h , an d t h ose -CZ Governments that were the means of stth iuzation, might th e ms e l ves h ave b een j ec iT ell .:d to g r ant a C ons tit u ti on t o t h e i r sub i a" tis no t I on l y w h o am di sappo i nte d , i t It men who have a spark of tgbene ro sity in th e i r b osoms ; an d , l et me a dd , rr:lt e ven among yoursel ve s, I k now th ere . are —an Y who bitt er l y gr i eve over past events, t h at never C a n be remedied or recalled. The oppor oac ! u nitY is pa s t, an d a ll E urope t h rown a century k in the acquisiti o n of f ree d om , b y your treachery an d pus ill an i m i ty ." With regard to himself he observes :—" That 44 ' 1 an exile is nothing. lam content to suffer, ' and would gladly suffer much more, could I be nefit the land in which I was born. I have done I lly duty, and that is alone the consolation that t, is left me.,, SHIP NEWS. the rORTSMOLTTII, APRIL 20.—Wind E.S.E.—The whole of outward -bound arc now under weigh with a light breeze from the E.S.E. • PALMOUTII, APRIL 18.—Wind S. W.—Arrived the City underinburgh, Godby, from St. John's, N. B. ; and Scilly / jury -masts ; and Sylph, Milne, from London for Naples. 11Anyvicit APRIL 20.—Arrived the Freeling packet, with ruails frorri dolland. ai.MARGATE, APRIL 20.—Sailed the Netherlands frigate, V arr iPus (not Ceres, as stated yesterday), for Batavia. So uth "t si APRIL 20—Sailed the Grace, Lethbridge, for New Wales. it.r.l APRIL 20.—Wind N.E.—Arrived and sailed for the ter'' r the Eclipse, Newton, from St. Michael's : Louisa, Sow ‘ from Smyrna ; Amelia, Price, from Oporto ; and the Swe u'll frigate Freya, Captain Cronstadt, from Carlscrona for Elizabethre; the latter remains.—Came down from the River the of Thompson, for Halifax and sailed with the whole Vthe outward -bound, except the ' William Miles East India la.,?l.--Came down from the River and remain the Hythe, v . "'.. ( ln for China ; Phcenix, Weynton, for Bombay; and se eral others, names not known. 13 „... RIGHT ON APRIL 19.—The KING yesterday w as • / 4 . Joyously greeted by his subjects in public. si,, I3I AJEsTy was on horseback, attended by -, 'INDRE W BARNARD, in various parts of the i' v , from two to four o'clock. A sudden squall ti t, t arn and rain occasioned his MAJESTY to re. ira te to the Palace some time earlier than he had 1 4A - e (1 --It is still understood here that his --aL th ou 1 , - TY purposes a . speedy visit to Ireland, Us taro some of the London Prints would induce t , s a t ; %elude differently. Nothing to the con ' A-Yr) c ertainly, has hitherto been decided on. eb - i te r the distribution of his MAJESTY'S annual l d -- Y b °4 Thursday, it being customary for the small °l. high Almoner to present each person with ta•n;!'lver coin, such was the eager wish to ob itl - f. `,`, l that several Ladies and Gentlemen bought to , le Poor persons for two pounds, previously Itleisir leaving Whitehall Chapel. ti at the. been remarked, as a curious coincidence, Fords number of the majority of the House Of t or ) 3 ' who voted against the Catholic Relief 11 : 1 -) corresponded with that of the Articles of - Ch lare ., ” of England—thirty-nine. Cash el ri'll De an and Chapter of the Archdiocese of th el p assembled on the 4th. instant, and . elected pi, -- erY Reverend Dr. WRIGHT, the Vicar-Ca to-1114r of th e vacant See. They then proceeded tyl i n ec t an Archbi s h op i n t h e room of the late Dr. Iv -4 ' lo - Th e e l ect i on f ell on Dr. LAFFIN, who .4,, , iVnanitnously appointed Archbishop. ro -',l''e Archbishop of CANTERBURY on Thursday 1., 0 11 1; lIt 'ed upwards of 700 persons at St. Mary ..J o . - rt Pr, 4 ) kiheapside. t h; wo more troops of the 16th Lancers passed :_ theg ri Uh this city y ester d ay ( T uesday, April 17) re i r w_ to M anc h ester ; two other troops jex av Pected through.—( Worcester Journal.) TE ATI IAN ...I) ICIIARDSON, Jun.—Lord CUES to arIELn said, in a debate in the House of Lords, th e Lord that sat next I' " that he could Put the him, e natio n in a way to be never more in fear .:),,,!, thi_e Pretender's . succeeding- to the Grown, `''e slip, u y making him Elector of Hanover ; for that s.hould be sure never to send for any body 0.,•0 r f r , ~ , rn thence again." IaICHARDSON said, 4, That though he thought this had as much wit lived anY bon mot he had ever heard, yet he be to Lord CIIESTERFIELD had more' wit than say it . ,, • PORTR - 1 1.. A.lTs.—Many persons have declined to _ o "e their portraits taken from pride, which rnetirnes assumes the dress of mogesty. Mon ,sil.eour DASSI ER the medallist, as well as DE LA i t s UR the Painter, could not prevail on Baron :11'40NresoulEn to sit for his portrait, till the for , e_r, with an air of pleasantry, said to him— cc you think there is as much pride . --in „rat7l.l ruY request, as there would appear in ' l3 " ll ,Pg it ?" 'Upon this he -presently yielded. whic 3 h% m al j n angeznent it .the Post Office department at Leeds, gig t, , . 11 enced on . ktaday week, an extraordinary facility is line fr y between Barnsley and all the places la the 11T br ought ft tne East and from the Eastern to the Western seas. Letters ed to liarisi from the West will now be forward re,,_,_ .. u ; i ey at six o'clock every morning, and the post, after for"ttilll4,teirvo hog clock that place, will return to Leeds in time o'clock th e s . s • to b ;i' . d 's Patched by the Liverpool Mail, at three th e sarae evearp: aiternoon and by the Hull Mail, at six o'clock aro barp.sle 4, `"r Thus the commucication between Liverpool 'orkshire _3 : , arid between Barnsley and the East Riding of A borli tls)e completed in two instead of four days each. roomi ng Y ° _2OO constables attended yesterday mob that at KeTlßitigloll Common, to disperse the usually assemble there.on Geod Friday. POET . A. AND B. ON AGRICULTURAL tirstriEss. (See THE Suer, Marc!: 7.) A. Ah ! 'tis surely the whim of some crazy-brairi'd To depend on the French for a morsel of bread, If the works of the Plough and the Farm are to cease, And no longer the strength of the ox give increase, So that some one may chance by the village to stray, And shall to his companions despondingly say " Ali ! where now are the haply strong sons, of the weald, Who erst the stiff soil of Anderida's field ? From a state of starvation they wisely are gone, Few are left, as the grapes when the vintage is done, Here no longer the reaper can fill up his hand, • Nor the binder can press to his bosom the band ; So I fear 'twill no more be the boast of the state, That they meet unasham'd w ith th e i r f oes i s the gate. B. I know NOT why the farmers should call me their fiend, When I look on myself as their very good friend; Though no merchant, 'tis true, I have cash at command, Yet I am not possessed of more money than land. I speak out all my sentiments honest and true, And am led by no selfish or nrejudic'd view ; But with freedom of trade rcould wish to be blest, And to buy what I want want where 'tis cheapest and best. Though the price of good flour be reduc'd a few pence I would still have the landlords secure in their rents ; Better then would their tenants be able to bear The great burthen of taxes that fails to their share ; For though less their receipts, I can shew them a way How to make themselves much better able to pay, For a great deal•more money may surely be made, Would they sell all their stock and embark it in trade. If they'll take my advice they no longer shall toil Thus to till an ungrateful, unpromising soil, But shall turn their attention to SOME OTHER PLAN', And get rid of their farming as soon as they can. Shall their substance direct into SOME OTHER COURSE That a river of wealth may spring front a new source. A. How ? how ?. how ? B. Why,—why,—why—Sir, I. cannot now stay, You must ask explanation on some other day. A. But if such, my good Sir, be the profits of trade, To be sure they might give something more for their bread. B. 'Why ! at present indeed, not to mention the risque, Manufactures and Commerce are not very brisk. CONSISTENCY. REGISTER OF FASIIION. FASIIIONABLE PARTIES. The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester entertained Lord and Lady Nugent, and a distinguished party, on Saturday, at Glou, caster House. Lady C. Strutt intends giving a ball and supper in a few dayi, at her house in Great Cumberland-place. FASHIONABLE MOVEMENTS. The Marquess of Buckingham and the Earl and Countess `Temple leave town this day for Avingtm, Hants, for the holidays. Earl Cathcart has left Warren's Hotel, Regent-street, for his seat in Berks. The Marquess of Camden has left town for his seat, Bayham Abbey, Sussex. Lord and Lady Nugent are expected to leave towh this day, for their seat, Elleys, Bucks. Mr. and Mrs. George Byng left their house in St. James's square, yesterday, for their seat, Wrotham Park. The Hon. Thomas Grenville left town yesterday on a visit to Lord and Lady Grenville, for the Holidays.' • Countess De Grey has left town for her seat, Putney Heath, Surrey. Lord Sydney has left town for his seat, Frognel, Kent. Lord Gage has left Greillon's , Hotel, Albemarle-street, for Hants. The Earl of Essex has left town for his seat, Cashiobury Park, Herts._ , Lord Hawke is arrived at Fladong's Hotel, Oxford-street, from his seat in Yorkshire. Lord Abingdon left town yesterday for his beat In Oxford shire. The Earl of Thanet left Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, yesterday, for his seat, Hatfield Park, Kent, for a 'few days, previous to his le a vin g E ng l an d, f or P ar i s ;' L. C oncannon, Esq., 1V1.P., has left the same hotel, for Winchelsea ; also Richard Norris, Esq., for his seat in Hants. Lord Eardley left town yesterday, for his Seat, Belvidere, Kent, for the holidays. Lord Ellenborough has left town for his seat at Richmond, for the holidays. Lord and Lady Grenville have left town for their seat, Drop more Lodge, Bucks. BATH ARRIVALS.—Lord and Lady Tara, Lord Newbery, Hon. Mr. Lindsay, Sir T. Trowbriage—Adm, M'Namara, Major-Gen. Mawley, Gen. V a l o b ra , C o l. L ew i s ,'M a j or B a i r d , Major Badcock, Major Cane, Major Langton, Capt. Davies. Capt. King, Capt. Ricketts, Capt. Stapleton, Capt. Stewart, Capt. Wallace, Lieutenant Barclay, Lieut. Graham, . Cornet Grimes-.-Dr. Williams—Rev. D ean o f Lichfield; Rev. Mr. Shuttleworth, Rev. Mr. Thomas. &c. ttc. FREEMASONRY. MASONIC NOTICES FOR NEXT WEEK. Monday, April 23, LONDON. Nos. 4, 46, 71, 104, 305, 321, 407. COUNTRY. Nos. 320, 360, 490, 546, 578, 597. - 24, LONDON. Nos. 65. COUNTRY. Nos. 38, 67, 68, 87, 145, 340, 427, 668. Wednesday, -.-25, LONDON. Grand Festival L. of Benev. No. 293. COUNTRY. Nos. 84, 112, 215, 235, 314, - 414, 440, 442, 478, 548, 549, 661. - 26, LONDON. Not. 7, 82, 86, 142, 156, ' 216, 222, 327, 481, Gen. Corn. Fern. School, at 12. COUNTRY. Nos. 110, 153, 176, 178, 269, 453. - 27, LONDON. No. 421. COUNTRY. Nos. 53, 236, 283. - 28, LONDON. COUNTRY. Nos. 412, 492. Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, APRIL 20.—Thursday, April 12, the Rev. Hugh Nicholas Peason; M.A. of St. John's College, was admitted Bachelor and Doctor in Divinity, Grand Compounder • and the Rev. Charles Godd a rd, M.A. o f Ch r i st Ch urc h , and Arch clracon of Lincoln, &c. was admitted Bachelor in Divinity, Grand Compounder.--.-Sattirday, April 14, the last day of Lent Term, the following Dc reel were conferred : DOCTOR IN DIVINITY.--Itev. Charles Goddard, B.D. of Christ Church, Grand Compounder. MASTERS OF ARTS.—John Thoyts, Esq. Brizenose Col lege ; Henry Forster, Student of Christ Church ; William Adams, Scholar of Trinity College ; Rev. John Henry Hume, Balliol College .; William Brown, Queen's College ; John Edward Willis, Demy of Magdalen College; Rev. William Rees, and Rev. Thomas Ridhard Ryder, Pembroke College ; Richard French Laurence, Scholar of Pembroke College. BAcnELort. OF AnTs.-William Leader Moberly; Braze nose College, Grand Compounder. The whole number of Degrees in Lent was D.D. —D. Med. 1.—8. D. 2.-11. A. 31.-13. A. 22.L-Matricu lotions, 121.. PRE . FERMENTS.—The Rev. P. A. French to the Rettory of Thorn Falcon, Somersetshire, on the presentation of M r . Batten. On Friay the Rev. Richard Thomas Whalley, M.A. Prebendary of ells, was collated; by the Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells, to the Rectory of Ilchester, vice the Rev. Thos. Ebrey, deceased'; and on Tuesday to the Rectory of Veovilton, previously vacated by himself.—On the same day the Rev. John Turner was collated, by the Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells, to the Vicarage of Corston, void by the cession of the Rev. R. T. Whall e y. Th e Rev. Thomas Barber, B.D. Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, to the Rectory of Houghton Conquest cum Houghton Gildaple annexed, vaca t e d by the death of the ve r y R ev . William Pearce, D.D. Dean cf Ely, and Master of Jesus College; patrons, the Master and Fellows of that Society. ANNUAL SHEWS OF AURICULA.--On Tuesday last, at the Elephant and Castle, lewingtor, the first prize was awarded to Mr. More for Oldenburgh and Cockup's Eclipse; the 2d to Mr. Bray, for Lancashire Hero and Privateer; 3d to „Mr. Goss, for Oldenburgh and Privateer; 4th to Mr. Goss, jun. for Oldenburgh and Privateer ; sth, to Mr. Cheese, for Rineleader and Privateer ; 6th, to Mr. Neville, for Cockup's Eclipse and Privateer.—On Wednesday, at the Greyhound, Dulwich, the Ist was g iv e n to Mt. Bray for Privateer and Lancashire Hero ; 2d, to Goldham, for Privateer and Sketchley' s Alexander ; 3d, to Mr. C oo p er , f or Page's Champion and Pri vateer; 4th, to Mr. Gregg, foiCockup's Eclipse and Privateer; sth. to Mr. Bagley, for ailcott' s B r illiant andßineleader; 6th, to Mr. Bailey, for Black and .Green Seedling and bldenburgh. —On Thursday, at the Star, Canterbury, the Ist was won by Mr. Burch, of Faversham, with Gordon's Champion ; 2d, by Mr. Tilly with Lancashire Hero ; 3d, by Mr. Austin, with Oldenburgh; 4th, by Mr. Powell, with Taylor's Glory; sth, by Mr. Rolf, with Popplewell's Conqueror. The first four flowers were the property of Mr. Burch. Lord FOLEY and 11.6-. W. WEDDERBUiiiCTE. TO TH'44' EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sen—HaVing only returned from Wiltshira last night, I take the earliest opportunity or redetinirig the pledge I gave before my departure, in your Paptr 'of the 13th inst. of making such a Statement as I consider. necessary to the occasion, in reply to. andir. - -ex t -nanallon of, the extraordinary correspondence given in your Journal of the 12th, and purport mg to be that of Colonel Palmer and myself. I therefore subjoin, with notes, the only letters that have passed between Lord Foley, Colonel Palmer . and myself, in reference to the subject of his Lordshio's cation to me of the sth of this Month ; on . which occasion Col. Palmer first did me the favour to call on Lord Foley in the pacify of•my friend : and I have only to declare, upon my ho nour, that tne following is the only correspondence with which I am cognizant ; and whatever letters Colonel Palmer may have written, these are the only ones which I hive ever received, or with the purport of which I was made acquainted previous to their publication. - I am, Sir, your obedient Servant, J. 'WEBSTER NVEDDERBUItit. Tuesday, 17th April, 1821. (COPIES.) TO J. W. WEDDERBURN - E, ESQ. liarnilton-place, April 5, 132. Srß—Lord Petersham has just learnt that an infamous re= port is in general circulation, and that a paragraph has ap peared in the "British Press" of this day, misrepresenting a rencontre that took place. between - you . and him, and wine_h reflects upon his personal honour ; I .am desired by Lord Petersham to state to you, that it is absolu;2lY necessary that an immediate contradictor( of -this scandalous and false report should proceed .from you; -The - necessity of an . immediate answerto this I need not point out to you. • I am 4 Sir; your obedient Servant, •• • • . . (Signed) TOLE-Y- . TO LORD FOLEY. ThmeShy,- sth - April, Nine,. P. x. Mr. WebsterWedderburne. In.'s this tuomentreceived Lord Foley's note; in reply to which he has only to observe, that he does not hold himself responsible for the reports of public, Journals; but begs to assure Lbrd Foley, that he is ready to receive any other communication which he may have to make or; the part of Lord Petersham: • TO J. W. WEIPEIEIBERVE, ESQ. r HarniltOn , lace, Thursday Evening. Sig—ln reply to your note of tnis evening, in which you state that you are willing to receiVe any communication from . Lord Petersham, but that you 'are not accountable for the re ports of the Journals; I have only to observe, that it is absolutely necessary that a direct contradiction of the paragraph alluded to should be immediately made. I have therefore drawn out the enclosed, which I trust I shall- 4 nve your sanction to being inserted in the ".British Press" of to-morrow,, if possible; if not, in the next publication. lam, &c. &c. (Sighed) FOLE Y Paragraph which Lord FOLEY enclosed. " We have the most positive authority to contradict a para graph that appeared in our Paper of the sth under the title of " Extraordinary Fracas in High Life;" in which it is stated, that in a rencontre between M r . W. W. an d L or d P . i n the neighbourhood of St-- James's, Mr. W. W. used his cane, as well as the most opprobrious) epithets. The above-mentioned authority proceeds from both parties." I had called on Colonel Palmer some days before the receipt of Lord Foley's lettJrs, and had some general and confidential convrsation ,with him on my affairs. The above occasion, however, was that upon which I first requested him to call on Lord Foley in the capacity of my friend; If I had not convinced Col. Palmer of the impossibility of my sanctioning the statement, as worded in Lord Foley's pa ragraph, the following letter would not have been agreed to mutually between us, and sent as the necessary reply to his Lordship. TO LORD FOLEY. - 6th April, 1821. MY Lonn—You are aware of the circutatance which has prevented my answering your Lordship's letter, received at a very late, hour on my return home last night, till the present moment. With respect to the paragraph, contradictin g th a t w hi c h ap peared in the Press" of yesterday, to which your Lordship requests my sanction, I beg to observe, that I can i n no way interfere, without entering at once into a full and particular ex planation of the circumstance, which might be e qua lly unsa tisfactory to Lord Petersham ; but his Lordship is at liberty to correct any paragraph which may have appeared, as he thinks proper, holding himself responsible to me tor the correctness of his statement. I am, your Lordship's obedient Servant, (Signed) J. W. WEDDERBURNE, Colonel Palmer saw Lord Foley by appointment the follow ing day, after which interview, and much discussion with my self, as to the impossibility of going the length of Lord Foley's request on the one hand, and of its Lordship's adherence to some explanatory measure that might be satisfactory to Lord Petersham's friends on the other, I determined on placing my honour entirely in the hands of Colonel Palmer, convinced that I could not delegate a trust so dear to myself in better; and as I . gave him a carte blanche to ac t u p on , h e did not h es i tate to give me the following letter at my request : • Albany, Bth. April, 1821. .DEAR WEDDERBURI•TE—AS you leave your honour entire ly in my hands, in the settlement of the affair betwixt Lord Petersham and yourself I do not hesitate to assure you, that in whatever way I conclude the business, I take the whole respon sibility on myself, and consider your honour as my own. Faithfully yours, (Signed) CHARLES PALMER... J. W. WEDDERBURNE, Esq. Sze. &c. Upon the receipt of such a document, Colonel Palmer was of course fully authorised to act as he pleased ; and it would have been impossible for me to have calkd in question the course he thought fit to pursue, so long as the above pledge remained unredeemed. The following paragraph was that which Colonel Palmer con sidered consistent with my honour to sanction, and it must be presumed agreed - to by Lord Foley, as being satisfactory .to the. friends of Lord Petersham : "We have authority to declare upon the subject of a para graph respecting an extraordinary Fracas in high life, which appeared in our Paper of thesth instant, that the fact of one of the parties having submitted to any, treatment derogatory to his honour or character as a Gentlenian, is wholly unfounded. We have the same authority to disavow any other statement which may have, appeared relative to the affair in question."—(British Press, 9th April.) Now, if this measure meant any thing, or if any object was to beattained by its adoption, I . contend that further demand on one part, or accession on the other, was rendered impossible. It was however, with great surprise, • that I saw the matter brought fully and unnecessarily before the - public, in Colonel Palmer's letter to myself, in" The Morning Post" and " Bri tish Press" of the 10th instant, in which he publicly redeemed the pledge he had given me in his private lette r df the Bth inst. I determined on replying by the same channel, immediately to this letter, and had sent one to the' press, on Tuesday the 10th, with as little intimatiofi to Colonel Palmer as lie used in first addressing me upon .the Subject, almost verbatim to that which appeared by his insertion on the 12th. COlonel Palmer was very atiXiomethat my reply (which he had not then seen) should be postponed, and in compliance with_ his solicitations, I accompanied him mid Mr. Hawkins (who had come purposely to town from 100 miles distance at the joint request of Col. Palmer and inysclf) to the offices of the _Morn ing Post and Press, where I agreed. to modify anypart which he could satisfactorily convince me would be ineuedient."— Without, however, coming to this point - the opposition of Col. P.'s wishes and My own was immaterial, as the effect of our discussions was—that the persons conducting the press actually refused to insert my letter, and - it only remained for me to as sure Ccl. P., that, convinced as I was; of the necessi of Some reply, as public as he • h a d th oug ht fit to make his address, no arguments should induce me to change my opinion. •The next (Wednesday) morning I received the 'following rote froth Colonel Palmer, Which is the only one of any descrip: tion I-received from him on -Wednesday DEAR W.—.l am so imwell I cannot leave my bed—So pray come here as soon as you - can, and if I am unable to satisfy your mind as to the Dropiiety of my letter (that of Colonel P.'s published of the 10th), and that your answer is totally unne cessary, you must publish. As for any offence meant" to you, in not showing it to you previously, I think my - Conduct throughout must convince you to the contrary. The only rea son was, • I knew you would not like it,. and therefore, as I considered it necessary to publish it, it was much less offensive to. do it without advising with you than against your consent. Come as early as you can, for if you are determined to write, the more time you have to consider the better, and I hope you are convinced, on reflection, that I could not have done j better than in preventing it last night. Faithfully your's, "Will you breakfast here ? C. P. By the Bearer of this note; I sent the following reply to Co lonel P. little imagining I was writing that, which , a few hours I was to see in the Public Papers : DEAA PALUEE.--I only entreat we may have no repetition of the unpleasant and endless discussions of last night, fur if I a id not solemnly and firmly believe some reply indispeosible, IVedncidiy. There is one word necessary in referemie to the. above sun posed fracas, and in reference to Colonel 1 5 .'5 having th n ae featd my Wishes, and it is this—tin .t, of whatever. .charactt'e our future intercourse may be, I' owe it t myself to state,: my firm belief, that Colonel Palmer's opposition_ on this occasion, and aria Zeal to promote what he COnsideredthe interest of thoie in whoSe cause he had so warmly embark&A„ emanated froth the best motives, and an anticipation of the LT:2 , as aU7 in tem:ter:trice on my part (that from my statea)f mine,. and excited fee/Lna, he had every reason to apprehend, might prodtiCe to the contrary. AccOeding to appointment, I called on Coloh.el P. on Wed n_ forenoon,. and then gave him the letter wh:enh wished published th a t 'night, and which differed in he material point train the one which was withdrawn the preceding.; and I sun geSted that it would perhaps as well attain the object iu view, if he addressed one to me, explaining his reasons •for having at flrtt done so without my knowledge, and that either mode was immaterial to myself. I dined that day with Col. Palmer in the Albany, when he expressed himself mucil satisfied with my reply, ana nad deter mined on publishing it, instead of a letter from himself, and for Which express purpose he left Me to go to the The Morning Post "Office after dinner. Under such circumstances "my astonish ment " the next morning was certainly equal to Co.. Palmer's expectations e on seeing the singular, and to myself and friends, almost inexplic a ble C orres ponetence which anneareal on the 12th inst. in "which my unfortunate letter is dignitled by a place in -the rear, arid therefore made to appear as a reply to letters I had never either seen or received. • Now in regard to those letters, • and first, in reference to that in which Colonel Palmer makes a gratuitous decleration " that no blow Alid - pass between Lord Petersham surd mysn'i," 1 should certainly not have allowed any "feelings upon this occasion to betray me into an allusion of that transaction,' further than this— that although from what has before been stated, and tharesedt of Colonel P.'s negotiation with Lord Foley, I did edt, and do not consider either party were justified in a,a - ein xete . event which occurred three weeks ago, I now hold myself per. fectly disentangled by the above public declaration, which I am at a loss to know on whose information Col. Palmer has made, and upon a transaction to which he was not a witness ;—or that event, however, I shall not here enter ; but should time and circumstances require it, I .shall not shrink from as public a de claration on my own personal responsibility as that which has been made by Colonel Palmer. Lastly, as far as my own feelinTs may be at issue with the documents which Colonel F . ., as my professed friend, has given to the world, I have only to obserire, that if he meant to convey any injurious reflections, I have too good en opinion of his can dour to suppose he would have chosen an equivocal, and there fore an ungenerous mode of expressing them. If this convic tion be erroneous, lam sorry that the course pursued was not made so plain and intelligible that no doubt could remain as to the feelings and intentions of either party. Mr. Burke (I think) said ""a man's situation is the precep tor of his duty;"—mine has forced ins (GoD knows how un willingly) before the public ; but this) is the last occasion on which any thing, but the same necessity I have now to lament shall induce me to obtrtide. I am, Sir, your very obedient Servant, J. WEBSTER WEDDERBURN, Tuesday Evening, April 17, 1821. LETTER FROM COLONEL PALMER. April 19, 1021. Ma. EDlTOR—Having just seen Mr. Webster Wedder burne's statement in your Paper of this day, I lose no time in answering it, and have only to regret the delay which his jour ney la° IWiltshire appears to have occasioned. In the first place, with respect to his communication to me of the note he had received from Lord Foley, enclosing the para graph in cont ra di ct i on to t h e st a tement re f erre d to in- his Lord ship's first note, and requesting Mr. Wedderburne's sanction to the insertion of ihe said paragraph in the Newspapers, I con sider it necessary to declare, that Mr. Wedderburne admitted to me e that the statement , in question had been inserted by him self, or by his authority, stating at the same time that it was' true. I observed, that whether true or false, Mr. W. had only to chase betwi x t con t ra di ct i ng i t , or g i v in g iord Petersham the imenediate . satisfaction which would he demanded on his - tcfmal. To this Mr. W. answered, that he should do neither e that with respect to the one, he could not contradict .what he had stated; land for the other, he was determined at all events not to satisfy Lord P. until after the issue of a trial at laW, which he meant to institute against him. Hcreall further discuetion upon the matter would have ended, had not Mr. W. in the course of his conversation given me distinctly to understand that he should not bring his action unless compelled to it by Lord P., and upon this understanding I undertook the arrangement of an af fair, which but for s uc h consideration I should have declined. With this explanation as to the real ground of my interference, I beg again to refer the public to my letter which appeared in your Paper on the 10th inst. leaving to their judgment to deter mine how far, under such circumstances, Mr. W. had reason to complain ofi its publication. 1 how proceed to state my reasons for inserting, the letters which appeared in your Paper on Thursday last :—Mr. W. lafter describing what passed on Tuesday night, goes on to say, that he received a note froM me the next morning, which was the only are he received on that day. In answer to this I must observe, that I had no other object at the moment than to bring him to my chambers, for the purpose of once more remonstrat-. inr with him upon his conduct, which (in my opinion) could only tend to his own injury. Upon. the receipt .of his answer, and finding it was in vain to think of preventing his publishing the letter in question, it itnmediately occurred to me as the only means of obviating its tendency, t o in ser t at t h e sam e time with it, his own orn ate letter, as well as mine, wherein I endea voured to convince Mr. W. that he hell no real cause to be of fended with me ; • hoWever, of that he was the best judges and, F upon Captain Jones calling upon me the next day, on the part of W.,. at the.same time that I refused entering into any explanation, I urged the necessity' of Mr. W. immediately adopting the only course that was left to put an end to further discussion of the subject. Having.thus stated all that appears to me to be necessary or proper, in answer to Mr. Wedder- burne'l statement, am, Sir, your obedient Servant, . CHARLES PALMER. LETTER FROM MR. WEDDERBURNE. Ma. Epyr on—Colonel Palmer's letter to you of yesterday, demands my recurrence to a subject, with which, I fear, the Public are already sated. That it maybe, ho Never, for the last time, I shall endeavour to preSent farts, and to render them concise and intelligible. Whether the Paragraph, which appeared en the .6th instant, (alluding to the rencontre, which took place between .Lord tersham and myself on the 28th of last .month) -was inserted by my authority or with my privity, is at present perfectly imma terial, and was the more so at the time, as I had never been called on to answer the question. I waited after the transaction' (to which that Paragraph re fereed) in hourly expectation of :erne communication from Lord Petersham, as all My 'friends can attest, until the sth instant, when I received the application from Lord • Foley, which was stated - in the Correspondence given to the Public in your Paper of yesterday; thus, .then, after a lapse of eight days, during which time, I made no hesitation in speaking of the circumstance, and in expressing my sentiments thereon, far moreuriequivocally than any anonymous Paragraph could do, and having heard nothing from Lord Petersham I certainly did remark to Colonel Palmer, but oaly li e n *re t of a desultory and confidential - conversation, by. no,me4is, however, do I admit in-reply to any overture or proposition whatever, that I should not,hold myself accountable to his Lordship, were he then to call upon me, after such a lapse of time, following such circumstances, until at least, the • result of those legal proceed ings was established, which I.rnight consider myself imme diately bound to adopt.V If, however, Lord Petersham ,had ever given me the aterna tive of either contradicting the above paragraph, or of giving him other satisfaetien, from whom would it 'have come ?—from his friend Lord Foley, or from Colonel Palmer as mine ?—On the contrary, letit bebut shewn, that Lord Petersham, directly or indirectly, ever made me such, a communication, and it will thente time enough for me to discuSs my reception cf How far, though I should have then availed myself, under such circumstances, of the right which I believe to be recognised by every law and principle., of honour, that I am acquainted with, is a question that my present and future conduct will best ans:wer, Lastly, in retard to Colonel Palmer's allusion to the inter view w,th Captain Jones, (my sole object in which was, if pos sible, to supersede, the necessity of making any elaborate•state ment in reply to his,) 1 am so far from disputing the question of any merit or importance which others may affix to Colonel Palmer's reply to Captain Jones, that I have no scruple what ever in assuming any responsibility that can possibly attach to the course I have been induced to pursue towards one, who had acted throughout - as.my professed friend, and • who, in. reference' to the very correspondence on which. Captain Jones reqUested an twplination, had previously declared, both publicly' and 'pi- ; no power o eir4. - could have induced Mc rciake . one: on must therefore itza' , .re "The Post" and "The Pr kts" to iniia , t it to-day ; I Wild' mc)clify any thing which could rosslhly bt con strued p)or Lady Frances, rhos honour ana feel ings are, dod knov, s, sacred to me. The fracas of laSt night (for you redly Ina& it one) will no doubt form matter fiir new paragrapl:s—nkaing. though, to be serious, can c large niy in tention, and as you thwarted it last night, you o Ist prontOte. it now. I Can't breakfast with you, bUt will call a, ten, Ever your'g, Wl:merely, • J. W; ... ~. ..._, _ tS. rarely, .that he had no intention of giiing me bite' ate by EN •` proc.eding, and that in conducting the business with Lord P 64 tersham he had considered my honour as his own. I am, Sir, your very obedient, d. WEBSTEP. WEDDERBUTtIfr.. Friday Evening, April 20, iB2l. 4 .* We are always reluctant to insert any artieleS respecting p?ivate disputes, but the above Correspondence has excited 83 much attention in the fashionable circles, that we feel it to bd our duty to present it to our Readers. The last letter from Col, PAL ME a. scented to has e explained the matter, as far as U. could be explained with pr u d ence an d d e li cacy, and the answ e r f rom Arr. WE;;D:,:anuartE, which closes the Correspondence this .day, does not place the affair in a more satisfactory light. It seems to be still enVeloped is. mysterious obscurity, which can only be /(2.cived by a Clear statement of did •facts that originally gave rise to. the Correspondence. We do not pretend to 'know more than floating rutnours, which we understand. are in substance as follow :--Ir. • W. it is said, conceived that L or d P. h a d paid too much attention to his (Mr. W.'s) Lady, and a . verbal controversy, but no personal violence, ensued. Mr. W. inserted a paragraph in a public Print, - which Laid P. required him to contradict, or to give his Lordship the usual satisfaction. Mr. W. refused to do eitner,hut signified his intention to appeal to the Law. •13cing, hoWeiecre quired. flay positively whether. or not h e should- resort to legal proceedings, it is added that he said he should not, unless Lord P. persevered in (1 , 2/nanding the usual satisfaction. Such rumour states to be the outline of the case, and here the raitt2r is lth.• derstood to rest. We know not Whether or not P kr. KE means to answer the last letter of Mr.W., dated yesterda_y even ing;' but if the facts be as we hare stated, we cont.:ive that tii^ matter is perfectly intelligible, and that he is by no means called upon for farther explanation. SPORTING INTELLIG.ENCE. _ - even betting on the wine r. ".. 1 - 2 - 3 The races at Boulogne sur Mer commenced on Saturday, the 13th instant. The Eon. Augustus Cavendish Bradshaw, , and the HOn. Mr. Saint John, were selected as the Steware.s. The horses entered were all English, and the concourse of spec. tators immense. The display of female beauty and handsome equipages was superior to what is usually seen on the continent. The next races are fixed for the 4th of May. The French No. bility and Gentiy derive great satisfaction from this English amusement, and many of them have expressed their deternaina, Lion to afford it every encouragement. TROTTING MATCH.-4. match for a good stake took plane Jan Wednesday, from Newington gate, to that at the top of the hill, at Sutton. The distance is 10 miles, and the race excited much interest among the parties. It was the Covent Garden Trotting .Mare against the Water side Gelding, each rode by the owners. The mare took the lead, but the horse soon pass. ed her, and kept nearly a hundred yards until at Mitcfiam, when they were together again, but the mare broke into a gal. lop, and had to turn on the spot; the ground here lost at about half the distance never was recovered and the own er o f t.:ie mare pulled, up at th e b o tt om o f the hill, when the horse was at the top, winning by about 250 yards. The ten miles were done in 40 minutes.—Another snatch was run on the same day on the Brighton road, for one hundred guineas, Mr. Blanches. ter having backed his mare to trot 16 miles in an hour. The mare broke into a gallop in the first mile, but she did ft within four minutes after turning. Half the distance was performed in 29 minutes, and the mare kepten at a winning rate, doing her miles considerably within tour minutes. She was rather fatigued in the last mile, but the match was won-with 20 se. cowls to spare. BOXING. BETWEEN GREGORY THE COOPER AND G. GILLAN This match, which was to have taken place on Thursday, at Westwood, Suffolk, for 50 guineas,_ came off in a maa , dbw tan miles from the appointed sp o t, on the estate of Mr. Blanchard. of Exford., from the apprehension of bang disturbed at Wt•st wood. Mr. B. backed the Cooper, arid a neat ring of 24 fail was roped in fo r th e b oxers to operate in. The brother of Gre gory picked him up; and Granger seconded Gillian, who gave away six pounds in weight from 12 stone. A hard battle of 10 rounds in 40 minutes was fought. • The first round produced first blood from Gillan's mouth in a rally, which ended by the Cooper being GRASPED by a heavy hit on the breast bone. 2. A, malleting round, which sprinkled the ring with claret ; it was well maintained, and if the blows were not delivered scien. tifically, they told heavily. The round lasted seven minutes, and both went down PIPING aloud and open mouthed, like a gander protecting its young_flock. 3. -After a short rally, Gillan was thrown a heavy somerset. 4. A gay round in taiour of Gillan, who used his left hand effectively, and proved himself the best fighter, but strength pat knowledge on the off side, and he was tlirown a cross buttock. In the sth, Gth, and 7th rounds the combatants were feeble for want of wind, but in the Bth' they turned to again and hit each other to a stand still. Gillan was hit down. by a blow en the left jaw. 9th. Gillan came very weak to the scratch, and he was thrown without a blew being delivered. both their heals exhibited strong marks of violence. 10. - This was a very manly round, both were hit to a stand still, but strength served the Cooper again, and he threw Ms adversary a heavy fall on the side of his heail, and h;• could rot come to time. Gregory was consequently declared the winner. Of the two, the winner was worst beat, bat like Gas, he would not be denied, although out fought. He was always with his adversary, and strength, with game, brought him through. CANOVA has just finished a noble statue of a horse, which he prides himself upon as one of the best works he has produced. MEMORY. - Professor PORSON, when a boy at Eton School,' discovered the most astonishing powers of memory. In going up to a lesson one day, he was accosted by .a boy in the same form —" PORSON, what have you got there?" " Ho race." " Let me look at it." PORSON handed the book to the boy ; who pretending to return it, dexterously substituted another.' in its place. with-which PORSON proceeded. Being called on by the master, he read and construed Cann. 1. x. very regularly. Observing the ,class to laugh, the master said, .0 Ponsox, you seem to me to be reading ow one side of the page, while I am look ing at the other; pray whose edition have you?" PORSON hesitated. " Let me see it," rejoined the master ; who, to his great surprise, found it to be arr English Ovid. Ponsorr was ordered to go on; which he-did easily,correctly and prompt ly, to the end of the ode.—(Percli Anecdotes.) Last week a remarkable and fatal accident happened at Keystone, near Trapstone, to a young girl about thirteen years .of age, the daughter of Mr. Dines, farmer, of that village. She was amusing herself in a rope swing, which was put up in the brewhouse ; it happened, that near to the swing, hung another rope, used for drawing up sheep after they hati•been slaughtered-: as the young girl swung • backward and fa? wart', she happened to disturb this second cord, ani her head passed into a noose -formed by the motion of it, which pulled her out of t-he swinr, and held her by the neck at a considerable heigh4: from the ground, until the unfortunate girl died of strangulation. She was found by her mother a - short time afterwards, hut all efforts to restore animation were vain. Verdict of the Coroners' Jury--" Accidental Death." V71 7 ,:r.,P0RD HUNT RACES, APRIL' The VieLford Stakes of 10gs. each, for horses not thorough.; bred.--Nine Subscribers. Heats, two rr.L.,:s. Arr. Atrelyn's ch. rn. Cour.te.nn - - • - 4 I 1 Mr. Rock's gr. h. Thunde r b o l t - - 1 4 Captain Thorpe's b. h. Junip er 3 2 2 Mr. Maj Or's b. m. Marianne - - - 3 3dr Mr. Crowther's Tally-ho - - - - sdr Mr. Dlarsack's Razor-grinder - - - -G dr 2to 1 agst the winner-2 to 1 agst Junier. Good racin g . Alr..Robinson's gr. m . Ana. Piggott, .beat sette, one mile., for 50 gs. Sweepstakes of 15gs each. Four Subscribers Mr. IlunawOod's Olow-wbrm - - R. 14- Forth's Maid o f t h e Mil Captain. I arewood's Muzzler Mr. Ifernshaw's Pilot