The Sun. — London, England, 1804-09-29 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR 01i 1 1 - HE SUN. MR. EDITORS It was not my intention to notice the silly rhapsody that appeared in your Paper some time ago . , signed Justpn Wsmist, in answer to a Letter which I sent to you on the subjed of the theatrical wonder who has obtained the distinetion of the INFANT RO , CIUS. But as the same vanity which prompted this Joan; WEsTuN to subscribe his name to his Letter may indtice him to consider that Letter as unanswerable, 1 beg leave to trouble you once more on the suhirtt. His observatiOn, that it was a bold assumption in me to say that the intended introduction of the Boy on the London hoards, " in the opinion of all who knew any thing about afting, can bode no good for the Stage," because it would be impossible for me to collect the opinions of all, is a pititul cavil upun words. He tells us that thousands upon thousands have flocked from different places to see the youthful prodigy, but it may be said that an equal number flock to the annual wonders of Bartholomew Fair. The Gentleman then displays his learning about 1 Antediluvians, rotundity of the Earth,circumtaviga. :in of the Globe, Bc. &c. But it would be tiresome indeed to follow him in detail, and I shall content myself with proving, from his own words, that the miraculous Boy is no wonder; for in answer to my observation, that it would be time enough. to bring him on the London Stage whati he is qualified by years and experience for such a situation, Mr. Josupst Wsssote says, " So, then, when heteases to be a 'wonder he may be allowed to appear." Is' not this, Mr. Editor, an admission that the Boy is oft ) wonderful in play. ing so noel/ because he is so ycvng, and that if he , Were older his shine, would be nothing more than what might be expected at his time ut But. he afterwards mehtions Giseiticx, whom lie calls the Buyss prototype, and yet confidently declares that the Boy is superior us, this traotype, affirming, i d " in att/nitrOphe which savours ut Moorfietit, that Silmistssag never had so just, so clear, so die. gait, a Cumito.ntator." Nothing can be more absurd arty inconsisten, than this panegyrical rant, for if the Boy's attlog would not be surprising it lie were (441 " , then there most have been a thousand Cont. Ortl44tors a, clear, as elegant as himself. Ml. ArsoroN steins inclined to suppose that I am vetera n ~t the London boards,. afraid of only Sliirtsterin g r hereatter, in comparison with his "bright Star of the Evening." According to this Isarrow.minded conception, it may be inferred that,. in, his opinion, n , :budy can be solicitous f or an y Hass of men without being one of the number. 1 know nothing of this same Mr. W error, and do not think him, judging from his Letter ; worth); ofin. spiry or c;onjeCture, else I might suppose that he is tome disapritited Stroller, who never had merit enough to make his way to the Metropolis, or some scribbling Iletager.oa upon theatrical people, in otder to derive a reflected consequence tram oceasi., ll 4 'connexions with persons of genius, being unable to 'distinguish himself by any talents of his own. And now, Sir, I have done with Mr. joskpli WESTON. As to the !New' Roscius, much as he has Ittcaccied attention, his genius is yet to pass through the most severe ordeal of criticism, the judgment of a London audience. That he possesses no ordinary powers I am readily disposed to • believe ; and it Wanld indicate an obstinate prejudiced mind to con. teive, that his fame has no foundation but in par. though partiality may naturally lie su i p o%e d 10 have hitt a considerable share in producing it.— But is would be worse than obstinacy and prejudice, an stiffer admiration of juvenile talent to annihilate all regard for the established merits of those who hiv e devoted t h e ir liv e s to a very arduous a n d p re . "Inns profession. • .• be : down wonder that the London Managers have n anxious to engage him ; and perhaps I might be incline °. to admit, that hs so mach celebrity attends bin), it might in some measure be their, duty to in. • Bul ge the Public with a sight of what has been re. 'Presented a s such a predigY• 14 haps,.however, as great pecuniary advantages ate at present derived from his provincial exertions, IA would be wise in those who profit by the advantages to pause before they determine to bring hiM to London, for if his talents should not be suc. juin' before t h at great tribpal of theatrical taste, here will be a new illustration of the fable of the Jltv and the Golden Eggs. CRVIO., 111PROMP I U. 1114LetUt WITH CArTATN 'DANCr, ON HIS VIC t. tOity ova.* r . ar.Neit D°ll' t tell me, Sir, of what 7,u e K two has made you A hi glicr name your Foe has borlie to France!" D. i'ln C. " Sir Nathaniel, said you 84 t 100 k, Sir, at Li os : you nude bin !). NC&," 1 " Tftsivra r.—There W 34 a tolerably name. torts Aulitnee last night at Covent Gard:' Theatre H the representation of Steed tbe Plotigh. b "to Particulariy hUCCC3SfII in performing the part Pr Sir Able Avid ] , and therefore stands in no need °f the fantastic and ridiculous iltess in which he ap pears, a dress that would Liisgrace the Keeper of u n et- ' 4l `ru. Emeßy gi•ve a faithful portrait of p nest tusticity in F armer but certainty 'ell Muth b e l ow K N I ctrr i n what is termed mellow ve." °I humour. Mrs. Graßs is best fitted for live. eparts, but sh e i mproves in the pathetic, and was 'very interesting in Mils Blandfard. Mrs. H. St D. ratl N% never mistakes the sentiments of a character, ` en d it is rhtPefore' to be regretted that so agreeable an Aftress generally couuteraas their influence by Pompous elevation or•drawling languor. THe ASi TS.---Dit Mt MOND hart painted an excel. lent pieture of G eneral DE LAttc EN , and his sister. Fur the sake of the ingenious Artist, as well as from rwill epeft to the military veteran, we hope this pith" be put into the hands of the Engraver. Or z has p earl y finishes a Po rtra i t of Mr. HArtit N the Ch ie f asst), of C ovent Garden Theatre, and we hope Zio, that this ► idure will be engraved, at a ' wire : irielois will then possess a litetl e of a Gettletnan who is widely and deser'dlY estettued. 1 INTERCEPAD LETTERS' • (Cantinuecl fi.om.ieaterdasit Sun.) HENRY WELLESLEY TO MARQUIS WELLESLEY, HIS BROTHER. -Loam, Jay 28, zBO3. MY DEAR MORNINGTON, I have ju,t learned from Lady WELLESLEY that an Overland Dispatch will be sent off on the 28:11, and I hope this Letter will reach you in time to enable you to make preparations for quitting India in January next. I shall now communicate to you, as well as possible, every thing that has taken place, in regard to India, since my arrival, and then you will be enabled to judge what degree of support you have to expect from the present Mini. stets, anti whether the Board of Controul has not been actually transferred from the Council to the Court of Diretiors. ' I arrived in London in June, and immediately waited on Lord CASTLEREAGH, who received me with the greatest politeness. He spoke of you in the most favourable terms. He ap. roved of all your measures ; but at the same time, it is perfeelly evident, that he cannot obtain what the Court of DireCtors has resolved not to grant. — He spoke a greatdeal of the College, and appeared to be fully convinced of the importance as well as the necessity of the institution. He believed he should be able, he said, to make the Court of Di. rectors consent to its contingence according to your plans with some modifications, which you would not thick of much consequence. He told me, that the Direetors had written to him on this and other subjeas several very interesting Letters, and that nothing could be more disagreeable than the situa. tion in which he was placed. I told Lord CASTLE. REACH, that on this occasion the Court of Direc. tors had decidedly broken their word, for one of the principal conditions on which you was to remain still a year in India was, that they should not.at all interfere. in. your nominations ; that they had displaced a man who had passed through all the in. fetior ranks in the service of the Company. I then told him, that your health was very good, and that there, was no sacrifice you was not ready to make for the public service ; but that I thought it impossible you could remain in India beyord Ja. nuary next, unless you were strongly solicited on that subject by. His Majesty's Ministers, and by the Court at DireCtors ; that in regard to His Majesty's Ministers, I thought they were of opinion that your stay in India was a thing very desirable under many points of view ; and that in regard to the Court of Directors, they ought to know whether they wished for it or not. He made me no reply to the first point. In re gard to the second, he was very explicit, for he told me, that the Court 'of Directors had been so incensed on account of the opinions which you had manifested in some of your Dispatches (which proves that they have not the least idea of the true inter.. eats of India, and that in this respal they are ob. stinate fouls), that he was persuaded, tile), would rather wish to see you resign, though it was impos. sible for them not to acknowledge that your stay in India might be very useful to the public intele.r. In another conversation I had with Lord CASTLE. REAOH, lie spoke a great deal of the Mahratta got iations; and I succeeded in convincing tom of the justness of your measures at Pontiati, and of the great advantages that must result from them if we should establish our influence in that Court. He again asked me, if you had come to a .fixed deter. minstion in regard to the period, of your return to England ? I repeated what I had said to him on another occasion ; to which he [mote at/reply. He spoke to rte of the nomination of BARLOW, and asked me if I .thought you would approve of it ? I told him Let s. u had the best opinion of naitoow ; —hut th.; t you thought no Servant of the Company ought to succeed to the General Government.—l told him also, that the new nomination was useless, as BARI. )W had been previously destined to succeed you provieinnally ; and that it was better to wait for your return, before any person was presented for this new nomination. In my opinion, there is a certain secret intrigue in regard to the nomination of Baotoowoand it is as follows When the Mini. sters proposed Lord Wm. BENTLNCK for Madras, the Court of Direftors made the most formal ob. *lions to that nomination; but they ware at length obliged to yield, consoling themselves with the itica that one of their own servants would tie ap. pointed Governor. General. I saw ADDINGTON at a dinner given by Lord CASTLEREAGH. He spoke to me of you in the most pompous and most affeCtionate terms. He spoke to me also of the nomination of BARLOW, as a measure that ought to he very agreeable to you. The result of my conversations with Lord CASTLE. REACH have convinced me that Ministers feel the importance of your contitioanee in India,and that they are very desirous you should remain there ; but that they are not sufficiently strong to contest that point with the Court of Directors, who are equally de. termined to force you to return. I think they might make new and successful attempts to induce the Court of DireCturs to solicit the prolongation of your stay ; but, after having seen them recently violate the engagement they entered into, !am to interfere in any of your nominations, it would neither be prudent nor dignified to take any step which might give reason to mope& that you wished to remain in India, or thatillty other motive but a full persuation that it, is only for the public good, could induce you to remain an hour longer than the period you had fixed for yout return.--I received from the President a civil, but a very cool recep. He spoke to me of ameliorations in cow. tierce, but did nut say a word of my personal aer. vices. He seemed disposed to find sonic fault in every thing that we did at Poonah, and we separated, after a conversation of ten minutes, with his telling me that he had so much bosiness, that lie had not had time to read the Dispatches (though they had been five days at the India Hulse); hut he hoped to have frequent opportunities of talking with me on the affairs of India. I have not seen him since (though I remained a fortnight at London to have an opportunity); and the Court had not even the civility to ask me to one of the dinners which are given every Wednesday. I have since beets obliged to return to Chester House, on account of toy health, which is still very bad. Ai:other titotiq...which inriutet int to wish for your return, is the situation of the different Parties in Engitrul. I suppose you have received a letter on this suhjeet tram Lord GRENVILLE ; hut I will tali you every thing I know, and who'', hatt in part from an intimate friend of PITT. It 111,[e4tS that ANDINGTON proposed some weeks ago to Puri to join the Ministry, on certain condi tions. Pitt, on this overture of ADOINGTON, he. • gam a Negotiation with him ; explained the condi tions on which he wished to form pact of the Mi. nistry ; declared that he would not insist on the introduelion of any person. to whom the KtNc might have some ohjeCtion; hot that he would in sist ohthe whole affair being kept secret until it was totally arranged ; and th.:t, at the same time, he would reserve to himself the power of withdrawing from the Negotiation, should it be conceived that his services could not he useful to the public good. On these conditions he gave the outlines of his Plan to ADDI NCI ON ; mentioned several persons wham he wished to propose, ageing whom was Lord GR ENVI to decl are, LE ; still, however, continuing that he would not introduce any person in opposi. tion to the KING, but that hi would reserve to himself the Power of retiring. A . butiscrox pro. posed this Plan to his Colleagues, who rejated and the Negotiation was broken off. At present all ADDINGTON'S friends dechtee that Putt refused to join the Ministry, because he wish. ed they would allow him to introduce Git EN V 1 I. L &c. NTT, as you must have seen, has since op. posed ADDINGTON in the Huse of Common", and they are no longer on speaking terms. Lord Gitts v ILLS (who is the organ of CANNING) told me that PITT has such a contempt for ADDINGTON, that he would not at present set with him on any conditions whatever; at the.same time PITT daily opposes in the House of Commons the Defence Bill, as a Coun. seller would do land by the means which he employs, he has rendered it fit for answering the proposed end, which it .never otherwise would have done. On one occasion he di v ided the 'Mime, and, to the astonishment of every body, the division was fifty Members. I nevertheless think, as many others do, that it is impOsale things should long remain on their present. footing, aid I believe that PITT Wiol 'MID to Oee'in the course of a year. This makes me wish that you should be on the spot to form part Of the new Ministrsi, which would then, be excellent if Purr were ei t the head. What do you think, pray ? You would be able to obtain every thing you wish in regard to India, and, if you thought prober, to return again as Governor General. Auo. 5.—1 began this Letter at London, bat having met LOTLI CASTL R RAWL he told me that the Dispatches would not be sent off hefore ten days. POLE, has been with ADDINGTON to speak to-him of me, and he has promised me that he will consult L Ord CASTL rR ?Awl on the means of forcing the Direaors to reward me for my services in India. • I, however, exped nothing from them. I am,,&c. (Signed) HIINRY WELLRSLIY M. DAVID SCOTT (" A St/I0!4T INTERETING LET. Tk..R")TU THe MARQUIS WELLESLIIY. Dimoinald,i3tb jul.y s 1803. Since the 28th of March, when I left town, I have necessarily given up all kind of Cm.- respondence, except some private communications with certain Mtonbers of the old Administration, who appear always tis preserve their former attach ment to you, and who, by their consolatory and ofoiglog letters, have enabled me to judge of the spirit of- Parties in London. The following , is a sketch of their contents, on the accuracy of which You May rely In the month of May there was every appearance of Mr. PITT'S return to Administration. Mr. AD. DINGTON was not at alt disinclined to make way for him; but he was not pleased with Mr. PITT's in sisting on bringing Lord GeIINVILLE 4110 the Ad. ministration with him. Circumstances alone must have guided Mr. PITT in ptoposing Lord Gum r• loos to the KI NG. But this is certain, that he cou ld nut hav,e taken the Government upon himself unless he was certain of being at liberty to make to the KING whatever propositions he should think proper, in order to enable him to conduil his At. ministration in the most efficacious manner. I Le.. fieve' firmly that he would nut accept the Govern. m e t - 1 i unless expressly called to it by the K. - IN . 0 him. self, with whom only he would make all secondary 'arrangements. As tor Lord Me ovi o or, he did not appear dis. posed to return to Public Business ; but it Mr. Pt TI had taken it in his head to fecal him, which would cert ainly have happened had he resumed his place in Administration, his Lordship would have mode no opposition. In this case, though, from taste, he would have preferred the India Department, yet I imagine he would have tol.:en that which Mr. PITT tgight have thought most prover so consign to him, with, the view ot strengthening his Administration. Such was the state of affairs in May. It is .I.lppotted the Ktisc had ordetra Mr.. ADDINGroN to communi. case to Mr. Purr his cOoseot, that he (Mr. PITT) should iesutne his situation of Prime Minister. But after the opposition which Mr. ADDiNGrori has experienced doting his Administration from Lord GRENVILLE, it is not surprising that he should tit.; clam ogaihst his immediate return. .In fine, it WGII!d appear that the KING, with a view of forminta more vigorous Admioistration, was desirous that. Mr. PITT should be at its head, and this, I prestune, more from policy than favour. But, on the other hand, Mr. PITT wants all or nothing. The princioles of thi. idea Were di closed in the sieecli ot Lord ME LVILLI, in the House of Peers, when, instead or condemning the conduct of the new Administtation, he moved the Postpone. ment of the Debate. This was agreeable to his past conduct, since he always blamed the Peace, the idea of which he never could endure, thoogh he op. proved ot the general measures of Administration. Mr. PIT r, on the contrary, declared himself in .favour ot itte and it was not until he sr.‘! , :e in the H lose ;Jf Co mmGas, that it was known ' he vo , Uki liyhow the same lime of conduet as Lora:r: r L. VILLE. It 'Would be difficult f r rue to say Low far this has been agreeable to the Public. Laying aside for a moment the Ministerial Ar. • ssogemetits, and looking at the present period, so • fertile in events, - - I am stayed in4nrotlic(ures, as you may hn since hav,e, remarked ; And I observe, that in all the ReColutiOnsthatliave taken Place on the Continent, affAirit als`va- . 0, pin t ceeded in a direninri diatnetricAlly typal:lie .10 every thing th,t had been cuoj , :dure.l. This being the case, what. sensihle man would hazard an opinion on ltrure events. The general opinion is, that England alone will fight France and all her Allies with more she_ cess than when we hal friends on the Continenf.--: Prance, by her great Continental fluence, 01)064 to intimidate all Caen; e,. England Appears superior by Sea to all Europe uni.ed. The last of these Powers has excited the jealousy of Cumrwicial Na. tions, to speak more plainly, of all Nations: We appear inclined to confine ourselves to a,.l)efen. sive War ; and, in that case, nothing can harm us. MR. SAM. JOHNSON TO WM. t'ETRIE; COUNC T LOR, AT MADRAS, tioATlin AVO. Your Letter of the 6 , h of last January, to D. S. appears to me in argumentative 4nci satisladory de fence of yoUr comitia in the delicate and difficult . situation in which you were plAced since your last return to Madras. You appear to have been.ot nion, that if D. S. had been Chairman of the Court , of Direttors, the Noble Marquis would not have been solcited to continue Governor another year.--• The fad is, and I communicate it to you in perfeet confidence„ .that it was in consequence of a commu. niCation by I). S. with Ministers on this. subjea, that the Chairman was prevailed on to submit that proposition, without at all having any suspicion who was the person by whose means the b9stness had been arranged. On the arrival of Lord M. 137NTINCK a new.order of things will take place, and I then hope your situation in the Council will be much niore agreeable than it has been during the, Government of his predecessor. Lord Cr iV E has given the most grievous offence to a great majority. of the Court of.Dirtaors; by ~the Letter which he bad declared it his intention to leave on the Table . of the Council at—Madras, previous to his departure. It•contains some passages which can he construed into nothing short of dirett and premeditated insu:t., Whenever my opinion on this suhject was a:ked, I' never hesitated to declate, that I thought his Lord. sh;oshou:;i re.ealled from the service. I tinny of instances where the Commander of a Vessel has been thanked for Chingin the destination of his Vessel. But, seriously ,speaking, it is a matter wor. thy of. conside , ation, how means ate to be devised for punishing those guilty of abusing the authority of the Court of Directors, so often compromised' by their Governor in India. By the .New-Yurk Papers to the r4th ulr, which arrived yestetity, we learn that, on the t atli, the Grand Jury of that City, after patiently .hearing a toast of testimony for ducc dirt, unaniino. , ,ty brought in a Bill Iti Ittdiaineht 'sgailist A. BURR, V. P. of the United Stales, for sen,itog a mt-ss:ige or challenge, invititg Gen. A. FIAMILIONI to b killed - by !inn in a duel ; anJ against \\' P. VAN Ness, and NATH. PINDLEYON, t.it amog S e cn o j , b y this Ilijiament, if cot.liint-il b. the :oinpe.t , .: bona's, Mr. BURR, Mr. VAN Nra., anci DL ETON, are, by the last la ,v against tiuelling.,tosecl by the Legislature of the State, dicranchived, and of course ditiqualified from holdi , ig :toy office of honour or priltt, or of voting in the State, kr rho. . term of twenty years. The murder of G e neral HAMILTON having been committed in the Stwe of New-Jersey, the Grand Jury did not feel , itlthorised to-take cognizance of it ; but (says the New York Paper) we are informed from the first legal audio, rity, that a Prosecution will lie under the verditi.of the Coronet's Jury. , The 14th Battalion of the Army of Reserve were yesterday landed at Harwich out of a TrAnpnrt from Dundee, and marched to the Barracks near that town. Pierre Lanrane, a French prisoner, who was lately committed to Statflrticooncv gars!, for break ing his parole, was remoyeti on. Monday se'nnightl having been ordered to the prism . ) at Norrn.in Cross. fr' Waltho has been cot - nr.nitted to oral, trd gaol, charged on snspiciln of having, in O,5i.,L eF 1.789. wilfully and m.sliciously set fire to a 1) tro at Rindsacre, then in the possession of Mr. 14ENNAY, Cliettaitlitlg a hrget Timiity of wheatand barley, and also of setting fire to three ricks of artsand one rick t„f barley, the property . of the said Thom's; IiIiNNEY, • On Thursday s'ennitht„ oet,tveen ten and eleven o'clock at night, a fire broke out in the premises of Me. JEMMOTT, at i'laylrateli,: Oxon, about m il es tram Oxford, whielilaged with such violence, that in a few minutes five hay. ricks (three belonging to Mr,. JP,MMETT, and two belonging his neigh. Mr.,, j asNINCh), tw,) burns, and the stabling, were all in one dreadful blaze, and in a shuts time entirely conaumed;,the barns contairfed the produce of 1,6 acres of wheat and zg of.harley, which w,ts clestrhyed, as was a new waggon in one ,of the barn's, and all the harness in the st„ii;:s; the horse* were fortunately got out just in time to save them. On Wednesday sennight four men left Greenock Harbour m a boat for Loch Llng, with the - design to buy and cure herrings, carrying along with them a pretty large quantity of °aunt:6 and ialt, and a c , 'sutra. of money. They 1t.0.1 only got the, length of tht,,Powder.house, when the beat up. set by a sudden squall, and itnnio.Lately went to the bottom. A ve.sei caning past at the time, fortunately picked up the men, but the h .at, with its other contents, has not, as yet, been recovered. Croydon Fair commences on Tuesday rev.— , Walnuts,,fur which this lair is so famous, are very plentiful ; a bettOr Season not having been known fur manytyearti. Wednesday evening a boy belonging to a cattier, lying at r liantiver Rote, in stepping trom a foal's gunwale on , to a lighter, fell overboard and was dro•sned. l'hur.dav, r Burks, the Lady of WAt.ria bIateKLAND, Esq. was delivered of a $O O . Diet% at Madras, in April last, Miss ANN Et I. « ritTli STUART, &mit, ,Gc•netal jAMAS STuaivr, Commander in Chict of the Settlement,