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only in that extreme esso—l subscribe to yous.prin-
tapir and your practice.. Newest 1111, poor opistiod,
t cannot help thiuking that no suth cowries,*
would have followed Sir ArthaeWellesley%beeing
been continued in the command, at least for the
short period of hit putting the riiiishiag hand to the
renfestiedly brilliant• action in %Inch he was then
most successfully and triumphantly engaged, and
advamed. 1 cannot help Loping, and indeed
trusting, that the troops under his command would
not have inutiiiied upon the occasion—that they
would slot even have remonstrated—perhaps not eo
much as troubled their heads about the etiquette of
the service, which you seem to think such a sloe
qua non, so puron t to all other consideratious;
and that they would possibly even have indulged
Sir Arthur with obeying his commautfaud have
',trained a point to oblige their Ling and Country
with their further ittertions and services, and have
proceeded quietly to have minded the French, and
drill, to have cut them up, root and branch.
may be irruag: but I cannot, for the life of sue,,
briny; myself to imagine that your Lordship *au
be right.
Then, with respect to your jest/ice/jun, from
precedents, I can even less subscribe to that prin-
ciple than to the other. So, my Lord, your are to
rake the kirtitiel of had times, and bad manage-
iit, for bad precedents, to copy, cud to belays':
hut ! And where do you rake tar these kennel exs
aisrp!.'• and precedents liLlhe Low Couuttiersl—
hut rich precedents. my Lord, end you will
make this one of the lux eolietries " by humbling
her, and by laying her honour in the dust !" Why,
upon this principle, in the course of your nest
campaign, we in: y expert come (if pcmtible) moor
disgraceful cud in u.nous Convention to blight us
—justified by the recent precedent of this pater,'
of a Convention in Portugal ! Where, my Lord,
will this iiriucipla aid I have iudeed heard of
changing [lauds, and four hands mend, in a
country dance ; lint I never heard of the- same
figure forming part of the military service: but
us your Lordship assures us, that the Clips
menders in the Low Countries, in the last cam-
!faign, " changed hands four times itt forty-
tight hour.," I suppose it was so. I believe
if oar Commanders its Portugal had not changed
kiwis at all, we should have 0 ltd the Freud' is
set) 4101i:rent dance," to England, as prisoner, of
war, instead of lauding thew in Spain in our ships,
ts impostors cf peace. I the more wonder at tune
supermaling Sir Arthur Wellesley. because he
berms quite as much devoted to your Lordship, as
to the service : for. in spite of bis sal mad ardour
it, 1,18 prolessiort—in spite of the mortification less,
should mutually suppose him to feel, et being thus
bulked of his prey, and of the object of hi:. ambi-
tion—he is vet catotaa4
ter who 'appointed lion. Besides, lie is so CUlift
!tient a Mali to you, Ill:, Lnhl. yen should not, iu
prudence, if not its gratitude, have raike.l pitting
hi•n out of humour. Why, what email your Lord-
ship do without hint Ills amphibious qualiti. I
are the must 1.0111,1110.110L1S thiags in the wo.td to
Alittieter. 1)., you want Mtn fir foreign service.' em-
bark him. Us yon a alit him US 14 St'llet icy at home?
recall, and slisefel,at k hum ; mid he will lake the
water like a spaniel. Ash, uu cuff rind
Lick him a little—son hi his mouth directly, and
he will, like n well-lire I spnatch lick your baud.
Why, what an suns seal you most be, to
risk potion such a, faaltful eft...store uut of humour,
aud snake 111111 You join the country
in the admiration of Ms talents !"--siel well you
may, my Loot, not only for the versatility of those
talents, but for the good humour and reattine-s
with which he" turns his hand" to any 041.1 job you
may happen to have for him. Although he is of
much more coasscitieic.:e and importatice coufess-
edly to your Lordship, Thai wh it in a farm-house
is railed a siatifier. is to the farmer—yet hr cum-
lanes the rare talent anti the entisequence of the
bailiff; with the accommodatitig cotiveitiesice of the
'huffier, ;is may be seen in his speech—in which I
could lest help thinking there ties the same incon.
.isteney and contradiction in coutlemaing the so-
percesaions drat *lade the Vonvenlion neerssary,"
and yet defending and justify iiig the COUVVY4OII
ihielf, and the Alinisters who plaided it tea; as
there was in his protestieg against the Conven-
tion at the time its Foamed!, and yet signing that
Armistice!—" Anything to the contrary. never-
theless and notwithstanding" said Shtiffler may
have said or done. And that too was done, out of
pure etiquette, cud fur fear of " doing v.olence to
the service !"
Why, my Lord. I should think two sorb ex-
amples of the miss:ll4l of the principle, should
be sufficient to cure you both of acting upon, or
defending it. Sir Arthur says in his speech, " Ile
never slid rut. rtain any expeetatiou of renaming the
command of the army."—Then why complain of
being superss sled t I CllllOlO4 help thiuksiate, toms
my Lord Cestleretigh, particularly fortunate ns
having such a General in your pocket, who will
accept seen a conditional command, liable to cease
whenever it shall please you to iocrease the forte,
to appoint any ittoolle of minerirr rank is his place,
thwart or stunt bus, short in his (Alert of success
mid victory, dash the cup num his very lips. or pot
a spoke in his Wiled sue any way, mod at any Kisco
time the ninggot shall phrase is bite your
Lordithip--lleally a piece of work that tall, to the

lot of few Ministers, of Ai, eaustl, at kat
should think. But to reckon, afte► all your es.
per intents upon Inv altach went, gratitale, can.
otancy, upon his being your bottle-holder too. whet'
you 'drill- to snits,. •

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pitched Inittle. is redly retiquing our ineorge-
, meat to a- dVSret Of-V,..diOutoiion perfection. 1

always admire toe labandmod 'handsome terms iy
which u military character is orompted to sieaksat
his enemy; when Sit' Arthur says--. 116,04
convinced that (imam' ;Jabot would hays saes
fered any extremity of distress. raitl44
have Laid down his arias, or surreudererf i eair
jot Vhil Ammer !"—I shoal.' he very-much obtlges4
to Sir Arthur to iliforai us. of how many jets
'General Jailiver kaisour consists; vital how merry
jots of that honour he ha,' lift, after having cap
peitileJ some few of those pots., more er less, is
pilla,te and plunder—in rapes and loonlers I I
have hcaril Sir Arthur'sgoodsmetaire called is gums
tion—but I never will in fosturc si/ent/y hear tt
called in que.tion again ; thinking as I do. that ha
seems to me to Le the very most imiliterimiarstelsi
.;uO4l natured crtatare, whether to Irwin' • 't
ever yet =twit's. read. or heard of.
IN a good cause I like to see a man

and bold—but, however koonsiwg as woll
fortahle that fair cloak of your Lordship's
to you in the House of COMMOiIe. I ihtiititi
mend you nut to wrap yourself iu such
political righteousness and security—swad ,
claripg—solca you coo prddluct, iu support of
official acts mid deedavasore

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happier preceded:.
I remain rot Lorlellip'e obecLret humble r
Feb. YS. is 09. CINCIN;

THE BRITISH PR

LONDON,
THURSDAY. MAUR 9.
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Captain Dunospwoi the lifoiod, of 38
rived last anortnitg at the Aduliralty.
patc•iees, unnounciog the consoles 'of the Brest
into Rochefort. The enmity consisted of ,
which made the:r appearance off that port
94th last. . It appears that they *oiled from
for the purpose of surprising our bloc/litho' -,
droll utT Rochefort. which, by their telegvaptis
along the coast, they bad been iufurmed
anchor in the hay, with their suds down.
thought, therefore, they should be able to slip out
of Berm and take us by surprise. The Nola* our
look-out frigate to the northward rf the
them, cuid innantly made the• signal for en
Ad :;upttruato imninediately made mil
other part ul the h.q. The French fleet,
tali 120cliehrrt, ran to that pitt
hi.ru informed our squoiiron wits, hot not
it there, .occluded we had made b.tl4,
into Ilswpar Roads. There were five
the line at Rochefort. which makes the
French three now in that port amount
Atimniial 11Lnc...raki, has joined Admiral
ro with Oa. e Nail of time line, *loch
the npole force limier the latter, litre blockading
Rochefort, seven suit of the line and five
ldhniral Decttwonett had proceeded
fired fleet, demi lied by Lord thimatita.
Car/run was *out idler him to bring him beck,
from the state of the .villa, it was gowned
overtake him. Lord Gsmatss *ill immediately
tuku the command oil Rochefort, in person,
.a superior force.
The Naiad, when coining from off Rochefort
with the intelligence, saw tire sail under a press
canvas. She made the innate signal, which
being answered, she neared them, sod found
to he three French' frigates, chased by the
and n cotter ?
It is difficult to form a conjecture respecting
object which the French Admiral had in vies
Ile could not. have sailed Goo& Brest merely. i.
the ptirpose of going into Bansue Roads; it was
probably intended, as we stated yesterday, only
to form a junction with the squedron there. soil to
proceed to their ultimate destination. The up•
pearance, however, of Admiral Sgoeroaem's ague.
d►at, has completely (rostrum,/ the object of *is
movement. •
Time evi t len ee Iwi tm g closed before thPeHouseofCsigs-
amos,oll the imliject of :11r.W Arent. charges. suds
sent of ionise haviug iutervencdpi the investigation of
that must Itaterewitg euguiry. while the necessary
papery are printing, allows tis to turn oar ,
more to the Conttneut. rh.shn continues
present ,::utter of the most anxious ottentioc
by any means unmixed with hope. However
it may appear. neither th:: victories
ed by N A r 01.1014 over the Spaniards in
New Castile. nor his entry into Madrid.
time retreat sod expolsmon of the English,
dared under his coutroul the Peniusula.
contrary, as if to mock roujesture, and to put down
all ea I rulat ionost themotnent cvhenwe considered
portion of Europe to be subjected to theCorsican'tt
yoke the Spaiiiards seem to inanifem neweuergieeS
and aognmenting resuurces ; even Poltava -
tures at last to sheer a spirit of resistance.
her population, and to awaken the inhabitant• of
Luton to oppose the re-entry of the french. On
Nis other howl, at a moment so critical,

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