The Sun.
London, England, 1808-12-13 00:00:00

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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1808.

How comes it," says an Opposition Paper,
that we never undertake a Naval Expedition with-
out success, and never undertake a Land Expedi-
tion without failure ?" Before we are called upon
to. account for this extraodinary difference between
the land and sea service, we think it would have

been quite as well if the Paper in question had con
descended to give us some proof of the faEt. Tha
there are more instances of success to be met with
in our Naval than in our Military Records, is true
—and the reason is obvious—we are a maritime
nation, its chief force -consists in its navy, and
our contests are more frequent on the Sea titan
on the Land : but with the exception of two
expeditions planned by the late Ministers, viz. to
Egypt and to Buenos Ayres, we really are at a
loss to know what are the military failures to which
our opponent alludes. Much clamour has been
raised about the Convention in Portugal, but surely
no man can seriously call our Expedition to that
country a failure. It is true the terms of the Con-
vention did not answer the sanguine expeetations
that were entertained by many persons, but to say that
to beat the French iu two battles, to force them to
evacuate Portugal, and to restore that kingdom to our
Ally;was "a failure," is an absolute' contradiction in
terms; but provided Ministers can hut be attacked,the
truth of an assertion, or the consistency of an argu-
ment, is but little attended to; and this eagerness
to assail the Administration, sometimes betrays their
opponents into the most ludicrous contradidion. In
commenting upon the affair of Gen. WHITELOCKE
and the Convention of Cintra, the Parer to which
we have already alluded, says, that in the former
case it was the wish of Ministers to throw the odium
upon their prededessors, and in the latter to skreen
themselves : that is to say, the present Mini-
sters, in order to throw blame upon their pre-
decessors, brought a dire& specific charge against
a General Officer, which had no reference what-
ever to the Ministers that appointed him ; and
when they wanted to skreen themselves, they did
not accus-e any individual, but instituted a mode of
proceeding by which the conduCt of all parties con-
cerned, Ministers as well as Officers, must be fully
investigated ; they inculpate their predecessors, by
throwing the blame of the failure on the Officer
who commanded, and they skreen themselves by
promoting a full examinetion of their conduCt

Yesterday her Royal Highness the Princess of
WALL:S visited Kensington, and returned back to
Blackheath to dinner.
His Royal Highness the Duke of YORK returned
to town yesterday, from Oatlands.
Yesterday Messrs. HUNTER and RUkFE, King's
Messengers, lett town with Dispatches for Spain.
Captain MAl:arcs, of the Savage, who defended
the Diamond Rock with such extraordinary bravery,
is promoted 10 a Post-Captain by Sir ALEXAND►iR
COGLIRANE, and appointed Governor of Mariega-
;ante.
A bag of letters was yesterday received from He-
ligoland. The following is a copy of a letter posted
at LLOYD'S
" HELIGOLAND, DEC. 7.—One P. M.—We
'have experienced a most tremendous storm here,
which has done, and is still doing, a vast deal of
mischief to the shipping. Four or more Vessels
are on shore on Sandy Island—one of them a Swe-
dish Galliot from Gottenburgh. A Vessel laden
with sugar and, coffee, from England, is on shore
on the beach, and it is expected will go to pieces.—
Another Vessel lays under water at Sandy Island.—
Several have been driven off the coast during the
night, and it is feared will founder.—A large Sloop
sunk in the Harbour.--A Vessel laden with West
India produce has been blown off with only a few
hands on board.
" Two o'clock P. 211.—Three more Vessels on
Shore, and several have been blown away.
" DEC. B.—lt
,blew so hard last nig'lt, that only
five Ships remained at and►or ; the rest were driven
on snore."

BREAD _There being no-Court of Aldermen held
to-day, the Lord Mayor, alter inspedini the returns,
it to rise 2d: perveck.