The Sun.
London, England, 1806-11-07 00:00:00

LORD ITELLESLEY .4:A:1)

When lie shall again pet himrlf at the head of
the accusers of the Marquis what better antagOnist;
as the ;cause nstit. -cOme on,. 'could be grAnted to
their wishes ?—How will he stand the torrent of
just indignation afisingfront these fa&s, which will
die poured . upon, him r-s--Wheo in tthe august Aa-
aeMbly
,of the Commons of England,. he' shall be
Charged_ by. men of the aentest minds, the ,most
ardent eloquence, with the treachery of .collecting
Articles of Accusation against a man to whom at
the same tithe he was professing " THE INDELIBLE
" •SENSE or PAST osi.tGivriox," to make use of
his own strong terms; from whom he was at the same
time. 'soliciting new faVours—an 41 .of the. basest
and 'insst venal hypocrisy : how will he stand this
charge when it shall be urged upon him by numbers
in multiplied shapes, and by each with a vigour. far
, . surpassing' what, we can giVe it; hypocrisy. has More
One great motive of Lord G. to dissolve the Par- than the guilt of impudence, but always Wants' its
liiitnent, is said-to have been to secure thereby the , firmness and self-possession. But happy would it'
exclusion of Mr. PAL'LL from' the House of Com- 4 be for him if his assailants were to pause here.—
thefts ; for the steps taken against-Lord W.-falling If his examivation 'he found him guilty, with
of va!n•se by the dissolution, he will not be able to what untontroulable indignant Vehemence will they
take the lead in the Impeachment in- the new Par- not go on to arraign the unblushing intrepidity of
Itatnen that falsehood,
t. a - - .
ascribing to the Government of the
TO examine the troth of this, -we will lay down I Marquis every excellence—and with a corrupt servi-
atiandamental proposition, which nobody will con- lity of adulation conning dependenceand depend-.
test--that Air. PAULL's capital-Charges against the ence on the most execrable tyrants•?—We cannot do
Marqdis WELLESLEY are either true or false. In ijustice to the arguments the great Men on bothsides of
the .first case we shall prove, that the dissolution is - the House will on that day produce, who already,
isihnical to that Nobletram„ and exposes him to a after full examination, haVe tak&l upon them 'the
danger greatly increased : an error of this kind, so defence Of the Marquis ; 'not (for we repeat the
L-r7-!t-, so experienced a politician as Lord Gittsa- admission) to•the Strength of the attack these fads,
VILLE, if he had been. desirous to obstrna the course will _open updn him. It has beet' but feebly that
of public justice in his Favour, as is alledged, could i we could 'sketch what will be urged against him if
not have fallen into ; and that if the future excin- 1 the second Letter contain his real opinion formed
soon of Mr. PAbi,i, was considered, on the question i on the -spot : nor less severe, less irresisiible, less
of the dissolution or the continuance of Parliament, multiplied will be the accumulated attack he will
it muf,t have operatsd in favour of the latter. In f have to sustain,son the equally probable supposition,
the second . plaCe it shall be proved, that if the that in his first he has faithfully stated it .from that
Charge= aerainst the Marquis be fals, and such a document. (the' authenticity of which he has ad-
ternee circumstance as the excluSien or non-exclu- muted before the last Parliament), does it not fol-
shin of Mr.' PAULI. • was adver'ed to, as far as any low that there is no dalarriny so vile with which his
.eightw could. be allowed_ ea it, the dignity of Parlia- interested vengeance will noraasail the virtues and
merit would plead in favour ofa measure Which would the wisdoM which he internally admires—while,
produce his exclusion. . - .from the contradiction of the two, they will infer
' Let it first be taken as gtanted, that Mr. PAnee's - 'lint there is nothingewhich he will not-assert ?, We
;capital .Charge against the late Governor-General -cannot give the force' to these arguments which
of India be 40 its buil extent true—in this case, whe- they will then receive, nor anticipate the strongest
ther, Mr. PAULL be or ' be-not in' the House; the pro- 'which he will have to encounter e the accuser will
feedings will i.e equally revived ; and there will not t..
ee utterly.borne down by. them ; and if the aced--
be wanted some person of the greatest akility„oj nit- cation be not involved in the same fate—(we ate
suspeFied hpnour, and long parliamentary experience' arguing on the supposition that it is ‘true) with such
to take the lead in it and nothing can be more to ' a •man to' sustain the first part in it; :public justice
be feared by the delinquent Mt. P. describes the- runs tit, 'greatest pose ible batard to-be deleatede
Marquis to be, than the' suhstiteitiOn of such a andthese whO on this 'occasion coil lorna that de-
Leader to the Impeachment- in the place of Mre Sire; coold. not have had tee exclusion of Mr.
NULL himself. . . ' PAULL from Pailiament aeeeng their motives for a
- When mighty and rapacious criminals op"- dissolution. - , . •
press tale Dependencies of an Empire, the cha- t Let 'us now suppose Mr. Paute's Charge ,to be
• \rater of . the 'men who alone can cnsasfuti fale---it ;s fully sailer . the ' dilieent examination
*heir impeachments with success has long ago been ' M. Painsh has given to it) by hitit known to be
drawn, and .by one of Ilse greatest and most.morat such ; and ti' s: digii of the. House vats diminished
Politicians 'of the Political Renublic of Rome; by such s Member having . a seat in it. -To re-
CICERO, it a tittle when rapacity and 'peculation store f' ..,. dignity so -lost to it . certainly would
laid waste all its dependencies, and in these terms: I ree- e an adequate cause ,of a dissolution ; out
. " this is the remedy of the State; sickning, •• lan- S . ,ens, beside the Main 'consequence intended by
" guishing almost to death, public justice bei -g that .ineasure, play be of a nature highly eligible.
. " corrupted and contaminateti by the crime: and • Aed such the eXCHISiOn'of a person acting the visa-
" turpitude of a few ; that men of the best prin- lent Part Mr. P. -has -done' contrary to his own con-
" ci pies,
.1 he a& einsuspeeted honeur, the;greatest viftiosm,: mast de-esteemed: - And such a.. cense-
" diligence, should- Tome forward to *port •the quence•lD4 properly; become a collateral or. minor
" law and. the" authority of its highest trihunals. motive ;as any the leagt good result to be derived
"If this cannot save us,' no medicine will toefound from a measure; will: by 'all wise men 'be esteemed
"to the evis We labour under".l- He adds-also, that • to be.
such a nian should be a man of "• firmness;" in- As Mr. PAULL mates the Treaty with the Nabeb
_flexible to all considerasions.of his oWn advantage ; i of Oude. his principal Charge, that only, is here con-
of " truth,"§ at least so far, that no ,prevarications l sidered. But professing himself to have been a ditia
or self-contradielions on the, aubjeCt of the accusa- I gent observer of the measures of the Governor-Gene-
tion can be alledged Against hid]. " . ' rat,the matter of none of his other Charges for ads
_
By thetriends Of a great State Criminal, a man of his Excellency, considerably preceding the date
in many resPeE-ts of a contrary charaEter is the last. of his Letter to him froth Lucknow, could be un-
to be disqualified, ane. the least to be. feared as' an 'known to him at the time it was written, There-
accuser; if by accident the lead in such an aecusae ' fore; what is here said on-the Charge in respect to
Lion had fallen into 'his hands, they would desire to ' the Couutry of Oude, appplies to all such equally.
continue it td him ; and on-the' dissolution of Par- Under. this description the Charge founded on the
liament, when such,an accusation was, pending, if ' Treaty ter the cession. of -Ferrucktibad, signed June
an accuaer stood Candidate for Westminster, the 4, i 802, falls : as also that of the increase of the
partizans of the criminal would certainly endeavour Durbar expences of the'Marquis up to December,
to keep,a Borough Vacant.for hint in case he,Should 1801 ; for Mr. PAULL must in general terms have
lose his elettion : the doors of the House of Corn- known that such increase had taken place.
mons would not • be 'by
.them shut to hin-n .
. Now to advert to Mr. PAULL. In his commer-
cial pursuits.'he receives certain favours .and facili-
ties from Lord WELLESLEY :.:of this there is no
-doubt : his gratitude expressed by his well-knoWn
Letter to his Lordship, proves his
.obligatiOn, And
he solicits these fat, ours, as appears by, his litre Letter
to Lord FOLRBSONE, entertaining at the same time,
a resolution neexamine the concluEr of the.Gover-
nor-General, in order to discover therein matter- of-
legal accusation. By the licence of the Marquis,
granted at Mr.. P.'s solicitation, he goes to Lucknow,
the metropolis of Oude ; the Sovereign of whiCh. had
• recently been induced to resign part of his Provinces
to the East India Company : he e-esides four or five
months there. Now, if he does not in his :Letter
to Loial FOLKSTONE declare himself to have return-
ed to India with one great object he never had---a •
that of examining the coriduft of the Governer, it
is ,evident that in
.that time he had perfectly made
up his opinion on the justice or injustice of the
transaction leading to. that recent cession ; and the
opinion he then formed, for lie had a long leisure
to form its in the capital of the country, he
must have retained ever since. At the expiration
of,this period, and in the beginning of December,
1802, he solicits ahaogeg of pUblic regulations from
the Governor, to accommodate him' in his coma
mercial speculations ; which, as he states to be very
large, he expeEted to be very lucrative, and the_
. change of a proportional benefit to himself. At
, -. this time he writes an elaborate penegyric on the •
Administration of Lord WELLESLEY, ascribing to
him " incessant" care of " the public interests,"
" excessive wisdom,'" enlightened policy, and
the most consumtnate regard to justice ;" One,
leading measure. of the Administration was the pro-
. curing this cession ; tile justice or lllitlSti.;e•of which
lie had then fully informed_ himself upon. the spot :
on his ,return to England he describes the same mea-
sure as exhibiting an example of tyranny and rape-
, . city as yet unequalled by BONAPARTE !—"Phis
Charge is' contained in a. printed Letter to Lord
FOLKSTONE, dated :2 oth of -oa. last—that from
which the first citation is taken, was printed by
order of the Cutunfens in June last.

TO THE EDITOR: F ,THE ;SUN.,

.
As your excellent Pnper.has-effieen-,devoted to
the 'best interests 'of Great Britain; andias such has
evinced its attachment to one of the greatest men
any 'age or cotnitr, has produced, I now request
pin? insertion of the following Examiration of Mr.
JtmEs PAtTLI's Cohfident Assertion:-?- upon, the Sub-
je& of the Dissolution • of Parliament, as connected
with the C-iii-irges.'br.dul-,lit against Marquis WEL-
LESLEY, satisfied that your'eourpliance 'with my re-
quest will furnish their thorough refutation.
I am, Sit,

HONESTUS.

BARBADOES, SEPT. 20.

Rear-Admiral Sir ALEXANDER COCHRANE, K. B.
in his Majesty's Ship Northumberland, sailed froth
hence on, Tuesday evening,., for Trinidad.--A most
Melancholy and distressing account has been this
morning received from Dominica, of the fatal
,effe'a-ts
there of a severe gale of wind, and inundation of the
town of Roseau, on the gth inetant. There had been
a heavy fall of rain for several days previous, which
continued without palyintermission on the gt h, when
-about Midnight the gale commenced, and blew' with
great violence for near four hours 'from the N. W.
during which,tinie -the river to leeward of the town
broke, down its hanki in several different places at
the same Moment,, and in dreadful torrents rushed
through the town, sweeping into the sea, with irre-
sistible force; everything in its way.. About two-
thirds of the town (chiefly, however, the smaller
houses) are computed to have been washed away,
and nearly two hundred persons are supposed to-
have perished by this - untortunate,caiarnity ; while
the power of the gale was not leSs fatal to the
Shipping, eleven out of twelve Vessels then there
having been driven ashore and entirely lost. The
1 effetsis of the storm have been almost equally dread-,
throughout the Country, many estates not hav-
ing. a house standing, 'and their crops materially in-
- :lured, and likewise lost a number of negroes. The
Barracks. and Hospital on Morno, Bruce fell'in dur-
ing the Storm, by which a number of, soldiers
were killed and • wounded. Upon the whole the
state of the _island is represented as most distressing;
and when we refle& Upon the repeated sufferings,
from the Enemy as well as the elements, of that
•ill-lated but loyal Colony,
,we cannot but deplore
their losses, and commiserate their misfortunes.L-
This hurricane, it is thought, has been very severe
• among the Islands to leeward ; it was partially felt
here, without dding any damage, At MartiniC.e,
seventeen Vessels • wpre driven ashore, fifteen of
which are entirely lost ; and at Guadaloupe, a con-
siderable number are said to have been wrecked. -

The Thornhorough Privateer, and not the Tra-
falgar, ai reported, was lost near Exmouth, on Sun.;
clay last. -
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Oral-. in ,Ccezilium, C. 22.
iblit, e. 9.

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. , • ' •%.4 • the ,
The contest for our County Represenyhoft nicety te ssoy,hieTßEET.—in con<eqoence of e variety Os. •
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to be a very severe One ; but parties seem to be su-smiaelisifghd accidents that have taken place on the
nearly balanced, that it wotild be absurd to ptettitT.: 4,fi.rovenihtlr, and• other days of rejoicing, by
the issue. Yesterday Morning a large cavalcade 'at- ':;li4Te4itte,:eff of fire-works in the public streets, by
tended (ol Woechousi through this City to. the •ShAlllngehersesj ;frightening pregnant wornen, See,
County Hallo The reception he Met with was , the MagiStrates kery properly issued a Proclamation
flattering indeed. Mr., LEE ,WAIINER, the 'High against such praaices on Wednesday, and cited the
Sheriff; arrived soon after. Mr. WINDHAM and Mr. s Aas ot. Parliament by which hsuch conduct %vas
Corsi soon followed. The further Was furioushy puthaliables as well as for selling fire-works.
assailed With invectives by the Multitude ;. but he In kbeevening the patrole. wereordered to appre-
cooduaed himself firmly, and display ed no markSe bend all those they found ofihilding, and in ..the
of resentment.or contempt. r course of the evening they appreheuded, six men
Sir R. BUKTON opened the buainess of the day, and ten boy's. Four of the men were respeaable
Observing, that he was the :person. who called the characters, and had every appearance of Gentlemen
Meeting, and therefore presumed to take the lead in . and the Other two were labouring men.
addressing the Freeholders. After briefly animod- i Mr. GRAHAM very properly reprobated their con-
verting Upon. the importance Of the elective fran- du&, and told them they•ohght to be ashamed of
chise, and the necessity of chusing fit Representa- themselves, in being the authors of such dishrderly
tives for so distinguished a branch of the British Ens- conduct as throwing squibs at persons who were
pire as the County of Norfolk, he concluded with ' quietly passing along She streets; and thought thii •
proposing Colonel Wodehonse as a man WhO had at a strange way of rejoicing, by annoyiiig and fright-
.ways firmly supported their rights, and as one who ening people. The worthy Magiseate, therefore,
would always maintain them. ' • ' convicted them in the full penalty of twenty shil-
,
ThiS 'nomination was received with great applause. ti lineas ; which the 'young daahers paid, and appeared
The Motion was seconded by Mr. JODDREL, who asliamed of their conduct.
pronounced a high
.eiilogium upon the merits of -Their conviaion afforded universal satisfaction to
Colonel Wooihousi,' and trusted that the County i a crowded Court ; and no small degree of mirth ;
would assert its
_indeptudence, pointing out' Yar- i for wilco they left the Office a
,universal laugh ss-i&
mouth and Norwich as examples of a resolutere- raised at their expellee. The two labeering meta
sistance of all attempts to dictate and controul the = were obliged to send to their friends before they
choice of the Eleaoo. j could raise the wind. Ha;titled' convhaion money
ThiS address al4Wasreceived with much applause: goes to the poor of the Parish, and the other het; to
Colonel WODEHOUSE expressed his gratitude for the apprehenders.
the honour which had been dime to him by this•j Mr. GRAHAM, after keeping the liteis under most
flattering reception of his nomination. The Coon- fhorrible alarm of being imprisoned is a dark :ewe,
ty; he said, was improperly entered by the Right forupwards of an hour, dischateed theth, who a
Hon. Gentleman carne forward. his day , but proper caution of not being tonna off sid,ng- egahe
having the countenance of so numerous a body of j Frederick Smith, alias' Green, ailts St. John, whoin
Electors, he lea Ino doubt of an ultimate 'triumph ; we staled stsis in custody on a charge ot. rot:4)es';
and Was tescilved to persevere iii the contest, what- Mr. Thomas Bartlett, of 3,m "tree: t, hi the ehisi-
ever might be the strehgth of his oppenent.—(Great mercial-road, of 0071. underh cut a second Lee:
applause) minition. Our Readers schlheeehe e setteh • !Jet
• ,
As the Gentlemen Who *ere to have propoSed nest , the • Prosecutor and his wile hc' s, p d
seconded the nomination of • MeSSri• COKE .alla that. the Priswe , had le e ee: i e iag
WissonstAss -were nut present, Mr. PLUMPTREE ads abdut ti reconciliation; tem. ek s ;.. eee: tees to
dressed the Meeting, and expressed •his rtcgret that Ramsgate, where the Psosecittor's iss was at Cap-
those Gentlemen were absent. He 'attempted- to tain Patterson's the Prisoher pretended e sseg
throW some ridicule upon Sir R. Burrosi's speech, her; and that he knew a female sersam at Captain
and concluded with proposing the. light Hon. Was, , Patterson's, who' would assist . hal), in -endeavoariog
'Wismosm. to prevail upon herstareturn and live with her ilus-
Aloud mixture of applause and disapprobation en- band.
sued. . The Prosecutor's wife denied that the Prisoner had
Mr.' PLUMPTREE'S proposition was seconded by ever made any application to her to mum to her
Mr. EVANS ; and Mr. LAY'EON proposed Mr. COKE, 'husband, or that there was such a female servant as
whose name was received with much applause, but the Prisoher described; in Capt. Pattersoills family.
not without some disapprobation. Michael "Kelly, who keeps the 'Welch .Harp pub..
Mr. COKE, atter thanking the Freeholders who s lie-house, in Peter-street, SOlio, said, he recolleded
supported hirn, avowed his determination to Main- the Prisoner and the Prosecutor coming to his house,
Lilo the same political principles sghich first recom- in a coach, in the menth of June or July' last. They
mended. him ich, their favour. He declared, how- drank brandy and• Water together till the Prosecutor
ever, that if it appeared doubtful whether the choice appeared intoxicated ;. after which they had :some
,shutild fall oil him or his'Right Hon. Friend, he had tea;. and when he wentsto them in the parlour, he
such a respect for Mr. WINDHAM'S abilities, and was saw the Prisoner with a pocket-book in his hand,
so &tidy convinced that he could do more service tot and he said to the Prosecutor, there is nothing in it.
the Country than himself, that he should most wil- The Prosecutor replied, then you. have robbed me of
liogly'give up his interest in favour of that Gentle- 600!.
man. He had, irideed, differed with him' upon The Prisoner in a short time after left, the house;
some topics, but net!sing could lessen his :respea for 1 the Witness thinking he should .have no chance of
the talenta ate'. es:sena 1-ICl'!t.s of his Right Hon. getting his reckoning from the Prosecutor, he-being
Friend. drunk, ran after the Prisoner, but could not over-
Ms. 'WINDHAM at length arose, but the clamour take him.
wes so great among his friends and opponents, that The Prisoner was committed for further exanah.
Several nitinites taapsed before he coulttl obtain a nation.
hearing. In consequence of some observations which
had, fallen frolo preceding speakers, he declared that
heothought nothing could be more invidious and ab-
surd than the doctrine, that a man,was disqualified
for sereiog his Constituents' and .his Country by the
possession of an Office in His Majesty's Government.
On the contrary, he conceived that the poeseSsion
of Office must enlarge the power of utility.' The
mere etnolimient of office he eonsidetedas too'eori-
temptible an object for a liberal and patriotic mind.
An opportunity of supporting the interest and ho-
nour of the Empire was the paramount consideration
with every elevated character. Though he believed ,1
he could at that moment consider himself as a ,Mem-
ber of Parliament,. yet as he was a native of Nor-
. folk, he thit a
.strong impOlse of ambition to repre-
sent that County- which gate him birth, -and for.
Which .he should never be ashamed to avow d parti-
calar affection. The Freeholders of 'Norfolk Were
,his brethren, of .the same soil, and 'be should 14s
ways by proud of their support. The contest might
be severe and 'expensive discretion might therefore
point out a different course; but it was his favourite
wish to represent his native County, and he was de-
termined to persevere. He concluded uith accusing
Colonel WohisiOuSE of having, prematurely began
to canvass.
The Colonel declared, that in availing himself of
Government interest, he had done no more than
others had done, and as was usual on such occasions.
The rest of the :husiness consisted. of questions
and. answers between Mr. WINDHAM and several
of the Freeholders, which it is needless to repOrt.—
At length the Meeting broke up, and the,Poll is
fixed for the 13111 inst.

Wednesday evening an Inquest was held at the
sign of the London Hospital White,chapel, on the
body of John Welsh, a servant to Mr. White, oil-
man, in Whitechapel, who in consequence of a cask
of oil rolling over 'him' as he was endearOuring to
guide it to the cellar, had both his legs so shockingly
bruised, that he died the next day in the Hospital.—
The Jury returned a Verdi& of-=--alccidental Death.
The circumstance being,fully pro.:ed, the ,Sitting,
Magistrate tined each of the offelidrs,in ten
lings,, as an indemnification to the compositor, ;
found them also liable in expnces, and ordained
them to find caution to their master for their ill-
ture pun&ual attendanoe and faithful discharge 'of
their • duty. This is an important and rseasonable
decision, and deserves the serious attention; not
only of the men of that profession, but of the work.-
men in general.
On Friday and Saturday last some of the jour-
neymen pressmen and ;.I;ep.' rentices of a I'Lintcr ill
Edinburgh %vete brought befOre the Magistrates .ee-
cusod of great negli.rnee and disobedienee,
serving themselves from their business -tout ask-

HANOVER, OCT. '2B.—This day, at noon, six
French-Dragoons, of the 20th Regiment, were
brought here from Hildesheim, under the escort of.
Prussian Hussars. They were taken by PLETZ'S.
Hussars, near Erfnrth, when the Prussian prisoners
were set free. • The PrUssian Hussars went with
prisoners to the, Mews, and sold the French
borses.-7-The garrison of Magdeburgh made a sortie
yesterday.
Yesterday 4000 men belonging to, the Prussian
Corps commanded by General LEcoQ were detached
towards the Elbe.
HANOVER, OCT: 29.-,-Posts are put up on the
frontiers of the Hanoverian territory with this in-
scription—" Pav d'Hanovi'e."
The whole of General LECOO:§ Corps has now
marched towards the* Elbe. It marches by the way
I' of Celle, Ulzen, &c. The post to the Empire and
Saxonyii.again-re-establigheo.

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ing their maters leave, and ot frequent. ot tn-
toxication.; by which hi,2,nis, not only theirmas-
ter's work was negleaed and retarded, bur the
compositors in the same house were kept idle, to their
great loss.

On Wednesday evening ketween nine and ten
o'clock a young man of the name of Dawson, who
stood billy committed, on a charge allaying robbed
-his employer, a shopkeeper in Bis.hopsgate-street, cut
his throat in Giltspur-street Corrupter, in so dreadful
a manner, that no hopes are entertained of his re-'
coy cry. •