The Sun.
London, England, 1809-07-24 00:00:00

It ,cannot, whether it be attended with a pro,per6u,-
or adverse result, operate as any favourable divers o:
in favour of Austria; and, in the present stage o!
the business, it has no more conneaion with the In-
surrections in the North of Germany, than it LT...1.(
:with the exertitsficallinMtriols—of Spain"
Surely this is the climax of absurdity and ity,ix•-•
dace. It hai not been very usual tot any people
to find fault With their Governors for-employing the
resources entrusted tO them, in defence of the into-
rest, security, and power of the country, by N7hicti
they-havebeen so entrusted. putty well ,
but only let as consider Who ic;); thtui depre-
elates Administration for employing our•forces in an
•
objed " avowedly connedeil wititour.own secu-
, , •
ritv-r-a mere British Objea.", ItiS ';'the
_organ of
" The-talents"—one of that crew,- t,ll:i have bear
day after.' (I-3y preaching up ":that we should attend
solely to our interests—that we should husband `out
strength and otir resources for our own security ;"'i,vhe
would-,norglve-to either Spain or Austiia a man, a
musk .et, or,a sixpence'; and Who have loudly
out against the present Government for the aid'
which it has so honourably held forth to the gallant
exertions of those plundered and persecuted nab.
tions. Who is it that tells us the Expedition," =-
not operate as a diversion in favour of -Artstria.?'!
the very man who days before had. said, that
NAPA RTE had probably employed the whole time in
which our Expedition was preparing, in sending
detachments from the Danube to the expelled scene
of attack. Oh ! shame, where is thy blush!

We consider it an adt of justice to submit to•Qur
Readers the statement of Mr. WRIGHT, the
,Ur
bolsterer, which they will find in THE SUN of this
day ; and if it -were possible 'for the public to have
any doubts on the subje6l, they must be entirely
removed by this plain narrative. It is much to the
credit ofMr. WRIGHT, that though accused' by his
adversary of having-obtained avertliet by perjury, he
resorts to no personalities, but states his ,'oase
throughout with candour, simplicity, and modera-
tion. The public will not fail to observe, that in ;e°
ferring to Messrs, GLENNE,.I' Don)), add ILLiNG-
worTit, be refers to the friends of Colonel -WAR-
DLE, who, of course, would have been brought
forward, if they had any thing to say in the Colo'.'
nel's favour. This " round, unvarnished tale" of
Mr. W4witT, now sets the question at rest, and if
the public are to hear any more on the charge of,.
PERJURY, it will probably be from Ur. Witign.F7d
brother... . • •

Yesterday morning his MAJESTY, Princesses
z-osp.., SOPHIA, and MARY, accomanied by Lady
THYNNE, General CARTWRIGHT and Colonel' D4s-
BROW, rode to St. George's Chapel, and, herd 3
Sermon preached by the Rev. Mr. LONG, and. re- ,
turned, to the Palace:

The QUEFI4 and Princess EL4Z,ARETII, took an air-
ing to her Royal Highness's Cottage, at Old Windsor,
and walked in the gardens.
The Master of a vessel 'arrived on Saturday from
Holland, states, that nothing was Itrtm.vn there of
the embargo in the. British Ports on Thursday last,
nor was any thing saki about the Expedition, al'
though it was sospeEte the Dutch Government Rid
some apprehension of its being positively direaed
against that country, as two, ships of the line, nearly
new, were ordered up to N/edenblik a few days agos
under pretence of wanting sviuirs
Six Captains of vessels, with a seventh person',
said to'be a merchant, were on Thursday picked al)
by an Excise cutter stationed off Poyer, as they were
making their escape, having been prisoners at Valen-
ciennes. They state that the conscripts are daily
forced front their families, after a nOtice of only three
days, which it appears, is the only time, they
for - training prior to their being marched off to join
the grand army..
Friday evening General F. MAITLAND arrived in
town from the West Indies, and immediately,at
lended at the Office of the Commander in Chief.
- Great activity was used at the Tower, so,late
three o'clock on Friday, afternoon, in sending away
a large quantity of barrows and. entrenching tools,
to go with the Expedition. -
Including the Marines, who are to ad with 'the.
army, the total force of the Expedition, will, it 15
said, amount to about 50,Q00 men. Besides, there
will be about 40,sail of the line, and about 200 sail,.
of men of war of one description or other. It i 5,
rumoured that the present period of delay is not al-.
lowed to pass unimproved,, for that nine corps, from
Scotland, Ireland, and every quarter of this king'
dom, are. collecting with all speed, to be sent off, 0
possible, with the expedition.
Vice-Admiral Sir EDWARD PELLEW, Bart. landed
last week, from the Culloden, a beautiful full-growl
hunting-tiger. It was so tame, that a seaman led it.
through the streets.- wi!h ta small rope, and the
dren stroked it over the back without the least clang Or.
of being hurt. The Admiral also landed a turtle oi
nearly five hundred weight, and a tortoise three. feet
long from head to tail, and 23 inches wide; toge-
ther with some Persian and Cape sheep, of curious
breed.