The Sun.
London, England, 1809-07-31 00:00:00

LETTER THE SECOND.

SIR,

Before I proteed to inquire into the nature and
charaaer of the popularity you have enjoyed, and to
andiyAe and determine your claims and pretensions
to the rewards you have received, it will not be
more than justice to confess that, if your motives
and your cpndut have been honourable and puree
your public virtue is of the very highest order, and
there is no niche in the temple of memory to which

you may not aspire 1.-
The sacrifices you must have made from your pri-_
vate feelings, your conjugal happiness, and your
fortune, in pursuit of the 'fame which you have ac-
quired as a PUBLICACCUSER and REPORMER, might
have staggered a mind of common firmness, and a
Patriot of ordinary dimensions. For you it was reserv=
ed, by some peculiar quality or felicity of your'dispo-
sition or your destiny, to desire and delight in those
offices from which weak nature shrinks with disgust ;
aad to purchase situations an-3 duties, which very
pare and honourable Charae-ter9 assume only from
necessity, and with doubt, repugnance, and dis-
may ! And when it occurs to my mind With how
much difficulty and relualance you must have sub-
dued, (under your sense of public duty), the rigour
of your principles at Oakhampton—µ hat it. must
have cost the feelings of a Reformer, ofyour spotless
integrity and virtue to buy a'Seat in Parliament of a
country attorney*_what to buy the evidence and
the letters of such a woman as Mrs. Chit ke—what,
to take some of them by violence—what, to break
promises you made to her (fin- the sake of your coun-
try)—what to instigate her ma:ice, to suborn her
revenge, to corrupt the little good that remained in
her, and overpower the last scruples of her soul—
what you must have suffered. by openly associating
and travelling with her—what blows 'you .inflicled
(fur the public advantage) upon your own domestic
peace and reputation—what parts of your private
fortune, and of the just hopes of your children you,
did not hesitate to devote to this noble objet% to
the generous motive, the pure, genuine, filtered, de-
preeated- impulse of 'public JUSTICE and REPO/0-
unbiassed 'by hope or recolleEtion, uncorrupted by
ambition or revengethat yott had received no Mor-
tifications, and experiencedino repulses in yoUr
prospects—that 'yoer. nearest relatives had
practised no deceptions, and been exposed to
Censures or reprimands ffotn the illustrious obje& of
your prosecution—in short, that you were neither
led nor goaded by any selfish or yindialve feeling—
that you had every thing to stake, and nothing to ob-
tain, every natural feeling to subdue, and no wish or
resentment to gratify say, when I consider all
this mass and assemblage of public principles and
virtues, with all the,personal 'disinterestedness, for-
titude, and self-devotedness which were -.necessary
to sustain and to give them aetivity.ancl dire6tion, I
confess that I am at au absolute loss, that P.want

words, and words want power, to convey or exprerss
the many and resistless claims you may prefer to
the applause and gratitude of your country ! . .

How must your firm unbending soul look down
upon the pusillanimous and loyal fool, who would
have hesitated between the pangs 'he was about to
inflict with an Unerring !Lind, in the sacred bosom
of a King, endeared and identified with the country
by half a century of virtues, and the GREAT Put,
lie Dory. of unveiling the fond unguarded hours of
a, soldier, and letting in the public eye upon manly
confidence, abused by meretricious wiles and fascina-
tion ! How must you despise and look duwn from
the lofty pyramid of your virtue, upon the Mean and
vavering pair*, who would have been deterred
from the great obje& you pursued, by the feelings
of the Royal Family,_ by the interests of the army,
or, by the vain scruple of breaking into' the secrecy
and retirement of private:life, by suborning all the
bad paisions of an unfortunate female, by engaging
her to continue her• fraudulent negocialionsi by pro-
mising to attain her signatures, in order to cover her
frauds • and, lastly, by forcibly carrying' off that
part of her correspondence which he could not ob-
tam from her remorse, by bribes and 'corruption !

In the worst ages of the decline of Rollie, we are
told by the historians, that there publicly eicisted a
race, or class, of sell-elected ACCUSERS or Patriots,

whose great ambition it was—

PER MAGNAS INIMrCITIAS CEARESCERE,

to acquire popularity by reviling, calnmniating, and
pre:eiring charges against, the,first and most illus--
trior fa.r4lies of
_the State, which were bunted
dGyht by profligate andsuborned witnesses, and con-
demned 'upon fabricated fetters qr documents, of
which the forgery was not doubted even at the time,
and was invariably discovered ul an any change.
lace in the Page povernment, or upon
the Thrqne, Thus were the Islands of the

Vide Trial Wright v. Wardle, where it is confessed Mr.
V.r4l.e 4.4.1;4 !lice A 14AL! qa ►lgNoya Y:11V1:, PlytielClA 111;
icit the tiuro lAn, at the
f Mi►iutes of the Evidence taken beige •titcCommittee
the Houzof cqqnnpnkt No. 9.—p. 3.A0.

terraa:2ln, r.nl the dic.t3n!. pro ?aces of the tinine.,
for et,er filled wt,th- innocent and ithiiiriotni e,xile

who were perpetually succeeded and e: changed for
the malignant and shameless wretches of Whose ac-
cusations and perjuries they were the vialins. But,
in'all the long and disgusting catalogue and series of
these unjust attainders and the repeal of them, I
cannot trace an instance of a Public AcCuser, who
attempted to 'stUltifY himself and his proceedings, by
impeaching the credit of his own witness; and pr 6.4
securing for perjury the slave, the broker, or the
prostitute, upon whose testimony he had caused a
conSulai or triumphal person to be conviaed or dis-
placed! So peculiar, so happy, so exclusively your
own, so free from rivalry or parallel are your titles,
Sir, to .the palm of true patriotism, and to the es,
teem, the. confidence, \and the applause of all sin-
cere and serious,. Reformers.

.1 have the honour to be,
'Sir,
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THE SUN.

410L214 DICItI WALSUS4 AUDIAT ?

LONDON,

MONDAY, JULY 31, 1809.

On Siturday we mnncunced the sailing of the
second Grand Division of, the Expedition from the

Downs, and from the•state of the wind, we have no
doubt that it reached the place of its destination on
Saturday evening, as it is 'not above t welve hours sail,
with a fair wind, from the Downs to the ISland of
Waleheren. It is probable that to-morrow we shall
have the pleitSing duty tOpertorm, of acquainting our
Readers with the :success of the first object of the
ExpeditiOn, which is to take possession of the

Island of Watcheten, and the other Islands at
the mouth of the Scheldt. The Island of Cad-
sand will, we understand, be attacked by the
Marquis of HUNTLEY'S Division, the Island 'Cif
Schowen by Sir .I..thn Hors, and \Valcheren by Sir
E. COOTE. When these objetts are accomplished,
an united ti4val and military force, will proceed up
the .Scheldt to Antwerp, for the purpose of destroy-
ing.the 'enemy's 'fleet and •great naval depot. There
were ulterior objeas, but whether, under the pre-
sent ci.reurnstances, it will
,be deemed advisable to
attempt to carry them into execution, we do not
pretend to decide.
Our Readers may confidently look to us for the
earliest authentic intelligence of the progress of this
'most important Expedition.

On Saturday GovernMent received Dispatches
from Sir ARTHUR VVIELLESLEY, dated at: Castle
Branco on the Ist instant. They state that the
British Army commenced its march for Spain the
latter end of June, taking the. route of Placentia.
The principal part of the French forCe was-assembled
at Talavera de la Reyna, apparently with I he'inien
tion of making a stand, but we are Very much afraid
.they will not wait the approach of the British Army.
About 4000 French, who during the night had got
into the Val de Pena, were surrounded by the Spa-
niards and cut to pieces.

'On Thursday the Walsingham packet arrived at
Falmouth, in sesenteen days, from Lisbon. General
CRAWFORD had arrived therefrom Portsmouth, With
about 3000 men, as had also about the same num-
ber froni Cork, the whole of which were encamped
in the neighbourhood of Liiibon. Sir A. IVEILEs-
LEY was understood to be on the Spanish frontiers,
but had not, as prtviously stated, formed a junc-'
tion with CIJE4TA, although he was.on the eve of
joining him.

We ibis morning received American Papers, to
the 14th ult. but their contents are very uninterest.

ing.

We received this morning the Prague Gazette
of the 14th. The following is the only important
article in it.;—.

" PRAGUE, JULY 1 4.—ln the beginning of the
present month, General Ritnivo.igvicu was inform-
ed that the enemy had on all sides made' arrange.-
ments for compelling him,•by a serious attack, to re-
tire from the principality of Bayreuth.
" On the 6th the advanced posts were attacked
pear Holilfelden, • and diiven back, by a superior

" O the Bth, the enemy under the command of
Marshal JUNOT,- attacked General RAntvomvlcit
at day-break with great vigour, and three times su-
perior force. Until halt- past ten Generalliamvo-
JEVICII repulsed every attack, and by this gallant re:-
sistance acquired great glory fur his little corps. At
this moment, however, Marshal KIENMAYER came
up with the Duke of littuNswicii.'s corps, the Hes-
sians, • and some battalions of our Landwehr: The
enemy was immediately attacked in the flank and
in the rear, and though he fought with the greatest
obstinacy for three hours, he was in turn compelled
to retreat.

" On the same day our corps advanced farther
into Bayreuth, where the enemy had left 200 men
severely wounded. The enemy's loss is very con-
siderable. Two caissons, two waggons with -flints,
and the whole of the enemy's baggage, fell into our
hands. The French Generals LA ROCHR and
111zTnE, are wounded. On the gih, Field Marc
steal KIENMAYF.R wished to hallow up .his viaory,
and bring on a general anion with General .JUNOT,
Ouradvanced coluinns, however, could only over-
take the rear-guard of the enemy, who always re-
treated as the heads of our columus approached. No
correct estimate eon yet he formed of our loss, but
it is fat less than that of the enemy. All the troops
covered themselves with glory, particularly the Land-
wehr, wiio in this brilliant action emulated the troops
of the line, displayed in every respect equal zeal,
and contributed essentially to the viaory.
" BREsLAU, JULY B.—We have no certain in_
formation respecting the events in Poland. The
Russians are, however, in motion. They are to oc-

cup)' Pi!silo and Dembrice, fifteen miles fro►n Cra-
cow.

JULY ie.—Letters fronythe Austrian frontiers
state, that the Russian corps which has entered
Lemberg has established a sort of mixed Government
there. Count WURMSER is appointed Governor of
Galticia. The circles of Bil:itez, Cracow, Mysla-
wice, Bochnier, and Senditzer, are placed by the
Russians under separate administrations, all Ma6,is-
trates retaining their posts."

The report that the Bulietin containing an account
of the Armistice, was fabricated by the French,
merely for the purpose of stopping the sailing of our
Expedition, was yesterday confidently revived, and
it was said that a gentleman of respedabiiity had ar-
rived in town from Paris, which place he left on the
24th inst. who declares, that at that time, no accrAint
of the Armistice had reached that city. We should
be most happy to credo ihis'account, but wefear•the
fa6t of an Armistice having been concluded, cannot
be doubted.

Yesterday morning his MAJESTY, Princesses Au-
GUSTA, SOPHIA, and MARY, aCCO panted by Lady
ALBINA CUMBERLAND, General CARTWRIGHT, and
Colonel DESBROW, rode to St. George's Chapel, and
heard a Sermon preached. by the, Rev. Mr. Loma,
and afterwards returned to the'Palace.:
On Saturday afternoon the Prnieess of WALES,'
and Duke of KENT, arrived at Windsor, and toge,
ther with the Princesses AUGUSTA, ELIZABETH, and
SorntA, and Lady- ILCIIESTER, accompanied her
£tIAJEsTY to the Willows, at Surly I-1, atn, ill, seat
of TOWN LEY WA RD,, Esq. %k here they were received
'in .due form by that Gentleman, and at,erwa.rds
walked a considerable time in the Gardens, 'viewed
the Gentlemen of Eton College on the water, and
partook of their annual entertainment on the oppo-
site shore, in a meadow belonging to MONTAGUE
GROVES, Esq, where the tables were spread
the chnicest wines, nevus, sv hablibs, &c. which were
conveyed across the water from Mr: TowNi.ty
WARD'S seat, for the accommodation of the Ito) :1
Visitors, who, atter having expressed their cattire
satistaction at the h-sPitable entertainment they had
received, about eight o'clock in the evening left
Surly Heath for Windsor,, where they arrived in
abOut half an hour afterwards. It is expeEted the
, Princess of WALES will remain with their 'MAJES-
TIES _at Windsor some days.
The unfortunate GUSTAVUS the IVih, it is re-
ported, has received permission from the existing
Government of Sweden to 0 with his Queen, son,
and two daughters, to Switzerland, trtere to Pass
the remainder of his days in privacy...
Both by the public. accourrs and by our private
letters, it appears that the. Hairoverians, weary of
French oppresSion, are anxious for the restoration of
their former political institutions. . The Governor-
General of Hanover, LASALCETTE, has found it ne-,
.cessary to issue a Proclamation, declaring that •all
persons harbouring Conscripts, or aiding their es-
Cape, shall be .subject to military punishment. The
inhabitants of that territory continue to believe that
odr Expedition has been fined out :tor their deli+ er-
ance from the enemy, and. are disposed by all the
means in their power to promote such, a design.
An English cutter, which passed the Sound on the
26th ult. with dispatches for St. Petersburgh, re-
turned with a Flag of Truce to Elsinore on the 4th
inst. having in the interval traversed the Baltic and
Gulph of Finland. The Comtnander of the Danish
rowing flotilla, in consequence of the dispatches
which he received by this conveyance, went tkvice
force, General RADivoiEvicn then resolved to •on board the English Commodore off Helsinburgh
wait for the enemy in the position of Berneck. He
. his visit was returned, and various speculations have
been occasioned both in Denmark and Sweden by
was Attacko there on the 7th by the enemy, vastly this intercourse.
superior in numbers, and having seen that defile f The Gazette of Saturday contains an Order in
in part turned by the enemy, he fell back upon Council, direEting that all Apothecaries, and other
Effrees, whet he expected to form a junction with Compounders of Medicines, &c. shall use the form,'
manner, proportions, &c. prescribed in the revised
Field-Marshal KIENMAYER but confident of ob- Pharmacopoeia of the College of the Faculty of Pity-.
wining this support, he resolved to present the sic, under the penalty of incurring his Majesty's
displeasure, &c,
most obstinate rebibttince to the advancing enemy.
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