The Sun.
London, England, 1809-07-04 00:00:00

NAVA L NEW S.

PORTSMOUTH, JULY 3.—Arrived his Majesty's
ships St. Joseph, *WI troops, from Plymouth ; Gam-
bier cutter frOm 'rot bay ; and Protcaur gun-brig

froni a cruize.

FALMOUTH, , JULY I.—Arrived his Majeat y's ship
Goree, with her convoy, for Portugal.

--.-.. • •
.YARMOUTII, 3.—gassed this morning' for
Gottenburgh 1.00 sail of merchantmen under convq<
Arrived the Ucts cutter.

DEAL, JULY 3.—Arrived his Majesty's .sloopf
the Challenger, Crocus, Cherokee, Beagle, Cordelia,
and Sabrina, from a cruize ofr the coast of -.France;
Peerless frigate, from the Nore; Fisgard fkignte,
from Portugal; Woolwich Lighter, from Woolwich;
and the FUripus gun-brig, from a cruize off Flush..

ing.
Sailed the Edgar; of 74 guns, for the Baltic; and
•
the Sabrina,. for the Nore.
Also arilyed the Black Joke lugger, from, ,
Ply-
mouth, with ig sail under convoy; chiefly merdhant!-.
men, for • the River; and the Dapper gun-brig,
from Portsmouth, with 92 sail,chie-ijy.transportv,
to take in the troops destined for the'Expedition.
The 91st Regiment marched ..to Margate fir em-
barkation this morning.
The 92,d Regiment marched for ShornclifF on theit
routg to-Portsmouth, .for embarkation.

The 36th Regimelit is e;tpetaett to march to-mor-
. .
roF.momirig for llamsgate.

SHEERNESS, JULY 1..--Sailed his Majesty's ship
Sceptre to Portsmouth and-his. Majesty's ship Eu:.
rydlii;s, to join',S.ir PICHARD STRACFA' AN's squ'odrO4
off Flushing. . •
JULY 2.--Arrived 2.--4rrived the Sabrina and Sarpeddn.
'Went out o£f-harbour his Majesty's ship ilyred.
. The .11,ymphen. was undocked.
Sailed the Sarpedon and Sabrina for PortimOflth.',
Caine down from Chatham, his Majesty's ship Al-
Fred, to the Great Nore, his Majesty's ship Rosen*
has made the signal for Helegoland.

SHEERNESS, JULY 2.—Sailed his Majesty'3 sJi
Alfred. •
• Arrived his Majesty's sloop Nid Ebert.

DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE MONEY.

To the Adamant, for the capture of the Gastaf Vasa, on
the 4th inst. at No. 3, Philpot-lane, and every TtlestlaY and
Friday after.
To the Hired armed Cutter Nile, for the capture of the
Nostra Senora del Buen Vcorage, on the iath inst. at No. 9,
New Liroad-street. and e-::;ry Wednesday and Thtusday
T
aftero. - • . .
the Hired armed Brig Colpbfs-, Tor- thi detention of
the Mercurius, on the Bth- inst at . No. ti, Cecil-street;
Strand, and every day alter at the saute place. •
To the Hired armed Cutter Princess of. Wales, for the de-
tehtion of the Prussian Ship VioW4Aiatina, op the Bth ;pt. 0
No. It; -Cecil.street, Strand; and every day after, at the
same place. • , .
To the Hired armed Brig Rowena, for the re-capture of the
Ranger, vn the gth inst. at No. it, Cecil-steet, 'Strand, and
every day after at the same place.
To the Sloop of War Metcurins, for the capture of the
French Ketch La Bonne Mere, qn board, at Sheerness, and
every Wednesday/ and Thigsday after, it hurry, Jukes, and
Co 's Office, Gosport. . .•
To the Leopard, Tar the capture of the Mary Ann, on the
sth inst. at •No. la, Lipper Thames-street, and :every day
rot three months, at the same place

, TO TEE gpiroß OF THE SUN.

MR. EDITOR,

Portsmouth,
.1 uf y 2,1809 e

In your Paper-of the 296 ',rune,' I- observe a pi;.r.
-ragrapi, part of i.vhicti is thus Worded—" Captain-
" -6Otherlaud,..Who was sentenced to death at'the
" Admiralty Sessions, tor tile -murder of his Cabin.
" Boy, Richard Wilson, was executed this thoin:4
"ing, at Execution Dock"—Now, Sir, as
.4 alai
not aware that the Master of a Merchant Vessel is
.entitled to such appellation, which only longs to
end designates a certain class of the King's 9Uicers,
there can be little reason to doubt that One-halt at tt.ie
community will, from the wording ot yt.urparaurapk,
believe that the person there nan:-!d was the Captain
of a *Man of War, which must ke injurious. to his
Majesty's Naval Service. Considering, therefore,
that such paragraphs sauna, be too :,:,rratly given,
and that an Editor should have sotne pride iti dui.i
so, I persuade myself you will in tuitire thto
C4sar no More. than belong' to Caesar.

•
I am, Sir,
'Your very humble Servant,
N4VALts.
•
P.S. I am persuaded if you was to insert a Para 7.
graph of • the foregoing tendency in your excelltiit
Paper, it might be the cause of correeting the same
sort of errors in every Editor in the Kingdom."

COLONEL WARDLE.-It is much to be regretted
that the la-suit between Colonel WARDLE and Alt-
.W.atetur, the Upholder, did not take_ place before
any public 'meetings. bad been held for the purpose
of giving thanks to the formyr for his conduct in
the late Parliamentary investigation. If this trial
had previously taken place, a Resolution of the fol.
lowitig nature might have
.been 'properly added to
all the others which have been voted in his f3voui',t
and with an equal regard to truth.andljustice
" Resolved—That.cOlonel WAnnt.r, in refusing
to pay the tiphOlder, for furnishing the house of
Mrs. CL4a4g, and thereby attempting to throw
the debt on her,, was :lactated by principles of
public spirit very different from the weak=
neSs of gratitude, and all those notions of obli-
gation which are„ held- honourable in private
life; acid influence the conclutt•ofordinary people,
anchthat;':considering, as he most have done, her
evidence-in the House of Commons as the effett of
disappointment- and_ revenge,. he was anxious] as
much as -depended on, birn, that she should be pu-
nished by the bortl4-n nt a ciernand tli.it 54.., was, un-
ule, to pay, and b ex po,,ed as_ a , discarded tool -to all
beBvorld, when l.l liolooger,any occasion fur
et

47',1F.FOLMSIIII?E N-O,IIINATIOAr.

JUNE 30, 1809..,
The SHERIFF having -opene.4 the business of the

n
e Hon. EDWARD MONCTON, of Somerford, said,
that Lord Granville Leveson Gower having vacated
hi; Seat for the County, by having accepted the
office of Secretary at -War, he begged leave to offer
him again as a fit objett of thvir choice. _ . .

The Hon. WASHINGTON (nLtY seconded the
nomination.

CHARLUS WOLSELEY, De. of Wolseley Park,
then rose anil.said—" I cannot help objecting; as a
Freeholder, to the nomination that has just been
made :—I übjedt to the Noble Lord, as a Placeman
add a Pensioner.--hid• he vote against the Duke of
York Has he ever voted for the abolishing any of
the public abuses ? What, has he ever donelfoi us ?
(A voice from below said, " Nothing.") Where
is Sir John Wrottesley ? Why is he not present ?t
He formerly canvassed the votes of this County, and
gave us a pledge that he would come forward and
assert the independence of the County ; but per=
haps he feels himself fettered by his connedtions
I.vith, a certain Noble House.—Mr. Sheriff, I move
he Thaiiks of this Meeting to our worthy Repre-
ientative Sir E. Littleton, for his upright and inde-
pendent. condnet on all occasions." • '

_
The Sheriff (THEO. LEVETT, Esq. of Wichnor
Park). then isige and said, that thanks to Sir E.
Littleton, however he might merit them, being to- •
tally unconriesled with the business of the day, he
must objets to the. motion.
THOMAS Esq. of Armitage Park, then *
rose and said--" I had hoped that the business of
this day would have passed without opposition; as
this, however, has not been the case, I think it my
duty to offer a few words. be Iron. Gentleman's
principal -ohj-eetioti to the Noble Lord appears to be,
that he is a Plademans - and fliAt he has lately ac-
tepted a distinguished situation under his Majesty's
Government. -Now upon this verk ground I think
the Noble Lord entitled to an-additional share of
Sour confidence and esteem. He has a peculia-r
claim upon our approbation, whet- we see him fore-
going all those temptations to indolence and inaCtis
yity, atibrderl' by his splendid fortune .and exalted
rank, and undertaking the tatigues of an office df
great labour and responsibiiity. It is not the ,first
time .he has devoted his very excellent abilities to
the service of his country. It must be a great satis-
faaion to us all to think that the Noble Lord, from
his habits of business, from his constant residence
at the fonntain-head of political intelligence, front
bis stria attention to his Parliamentary duties; and
from the confidential situation he holds in the ads
ministration of public affairs, is in an especial degree
qualifir-d nts promote the interests of this great and
opulent ,County. I will not omit this opportunity"
of saying, that I perCeive there is a system on foot
whose object is tt., chive away every thing revecr-
able in talent and exalted in situation trutu the go-
vernment of public arlairs—an attempt to inappte to
every man in a public capacity b.oie and dishonour-
able motives, to reduce all the eicer66es of talents
and an honest ambition to the low and sordid Stan-
dard of prcuniaryconsitle:iition. . Some men seem
to think that no one ean accept an office but at the
expecce of his Virtue ; they appear to suppose that
it is the nature of power to pollute all whom it
touche6l and yet, by a strange inconsistency, these
very men wish us to believe, that were they them-
selves once put into official situations, they would
Pass the fiery ordeal, and come out pure gold. But
I am not in the habit of so appreciating the needy •
levellers and inexperienced reformers of the present
day, as to believe that they wotild escape from this
trial d their honesty, one iota more virtuous or more
kicorrupt than those they so sedulously endeavour to
degrade. 1 wish to refer the Hon. Gentleman to
the records of his own family (certainly a very an-
cient and honourable one) ; I wish him to mark
the footsteps of his ancestor, who '(to use the words
of an eminent writer) commenced in speculative
Republicanism, and ended in practical Toryism:—
This distinguished ancestor, under the
banners
. of
Oliver Cromwell, began with levelliog:all distiuc
Lions in society, and was at last himself created
one of the Lords under the Usurper. I wish the
Gentleman to apply the capacity I believe him
to Possess to the circumstances of those,times—they
may afford him ri 'useful lesson ; he will therelearn,
that a system so similar to the one attempted to be
brdtiglit forward in these,days, beginning with the
couiplaint of some real, but more imaginary- griev-
arrces, ended in a tyranny the most oppressive Which
thiS country ever knew.",
l'itotass S WINNERTON, Esq.' of Butterton, then
rose and said, he objeteci to the Noble Lord for not
havin:; opposed the Stoke Re&ory Bill, which he
ough, to have done, as so many of his constituents
were interested therein. He ;lien went hub a long
detail of the history of that Bill, and after an able
speech, concluded by opposiuz the nomination of the
Noble Lord.

Lord GRANVILLE LEVESON GOWER then rose and
made a most eloquent and impressit e speech. He
declared his entire co-operation with the present
Ministers, to -whom be was bound by ties of tile
stri&est private friendship, and by an anion of poli-
tical sentiment, but it ever it was required of him by
then to support measures hostile
.to his own honest
Opinion, at that moment the connection would be
dissolved. He had no hesitation in 55) ing, that he
did vote against the several motions tending to cri-
"lihate the Duke of York, and this he did upon
the purest and most entire convittion. He lament-
ed, hideed, the many scenes of indiscretion that
Were brought forward, and these rendered it more
difficult to separate the real merits of the case. As
to his,being a pensioner, he lied to state, that he
received none of die public nioney. Ho might have
claimed it on account of the situation he had held,
and which his predecessor had done, but he declined
it. The Noble Lord concluded by thanking his
numerous mends, and declaring his determination
of promoting the interests of his conotituents to the
utmost of his abilities.

The Thanks of the Meeting were then voted to
tire Sheriff, fur his upright, honourable, and imp'.4-
Cul coudutt, and the Areeting was theu dis,olved.

One Petierson, a korner Swedish Officer, is men-
tioned in the Dutch rapers, as being the person who
srried intu etfea sehdrs insurrection at Stralsund.
—Fie was thrown into a dungeon by the Dutch and
n uses, on their taking V045e5610.t) of the place.