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London, England, 1812-10-26 00:00:00

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• , Vre fink it bilt justice to the. character of a
1,-:111ant and 'absent Officer. to coy the fdliciwing
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Letter from a A.l.or.niqg
.Paper.:7--,. , _ .

:TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING CHRONICLE.
Sin, -•' , . .
• Wellington -Wished a naval diversion on the North
Ceast.-of Spain---tt, is entrusted to Sir thone Popham !". .
..:thiraiteg,CitroitieZe of this day, Oetaber.24, 1812.

No ghost is accessary to solve the above insi-
nuation: Well; be it so. The writer of the 0-
ragraph In this day's Chronicle .shill have all that
he Covets upon this point,
,and cinch more. He
shall be drenched with concesSions. First, the facts.
4nterior to the -middle of'August, •,Ziir Home
Popham's Sqqadron had taken above 100 pieces of
cannon)-be6sten- 6 and 700 'prisoners; killed and
wounded- itn equal number, and forded the enemy
to-send between 6' and 700 more to the hospitals,
entirely in consequence of the perpetual agitation
in harassing, marches and counter-marches, caused
by Sir Home's squadron to the 11;rench -.forces
commanded by ,Soelier. Sir Home's attack upon
Geetaria recalled the Baron Anssenac,. with 4000
Men, from :the vicinity Of Vittoria, which poiot'
he bad nearly reached in. his advance towards
Marmont, whom he would.have actually joined. by
th?. 20th of July, if Sir HoMe'S manoeuvres, in
the North, had not forced him (Aussenac) to re-
trace lhiv steps from the South. The same cause
prOduced the same effect upon- Generu'l Cajarelli,
Cearetli would have :assisted Marmont with 6000
inert from Vitto;ia; whereas 2000 was the ittniost.
number which he ,could venture to detach to the
Freitch Commander-in Chief, solely from the awe
and oCcupation• in which Sir lionte Popham's
squadriffi kept the whole French line of defence
upon the coast of the
.Bay of Biscay. All; the
,SpaniSh Chieftains be st'itnited and animated.
Now, for the Sake Of a:gument, let all this go
• . P
for nothing. The, captin:e of one hundred pins
shall be reduced to a Single gun, to hit the humour
of another paragraph writer in another paper.—
Home.',s proceedings, ever since his
.arrival on
the coast of Spain, shall be admitted,to be no-
thing but a series of blunders. Our enemies de-..
ried, our allies decried hint. The writer in -The'
Morning Chronicle of this day shall be fur al,we
either .of those learned Admirals and Generals,
(Messrs: .Thurlow
,and ITedderburne), to whose
nautical,, and military science, in the House of
CommonS, Mr. Burke attributed the success of
the attempt to reduce Arfferica. My argument
will not suffer, by, the admissiOn, that not only
Sir Home POphain,is, but that Lords Wellington
and Keith are, among the arrantest drivellers that
ever moved, either upon sea or shore. All that I
think it needful to contend for is, tht-tt his Coin-
,
minders, namely,'-the Marquis of Wellington and
Lord Viscount Keith; are the proper judges of Sir
Home Pophani's conduct. inculpation or excuse
of the Admiralty is wholly wide of my purpose
H• .
Sir orne Popham is an officer in Outman& and
at a distance ; motives, strong both for attacking
him in his absence. The attacks and, the attackers
I leave to be disposed of .by the plain sense and
gobd feelings of the English nat,ion, after they
have read what I shall now transcribe far their in-
formation, in defence of a mail Who can say no-
thing for himself;
Extract of 'a Letter to Sir I-?omr Popham from the Corn-
, mander in Chief, Lard Keith, dated Sao :Josef, pat of.

gust, 1819. • •
" While I regret to observe that Captains Lake and: Sir G.
R. Collier are wounded (the:later •so dangefouslv as to require
his return to England), I highly approve;of tite.me r :anus
exertions manifested by yourself and the officers and then em-
ployed under you., They are such as cannot. fail to•attluct the
notice of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, and that
of the country.
"- I am also•equally satisfied with the cordiality which you
have maintained with the Spanish Chieftains, and the zeal
with which you have inspired them.
(Signed) • " KEITH."
•
Extract of a Letter from the Marquis of Wellington,' to Sir

Home Popham, dated Cuella,r, August 4, fEI2.
" I beg leave to congratulate you upon the success of your
operations; they have been of tbc,greatestservice to me, as I
know that Catiarelli was prevented from detaching more than
cavalry to Marmont's,assistauce, and that.he even recalled a
division of.troops which had marched for that purpose. I
trust, therefore, that yOn will not discontiaue them.
(Signed) " WELLINGTON."

If ever the.illustrious Marquis of Wellington
should see this Article, he must, know that it is
physically: impossible that Sir Home Popham
shoal() be, a party ,to its publication. Flesh and
blood, however, in the person of a friend, can-
not resist submitting to the understanding of the
country which it will prefer, as the test of‘Sir
HOine Pophain's services, such testimonials as
the above, or a gaudy anonymotA paragraph in a
newspaper, written, perhaps merely for the sake
of a flourish.

Your regard, M. Editor, for, not the form
only, but for the essence of free discussion is too
sincere, to. allow a doubt of your ready.and quick
insertion of this answer to the insinuation in your
paper of this day, from an
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October 22, 1812.,

ADVOCATE OF THE ABSENT.

• A letter from Gottenburgh, brought by the last
mail, gives the following explanation respecting
the Swedish Expedition ; it is derived from a re-
speetablo source :
.f`. Mr. YE.ON,• the French merchant, who was
apprehended for.being a spy,
,has undergone se
vend examinations,,, It has transpired that he
Maintained a correspondence with ALQUIER, the
French Ambasadorat Copenhagen, from the 'day
the latter quitted Stockholm. He gave him 'the
most correct intelligence that could be procured
of the expedition fitting out in our ports—the
number of troops ordered to embark—anal its sup-
pose& destination. In short, whatever could tend
to frustrate its object was communicated by him.
The consequence' has been, that our Government
has deemed it necessary to depart so much from
the original plan as may, still secure success to its
object but this also has produced a considerable
and Unfortunate delay." .
The next dispatches from Canada will probably
be of importance, as, according to the American
L'apet:s, the
,I;ritish army was advancing against.
Plattsbnrg,
,Sacketes. Harbour, and other. sta-
tions on. the banks '.of; Lake Champlain. Batts-
burg was garrisoned by two thousand men.; it
was a grand depot for stores, and would, if
taken, be another, deadful blow to the \val. party.
The Americans begin to be dissatisfied with the in-.
activity of , Gen .. Dtiaßoux , whose head-quarters
have been removed from Albany and Greenbush
to Cumberland, without
,his undertaking any mi-
litary operation of moment.

GuADHAt Thoinds
' of •seventeihi years• old, was e
M. Bioxx.:ll\z,, on suspicion of having rut;! ~ an I
set fire to his m aster's house. One of the ofhe,.rs
stated, tiriat:a Most alarming circumstance
place-in, Barbican a few days since. Mr. It nn y,
a paper-stainer, went out with his wife to spead.'
the evehing.,..and within .three hours after they •
left the house a small chest of draw..ers.;.contani-
ing cash and notes, was opened by. sonic person.,
who took the money out, and in order to cover the
felony, set fire to the premises. The flames spread
alai endangered 'the house, but fortFnate4 it -Was
discovered and. put out ; the money was lost.—
There•was no 'person in the house who knew of
thenoneybeing_there but the prisoner and a little
girl, daughter to Mr. Denny. Under all the eir-
cumstfmces, the boy was -suspected; and conSe-
queßtly taken into custody..
- Mr. CUDently said,: be Iventout on Wednesday
night with his wife to visita :friend, and during
his absence a fire was. discovered in the back rotsm.
of the first floor.i-The fire .was discolVered at eight
o'clock by a child going up stairs,-iiiho saw a light:
.over the door; and ran cibwri to give 'the alarm;
The smoke-at first prevented them from discover,:
ing where the fire was, hntit was fin-ally found to
issue from it drawer which conttrin'ed - nineteen
Bank. notes arida guinea, all of which were lost.:
He then r•lated the suspicions circumstance of
the Boy's falelioA, as told by the officer, and
observed, that in half an hour 100 .houses
have been in .fiames if the fire had not-oeen put
out, as the buildings were mostly of wood. 'He
•brought forward every person iii the house at the
time of thefire, fur examination, but it -did not
appear that suspicion could attach to any so
strongly'as the prisoner.
The Worthy-Alderman observed, that the roa,
duct,of the boy was, suspicious, but in the want
of evit!enie to .prove the offence,: he could not
commit hiur.. Ali he could do was to relminmencl.
the father (who was in Coarc) to send him to-sea.
The prisoner discharged to go to the a-
rite`Society, .. • .

WORSHIP-STREET. :Thomas Norman, appre-
hended on.. Wednesday last nu Ealing Common,
a-kacc of dontile_barrelled
who. with ....Diller :prisoners, Moss; iioame, and
Keble, were remanded, for further examination on.
Thursday,.thargedwith being concerned in yari-
ous acts. of bfirglaryin different parts of the coun-
try, was on- Saturday brought up by himself on a
separate charge„ with being one of the'-receivers,
of the silk and feathers.,mhich• ‘Kete stolen front
the Sisters hoy.in July last., In all the dream-.
stances attending this transaction the prisoner was-
ideritified-by a number of witnesses ; and on this
charge wits ordered to stand. con-nnitted, but to be
brought up with the-three others for further.exa-
mination on -the charge of robbing -two houses at
Uxbridge and Watforclin the autumn of 1811. -

UNION-HALL.—Michael fordecai, the prOpriel-
tor of an old iron shop, in New-alley was charged
tinder tile-LeAd Iron Act, with having;,
11iS ...I)CSSe3SIOiI about fifteen, cwt. of lead, •of
which he could .give no account. It appeared
that the lead was found by the officers concealed
in different parts of the premises; it had been
melted down in pigs of • cwt. and cwt.—Au
iron. pot fixed in the chimney as a copper;. exhi-
bited strong symptoms of having been recently
used as a melting pot , Collingburne alSo found
a number of locks of different kinds concealed
under a heap of rags. Several. witnesses were
called by the defendant, who stated that they had
sold bins small quantities of.lead at differenftimes.
Their account, however, not proving satisfactory,
to the Magistrates, the defendant was convicted
in the penalty: and the lead forfeited,
A baker was summoned before the Sitting Ma-
gistrate,- charged With having exposed to sale in
a 'shop seven half-peck, twenty-three quarters,
and thirteen half-quartera loaves, deficient in
weight. The loaves were_produced, and weighed
before the Magistrate, and proved to be deficient
160 ounces. Ile was fined a shilling per ounce
for the deficiency and costs, anti the bread wal
forfeited and di,tributed to the poor.

A Coroner's Inquest was held on Wednesday
last on the.body•of Canury, (the man who- was
shot on the preceding night in Catwater,
mouth„while approaching too near the wreck of
the Redness victualler), and which was continued
by aqjournment until last evening, when the Jury
returned a verdict of Ace.dentalikath:.

SMITHFIELD MARKET, OCTOBER 26,

This day's Market was amply* supplied with
prime Beasts, and the Ahow of Cattle was consi-
derable; Beef sold at last price ; Mutton, Veal;
and Pork, were dearer, and the trade, for the most
part, was somewhat brisk. The sales in the Hay-
market:were rather lively ; Straw and Clover have
got" up in price ; Hay obtained last price. We
subjoin an accurate statement of the prices and
numbers-:

To sink the Offal,per Stone of Slh.
Beef, 4s. Od. to Ss: Od. Mutton, 4s. 4d. to ss: Bd. • Veal,
Ss. Od. to 75.0 d. Lantl), Os. to Os. Od. Pork, 6s. 04. to 7s. 6d..
Beasts, 3015. Sheep, 15,900. Calves, 109.. Pigs, 230. ,`

SMITHFIELD HAYMARKET.
Hay, 41. Os. to 51. 10s. Straw, 21. Os. to 21. 10s. 'Clover,
51. 16s. to 71. 7s.

CORN-EXCHANGE, OCT. 26.—Our Market to,
day was brisk, and for most kinds of Grain dearer ;
of Wheat there was but dscanty supply, and all
qualities from Gs. to 7s. per quarter dearer than
last Monday:. Malt 6s. per quarter clearer ; in
Barley an advance of 3s. per quarter ; Rye also
2s. higher; there being a good supply of Oats froM
Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, and a few from Scot-
land, ,they are full 2s. lower, and a great many
remain Unsold ; White Pease being in demand,
are considerably clearer, 'but no alteration in flog
Peae ; in new Tick Beans there is an advance of
3-s. per quarter ; in Flou
New Wheat 925. 1225. 1275.
line ditto - - 1355.
Rye -•- - - - (iGs.
Icarley - - - - *6-Is. GOs.
New Ditto - - 645.
Malt - -
Fitie ditto - • I Ws::
White Pease 120,
New ditto - - 1303.
Grey ditto. - tios•
New di4o - - Sis.

no alteration.

Tick Beans- - 735, 7Gt.
Old ditto 7 100.
Suiall ditto - - OSs. 102.5.
Feed Oats - -418 s. &i:s.
Wine ditto - - 555.
Poland ditto - -50 s. MI.
Fine ditto - - 575.
PotAtne ditto - - GOA.
Rap Seed - - 661..701.
Eine Flour - - . .105 s. -i 10s.
Secoxids - -100 s. lU5s..

Fnom TIE LONDON GAZETTE, OcT--.24,1812,

Admiralty Office, Oct. 24, 1812.

Viee4ldiniral Sir Samuel Hood, Commander in
Chief, of his Majesty's ships and vessels in the
East Indies, has transmitted to John/Wilion
Croker, Esq. two letters from Captain Crawford,.
:of his Majesty's ship the Hussar, dated in Macas-
/sax Road, the 10th of March, and off Sidayo, the
20th of April last ; the former stating the occupa-
tion of Macassar by the detachment sent for that
purpose, under Captain Phillips, of the Madrass
army, the. French Commandant having surrender-
ed -with Out opposition ; and the latter giving an
account of the. conclusion of a Treaty of Peace
and Alliance with the Rnjah of Boni, the most
powerful. Prince in that country, and of a perfect
good, understanding ' subsisting between the Eng-
lish and all the " other powers ; as,also the quiet
possession of the small forts and places formerly
occupied by the Dutch.
Sir Samuel Hood has also transmitted a letter
from Captain Thurston,, of his Majesty's - sloop
• Hesper, stating, that the British flag had, been
,established at Coepang, in.the island of Timor.