The Sun.
London, England, 1803-01-07 00:00:00

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Trts very important and interesting circumstance
of the taking the Invincible Standard at the present
moment, attraßing a very considerable share of
the public attention, we are iodeced to copy from
an Edinburgh Paper, a Letter written in vindication
of the honour of the 42d Regiment, the char4Cter of
which.distinguishedCorps has, upon this occasion,
been so wantonly and basely attacked.

[FROM THE CALEDONIAN MERCV/LY OF JAN. 3.]

TO THE EDI TOR.

I nave read with no small degree of surprize, a
very illiberal attack on the gallantry and moral cha-
ratter of the 4zd Regiment, or. Royal Highlander),
through the medium of a weekly publication. Hav-
ing had the honour of serving in this distingoished
Corps nearly thirty years, I have no objettion to
premise my partiality ; and should I even invalidate
my observations by this acknowledgment, the per-
lett recollettion of the chargleristic honour of both
Officers and Privates, and rigid regard to truth in
every situation to which their Country called them,
have such a complete influence over my mind, that I
am willing to hazard every advantage to their op.
ponent. I shall not minutely discuss the long and la-
boured libel npim this gallant Regiment, but refer its
merits to the penetrating eye of the ATTORNEY Ge-
NEIAL, who may perhaps think himself bound to
vindicate the hollow' of the Corps from the infamous
aspersions of a Writer who
" Squat, like a toad, within his loathsome hole,
" Spits the rank venom of his bloated soul."

The introduttion to these vile allegations con.
tains also a coal and deliberate attack on the Duke
Of ATHOL, the, Earl of BR EADALBANE, the Right
Hon. C. F. GREVILLE, Sir HECTOR MONRO, Sir
joitsr M. MURRAY, Sir JOHN SINCLAIR, the wor.
thy SECRETARY, and indeed the whole Mem-
bers of the Highland Society, for ailing
.the parts
of lunatics or idiots, by bestowing on the 42d Re.
giment those honours to which they are by no means
entitled, as having captured the Standard of the
Invinc;bles on the memorable 21St of March :83r,
before Alexandria. I shall leave that respedable
Society to its own vindication ; but a grosser insult
never carne from the pen of malignity.
Nuw, to proceeed to the statement, Mr. Editor :
It is roundly and unequivocally insisted upon, as
an incontrovertible faet, that the honour of the
Capture of the Standard belongs, not to the 42d
Regiment, but to AseratNe LUTZ, a native of
Alsace, and a Private in the Queen's German Regi-
ment, under the command of General STUART.—
That such a man may have brought to the Head.
quarters the Standard now in question, I shall not
attempt to deny. This perfectly corroborates the
declaration of Serjeant SINCLAIR before the High.
land Society. The Serjeant affirms that he received
the Colours from Major STIRLING, who took them
from the French Officer ; that afterwards the said
Scrjeant was stunned by a blow from one of the
Enemy ; that he lay some time on the sand in a
state of insensibility ; and that on his recovery he
neither could see the French Standard nor his bon.
net. 44 In pushing, however (says he), to the left,
where the Regiment was ca gaged, he met with six
Soldiers of the French Cavalry dismounted, whom
he escorted as Prisoners to the 42d Regiment,
where they were taken care of by Di I.l.ost's Corps.
While condutling these Prisoners, he perceived a
Soldier of General STUART'S Foreign Corps carry.
in into the Rear, the Invincible Standard, which
he bad picked up rtubile Serjeant SINCLAIR lay, as
already noticed." This, instead of invalidating the
testimony of the Serjeant with regard ,to the Co.
lours, confirms his assertion, and. proves that Lutz
had only the dexterity of a moan who
.11 na's what
does not really belong to him. The Certificate
signed by the Assistant Adjutant General in favour
of Luiz, merely stated, that the said Lutz brought
the Standard to the ilead.quarters—a fan which
Serjeant St t4c.l,Ant acknowledges by declaring that
" he perceived a Soldier of Gsneral STE:Awes Fo.
reign Carps carrying into the Rear the Invincible
Standard, 'which he bad picked up nubile Serjeant
Sic LAIR 11y, as already noticed."
The inference is obvious to the meanest capacity ;
and if the testimony of St New a deserves credit,
and certainly it is as worthy of credit as that of
Lurz, or his two countrymen, the honour of the
capture belongs to the 4.2 d Regiment, and Lutz had
.only the distinCtion of picking it up from the side of
SINCLAIR, while he lay in a state of insensibility.
To substantiate lnz's claims, an Extra& from
" the Proceedings of a Regimental Committee of
Inquiry" has been made, but which peoceeditsgs are
not sanctioned by the signatures of any of the Officers
of the Queen's German Regiment. ,Corporal JOHN
SC UM n, after bestowing encomiums on the prowess
of ANTHONY LUTZ, deposes, that he saw him in
possession of a Standard, but that " the smoke and
coefusion of the moment 'were tso great to admit of hit
distingUishing 'whether the colours were in the hands
of the Infantry or earvalu .1" Private WoLo-
w sets is said _to have corroborated Corporal
Sc rim ID'S testimony ; but that part which appears
in print merely goes to the establishment of this
661, that he saw LUTZ "(fairly pursued by two of
the Enemy's Cavalry, one of 'whose horses he shot,
and made the rider prisoner—the other horseman
escaped." From this statement, which is evidently
overstrained to answer the ptirposes of envy, no.
thing is produced to convict Serjeant SINC L AIR of
a falsehood, The first evidence states, that the
smoke and confusion of the moment were too great to
admit of his distinguishing the Colours i—a very
fair confession of his inability to prove where or
how Ltriz got possession of the Standard. As for
Wot, o w END'S deposition, it falls to the ground,
for it simply goes to prove, that Lin; shot a bore
and captured its rider I—A.nd if this (619410
LUTZ had the courage and capacity to achieve
this wonderful deed, might not poor Serjeant
SiN-
cLAitt be ctedited When he stated, that " he
met with. six Soldiers of the French Cavalry'
mounted," who certainly could not then escape from
the British Army; and that, after their fatigue'
and disappointments, they gladly, accepted of bit
mod to some plact f. safety , To hoWe ver,
the testirrionks of the two German Soldiers even
beyond' credibility itself; corporal ScstMtp i again
called upon tit am*" his declaration,

you ol)secve 3 s::rjetint,, cr any.other peract2
t'the 42d It egyntitt, lying wounfied near the spot where the
oleur was taken ?—Artowcr—" None."

. .
How, in the name of ‘Vonder, could —or 0 r/71
ttchoiid observe any person, as he has before declared,
that the smv%e and confusion at:ere too great to admit
Astituulthing Coburs? But after this honest
declaration, which perfally confirms the previous
OA of his evidence, the said Cirperal Schmid, as
if profiting of the operation of an Oc::ditt, advances
the following palpable contradiaion—

" I saw no red exit whitever.--except ,L rz, WOLD-:
WEND, myseij, and a len. Other; of our Regiment—so far
in front."

Ctie,littPt—" Did you sr' the. Cd.mr in possession of the
i" et..---" YeJ ; w it, though hidistinclly,
tttrotg}h Olt waving over their heads."

What belief, Mr. Editor, can be placed in such
a cootradittory evidence 1 He first admits his in.
ability to distinguish colours, and then, by an un_
accountable effort of perception, he suddenly sees
met), thing, although indistinaly, through the
smoke! He acknowledges that Lurz had pushed
forward beyond him (the said Corporal liroldwend),
" about forty or fifty paces ;" that he was alone
" about one or two minutes ;" and that he returned
with the Colours and a dismounted Dragoon, whom
he had made prisoner ; but the " smoke and coiifit.
urns were too great to admit of his distinguishing
whether the Colour was in the hands of ihe Infantv.
or Cavalry !" This must he a vet), satisfizaory
testimony indeed, because it contains such palpable
cotoradithons ! The plain matter of fad is, which
~o doubt, be proved by the testimony of the
Officers of the 4211 Regiment—that Lutz found the
Colours lying bj' the side of SENcLAnt, while in a
state of insensibility, and that he attempted to con-
vert them to the same laughable purpose as Falstaff'
attempted to convert the conquest of Percy by
.thtspur. 4
But the wrirer of this hebdomedal essay, who
ventures to impeach the honour and veracity of the
whole 4u! Regiment, might certainly have in.
Bulged his spleen and malignity at the expense of
the brave Major STIRLING and Serjeant SINCLAIR,
without denuding the whole Corps of all their mill.
tary respeftability. He charges them as a set of
poltroons, and guilty of every military turpitude
short of actual cowardice. His words are—

" Soon after the battle began, which was before day-light,
the od having had to meet the violent and desperate etlint
oC the,French. were thrown into confusion, which induced
General Stuart to uush on his (Cerm4h) briktik to their
assistance. So complete was the eattfusion ortijie 4ad, so
entirely were they broken and dispoisetl. that, %aim the Re•
giment came up, many of the men of the .4zd Reslnicnt fell
into the ranks of the Cerinan Regiment, by :MG 1 i 4.4.1, ihrw,
.fines, fiver, AC. ;uld adually !Ought there to the end of the
engagement."
And in a note of the same page, the said Pam.
phleteer vents his malevolence in these pointed and
unqualified words :
The 42(1 Regiment, was, indeed, in such a case, that
had not General Stuart marched up his Corps (which he
actually did witbwit osiers), nut a man of them would have
escaped either death or captivity. Their confusion (not to
say do/'at), was, and is still, attributed to their IM MO.
/ism and INDIICIPLiNt. But, be the cause what it
might, the of is well known by every man of the Army
of Egypt, and is frankly acknowledged even by the Officers
of the 41i1 Reginient themselves, who, I ant well assured
arc ready to avow, that, had it not been fOr General Stuart
and his Corps, they must inevitably have perished, or been
taken, to the last man."

The emphatical words are marked as printed in
the Pamphlet, and A more direct charge against the
courage and capacity of a Regiment was never pre.
sentea to the Pub Hz. With regard to " their in.
discipline," as this paltry Pamphleteer states, all
those who were present at the review of the 42d
Regiment at Ashford Common, among whom was
the writer of this article, can witness that better
discipline, firing, or marching, never was exhibited
on such an occasion. I dined with some of .the
prestmt Officers after the review, and, instead of.
presuming on their superior prowess before Alex-
andria, they generously declared, that had any
'other Corps been in the dangerous but honourable
station to which they were called, they believed.
that it would have discharged its duty equally wolf
with the 423, or any other distinguished Regiment,
because on that remarkable day a spirit of emula.
tion pervaded the British Army, apparently deter.
mined, 83 one man;to discharge their duty to their
Cauntry, and to prove to the French, that, foor.
to foot, and man to man, they were as supetior by
land as by sea. •
To put the subjen of dispute, however, beyond
the reach of wanton detraftion, I can assure your
readers, that I have seen a letter from Major
STIRLINC, written some months, and dated Glas-
gow,, in which he eArsorily declares, that tge
Colours of the Ismilaciblesfrll to his lot ;4 the heat of
battle. I think this testimony is at least as good
as that of Lvrz, or his German coadjutors, who
have not invalidated Serjeant SINCLArk's declara.
tion. In discussing the meiits of this affair, it
ought certainly to be recolleeled, that there is the
evidence of two, viz. Major STIRLING and Ser..
jeant SINCLAIR, in favour of the 423 Regiment ;
anti that aorii were concerned in the capture of
the Colours, as may be sen b 7 the statement of
Serjeant SINCLAIR-at least the Serjeant was an
attendant on the Major, when he made the captUre.
The Serjeant's own statement is in these words :

" At this instant, Colonel ALEXANDIM StuAltr, of
the 42d, who was present, went to the body of the Re.
gitnent, when Major STIttLING, Of the saline Corps, tol.
lowed by Scrjeant Strict—kis, went up to the It end) o.6er
staring the Invincible Standard, mOtti desired bih instant-0 to
deliver it up with bis sword. On kis refusal" tbs, Major
(truck him across the head with the fiat part or his sword,
and apuiteba at Standard fpcibl) front kern. The Frcilat-
intin then threw his sword un the ground, exulaitning
44 Vive la Republique I"

But lam totally ashamed, Mr. Editor, of oc.
copying so much of your time and patience by a
refutation of the calumnies advanced against the
brave 42d Regimens, more especially when I con.
sider that it appears a mean attempt on the part
of the hebdometlal Pamphleteer to depreciate Mr.
KER PoaTtais ingenious represet.tation of the
battle of Alexandria, in order to introduce "
Portrait of LtiTzi to be sad at a Gtirritt
After all the tong-winded, oblique, collateral puffs,
the noble and disinterested Pamphleteer sinks into
the iirdid and aroarie;aas tradesman by this three
and unequivocal °announcement of the engravinz—
" The Likeness that of LUTZ) is tine?; the pint
is in collars, and is in size nine inches by ',we've.
is Hoyt' azikbv FOR SA 1R at No. rB, Pall.
Mall "I“—A more laughable conclusion seldom or
evffr appeared' aim so eloisarale and sv illiberal an

attack or) a P."!iii

thus inadverte

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wheq
luiiii.Otor; \Owl] ti
respe:t)nie
%01,,,..e nation becomes the scoff and the tiecirii cat
I.vontnii and unprovoked malignity, si.lence or In:.
difference becomes a criminal aa, and the pte c:E
hiitory may be sullied by misrepresentations.
A RETIRED OFFICLP..

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t~;n!

Richardson's Haid, Dec. 27.

THE THEATRE,

Druty-L 4,11• O

THAT sprightly prntlualon of Go 1.1)6M MI'S hu„
mourous Muse, She Staots to Conquer, was revived
last night
,at Drury-Lane Theatre, and Attebded by
a numerous audience.

Mrs. GLOVER. perfortried tile part of iti;As
castle, with admirable spirit, mAintaining a due
contrast bet Ween the acknowledged, dauglitCr of
Gentleman, and the affeCted simplicity of the pre,
tended Dar-maid, giving a chat m to the Whcile by
some touches of genuine tenderness.
BAK It YNIORE, iii the shyness of young Maticliit,
before his equals., was tituch b,..tter than in his free.
slum before his supposed interiors. Dorlirtiti's
Hardcastle, if not luxuriant in httrotiri was at
least strong and natural:
Tony bumpkin, even in the hinds of Qum:, wits
hardly more humonrous and diverting than the park
was rendere'd last night by Ba.iattstitit;
Miss CAMP BELL displayed' evident marks of
irk-
proveuient in Mir Neruille. We did not hider' ad;
mire HOLLAND in Mailings, nor did we see alit
thing genteel, di tkaraßtristri, ih hie oittirkriik
gaiters.

SONNET TO ANN. 4,

O:4 BL 4 li4T/1001.74.1t0 TO 11 ER ON NEW-YtARIS-DAI:4

I:l4arr be Oa Birth-day of the infant year, _
That, lovely ANNA, gave mine eyes to see;
With fond desire, Perfedion's sel fin thee)
Uhl that thy smiles, my vows of Love to hear.
Would crown my wishes, and dispel my fear ! •
.Yet tho', sweet Maid I thoti e'en should frown on me,
For ever bleat the happy day shill fie •' ' •
When first-I saw thee, to my heart so dear.
For, tilt,' thy charms gave rapture to mine eye,
That gaz'd enaniour'd, but a short-livid day,
'Twould nc'er be purchassil at a price 'todhigh,
Were all my. future life to Grief a prey.
Or smile, or frown--• I'll love thee till the sigh
Of bliss.or miacry waft my sail' away.
ORLANDO.

- • •
However we may differ in political opinions with
men 'of acknowledged talents and learning,. we shall
be always happy iit noticing the produaions Of
those who employ their powers in the service of
their fellow beings,• and whose works may tend to
mitigate the evils of human life.--Dr. Beildoes's
Ifyg'dia, which was published in, separate essays,
being now completed, is become .an of ijedt.of cri.
tical observation. The subjeet of Dr. Ileadoes's
Work is one or the most interesting to man ; and,
, in the list .of' krenefnetors to the human species,
the Physirian who diffuses the scieece requisite
for the preservation of the body must be ranked
immediately after the Muralist and the Divine,
whb ioetilcate intellectual truth, and conduit to
the still•superior blessing. of 'a, congratulating con.
science. "The second of human goods is tingles.'
ltianaliq, health :—the possession of sound urban)
and a. firrn fibre, which amicably corri4roid with
she mind, and neither interrupt its motions with
,pairi, nor oppress theta with tallow.. Without
health, every external objea losei its power to please.l
-When disease has usurped the body, I•ltittie is.
beautiful in vain for the eye : the sweeteifmcladie ..
will fatigue the car', the most flavout-pui luxuries
will disgust.the palate.; and even*the sunshine itself
of the, bosom will not, at all times, dissipate the
'amid Which is induce44l upon the mind. Wif/n.we
6)ritemplate tie alit infinite complication of a
human body, and observe the astonishing
or'lneimeeivably fine tuhea through svhich
.the vital
Ptces must perpetually circulate, we are inclined to'
wonder.that a machine so constituted can snini,t fcr.
a Moment' in its perfeCi integrity, and nor experi.
ente,fttiAs every motion' which we make,- some
artaitroent of its more subtle parrs, 'Which might
I).ceattion the disorder of the whole. But Natu're
provide:: for the safety of her wort.,
'that h cannot be ear-neva :but by potiithe'vio.
kr;ee, or by our gra,peperse struggleslagainst it.
to a simple state of society, if the means of sub.
heltot deficient, disease is ahnialeuriktn;wo ;
init-the hind which can staunch the gushing blood,
iiiatiitititiVihe other ii.jurks Of external force, -is
the. only, part of our iiirge. medical' appointment
which it retruiml. With- wealth, refinement,. aid
• 'Lowry, the wretchedness of disease extend* widely,,
if omit begins. Sesstiety thenArecomes acquainted
with a c and roost; tNrd beholds nor party eitort.
log multiform sickness in the illusion of indulgence,
acid the odor in vain rrtiritig from the evil, as it
presets on them with the deformed countenance of
tv„,q, The common .habirli of civiliAtd life fight
alaiost Health in the middle classes of the. comm..
nit), ; and Nature, who always contends:fox this ob. .
left of her first &sip,' remains, without regard,
amid the importnnities of .artificial and of real want,
in thin world of pleasuie, 44 prejudice, and distress.
He,. therefore, who etateavotirs to plead io her be.
ball against man and his numerous abusers, is eri.
titled W. our bect attention and acknowledgmeOts.
Dr.
,Ilecktoes is now this advocate of .I\jature, and
•however. the Public may judge of some parts of his
system of vltylltt4ll7s. MEDIC 11, they must in.
fallibly approve .of his design. lo the advertisemeot,
which he has prefixed to hi, week, he seems -properly
ikeriale,tbat a man, who would instruCt his speCies,
must anxious Afs, be generally understood.
says he, xpiaking of the different Inca.
cures of season and knoWledge possessed by, the in.
dividoals whom he was addressing; " a
,writer in
"My Ottiatiiin fiods biinself obliged to
.fix an' imagi.
grandartf of capacity. This shotild,
be rialier too low. than .too 'high ; there, being no
,'•toiripatiscn bet Ween the inconvenience tothe
AVIA froM a few superfluthrs- pages, aed the evil'aris.
leg ';to Others-from a deficiency of elucidation." He
IrofeSses to address those whO are not scientific;
hint he ;,ectris to apoh+gize for being occasionally
dattie, from-his solicitude to be clear. We apProVe
of his objed; and we agree with him in
;' in a work intended fair
t!. !ney is more to be dreaded than redurt.
Olney, alai obiturity titan superfluous explanation,
l'!fit:commoti reader most not be compelled to the
Tell eiiir of thoug,hr; .or lie :may possibly rebel, and
*throw aside thrbdok.'',Theitiou mast be inituedi...

Ately oh 4.-1,) in his glance : tF it retre:ltS, and is to
i5i.:,(0).(31,,1, it may never be found, and pos.
sib!). neve! he putsued. There is, hOwever, a re-
ciundaney oppresses, and
,a'cirCuit,of explarta:
whiet perplexes anti- fatigues. 'there is also,
a'. know, a !,111,ple ant,tperspicuous style, which,
gr;ltefiti to the hcilolar, is,intelligible to the crowd
rejecting all terms tit art, anti admitting
col{ thu pretise word tilt feh:;.arries the, idea, re.
rulseS every syllal le. which would obtrude ut:neccs.
S;46ly upon the attention.' This style, indeed, is
rArely found, as it ii the result of ft clear heal, with
c,tritt taste, ant, is tint, I,ertaps, attainable by
lahour.. Whether 1)r. Pc:citifies has neiptireit this
sty-10, csr WiWilier any ,art of this can lift
conLidertit .as .Ipplic-Nthle try hirti, be Submitted
to' the detertninAtion of the read'rr ; ro-whom..also
it shalt, he left to decide, heater the work before us
oot in want nt t.treingetnetit mgt compression,
froi-a the former It) obtaio.perspieuity, and from the
Later furce.. 'the work is very prupetly opened
with Aril iton' hem:tilt)! 11.ttle to Health, at:-
cruppankti with a neat trap Lai ion. The first Essay,
IVbith e...ttends over 7t-j page., and is addrer.sed to the
Leads or lanfiles ir, Britain, isentitlet4, ,t On personal
Prudenee, And on Ptejudices respecting Health."

1,0 k: i'rait,-(1 by I;
At tix ,

STOCKPORT, JAN,

~ ~~r c

ON the 3i of January inst. the Non-commission-
ed Officers And Privates of the. Stockport Loyal Vo.
lunteers presented Major "WarsoN, :their late Com-
mander, with four elegant Silver Cops,. richly orna-;
mented and lined with gold.; on one aide of which
arc engraved the Major's Arms, saapported by tro-
phies of war,- and on the other the following In
scription :
‘‘ The Gift of the Nun-commissioned Officers.
" and Privates of the .Stockport Loyal Volunteers
" to 'Major AVATsots, their Commanding Officer;_
" as a token of their esteem 'for him, amt to con-
" vq the high sesie they entertain of his zeal
" and ability in. discharging the several duties of
44 his station for the space of eight years."
me. JoRN.SIARNsv (the Serjeant--Major), on
presenting the'Cups to Major WATiiON, delivered a
handsome .and suitable Address, The Maj(n, in
his reply, adverted to several circumstances that
had occurred to 'him &wing his 'command, and con-
cluded with returning to - the Noh-eommiisioned
Officers and Privates, his most sincere and heerty
Thanks for this very tattering testimony of their
approbation and regard, accompanied with his fer-
vent wishes for their health, prosperity, and Rapti.
ness.' At the conclusion of Major WA rsoN's Re.
ply, he was saluted with three heifrty cheCts. He
then ordered a hogshead of stout old ale to be tap.
•ped (to handsel the Gips), which Wsup4-oiftlly
distributed atiiolig the 'Volunteers who attenAdon•
this occasion.