The Sun.
London, England, 1810-04-20 00:00:00

SMITHFIELD MARKET, APR IL 20*

Ttri, day's Market had a- middling`supply of dif-
ferent kinas of cattle; Beef, Mutton, and Lamb,
are dearer than our last report ; Veal is cheaper ;
Pork sold at last price, and the trade in general was
:somewhat flati The sales in the Hay-market were
trifling ; Straw fetched a better price than Monday's
market Hay and Clover sold at last prices. The
following prices and nurnbers are an accurate state-
rnent:-- •

To sink the Offal per stone of 8113.
Beef4s. Bd. to6s. od. Mutton 4s. Lod. to 6s. 4d, Veal s's.
to 7s. ' Pork ss. rod. to 7s, dd. Leihb 75. cd. to 9i, od.
licasts Bso. Sheep and Lambs 4740.:—Calves 21o.—Pins
300:

SMITHFIELD HAYMARKET.
Hay 51. zos. od. to 61. 15s. od. Str al.' los, od. to 3.1
od. Cloyci 61. lc's. od. to 71. los. •

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BRITISH IZEZEIP.

'A Letter to SAI‘ItYL WIIITEREAD, Esq. M. P.
upon the, Military Condu4l of Lird WELLtuoT
with some ilernarks upon the Marquis Virti.l.l.is-
i.Ey's Governmetwin India, and the taut' erie-,kb of
l'ai'ty Spint. nrltthlnicus.

The. important discussions which have taken olafc •
in Parliament, and other weighty matters of na-
•tional interest have prevented our resuming this de-
partment of Our Paper but at a more convenient
period we shall bestow odr attention upon L;terary -
Works of merit, particularly those of a volitical de-
Scription.---This Work has naturally been drawn
forth bsy' the persevering bitterness with which Ow
distinguished Characters who arc the the chief sub-
je4 of it have been treated by the Opposition Ora-
tefii aril Writers. The Author, with warmth and
,vigovigour:,g -
ur:,. , yet with a liberal spirit, has defended the
triihiary conducrulLord WELLINGTON through the
whole of his brilliant career, but he has been chiefly
solicitoUs to repel the attacks upon his Lordship re-
speeting the bNttles of Talavera. In the course of a
very accurate examination into the whole of these
memorable achievements and their results, he has
not only vindicated his Lordship from the invi-
dious charge of having made an ostentatious display
of heroism, but has shewn that the result was high-
ly advantae.,i,ous to the cause in \vhich he was en-
gaged.. This subject the- A'ut'ior has investigated
with so much judgment and knowledge as to induce
us to suppose he is a military man, and Consequently
heightens our
.respect for him, when we sec him so
anxious to do- justice to a brother Soldier. "We
shall at present content ourselves with an extrad
from that part Of his work which relates to a set of
restless Demagogues who seem to _hate assumed the
Office of REVIEWERS for the purpose' of dev,rad-
ing the .character d vilifying. the efforts of their
Country, by -every means of sophistical reasoning
and sarcastic virulence.

Having thus examined the military condua of
Lord 'Wellington, and the claims h'kh in my judg-
ment he,has to the reputation of a hig,blv skjlful as
well as gallant Commander, and to the everlasting
gratitude of his country fir his numerous and most
splendid services ; I should :,ere close-the subject,
did I not feel it peculiarly .necessary, from their es-
timation in the circles of literature, and the ex-
tensive circulation of their work; to mal.escitue re
marks upon the conduct oft he Edinburgh Revie was.
I feel it to be a sacred duty to pointit out to the se-
verest reprobation of all classes of my fellowrcountry-:
men, and especially of those Who are naturally guid-
ed by the decisions of the best educated Members in
the community. Even the men of learning, or se-
nators, or statesmen, are in gew.ral to,ally unfit
decide upon military affairs : and I hope to be able to
prove to your entire convi6.tion, Sir, that however
profound may be the krfowledge of the art of war.
among the Edinburgh .Reviewers, they have made
a most disengetfuous and unworthy sac; to the
.spirit of liarty, in their last October critique upon
the condu«t of Lord Wellington. j hope to spew
that those new Northern ,lights, like those in the
heaVens, after many brilliant coruscations, only leave;
us in more profound darkness.

" Tbe Reviewers state (0, '2314.) that Lord Welling-
ton moved to the centre. of tlee Peninsula, without
one earthly °Yeti in view but to look at Me cuuniry
and get:icar the French !" '

•
. • " I protest Sir, J am at a loss whether to be most
amazed at the absurdity, atie6ted igrn or fla-
grant injustice, manifested in this short sentence of
these merciless brandishers of the tomahawks ;Ind
scalping knives of the press'.—No :object in view,
Sirs !—What !—was the destruaion- of an entire
corps of the enemy, arid consisting of .20,000 men,
no,objea ? Was the driving him across the Tagus,
_
and preventing his penetrating into the South of
Spain, (it fortunately he escaped
,annihilatio6) no
object ?---Was the forming a junction with the most
numerous and best equipped army of our allies, and
at the earnest entreaty of their government, no ob-
ject ?—Was the -attempt to bear the enemy's corps
in detail, by those bold, rapid, , and decisive move
ments which alone can render us a match for the
French armies, no object ? .
" Tilde are indeed t woobjeas, which the Review-
ers do allow to have aivated Lord Wellii gtou in ad-
vancing into Spain ; namely " to look at the country";
and get near the French."

" With jegard to the first, these enlightened. and.
candid Critics ought certainly not to be displeased ;
since the god of then- military idolatory, the Etnperor
of the Western family, is remarkable among his
other warlike habits, fur " LOOKING" at a vast va-
riety of countries, and sometimes ra, her more closely
than is found convenient or agreeable to the inhabi-
tants != ----He may, before, he dies, Lake it into
his head (who knows ?) to " look at"
bnrgh : and it is tiferefOre the part of ail prudent
'and cautious. critics, to beware how they uff,lnd this
terrible Emperor, either by omitting to Sound his
praises upon all occasions, or' committing the uti~
pardonable sin of applauding the merits of a hero,
who had beaten double the number of the troops of
the Grert Nation. He might perchance, should"
our Northern metropolis fah into his hands but for
a week; not only clap 'Monsieur Fonche's seal upon
their vrin‘ing PreSs, but order nut Messieurs. " the
Edinburgh Reviewers" to be shot, like the unhappy
Palm at Nurernburg ; or he might give them t,.e
choi& of being strangled like the brave and scieti-
tific
Pichegru, or the betrayed Toussaint ; or mur-
dered in the night in,sorne Highland forest, like the
lamented Due u'Enghieu, (one of the first of heroes
and of Men), in the wood of Vincennes !
"As to tne secondobject, that of getting scar the
French; by the ridicule which the Revie,A ems throw
upon it, it would seem as if' they thought that this
WAS NOT the business of a British genersl. For my
own part, J ha,e cenfess, some-strange 014• En-
glish notions' about me ; and cannot for the son!
.otts
me, with all dhe submission to those. gentlemen,
avoid hoping, that this "getting-at the French," and
with the bayonet too, will be the first. and last oty-
ject of every, British general ! 'Having done with
,their facetious observations, let us now attend to their'
More serious arguments.
_

" The Reviewers state, that " Lord- :Wellington
was .attacked in :front by a superior force, (mark that,
confession at least), and by a rare mistake of the
French.general (not pointed out by the bye), and
extraordinary.gallantry ut soldiers,