The Sun.
London, England, 1817-09-15 00:00:00

TO SIR POIIMIT WILSON.

Being so laulably aN'ert your own
consistency, I beg to offer you the choice of that
valuable attide ;.stipulating only, that you will
not insist upon having it bo h ways That what-
ever opinion you express is sincere at Ow time
of its expression, .no one will dispute :—bur sin-
cerity and consistency are very dis.inet matters :
as the most honourable man in the world may
he the least uniform, and the most uniform may
be the least honourabfe. Where these „charac-
teristics are at variance, you, Sir RunEliT, will
prefer sincerity; and every body will be ready to
reject,•in your.nanie, the consistency which can-
not be reconciled therewith.

When you wrote and published your History
of the Campaign in Egypt, you assuredly believ..
ed that'BUONAPARTE had pOiSolleil Isis owl) sol:.
fliers and, massacred his prisoners.—Do you be-
lieve so still.?

I merely mean to say, that if you are still in
that opinion, it is of borne value in the balance
which is now set up between the Czar and the
Corsipan ; find that if you have changed that
opinion, opinion, it shivvs what Value is to be: attached to
au opiuion so,changeable. A RO'VALIST.

MARGATE, SHPT. 14.

All the.world is scgtt~
aintetl with the .celebrated
istoryof../ohnitpite,, who went farther than he
:itended, and came home safe at last. Yesterday
morning :aboit:l6o of John's descendants,' con.
sioing-of men, w44nien, and children, visitants of
this place, ''Sat‘ctiff,- in the Majestic steam vessel,
upon -an:extursion *1 pleasure. to the Downs,
with the. WI- intention of returning.before dark.
The • day was uncominonly fine. The travellers
having taken their seats in the vebsel,' the engine
Was set to work, and ere they had lost sight of the
Pier dancing ' commenced. All was lite and
gaiety ; and to add to the good lkutnour of the
tidy,. the facetious .rotor Box, Esq. amused and
delighted the •Company with many a mirthful
tale, told•in- his unrivalled manner, and gratified
them with some of those incomparable 'theatrical
Recitations, for which he is• so justly celebrated.
When the Majestic. had 'reached the Downs, in-
stead of 'returning, as was the original intention,
it suddenly flashed aeross the mindst Of the com-
pany thak.it would be beyond all things delightful
to have just a peep at the " vine covered hills
and gay regions of France." The idea ran from
bosom to hoSorn like wild-fire. Directions were
given to the Captain by one of the Proprietors, to
turn. the head of the vessel Calais-ward. The
dancing re-Comthented, uor did it cease till 'five
in the afternoon; when they arrived at the. desired
harbOur. About half a dozen of the passengers
took to the small boat, and went on shore, by
which, it 'seems, they subjected the Majestic to
the Ilarbdar blities, amounting t 0•24/.,. and to
demand Web- two Custom-house Officers came
on board. .One of the Proprietors, a- Mr, GUDE,
think:big the- charge unreasonable, resolved to go
on shorel'aconsult the regular Authorities. Dur-
ing this lithe the-people of Calais flocked to the
Pier:head- to- behold the first steam vessel that had
ever veistitred tap-ay-then] a visit. For two hours
did the k.Yestic:continue beating about, the pas-
sengew, timeiirg, and the band regidisst the ears-
ofNichtdas Frog with the savoury time of " 0
the ltoastilleef of OM England." As it was no*
nearly.seven 'o'clock, and no Mr. Gude made his
appearapcektimpassengers became very impatient;
and as not a moment was to be lost, the Captain, with
the approDation,of the company, set the Custom-
House Officer's-boat adrift, put the steanf'dngine
in motioo,And, the•wind being favourable; made
the bestot.their'way to-Margate, bringing-the two
French CastOrn Officers along with diem.' The
sea .was Very rough. .; Nearly all the company
offered; ..up- involuntary-oblations to the Marine
Deities:: However, after- being ottt gigkizem
hours, and experiencing all the dangers' and=desa-
gretnens to itltich a-sea voyage lit liable;they hap-
pilytir!ived in. Margate Pier, nt half-past three this
morning,: tt-O.A-he, inexpressible relief ' or- their
anxious frientlX-iitid relations;' and in a 'Coinfition.
,ciin be' better,:conceivthl. than expressed.
Immediately QM their arrival, the'Frenell Officers
took 60aCittfotover. When-they shall relate to
their asteilisbed:•-countrymen the history of this
short but: memorable expedition, and shall tell
them that: ,160',Englishriten and Englishwomen,
Without provisions; without money, without even a
change of apparel, could be found to undertake a
voyage which,- in the best of Weather, always
been esteemed one of some peril, it will doubtless
impress them .with a strong idea of the sober :good
sense of our countrymen and dountrywOmen.
" Nowlet us sing, Long live the Kins,
And tong live Gilpin be !
And whets he next duth go-abroad,
. ,
May Ilse there to see :"

CLERICAL VACANCY.—By the recent appoint-
ment of the Rev. IV. JONES to be one of the
Chaplains of Greenwich ,Hospital, the living of
Greysteatt,' a .part_ of that of Simonbourn, has
fallen vacant; It is in the gift of the Lord,. of
the Admiralty.
MRS: 1-=Our--,-- Our Readers will remember
that the-peron who has been convicted of Child-
stealing whs Said to be the wife of Mr. HAMIL-
TON late Printer in Falcon-court, Fleet-street,
:and 'Whe appeared a 'few seasons ago at the
Haymarket and Lyceums Theatres. We are au-
thorited to state that this Mrs. HAMILTON is
not the Culprit, and that she has just returned to
this country for the purpose of vindicating her,'
-self from so unjust and shocking an accusation.
GROUSE SHOOTINo.=?Fhe Marquis of f10t,.-r-
LEY"S party-has shot this season upwards of 1100
brace' of grouse, and notwithstanding the %vet
weather, the Marquis of TAVISTOCK shot in three
days 40:, 455 and 51 brace.
J. and J. SIVEWRIGHT have the satisfaction of
congrattgatiug,,their'Friends on the continued
success which attends their Offices, they having.,
in. the Lotteiy:::which terminated on Wednesday
last,. sold the Ticket 2,377, which was drawn a
Prize'Ot 20,000/: 'Sterling Money, in a Half,
()Tarter, and Four Sixteenths. No. 633, drawn
a Prize 0f,200/:, WaS'also Sold at their fortun'ate
Offices, 37, Cornliill, '3B, Haymarket., 141, Ox-
ford-street, and'll; Holborn, where they hope
to ,distribute amongst their Friends some of the
Six Prizes of 20,0001. which enrich the Scheme of
the New Lottery, that will commence Drawing
on the 7tla of November.

'FROM THE DUTCH PAPERS.

SENTENCE ,;F THE'CouliT IN THE CASE OF THE
DL KE WELLINGTON AGAINST M. DE gUss-

CHER

B SEPT. 6.-The Tribitnal, coniidering
that nth ar.iele of the jriil 1:11i11, Whir.%) is the:
sqbj-et of the s'.ctin►►, there is not imputed to the'.
Noble Dtike any act which c6lllO expo $e h'int to 41
CI rnin'3l or correctional action'; that neither are

thereimputed to his Grace any act's which could
'c.‘xpose him to the contempt (31* hatred of the pt b-
lie ; that besides, in speaking of a deSi.re; his
Graee is not reprOaChed With havitt soil lit to in-
fluence the Goverument of France, to retain M.
Dot)ree in his otlice of Intendant of Martinique ;
ami !ha; it is not said, "that his Grace had any
knowlefige of M. Dubree having prevaricated in
the txerrise of his said place :
Considering he-sides, that it his Grace has mani-
fested the said desist', it should be attributed to
rowel till recommendations representing Dubree
wider colon's quite different from what are found
in the article of the Journal iff question, so that
in this point of view, ami in the sense of the ar-
ticle, it cannot be concluded that his Grace would'
hale rommoted an act unworthy of himself, even
it he hitt manifested such a desire, because M.
Debt* e very well adailnistered the Colony in
favour of la foreign GovernMent, and the more so,
as any one may well administer the Colony its fa-
vour ot a foreign Power, without its necessarily
following that one would administer it ill or trai.
torously towards its own Government, since it is
of importance to every Government to have its
Colonies admioistered. in a manner favourable to.
foreigners, in order more effectually to draw their-
thither, and to increase, by that very means, the
commerce and prosperity of the said Colonies ;
whence it results, as has been said, that the de-
sire which the Noble Lord may have Manifested
to see M. Dubree retained in his place, ought not,
anti. cannot expose him to the contempt, or to the
hatred of the public ; and the less, as the high
deeds, and the eminent qualities, as well moral as
political anti mditary, of the Duke of Wellington,
place him beyond the reach of every suspicion of
attempting to act otherwise than as a man of
litroonr; and as it is impoSSible that his brilliant
reputation can stiffer any injury from pamphleteers
(folliell4tires„) even if their expressions should be
ambiguous or equivocal in this respect.
For these reasons, the Tribunal acquits the ac-
cused of the inculpations laid to his charge ; and
deciding on the Prayer of the plaintiff, declares it
inadmissible: And further, doing justice to the
prayer ,d the defendant to obtain damages, ton,
sideriug that the action brought on the part of his
(i-ace cinnot ye:larded as Calumniatory, its-
womi,l) as it merely sobmits to a Court of Justice,
the sense II f an article inserted in a public Jour-
nal, tiechtres the said prayer of the defendant in-
fidinissi,oi.. Anti seeing the Articleof the
Code tft Criminal PrOcenme, condemns 'Ere
tlif in the eosts, both towards the public. (Ia partie
rill/r(fa.) lixvd at two flovius and 12 cants; and
towarns t‘,e defendant, fixed at one florin fifty.
• . • •. • •

D.ene Hntl piononneed in the public sitting .01
the Fit I. of September, 1817; present, M M. Via.
poet , rretillterit 0 t tbe Sit tiny ; Lehegue,
apd Parts, Jotters ; and Sm-et, Substitute of
the Atturney-General. •
VISPOEL,
L.LEBEGUE,
L. IL BUILYN,
• .•
PAREI.