The Sun.
London, England, 1828-11-22 00:00:00

THE FALL OF VARNA.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
4 SlN—Allow me, through the medium of your
3411141, to express my unqualified indignation at the
sh,
-"betel and unfeeling remarks which have lately ap-
144red in the Courier, respecting the fall of Varna.
am not so unread in the public prints as to be sur-
V's.edat the ungenerous and narrow minded prejudices
40411 could induce an Editor of a respectable, though
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i t very important vehicle Of public opinion, to n-
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.4nate, nay broadly to state, that the fall of Varna
Iles attributable to treachery. It is, perhaps, one of
°le questions which does not admit of mathemati-
.;,,. demonstration, and on this supposition the
eliror may think to shelter himself ; but there N
' ll 11 thing as circumstantial evidence, which often
Zany elicits the truth in a Court of Justice, and I
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illtri enge him to produce a single particular con-
atory of his opinion, or which can have a mo-
alt's weight with a rational and fair judging man.
it to be found, Sir, in the ruinous and dilapidated
'ate of the fortress on its capture ? is it to be found
'the duration of the siege, the loss of the garriion,
\l4 the still greater loss of the besiegers ? But I
tt here remark on the complacent, or rather tin-
ng manner in which all these details of disease
;CI slaughter have been dwelt upon, and even ex-
rated; while the courage, perseverance, and
':2t.iiiit endurance of toil and danger, exhibited on
Zth sides during this protracted warfare, have
Zen entirely lost sight of and unacknowledged.
Zeither has the tribute of regret been paid'to the

't,tl of so many brave warriors (whether by sickness
the Sword, it matters not), nor has the meed of
1."li g
armies
been accorded, where the courage of the con-
ies might have so justly claimed it.
Xll the comments of this, and of too many other of
Public printi, have been dictated by a cold, cal-
7iting, and, as I am willing to believe, erroneous
7* of what may be the result of the conflict to
lus country, with reference to the balance of power
Europe.
am, I trust, enough of a John Bull to be quite
it"e to the peculiar interests and policy of Great
Main ; but it is not necessary, in order to sustain
character, I should hope, to deaden every feel-
;tvg not strictly national; to be so engrossed with
erY thing British, as not to rejoice at the success
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017 warfare, except where British soldiers are
We arriors ! Surely there has been enough of mi-
at4l7 glory achieved by this country, if not to satisfy
4 ambition to gather more laurels, yet to pre-
It any petty jealousy on our parts, when we
rhold them gracing other brows, or won by other
v,towess than our own. It is not required that

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'l'm Bull should be so exclusive in his view; of
Inen and things as to shut his eyes and ears against
4erY Rot immediately connected with his own
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Imi d? Let him solace himself with the reflection
i: °fow great importance his island is in the map of
14°Pe, nay even in that of the World. When he
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tie`ubsiders its resources, its wealth, its power, its
etn, its armies, but above all, its good faith and
the Integrity of its Government, be may be allowed
'efeel all the pride and independence of a genuine
j eve
Bull; but let not his horn be exalted
"Rive measure; let him not affect to despise and
°verlook the prancings of the mighty ones, when
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.14 exhibited in his own field and in his own cause.
Confess myself so much a citizen of the world as to
..'`*4l)le to rejoice where no glory ensues to Britain,
provided no British interest is compromised. The
ttsult of the campaign we have just witnessed,
'Ugurs well, I trust, for every country. It makes
'.At fearless (if I were not so before) of that grasping
libbition which has been imputed to the Autocrat
.bf all the Russias ; and I cannot help rejoicing at
the salutary check which has been given to the Ot-
man power, especially with reference to the. poor
°rgotten Greeks. If, i( in these degenerate days,"
they are no longer the men they were, the same
~/lionterical beings, whose deeds of noble daring, re-
. earsed by that celebrated and earliest, if not of
tlistorians, yet of Poets, which continue to delight
4nd instruct OF youth of England, as constituting
e Subject of their earliest studies, and the founda-
tion sometimes of their future glory ; yet they are
ati4 meta of like pas.s.ions with ourselves, of like affec-
lions, and were once (let it never he forgotten) the
'laost civilized of.mankind, the most noble, the most
generous and the most warlike ; and they still inhabit a
!-41tintry over which a sacred charM is thrown ; whence
Issued all the arts which} we !Itlini).lY aspire to,
• but can never hope to emulate ; which adorn and
beautify, as at first they tended to humanize, every
Part of the known world ; when, I say, we remem-
ber the debt of gratitude we owe this people, how
of the grace, and beauty, and charm of life;
i111('Ili we
Penot rejoice if ti.te fall of yarna afford a
Pe that theY may escape the gorge of the Barba-

rian, particularly if this same event should tend, as
it is to be hoped it will, to the peace of all nations ?
But I have too long digressed from the immediate
purport of my letter, which was to rebut (feebly I
own) the unfounded and wanton assertion, that it
was Russian gold and not Russian valour which
effected this most desirable object. I have:only one
more argument to offer in favour of my view of the
subject, which is the honour hitherto unsullied, the
fame hitherto untarnished, which belong to him
who commanded the Imperial Army. His Sove-
reign has done him equal justice, by the gratifying
manner in which he has recorded his high military
character, his skill in the art of war, his courage in
danger, and his j udgment in counsel; his Royal Master
was, in short, led to this selection of a Chief, by the
knowledge he had of his experience in the arts of
war; and I ask, confidently ask, if his choice has
not been justified by the event? But what is more
to my purpose, will it be insinuated that this va-
lorous, honourable, and high-minded Nobleman,
would have listened in silence to the encomiums of
his Sovereign, and received with complacency that
sword inscribed with the noble deed, if he had been
conscious that gold was the metal used, and not that
metal which, in its rude state, constitutes the riches,
and, in its wrought state, the defence of his country?
If this Newspaper Editor should still persist in his
assertion, I think he must himself possess no small
portion of that other metal used in modern warfare.
Not to treat lightly, however, a subject deserving of
serious discussion, I by no means impute a malig-
nant motive to the Editor of the Courier; but I do
believe him to be influenced by that party spirit, that
narrow-minded, bigotted principle, which, in advo-
cating the cause it espouses, is deaf to every remon-
strance, though founded in equity and in truth. It
is the same lying spirit that would have us believe
there exists no real Protestant who has not enrolled
himself in a Brunswick Club ; and no favourer of
the Roman Catholic claims, who is not himself a
Roman Catholic. Without entering into the ques-
tion of who is right and who is wrong, it must be
apparent that both of these contending parties have
played their cards very ill ; the Catholics with their
factious, turbulent agitators on one side ; and the
Brunswickers, with their puling, prating, scribbling
lordlings on the other. Were there no objection to
the latter but the corner-stone on which the Bruns-
wick Club-house has been raised, it would be suffi-
cient, one would imagine, to deter men from enter-
ing. Had it been from Westmoreland* or Port-
land, less of mischief might be apprehended. But,
if I appreciate aright the firm, gallant, gifted per-
sonage, who now steers the vessel of the State, he
will declare equally to both, " Non tali auxilio
tempus eget ;" nor will he be diverted from his
right onward course by the presumptuous dictation,
or short-lived popularity, of either faction. As I
would not impute malicious or mischievous motives
to the Editor of the Courier, so am I free to con•
fess that public men are open to public criticism;
but when, alas, private character is assailed by the
public press, when misrepresentations are ignorantly
or willfully made, reckless of consequences—then,
friend, as I am to a free press, I would have it
controlled by the iron barrier of the law; for
this is not liberty but licentiousness. I say
this, not so much with reference to the
regent musings of the Courier, as from certain pain-
ful recollections which (however discursive you
may think me, Mr. Editor) these musings have re-
vived ; for a near connection of the Hero of Varna
was, in more than one Daily Journal, most grossly
slandered and misrepresented, by a heedless perver-
sion of facts; and he who was all benign, conside-
rate, and humane, was held up as persecuting the
poor, the helpless, and the innocent ; whereas he
had merely,,and that most reluctantly, prosecuted
to conviction certain nightly depredators, who had
wilfully, and repeatedly, after due warning, damaged
and destroyed his various young plantations. Though
his high character, and the general esteem in which
be was held by all ranks in society, rendered the
offensive statement as futile as it was unfounded, I
kriow that it gave pain to his noble, generous, manly
heart ; and a more noble, more generous, more manly
heart never beat in human bosom ; that it has ceased
to beat, thousands and thousands have cause to la-
ment; not only of those who in privacy benefited
by his unostentatious bounty, but of those who had
the opportunity of witnessing the uniform direction
of his mind towards all that rectifies and exalts our

fallen nature ! Trained himself to the profession of
arms, having lived much in camps, and done good
service to his country, both in a military and diplo-
matic character, devoid of all narrow and envious
feelings, had he now lived, how would his noble
breast have expanded in witnessing the success of the
Russian armies, and in sharing the triumph of their
commander. This expression of opinion lam aware
is not called for, especially by one in my humble
walk of life; but, nevertheless, it would have been
hazarded sooner, to gratify my own mind, had it not
been paralyzed as it were, with its own troubles and
its own anxieties. This letter, Sir, has been much
more extended than I contemplated, when I set
pen to paper ; too much, I fear, for the patience of
your readers. There will be no inconsistency, I
trust, in concluding with the assertion that I am a
friend of the poor Greeks, no enemy of the Turks,
and, though an English gentleman, an admirer of
Russian valour; allow me to add, Mr. Editor, that
I am very much your's,
Dover, Nov. IS. SURRIENSIS.

* They have not been able to get up a Brunswick Club
in Cumberland ; nor, what is better, in the great County
of York.

WINDSOR, Nov. 21.—Yesterday afternoon,
on the arrival of the KING at the Royal Lodge, from the
Castle, be was met by the Duke of WELLINGTON, who
had a long audience of his AIAJESTY, and with whom he
had the honour of dining. This day his MAJESTY signi-
fied his intention of again visiting the Castle. It is ex-•
pected that his MAJEsTY will hold a Council on Monday,
and receive the Recorder's Report. It is likewise said that
his MAJESTY will not take up his residence at the Castle
before Wednesday next.

.His MAJESTY, after taking an airing in
Windsor Park on Thursday afternoon, proceeded in his car-
riage and four, preceded by outriders, to Windsor Castle.
His MAJESTY alighted at the principal entrance, where he
was received by Sir FRED. WATSON. The um inspect-
ed a number of antique statues and busts, which had for-
merly been placed in the old Castle. A marble bust of the
Duke of CUMBERLAND, executed by BEIINES, for which
his Royal Highness sat last summer, had been brought that
morning from London for his MAJESTY'S inspection by
the artist, and was placed in the Castle. This bust re-
mains in the possession of his MA4Fsw. The Kum in-
spected the state of the preparations making for his recep-
tion, and, after remaining at the Castle about an hour, re-
turned to the Royal Lodge.

The AmericaN 'Minister transacted business
yesterday with the earl of ABERDEEN, at the Office of the
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.

A Board of the Lords of the Admiralty was
held yesterday at the Admiralty.
Mr. JOHN MARSHALL, the second son of
JOHN MARSHALL,
Esq., 111.P.,.P., for tkis enucq, is, about
to lead to the hymeneal altar the beautiful and acootrippilhed
claliglittz of ofl?avenlay-ball,
Cumberland.—. Leeds inielligencen

INTERVIEW with the LORD LIEUTENANT.

(From the Dublin Morning Register of Thursday.)

Transactions have occurred in Clare and Mona-
ghan which have demanded more than commonly
the attention of the head of the Government of
Ireland. Mr. O'Connell, as the chosen representa-
tive for Clare, and as a public individual, executing.
confidentially, the commands of the aggrieved par-
ties in Monaghan, requested, last week, through
the ordinary channel, an interview with the Lord
Lieutenant. He had, in answer, the notification
of Lord Leveson Gower, that the Marquis of
Anglesea would grant him an audience yesterday
at the Lodge in the Phoenix Park. He was in at-
tendance at the hour appointed (four o'clock) and
was received with the courtesy which it has been
the care of Lord Anglesea to observe towards
public men of consideration of all parties since he
came to this country. The Clare case is a very pe.
culiar one. An individual, holding the office of
High Sheriff, and, therefor., a judicial functionary,
or, at all events, a person assisting in the adminis-
tration of the law, thought proper to commit, in a
peaceable town, an act notoriously repugnant to the
public sentiment, and which was calculated to lead
to a breach of the peace, and called out the whole
military and police force of the county, to aid him in
doing this wrong, and offering this public insult.
The inhabitants agreed upon a(memorial to the head
of the Executive. Mr. O'Connell was the bearer
of the document, and we have the satisfaction to
state, that the Lord Lieutenant received it with a
due impression of its importance, and the attention
which it merits, in the existing state of Ireland.
The Monaghan case has been more publicly can-
vassed, and is, thereforej better known to our
readers in general. Certain Magistrates, including
men of high name and station, have been guilty of
acts, which, if they were sanctioned, would lead to
a dissolution of society in this country, and produce
a practical tyranny far exceeding anything we have
heard, of the most ferocious and disgusting despot-
ism of Algiers, or any other spot of the globe, in
which infuriated passion prevails over every dictate
of common humanity and common justice. Mr.
O'Connell had the great satisfaction to learn that all
the facts connected with the recent proceedings of
Monaghan are fully within the cognizance of the
Irish Government, and that they are at present
matter of deep and anxious deliberation with the
Law Officers of the Crown.

The people of whom Mr. O'Connell is so truly
the representative, want nothing but plain justice.
They look only to the protection of the law. If
wrong, they will be submissive; if right, they de-
sire no noisy or ostentatious triumph over those
placed in unnatural hostility to them by unwise and
unnatural laws. Nothing has yet occurred, or, we
are assured, can occur, to shake their confidence in
the dignified and scrupulous impartiality of Lord
Anglesea. He enjoys their most unbounded reve-
rence and affection, not because they fancy that he
looks with favour upon their actions, but because
they are assured that he wishes to hold the balance
evenly between contending parties, and to secure,
at all events, and under any circumstances, the per-
manent interests of Ireland.