The Sun.
London, England, 1810-03-05 00:00:00

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SOLEM QUIS D;C-ifiE FALSUM AIIa.EAT

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MONDAY, MAIICD 6, wlO..

_ Government have not received auy official ac,
counts from Cadiz since our last, We have been
favoured with the perusal of a Letter from an Officer,
dated on board.
,one of our• ships in Cadiz, Fe-
bruary i i th, Which states, that the' French had
not at that time commenced any setious opera-
tions, though they had made several slight attmpts
to annoy_ the town: on the night of the t6tb, they
c3onqructed a raft and attempted to board a merchant
vessel, but by mistake they boarded a nun .ut war,
the.Oonsequenee of whieh was, that all upon-.the
raft Were" either taken or 'drowned. The French
prisoners on board the pri4e-ships in Cadiz har-
bour are becoming ‘ery, troublesome, in conse-
quence of the near approach of the French army 3
and-several remonstrances have b'een made by our
officiers to the Spanish Government on the. pro-
priety gl' removing them. General LACEY, an
,Irishnon, who has displayed great bravery and ta-
lents, on many occasions, is to succeed VENEGAS aS
Governor of Cadiz.

The amount of the French force in the vicinity
Of L. not known ; some of the accounts state
it to consist of three divisions. of 18,000 men each,
and Others only of three divisions pf 600') men each.
General STE WART arrived at Cadiz on the night of
the 11th, with between .2 and 3000 men from
Lisbon.

The Opposition have again bad recourse to their
old trick of spreading reports of the resignation of
Ministers. This manoeuvre has now been tried' so
often, that it is hardly worth the trouble of a' eon-
tradi lion.

Whatever may be the :result of the motion re-
speaing Lord CHATHAM to•night in the House of
Commons; or however we may regret that he
.adopted the-course Which-led to the present discus-
sion, still we. are convinced that no unprejudiced
man will believe the charge which has been pre-
ferred against his,Lordship, of being influenced by
any thing like feelings of malignity against the Gal-
lant Admiral, employed in the same-service. The
Answer which Mr. PEacorna. gave to this charge
appears to us deciiive. If Lord CHATHAM really
had such an object in view, if he, really wished
to prejudice - his Sovereign against Sir RICHARD
STRACHAN, why did he not deliver the paper when it
was written, in October last ? He could have no mo-
tive for delay, if he were actuated by such motives
as are imputed to him. But there is one'point .to
which we beg seriously to call the attention of the.
Public, because h is of essential importance, not to .
Lord CHATHAM or the present Ministers, but to the,
best interests of the Country. Formerly, however
ever violent an Opposition might be against a Mi-
nistry, they confined their violence to their politi-
cal opponents; they did not extend it to their gal-
lant Odicers who were absent fighting the battles of
the Country by sea and land. It was not then the
pra&ice to traduce the characters of Officers, because
they might be supposed to be politically conneded
with Ministers. The People of this Contury wou!d

not have endured, in former wars, to see th.eirG
nerals and assailed latheir absence, all
.4,their achieymo.nts &preelated, and every libel, which -
an enragedand defeated, ene.mi Might vent against'
them, circulated with avidity and %%,ith exaggeration..:
Unfortunately for this' country the practice is very dig-
fel-mit now, A General or an
.Adniiril, who is-sq-
posed.to he favourable to Ministers, or even whine .
'family is connected With Ministers, is sure to have
every action Misrepresented, 'to— be eXposed to every.
illiberal insinuation, and to every coarse
'that party malignity can suggest. 'phis certainii
has been the treatment_ experienced by Lord.cuAT7
HAM. We do not undertake to justify the rue:l-
- adopted ; but sorely .sosne allowance is to,-
:be made fur the feelings of, an officer daily 'and'
hourly a.ssaried with such wanton ru:lignity.i-. Bur if
' the Expedition to the Sclieiclt had COW illetely succeed'
ed, Lord CIiATH AI would have experienced just .thc.
same degree of abuse, perhapsindced innr;beauso,ho
feelings of Party would have been, more irritated by
leis success. The treatment which Lord WELLING-
TON •has met with_ is, a proof the justice of our
observation. His successes. at Rolcia and Vitniera!
irritated his political opponents in this country, •
though they dared not then give vent to their tee
i'
tags : but evety one recolle&s with What avidity: ,
with what joy they seized upon the Convention
otgintra, and how eager. they were to throw !0
whole blatne of that .CduventiOn upon him.
.succe44.peripaign in Portugal, in which he near-
IY:illestroyeall. the French aftny, under SOLT,
pitatd:liitn,:its Might .naturally beexpetled, to a very.
'conslderable share of abuse ; but the victory at
Tal.vera was an offence not' to be pardoned; troth
the moment, that; with eO,OOO British troops, 66
defeited 47,000 French, he has been the daily ob- -
jeet of the most persevering and unrelenting calunr:
fly in all the publications of the party. We do not
mean to insinuate that those wrio abase Lord WEL'
LINGTON for the VitiOry at Talavera really
the enemy' had succeeded ; certainly nof t
wish
; buthat
bY
identifying Generals and Admirals with 1111 inters,
it must ineitablyfollow,.l hat their conduca Will be
by. party prejudice, and not by its real 110"&
merits. The conseque-nce must in ,time-
be, that if an Officer knoWs that,
.be his merits
what they may, he will like a Minister, con-
stantly abused by .One party and praised
_:by the
other, he will lose that ardent desire of obtaining_
the good opinion, of his countrymen, wnich forms
one' of the titron(Yest and noblest incentives to great
and lieroic, tVitions.

. .-.—..............
Their 114A;BsTrEs aitd the PE ES INCESS are ex'
petle Ito arrive in :fowl] to-morrow. liis.MAsEsii,
will hold a Levee at the Queen's Palace on W
ned%
nesday 3 and Tier MAJESTY Will 110 kl. a Drawig'
room at St. Jame 's Palace on Thursday.
Yesterday morMitg his MAsEsTx, Princes.ses Ail'
citf-51*,andSpriiiA, accompanied by Earl ,C13.a5L8.11.5.-
KEL9, Ladi:ALKNA CLIMBERLAND, the Hon, o'l-
- VeHeral C,A,IIrwRIGHT, and Major Pal-cs'
weitt
,tt).'St. Georg.e's Chapel, and heard a.Seril“A
preactrSd by the R.ev. Mr, CiIAbIPIGI,Is Y,4.1111(.1 afta"
wards returned to the Palace. .
Yesterday morning Sir, HENRY HAL/PORP, Pr'
BAILIE, Dr. DUNDAR, alltrl Dr. PORE, bad a CO_,lv
sultation at'Princess Am xt.lA's house, in St. AliOu .
street, upon the state C.•l her Royal ilicr"ess'
health. •
•
An Expedition consisting of 5.000 alert, is
0of;
deredt to assemble at PortsmOuth, for instant i 0
irkation. The 67th foot, now at Guernsq,
under orders foT embarkation. ,
A detachment of the lst .battalion of the 9th re'
f,
giment, cons turn, isiing of about soo marched °. -
Friday fr6rn A he. bar rack s, near Canterbury, fur iaill?..
gate, wilcreivis to beernbarked for Portugal-
;flg Ot
The, EXpedition, which is at present ii:t.-..-°-1
i to.,
with great promptitude, is supposed to be deSl..„;,
either for Cadiz of Ceuta. A detachment of LP'
Guards marches this day for embarkation. It GI;
sists of 60 awn from each company. Sir SID of
SMITH, it is said, is to command the naval par Et..,Et..,
this Expedition. The brigade of Guards at C 113,6
brought to town IQ do duty,
ham, which , returned from Walcheren, is 1° L'of
the detachment now diaughted. . ". nifice
An order has been issued from tare
four
- ...i.
for the immediate embarkation of twenty-four eo.7ii
patties of . the tst, 2d, 'and 3d regiments, f°triliti.
and supply the p4ace .
1800 men. Portugal is supposed to be_ their 110
nation.
It has been frequently represented to Governrne.rite
by the Merchants, that the country might deny
of
gr'eat benefit by permitting a free exportatione _
cotton. On Saturday a meeting took place be1!,_e44.....
tli Board of Trade and a Deputation from the 24._70
chants trading to the Brazils on this subjeo, 1vi1!!;,,,.
Government came to the determination of granti.,_l
licenses fur the tree exportation to all ports a.n.`"
places not declared in a state of blockade
regulation : the liCenses will extend to the 61:1
of the Ems.
Cadiz has about 130,000 barrels of flour; atonic!'
ance •of salt provisions, and water for twelve ni0nt1,35,:
Besides there are millions of doliars, trad a I'4'l'3
garrison of 'between twelve and 16,000 of the re 7
gular forces, and 5000 irregulars, wich the sailors
train tie fleet. .
Bills,
The amount of the outstanding Exchequer de
to the latest period to which the same can be rliai„
Up, is 40;827,200i. of which. 6,000,0001. are to be
paid six 'rnolut&atier peace.
the
Sir Goa-E•CILMELEY is apl.cin t d 14.1. .ster to
i c .1. ini ~ 01,
under Otto
Coult 'of- Persia, with 'an appointment of 5(10
a-year,. 'and a retreat of 20001.., a year.
slams Ambassador, it is titeretore to be supposed, l',
''
succeeded in the objet his mission fo'Engkiobjet ov' -
and we understand he takes hiS departure in a re
works. . , Tile l'er;