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

his Lordship -vas saved trom destruction and even en-
abled to repulse the,enemr." •
" Realty, Sir, 'if the-subject were riot of so s..rious
a nattn-e., it would here be impossible to avoid a
hearty laugh. For how stands the argument
general engages another, and. beats him soundly :
welLand good how, did he 'contrive to beat

-his ? it.is scarcely 'credible, Sir, but (he
. R-efie*Ws ascert ih.it it was solely .owing " to alare
"mistake of his adversary, and the extraordinary. bra,
very of his own soldiers." Now as this is guile a
novel ia,e of obtaining vict.ries, and a most sub-
lim discovery of our Northern tae-
ticiatis it is' by me most earnestly recommended to
" the w-rintis consideration of all our commanders both
by-se:i and land!
l yrtl Wt'llington was not only rescued from de-
struction by_ his- encrriy.'s_ rare mistake, and the su-
pt-rior i.,-,llantry 'of I is own troops ; but was en-

abled a; the Revieaeri acknowledge, even to repulse
the. hOs'ile arniy.' At all events then, this, Lord
AVellitigton is a most fortunate commander; and he
shall
.have my Vote for this reasbn at least, if for ",no
- other : for the cognoscenti in these matters, consi-ler
good fortune as altii‘st every thing ; as a, sine q':4
: to a general ; and it must be confessed Lis
Lordship has had extraordinary good fortune, both
at Asve, and Ahmed-NagOr, al Roleia, at yitueira,
on the Vouga,.ois the Douro, and ai TalaVera. , •
`.` The ,• Reviewers continue tl,eir critique by 0-
. serving, that tl.e very same army winch he (Lord
Welliogton) had somewhat whimsically boasted of
having destioyed, a weeks brfore, came on his
and he was compelled to fall- back with
the utmost rapidity on Portugal, drip en out by one
army which he had lit'aten and another which he
had completely destro, ed.' • •

" I have not the tsluallest doubt but that these
gentlemen were highly delighted when they had
finished this slnteuee :—they evidently meant it to
be a chef-Xce4:vre of their tactics ; as it reads re-
markably 'kveli„ and is extremely happy in
The effect, I am' willing to allow, would_baoe been
perfectly irresistible, had not a most unfortunate
failing been connected with the passages I have
just quoted; namely, that in the compass-of` only

two le,s than 11,1/Q misrepresentationsOtcur,
upon the nature and design or which, I ‘t ill -cheer-
• fully leave you, ;.Sir, .and 'the public to' pronounce
j Luigi-neut.
" The Reviewers ,state, that Loid Wellington
boasted of baviiT; COMPLETELY DESTROYED, a few

weeks the very sArne ai a:;y which crino upon
his rear. Did he so ? •It vows incumbent upon them
at lean-to slieW in what dispatih his Lord Ship boastt'd
of having "completely destroyed" that army.--
Mark how a
.filain extract shall put them 'down !
Iti the official letter twin Lord. Wellington to Lord
Castlereagh, dated May hsth, t sog , I find the fol-
lowing words : " Upon the 'Abide, the enemy has
not lost iess than A FQUIITH 01, HIS ARMY, With, all
iris artillery and equipments !! !" Is it thus- then,
that they venture to tni•represeut the very words of
an official dispatch, in order to degrade the-characr
ter of a British General to represent him as igno-
rant of his.profession, and consequently unworthy
the high trusl eol)fi 'ed to hint by nis Sovereign and
iris Country this fair and honourable' crit c;srn ?
" Are the Edinbri gh Ret iewers so completely un-
acquainte-d with all the noblest fei,lii.gs which sictu •
ate the hut; at; heart, as not ,o know that the cliN-
rider of a soldier,.an ! e of a Comm ier-
io-Clriel, upon w[ oth the the. whole world.
are fixed, is dealefio,.birn than ? Is Lot d Wel-
.
li:,gton to be held tip to, his gracious Master, "to the
mri Ole army, to his tel‘ow7countryinen, and to our •
enemies, as Aim( for rid:cule and conterni.t ? Are
all his gloriousachieveinents, which are worthy of
thedays of Cressy, ot Aginco,rt, ot Poictiers, and. of
Blenheim, to he kept studiously in rhe dark ; and all '‘
his pre-eminent s,t-k ices through a life of glory, of
toil, and ot danger, to be snok in the balanec