The Sun.
London, England, 1821-07-24 00:00:00

FOR THE SUN.

Deal, July 21, 1321.
Mr. EDITOII,----I am an advocate for truth, and
the simplicity of facts, unwarped by.thedistortions of prejudice,
and uninfluenced by the bias of party ; I therefore trust you
will not hesitate to insert this -article,. in reply to a paragraph
which appeared in your columns a few days since. To pro-
nounce fairly on the merits of any particular question, it is re-
quisite that we dismiss from our minds every partial disposi-
tion, and also that we maturely weigh every argument which
may be adduced in support of one side, as well as the other,
otherwise the conclusions we arrive at may be deduced from
false and erroneous premises. An action which, simply and ab-
stractedly considered, appears incapable of defence, is often
viewed in a very different light when we are in possession of
the whole of the circumstances which may be urged in allevia-
tion or vindication. I will not pretend to determine whether the
late outrage on public decorum at Deal was provoked or unpro-
voked, or whether any circumstances justify the infliction of a
punishment which cei tainly approximates to the barbarism of
uncivilized life ; these inquiries are extraneous to my present
object, which is simply to expose the fictitious representations
contained in your Paper on this painful subject, and which, I
venture to add, have been dexterously interwoven with the fabric
of the tale. Truth, Sir, never descends to borrow the fugitive
colouring of falsehood, and where a.great deal of the latter is in-
sidiously mingled with the former, I am uncharitable enough to
suspect that the writer's motives are extremely equivocal. -
In the first place, will your Correspondent condescend to in-
form the public, by what curious process he has managed to
transmute two watermen into oflicers of excise, and upon what
grounds he is authorized to impose on your readers by palpable
misrepresentations ? 'The truth of the matter is, neither Smith
nor Payne were employed in the ostensible service of the excise,
and therefore the remark as to their having made themselves
obnoxious by the performance of their official duties is neither
more nor less than a contemptible fabrication obviously intend-
ed to exasperate unnecessarily the public feeling. But this is
not the only instance of disingenuous artifice of which I com-
plain; your Correspondent says, " that the sufferers were strip-
ped quite naked, and that they were rescued, half-dead, by the
police officers."—Very grave assertions indeed! but fortu-
nately devoid of every vestige of truth. I am disposed to be-
lieve your Correspondent's imagination is a little infected with a
predilection for the romantic, or that his fancy, unchastised by
the curb of reason, like a wild colt, has run away with his judg-
ment; for neither ofthecircumstances he has recordedare borne out
by the truth of the facts; admitting the persons of Paine and
Smith were partially exposed,- the words quite naked evidently
import too much, and are calculated to create a false impression
on the public mind ; and with regard to the rescue, no Police
Officers were present at the spectacle, consequently no moles-
tation could be offered from them ; the personal injury Payne
and Smith received was not of a serious character. I myself saw '
Payne yesterday in apparently good health. I leave the public
therefore to determine, what measure of credit is due to your
Correspondent, when he gravely asserts that both were in a
deplorable condition. Alove of truth and a determination
(laudable I hope) to repel unfounded aspersions on the town
of Deal, which has been in various instances degraded in the
eyes of the community, are the only motives with which I am
animated ; the character of the Deal people has been deduced
from a false standard, founded on the misconduct of a few in-
fatuated individuals, whom iron necessity has goaded to des-
peration and a violation of the laws. As a collective body the
inhabitants of Deal I am persuaded will yield to none in un-
shaken loyalty and a practical recognition of the common
offices of humanity ; in support of these assertions I appeal to
the history of facts, and the irresistible evidence of truth. I
appeal to hundreds whose lives have been snatched from the
deluging tempest by the gallant exertionsof the Deal boat-men,
at a time when the cheek of many a favourite hero would have
turned pale with dismay, without any other reward, save that
arising from the proud consciousnesu of having offered a tribu-
tary meed on the altar of humanity. VE.RITAS.
4.* The paragraph to which our Correspondent refers, and
which appeared in THE Sus( of the 13th inst., was not origi-
nally in that Paper, but was taken from one of the Morning
Journals.

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THE SUN.

SOLEM QUIS DICERS FALSUM AUDEAT

LONDON,
TUESDAY, JULY 24, 1821.

The Paris Journals of Saturday, which arrived
this morning, contain extracts from the Austrian
Observer of the 10th instant, which give gloomy
statements respecting the situation of the Greeks
in Moldavia and Wallachia. (See a preceding
column, under the head of " FOREIGN INTELLI-

GENCE.")
Another account from Vienna of the same date
says, that the late defeat of YPSILANTI was
chiefly owing to the defection of the Wallachians,
who, in the heat of the battle, went over to the
Turks. The latter not having followed up their
advantages, YPSIIANTI has been enabled to take
up an impregnable position in that part of the
mountains which lies between the Bannat and
Transylvania. In the Morea the affairs of the
Greeks appear progressively improving. The
Peleponnesians have marched a considerable
force into Thessaly, where they formed a junc-
tion with the insurgents of that country and
the Agrapbiots, and the whole have advanced as
far as the neighbourhood of Cosani, in Macedo-
nia. The insurgents are organized into battalions
by experienced Greek, French, English, and Ger-
man officers. Another article from Vienna states,
that the Ottoman Porte hai' thought proper to
recall its Charges d'Affaires at the Courts of
Austria, France, and England, and means to
carry on in future its diplomatic relations with
those Courts through Ministers Plenipotentiary.
The Turkish Charge d'Affaires at Vienna has in
consequence presented in due form his letters of
recall to Prince METTERNICH.
An article from Frankfort of the 14th instan t
says, that many vague reports have been
in circulation there respecting the late
oc-
currences near Dantzic. We now know that
a conspiracy was formed with the view of
operating a political change in Prussia. The
Prussian Government are taking active measures
to discover all its ramifications, and a great many
persons, who are supposed to have been impli-
cated in it more or less, have been arrested.
The chief of this conspiracy was an inspector of
Forests residing at Bromberg, who belongs to a
noble family. He had gone so far as to address
a Proclamation to the people and the army; ex-

citing them to overthrow the existing order o
things.

From Naples we learn that several
arrested some months since, as being most active
in bringing about the late Revolution in that
countly, have been set at liberty, on giving
security for their appearance when required.
Among these persons are the following distin-
guished members of the Neapolitan Parliament:
SIGNORI BORELLI, POERIO, ARCOVITO, and
PETRINELLI. On Sunday, the Ist instant,
General AUGUSTIN COLONNA STIGLIANO was
arrested.