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

TO THE EDITOR OF-7'HE SUN.

LORD WELLINGTON!

SIR,
I-i iving read in the Morning Chronicle of the
17th instant a debate that took place in the-House
of Comtnons respe&ing the grant of a Pension for
the support of the'Peerage bestowed upon the above
named gallant Officer,l cannot resist requesting the
indutgence to offer, through the medium of your
Paper, a few _remarks upon the local circumstances
and advantages that resulted to the kingdom of Por-
tugal from the victories achieved by the hero in
question, which appear to have been totally over-
looked by the Senators who thought fit to oppose
the Proposal for such a Pension-; but which a resi-
dence (at the time. the victories were achieved)
among the people Lord WELLINGTON IS now in-
spiring by his presence, and protecting by his ardour,
gave me an opportunity to know and to admire.
After the battles of Roleia and, Vimeira, the.
name of WELLE,LEY - resounded in testimonies of
esteem, and shouts of admiration from one end of
Portugal to the other. The French were proved to
be by no means infallible ; the boasted heroes of
Austerlitz and Jena fiew bef ,re the British bayonets.
Their disastrous defeat was seen and known to the
people, its consequences felt and appreciated, and
its-truth fully certified, notwithstanding the Con-
vention that followed.

At the return of Sir ARTHUR • WELLESLEY to
Portugal, -after the Inquiry had taken place relative
to the Convention of Cintra, 'nal-41page can de-
scribe the demon•drations of joy wi:h which he was
received. The motnent it was known his foOt- had
touched the shore, the air resounded with the
shouts and acclamations of •milbons—" Long live
great George:o" " Long live our hero WELL-Est.sy."
(The sound still vibrates on my eat as it then atfect-
ed m; ht-art.)—Blessingq•and benedidons folloWed
the• wheels of his chariot:` for' three stn:Cessie'
nights ev?ry corner of the city blazed in gene.al
illei-
minations ; every eye beamed wish itle. sure to be-
hold him ; every heart btirst out in raptl-0 to o.ti.t
his return. "The nation rose to arms vsth ardour;
the yoting. Were en:o-liA, the oict give th-ir
A spirit of (ktestation 't6 their tot mer op-
pressors' became universal, and every day more
and more apparent. Confidence resumed its place
on the merchant's brow - the shi,ps -d;;played
bona! w,-•alth ; the rate. of Exchange_ dis,
count upon pa. err ; in shoe', e%ery-thing
appeared attested by the thfl.;,erice of-WiLLEtiLEy's
presence.

These are citenmstances 'known to every man
then in Lisbon--eirt nm,tanc,:s that Lord \V EL-
LINGT4;N rould not to the -,-lendournf his con-
,io"ns, or extent ot ilpir political influence—they
catild -only troM the grititude of a :people
whoa he had rescue I and pr tetted--•-a people'
whom la- han,aain returned to, -tor the purpose of
ricking ~is reputation 'in their behdf. The
splendid business of the Douro soon follo.ved his re-
turn ; than which nothing liner in the annals of mo-
dern war has :been accomplished ; —nekt, the
matchless. battlnot Talavera ;• during which, praise
for the personal exertions of ,the Commander in.
• chir dwells talon- every tbugue, for wherever the
battle raged, and where it raged the most, was he
to be seen, animating 'the troops to, enthusiasm by
his soul-inspiring eye, and pointing the' path to
glory, as percei,ed 'midst the din'of battle anA the
clasa of arms, by hi-, cool and enlightened mind:,
It has been attempted :t0 contrast the rewards for
these v arias with those'bestowed upon the neVer-
sufficiently to be lamented, immortal hero NELSON :
but it should be recollected, that such a hero is the
wonder of centuries ; for besides the bravery with
which thousands and tens of thousands of English-
men are equAlly endued, the' goo.l fortune of op-
portunities tbr its exercise, and manifold escapes
from its consequences; may never happen .to another

• 'lhe Gentlemen who appear to have spoken most
in opposition to the pension solicited (Mesiri.
WIMBRE AD and CALcaAFT) may both be excel-
lent Generals in theory, but perhaps never yet saw
a shot fired in anger; it is one thing to contemplate
the position of an army in the closet, and another to
dired its operations in the field; so is it one thing
to act in the awfully responsible profession of arms
in hopes to meet the approval of a grateful country
for intention as well as effect, and another to com-
ment. and clampUr upoi) past -occurrences when'no
responsibility, or even obligation•to attend to .truth,
attaches to the commentators,

Much has been said of titles and
_rewards pro-
cured by political corm-a:lions, but I will contend
that where four battles have been fought in little
More that one year, in all of-•vs'llicli (mules 'British
valour Was Inlly put to the test,•and in all of-which
Britain's glory, by the. prowess of her soldiers,
.has been proudly pre-rniinent, the man, be he
whom he may, that had the .I,rtune to command,
and wisdom to dired to sit. h happy results, merits
every honour and reward hitherto bestowed upon
Lord WELLINGT*N. Besides,-is it nothing to have
roused a nation's energy, to be its idol, and still
stand forward to dire its forces ?"am not, Mr.
Editor, one of those that abandon the cause of Spain
because the French hate there a temporary footing ;
the spirit of deteStatiOn with which the people of
that country behold, think, or speak Of their unjust
oppressors, must first be, conquered 'ere. the nation
is subdued; and that epoch is yet remote. I enter-
-tAin no'doubt of a noble struggle being made for the
independence of Portugal ; the natives will, to,-a
man, rally afirm phalanx -round.their favourite hero
in the hour
.of danger, if he is left to their hopes—
provided the.disgraceful despondence pervading some
of our daily prints, and which cannot be sutlicient-
ly deprecated, does mot induce them to despair; and
'provided the hero, to whom they look for their sal.:
vation is not cramped in every means it is still in
Britain's power to afford, and in the wish and breast
of Britain's Monarch to furnish. I speak with .a
proi)hetic spirit-4,et a determined stand be made
in Portugal under Lord WELLINGTON ! So organiz-
ed, it will cost BUONAAIITE more men, trounle,
and treasure, again to subjugate that justly irritated
people, than his subjects, vassals as they are, will
approve of Or submit to.
I am, Sir, yours, &c.
Deptford, Feb.2o, 18 W.

CANDIDUS.

BIRTH.—On- Monday last, of a Son, in Upper
Grosvenor-sgreet, the Lady Of JOHN BArtßow; Esq.
of the Admiralty.

•••••=O,- , -

DUBLIN, MARCH I.

I Yesterday being appointed a day of genera! fast
and humiliation, was observed with the strictest re-:
sped and attention in this city.-- .
DREADFUL Film—About due o'clock on Toes-
day morning the 'very extensive and valuable wool,
len martufatiory of Mr. Lambert, the army clothier,
at 4athfarnhatn, was discovered to be on fire—the
flames were so great that they' were discernible from
Dublin. ',ln a short time our worthy Sheriff, Sir
Edward Stanley, repaired to the spot with a mili-
tary guard, attended by Mr. Quinton,.of tie Pipe.
Water Establishment, and an engine from Dublin ;
they were shortly after joined by Sir Charles
Vernon and Captain Gore, one of the Lord Lieute-
nant's Aide-de-Cany, who had been dispatched
by the humanity of his Grace,- to obtain infortnao-
tion, and afford every assistance in their power, bur
notwithstanding the united and indefitigable exer-
tions of all those persons until day-light in the morn-
ing, we are sorry to be obliged to report that the
fire raged with so much violence, that the entire of
those -valuable concerns have been burnt to the
ground : we hear, however, that no life has been
lost, •atiti that the premises were insured.
Thursday.fortnight, ,the house of John .Stack, oF
Gursene, in the vicinity of Tralee, Ireland, a
wealthy farmer, was entered by 14 or I 5 ruffians,
who, after tying the maid seri;ant, and a 111•1!1
lay in the kitchen, demanded from Stack, who lay
in an adjacent room,
.that he should deliver them a
saddle, wiiich was hanging up in. the kitchen, bat
they refused to take it.unless he came out to give it
himself; this, however, he declined, as he was
aware that the visit of so many 'viilains well armed,
must be.tuacle with a different intent than • to de-
prive him of a saddle, especially as the rest •of his
family -was absent that night at a I.veddiT,g in 'the
neighbOurhopd,.. They then made different attempts
to force the room door, ..wbich he. defended for -a
considefable tine wit h•a pitchfork ; at length, how-
ever, attei using several stratagems, and firing thee.)
shots,_ they succeeded in forcing an
.ectratice and
having bound :him very securely, They robhed:the
hou,e of between 701. and 801. in cash, to four-gui-
nea rtiates.ut the bank of AlessrP, Pike, ui)w3rds- of
nine guineas in silver, and to the amount of6ul. on
clothes and. wearables.