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

BRITISH IiEVIEW:

A Letter to SAMt7PL NITHITBREAD, Esq. M. P.
upon the Military Conduct of Lord WRLLINGTON,
With some Remarks upon the Marquis WELLES-
-I,Ey's Government in India, and the fatal effeets of
Party Spirit. By Britannicus,

[Continued from the 23d ult.)
"" I know the veneration in which the character
of that great and good man was most deservedly held
in India, as throughout every part of the globe,
wherever his name was pronounced; and that his
word was regarded as equal to the most solemn
. .
treaties : but it by no means follows, that a total
Mr. WINDHAM was among those who opposed alteration in the established habits, or even preju-
Sir S. Romilly's Bill on Tuesday night. After de- dices (if you please) of ages, was to be recommend-
fending the present system of laws on account of ed. .I am well aware, also, that justice and mercy
the mildness with which it was administered, and are the very best and most permanent supports of all
the terror it held out to offenders, he said he could Governments ; but we do not, on that account, di-
not help looking with an eye of jealousy on all such vest the sovereign of, the state and splendour which,
visionary schemes, which had hutrianity and justice conformably with European manners, must of ne-
for their ostensible causes. What had we witnessed cessity surround him, to secure the full reverence
within the last twenty years-? Had not the French due to his exalted station. As well might it be af-
Revolution begun with the abolition of capital pu- firmed, that because justice and mercy are the grand
nishments in every case ? but not till they hal sacri- I essentials in the characters of.our Judges, that it was
,fired their Sovereign, whom they had thus made, no longer necessary to invest them with the flowing
the grand finale
.to this species of punishment. robes, and other marks of external dignity ; and I
When he looked, however, to the millions who know not, Sir, uPon what principle it has been so
had fallen in the course of the Revolution, he could , lately, and in the opinidn of every man so wisely
not but regard all schemes of the kind with an eye :' determined, to augment the salaries of the Judges
of jealousy. He asked, therefore, if such a system I of this Kingdom ; if it was not upon . the full and
as this was, without consideration of any kind, to j entire recognition of the 'principle for which I am
be put up against that of Dr. Paley ? I here contending. I must in the strongest manner
A remarkable.phenomenon is mentioned in the i press upon your consideration, that with respect to
French papers to hale occurred on the 17th of Ja- I every thing connected with the court, with the ma-
nuary, on the mountains in the department of Plai- gistracy, With the public establishments, and public
sauce, where some red snow fell at the ne.nent edifices, these arguments, when applied to any Euro-
when thunder was heard. The snow that after- pean nation, illustrious alike in arts and arms, aug-
wards fell was white'and red intermixed. A French went a thousand fold in truth and justice, when ap-
chemist has applied this phenomenon to the expla- plied to.the Governments of th& East."
nation of the ancient stories of a rain of blood, which I " I cannot resist, upon an occasion'of no common
he supposes to have been red snow. .
• censure against Lord Wellesley, quoting an audio-
.
Miss Pratkowj Lupolowa, celebrated for her rity, to which .1 think even you, Sir, will bow
filial tenderness, died lately at NovOgorod. Six i with the highest respeet. I might perhaps have
years since she walked on foot. from Tobolsk to St. been pardoned, had I pleaded the unrivalled
Petersburgh, (a distance of 400 worsts,) to solicit pomp and splendour of the imperial Autocrat
from the Emperor the. recal of her father, who had i of France, who is supposed to know so tho-
been exiled to Siberia in 1708. 'lt is .on this 04- I roughly the human heart ; but I will beg to refer
cutnstance the play of The Exile, which, by a you to the following extra& from the speech of an
poetical license, places the event. in the reign of Emperor, in talents at least, if not in rank ; I
Elizabeth; is founded. ' mean the Right Honourable R. B. Sheridan. Its

truth
.and justice;Can en:y be exceeded by. its are-.
sistible and ekeuisite huineur, and it was deliverej
iti,a debate upon a farther in-ovisionl4. his 4uy;l
I-ligliness the Prince,Pf Wales. For instance, Sir,
(said M. Sheridan) you wham I have the hopour to
address,anight di,sperrse with thexpensive selendcer
of thacelegantthouse which is now building for you,
and all -t he-state attached to your official suite, vv beli-
ever you are to_ obey the, orders of this house: in go-
irignp to present an address to his Majesty, you will
have no occasion to take with you that shining
bauble which is here the symbol of your power, nor
to travel in that splendid gew-ga),v,ithe gildedcoacl),
at present an appendage of your office. You have
only to,walk to St, James's, Wrapt tiu your virtues
and a warm surtout and if it should ruin, you will
have the privilege of carrying an utnbrelia. There
yvill be no Occasion for all the state attached to the
movements
,ef our Judges on the circuit ; they cafis,
travel in the mail-coaches and the bar move as out-
'side passengers, if they should not ;prefer the salu
tary,exercise of. walking. The chief Magistrate of
our metropolis will have no further occasion to dis-
play all that•splendour, finery, azd raree-show at-
tached to his office, which have „been hitherto the
wonder of foreigners, as the symbols of our national
wealth and civic dignity. You will then hear no.
wore of Mansion-house banquets, of turtle and ve-
nison feasts, ofgorgeous processions on Lord Mayor's
days, of aquatic trips from Blackfriar9 to Westmin-
ster, in gilded barges,, with buds of music and civic
regalia. No ; the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs may pro-7
ceed to St. James's in hackney coaches, and dine on
their return at Dolly's chop-house, instead of ban-
queuing. at Gu;.elia,ll. In short, Sir, by-extending
this saving principle to Secretaries and under Secre-
taries of State, and various other Stare-officers, you
may save Motley, but I question much if you will
thereby improve the popular resped for the State,
or any thing that belongs to it.'
" The Marquis of Wellesley has also been ac-
cused of ambition,

Noble Brutus,
" Hatt told you Cmsar was ambitious I
" If ft were•so, it was a grievous fault.
" And grievously bath Caesar answer'd it P'

" He has not, indeed, been assassinated in the ca..

pilot
by the daggers of conspirators planted in hiS
body; but he has been attacked by the murderous
weapons of envy, hatred, revenge, and malice; -br
• enemies abroad, and enemies at •home; who re-•
semble, in one respea, the assassins of Caesar, that
they have all,tbe alleged ambition of the Marquis-of
Wellesley without his good qualities—and in auotber
'respect thoy differ indeed, but the distinElion is cer-
tainly.not in their favour. Caesar's enemies attacked-
-him, in ,broad and. open day, and risked their avvn,,
lives in 'the attack 'but Lord Wellesley's enemies

attack hith in. the dark ! They, suffer the body indeed.
!' to be untholested ; but they do not hesitate to
strit6 the iron into his soul ! They I.,shoOt.at hint
bitter--'arrows,!' and in spite of a display of the
most rare talents, and a series of the most.splendid
services to his country, they' seek to mangle and des-
troy his honourable name and reputation ;
.they ,
issue. forth from the dens of Reviews and Ne.A s••.-

.papers, and Magazines; and, with a malignity and
a perseverance, of which I - know no example in
our times, they pursue him and his noble-hearted
brother, the Dol of his army, and the strong buckler
of his country, with a rancour andim plat able hatred,
in the highest degree dishonourable to themselves,.
and fatal to the: best intere,ts of tt.e country. Ido
.not complain of the fair, liberal, and necessary dis-
cussion of the charaeter and condud of any states-.
zuan, or any commander. It is my ardent hope,
that such discussion's may ever be the pride and glory
of a great and, above all, a free people ; but the
incessant attacks which the press is daily and
hourly vomiting forth upon these illustrious men,
is p
.reproach to the age we live in, and a dis-
grace to the once generous and manly, chancier of
Englishwri !

The enemies of the Noble Marquis have, with
that disdain of every feeling of grati.ude and con-
tempt of decet,cy so worthy of the school of modeln
philosophy, assailed Lord Wellington with equal ma-
lignity, I‘..ir no other offence than because he was
the brother of the Governor-General of India.
" I will not pollute these pages with the proofs of
these' assertions ; their notoriety supersedes the dis-
gustit.g nects,ity, and they are to be found in every
village in the Empire,!'

;,ili,' ncNJ,

ORAVISENDt MAY f.
Arrived—the Union, Harvey, from Cadiz ; and the Swift,
Logan, from Rio laneiro.
sailed,the Inliane, Toussaint, for India; Transit, Vaux,
far St. Thomas's; Archduke Charles; Moor, for Lima;
and the Lord Cochrane, Bedford, for Cadiz.

BIRTIIS,'
On the 23th ult. in Ely-place, Dublin, the Lady of Co-
lonel the Hon Henry Augustus Dillon, of a Son and Heir.
On Easter Tuesday, at Barham Lodge, Herts, the Lady
of Thomas Haworth, Esq. of a Son.
On the zStil ult. at his house in Bedford-square, the Lady
of Geoige Shedden, Esq. of a Daughter.
On Saturday, at No. 92, Strand, Madame Woolrych, of a
Son.
On Tuesday last, the Lady of William Moore, Faq. of
Dodors* Commons, of a D..ughtcr.

MARRIED,
On the 26th ult. at Kingston, Mr. W. P. Brow.ne, Purse%
of His Majesty's ship Fly, to Miss Mary Anne lluirnes,
daughter of f . Holmes, Esq. of Portsea.
On Tuesday last, Robert 1-lacien, Esq. of the Inner Tent-
pie, to Harriet, daughter of john Stephenson, Esq. ot Great
Ormond. street.
Yesterday, at Mary-le-bonne Church, Captain Lan„ told
Redwood, late of the S ist Regiment, to Miss Willie !Isorf,
daughter of the late Captain lames k illiamson, ot rite Hon.
East-lndra Company's Service.
The same day, at Camberwell, Charles Chitty, Esq. of
Gower-street, to. Miss S. E. I curdan, daughter of ',tint our-
din, Esq, of Peckham Rye.

D LaD.
On Monday last, at Mr. Leworse's house, in Pimlico, Mr.
Levi, a few:
On Tuesday last, at Brompton, after a' long and painful
illness, in Ins math year, Mr. Philip Sydenhatn, late ot
merce-row,.-Blacli4iars, and only son of 11,Irs. Saran Syden-
.
ham, widow.

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