The Sun.
London, England, 1810-03-30 00:00:00

rarder lambs of Copenhagen are 'to take_credit for
their humanity in atiot attracting the attention of
Buonaparte to a quarter where their army might
have been serviceable. The Noble. Lord said that
the enemy had lost 5000 men at the battle of As-
pern. If 40,000 troops had. been sent to Germany
at that eventful period, when a spirit of insurrection
prevailed; a blow might have been struck at Buo-
naparte which would have been of the utmost im-
portance to Austria. Assistance to Austria had not
been withheld •out of regard to the feelings of the
North of Germany; it was our poverty which kept
las from going there. It was 'not a political, but an
arithmetical question-which bad occasioned the de-
• lay. Mr. Huskisson had stated in evidence that the
country had not a guinea to spare. The Expedi-
tion was undertook ; the. House saw .the issue, and
it would call loudly for vengeance on those who had
conducted it; particularly on
,the Right Hon. Gent.
who had told the Duke of Portland and his Majesty,
that the person whom he suffered to conduea it was
not competent to execute the duties of his office.—
The Bight Eon. Gentleman, bya sort of political
justice, had been under tie greatest distractiao while
contending tor power, and the places he had
.cut out
for others had been filled against his wishes. The
point which Mr. Huskiason's evidence 'went to
prove, wag, that let the Expedition proceed, where
it might, to Spain, France,'or Germany, it could not
stir one inch 'from the coast on account of the 'want
of money. How, thets, were tiles- to assist Au-
stria, by devoting a few thousands of Men to disaase
anddeath at Walcheren.? They could not have any
hope of creating a diveision in favour of Austria,
who, when she made an efftirtareceived no adequate
support from us. On the contrary, the abiaet of
:the Expedition to Walcheren was purely Boitish.
Thu Hon. Gentleman and the Noble Lord—he must
allude to them both, and he hoped no harm
'would happen by bringing them together,. howet er
much they .differed, agreed in lasing all the blame
on the eleMents ; and in the midst of aheir boast-
' ings with respea to what had been done; it
.had
been proced by a Court-martial that General Monet
had surrendered without having cut the dyke at
Flushing';Or. had-recourse to other means.-of defence
in his power, while the fort of Bathz had been aban-
doned in a.very extraordinary manner by the Dutch-
Governor ; so that the little success we obtained
was chiefly owing to-the miscondua of the enemy.
After atherting to a comparison between certain
Ministers and the late Lord Chatham, observed,
"that there was this difference—that the latter had
never been guilty of Court intrigue, and while he
obtained the approbation of his, Sovereign, possessed.
the esteem of the People. No leSs unhappy was the
eomnarison between General Wolfe and the Coma
manner of the late Expedition, between whose ex-
ploits it .was impossible to find any resemblance.
Lord Nelson is next spoken, of ; but his "views,
thoi.gh daring, were founded in reason, iii that cool-
test When one of his ships run a-ground ;
.in that
vessti was an Officer in whom he could: tr ust ; what
then was his t Xclamation ? " I am glad he is there._
sail 6etve as a booro others.- The Bade
"of Trafalgar doubled the glory of that achieverneLit,
while that of Copenhagen, though not 'so well.
groonced, was crowned' with success. In his opi-
;non. Lord Chatham had exceeded Eugene and all
the her. es of antiquity. Tie Noble Lord quite
mistakes the nature or General Brown' igg's opinion;
lie says, that it was in favour of the Expedition ; it
was toot, fur ii merely stated that tae spirit of discon-
tent which appeared in that quarter might be en-
couraged. He likewise had mentioned ColUnel
Goldou, and spoken'iather lightly of Sir William
Erskine, on account of his youth ; for his part, he
felt the sinaa rest respea for theiro, and thought that
'an old Man without experience was far. interior to a,
young man with it. It- had been told Lotd Chatlam
had served in the American war ; he lud not, his
-only service was in that disastrous business in Hcl-•
land ; and was this experience sufficient so com-
mand an army o' 40,000 men ? The Noble Lord
has said tt.at a military opinion may-be ,coßipared to
. a lawyer's;. if .such is his opinion, what rogues of
lawyers must he have livecl among,—( Loud (aughiag).-
The various opinions be has so mingled together,
that one might say what Falstaff: says of Jusiice
-Shallow and his man, -So touch Of the one was in the
other' that' it was impossible to 'distinguish them
asunder. The Honourable Member ,then. telated
an anecdate of Buonaparte,which' mooed in. his
first cap, dition to Italy : he brought with hiM
plan of the Catairaign, Which he threw into the file;
but way hid he so He made one- of his own, in
which he foright and conquered. At. another time,
on the etc of an engagement, it was not the Coin-
missioned alone, but the Non-commissioned Of-
ficers he , consulted ; • how different from this
case, where there was • no presnous plan, no pre-
vious consultation. The Noble' Lord had denomi-
nated Sir William" Erskine by the new-cowed title
of .chivalrous ; but he would. give them Lord
Cie:tit-am,- while he would take Sir `Viii: Erskine,
and. then fight him on .hi 4 own terms.. He was
surprised" that the talents of Such a man should
,be depri.ciated ;
,he who bad given the, most
erudite- and clear evidence; whose prophecies Sir E.
Strachart declared had turned out to be true in every
part. In, General Brownrigg's first campaign at
Antwerp, it was in his power to set on fire the.
'shipping and naval stores, but did not do so; in his
second he , succeeded no better. Shall not this
House then severely punish, by its severest cen-
sure, Ministers capable of attempting such wild im-
practicabilities ? Did non General. Brownrigg, when
asked, include in the tithe laid out for the descent
on Sauttliet, the capture of Cadsand, the spiing
of its, guns, and the desouaion of its batteries,
when the pilot who was examined before the Secret
Cooitnittee stated that it would take a week for the
accomplishment of this object alone'? The -Hon.
Member said he would now call the Noble Lord to
a severe account ; he had 'asserted that Lord Chat-
ham was ignorant where the arsenal at Antwerp
was situated, whereas it appeared from the it-twill-
'genet- obtained by the Secret Committee, that he
- was acquainted with its situation ; why then was
this hike-illation withheld from the Commander fire
Chief ? Tlie Hon. Member felt the greatest grail-
ficatioo in acknowledging the adinmtbte conduct of
the Noble Loud who instituted thialliquhy through
the whole progress of examination ; and compli-
mented, in the warmest manner, - the attention, of

Leiters have been received from Dover, wh;ch
state, that yesterday evening a vessel was seen stand-
ing over from • the French coast, wi!lt a Flag of
Truce. This arrival will probably give rise to nu-
merous speculations; but we still retain the opinion'
we before expressed respecting the nature of, this
•
intercourse.

We received New York Papers to the 20th ult. this
morning. The following are their chief contents :
EXTRACT OP A LETTER, FROM AN EMINENT MEMBER

OF THE CONGRESS, DATED ON THE I ITH.

"The Committee will .not report .on MAcoN's
Bill until after they meet on Tuesday. It is hoped
. •
that reason again Kill be the-guide, and the Bill be
amended by striking out the Commercial Restric-
tions. SMITH, HlLLEukusa,-and Clot w FORD, of the
Coinmittee, and a. large ruajorty of the Senate, are
in favour of so doing; It will be a bright day for
commerce to be oi.ce more unshackled from the op-
pression of our own -Government."

EX7'ItACT OF ANOTHF.H .4F.TTER FROM WASHINGTON,

DATED FEB. 4.

" MACON'S Bill has not yet been diseilased in the
Senate. long sleep in the situation it i 4 now

is not much in its favour. I begin to think it will
never wake. in good health."
" NEW-YORK, FEB. 20.--Mr. CLARK, of Albany,
has challenged Da WITT CLINTON. The latter did
not choose to fight, but submitted the affair to the
Senate, as a breach of the privileges of a Member of
that House. The cause of the challenge is not
known.

We have received Portuguese Papers to the 18th
inst.—lt appears that the Princess Elizabeth Packet,
which arrived there on' the 26th ult. had, by an
unfortunate mistake, a contest with the Affleon, an
,English brig of war, on her passege, which lasted
two •hours and a half, when the former ceased .to
fire on account of the superior force of his adversary.
No person was hurt on board the packet, and the
mail was saved.
It is stated in, a letter from Elvas of the 24th
ult. that General' HILL 'had arrived at Portalegre,
with three regiments of horse and nine of foot, and
had a conference with the Marquis DE LA. ROMANA,
a co-operation with whom promised. the most ior-
tunate results.

Paris Papers of the 21st inst. mention the depar-
ture of BUONAPARTE for Compeigne. A well-
dressed female seized the door of his carriage, at
the hazard of her life, and presented a petition, to
which he promised to attend.
The, Portuguese and Spanish Papers concur in
mentioning the cruelties of the French, the increase
of the Spanish armies, and the determination of the
Spaniards to defend their country. The other
._con-
tents of the .Portuguese and Spanish Papers have
been anticipated, and they consist in a great measure
of reports; one of.which states, that the French
,General VICTOR had been killed in an attack, but
does not say when or where .

The Twelfth Report of the Military Inquiry is
published, which embraces, with other important
matter, the rise and progress of Mr. Hunt's official
defalcations in his twice Treasurership of the Board
of Ordnance,.

Yesterday his ,Royal Highness .the Prince of
WALES entertained Lord HEATHFIELD, and a select
party, with an elegant dinner, at Carlton-house.

Yesterday Sir D. DUNDAS gave a grand dinner
to their, Royal Highnesses the Dukes of YORK,
CUMBERLAND, and CAMBRIDGE, the Earl. of _CHAT-
HAM, General GRENVILLE, and a large party, at his
house at Chelsea.

A Court of Common Council was held yester-
day at Guildhall, which was very numerously at-
tended.

A Resolution of Thanks of the Society of Friends
of Foreigners•in DiSiress for the donation of .ttml.
was read and ordered to be entered on the Journals.

A motion was made that a Special Committee
be appointed to inquire whether each Ward of the
City c.ontibute;4 in the proportion it ought to the
consolidated rate, and other City taxes, and to report,
which was negatived.
The Members of the Court, who have seats in
Parliament, were requested to oppose the Bill for
'making Wet Docks at Rotherhithe.
A Court of Common Council will be heid on
Monday next.
'The fleet intended for the Baltic, under the coin-
wand of Vice-Admiral Sir JAMES SAUMAUREZ, it
to consist ofs2o sail of the line; besides frigates and
el vessels.

Colonel Mowraesson is appointed to the command
of the Subsi.liary troops at Poonah.
THE THEATRE.—A new Comedy, intitled How to
Tease and How to Please, was last night represented
at Covent-Garden rheatre. The teazing part of
the business arose from the. bad temper of a wife
fond of power, of one couple, and the libertine
gaiety of the husband in an•other: There was an un-
der-plot arising from the misfortunes and crosses in
a rustic family. The piece was admirably support-
ed by MUNDEN, YOUNG-, JONES, LISTON, and Mrs:
C. KEBIBLE, and thougYit excited much applause
in some parts, it w:is untavourably received in
others. When Mr. YouNG announced the Comedy
for to.morrow night, there ,was a strong hostile
party, as 'well as one of a favourable description.=.
The Ayes, howeser. 'evidently prtdotiiinated, and
it is probable that with some curtailm&its, the play
will be. 'repeated with as much success as has gene-
rally attended similar productions.

sMITHFIELD MARKET, M --ARCH 30.
This day's Market had a good supply of different
kinds of Cattle ; Beef, Mutton, and Pork, are
cheaper than our last report ; Veal
.is dearer; and
the trade in general was but indifferent.—The sales
in the Hay Market were inconsiderable; 'Hay and
Clover have dropped in price since Monday's
Market; Straw obtained last price.—The following
prices and numbers are an accurate statement :

To sink the 011:d per stone of 81b.
Beef 4s. 4d. to •55..&1. Mutton 45. 6d. to ss. Sd. Veal ss.
4d. to 75. ad., Pork ss. od. to 6s. ted.
Beasts 1 too.— Sheep 35oo.—Calves zoo.—Pigs 320.

SMITHFIELD HAYMARKET.
Hay 51. os. od. to 61. 6s. od. Straw al. ss. od. to 31. 3s.
od. Clover 51. xis. od. to 71. ss.

CORN-EXCHANGE, MARCH 30.—The supplies of
-Wheat are considerable, 'mostly this week's foreign
arrivals, of-about 30,000 quarters, which cau,es
heavy s,le at lather lower prices ; Rye and Rape
Seed are dearer ; Barley w ith Malt are each dull
sale; Beans of the two kinds likewise; New Ticks
325. to 38s. per quarter ; Oats are -also in consider-
able supply, and second with inferior qualities are
cheaper; Flour is lower.
Wheat -78 s a 9os a roo
line ditto - ilos a 113$
,lt)e - - - sos a 556
liarley - - 345,a 47$
Malt • - - 705 a 77s
tW bite Pease: - ,68s a 74s
Grey ditto 46s a 52s
Beans (old) -54 s a 6cs

Tick limns (old) 44s a 50S
Oats - 22$ a 26s a 2SS
Polalid ditto 3os a 34s oil
Potatoe ditto 37$ a—s od
Rare Seed - 501 a 551
tine Flour -135 s a yos
Seconds - - - /Sos a Sis