The Sun.
London, England, 1810-04-24 00:00:00

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how- 37' EET th'r,l6E.--Our eadcrs s iii recollea
the circumstance of Ensign,. Cowell having, beep.
fired at near St. Margaret's Church; iii Old Paloce-
yard, on Monday right, during the late-disturbances.
On the moruing of the `Wedntsday, following; as•
Thomas Hassell, a groom, :iii the employ of the
Duke of Cainbridge; was exercising a" horse be-
longing to his .Royal Highness, on the Pare in St.
James's Park,sat the time the Guards' Were about to
_march off to Si. James's Palace, a towngrianof bii,
of the name of Henry Blacklin,. who is a gentle-
man's
,servant out Of employ, acosted him. Being •
old acquaintances, they entered into conversation as
~usual, and Blacklin; observing the purple.ribbon,on.
the harness, upon the head of the horse,_ asked_whe-
ther they were Sir Francis turdett's colours, and it
it was put upon, the horse to rejoice that Sir Francis
was gone to the Tower ? The groom replied, that
-was not the case, , but that the ribbon was merely
the regimental 'colour to
.whist, his Royal Highness
belonged. Blieklin observed, that the Regiment of
Life Guards had behaved extremely ill during the late
disturbances.; one of them had. been killed, and' he
wished they had all, been shot.
He further observed, that-he knew tire man who
shot at Ensign-Cowellrits Old Palace-yarcl,--and .was
standing within two yards of him when he discharged
the pistol : the prisoner also made some other ob-
servations rest ecting the conduct of the troops, which
induced the witness to mention the-conversation to
the Duke of Cambridge the 'first opportunity, 'and.
be reported it to the Secretary of State for the some
Departtnent,.and 'on tile Saturday following a war-
rant was issued from that Office against Blacklin.
He was apprehended, and underwent dn exafnina-
tion there, when he dented the principal parts of
the conversation with the groom respecting his
knowing the man, and being near him when he
shot at Ensign Cowell.' Several .Gentlemen who
were on
,the. spot at the time . the pistol was dis-
charged, attended, to see if they could identify the
prisoner, h4ing been there at the time, but they
were not a'ble to do it. The prisoner was, how-
ever, cOrnmitted for a miOerneanor, 'upon the evi-
dence of the groom, charged with refusing to give
evidence upon the capital charge, to Tot hill-fields,
Bridewell, where he remained till yesterday, when
!Ie was brAtught to Bow-street Office, and admitted
to bail. • -

A respectable Gentleman attended for him, who
said he could prove, beyond the possibility ofa doubt,
that the prisoner- was,-.tictort: the spot at the tune
Ensign Cowell was shot at, but that he was another
Pace, and he was at a loss to conjecture what could.
have inducedhim to §ay he knew the man who dis-.
charged the pistol. -
Three Jews, of the_ names of Bennett, Isaacs,
and Abrahams, were yesterday brought to Bow-sreet
Office, from St. Clement's watch-house, charged•
withsknotking a Gentleman down in the Strand. nn •
Sunday :night, and behaving in a very outrageous.
manner., :The Geptleman very
.humanely agreed
not toproseeute them, on condition of their paying
51; to the .poOr of the parish. Mr: Read observed,
that the Gentleman hail exercised a deal of forbear-
ance, and, that they would not have fared so well if
they had gone to the Sessions.
PUBLIC OFFICE, WORSHIP-STREET. Yesterday
Sarah—Puryer underwent a final examination, being
charged with the wilful murder of John Puryer, her
busband,a mat-maker, i n French-alley, Shoreditch, by
striking him on the. bead with a wooden mallet while
he was in bed, which was proved to be the cause of

his death ;_ the fads being sworn to, she was fully
committed to Newgate for trial.—The prisoner also.
stands fully committed upon the Coroner's Warrant.
Claik was charged upon The oaths of
Matthew Wall and others, with stealing a quantity
of books and papers, the 'property •of the United
tompany,of Mer Chants trading to the East Indies :
the property being found in the possession of the
prisoner, and the saine being identified, he was -fully
committed to Newgate fortrial.
Thomas Crothall, for stealing several articles from
the house of Mr.john.DoWding; in Banner-street,
St. Luke's, on the charge being made out; was fully
Committed to Newgate for trial..

Sir. FRANCIS BULDETT'S,ROSWer to the letter ad-
dressed' to him by his partylof Westminster Elec-
tors,-Is exaEtlfin the styleof hjs political preceptor,
HORNE TooßE's, letter to Ju NIUS. Like that hoary
demagogue, quotes verses without mercy,' and
We may apply the words of JuNius, alluding to
Hon NE TOOKE, to his obSequious-pOpil, vii. "- The
Gentleman deals in fiEtion•,'and naturally appeals to
the evidence of the Poets.". •

An Officer belonging to the avdalus frigate,
states,--that while that vessel was lying off St. Do-
mingo; in 1868, a shark, 16 feet in length,.. was
caught with a beck -,and bait; which, on being
hoisted on board, was found to contain in its maw,
a calf that had been thrown overboard a few hours
before. Three other sharks,
.of equal size, Were
subsequently caught : in the last of which was found
u 2 lit ing young ones, a turkey, and hawk's-bill
turtle, two feet six inches in, length, and one foot.
• nine
,broad ; which, immediately aftfzr its release,.
swam about a tub of water, appirently not in the
least injured by its confinement.

At the late sessions 'in 'Bristol, the trial took
.place of a Baronet, for an offence alleged to haVe
been cOmMitted against a young woman in , that
city, and to whiCh we alluded in a paragraph in
.pur
paper in December last.. A verdict of acqpittal was
given, to' the satisfaction of every one present ; and
we now find that all the circumstances. of 'the,
charge were originally misrepresented to us, and
that there was in truth no foundation for any charge
at all, the-3.0.1°1e having originated in a most foul.
conspiracy to -extort money.
The Gentleman is justly entitled to, the thanks
of the public,. for having met the accusation
,in so
proper a way, and we trust the 'conspirators will be
prosecuted.

TUE MINN.—We understand: that a publi-
cation, in the Manner of the Spectator,. made its
appearance on Saturday last, containing several cha-
Taeteristics front realltte-; and that. such has been
the detwind at Eara's and COUiEURN'S as to- make
'a reprint necessary. The papers we believe are
chiefly' from the pen of the Author of the Essay
atter. the Minnerof Goldsmith, in the European Ma-
gazine, aud.of the wort entitled " Hours, of Lei-
karc.7 •

70NDUCT kf the u21,1,-rk.b

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To t4e Right Han. the MARQUIS WIELLESLtY;

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BY A BRITISH
(Continued train yesterday.}

LETTER IL

•I shall rkow-proceed, to -prove that Mr. Jack or
did not rise; any language in :1,-iiscorrespendence.with
the ArliFtre-gb-Secrecary Of state,-Conveying the im
plication so offensive to their Government; but th'at:',
in the letters to which Smith refers, ..not only
the general tenor of his language implies a different
.tneaning, but one 'most pointed and particuLlr
-
sage expressly ascribes the ktio7ledge of the Arne-
,
rican Government of the restriction. iniposednpoit
Mr. Erskine to a , different source, and a subiequent
periediothat complained Of.. • .

•
I must be perthi tied to remind
.my readers, that the.
only*:.cuiaimon.-against Mr. Jackson fiat he implied
insinua.keel44-t.the-Arnerican Government k cow of
the reqriction,imposed-tipon Mr.
•Erskine by his in- _
struct`i us,arthe tithe they concluded The arrange-
ment with -hitn.'7The American. Secretary of State, in
his let ter of Nov. 8, 1809,, states, that he had com-
municated to Mr. Jackson, that the declaration con-
tained in. his-, Mr. JaCkson's; letter of tilt; i ith
of October, viz. " that the -dispatch from Mr,
Canning.. to Mi. Erskine of the 23d of January%
vas the only-dispatch by which the conditions pre-
scribed to Mr. Erskine for the conclusion of an ar-.
rangement on,. the matter to' Which it related, was
'then for the first time made. to -the American Gt_.
t-!rninent,"-he goers on to state, that, having adv.ert-
ed in his letter of the Ist November; to a repetition,
in Mr. Jackson's letter of the 23d of Oolober, of
language implying a knowledge in the:American,
Government, that the instructions of Mr. Erskine
did not authorize the arrapgcment formed by iotn;
he had intimated to Mr. jackson that alter toe ex._
plicit and pereinptOrr aSSeyeraticn that ts,e Am:.*ican
Government had not any such know-ledge, no such'
'insinuation could be"admitted, and that.; finding Mr.-
Jackson in his reply of the 4th of Novowber, had .
usedlappagewhich could not,be understood but 2s
reiterating and' even aggravating the sank- gros
sinuatiOnno4utther communication would b.t
cei,vo

In this letter the acctriation is dillinaly set forth;
and we have only to recur to the letter3.refertt.d
to decide whether. it is supported by theTroof tiat
is-addticed. Although Mr. Jackson i 3 firv. accused.
.of making this offen,ive implication in h s letter of
the 23d of Qdober, yet as it is s:..ted td be Con...
veyed 'by :the, repetition of language preti us-
ly'
used in his Ith of the s'4me_
'month, I shall examine what he says upon the sub-
jed in ilia letter, conned the statement there m.de
with the language used in, that of .the Q3d,of-0ct0..!
ber, 'and leacie*it to my- readers to decide whether
they.imPlytthnowledge, on the part of the American
. Government, of the restriction —imposed on Mr.-
Erskine, at the period .of concluding' the, arrangement
with hinr;.. if they do not—if the implication itself
does not exist, it can neither have`been reiteratz
ed in the letter of the 4th of Novernbzr..

The onlyparagraph in Mr. Jsickion's letter of the
ilth of Oduber, to I.vhich. the •Atuericati.Seeretary
aState.can have alluded, is that which begins with
stating,
that it was not known, when Mr. JaCkson
left
sngland, whether Mr.. Erskine had -common'.
cated to Mr. Smith his. instructions in extens% rind
ends wit-it-the assurance :that the dispatch froth .Mr:
Canning was • the only one which authorized Mr:
Erskine to Conclude an arrangement with the Ame-
rican Government. On pernsing this passage we find
Mr: Jackson admits that- Mr. Erskine's instructions
had nOrbeen communicated in extenso-to. the Ameri-
can Government, at the time the arrangement was
made,but that' he had learned from the. offi-
cial correspondeme upon; the - subject, that
the three conditions. contained in them had been
submitted to their, Secretary of State. and that -
he had 'proposed Others in lieu of thetti ; and
Mr. Jackson contends; that the very adof sub-
stitution aims that the three conditions had been
very exp.liejapt,communicated to him: ',Thus far we
do not :get beyond an assertion on the part of Mr.
jackson, that the-three conditions had been very
.explicitly _made known. to the American. Govern- •
ment', and this assertion is accompanied with an ad-
mission that the whole dispatch had not been"coM-,
municated to them.,--But let us proceed-7"..1.=ed
hardly add, says Mr. Jackson, that the difference be:
tween these conditions, and those Ontained in the
arrangement of the 18th and t6th of April, is suffi-
ciently:obvious, and that, under such circumstances,
his Majeao had an undoubted right to disavow the
at of Mitiister." m Fro the above passage, no-
thing 'lnOte can be infereed than this,—the three
propesitic;ns which were• submitted to you,. did, in
fad, contain the only terms upon which Mr. Erskine
was autt4ised to- conclude an arrangement :. yon
cannot but perceive the difference bet Ween them,
and those which he ilcceptecl ; ..and as the Minister
violated 'his instructions, his Sovereign hada right_
to disavow his ad. 'Mr. ,Jackson does 'not confine
this privilecie*of his Sovereign, to a case where the
other party privilege
that the instrpaionshad been.de-
.
parted•ftnm, hut states; generally, that. the,Mtnister
having eXceeded .his 'authority, his Government is .
not bound to. fulfil the ,contrad into which lie 'leid
entered,'-. It. would carry us from the -Sohjed, to
discuSs...the, validity of Mr. Jackson's argument its
support of .this.position ; 'our attention lot [tie
sent should be confined to the question udder exa-
-tuination ; and I. would .ask any, man' of common
Candour,- whether he can yet discover any thng to
warrant the. implication, which Mr. Smith a;SSCriSI
have heen,,somewhe.re.madeand if it is not .con-
tained in the preceding part of the paragraph, it can
no.. where be found. in that which fellows ;: for every
line ,of • it,:ilar „ froin.insinuating that the American
Government, knew that Mr. Erskine was so restrict-
ed,, isAr4t4 to
.remove from their minds a sup-
poS4innlr-,T , hich Mr. Jackson appears to- apprehend.
they,eintertained.—that Mr. Erskine had irrstrudious
.which did authorize him to. conclude.the arrange=
ment as he thad made it.—". I must, here allude, says
Mr. Jacksop, toa supposition.which you have mere
than once mentioned to me, and by whichrif it. had
any the sightest/foundation, this right of his Wes-
ittnight perhaps have been in some degree affected,.
that Mr. Erskine had two • sets of instrudions, by
which to regulite his cotidud, and that upon one of
ypich had rat been communicated either`to
you. public, was-to be rested the justifica-