The Sun.
London, England, 1816-12-17 00:00:00

BRIGHTON, DEC. 16.

Tier MA-TESTY land the Princess ELIZABETH,
mirth their retinue Of attemlaots, left the Pavilion
tivio morning for Windsor Castle.

The Duke and Duchess of GLOUCESTKR took a
long Walk in the vicinity of the town during the
greater part of the day.
As her Majesty was leaving the Pavilion Ibis
Warning, it was requested that the carriage might
wove at -a slow , pace, in order that the Royal
Party might notice the fine regiment of the .51st
Light Infantrv„who were drawn up near the gates,
.stud presented arms as her Majesty passed. The
view of these brave Waterloo heroes, and. did
tsumber of persons- collected to see.the:Royal-ca.
Valcade at so early an hour, who respectfully sa-
inted, highly gratified her Majesty,who repeatedly
testified her pleasure to the concourse of specta.
tars and the compliments of the military.
The good folks of Brighton, from observing
the ctinitant interchange of affectionate attentions.
between the young married pairs (Princess Char-
roue and Prince Leopold and the Duke -and Du-
Oess of Gloucester) are convinced, that. if do-
mestic matrimonial happiness are enjoyed
41ifin earth) they are the lot of these distinguished
persons.

DRURY.LANR eATHR.—Last night the Opera
ter Robin Hood,' abrid.ged into two Acts, and in-
troducing Mrs.JoN as from Cheltenham as 'Clarinda,
;1" performed at this Theatre. The new Singer
1$ very sharp, and the piece very fiat.
At the Doblin Theatre last week Mr. YouNG
plAyell Richard 111., Hml Mr. PAy NB Richmond—
. Mr. CONWAY performed Ealconbridgein King John,
Si) that the capital of the sister isle is at this pe-
tiod well stored with dramatic stars.
YARNOLD is to be the Hortequin,, and P,“an
the Clown, in the new Drury-lane Pantomime,
'which is founded on the story of Three-fingered
;tack, in M. EDWARDS'S History of the West
ladies.
The Right lion. CHARLES and Mrs. LONG are
expected in town this day, front their seat at
it
rninkY Hill; to-morrow they intend leaving
town for the Pavilion, Brighton.
We understand (says a Dumfries Paper) that
ih
bn b;rlh-day of nor Scottish Bard, Do atis, is to
ince,lehritted ninny -respectable towns in both
Sentianit this season.
117,4 reliort prevailed at Boulogne that ynong
had been apprebewled in that town by an
e'er front Bow-atteet,, who had been sent in
of hint. A private letter front Boulogne,
tell the 12th, says that the repot( was tally ere-
t" for several hours. The story was ItIOSt
iii-
o),_utely ciretimstantial, but proved to be totally
lestitut
-e of foundation.
LAVITTE, the daughter of the 6.111.1011 S
Ti4",el. Pitt is, died a fete days since. Her
"v do celebrated witb t great PolaP the chuf ch
',Saint Rutile
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TO UZNlil kr, 1:;\)74

AT ST. HELENA.

We copy the following curius Lefler, from Mr.
GOLDSMITH. to General 13uosTArAaTE,-from the
Auti•Gallican of Sunday. We were not aware
that Foreign Governments bid so high a price for
bribing English Journals, as is herein stated.

-Si 11,---The last time I addressed you WAS through
the medium of this Journal, (the dnti-Galliran,)
Nov. 7th, 1813. , 1 conceived myself obliged to
do so at that time, from your having caused an
article to be inserted in the Leipzic Journal,
stating your surprise that the Crowe Prince of
Swum.: could so far forget his dignity as to
sanction the productions which issued from .the
brains of a GOLDSMITH, &c. &c. 1 feel myself
at present equally called upon to address you.—
But I shall here premise that the object of this
letter is not to insult the fallen fortunes of a man,
who, it not truly great, was certainly once in the
opinion of all, truly. formidable. Affliction is
guarded by a rampart of sensibility, which no man
'of generous feelings ought to assail. When you
rode the whirlwind, and directed the storm, yon
were a fair object of hostility ; hut now that your
situation is so very different, you are no longer
my enemy. Personal animosity I have none, nor
had I ever ally towards you ; and I will even now
say, what I have said -more than once, that from
your hands I received much personal kindness :
and if my conduct towards you may weer the op-
pearance of ingratitude, that conduct must be ex-
plained and defended on public considerations :
neither private feeling, nor-any motives of private
interest, ever compelled. toe to act the part I have
done.—lndeed, as to the impossibility of the latter
motive having influenced my conduct, no person
is more competent to speak on that subject, anti
in my favour too, than yourself.—The ten ship
•licences•which you offered ine in-the spring of
1812, merely to cease writing against you,,would
have been a powerful temptation to a man under
the influence of personal interest. M. de la
Barthe, who was your Agent on that occasion,
ktiows the answer Which I returned—au answer
which, in the opinion of the world, would make
. me appear as is madman, for who in his senses, it
may be said, would 'refuse .a bribe of 200,0001.
sterling, meetly to•he silent ; but call it madness,
or -call it patriotism, (such you know was the
fact,) •my hostility to your power was therefore
founded on public principles. Another and the
strongest proof of the independence of tuy.princi-
ples is, that though Thy brains (such as they were)
contributed in a great degree to your downfall,
they have not thereby contributed to ostablish my
private fortune in any degree ; if the knowledge
of this circumstance be any consolation to you,
you have it front thyself. But every man who has
experienced the vicissitudes of life, knows as well
as I do., that this world is nothing more than n
dunghill, sprinkled., it is'true, with rose-water ;
but stilt it is a dunghill.—The sun, could he help
it, would not deign to shine on it.
To the point—n-,The object of this Letter is a
justification of my character as an Author, Pe -
ceutly attacked" by you, in a most unwarrantable
manner. Mr. ‘Vardi!n,. surgeon of the Northum.
berland, has lately• published a book ie this city,
giving an account of several conversations which
he with you, in your passage, and after your
arrival at Saint Helena. The hook is much rend.
In the coarse of his work, the Doctor relates a
conversation which he had with you on the sub-1
ject of the death of • Captain Wright—you were
anxious, it appears, to wipe away any stain on
your character, from the idea very generally en-
tertained of• your having canoed hint to he mur-
dered. A book compiled by me, was referred to
by you, in your justification,—that book is a Re-
ceuil, or collection,
.in seven volumes, of the De-
crees and otherimperinl acts of your Government.
The justification you sought for, was not to be
found in my work, namely, to ascertain the pre-
• ci.se time of Captain Wright's death ; awl - Mr.-•
•Warden says, that you repeatedly and firmly in-•
suited that I had intentionally withheld the docie,
went, and that that must have been the cause of
any doubt remaining as to the truth of your as-
tion respeet.ittg the time of Capt. ‘Vriglit'e death.
Now, Sir, I have to state, in answer to, this se-
Hoes charge, that the Monileurs, frotm which I
compiled the' work, are still in existence, and are
at the Secretary of State's Office for Foreign Af-
fairs. From that • office I had , them, and I have-
seen and examined them, not longer than three
days ago, and find that there is nothing men-
tioned concerning the death of Captain IVright.
But still I know that it did appear in the Mani-
tear, • anti I have even mentioned it in my " Se-
cret History" of your Cabinet. It was inserted'
in that Journal 'about.; the Month of December,
1805. It runs thus, " The • English Captain
Wright, detained prisoner in the Temple, having
heard of the disasters which had befallen the Aus-
trian army at Ulte, has put an end to his exist-
ence by cutting-his throat with a razor." ' In Mr.
:Warden's account it is insinuated that Wright died '
at a much earlier period than is conimonly believ-
ed, because you yourself are well aware that con,
shlerable'suspicion must have' attached to you for
. keeping; this men teprisoner, who, from your own
account, ,you thought of no great importance—
that is from February, 1804, till December 1805.
There can be no doubt that Wright died after the
affair of Ulm, because every one knows that-the
affair of Ulm was alluded! to in the public account
of his death. But a question will arise, how does
it happen, that as it appeared in the Moniteur, it
is not inserted in my Reeeuil P I answer, that it -is
very well known, and I myself have stated it several
times, that you had two editions ofhloniteurs print-
ed ; -and-as a proof of- this, I again examined the
collection of the Illaniteurs, from which I had
made my extracts, to see if I had made any cools-
Sion, and. discovered, that the article alluded to
was not -to be found. And as a further 'proof
that there were two editions of the Moniteur, 1,
at the same tithe that I made the Reieuii, exa-
-mined the edition which I had here, for the mur-
der of Paint, but could find no account of it,
thought 1 ant certain it was to be found in a Mo-
niteur which I had seen at Pais. Bet who doubts.
he was shOt---and that too by your orders I In-
deed, what motive could I have had for suppress-
ins that article tele-cling Captain Wright i You

..f..rther stale, that
.my troik, a,reaGy at.inieu to,
is lull of errors and atria-stutemenis, and us H
proof of it, you mention that Captain Wright's
name is spelt by me night. Now, the fact is,
that the name is thus mis-spelt in the Moniteur,
when giving an account of his capture and his
examination on the trial of Moreau ;—but in the
Index to the Reeeuil I have given the name spelt
Troth ways. You mention also, as another proof
of my inaccuracy, that I gave an iocortect ageonnt
of the battle of Marengo : but here is a trifling
oversight on your part—lt was do part of my
plan, in making the compilation, to give an ac...
count of any of your battles,. and therefore the
battle of Alttretigo is not: mentioned at all. I

shall not push This matter any_ further, and that
for reasons atready .tnentioned.--natnely, that I
do nut wage war with adversity. Were I to
proceed farther, it might be said that I was
endeavouring to establish a charge of murder
against you--a charge, by the bye, nor a maiden
one—but political murders are venial in the eyes
of most Continental Statesmen. You, yourself,
have often said, that " qu' an homme d'Etat de-
vait porter son cur dans sa tete." (A statesman
should carry his heart hi his head.) Modern
Statesmen reconcile themselves to murder, front
the idea that death puts an end to all trouble—it
does indeed ; SENECA says, " Mors Omniora ma-
lorum est
.solutio, et finis ultra quarts mala rostra
110T1 exeunt, The in illam tramptilitatem in qua
ante quam naseeremus *ttimus reponit.
(Death is the end and dissolution of' all afflic-
tions, beyond which our misfortunes do not ex-
tend, which replaces us in that state 0. tranquillity
in which we lay before we were horn.)
One or two observations by'why of conclusion.
Mr. Warden says, dint you are about to publish
the annals of your reign. I hope his account is
correct ; you will render the wortsl an important
service if you execute the task faithfully, and lay
aside all the legerdemain and mystification which
formed the basis of your Government : the most
impot taut service you can render the world at pre,
sent is, to hold up to universal execration those
Ministers of the Continental Courts who were
your spies and your accomplices. It may be said,
that your testimotsy is' not to be 'relied on ; 'but
wherever I find you adhere to truth,lts far as my
information extends, my evidence will,he given in
support of your's, and my information is nearly as
extensive as your own, having obtained it in the
course of the. various missions with which you en-
trusted me to the different Courts of Europe.—
This will.be one of the anomalies of the present
tunes.

You can do yourself no harm by making such re-
velations, and you may do much good. Providence
has terminated your political career; though I do,
not mean to infer that the,Government of Louis'
XVIII. and Pere Pim: is likely to We durable.
Frenchmen, it is true, are' fond of caricatures, .but
that is when they are exposed in Martinet's .svin-
dour, In tbefiac St. Honorer, but not when they
-are exhibited- on the Carousel.—Rnowing that my
Journal reaches you, I shall very shortly have oc-
casion to address you again.
I remain, General, yours, &c, &a.
LEWIS GGLDSMITH.•

P.S. If you should please to answer this letter,
f shall give it every publicity, provided you ad-
dress it to me open, through the Secretary of
State's Office.