The Sun.
London, England, 1818-08-12 00:00:00

THE CASE OF MR. ARBUTHNOT.

I Mr. ARBUTHNOT was long ill the territory of
the Seminole. Itniio us as a private trader, and trom
the extent of his dealings, and a character natu-
rally calculated to inspire respect, had acquired
considerable influence afflorig t hens. •
The Indians, kept out of certain lands which the Americans
had; by treaty with Great Britain, the Ally of the Indians,
solemnly stipulated to' restore to them, and constantly
harassed by new inroads on the part of the Americans, applied
to Mr. Arbuthnot, as a respectable British Subject, to solicit
the British Government to obtain from the Americans the ful-
filment of that Treaty, and the observance of relations of
justice and amity towards the Indians. A commission to this
effect, signed by all the principal Seminole Chieftains, was
delivered to Mr. At but ImOt.

Mr. Arbuthnot transmitted the representation which he
was thus commissioned by the Indians to make, to the proper
British Authorities. He was recognired in his character of
Commissioner or Agent for the Indians, and desired from
time to time to tnemorialize the British Government, with
respect to any further facts which might come under his.nb-
serration respecting the points at issue.
While resident among the Seminolg Indians, with these
lasVful and recognized objects, and pursuing ;it the same time
his speculations as a private trader, Mr. Artmtbnot received
it letter from a certain Mr. Humbly, who had, in the time of
the war between Britain and the United States, been
Tiloyed as a British Agent among- the Indians, and at
elusion of the war bee% left among the Indians to attend to
their interests, but had since gone over to the Americans
which letter intimated to Mr. Arbuthnot, that the Americans,
assuming that the whole cause ill complaint was on their side
against the Seminole Indians, had resolved upon a complete
proscription or extermination of the whole -tribe, as the
shortest way of determining the truth and justice of the case,
and warti:i4 Mr. Arbuthnot to get out of the way of the
signal velizranee which was speedily to fall on the Indians,
and all their abettors.

Mr. Arbuthnot di,rcgarded the warning: confiding in the
protection of a neutral territory--confiding in the inviolabi-
lity of his person as a British subject—confiding in the perfect
propriety and fairness of the whole of his proceedings, he re-
mained at his settlement, trne to his friendship to the In-
dians, and true to the fealty which he owed to big- own coun-
try, as at peace with the United States.
The Americans did a-cm...tingly send an armed force, under
General Jackson, into the Seminole Territory, to carry into
execution the barbarous edict of proscription which they had
pronounced—to " put to death every hostile warrior"—to
spare none but '' the Wollerp and children." And in this their
rourse of massacre they found this British subject and agent,
Mr. Arbuthnot, living peaceably at his trailing settlement
in the woods : they seized him as a friend and ally of the In-
dians—they flied him (it such proceeding; trial ear, be called)
for the alleged crime of assisting art oppressed people in the
Vindication of their. rights, and assisting iu the vindication
of the character of his own country, which had gua-
ranteed these rights—they found him guilty of this, in
which there was no guilt—and with nothing hurrying them
to the deed but a sac age thirst for extermination, with evto y
good motive to induce them to refer a case of this kind to the
deliberate disposal of the Governments of the two parties—
they condemned this British subject and. authorized llititish
Agent to suffer instant death, as a felon and an outlaw!! !
Such is, we believe, a true st.tement of that
case, which is now before the tribunal of British
opinion for its decision,

KING'S THEATRE.-Atter a very prosperous
season, this Theatre closed last night with the
opera of Dun Giovanni. On the conclusion of the
opera, there was a general call for God save
the King," but the audience were informed (I;at
they could only have the music performed by the
band, as all the vocal performers had quitted the
Theatre : this information was deemed satisfac-
tory, and the season dosed with eclat. -

ISLINGTON, judging from ►he following lines,
must have been Ii ally known in tl►e time wl►en
COWLEY wrote them. Addressing LONDON, he
says, and we tear his opinion is too applicable at
present :

" Let hut thy wicked men from out thee go,
" And all the Fouls that crowd thee so,
•44 E'en thou who dolt thy millions bOast, -' •
village less than is!ington will grow, •
" A •eolittttle almost."
—The Poet would entertain different notions of
Islington now, for since OXBRRRY has raised his
humorous standard in the neighbourhood, the
place has become the scene- of redundant papaw...
fine

Mr. !RAID the Actor, and his fellow-traveller,
were nearly dashed to atoms on their way to Genera;
by the breakint, down of their carriage on tbelura
Mountains, abort two o'clock in the morning,
but they had the good fortune to reach a village
about two miles from the spot-where the accident
took place, and where they obtained a temporary
shelter. KEAN was not only magnificently treated
in France by TALMA, and other Performers, hut
received a superb snuff-box from the Manager of
the Theatre Francais. He is now proceeding wilh
his friend through Italy. It is lamentable to hear
that through the whole of his progress be found
considerable numbers of our countrymen, who
ought to be employing their money at home.
Mrs. BARTLEY is making a professional tour of
the Provincial Theatres, and performs, this even-
ing, The Female Stranger., in Mrs. INCHBALD'S
play of Such Things dre;lit Birmingham.
Mr. and Mrs. EGRaToisr make their appearance,
this week, at the Gloucester Theatre, at WhiCh
SINCLAIR is also engaged.
Miss BRUNTON and Miss BYRNE were the thea-
trical attractions-at-Newcastle, during the Assize
week.

SINCLATR concluded his engagement at the Li-
verpool benire, on Friday evening, by perform-
ing Francis Osboldeston,- in the opera of Rob Roy
Macgregor.
W. FARP.EN„Arbn is' engaged for the en-
suing season a Covent-Galileo Theatre, took
leave. of the Dublin audience- in the character of
Lord Oglety.

The remains of Miss POPE, of theatykal cele-
brity, were on Monday removed from' &Of-upton
for interment in the vault of St. Martin's Cloureb..
The carriage of Dr. A and two others tollovv-
ed the mourning coaches. No'finteral pony at-
tracted the notice Of those who, in her lite time,
were charmed with her captivating talents.
The remains of the elate -Earl of SANDWICII
hare been -brought frOhi Ifaiy, where- he dftd,
and conveyed to the 'mi) residence, in .Dover-
street, there to remain tdi-some days, previous
.to.
being removed to the family burying.place, ira
Hun t in gdonsh i re.

LYING IN STATR.—A very considerable crowd
of people were.assembled in Fore-street, during
the greater pirt of yesterday, to view the remains
of a Miss Ulu., lying in state. She was the
'laughter of a tf/baCCOMSt, who, some years ago,
left her a considerable property, which, by ero-
poiny, she extended to the large sum of 100,000/
The principal part of it she has left to Methodist
religious establishments, and to various charitable

institutions, the tenniinder among her relations.
A fire broke out at one o'clook this morning,
in the upper story of Mr. GRAHAM'S. grocer, on
Ludgate-hill, but owing ro a plentiful supply of
water, bad the piontpt :is3istance of the firemen,
it was very soot' subdued, utter burning part of
the roulonly.

DR., WATSON.
The follbwing Letter has been tran3mitteil to
us as a copy of one addressed by the writer of it
to the Proprietor of The Morning Chronicle, by
name 3., but it is not necessary to introduce his
.name in our Paper. The paragraph that follows
the letter is Use answer to it which appears in
The Morning Chronicle of this (11 y :
Si rt,—Soon after the last Spa-fields Meeting, you strove to
amuse the Readers of your Chronicle with au attempt at wit,
in statiog•that I had sopet h :Court Dress making for the
next j.evee, knowing that it was.unlikely I shoold go there to
present the Petition of the People assembled upon that occa-
sion. .Yun'aftepwards contradicted, and again reasserted the
report Its a fact. So long as i thought the subject could only
affect myself, I treated it as the witless foolery of some little
"mind, as not tie4erving notice, and which no person c,nld
believe; lost • on Saturday last, having been informed that it
had Iti!en the means of disturbititg the peace of mind of an
amiable daughter, in cOnsequenee of a patroness having told
her-that-it would be better for her father to apply the cost to
the- comforts of his' family (which she knew they mneh
. needed) I instantly bemante fired with the indignation which
every father is justified in feeling when his children stiller
from the wanton trifling of .a Newspaper Editor.
Your conduct calls to my recollection the-fable of the Rocs
and the Frogs:—it might be sport (and profit) to you to inset t
the atticle,—it has been "death" to the feelings of others;
therefore, I insist upon being ioformed who was the author
of the paragraph in question, that I may demand an nnequi-
vocal and public contradiction : but should:vou refuse to give
up the author, I shall then consider it to be,„yonrself, and
expect an apology as public as was the falsehood you thought
proper to publish, which' was at least an attempt to-tender
me ridiculous. . • • •

You, as an Editor, bare endeavoured to ininse the Public
at the expence of an individual, which flielaw takes no cuini--
tance of; hence, whatit does not protect, it is hut'rightlite
arm of an offended individual should chastise. • •
These are my sentiments; and, as my daughter's natnrat
protector, I expect an immediate answer and.election,w4 your
part, or you may expect the consequence.
I am, Sir, your's, &c.
No. 37, Surrey-street, Strand,• J. wArsoN.
Aug. 11, 1818.
"We have received a Letter from Dr. IVATS.ON,
complaining of a paragraph which appeared at the
time of the Election, stating that a superb Court
Press was preparing for him in Spitalfields, !Oat-.
tend the Regent's Levee and present the Spa-
fields Petition. lie says, that this circumstance,
which was totally unfounded, has been the cause
of serious mortification to his daughter. We ate
extremely sorry to learn that any trifling para-
graph of the kind should in any way injure a re-
spectable female ; but surely the real' drift and
tendency of the paragraph had a different object
than that of attaching ridicule to the Doctor or
his family."