The Sun.
London, England, 1820-10-03 00:00:00

FOR THE SUN.

• . •
•-MR• BDITOIi—It is lamentable to contemplate
the excessive injustice of party violence with ref
gard to the important Question of the QOEEN'S
guilt: or innocence. In a long' letter to the'Editor
of'' he Mercury, a writer, under the
signature of who professes to be solely guided
by a love of
•.truthi and the -strictest impareialityi
n
complainoi the regard and respeCt tlntt ivas
• paid bylt great'perlonage to Sir JOHN
after he was d'epriVed of his rank in the. Royal
Marines, for,his groin and. shameful perjury.
I was well acquainted with -this brave,.much-
injured man, a scion Hof the. noble house Of
Donor.as, and 'l' entered the army in the
~same
year. when that gentleman had' his first cbin...
mission in the Marines. saw him on lais,
death,bed, n few days. preious Co -decease;
and received' -from his lips a confidentifd wes-
sage to be delivered to
should be no more. I attended his funeral,
Nihich we's concluded in a Mostimptessßm
tar. y style, a well-eained di unction for.hisir;t
portant services at Acre, in conjunction`iwith
Sir SYDNEY SMITH, and an illustrious c.ba-
racter sent a detnchment of Ikegiment from
Windsor to Greenwich to attend the Major-Ge-
neral to his Grave. SO' Much for N.'s.assertion
of, his being deprived of his for grin's and
Shameful perjUry., This advocate for: Queen.
CAROLINE, asserts that he was degraded, and
if we may credit The Morning Herald,- (if re-
cent date, Mr. 11.1anen, l3ExtuwoNT When'-in the
Chair at' a Meeting ci.f, the P,arishioners of St.
James's,- informed' his auditors that Sir JOILK
DOUGLAS was rewarded for his misconduct by
promotion-to the.rank".of Major-Gener'al •tl.ie
'Army. Sir Joiv never was in the Army, and
Was appointed tolhat rank" in the Royal Marine's
'by Pr'evo, in regular 'Succession, like auy other
Officer, .His Widow receives: only a small pen,
sion, as the relict. Insteadiof acquiring wealth
or consequence in. being noticed by a branqi of
the Royal Family, Sir JottN's' private fortune-
was materially injured by additional expeticei
brought upon him by the unsought acquaintance
of the illustrious Person Who now engrosses ex-
clusively the public 'attention: Mr. N ,of
Liverpool, has = erroneously. asserted that ...Sir."
JOHN DOUGLAS was degraded,.and Mr. BEAU,"
•M'ONT has erred in the contrary extreme, in saying
that 'he was rewarded. Injudicious •partizans
frequently injure the cause they Would defend,
and the' Defenders; well as Accusers -of the
QUEEN, should adhere to Truth.
BrOmpton, Oct: 4

COUNTRY NEWS.

H. H.

SOM ERSETSHI R
When Sir ritAxcts BIJILDETT was importuned
to present a Revolutionary Address to his MA- •
JEsTy, prepared by Hunt and others -with time
gentlemanly feeling which usually characterises,
him, he
.declined, and assigned as a rtasotx, that
nothing could induce• him to offer. a personal in-
sult to his Sovereign. Might not our worthy
Members, in addition to the reasons so foreibly
assigned' for refusing ,to present the .Dristal Ad-
dress, have asserted that they could not place
themselves in a situation in which .they would
probably, hear their SovereignOlit government,
and the Establi;thed Religion of die—Country,
scoffed at and vilified,• by one whom they could
not with courtesy coryraclictl—(Bristol Observer.)

STAFFORDStiIfm •
RO AL, lIIRMINGHA'k.—Qn 'Thurs.-
day evening, the admirers -.of' real
.theatrical ta-
lent received a.higli treat in ifitnesing the 'per- =
formance: of -Wrs. Bunn, as .11elvickra,
_in* the -._
Tragedy 'of Vi.•itice PreOrved. There Is no lady
at present on the Stage'whO" cans' enter thin Lists
wait :her in 'parts, of this•description ; she *so per,
fectly embodies the character, that the-aUaience
are not'Only.'Spectators;but.participate with her
the citcurnstance§ of the play ; and no greater Com-
pliment can in' our opinion be paid "to her than by
mentioning the deep attention observable through-'
out the'bouse during those scenes ui Which she is.'
.•
,engaged. Mr. llamblin •Nya,s never Inore irnpres- •:
.sive than in the character of Pierrf, of vihich he
was a very excellent representative ; nor must';':'
we..otnit Mr.-Mu-de; who personated Jaffier, and
who, in some of the scenes,. was fiery effectiye.L- •
The entertainment of Giovanni in London'
proves attractive, and
.We doubt . not will long,
continue so, from the highly-finished performance
and musical talents. of Madame ..Yestris,
tains with wonderful spirit the principal ct,diar-
ter in the piece.' The Theatre last night -lire,.
seated a bumper, the play having been by
sire under the patrOna,,re of the Right lion.
the Earl. of ':Plitnotlth.--(Birihinghatn Herald,
'
mELAND.
SIR WILLIAM STAMER, 'l3.var.--There- is an •
ada . el.that ". a neiv broom slveeps clean." We
can 4sert.tkit•an.9l4 one can, and has done so.'
effectga4,: liever.,WaL this adage more truly;
veriOed Jhan .in the person of Sir Wm. Stamer,who
this day,abdielated, the functions,of Lard Mayor
of _we refer. to our files, when. Sir W.
cornmenced his city career We :should find-biro a
Sheriff,. discharging his official.duties with his beik-,
efforts for the benefit of his. fellow-citizens,
his t,eiug chose,nl4Ord..**y' or. for: the roe mazalzitt *,
wtla of, the. Jubilee, his.gxertions and activity on:*
behalf of his fellow-citizepkweri incessant' atntt
deservedly obtained for him the dignity of Baronet
of 'the United g.,ingdom. From a silly and incoiv-
Sidetate manife.sto of.a.fow. Junior Aldermen, the.
highly.importaufollife of Lord Mayor was likely, .
during the last,year, to be filled in a manner in ferior
to its accustomed splendour, when. Sir.
'ith hisTsual.independelAt spirit, deelared.hil
tingles* .to serve the office with its. accustomett.(
dignity:iii•the --Mansion-house.. That the wol thy; =-•
Bart. hasloffilled hispromiseiestohospitality and..
most laborib4 aetiyity daring his year •of office,
we .need not .remind: var.:readers. The regala-
tiOns tuade•bY Levdsl,dp in the.•markets; are
such asOffollow,ed up b.rhis successor, wilt prove
highly b6'lecial to crap fellow-citizens.—.(Sawn.,
ders's

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LONDON JOU RNALS.

(DAIL Y R 4711
NIORNI'NG. PAPERS.

[British Prest.]
The Day has g length -arrived to which tho
'eagle at' this Country have looked with greater
anxiety than liras perhaps ever before excited by
phe-,expectation of any public event. This day.
• the iloiase of Lords tail se-assemble for the
' parpote of hearing the Queen's CounAel open
...1% race for her Majesty's defence. That the

d'efence will einhrace a variety of Inatter, may
• byprestuned from the rt'at number of witneSSes
• who have atret..dy' arrived in this country.: to
--testify' in her Majesty's behalf ; and if 'w)e
• v,.-ert!.to tvei"gh 'he
.value of evidence by the
`,:te.lative‘ relpectability of- the. per4aus- %rho ap.
on.cither side—and- we confess ourselveS
ignorant• of. a-, 4y better. mode of forrning an opi-
loa its IneritS.--'.---IVe'cinnot doubt of her Ma-
• - suczesg; We sh'all.not, however, now
LII,-Mv the .ixamPle of. the Treasury writers,
whicl we Sate 46:oftert bad occasion
.to condemn,
• liat.4nsponci the 'etpreSsion'of Our opinions until,
'the'. evidence for the dAence.has hreti developed:
• ----Wi'are tiapp.v to learn, that Mr. V rougharn's
`11.1.TP.1*4.-h has iieeri corisiderblk improved by his
late'trip to the cptintrf; his exertions this day
no doubt, pi!tAissstrqngtl,l to a. severe trial,
- f4l- riot- only 16 lay open the nature
• •of `'his' Illcastrions Cliotes .-(l7fence- .bait also to,
.cqhttinent-UnOn the volumirthus evidence e that has
-.littsil already adduced' against her'Majesty.----i'ro-

'tesions -very' ntunirons., m fored- of persons.,
whose•-charActers and stations' in life are far
.above nibbling of -the Treasury
'prints, • cotivecred :Address-is yesterday to her
Majesty,4•luck 'InuSA: he allowed to speak the
:sentiineitt:stof ariebOdies pf the people—of the
'' eliigcr~ce an,it wealth of the: -Country. TI
be still-further distingtiisheti by the tr..
-lett etprestiiori of POPular layout-in her Najesty's
befialf,•unde'r. circuintanCes too that give to, the
facturretice 'an 'extraordinary interest. We must
..c.onfess--that we do `not view the procession of
1.5.006 watermen and jighterrnin with feelings of
,Sitirtfiction ; htt.nothinF, we think, can. display
inorojdrcibly the strong and decided impression
iy.s.atk • by the prOceeifin4s now pending -.against
Queen upon the public mind, than the Cir.
s.- umstance- that . the watermen along . the river,
and seamen, proverbially reckless of political
ocrurrences, should. arouse. themselves and give
public expression to. their feelings Avon . this case.

[Morning .ileratd.].
Hop; viiirnsical;h6-w foolish, and how barbar-
ous. Is
,the *Sped tf a ffairS, '1 f' W-e we re'to
sufse orl-of those. trai'ellers whom observers
• of-Alre-rnate-iers.of tations.call Spies," from some
regfion 'different from our own—intretlo::e him
.into one of -our libraries, and let himbe~,olil the
thousands. of volumes • written upon Interns-
frottit la-vr 'acid justice, the' rights of ludepen-
dent natiOns, externally :and. internally—the
trained akiileCticians. who are to expotind these
trtetiii an riiht.;—nay, inore,. -the piles of
teaming -tild 'benciolence that have been Produc-
et! fordir to teach Mankind humanity, bind_
noknitetive-itialbrotherhood•;—w-bat would be his
surpriftlipert. turning" from his books to the'real
world, to find it a theatre of massacre, pillage,
and rnisrly,,ineveryshipe, with some short inter-
valP.'of -what is ta:ll.ed peace, but which, is, in
truth:7- but a-mutual Waiting and watching-for a
fainirrabll: opportunity of attack ? 'lt is five years
otay'since'Europe.has,rested from One of.the most
sant,te.nary-and wasting- wars in history, and now
theskustriari,Cabinet has .again drawn the sword.
If the, contest 'were likely • to. remain between'
Aft frig. and Naples, the litter ,would soonyield,
1310:1- perhaps, viithput' 'very deep .regret from
66 reasonable and reflecting.. We sincerely
wish them .tlie blessing of afree...system.of laws
asett(lovernment. But are they a nation -the-fittest
..fst`"l7°e•r-lornt most capable. of, defending it ?
Af.4. this be not the essential fitness forthething—
,. th* war, howevr,,must skead—it most flow into,
the-Peninsula, and bring back. upon the. bosom of
-that -vent. section of Etiropean. territory
.the
(Irtion Vihi-eb it had succeeded in throwing-off.
hit to be supposed, also, that there is no danger
'.thit the revolutionary heat may-reach: Frances
Is,the're to-excite alarm:in the. desperate
ylof disiovered'among,the• French military;. not
stabrir:eeks since-?- France is the country.,-*.all
othei.s, respecting which; public menhave, for the.
last' thirty years,- -made
.t.he grossest miscalcula-
' Con,- or shown the grossest ignorance; There is
stilt-in that' country a sentiment capable 'orbe•
coming the spring of fearful -enterprize. •