Star.
London, England, 1830-01-04 00:00:00

PROM TUE moaxixo HERALD.

At a time, when the character of the Duke of Wel-
Aaron was assailed by the bitter reproaches and. mali-
cious farewells of those writers who are. now among the
foremast of hie flatterers, we recalled to the public mind the
great and•aplendid services which ho had. rendered to the
country in her crisis of extreme peril—when her fate might
be saidste•be weighed in the balance, and,she struggled, not
for Flory, but existence. We knew that the country,had
been, in the evening of his life, ungrateful to a warrior who
Most resembled the conqueror of Napoleeit in his genius
and his achievements, and we did not wish to witness the
repetition of that scene in modern times. We-looked upon
the fame of the Duke of Wellington ns identified withthe
proudest and most brilliant recollections of Faiglanda
rich and precious possession of his country, which, if un-
dervalued by .the. present generation, would be sure to be
vindicated by the pen of history, which, in restoring his
fame to its proper elevation, would be sure to cast merited
obliquy on the people who could take pleasure in its de-
traction. We then gave the Duke credit for the apparent
magnanimity he displayed in not seeming to notice the
taunts and calumnies with which certain Daily Papers, at
the time when he went out of otfice. with Lord Eldon and
others, abounded. We did not then dream that any conse-
quences arising out of his re-instatement in power ;would
ever cause us to, retract our opinion as to the magnanimity
of his disposition. We never could have anticipated the
arrival of the day when he was to wield the vast power
which the State confers upon a Prime Minister in this
country to crush the Editor of a newspaper, and, tbrough
'him, strike at the very root of free discuseion in Eng-
land. We are sorry .that one for whose talents and
public
,services we entertained so high ap admiration
should ever have been betrayed into such an exhibition
of moral infirmity of character, where .more than ordi-
nary greatness of mind was to have been expected. We
alluded, the other day, in commenting upon the cx officio
informations, to the circumstance of Frederick the Great
of Prussia, when his attention was directed to a libel-on
himself, which was placed rather high upon his. palace-
gate, having ordered it to be placed lower, that it might
be the more easily read by his subjects. We observed
that the libel soon passed into oblivion, but that the moral
dignity of the action will never be forgotten. History
records the.latter among the examples that ought to in-
struct kings and statesmen, but what the former was no
memorial remains to inform ue. We have also alluded to
tha name of Marlborough before, as conveying a lesson
that ought to ho written in those records, more worthy of
twin., perused and remembered by _statesmen than the
heel; in which the preeedents of ex-oflicio informations
are to be fennel; that name brings us *back to the period
wilich, in allusion to the intellectual dignity of the Press,
Sir James Scarlett called the " glorious days of English
literature." We are still prepared to show that there never
was a time when fiercer and more malignant party libels
were published than that " glorious era" to which the
Whig Attorney-General so unhappily—we will not say so
ignorantly—alluded. When Sir James Scarlett was so
nice and so unsparing in criticising the literary or hister
rical mistakes of another, he ought to have taken especial
care to have been betrayed into no error himself, Among
the distinguished persons who were grossly, and perse-
veringly libelled in the " glorious days" of Queen Anne,
wait dip &flit Duke of Marlborough, the man who shed
more lustre upon that reign than any other ;bet graces
its annals. There was no name of scandal and detrac-
tion that could bo applied to a great men which was,not.
heaped
Son him : ler was he attacked
,only by obscure
and contemptible scribblers, whose genius was too blunt
to wound, and whose writings were too dull to stipe-
leen of education and talent, instigated by. palitical mo-
tives and party feelings, pointed at, his reputation their
arrows of wit, and irony, and sarcasm ; but ho was
cased in the armour of a proud mind—he wastconscioun
of the invulnerable dignity of virtue, and the shafts of
MaliCe fell harmless at his feet. In speaking on this
subject Burnet says, " many virulent writers threw out
in many defamatory libels a great deal of their malice
against the Duke of I.%.larlthorough., They compared him
to Cataline,:te Crassus,
..and io. Antony, and studied to
represent him as a robber of the nation and as a public
enemy.", Certainly there is no dark and dangerous qua-
lity which a public man can possess that is not implied
in the application to him of the name of Cataline. This
inc. le'des moral and political profligacy of the highest na-
ture—desperate intentions—treason to the State—and''
an ambition reckless of any amount of misery and,blood
which it might cost the country. But, , besides all
this, those libellers charged against .hint acts of
venality and peculation. Did„he prosecutei and an-
swer the accusations by having
•i the writers shut
up in prison ? He did no such thing. Inquiries were
made which ended in the complete exculpation of his
character, and the historian says " thus happy does the
malice of an enemy sometimes prove." Aid again--
" he bore all with silence and patience- -with an exte-
rior that always seemed calm and cheerful : and though
he prepared a full vindication of himself, yet he delayed
publishing it till the nation should return to its senses,
and be capable of examining those circumstances in a
more impartial manner.". Thi; was the conduct of a truly
great man : be would pot be accessary to throwing a doubt
upon his own innocence by admitting that it required the
vindication of penal law—he awaited a better vindication
from the force of truth and the retributive justice of his-
tory. He received. it. We quote thie,instance of a ge-
nuine triumph over libel for the Duke of 'Wellington.
History, if apt an " old abnanack" to those who peruse it
with the spirit they, ought—a great authority has given it
a better definition; " History, says lord Bolingbroke,
" is philosophy, teaching by example."

„
OTATE or COVICTR '1” —MA. SA DLYIIOI SPVIC4I
• WllllllTriffilat that a huatkettrata, haattati of Wag mad-
felt; Masi he live mistime by the Mohamed dog Wily, mu's aged
up and semplied with a *Bleed lenentyci food,. esteicouraMed to
multiply dll they starved each other by the iseedaishe ef the al-
lovrepee,--ond soy whether this mktotei i ugly wed dligestimm es k
Is stet • reMeeesedeee of the emilition Ise/hick the rootrigry hat
hods b> iahtiwseesf ilie mesetellets? imemise ant a
mist pa all elle swipe of ramsemblity end good-
fellarsbip abest desialmiss on the oniony tbe waren
with Ile ratifier of a unlit is his mosa, end peistiog out a
the spsmisurea s dillerent fenecests of the " See
;het of the softer sm. with teen young wies
'demanding es li • fee somport..,.Thrig vreboio ellowasse ha fifteen
Kris a-day i and there ass people. who wall rein the whole
rat•trap Inds. As foreign conutire the father of
the cottage, with his sibs dinging. mil se far on his
Irak, bilirg ma the fate of hiss over whom
Ns heart is yesseisi sod breaking ! That pew amen whit
his air hitter off is from CaggStos. The Insmasedeseiry cock.{
tail hi ;he middle is from Naeeieeficld. The Coventry reto we is
a aeon by themselves. Press Roads*, Manchester, and Darns-
Mey ere all Mae : them it not a pis to choose. lie;aild to
Goo my voles meld reach them and be ihessed to !—(Were cwt.
sees* taw of Scripture, sod swiss the remainder a( the tartlet,)
Wily do ea they • ilkWe be booed F. Why do not they torn tomb
and 5011.2=6* wretches voleseseld mord* them by Wag la to-
?"—The emmilmilem may not be complowstery ;
rAriar—sbovre le wletway • Marvin people ere to he fed by
titaggiam set simples
}mss
the
ash other, it Sue meat
se the the of the Wldtby Creech.— Westesinater
=rein, N.. 24.

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THE ARMY.
UNMET K, Du. O.
Major. General Sir Edward Bialtimey, K.C.B. has left this for
Mules. He is accompanied.by Urut.•Colonel Wurd, Quarttr
Muter Genets!, and the Hoc: Captain Upton. 60th Acting Aid.
de-Camp. •
The command of the Garrison his devolved oo Col. Worsley,
Artillery. •

This Morning the troops in garrison marched out of town on
different roads, for the purpose of exercise.
Yesterday Captain Cairn's company of the 36th Regiment, from
Birr arrived at Hens, and replaced Captain Higgins company
of the el
56th, ordered to Templemma. •
Captain Cross's company of the 36th hive arrived at Borris-
o'kene from Dim •
Tb& Coloneicy of the 411th Regiment is void' by the death et
Dord-Charles Fitsroyise commanded it twenty-five years.
General Sir-George Doc, Lieutenant—Governor at Gibraltar,
from the,S6th, will be appointed Colonel of the 3d, vice Sir Henry
Clintom, deceased.

Lieutenant-General Sir H. R. Sheaf., Dart. front the 49th
Foot, will succeed to the Colourley of the 36th Regiment of In-
fantry, vim General Sir George IJon. appointed to the 3d Regi-
ment of Foot.

The depots or'the 12th and 91n at Derry, were inspected by
Major-General Thornton, on Tuesday.
Lieutenant Cul. Smelt, of the .17th. quartered' iA Enniskillen,
proceeded to Dover, on leaveof down*, on Sunday last—the com-
mand of the regiment has in consequence devolved on Major
ataners.

Captsin•Skinner's and Captain Cussningtsam's companies of the
37th, marched on• 31onday last from Enniskillen' to Omagh. ur•ler
the command of Major Ken, to relieve Captain Goldie's and Lit.
klassy's companies who return to ►ead-quarters. Capt. Wood's
company relieved Capt Skinner's company at Swadlinbar. '►he
Grenadier Company marched on; Wednesday, under the command
of Lieut. Todd. for Sligo. to relieve Capt. Eastwood's company.
Capt. Costley of the Grenadiers, who has had the command in
Sligo for some time..in enn-squenie of Capt. Eastwood's absence.
will remain a: Enni-killen with his company. Captain East•
wood's company will return under the command of the lion.
Lieut. Clements.

Major John Tyler his assumed the command of 'the- frith Re-
serve Companies at Waterford. •ice Paulson appointed L•eute.
Colonel unattacheJ. -

The Commander.in-Chierhas given directlona that no exchanges
whatever shall occur in Regiments under ordeii for service.
The late Lieutenant-General William. I:jlers was 56 years in
the server, and for the last 18 years commanded the engineets iu
Ireland. it • . •
It k generally rumoured Ault Military Brevet will appear
early in the new year—to include Sir Ilcory Harding: 31 Colonel,
and Major Malin as Lieutenant-Co:mei.

A•solJier in 9th Negime;.t, • named 'O'Brksi, from Limerick,
was shot dyad In Belfast on Christmas night, by a comrade of the
name of Brown.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE: •

MAILS AIIIIITRD THIS Dar.—[Alight, I....WlltetfOrd I—Flanders I
France 1-110114nd I—Brasil 1.
The Nora from Demerara, and Atalanta, from Halifax, have
arriveduff liolyhead. ,
The John, Renton from °Jess* to Liverpool, was lost on the
10th October, on the Asiatic coast of the Black Sea, and all ou
board drowsed.

Mat., Jwin N.W.—Arrived the George Canning,
Dully, and Nithadale, Christie, from London (..r New South
Wales. •

.Jan. • 3.,--'Wind N.B.—Arrived the Thames, Hob irt, [rain
Quebec. •Arri.ed from London, the Thomas Couto, Cbrystie, for
India, and Lively, Ford, for •Smyrna.
Peauxouvu' Jai. t.—Wind N.E.--Saiird the Hannibal, 11r.
bardvfor New .ifeek. • - -
FALMOUTH, %tn. N.E.--Arrived the Sphynx packet.
from Rio Janelso—ailed u7th October; and Union, Clinch, trom
Trieste. Sailed the Bumble packet, for Lisbon.
Liviamot., JAL was the headboard, not the stern, of a
vemel which was washed up at Portpatrick, with " Othello"
upon it. • '

Jan. S.—Arrived the Adeiphia, &ewart, from Halite:, and
Nancy, Jones. from Palermo. Olthe port, the. Plato, —, from
Trieste, and Serpent, front.Gallipoti.
Pmemsce, Jat. L•mar the port, the Wsllwood, Fisher,
from Havannab. • '

LOWNSTOIIIII. JAN. 3....11111 BJko, Towner. from Selby to Um-
don, ran upon Newman Sand last Men, and wa4 assisted off. She
makes water, but will proceed.

•
Tllll FORLIQ IC LITERARY • GAZETTII.---The First
Number of this important New Weekly Periodical in the Keoghs!'
Language, will appear on.. Wednesday nest. It lass hero justly
observed that " however numerous and cadent are the Works
devoted to elucidate the progress of .out own literature. sciences,
and arts. there are but few which endeavour to direct attention to
those otedeet countries. Imperfect and incidental notices are all
that have. until very lately, been bestowed by English IA ritere
the immense and stirring mass of intellect which pervades 04 Con-
tinent of Europe. and is now rapidly extending to the New Wori J.
We, in our insular positlim, hardly learn, and that tardily and at
long intervals, what is Continually achieving by the active mind of
Gernianyyof Italy, of France. of Russia, of America, and other'
nations; and, owing to this partial ignorance, we lose the advan-
tages to be derived from a timely communion with the ideas and
suggestions of contemporaries, who, in distant lands are esploring
the paths of teamed, scientific, and philosophical inquiry —The
Foassoa LiTaii4lll7. GAZZITI, therefore, proposes to condor-e'
within the compass of a weekly sheet (the form of whieb renders
is susceptible of great rapidity in receiving and diffesing,)whatsver'
the skill, the learning, the industry, and: the sodas of iodividuali
or communities abroad may bring tottb foe the delight and welfare
of mankind. Nothing need be said in favour oisuch a collection,
the utility of which must be obvious, and the success certain.
HAITI.—In the last number of the Anti-Slavery
Menai, Reportfr, there Is an exposure of the state of th.s colony,
which .11 interesting on more than one account. The gross misre-
presentations of Mr. Mackenzie respecting the condition of the la-
bouriag cultivators there, are properly commented upon; and
much valuable information' is given comeroing the trade, govern-
ment, and population of the black republic. Mr. Mackenzie, who
was Consul-General at Hayti, is the sun of a West Indian planter,
it seems; that he should be opposed to free-labour, and treedom
in fact of any description; is Ilitrefete exceedingly natural ; but
why be should. have been seleteded tdr such a post, is not easily die.
cernible. The readers tot those publications which' advocate the
play, system, and which have, in • their !surname or' their wilful-
bees. so shamefully mix represented the provisions of the " Code
Rural" ot ilayfi, would do wed to examine the statements ot the
Anti.Slavery,Repseller—unless indeed, like the Magistrate •ho said
that hearing both sides tata lowilota sadly perplexed hit judgment,
they preter the quiet enjoyment of their prepessmelods lon matte r
how obtained or however erroneous.

COHN—EXCHANGE, MA Rge.LA N 14• Jain. 4.
We were very sparingly supplied tbb IMldnt, wkb all deocrip•
dons of Grain ; it Imlay adequate, imbelber. to Ibv demand, lor
we bad hut few• buyers at market. Aillhoogb the •wertho r
commenced favourable, the thaw • has Mg yet been sutßci. nt to
enable tie working of the•stnhll craft; therefore every•article coo.
duties oundnallpas on lab Monday. • • .

Wisest, Kent at Essex. Cris 73s Peas, Grey . 348 36.
Suffolk. . 60. 728 Beans, Small • . 345 368
' Norfolk . 40. 45s Tick ' • 32s 35.
Rye . • L Xis 36* Oats, Potatne 258 29.
Barley,Old,2ol.3o.New,3ts 34s Poland • . 1148 U.
Malt 54s 64/4 Feed " . Its 14S'
Peas, Wise . 311, 34s Flour, per sack; Us 60.
Boilers . 36. 344 ' Rapeseed 231. 2GI. per last.
, • . . •-• . traronrattoos Last WISE.
Wheat, .English, quarters 1,306 I ri.ls Oats . 2,145
t)o. Foreign . • —•*-- Ilye. Fnressevp . —.—
Irish Ditto . . . USAUS,Eisfibh . siti
Barley, British . 3,991 I)itm, Foreign • . ---
Dn. Foreign . . Do: Irish '. . ~...—.„
Irish . . —. Peas. English . 442' •
lok. BogUsh . . 2,952 , Ditto Foreign fiu
Inglish. Oats . 3,391•1 ling:isk Flour. sacks • 4.135
Foreign Ditto . , . —1 iliberitindltto. brit, .
1 SMITHFIELD MARKET. iii: 1.
CATItS AY ismisnr. . .
Boasts.. 3,174 ! I &lees ........ .............. .. 67
asap and Lambs 19,1101 Pig .. ... :M.
Awl Ss 104 to 4. 4J Vials ....... ...dir od to ie 44 '
MUM b 04 . 4. 64 fork 4s 04 . is 0.1
Lartb..... ..im od - .o. od .
kelay•per lead, 42 15s. to £4 15.. Cloys. .43 Os. to XS 10..
Straw sal •t4s. to AI IN. • • .• - • •

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UR .Vw INS • • •••• .151 ito • •
• COAL MARK ET--,Tals par. ' "
Thera was se abundant ~ply Stiedrrlaed spd Netanatie* •
-Cold et this day's market. di Alp Miles arrived duty Ihtcley
The Cad ale*** was anal stlesigi by ,sterchsets, sad Casts •r
womb bettor &timed to.day, pastel' thy huskies* doily' albs far
hes reet..—Shitpe strived Ig•the'preeest month. 63'•
Oat Walleyed Cede 3ls. O. 4O Od: %
Other war is. 11. Sea sOd.
Shire at Market