The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-07-01 00:00:00

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Wonted thrift so charm log an opportunity of vindicating their
character, and fixing a stigma upon that of their arcs' ow, whom
they mu,t necessarily hate, and, ot course, wish to expose
and to puili.h ? flow came they not to bring those action► ?
How came bath they and the Government to remain sa quiet?
—The fact is, they ol! knew my charges to be true ; they
were all glad that the matter was gut over so quietly ; they
bad not the smallest desire to stir the coals again i and, it is
that state of itesperatiim, ii which the ;misfit robbers now
are, that ho- induced them to re!nrt to this old transaction, in
the hop! of fronting a charge against me, which, owing to
the long lapse of time, I slimed hod it diacult completely to
tt:utc.

T.iese robbers, portico] tray those of them who cone the
county of Hants with their pre--once or interference, eudeavour
to represent me as a /se penmen ; a person of no consequence ;
I a person by whom the morns ought to ashamed to be led.
—ln the tint place, I have not the flllltsptioa to wish to
lend the county, though I have a very strong desire to as-1,1
in rescuing it, property tram the Lugs of publie-robbers, and
its people from the Intolerable disgrace of being the tool, of
a set of tas-gatherers and political priests.—ln the nest place,
as to being a low person, I never, in point of birth, pretended to
be a high one; I never put on any airs; I never attempt to
dictate at any public meeting ; I never shun any man on ac-
count of his poverty, or low rank in life; I ant ant a seeker
after the nobility, and those a ho call themselves great men.
Therefore, any reproach of this sort does not apply to me.—
Het, as to behig low in point of ciarterer,or is point of weight
es a public man, I am persuaded that there are very few per-
sons, who will not laugh at the idea, especially when codes-
voured to be inculcated by these very robbers, whom, it is
notorious, I make tremble for their cheese, and who are more
afraid of me than ever rat was afraid of a terrier. I am, and
always have been, for psylag respect to rank and title, even
to etre birth, unaccompanied with any other con ideratioo ;
because, such distinction in society appears to me to be pro-
ductive of many good erects, which I need not so dwell upon.
But, I think, there can be Uss question, that great endowments
of the mind, without any of the circumstances of title or fa-
mily, must, if properly used, be considered asgiviog the pos-
sessor an elevated place in society. Why are Clergymen.
Medical men, and Lawyers, coisidered as geollessen 1 Nut
because they are persons of high birth; for many of Hoon,and
especially the Clergy, are bred at charity 'chortle; but, be-
cause their profession argues them to possess considerable
mental endowments. In short, as it is mini alone which raises
man above the brutes and giv:s him the command of them,
so it is superiority of mind that raises one mu above another,
and gives him, in one way or another, more or less of coat-
i mend over biro.—Therefore, when the 'Nattier% and the par-
t son Wu ideocks and the Mr. Portals cry out, " what a shame
it is for the County to be led by Cuhbett," the County has
only to ask, whether I appear to have more or less mind
than the Poulters, and the parson Woodcocks, and the Mr.
Portal..—That is the only question: a it whether I have more
or less of load, but is !tether I have more or less of Waif ; and I,
then, whether I hose inn e or less of truth on my side, than
they have on theirs. These are tb • questions for the county
to ask ; aryl, if it were divosed to put one more question, it
might be this: which has most merit; o Welt has shewo the
greatest capacity ; which is, on account of Ms acquirements,
whether of mind or property, entitled to the greatest respect-
Mr. Poulter, who (Inman he possesses to the luck of having a
Bishop fur a brother-in-law; or, Mr Cobbett, who ewes all
lie possesses to his own talents and industry
liut, Gentlemen, this attempt to represent me as a tow
and in,ignOcant person, besides the folly of it, L an iostaace
of hypocrisy welt worthy of notice. There is scarcely a
man mooniest those who nut appear to be united together
for the purpose of &crying me, who has nut. upon some
occasion or other, paid his court to toe, sought toy ae-
quaintaore, asked of me soinethiug or other, either fur
himself ur for some relation or friend. I was told, a few
weeks ago, that Dent a member of parliament, should say,
that he wnedprrd the gentlemen in Hampshire did not pot nu
down. Why, this Dent is one of the scores of Inch men,
whom I have shut my door against. lie wanted to introduce
himself to me, while I livel in Duke-street, Westminster,
which I thsoistely would not permit him to da. Ile called
I several times, and sent me up very respectful messages, 'till,
at last, the servant had orders to tell him. that I a mild not
see hint. I did not like Dent, and I would not be acquainted
with him. I have mentioned him in particular here, be-
cause I recollect, that Mr. Windl&m was in my study cue of
the times when he sent up his card ; and yet tlits um hos
now the assurance to talk of me as a low person, who ought
to have nothing to say is a county !—I do not like to say so
much of mysAf; but, to do it this once appears due to the
cause, if out to myself. And, I think, I may venture to
i say, that the lives of very few men have been marked with
stronger proofs of merit of every sort In my' regiment, I
was every thing: the whole corps was under my martini : I
rendered services, not only in the regiment, but in the pro-
vinces where we were stationed, such as no one but myself
would have thought of. I remember a set of Commissioners
being sent mot from England, a part of whose business it was
to make a statement and report of the population, &c. dm.
iof the province. They lived about our quarters for same
time; they had some jovial carousings with our °Gerrit but,
il
it was / who made out their statement. and drew up their re-
' port to be sent home to the King; for which, by the kye,
I they never gave me even their thanks. This statement, which,
I as was the ease with every thing that I meddled with, was
done iu so clear, correct, aisil, in point of penmanship, en
beautifol a manner. that I have been told, the Duke of
Kent, when be afterwards became Commander-inn-Chief in
those provinces, had it copied ; and took away the original
in a curiosity. This was the way in which I did every
thing. I was, of course, very much envied and hated by
the weak ad the wicked, and as was natural to expect, I
did Not, amongst people whom, though my superiors in rank,
I maid Dot help despising, bear myself is ith mach modeie-
800. From niseteca to tweoty-seven is not mach of an age
tsar moderation, especially with those, who most necessarily
despise all around them. But. the fame of my services awl
talents ran through the whole roentry. Every good man re-
spected me. I was invited to visit people in all parts of the
1 provices. While we lay at Fredericton in New Brunswick,
I had the settling, or rather the preventing, of eight or nine
law-suits. I bad the slain of a whole regiment to attend to;
all its accounts. its parades, its guards, its every thing. I
found, however, time for studying English and French gram-
mar ; I learnt geosnelry and fortification; I built a barrack
for four hundred men, without the aid of either daughtsmas,
carpenter, tor bricklayer, the soldiers ender me cut down
the timber and dig the shows. and I was the architect; I
went through a tract of woods, of above a hundred miles,
where no usaa had ever ventnred before to go alone; and this
I did for the parpose of potting a stop to dcsenion, by show-
ing the regiment that I osysslf was able to follow the fugi-
tives, sad, areesdisity, after that we had no more desertion
to the Vatted Stases. With all thew occupations (of which
I meotion only a few particulars that occur to me at the inn-
mew), I found time for 'Plaiting, fishing, shooting, and all
the other sports of the country, of which, whet, 1 left it, I
had seen. and knew, more thou any other man. There is i
some little difernsee. I think, between such a man as I and
such a man as Mr. Prather ! I might surely say to him, as
Voltaire said to the Monk : " Yes, se's, mm doubt, you are
a as, as well as I ; hut, niv friend, there are tars sorts of
men."--Wbv, I always had weight and power. Wherever

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keep their due, that isio say. as iaferini place. In every wag
la which we can be compared, accept as to mere metal. I
am their saystriiiet and yoti may be awed, Geodes's.
1.111 Mit, if thrypersevere in their Opposition to narlisodalski
undertaking, and if I have say life and health, fail to make
their fact. I Anse, is spite of all provocation, allstakoll
from slating this 'sedate t t the pablie Lir its pwantl sof
I have nleatideed it low ea my own aerosol i hot
I seeing that the close Is to et attacked throu:b me, It Is mess-
imey for me to take este Is glittrd the channel. The ogee OP
Reform has hers, and radioed? Is, Identified with my reps.
tation; therefore it is necessary for me se show that those are
the vilest of hypocrites sad calumniator, who attack that re:
putatioo. The Lag, I was well Informed, expressed the
highest approbation of the work I have been speaking of. lie
was sot, I dare say, told wbp was the author, nor was it we-
rosary that he should be; for t wanted nothing a bum by
way of reward, nu not even a " thaiskyon"—Bat I mast con-
fess that, ear I do think, the Kistg ewes me sounellsksg; sad
thus I humbly conceive he ought to pay met he ought, I
*Mak, to order his nsioisters to ease this Letter to be circu-
lated lit the same way that the little Pamphlet was; or, white
I sheold prefer, to order them to elm:late ill that maser is,
text Letter upon the subject of Parliamentary Refire*. The
little Pamphlet did, I verily h-liere, proince mere deed YI
this country than had bees produced by al Other publics-
tines put together fur years before.—There are abbot cisme
thousand Clergymen in Knead and Wales, slid my radio-
lief Is, that all of them together, it the whole of the prod-
' ing eleven years, had not, whether by siritiog or preaelsiogi
moved the people so much as I moved them is one sink
week. l trust. therefore, that his Majesty will be pleased to
give his sadism to the circaLating of one of my Miters. I
should, I think, prefer the next Letter upon Parliamentary
Reform. I will certainly make the application, io a prow
way, nad, if the King follows his owo opinion, he will, I as
certain, grant my request.

I have mow. Gentleness, to apologise for the Ingglit df this
Letter. I could not curtail it, without leaving oat somethiag
material : and yet, I am aware, that it may be thought more
titan any man, under any circumstances, ought to my of him-
elf. Had it not been for the pub& ciubc,4lot a word 'hada
any of them vile attacks have draws fmm me. What I have
done seemed to be due to my friends, private as well as poli
al ; beeathe, those who would be silent to my lace, would
out scruple to taunt them. I mast, however, express any ear-
nest hope, that no friend of mine will, in future, expect of
ale, that I waste any part of my time or paper In the an-
swering of perosal attacks. At any rate, lam resolved not
to d.. it ; unless by hardy stating, in a short seotenee, that
such a thing is true, or is false. There will be thousands of
lie, against me; bat that is what I have to expect ; and,
really, the good opinion is worth hut little of that man, who
can lend an ear to the assertions of wretches, who, in pre-
mediae to give a true history of a transaction, could suppress
'I? documents out of El, and invert only qich as tended to
thriiw no light at all upon the inerils of the ease. After this
iactance of falsehood, baseness, meantime, and dirtinms, on
the part of my assailants, no one can think it necessary for
me to answer any of their future attacks, except by a mare
affirmatiao or emotion; such, therefore, it all the answer
they shall, is failure, receive.

1 am, gentlemen, your friend,
Bot llth June, 1809. '%?l. COBSETI'.

EXPEDITION.
The following is 'MA to be an accurate :laic:
meat of the effective strength of the Corps to be
employed in this Expedition
CAVALRY.
'Ow's Genet Liepihtt,' 241 Light Dragoons
3d Licht Dractados, 3 Strihdroas .
Bth Licht 1)floonno. 3 Numb-oat .
Mb Light Dragooss . . .

INFANTRY.

lit Foot Gaards, Ist Battalion . .
Ditto . . . . 3d Battalion .
Flank Companies, ditto . .
King's German Legion, Ist Light Battalion
Ditto
2d, or Queens .
3d, or Royals, 3d Battalion
4th Foot, lst Battalion
Id Battalion
sth . . lit Battalion
6th . . lst Battalion
Ptb . . 2d Battalion
9th . . lst Battalion
11th . . '2d Battalion
14th . . Yd Battalion
90th Regiment
23d . Ilmialioo
16th . . I.t Battalion
Vitlt Regiment . . .
fri'd . I.t Battalion
kith . . 24 Battalion
3Oth . . lit Battalion
99th . . Jct Battalion
42d . . I-I Battalion
43d . . Yd Battalion
Stith . . ISt Battalion
.51qt Regiment . .
rat . . 9d Battalion
59th . . Yd Battalion
• . . '2d Battalion
69th Light Infantry . .
71st . . Ist Battalion
76th Foot . . . .
7;th Regiment . . .
79th . . Ist Battalion
. . Yd Battalion
Fed . . ld Battalion
84th . . Yd Battalion
85th Regiment . . .
914 t . . Ist Battalion
• . . lst Battalion
95th Rifle, Eight Companies
Two ditto .

Am• .
• • 440
• • 480
• . 760

. 111!0
. 1100

• 650
• 809
• 1000
. 1000
. 900
• 950
• 850
. 1 100
• 950
• 775
. 1000

.

. .

. . .

• 59u
• 794

• loop
• 6(X)
400
• 406
• 673
• If() I
• 700
• 560
• low
• iS7
• ICW
• 664
• g 3
• 7.60

Total effective rank and 6k • 51,403
When the artillery, engineers, &c. are added to
this force, the amount wilt, as we have already
stated, he nut less than 40,000 men complete,

Among the nnmcrous reports on the Continent,
of a tendency unfavourable to the French interest,
the following account has reached this country,
the authenticity of which rests solely upon its own
authority. Great discontents prevail in the
French armies in Spain. The Poles, Italians,
and Germans joined the standard of BotraeAserc
for the sake of plunder, urged by representations
of the immense wealth of the Nobility end Clergy
in Spain, which would become the property of the
invaders. The work of pleader has since been
carried to its utmost extent, and the temptation no
longer exists. A quarrel took place lately at
Ferrol, between the French and German Officers
at a feast it having been proposed by the fug tocr
to drink the health of King Josern, the toast
was rejected hv the latter, finless the same Com.
pliment were laid to the Archduke Cu &IMES. A
scuffle ensued, snort's we;e dr..%sie, and sixteen
Officers were seriously hurt. 1i hen the garrison
was c.iltd out next morning, it "as il.scorered
that the gunnel Ltd extended itself to the privates,
and that' 000 Germans descried to th.: SpaniSh
forces under the Bliffrail DE LA 1(011:ANA.