The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-06-28
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faAoNo, fully equivalent to faoo,ooo or $1,000
,oo per annum at this, He spent his money
most generously. in purchasing promotion for
Young officers, no he Thought deserved it,
lie shared every shilling he could spare from
his indispensable expenses, with the French
officers and soldiers who had been wounded at
Maiplaquet No man provided more literally
for his children during his own lifetime
These are all recorded facts, and surely they
ought to outweigh the statements of an aecu-
ser. who commences by telling us that his
witnesses We're "hahitual liars"
With these and other imputatons, the wr-
ter in Blaei ,rood deals most successfully But
his greatest triumph is connected with MA
oAuLAy's narrative of the unfortunate cxpe-
dition TO Brest, and the death of TALNAsH.-
1t is well known TO all readers Of English his
tory that in the year 1864, the government of
WILLIAM III. sent a land and naval force to
capture Brest-that the land force was COM
manded by TALMAsH that the French, having
heard of tfc intenied expedition, made ample
preparations TO receive the invaders; that the
attempt was made and repulsed with great
slaughter, and that TALAAsH was mortaily
wounded in the action. On his death-bed he
said that certain pernicious counscllers had
retarded the descent and by that meals given
France time todortify Brest rs to render ali
approaches 10 it impracticable." MACAULAY.
upon the faith OF the stuart Papers" charges
MARLBOROUGH with having given information
to JAMES IL, who communicated it 10 Louis
XIV. in time for him TO make all the necessary
preparations. The writer in BIackwoOd, upon
examination OF MAcAULAY's authority, found
that it proved the very reverse of what he
states. The information was communicated
IA one FLOYD. an agent of JAMES l.. i'll March,
;60i. two months before The expedition sailed,
and was by him comnun icatcd TO LorIS, who
spent the whole month of April i'll fortiN ing
Brest against the projected attack At the
lime MARLBORuUGH was not only not conn
seilor OF WILLIAM III, but he was in dis
grace, aud had Just been released from the
rower where he had been confined as a pris-
,ner. On the 9Th of May he wrote to JAMES
and i'll that letter said that such an expe-
;lilion was 10 sail next day, which it did
lie said he had just heard Of it, SO that
LOUIS knew Of it before he did. In fact. the
object of the expedition, and the day of it's sail
ing. had become matters of not0rirty, aud were
openly spoken of months before. 1t was per-
Iectly well known TO WILLIAM that Brcst had
been strongly fortified. and TALNAsH himself
was aware of the fact. In proof of this know
edge, a letter from the former 10 The Duke OF
Shrewsbury, is quoted from by BLACKwooD
! and garbled by MACAULAY. The King says,
They Che French) were long appriscd of our
intended attack, and made active preparations
for defense. What was practicable two months
ago, was no lUager so at present" In reply,
SHREWSBURY processes himself not at all sur
prised al the issue, especially since the enemy
mad 50 much warning to prepare for defense"
II Is evident, therefore, that MARLBoRoUGH's
letter, written only the day before the expedi-
ton sailed, could not have been the induce
ment 10 erect those defences, which had already
been erected two months before. Moreover
the information Obtained ny FLOYD from all the
parties to whom he applied (RrssEL, SHREws-
BURY, GODoLPHlN and MAEIEoROUGH) is de-
tailed IN the STUART papers. He got no impor-
tant intelligence from MARLBOROUGH who
had none To give, being as we have said, i'll dis
grace. The Information which Immediately
produced the catastrophe was furnished nv
GoDoLpHIN but, he is an especial favorte of
Lord MACArLAY, and therefore nothing is said
about it. On MARLBoRoUGH's devoted head
all the epithcts that hatred can supply are
shoWered with Il total disregard of truth and
propriety. lie is called II criminal "a muir
d"rfr," and this transaction is described a.
the hasest Of all the hundred Nilainies of
MARLBOROUGH" Is this the language of Il his
torian, or of prosecuting attorney
We by no means Justify MARLBOROUGH in
keeping up correspondence with the Court
of st. Germans. But we arc told by the re-
viewer. that, III the whole of that CORES pom
dence, published III The STUART papers. there is
not one word that could compromise the in
terests of his country. Information he some
times gives, but it is always given too late to
be- of amy service TO tn: French government
He may. on this account, he charged with
cheating King JAMES; but he cannot he charged
with IA want OF patriotism. The motive in the
TALMAsH case, MACAULAY says was envy
When NAPOLEON was charged with being envi.
ous of BEENADoTTE. he simply replied "if /
had been charged with cnyying julius C.EsAR.
there might have existed the appearance of Il
probability.'