The Culoneley of the Forty-first Regiment is vacant by the
death of Lieuteliant. General Sir Edward Stopfoid, G. C. B.
The Marquis of Waterford, accompanied by his brother, Lord John Beresford, and the Honourable Mr. Ponsotiby, has arrived in town from Aberdeen, where the noble Marquis landed on Monday from his yacht. His Lordship, silthough quite out of danger, is very weak from the effects of his late fracas et Btrgen.—Post.
The following letter, bearing the signature of " Francis Burdeat," and addressed to Lord Melbourne, appeared in the Morning Post on Monday. Sonic people think it a hoax ; but sufficient time has been allowed fur its disevowal by Sir Francis, and none has been made. Besides, it is a jumble of twaddle and bad grammur—an excellent imi- tation certainly of Sir Francis Burilett's style. There is nothing in it but what the Baronet might have written ; and, until we see an autho- rized contradiction, we must hold that he did concoct the precious farrago.
"St. James's Place., 16th September.
"My Lord—I take the liberty of addressing you, and of calling the attention of the public to a eui.jsct which Si-cilia to have been too litik thought of by loth. I allude to the notable expedient of selling the Ito) al Stud by public auction, without exception even of the beautiful Arabians, minions of their lace,' the presents of an E laern Prince to England's King, thus casting a foul stain on the national chaletar, and injuritig materially the national interests ; fin the horse is a noble and to etwourage his race, mid to bring all Iris admirable powers and qualifications til pet fection, is an object of primary national concern, an I has by all nations, warlike or otherwise, been so coueidered, and nevermore so than at the present moineut. Agents from Austria, Fiance, and Russia, have come over to this country to avail themselves of this act of mean. fleas, stupidity, and fully, and to pick up the pearls we are so basely throwing away.. Eveu the Americans who, one would think least likely to take an it- terest in this subject, have lately been making purchases of some of our best horses—not scrurffing to give three or four thousand pounds a piece for them. Ve alone se.,an willing to yield our acknowledged superiority on this important point,.and Indeed on too many others, and to barter it away for a pecuniary and trifling consideration. My Lord, ships aud horses, the duo lamina beW used to be the pride and glory of Englishmen. They are the bulwarks of national safety, and instruments of national renown ; and the pet fection to whiell we brought, and the skill with which we used them, has long hem the admira- tion of the world, and our supremacy therein honourably characteristic of our country. Alas! my Lord, how changed we must be, if we can behold with apathy these interests neglected, this superiority passing away from us, whilst other nations are nobly indeed emulating, and endeavouring, by copying, to surpass us. As no other reason has or can be assigned fur this shabby
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tion, t is difficult not to imagine it to originate in some private motive either of interest or m dice, and to denounce it as a disgraceful job. As to the silly mg. gesnon, that it is unbecoming a Queen to have a royal stud, it can only pie. coke laughter, and is, indeed, arrant nonsense. The royal stud is a truly royal appendage to the Crown, and to maintain it a primary public object ; and, seeing the huge stung foreigners are willing to give for our best horses, it is the only security for some of the very best being preserved amongst us, and of their being, as they ought to be, prized above all price. If it is unfit that under a Queen interests of such public importance should be disregarded, it follows that it is unfit that a Queen should wear the crown, and not that the royal stud should be sold. The only other suggestion I have hearth even whispered—for none have been publicly stated—to recoil:41e us to this public act of degrada. non is the miserable short-sighted, penurious, penny-wise-anil-pnund-loolish economy so much in vogue in these costermonger days,' under the influence of which are withering all the great interests of our country ; but this pretence, poor as it is rennet be brought to bear upon the subject ; for the establishment is in such high repute that it already defrays, or nearly so, its own expenses; so that, as a mere matter of traffie, It is a thriving concern, and will naturally become more and more so every year. It ninny be said why, then, not leave it to individual exertion to maintain ; but the public object could not thereby be secured ; that object being that no temptation of gain should extract from the country its best horses. Our lively neighbours, in their vivacity and wit, have called us a noion of ehopkeepets ; and should this paltry project be carried iuto effect, they will henceforth, pethaps, denominate us a nation of pedlars. My Lord, put your veto upon it at once, and obliterate, if it be possible, the shame and reproach of having for a moment entertained such a thought. The re. Inonstiance put forth by the Jockey Club of England will have, I hope, its due weight with your Lordship ; any how they will have done honour to them. selves, sod evinced to the world that Englisimmu, even in their sports, do not forget their couture ; and in case Government refuses to interfere, the gentle. men and noblemen .of England will, I trust, step forward upon this occasion, and become themselves the purchasers of the royal stud, ioni by vesting it in the Crown confer a lasting benefit on Ills comitry. I confess, my Loid, my jealousy is more especially alive on this subject, as I think 1 see manifested, for the first time iu the Government of this country, an apathy not only of natioual prejudices but of national feelings and interests. The other great arm of the country—the other thuutlet bolt of war, seems to challenge as little regard as the ro) al stud ; for it appear., from a very sensible lit tie pa:1mM, t, just pub- lished lay a comiliander in the i oyal navy, that the Emperor of 11u,sia, besides sending Iris agents over to this country to purchase the royal stud, maintains in the Baltic, beside a tleet in the Black Sea, twenty-six line-of battle ehips, with frigates and small vessels inn proportion, victim ,Iled for flew mouths, awl manned with thirty thousand men, all arranged and disciplined after the Etig:isli model, and by tinkers who served with our fleet in the Mediterranean; and the accinacy, says the pamphlet, with which they made use of the know- ledge ISO gained is qmrit astonishing ; whilst we have to oppose such a force, should :my eeinsion take place, only seven line-of-battle ships. Your Lordship, moreover, also confess d that you have unwillingly, but not unwittingly, dealt a heavy blow at Protestantism at home, and, it appears our ti rev is exposed to hiave it heavy blow dealt to it abroad. Surely, my Lord, this is enough to arouSe the attention of the most indolent, and excite the al it m of the least applehensive, and to fill with jealousy the heart of every Englishman who is alive to the honour, character, and hard. earned superiority of ibis great, and, I trust, not deelining country. 1 will only add one inure Mew: ration on the subject of this address, that I tun satisfied that our late benevolent and patriotic Sovereign, William the Fourth, would have sooner chopped off his tight arm than have affixed his signature to so poor-spirited, low-miuded, and anti-national a project, albeit that his Majesty. beitig bred a sailor, knew more about i5hys than horses, in which he took little pleasure. Still, upon public grounds, and with true Eliglish feeling, which guided every act dills reign, he cherishel. and encouraged the estalilidinient of the loyal stud ; and I have reasou to believe, and have indeed no doubt of the fact, that a short time before his lamented end, he confessed his deep regret at not being well enough, cuusidering the provision he was called upon, and it was his indispensable duty to make for those he left behind him, to make a present to the nation of the royal stud ; at the saine time expressing his anxious hope that it should not be abaudoned : thus thought and felt William the Fourth, and thus will, I have no doubt, the people of England. "I remain, my Lord, your most obedient and very humble servant,
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