The Sun. — London, England, 1811-02-27 00:00:00

sat down be wood olpservti(tha,t some of the ex.: pr.ssioris of the ffrirc; Mover deserved as stvere 'criticism at the usage of The HoUse would permit, and particul,oly those in .which t.e had painted the situation of the private soldier as peculiarly hard -and petilous, when it was Ltiowti that those hard 'shirt and perils were share . o ?, MI men ot the high est rank. Ho recommended the Hon. Gentleman, it he still thought po; , tilarity the chief good, to take other means of acqtbring it. He Rcommenued him to adopt, Lord M‘itistield's advice, which was, that we atonic' not pursue popularity, but rather allow it to overtake LS. .. . 110 C.sfi:6'ClgLLOlL of the Excit EQUER, after the ' ll treellelY ablx manner in which his Honourable and 1.,eal tied Friend near him had acquitted Itimseif , in the clear mid 'explicit statement which be had Thole to the . House, should not think .it necessaty to -ontoale hirusett icing on their attention. There wo 'only flne vat of the ..übject in,which his Hon. Friend hal hero d •ficieto. . Ilia liwt. Friend had failed its . (101 N.,11),It. toll justice.which duo tn the conduct of Sir D, Pitfalls, and to the s inmmer in which the FIN. Gent:o,l , .in atmain c () ed from any tiotice of :that , 4 ' lo . 11 vt a• iinpossib,e fo r him. to suppose that tne lion. G , ,..ititztnail sought : out this . subject for the 1 , 44 1) , )it at ni,ik lug misent, out and inflammatory L ' l rattgat , s . In jostic'e to that Hurt. Gentlemen, he w 's bound to suppoe, that haviog received itifortna -11?', , 4 lad s w loco be conceived were founded in injustice, ne w i s desirous or &m Ain redress for th 'nl)Pres,e I individual. Now the . House of Con)- , 1110 a, had exiilicitty i!e- bred by its usage, that all such titirsotnii tit a military nature should not be I,l'ca,:ed wit , tin its, walls, utilts;i justice Wa, de vilteu from eli,;.phere, Unoer the inidresoon 01 I ; bi ' AeillitTlent, he 'wbuld neip.Si upon the Pa" I , llet. °f l he House, . bile be .appristd them of •"' ippon twines which the Honourable Gent le 111an had enjoyed nom the Calimander in Chiet, of • laY4inll g the Lase betort. hi ~, and of the temper with w 1 1: his oTtesentations had pie e n received by Sir Dundai. It was due to Ilse.. of . Sir D. banida3, and 10 the charatter of the army, that the l 'ublie, should be informea of • his dispo-ition to lis- . itta to complaite, let it proceed from kt Ilat0;l:r qua': ter it .'lan e, (The Chancellor of the EXcheouer Itele,ceail ine c0,,,.,p,0,deuce which pa.se.i between All. ' " r ;it'lle and Sir D, DLIIIit44, tif Wileelt we have room for sho rt " e x tracts.) The Honourable Gen iltinati bega t) the iorrespondence with a tette', slat ill:gi " tl:at eavii,g receivvil information of ts nne ex h-'4'lJ'iialy citeiii..statices alto, tding the . t. tat of Car ,,1.,.14a' C "urclot,,he had made an ittetfectual attempt to i 0.,,5 ) 1 ( 11 he Isle of Wight to see.him ; that he conti" 'ently luped the Mall %V Ullid liO. be sent out of t he e "utery, and out of the proive.tion of the lard, - I." r e he h a d cos;,opportunity' o f in v e s t iga t ing replied -::" To Chs the mM Coauder in . Chirt ( itpu b y iii., Secretary,, ~ Tb , t. he w.ts. not aware , ) , 11 1 an Y iro.guhrity 1 ; i t h e tr i a l o f C urtis, but ' :4 he desired tits Htinuitrahle Gentleln-tu 1 ° P," l hint hc../,,,,5,,i01) 0 1 those ci!onnis at ces, 11 l ".m itt, might take' the steps Whit 1) that infortnAtlou. , I ' l ' 4l 'ender tii:ctissoy." rite Hou. G.“tiletiVie a"' i''''l4l...".lhit ihis wag ai,y thing but a teoly to his 1.11,",' and I, e he4ged t‘i kilow wiit..th,r it was iniAtitt i u tr i t e.. "seer comply with his request..' , Nut at ;t I I held, by bY tt.e tone ci the Hon.,Gent. but U vitt C t i t\s '" 4 hisiructed his St:cretary to iniut in hint" toot e tt ''', l4ll ) lll 4ler in Chief was always atotious. Lu 1e ,1,-'tl"tortuation vA hicti ini,;lll operate to vourauly c .l)l ' 4 ° ll s placed it) the unfortutiate sit tut tui 01 I,fi u ,, l , 4) ;`ie9r.liii ; bat that he shrtuld not consider L ' - "Justified in groutin g tile suspension required I T the Hun. Gentleman, unless the grounds of ZJai ap,:lication were dist wetly specified." Tins 1-d 1)- ieed another' letter from the 'Hun . Gentleman, in ; l eh le. expresses an oti:iion which, it it were to be. :4'ale general, would ' . ..ntivert the rn , `lst free country 411 'he e,iverse to one 'of the Most' ititulet able ty ,l4Y. This opiniou was contained in the paragraph, 'll ,„ ai l hat it was hatuly necessary., for the I - 10n. Gentle . ‘i ole:mind the Cernt»atider in 'Chief that he was • li tY t. i to he consicierett in the tight of neornmon indivi ;il lait but it tote ;•ti a Nle m that body ber of , by,‘ irtue of 4 . soldiers were ra i sed and pail, a nd whose Ili y Ili tr „ t , . s. o if ihtt Hon, s- "11 it. was to watch : ver.their ieiciest of , i - Gentlen) in had a . right, as a M..onnet rti ., ' 4 House, :to erect hirniett into a walking -coal . , '!' e, anit to eviinine inquisitori.illy into all the tuirportinents Of the . Stat e ., rcius ivg ti.) afford. to those e`Tarlutents ihe infoimatio n bit which he' proceed ' Ili h e (the Chancellor of the,Excliegtier) repeated Ld, ii t, this vi oil's' constitute one of 'the most aboini-. 11t.1)1e. tylautties that ever existed. The Hon. Member ,4, 1 )1 Oil to tell the comnianderin Chief, ~ that the file had, been viola'ed, and chat unless he obtained /bluest....„r which he, had made he wo uld bring the 4 14 4 0 1) J under the Consideration of the House of Corn til."B,ll the 29 h of that tumuli." The.unswer of II:1 Colninander in Chiet " referred the Hot). Gen it i b tl .'! 4 10 the former cbmlntitileations on the same e,,, }° “" The Coininandet in Chief, however, had 4ta.. 4 ed a ruiture inquiry to be made into the circuin- sui " t cies attendant on the trial of Curtis, and the re- ha d been full andably sta ted by, his Honour -414 and L • )1 - ' - , 3 „ .. coined liriend. The Ho:touratile Baronet 111:PI°41te asserted that the Honourable Mover .had Ny i l b en - dealt 'fairly by. A singular accusation ; H o " . 1 he HooSe recolleaed the way in which the Martial, C,nt.' insinuated, i hat in a Regimental Court a l i t , ' al, such a 'combiliation among the Officers d ie ? . l . l . be .xpected to exist, as would leave the sot- 1 Intl . e hoPe of justice, than which obseiVation, (4 he tt .', l : ) ' ill- founded and mischievous could scarcely that l'Pcttietl. 11 e was bound in duty to believe l ent. ' e niutes of the Hun . Gentleman were excel -144s he was persuaded the . House would feel too the Hon. Gentle msn had.travelled the worst ti le Tw , ible. Hiwing the fairest opportunity, 'by r e i ve ila , nner in which his application had been re-; th e ~ ti by the COtnmander in Chief of redressing in auelTtned grit;vances of the unfortunate individual si i ,: itid s 1 1 1 0 0 11 (if he really witted that ~1 hose grievan.:es iteted t ha t dres'ed). the . Hon. Gentleman had re that t h e ,oPportunity, and thinking, erroneOnsly, ,e House of Co I °r the a..._.. . mmons was the proper place kith 6(17.8..9 01 subjects of this nature, the .rte tight hear ten the speech which the House had that d. . : tile. Iv , • s • • .. /) he ve AR ., . . i iild n ot 4e 441t,spoite briefly n e tplanati on . li e twat ' li t racity o f t h e N oble Lord op-, c bl i e v,ed that he hacl given orders tei admitting the Counsel- to tote 'prisoner, but still tlit fact wes as l bad salted it w he, and he must ob, serve, there was a vast ditfetence between giving orch-rs and'seeing those orders executed. The fiouse then cliVidett, when the numbers were— For the Motion Against it Majt.rity . Adjourned. 9 - 9i The following is she correspondence alluded to in the Debate last night : • • 7, Little Ryder-street, St lames's', SI R, • • 17th/shot/ember, ato. Hiving received information, ,from what !.deem 'a very ctedtble and respedable source, of some very extraordinary cireutostauca, relating to the trial and punisiment of Corporal Robert'Cuth. , late of the Oxfordshire Militia ; I went •to Ports.nouth' all Wednesday last, wi' h an nitention of crossing over to the Me of, Wight, wlkre I on:let - stood he was, with a view of obtaining an interview, with hint. The weather not permitting me to fulfil this intention, a g , ntletnan, at my request, went the follo, , ing CLiy with a letter, and some writ ten questions to put to Curtis, accatni;ml;-(1 w i th instructions from site, to make use of my wine in his applicoion, to the Commanding Office' for such purpose. The gentleman made application accotdongly to Geneial Taylor, ho tousycl him the interview soliciied, upon the ground that he did nut think himself authorized to permit it, 'without ire vious p-rinmivn . froin rho Qommander in Chief . , or the Adynaiit •General. Tins, Sir, is the eanse 'of my now irouhling you ; ti is my Jikerniina• lion to bring the subject before Parliament at itearty a period as ilossible, and wishing very mach to have colleiunication with the . untnitunate man before - I do . so, I have to tequest you will git e such order's `as will secure io me such communi cation. And in the tnean time give nee leave to express, a confident hope, that. •the man will not be sent out of the country, and beyond the protec tion of the laws, until I have had an opportunity of' bringing his cas.: befora Parliament— . I have also to eXpless the Sallie eXdedation with regard to two a her men Ltte of the Oxfordshire Militia, Bellis and Gr , :en wood, appeared IN Wiltiesiu, upon the General C u t Martial in favour of Curtis, and who hive sine 'tinder the mitigated punishrfient of a lit iga,fe Govt Maniai, been ordered off to regiments fOreign station ; their evidence will be very material to the investigation, an investigation which am confident cannot tend to the. 'good of his Majesty's military service. I have, &c. G, L. WARDLE. • (Signed) The Right [lon. Sir David Dundas, SIR, Horse. Guar4, Nov. 19, !Rio. I out, directed by the Cutninander in t;:ntli to au knowlvidgo•tlis receipt of yoric letter of t;.e t7tit inst. !el:vitve to th e casolof 11.0;lert Curtis-, Lite, a corporal in the Oxfordshire ; awl I hate; to acquaint you in teply thereto,. that Sir David Duhdas is not aware that any. irre, ; ularit) could possibly have been attributed to the trial of tltiti I;erson or that any nte.isitie had been adeptei inconsistent With tl)1 dinat y rotim-ot proceeding in the case nl'a r adjudge : a punishment by a General,Court MAI I.i , tip , ; ailo'ved to commute the execution of the ben “:nce tor service abr ~s 1. Sir David Dundas thole. tore (.6,:rei that on will 'pleased to put hint in of t nature of those extraordinary' cir cmustante,, which y.. u state to have learned through a credible enantiel, in order thtt he may take such steps as new information oft he subject may render necessary. „ I have, &c. TußßEigs. G. L.-Wardle, Esq., 7, Litt:e Ryder -street. St R, 7, Little It rler-street, 'Nov. zr, 18 ro. I wrote to you on the 17th, ilvsiriirg for reasons explicitly stated, oat you wuultl issue orders th.rt ji mig ,, t have-that , communic:ition with Robert Curtis that General Taylor had refu , ed to me, aftd express ing my expectation that neither Curtis, Behis, or Greenwood, would, ho sent out of the country till I had an opportunity , of .bringino, - thecaSe iii cineStiott before Parliament. The receipt (.1 this letter you have acknowledged, and you have.de,irert to be put in , possession of the circumstances made known to me, tlutt—yoti may take such stees as slew irvlorma 7 tion the subject may render necessary. .Now, Sir, it is obvious.that this k any thing but an answer nky letter; I thciefore have only ro.reter you to that letter, And to beg. to too whether II to reuse or comply with the. request and c%pectation therein .contained. I have, &c; G. L. WARULE. The Right lion. Sir D. Dumias, • SIR, ilor4.Goards, zest Nov. iSio I am diieeted by the Commander in Chief to ac knowledge the receipt of your loter of this day, in which you ref er to y (qir foliner letter of the 17th inst. as having stated explicit reasons.f o r complying with your recineSt, and to inform you that Sir 'Mid Dundas is always Anxious t o receive,and consider all communications iii tavnur of persons in the sttultion. of Robert Curtis;: and, was, therefore, desirotm of being put in possession of any inlorination you might have obtained it: 'relation. to his _case Whicit could operate in hiS favour,, or induce the Com mander in Chief to suspend the order tor his pro ceeding to the regiment for which is destined : but &reds me to add, that he . Caqnot conceive hiin self justified in such ,suspension without he is ac quainted with thegrounds upon which the applica lion is made. Sir David Dundas is . desirous that you should fully understand that he feels it to bc.,his duty to take every. weans in his puwet to prevent injustice being dare to any person in I►is Majesty's service under his command ; that ha is res, , onsible for so doing ; and that he would, therefore, be obliged to any one whit) woulct, funiish him with the means of inquiring into and discoveting auy circumstances which could just ly cause the suspension of any sentence, or the par don of any person improperly convided ; but he cannot conceive himself justified in devolving . that responsibility upon another, or in continuing ►o suspend any sentence on the ground of an applica tion from any individual' who Will not give bun the 'MOM jtielg;rig of the ;;r6:,)•:ty of what 1)6 &sirez to have done. I am also to inform you; that the Commander in Chief having on the _receipt •ot pour letter bt the 17th inst. written to'prevent the 'embark...tioh of these men until he had recei►ed the communication desiredar my letter of the i9th inst. finds that John Bellis embarked on. the'2Bth ult. I 111Ve, &c. (Sigipetl) e roiiilENs, G. L. IVardle t Esq. 7, Little Ity(!er.stteet: SIR, -7, Little Ryder-strect, 224, Nov. r 8 to. Not wishing to enter into any discussion as to your general disposition to do justice to the'persotts under your command, I Must beg leave, once more, to recal your attention to the nature of my original application, by which I hoped, through your means, to have obtained a free intercourse, with the unfor tunate Curtis,• and also to have prevented the send ing him, Greenwood, aadlis, abroad, till such time, at least; as the parliamentary investigation which, I informed you, it was my determination to brit:; torward, should'have taken place. Your letter of yesterday takes no notice whatever of the former part or this application, arid merely alis for inform:l:ion from me to enable you to judge' of the .propriety of suspending the intended area ! sure of set.di tto wen abroad. Wan re-pect to this demand of information on your part, it can hardly be necessary fOr me to re mind you that I am not, in such a case, to be con •stdered merely in the light of an individual, but in that of a 'Member of that Body, in virtue of whose vote soldiers are raised and paid, and whose divy it doubtless is, to watch over the lives at those soldiers. , To enter here into the ruinute.particulars of the subp.Ct of the proposed investigation ; 'is 'what I can not reconcile to my notions at propriety; bnt in or de'r that yon'may - de fully aware of .the importance of that subjeet, I take this opportunity of informing_ you, fhat I mean, to move an. investiga tion into the' origin,. the mode And progress, of 'the prosecuti. , n of Corporal Curiis, and also - into.the nature and execu-• tion.of•the srntent e ; 'through the Whole of which, I am thoroughly conVineed, It will appear that a vio-. lation of law has gone' hand o u band with a violaticia of justice and humanity. Once more, thereeore, alio , v- me to hope, that you • will think it consistent with• your ~duty, and With the g.,od of his .1110jesty's military service, to furnish .me with those' means of' tree intercourse, which were, for reasons-so •franklyr stated, request ed in my first.tetter, and that you will also continue . the restrictions' against ether Curis or Greewtood bring sent out of the kingdom, and beyond reach and protection Of the law. „ 'lnc same candour which haS .hitherto prevented me from disguising from you any of my views, now prompts tsit, to' intormyot.rohat - unleSs the at Er-% (p..e,“s complied ;.voh, :shall, on the tv.crity-, ninth Ilitil,lnt , vndeavotir to obtain tlie intertereiice • of thelloni,.: of Coturnons upon •tlie UCCiisluo. I nave,. (Sigve(l) WAlA)t.z.. To tile Right Hun. Sir 134y1,11)nnti.i;;,,,t1/4c. Horse Guards, 23d Nov • 1?1 , .) SIR —I am diroded by her Commander ia Ch4 , l to 'O, know ie)ge he'recerpt of your letter• of yystet day's date, in which y.)t, reelll his dttennun to the nature of your application rtzarding llobeit Curtis; but as you - will tl tt , k proper, fur re' f lt , on.i . best known Inyourselt, to peo,evere in withholding' . from his 'knowledge the grounds upon which you round the irregularitie'S th,rt you allege 10 loy , - O Occur red.rn proevedinigo against ttiks. man ;it only re in,ins ter Sir David Doodas to cal) yourutention in lemur, to. my, er of the 5: wititn,t ,in W• bleb are detailed the grounds upon which a compliance with your request had been suspended', ur , til you should the' COMill'alickr in Chief w itlt 114 intl,itis of . judging of those extraordinary t ircutif• /*tapers that li!A drawn your notice to an official and legal and proceeding under his i;onitutild.„ am Wither to acquaint your, that. lice Commander in Chief cannot. torts d •r! any ' indryittual• - whatever - at -all justified in ,issoming tionsplained hiteiler enco to the coursp.. ut )14 . •iglicia1. autyi. a'or .In de r mantling tram\ hint the adoption of aatql*trasttre t , unaccompanied with aii.explanatiO.r ut . Itie •- clOunir stances upon which it is founded. , have, • -- ' • (Signed) El. TO`kur,Ns. C. 1.. Wardle, Esq. 7, kink ltyda•r;to.-,.q. ._.... _ f__ S:.__..._. IYi NAVAL E W S. Vt i PLYMOUTH, FEB. 21).—The brig Ranger; Notyn 4 , Crow London, with a cargo, consisting eifhaloloods; SCC, butind Ca Teiterilre; is laLtin-;tit titil'ott., the vgssel being in a very lraky . state. His Majesty's ship Daphne, now in Torbay, will call offlhis Port for the trade bound to, the Medi- terranean. The Hope, \VILDMAN, and tw6 transports, that sailed hence yesterday morning for ,Falmouth, to join the convo)- hound. to Lisbon, are again put back by contrary, winds. Sailed his Majesty's ship 'Princess Charlotte, of 3 8 g9n9,'Captaiy ToinN, on a cruize the Lapwing Revenue cutter, Captain Fli Ai ER, with the - Fairlie East Indiaman, Captain D'EsTaitati,' froril . ,Madras, &c. under convoy for the River. Arrived the Eliza packet, Capt. SAmrsotv, from Cadiz, with Mails; which will ba forwarded dill. evening; 11 days passage,- and does not bring any , news;-she brought_ over. sir. JU.A.N BQUEIGA, Spanish Courier, who is cha!ged with dirrpatche; tor Government. Sailed his-Majesty's ships Lightning on a eruize, and Mariner for Portsmouth. Arrived the Alm, PAratcx, from London for Lisbon the Spanish brig Son Paulo, PINTO, from London for Corunna ; and the schooner Modroy, Wise, fro , n London for Lisbon; the three lattei vessels put in here for ounroy. SJiled the Liberty transport with proviiiors to the Westward. Sailed the Morning Star cartel, LAvls, with a French General, and sevcral'a6ed and infirm pi loners, for Morlaix. DEAL, FEE. t36.—Ptemain.h:i Majesty's ships and the outward-bound ships as per last.. Arrived, the Tremendous man of war from Ports mouth; and the Providence armed ship, with a cou voy, from Cork, which are sailed for the River. Sailed the Ponguard mau of war for Sheeinoss,. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 2U.--Arrived MmieStyi ship 'Brian from a cruiie.--The Undaunted iliptu takes convoy for Spain, Portugal, and the Niedi , terraneau. CHATHAM, FEB. 26 —Sailed down the Itiver'io the Note tlis Majesty's sloop Sheldra4, Captaio STE WA LET. - DISTRIBUTION OF'PRIZE-MONEY. To the skiip Roie, for the capture •:f the Clinsii:mhorz privateer (in company with the sloop Cru,zer), at No. I^, t.:letnent's lon. To 'the sloop, Ranger, for the capture of the Crivoliiic, Two friends, Oorathe, and ~t No. rs.-„Clernent' MAI 1..5. ARRIvED—I Cadiz, i Dublin. Dci 2 Waterford ri-HHI;SUN. SOI.EM QUIS utctrct FAISUM AI.,DEAT? ( N• 1) A , 'WEDNESDAY, FT3RUARY 27, 1811. ..Wiutisor Castle, Feb. 0, ISJ I. ",.HIS MAJEiTY . S indisposition is in every respea declining." (Signed as usual). We recAved this 'day Cizdit Papers to the 30th ult. Their chief contents relate to, the determin.'d hatred which the Spaniards feel towards the French, and their increasing efforts to preserve the indepe.,-. dente qr . their cOuntry. 'The patriots or A'rragon had compel!ed ,the French to evacuate. J3enararte.— The enemy, in all platters where they had , ipreared, coptinned their extortions, and SU ILI! ET, not curt tent with exading a contributiol of thirty-_)c rn!- lion,i, had taken awarat Ale:mi.; firth of eve: v sloe , les of cattle. In short, the French by all their condua; sttern,as if they were rather diTus-2d to jct. cethe th3h conciLite the people vt horn 1!:ey are at tempting to,cnslave. .The Spanish Papers al 5., ? eon.' rain the dispatches of BaLLAsTettos, whir ticops concluded themselvs with the greatest. intrepidity, killing at least 2000 of the enemy, with, a small 'comparative loss themselves, and who trtreate4. itt admirable order, the enemy not daring to annoy them. Mr. WA R DLE last night brought forward his mo tion in the House of Commons, respeaing Corporal Cort s. We .have not room to otrer any comments upo.: the subjeE at present, but We brg to call lb,: particular attention of our Readers to tne I)ebm itself; Mr. WARDLE'S motion was negatived by' 90 to 1. Dispatches from Cadiz to the ilth lost. were re, eeived this day•at the Admiralty, but they coniitin . etotlthig of novel interest. ,There is no truth in the report that the Swedish Monarch is about to leave_ this country, but kis certainly true that the movements of the Northern Conrts are favourable to his interests, as inoolvied in those of his country. It is pOssible that a fleet in the Baltic will give animation to the Nunli fern PoWers, and at all events secure Zealand for the Danish Monarch, it he has really courage enongli to resist the Despot of the World. • 'The PRINCE REGENT entertained at dinner yes terday all the Royal Duke - % 'Arch MbiftA, DvN -9A4,. HUTCHINSON, aand KEITII i Mr. SHERIDAN,' Mr. ADAM,. Bco 'BUONAPARTE may wreak his Vengeance upon the Press during his life,'hut it will have its full retenv,e when the world is released frotri his tyranu.. In deed his hostility to it at present scorns to be the te , ult of nothing but the wantorineSs of pride, anti toxication of power, for such is the debased sit uat ibtt of the Continent, that the Press in every boc•of it; vassal SlEte3 dare not presume, on 'pain of confi!...: tion and death, to utter a !iyll:6le in oppoqt:on t , t any of his measures. It may therefore be int-1r42.1 d that, conscious of th e sever i ty 'which he o::::;'vei from the Press, and certain that it will braitd memory with the ntillOin ticlletttian and boi - or,:!te is resolved to avenge himself before.hand, the friends of literature .full and Nnp:e t, ,r CORN-EXCHANGE, Fsu. t'37. ---Top day the 11 has but a scanty supply. of Wbe.4t, veiy few arrivals . , and only short remaining quantit ,, ':i t Old trade heavy and at little variation atom Mtpiday'S quotation ; Barley in good supply and sMe3 hardly at last prices; tinclatiwi 1),,, 1s Beans of" each detteripthirt likewhe ; the g :lt t :t a i o s i a i l t e ie of 0315 ssnaraedneatly a t rly a e a l s tt e arnr , at v w:l e - 3 Li t at late pricos.