The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-11-06 00:00:00

AIR. &MIURA

TO THE EDITOR.
London, Delpbee 31) Ali
ha-4bsenee firm lows hat prevented mr from invkinn n
'kw resorts on w statement which ■ppeared in the Coarrier
rvf Tondo, lea, evidently Goon anehneity, soil r.pewted,
with some silditions, in The New Tames of the following

day.
Mr. Holmes, in a litter addressed to you neat day. has
&roily detected sot'ne of the falsehoods meesmiteed in that
moment. and I shall proceed to p•siut oat a few more.
It is mot tree that •the young mot has been loving we
resracialiaz nearly. lb. whole time he has berm melte country
Yeah Mr. Haines, or Mr. O'Meara," so tone time after his
loves! 1 was fur several daps use a shooting ricursion at
nooses, sear Seven Oslo,. heloogiog In 31r, Bade., while the
►lrron dr Lao Cams remained in rte.., roußeed t•. his apart.
mewls by ninon. Demist it... he doily received
• "sin tram mytelf (whey in low.), Gum Mr. Farr in my s`-
.iner
occalionally Mr Laureteee was seer ■rd colonised
by bias. TI , indep• nelesitly of the esteem and the reined-
ship which I bear to M. de Las Coma, cavort me to sec him
Ireqvently before mot after my exeursion to She cemetery.
The Courier states, tint wish the exception of Mr H.elmeo.
*shown the whole .f the sermon spoken of ha Me. 11' Mrarm's
hook, whether Eugleak or (wens. are dead." Auy name who
has mad the work most karesr, thst there me few page■ which
do ant furnish a plentiful supply of the Humes of lirißg
peramer, who eaten' readily come forward sad mostradice the
"memento euocernitig themselves, if emstriedrmlion were
possible.
As to the ismiaaatios that " the penlnation of the
Count de Las Cases's Journal was afefegoli JO oldie 014
it aliftbt harmonize with wore," I shall merely state, that the
MS. of the Count's Journal was seized at St. Helena, pe-
rmed by the Geversor„ mood det■iard for several ran (legally
or illegally), either by the Government of Mt. Heave*, et
by anise person or persoas is Site Colonial ; doom(
which period it is sot unnatural to supra* that mesas were
salient to become pet-reedit well acquainted with its euslents.
This supposition is streugibewed by the fact of wary of she
siterdniee contained Is It having been repeated by proems
well homes to have had seers, to the Consist OlSce. Mom-
peer, the MS. was pereend by some literary rharaciers iw
loaders. many moths prevents to the poblication tsf my
work. So that any alteratims, w falsilicatiou of it would
►e rather a hazardous experiment.
The followiseg esplanade's, will mifficieutly manifest the
Amazons which rendered it tereermory So make use of soother
Rome is addressing me at SI. Hens.. On the Sill day of
August, 1817, 31r. Hoboes (toy agent) wrote a letter to Lord
Bathern, he which he tuiforiord hi. Lordship, that he bad
fedioently writing to me, without having received any reply,
.but that letters from as• •pots subjects wholly socannetted
with On purport of the etemminusicatiou istesded for me
having reached him, los judged that the letters which bad
bees add el to me had miscarried. Under this impees•
sins, therefore, he begg►d t►at him Lordship would do
kin Ike honour to forward letters addressed t.r me, ►hich
should be sent, swan or itusesslost, acesrdiag to his Lord-
ship's option. Ow the 11th of the use mont► Mr. Guist.
berm replied to Mr. Holmes, that Lord Bathurst was out
aware of any mama why 31r. O'Meara had ant received his
letters; that is fume any letters a•hlremed to Mr. O'Meara,
sail pat sode► mum to his Lordship, should he forwarded,
sod that it was not necessary list Air. Itedaseis letters
should be susealeel.

With this llSSOfilbtt. o■ the 14th of August, 1817, Mr.
Holmes unite a confidential letter to me on prorate affairs
slime, which was seat under cover to Lord littlwirst on the
wise day, with a request that it should he forwarded to we
at St. Helena.

On the 31st 01 December, 1617, this tiler was sent to sae
from Plantation House. hi Rir Itostswo Lowe urNA the seal
osukest open and elusuLfy waled up apnea, and eselomd te
the following note from lientenont-Cwhonel Wrigord:—
" Plantation Drowse, December 31, 1817.

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" Dear SlR—The eisrlo4rd letter these wit► the Dover-
sees letters, and was found in Ow state it tz sow oast to
yes with the double seeds.
(Sleeted) "E. WYNYARD.
" To Barry O'Meara, Esq."
Now as the letter is queallos lad only pissed through the
elmosel of the Colonial 01See and that of the Governmen t
of Se. Helens, it is evident that ow of awe Wogs most helve
tikes place, either It was opened at the former, is •ielstion
ofMr.Goulbarteri mates promise, or at St. Helena, by some
person belonging to the Goverainent of that island. It i. Not
for me to poiat out where this illegal act was most likely it.
have been perpetrated. Su/ice it to say that I wan infuereed
Kariba tweleats of tea letter were afterward* sem& the sub-
ject of coorereedies at Plantation Homo, end at Admiral
Plastein'e, medicine aitereesteladisorminated ewer the island.
0n the 27ili of she following February, I wrote to Mr.
inf.,rsting him of the fact ; and requested that he
'►orld take every pemeastiow to prevent the reeorresee of it
similar breach of faith. I tairrtair so doubt that every Übe.
►al mind& penes will admit that be was jewtified in adopt.
iag mesoures to weer* the delivery of ►is letters to me
without their having perviously undergone she elloieleitiue
irnspectien of there who were hese eeeee h to argil them-
selves of opportuaitiss afforded to theme, by their official si-
tuations, to mutate the sanctity of private eosyesparedevet!.
Artamed by this motive, Mr. Holmes 'signified to me that
Inters 'mewled fur me would, in (suture, be directed to
''James Forbes, Esq." and the intercepted letter written by
him sod published is the CdP4Wil7, owed ha origis to she fol.
Wyatt eircumstance•:Previous to leaving Passe for Roche.
fort, the Emperor Napoleiss deposited a sum of money with
M. ladtle, the banker at Pori., with iostrisetiosis to resod
bate for the amount to Americo, where Nspo'eois intended
to proceed. Subsetinent everts eery properly derided M. La-
il* sot to comply with this, bet the order of site British
Government to allow oar corsespaidenee to reach the Em-
perm Napoleon unless it had Area penal...ly resod by *owe
if their agents, coupl►d with the 'tome of Napoletin'il
properly wherever It mid he fooled, d►termined M. La.
Otte not to rein the risk of compromising the motley left i■
her thane, sari probably his owes pervorml seamy wed pro-
by enter's' into say swims explanations en the sub-
ject. hapoitoso heist satiathlly desirous to know the slate
..f his slam., and also wishing to provide funds to defray she
ewes expesdithre wt Longwood, locoweed ►y the purchase
of the in of life.(a asewient wwwwity of which wan
I,ok allowed by See Nudges Lowe), order►d Count Bertrand
to write a limier to M. 1.465 e, is which the latter was
titres:fed Cl forelimb the bearer of it with oho desired 'sole-
,usiolos. This kites was accompanied by se order l'or
1,1000/. of which was to he drawn for by Count Ber-
tram!. and tho reed, destined for she purchase of books,
pamphlets, newspapers, &c. to be lent to St. Helens.
Shire. fur some of the member@ of Napoirmi's family, and
f.r Count Las Case., emetaioini an account el the reel
°We 44 4 npole.os's heslik, and cautioning them sot to
,^llo,e themselves to he imposed spent by she false bullaiiis
and oilier eepnrls of his sitsiation promulgated at Si. Helena
end elsewhere, were atw takes by the bearer of the shove.
nustioned letter, and emit by Mr. Holmes to their Assn-
ustios.

I. the intercepted reply poldished by the Conies, the
reader will pe.reive the arkansoleolgnient by Mr. Hiplines of
the receipt of several panels' from me its 1817 and 1818.
These purest. contained portions of my journal, its lowed
vt me la the preface to my work to have taken Omer, moil
nelitsfueleilecd by Mr. Holmes. Thus has this stupid slave
f power ...fled to corroborate the truth of the work which
be twilit by his 'falsehoods to depreciate.
los addition Iso the version of the Courier, Use New Times
stairs, that "in the noddle of.luly, Idle, sliders frovo Goren..
trent ardred at St. Helena to Sir Hodson Lowe, to remove
Mr. O'Meara from hi. attendance or Gederal Bonaparte,
rot geode& of infarniation 'that had been Meirived in Eng-
land, as tti lie privity lb the elsnArttlft rorrespoadeure
shish lad 'been curried or by the forties reams at Long.
vned."
t caniortit help thiaking that the Editor of the New Timer
11-11 been deceived by the person who made him Hwy tepee.
writ/dim. 1* be ens nf ray removal (mastic Melees tole
never yet been souk know. to use, either facially or dean,.
thcially ; and reel Oho Woes Oatmeal free, I cannot
Mink that I shanlel haze Moe rooeirod Ili Ike wanner was
at the Adasirgity ,h 2 Goott fattekberem awl Mr. Xeere-
furi aterroie. at etniretpill ' lioreoa.
As to the prelsholeat fa OM wrote MajoeXlewerat Sir
Hudson Lowe by the Baroa de Lab Oalosp 1 ear have ao

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enneern with it. 1, lite Pr.op►ietor of ihe Courier will, in
;dime of cowardly tariauations, hove recourse to ones
lien, and ;lissome to avow it... 1. had, be ~tl bad that I
newer use a horsewhip tow proxy. The same decleration 1
mean to extend go those official startartlr, she fisraisk lo their
from Ibe offices thew disaras-e, export* dometents
to &tone hottest mrso,and hold hick the seadication of which
they are also is. possessiors. Those documents dui, beau
well, as hose as Site libel Is. of this country remains what
it is, cannot he poldisherl by MP. 11,4 are la the posses
slots, however, of some of she meanest, most malleaant. mad
moat powerful of my eso nisei', who me! do &eel, what 1
cannot. I not only pessnit, boo defy them to give lime to
Out world, as well as (he whole of she intercept►d etirre-
spoisdroce to .• Jame. Forbes, E•q." 800 they dare met ;
the wretches have hero has. ah to condenses sue sailboat
a trod, because they had nut the courage I. inter the
tesponsibsloy.
1 hare the honour lo be, Sir, 80,
11ARKT E. O'MEARA.

P jostler, those journals which Lase publl;hedthso
.141...euts thith appear. 41 au the Courier, should also pro.
•.ullalr Shoo reply.