The National Register.
London, England, 1821-10-28 00:00:00

SIR ROBERT WILSON.
On Th ursdae a meeting took place at the City of Lon-
don Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, for the purpose of con-
siderinz a n!! adopting measures to aid the subscription
by the Borough of Southwark, to raise a
cubiicription with the view of pl.icing Sir R. Wilson,
" beyond the reach of Ministerial vengeance and ma-
lice... to quote the language of the advertisements.
The meeting was held iu the large assembly-room,
on•i a more respectable we never beheld.
Soon aftrr one o clock a large party entered by the side
• door—smongst them were Messrs. Lambtou, Bennett,
El!:ce, &c,

Mr. FAtELL moved, that Mr. Latubton do take the

chair. Carried by acclamation.
Mr. LAMBTON (the member for Durham,) took the
'chair amidst loud applauses. Ile had deemed it his
•drtty, he said, to attend that meetitift in compliance with
the solicitations of the committee for Southwark, being
anxiuna to attend wherever the cause of Justice and his

country c.iuld be beneficed by his presence and the ex-
ertions of every man. lie begged to say, that this was
tt,n the cause of an individual—it was in every sense a
national queshon—(Hear ). If it were once admitted
that an armed body were iluplicitly to obey the dictates
of a Ministry, whatever those orders might be, then
there would be an end of their liberties.—(Hear, hear.)
A, to the dismission of Sir Robt. Wilson, he could not
discover ady shing like a cause for it. He knew the
einu!uct of Sir !Wien. Nilson on the eventful day; he
thoutht he knew all that individual's thoughts and
wishes on the occasion, and he could take upon himself
to say, and he pledged his character to the accuracy of
what he stated, that all that had been set forth by the
adherents of Ministers was false, wholly false.—(Loud
illfldaus,..) The conduct of Sir Robert Wilson on that
(1.. y, that eventful day, had materially aided the magis.
trates; but the fait was, that such oilicer had sustained
our late Queen through the persecutions levelled against
her by the Ministers—persecutions that would make
them stand for ever memorable in the pages of history.
Bat it was part of the system. Those who were not the
blind tools of 'Ministers were dismissed—whether it was
Lord Fitzwilliani, Sir it. Bakal', or Sir R. Wilson, and
those were the Ministers, he said, who hall employed a
Cattle', and Edmunds, and an Oliver.—(Hear, hear!).
He, however, would have the people look to and be
j:alous of the army, for its members were confined in
Darr icks and separated from the people; and lie lament•
ed to observe hut the army were being directed to such
parpows as he feared were contemplated. The services
of Sir It Wilson were of the roost eminent character.

lie had his country in the East, the West, and
the North, and every where, with the most distinguished
success and advantage. The Sovereigns of Europe had
recognized those services; but amongst all the stars and
hanoors that glittered on the gallant officer's breast, not
one of them had been placed there by the government
of England.—(Hear, hear 1 )—How was this? %V by,
as the Emperor of Russia told him—" You speak the
truth." Yes; he spoke the " truth," in the camp and
in the Parliament, and that was reason enough for at.
tempts to destroy hint. • Let the meeting recollect that
the arm 01 power was 'still raised against Sir R ; and
therefore it became the people of England to step for-
ward to support him against such power—for this cause
was the people's. Though the question was properly
taken op nen., lie trusted it would he investigated by
Padiament. He had nut much hope of the result there
—but itivestigation would tend to expose the character
the system more completely,—(A pplause.)—They
would now have the resoluttous submitted to them.
FetV el.!. then rose. He said he had been soli-
cited to step forward to move a series of Resolutions.—
He aid to with great pleabure. because he thought the
dismission of Sir R. Wilson a most unjust proceeding,
and if' they did not step forward to sustain the cause of
that individual, what would the Sovereigns of the Con-
tinent think 01 this country 1--they would declare it to
be no longer " Great," but " Ltlt!e" Britain.—(Loud
sa,dause.) He concluded with moving the following
Resolutions:-
1. Tbat the dismissal of fl.r Robert Wilson from the army,
without imp ry,tri•il, ur eseu the statement of ally charce
against Imo, is a wanton II ct of urbitiary putter, under the
plea of prerogative, it daring inroad uu the priacip les of the
coastitution, and a cruel injustice to a brave, humane, and
meritorious:, oreicer, whose dirtitiguish,d mrvi.ts to this
semidry mid her allies have been repeatedly itaid sole unify re
co,:n!Zeti by every potter in Europe.
2 That this meeting, as friends of public liheity. aria I lie
co:taatutiota.nf their country, asc.tabhehrd et tile 'evolution,
willingly mole:ate this opportunity of avowing their abbot-
retire of soy aditainistrittion maintaining a large *tainting
urnlY in tune of peace, and endeavouring to make its taws
14.' nacre ere:,tures of the minister Air the time teeing.

S. Thai this meeting stews Ishii great tai tariina the
mud) and lite-rat manner in which to man) at the best and
•iii trueat mtepottert the }diet het ut ttli:cuthitry aloe came
tura ard to matte ss kb their fellow eitisent in ni Itteig their
jou at such au attempt, at equall.) daagi roils to tnc

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cmist thithin awl degr.itlor4 to the arm) ; tlor too.itta the one
withhuhrel•Pau by iniloary Nice, and delinving the other
of the smith -t birtbri;;lst of Englirloven—that ut freely
datehateg the illesibUre. of the iuveninwllit under Wiliea they
live.

4. That the subscription set oil font by Sir R. W.'s coo-