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THE BRITISH LEGION.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sin,—Should it not be intruding too much on your
valuable columns, may I request the favour of your in-
serting this letter with its accompaniments.
On the 6th instant, I transmitted the following let-
ter (Copy, No. 1.) to the Roya' Commissioners for the
liquidation of the claims of the British Auxiliary Le-
gion of Spain, and having received no answer on the
13th March, I addressed the following (Copy, No. 2.),
to General Alava, the Ambassador from Spain to this
Court. I delivered the. letter to the Ambassador my-
self, at his Excellency's residence, Harley-street, Ca-
vendish-square, and being desired to wait for an answer,
was, shortly, informed by one of his Excellency's secre-
taries or clerks, that " although his Excellency could see
no reason why the Royal Commissioners refused to fur-
nish me with a copy of the paper I required, yet his
Excellency could not interfere, having merely the power
to act as a referee when the Commissioners themselves
differed in opinion."
At the opening of the Royal Commission, on the
16th of Novemher last, it was distinctly understood,
that on a difference arising betwixt the Commissioners
and any one of the Legion, an appeal should be had to
General Alava ; but I would now ask where or in what
manner is redress to be obtained ?

This is a part of the proceedings of that Commission
referred to by Lord Melbourne in his answer to the
Marquis of Londonderry, in the House of Lords, on
the 21st ult.

I have heard nothing further in answer to my appli-
cation. The paper required is of much importance, as
deeply involving the interests of many of the Legion.
And if General Evans' orders are to be set at naught,
as said to be, by the Royal Ordonnance herein referred
to, there will be an end to all justice; his orderly
book may as well be thrown into the fire, and the
many promotions and appointments made under
it, tossed into the flames. But why does not
General Evans stand forward and support his own
orders, and the interests of the many suffering and
duped officers of the late unfortunate Legion ? and
whence arises the apathy and apparent indifference
of most of the superior officers to a final settlement of
the claims of the Legion ?
I beg to add extract (Copy, No. 3.), from the Legion
General Orders, of date 26th Sept. 1836, said to be
annulled.—l am, Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
19th March, 1839. ROBT. LAIDLAW.

(Copy No. 1.)
9, Borough-road, Southwark,
6th March, 1839.

GENTLEMEN,—Before urging my objections to your
disallowance of the amount of my claims, I most respect.
fully request to be furnished with a copy of the Royal
Ordonnance of the Queen of Spain, annulling the Le-
gion General Order of the 26th September, 1836, and
reducing the pay of the Commissariat Officers whose
services were thereby dispensed with, to that of half-
pay. I have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) ROBT. LAIDLAW.
To the Royal Commissioners for the Liquidation of the
Claims of the B. A. L. of Spain.

(Copy No. 2.)
9, Borough-road, Southwark,
I3th March, 1839.
MAY IT PLEASE YOUR. EXCELLENCY,—I beg to pre-
fix the copy of a letter, which on the Gth inst., I ad-
dressed to the Royal Commissioners for the Liquidation
of the Claims of the British Auxilary Legion of Spain.
To this letter I have received no answer.

As your Excellency will perceive it is necessary I
should be in possession of a copy of the document re
ferred to in my letter, previous to preparing objections
to the Commissioners' decision regarding my claims, and
submitting the same on appeal, and as your Excellency
is the only authority in this county, who has control
over the Commissioners, I trust your Excellency will
see fit to order a Copy of the Royal Order mentioned,
to be furnished to me, and
I have the honour to be, &c.

(Signed) ROi3T. LAIDLAW,
Commissariat Conductor of Stores, B.A.L.
To his Excellency General Duke D'Alava, Ambassador
from the Court of Madrid, to the Court of St.
James's London.

(Copy, No. 3.)
Extract from General Orders, dated Head Quarters,
San Sebastian, Sept. 26, 1336.

" The following is a nominal list of those who will
come under this Order ; their functions shall therefore
forthwith cease, but they will be entitled to the pay and

until such time as their arrears are settled."
(Here follows List of Commissiariat Officers.)

THE COAL TRADE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,—Tho 2d Win. IV. chap. 76, is an Act regu-
lating the Coal Trade of—as it is called—the Metro-
polis, which is made to extend 25 miles round the Post-
office, to which extent the Corporation of the City of
London have extended their power of taxing every in-
dividual in the price of coals, i. e. they have unjustly
and exorbitantly raised the price of one of the prime
necessaries of life to about one-seventh of the whole
population of England, and this, as I expect, will be
shortly proved has been done for, among other unwar-
rantable purposes, the advantage of persons who have
no claim to benefit by the plunder of the people.
The Act alluded to sets forth the City Charters and
Acts, by which may be seen the conditions on which
they were granted and enacted ; and any one who reads
the Act can be at no loss to discover the gross frauds
which have been practise&

A Corporation which in this important parti-
cular, not to mention many other enormous abuses,
all likely to be shortly exposed, is unfit to have
the control of the police within their now small
portion of what has become London, or any other im-
portant trust whatever, and I therefore take the liberty
to request your insertion of this note, and the memorial
that accompanies it.

It will I hope aid in convincing many of the cor-
rectness and wisdom of the Queen's reply to the Cor-
poration on Thursday last, when an impudent request
was made that they might be permitted to hold the
power which, like every other power they have had, has
been used, not for but against the good of the people.
and also assist, in however small a degree, to encourage
the Government to proceed in this their first important
measure as the forerunner, not of what are called re-
forms, but in a complete reconstruction of a Corpora-
tion of London, which shall include the whole metro-
polis. I am, Sir, your obedient servant.
March 24, 1839. THOMAS BRADFIELD.

(A copy.)
To the Honourable the Commissioners of the Metro-
politan Police.
THE MEMORIAL OF THOMAS BRADFIELD.
Sheweth—That your Memorialist has been in the
coal trade of London for thirty-six years, and has for
the last twenty years been actively engaged in detect-
ing, exposing, and correcting the enormous and mani-
fold abuses in that trade.

That he has been instrumental in destroying the old
system of ship and land metage, by which a saving has
been made to the coal consumers of the metropolis of
upwards of 130,0001. per annum.
That during his long continued efforts to correct the
abuses in the coal-trade of London, and thereby to
lessen the price of this prime necessary of life and corn-
fort, in which much still remains to be done ; your
Memorialist has along been opposed in every effort
and in every instance, however small or large
the benefit might be, by the Corporation of the
City of London ; which said Corporation has up-
held every abnse, embarrassed your Memorialist in
every possible way, and protected every one who by his
practice committed injustice, and caused injury to the
public.
That heavy as is this charge against the Corporation
of the City of London, your Memorialist is prepared to
prove his charge to the very letter.
That your Memorialist as a prima facie case, begs
leave to call the attention of your Honourable Board to
the circumstances which have lately occurred—namely,
Ist, The appointment of ten more weighers, or, as they
call them, meters ; 2d. The increased number of
thirty-nine collier ships, which are now brought into
the Pool for delivery ; 3d. The reduced price at which it
has been proved coals may be sold, namely, five shillings
per ton less than has been usual.
That these improvements have been rejected when
repeatedly, and in every possible form, from time to time,
proposed by your Memorialist to Lord Mayors—the
present Lord Mayor excepted—Courts of Aldermen—
Courts of Common Council, and by Committees of the
Court of Common Council.
That the experience your Memorialist has had of the
conduct of the Corporation of the City of London has
satisfied him and enabled him to show these facts in any
way he may be required so to do.
That the said Corporation is utterly unfit, and ought
not to be on any account entrusted with the manage-
ment of the Police-force within the said City, or per-
mitted to have any controul whatsoever over the said
force.
Your Memorialist therefore prays the serious at-
tention of your Honourable Board to this Memorial.
THOMAS BRADFIELD,
No. 13, Ranelagh-grove, Pimlico.
March 18, 1839.