The Sun.
London, England, 1803-12-07 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE

' sitcatisl
HIS mAyE
THE PRINCE I,` WALES,
71.1 L, DUKE OF YORK,
AN;
MR. .ADDINGI
•
on Tlif. Ot FES. Of MII.I r ARY, STRV t:CE NrAnt 617 Elie
ROYAL H1GH:40,3 TOE PRINGt. Of 74,41./5.

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Ste, Carltened .1 lox 'Rely tS,
The subjed on which I address you, presses so !wavily on
my mind; and daily acquires such additional importance,
that notwithstanding my wish to void any interference with
the disposition made by His Majesty's Ministers, I find it
impossible to withhold or delay an cap! icifstatement of my
feelings, to Which I would dire your most serious consi-
deration;
When it Wes officially communicated to Parliament that
the avowed objed of the ttienty was a descent on our king•
dams, the question became so obvious that the circumstances
of t'he times required the voluntary tender of personal s'er.
vices ;• when Parliament, in consequence of this repreient-
atiim, agreed to, extraordinary measures for the deleitoe al.
these realms alone, it was evident the danger was not believed
dubious or reitiote. Animated by the same spirit which per.
V adetl tho Nation at large,conscious of the which duties I owed
to lids Mak...sty and the Country, I se zedthe earliest opnaitti-
t.
i:ity•fopress.tpy desire o'f' uncle' taking the responsibiltiy of a
NlVtitary'Coininandl I neither didenyt do presume op strifilosed
talent's, me to such an Appointment. I Ain' aware
otpericocc of adual warfare V^i,t'the • '
same time I cannot P:gard ntY'self as totally uniinalified Or.
deficient in military science, since I have long nude the •
Service My particular study. My chief pretentious, were
founded on a sense of' those advantages which my exam_
. pie might produese to. the Suite, by exciting the 1431
energies of the Nation, and a knowledge of those ex pedations
'which the' publieliad a right te larm 44 to the personal exer.
dons of their Princes at a metatent, like the' present. The 'note
elevated my situation, in so much the.efforts of zeal became
necessarily greater, and I confess that if duty had not bean so
paramount, a reflettion on the splendid :achievements of my
predecessors would have excited in rite the spirit of emulation;
when, however,in addition to such recolledions, the nature al ,
the contrStr in which We are about to engage was Impressed on
my consideration, I should, indeed, have been devoid of every
virtuous sentiment,' if I felt no reludance in remaining a pas.
sive snedator Of Armaments, which itive fur their objed:the
very existence of the British Brnpire.,
Tittle vats' I ,infittenced to,roalco my oiler of service, and I
' did imagine that His Majesty's .Ministers wluld have attach.
city') 4)l=qt/elite. But when kfinti that,frotn some unknown
cause, my appointment seems to remain *along undeterrnin.
rd; when I feel myself exposed to, the obloquy of iriht re-
garded Oy the Country' as posing my time indifferent to the.
events which menace, and- insensible- to the call of -petrie—
„..tistit, Medi. more of glory, it then behoves rite to examine my
rights, and la remind His Majesty's Ministers, that thevlaint
Which I have advanced isstrietly constitutional, and jtiStlii(t4
by precedent, and that in the present situation of Extropt-y to
deny.my exercising it is fatal to ttly own immediate honour
and the future interests of the Crown.
I van never forget that I have solemn obligations imposed on
Me
,by, OP birth, and that I should ever chew myself fore-
most in contributing to the preservation of the Country.anc
timeis,arrived when I may' prove myself sensible of diode-
tier4ply,aituntiotti•end of evincing tray devotion, to Abet So
vereien, who, by:naturais well as public worth, cornittandt,
. my most ailectionate attachment.
I repeat, that I should be sorry to etn'oarrass the Govern. ,
merit at any time, most particularly at such a crisis. 'Bet,
since no event in my future life can compensate me for the:
misfortune of not participating in the honoins and dangers
which await the brave men destined to oppose, an invading
enemy, I cannot forego the earnest tenewal of my applica.
thin.
All 1 splicit is a more osteneble situation titan that in
which I am at present pined; for, situated as I am, as a, mere
Colonel of a Regiment, the Major. General commanding the
Brigaded Which such a Regiment must form a rail-,'would
justly expo .1 and receive the Nil credit of pre-arraneement
and succesaful enterp4c. ,
I Fern*, Sir,,
Very sincerely yours,
R. 11..11emorAddingtm, Or, d'e. (Si 4.11(.31) .P.

Yul.Y 34, 1803.

A week has now elapsed since thu Prince of Wales trans-
mitted to Mr. Addington a letter on a subjca of the highest
importance; though he cannot anticipate a refusal to so rea..
sonahle a demand, luktnust stilltexpress somesurprize that a
communication of such a nature should 'have remained s
lonf unanswered.
_ _ _

When the P rince of Wares desired to be placed in a sitnation
which might enable him to show to the People of England the
example of aeal, fidelity, and devotion to his Sovereign, he
tur:ailythought that he watonly fulfilling his approprhlte duty,
as the..firist Subjett of the Realm. in• Which,, art it has pleased
Providence tauaust; hint to have been born, so he is determined
to mairoteiii hiniscif by all those honourable exertions whichiol
the exiveitra LAW these LeitiCal times -peculiarly dentalido
The rilitives; liiii.ebridOtt cannot he rnisconceivaor
,
prtsentkil 1-14 MAt 3 omen w
t hen every thing, is at stake
that is dcariiret sacred to and to the ItUtioit, asked to be ad. ,
varietal in' military rank, because he may have his birth.right
to fight for, the 'f Hume of his Father to defend, the
_glory,
of the people of England to uphold, whii:h is dearer to hint'
titan • 111 C., 1“45 yut no icr the
PfiTl6.6 ot; the Muse ut' Brunswick , and which he trwrs..,
will be transThittett putc 4nd uccont,Jitin;:rcti to the haem
'generations. Artinlitted by sactt st:ntiolents,lnr It cy tritruhilly.,
trviircd co be placce, 'Aettu.l;ll,ll White he .7.1: .:;;:t according

to the feelings of his heart and the dictates of his can-

itience.

in making the offer, in again repeating it; the Prince of
Wales considers that 'he has only performed his duty to.hirn.
self, to the State, to the King, to Europe, whose fate.smay
be involved in the issue of this Contest. If this tender of
his services is rejeaed, he shall ever lenient that ail his ef..
fortshave been -fruitless, and that he has been deprivectot
making those exertiOns'which the circutustances of the em-
pi*, his own inclinatiOns, and his early and long attention
tOi4iilitary affairs, would have rendered so particularly. grate.
ftii hitnself, and he trusts, not entirely uselcis to the public.
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Datiminvoreet, ylify 27,1803.

Upon receiving the Letter with Which Mr. Addington
was last week honctured by the Prince of wales; he assured
His Royal Highness that it should be immediately laid be-
fore the King this was accordingly done,. and the Letter is
still in His Majesty's . possession. , A !communication was
afterwards MAC to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales,
i 4 a mode and through a channel which Mi. Addington hurn-
bly hoped His Royal Highness would approve. Mr. Ad.
dington, however, ho vv finds it to be incumbent on him, in
consequence of the expeltatiOn which has been expresecci by
His Royal .Highness, to state, that His Majesty, on being in-
farmed of the sentiments and wishes of the Prince of Wales,
applauded in .the strongest manner the feelings by which His
Royal Highness is aduated, but referred nevertheless to the
answers which His Majesty had judged it necessary to return
to similar representations—which, in obedience to the ewe.
'nand! of His Royal Highness, had been laid before His Mi.
jesty upon former occasions. . , .

Coritatr-Flbust, Ym(y tB, 18c3.

,
The Prince of Wales has received Mr. Addington's %vritten
etimmunication of the last night. The 'Prince of Wales
has only to observe, that ha requires Mr. A. to submit to His
Majesty his last note, dated the 26th of this month. - •

Dnuning-street, 7uly 2S, 18,33, Ai:lf-pot 11, P.. 3?:

-Mr. Addington is just honoured with the conunands of the.
Prince of Wales, and will not fail to. lay His Royal IGgh
ness's Letter, dated 26th of this month, before the Kino.
Downhtg-„ltreq, Avg. r.

In obedience to the Commands of your Royal Highness; I
laid before His Majesty the letter dated 26th'iuly, with
yclur Royal Highness had honoured me, and 1 have It
iliantimand from His Majesty to acquaint your Royal High..
ncsiothat " the King had referred Mr. Addington to the order
"I ht had before given him, with the addition--that the King's
Id opinion being fixed, he desired that no further rnentlQn
04 should be made to.hiiu upon the subjee,"

I have the llonottr to I)e,

With, Sir, every sentiment of respe4 and deference,
Your Royal Highness's most obedient huinble Servant,
(Signed) HENRY ADDINGTON.