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London, England, 1821-10-05 00:00:00

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PRICE S•EVENPENCE

SIR ROBERT WILSON.

It is known,- that Sir ROBritT WILSON'S de-
wand for a-Court Martial had been met by a
refusal.

The, followiug is the Copy of a Letter from
his Royal Highness, the COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF,
communicating the refusal;—
Horse Guards, Sept. 25, /321.

Stn—l have-to acknowledge the receipt of your later of etc
20th instant, kaki having laid it befOre his MAJESTY, I have it,
in command to acquaint you, that his MAJESTY doAN not .iudr„e
it proper to comply with the wish expressed in It.

I am, Sir, your's,
(Signed) FREDERICK, Command:-in-Chic:

'To Sir 11. NVilibp.

Oil receipt of this Auswer, a Copy of the Cor-
ps: 'lLe_ief_liateiy transmitted to iti%
Constituents)
,Accompanied by th* foilowirg
Letter :---

To the ELECTOitS of the BOROUG/T.Of SOUTIIWAIM.
GEN'TLEMMI, • - Paris, Sept. 21.

. I feel it to be trly 'duty to put 'you in immediate possession c f
the following correspondence between his Royal Highness till
Duke of Yous and myself.

The measure *hick the KING'S Ministers baVe advised his
MAJESTYAO aopt, and.perlist in maintaining, is one that Lives
me comparatively little concern, of account of my, own in.
terests ; but as It involve; questions affecting all the
(elenientary
principles of justice, public safety, 'and' liberty, I *age My-
self to the discharge of every duty these censiderations• iniposr.

I must, for reasons with which you may hereafter be mach
acquainted, -remain in Paris until the arrival of .the next mail,
but I propose in'every event to be in England at the ena Of the
ensuing week. I am, Gentlemen,

With great respect, your obedient serrant,
(Signed) ROBERT WILSON.

GUILDITALL.—S6I/TERVARIC MEETI2•II RELATIVE TO
Sin ItoirEnr - WlLSON.—During the course of the bushiese
before Mr. Alderman J. J. SMITH, the sitting Magistrate at
.this Justice-room yesterday; a deputation' of three Ge.ntlentai •
from the Borough of Southwark waited upon him as the act-
ing Magistrate of the Borough, to learn if it was his intention
to attend and preside at the Meeting to be held-at the Town-
hall this day for the purpose of Considering-the propriety of en.
tering into, a subscription for Sir It WilSon,
Mr. Alderman &inn, received the deputation with every
respect, and said he certainly did not consider it hie dittyito •
preside at the Meeting: he was not an inhabitant of the Bo-
rough, but only the acting Magistrate. The meeting was not
called by him,: but by the authority of the Lord Mayor, I,pf
whose permission the use of the "hall was also granted. 114
(Alderman Smith)• had no authority to sanction or 'refuse the
meeting; but in his, capacity of. acting7Magistrate of the
district, it' was imperative upon the 'persons calling 'the
Meeting, by the late Act of Parliament, to give him six
day's notice of their intention to hold such Nteeting ; this they
.hadalone, which, as far as he was concerned, was all that w::.3
required of them. 'The 'Act gave. no authority to 'the Magi-
trate to prevent such Meeting, neither was. his consent requirtxl
for the .holdidg of it; nor was he directed by the statute to be-
"present. 'Zitry vouldtherefore appoint their own Chairman ;
he should of coarse be at the Town Hall about the time of •
. Meeting upon the regular business of the Justice-roora, and
should therefore be at hand and ready to perform his duty, if
his services as a Magistrate should be in any manner required.
The worthy Alderman then took occasion to observe, that the
requisition presented to the High Bailiff; and which he bad rt._
fused to accede to, differed very essentially as to the purpcs:±s,of
the Meeting from the notice with which they had served liim-aa
'the Magistrate. lie therefore thought it right strongly to 're-
commend to them not to introduce any extraneous business at
the Meeting, but to be exceedingly cautious to keep strictly •to
the business mentioned in the notice. They were. no doubt
aArare that the Magistrate had the authority, by the Act of 'Par-
liament, and might I\e called upon, to dissolve the Meeting if
any improper discussion arose or was persisted in; and he,' if
calledupon must do his duty, and dissolve the Meeting.,
The Gentlemen of the Deputation thanked the Alderman, •
and-promised' -to use every exertion to confine the -discussions
at •the -Meeting to the business stated in the notice. to the-
.
• Magistrate. ' • .
The Deputation then bowed.and withdrew. -

APPLICATION TQ TIIE LOIID NIAYOIX BY THE FRIEND.
or Silt ROBERT WILSON.—AS the Lord Mayor was sitting
in the J.oglee- Room yesterday, Mr. Ryland and Mr. 'RichartF-
Non, Gentlemen well known .in the Corporation as persons of
activity in-public matters, waited upon his Lordship to request
that he would grant the use of the Lgyptian Hall for a N; wiang
of those citizens who were desirous of expressing their senti-
ments upon the-extraordinary dismissal of Sir Robert Wilson-
from his rank of Major-General in the Army. The circum.
Stances of this case of uncommon hardship were, they obseryekl,
familiar to his Lordship, who was also doubtless well aware of
the general feeling upon the subject, and of the proceedings of
the, constituents of Sir Robert.

'the Lon]) 'Maxon tiaid, in answer to the application., that
upon the -last occasion of o public meeting in the Egyptilin -
hall,.na,mely,, upon the meeting of the merchants, 'bankers, and
traders of the city of: London, so disgraceful an uproar was
:raised in the halli.that he had made a declaration that he Would
prevent the possibility of the recurrence of so offensive a scene
during; his mayoralty, by withholding' his consent to the practice
of applying the Mansion-houie to political meetings, 'or any
others but those upon charitable or religious occasions..--.
His Lordship said he had wristantly maintained this determin-
ation, although be supposed there were many who objected to
it, in whine political sentiments he completely acquiesced. HO
had been under the necessity of giving a negative to several 4.
plications• for. the use of the Mansion-house on political occa.
dons, 'and he regretted that he lay under the same necessity in.
the presentinstance.
The Gentlemen, we understood, observed, that they felt by
no means surprised at his Lordship's determination under tile
' circumstances that had at that period alluded to taken place,
but submitted that the.occa,sion. upon which they proposed to
have -a meeting was not one of those at which the contemptible
bands of disturbers of peace and harmony who had occasioned
such diSortier were likely ,to be pr,scut. Noise and nonsense,
if nothing-Ose,•weie to be apprehended front such interfere/rite,
although the object would, no doubt, be that of frustrating thO
&signs of the friends of constitutional freedom.
The'applitants intimated tci his Lordship, finding thit he was
immoveable, that they should at all events feel it necessary to
hold a meeting of the friends of Sir RObert Wilson ih the city,
at some one of-the tavorns'or pUblic'reome..
'The L'onD 'Mayon'expre.ssed his. full concurrence in the ob.
'Pet Of the friends-and constituents of the gs►allant individual,
but, as the Chief Magistrate of the City; the impropriety of his
taking an active parria. any of the proceedings that were al,.
ready entered into would, be perceived. His Lordship approved
of the idea of calling the meeting .in the manner just suggested,
after which the gentlemen left the Justice-room.

It is said that Sir Tton::nT WILSON will set'
out for 'London on the ‘,2 d is 3d of October,- ands
that his friends in England are impatient:to. see
him in that country, in order 'to repel the accusa-
tions made agaiust.him during' his absence. The
General is still.ps_completely 'ignorant as he was
the first day, respecting the causes of hi§ sudden
dismissal.• But this mystery •wilt•be soon deve-
loped., for public opii‘iou was never mare de-
cidedly pronounced' than in this affair. (An
English 'Courier has hrrig(. with dispatches' for
-Sir it. Wi.t.SoN.)--(Cuitric'r'.Frki.mfai.B.) •