The Sun.
London, England, 1821-10-20 00:00:00

TIIE DUKE OP YORK TO SIR ROBERT WI LSON.

HORSE GUARDS, 24T11 JANUARY, 1815.
SIR,—I have to acknowledge the receipt of your Letter of
the 21st instant, with its enclosures ; and in assuring you of
the very favourable Manner in which I am impressed by the
merit of your zealous and, distinguished services, I have to
convey the expression of my regret, that the principle of limi-
tation, under which the Order of the Bath has been extended,
did not admit of your name being included. The invidious
difficulties, which are apprehended as being likely to arise,
'from a system of individual selection, upon the first estblish-
ment of a distinction, which necessarily possessed a limitatitin,
render it expedient that a line should be drawn to guide the
decision, where so wide a field of merit was brought under the
Prince Regent's consideration.
This lintitzd line did not embrace a period when you were
'materially erfiployed, with the British army ; and having, by
'your distinguished conduct, obtained the honours and distinc-
tions of all the foreign armies, with which you have so emi-
nently served, I tat comparatively satisfied, under the im-
pression that, in your ase, the nature of the principle adopted
would be apparent to yourself and your friends.
1 have only to add, that, 'upon future occasions, I shall lx
most happy to bring your !lathe Under the Prince Regent's
`consideration, NOT ONLY for PROFESSIONAL DISTINCTION,

BHT AS A CANDIDATE FOR THE COHHANH OF A CAVALRY

I am, Sir, your's,
FREbERICK, Commander-in-Chief.
111ajor-General Sir Robert Wilson, &e.

REGIMENT.

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]
The Ultra Journal, coMmenting- on the sub-
scription to indemnify Sir Robert Wilson, re-
marks, that the people " like to know what they
give their money for." They do; and this curiosity
Las been matter of serious charge against them
ever since taxes were drawn from their pockets, to
embellish state pageantry and enrich the coffers of
placemen and pensioners. But they have also a
more generous desire to know why a gallant and
distinguished officeris deprived of the means of sup-
port—why punishment has reached a native of this
country of vaunted justice,without the intermediate
stages of accusation and trial. Sir Robert Wilson
has been punished, not convicted, and must be
considered by all honourable members of the
community, and according to every principle of
justice, an innocent and injured man. The people
must say, in the words of Constantius, " we can
not suspect a person who has wanted an accuser,
whilst he did not want an enemy." The first
and most honoured names in this kingdom are
enrolled in the cause of Sir Robert Wilson, and
vouch at once a sense of the injustice with which
he has been visited, and a noble resolution to
make reparation fot. the wrong,so far as it can'be
made by pecuniary indemnification.

[NEW TIMES.;
The advices from Spain, like those which we
have been but too long in the habit of receiving
from that country, are gloomy and distressing.--
A private letter from Madrid, of the sth instant,
states, that great agitation prevailed in that city,
and it was reported that the Ministers would re-
tire in consequence of the disapprobation of their
conduct towards Riego, expressed by some De-
puties of the Cortes, and the submission of.
the King to popular clamour.. The accounts
from , Barcelona are
.to the 3d instant. The
violence of the fever had not materially abated.
—The project of the territorial division of
Spain has occupied the three first meetings
of the Cortes. It has excited considerable
opposition; the objections to its being adopted
seem to be the increased expences which it
would occasion, and the inequality which must
necessarily prevail in the population of some of
the provinces as compared with their extent. 7-7
We have taken from the Moniteur a Turkish Or-
dinance, addressed to the Catholics of Damascus
and Jerusalem. The Ottoman Government dis-
avows all participation in the oppression to which
they had been subjected.—The King of the
Netherlands opened the Session of* the States
General on the 15th inst. in a speech which gave
a favourable view of the state of the kingdom.—
There have been some rumours of disturbances
in Sicily, in some of the English as well as' Con-
tinental Newspapers ; but they- are decidedly
contradicted in the Journal des`DeLats of Tues-
day, which states that tranquillity universally
Prevailed in that island.

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• - LURITISLI PRESS]
The state of the county of Limerick seems to
acquire from day to day a character of deeper
and more settled malignity. Assassination And
plunder are pursued with a daring effronterys
which marks how extensively organized is the
system that so successfvlly oppoies itself to the
ordinary restraints of law, religion, and huma.
nity. The face of the county in its midnight
outrages; its concerted murders, its armed ban-

ditti, in all of which there Appears to be far less
of private animosity than of some general feeling
of public vengeance, exhibits in miniature the
aspect of a popular insurrection, and it is with
amazement, bordering upon other feelings still
less creditable to the ehara der of the present Go-
vernment of Ireland, that we have remarked the
very insignificant efforts that have hitherto been
made to check the progress of so alarming an
evil. To the shocking crimes already committed
in the county of Limerick is now added the mur-
der of Major Going, who lately held the chief
command of the Police of the county. This bar-
barous murder was committed—not in a retired
part of the country, or by a single assassin, trem—
bling at his crime, and seeking.to effect it in the
silence of night, and with such caution as, might
ensure concealment and secrecy—it was perpe-
trated in the immediate vicinity of the large and
populous town of ltathkeale—in the middle of the
day—by a numerous gang of armed ruffians, all
of whom were distinguished by the uniform of a
white shirt drawn over their ordinary apparel.
This was no act of personal hostility., It was
directed against Mr. Going, less as a private
Gentleman than as a public Magistrate, and the
manner of committing the crime shews that the
deluded wretches who murdered this unfortunate
Gentleman did not feel that they were violat-
ing ' any principle of justice or propriety.—
This horrible event, seems to have had the
effect of startling the Government, and we
accordingly find that as soon as, the in-
telligence reached Dublin a Privy Council
was immediately summoned, for the purpose of
devising such measures as the exigency of the
case might require. We further learn that yes-
terday morning a strong detachment of artillery
marched from Woolwich, under the command of
Major Gardiner, for Holyhead, where they are
to embark for Dublin. This force will probably
be directed towards suppressing the evil spirit,
which now prevails in the county of Limerick,
and which claims imperatively the instant atten-
tion of his Majesty's Government.