The Sun.
London, England, 1817-06-20 00:00:00

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It
will he. seen- by the following Letter from
Major-General Sir N BYNG, that the ink:owes
drawn: by the Leedi Mercatty, with respett to the
eiiii;loytnent-of,Olit;er, were in so taa:erial a degree
unfounded.' as to throw diseiedit tipoo the whole
stateoient with regard to °fiver's contlttet.—Wt'
need It:artily add, that tletieral BYNG, %rho is bro-
ther 'of the Mi(hllesex, is otte of
the most respectable and highly-esteemed Officers
in the British ser'vlei
THE PltIMIE1(or'.1111.: Lht:DA mr.Rtutltl.
tit lames' —rivire June 1817.
St R,-"4.t:12 have hiti.6daced (Min@ in yuar last i'aiwf
stich a man ocr as to induce welt, Ocoire the instrtiou iu :"03r
next of the 'following statinuent t

• .
Volt here suffered it to he inferred that a person irf the name
of Oliver Was employed Uy me to entrap the persons taken up
,at Thornhill Lees, and that he left London With the view of
incitingand fermenting discontentand disturbance intlitlereut
parts of the country. Not one word of this is true.-- 13efore
Oliver left London, information bad been transmitted to me
from Nottingham, of an intended rising in the manufacturing
districts in the North of England and ScoCand. This infor-
mation wa3 only a repetition of what I had reason to milted
fur several weeks past, if the motion brought forward by Sir
Frauds Burdett for Reform in Parliament should he rejecttd•
This in formation,corrobotated from various quarters, induced
me on Monday, the 9d of June. to make a cotomunieation to
Sir Francis Wood, the Magistrate, before 1 ever saw Ohre'. ,
and that gentleman decided the information of such importance
as to request a meeting of Magistracy at Barnsley fur the
On i'Veonesday the 41h was the first time lever saw, or heard
from He gave me some informstion.corroboratire of.
what I had previously received, and further acquainted me
that a .fleeting of Delegates was to be held at Ulaelteakon ean
the Ctlt. On the sth, Sir Francis Wood anti myself heard
from Mr. l'acker nt Sheffield, that he had received informa-
tion, upon oath, of an intended-meeting for the following day -
at Thornhill Lees, where they were to decide fittelly upon tlse
plan for the general rising on the tuft, and sugge•ted the inks-
priety of arresting these Delegatee, to preerest the fatal te.
.sequences which might...entitle.`.'l't.it soMst.ipa was agreed
to, when wt: met at Bernsley on the loormng of the E4l).
When the Magistrate! (Mr:(:handler). and myself arrived
St 'Thornhill Lees, whictl v.-as some time after the hour
• fimei.on„for the Meeting, Oliver was not there at hest, haring
been deceived as to the plene of meetin which, its I before
stated, •he expected would take piece at Cladheaton, and, its
fav front hearing entrapped the Delegates, he knew only one
of them (whose- _name,- in fairness to the individual, I will
nut here . insert). The fact therefore is, that- he neither
knew the pla&C" of meetiogi nor the persons evil° 'welt, to.
meet, and consequently was not called upon by the Magis-
t rates to corroborate the evidenee they had against the per
Suns arrested.

With respect to the conversation stated to have pained he-
tweett Oliver with Mr., NVillatt ird Mr. Dielienson, t rat: say
mailing,. as I confine nty,ell to facts within my own lar,w-
ledge; but .1 must ulnerve. that it is in direct contr,idie-
lion' to the line of conduct he told me he had oh:wired,
and is completily at variance with his instruction, which he
midertood to be simply confined ti giving ittforniatiws to any
Magistrate, or myselt, svhich might be necessary fur prkserv-
,
iny,- the peace of the'eunnty.''

It only ronains for o that Tam not empowered to
hire imy person ; that hare not paid.directly; yr ,ndirectly,
the vrnallq., reinufleraticinfortlki information I nate oreivcd.
u'llith I here obtHinca rerprrtable rtutborities, Si /rum
moiires far superi
or to auy urer.:en.try cousider.tiou.
basuiSir, your tilseilienthiriui.i,eemostt
JOE'S Major-General.
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ME DUNE OF NEI% CASTLE',


We a few days ago expressed the high gratifi.
w.e felts in coalition with all who
know this distinguished Nohlenlim and his family,
oo their recovery from a most alarming illness,
which strongly excited public sympathy; and. it
is with a sense of duty as well us of pleasure that
we,tind his Grace has made the tirst use of that
recovery in order to attend to 'the interests of his
Coutrry, We therefore repeat, that we conceive
it to be our duly to ,p 1
.our Iteatteri the
subjoined truly admirable Document, which his
Grace has addressed to the COUNTY ,Of NOTTING
HAM, in g;ipasity of Loan Lie ()TENANT .of
that ciuuity, a here evil sph its, thooe.,h .ehecktti
in their flagitious. career, Ore, no, dot4t, attll se.
cretly at work to effect the downfall of the Go-
vernment, anti consequently the ruin of, the Em-
pire

" Tytr. 1,01t17 Lxr VTENANT of the Cotrx•ry of NcTII3ISIIANI
is el, rciPttlY sot ry, to find Oa the to roei,tis plan, of which he
vves hilly aware, Wit! been attempted to he 0,011.0. exekatio.t.
The ilartog.coniloct of 'those who lave shewn themselves its
arms, stillietrut lyindicat es their derperate intentions. These,
,people, in them.elves the worst, the toast unprincipled and
tfe:.;raded part of our population, are the fit tools of des.gtv-
ing demagogues. Their ions,,lotts tire 'worked upon by the,e
desperate anti diabolical mum, until they Arrive at a pitch tut
phrenzy, excited by representation; of ituaginary evils and
opyressionr, co that they arc led to believe that 1,4411ing short
of revolution and 'pet; t hinting. the (orernme:it, can sent ire
fluent ; witllst these evil* dit nut t.-veti perhaps exist; or it they
do exist, canti4t be remedied by :such unlawful tueitus.
this state of mind they are kept, until a' certain day fixed
upon by the demagogues, when they are reritsired tit
forth, and execute Stich. ortivrs as are given them. Thus
prepared for murder, tiltitOer, °ratty outrage. they art, let
oose upon the unoffending Cottage) ; and if they cannot
prevail Oa Pin so act, thry'4ltaCk him with violence, and t.y
force endeavour to compel him to join . them aro) do„,,tuiisi
their numbers,.lmping also, no doubt, glut he sill thus be
implicated iii their critnes.
" The prhicipal object of this address rafter haring eeptvced
the views of the disturbers of the public puate)' is to express
the extrume satisfaction with which the Lord Lieutenant 1.1;4
lerartlt that the cin*Ar, people Lure not only refused to loirt
these insutgen..,, but that they have tuanculdy„tottrugeouily,
and like boneit Englishmen, resisted aii the endeavours that
have been used to cut upt them, and compel theta to-tale
up arms in thtvcause of these desperate and atrocious cha-
sm:ter,.

" Alter having expressed his tearnsest to the eonntry-
people for the support AntlatiSiaLtilev which, they triy.e attefil-
ed to thine excellent and vigilant nigiNteittes, in the cite, 0-
lion of the citifies whirlt this Rai/rani breach of the laws' leas
imputed upon them, the,Lord Lieutenant cannot cons:lurk
without most eurtievtly requesting hit countrymen to consider
their situation. In tto country on tett II it the poor wan 3O
trlested at in this—no 'where else cats lie enjoy suet* rational
liberty—under no other Government it lie protected by t.ttel.t
equitable laies:—in no *titter country than. Great nrilain can
he live under :astl enjoy the blessings of such isn ellviableao
eaf:ellent Constiti4liont.: it is of these rights, frit ilet;ei,t
I,letsings, that swine tit:signing and desperate tutu arc entire-
vournig.to dein-it-1a
Lorditientenant, therefore, relies upon the good
sense and loyalty of On Ilrilisli proide if> resit shy wieLsti
attetnjtts of such factious men, anti that a hey will continue
to discharge their duty tow.ards their Kind, their eountr7,
and 1 betuselves.
" Cluioboy, lOth June, Jim."

Conti EXCIIANC Jusa 20.—Otving to the
fine state of the weather, there SVAICeIy any
bus;nesti d ~oing this rts tynyers 'appear to
willtog for &Opplies, cothtquently, we (pule
the ptlits the sane as oil ~,,im),l3y, except in ',Mlle
feiVifiAlittMCCl where the sales art foreedi'they'are
'sailer tuner.