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

SIR ROBERT WILSON.

18, Regent-street, Pall Mall, Oct. 9, 13'21.
GEXTLEDIEIi,-i feel it to be my duty to lay before you
the copy of a letter which I addressed to his Royal Highness
the Duke of York, immediately on my arrival in England,
'with a copy of his Royal Highness's answer.
Gentlemen, your very obliged servant,

To the Electors of Southwark. ROBERT WILSON.

Regent-street, Oct. 8, 1821.
sett,--I have bad the honour of receiving your Royal High-
ness's answer to my letter of the 20th ult. in which, after coin-
Plaining that I had been removed from the army without. a
hearing, and without even the statement of any charge against
Site, I respectfully demanded an investigation of my conduct
either by a court of inquiry or court martial. His Majesty's
Ministers have advised their Sovereign to refuse this request,
and I thus find myself, after so many years of service, subjected
to the severest punishment which can be inflicted upon a British
Officer, without being told of what I am accused.
To defend myself against charges which, if they exist at all
in a tangible shape, are studiously concealed from me, is evi-
dently impossible. I can neither conjecture their motive nor
by whom they are preferred, nor on whose statements, mis-
r,7,resentations, or fancies, they may rest; whilst this con-
cealment gives a sanction to every latitude of surmise in which
oefolly may indulge.
It is true, I have seen in the papers, and heard by rumours
In society, a variety of things imputed to me, and suggested as
the grounds of my dismissal ; but I declare upon my honour,
that everyone of these allegations is utterly false, and that in
every instance where the mention of names has enabled me to
trace those statements to their supposed sources, their falsehood
has either been at once exposed and acknowledged, or they have
been disavowed by the parties said to have made them.
Those who have proceeded to punish me without either trial
or hearing, or accusation, render it impossible to give a more
precise contradiction, until they shall be pleased to inform me
t'at I ha.vc done, or what has been whispered against me.
But I once more earnestly beseech your Royal Highness to
institute, in whatever way shall be deemed the most searching,
a-rigorous investigation of every part of my conduct.
our Royal Highness is well aware, that before my dismissal
I was, beyond all doubt, subject to martial law; and if it be
'ow said I am no longer in this predicament, I desire to wave
all objections to the jurisdiction of a Military Tribunal, in
Order that no obstacle may be interposed to the.inquiry which I
tn'urt• It is with unfeigned reluctance that I again presume to
remind your Royal Highness of those services which you were
formerly pleased to acknowledge ; but the strange situation in
which I am now so unaccountably placed, compels me to refer
your Royal
Highness to your letter of the 24th of January,
1815, and the documents to which it relates, in further support
of in% claims to justice on the present occasion.

I have the honour to be,
Your Royal Highness's most obedient Servant,
R. WILSON.

HORSE GUARDS, OdT. 9, 1821.
Silt— I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of yes-
terdaY, urging again an investigation into your conduct, to
which Imn only reply, that having laid your former applica_
t.'oll before his Majesty, and communicated to you his Ma-
ietY's sentiments upon it, I do not consider myself warranted
41 taking any further step. I am, Sir, your's,
Sir Robert Wilson.

FREDERICK, Commander-id-Chief.

cc Ailetter from Madrid, dated Sept. 25, says—
The appointment of General PAMPLONA to be
Minister of War in Portugal, has made a great
sensation here. That officer is one of the Portu-
r -dfrancesados. .He had been condemned
death for contumacy, and executed in effigy.
e escaped from the prisons of Braga!' to France,
',7.here he obtained the command of a military
The Spanish Afrancesados, fortified by
this nomination, cry out loudly against our Go-
"rnment. Certainly no impartial man can re-
rd with indifference the miserable situation of
g important fraction of the Spanish population,
which reckons among its numbers men of eminent
merit, who have rendered, and may still render,
treat services to the country, and whose faults
ere only the inevitable consequence of the posi-
t
ren in 1% hick they were placed."
STocKnor..m, SEPT. 18.—(Private Letter.)—
The Swedish army yesterday sustained a heavy
ric'ss by the death of 'Lieutenant-General Baron
tkiiarden, Grand Master of the Ordnance, who
Ten sank under a painful and lingering illness.
114"0 fatal event was communicated to the King
7an extraordinary courier. The King has re-
knitted 1000 dollars Banco to Count Rosen, Go-
v_,?rnor of the province of Gottenburgh, to be
I,‘ltstributed among those who lost their property
Y the late fire."
stPri_ivute accounts from Petersburgh, received at
(3c1°101m; state, that the Emperor intended to
iave the capital to join his army stationed on the
4rkisit frontier on the 19th ult.
,4

1%5 Ele totzl number of Bank Clerks dismissed is
ate-,,tlt, dismissal took place in the most deli-
bath: antler, the selection having been made by
- Ivar -`) and all who have served 15 years and up-
ds
being exempted from it.
tl; •'INCIITSTER, OCT. 9.—A general meeting of
" it'ieutenancv of this County was holden this
thrii,ing at 12 o'clock at the Al bite Hart Inn in
at which the Duke of WELLINGTON
; he arrived, according to his usual plan
exactitude, about five minutes before 12.
Miere wa.s a full meeting of the Deputy Lieu-
-7 aunts, Lord Rodney, Sir Thos. Baring, Burt.
Aft' '5 Sir John Pollen, Bart, M. P. &c. &c.
/,er the' meeting his Grace returned to Strat,-
-x- "-saYe. It is said that he 'will review the
°Fti" liants before their time of servitude expires.
0,13 Y letters received this morning from the Cape
41,fGood Hopewe understand that the Royal
riCali Corps
Jude laast.—(E was disbanded there on the 26th
dinburgh Courant, Oct. 6.)
co14:3111 ELL'ENIBOROTIGII once decided that stage-
deli 11 Proprietors were responsible for the safe
thvetrY of goods of any value, notwithstanding
be eY had made a bye-law that they would not
ansvverable for any thing worth more than 51.,
tituess it was paid for accordingly. Since that
Coaches
another Judge has decided that stage-
b° aches are not liable for goods above 51., unless
laiurked as such. The latter, we suppose, is the
W
gu I/0 ik fashion ; but how long will it be
'---(7131ne _Mercury.)

REGISTER. OF FASHION.

Prince Esterhazy is expected to arrive at Chandos House on
Friday, from Paris.

On Monday the MarqueSs and Marchioness of Cholmondeley,
arrived at Cholmondeley-house, Piccadilly, from Chohnondeley
Castle, Cheshire. They intend leaving town again in a few
days for their seat, Houghton Hall, in Norfolk. -
Yesterday afternoon Lord and Lady Burghersh arrived at the
Brunswick Hotel, Hanover-square, from Brighton. They in-
tend leavinc, town again to-morrow, on a visit to the Earl of
Westmoreland, at his seat, Epthorp, in Northamptonshire.
Lord and Lady Grantham and family arrived at their house
in St. Jam2s's-square, on Monday, from their seat, West
Cowes, Isle of Wight. They will leave town again in a few
days, for their seat, Newby Hall, in Yorkshire.
On Friday last the Duke of Devonshire arrived at Devon-
shire-house, Piccadilly, from Chatsworth, his seat in Derby-
shire. His Grace would have left town yesterday for Pans,
were it-not for the arrival of the Duchess of Devonshire from
the Continent. On Saturday last her Grace embarked at Ca-
lais, and landed at • Deal, where she was met by the Earl of
Liverpool, and conveyed in carriage to Walmer Castle.—
This day her Grace left Walnier Castle for town, and arrives at
Devonshire-house in the evening, where a suite of apartments
has been fitted up fur her reception. The Duke has invited a
select party to dinner, this evening, in order to meet her Grace.
The Marquis of Worcester is this year the Comptroller of
the Chepstow Hunt, which takes place on the 16th and 17th
inst., after which the sportsmen give an elegant ball and supper
to the Ladies.

DEPART ET RES.—Lady Sophia Ileathcote, from her house
in Grosvenor-square, for Helmingham Park, the seat of her
mother, the Countess of Dysart, in Suffolk ; Mr. and Mrs. Ha-
milon and family, from Batt's Hotel, for Paris ; Mr. and Mrs.
Drummond,- from ditto.

EDI2iBITIWII, OCT. 6.—Arrived at Barry's lintel, No. 3,
Prince's-street :—Thomas John Fordyce, Esq. of Ayton ; Mrs.
Fordyce, John Fordyce, Esq., jun. and Miss Fordyce; Mr. J.
Smith ; George Roebuck, Esq. ; Capt. Stewart, 15th hussars ;
Captain Hay, of Belton ; Captain Frazer, of Brackla ; zEneas
Morrison, Esq. ; Alexander M'Dougal, • Esq. ; Archd. Scott,
e:sq. ; Mr. Grant.
Departures—Thomas Kingsbury, Esq., and Mrs. Kingsbury ;
william- Kent, Esq.; Mr. Morris, Mrs. Morris, and family;
Capt. Hay of Belton : Mr. Grant ; Archd. Scott, Esq.

THE LATE Doxr: or/Non Tii u MRERLAND.—=When the
late Duke (then Earl PERCY), was at Cork, previous to em-
barking with the army for America, he saw a fine boy in the
ranks as a cadet, on which he asked his name and connexions.
The Roy—" I am, my Lord, the son of an old officer, who,
" after many years service abroad and at home, is now a cap-
' tain in the Royal HouSehold, at Dublin : I am his third son,
" and my two elder brothers are now in the army." The Earl
was so much struck with the spirit and frankness of the youth,
and felt so much for his situation. in the ranks, that he wrote to
his agent to purchase for him an Ensigncy in the fifth regi-
ment. • The Commission was obtained, and at the battle of
Bunkir's Hill, his Lordship's Ensign showed great courage and
good conduct, which reflected equal credit on the regiment and
on his Lordship who introduced him to it.
• TUE LATE ADMIRAL KoDDAM.—When Captain, after-
wards Admiral nonnAsi, was tried by a Court Martial for the
capture of his ship, he gave directions to the Printer at King-
ston to publish the Minutes, and give copies to each Member of
the Court Martial, to his brother Officers, and some other
friends, and then to sell the remainder. It was some time af-
terwards that he- again saw his publisher ; when, in order to
settle accounts, the book was referred to, and the man stated
that, according to order, so many copies had been disposed of.
" ll'hy that is the .number I ordered you to give away in my
" name ; how many have you sold ?"—`= Not one," was the
reply, " though I advertised in all the Papers."-- That is
" strange," said Captain RonnAsl, " for Admiral BYNG'S
" trial went through three editions in a week:"—" That is a
different case" said the Printer ; 44 if you had been con-
" demned to be shot, your trial would have sold as well ; but
the publiz take no interest in an honourable accuittal."
ArACCINATION.—The festival in honour of f)r. J ExxExt,
to whorn mankind are indebted for the discovery of Vaccination,
was lately celebrated at Berlin, by a superb banquet. All the
Faculty in the city were present, together with several Func-
tionaries and Statesmen. The Counsellor of State, M. HUFE-
LAND, presented, at the close of the banquet, lists of the chil-
dren who had been vaccinated in Prussia during the year 1819 ;
and the result was, that upwards of 400,090 children had been
Inoculated within that period.

DRUNKENNESS
Expels reason,' drowns the memory, distempers the body,
defaces beauty, diminishes strength, inflames the blood,
causes internal, external, and incurable wounds, is
a witch to the senses, a devil to the soul, a
thief to the purse, the beggar's companion,
a, wife's woe, and children's sorrow ;
the picture of a beast and self.
murderer, who drinks to
others good health, and
•
robs himself of
• his own.

AN ANCIENT Wu:L.—The following is a trans-
lated copy of the very curious old Will, which
we noticed some weeks ago, as in reserve for the
amusement of our readers, when opportunity
should offer-:
A 'co UST 23,1530.—R0ger it Gate, of Cowfold, in the county
of Sussex, made his will, in .which, after bequeathing his soul
to Almighty God, his Maker and Redeemer, and to our blessed
lady the Virgin, and to all the holy colip.any of heaven ; and
his body to be buried in the church-yard of Cowfold, he gives
to the mother church of ChicheSter 12d.; to the high altar of
his parish church; for tithes and offerings negligently forgotten,
20d ; to each of his godchildren, 4d; and to one of them, Roger,
son of John lt Gate, of Walehttrst, several lands in addition ;-to
his daughter Joan, his best feather bed and his great cauldron;
to his daughter Margery, his greatest pan and a feather bed ; to
his daughter, Margaret, his best mattress and the greatest brass
pot ; to JOan and Agnes Shoo, his servants, the one 31.65. ltd.,
the other 31. 13s. 4d; to every priest that cometh to his burial,
saying dirige and mass; tad. for his labour ; those who come not
to dirige but 64. tinless they be Englishmen born and will promise
his execueors to,sing it afterwards ; the like sum is also to be
given to every priest performing thesame service at his " monthes
myrule ;" to poor to pray for his soul, 10s. on his burial
day, and the like sum on his " nionthes day ;" to his grand-
daughter Elizabeth Colecoke, daughter of Richard Colecoke 61.
13s. 4d. towards her marriage ; in case oilier death before mar-
riage to Ile equally divided between her sisters Joan and-Mar-
garet, or on the death of either, to go intire to the survivor, but
in case they all die unmarried, then, to be bestowed for the
wealth of his soul, their souls, and all christian souls. Besio
this contingency, 31. Os. lid. is bequeathed to each of the younger
sisters under similar provisions, except that the soul of his wife
Lettuce, is to profit by the lapse ; to his grandsons, Thomas and
John, sons of John Genet ..31. 6s. fid. each a house is left-to
his daughter Joan Colecoke, with rernaincrer after the heirs
male of her eldest daughter,t,o Margery his daughter, wife of
John Genet ; his lancla.' in the parish of Horeley Common,
Surrey, are left to Thomas Person, his son-in-law, and Marga-
ret his wife; and his executors are charged to find an honest
priest, " English born and none alien," to sing for his soul
and all Christian souls in Cowfold Church, for the space of a
year, he to have for his lab Our 61. tis. Bd. His farming
stock is then disposed of chiefly:among his sons-in-law and
grandsons, a bullock to one, his best shod steers and oxen to
another, and the worst shod to a third, fOgether with his corn
wain, chains, a harrow, aplough,and.all things to them necessary.
To Elizabeth, his wife, 101: (which John George, of Cokefield, is
bound by indenture to pay half yearly) in full reccompenee for
all jointure of dower • also a ".spruce cofer ;" to 'Margery his
daughter, a lease of fend called Polder's Lad ; . to Hugh Stile
and. John it Gate his servants, each a 713)Allock of two years age ;
to Roger Okenden and Roger Gratewike, each a bullock of one
year old; to his son-in-law Thomas Person, a lease of lands
called Holyeys ; to Sir John, his,ghostly father, 6s. fid. The.
corn and hay are then diVided as the other stock and farming
implements had been, between hia-Other sons-in-law. He fur-
-1 ther bequeaths to Cowfold 'Church, two altar cloths and
161. 13s. 4d. towards making the aisle there, in case it shall be
commenced within two years after the date of his will.; if not,
to be bestowed in repairing the highways between Crawley and
Reigate ; finally his eXecuPors are directed, within. one year, to
lay upon him and his wife, a .marble stone, with a superscrip-
tion upon the same. His executors and residual.); legatees are
his sons-in-law Colecoke and Person; the supervisors of his will
are Nynian BUrrell, clerk, and Anthony Bewike, Esq. who are
each to have 40s. for their labour ; and Sir Thoihas Broune,
Vicar of Cowfold, Sir John Pelee, James Gratewike, Richard
Colly, John Gratewike, John a Gate, of Walchurst, Thomas
a Wode, John Ward, &c. are witnesses.
Proved 12th Sept. 1530. (Sussex Advertiser.)

Packet-boats are in future to sail regularly between Marseilles
and Leghorn at fixed periods. The first, called the Zephyr,
was to take her departure on the 20th inst., and another was
preparing to follow her. These vessels are described to be ele-
gantly fitted up, and to have on board a table note for the
convenience of the passengers.