The Sun.
London, England, 1810-04-21 00:00:00

(ion of the Aclies of I,V3r, to eiamine into the
complaint he had laid before him, and funles-5
he was graciously -pleased to afford him reds es') to
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make his report to his IVlajeity thei•eupoti. That
this request being attended with no other eife"
than an offer of promotion in' a. feginient of
try; whiCh your petitioner could not accept, cons's"
tently, either with hipwn just claim's, his wounded,'
feelings, and his aspersed Chara6ter, or, iti?the
tion•in :which he,was with• what was due
from [lin-I.W-the army, he has since, in t*o sitbse,
quent letter:s, expliCitly.repeated- his request, that
the Commander-in-Chief would investigate his COal'
plaints, and report- to his Majesty thereupon ; t°,
whit') reqUest he at length received an official
answer from. the Military Sectetary, dated- Fe"!,
bruary 12, .18-1 0, -and couched in -the -following'
terms : - . :

Slit-r have_ pot-failed to lay before the Coro-,
inander-in-Chief your letter of the 13th 'ingotl
and I. am direbted to acquaint you, that Sir D3o'
Dundas does not, see sutliaient grounds tor coax!?!)"
ing with your request. . . • ,
- •. (Signed) "H. TORRENS:

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That. by th;S refusil, on the part of the Corr!'
mander.in-chief,' to. comply with your Petitioner 5
requeit, as•aboVe:-staied, unless yOur Honourable
House' shall be pleased. to
,afford him relief, he has
no Means of redress' :for the wrongs Which have
'been heaped upon him,
,in his military charager'
inasmuch as the'l2th section of the Articles of War
atThids the only remedy, of which an, officer of O
army, Who has been wronged by his'Colonel, attd.
by him refused redress, can avail hitnserf and that,,
therefore,:the denial-of justice iin your petitioners-
ease, by. the Ceintnandtlr-iti7Chief, 'in .dire6.l
tion'of the-Articles of War, is_anr,,st St,rinus
'not only Co your. petitioner, .but klio to the whole.
army, by rendering nugatory the only remedy
forded to officers against the a'as.of their superiors ;, -
and by thus depriving them of the :inestimable rigl'?-
so amply Secured to every other class Of British soy'
jeEt.,,•that of employing the means provided by 016
law and Constitation, for the redress of 'opiyression
and injustice:.
411 which, your petitioner most Inimbly
to the consideration. of .your Honourable House:4.
being ready to verify the same; and he implores yo"i
Honourable liduse to' afford him such relief as"
its wisdom shall seem meet.

And your petitioner shall ever pray, ,&c.
(Signed). HENRY FOSKETT,
' - ,Capt. Isth Light Dragovrig'

_ . .
' Last night, at nin&o'clock,.ao alarming,fire broke
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out at Lilley . and AnderSon's- breethesrmakerg,
South Adudley=street,- which consumed the whole
of the upper part of the house before. any waler
Could be procured. The fire '‘was first perceived to
proceed from the second.floor,, and' burst-forth Willi
such violence as to terrify -a;1 the acijOininr, neigh
bouts; there was no peison in the house when the
fire. brake out, the street and parlour doors were
'forced open with- a sleaze hammer, and great part
of the property was saved.- Mr. Sweet, g
nest door, was on fire two or. three different time;
but thrOugh; the e:v.irtions of the firemen was got
undet.-- grocer'

Ye4terday 211 alarm of .fire prevailed in Vine.;
street, Lambeth, beca4rioned• leg'a Lirge topper 0f
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varnish boiling 'over in one ..Of the out-houses belong'
ing-.to Mr. Carter. .The ocit-horse vas destroyed io
a short time; land'-tnutti' appicheusion :IN Is enter'
tamed for the safety of sevcral:wood tenetveni7
Which stood-at a l'iort distance ftom the flames,
fortuhately the damage.did not 'extend further 1103
the, de§trli6fioll of the outhou,e.