The Sun.
London, England, 1810-01-25 00:00:00

sire: -couveyeJ in your lordship's -leiter, thA
should lay' this petition upon the table of the House
of Lords; With. that request I cannot hesitate to
c?toply. It would be highly improper to deny to
suchra body of men, the. opportunity of submit-
ting, through my hands, if they should so desire,
it,' and at their own time, their wishes to the Le-
gislature of_ their country:. It would be still more
inexcusable in a case .where all tny'opinions and
all my wishes are favourable to the obje& cf,their
application.-.! On the rneastire itsef, if any motion
respeaing it be. originated by others, I Anil not
fail <to urge, -with unabated ,earnestness, all the
same sentiments which I have detailed in, this
But I must, with equal explicitness decline to
be 'myself, •at* This time, and, under ,so many cir-
cumstances of such, peculiar clisach,antage to your
:cause, the mover of any such 'proposition. lam
satisfied, that,ty this decision, I shall best.promote
the'.-ultimate success of that•great , work which I
have long laboured to accomplish. My reasons, for
this persuasion rhave, I trust; sufficiently explained.
They may be erroneous, they are at lessi sincere.
To the,principle of equal laws, to the object of
'national conciliation, lam invariably attached. By
me they shall never be/abantloned. But any per-,
sonal exertions which I-can make, :for purposes Of
such inestimable benefit to
slyly country, must- ever
be regulated by that- discretion, which I ani equally
determined in every situation to reserve, unfettered
by previous enga,,aernents, and the faithful exercise
of which my public duty imperatitely forbids me to
relinquish.
I, have the honour to be,
• With sincere respe& and regard,
Myjlaord, • . •
Your Lordship's most obedient humble servant,

OttErivi LLE.

From the LONDON GAZETTE, Jan.,23, 1810.

Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County
of Essex.
Eastern Battalion of Essex Militia.

To be Colonel—Lieutenant-Colonel Francis • Hale Rigby,
vice Bullock, deceased.
To be LieutenanuColonel—Major Samuel Charles Came,
vice Rigby. -
Tote Mapr—Captain Jonathan Josiah Christopher Wat.:
son, vice Came.
• •
Commission in the Royal Pembroke Battalionof Fuzileers
I%.lilitia,•sigried by the Lord Lketitcuant.
To be Second Lieuienauts—Charles Francis 'Wilson, Gent.
John Hudson, -Gent.
Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County

of Kent.

Bearslead.and- Mailing Regiment•or Local Militia.'
To be Lieutenants—Robert William Morton, Gent. John
Hialson, Gent.
Cranbrook and Woodsgate Regiment of Local Militia.
To be Lieutenants—Jamcs West,'Gent: George Whitaker,
Gent.. James o.Haway, Gent Charles Larking, Gent.
James Midhurst,Gent. George Fry,Geut. Richard Wynch,
Gent, Franeis Wilson, Gent. Thomas Saxby; Gent. John
Weave, Gent: , • .
7'o be Ensigns--William Spong, Gent. , lames Wiles, Gent.
_ Henry Kinc,ade, Cent. Jeremiah Newington; Gent. Ben-
jamin Tribe, Gent. Thomas Grundell, Gent.
To be Surgeon-. Edward Young, Gent.
Sevenoaks and Bromley Regiment of Local Militia.
To be Major— Captain W, S. Coast. -
To be Calt6ins—Sir Richard Hardinge, part. William
Thosnas Cator, Esq. Lieutenant Wil-
liam Tong.
To be Lieutenants—T. S. Farnaby, Gent. George Turner,
Gent. R. G. Morgan, Gent. Ensign JaMes Sale. Wil.
Liam Turn6r, Gent. William Cre may, Gent. ,