The Sun.
London, England, 1819-07-31 00:00:00

MANSION-HOUSE.

REQUITAL OF PUBLIC SERVICES.—YeNtenlity R
person of gentlemanly appearance and address re-
quested the Lord Mayor's assistance under (lim-
eades against which be bad been long contend-
ing. lire object was to obtain charity, or the
means of working, to provide against starvation,
which the petitioner said was rapidly pressing up.
on him. It was a story of great disaster. The
applicant, who appeared ,about 35 or 36 years of
age, by his own statement, had entered his NlFt-
jests's service a' a very early age, as Ensign in
the 27th or Enniskillen regiment of the line. He
had served in Egypt in every campaign, particu-
larly in the engagement in which Sir Ralph Aber-
crombie lost his life, and obtained the rank of
Lieutenant on the field, and was presented by
the Grand Signor with a gold medal, ..outiterparts
of width were conferred upon the Officers of
that Army, as tokens of gratitude' for their ser-
vice.. lit the war- that followed -the Treaty of
Amiens, he served in the 28th regiment of the
line in the North rtf Germany, under the coders
of General Lord Cathcart. Subsequently, the
Lieutenant was obliged, from the, pressure of u
do-mcstic calamity, to dispose of his commis-
sion. A combination of unfortunate circumstances.
• onfnreseen and, inevitable, compelled him to enter
site service in a situation but little 'adapted to his
habits, education, or choice : be entered the 24th
regiment of foot as a private soldier, mud in that
butOble-and laborious capacity served in the whole,
of the-Peninsular War, up to the period of the
ratification of the Treaty at Paris, in 1.314. In
the course of these campai;ors, this pooravanderer
served in the follow ins; battles and sieges :—Vi-
meira and Roliea, Talavera, BIISSCO, Almeida,
S lamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Ecballa, Orthes,
Thoulou.e, Elva!, Ciodad Rodrigo, Burrgos, and
Pampelona. Upon the termination of hostilities
his regiment, which was a becond battalion,
and a mere skeleton, from the v-igour, and va-
riety of its services, was disbanded, and he
was disciarged. Thus, thrown upon the
world, without pension or remuneration of any
kind for what he had done for his country,
he was determined to obtain the precarious
aubsistence afforded by attending schools as an
assistant. In his search lately for a situation of
that kind, lie-bad unfortunately failed, in conse-
quence of the great number of applicants, who
were perhaps as needy, and more eligible, than he
was, but who could not be more zealous in at-
tending the duties of any situation, by which the
means of an honest livelihood could be obtained.
Under all these circumstances, he had presumed
to call upon the Lord Mayor, in the hope, as his
Lordship was the friend of rtio.e who detested
idieness and dependence, some opportunity might
be afforded to prove that all unfortunate soldier
was actuated by an honest andmanly principle.—
The Lord Mayor expressed some surprise at the
great extent of those unrequited services ; took
peculiar interest in the poor soldier's case, and
assured him that, if he could procure testimonials
of his conduct from those under whom he bad
served, a supporting-arm should not be wanting
to hint in the .hour of adversity. The applicant
was extremely gratified; he was ready to procure
testimonials from Sir E. Paget, Colonel of the
28th, and of Sir J May, of the Royal Horse Ar-
tillery. He would embrace the most menial em-
ploytnent by which hottest bread could be earned ;
was conscious of his inability, from early habits.,
to fill a laborions situation as well as many whets,
burr his assiduity should compensate other defi-
ciencies. The Lord Mayor gave him the means
of present support, anti re-assured his hopes, by
stating that the case should be laid before Lord
Palmerston.