The Sun.
London, England, 1818-07-18 00:00:00

``ith repeet to passes, as I live in the house; or as to coat-
rl4;l at-
r14;1:41",1 because for near three years communications,
1J and
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verbally and in writing, having taken place
t". FrrttcThere is not a day passes that I do not see the
1..ee4
t several times, very frequently by night, and not a
kat
e that I do not make written communications to both the
~,,eitair".s,na: td the servants upon medical and other subjects
o Physic.
" bite not violated any written instructions, because I have
'er
Of r ,ce eireu any Positive prohibition restraining the nature
:.‘v4"l communications, In all the restrictions there was
YE a latitude, a kind of discretional power allowed me, by
" that I was net ordered not to reply to Napoleon
4::.laparte or to any of his family on any other subject not
'''4l; that if-,I did so, the responsibility must rest upoa
4 Yas'if, that I had not his authority -for doing so." Indeed,
erirlr
lb
Pnsitive prohibition been given, to comply with it is
is to n. 1!)? impracticable for any person in my situation; and
ty responsibility, I am content to bear the whole of it.
4"
frequently r`e squired to act in a manner which I con-
kitidd. to be incompati:de with my feelings and profession,
ett,
,'hl'hnurable to me, I have had the honour to demand
and positive instructions in
in order that I
:1,., ht
,"udY, meditate upon, and execute them punctually;
*4 71 found any thing in them contrary to my conscience,
to my resignation : I have never had any except such
ere worded in the manner I have described above.
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Ltp °`!tne months I have been made to lead a most wretched
tii??.Yrierr Excellency's obliging me to proceed to your house
114. i."! a-week, revilin t rnir me out of doors in a most
;LitniOns manner,gonincee, iulicle;(f, having experienced every
%t
looks
except personal violence, menaced by words and
"'e I dia riot choose to comply with trbal insinuations:
tw's.not for tire,
Sir, to pretend to remain
in the situation
tre,..4st!"' Will, but instead of reta.iving orders to that effect
-.1 the
Nty Right Hon. the Lords Commissioners of the Athol-
titktsa arc taken tot 9blige me to quit, by attacks upon my
vii,hts4'4l piersaual liberty; and for several day I have been
kt
(led, humiliated, and dishonoured ; dishonoured as much
141-tticer can be by an arbitrary act, and rendered by in-
littit:tion nearly incapable of exercising my calling. I have
lit rcire, Sir, the honour to demand.frion your'Excellency—
tither the rescinding of your directions of the 10th of
kiktykt%th, and the privilege of exercising my functions at
st and as I have done for near throe years-2d. Or to ac-
:the resignation which I wrote as soon as I found that I
eshailated to the French prisoners, and to allow
me to
N., in.Engiand-3(1. Or, if it is asserted that I have
t;:itled a crime, either in writing the enclosed letter to
kki tertrarrd, or by having done any thing else which I
hstt:ant of, and which your Excellency has not thought
ita communicate to me, or of not having complied
‘5(4,41.4bal and obscure directions, or of having in any
wise
'd the Act of Parliament, I demand to be, according to
11/11::%i°ns 'if that Act, transferred to England for trial
Nte, a enlnpetent Court. I further protest against any
NI; tention in the state of oppression in which I am,
4144'4 rendering me incapable of following my profes-
INIZeIti,, necessitates any being speedily replaced at
%tt thei and I appeal to the justice of the Right.l.-lonour-
-11::e h lord Commissioners of the Admiralty against the
,- ,°,rthe terms under which I accepted the situation.
honour to be, Sir, with all possible respect,
st. •4111' Excellency's most obedient humble Servant,
1,44
B. O'MEARA, Surgeon, Royal Navy.
Lieut.-Gen. Sir Hudson Lowe,
• Sce. &c. Governor.

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St. Helena, ist May, 1818.
34,1114ti°44.41:14,,-As it is probable that my removal from the
now bold will, ere long, take place (which
%,.4;4144'e4, eotrsiderino. the manner in which I have been
Z4;44411'1 ill-treated, for several rmintlis past, obrionsl.y
1,41 Y with a view to oblige me to-resign, is now de-
ttN) thilliglit it essential to me justification to
it;i4litht" 'l'4l the above' letter ;which was sent to theGo-
-I:4ttar,:‘Y it was written), and the other enclosures of my
the replies to them, in order that you, front whom
Ntk tte4ed so many marks of friendship, and whose
t.l/44,
11 ,)vg6°4lollinion I prize so highly, may not be led to
"Y artful insinuations or misrepresentations
*l,-14 t:,e:l44!lict, revenge, a dread of the troth's being
thatbeing
'''
,-rt England, or even of ;mere
mistake,
tN‘e,t4,4l4'r or dislie)n,qtrable conduct on my part has oe-
ikt removal from a situation, to which, whether
4 in the
kvt light of novelty or delicacy, history offers
tll4l I To von, one of my earliest and sincerest
%iliti„ 441 botinfi to render this indispensible explatta-
ttli obliges me to discontinue the secrecy which hi-
-101,0" Ive mailitained, even with respect to my own situa•
ttth rock.
ilelieve me to he, my dear Sir,
vrth.
Y our must sincere and obliged friend,
erguson, Es ' '
B.IhSI L 0 .N 1 EA . , tiur,.

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ot.t • Letters this day contain nothing
1)21 I rticular in'erest. • His Majesty's ship
h -ed yesterday float Portsmouth for Ben-
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111, tett
Count NU ER bad anl audience of
l
Patti •tic,
bto. "EGENT at Carlton-house.
►4141:111), 3tlll Dockess of CLARENCE, RCCOM.
l
tcro t" l Duchess of NIEININGEN, left town
ilt, the ()'e
Clod yesterday for Bushy Palk, to
thealterations and improvements making
glit),lt°tttirlY PHrtook of sonic refreshment, and in
retarßed to town, and had a party to e
b tst Cl at
1 like erd,v nce-House, St. James's Palace.
411t1
ue norning P
lENT, rince LEOPOLD visited the
l'ess of • t Kensington Pa-
r
1 'lll,l' ."ti 'tternoon Prince LEOPOLD, ReCOlli-
-41(1 ttil e ptike of GLoUCEsTER, visited the
chess of YoRK, in ,St. James's Pa-
-114141Y of GLOIJCESTER arrived in town at
rlit),; T iSII," Yesterday morning from Chelten-
-11; the
11-1. eSs arrived from Kew in the after-
t) the 0,
, Ike at Gloucester House._
4ttt (1. `.las recently returned to town from
itl) 01 t SR' 1
114, +l4), It. that lie means to proceed
tt, it iiit'u4,elor,sl.‘',llltis Mild/ to be regretted that
ntt to 4i% t )1... tor many years to come might
will°lttettli -6sure to the public, and a lesson
•'44),,l:)raties 5110111(1 have been induced
AlNptiFt•Ov,.,l "4 profession which he had so
et
Y ;5 example and his taste. But
;tt.`sett
kt)clie (44 all
ttd bigotry of the public may
4,1 In
4,:tlovertu in all who suffer by the fasci-.
tnly4l)t "NI the partiality of ignorance. ba the
„st
Shy to that caprice, ignorance,
4.141 i k„
v°4ls of his favourite Coriolanus,
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