The Sun.
London, England, 1811-02-27 00:00:00

• (Signed)
The Right [lon. Sir David Dundas,

SIR,

Horse. Guar4, Nov. 19, !Rio.

I out, directed by the Cutninander in t;:ntli to au-
knowlvidgo•tlis receipt of yoric letter of t;.e t7tit inst.
!el:vitve to the casolof 11.0;lert Curtis-, Lite, a corporal
in the Oxfordshire ; awl I hate; to acquaint
you in teply thereto,. that Sir David Duhdas is not
aware that any. irre,;ularit) could possibly have been
attributed to the trial of tltiti I;erson or that any
nte.isitie had been adeptei inconsistent With tl)1
dinat y rotim-ot proceeding in the case nl'a r
adjudge : a punishment by a General,Court MAI I.i ,
tip,; ailo'ved to commute the execution of the ben-
“:nce tor service abr ~s 1. Sir David Dundas thole.
tore (.6,:rei that on will 'pleased to put hint in
of t nature of those extraordinary' cir-
cmustante,, which y.. u state to have learned through
a credible enantiel, in order thtt he may take such
steps as new information oft he subject may render
necessary. „ I have, &c.
TußßEigs.
G. L.-Wardle, Esq., 7, Litt:e Ryder-street.

St R, 7, Little It rler-street, 'Nov. zr, 18 ro.
I wrote to you on the 17th, ilvsiriirg for reasons
explicitly stated, oat you wuultl issue orders th.rt ji
mig,,t have-that ,communic:ition with Robert Curtis
that General Taylor had refu,ed to me, aftd express-
ing my expectation that neither Curtis, Behis, or
Greenwood, would, ho sent out of the country till I
had an opportunity,of .bringino,-thecaSe iii cineStiott
before Parliament. The receipt (.1 this letter you
have acknowledged, and you have.de,irert to be put
in, possession of the circumstances made known to
me, tlutt—yoti may take such stees as slew irvlorma7
tion the subject may render necessary. .Now,
Sir, it is obvious.that this k any thing but an answer
nky letter; I thciefore have only ro.reter you to
that letter, And to beg. to too whether II
to reuse or comply with the. request and c%pectation
therein .contained.

I have, &c;
G. L. WARULE.
The Right lion. Sir D. Dumias, •

SIR, ilor4.Goards, zest Nov. iSio
I am diieeted by the Commander in Chief to ac-
knowledge the receipt of your loter of this day, in
which you refer to y(qir foliner letter of the 17th
inst. as having stated explicit reasons.for complying
with your recineSt, and to inform you that Sir 'Mid
Dundas is always Anxious t o receive,and consider all
communications iii tavnur of persons in the sttultion.
of Robert Curtis;: and, was, therefore, desirotm of
being put in possession of any inlorination you
might have obtained it: 'relation. to his _case Whicit
could operate in hiS favour,, or induce the Com-
mander in Chief to suspend the order tor his pro-
ceeding to the regiment for which is destined :
but &reds me to add, that he.Caqnot conceive hiin-
self justified in such ,suspension without he is ac-
quainted with thegrounds upon which the applica-
lion is made.

Sir David Dundas is. desirous that you should fully
understand that he feels it to bc.,his duty to take
every. weans in his puwet to prevent injustice being
dare to any person in I►is Majesty's service under his
command ; that ha is res,,onsible for so doing ; and
that he would, therefore, be obliged to any one whit)
woulct, funiish him with the means of inquiring into
and discoveting auy circumstances which could just-
ly cause the suspension of any sentence, or the par-
don of any person improperly convided ; but he
cannot conceive himself justified in devolving . that
responsibility upon another, or in continuing ►o
suspend any sentence on the ground of an applica-
tion from any individual' who Will not give bun the

'MOM jtielg;rig of the ;;r6:,)•:ty of what 1)6 &sirez
to have done.

I am also to inform you; that the Commander in
Chief having on the _receipt •ot pour letter bt the
17th inst. written to'prevent the 'embark...tioh of
these men until he had recei►ed the communication
desiredar my letter of the i9th inst. finds that John
Bellis embarked on. the'2Bth ult.

I 111Ve, &c.
(Sigipetl) eroiiilENs,
G. L. IVardlet Esq. 7, Little Ity(!er.stteet:

SIR, -7, Little Ryder-strect, 224, Nov. r 8 to.
Not wishing to enter into any discussion as to
your general disposition to do justice to the'persotts
under your command, I Must beg leave, once more,
to recal your attention to the nature of my original
application, by which I hoped, through your means,
to have obtained a free intercourse, with the unfor-
tunate Curtis,• and also to have prevented the send-
ing him, Greenwood, aadlis, abroad, till such
time, at least; as the parliamentary investigation
which, I informed you, it was my determination to
brit:; torward, should'have taken place.
Your letter of yesterday takes no notice whatever
of the former part or this application, arid merely
alis for inform:l:ion from me to enable you to judge'
of the .propriety of suspending the intended area!
sure of set.di tto wen abroad.
Wan re-pect to this demand of information on
your part, it can hardly be necessary fOr me to re-
mind you that I am not, in such a case, to be con-
•stdered merely in the light of an individual, but in
that of a 'Member of that Body, in virtue of whose
vote soldiers are raised and paid, and whose divy it
doubtless is, to watch over the lives at those soldiers.

,
To enter here into the ruinute.particulars of the
subp.Ct of the proposed investigation; 'is 'what I can-
not reconcile to my notions at propriety; bnt in or-
de'r that yon'may-de fully aware of
.the importance
of that subjeet, I take this opportunity of informing_
you, fhat I mean, to move an. investigation into the'
origin,. the mode And progress, of 'the prosecuti.,n of
Corporal Curiis, and also-into.the nature and execu-•
tion.of•the srntent e ; 'through the Whole of which, I
am thoroughly conVineed, It will appear that a vio-.
lation of law has gone' handou band with a violaticia
of justice and humanity.
Once more, thereeore, alio,v- me to hope, that
you • will think it consistent with• your
~duty, and
With the g.,od of his .1110jesty's military service, to
furnish .me with those' means of' tree intercourse,
which were, for reasons-so •franklyr stated, request-
ed in my first.tetter, and that you will also continue .
the restrictions' against ether Curis or Greewtood
bring sent out of the kingdom, and beyond reach
and protection Of the law. „
'lnc same candour which haS .hitherto prevented
me from disguising from you any of my views, now
prompts tsit, to' intormyot.rohat- unleSs the at Er-%
(p..e,“s complied ;.voh, :shall, on the tv.crity-,
ninth Ilitil,lnt, vndeavotir to obtain tlie intertereiice
• of thelloni,.: of Coturnons upon •tlie UCCiisluo.
I nave,.
(Sigve(l) WAlA)t.z..
To tile Right Hun. Sir 134y1,11)nnti.i;;,,,t1/4c.

Horse Guards, 23d Nov • 1?1,.)
SIR —I am diroded by her Commander ia Ch4,l
to 'O, know ie)ge he'recerpt of your letter• of yystet-
day's date, in which y.)t, reelll his dttennun to the
nature of your application rtzarding llobeit
Curtis; but as you -will tltt, k proper, fur re'flt,on.i.
best known Inyourselt, to peo,evere in withholding'.
from his 'knowledge the grounds upon which you
round the irregularitie'S th,rt you allege 10 loy,-O Occur-
red.rn proevedinigo against ttiks. man ;it only re-
in,ins ter Sir David Doodas to cal) yourutention in
lemur, to. my, er of the 5: wititn,t ,in W• bleb
are detailed the grounds upon which a compliance
with your request had been suspended', ur,til you
should the' COMill'alickr in Chief w itlt 114
intl,itis of. judging of those extraordinary t ircutif•
/*tapers that li!A drawn your notice to an official and
legal and proceeding under his i;onitutild.„
am Wither to acquaint your, that. lice Commander
in Chief cannot. torts d •r! any ' indryittual•- whatever -
at -all justified in ,issoming tionsplained hiteiler-
enco to the coursp.. ut )14.•iglicia1. autyi. a'or .In der
mantling tram\ hint the adoption of aatql*trasttret,
unaccompanied with aii.explanatiO.r ut
.Itie•-clOunir
stances upon which it is founded. ,
have, • -- ' •
(Signed) El. TO`kur,Ns.
C. 1.. Wardle, Esq. 7, kink ltyda•r;to.-,.q.

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IYi

NAVAL E W S.

Vt i

PLYMOUTH, FEB. 21).—The brig Ranger; Notyn4,
Crow London, with a cargo, consisting eifhaloloods;

SCC, butind Ca Teiterilre; is laLtin-;tit titil'ott., the
vgssel being in a very lraky. state.

His Majesty's ship Daphne, now in Torbay, will
call offlhis Port for the trade bound to, the Medi-

terranean.

The Hope, \VILDMAN, and tw6 transports, that
sailed hence yesterday morning for
,Falmouth, to
join the convo)- hound. to Lisbon, are again put back
by contrary, winds.
Sailed his Majesty's ship 'Princess Charlotte, of
38 g9n9,'Captaiy ToinN, on a cruize the Lapwing
Revenue cutter, Captain Fli Ai ER, with the-Fairlie
East Indiaman, Captain D'EsTaitati,' froril.,Madras,
&c. under convoy for the River.
Arrived the Eliza packet, Capt. SAmrsotv, from
Cadiz, with Mails; which will ba forwarded dill.
evening; 11 days passage,- and does not bring any,
news;-she brought_ over. sir. JU.A.N BQUEIGA,
Spanish Courier, who is cha!ged with dirrpatche;
tor Government.

Sailed his-Majesty's ships Lightning on a eruize,
and Mariner for Portsmouth.

Arrived the Alm, PAratcx, from London for
Lisbon the Spanish brig Son Paulo, PINTO, from
London for Corunna ; and the schooner Modroy,

Wise, fro,n London for Lisbon; the three lattei
vessels put in here for ounroy.

SJiled the Liberty transport with proviiiors to the

Westward.

Sailed the Morning Star cartel, LAvls, with a
French General, and sevcral'a6ed and infirm pi-
loners, for Morlaix.

DEAL, FEE. t36.—Ptemain.h:i Majesty's ships and
the outward-bound ships as per last..
Arrived, the Tremendous man of war from Ports-
mouth; and the Providence armed ship, with a cou-
voy, from Cork, which are sailed for the River.
Sailed the Ponguard mau of war for Sheeinoss,.

PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 2U.--Arrived MmieStyi
ship 'Brian from a cruiie.--The Undaunted iliptu
takes convoy for Spain, Portugal, and the Niedi-
,