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

AFFAIRS AT ST. HELENA.

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The following Letter, which was pr.—
yesterday in The Morning Chronicle, appears ti°
that Paper this day. We cannot be suPl"se",-13
have knowledge sufficient of the matters to whice
it relates to be able to form any judgment on the
affair, but the high character of Sir 1-1"9(31,1
Lowe renders it very improbable that. be 09°,.
have given orders for any restrictions whicb..a...t
did not deem absolutely necessary for the sectirit:
of the Prisoner entrusted to his charge. "3,.
'reason he might have for extending these restr'c'
tions to Mr. O'MEARA, the English
Stageci".l
'it is difficult to say, but we may fairly presuinefo;
duet,
suppose that he had good grounds for his con
, The tranquillity and security of Europe are
ut into;
-siderations of too much importance to be ,
,„ .
any comparison with the complaints of the
lish Surgeon, and .from the tenour of his lette
nriso•
and the nature of his complaints, the onlY surr J;
that we.feel'on. the occasion is, that there 51119al''
have been the least hesitation in accepting his re.:
•;,signation,.and sendibt bitn home by the first
Tp.ottunity:: ,The very, channel in which this
appears attaches some suspicion to it, froMj4fo(l'
lirt:own political principles, or rather notions,::”.
The Morning Chronicle, and its unqualified .11°stil
lity to the British Government in all its operant/0'
at'llome or abroad :

(COPY.)
• Longwood, April 19, 181 g.
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nf—ACcording.to your Excellency's directions, col"Ilio
caked to tie Yesterday by Major Gorrequer, procevde.dati
Count Eertrand, and begged him, as I had not Presercc h's
copy of the letter I had written to him on the 12th of
month, to lend it me for the purpose of takinga Coil' whic
he • did without the smallest hesitation. Indeed, a litthi:iore
fore the interview which took place between hint and
letter
Gorrequer, he asked me if I had any objections to WY
rnea
being sbewn to Major Gorrequer, and he has since Info or
me that his intentions were, that he might either WP; 139
take a copy, as he bad done with several other parirs

days before.
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For ten months your Excellency has several 1"-e:, Via
fested to me intentions to subject me to the same Vesf:tid
as the French prisoners, to which I have alwaYs re. :eel'
consent . and I must beg leave now to state, that lour is
lency has not the right to do so, as Napoleon BuenaPart•retuis
not considered as a Prisoner of War, otherwise than by Vi
the
of an Act of Parliament; and the other French (ant ere Terisnie
domestics) are not named in the Bill, and could 00t ISt
jected to the restrictions which have been imposed °nthcatitf
if they had not given their consent by a written engage: 0
the effect of which ceases at the moment of their 01trri'are
is clearly shewn by the recent departure of Gene'3l 6;Or
gaud; therefore still stronger reasons exist that anlthatit
lish subject cannot be submitted to such restrictions WI
a special and. written consent on his part, to which -as
always protested, and protest I will never agree t°'
1s a
would be signing the 'dishonour of the naval nailatrm f tb
would inevitably draw down upon the the conteal lore
brother officers with whom I have the honour tog er'v.e.:netid
fore, in the natural state of things, neither yotir 'PS- of
nor any other authority can ?Abject me to restr,i:°,sl.
trary to the rights of an Officer, and the laws of .5"."-° ipdr
I have also had the honour to observe to yo", Ihnat
pendent of the general guarantee of the laws, 1 has. `111;81b;
a private one in the stipulations which I bad tnader,i,lijoinuc.
when Admiral Lord Keith, then commanding the co'—
Fleet, in consequence of the request made to hilu 11/ gee°
Bertrand that I should he attached to Napoleon, as Surreent,
in place oft he French Surgeon whom the English Gevedo.
had permitted to accompany him, authorized ine t°
atbic°
begged of his Lordship to give toe an order in 0'164'
lie declined doing. . It ;6°4
I recollect perfectly well his answer, which f th'
in my pm.% er to order you to accept of it, as it is °at aaj
naval service, and is a business altogether extraordiaad:rite
must be voluntary on 'your part ; but I, as Cun'in9:" c
Ind
Chief, will authorise you to accept of it, and 13- ',ls,tsvi.-
most strongly to do so, as I am convinced the Goveran)::u ro•
be obliged to you, and it is a situation which niaY
ooit
priety and honour be held by an Englishman."
(JO'
was impossible for me not to follow the advice of SeC s
ticolf
tinguished Officer, nevertheless 'I made some etiP°l36o rat
viz.:—that I should be at liberty to resign, sh°old sllotd3
situation not to be consonant to my wishes; that
be borne upon the Navy List in my rank. as Surgeu-oi; roe
my time going on ; that I should not be Paid 5 3014'
sidered as dependant upon Napoleon Buonaparte, het 3..icroo°
tish Officer (and consequently not subject to ail re"eatellif
inflicted upon French prisoners) ; and I hav thatrePeo(ol:
had the honour, verbally, to express to you, rto b-
than consent to allow my rights as, an English Ottice ,r,(l s°
violated, 1 would prefer giving in my resignati°9d and ti'
you appeared to be struck: with toy observations au ioner9
pulations which I had made with the Lords Cnain'is' ' of
the Admiralty, I therefore concluded that you ha the bleed) °I
all idea of putting them in execution. When, en , nut'''s,
this month, I received instructions contrary to IntY,:arioo
rights, the stipulations I had made, and the Pr° „eat°rcif
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which I frequently made to yourself, which Yan
sent to rue, I immediately comprehended that it `.
a way of obliging me to quit Longwood. Pelienej:ed tatty
ties as a medical man, and humanity, alibe itroosPlt
prior to quitting, I should acquaint NaPale°Et a4l
with my intention, and I did so. sn wile° s
In neither the Army or Navy is it the cust°-0;t
Officer is desirous to resign, for hint to first c'n f the
flightless the Duke of York, or the First Lord no doing 515
per c11311:6"°'
rally, touching the propriety or otherwise of
the resignation tendered direct through the , ray 54'0
ritill* I`l
is always the first intimation; therefore in se
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nation to your Excellency without first consluszt:lo of
only acting accurdini to the established en
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services. , , u,
In writing the letter to Count Bertrand 000
lit Ps beefi'vr
the respect which I owe to your Excellency
Government, as the question contained in
the
Act yi
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floor ya;
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restrictions
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