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London, England, 1822-10-26 00:00:00

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Yesterday Sir Roarar addressed the fofbwtag
letter to his Constituents;
TO THE RLECTOIIS OF SOUTHWARK.
" Regent-street, London, October 25, 1822.
Giamtemot—My removal from Paris and France by a pe-
remptory (and in the opinion of the beet French lawyers, as well
as of the late Duke of Richelieu, when Prime Minister) mews- I
slitutional exercise of power, must be a circumstance to engage;
your attention, and I feel it to be a duty to afford you every poi-
sit*, as well as the earliest explanation.
" On the receipt of the order I applied, through the proper
official channel. for communication of the motives which had de
(ermined the French Government to adopt the measure. No
written answer could be obtained, but I received a verbal as-
surance, s That the measure was Rot accusatory, but one which
was rendered necessary in my own interest, as well as that of the
French Government,.by my political position, which nude me in
spite of myself (emigre mot) a foyer or rallying point- for the op-
ponents of the French Government to gather round, and under
the shelter of it to circulate their opinions.'
" I shall, Gentlemen, only remark upon this declaration,
which I have given as accurately as memory could serve, that if
the temporary residence of an individual in France, violating no
law, but possessing the most honourable friendships, and a dis-
tinguished portion of public favour, for his proved abhorrence
of vindictive systems of Government, and undisguised attach-
ment to the rights and liberties of independent nations, be in-
compatible with the safety or repose of the existing French Go-
vernment, it is not, and I triad I may say it without presump-
tion, for you to feel humiliation on finding that your Represen-
tative is the individual so proscribed.
I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, your most obedient
servant, (Signed) " ROBERT WILSON."

SLR HUDSON LOWE AND YOUNG LAS CASES.

We have received the following letter from a Gentle-
man whose address is known to us— ( Morn. Chron.)

" October 23, 1822.

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" MY DZAR Famons—l deem it requisite to make a commu-
nication to you, on the instant, relative to an occurrence in which
I was concerned, and I shall proceed, without further pretarx,
to enter on the subject of it.

" Yesterday I met Major-General Sir HODSON Low: in Pad-
dington-green, as he was about to enter a hackney-coach, when
an altercation ensued, during which I struck him across the
shoulders with a horsewhip which I held in my band.
" I laving thus coastised him instantly presented my card,
but he thought In to throw it away, without deigning to read it.
Upon this I tendered him a second (ultimo, and afterwards a third,
ad of winch he in like manner threw away. His servant maid,
however, who had by this time come out of the house, picked
up my cards, and carried them into his residence, when the
hackney-coacti drove off, and I proceeded on my way. •
" Few persons but myself and my father are fully acquainted
with the cruel provocations which I have received from this
man. During our detention at St. Helena, we were arrested in
the most brutal manner, and subsequently kept in close confine-
ment during one month, au aunt, and treated precisely like cri-
minals. What still more tended to augment this cruelty, was
my be.lth being at that period in a very precarious state, from
the effects produced by a tropical climate upon a constitution na-
turally weak. This was represented to Sir Hansom Lowe by
the physicians, who explicitly made known to him, that it was
essentially necessary to the recovery of my health, that I should
be allowed to return to Europe, that I might receive the benefit
of my natal air. Such a measure, however, would have been in
direct opposition to toe secrecy in which he was desirous of et.-
veloping all his proceedings on the island. He demanded of Mr.
B. O'MEARA an official report upon the state of my health.

" Mr. O'Mzaaa, who uniformly conducted himself towards
every one of us as became a man of honour and humanity, de-
livered in to Sir HUDSON Lowe a report, which was dictated by
his conscience ; but the Governor proved deaf to every repre-
sentation of feeling and of truth, and my father and myself were
ordered off to the Cape of Good Hope, where we were detained
as prisoners for seven months, owing to the instructions forwarded
by Sir HUDSON Lowe. This captivity, coupled with a separation
,from his family and his country; the mental anguish that suc-
ceeded, the weak state of health, And the age of my father, have
been the fatal sources of those infirmities under which he now
labours, and which will continue to bear him down to his grave.
After our departure from St. Helena, Sir Hansom Lowe
proceeded to employ those means with which he is so conver-
sant to blacken my father's character and repder him an object
of suspicion to liarot.roo and the French Officen on the island.
Among other things, be stated to General BERTRAND that Count
Lis Cases had confessed that himself and all the other attend-
ants upon Naroxsox had exerted every endeavour to ruin him
(Sir Hunsoll Lowe) in the opinion of his captive, by seeking to
make him regard the person and the action. of Sir HUDSON Lowe
through a veil of blood.'

When speaking of my father, after his departure, I have
been informed, and believe that he not unfrequently coupled
with his name, the epithets of that d—d rascal, that d—d lying
old rascal, Count Las Cases,' &c. Iris not impossible for a man
of honour to speak disrespectfully of another, but in such cases
he uniformly pronounces his opinion to his face, and never during
his absence.

To continue such nauseous details, of which I could extend
the catalogue, onl inftnitunc would prove as disgusting to you as
they are truly painful to my mind, and I do not hesitate to
avow, that the sole object of my visit to England was to compel
Sir Winos, Lows to afford me satisfaction for the wrongs which
I have thus sketched; and being convinced by resection upon
his previous conduct and character, that he would have recourse
to legal proceedings if I sent him a challenge, I determined to
put upon him the greatest public insult that could be offered to
a Gentleman, conceiving that that only could procure for me the
satisfaction I so eagerly desired.

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" I shall terminate the present statement by remarking, that
a son who vindicates the cause of an aged, sick, and honoured
father, only fulfils a most sacred duty imposed upon him, and
in so acting purities the path of honour and of rectitude.
" I am, dear Sir, your 's most sincerely, Ste.
(Signed) " LE BARON EMM. DE LAS CASES.

" P.S. Soon after the occurrence took place, I wrote to Sir
Mimi Lowe to inform him that, if he would give his word
to act like a man of honour, I should always be ready to an-
swer to him."

A Coroner's Inquest was held last night at the Sun
Tavern, Grosvenor-place, Pimlico, on the body of
Michael Flood. It appeared from the evidence, that I,
the deceased was a Chelsea pensioner. On Sunday'
fortnight he was seen walking through the High-
street, Btentford, when he was met by another pen
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sioner named White, and beat in a most brutal man-
ner. The deceased was taken to St. George's Hos-
pital, where he died of the injuries he had received.
The deceased was an infirm man of about fifty, the
other was a young and powerful man. Immediately
after the assault, the deceased charged him with it
before a Magistrate, but at his own desire it was com-
promised by the defendant paying ten shilling. The
deceased's injuries did not seem so serious then as
they since turned out to be. The assailant's name
was Timothy White. He was dressed like a vagrant,
aud.had but one arm. Nothing transpired to spew
that there had been any pre-existing between
him and the dew:ed.—Me Jury found a verdict°,
Wilful Murder" against Tim* Whfte, a one-
armed out-pensioner of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea.
White b.ss not yet been taloa into custody.