The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-10-11 00:00:00

words in the STATISMAN of last netting week. He
tells the Commander-in-Chief that bts knowi he (Sir
ROBERT WILSON) was, before his dismissal, subject to
Martial Law ; and notwithstanding he is by tbe mea-
sure alluded to, no longer in that ptediesmont, 'be
Is willing to wave all objections to a Military Tribunal.
He also says, " I again presume to remind your Royal
Highness of those woks: which you were formerly
pleased to ookamoledge ; but the strange situation in
which I am now so amsecountaldy placed, compels ate
to refer your Royal Highness to your letter of the
2lth January, 18151 and the documents to which it
relates,infoirther support ofmy claims to justice on the
present °cession."
Here is $ lotto': of some consequence; we trust it
will soon make its appearance, and further expose the
Wisdom of Ministers and keepers of the Kiwa's con-
science. To all these entreaties Sir RORER? met a flat
refuel. Would it be so, if they could bring the colour
of crime against him? Oh, no; not even .cold they
produce a member of the hired Hang to come forward ;
not even the honest creature that made oath before Mr.
--,yhmh, pooh, Sir RICHARD BIRNIE, respecting
Mfr. Yovos of Hammersmith t fudge, fudge, fudge !
Here is law and equity with a vengeance ; here is re-
spect to ifergna Nark and the Bill of Rights. That
Aliftsa Chez, ta that became the Coniston Law of Eng-
land, which Hi ug JOHN signed or he would have lost his
thtone—wbat JAMES 11. was banished for infringing
on ; and for a breach of which, one of the first talented
Mouarclos that ever sat on the British throw, lost his
head ! ! ! The two letter circumstances proceeded from the
idvice of evil councellors, as does the present case. In
the reign of Jost, so exalted was the general opinion

of Magna Marta, that the BISHOPS prepared a
prayer of Excommunication, which prayer was by a
Special Proclaination to be read in all Churches and
plaecs of devctioa, and enforced with all the rigour
of Church discipline. Thee an Englishman's house
etas his castle, no trial without a regular Bill of In-
ilictannt prepared before a Grand Jury, and its alle-
gations supported by respectable witnesses upon oath,

or that Grand Jury would not suffer the party to go
to trial; even then, he had the protection of twelve
.honest men to rest his defence on and obtain inch
a,,iatance as might contribute to substantiate his

innocence. Was Sir BOBERT Wnsox'scase of so bad
a nature that he was not to be allowed the chance of
a Highwaymax, a Bowler, or a Murderer? Is be
not au Englishman ? Was be not born under the
protection of pages Charta and the Bill of Rights?
The grand barriers of the law of the land are trampled
upon, and by whom ? By those who approved of the
persecution of the Queen of England ; the Jasper-
tidbit) .of foreign perjurers, and encouraged by their
bdliCiillll a hungry gang of adventurers, and their bat.
tulion of tcsamorsy; by those that have reduced once
proud England to the poverty and insignificance
of a German Province, and crammed its workhouses
and prisons with the unfortunate victims of a bad policy.
These are the great Statesmen, the profound Poli-
ticighs, the exemplary Divines, the Military Prodigies,
anti the Naval Colossi* ; fioin such, Oh Lord deliver
tr 4!!!! Avast, Great Heads. We recollect a Naval
(Hiker having been abruptly dismissed the service by
the First Lord of the Admiralty, whom he sued by an
action at common law, and recovered damages. There
Itlagua Charts was not a dead letter ; there Packed
Juries were not to be seen. There the law of the
land set up a defiance against Naval or Military
Despotism; and in the case of Sir ROSIST WILSON we
look to the law, and the honest energies of the people
fur redress. No boroughmongering protection; no wan-
ton aggression on the right of property. Twelve
honest Englishmen would do Sir ROBERT justice.—
Those brave officers who have fought their way to
proinotion, now see to what the tenure of their bard-
earned pittance is subject. They see that independ-
enceso grateful to Englishmen is trenched Upon; they
see that a brave soldier, who has distinguished himself
by his eminent services in all parts of the world, ren- '
dered incapable of acting as an honest Representative
of the People, lest he should lose that interest which
the purchase money laid out in his commissions ac-
cording to justice should entitle him. We rejoice,
however, to say, that subscriptions are coming forward
with promptitude in all parts of the country. Last
night there was a meeting of tradesmen and mechanics,
the constituents of Sir ROBIRT WlLsost, where a
subscription was opened under the most favourable
auspices, and our advice on that point in the STATES-
MAN of Tuesday last scrupulously followed up, every
man's mite was welcome, and the people came forward
with the most patriotic ardour, from which we prog-
nosticate the most glorious issue.

The City meeting in behalf of Sir Robert Wilson is
fixed for the 18th instant, and will take place at the
City of London Tavern.
Mr. Hobliouse has transmitted 1001. to Mr. Weather-
stone, the Chairman of the Committee in the Borough,
to he added to the subscription for Sir R. Wilson.
The High Sheriff of Shropshire b.s fixed the 18th
instant for the election of a Knight of the Shire, in the
room of the late Mr. Cotes. Mr. Rowland Hill, it is
expected, will be returned without opposition.
The gold plate which was ordered to be made in
lien of those articles which were carried off by some
enthusiastic hands from the Coronation Banquet, was
on Saturday deposited in the jewel-house, at the Tower,
which now once more boasts the whole regalia com-
plete.
By letters received this morning from the Cape of
.40011 Hope, we understood that the Royal African
carpi was disbanded there on the 26th June last.—
(Biffeburgh Calumet, Oct. 4.)