Our attention has been called to that paragraph of the
" Questions to Lord Howick," inserted in the Spectator of the 18th February, which relates to General Sir F. A. Weritenasa ; and we have seen u paper in the United Service Gazette of the 25th, detailing the long military career of the gallant General, and mentioning other circumstances in his favour. From Fill this, and from inquiries that we have made, it appears that the reflections on General WETHERALL'S military repute. tion and Fen. ices, %% Melt the paragraph alluded to contained, were made tinder a great misapprehension of the actual circumstances. We can have no hesitation, therefore, in retracting and witlidnoving those re- flections ; ti ' publication of which, under an et rotwous impression, we cannot but regret. We also think it due to Genet-ail Sir F. A. Wimirnass, to quote from the paper in the. United Service Gazette, the following letter from the lute Sir Senors Accostrrv, chief in command of the British expedition in 1811 by which Java was taken.
March 25th, 1816.
" My Dear General—It has for a long time given me concern, that you have not been honoured with a Commandery of the Rath; and I can with truth assure you, that, it' I had been called on for the names of the officers that die. tinguislied themselves under my command, yours would have been included io the number. I ant, indeed, apprehensive that I may have been in some measure the cause of this omission. After the assault of Cornelis", I thanked the oflieen, in toilets, who had particularly distinguished themselves, and I took the liberty of mentioning you, front whom, not only un that day, but during the service, I had received the most cordial and useful support. "Inn my public despatch to Lord Minto, instead of naming the officers to whom I felt sin much indebted, I mentioned that eider, and enclosed a copy of it ; when the despatch was published in England, the reference to tine order appeared, but the order itself was not published. By this means, the names of many lacers, who were deserving of living brought to the notice of the public, have never appealed ; and it is possible that the omission of your name in the despatch may have deprived you of that honour. That I set a high value on your service., may be moved from my intrusting you with the important emu. found of the advanced corps the principal part of the time we were before Cornelis; and if the command of the column first to assault the works was not given to you, it was because the corps under Colonel Gillespie was best eaten- -late' for it, and I could nut spare both of you with that command.
"You ate perfectly at liberty to make any use you may think proper of this letter ; and 1 beg you to be assured that I ant, with great truth and esteem, " Your very faithful humble servant,
" To Lieutenant. General Wetherall, &e." S. AUCIIMUTY."
• The identical lines and iutreuchments alluded to by the Spctat,r.
The patio:cc of the electors of Westminster with their pseudo Re- presentetives in Parliament begins to give way. General EVANS
coolly tells them to wait till it suits Ink military coniveniieoce to leave Spain ; and Button,' not only refuses to take a journey from Brighton to vote on the must important questions, but has actually offered to pair off against " the Reform Ministers " with Air. 11.sxcuitv Titace. This
fact was stated a meeting of the tlectors last night by Colonel JONL.s. It must, we imagine, destroy the remnant of the prestige fur old filmy." The io eta iiig of electors last night was held for the purpose of taking preliminary nita.ures for rescuing Westminster from its degraded con- d own. A rt soaition was adopted, declaring the absence of toe Alem. - hers to be highly injurious to the muse of Reform, and unstra. factory to the Westminster constituency ; and it was resolved to cell a public meeting to consider of the present state of the non.representation. Mr. DE YEAR saint, that he had', written to Sir FRANCIS BURDETT to send a letter to his constituents, in " the old Weatatinster style ;" and Sir FaaNCIS had promised to concoct one- as soon as he got well. Even this pie .e of wordy humbug is not yet fordworning. The preliminary meeting has apnointed a Committee to communicate nit!) Sir FX&NCi8 mud General EVAN6 Now we shall see chat will be done. It strikes us that the tone of the meeting teas not vet y derided.
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