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 18 even to those who had been disposed to con demn bis conduct, to have met with the pa tience and firmness which could arise only from conscions feeling of innocence.' In his retirement the Duke used to console himself in the society his friends. In the meantime the charge and thy proceedings on it made a sensible impression Thanks were forwarded from various places t Col. Wardle. Some of those addresses were cbs racterised by very strong language, and no dout must have been to Col. Wardle more than a coun ter-balance for the charges of Jacobinism, consp mey, treason, &c. which were levelled against hiu in and out of the House. While the unprejudiced part of the communiti deplored the retirement of his Royal Highness the whole army deeply participated in that feeling but the habits of subordination, which had been s essentially promoted by the personage whose mi: fortune they regretted, and which were, upon th: occasion, enforced by his advice to those corp: which expressed a desire to address him, taugh them to bear it in silence, confident that the timi was approaching when the merits of prejudic would vanish before a conviction of the truth. That day at length arrived, when the wishes the country at large were engerly met by the Illus trious Heir Apparent, and the Duke of York onc more consented to fill the high situation to whie his extraordinary merits so justly entitled him. During the interval of his Royal Highness retirement, the office of Commander-in-Chief han been filled by General Sir David Dundas, whos study it was to conform, in all respects, to the sye tem and the regulations established by his R. H The Duke of York's commendable selection