January 1799.

spoke to him he never mentioned the want of Wine
to me or ever made the least Complaint in a Letter Mrs..
Despard published in the Newspapers she asserts the Colonel
was Confined to his Cell a great length of time and was not
removed till his Legs were full of Ulcers and almost in
a slate of Mortification this certain by is not true for
I freequently saw the Colonel walking and in Good health
at the time alluded to in that Letter I was present in
the Office belonging to the Prison when the Colonel had
a Conversation with Mr.. Burdon upon Mr.. Burdon
asking him some Questions as to the treatment he
had had he said he had no Complaint to make as
to the treatment he had met with in the Prison
not the least in the World, and that he had never
made any Complaint or any Application to have
Medical assistance that he never had any thing
the matter with his Legs more than a little
Chilblain which soon got well, that he had been in
various Climates and was always his own Physician
and that could he have seen Mrs.. Despard before she had
sent the Letter to the Morning Post he would have
prevented it, for he had no Complaints to make against
the Prison nor any thing like a Complaint would be
make only against those who were the Cause of his
Confinement, His Majesty< no role > 's Ministers, - and particularly
expressed his sense of the Governors humane treatment of
him, I believe Mrs.. Despard had regular access to him
twice a Week and I have frequently known them
continue together for 2. or 3. hours at a time in a Room
with a Fire in it - I think it a Justice due to the
Governor to observe that I have not only been an Eye