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Pr I ff I P r Mrs. Swinburn's drawers having been broken open, she suspected the plaintiff, and he was discharged. No persons were in the house at the time but the plaintiff and the cook, whom the defendant entirely exonerated. It appdred that a Gentleman applied for the character of the* plaintiff, as his father wanted a trustworthy servant, when Mrs. Swinburn said he was sober and industrious, and had been trusted with money and par cels, sthich he duly returned ; but added the story of the drawers being broken open,and the plaintiff was rejected. The LORD CHILI Jusrica thought there was no ma lice proved, and every housekeeper war bound to dis-, close the real character of a servant ; the probability of the defendant's suspicions he left to the Jury ; but plain tiff's Counsel consented to a sonsuit. BUTCHZR V. RAINS. .~ ~, was meddled with by a late Act of Parliament. Verdict for the plaintiff— Damages, £9 17s. 3d. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. Protector Fire This case grew out of the unfortunate spirit of com bination which existed amongst the working classes of the community, before the passing of the Act of last Session. Its outlines were briefly these :—The defen dant, Mr. Kains, agreed by contract to furnish the Government with a vessel to take convicts to New South Wales. The ship Midas wanted repairs, and we, sent to the dock-yard of Messrs. Curling and Young, but the men forming a branch of the Union refused to work, and the repairs could not be effected ; but these persons, though refractory with their immediate em ployers, did not find it their interest to be equally so U'ilk others, and, in consequence, they informed the de. fondant that they would repair the vessel at the prices of the regnlrr dock-yards. The Midas was then re rnosed from the dock-yard, and repaired by the mem bers of the Union ; and when Butcher sent in their bill, amounting to 2011. the defendants would pay but 155/. alleging the remainder to be an overcharge. The plaintiff having called witnesses in support of his claim, Messrs. Young and Woolcomh, owners o dock-yards, were examined for the defendant, to prove the bill urneasonable. Both these witnesses objected to several items, the former reducing the amount by 34/. and the latter by 291. The LORD CHIRP Justus, in his charge, observed that this case grew out of a system which, if persevered in, would not only be injurious to the interests of the masters, but would in the end be destructive to the men, who unfortunately suffered themselves to be led by those who had worse designs than themselves. Such a case, however, could not occur again, as the law was restored to that sound state in which it was before it THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1825. • STOCK EXCHANGE. TWELVK O'CLOCK. At length there arc a great number of arrivals at Liverpool, and it is supposed that the American Packet is atricupt them, but the Papers will not be up until this evening, or to-morrow morning. We do not bear of any Express from Paris. Consols opened at 911 1 for the Account, but are, up to the present time; 911 I, owing to some Sales having been effected. • In the Foreign Market little or nothing is doing. Current Prices: New Spanish 161 4, Old Spanish 21128. Rus sian 961 1, I%lexican 761, ('hilian 811821, Austrian 991, Colona blan New 891, Brazilian Scrip /to 1 disc. Mexican Scrip 2to 1 disc. Danish Scrip 3 disc. Greek Scrip 121 to 18 disc. PR ICE OF STOCKS AT TWO O'CLOCK. Bask Stock 231 1 / 2 232 1 / 2 292 3 per Cent. lted. 90% 3 per Cent. Cons. ex div. 90K 90 Si per Cent. 98%8 Si per Cent. 1104. 96% 4 per Cent. New ex di,. 104% 103 7 A1 . Leong Ann. 22 5 16 India Stock ex div.'273 India Bonds 53 52 £l,OOO Exelleq. 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PRICE Pak !IMAM Anglo Alesican • £lOO £25 iss. 15 pm. £lO7l Anglo Chillan - - 100 •., 5 - •71 Costello&EspiritoSanto 100 5 81 Cornwall and Devonshire 50 5 33 English 2.5 21 2/ . Potosi, La Paz, & Peruv. 50 5 301 Royal Irish 1 0-16 / la prem. RoyalStannary&Brlt.Min.Ass. 5 3/ h I United klexican 40 - 20 - Ditto New 40 10 Welch Iron & Coal 25 - 10 - A SSUR A NC? Co/01.A NY. 20 2 IRON RAILWAY. li , :archester & Liverpool lOU 6 SI ISCELL A NEOUS. IMAM PAID. Para Pall SNAILS. Br!ti4h !ten Company • 100 • 10 • 123 11; 1 • . British Rock & Patent Salt 50 5 111 General Steam Navigation 100 5 • 91 a Great Westminster Daity 25 - 4 3 1 a Imperial Plate Clan 100 2 3; Imperial Distillery 50 5 11 .1. ,, nr10n Carpet Company 50 2 3; 1 or. , lnn &Bout. Steam Packet 25 3 4 Rio de 14 Plata AgricuL Cent. 100 5 41 fqsarlet Dye 50 3 6; ',Vuat India Company 100 5 5 56 3'l 121 13 12 The Britannia, Capt. BRADLEY, is arrived from Car thagena, which place she left on the 21st of May. The .:Captain brings a confirmation of the defeat of OLANETA by General SUCRE, but no account of the surrender or, Callao, which one of our contemporaries stopped the Press to announce, three weeks ago. The Jamaica Packet, so long missing, has arrived . at Falmouth, with a great number of passengerg. This forenoon we received the Austrian °beaver, of account of the re- cent events in Greece, which are, as usual, represented as quite unfavourable to its independence. Indeed, legless this servile Journal has some disasters of the Greeks, or some successes of the Turks to record, it is silent, and its gross bias and shameless perversions of facts, render it entitled to little credit whatever. This Journsl represents Mmutts as having done little or no injury to the Egyptian fleet off Modon, and destroying only a few old slips of no value. The Captain Pacha is stated to have not been at all retarded in his motions, and REDSCHID PACHA as every way victorious. In one point, however, the account in this paper agrees with those in the French Journals, received last night : me allude to the capitulation of Navarino, and the garrison being allowed to carry off their bag gage, without any promise not to serve again against the Porte. This is, of course, attributed to the cle- mency of IBRAHIM PACHA, who, if we are to believe the Austrian Journal, exceeds one of his predecessors, the renowned SALADIX, Soldan of Egypt, in magna- nimity. IBRAHIM is said not only to have restored arms to the ptisuners he relea.ed, but to have even given them others more valuable. We have, however, only room for an extract from this precious document, which purports to be. an article from Constantinople of the 10.11 July. After noticing the failure of the attack on the shipping, the repulse of the attack on IBRAHIM'S camp, and other victories he had gained, by which, in all, the Greeks are stated to have; lost two thousand men, the account proceeds to notice the terms of the capitulation of Ni, trio° on the 18th May. The following is an exzract: " The capitulation was concluded in the camp before Modon, in the presence of Major Bandeira and of the Captain of the French schooner, L'Anaaranthe. The garrison of 1,100 men obtained per mission to depart, leaving the arms and artillery, but retaining their own baggage, and were conveyed on board English and Austrian merchantmen, escorted by the Arethusa and Antsrandie, to Cala meta, thence to proceed to their own homes. There were In the fortress, forty-six cannon, six mortars, 1,100 muskets, 600 pistols, provisions for a month, and water for a fortnight. " Tbs Greeks lost before Navarino part of their best troops, and same of their most distinguished Officers; for instance, liadschi Christo, son of Pietro Bey, the Hydriot Vice-Admiral Tsamados, kc. Santa Rosa, who directed the defence, was killed in the storming of Sphuzia. Mavrocordato, who had been sent by the Government at Napoli to observe the progress of the siege, was in Sphaula when it was attacked on the 9th May, and escaped by swimming to a Greek vessel. Conduriottis, who summoned the inhabitants of the country about Calamau to take arms, was forced by them to fly. The return of these two members of the Govern ment to Napoli, their account of the state of affairs, the news of the fall of Nevadan, and the discontent of the hloreutes, conspeUed the Government to set Maurocordato (Colocotroni) at liberty on the 224 May, and' the Ddoreotes insisted that he should have the com mand of the army, u being the only man able to contend with Ibra him and to sive Greece. Oa the other bind, the army of itedseldd Packs had gained se veriladvanti.fes, among which are particularly noticed the taking of &lona and Urunduruk, aid the storming of the strong pass of Imalana, or Amblani, on the north side of Parnassus, where the Turks were last year defeated. The Scraskier wafted for the Cap tain Parka to blockade blis.eloogki sod Anatolia& by sae. " The Captainrachis Seet of 34 ships of war and several transports left the Hellespont the 26th of May, and on the 30th met the Greek Sect of 30 sail, off Mitylene. A brisk cannonade fmmediately be gan, and the Turks say that seven Greek See ships exploded with aut, and that four Greek vessels were sunk. The Greeks, reinforced by some Hydriot vessels, resumed the attack between Cap d'Oro and Andrea ; and some authenticated accounts say, the Turks lost two or three ships. It seems certain, however, that a corvette of 26 guns was driven by a storm into Tyra; the crew of 2110 men landed, and burnt the corvette ; but the population of the island, who are in insurrection, attacked the crew, murdered the seamen, 22 in number, and 59 Cossacks, chow called Zsporagi. " The Captain Pacha, however, continued his course southward ,and was seen, on the 4th June, near Cerige, by an Austrian Captain he may, therefore, unless he has met:pith new obstacles, have arrived by this time in the Gulf of' Lepanto. " While alarm and disaentions weakened the power of the Go vernment at Napoli, the conduct of Ibrahim was such as to pro: mote the further success of his operations. After giving numerous proofs of personal courage, he treated the vanquished with a degree of moderation and generosity which even his enemies ac knowledge. Ile has released all the prisoners taken in various actions before the capitulation of the fortress; many of them re ceived ample presents, several bad their arms restored, and some even received others more valuable, in their stead. " The Garrison was allowed to go home, without any condition being imposed that they should not again hear arms against the Turks; only two of their Chiefs were detained in the camp as hos tages for two Pashas, unjustly kept by the Greeks since the taking of Napoli di Romania." According to a letter from Cadiz, dated June 24, in the French Papers, some discussion bad taken place between the Commander of the Active British frigate and the Commander of a French brig of war employed on the quarantine service. It Is said that the French Commander sent a boat on board the English fri gate, to intimate that she could not enter the bay without perform ing quarantine, and that as there was no convenient station for that purpose at Cadiz, the ACTIVZ must proceed to Port Mahon. The Captain of the ACTIVs replied, that he had come to a Spanish' , port, and that be cotskl, therefore, recognise only Spanish Autho rities. Several communications passed between the parties, the result of which was, that the Active entered the bay without performing quarantine. A Spanish Officer, arrived at Bourdeane from Peru, has publisfied an account of the battle of Ayacucho, in which he attributes the bad success of the Royalists to the want of harmony among the principal Officers. The Ilersiseur contains a letter from Milan, dated June SO, the object of which is to prove that the tumult among the Students of Pavia was excited by artful persons unconnected with the schools, who entertained revolution ary views, and that the Students were merely their instruments. — Their Imperial Manama had left Milan, and the Diplomatic Body were said to be on the point of returning to Vienna. Perhaps one of the strongest and best-founded charges against the Roman Catholic Religion is, that if it is not really inimical to education, it does little to promote it. This reproach it behoves the Roman Catholics to wipe out, and some efforts have, within the last few years, been made for that purpose, and with what success will be apparent from the Reports of the Commissioners of Irish Education Enquiry. It was estimated, by a very careful Committee, in 1812, that the number of children and adults in education at that time in Ireland was about 200,000. Two detailed accounts have now been presented, one by the Protestant, the other by the Roman Catholic Clergy. According to the -formet . 1 the number in educatidn is 498,641: according td the latter, 522,016—50 that, by the lowest estimate, the number of pupils, within the last twelve yeas at, has considerably more than doubled This is an important fact, but it is still more so that the principle of educating the lower classes has not only been acknowledged by the Roman Catholic Prelates, in the establishment of schools of general instruction for children of a'l religious persuasions, but that they have sanctioned the inttoduction of the New Testa ment into those schools, for the use of Roman Ca tholic children. These points were settled at a Meeting of the Com missioners of Education Enquiry, with Dr. MURRAY and the three other Roman Catholic Archbishops of Leland. At the interview with Dr. MURRAY, in De cember last, the Commissioners stated, " that as it was only by tra i ning up the youth of all persuasions in habits of early intercourse and attachment, that they could hope to establish among them those reciprocal cha rities upon which the peace and harmony of society must depend, they could not consider any system of education as deserving that name, which should not I seek to lay the foundations of all moral obligation in religions instruction." The Commissioners then inquired" if there would be any objection to common literary instruction being received by Roman Catholics as 'well from a Protestant as a Roman Catholic master, and whether religious instruction could be given to Roman Catholics by a Roman Catholic Layman approved of by the Ro man Catholic Pastor?' To this Dr. illonear stated, there could be no possible objections ; and she mode in which it is proposed to accomplish the object is thia--In every parish a school is to be established, with two Teachers, Laymen, one of whom shall be a Belem Catholic, where any considerable number of the children are Catholics, and one a Presbyterian, where any considerable num ber of the children are Presbyterians. On two days hi the week the school shall break up early, and the rest of the day shall be devoted to the religious instruction of the Protestant children, the Clergy man attending: and on two other days the same circumstances shall take place with regard to the Roman Catholic children, tinder the care of a Lay Teacher approved of by the Pastor of their own persuasion. • - For the foundation and management of such Schools of General Instruction, the Commissioners recommend that a Beard be ap pointed, with authority to controul the application and expenditure of the public money appropriated to the purposes of general educa tion. Such Board to appoint Inspectors with power to examine upon oath, and draw up rules for the Schoolmasters, who shall be sworn to conform to them. The Board also to have a 1•gal right to the school-house, nominate all the Schoolmasters, and have the exclusive sanction of the school books. We trust' this plan will produce the benefits expected from it ; at all events it is a great step towards conciliation between Protes. tant and Catholic, and certainly no inconsiderable step towards promoting general education. The unwearied exertions of the Society for Pro moting the Enlargement and Building of Churches, cannot fail of producing the happiest consequences on the morals and editcat:on of the people. As no Society has for its object a cause more desirable, or prefers st! onus claims to the support of the public, we hail with peculiar pleasure the commencement of a Conn= try Auxiliary Sniety, sensible how mach may be done by exertions in the country, similar to those made in the metropolis. We allude to a Requisition signed by the Bishop of EtZTER, and several Noblemen and Gentlemen of the county of Devon ; in conse 11quence of which, a Meeting has been convened by the MAYOR of Exeter, for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of forming a Local Com mittee, in aid of the Society for Promoting the En largement and Building of Churches and Chapels. The venerable Society for Promoting Christian Know ledge would never have attained its present state of usefulness, had it not been for the formation of Diocesan and District Committees, to whose exertions must chiefly be attributed that large increase in the number of benefactions and annual subscriptions which it has received within these few years; nor woullthe funds of the British and Foreign Bible Society ever have amounted to ninety or a hun dred thousand pounds a year, had it not been for the Branch and Auxiliary Societies, established not only in country towns, but in distinct parishes. The same measures must be adoptea in reference to the Society for Enlarging Churches, if its valuable operations are to be conti nued through the liberality of the public, unaided by Parliament; for it never can be expected that the same persons shall, year after year, repeat their subscriptions to a Society which, from the very nature of the work in which it is engaged, requires large pecu niary supplies. The extensive usefulness of this Society, even with the limited means it possesses. will be apparent, from the feet that, by the ex penditure of £86,140, it has been the means of furnishing Church room to the extent of 115,714 sittings, and of that number 84,548 are for the poor. On looking over the list of contributors, it ap pears that all this good has been effected by the subscriptions of about 1,400 persons, who now, for the third time, are recruiting the funds of the Society. These are facts which cannot I* made too extensively known, and we know no means so likely to accom plish this, as by the ormation of Auxiliary or Branch Societies, and District Committees. Yesterday afternoon the KING, attended by the Duke of Mass?, the Master of the Horse, rode out in his private car- Hags in Si. James's Park, and proce eded to the spacious stables which have lately been erected in Pimlico, for the reception of his Marerry's stud, where the Kum alighted, and went •over 'bent, attended by the Duke of Doris,. His bluansvr then returned to his Palace in The Duchess of GLOUCESTBR and the Princess So ram lathed the Elite yesterday. Prince Lsorhi.co arrived in town on Tuesday even ing, front Claremont. The Duke and Duchess of CAMBRIDGE dined with the Duke of lessee yesterday, at his apartments, at tb• King's Palace, Kensington. Mr. Under-Secretary and Mrs. Dswsots left town yesterday, for Broadstairs. Mr. and Mrs. WILMOT•HORTON entertained Mr. Se cretary CAMINO and a select party to dinner, on Tuesday, at their redidence on Richmond Terrace. The Duke of LEEDS entertained Lord PZLILAM, Hon. Mrs. Lwow, Captain Funoi.asunscs, Mr. atomism:tar, and a select party to dinner, yesterday, at his house, 13ruton.street, Berkeley-square. The Earl and Countess of MANSFIELD entertained a large party of distinction yroterday, at their villa, Caen Wood. Mr. Hownta, senior, the King's Messenger, teft town on Tuesday, with dispatches for Brussels. It seems very doubtful whether there is any negocia tion pending between France and Hayti for the recognition a the latter. Accounts from Constantinople, of the 10th June, state, that the new Spanish Charge d'Affaires, M. CASTILLO, and the Sardinian Minister, Marquis Gnoratts, had had their audieneta of the Turkish Ministers. The late Sardinian and Spatisli Charge d'Affaires, Signor SAUL! and M. l'Eltn. wee,• vreparirg iti go, ti.. first, by sea, to Genoa, the latva, by war of Vt! 1.1:1:41. the 2d cdt. :ontaining a very lo COURT OF KING'S itENCii-r-THiS 114 Y. (Before the Loan Cuter Justus and a Special Jury.) BUCKINGHAM v. BANKS& On his Lordship coming into Coen this cause was Int called es, The Clerk announced the :tames of the Special Jury, no one answered, nor did a single Juryman enter the ►oa. A tales was not prayed. The Loan Case► Justus said—Let the case be made a remanent. Bsoueuaas begged for a few minutitemonsultation with his client, in order to dispose of the cause altogether. The Lean Cult! Jurrice—ln the meantime let the Jury be called in the neat case, which being done, . The Arroansr-Gensaat. and Ur. Gunner said, if the ease could not be disposed of shortly, perhaps his. Lordship would allow it to be made a Common Jury case, and probably try it in th e course of the day ? In this manner, we understood, it was arranged, and the second cause proceeded. The Counsel on both sides held a long consultation tosethet, and when our Reporter left, the Learned Gentlemen had also rt • tired from the Court. THE ARMY. Detachments belonging to the sth, 16th, !Ist, 25d, 55tb,4Ist, 44th, 4.lth, 46th, 48th, 85th, and 89:h Regiments of Foot, the East India company's Artillery and Infantry, embarked un the 21st ult. at Curk, for England. Detachments belonging to the sth, 6th, Bth, 12th, 13th, 24th, 58th, 41A, 43d, 44th, 45th, 46th, 47th, 54th, 55th, 57th, 59th, 65th, 70th, 85th, 89th, 97th, 98th, and 99th Regiments of Nat, the East India Company's Artillery and Infantry, embarked on the 24th ult. at Dublin, fur Urinal. COURTS-MARTIAL AT JAMAICA. At a General Court-biattial held at Up Park Camp Barrack. Jamaica, on the 27th December, 1824, and continued by ad journment to the 19th January, 1895, Captain TUEOSALD O'Do mem, of the Illst Regiment of Foot, was arraigned upon three Charges:— First, 1 ' For conduct unbecoming the character of an Officer and a Gentleman, in having stated to Quarter-Master %1' Lean, of the 91st Regiment, some time in the month of November last, that he, Captain XYDolierty, had furnished Mr. M'Neil, late Lieutenant-Colonel of the 91st Regiment, with documents to prove that Lieutenant Barnes had thrown a glass of wine in Lieut. Colonel M'Donald'a face; and that he, Lieut--Colonel M` Donald, bad taken no further notice of it, than by reprimanding Lieutenant Barnes on the morning parade." Second, " Far stating to Captain Richardson, of the 91st Re giment, some time about the month of June last, that Ensign, now Lieutenant Barnes, threw sonse wine in Lieut.-Colonel MiDonald's face, at a dinner party at the Royal Artillery Mess, _ in Port Royal." " Such false statements tending to lower Lieutenant• Colonel %1' Donald, his superior Officer. in the estimation of the Officers of the Corps, and to deprive him of that influence, authority. and command, necessary to the discharge of his duty as a Field Officer of the 91st Regiment ; aud, consequently, highly prejudicial to bis Majesty's service." Upon which Charges the Court came to the following decisions " The Court having most maturely and deliberately weighed and considaed the evidence of the documents brought forward in support of the prosecution ; as also the prisoner's defence, and the evidence adduced in support thereof, is of opinion as follows : " With respect to the first Charge, viz. conduct unbecoming the character of an Officer and a Gentleman, in having stated to Quarter-Master M' Lean, of the 91st Regiment, some time in the month of November last, that he, Captain O'Doherty had fee nished Mr. M'Neil, late Lieutenant-Colonel of the 91st Regimaile with documents to prove that Lieutenant Barnes had thrown • glass of wine in Lieutenant-Colonel 11• Donald's face; and ass be, Lieutenant-Colonel hi' Donald, had taken no further notice d it, than by reprimanding Lieutenant Barnes on the morning Pa rade :—Tbe Court is of opinion, that he, the prisoner, Captain Theobald O'Doherty, of the 91st Regiment, is Guilty of the said First Charge." " With respect to the Second Charge, viz. Stating to Captain Richardson, of the 91rt Regiment, some time about the month of June last, that Ensign, now Lieutenant Barnes, threw some wine in Lieutenant-Colonel fil‘Donald's fice, at a dinner party, at the Royal Artillery Mess in Port Royal: The Court is also of opinion, that the prisoner, Captain Theoluid O'Doherty, is Guilty of the said Second Charge. " The Court having found the prisoner Guilty - of both the Charges preferred against him, being in breach of the Articles of War, &es therefore sentence him, the prisoner, Captain Theobald Cr Doherty, - of the 91st Regiment, to be dismissed his Majesty's service." " However painful it must always be to a Court to find itself under the necessity of animadverting en the conduct of an evidence, yet this Court would consider itself wanting in that duty whichk owes to the service, were it to close its proceedings without noticing the very extraordinary and vacillating manner in which Captain Richardson, of the 91st Regiment, gave his testimony, as appears on the face of these proceedings. The Court mina help expressing its surprise, that an Officer of Captain Riebardson's rank and lea. of service, could have any other than one impression, after heads" such an accusation as he swears Captain O'Doberty made against his superior Officer : yet Captain Richardson states, in else part of his evidence, that it made no impression on him at the time, but it did afterwa rds ; and in another part, that it did make an impression on him at the time, but he never thought of it afterwards. This strange inconsistency on the part of Captain Richardson (although it could not shake the direct testimony that he gave of Captain O'Doherty's having made the statement of which he had beets found guilty), the Court cannot pus over without remark." " It is equally painful to the Court to revert to the evidence of Major Creighton • whereby it would appear, that the report of a glass of wine having been thrown in Liett i tenant-Co'onel 111' Donald's face, had come to that Officer's knowledge from two sources ; and the Court cannot but regret that an Officer of Major Creighties rank and standing in the Army, should not have immediately aged upon the informants to give up their authority for such reports, and also communicated the circumstance without delay to his Com manding Officer." His MAJZSIT was pleased to approve and confirm the finding and sentence of the Court. His Muerte was further pleased to command, that, in conse quence of the serious animadversions passed by the Court upon the conduct of Captain Richardson, and Brevet-Major Creighton, of the 91st Regiment, which animadversions appear to be amply borne out by the minutes of their evidence upon the trial of Captain O'lloberty, these Officers shall be required to send in their resigna tions, with a view to their retiring from his Majesty's service by the ale of their respective Commissions. At a General Court-Martial held at Up Parli*Camp, Jamaica, on the 24th of January, 1925, and continued by adjournments to the 27th of the same month, Lieutenant Thomas Giddy Milistyre, of the 91st Regiment, was arraigned— " For conduct unbecoming the character of an Officer and a Gentleman, by putting hi circulation, some time about the month of June or July, 1523, and subsequently, a report to the following elect, viz.—That Lieutenant, then Ensign Barnes, had thrown a glass of wine in Lieutenant-Colonel, then Major, lirDenidd's face; and that he Lieutenant-Colonel APDonald, had taken no further notice of it than by reprimanding Lieutenant Barnes on the morn ing parade; although Lieutenant M'lntyre had stated to Lieutenant Burne, of the 91st Regiment, in a conversation with that Oillost, some time about the said month of June, 18211,7 that Lieut. Beeson bad accidentally sprinkled some wine over Lieutenant:Colonel M'Donald, at the Royal Artillery Mess at Port Royal, for which he, Lieutenant Barnes, was reprimanded on the morning parade by Lieutenant-Colonel M'Donald. Such false report being highly prejudicial to the character of Lieutenant-Colonel hlsDenald, his superior Officer, tending to lower him in the estimation of the os cent* the Corps, and to deprive bins of that influence, authority, and command, which as a Field O ffi cer of: the 91st R egiment, he ought to have; greatly to the injury of his Majesty's service." Upon which Charge the Court came to the following decision " The Court having maturely and deliberately weighed and con , sidered the evidence adduced in support of the prosecution, toge ther with what the prisoner has stated in his defence, and the evidence therein, is of opinion that he, the prisoner, Lieutenant Thomas Giddy 111 4 1ntyre of the 91st Regiment, is Not Guilty 01 so much of the Charge preferred against him as is comprised with':: the following words, viz. Conduct unbecoming the character oi err Officer and a Gentleman, by putting in circulation, some time about the month of June or July, 1326, a report to she following eff e ct. viz. That Lieutenant, then Ensign, Barnes, had thrown a glass oe wine in Lieutenant-Colonel, then Major, aliDenald's face; and that be, Lieutenant-Colonel M'Donald, had taken no further notice of it than by reprimanding Lieutenant Barnes on the morn ing parade. " The Court has been induced t o pass th e above very len'efr sentence against the prisoner, (rein its appearing, by the evidence adduced on the part of the prosecution, that Lieutenant bt•lntyrs was not actuated by any hostile or improper feeling towards Colonel •• • sa , in making the statement of which he ha' 11Lt ound guilty, such statement having been induced by Major errigh... e on's (his then Commatding Offices) inquiries as to the character