The National Register. — London, England, 1811-06-09 00:00:00

, . • . - THE . NAT will salute; the drums will beat; and the music will play it G o d save the King," once over. At the third cannon, the Corps will in like manner shoulder by word of command, support arms, and remain steady. His Royal Highness will proceed to the right of the line, and pass along from the right of the first line to the left—and from . the right of the second line to the left. As he arrives near the right of each corps, each will be successively ordered to carry arms, and remain steady ; Officers are not to salute, nor arc the colours to be dropped. The elrutns will beat, and the music play, while his Royal Highness is passing along the front, particularly of the corps which he is passing. The corps previous to his Royal Highness's approach, and after his passing them, may stand with their arms ordered. . After his Royal Highness has passed along both lines he will return to the front. At thefourth cannon, the whole will shoulder and load, each corps by command of io own Commanding Officer. At the frith cannon a feu de joie will be fired, beginning by the royal artillery on the right, passing along the ranks of the first line by files to the left of the Honourable Artillery com pany ;—it will be immediately taken up 111 the 14; ft of the second Line, and proceed to the right of it—each corps after firing will load, and stand shouldered. At the sixth cannon ) the same firing and loading will be re peated. At the seventh cannon, the same firing will be repeated, but no further loading is to take place : after this tiring firelocks will behalf-cocked, pans shut, and arms shouldered, by order of the Commanding Officers of battalions. At the eighth cannon, three English cheers will be given, hats and hands waving in the air, drums beating, and music playing, " God save the King." The whole line will then pass his Royal lighness the Prince Regent, for which purpose on the signal of the reinth, cannon, the infantry will wheel by divisions backwards on their left; and the cavalry by half squadrons to the right, being conducted by the General Officers commanding them, to a point on an alignement with his Royal Highness, when they will wheel in succession to the left, followed by the remaining divisions of each line; the first line and the second line of infantry preced ing the cavalry ;- the royal mortar brigade to follow the cavalry. Each company and half squadron (on its march) will open its ranks at fifty paces from his Royal Highness, and again close them after passing, Officers saluting, and colours and standards dropping as they pass. Whatever music first passes his Royal Highness will wheel out to the left, and remain playing until relieved by the next band, and so of the others. When the line receives the Prince Regmt, and when he passes along it, Commanding Officers will be on foot at the head of their corps. When the column marches past his Royal Highness, Commanding Officers, Field Officers, and Adjutants, will be mounted. After passing his Royal Highness, by at leastfour hundred yards, the brigades of artillery, and the several corps of infan try, will proceed in quick time to their quarters, taking the most convenient roads. Great care must. be taken to avoid any halt or stop in march ing off the Common. The royal horse artillery and cavalry after passing the Prince Regent, will take up their former ground, in order to exercise before his Royal Highness: ~~ a t '~ F- .. 363 ... • .- . - The corps of cavalry-that are to keep the ground, will assem. • ble on the great, road, leading to Kingston, beyond the Green Nl.in, at eight o'clock. The Commanding Officers of brigades and divisions are de sired to be provided with. two field returns of their respective commands; which, after passing his Royal Highness, they will deliver to the Adjutant-General. No carriages, excepting those belonging to the Royal Family, and to Foreign Princes, or Ambassadors, are to be aduriited within the lines of videttes. No person will be admitted on horseback, except naval and military Officers in their uniforms. No servants, except those belonging to the Royal Family, art I to be admitted. The troops are enjoined on this occasion to perform their duty, and carry the orders they receive into execution with the utmost exactness ; but at the same time to avoid, as much as possible, giving any offence to individuals. By command of his Royal Highness the Commander is Chief. • HARRY CALVERT, *Adjt.-Gen. Horse Guards, Bth Juneo 8 I 1. COURT MARTIAL, CHELSEA. Wednesday the trial of Lieutenant-Colonel Johnson, of the 1091, or . New South Wales Regiment, for mutiny and usurpa tion, terminated, after thirteen days' anxious investigation. The Court consisted of the following Members: — The Hon. G. M. SUTTON, Esq. Judge Advocate; • I.ieut.-Gen. W. KEPPEL, President; Lieut.-Gen. Sir D. Baird, Colonel Burnet, -------- l'slilner, 'l'yers, ---- Finch, -- Anson, D. M'Donald, a---- 01.aughlin, W. Dowdeswell, ---- F. W . Butler, nijor-Gen. Paget, Lieut.-Col. J. Lord Probe, Kerr, s----- Patterson. The charge against the priSoner was as follows -4e That be, Lieutenant-Colonel George Johnson, did, on the c26th of January, 11108, at Sydney, in the Colony of New South Wales, begin, excite, and join in a mutiny, by putting hims elf at the head of the New South \Vales Corps, then under his command, doing duty in the Colony, and seizing, and causing to be seized and arrested, and :mprisoning and causing to be imprisoned by means of the above-mentioned military force, the person of William Bligh, Esq. then Captain-General and Governor in Chief of the territory of New South Wales. Our limits completely preclude the possibility of entering into any thing like a detail of the circumstances of this inter esting case ; the most we can pretend to give our readers is a 1 saccinct picture of the most prominent °fits features.—The 1 prosecutor, Captain William Bligh , rendered celebrated by the ' affair of the ship Bounty, was im the year 1806 appointed bv his Majesty to he Governor over New South Wales and all its • dependencies. On his arrival at Sydney, he alledges, that he found the Colony in a very wretched and distressed state, in consequence of the recent overflow of the river Derwent, and likewise from the excessive use of spirituous liquors, which was indulged in to excess by all ranks of the people, and more particul - trly by the officers of the 102 d regime tit, quartered in, the Settlement, who were particularly interested in the barter and traffic of that commodity to the people. The measures he adopted to suppress these abuses produced such a happy refor mation, that at the close of the year 1807 the Colony was in a state of prosperity, contentment, and happiness, unknown dur ing the administration of any former Governor. At this period, a settler, named M'Arthur, who had formerly been an officer . in the lOad regiment, and who was represented by the Govtrnor to be discontented, in consequence of his restrictions upon the barter of spirits, was accused before the Criminal Court of the Colony, which was composed of six of the officers of the 1( e2d, and the Judge Advocate of the Settlement, with seditious prac tices, in having refused to obey a 'warrant of the Judge Adwo; care's, for violating one of the Colonial Regulations. At that Itrial, Mr. M'Arthur objected to the Judge Advocate presiding, - • I in consequence of his having a personal quarrel with him ; and more particularly, he objected to his presence upon the •esta• blished pr.nciples of British law, that no man could he prose cutor,l judge, and juror in hi s own case. • The officers of the. Court took part with Mr. M' Arthur, and refused to allow th is.e. . a Judge Advocate to preside. Governor 13ligh, on hearing cia II