The National Register. — London, England, 1815-02-19 00:00:00

• •• . _ NAT. COURT 1041111 AL ON SIR JOHN MURRAY. HORQE Gtl tR DS, FOIL 15. Stn.--Tiaving laid bprore the Prince lirent the Proceed ings of a General Court Martial, held at Winchester, on the lthh of January, 1515. and continnyil by adjournments to the "th of Feb. following, for the trial of Lieutenant-Gene :al Sir John Murray, Bart. v►bo was arraigned upon the un dermentioned charges, viz.— [ilere follow the charges which have been given in a-for tiler number.] Upon which Cbargo, the Court carne to the following derision "The Court having maturely weighed, and considered the ithole of the evidence tt filch has been adduced before it, is of opinion..• " With respect to the first charge, that Licut.-Gen. Sir Jolla Murray, Bart. is NOT Gull-Tv. " With respect to the second charge, that Licut.-Gen. Alt John Murray, Bart. is NOT GUILTY. " With . ITSpett to the third charge, that Lieot.-Cen. Sir Jahn Murray, Bart. is guilty only of so much of the charges as states, 44 That he unnecessarily abandoned a considerable quan tity of artillery and stores, which he might have em),;.ked in safety, such conduct being detrimental to the servire," • - • 1 4 And the Court does therefore find him Guilty of such but does acquit him of. tl.e remainder of that Charge." .• " And the Court, nyder all the eircittultances s of the ease, co:kaidtirittg the conduct of Sir' ohn Murray to .have pro ceeded from a mere error initidgmcnt. is of opinion, and dOes adjudge, that for the part of the Third Charge, of which .Lietit.-General, Sir John Murray has been so. found Guilt% , ki be admonished in such manner 29 his Royal Highness the Commander jtl Chief may think promr. I am to acquaint yon, that his Royal !Ugliness was pleased, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, to . approve and confirm the findin. , and sentence of th e Court ; but his Royal highness rematkeCl, that as the Court only at trilrites to Sir John Murray a mere•error in judgment, the case did not appear to his Royal Highness to call for any further observation. I am, &c. (Signed " Faett ERICK, Commander in Chief." The Adjutant-General, &c. ThurAly, at half-past one o'clock, the French Ambas . - lador, accompanied by the Deputation from the French Court, arrived at Carlton House, in two state carriages, to • present the Prince Regent with the full Order, Robes, &c. of the Grand Order of St. Esprit. with which the King of France inrested his Royal Righness previous to his leaving London for France. Rig Excellency and the Deputation were ad - tnitted into his Royal Highness's presence in his closet, ac companied by Earl Bathurst, aq Si'cretary of Stare (in the stl)ntnce of Viscount Cast!ereagh, Secretary of State fur Fo reign Affairs), and the Lord Chamberlain, and were most graciously received. His Royal nightieFs then held a lirivy Council, at which some trifling correction was made in the I:st of Sheriffs for the present year.—An order was agreed • upon, declaring the port of Hull a proper place for the re teption of goods, warns, and merchanAize to be imported into this country from any place within the !trill's of the East itid;st Company —The case of William Donovan, convicted • at tire - Admiralty Sessions of entering three tunes into the • 'French service, was taken into consideration, on the report 1.. flout the Judge of the Admitaltv Court, and he was respited. At the Close of this Council, his Royal liiihness IKld ano- 'tit 4.. ~,,..,`.~~ t'y, A.',_ . R. . . lit ther Council, at which the Recorder-of London was admitted, who made his report of .4& convicts under sentence of death in Newg ate, of whom James Seagrins and Richard Moore, for rob beries in a.fiejd, were ordered - fot• execotioe on Wed uesday next. The Prince Regent has appointed F►iday next, to recciTC the City Address on the Peace with America. At the Meeting which took place at Fife House on Tues day, it was sta ed that the amount of the new taxes to be-pia. posed to Parliament would be five millions. On what arti cles these taxes ate to be laid, it would be idle to conjecture. Nothing is known on the subject. . - The f.orP..of the Admiralty are said to have determined not only to dispense with the Flag OtTircrs in the livers Thames and 111edwa; dining the pear., but also with the CnnmissioneFs of the Navy at the yards at Deptford and Woolwich. The Committee ofilte Stock Exchange have given notice, that on 'lluesday'next, the anniversary Of the De Bcreite, r Hoetr, they will distribute•the st u n stopped on account of the fraud, to diffetent charities, as follows: To the London Middlesex ditto We•tmiuster do. . Ant) Six other charities. 3'►Ol. each Nitre other dit►o 'JON. each Twenty eight other do. 1001. t ach 'f wen ty-one other do. 50/. each These sums are to be paid free of all expence, and whatever balance may ►emain (about 331.1 wi!l, in addition to one of 2001. donations, be give to the Society in Craven-street, for discharging small debts. The following is an erpakte statement made by a friend of Colonel Disney, of the late affair near Staines In the first place. it is not true that the. Culonel and •Lady Crans toun were found on his Lordship's return from chili ch on Sunday, after service, in the nursery or bed-rocyni- Before the pistol was fired, his Lordship entered thedrawing-room, the door bei,,g unlocked, and saw the parties ; Lady Crans toun having been lame, and aueacked,.by a stirgeon, was pointing out to Colonel D. the co`iklitinp.of : hdr•lameness. This exciting a suspicion in his Lordship, he Ilait out in a great pa , sion, rushed up stairs for his pistol, and bosh fol lowed him, to petsuade him that his suspicions were ground less, hot to no effect ; he cocked the pistol, and levelled it at them. Colour.) Disney took her Ladyship in his arms, and carried her out of the room, fastened her out, and then re turned to expostulate with Lord Cranstoun, but in vain,— he fired at the Colonel, who, having no weapon of defence, lifted up his arm to protect his head, and the ball struck against the bone of his arm, left a desperate wound, and glanced away. It is not true, that he ran out of the house directly after he was fired at; he . remained some time, and took his departure only from persuasion. He did at length return to town; thin wounded, and went to his Lordship's friends ; and so careless was he of his own condition, that the wound had not been inspected until he went to his sur geon, near twelve o'clock on Sunday night. Her Ladyship was sent away to her friends the same night. A favourite dog was Sh o t d ea d by the hall, after it passed away from Col. D.'s arm. The shock that the ball has produced upon the bone, tearing away a part of it, leaves the event of' the case at present undetermined, but every symptom appears to be fa vourable." Genera! Lavaysse has been sept away from St. Domingo, and has arrived iu England by the Jamaica packet.