The Sun. — London, England, 1812-11-24 00:00:00

I'iLAIT N17,1,V5. FALMOUTH, Nov. 21.—Arrived the Lion cutter from Corunna iu G days; she is bound to Guernsey, but put in here by contrary winds. She reports that General lIILL bad joined Lord WELLINGTON, and that the French entered Madrid on the Ist instant. ANOTHER LETTER, SANE DATE Arrived a letter of marque cutter from Cortmna, in six days, but cannot learn her name: She brings an account of Marquis WELLINGTON and General HILL hving joined, 'and offered battle to the enemy, which they refusedi ANOTHER LETTER, SAME DATE. Arrived the Pluehix cutter from Corunna, which she left on Monday last. Reports by her are, that Lord WELLINGTON and General HILL had.effected a junction, and had offered the enemy battle on the 'plains of Salamanca, which they,declined, The Duke of Illontrue packet was to sail on the evening of the sane day., Sailed his Majesty's schooner Alphea, Lieut., APDoN - ALD,, with the Regent and Success trans- ports, with. cava4ry, and Itanible, merchantman, r. GODVREY, - for Lisi,on; also sailed the Duke of Kent packet, COTESWORTH, for Lisbon, .and Chichester packet, AOGERSy for Bermuda, With mails: The Windsor Castle packet, SUTTON, sails to , tiorrow for Cadiz and the Mediterranean, with EXECUTION OF ,PUT. GAMAGE; DEAL, 'Nov: 23.—This morning, at 8 o'clock, a signal-gun was fired.. from,his Majesty's sloop Griffon, in the ar,-,:as, and the &flow flag hoisted at the fore-top-gallant-head; as preparatory to Punishment. At nine, the_ signal was made for 1.1,v 0 boats from each of the men of war - to range in a line parallel to the Griffbn., to witness the execution. After the boats, had got into their station, the shrouds of the ships at anchor Were manned, and at ten o'clock the fatal gun was iiruu, and the unhappy man was immediately hoisted hp to the fore-yard 7 arm, where he remained suspende:t for three quarters of an hour, when the 'o,)ly was lowered down and delivered to hisTriethis.-1-I.s remains are to be inter] ed in the bnrying gron , id of our Naval Hospital. The un fortunate Odicer, since .his 'cOMlemuation, does app , .!ar to have entertained the most distant i(tea cif . recei . lng — a - hitt has constantly been hrOoding Oyer hip expected fate ; . and" so taucli had he anticipated his tatal exit, that he, in Et great measiire, refused the sustenance necessary' to keep him alive. Indeed, it is thought, had the execution of his seance been much longer de' , - layed; exhausted nature would have put a period to his su'iferings. _ Upon this melancholy occasion the following general' •orders Were transm , tted by the Port Ad 1/iit.,4 to , the. Captains of the ships in the Dow . ns, to be read by them to their ships' companies `The Commander in Chief most, earnestly de . sires to direct the particular attention of the Fleet to the melancholy scene they are . now called to attend, a scene which offers a strong, and, much he hopes, an impressive lesSon to every "perso,n ; a lesson to all who are to command, and to 4 11 who are' to obey:' Lieutenant GAMAGE is re presented by every person who knew him, and by the unanimous voice of the Griffon ship'sFompany,'- as,a humane, compassionate man—a kind, indul gent officer ; yet, for '‘vant of that guard which every man should keep. - over his passions, this hints, humane, eompassionite man, com- Irlits the dreadful crime of murder. Let his eXample strike deep into„ the minds :of all, who Witness his unhappy end; and-, whatever their ge neral disposition may . be, let . them learn from him, that if they are not always ‘vatchful to restrain their passion within its proper bounds, one mo ltent of intemperate anger may destroy the hopes ‘l3l ' a 'well.4ent liononrable life, and bring them to 'ln untimely and disgraceful death ; and let those who are to obey, learn, iron the conduct of the s ee, eant,, the fatal effects which May- result from' eontenTl and insolent_ conduct towards their, su- Perioks : by repeated insolence, the serjeant over came the kii;d and gentle disposition of. ,Lieut: (4 AMAGE, and, by irritating and inflaming his pas-. iort, occasioned his Pwii death. The Cornmanner. in Chief hopes that the af. 7 Ricting lesson may not be off...cd in vain, but se tiously contemplating the awful example before_ t hem, every officer and . every man will learn from I .t; never to snifer himself to be driven by ill-go- . l 'erned passion to treat with Cruelty o r viokelre over whom he is to command, nor by,dis °4edience or disrespect, to rouse the passions of t hose whom it is his duty. to Obey and respect. (Signed) << Tnos. FoLwr. `` To the respective Captains and 'Commanders of Lis Majesty's s'aips and vessels in the Downs." . Arrived the Snap and Boreas sloops of war from Lath, hound to Portsrnouth.,- Came down from Sheernoss the. Cygnet and ue'rntuda sloops of war also the James, PosTLE- Vri::, for Janiarca, 'from the River. Arrived his Majesty's sloop Calliope from a ARAIY. (C I ;:C: U LAR.) Bariact Office, Nov. 181,2. • Sin,-----txperiments having . been made- to ascer taid the - quantity of coals lieces?,iry to be issued to 8 . c:11°61-rim:is in Barracks, tam directed by the Commissioners for he Affairs of Barracks to in form you, that one room's. allowance of coals, acc-sirding to the King's Warrant, may-be issued to schools' held in barrack-roomf , , originally Con- structed for eight or twelve men; bur , when the School is held in a room which is constructed .for a greater number of mcii, four bushels and a half per week may be issued. In barracks where wood is issued, the school room will also be intitled to an issue for lighting the fire:. As the schools arc to' be kept open in the day time only,candles will not be necessary. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient Servant, • FRED. ,MACE.ENZIE, 'Sec. Barrack-Master, at .RECRUITING DEPARTMENT. (cutcuLmt.) Morse-Guards, islov. '2O, ISI2, MEmoitATOum.‘officers commanding battalion's, and regimental and other depts; are referred to the General Order-of the •22d November, 1808 ;.and are required to be particularly punctual in return ing to the Inspecting Field Officers of the Re cruiting Service; the Return of Recruits pointed out in the above Order, they t are likewise con sidered responsible that the Final Approval die ports, which are prepared by the Pa'rruaster, are regularly transmitted, ,viz. Ist. When a Recruit, wider - the, General Regulation, joins after havingxemaincd a mouth with the party, the Final Ap 7 proval Report is to he made up as soon as.. the Recruit arrives at his battalion or the depot, and is to be. immediately for warded under cover to the Inspecti:g Field 011ic'er of the Dis trict from whence he joined. • 2. In tite case of a Recruit tieing sent. to his battalion or the depot immediately after intermediate approval,. as in the case of Recruits raised in :the London District particularly. the,Fival Approval Report, roost be forwarded at the expira tion of a month from the date of his intermediate ap proval. 3. In the case of Recruits raised by parties, which are au thorised to send them direct to the of their bat talion, or the regimental depot, there arc special instruc, turns, and nothing herein contained is intended to apply to Recruits of this description. •The Inspecting Field Officers will note. in the Register of Recruits, the daN on which each Re. emit proceeded to join the depot or battalion,; _and in the event of their not receiving, in due time, the Return and Final Approval Report above al luded to, they will report accordingly to theAdju tant-General, when an order will. be given for the allowances being issued, and for the amount being charged against the pay of the officer whose duty it was to have seen: the Final Approval Report duly forwarded:. Should any tardiness or neglect take place on the part of the Paymaster, the officer commanding Must report the circumstance, in -order to- exoner ate himself from the yespOnsibility, and that the Paythaster fray he niade accountable for the same. • . - As the payment of—the allowances depends on the receipt of. the Final Approval Report, and the success ot•the Recruiting Service is materially in vi)ived in proMpt remuneration being made to tire persons who exert themselves to procure recruits, any delay which takes place in forwarding the above documents must consequently prove inju rious to the Recruiting Service, and persons guilty of such neglect will be made strictly responsible. By Command of ,his Royalliihn6s the Com mander in Chief. HARRY CALVERT, Adj. Gen. The report that the German Troops in the ser vice of this country were to be numbered as Bri tish RegimentS, is, we arc assured, without foundation. ~,unsay sennight General Sir T. GRAHAM ar , . rived at Fleurs, and after paying a visit to their Graces the,Duke and Duchess of ROXBURGH, pro ceeded on his way to London, with the design of speedily resuming his 'command in Spain. We are happy to say, that the complaint in. the Ge neral's eyes is .now in a great measure removed, and that, in other respects, this enterprising ve teran continues to enjoy good health. Lieutenant-General WHETH.kM, Lieutenant- Governor of Portsmouth, having come to town for a short time, Major-General PORTER com mands the South West District in his absence. Detachments of the Royal . British and Foreign Artillery embarked on Friday and Saturday at Portsmouth ; the former for the West Indies, the latter for the Cape of Good Hope. Detachments of the King's German Legion Infantry, about 800 men, are cmharkin; for Spain. The first division went . on boar() S'aturday. Detachnients of the 17th Light Dragoons, 200 men, are to embark for the Army Depot. The. Royal Berkshire Militia, commanded .by Colonel N I NNSITTART, marched a few days - ago from BlaCkburne, in Lancashire, and have arrived ac Bideford, in the County of Devon. This was the first regiment . that marched, into Nottingham During the late disturbances. • As Mrs Irving, landlady of the Bell and Crown Inn, Taplow, Backs, was crossing her garden, about eleVen o'clock on Tuesday night last, she was struck violently Ou the back of her neck,, by a tall tout man, who had secreted himself in the garden ; she fell into the fellow's arms, who.seiz ed her hands, iiad drew off her rings; attempting to cry out, she' received a second' blow . from an-, pther man; which struck her against a tree, and she fell on the , ground, at which time she sup 'poses her pockets were cut off, containing 03/. in notes, - 61. in silver, tied up in a canvas bag, and about 30s. and some halfpence, se - ; alsodkin and a' toothpick case marked-1. I. ; and ihe mourning-ring of her lately deceased husband.— She was taken up quite insensible, being found by , her servant abut 20 initiates after she had lett her houSe, who was directed by her groans. Mrs. Irvin's premises had been robbed the previous evening of .two pigs, and it is believed the same villains likewise perpetrated Cie above outrage.—• Two officers of the Police Office, Hatton-garden, are gone.down to make inquiry intb this mysterious affair. Mrs. IrVing, we are sorry to state, is very LAIV IMPORT., ' COLIIT OF CHANC'EIti, Nov. 23. MORRIS V. COLMAN. The CITA tiCELLOA,this - morn ing, said the Mas icy was clearly wrong, in kis report; he orOit to have stated, :is the fact was, that Mr. Cobnan did consent, though with a protest. llis Lordshi) said lie should take the fact to be so, leaving the law upon that feet to. b..! argued : he would ecr tninlv take the words of his declaration from Kr. Colman's 0 Wll statement of facts, and would give it in the morning. ' Sir S. RomiLLY—" Tben, my Lord, the excep tion to be allowed, and the deposit money to be returned ?" Loan CITANTELLOR—" With a declaration of Mr. Cd‘nian's protest." cOURT OF KING'S BENCH,. Nov. 23. THE KIZ.G FLEET Sir W. CiAaitow prayed .the judgment of the Court against William Fleet, the propr;ctor and `publisher of Tic Brighton Herald, fot n libel that had appeared in that Journal, the 21st of March, on the daughter of Lord H C. Somerset—the Hon., Miss Elizabeth Somerset. ' The -libel was then' read ; it appeared. in The Brie.ton fArald on the .21st of March, in the shape-of a paragraph, setting forth,. that " a flux pas had been discovered iii high life, by which two Noble Families: .had been plunged into the d:cpeSt distress and affliction—that it had been occasioned by an Officer in the= Hussars, who had subseqUently promised the lady marriage, but the Noble Lcird, his father, bad threatetied him with disinheritanca, if he complied With any such pro- mise Affidavits , made by Lord Somerset and otherS were read, in which they stated their full belief, that the above paragraph was intended to fix an allusion upon 'the Hon. Miss Somerset, stating their reasons for such belief. William Patterson, staff clerk to the regiment of which Lord Somerset was the commander, and in which . Captain \Vyndham, the ," Officer of the Hussars:" alluded to, deposed byuffidavit, that h'av-, ing,bad frequent occasions to- call at The' Brighton . Herald office, on business, he met with Fleet at such office, on the 20th March. On entering the office, Fleet beckoned him to go into a baok roots, and deponent complied ; when there, Fleet said to him—" Have you heard 'any thing about Miss Soracr.iet Encl Capt. 'Wyndham " No," 'replied deponent. " Oh, you must have' heard," conti nued Fieet" Miss Somerset has committer a slip with Captain Wyndham, and she is-now two months gone ; he has offered :o marry her, bnt his - father will not suffei him." To this deponent replied, " I will not believe it—there is no truth in it." The next day cleptinent saw in The Brighton /Jerald the paragraph above given. In reply to this, Fleet, in his . affidavit, stated, that the • above,' deponent (Patterson) was in the procuring,inForrnation,for the Paper, for whielt he Meet) paid ; and that the conversation respecting Miss S. had been a private and a con fidential one, and that deponent ,had not expected it to bedivulged in such a manner. • With respect to the paragraph itself, it was published in the . hurry o business, and without deponent having had an opportunity of, reflecting 'on its libellous and scandalous nature. • Another affidavit was• put in and read, in Which Fleet was deposed to have said, when conversing on the libellous paragraph, - " the licentiousness and immorality of Brighton are such as to demand the correction of a free press." Fleet next deposed, in an affidavit,, that he had done all in his potter to conciliate and to make,re paration to Lord Charles Henry Somerset for the injury done him, he having ever being deponent's benefactor and friend. Deponent had written to his-Lordship by way of atonement; and had stated therein the circumstances, attendant upon thepul&- lication. The paragraph, enclosed in a letter, had been found in deponent's communication box; and the letter stated, that the intelligence, disclosed in the libelous paragraph would be " very ac ceptable to the fashionable world." The para graph was handed to the printers, and deponent again saw it in a proof of the press, but even then ,he had " no decisive idea that it alluded to Miss Somerset." He, therefore, suffered it to pass, and into the Paper it went, but without any thi n g like evil or deliberate intention on the part of tlw deponent. • _ Another affidavit stated that Fleet acknowledg ed to the Rev. Mr. Carr, of Brighton, that the lady alluded to in the paragraph was the Hon. Miss Sonierset. . . A further affidavit, frcm Mr. Fleet, gave an account of captain 'Wyndham having called on him, after getting Biro into a priv•ate room, that .Captain Wyndham :bad given him a severe horse-whipping on the 2tith It.grch. Sir \V. GfiRROW, for the peosecktion, could not but observe that some of the pai.,groplis' in Mr. 'Fleet's series of afflitaVits, had found way there Much in the same manner as had the paragraph into the Paper, according to its proprietor's ac count—'.` in the hurry and bustle of bustle of bu siness ;", otherwise, he could not account for their appearance. The defendant and his attorney seemed much surprised at the. unaccommodating disposition of the .noble prosecutor, but did they suppose it possible to settle such a matter in any. Other Way than by going befOre their Lord Ships ? Let their Lordships reflect on what would have 'been the consequences of compromise—" why, that fashionable world," and those tea -table, Where the foraier batch of scandal had been so " very acceptable,'! would have immediately said, on seeing nothing mere - than a contradictory pa ragraph atter such a libel—" aid. this is vastly pretty—but we see bow it is ; the matter is . quite evident— ! the ,noble families don't like to pursue the •affair more publicly. Had there not been something.in the first charge, the Paper would not have got off so Such would have. been the surmises and Whisperings, -bad not the No ble Lord persevered in calling for a public judg:- ment. As to the beating of Fleet by Captain Wyndham, he would act say any thing, the Cap tain lie . .n;2,- about to be broueht 't7 'or in f iltd(rnie;it by defendant . 811er,7ecl - ..i`rryi•tillog, it , was t'lf, . - Ce;)Cy Of prOseetiiog . :1111 . 0,1 ii what was the Character of the :'re.;,? Itiniseft si.e)01(1 tell tilt• t i, z culated to plunge two' No ( , !.c of Sonien;et an:l Egrinont) into t'nt; tress and afflicts 317. T.lat ww: the deien , :ant'S own description of it, and it.mis a Co:l:est 0162. He ridiculed th e i,a!ladence of about correcting the licentious and imnior l people by his free press ! , however, could nor but consider, ihat'this mutt, to whom Lord Somerset had been such a benefactor and friend; did not stop to examine 'whether t',-2re seas an'. truth hi this precious morsel ofsscandal before he !•aserttAl it. - Ent the paper must he made up, to go ori by the post; and in it most go the sandal, thou it it wounded a friend, and overwhelmed him yrNt of Newspapers, if wellconclacte highiy useful to the community; but otherwise, they ‘vere the most abolninable nuisances That any country could be afflicted with. At ail events, those v.-Ito conducted Newspapers mu.±.t take c..tre what they insert, or be answerable. - Mr. BROL7Giii6I Spoke brieflV for the defendant, submitting that the contrition for, and :orrc :ce of the libel, evinced by Mr. fleet, gave him a strong claim to their Lordship' judgment, in mercy , ,!re Mr. Justice LE in deli Bring the merit of the Court, observed on the value of aa unlicensed press, the matter only after publication being an to the laws of the country. respect to the libel, it was highly culpable ; and, when some ;lint broke in upoil the defendant as to the defamatory tendency of the paragraph, he ought to have disappointed the., mischievous cu riosity of particular claSses of his readers. Tho paragraph was most offensive and misAievous, cainnaniatity27, that se:.; front \Virtu: calumny - could scarcely ever be niped away, when it had once reached them. But the dei . eadant said, the fa shionable world must be gratified with such pub:- lications, and for the sake of gratifying that vicious appetite helmOcen induced to insert the libellous paragraph in question. From those eireums:naces his Lordship could nOt but feel inclined to acquit the defendant from all chat7e of-having authorised the publicatTon of such trash from any pet:solid or malignant motives against Lorel . ,‘.iomer,s:A.— The sentence of the Court was, that the prisoner was to pay a fine of 1001. and be imprisoned in the gaol.of liorshana for three calendar months. The Court was occupied i❑ heat:ink these dud;-. ments, some few MotiOns .of Course intervening, till half past font o'clock. Mr. Justice GROSE was again absent, on ac count of indisposition ; but he. is so far recovered . from his temporary confienment, as to give hopes that his Lordship will be able to attend the Court to-mottow (this day). AGR:CULTUitE. At a General Meeting of the subscrit.4ers to the Sussex Agricultural Society, held at the White Hart Inn, Lewes, On Saturday last, the 'piece, of plate for the best field or turnips, fcl the present Year; Wag-awarded to Ch4rles Harrison, •Esq. of zidtton,' Among the other compet4ors for this prize was Ewan Law, Esq. of Little Horstecl place (Lord t2lenborough'S brother), to N:ho nt the jiidgcs, in making the award,. declared, great merit was due for his improved cultivation of that useful root. At Forest-row Fair, Hants, on Monday last, there was a. large show of horned cattle, horses, and pigs, which werexo dull.of sale that a great inany of: each kind were sent away unsold.. The pea -try departhient,made a respectable appear ance, and in the afternoon was well attended by the holiday folk, frofn the adjacent villages. At Epping Fair, on Friday and Saturday last, there was an abundance of Scotch and Welch beasts; the former sold freely, but at lower prices; with the latter but little business was effected, — Few horses were shewn, arid those of an inferior descripiton. The public days of Colchester Fair were this season honoured with the presence of many fami lies of the first distinction. The company assem bled-at the public breakfast, at the Three Caps on the 12th inst. exceeded 300 persons; and the dhMer at the White Hart Inn, on that day, was most numerously attended. 'lhc theatrical innuse nients.the same:evening produced an overflowing house; and the ball and supper at the White Hart Inn, on the-succeeding evening, -displayer au ele gant assemblage of company. Sowing Titheat.--We Lave heard of an economi cal. method of sowing wheat:after potatoes', wbich is practised in' this neighbourhoOd, and which ought to be generally. known. Previously to dig ' ging up the potatoes, er,e halm or tops are Mown and raked off the ground,; the. wheat is• then sown; ;using a little inure seed. titan. is usual in the common way. 'Tic potatoes are then got•up the fork, which operation pulverizes the soil, dibbles in the. seed completely, and -Secures a better crop of wheat than by the common Jui2- thod, whilst the saving of labour by this practice is immense.' rarniers in this ne; ,- hbourh o od. • ;have adopted thepractice or sowing cone Wh at on the headlands, and 'on the butts - next the fence§, though the rest of the field be in whie or red wheat.. This is done in order that th , :. sparrows, which have increased in astonishing namhers'of late years, finding themselves picked, by the sharp bcardS of the cone wheat, .may fly away to some other crop, where' the farmer has not been' equally guarded.—(2llwiehealci herald.) garden of Mr. John Cormack (on the es tate. of TAiijor Sutherland, orrorre, couhty Caith ness), ..vere reared this Season a few seeds of that "singular grain, the sahnon oats. Five grains were planted at the distai;ce of six inches frbm each other, the product of which were an hundred and fifty full-grown stalks, besides a good many'which did not arrive at maturity; the full-gr own s t a lk s bearing no less than two thousand two hull and fifty grains. . Last week, a favourite mare, belonging to a Gentleman in_Leeds, was destroyed by vinegar, whic•li was recommended by a furrier, for the alleged purpose of scaling her milk.—We insert this as a caution to others, how they suffer empi rin. fe% tnmr•sss. .44... .-C .l.'_ r _s