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i r l 7-; , 4 . 1 li, tfA. , ~, «~ tay f„." 4.: ,- : `.. A T '''"ii .:,: • ' f,,4 ,1., .-=---..-• ...-:, % . • rt . 4 ,I.K. , . . , 4 . • ... - .. - -7. 4 . 1 / 4 tt 7, V k* '' t* .:. - . '%'' -- + '- ' • - . 4.t• '''' ti,F' ,! .. ..04•-• 4 At Ne , _ , .., ' •'' . t . .' /:/ V§Z I • W Of) 1 311,110.) i " V *A i 0 rl af ;Cr • Numamt 7584.] THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, ISI6. , [Pnic r, SEVENPENCE. GENERAL POST-OFFICE, DEC. I idl6. ItrEttCHANTS and Others having complain ..s-v-11.- ed to this Office of the irregular, partial, and tardy canner in which many Commanders of Ships arriving from abroad have delivmdtbeirLeticia to thlsereral Post-Otlicei, the Postmaster-General desires to call the attention of all t'oretianders .and Masters of Shins, to the 39th and , yitit ;Sections of the 55 - Geo. 111. Cap. 163; by the first of which they are enjoined td send all Letters : on beard their Vessels to the Post-Office of the first port at which such Vessels ;nay, touch ; the second Clause enacts, that if, alter any LetXers Irive been sent on shore, any should he retained on board in the possession of the Master, Crew, or Passengers, or in their Baggage, the Parties . will be liable to a Penalty of 61. each Letter. The Postitmter-General, desirous that the just Expecta• liens of the Public, to have their Letters delivered as ins asediatvly as possible, should not be disappointed, think it xtecimsary to girt: this Notice, that therwill be, under the necessity-0f putting the Law in force against ,Pursous who may (Arend hereafter. By Command of the Postmaster-General. • F. FREgLING, Secretary. . VICTU4LLING-OFFICE, Dec. 17, ISIC Tn'commissroAvE RR for VICTUALLtNG His MAJESTY 'S N4I 7 Y do hereby give Notice, That 1174 Fri6ftsy, the 3,1 of January next, they will be ready to receive Tenders in IPitiiinx ('ea . ltel itp), (nut treat for Taiga Fourteen Thousand Barrels (each containing . 196 -Pounds net) of AMERICAN FLOUR ; to he exported from the United Stales of America, and to lie *livered, one half thsreoi:on.vr before the both of .dprit next, and Me other half oa.or Wore the .30th if June following, at the several Islands and C'olonieshereuneler stated, and in such proportions at each as shall hereeler be determined, viz. :-- Demerara, St. Vincent, Barbadoes, 1 St. Lucia, ' Trinidad, Dominica,' Tobago, A . otigyst, I St. KittS. Tha spteifii.• quantities to be delivered at each Island or 'Colony will be made known at the Secretary's Office,. at this Office, on Monday, thr 301 k las:ant, where the Conditions of the Contract may drso be seen • Na. Tender for a less quantity than the whole of filial may Se required fer any one Island or Colony will be accepted, nor wilt regard be had to any in wlach the Price shallnot be insert. tel in words at length; or that shall nit be delivered to the Roan( before One o'Clock on the said Friday , the 3d of J'anigary next * , nor unless the Person who makes the Ten sZer, or. some Person en his behalf, attends to answer When mall td for. Bath Tender must otso be accompanied by a Letter. signed re4poit.tibt! Persons engaging •to beconir bound with tit Party tendering,' its the . Penal Sant' of 15 per Cent. on .4:nount, for the due pet:forthance tif the . Cone; art. ELY E.A it "S STATR' WM' 611 Y.—A 11. in ..k4.‘ Money. lgegins Drawing the 211 kt of Next Month. sC;IIEME CONTAINS 2 Prizes of '20,000 Guineas 2 ...... 000 Guineas 6 - 6 af4oo and 300 Guinea:4' and 70 of 3 00, 400, and 50 Guineas, foul HUNDIIED PRIZES of 25 Guineas—besides Le Swell Prises, whien'are 171. each.' - , RICHARDSON, GOODLUCK, and Co. beg leave to -re sterioneud to the Attentioa of the Public the Scheme of the prysent Lottery, which with only ii,ooo Tickets, contains tho abore'Splroditl list of Prizes, and respectfully solicit their Mevor at their Offices, Gornhill and Cbaring-cross, where, Isesid,s numerous other phpitals they have had the good STtuita to sell Gulden Prices to a greater amount than any other Office, yrz. • •No. 431 a Prize of 15,000' Guineas 10,244 And in the Last Lottery Contract, - . xen 672 ......... t.O,AuO 11,794 • 10,400 • 6,828 POPULAR. AND ATTRACTIVE LOTTERY! The FOUR GLL%NI) C.11)11sA1.8 of /nom GUINEAS, and ' OOO , GUINbAS, all floating in the Wheel, and may all be Drawn the First Day. TO begin Drawing 21st JANUARY, 1817. Contractor for the present highly • attractive Lottery:begs leave to acquaint his Friends the Drawing will begin JANUARY, before Which Day aktl Purchasers will have the certain Chance of obtaining the . - 2 Grand Capitals of.. 20,000 Guineas 2 b...1,00(1 Guineas 500 quinvisS „ Sc. &c. &c. ALL STERLING MONEY I—NO STOCK PRIZES ! And the lowest Prizes SEVENTEEN POUNDS EACH. In addition to the above advantages, the first eight drawn Priaes will be entitled to a further sum of 3700 Guineas, and the , first MX) Blanks to 45 Guineas each ; by which arrange- OLeni;.tttose Persons why buy before the Drawing, and whoie Tivtiets'may be drawn ,early, will be enabled, if they should nut then get a Prize, to renew their Chance for such of the Ursa Capitals as may i main in the Wheel, without further , salience. In the Lottery Contract just finished, BISH sold One Prize set LAG.OOO, and One of L. 30.000 Consuls, besides various other Capitals, being, as usual, greater in amount than time sold by any other Office-keeper. • Tidets and Shares are selling by T. Blsll, at his Offices, 4, Contivill, and 9, Charing-Cross, and by his Agents through out th 6 Country. This Day wer e published, in i vol. tf.,no. price 7s. wri'EßSfrom the EARL of CHESTER FIELD , to ARTHUR CH:11114M STANHOPE, Esq. rynstive to the Education of Os Godson, the late Lad of Chesterfield. Now first puhliflird froin the Originals. I'ttnted for H. Colburtt, Conduit-street, Hatiover-square. * CHINO'S' WORM LOZENGES. Aril — ORMS are *Mowed to be the most frequent sources of Cbildrett's Diseases: their symptoms aver) , Parent should be acquainted with. They occasion Lass of Appetite, a Paleness of the Face, Emaciation, and an irre 7 bribir slate of the Bowels, attend e d w i t h v i o l ent P a i ns; th e y ring- on Convulsions, affect the growth of the Rudy, and often prove fatal hy ending in a Consumption or Decay. Nth as a PI erentatite and Cure for• these alarming Complaints, the above excellent Meilirme is atiowed, on the testimony of some of the highc4 Characte:rs in this Country, to have no '`quid. Their public appronation, given to the Proprietor ) from a personal hanwledge of its efficacy in their own Tami l"' "amPs its tot tit , lic),outi competition, and gives a sauc "'" to it which no other ledicine of the kind can boast. Sold at Messrs. Buttes' dud t ';ons, 'No. 4, Cheapish!, 1.411- shm, iii packets, at Is. lid and "in boxes, at ts. 9d. and t!s, eneil; and also by the principal liookscilers and Medicine Venders in every Town. On the Ist of January will be published, in Otic Volume, Octavu, price Ips. 6ti, boards, ERMONS n►► IMPORTANT. SUBJECTS. 1...7 By the Rev. CHARLES COLEMAN, A. M. M. It. I. A. lately Curate of Grange, in the Parish of Armagh, Diocese of Armagh. Printed (or J. Hatehard, 190,. Piccadilly ; add Watson, Capekstreet, Dublin ; where may be had in One Velum,. 12mo. price J s., boards, Extracts from the relirinut Works of A. 13. P. Fellelon, translated from the French. by Miss Marshall. COURTS-M A turi AL. HORSE-GUARDS, Dec. 2. At a General Court-martial held at Gibraltar, on the 3d of- July, 1816; and continued by ad journments to the 13th of the same month, Sur geon Thomas Moore, M.'D. of the 11th Regi ment of •Foot, was tried upon the following charges, viz.:-- Ist. For disobedience of a regimental. order, hearing date the - 1 Ith of June, let 6, and for preventing the Assistant Sur geon; of the regiment complying With the same, by directing them to refer to him whenever they were required to com ply with it „thereby tithing upon himself the ,sole responsibi lity of disobeying that 'order, and preventing its brine carried into effect by them, and for virtually setting the order of his Conimauding Officer at defiance, in an Official correspondence which took place in consequence, and persisting in his dis obedience, to the prejudice of the service, good order and mi litary discipline, and contrary to the Articles of NVar. id For disobedience of orders in not sending in the daily sick report of men of , the 1I th regiment in hospital, before ten o'clock on the morning of the irit 11 June, MG, and when called by letter to assign a cause for such disobedience, bar ing caused an evasive letter to be written by As3istant-Surgeon l)ix, stating, that the report was wit hheldin 'consequence of the orderly-corporal who had been in the habit of carrying it to the orderly-room having been removed, thongh at the same , time he transmitted a letter to his commanding officer early enough to be laid before him on that morning, with the daily reports of the regiment, and by which conveyance the daily sick. report might have been forwarded ; such evasion bewg nnbrenining,the conauct of an officer the mode of conveying the evasive reply a violation of the respect due to command, highly ininborttinatu and prejudicial to the service, and con •trary to the Articles of War. Upon which charges. the Court creme-to theinl; lowing deciSion • " The Court having maturely weighed and con sidered all the circumstances of the case as well on the part of the prosecution as on , that of the prisoner, is of opinion as io the first charge, that the prisoner, Surgeon Thomas' Moore, M. D. is guilty ; as to the second charge, that the prisoner, surgeon Thomas Moore, M.D. is guilty, of so much thereof - tss states for disobedience of guilty, in not sending in the daily report of the men of the llth regiment in hospital before ten o'clock on the morning of the 25th of Jane, 11316 ; and further, that the mode of conveying the reply to his comthanding officer was inlation of the re•- spect due to tommaml, and prejudicial to the see vice ; but with regard to the remainder of the charge as stated, the Cmirt is of opinion that the prisoner, Surgeon Thomas Moore, M. b, is not guilty. " The Court having thus found the prisoner guilty of the whole of the first charge, and of so much of the second charge as is 'above stated, the sentence of the - Court is, and the Court does hereby adjudge, that the prisoner, Surgeon Thos. Moore, M.D. of the 11th regiment of foot, shall lose two years of his rank in the army, and shall fut thee he most severely and publicly reprimanded for his conduct ; in suds manner as to his Excel lency the Lieutenant-Governor of Gibraltar shall seem fit." Which sentence appears to have been approved by General Don, commanding at Gibraltar. His Royal, Highness the Commander-in-Chief directs, that the foregoing charges preferred against Surgeon Thomas Moore, M.D. of the 11 t h regiment of foot, together with the. finding and sentence of the Court, shall be entered in the General Order 13ook, and read 'at the head of every regiment in his Majesty's service. By command of his Royal-Highness the Com mander-in-Chief, HARRY CALVERT, Adj. pen. HORSE-OLTARDS, DEC. 4. At a General Court-tmirtial, held at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on the 29th orAugust, 1816, and coot inued by adjournments .to . the 31st of the fame month, Livia mutt Flurry m Thoas !kWh, of the 7th battalion of the 60th regiment, was arraigned up-. on' the under-mentioned charge, viz. : For hating deserted from the head quarters of the re= giment at Halifax, Nora Scotia, on or about the 24th day of April, I/116 and not returning until brought back a prisoner au board his Majesty's brig Espoir, Capt. Duff, on or about the 17th of August, laid. Upon which charge the Court tame to the fol. lowing decision _ _ _ " The Court, on the most mature consideration of the evidence whichlhai been adduced in prose cution, together with what the prisoner has urged in his defence, is of ' opinion, that Lieut. Harry Thomas Heigh, 7tlybattalitio 60th regithenr, is guilty of 'the charge exhibited againt him ; and 'the Court cloth therefore sentence him, he the said Harry Thomas'Heath, a Lieutenant in -the 7th battalion 60th regiment, to be cashiered, and rcndered incapable of ever serving his Majesty again in any capacity." His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has been pleased,- in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, to approve the finding, and confirm' so ranch only of the sentence as altindg,es the pri soner to be cashiered ; the Court - not being au thorised to adjudge the remaining part of the sen tence, for the crime of which be, Lieut. Heath, has been convicted. • The Commander-in-Chief directs, that the fore ! . going charge .preferred against Lieutenant Harry Thos. Heath, of the 7th battalion of the GOth re giment, together with the finding and senkenee of the Court, and the Prince Regent's pleasure there on, shall be entered in the General Order Book, and lead at the head of ev e ry regiment in his M A . jesty's service. By . cOmmand of his Royal High ness the Commander - -in-Chief, HARM CALVERT; Adj.-Gen. HORSE-GUARDS, DEC. G. . . At Ai General Court?martial held at Valenci ennO, in. France, on the 9th of September, 1816, Lieut. Lawrence IV Cot they, of the. 81st legit - tient, was tried upon the following charge, viz. Fur being absent from the 81st regiment without leave, float the id day of May until the 7th d 4 of 'July,' 1316, the ri-gircentAoriOg that time being stationed at or near Valen ciennes, in France: . . ... . . . Up o n which duirge the Court came to the lol lowingidecision " he'Court having 'deliberately and maturely weighed and considered the evidence for the pro-; seeution, logether with what the prisoner has offered in his defence, is of opinion that lie is guilty of the charge exhibited against- bite, and does accordingly sentence him, the said Lieut. APCartney, to lose six mentliS of his, rank in the army, and in the 81. st, regiment of foot, and con sequently to. be placed lower in the list of-Lieu« tenants; so thathis - future rankAise!ich shall bear date from the 29th of April, 1808,- instead of the 29th olOctober, .1807, as heretofore." Which sentence appears to have, been confirmed by Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington, Com mander of the Forces in France. His Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief directs, that the foregoing charge preferred against Lieutenant L—M‘Cartney, of the 81st regiment,' together with the finding and sentence of the Court, shall he entered in the General Order look, and read at the head of every regiment in his Ma jesty's service. By command of his Aoyal Flightless, H. CALVERT, Adjutant-General. HORS]-G,IIATIDS, Dcc. 9. At a,General Court-martikil held at Somer, in France, on tbe 23d of September, ISI 6, and subsequent, days) Lieut. Thornui Prior, of the 18th Hussiirs was tried on the foiluwin , r changes,, _3 'tst, For unomeerlike,kno disor d erly conduct at the theatre at lioologne on the evetiltiit• attic I I th day of July, told, in wantonly insulting . jolien d'Agremont, one of the actors at the theuffe, anti thereby causing a disturbance and an affray therein, to the inter' option of the performance. and ,thu.ter rtir of the athLience, Boulogne being . at that time a Ft ench garrt"on town,-and sue}, •condoct betng to the prejudice of good order and -military discipline. Id, For nootheerlike stud disorderly condnot in using vio lence, and lighting whit, one Julien d'Agreineont, an actor at the'theatre at Boultiene at the time above-mentioned. Upon whicll charge the Con“ earlier to the following decision, after a revision, by older of the Duke of Wellington, viz.:--- " The Court having maturely reconsidered the evidence adduced on•the prosecution against the prisoner, Lieutenant •Thomas Prior, of. the 18th -Hussars, together-with what : he has brought for ward in his defence, and the evidence thereon, are Of opinion, 'that the prisoner, Lieutenant 'l'. P rissr, of the 18th. Hussar*, is guilty-of so much, of the first charge As fOIIOWS,-ViZ, t For ltholiieer like and disorderly conduct .at the Theatre at Boulogne on the evening of the 11th day of July, 1816, insulting: Julien d'Agremont, one of the actors at the theatre; and thereby causing a'dis . torbance and an affray therein, to the interruption of the performance, and the terror of the audience, Boulogne being at that time a French garrison -town, and such conduct being to the prejudice of good order and militaty discipline.' The Court are further of opinion, that the pt isoner, Lieute nant Thomas Prior, of the 18th Hussars, is guilty of the second charge preferred against hint. The Court having therefore found the prisoner, Lieut. Thomas Prior, of the 18th Hussars, as above stated (being in breach of the Articles of War), do, by. virtue thereof, adjudge him to lose six ; months of his rank in the army, and in the said 18th Hussars, by being placed lowerin the list of lieutenants in the army, and in the said 18th 'Hussars; so that his future rank in the army may hear date from the 22(1 of February, 1806, instpul of the 22d August, 105, the date of his present commission therein ;, and from the 6th (lay of My, 1814, instead of the Gth day of January, 1814, the Ante.of his present commit sion iii the- said 18th Hussars." Which sentence appears to have been confirmed by Field-Ilarshal the Duke of Wellington, Com mander of the Forces in France. His Royal Llighnesi the Commander. in-Chief directs, t In 4 the foregoing charges preferred against the prisoner, Lieutenant Thohini Prior, °lam 18th licissars, together with the finding and sentence or the Court, shall he entered in the General Order Book, and read at head of, everte.egi went in his Majesty's service. By command of his Royal Highness the Com mander-in •Chiet, HARRY - CA INERT, dj. Gen. This Day were piiblisheil, price 3d. or es: 6d. per Dozen, PUB VILLAGE DISPUTANTS; 6r, a CON AL. -VERSATION on the SUBJECT of the PRESENT TIMES, between JACK ANVIL the Blacksmith, and TOM HOD the Mao9n t sulmitted to the - Perusal :crud Considera tiOn of all the Mechanics, JoUrneymen, and Labourers in 'Great Britain. ...... Printpd for J. liatchard, 190, Piccadilly., On the Ist of January will be published,, in OrteNolume, Oitavo, price ins. 'id. boards, inscribed, .by. Permission, to the Hun. and night Rev. the Lord Bishop of Gloucester, • NARRATIVES of the LIVES of the MORE EMINENT FATHERS of the THREE FIRST CEN TUMIES, interspersed with copious Quotations from their Writings, Millibar Observations on their Characters and Opinions, and occasional. References to the most remar4able Events and Persons of the Times in which they lived. By time Rev. Robert Cox, A. M. Perpetual Curate of St. Leonard's, BridgnOrth. Printed fur J. Hatchard, 190, Piccadilly; L. B.Seeley, 169, Fleet-street; and Messrs. Deighton and Son, Cambridge. fUORSIr•GLI2IRDS, Dec. 11. At a General Court-Martial held at VVltitatall, on the 26th of (.4..tober, 1816, and contittited by ..adinornments tO the'3oth t 1 the tame month,--- Lieutenant Robert Robertson, of the 9 ,11 Itegi ment of Light Dragoons, was arvaighed upon the undermentiOned charges, vii.:-- Ist, For irregular and unofficerlike conduct on or ti`e , nt turday, the 270 of.litly, 1816, in having nn the plea of absented himself from his duty in the field, when the 9th tight Drag‘ions were rerieweck,by his, i ttupsl Hightois the Duke of York, on Hounslow-healb,and having Cnttwitirstand• ing such plea) niade his appearance . upOti the ground during the time of the review, to the prejudice of good order and Mi litary disciplihe.f •. • . 2d. For insubordinate and unolficerlike conduct, on or about Tuesday, the auth of Ally, 1644 at Hatiipton-court; is refusing, on the plea of illness, to comply with the orders of Lieutenant-Colonel Morland, his Commanding- Officer ' re quiring.him, Lieutenant Robertson, to repair to the lsead quarters at Hounslow barracks, aid for persisting its such refuSal, until . examined by the two Assistant-Sttrgtons of the regiment, who reported hint perfectly fit to go there. ad. For conduct highly , unbecoming the character of en officer and a gentleman, on or about Tuesday, the :toll, of July, 1816, ct Hounslow barracks, in uttering to Lieutenant bonne) Morland, ltis Coniumnding gtlicer, a direct falsehood, by asserting that he, Lieut.ltobertson, had lost i IN whole of Ins dress appointments, declaring- the appoisittueots were lust in consequence of 'the - negligence of Isis hat tnan, Is4gh, he, Lteut,, Robertson, had actually disposed of tisent. Upon which charges the : Court came to the folloWing decision " Conn having maturely weighed and con- Sidered the evidence against the prisoner, Lent. Robertson, of the 9th segiment of Light Dra goons, together with that, which he has broaght forward, and what has beensolfered itt ,defence, are of opinion, with respect to the first charge', that liels guilty of irregular conduct.in having made his appearance upon the ground, d the time of the l'eVie4V,,pn the 27th of July, .1816,-11) the prejudice of good order and thilitry Iliicipiilte ;' but acqUit him of the other'part of the charge. for. With.respect to the second charge, the Court fully acquit him. . " With respect to the third charge, the Court are of opinirm that he is guilty.' " The Court having found the prisoner guilty of part of the first charge r and the whole of the third charge, do adjudge that he he cashiered. " The Court having found it their painful and unavoidable duty to pass the above sentence, beg leave, in the,stronge.t manner, under the various circumstances which have appeared before them, and from Lieut. Robertson's lOngser vices, humbly to recommend him to the most favourable -atilt .merciful consideration of his Royal 'Highness the Prince Regent. His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has been pleased, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty., to approve and confirm the finding and sentence of the Court ; but in consideration of the strong manner in which the Court have re. commended the prisoner to mercy, the Prince lie. gent has been further pleased!to ,extend to hint, Lieutenant Robertson, his graciotls cletnency„and to command, that lie shell be restored to his rank, and placed' upon half-pay.. The Commander in Chief directs that the rni.e.- oing A ll4- rgeSl, 14/k(1;., Robert Robertson, of the 9th regiment of Light Dr:s goons, together with the finding and sentence (1 the Court, and the Prince Regent's pleasure thereon, shall -he entered in the General alio Boo'', and read at the head of every regiment in his Majesty's service. By Command of his Royal Highness the Com mander in Chief, HAtRY CALVERT, Adj. Gen, IRELAND. HORRID MURDER. WATxnFogo, DEC. 21.---Among the ctiminni deeds which it is- s? often our painfol duty to- rep cord. we have seldom `had occasion to state of occurrence cif suet) wanton and hrntal ferocity es that of which we have now to, give the 'detail*. On Wednesday last, a farmer of the name at Cosker, who residessm the Ross-road, near Rock. view, went to Ross-market with corn, accompa nied part of the way by - a servant man. Having no farther occasion for his assistance,' Cosker sent him hack to attend Tiis 4 , 8112,1 duties, On his retnrn he locked tip three of the Chil'- dren in an, upper .roorn; and then wehL to the Apartment of Mrs. Cosker, whom, with another child, be foitutlin bed. He had provided himself with a "hoe, and, with that dreadful instrument., heat these unhappy, helpless, and unotrending u(. feats, in a nonnerwhich language cannot describe. Tire child expired under the blows, and when last we heard of the matter, the mother was speech less, and not expected to recover. The tempto tion which:swayed this inhuman fiend wiTs plunder all the property of the hoase was in his power, and. he :might have taken it without shedding one drop of innocent blood. Having obtained .eash and notes to the amonot of a boot 601. he &d ery.. cipitately, bat in what direction Was , not Ascer tained. 'the alarm, however, was soon and no Active pursuit tgok place. - On Wednesday evening, James , Supple,.of Crass, returning from Limerick, was .met by a to: m !,er fellows, who demanded if be , waS carav • at replying to them, they heat Mtn so dreadfully that we understand his death is hoorly t expeeted. John Ryao, agaiottrewhorn ilifarmations Are lotigeti, as bkhig concerned in' this oiltiage, is committed to gaol, 7 We feel ,moch.pleasnee in being authorised to annuttricc that Lord Louthihas, in conformity with, the xvishes, `partictilarly expressed, of the Lord Chancellor, again accepted of tine Commission of the Peace for-tire Connty-of Louth, 'which, some: years hack, his Lordship, from Motives of - delicacy, had resigned. We are concerned to state, that the cpunty of Louth-has been, for some time past, ill a Situation that imperiously 41C111211(18 the most active exertion. of an upright and, residvnt Magistracy. .On Saturday, Serfreant Jehh nod Assis,tant Barrister Lloyd, arrived ire Limerick, to hold a Sessions under the insurrection Act, foe that County, hot no person being for trial, the Court adjourned to the Ist of March.'