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POZUNTEERS. REGIMENTAL ORDERS.-L. S. V. JANUARY 15, ac 4. Lieutenant -Colonel Commandant T eRN Y has this day received from the Right Hon. Lord TE t c Y. MOUTH, Vice -Lieutenant of the County of Surrey, a Letter, of which the following is a Copy : 311 C; Enclosed I have the honour to transmit to you an Extras of a Letter which I have this day received from Mr. YOR K OA the subjea of your Communication to him of Tuesday last. If, contrary to the e xpeaationsexPressed in Mr. YoR Kt's letter, the individuals of the Company in question should unfortunately persist in the improper line of condud into which they have been inconsiderately oetrayed, I am in that case instructed to inform you, that it is His MAJESTY'S Pleasure, that the services of those individuals who shall ad here to resolutions so adverse to a proper subordination, shall be discontinued. In this case, I have to request that you will hold the Arms and Accoutrements, which may have been issued to them out of the Public Stores, at my disposal. I have the Honour to be, Sir, &c. &e. (Signed) TEIGNNOUTH. To the Right Hon. Lieut.-Colonel Tierney, Etc,rb'c. (ENCLOSURE.) MY LOAD, Whitehall, Jan. 18 , ' BO 4. *.bale cha_raonour of transmitting to your Lordship. the CoPY of a Letter I have received from Lieutenant-Colonel Trettrity, commanding the Loy a l S outhwark Volunteers, wore ith its enclosure, bein g a C o p y of the Resolutions of the 3d Cpany of that Corps*, respecting the Eledion of its Offi cers; and I am to acquaint your Lordship, th at having laid eh these , to Papers bef ore the Kit% o Hrs MAJE STY h as command me express .his perfea approbation of Lieutenant- Colonel T; zap aVs conduit on this occasion, and his con cern that the Company in question should entertain so erroneous an opinion of the terms on which the loyal 'tender of their services was accepted, it ne ver h av i ng b een /I " 144JzsTr's intention that the successive vacancies 'which -might happen amongst the Officers of the Corps should be filled up in the manner which has been supposed. The Corps being once established, Hp Marzsry uncloubt. etilY expeits that your Lordship, as representing his Vice. tieutenant in the County of Surrey, will _recommend proper persons to fill up the Vacancies as the C llkers, in the full confidence that they may arise among the Commanding Officer of the Corps will from time to time be consulted as to the Writ* and qualifications Of such persons q may have preten- Vitoria to sueceed. It is my duty further to state, that served 'His MAJESTY has ob ., with the most serious regret, the great breach of dis cipline committed by the 3d Company of 'Volunteers, i n assem b l i ng together Lo y a l Southwark without th e order or per yrtission of th e i r -Officers, and hen s o assembled, in dis cussing and determ , w ining upon questions inti mately con meted with the mili tar they belong, y subordi nation of the Corps to whi c h And I am to announce to iviAr E sr v ' s Pl Your Lordship, th a t i t i s Hi s easure, sn ake known to Lieut enant -Colonel Tr ssLN zY) that your Lord s hi p s h ould i mmediately that His :NIA,/ tsr Y entertains a Just expedation that the gootlsensc, lo Yalth and public spirit of Com • the individuals composing the pally In question, Will induce them to acknowledge the impropriety of the line oicondud into which th e y h ave b een I) iraYe<l.-- -1 have the Honour to be, &c. (Signed) The Right li on. Lordreignmouth, mac. &c. C. YORKE. COPY OF TIIE CoMMU ______ NANO- NICATIO N FROM LIEu TE- CoLONEL TIERNEY, REFERRED TO IN Ult. YORKE'S LETTER. sza, Nigh!, Somerser-Place, Tune l y Nl' T°• I send you herewith an exaa Copy of the Resolutions of the 3d Company of the Lo subs Loyal South war k Volunteers, the substance of which I Yesterday c ommunicated to you ; they are signed by one Serjeant,gnd by all but four of the Privates ; the Ensign (both the Ca days back obtained Captain and Li eutenant having some pssion to resi gn ) appears not to have 7 , know la of the ermi proceeding. According to your direaions, I this morning attended the 'Parade, and, in the presence of the whole Regiment, after stating the nature of the offence, ordered the men who had Gigned the Resolutions, to deliver up their arms and accoutre- Intim; which they accordingly did. I informed them I 51tould lay before you the circumstances of their conduit, and wait to know 11111 rv4.listv's pleasure upon it. With respea to th e nomination of Officers having been given to the Membe rs of the Association when the Corps was first embodied, the iiia undoubtedly is as stated in the wa s ; but j never Understood that occasional man" • .. The Third Company) vtrith the utrnost re: eft, take au liberty of conVeying their e.entrnents en the intended ap eaintmcnt of theirOffKers to C's.ll. Ti tamer. Thevearnest tYllteguest that he will not considertheircondua as any failure oat esteem they have always entertained for him, but zii!t the conceive to be due to their own indepenence. a na m tt i e n r ci titern..selyes that Colonel Tait ar•v." . s liberal and Them on th , will induce him not to' think unfavourably or molt s. eprFsent occasion, They beg him to accept their •,, 014.14.:01% wtsltes for his health and happiness.—.7,:nuau General Meeting soutmvaru of the Third company .^ volunteers, On the 6th of January, 1804. of Loyal " 1/ wits ti tiAll 1 240 US ~t.„.4:40.1\--.1.11at it having .. p t ._ LY RESOLVED, "P Fps, that pa cuosen h,, v_ the Officers c ommanding the same should been declared, at the formation 7-4ing it, v,;b i l e T voice ofthe majority of the individuals cpnti riellt,of all theltlYfttarrt was adually followed at the a pFio}allso eng title prgtice "01-;Fts, in the first instance—and h . 'ye tall•lr:tocd Inea li i n ,, al , l ) 91her Volunteer Corps b • n this sub ;att, We, toe A.lernhe'r's oft the Ad of Parliali d ie o n‘ c.ec as t well as I lare, that ~ve consider T7.1.1$ a tette ? his Company, Trste; and that it will be ad together -as a olunteer B ody. ' 0 as long as we . 0 REMAIN wTH us AT Tuts .46 gr,conot.v—That well Pn.ze, that on the application of Serjeant Rose, sent by till •-co!ce of the Coin ave learnt with considerable sur.. PanY. for the vacant situation of Secon , Lieutenant, he was refused, on the ground of A sr . AN . G i r t n . . To y:6SCOMPAR hp avin-already received the appoirt.ra`r ' and t hat even witut th ' e least notice thereof being.glven to 43.. • " Tntant.v--That the Corn any cannot but cons'ider themselves, in this instance, trepated with unmerited con, : ' ''", l l l t; and are thy-dine determined not to ad but untie! f.) hicers who have, been regularly proposed to them, and 11-- ...eived their approbation. 1. y — IILIt ' theSe Resolutions, after Ilavi,7l -':•zeiverl our siznatut s, shall be presented to our Colon: r. -ornmandant by 011 e or morc !%lembcrs of the Company,ioii 1,1 the hope that he will be pleased to take them into au. s . i!nitiediate consideratio, and retur n us that favourablerom his ~,: ei• to our .feeiingswe flatter ourseives:, and the .1 -attention to tilt, w , llare of the ReSulm,","i to d o. .t.l'ts of Individuals siomposing it, Ile \Vjj I not 1 141 t. _. .__.„ " •:!) proper deferciii:o, Ive subscribe ourselves, Ste. Sec. It'h'e S (SI GNE D ! 3 \ Tli I'. S E VF.R A L Mll3l Vl' "fttß liiIRD COMPAN Y. ) ces wore. te . ':.; Al lle i n 0 by the choice, *at the pleasure of the Company, in whicb they might happen to occur; and haVe uniformly and publicly declared, that after the 'Regi. meat was once fanned, / could allow of no further Elealons. Lt the wily ci;e. of a vacancy which, excepting that now in dispute, has taken place since our original establishment, I recommended the new Officer to the Lotto LIEUTINANT, without, in any way, consulting the Privates of the Company to which he was tObelong, and his appointment was received as a matter of course. I cannot allow myself to conclude without stating to you, that, however culpable, in a military paint ot view, the conduct of the individuals in question may have been; I have every reason to rely on their attachment to His 'MA,' tsr and their readiness to meet any clanger in the defence of their Country. I must beg that you will, as soon as possible, give me your instructions as to what further steps I am to take in this very unpleasant business. I have the Honour to be, &c. &c. &c. (Signed) GEORGE TIERNEY. The Right Han. C. Yorke, &c. 3c. &C. COPY OF A CIRCULAR LETTER FROM MR. SECRETARY YORKE TO THE LIEUTE. NANTS OF THE SEVERAL COUNTIES IN GREAT BRITAIN, DATED WHITEHALL, JAN. 14., 1804. MY LORD, Ills Majesty's Confidential Servants have thought it to be their duty, on further considering the improvements of which the Volunteer System is capable, to extend to it every useful aid and assistance which it can receive, consistent with a due attention to that principle of economy on which the whole System is founded, and have resolved to allow of Adjutants and Serjeant-Majors on permanent pay to Corps of the dif ferent descriptions of force, c nsisting of the following num bers,. without any other conditions or restrielions than such as may be applicable to the whole Volunteer Establishment. City Az.ay.--To every Corps, consisting of not less than 300 etfedive rank and file of Cavalry, an Adjutant on perms-. nent pay will be allowed.—[Pay, when not called out into ;anal serve, 6s. per day, as. ditto for a horse.] To every Corps of Cavalry under 300 rank and file, but consisting of not less than three Troops of 4o etlective rank atiti 41e each, a Serjeant-M3jor will be allowed on permanent pay,—[Pay when not called out into aaual service, 3s. iid. per day, including 9d. for a horse.] Tzu NT ay.—To every Corps of Infantry (including Ar tillery), cons sting of not less thairsoo effeelive rank and file, one Adjutant, and one Serjeant-Major; on perinanent pay, will be allowed.—[Pay, when not called out into actual ser vice, 6s. per day ; ditto of Serjeant-Major; ditto !s. 6d. per day, - and zs. 6d. per week extra.] To every Corps of Infantry, consisting of not less than 330 effeClive rank and file, one Adjutant, but no Serjeam Major, will be allowed on permanent pay.—[ Pay 6s. per day; as above.] To a Corps of Infantry, under 300 effective rank and file, but consisting of not:less than three companies of 6a'privates each, one Serjeant-Major will be allowed on permanent pay. —[Pay, as abc,ve, is. 63. per thy, and as. 6d. per week extra.] When the Corps to which the Adjutants and Serjeant-Ma jot.; are appointed shall be called out on Adual Service by competent authority, these Staff Officers will receive the pay of their respeCtive Ranks, as in t::e Line. The Adjutants are to be recommended by the Lords Lieu tenants, for His Majesty's approbation, in the usual manner; but no recommendation of an Adjutant can be attended to, unless the person recommended has served atleast four years as a Commissioned Officer, or as a Serjeant-Major in the Re gulars', Embodied Militia, Fencibles, or East India Com pany's Service ; and the recommendation must likewise dis tindly express the actual period of the service of the person recommended, and specify the particular Corps in which that service was performed. Serjeant-Majors may be appointed by the c,ommandant of the Corps, from among persons who have served at least three years as Non-commissioned Officers in His Majesty's Regular, embodied Militia, or Fencible Forces; and the pe riod of such service, and the particular Corps in which it was performed, are to be distinElly sp6Cified in the first Pay List which shall be transmitted to the Var Office after the appointment takes place. All Adjutants and Serjeant-Majors who are placed on per manent pay, are to consider themselves as, at all times, at the disposal and under the Commanding Officer of the Corps for the time being, and are expeaed to give their attendance whenever required, for the drill, good order, and manage ment of the Corps. It is not intended by this arrangement, to make any altera tionfas to the appointment of Adjutants or Serjeant•Majors without pay. They will still be allowed to Corps of suffi cient strength, as directed by the Militia Laws, and as before pointed out by the War-Office Regulations of the auth of September, ISO 3. liis Majesty's Lieutenant of the -- At Plymouth on Tuesday se'nnight the Prince of Wales's Battalion of Plymouth Volunteers, Lieut. Colonel HAWKER, was reviewed in the Citadel by . Major General CALCRAFT, &c. The day being fine, there was a large concourse of people; the Regiment went through the whole business of the review in a very coned and regular style, and re ceived the thanks of General CALCRAFT, for the very rapid improvement they had made in their discipline. Last Wednesday the third 13attalion of Carmar then Volunteers, commiinded by Lieut. Colonel Sir Wm. PA)croN, was reviewed at Carmarthen by Lieut. Col. STEWART, the Reviewing Officer of the Distri,`.l, when the Officers and men went through their evolutions with such a steadiness and `promp. thud; as called forth his warmest commendation they a re a fine body of men, and have been cloathed by subscription. „. Regimental Orders wer e i sstke d on Saturday to the St. James's Volunteer Regiment, that a general muster and inspefflon of the Caps, by the Inspea ing Officer of the Distria, would _take place at the Parade, at Burlington.house to-marrow morning at half past nine o'clock military time, and that ill nes s must be duly *certified, and any other wr. avoidable cause of absence must be particularly expressed to the Commanding Officer of Companies. Each Member was to be held responsible for his musquct being in proper order and Hinted, and was or d ere d t o be provided with a twranrew and driver. VIOLENT OUTRAGE. LMT Sunday, the Rev. LOCKIIART GORDON, and Mr. LAUDCN GORDON, brothers, dined with Mrs. LEE. a Lady of considerable property, at her house in B',lton-row, Piccadilly. In a short time after din ner Mrs. LE R rang the bell of an adjoining room to that in which she had been dining with the Gentle men, which was answered by a female servant, whom Mrs. LE e ordered to get her a glass of Water, appeared very low spirited, and desired the servant to remain in the adjoining room, as she was afraid the Gentlemen would take her away; to which the servant answered, 'that it Was impossible to take her out of herown iitisei - but Mrs. LEE replied, they were armed with pistols, and feared they would force her ; she then returned to the room where they dined, and in a few minutes after, Mrs. LEE'S footman was sent out to call a hackney coach ; while he was gone, the two female servants were alarmed by their mistress's voice, saying, " I will not be taken our of my own house," which induced them to go to her assistance, when they found the two Mr. GoßnoNs forcing Mrs. LEE down stairs from the drawing-room, and Mrs. LEE holding by the bannisters, resisting them ; on which they went to her assistance, and endeavoured to. rescue her from the Gentlemen, when Mr. LOCKHART GoR. DON seized them both, and presenting "a pistol, swore he would shoot them both if they masse any noise or resistance, and succeeded in. forcing Mrs. LEE out of her house into a post chaise, which was in waiting within a few yards of the door, the post.boy being ready, mounted, and off as soon as the parties got in, with the greatest speed possible. The servants followed it with screams and cries, but in vain ; the swiftness with whiCh it drove eluded all pursuit. The. servants making. this extraordinary circumstance ''known to Mrs. LEE'S friends on Monday morning, Mr. PARKIN (the Solicitor for the Post-Office) applied, with the servants, at the Public Office, -Bow-street, and Mr.. ROBINSON, the Sitting Magistrate, issued his War rant to apprehend the Mr. GrIRDONS ; and Miller and Atkins, two of the Officers, were dispatched in pursuit of the parties. They continued their inquiries during the day, and it the evening they learned, that Mr. LoctotAßT GORDON had been at his lodgings in the New-road, Mary-le-bonne, 'and had dressed and gone out to a ball in Portlan&place, to which ther..puesuEd him, as dirthed; but on their arrival at the,tiouse they learnt he had been there, but was gone. Having lost Al trace of him, they thought they must•give up the pursuit for • the night, it then being near eleven.o'clock ; but before they returned home they set off for Mrs. LEE'S house, to see that all was quiet there, .but when they got into Bolton-street they heard thc.Wat'Gh. men's rattle, and 'on .. ,their coming 'up to* the spot, found a Gentleman in, their custody, who, on in. quiry proved to beMr;LoctcHAßt .Gpßoota, ppon .. which the Officers told him; they lad a warrant against him. .J - iis,.pistols 'were then taken from him, and he was secured ; they both.proved to be loaded with balls,_ It appeared that Mr,,.GoR.DoN had been to Mrs. LEE'S house about eleven o'clock that night, in a hackney-coach, and having gained atlinittance into the passage, told the,servantslie was coipe•for Wars. LSE's clothes; but observing a strange ;nan in company with the footman, inquired if he was a Peace Officer, and was retiring, When. the footman slipped out of the house, and, procured the assistance of two Watchmen, and just•as.the coach was driving from the door, with Mr. GORDON in it, they re turned, and one of the Watchmen striking the near horse a violent blow on the head with his staff, - stop. ped the coach, when Mr. GORDON jump'ed out of the coach, and presenting . two pistols, swore he would shoot any man who attempted to take him, and ran away towards Curzon.street. Yesterday morning he was brought to Bow -street, and underwent a long examination before Mr. BOND and Sir W. PARSONS, when the above circumstances were fully established by the servants and several other witnesses. During the examination, Mr. BOND had frequent_ ly occasions to reprove the Prisoner for his indecorous condud, in interrupting the Witnesses, and at last was obliged to have him removed from the bar till the Evidence was gone through, when he was put to the bar again, and the depositions read to him, to which he declined making any defence, By the Statutes the . 3d of I - NRY the Vllth, and of 39Th ELIZABETH, it is Made felony, without benefit of Clergy, to take any woman forcibly away, w i t h intention to possess her property, 'marry her w ithout her consent, or to defile her person. - Mr. PARKIN therefore contended,. that ikwas fair to pre sume the offence in question came within the mean ing of those Statutes, and in this opinion Mr. BOND and the other Magistrates concurred. The Prisoner, on being apprized of the situation in which he stood, said, he was very willing the law should take its course ? and that he should readily meet any prose cution on that ground. He was dommittedior further examination. Mrs. LEE, we understand, is possessed of consi derable property in her own right : but, from sortie family disagreement, does not live with her husband. She is a very beautiful and amiable woman, about 27 years of age, and has been acquainted with the Pri_ soner and his Brother since they were children ; Mrs. L. having been under the proteaion of their mother when a child, who resided at Bath. The Prisoner is in Deacon's Orders, and has a Gen:leman.like appearance. On Wednesday last a respetable Tradesman of Manchester, who was enrolled as a Member of the First Battalion 'Fourth Class, Manchester and Sal ford Volunteerinfantry, was summoned to the New Bayley, to iheiVii‘ise why he should not pay the fines he had incurredsy non-attendance at the mus ters of the Corps. The defaulter objeaed (among other things) that, as he had not been attested, be was not responsible for fines as' a Member of the Corps. The Magistrates, hoWever, were of opi nion that he was liable, although not attested ; and that, if a person be enrolled, whether by signing the roll himself, or his name inserted being in consequence of his previous consent, it is sufficient to constitute him a Member of the Corps. He was therefore acted to pay the fines, and double the amount, as a renalty, in pursuance of the late An,. GRAND ROWING MATCI!. rr has long been doubted by the Amateurs of Rowing, whether the LcNdon or Grayeierui Watr. men were the best men. A few weeks ago Major WARR I NGTON having been rowed by a party of the latter from Gravesend to Sheerness in a very shore space of time, had frequently mention the. circum stance, and offered to match six of them against the same number of. Watermen wherever they might be found. Captain DURAND matched six of the Lon.. don Watermen against them for zoo guineas aside, and yesterray was the day fixed fur the decision.— As it was supposed that the Gravesend men excelled in rough and the London in smooth water, to equa lize the matter, the distance was divided accord.. ingly ; and it was agreed,, that the parties should start at a boat moored off Capt. DUR AND') wharf, near Rotherhithe, and row round the Nore Light, and back at the same.place ; a distance of not less than to . miles. _ The six London Watermen set off on Saturday last to Gravesend, that they might have time to practice before-hand, in the water that they had not been accustomed to. They were conveyed thither in Capt. DUR AND'S yacht, on board of which were her_owner, hii son, and Major WAaßrtzo-ron. It was near night before they reachea Gravesend, when they all went on shore in the iiegor Cutter, the boat iii which:they intended to tow for the wager, As soon as the Gravesend men saw the Cutter, they refused to perform the wager, and - said, it was im, possible .any boat they could produce, would be able to make the same way through the water, and that they - shult.3 only be disgraced in rowing the match. They also objeaed that no steersmen had been appointed, which was always customary on those 'occasions. Captain Duatsrto answered them, by producing the articles of the wager, in which there was no stipulation for sreerrnen; and, with respea to the boat, each party was to find his own, Captain DtrRAND was willing, however, to enter into a fresh agreement, although the old on was play or pay, which was accordingly done. It was then agreed, that the wager should be deferred un.. til the last day-of the month, when the six London Watermen should row against the same number of Gravesend men, round the Note Light and back to Cuckold's Point, for two hundred guineas, and each boat to provide itself with asteersrnan. A second wager was also made, that the same persons were to row the same distance over again without a steersman. The names of the London Watermen, 'Chosen by Captain DURAND to tow the match, are, John Shepherd, Edward Brutnwell, William Prizeman, Allan Griffin, Isaac Wood, and J;irnes Howell ; they Are considered the best men on the River, and the odds are six to four in their favour. Captain DU RAND will accompany the march• all • the 'way in a cutter, to be.rowed by ten picked men. Whilst Captain DURAND was at Gravesend, he matched his Yacht to sail with the Fox 'Gravesend boat, from Ramsgate round the Isle of Wight and back, for 20 0. guineas. N,.) time i.fixed for the per formance of this wager, Captain nu RAND having reserved to himself the eptioli of starting whenever the, wind should blow strong ; that being the weii tdic,r.htst calculated for the trim of his Yacht. CORN EXCH/LVGE, JAN, IS. MERE is but little . fresh Wheat come in to., day,. and that at hanJ mostly of inferior qua lit ; fine is in demand, and fetches higher prices ; some few fine Dantzic samples fetch Sos. per quarter; in Barley, Malt; Pease, or Oats, there is but little doing, and at about last prices; new Tick BeanS are cheaper ; Flour- is plentiful, and with difficulty letches top prices. 7 Wheat 35s a 42s a 53s od 1 Tick I3eans - 3os a 35s od Fine ditto -54 s a sbs od 1 Oats - tEs a 21s a 23s od Rye - - - zBs a 31s od 1 Poland ditto z 45 a 25s od Barley '-. - zos a 255 od Rape S,teci - - 351 a 381 Malt - - - 50 S a 575 od Fine Flour - , 45s a 485 od White Pease 385 a 45s od Seconds . ios a 45s ocl. Beans, - - - .szs a ;85 cd The new stamp upon the doll,irs issued from the Bank is much complained of, as being very imperfettly executed, and therefore the more eabily counterfeited. Mar)day morning, fourteen deserters tied toge ther with ropes, were marched through St. ,James's Park, on their way to the Isle of Wig,ht. The following singular circumstance occurred on Saturday se'nnight, in the garden of Mr. Mark wick, of Fittleworth; Sussex :—A hawk pounced on a chicken, about half-grown, and whilst encum. bered with his prey, was perceived by the parent cock, who immediately made at the intruder, and by one blow laid him at his feet ; the chick was by this time disengaged, and a battle between the hawk and the cock ensued, which ended, after three rounds, in favour of Chanticleer, from whose feet, Mr. Markwick (who with two other persons had witnessed the confliCl) cook the petty tyrant of the air, with - very few remaining symptoms of life, which he presently resigned in his hands. A youhg Lady, in the last stage of a consump tion, was lately restored to health by the following extraordinary and accidental remedy she had been long attended by the Faculty, but deri'ved no bene fit from their assistance, and considered her.elf verg ing to the end of existence, when she retired, during Last summer, to the vale of Taunton Dean, in Sumer setshire, with intention to wait in solitude the hour of approaching dissolution. Whilst in that situa tion, it was her custom to rise as early as her malts. dy would permit, and contemplate the beauties of nattre from her chamber window, from which she :observed a dog belonging to the house, with scarce ly any flesh on its bones, owing to disease„coustant ly go and lick the dew off a camomile bid' the garden, iri doing which the animal wit' noticed to alter its appearance, to recover strength, and finally look plump and well. The singularity of the cir. cumstance impressed str:sugly on the Lady's mind, and induced her to try what efFeCt might be pro duced from following the example of the'quadruped. S'ne accordingly rocured the dew, from the same bed of carnomile,.clrank a smoll quantity each morning, and after - continuing so to do for sortie time, expe reinced a wonderful relief ; her appetite became regular, she found a return vitits, and in the end was completely cured