The Sun. — London, England, 1817-11-05 00:00:00

The INIEDICAt OFFICERS of the NAVY. iers 11 listers story Writ ieen I 111 11 ,„(.: se / 0 Ling to pr id co Vic mpt ADO .ance . of o, obinit retre mug . sseo i4 lc V w oast p!es 02 1 1 , Popi' %viSt ‘' if RP+ itJa , fy rn," it. bi~'' I n„c a;hp r t 1:05C ?1,1(P 'l IN prf port )ire ,, able A rn'en3ure has just been sanctioned ( by the Board of Athniralty, for the benefit of the Fantilies of this. meritorious class of Oilicers, wh!`clr redounds so much to the credit - Of the corpS itself witl tvhich it originated, and to the praise of Govern ment, by whom it was very tealonsly 'encouraged, that we are desirous of making, it gene'rAly known. In common with the Widows 'Of other Naval Officers, the Widows of Surge Ons have hitherto had pr_ntions of 401. per annuni frO'rnrio . verninent. But tke subordinate and not less useful class of Assistant Surgeons have had im such prot'ision. it was therefore df!terinin6l, h nieans of a small contribution from each member of the corps, (compulsory on those hereafter 'entering the ser . - vice, but optional to the present members) to etablish a Supplemental Fund, in order to grant additional pensions of 401. a year to the Widows, and certain other benefits to the Orphans, of such of the Medical Officers of the Navy, of every de scripti )n, as should desire to :Avail themselves of t h e rt i v il eges o f thi s lovitution ; such additional pension not to be reckoned a a private income, or as tending to deprive the widow of the King's pen sion. Consistently with the present regulations, therefore, a Medical Officer's Widow may in In sure hold the two pensions o f 401, each, besides SOL of private inctime. This Fund has now been established by H s vat Highness the "SINGE REG E NT, a copy of whose Order in Council we subjoin. It is not the least encouraging part of the .plan, that the management of the Fund is vested in the F.rst Lord and Secretary of the Admiralty for the time bring, with a Court of Directors, composed of the principal Medical Of- ficers. On Monday, the first meeting of Directors w as bolo at the Admiralty-Office, under the presidency of `.j. W. CROKeR, Eq. when Mr. Fitst4Anotst, one of the Senior Clerks of the Admiralty, by '%hose active exertions the plan had been greatly protnoted, and by whom the regulations of the Fund and the several calculations had been formed, was unanimously elec►ed Secretary of the Society. Messrs. Manor, of Great George-street, %Vest- tniustee; %vele at the same time elected Treasurers. At the Court at Carlton House, the 13th of A ogost, 1917. Present—His Royal Highness the PRINCE REuevr, in Council. IViirreas there was this day read at the Board a Memorial from the I i ht Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, dated the. Ist of this Instant, in the words fol lowing-, viz. t i(11' L:0 01' att E y~s “The Medical Officers of tie Royal Navy having very ge neraily concurred in-a desire to establish, by Contributions amonz th.nnselves, a Fond for the benefit of their Widows, snppleinental to the Pensions now orosided for them under 'exi,tinp.:Reorlations, and harinir earnestly requested of us that certain , tandig Orders and Regnlations for theGurern- t, meta of Nadi supplemental Fond, which had been prepared by a Columittee app.; wed by them for that purpose, 711111 sub mitted f ur o ur approbation, should he laid by us before your Royal Highness in Council, with their most humble and earnest. request that your Royal Highuesi would he graciously ',teased to a prove of, and to establish the said Orders and Regulations by authority of your Royal Highness' Order in Council: We do most humbly tepresent to your Royal High ness, that the object of the said Medical Of!geers appears to us to he very laudable in ita-lf, and that it tends to the emu fort and respectability cif that branch of his Majesty's Naval iervice; We beg leave therefore with all humility to annex a Copy of the Orders and Regulations abovetnentioned, which we have read and approved ; most humbly submitting to vnur Royal highness the expediency of establishing the same by authhrity of your Order in Council, in the name and uu the behalf of his Majesty, as requested by the said Medical ; Officers" His Royal Highness the Prince Regent having taken Vac said Memorial into consideration, was pleased, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, and by and with the advice of his Majesty's Privy Council, to approve thereof, and of the said Orders and Regulations (copy whereof is hereunto annexed): And his Royal Highness doth hereby establish the sn-ue : And the Right Hononrable the Lords Commissioners of the. Admiralty arc to give the necessary directions herein, accordingly. (Signed) CHETWYND. NOTTI.NGRANI PITT CLUB —The Anniversary of this Cli.h te.,:s held on Wednesday last. In the absence of the Duke• of NEWCASTLB, irolll lament ed indisposition, LEE IS ALLSOPP, Esq. presided. All the Usual loyal and patriotic toasts were drank with enthusiasm, and the utmost harmony pre vailed on the occasion. ROBBERY AT BURLINGTON-HOUSIL-Yrsterday, about 2 o'clock,. some thieves had the audacity to enter by the gate at Burlingtopi-house, and during the temporary absence of the person %vho had the care of the store-room, they entrted it, and stole every thing valuable, .which they succeeded in carrying off. The circumstance of a number being drawn a 20,0001 Pi ize, aft. r it had been previously drawn 4 Blank, has created a great interest concerning the. present Lottery, as it is to be drawn on the same plon as the one in which the event above alluded to occurred ;—the number was 4.367, drawn the 9'h of July last a Blank. and re-cirawn on the 19;11 of the same month a 20,0001 Prizr, and shared by BIS.II i n to Sixteen Sixteenth Shares. it is mare than proh.dile that some of the num bers drawn Blanks Nax-r FRIDAY will afterward, be Capitals, and Bistes Offices, from having in almost every Lottery for many years past sold rnore Capitals than any other, are expected to tell the greater part, if not all, the Six 20,0001. Prizes in the Lottery which begins Nazi' FRIDAY. noyAL VISIT TO BATIi. • • . livril, NOV. f.'C'torir—The 01/rezt; and D toe L'Alz.‘kit:Tll, at ended by 4 nunnerouv retinue, ari iced at five o'clock this evenint, at the spacious and elegant house's in SydneS , -plAce; pre pared for their recent ion. It is impOsSible to de . - scribe the scene of hustle and coultiSinti thi4 town presented from HI! : rArly h 0 of 003 . 1110111 ,, e. A relay of borers fruit I' s ork-holise; the Posi.noys attired in most stmerbdresses, Proceed j ed 0 Rrt ford to cond u ct th e Royal Visitors it; their_ deoi nation. 'F -e roatt ;row the city to that tOWI) was crotvded on h people of every description, sitter , 10 o'clock in the moru,ng, night be seen fly tiin all directioOs. Preparations inti been in.ole for a general iltumitiation, the whole city now presents a blaze of light. Great Pulteney-street, at the end of which is 'Situate . her MAJESTY'S residence, surpasses all the rest in hrilliancy. The most judicious arrangements of the polire have been made, to prevent any acci ue .1 from the pressure of the crowd, and to ensure the proper respect and decorum due to the illus trious visitors &large party of constables hare been sta.ioned in •he vicinity of the Royal resi deuce, di essed in scarlet and blue, and gold lace. Detachments of the 38th regiment and 15th dra goons are 4ISO on dirty. At a quarter before six o'clock, his Royal Highness the Doke of CLA RENCE arrited, and afterwards dined with his Royal Mother awl Sister._ TEIE PRINCb•NS CHARLOTTE. CLAREMONT, TUESDAY, Nov. 4.—At a la►e hour last night the Princess CHARLOTTE becathe itillis posed, and at three o'clock Doctor Sir Richard Croft pronounced the near approach of her Royal Highness's accouchenzent. A number of servants who have been for some time kept in close attend ance in their riding dresses, and their horses, in readiness for them to mount, were, in conse quence, dispatched at a quarter past three o'clock, in various directions, to summon the different Privy Counsellors, who were, according to Court etiquette, to attend. Dr. Baillie was also sent for, to give his advice if necessary. Directions were given to the messengers to wake all possible speed, which they strictly at tended to, and those who went to London, which is 16 miles from Claremont, reached town in an hour and a quarter. The footman even went to the Lord Chancellor's, in Bedford-square. The first of the Privy Counsellors twit) arrived .was Earl Bathurst, who came from his seat at Putney, where the Noble Earl had kept his- car riage and horses in readiness to put to for some time past. The footman went to Putney and re turned in furry minutes ; and Earl Bathurst ar rived at a quartet past five o'clock. Viscount 6idmouth, who had also made every necessary preparation to be present at a short no tice, arrived tram Richmond Perk at a quarter before six. The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of London arrived in the Bishop of London's car riage and four, from Folhant, at six o'clock. The Archbishop of Canterbury had been wait ing on a visit to the Bisimr of London, during the last three weeks, in expectation of being souk mooed to attend the Royal accouchement. Fulhant being so many miles nearer to Claremont than the residence of his Grace. The Chancellor or the Exchequer arrived in a chariot and.foor from his house iu Downing -street, at halt-psst seven o'clock. The Lord Chancellor arrived in a chaise and tour at a quar►er betore eight, from his house in Bedford-square. Dr. .Bacllie anivcd in his chariot and tour, at a.qoarter past seven o'clock, from his house at Virginia Wearers. Prince Leopold has passed the day in the greatest anxiety in the house, as well as all the Royal at tendants and domestics, with the State Officers and others in attendance. In the neighbouring towns and villages the most lively interest hasbeeu excited, and the most earnest inquiries have been made during tl►e day. The travellers through Ether have generally stopped to make their respectful inquiries ; the Bear Inn, where most of the stage coaches stop, has been thronged ; the first and principal object of their inquiry was the welfare ef the Princess. At Kingston, though only five miles froal Claremont, it was falsely rumoured and believed, early in the morning, that the Prin cess had been safely delivered of a son, and the:, inhabitants were so elated on the occasion, that the bell, were about to be set a ringing, and pre parations were made for illuminating to-night. lhe Mayor, however, ..prudently interfered, and prevented the hoeing of the bells fill he received a confirmation of the joyful event from atithority, and dispatched the High Constable (or that pur pose, on whose arrival at Claremont, and making the necessary enquiry, be was informed the wished-for event bad not taken place. Four o'clock, p. m.—The last report of Sir Richard Croft to the Privy Counsellors assembled upon the occasion was, the progress of her Royal Highness the I?.rince%s CHARLOTTE'S 61111CSS is 111 ev , ry respect 411 favourable as he could pos sibly wish." . . CITY 14Ysiriess.—Yit eri *'sti biy a Court of Alder men „ held at Guildh a ll, at which the Lord Mal*, several Aldermen, the Sheriffs, and City Weers attended.—The Chamberlain delivered in ?Ms accounts of the produce of the Orphan's Fund for the last halt-year, whereupon the Court pro ceeded to draw off 12,801. stock, which they ordered to be annihilated, and directed the Chem oerlain to give the notices agreeably to the Act of Parliament to the several parties interested therein, that they might attend and receive t!.e saute at his offi( e• A considerable number of l) ii s of gold, weighing about 7,300 ounces, and 208 bats of sil ver, o eighing upwards of 139,000 ounces, were sworn off for exportation. A repo, t %vitt' new and amended tables of fees at the respective Justice ltooms, at the Mansion-house, Guildhall, and the Town Hall in the Borough, was presented and agreed to, and ordered to conimence from Lord Mayor's day next. h)NIAN TST„NND§. .FOll. THE SUN. Enrr Aloe!), very much are the Reittler; of yOi.'r Public-spirited i'spe; indebted tO :Fan. correspondent It. S. A. for his welt-wr'itten Letter respecting . the hi.ANDs .; he di•co vers every sentence the generous feelings of Inc Country. His Letter firrtns a focus f 4 Or die Sum's (ayg to sit most i interestio K spot, Albania, in the Adriatic. We feel very sensibly his deSerip (ion of the sufferings of the lir,tire Pa 1(60TE1; whose defence Of their tits , would haVe done honour to Britain ; we feel allitnated at his descrip'titin of the 'Keyt, - , having been - surrendered tti the Kri'tish Officer;, and still more that the British Union shoUld have waved from its walls. After this; eau it be posSible to suppose, frira that those brave Citiiens . are to be left unprotected- j left to a merciless Tyrant—lett to certain de struction ? Can it be possible that where the British Union fiai bcei; hoisted to PROTECT j CHRISTIANS, that it is to he struck; and those in teresting characters l e ft t o their fate and all Through a policy 'replete with weaknessand, in this case, as illlbCalre 33 tli2 t Jn t he tithe Of 'JAMES the First. Let the British Union be struck, and there will be found a painful Sentence written across the United crosses of St. George, St. Andrew, and St. Patrick—" The AnnialMann of Parga." Ex chisiie of inch a painful resnit—exclusive of our finest feelings being Outraged fiy such an occur rence—do we not know, or have we yet to learn, the pains taking by several Powers to possess Harbours in the Mediterranean ? Are we to be told that ODESSA, a pOrt riot discernable 25 years since, has now 400 sail of ships at a time lying in its hat bour; that the Dardanelles and Sea of Marutora are only a highway and a trodolen course for the Aggrandizement OF THOSE who are determined to possess " Ships, Colonies,, and Commerce ?" Are we lobe told that a Maritime Nation like ourselves, where every man ought to be web-footed to float, (ight not to be too parsi monious towards OUR NAVY ? Can it he possible that money can be better expended titan in a laudable provision for such a true source of na tional defence ?—Can Britons have too much line of Coast ? Can so interesting a spot as PAttoos, upon all and every consideration, be neglected ? Look at the map—see its situation—study its geography, its affinity to a most animating sce- , r eery, and we lutist acknowledge that our National Honour, as well as our National Interest, unite in calling upon us to preserve it from the rapacity, and. front the cruelty, of its dreadful neighbours. I am, Sir, your humble servant, Nor. I, 1817. " A LONGSHOREMAN." FRENCH CONGENIALITY. FOR THE SUN. MR. EDITOR,—I-Faving lately retnrned from a Continental Tour of several months. I am in duced to state to you a circumstance, which tends to spew a strong probability that the late attempts of the Revolutionary Faction in England were not without the knowledge and support of those who aim at producing confusion in France.— About a month ago, as I was crossing the Place de Carousel from the Thuil'cries, in company with an Englishman who had resided many years in Palk, we passed a tall shabby-genteel lov i iiing man, whom lily companion wished me to notice; when he had passed, I was told that this man (whose name was mentioned) hail, with 20 or 30 other Englishmen, appeared in Paris immediately after the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, and that. the universal opinion was, that these persons were some of those who had been engaged in the recent conspiracies in England, and were compelled to escape from this country. He said they were mostly of the lower classes of society, chiefly inferior tradesmen and jonrneymen me chanics ; that after staying some weeks, they had disappeared, with the exception of the man whom we met, and a few others. He added that they had improved much in their condi , ion after their arrival in Paris, and he was satisfied, from appearances, they were supported by some per sons itt that city. Now, Sir, it is well nederstood in France, indeed the late eiectiols have proved it to be true, that theJAcoßts; or RIVOLUTIoNARY johrty have joined the PARTISANS of BUONAPARTE, for the purpose of what they call promoting " the glory of France ;" this is their cant phrase, de noting, that as long as the Boum:tont Dynasty is on the throne, no system of plunder, war, and desolation can he expected to take place ; and they know that so long as THE ALLIES adhere to their present plan of keeping a formidable army on the French frontiers, so long their projects cannot he effected. It therefore appears to me, front all I heard and saw, that they arc connected with their Co-Patriots in England, and are de sirous to bring.abont'a Revol u tion there, whereby THE Sow_ of rite Continental Confederacy will be materially weakened or nestroyel, and- the ava rice, a , obition, and revenge of the Reformers mid Liberules. on both skies of he water,-promoted. London, Nov. 1, 1817. NESTOR. It is commonly said., by foreigners, that in the gloomy month November the English have.a peculiar fancy . for hanging or drowning. them selves. Whether this is really the fact or not, tee do not intend to give an opinion ; we can only say, that it is very evident such is not the case at present. This exception (if it is one) l ►erhatps ►►rises frinn a better prospect ut affairs, or from other causes,. such as the Drawing of the Lot. tery, which commences on FRIDAY NEXT, arid contains no less than SIX Prizes of 20,0001. a circumstance exhilarating to the spirits o!- those who have adventured' in a Lottery which also possesses nearly .3,000 more Prizes than. snit; xmtr§. tilt - art of,q Leiter from Caotain DANTIDsoN, ef the finds,,s!'s Vizi/ 'My 'S Ship FA dystnne, dated the 24th dcluber, "On the 21• t Oct in hit.:)9 3U N. ion 17. :;b. Sa' A' 8 VCS . SeI 011 the : li.t,ted, itr rolo'uts, a a main deck gnt 7 II n ot tieing~ amiwered induced nie to bear down , nwardi her : when near tohcr (not seeing : any one on deck), red another deck :;tin; and went aisd tinder her stern ; her .mone on her stet - , the ‘` Rove,r,nf NetvcAst le ;" she rq)peared rn,be tint hey loaded", and tpll of cater. witch so that it was rushing out of her cabin windows, and not a creature 0 . 11 deck.. Had there been any ,oue.t?li board - , was Inn intention to have kwer ed:theboat down; and taken t hem on hoard, but being, convin ce d t o t h e contrar y, we left her." Mesa --4'he :vessel ab o v e. mentioned is the • Rover FitANK, froM St. John's, N. l. to Stock : The crew arrived safe near Westrort, - • • PLYiwou'rif' Nov. .—Arrived the Frow Anna, MuLL• • ER, from Hamburgh to Nantes, dismasted, and •• in, disfrcss, and must unload ; Richard and 4AMIAN,, from Vianna ; Mercy. MIDDLE.. TON; i• from Pictou, in 24 . days. L Passed up Chan !Lel 111 e American schooner.S A ll Y ', ANsw., from Paltimore for HaKre.. The Mercy spoke, on the 16th Oct. in lat. 48. 4Q. long. 48. 44 'he Ame rican ship Moses . Brown, RonissuN, wish pas sengers., from Liverpool for New York, ont 28 clays, All well, but had experienced heavy gales. THE ARMY. horse-Guards, Oct. 25, 1817. Atk . a General Court-Martial held.at Portsmouth, on the 4th September, 1817, and continued by Adjournments to the 22d of the same month, Lieutenant-Colonel LUKE ALEN, of the 55th, or AVestmoreland Regiment of Foot, was arraigned upon the undermentioned Charges, viz. :— •• Ist. Disobedience and evasion of a General Order o' the 6th November, 181 6, by wilfailly Ynnitting to insert (notwith standing the directions given to the Regiments to att.oid thereto, and which according to appearance, was acted up at,) in the usoal Return of Defaulters ordered tjt .tie sent in • Daily,' the Names of certain Men who had been . Defaul ters, and of whom, several as such, hnd been tried by Regi mental Courts-Martial, whereby, particularly betwe a the months of March'an'd April last, Major-General Bayly was thwarted and prevented tithing the steps lie might have con sidered advisable in these instances, towards checking the system practised by Lieutenant-Colonel Alen, of having re course to Regimental Courts-Martial for trivial Offences; which system Major-General Potyly had marked his disappro bation of, and depended greatly on these Returns, to know to what extent it might be necessary for Um further to inter fere, either by stopping the intended Trials, overlooking, the .Proceedings before the Sentences werl, 'Mt into effect, or otherwise, the said deviation of Duty being prejudicial to good Order and Military Discipline." " c2d. For highly improper Conduct, in having brought certain Soldiers of the 55th Regiment before a Coort-Nlartial at the Drum Head, in April last, for Offences, not only com mitted two days previous to Trial, but under other circum stances not being of a oature to call for such a summary mode of proceeding, which was the less necessary, front the fact of the Orderly Room being within a few yards of the place of Trial,•where; and in which place, the Evidence might and ought, agreeably to the established practice of the Service, to have been taken in Writing; anion;.; which Courts-Martial, one Charge bears no date of the Offence the Prisoner is charged with, and several of the Sentences were not put into effect until one day after the Trial, though the necessity of example was considered so pressing by Lieutenant-Colonel Alen;—also giving as a reason on the occasion of these Courts-Martial, that part of the said Prisoners were tried in the above hasty and unusual manner, (known only under cir cumstances of the.most mutinous, insubordinate, or urgent nature) merely because an opportunity thereby offered fur him to have a clear Guard House. The said arbitrary and irregular manner of proceeding being hurtful 4o the Ser vice, oppressive to the Soldier, and prajodicial to good Order and Military Dis,apline." " 3d. For disobedience of Orders given after the arrival of the 550 Regiinent at Guernsey, but more particularly those of the 30eli January last, by quartering a considerably greater nturnbrr of Men in Fort George Barracks (limited to l'hree Hundred by the Barrack Regulations) than that place was intended to contain, which occasioned a representation of the irregularity thereof from the' Barrack Board. The said dis regard to Orders subjecting the Service to much inconve nience, being an improper example to the Regiment, and in every point ummilitary.' . Upon which C harges the Court came to the following decision : " The Court leaving very maturely considered the whole of the Evidence which has been produced by Major-General Bayly on the pin't of the Prosecution, as well as by Lieute nant-Col. Alen on his Defence, are of opinion as follows:" " That with regard to the rirst Charge, he, Lieutenant- Colonel Ale, is Guilty of omitting the Names of certain Men proved not to have been returned in the daily Returns of De faulters, whereby the intention of the Major-General Com manding, in giving out the Order of the 6th November, 1516, was in a degree frustrated ;—but the omission appears to the Court to have proceeded front a very erroneous idea, that he was not called upon to include in the said Returns, Names of Men confined by order of Staff Officers, or Men who were con. tined, tried, and their Sentences carr i ed into Execution, be tween the hours prescribed for sending in the Returns in question, rather than from an intention of wilfully disobeying that. Order." " 1 he Court are of opinion, that LiLutenant-Colonel Alen is Guilty of the Second Charge." " And in regard to the Third Charge, the Court fi nd Lieu tenant-Colonel Alen Guilty therea, but from an error of Judgment, in supposing that the Orders extended to the Bar racks only, without including the Bombproufs and other Ac commodations in Fort George." " The Court hare not taken into their consideration the circnmstance of the Order of the 30th January, haring been inserted in the Third Charge, instead of the 31st of that month, the mistake appearing to hare been'merety a clerical error." " The Court having found the Prisoner Lieutenant-Colo nel Alen, of the 55th Regiment, Guilty, to the extent afore said, being a Breach of the Articles of War, do in consequence Sentence him (Lientenant-Colonel Alen) to he placed twelve months lower on the list of Lieutenant-Colonels of the Army, and, further . . to be reprimanded and admonished in such manner as his Royal Highness the Prince Regent shall he pleased to direct." The Prince Rcgent has been pleased, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, to approve and confirm the Find ing and seotetico of the Court, and to command, that 'the reprimand _and admonitibn shall be carried into effect in. terms conducive to the interest and benefit of the service. His Royal Highness has, at the same time, been pleased to take into consideration, that the well-being of the service may be materially involved by the continuance of an Officer in the command of a Regiment, whose conduct in that re sponsible and important capacity, has been found deserving. of the Sentence adjudged, and the reprimand and admonition that has followed,—which, though called for by the offence. would in its effect weaken the confidence of the Officers and met in their Commander, and lesiim Ihe force of that eon-- troul over their conduct, which is essential ta the mandes , fiance of good order and discipline. Upon these grounds it has appeare_d to his Royal Highness, that the continuance of Lienten.intsColond Alen in the curtuuand of the sbth Regiment, is inciiiisistent wit the wel fare of • hat Corps:—his Royal HighlWA has therefore been pleased to.command, that he, Lieutenant-Colon. 1 A kit, shallt.' have tic option of retiring upon Half-pay, or from the Ser vice altogether' by the sale of his commission. The Commander in Chief directs, that the Charges pre ferred against Lientenant-Coitmel Alen, to..! . ether with the ,Finding and Sentence of the Court, and the Prince Regent's pleasure t hereon, shall he entered in the General Order Book, aad read at the head, of every Regiment in his Majesty's service. By Command of his Royal Highness, . The Commander in ehiel, HARRY CALVERT, Adjutant-General.