The Sun. — London, England, 1806-08-20 00:00:00

COURT .51,:mi7;11, 4 . r 9OrthEsl'En. THE proceedings of this Court, the trial of se veral Officers of the West Kent Regiment of Mili tia, are preparing for publication by LYNIEL SUT TON, Esq. Counsel for the Prisoners, and' i tiOw the Deputy Judge Advocate of thq Eastern,Distild. The charges were, for : conduaing them Selves in a manner prejudicial to good order and military dis cipline, on the 4th of September. 1805, and at di vers other times in the said month, and Since com bining together ; and in consequence 'of such com binations, systematically and contumaciously absent ins:, themselves .from the society of certain Field Officers and Captains; whose names are specified ; upon which charges the following Officers were foundluilty, and sentenced, viz:, Lieutenants 131s,cu and scHots—Dimilsled His Majes ty's Service. Lieutenants 131 snot. ATKINS, RAMSDEN, RICHARD. SON, BATH, and Honnson—Dismhiled from the West Kent Regiment of Militia. Lieutenant tram was :Paymaster • and Ensign 14 HODGSO was separately tried on a charge of mak ing groundless complaints as Assistant-Surgeon to the. Deputy inspeetor of Hospitals, and found guilty. The above has been circulated in the P u bli c O r d ers throughout the Eastern Distri&, with the exception of the following Animadversion of the Court, viz. In passing judgment on so 'large a body of Officers; the Court feels itself bound to animadvert on the pernicious system which evidently appears to have been introduced and ailed upon in the West Kent Regiment of Militia ; and it is with the greatest concern the Court has observed the aggra vating ConduEl 'of those, who, from their rank in the Regiment, ought to have set a better example, and whose indispeusible duty it was, after the. Prisoners bad acknowledged their error, and retra&ed their resolution of not speaking, or holding any inter course with their superior Officers, to have extended Their fostering protedtion, and dire&ed those who, frOm their youth and inexperience, might be supposed to have been misled. ‘" Whereas it appears that certain Officers, since that explanation, have refused to meet or interchange the cOmrnon civilities with the prisoners, by which that harmony and concord could be restored to the Regiment, which is so essential to promote the good deistanding and unanimity of the whole, the con du& of ;goose Officers has been of a nature most ag gravating, and certainly calculated to inflam e fath er than heal the existing evil. (Signed) JAS. CLITHEROW, Cot, and President. August 2, 1806. 4 .1. Carruthers, Captain 43d Regiment, A dingjudge-Advocate. (A true Copy. ) 1. A. OLDHAM, ludge Advocate General's Office, London, The whole of the Proceedings may b e seen at t I 4 Deputy Judge. Advocate's Office, in Downing-street, Westminster. Txtr AartiY.;-That, gallant Veteran, General Sir GEORGE OSBORNE, is now do a Visit to his Regi- Ment, the 40th, at Portsmouth and yesterday he reviewed both the Battalions. The want of Trans ports only delays the embarkation of the first Batta lion of the 40th for Sicily. The 2d Battalions of the 14th and 40th embark for Ireland, there to be filled up. The Officers of that fine Regiment, the 13th, commanded by the Hon. Colonel COLVILLE, which highly distinguished itself in Egypt, now wear the medats which they gained there. The Re giment afterwards went to Gibraltar. The skeleton of the 68th, commanded by Coldnel FARLEY, has just arrived froth the West Indies. The skele tons Of the 7th and Ilth .Regiments are on their -way bone likewise, and may be daily expeEted, es they sailed ar the same time. with the 68th. The 70th must come home immediately, ns it is quite bare of men. What remained of the 15th Regiment w aj embarked on board Admi-. zal Cacnnii*E's Fleet, where Marines were. much wanted. • Of the Sicilian Expedition, the Staff not going out consists of liajoiXFperals It r yNymtn,I4dFAGILT,SPLNCEii. Quarter-Master - General Mit . jor.6cieral 6 AKts. brigadier -General - g.w ART, of the 9sth. Deputy Adjutants Ge- S Brigadier-Gen. CAp.tiaeLL, 6164 neral - - - - and Lord WA LDEG RAV E. Commissaries General Tuiitirsou and DtrNatott N. Deputy Inspctior of Z n. uot;4ol' aOMERVILLE. Hospitals - PhYticiats 'DOAGTS KING and Mos ELEV. Staff Surgeons - ROSS, CARPUZ, MONTAGUZ; and Caumr. Purveyor . . SizwART. Lord PACKET is tO• have the Blues, in additibri to the Bays, in his Brigade, and a finer Brigade of heavy Cavalry never went tint.of the s kingdorn. It is rupposed that Mnjot-GeneralWyN s van will hare the Guards as his Bri g ade. Several Regiments are daily expected from Ireland to join the Grand Expe dition. The" last report is; that the PI INCE'S fine Begiment, the loth Light Dragoons, are to go on service. Yesterday Morning the whole 6f Lord CALEbbies suite, with his baggage, and 16 horses, carriages, &c. embarked at Gravesend, on board the Mermaid Frigate, which immediately got under weigh for the Downs, on her way to the Cape of Good Hepe. His Lordship, with his Secretary of Legation, and the remainder of his suite, will sail on, thelst of September from Portsmouth for the Cape. Coors, tjle Mlor, it is said, is seriously indis posed at Dublin. This Performer has taken such liberties with his ccnstiuition that his illness is by no means a Matter of surprize. It is somewhat. strange that, during his late engagement at Edin burgh, no man' could have concluded himself with more propriety in the discharge of his professional duties. We may infer, that our northern neighbours in general set him a prudent example. Mr. COLEMAN has been lately indisposed, but his Muse has not been idle. She has recently brought forth a Farce, which will, most probably, appear on the Haymarket Bards before the conclusion of the Season, and afford another specimen of original whim and pleasantry. CAUTION TOE SERVANTS.—A few days ago Mary Hickton was conviEted before "the Mayor of Not tingham, in the penalty of 1001. for negligently and carelessly setting fire to her master's coal-house or shed; and \ beim" unable to pay the penalty, she was sentenced to be Imprisoned in the common . gaol 1V months. 21.1AiL611*', ,SALE of .SPAAVSI SFIEF,P. .....•••••••••••••., I T ESTERDAY, at 10If past tWo o'clock, the annual gale of Merino Sheep from his Majesty'4 flock of the pure / Merino breed, 80 re mar k a bl e f or the silky fine ness of their woc.l, took place neat- the Pagoda at j• KeW, when 26 Shearling, or two-tbothed rams, three four-toothed rams, 2 full-mouthed rams, and 20 full-mouthed or aged ewes; were . sold . by Mr. Farnham, the Au&ioneer, a single sheep in a lot, as folloWs, viz. to Mr. Housman, lots 1,2, 4, and 7, of the shearling rams; at 13i, 13, 12, and 12 guineas respeaively. TO Colonel Fullarton, • lots 3 and 5, at 15 and 12 guinelli.•: - TO Mr. Mayer, lot 6, at, 12 guineas. Mr. Essens lot 8, at 11 guineas. Mr. Eden lots to, 11, 13, 14, 17, 18, , 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, and 26, at elevenand a half, ten and a half, 12 and a half, thirteen, twelve and half, eleven and a half, fourteen and a half, seventeen, thirteen and a half, eighteen guineas and a half, six teen, thirty-three guineas and a half, and twenty five guineas respeCtively. Mr. Stanford, the King's Shepherd,; for Mr. Cook, lot 9, at eleven guineas. M. Wansey, Esq. lots 12, 16, and 20, at 15, 16, and 26 guineas; and to Mr. Compton, lot 15, at 15 guineas. Mr. Wansey purchased lot 27, a 2-toothed ram, at 103 guineas ; and Mr. Whitaker, lots 28 and 29, at 14 and 27 guineas respe&ively. Mr. Aiton was the purchaser of lot 30, a full-mouthed ram, called Old Snags, which has been used in the King's flock :with great success, at eighteen and a half guineas ; and lot 31, a six-toothed ram, that has also done service in the Royal. flock, at al guineas. The sale of the Ewes next commenced, and Mr. Essen bought lots 32, 33, and 40, at 73, 73, and 103 guineas respectively; Mr. Compton,' lots 34, 37, and 43, at 7, 10, and 103 guineas; Mr. Bell, lots 35, 39, 41, 45, 46, 47, and 48, at 12, N, 13, 12, 12, 133, and 13 guineas respeelively; and Co- , lonel ullarton bought lots 36, 38, 42, 44, 49, 50, and 51, at 8, 14, 15, 16, 145, 14, and 16 guineas respeetively. The Company was not so numerous as on former otcasions, nor were the bidders so eager as we have before seen them, although thesheep were in general unexceptionable in point of wool, and certainly better in carcase than at the former sales. It will be seen above, that the highest shearling ram sold for 331 guineas ; and the twenty-six are found to average about 1.51. I is. each ; last year' the best shearling ram sold for .56 guineas , and they average d more than 34 guineas. Mr. Angerstein last year purchased a son of Snags for 64 guineas, whilst his famous sire now sold for 18i guineas.. The gracious intentions of his Majesfy in distri buting these valuable sheep among pradical breeders, will be far better answered, than by the excessive prices .which it seemed probable, last year, that the sheep at these sales were to fetch from the competi tion of amateurs in this art ; and we doubt not of his Majesty being, on this account, well pleased with the result of yesterday's sale, although below that of the last. As the company were leaving the field, they were presented with notices of a sale of 28 Spanish Rams, from the flock of Dr. Parry, of Bath, on the 26th inst. at Hounslow. The'Clergyman of a country village reprehending one of his parishioners 'for quarrelling with his wife so loudly, and so frequently, as to be a source of per petual disturbance to the neighbourhood, in the course of his exhortation remarked, that the Scriptures de clared, that man and wife were one. Aye, that may be, Sir," answered Hodge, " but if you were to go by when my wife and I are at it, you'd think there were twenty of us !" An Irish-hand bill, announcing a Concert to be performed in a principal town, in support of a cha rity, quietly mentions, as a part of the bill of fare, that, in the course of the evening, three Ladies, in habitants of the place, will p er f orm a favourite iket. Yesterday the Right Honourable the LORD MAYOR, after examining the Mealweighers' Returns of Wheat and Flout, ordered the price of Bread to be lower ed id. in the Quartern Loaf, to talte place to-mor row, when it will be is. id. CORN-EXCHANGE, AUGUST 20.—T0-day, at the New Market, there are few further arrivals of Wheat, and' not many Buyers; some Samples of very fine fetch 86s. per quarter, and nearly as much before the close of Monday's Market ; Barley has but few buyers ; there are several cargoes of foreign Oats arrived this week, and mostly out of ' con dition, and this article remains full as dear ; Rape Seed is rather lower ; and the prices of Flour, with other articles, are nearly as out last. MA R LBOROUGH-STR EET.—;-"tOterilay 54 disorderly women were brought before the Sitting Magistrate fir perambulating the streets at a late hour on the preceding night. The Parish Officers within the City and Liberty of Westminstek were ordered to clear the streets of women of the town after twelte o'clock, by taking Ali they could find to the watch.: house' at is customary at certain times of the year. OUt of the number who were taken not more than four or five could give Any satisfa&ory account of themselves; the remainder were sent to prison till next Sessioni, except a few of them, who were held, to bail. MANslow-tiousE.--Yesterday a man of the name of Joseph was examined before the LORD MAYOR, charged with picking. a Gentleman's pocket on Mon day afternoon of his pocket-book, containing pro perty tO a large amount. The pick-pocket, on his being deteiSted, flung the pocket-book over London Bridge, and it was pickeki up by, a waterman who was in a boa( ; the boqk was produced and identified by the Gentleman, when the Prisoner was committed for further examination. . A melancholy accident ' o c curre d last l'lhirsday night, at Stone, in the Isle of Oxney.—Some labour ing men, to the number of 14, employed on the new Canal cut there, and who occupied a hut adjoining the same, having had some liquor served out to then), became inebriated, and lay down to sleep.—One of them waking at three o'clock in the, morning disco vered the hut in flames, endeavoured to wake his cOmpanions, which could not be wholly effected as they were so much intoxicated , ---in consequence, three of them were burnt to death. On the Bth inst. died suddenly, at Penzance, in the County of Cornwall, Mrs. SCOBELL, wife of Mr. A. SCOBELL, Attorney at Law, and second daughter of the late HARRY INNES, of Sandside, in the County of Caitlnaess, Scotland. S . 1"..V.A..71 UP TOY-. . :Yesterday; at an adjourned Meeting of the Corn tnissioners of Bankrupts at Guildhall, gr. Anthony' briiTy Swinton, of Salisbury-square, late Proprietor .of Datty's Elixir, attended .for .his final exami nation. ' . . The Publib are already in possession o f many cu rious particulars respecting . th e former ekaipinaiious of Mr. Swinton, .the contradialory account; he g* of his affairs, and the fabricated stqtements which he produced. • There was a private meeting held by the Com missioners on Monday, at the Baptist Head Coffee house, in Chancery lane, at which two persons were examined ; the •one named Wallace, the other Hall, both of whom had atled as Assistant Clerks to Mr. Swinton ; and from whose testimony it ap peared, that both had been employed to make out fabricated accounts for him. Wallace proved that, in the account which he was employed , to make out from the memorandums of a Miss Moore, a Lady in the double capacity of prodgee and Warehouse clerk to Mr. S winton, the average. receipt of Dafly's Medicine in the house was from 301. to 401. per week ; and Hall swore that he was employed by Mr. Swinton, in the year 1804, to make out ac counts for the inspection of the Commissioners of Income, in which the sum expended for materials, and other expences of the business, should appear considerably greater, and the receipts considerably less, than the real amount of both, so as to shew that the average balance of profits for three years past was not more thansl. He also swore, that he Was employed by Mr. Swinton to fabricate another set of accounts, in a book from which Mr. • SNiiinton had-first torn some written leaves, in his presence, and then sent the ether to a bookbinder to have new leaves substituted. He first Saw• the leaves which were torn out in Mr. Swinton's hands, and afterwards saw him put them into a drawer in the sideboard in .his parlour ; that when this book was brought back from the bookbinder's, Mr. Swinton sent for him to make out in it an account, which he did, under Mr. Swinton's direaion ; that for this purpose there were laid before him on the table three glasses ; one c o nt a i n i ng i n k ; the se cond, ink with water ; and the third, ink witli vineg-at ; and also three kinds of bad pens, for the purpose of giving different shades of colour to the writing, and-making it appear as if written at qUite different times : that Mr. Swinton frequently de sired him to dash the pages of the book with ink, as if done by accident, and to soil the leaves with his hand; and that Mr. Swinton himself, with part of a Bologna sausage he had been eating, greased the edges of the leaves, to make them appear as if soiled by use. The account made out in this book was tripartite, containing' 'an account—first, of Mr. Swinton's profits upon his Medicine, made out to an 'average of receipts, amounting to 201. per week ; a statement of his househ'old charges, and also of his hunting and sporting expences : all for the purpose of being exhibited to hi's Assignees and the Com . nussioners. To the points of those allegations, Mr - . Swinton Was yesterday examined ; and he acknowledged the fabrication of the books sworn to by Hall,: and .shewing, a profit by his business, in four years, of 46.151. • 18s. Id. The reason why he had caused this fabrication, he' said, - was that Lhe was told if he did not shew some accounts to the Commis sioners, he should be committed to Newgate ; and having no regular accounts to shew, he bad caused, those made out by Hall to be fabricated, upon a supposition that the average profits of his business were about :0001. year. He acknowledged having, torn the leaves out of the book, and having sent it to the bookbinder's for the purpose of inserting new leaves ; but he denied having torn out the leaves in presence of any one, or placed them in the drawer of his parlour sideboard, to the ,best of his knowledge. He said that he burnt them in his kitchen fire. the day on which he pulled them out, and knew of no one being present at the time. The reason why he burnt them was, he swore, not that they contained any accounts relative to the profits of his business, but that they merely contained some extraneous memorandums not relating to his' business, and some recipes for horse medicines, which he considered of too much value to go 'forth to the public. He totally denied, upon his oath, 'that the three different coloured, inks were. placed by him before Hall,, though he owned tisat he di rthed him how to proceed in that respea ; and he also denied .having used the Bologna sausage in the manner described, but said it had been Suggested by Hall himself, and used by him. He Swore positively, that the average receipts, at his house, for Daffy's Elixir was not above 201. a week, though he owned; that for ten months toge ther it appeared to he from 301. to 401. per week. It was some years more and some. years less ; but on the whole not -above 201. a week on the average. He acknowledged to have lived with Miss Moore up to the day of his bankruptcy, but never since, nor did he know where she now was. He had no thing to do with the sale of the medicine since his bankruptcy ' • the whole was now the property o f a Mrs. Carsiake (she was not -long since a menial servant in his house) ; she purthased the ingredients for compounding the • medicine, and made him an alloW:lnce for his skill and labour in preparing it, of whiCh his proportion since March last amounted to 2001. Mr. Swinton was then asked, what remaining property he had to deliver over ? and he pro duced a schedule, which, he said, spetified the Whole: : this schedule • • contained nothing about horses or plate; the • former he had • disposed of, and Of the latter all that had been in his famil)r was the property of Miss Moore, which she .had taken away. •in the course of his examination, Mr. Swinton produced a newspaper, in which he alledged there was a publication highly injurious to his character, and tending to prejudice the public mind against him. The publication, .he was confident, had been procured by the malicious influence of some of his creditors, and he begged it .might be read by the Comthissioners. Mr. WARREN, one of the Commissioners, said, he could take no cognizance whatever of any such matter, nor could it be fairly supposed to have any influence in prejudicing against hitii the minds . or the judgments' of the Commissioners, who could have no malice against him; nor any other phjeal is the extani - ngian they had carricd on, ~. . . thaii to elicit the truth, and to attain the ends- of justice.-The. examimition being i terminated, Mr.WARRE N c ommen t e d upon thecircuity,stance; of the fabrication ac k now l e d ge d by MT.,§wint on as having been made subsequently to ,his' banC:ruPtcy, for the avowed pui-posc of deceiving the Commis sioners and his Assignees; his gross perjury-, preva 7 - rication, and contradiaion of -himself thro u gh ou t the whole of his examinatien ; ,and above a ll, t h e circumstance of tearing out the leaves frns.ll . his account:book, for the purpose of substituting others in the very same cover., to conceal his wilful and deliberate forgery of fallacious accounts ; and his now. suppressing those torn leaves, which, notwith standing all he had sworn that they were burnt there was the strongest reason° to believe were still in existence, arid kept back with a view to defraud, his creditors; and to conceal from them his effeas. He concluded by declaringhis deter,rnipa lion to Commit the Bankrupt tO i\?ewgate, until ha should think fit to give a more true and full disclo sure of his affairs. . . Mr. CONST, as Counsel for the Bankrupt, .spoke . at some length, and w i t h much ingenuity, i n vin- , dication of .his client, with ri view to avert, if possible, the fo'r his committal but the Commissioners were unanimous, and Mr. Swinton was accordingly corrimitted to Newgate, with this remark to his Counsel, that if the.grounds upon which. they acted were . erroneous; Mr. Sarin- ton, by ati • Habeas Carpus; might go. before the Chancellor, or, any of the JUdgeS, and obtain his discharge. STAGE CoicnEs.=-The Aa just paned for miting the nuiiiber of p ersons to b e carr i ed on the outside of stage coaches, and regUlating rthe eon ,duft of drivers and guards, takes place .on the Ist of: September next. Its principal regulations .are-,- that no.more than five persons shall be carried on or about the outside of any coach ) chaise, or other carriage, drawn - by less - than four horses, be tween the 29th of September and the Ist ofApril irr 'every year : coaches drawn by four or more horsei are allowed to carry ten outside passengers only; eAClusive of the coachman and guard; and be tween the Ist of April and the 29th of Septem ber, no more than' thirteen persons shall be carried on or about a coach, exclusive of the coach man and guard, under th e fi nes a nd pena l t i es con ' Cawed in the A&. of the 28th Gee. 111. Corn-, monly called Mr. Gammon's MI. One person only to sit on the box with the coachman. No parcels or luggage to be loaded more than two feet above the roof of any, coach, unless the same consists entirely of empty boxes or baskets, under pain of 208. for every foot exceeding two ; and if the owner is driving, 405.. to be leVied, on the view of a Justi ce of th e Peke, or on the oath of a credible witness. The 'driver of any carriage stopping at any place where assistance can be pro cured, shall not quit' the box until a proper person or persons 'shall - hold the horses, or fore-horses; . whilst the carriage stops, to prevent their running away ; such person to hold them until the driver has returned to the box ; and has in his hands the reins for guiding the horses, under forfeit of 40s. for each Offence.. ,And if the driver of any car riage, or. the guard, is incapable of driving the same, or properly attending the same, by reasol of intoxication, or otherwise, so that the, safety of the' passengers may be endangered ; or if such driver or guard shall not duly acc&mt to his em ployer for ail 'monies received for any passenger or parcel conveyed by such carriage, he shall 'be pridned in the gaol or - house of correction for the' jurisdiction in which the offence is committed, for any time not exceeding six, nor less than three ca lendar months. CAUTION TO GROOMS.—In consequence of the' melancholy circumstances attending the death of Mr. DAVIDSON, near Colebrook, a Gentleman re , quests us to recommend to all persons riding on the road with led horses, to pass any travellers they may chance to Meet on the contrary side to that uhich is usually taken; because, in that case, the led-horse being on the ofd side, cannot do any injury ) as the . rider and his horse will be next the persons they are passing, as is the case now. when a traveller is over taken and passed. He addS, he has frequently .re.= commended it personally to servants on the road, who, he feels a pleasure in saying, hae generallY received the advice with civility, and, convinced df its reasonableness, have promised to attend to it. A Boxing Match, which excited a considerable degree of interest amongst a grqat number of spec tators, took place yesterday near Baisewater, be tween a hackney coachman of the name of Wells, and a Gentleman, whose name was not known. The dispute arose in a way rather singular ; the Gentle man was passing along the road on hOrSeback, at the -moment the.ceaahman was ill-treating one Of his horses, by beating it inhumanly. He interrered, when the Coachman, whose size and gestures were rather terrific, gave him to understand that if he did not move on he would serve him the same, and he followed up the threat by putting it into execution. The Gentleman threw off his' coat, from the ardour of the moment, turned to and gave his opponent a complete thrashing in about ten minutes. The.con : - test was in favour of the Gentleman thrOughout, for although the Coachman was a professdr of the I fistic art, he was interior to his opponent in all the reqVisites. After the vietory had been gained, and the . Coachman put . into his coach in a state of stupidity, the Gentleman gave him a lecture to stain from such conduct t in future ; and to recollect that men in his 'situation should not take adran-; Page of their knowledge of bruising; over those who it might be supposed would not chastise them. in their own way. The Gentleman then rode off amidst the plaudits of the spectators. Yesterday s .nearly opposite the King's Head phb; lic house, 'at Walworth, a single-horse chaise, in which was a Lady and Gentlemen, came in contact with a hackney coach, with such force that one Of the shafts broke, short, And the Lady was pitched, under the wheels of the coach, which passed over one of her thighs. There are but little hopes•of her recovery. _ _ IN,aux SITION.—Mrs. Greenfield, who was reported to have been nearly starved to death, but of whose recovery we gave some hopes in our last, died early on Monday morning. The Coroner's Jury, on view of the body the same (lay, delivered the f o ll ow i ng Verdi& :---‘‘ Died, by the visitation of God, but that her death had been accelerated by the ill-treatment of Ira husband."—Letves Journal, - 4