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London, England, 1808-10-25 00:00:00

THE .1101 r.

Iturse-Gilisda, Oct 10, toot.
At a General Court-Nlartittl„ held at elyinouth.
Doi k, on the i of Frisrunry, and continued by
Aiiljourinnents to the ad of March followisfgeLiente.
mint Thomas Layrow, and Lieutenant and Pay
master Ames Nooh, alike Dorm( regiment of Mi-
litia, were arr.lignerl upon the undermentioned
charzes, riz. _ _ _

Ist Charge, " For Uttering in a ocandaloas sod iambw
manner, each as is as slheconoiing the sharseter of Officers
and Gentlemen, by heating and leghttog Ensign Taylor, the►
of the Dorset reciuirit,with eats, in the Dorset r linierstat

mess.ruin, at tiltigshridge harrecks, on or about th:27fli of
November, tem, to the prejudice uf good order and military
discipline."
std Charge, agaitot Lieutenant Thomas Layton only,
" Foe scandalous :tuil in& ~,,, us conduct, unbecoming tbir
character of an Officer and G. ittleittae, Ia having, at emend
times previous to, and particslarly us or about the 9th of
January, t eta, abused mid dazed area the character of Surgeon
Charles Mastrrman of the Dorset rer,imcnt of
by declaring to amidst: (taker (theta rt the Dorset Mi-
litia) that the said Surgeon Henniug was alowisaf twee,
a paltry /Ana," o r illuin red • torecwd,' and by repeating
the same slander the same day before several Olikers, (uue of
whom eastheo nosier the Surgeon's rare so his professional
duty,) thereby euileavotiring to &pude and injure the acrd
Stamm Henning, from us:lli:ions motives, and to the preju-
dice of good order and military
Upon which charges the Court came to the fol-
lowing ileci.ioa. name')
That, alter having, mast maturely considered the o toile of
the evidence both for and og mist the Prisoners, LieL:cnant
Thomas layton, and Lieut. and Paymaster James Nooth,
I bath glebe Dorset regiment of 'tlihtisitlas Caere Ia otopiuton,
that, regarding the matter el the first coarse, the Prisorws,
above mentioned am ir.t gritty, sod it does therefore m.erat
them accordingly It appearing to the Court that I.ieute-
leant Thomas Layton acted io self.definsee ; and Lieut.:mud
and Paymaster 'South was only a party in the affray, from
having interfered as a =chafer.
With respect to the matter contained in the second charge,
the Court,sfter having considered all the circumstances of the
case, do likewise find that the prisoner, Lieutenant Timmins
Layton, is sot guilty, and therefore rreviits him of the same
also.

The Cont is further of opinion, thlt the promenter, Sur-
geon Henning, in brin;iug forward the first charge, after so
long a period hall elapsed, and more espeeially, as he must
have known the uulurtuome Wanes., alluded to therein,
had been settled by Lieut.-Colons.: Pitt, who commanded this
minimal when the affair was investigated, and silo had spade
en
maniple of one of the parties, and .s sneh settlement and
arrangement Were sanctioned and entirely approved of by
.the Major-General of the Brigade, and the Lieutenant Ge
rat who then conanci:.d.'d in the Western district, it was by
no means any p..rt of the said Surgeon Hettaing's ditty
to have interfered, he not being a party concerned, or even
at the dispute.; and assn, (ruin has 'lig brought it
fi+rwvd"at the moinetit of a personal quarrel between him
and use of the te,i ttes, the Court cannot but euus.der him,
the said Surgeon Henning, to be actuated in this instance by
untlicions motives.
His Majesty having been pleased to approve of
the hauling and opinion of the Court, and to con-
firm the acquittal of the Prisoners, at the same
time has commanded, that it may be intimated to
the prosecutor, Surgeon Henning, that after having
taken into serious consideration the opinion of the •
Court with regard to him, whereby it appears that
he was actuated on this occasion by malicious &na-
tives, he does not consider Surgeon Henning a tit
person to remain any longer in his service. There-
fore his Royal Illghness the Commander in Chief
his requested, that it way lie coinusunieated to Sur-
iron Charles Masterman Henning, of the Dorset
ilitia, that his Majesty hat pot any farther occa-
sion for his services, deeming to be acquainted with
the day on which the same is made known to huts,
as from that period he will cease to receive pity in
Ili. Majesty's service.
(Signed) FREDEILIC,
Commander-in-Chief.

TIIE TRENCH FLAG OF TRUCE.

" DEAL, OCT. t 3.

" The Russian Nobleman mentioned in my let-
ter on Friday, as having arrived on board a cartel
in the Dowits, mid proceeded for London, returned
here between ten and eleven o'clock last night,
from (I hope and trust) an unsuccessful
He came to the King's Hotel, and in ten minutes
after his arrival wzis followed by Mr. Shaw, the
British Messenger, also came post in the 'rear of
the Russian Pleaipo. Mr. SIM* proceeded from
Deal to Wahner Castle, the residence of Lord
Hawkesbury, to communicate to that Nobleman
the purport of his errand. In a short time after, it
was intimated to the Russian Negociator that his
departure from Britain must be speedy. About day-
break this morning. lie was awaked from his slum-
bers by the Coxswain of Admiral Campbell'abarge,
who informed Into that the boat was really to con-
vey him to the cartel, which hail been kept iii the
Downs in waiting. Not wishing. to be disturbed,
he again slumbered, but the Adusinirs Lieutenant,
alto proceeded to hi, dumber, aroused him from
his dreams, and informed him that his embark-
ation must be immediate, as no delay would
be allowed. He was accordingly lent on board
the French fishing-boat that brought into here,
and before this is landed at Boulogne."