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London, England, 1809-05-30 00:00:00

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Sia—flatist WA before the King the praceedings of a
General Court If artial, heel et the Royal Hospital at Chel
sea, oar the nthriy, inn* aml.comiontil by adjournments
to he I ;Ili of elkounie rualith, for the trial of Capialo the
Hue. W. E. Cochrane, of the 1 ith (air King'a; regiment et.
Light Di egoism, who was arraigiied upon the eaderruco.
shooed charges viz.
Ist " l&sulleditace of -Orders on the ,Id day of January
bud, in nut having remained et the oust in frost of Bembibrir,
until ten o'clock a. ov-ateurtlinir to the 0c:14..rs which he had
reeivril from the Adjutant-Genial, to that edict.
• ad. " A chose colmilde n.-glect u( duty, ern the ad day of
Jauuary last, afte r h:• supposed he bat discovered theenemy;
for which purpose be hart been raprenuly stationed in (rout
ulScsabibee ; is having imprudently and hastily abandoned
46 peat, en the ineproach of a body of cavalry, without
waling nay effectual attempt at that time, Pr Site/ward', to
ascertain whether the cavalry, at dm approach of which he
had so lightly quitted his poet, was or was not a party of
the enemy ; owing to which tnisconeluet, tie was induced to
mak, a report to the Adjutant-General, of the arrival of a
large body of the enemy's cavalry as far as Demobilise, which
report was without foundation.
• ad. " l'ourilitary and unbecoming conduct, on Vie same
day sicationeel in the foregoiii% charms, in having left his
party, which had hero entrusted to his columned, at a ono-
meld whet* he believed the enemy to be near him ; io allow-
ing Ili; early to schema, and in directing them to get on as
list.), imeld, and joio their regiment.
4th. " I',,r making a most unwarrantable romplaiut, in an
official ktter to his Colonel, slated 18,h February last,
against his stipei.iiir, officer, Brigadier-Getters' Clintou' Adju.
tant.Getie.ril to the forcei in Spain, to the prejudice of good
order and military elisciplioe."
Upon which charge* the Court came to the following de
chiou : •
" The Coot t, having rlwly considered and weighed the
whole matter, is of opiiiims, that Capt. the lion. II m. E.
Cochrane, of the I iith ror liioaaj regiment of Light Dra-
gootis, is NUT WIT 'LTV of any of the charges preferred against
him, and dirth tnerefure must fully and moat honourably
*snots hint of thawhote ....the to.
" The Court CIWINSI 'hoe their proceedings, without ex-
pressing an op/ohm, :hat although it appears that Brigadier-
Gamest Motor was asietaken in the circumstances fur which
he ao severely *ensured Capt. Coehrane, the Court as never-
thetas persuaded, that the Hrigather.Gememl's conduct,
both is the reproof at the moment, and at this sehaequent
Court-,Martial, had not any other motile than zeal fur tba
service."
I am to acquaiet you, that Hie Majesty armored and con-
firmed the tiudiog and sentence of the Court. Jiro Majesty,
at the same time, was pleased to .eapreeit his concurrence ie
the obterrations with which the Court cloned the., proceed-
top, open the conduct of Brigiidier•Geuirral Clintou.
1 I remain, Sir, . , e. •
Your most obedient bumble eerripat
(blond) DAVID' neiruts,
wale-ettial.
TheAdjutaat-General, &c. ate. tee.
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A Getters' CoortMlartial hue been held ateßiehmositbil ,
in the Island ofGreanda, ow Assistant Surgeon John Hew
ings Kennedy, of the tat battabou of the 15th Regiment of
Pout, ups the a lidernieutioned charge, viz :es.
" Foe having deitemed from the laradsidirtlere of the
said regiment, at,itteinnoosi-hill, intl.-toads, sad niet return-
iag till brought back a prisoner by Captain Camentri, of the
Colonial t'ompany of litick Reimers "--The Court having
found the Prisoner guilty u( the charge allegud against lust,
adjudged him to br " Dtsmisato His M . v's San-
•ice;"—But in couaider.dniii ofhis good character mid con-
dom, as gives in evidence before the Coact; his miseoseep-
lion, that he having sent is Ida resigusuoriemdcred him lea
liable to the ruts-a of :solitary law mid disriplitie ; and from
the wiltiugaine shirwis lay Lim to comply with die orders
commesicated .to ham lryirapt Cameros, the Coen recom-
mended him to His Maje.ty's mercy : in eoriroquence of
which recommendation Has !Linty has been pleased to
exteod to the Prisoner Ins must ;rucking perdu!, ; and he.
Icommanded, that he shell be restored to the fanctiona of
hit commission.
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A most daring robbery was eoin:nitted,•on Wed.
snootily night last, in the beu.e of Mr. Rosa, baker,
of SWI4IaPCO, byus. orphan boy, about 15 years old,
who wits lively employed by Mr. It. The youog
depredator contrived. to enter the rtmoists-at "mid-
anil proceeded to the berichamberof Mr.
and 11's. P.osa, from whence he took Mrs. IL's
pockets, containing, notes end dish to a considerable
amount, and carried off his booty without alarutiiig
any of the family.; Ou inquiry. it was neer mined
that he had been trying to ehauge one of the hills;
owl, after some equivocation, he ockomeledged his
wilt, nod restorrvi the pockets with neatly all their
onutent*. account of his tender age, and of his
father soil oo.ther basin., lived molly years in Mr.
service wall great credits hr was aJIONCd to go
en board the tender. •
At a meeting of the ql;eriff4 and Magistrates of
the city of Lincoln nod Its liberties, on hlonolay,
the 15th, to inquire into the cause of the escape of
Prior and Adams Jamieson. from the city
viol, in the course of the night of Saturday, the
13th, it appeared that the escape of the prisoners
mast he owing' to either the connivance or the care-
-1 knees of the i;woler, and he was therefore dis-
missed from his .iituation.—The generally-received
opinion is, that the daugliter of the gaoler, a link
who had become attached to woe of the pri.
sorters, took the prism' keys from her father's packet
whilst he slept, and enabled the men to escape; as
it is char that they did not scale the walla of the
priAon (the loose bricks at the top being. undistnrb-
ea), and no violence whatever has been done .to the
locks of the ',risen doors.
Saturday sennight, about three o'clock, before
the Haddiugtoit *tile coach set off, the number of
,liasilengeni on the outside attracted particular at.
itermtion. There were about its, mostly women and
rehildren. The *LORD Paovtn•r, heiag informed of
the circumstance, immediately ordered Isi tnuoy of
them off the coach as completely tilled another,
which he obliged the driver to hire, to carry the
extra passengers to the mid of their journey. It is
hoped his Lordship's exertions on this occasion will
be attended with good effects, ea the practice of
overloading stages has become of hoe frequent, and
is attended with great danger to the passengers.
A most disbolkal attempt to promo a whole
family. iu the neighbourhood of Cs• lisle. has been
morning, those of Mr. St Pl-
eon's fionily, of Delmouidiall, who partook of break-
fast, composed of 'soiled milk, in which oatmeal
hail bees. ihriiiied, felt themselves taken very ill.
After dinner, the whole of the Lundy, consisting of
ten persons, were very seriously ild'ected. It was
them naturally suspected they had taken poison, es-
pecially as part or the •Meal which composed the
pottage in the morning,:, had been nw•d for thicken-
ing the broth at dinnertime. A quantity. of it w...
therefore sifted, mod (sand to evotann a portion of
sys..hie. A woman, who had fmnierly been a ser-
vant in the. family. being auspee:oll of committing
the horrid crime, lots been committed to prison, and
is now under further emuniustion.—Happlly, the
family have all reiroversos.