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MISS SIIIICICBURCII and LIEUT.

COURTS 11.1 UTIA
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Motuhly, a Cowl-Mort:A »J. hclil in duo
)hate-room, on Portsmouth garrison, 0.1 Captains
Christie, of the Fifeslaire militia, charged with hay.
log. on the 9.1t1e and Ath of anii3ry last, toed
usioffieer, awl ungeidieniaiihke impres-
sions ; saying. " That Major Rutherford, their
Couituandiog Offieer, WU a brute end an idiot
tesitiong thereby to lower him in the opinion of the
officera, and highly prejudicial to the good order
and antiordonatiou of the regiineut. Colonel Sir
David Rae, Bart. of the Middlesex militias, Presi-
dent. Captain Hill, of the Durham militia, Judge-
Advocate. The Court sat by adjournment till
Wednesday, when the proceedings closed. The
minutes are aent to London for His Majesty's ap-
proval, before the sentence can Le made known.
(Jo Thursday cud Friday, a Court Martial was
held an Capt. Cleamberlayme, of tee West Essex
Militia, on tne following charge, preferred against
him by Lieutenant-Colonel Duckett, of the seine
regiment : " That, on ur shoot the I:2th day of
Much last, Captain Chainberlayne, being then at
the public mew-room at Hasler Barrio ks, did oa-
red, that he would out believe Lieutenant-Colonel
Duckett, if a bible was put into his Minds, mid
lie was to swear ; and that be looked upon him to
' lie that sort of fellow, that he would not behave
lay God Almighty, if he trod: a so-
lemn Mall on the bible, or wools to that effect; and
CM or nbont the djrl lay of the said month of
March. that he, Capt. Chamberlasyne, did alai sat
the mesa-table of the said barracks, assert that
I.ieut. Cul. Duckett was the greatest courtier, and
the damarlest poltroon in England, or words to
that effect :—e conduct and hell:velour scandalous
and unbecoming the character of au officer and a
gentleman, mod highly prejudicial to good order
and military diacipline: The prosecution
cloyed yesterday, Capt. C. requested till Monday
mooting to prepaie his defence.
A Court-Martial was held at Portsmouth, on
Tuesday moil ‘Vednesslay last, (11) the Hon. Cap-
tain George Cottages, of His Majesty'a ship Cro-
codile, on charges exhibited against hiiu iu a me.
morial from Richard Cuinberland, Ewl. to the
Lords of the Admiralty, rioting forth that Capt.
Cadogan, and his first Locitteuauter. Devon),
had acted in a cruel, tyraimica , • oppressive
manner towaids William Richard Batleock, a
midshipman of the crocodile, and grandson of the
cosuptaimius ; which conduct had hastened his
death. The Coma agreed, that the charges lied
not been proved against the said Honourable Cap-
tain Cadogou, that malty of the observations stated
iri the memorial oldie Prosecutor were unfoimilsol,
and that the death of the said W. R. Radcoilt
could wit, in the most remote degree, lie ascribed
to the punishment hr received on board Ilis
jetty's ship Crocodile, and did therefore adjisit
the lion. Capt. George Carlos: au to be acquitted.—
Itrar-AdmiralOtssay, President.
On Toestlay, Mr. James Greet, boatswain of
Ilia Majesty's ship Tisiphime, was tried for disre-
spectful and contemptuous behaviour to the first
Lientenaut of that ship. 'Fite charge being portly
proved, he WAS severely reprimanded, and admo-
nished to he immune careful in future.—Reao Admiral
Otwey, President.
The following Courts Martial were held a few
days rime at Plymouth, of which Rear-Admiral
Sutton was President :—Lientensiit Thomas Hew.
rim, Second Lieutenant of the Orestes, was tried on
the following charges, viz. " For disobedience of
orders, neglect of duty, awl contemptuous answers
to his Captain ; for falsely telling him that he bad
struck him ; for taking a quantity of liquor from
the spirit-zoom in the absence of the Feist Uttar-
want ; for coutempt to his Captain, and using pro-
voking speeches to the Master." The. charges
(with the exception of falsely telling his Captain
that he had struck him) were adjudged to be proved ;
and Lieutenant Harris was sentenced to be dia..
unssed Ilia Aliajesty's service.
On Tuesday, Mr. Julia Gallia, acting Surgeon
of the said sloop, was tried " fur repeatedly quar-
relling and fighting in the gun-room, for codes-
vowing to make a mutinous assembly, ['Liking
use of seditious words, breeding a nuisance in the
ship, Ice." The charges were in part proved, awl
Mr. Callan war dismissed Ilis Majesty's sloop
Orestes.

It is very much to he demented, that any Asia.
statements of the late 1111 lulu:holy event at Shock-
lough Park should !.:n•e appeared in the public
Priot, and we should he sorry, knowingly. fur nue
moment, to be acer,sary to them. We have been
favoured by two friends of Sir Stewkley Shuck-
burgh with the two letters, which were found con-
c.•ulcd is the suinmer-lionse, unopened, lifter the
I.l'l ur.rnce, tohlresscd by Mr. Sharp to
Nliss Khuckburgli ; the former .beaiiiig. date Fri-
day, March 24 ; the latter, two o'clock on Sunday
sterning., March Ai. lan% written about time hours
only previous to the perpetvition of the horrid
deed. The letter, end the extracts, which we have
been authorised to lay before our readers, dearly,
we think, prove, that this out% lady, in-
stead of meeting her dreadful fate voluntarily, hail
1111 tint even the leftist expectation of seeing the de-
ceased, but went solely for the purpose of leaving
all the letters she had received frau) him, and of
bringing away those she had written, which lie had
assured her should be there. Our earliest wish has
been, by a strict adherence to the truth, as far us we
have been able to ascertain it, to du justice to both
parties. We trust that the afilmterl feelings of two
families. already cruelly wounded, will he slimed
any further
ment, that we shall be suffered to discontinue so
paiiilul a subject.

"Frulny, March it, 1809.
" Caroline ! fl my beloved Cs/ohne ! I tau but • uhurt
time longer endure your cruel scum ; prepare to hear the
winst of MC, and take rare of yourself 0 ! my Heavene!
how kith I sin to die, but you comiwl me to leave quo ; fur,
was ever the time if) come when you would have uo parents
to oppose your will, I dare nut, rennet think, sun would
make 411 e 1 appy. I *lsis once inure to read your dear letters,
and then, on my honour, I will bring them to the rave to.
morrow night, and shall expect to find mine in the same
place on Sunday night. If vow lore sue, tell rue where you
are going un Monday with Frank and y • dear hither. Voile
prof. Milo., of love are as ardent as 1 could possibly a isli ;
would to (rust that your actions were as courinciiig ; the*,
inetreil, I should ha happy. Caroline, my fate is certain; lam
sorry you will not let me bre; I am ma child in toy determine.
lion; when once fixed, it la immovalle; I have no earthly things
his live for, fur you will never be mine, so I will seek another
and • better world. I can now again scarcely believe you love
me, as ybu will not trust me with your sweet letter*, but I
shall scam hie insensible to every thing ; and On my surd y on
may depend uu 1111 V rating them at the cave sure time to.
morrow night. When lam dead, reed theta over, and judge
of my delight when I received them ; and of my anguish to
be obliged to give them vp. My preparations to quit this
world take it:, so much of my tine, that I cannot say more,
than (.od bless rot ! and miv he kw ever protect you from
the misciable awful cud uf your ti-uly faithful and atfectiou.
ate, though wretched, Pat LIP A. S.
0 1 implore and supplicate your prayers; and most fer-
vently and sincerely will I pray, in my last ruimiente, that
you may never leek the least remorse of consetiore, as the
cause of my suicide, for it war in your power, an.l yuar's
to several., but you treat with disclaim all my ar.viusents.
Adieu, fur ever adieu. P. A. S.
° 1 came so fully snored of seeing you last night, that I
was nut I:rep:wed tu die, or indeed I should. I acknowledge
you hare good grounds to treat my threats so slightly, but
the time will imam when you may see my resolution is not
to be shakes. What would have been your feelings (if you
have soy feelings), bad you found ate with my beWsis blown
out at the cave this morning, which certnuily woual have
been the cue, had I nut pet each confidence in your coming
to meet met 0 ! for shame, Candice ; so limg as the gen-
tlemen were over their wine, not to spear me one short mo-
ment, to make my death r:,sy ; but I forgive you ; our will
' I repine at my unhappy lid. lied you seen my brains scat-
turd on the earth, you could have taken my letter from my
told hood, and rood it with cemposure, withoist shedding •
pitying Mar. " P A. S.

I lit Mal
udjudigA

Eat:acts Goat the Letter, dated Seaday morning, Two
o'Clock, March di, 1809: .
" Now that I have settled, as sell as my agitated mind
will allow me, ail my earthly affairs, 1 will devote my last sit
moments to my ever turd fur ever beloved Caroline, provided
lilt conteuts of your letter, 1 expect to Iliad at the cave, does
not compel Inc to kill you, as well as myself, which 1 hope in
heaven it will nut. I Cilia firmly resolved to die; I have
exerted all nay energy to live; bet without you it cannot be ;
all my religion and fortitude 1 bad weed to possess, has now
left me and indeed I sin a wretched mortal • and yet I feel
sot the least fear of death, but elm with pleasure and com-
posure quit this life, for it is impossible. I can suffer more ;
unit if you doubt me still, which I shalt believe you do, If
you may one other wotil about your kitten, I !Milk 1 shall
be tempted to take you with me, to that other mud that
better world you talk so much about ; where we shall
be united, Uri er, never to part ; then, indeed, we
enjoy that MON your cruel pari•nts deny ass byre ; but
f, neatly hope your letter will be kind, and give- me another
sit, inn vow sever to be another's; then I can die alone and
entiteoted ; but if you give me room to suspect that sou will
ever become soy one's wife but mine, the thought will be yet-
' lain death."
" I sin contented to Me, and fervently do I hop: yaw may
be able to live, amid live happy, and youietiinta th,iik of
burr from my heart and soul furgieen all who have injured
me, and hope they will grant use their forgivenese_ I feel out
the least resentment against any one, sad I feel Ivan die
happy.
A short note, contaisinte only the following ceremonies,
was found in Mr. S.'s pocket, after his death Caroline,
Caroline, shame, shame upon you ; nut one kind line at
parting, cruel, cruel girl. adieu row ever !" But it is sup-
posed that on sewing her evens at a distaneedie hastily throat
it into his pocket, sod wrists in pencil tb,. following words,
which were tetrad lying in the room :—" I cannot live, soil
famed 1 should mot haye had resulation. I shall du it with
some composure than 1 could have possibly earpocteet."

On the MIMIC and the following day, Mr. Stephen
Godfrey Goddard, Purser of the Orestes, was tried,
" for ssifienng the ship to proceed to sea *hurt of
necessaries, after reportinz them complete ; for re-
peatedly.quarrelling and fighting in the gun-room ;
challenging his superior officer to fight a duel ; for
contemptuous behaviour on the quarterdeck
whilst the articles of war were reading; entering
into a combination against his Captain ; divosing
of the spirits committed to his charge," &c. The
charges were adjudged to be iii part proved, and
Mr. Goddard was sentenced to be dismiwied ilia
Majesty's service.

A report. recently circulated, that a typhus fever
was prevalent in Ramsgate and its neighbourhoo.l.
is totally devoid of truth ; the inhabitants of that
place and its vicinity have never been more healthy
than at the present time, and during the several
last mouths. Every possible attention was paid at
the time the troops were lauded here (from Corunna)
to prevent communication with the sick, and none of
them were suffered to be quartered on the publi-
cans. From this care being taken, no ill effrcts
whatever have been experienced by the inhabitants
or visitors of tine charming spot, in consequence of
the debarkation of sick at itatn.gatc. The dis-
order was solely among the troop. in the barracks.
who recovered very fast, soon after they got here ;
and no greater proof need be required that these
buildings are also now considered again

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Convoys--The Smccesir, Crptidn A TactouGu, is
appointed convoy for the Mediterranean ; the
Helder, Captain Smanct.t., fur the NVest *rubes ;
the Sulebay, Captain Cui.timnlN X, for the coact of
Africa ; the CotiNette, C upWna rousts, fur Que-
bec; and the dkrt, Captain DOWNS, for Near
foundland.
llakrrss, Mrsiical Commissioner of ►he
Transport Board, and for ~tell and wounded two.
men, was, upon the 4th inst. admitted Fellow of
the Royal Liiiiintoo Society.
Admiral Ilot.t.owAY, corninunder-in-chicf at
Newfoundland, is to hoist his Lug on hoard the
Astelope.—Copt. MI•Ltoo. and the officers of the
ins join the Aate/ope.—Capt. GALwAIr, mai the
officers of the inted " the

_a iiip perfectly AntelZpe, are appon ,to bus'
healthy, than the circumstance of the Stith Kew- now Ittiug with great expedition for the Baltic.
meat being ordered to occupy them. On Friday Sir DAVID DUNDAS held a public
The statue to the memory of the late Duke of day at lii. ()Rice, in the Herm Guards, and gave
Benet/an is putting up with all possible speed in audiences to Lords Coati, W. BLPITINCIC, and a
Riossell-square. number of utility'''. uflieeri.
Sir .1 A MEI Bluest-coma and Co. havethe pleasure Accounts received- en Saturday. state, that Lard
to acquaint the public they shared two of the Grand COUIRAND, with his usual vigibiace imel,prompti-
Prizes drawn on Wednesday last, vis.—No, 3,6 is, twde, observing that the enemy were erecting in
entitled to 1,0410 Tickets, and 9,123 dragon* Prize Basque Roads a battery to •nuuy our ships in their
of „c 20,0130, both in Sixteen Sixteenths. The operation* against the French squadron, itorneili-
First-dravtis Prize on Friday the 41st inst. will be ately attacked it, and, with two long Q4-pounders,
entitled to 300 Whole Tickets, which may gins at kept up such a Are, ..list it was speedily demolished.
least 50.9u0 guineas. Tichetilaitri Shares are sell. The enemy have had the caution to keep a boat
iug at 11, Holborn, 87, Corubill, 311, lisytuurktr, etatieued aim to the cables of all their 1114°1 to
DWI 09, Strand. prevent being surprised by our gallant tars. ,