The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-09-15 00:00:00

GENER4L roma MARTIAL.

The following official letter from the Judge A
♦vale General to the Duke of Yi rk, with the opi.
nion and sentence of the Court Martial to which it
refers, by cc:mum:a of His Royal Highne4s, has
been circnlated through the army, and read at the
•...yad of every regiment in the smite, and caned
in :heir several orderly books :
SIR,

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/faint! hail the honour of hying bets.? the King the pan.
needing* of a General email It lttial I.li4tlell at Col liester, on
the 17th last July, for the trial of Captain Eiloar : Chiltern of
tie Seventh Battalion of the Rural Army of Reserve, upon
t re f..llorring charge, pret-rre4 ag Men bin. by Colonel John T.
I`.arvey Lwes, coot it iodine t le soot Rvirnent, namely, s lin.
proper and disr. speafill coricho in 1•011( la..guarei onveying
a throat to his Commanding tJtfieer, wi.eti reprimanded for in-
a•tzatimi to Ili, duty at the eriting pantie of Mi• reetinent, nn
t .e 6th Of June last, in the presence of several ofF.zars anal
tion-cornotission:d officers of the ri goner:lf I a.n to ac-
quaint Your Royal 11, glint..., that His lA,' •sty his thought
tit to confirm use wntcnce of ih. Court Martial, whelety the
said Captain Cll/11Cfy i. aJjodeed to be suspended from rank
and pay for six months whites beisteuce i. cotteeieed in the
following Arms
" The Court Mania', having duly weighed the es'ilence
gisen in support of the charge pr •ferred Aga tho prisoner,
CaS. Edward Chinery, dish that whlch he has at lace I in hit
iseience, is .4 opinion, that he in ; though not to the
Suit extent of the charge trAttliited apinat him; but, in can-
. derationuf hissincere peanence., and of hie having wiehed to
11,,olugoe ie most ample manner to his Commusiling &tiff-
to iir•vinno to the asontibtsig of Vie court, and further. In
CJIISISCIIIMICS i 4 his •• If high and excellent character, an fully
expresset in the I•itter of Midler Robertson, do
wily sentence him to oz suspended from ran'', and pay for
Inc months."

(Signtd) Ca.‘RLLS MORGAN.

The Moe, Wry Lie, from Quebec, for Clyde,
is lost on Labradors ; crew saved.
A letter horn Dover, dated September 13. says,
4' The Chu:apron frigate and the Admiral Ari!rAtil
cutter fell in with. yesterday morning, off Grave-
lines, thirteen sail of vessels under Prussian and
Danish colours, and, after minutely insperaing the
papers of all of them, they detained, and have sent
into this harbour, the following vessels, via.—
Marie, Capt. Aiwa days, from Dunkirk for a
market ; the gallint Baton, of Stettin, Captain
Kes t ; and the Flora, Capt. STACK; both laden
with coals, &c.; the Dm Konink'n, VON Persil A (of
Embden), laden with cheese and empty casks; and
the SI. Johanner, ('a t. &Dos, laden with empty
casks. They all sailed together from Dunkirk, and
were bound to Bourdeaux."
We are happy to announ;e, that the Leeward
Island homeward-bound fleet passed Portsmouth
Thursday afternoon, under convoy of the B.'edirerr
of :74. guns.
The rr.leS of the Police at Paris has published
Ordorarancc respeefing the carriages, carts, and
tains, that pass neat the residence of ROI% APART It,
at St. Cloud ; it strongly indicates the suspicions
and apprehensions which haunt the gloomy mind r f
t' e Tyrant. No carriages or carts from the neigh-
bourhood of Paris are to pass the Bridge of St.
Cloud before mid-day. The passage-boats are not
allowed to tal.e up any passengers by the way, nor
Are they allowed to carry more than twelve persons.
On Tuesday last. a lady dressed in the m st ele-
gant style, and affeaang the woman riflashiner, went
into the shop of a jeweller. in Oxford-street, and
being without a hat, she appeared as if just stepped
out of a carriage, which, in gaff, was the case ; she
asked to look at some rings, and s; vcral were shewn
to her; presently a servant in livery cruise in, and,
with his hat off, said aloud to bet, " Sir Robert is
an the carriage, my lady." " Very well," she re-
plied, " I will-be with him in a few minutes." She
then paid for two rings, left the shop, and got into
a postchaise that was standing at the door. and the
servant followed her into the chaise, which iffilne-
L;ately (hove off; this latter circumstance some-
what surprised the jeweller, but on his returning
Into his shop, he soon found other CAWS for surprise;
for, co examining his stock. he found, to his very
rel! regret, that ' her Ladyship' bad diminished it
v•ns.derably, by taking five rich diamond rings,
Ind several other articles of value, which, in her
beery to attend Sir Ruben, she bad fergoWn to
Pay fee.