The Sun.
London, England, 1830-04-29 00:00:00

GENERAL COURT-;MARTIAL.

'The following are the sentences of two of the prisoners
tried before the general court-martial held in St. Mary's
hall, in this city (Coventry), on the 11th of January last,
and following-days :
Staff-Sergeant Samuel Franks, of the Leeds recruiting
district, charged with conduct unbecoming the character of
a non-commissioned officer and soldier, in having, after
delivering over some recruits in Canterbury, on the 16th
of July last neglected to return to his duty, but went to
Chelsea, and was absent until the 4th or sth of August ;
at,d also for presenting as true a false march route, in order
to receive the sum of 1/. 7s. 6d. as marching-money, which
he did receive accordingly.
..

The prisoner was found guilty.
Mis Majesty has been pleased to approve and confirm
the sentence of the Court ; but in consideration of the re-
commendation of the Court, has been graciously pleased
to remit the punishment of imprisonment, but has com-
manded that Staff Sergeant Samuel Franks be discharged
from the Leeds recruiting district, reverting to the pension
which he enjoyed previous to his employment on the re-
cruiting service.
Private Thomas Gray, of the 95th Regiment of Foot,
for highly unsoldierlike and disgraceful conduct at Derby,
on or about the 4th of August, 1829, in having illegally
and fraudulently obtained 10s. each from Henry Hind,
and Charles Smith, two recruits, whom he had enlisted
for the 95th Regiment on the 2d of August, and from
whom he received the above-mentioned sums as releasing
them from their enlistment.

Upon which charge the Court found him guilty.
His Majesty Las been pleased to approve and confirm
the finding and sentence of the Court ; but, in considera-
tion of the long imprisonment the prisoner has suffered,
his Majesty was further pleased graciously to remit the
punishment awarded, and to command that the prisoner
be ordered to return to his duty.—Coventry Paper.

Last week a ewe of Mr. RIDD's, of Challa-
combe, produced a lamb having two heads, in one of
which were two eyes, and in the other a single eye in the
forehead, two bodies from the middle, and eight legs.—
North Devon Journal.

CENTRE OF GRAVITY OF THE HUMAN
BODY.—When a man walks the legs are alternately lifted
from the ground, and the centre of gravity is either un-
supported or thrown from the one side to the other. The
body is also thrown a little forward, in order that the
tendency of the centre of gravity to fall in the direction of
the toes may assist the muscular action in propelling the
body. This forward inclination of the body increases with
the speed of the motion. But for the flexibility of the
knee-joint, the labour of walking would be much greater
than it is ; fur the centre of gravity would be more ele-
vated by each step. The line of motion of the centre of
gravity in walking
deviates hut little from a regular hori-
zontal line, so that the elevation of the centre of gravity is
subject to very slight variation. But if there were no
knee-joint, as when a loon has wooden legs, the centre of
gravity would move so that at each step the weight of the
body would be lifted through a considerable height, and
therefore the labour of walking would be much increased.
—Dr. Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopoedia.

LITERATURE.

FAMILY CLASSICAL LIBRARY, No. V.
LONDON, 1830.

The Rev. Mr. Beloe's well known translation
of Herodotus, the most elegant, if not, perhaps,
the most faithful, of any in the language, forms
the fifth number of this very thriving Miscellany,
which to those who desire to glean a just idea of
what the ancients were capable of in almost every
department of literature, will be found to be of
infinite value. As a specimen of typography,
in addition to its high merits, the Family
Library possesses first•rate claims to public
notice.

PERSONAL NARRATIVE of an OFFICER AT-
TACHED to the ENGLISH ARMY of OCCUPA-
TION in FRANCE, &c.

2 vol.s. POST Bvo.—COLBURN AND BENTLEY.

It is a current opinion that the world has been
almost inundated by works of this ostensible
character, but such as adopt this prejudice
against the volumes now before us will commit
a great mistake. This is not a military recapi-
tulation of the thousandth time told story of
Waterloo ; but the plain straight forward ac-
count of a MEDICAL MAN, who mingled in all
the proceedings of a regiment which was among
the first to leave England, when the call came
for assistance to repel the disturber of the peace
of Europe, and among the last to return when
the tranquillity of France appeared to be esta-
blished on a secure foundation.

The " Narrative" is evidently faithful, and
ought therefore to take its place among
the historical records of the time to which it
refers. It contains a mass of information of a
very original and curious description, and is,
what it professes to be, a work which owes
nothing to invention (unless, indeed, we may
express the hope that the tragic story which con-
cludes it is the offspring of the author's brain.)
At the same time there are some highly amusing
characters introduced, and not a few dramatic
positions which are well managed. The writer
seems to have had an eye for all the oddities, as
well as the exigencies of the various circum-
stances under which he was placed ; and though
confessedly a SURGEON, must have looked at
the things around him much in the manner of a
CAPTAIN. We trust he: will shortly realise
the hope held out, of letting us hear from him
again.

MORE SHORT STORIES.-BATH, 1530.

An amusing child's book, full of anecdotes,
some serious, and others sportive and comic,
told in a simple and at the same time a
piquant style. The author is the Rev. Edward
Mangin.