The Sun.
London, England, 1806-08-20 00:00:00

COURT .51,:mi7;11, 4.r 9OrthEsl'En.

THE proceedings of this Court, the trial of se-
veral Officers of the West Kent Regiment of Mili-
tia, are preparing for publication by LYNIEL SUT-
TON, Esq. Counsel for the Prisoners, and'itiOw the
Deputy Judge Advocate of thq Eastern,Distild.
The charges were, for : conduaing them Selves in
a manner prejudicial to good order and military dis-
cipline, on the 4th of September. 1805, and at di-
vers other times in the said month, and Since com-
bining together ; and in consequence 'of such com-
binations, systematically and contumaciously absent-
ins:, themselves .from the society of certain Field
Officers and Captains; whose names are specified ;
upon which charges the following Officers were
foundluilty, and sentenced, viz:,
Lieutenants 131s,cu and scHots—Dimilsled His Majes-
ty's Service.

Lieutenants 131 snot. ATKINS, RAMSDEN, RICHARD.
SON, BATH, and Honnson—Dismhiled from the West Kent
Regiment of Militia.

Lieutenant tram was :Paymaster • and Ensign
14 HODGSO was separately tried on a charge of mak-
ing groundless complaints as Assistant-Surgeon to the.
Deputy inspeetor of Hospitals, and found guilty.
The above has been circulated in the Public Orders
throughout the Eastern Distri&, with the exception
of the following Animadversion of the Court, viz.
In passing judgment on so 'large a body of
Officers; the Court feels itself bound to animadvert
on the pernicious system which evidently appears
to have been introduced and ailed upon in the
West Kent Regiment of Militia ; and it is with the
greatest concern the Court has observed the aggra-
vating ConduEl 'of those, who, from their rank in the
Regiment, ought to have set a better example, and
whose indispeusible duty it was, after the. Prisoners
bad acknowledged their error, and retra&ed their
resolution of not speaking, or holding any inter-
course with their superior Officers, to have extended
Their fostering protedtion, and dire&ed those who,
frOm their youth and inexperience, might be supposed
to have been misled.

‘" Whereas it appears that certain Officers, since
that explanation, have refused to meet or interchange
the cOmrnon civilities with the prisoners, by which
that harmony and concord could be restored to the
Regiment, which is so essential to promote the good
deistanding and unanimity of the whole, the con-
du& of ;goose Officers has been of a nature most ag-
gravating, and certainly calculated to inflame father
than heal the existing evil.
(Signed) JAS. CLITHEROW, Cot, and President.
August 2, 1806.
4.1. Carruthers, Captain 43d Regiment,
A dingjudge-Advocate.
(A true Copy. )
1. A. OLDHAM,
ludge Advocate General's Office, London,
The whole of the Proceedings may be seen at tI4
Deputy Judge. Advocate's Office, in Downing-street,
Westminster.

Txtr AartiY.;-That, gallant Veteran, General Sir
GEORGE OSBORNE, is now do a Visit to his Regi-
Ment, the 40th, at Portsmouth and yesterday he
reviewed both the Battalions. The want of Trans-
ports only delays the embarkation of the first Batta-
lion of the 40th for Sicily. The 2d Battalions of
the 14th and 40th embark for Ireland, there to be
filled up. The Officers of that fine Regiment, the
13th, commanded by the Hon. Colonel COLVILLE,
which highly distinguished itself in Egypt, now
wear the medats which they gained there. The Re-
giment afterwards went to Gibraltar. The skeleton
of the 68th, commanded by Coldnel FARLEY, has
just arrived froth the West Indies. The skele-
tons Of the 7th and Ilth .Regiments are on their
-way bone likewise, and may be daily expeEted,
es they sailed ar the same time. with the 68th.
The 70th must come home immediately, ns it
is quite bare of men. What remained of the
15th Regiment waj embarked on board Admi-.
zal Cacnnii*E's Fleet, where Marines were. much
wanted.

•
Of the Sicilian Expedition, the Staff not going
out consists of

liajoiXFperals ItryNymtn,I4dFAGILT,SPLNCEii.
Quarter-Master-General Mit.jor.6cieral 6 AKts.

brigadier-General -

g.w ART, of the 9sth.

Deputy Adjutants Ge- S Brigadier-Gen. CAp.tiaeLL, 6164
neral - - - - and Lord WA LDEG RAV E.
Commissaries General Tuiitirsou and DtrNatott N.

Deputy Inspctior of Z n.
uot;4ol' aOMERVILLE.
Hospitals -

PhYticiats

'DOAGTS KING and Mos ELEV.

Staff Surgeons -

ROSS, CARPUZ, MONTAGUZ; and
Caumr.

Purveyor . .

SizwART.

Lord PACKET is tO• have the Blues, in additibri to
the Bays, in his Brigade, and a finer Brigade of
heavy Cavalry never went tint.of the
skingdorn. It
is rupposed that Mnjot-GeneralWyNs van will hare
the Guards as his Brigade. Several Regiments are
daily expected from Ireland to join the Grand Expe-
dition. The" last report is; that the PI INCE'S fine
Begiment, the loth Light Dragoons, are to go on
service.

Yesterday Morning the whole 6f Lord CALEbbies
suite, with his baggage, and 16 horses, carriages,
&c. embarked at Gravesend, on board the Mermaid
Frigate, which immediately got under weigh for the
Downs, on her way to the Cape of Good Hepe.
His Lordship, with his Secretary of Legation, and
the remainder of his suite, will sail on, thelst of
September from Portsmouth for the Cape.
Coors, tjle Mlor, it is said, is seriously indis-
posed at Dublin. This Performer has taken such
liberties with his ccnstiuition that his illness is by
no means a Matter of surprize. It is somewhat.
strange that, during his late engagement at Edin-
burgh, no man' could have concluded himself with
more propriety in the discharge of his professional
duties. We may infer, that our northern neighbours
in general set him a prudent example.
Mr. COLEMAN has been lately indisposed, but his
Muse has not been idle. She has recently brought
forth a Farce, which will, most probably, appear on
the Haymarket Bards before the conclusion of the
Season, and afford another specimen of original
whim and pleasantry.
CAUTION TOE SERVANTS.—A few days ago Mary
Hickton was conviEted before "the Mayor of Not-
tingham, in the penalty of 1001. for negligently and
carelessly setting fire to her master's coal-house or
shed; and\ beim" unable to pay the penalty, she was
sentenced to be Imprisoned in the common. gaol 1V
months.

21.1AiL611*', ,SALE of .SPAAVSI SFIEF,P.

.....•••••••••••••.,
ITESTERDAY, at 10If past tWo o'clock, the annual
gale of Merino Sheep from his Majesty'4 flock of the
pure/Merino breed, 80 remarkable for the silky fine-
ness of their woc.l, took place neat- the Pagoda at j•
KeW, when 26 Shearling, or two-tbothed rams,
three four-toothed rams, 2 full-mouthed rams, and
20 full-mouthed or aged ewes; were .sold. by Mr.
Farnham, the Au&ioneer, a single sheep in a lot,
as folloWs, viz. to Mr. Housman, lots 1,2, 4,
and 7, of the shearling rams; at 13i, 13, 12, and
12 guineas respeaively. TO Colonel Fullarton, •
lots 3 and 5, at 15 and 12 guinelli.•:- TO Mr. Mayer,
lot 6, at, 12 guineas. Mr. Essens lot 8, at 11
guineas. Mr. Eden lots to, 11, 13, 14, 17, 18, , 19,
21, 22, 23, 24, 25, and 26, at elevenand a half, ten
and a half, 12 and a half, thirteen, twelve and half,
eleven and a half, fourteen and a half, seventeen,
thirteen and a half, eighteen guineas and a half, six
teen, thirty-three guineas and a half, and twenty-
five guineas respeCtively. Mr. Stanford, the King's
Shepherd,; for Mr. Cook, lot 9, at eleven guineas.
M. Wansey, Esq. lots 12, 16, and 20, at 15, 16,
and 26 guineas; and to Mr. Compton, lot 15, at
15 guineas.

Mr. Wansey purchased lot 27, a 2-toothed ram,
at 103 guineas ; and Mr. Whitaker, lots 28 and 29,
at 14 and 27 guineas respe&ively. Mr. Aiton was
the purchaser of lot 30, a full-mouthed ram, called
Old Snags, which has been used in the King's flock
:with great success, at eighteen and a half guineas ;
and lot 31, a six-toothed ram, that has also done
service in the Royal. flock, at al guineas.
The sale of the Ewes next commenced, and Mr.
Essen bought lots 32, 33, and 40, at 73, 73, and
103 guineas respectively; Mr. Compton,' lots 34,
37, and 43, at 7, 10, and 103 guineas; Mr. Bell,
lots 35, 39, 41, 45, 46, 47, and 48, at 12, N, 13,
12, 12, 133, and 13 guineas respeelively; and Co-,
lonel ullarton bought lots 36, 38, 42, 44, 49, 50,
and 51, at 8, 14, 15, 16, 145, 14, and 16 guineas
respeetively.
The Company was not so numerous as on former
otcasions, nor were the bidders so eager as we have
before seen them, although thesheep were in general
unexceptionable in point of wool, and certainly better
in carcase than at the former sales. It will be seen
above, that the highest shearling ram sold for 331
guineas ; and the twenty-six are found to average
about 1.51. I is. each ; last year' the best shearling
ram sold for .56 guineas, and they averaged more
than 34 guineas. Mr. Angerstein last year purchased
a son of Snags for 64 guineas, whilst his famous sire
now sold for 18i guineas..
The gracious intentions of his Majesfy in distri-
buting these valuable sheep among pradical breeders,
will be far better answered, than by the excessive
prices .which it seemed probable, last year, that the
sheep at these sales were to fetch from the competi-
tion of amateurs in this art ; and we doubt not of
his Majesty being, on this account, well pleased with
the result of yesterday's sale, although below that of
the last. As the company were leaving the field,
they were presented with notices of a sale of 28
Spanish Rams, from the flock of Dr. Parry, of Bath,
on the 26th inst. at Hounslow.

The'Clergyman of a country village reprehending
one of his parishioners 'for quarrelling with his wife
so loudly, and so frequently, as to be a source of per-
petual disturbance to the neighbourhood, in the course
of his exhortation remarked, that the Scriptures de-
clared, that man and wife were one. Aye, that
may be, Sir," answered Hodge, " but if you were
to go by when my wife and I are at it, you'd think
there were twenty of us !"
An Irish-hand bill, announcing a Concert to be
performed in a principal town, in support of a cha-
rity, quietly mentions, as a part of the bill of fare,
that, in the course of the evening, three Ladies, in-
habitants of the place, will perform a favourite iket.
Yesterday the Right Honourable the LORD MAYOR,
after examining the Mealweighers' Returns of Wheat
and Flout, ordered the price of Bread to be lower-
ed id. in the Quartern Loaf, to talte place to-mor-
row, when it will be is. id.

CORN-EXCHANGE, AUGUST 20.—T0-day, at the
New Market, there are few further arrivals of
Wheat, and' not many Buyers; some Samples of
very fine fetch 86s. per quarter, and nearly as much
before the close of Monday's Market ; Barley has
but few buyers ; there are several cargoes of foreign
Oats arrived this week, and mostly out of ' con-
dition, and this article remains full as dear ; Rape
Seed is rather lower ; and the prices of Flour, with
other articles, are nearly as out last.

MA R LBOROUGH-STR EET.—;-"tOterilay 54 disorderly
women were brought before the Sitting Magistrate
fir perambulating the streets at a late hour on the
preceding night. The Parish Officers within the
City and Liberty of Westminstek were ordered to
clear the streets of women of the town after twelte
o'clock, by taking Ali they could find to the watch.:
house' at is customary at certain times of the year.
OUt of the number who were taken not more than
four or five could give Any satisfa&ory account of
themselves; the remainder were sent to prison till
next Sessioni, except a few of them, who were
held, to bail.

MANslow-tiousE.--Yesterday a man of the name
of Joseph was examined before the LORD MAYOR,
charged with picking. a Gentleman's pocket on Mon-
day afternoon of his pocket-book, containing pro-
perty tO a large amount. The pick-pocket, on his
being deteiSted, flung the pocket-book over London
Bridge, and it was pickeki up by, a waterman who
was in a boa( ; the boqk was produced and identified
by the Gentleman, when the Prisoner was committed
for further examination.

.
A melancholy accident 'occurred last l'lhirsday
night, at Stone, in the Isle of Oxney.—Some labour-
ing men, to the number of 14, employed on the new
Canal cut there, and who occupied a hut adjoining
the same, having had some liquor served out to then),
became inebriated, and lay down to sleep.—One of
them waking at three o'clock in the, morning disco-
vered the hut in flames, endeavoured to wake his
cOmpanions, which could not be wholly effected as
they were so much intoxicated,---in consequence,
three of them were burnt to death.

On the Bth inst. died suddenly, at Penzance, in
the County of Cornwall, Mrs. SCOBELL, wife of
Mr. A. SCOBELL, Attorney at Law, and second
daughter of the late HARRY INNES, of Sandside, in
the County of Caitlnaess, Scotland.