The Sun.
London, England, 1808-03-25 00:00:00

SENTENCE.

. The Court &tartlet' having duly 'cOnsideted the evidence
given in support of the Charges, against the Prisoner, Lieu.
tenatitXeneral Wit ix s i ocx s; his Defence, and the evidence
he has adduced, are of oiautliuit, that he is Guilty of the
whole of the said Charges, with the exception of that part Of
the Second Charge which relates to the Order that 4‘ the Co'..
tome: should 6e uttlcid..d; lb:21 ,42:/itine sboale? be ',ermined

oat aly arcosint." y.•
The Court sitelingicatit that It frniy be disthi lly understood;'
Thal they atta,heuiceititii-e whateVer to .he precautions taken
16 prevent tuitteessary firing during the advance of the tromps
to the piopOied Points of 'attack; and do therefore acqUit
Lieutetiaut-Oenerat IV 14 lr st. QV( It of that part ot the said
charge. . •
-The Colin adjudge, that the Naid LieutHiant-Gencral
/ogle be Ca: fired, u r.J ,kel4red e6,e;i,lv tid
4e, yr nu: iflajcify whatelier.
'Thu King has pleased io confirm the aboie
Sentence, and his Royal Highneis the Commander
in'Chief has received his Majesty'S Cdnimands to
direst, that it sh4ll be read at the head of every
Regiment in.his Seryice, and inserted in all Regimen.
tal Orderly Books; with a view of its becoming a
lasting memorial of the fatal cerisequences to which
Officers expose themselves, wlfo, in the discharge of
the impOrtant dutieS.tonfided to them, are deficient
in that zeal, judgment, and personal exertion, Which
their Sovereign and their Country have a right to
expea from Officers entrusted with high comrriands.
•To His Majesty, Who has ever taken a most Jive.
ly interest in. the welfare, the honour, and repu,
tation of his Troops; the recent failure in South
America has proved a subje& of the most heart-
felt regret ; but it has been .a great consolation to
him, and' His MAJ es re has commanded it to be.
inaluated to theArtny, that after the Most Minute
inveitiotiOn; • -its MAJcs•ry finds ample cause for
gratification, iu the intrepidity and good condua.
displayed by his Trz)oils lately employed on that ser
vicee, and particularly by those divisions of tire Army.
which. were personally eng.lged with the Enemy
in the town of .Bitenos Ayres, on the 't)th of July,
1807, and his Majesty entertains no dodbt, that
had the .exertions of his Troops in South.. America
been direaed by the same skill and energy which
have so eminently distinguished his Commanders in
other quarters of the world, the result of the CUM-
paign would have proved equally glorious to them-
selves and beneficial to their Country.
By command Of his Royal Highness the COM*
rnander in Chief.

HARRY CALVERT,
Maj. Gen. and Adj. Geo. of the Forces.

FALMOUTH, • MARCH .22.,-.Arrived the Ship
Croythor, WINTOSIT, froin 111)113iC11, with MIN
So days, passage ; Danish Ship .4fricae, froth* the
Coast of Africa, with grim, ivory, and
,gold dust,
captured tin the 3d inst. by the Fame Privateer, of
Mevagissy ; Swedish Ship Maria Christiana, from
Charleston, with timber for Plymouth Dock Yard—
Was taken on the.4th inst. in lat 50. 9,i. by the
French Privateers La Pylion and San Josef, and re-
captured on the oth, by his Majesty's Ship Medi-
ator.

The .Nancy, DOV01:41/411, Whyte, FORD, Boston,
IiA2II.4NG, and Aligator, ROBIRIN are from Gibral-
tar, being part of the Fleet, about 45 Sail, under
convoy of 1113 'Majesty's Ship Sirius, 36 guns, and
Diligence Store-ship; on the 17th inst. in lat. 40.
long. 12. two Line of Battle Shies ware discovered,
which not answering the signals from the Sirius, she
immediately made signal for the Fleet to disperse;
the last time these Ships saw them, , the Enemy's
Ships were in chase.of.the Frigate and. Store-ship.

PLYtioUTIT, MARcii R3.—Arrived the Si/iu.
Frigate, of 35 guns, captain Paowsi:, from Malta
and Gibraltar; 'sailed from the latter place the 2gth
of February, with 38 Sail of Merchantmen under
convoy, and an the 17th inst. fell in, to the west-
ward of Scilly, With two French Frigates, which
gave chace to the Convoy, when the Sirius made
the Signal for the Ships tddisperse, which was im-
mediately complied with : 14 Sail of the Convoy
are arrived here; the remainder bore away for Ire-
land, Liverpool, &c. One Brig belonging to the
Convoy was seen to he captnred by the Enemy.
:Arrived the Triumph, of 74 guns, arAi ,50-pit
Ship, from Halifax ; and the Brunswit4 of, 74
,guns, from the Channel Fleet.
Arrived the American Brig Osprey, Captain
''CAZNEAU, from Madeira, with wines, bound to
London ; also Le Caroline French Sloop, from'
Bourdeaux, laden with brandy and wine • and a
Firench Chasse Marie (name unknown), laden also
With brandy and wine, both captured by the Mi-
nerva Frigate.

PORTSMOUTH' MARCH; QC—Arrived this day,
the Minotaur, of 74 guns, Capt. )41111UTT, from
the Fleet off Cadiz, Goshawk Capt. Ixscs,
and Sprightly Cutter, LieoLltatit (soaDoN., from a
cruise ; also the Fly Cutter Privateer, Capt. LIND- I Corm Excirxson, Manes{ gs.—Tile 3upp!), (,f
LeY, with an American Ship which she detained off Wheat to-day i, slit)) t, but there i. ow it noel, ;,,
Cape St. Vincent's, called the Arirtides, Captain price; Barley and Mali are more iii demand ; 'eco.N.4
Clatooktz, from Alto, in Spain, with Raisins, Le- and Beans are dull of sale Outs at stiott supply, a, :d
mons, and Wine. I are fully at last prices ; Flour as b 4E4 r.

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