The Sun.
London, England, 1822-09-16 00:00:00

EVIDENCE.

Corporal &mind George, sworn and examined. The charge
having been read over to him, he gave his evidence to the fol-
lowing effect : On the 2d of August I came offguard, and went
with a parcel to the city. On my return through Oxford-
street, I looked at a print-shop at the corner of Holles-street ;
this was about half-past six. After a short time Colonel Gore
came up and looked in at the same window ; he came so close
as to touch me. I went from there to a caricature shop in
Vere-street ; Colonel Gore followed me. From Vere-street
I went down Oxford-street. I crossed over at the Regent Cir-
cus. Colonel Gore came up to me. He was sometimes a
little before and some times a little behind me. He went to
the door of the Nag's -Head public-house, and beckoned to me
with his hand to follow him, which I did. This was near seven
o'clock in the evening. I went into a little room on the left
hand side, and .sat down. Colonel Gore stood facing the bar,
and asked for a pot of beer, and paid for it. It was brought
into the room where I was. During the time Colonel Gore
was at the bar, he asked the servant girl whether she was mar-
ried or whether it was not time for her to be married ? The pot
of beer was brought in and put to me ; I drank; Colonel Gore
. afterwards took the pot and drank also. Before he put the
pot out of his hand, a Gentleman came into the same room, and
called for some porter and the newspaper. Colonel G. imme-
diately put the porter out of his hand, got up and went out,
saying he- would come back presently. I saw no more of him
that evening. I remained there and drank the beer. Before
I left the room the. Gentleman who came in fell asleep. The
Landlady's daughter came in and shook him, and said that was
not a place to sleep in. I went and stood outside of the door.
Two soldiers of the same reiment with me came past (Shaw
and Maw:en), and I told the circumstance to them, that I had
been in company with Colonel Gore in the public-house, and
told them the dress he had on. I left them, and went to the
Knightsbridge Barracks. (Witness then pointed out Colonel
Gore.) That :is the same person who was its the public-house
with me. Ile wore a brown coat with white trowiers, very
dirty, all over grease. He had on a black hat, his coat was
very shabby.
In cross-examination, witness said, I did not speak of this
to any body till the Sunday week after the Friday night. I
then mentioned it at the canteen at Knightsbridge. Serjeant
Powell was present. He said " that was an old tale ; he had
heard that before." I was examined about it before the officers
of Colonel Gore's regiment. I have always given the same
account of . the transaction as Ido now, as near as possible. I
have said that Foster, Captain Saiway's servant, saw me go
into the public-house. 1 cannot swear whether he did or did
not.

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The witness was then ordered to withdraw.
The JUDGE ADVOCATE now intimated that a list of names
had been put into his hand of persons who were to be called
in support of Corporal George's testimony. He thought it but
fair that George should be present during theif examination.
The Court concurred in the proposition, and George was re-
called.

Catherine Hair was then'eallcd.. She stated that she lived
with her father, at the Nag's
.Head in Oxford-street. She re-
membered the 2d of August, and recollected, on the evening of
that day, about seven o'clock, a soldier and a gentleman corn:
ing into the house. They went into a small room opposite the
bar, and one of them called for a pot of beer. She drew it
and sent it in by the servant. She had no recollection of the
Soldier or the Gentleman. The Gentleman was dressed in a
brown coat, and sat opposite the soldier. A man went into
the roomshortly after their arrival, and called for half a pint
of beer. She remembered his.falling asleep, and she went to
awake him. She had seen Corporal George since the night in
question, but had no recollection of having seen him previously.
The witness then looked at: Colonel Gore, but declared most
solemnly that she had never seen him before to her knowledge.
Cross-examined : The soldier to whom she alluded did not
ask her, after the departure of the Gentleman, if she knew him,
or if she would know him again; nor did she tell him that she
had seen.him before. Witness withdrew.

Mary M'Carthy now lives at the Lion and Horn, in Pollen-
street, Grosvenor-square ; she previously lived as servant at
the Nag's Head, in Oxford-street. Recollected Friday, the
2d of August. On the evening of that day, between six and
seven, a soldier and a Gentleman came into the house ; they
went into the tap-room. Her mistress', itie last witness, called
her to carry them a pot of beer. She took it in, and the gen
tleman paid for it. That was the first time she had seen the
gentleman. He gave her a sitpence or a shilling; she was sure
he paid her in silver. She went to' the bar, got change, and
carried it back to him ; did not remember exactly what change
she gaVo him. She took the money and gave it to her young
mistress. The Gentlenian was sitting; to the right as she went
into tilt room, and the soldier was sitting at the opposite side
of the table. She should know the soldier, but had no recol-
lection of the Gentleman., She thought she should not know

him again. She reniemb red his dress : it was a brown coat
and white trowsers ; the latter wete very dirty ; it was a wet
afternoon. Could • not say whether his hat was on or off.
Thought the Gentleman -said something to her about being
Married. He said, are you married ? orlon ought to get mar-
ried ; or something of that sort ; and she went out of the room.
—[The witness was' directed to look at Corporal George—she
did so, and said that was the soldier. She was then desired to
look at Colonel Gore. Upon being asked if she knew him, she
promptly said she did not ; she had never seen him before to
her knowledge. She could not say whether he was the Gentle-
man with the, soldier or not.l--The Gentleman did not stop
long. The soldier followed him out, but returned again, sat
down, and finished the beer. • He afterwards was speaking with
two other soldiers, in their working dress, at the door.
Elizabeth Green, a woman whose appearance indicated that
she did not belong to the most chaste or respectable' part of so-
ciety, was the third 'witness called. She stated that she had
lived in Chandler-street, Grosvenor-square. She was not a
housekeeper. On the 2d of August, she saw Corporal George
in Oxford-street. She knew him before that time. When she
first saw him he was standing at the corner of Vere-street, look-
ing into a fruit shop. A man came up and spoke to him. He
said something ; she did not hear what. This.was about half-
past six or seven in the evening. They walked together straight
down Oxford-street, till they came to Regent Circus. She fol-
lowed them. Corporal George then crossed the street and went
into a public-bouse, and the Gentleman went in after him. It
was the second or third public-house from the Circus, She

Went on, and did not see any more of them. The Gentleman
was dressed in a brown coat and very dirty white trowsers. His
hat was as mean as the other part of his dress. She was induced
to follow than, and her attention was particularly attracted to
them, because she had -known Corporal George so long, that
she thought he would have 'spoken to her. She did not see the
Gentleman's face.
As was the case --With the former witness, this- witness was
now desired to look at Corporal George ; she did so, and said
she kneW him very well. She was then directed to look round
the room and point out, if she could, the Gentleman to whom
she alluded as having gone With George into the public-house.
She looked round the room in rather a loose manner, till her
eyes rested upon Colonel Gore, who sat in a chair by the side
of Mr. Adolphus,. and was, consequently, on comparison With
that Gentleman, rather a conspicuoaS firgure. She said " that
Gentleman (pointing to Col. Gore) resembles the man more
than any body else." She could not swear that it was him,
but she thought it was.
In cross-examinations she said she had seen the corporal,
with a sergeant, a few days since at her lodging, and once be-
fore, when he called to ask her if she had seen him with a Gen-
tleman in Oxford-street. She admitted that she had said she
did not see the Gentlenian's face; and she now only spoke to
him, because of his size and thinness; 'nit she could not speak
to his face, nor had she any recollection of it. She was a mar-
ried woman; her husband was a tallow-chandler, and was now
workingat Rochester. • He left her seven months since. She
formerly lived in Shoreditch, subsepiently moved to Barrett's=
court, Wi,gmore-street, and from thence to her present lodgings,
where she had been about five months.

The witness was ordered to withdraw.
At the desire of the President, the Court was thni cleared ;
and, after some deliberation, strangers were again admitted.
The witness, Elizabeth Green, was ordered to be recalled.—
The Serjeant in attendance went for her, but shortly afterwards
returned, and-announced that she had gone away, declaring she
would not stop for any person.
The PRESIDENT desired that she might beteht for to her
bdgings, and a set jeant was dispatched after her forthwith.
John. Share, a private in the milt Company of Coldstream
Guards, examined'.—He said he knew for what he was called
to attend that Court; and on being directed to' State all that
came within his knowledge respecting the charge, he deposed,
hat about six or seven' weeks since, he could not tell the day of
the week or month, he had been to all upon a comrade in War-
dour-street, and was returning home between 8 and 9 o'clock to
his quarters at Knightsbridge ; as he went up Oxford-street,
he saw corporal George standing with his back to a public-
house, with a stick in his hand. He went up to speak to hint,
when he said a gentleman had met him, and told hint to follow
him, and went into a public-house and called fOr some porter ;
after they had beets there a short. tune, another man came in,
and the Gentleman got up and went away. He added, that he
went to the laridlady, and asked her if she knew the gentleman,
and she said not. He then asked her if she would know him
again if she saw him; bitt site said she had not noticed hint. That
was all lie told him. Witness was accompanied by his cont.;
Tatle, Mas On. The public-house was below Regent-street.
The JurraE-AnvocATE. asked George, if he had any Inca-
dons io put to this Witness ? To which' he replied, that he had
told hint the dress the Gentleman had on, and also that it was
Colonel Gore. He added, that in a conversation with the wit-
ness in Knightsbridge-BarrackS subsequently, when corporal
Marshal was present, he said when he came before the Gen.:
tleman he was afraid to tell the truth ; but what he had said he
would now stick to.
The witness, on.being questioned as to the truth of this state-
ment, denied most positively that George had ever mentioned
the name of Colonel Gore to hint on the evening they met in
Oxford-street, or deaeribed the dreas of thiperion who had treated
him with porter. He admitted that he had a conversation
with George in the barraCk yard at Knightsbridge, on the Sun-
day after he was examined on this subject; when, in answer
to a question from George as to what he had-said, he stated
that he trembled all over, but had told the truth. George
asked him " what the Gentleinen said to him ?" and be said,
" they asked him who the Gentleman was whom he (Georgey
had described as having drunk with hint ?" and that his answer
was, "he did not know." Upon which George swore and
said " why did you not say it was Gore ?" To which he re-
plied, " it' lie wanted him to say any thing, he should have
conic and told hint so before he went in ; but he could -not now
add any thing to what he had said."
In further examination by the Court, he repeated most so=
lemnly that George never did tell him who the Gentleman was,
nor ever described his dress.
James Mason, also a private in the'Coldstream Guards, and
in the same company with the last witness, corroborated his
testimony as to meeting With George in Oxforchstreet, and as
to the fact of George never having described the dress or men.:
tioned the name of the Gentleman who he said treated him to
porter in a public-house.
The Serjeant who had been sent in pursuit of Mrs. Green
having returned, alul announced that he had brought her back,
she was called in, when, in examination by the Court, she re-
peated her story, that she first saw George standing looking
into a fruit shop at the corner of Vere-street r that a gentleman
came up to him, and that they both went directjy down Ox-
ford-street to the publiC=house she had described.
Some further questions were then put to her respecting her
husband,.but she declined answering them. What she, came
there about had nothing to do with her or her husband) site,
she
did not see why she should be questioned on those topics.
The PRESIDENT told her it was her duty to answer every
question which the Court might think proper to put to her with
a view to the furtherance of justice.
Upon her questioning the right of the Court to enforce such
a rule, however, and becoming somewhat impertinent, she was
ordered to withdraw.
_

Corporal Marshall deposed thathe was present at a conversa=
time between corporal George and private Shaw, in Knights-
bridge barracks, on a Sunday morning, when the former ac-
cused the latter of not telling the truth before the gentleman ;
to which the latter replied, that " If he wanted him to say
any thing, he should have spoke to him before he went in,. and
then he should have known what to say ; but he was so fright-
ened he did not know what he was going to say."
In answer to a question from George, witness said that Shaw
said he was afraid to say the truth, or some word of that sort.
John Shaw being recalled, and the evidence of Marshall
stated to him, he said it was not correct, and he repeated his
former testimony ; -adding, that what he said was, " that he
had told them all he knew, but that he Was all 'of a tremble,
and scarce knew what he' was doing." He never said he was
afraid to tell the truth.
The PREkDENT here asked George, if he had any more
witnesses ? He mentioned the names of two others ; but it ap.:
pearing, from George's statement, that their evidence had no
reference whatever to the chitge before the Court, they were
not called.—The case for the prosecution being now closed, at
half past three the Court adjourned.

SECOND DAY.-SATURDAY•

TEIE DEFENCE.

On the opening of the Court this clay, 'Colonel GORE ex.:
piesied a wish to have Corporal George and Mrs': Green again
called in.
Corporal Oeorge having been called, was then examined for
the defence. He had known Mrs. Green ever since the begin-
ning of 1819: She Was not related to him. She had said 'she
was his sister, but she was not. She mentioned when she
went to the Tower that she was his sister. She had been to
these barracks to see him, but not as his sister. `ever saw her
after the affair in Oxford-street, till he saw her when he went
to her in company with the serjeant. He had been in confine-
ment ever since.
Colonel WoorrrOßD here remarked that the witness had the
liberty of going out whenever he chose to ask.
Witness, in continuation, said that he was put in 'confinement
about the 14th August. From the al of August to the 14th he
was at liberty to go where he pleased. Saw Elizabeth Green in
Oxford-street on the.2d. (The witness remained in Court.)
Mrs. Green was not in attendance.

Colonel GORE now intreated that the JUDGE ADVOCATE
would be pleased to read a written address which he handed in.
The JUDGE ADVOCATE said it was not usual to call upon
an officer of the CoMt to read such papers, unless froni some
peculiar reason assigned.
Colonel GORE said he was extremely short sighted, and
therefore should feel it a favour if his request were complied
with.

The Court having signified their acquiescence,
The DEPUTY JUDGE ADVOCATE proceeded to read the
following Address :
Mr. PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN—I cannot enter upon
my defence without acknowledging, with heartfelt gratitude,
the very handsome and liberal manner in which the charge
against me was introduced to the Court by CclOnel Woodford.

I was desirous it should be known, and he has liherally made
it known to you, that from the moment it was intimated that an
accusation existed, I was anxious for an inquiry, that I might
face my accuser and vindicate my character. And however
painful and distressing it may be to be called upon to repel a
charge so disgraceful as that which is now untie- inquiry, and
so malignant as that which was avowedly intended, I feel it as
the very highest consolation that I am to answer before a Court
composed of gentlemen and men of honour-Hof persons who,
while they are duly attentive -to the duties imposed on them by
their-tituation, will adequately feel for the distressing anxiety
Of mine. When'l assert, as lam confident l shall prove, that
the charge, and all the evidence upon it, at it relates to me, is
utterly false and unfounded, it may naturally be asked, what
can have induced the prosecutor to make such an accusation,
when he knew it to_ be utterly unfOunded ? I am unable to
define, or even to surmise, the personal motives of the indi-
vidual; but, I am sorry to observe, that these times are fruit,.
ful in instances of the extraordinary excesses to which men
may be carried by envy and hatred of their superiors in rank
and authority, and by the distinction which they hope to gain
in certain classes of society by malignant aspersions and daring
attacks upon those who are elevated above them in station and
in character.

Gentlemen---If the charge against me Stood as it now doesi
Without my offering a witness in contradiction of it, I should
think, 1 may say I should confidently trust, that it would ut-
terly fail by its own weakness, and still more when the evidence
of die only material witness, Corporal George; shall come to be
contrasted with his own previous statements, acrd with the con-
tradictions he has received from those whom he has called to
support his case. The narrative which first occasioned this in-
quiry was made, as I understand, by Corporal George, at the
barrack canteen, on Sunday, the 10th of August; company
with Serjeant Powell and others, and there he stated that I first
came to him at a picture shop, and there had some conversa-
tion with him ; that he followed me, and that I went into two
public houses in Oxford-street; while he remained at the door.;
and that, in the like manner, I went into a third public house;
that I ordered beer; that 1 paid for it at the bar ; that I
brought the beer into the room; and that after 1 was gone
he spoke to the mistress of the house about me, who
said that she did not know my name; but that I was often
there in the evening with soldiers, and often treated them,
for which she thought me a very good man. To prove
that he made this statement, I shall call Serjeant Powell, who
made a minute in writing of what passed. A few days after-
wards the substance of this conversation having been reported,
Corporal George was examined, as he states in his evidence,
before the officers of my regiment, and his examination was
then taken in writing. He then stated that I first came to him
and spoke to him in Oxford-street, as he was looking at some
grapes in a window. In confirmation of this story he stated
that one Foster had seen him when he went into the house, and
that he saw Shaw and Mason, when he was going away, and
tpld them, among other things, he had been prinking with old
Gore. The evidence he had given before this Honourable
Court corresponds more nearly with that which he gave before
the Officers, than with his former conversation ; but when
it is placed by the side of that which is stated by the witnessesee
Pointed out b,y himself to support his narrative, it will be
found, even by-them, to be materially contradicted. You will
observe, that in the statement made here, he says the first shop
he was looking into was at the corner of 11011 es-street. There
is a fruit shop there. He says he went to Vert-street, where
I followed him. If so, we must have returned a considerable
distance along Oxford-street, to reach the publicJiouse, kept
by flair, and placed by the witness beyond the Regent's
Crescent. The only witness called to support hin-nin this part
of his story is Elizabeth Green,- and she states matter quite
irrecoucileable to his narrative. She says Slie firSt saw George
loOking into a fruit-shop at the corner of Vere,street ; there is
no fruit shop at or near the corner of Verestreet ; the nearest
to it is two doors from Old Cavendish-street. But it may be
said, she mistakes Holles-street for Vere-street, and die shop
George was looking into was that which he has mentioned in
Court. Snell a supposition can hardly be admitted, consider-
ing the exactness with which she described the place when in-
terrogated by the Court; and especially by its relative situa- .
tion to Bond—street ; but, if she did mean Holles-street, then
her story is still more incredible ; for then she, with a child
in ' her arms must nave proceeded- after George and me
! towards Hyde-park, as far as Vere-street, turned up Vere-
! street (for the print shop there is a good way up on the right
hand, at the corner of Chapel-place), returned along QxtOrd-
road, past Holles-Street, where she had first seen us; and then
gone on to the public-house where she saw us go in. Now of
all this, very material if true, she has not said one word ; but,
on the contrary, simply stated that she followed us straight
along Oxford-road; nor has she said a word about my going
into any other public:houses before I went into the one in
question. Nor indeed has Corporal George mentioned this fact
in his evidence here. But, Genderrien, it must surely strike
you as very extraordinary, that if this woman could give such
important evidence, her name was never mentioned when
George was examined before the officers : nor on any other oc,
casion that I know, till she was produced here. 1 forbear to
make any remark on the manner in which this witness gaveher.
evidence : you saw, and will Make your own observations; but
I cannot forbear requesting your particular attention to her'
saying that she did not know me ; she never saw my face; and.
yet, even while I was sitting, she said that in height and thin:
ness I was more like the person she saw, than any other indi-
vidual in the room. Having never heard the name of this wo-
man till two or three days ago, and then without any address or
description, I could make no inquiries about her : but judge,
,Gentlemen, of my surprise when on leaving the Coirrt after the
adjournment yesterday, I was informed, and which is since as-
certained to be true, that she is, or has long passed for the sisz
'ter of this Corporal G. whom she pretended to have known only-
three years. The witnesses called to prove what passed in
the house are Catharine Hair and. Mary ..11`Carthy. I will not
stop to examine, but merely notice the difference between
their evidence and the statement first made by George of my
paying for the beer at the bar and taking it into the room my-
self. Habit is a second nature, and I will leave you, Gentle-
men, to judge whether it is probable that a man well born,
and used all his life to the attendance of servants, should, even
if he so far debased himself as to drink at an alehouse with
a soldier, become so suddenly transformed as to sink into is
_waiter. But do these witnesses, or does either of them, lenu
the least support to the stories he has told about his conversa-
tion with the mistress of the house, and her having told him
that 1 was frequently there treating soldiers. The story he is
confirmed in hi very likely true, so far as he is confirmed ; it
is very likely that he was in the house between six and seven,
drinking -with a man dressed as he describes, and that another
man came in who went to sleep, and the first man went away ;
but it is utterly untrue that I was the man. Of' all the witnesses
he has called, not one has sworn to any person ; but if I had
conversed with and paid money to the females he has called,
in the manner he describes, it is next to impossible but that
they must have had some idea of the appearance of such a per-
son, enough at least to have stated whether 1 resembled him or
not. I shall say very little about the evidence of Shaw and Ma-
son. They are witnesses selected by George himself' to sup-
port his testimony, although he has called another witness, Cor-
poral Marshall, to throw discredit on one of them. Of these
men I know nothing; what he may have expected from them,
and on what his expectations may have been founded, 1 can-
not tell ; but of this I feel assured, that if he had; on the 2d of
August, told them that he had been drinking at an ale-house
with me, long before the 10th, every soldier, every military
man, and probably all the-world besides, would have been in-
formed of it. They have been examined, and I shall call
Foster to prove that he did not see George or me on the night
in question. It may be asked, how it should happen that this
man should fix on me, in preference to any other person ? Tim
sequel of My defence will chew that 1 may have been seen in
Oxford-street on that day, and when, in the course of a very
licentious conversation at the canteen, a servant, whom I was
then about to discharge, mentioned me, it probably occurred to
Corporal George to fix on me facts which applied to some
other person, and to add such circumstances as he thought
would give additional effect. If I were addressing a Court
composed of persons to wham honour is less dear than it is to
British Officers, I should offer an apology for consuming so!
much time in animadverting on the ease attempted to be made
out -against me, when I have to produce full, decisive, and ir-
resistible proof that el could not possibly be engaged with
George in the manner he has alleged. To you, I am sure, no--
such apology is necessary; for even if your judgment should!
disapprove the course I have taken, your honourable minds
will participate in my feelings. You will bear in mind that the
time I am supposed to have passed in the disgraceful inter,
course you have heard of, 'is from about half-past six or Seven
o'clock, to some time about a quarter of an hour or twenty Mi-
nutes after seven. I shall sheWty the clearest evidence how
I was engaged, not only that portion, but during the whole
day ; and prove beyond a doubt that this charge against.= is

rvorruptly and wickedly false. At the beginning of August my
-health was in such a state, that 1 not only was under medical
care, but ate my meals separately from my family, and was
intending to go to the coast for change of air. On the 2d, at
half-past four o'clock', the horse was put into a gig, and my
father drove me to the house of Mr. Rose, my surgeon, in
Park-place. That Gentleman being engaged, I was driven
by my father to Stockdale's, the bookseller, in Piccadilly ;
and rain coming on, I remained there till past five. The wea-
ther then clearing up, I returned to Mr. Rose's; and, after
waiting about a quarter of an hour, had a long interview
-with him, and he wrote a prescription for me, which is
dated, and will be produced. My father then drove me home
to South Audley.street, where we arrived a little after six.—
`1
-dined alone ; and, at a quarter past seven, and not till then,
I again got into the gig, and my father drove me to Mr. Bell's,
the chemist, in Oxford-street, where I got the prescription
made up. I went into the shop for this purpose, leaving my
cloak in the gig, and I returned to my father, who sat in
,the gig waiting for me, and saw me •come from Mr. Bell's
door. lie then drove me for a short time in Hyde-park, and
we returned home about a quarter after eight. These facts I
purpose to prove, Gentlemen, not by my father alone, but by
all the servants in the house, and by Mr. Rose ; and after that
proof shall have been submitted to you, I shall cheerfully leave
my fate, for such it is, in your hands. I should ill repay the
patient attention with which you have honoured me, by wast-
ing your time in.general observations. If you can think me
guilty, nothing that I can say will avert or mitigate your well.
deserved censure ; and 'the good name I have acquired by my
service in the army, from the age of fifteen to this time, will
not, nor ought it, to avail : if, on the contrary, you are of opi-
nion that my honour has been assailed by a wicked and atro-
cious calumny, your generous sympathy, expressed in my ac-
_quittal, will be to you the nlost agreeable termination of your
present labour, and to me the most honourable compensation
for all that I have suffered from the moment I first heard of
this most base and unfounded accusation. _ _

The following witnesses were then called and examined :
Serjeatit Powell.—l am a serjeant in the Coldstream Guards.
I was, at the canteen on the day when corporal George made
some charge against Colonel Gore. It was one Sunday even-
ing. 1 was sitting in the canteen about eight o'clock, when
Colonel Gore's servant came in (William Cooper) and told me
his master wanted to speak to me the next morning at eight
o'clock, as he was going to leave town. added, I expect,
it is about getting another servant, as master and 1 have had
some words about loading the carriage. 1 told him I should be
there at the time. He then went away, and I went to my room.
I returned to the canteen that night, and I heard corporal
Oeorge say, " there's a pretty thing. I was' in company the
ether night with a Colonel of the Guards—that servant's inas-:
ter—in two or three public houses, and drinking with him ,in
-one of them. They went into two first, and at the third the
Colonel called for a pot of beer and paid for it at the bar with
sixpence, and received a penny change." He then said
he was standing at a print shop near Harley-street, And,
was looking at the degrees of a horse, when the Colonel came
IT and asked him where he was going to ? He said no where
particular, and the Colonel said, " Come along with me." He
went with him to one or two streets, till at last they came to a
public house. The Colonel went and looked into the public
nouse and came out again.
After some consultation between the PRESIDENT and the
JUDGE-ADVOCATE, the Court was now cleared.
On our re-admission, the witness was recalled, and went on
with his evidence as follows :—They then went to a second pub-
lic house, and came out again, when they went to a third pub-
lic house, where the Colonel called for a pot of beer at the bar,
took it and paid 6d. for it, and got a penny change. The Colonel
spoke to a little girl at the bar, and said it was almost time
for her to be married, or something to that effect. They
_(the Colonel and George) then went into a little parlour
near the bar ; the Colonel brought in ,the beer, drank out of
the pot, and put it down on the table, and he (George)
,then
drank. Immediately after that a third person came in, and
called for a pint of beer and a newspaper. The Colonel
_ then went out, and said he should .return immediately. He
1-George) waited some time, drank the beer out, and then
went to the landlady, and asked her if she knew him ? She said
she did not know him, but he was a very good natured gentle-
man, and often came there with,soldiers and treated them with
beer. He said he then went out of the house into the street, to
look if he could see him any where. He could not see him, and
then went home. I saw .111 rs. Green, who was examined yes-
terday, in these bsrraeks, before, about nine months ago. Cor-
poral
George'was
.charged.with playing at cards with priyate
soldiers, in a public house, and be brought this woman, who,
he said was his sister, to prove that at the same time he was
along with her buying .things. Corporal George was present
when this woman said she was his sister.
Examined by Corporal GEOItGE :—I made 'no observation
when you made this statement to me. I never said, " that is
an old story, and I have heard it years before."
Examined by the COURT : There were two or three ser-
_ Jeants in the room at the time.

James Price sworn and examined. I am a private in the
.Coldstream Guards. I recollect being charged with Corporal
George for playing cards at the sign of the Green Man, in
Green-street. George said he should call upon his 'sister
Elizabeth Green, the woman who has been examined as a wit-
ness here,.to come forward. She always owned herself to be
,his sister. George said he should get his sister, Elizabeth
Green, to come and say that he was along with her buying
some goods ;_ whereas, in point of fact, he was playing cards
with me all day.
Examined by Corporal GEonGE.—I did not see Elizabeth
Green go into the orderly-room, but I saw her at the gate.—
Witness withdrew.

Mary Lambert.—l live in Barrett's-court, Wigmore-street.
Plowman lives there. I have kept the house three years. Ido
not know a woman of the name of Green, and never let any
part of my house to her. She never lived in the house. I may
have seen her before to-day, but I do not recollect—Witness
withdrew.

Major CHARLES BENTINCK sworn and examined. —I was
present at the time of the investigation of the conduct of Col.
Gore, at Knightsbridge ; Col. Bouverie took down in writing
what passed.
Col. WooriFori.D sworn. and examined.—l was also present
at the investigation alluded to by the last witness.
A statement, dated the 16th of August, was then put in and
read ; which purported to be an account of the evidence given
by Corporal George, when first examined by the officer of his
regiment on the subject of this charge. In this statement there
were several very material variances, when compared with the
testimony he this day gave before the Court.
There was a second statement, dated the 17th August, when
he underwent a second examination, in which it also appeared
thit he varied in his story.
_Major BENTINCK 's examination renewed. Corporal George
, said on the investigation in question,,that, Foster, who had for-
merly been in his regiment, and whom he knew .very well, saw
him going into the public-house with Colonel Gore. He added,
that Foster h'id been servant to Captain Salway, and was a
stone-mason by trade,; he believed he was working at High-
gate, but did not know where to find him.
Arthur Foster; sworn and examined.—l was servant to Cap-
, tain Salway. I saw Corporal George, for the first time, about
six or eight months ago, at Rothwell-park, in Hampshire : he
was conducting a prisoner to Peters-field ; I did not see I
him again till yesterday. I did not see him in Oxford-
street
on the second of August last. From what I saw of him
at Bothwell Park, if I had seen him in Oxford-street, I should
have recollected him. I rather think 1 was out of employment
. on the 2d of August ; I am not certain.
Corporal George said, it was useless to ask this witness any
ostiestrons. He had ben told by a sergeant that he said he did
not know any thing of him whatever—when they had sailed '
,in the same ship together from Portsmouth.
The witness, in re-examination, positively swore he did not
see Corporal George on the 2d of August, nor was he in Ox-
ford-street to his knowledge on that day.—Witness withdrew.
Thomas Gore, Esq. examined.—l live at No. 18, South
Audley-street. My son, Colonel Gore, was in my company
on the 2d of August. On that day the gig was ordered at a
. quarter past four ; soon after which,Colonel Gore came down
through the garden, and got into the gig with me at the stable.
We then drove to Mr. Rose's, in Park-place, who was en-
gaged : we then went to Mr. Stockdale's, in Piccadilly.—
Colonel Gore got out and went into the shop. remained at
'the door. About five o'clock a very heavy storm of rain came
on; which lasted some time. After it was over, the letter bell
going, we returned to Mr. Rose's, who was .still engaged.
Colonel Gore got out of the gig and went in to consult Mr.
Rose ; he remained some time. After the consultation I
drove him back to the stable at the back of my house. He
then went up the garden to his• own room, and I gave the
:wet umbrella to his servant, 'William Cooper. That was
_about a quarter past six o'clock ; _and at half-past six o'clock
I. sat down to dinner with my family in the parlour, and
sent.up Colonel Gore's din-ner by his servant as usual, Colonel
Gore , not having dined below or walked out for nearly a
month. ,Whilst we were at dinner; having a clock on the side-
board, it struck seven. I am confidently • punctual as to the
time. , The groom was directed. to get the gig when ordered,
and about half-past seven or' twenty minutes before eight,
Colonel . Gore oame down the garden to the stable, and his
servant brought a dry umbrella. 'We then got into the gig,
and Colonel (lore put on his blue cloak, 'as he wanted air in
the gig, being very indifferent, and could not walk. I then
drove down South-street gently, into Park-lane, down Upper
Bond-street, .Grostentir-square, and so to Oxford-street. I
passed Bell, the chemises door, and turned round to the
right of Queen-street, and ,placed the carriage against Bell's
.east window and _the cutler's shop, for Colonel Gore to get
'put; notheing able to draw up ~at Bell's door, because of the
_crossing from Portland. street. Colonel ,Gore then threw off.

his cloak and went into Bell's shop with Mr. Rose's prescrip- 1
tion. He remained there a few minutes, and he never was out
of my sight the whole of that afternoon or evening, except
those few minutes. I watched his coming out, and the instant
he came out he got into the gig, put on his cloak, and we re-
turned the same way to Park-lane, went in at Grosvenor-gate,
drove a short time about Hyde-park, went out at Chesterfield-
gate, and strait home to the same stable from whence we had
departed. It was then half-past eight. Colonel Gore then
went up the garden to the drawing-room, where he lay on the
sofa the whole evening.
Examined by Corporal GEOnGE.— " This good gentleman
states that his son was never out of his sight but the few mi-
nutes in the Chemist's ' • whereas he has already stated he sent
his dinner up to him in his room. I would ask him whether lie
is sure he was then in his room ?"—A. I can swear that lie was.
I went up to him two or three times during dinner, as was my
practice every day, to see that he had every thing right. I saw
him, and can positively swear he was there.
Corporal George examined by the COURT. Couldhe have gone
into Oxford-street in the intervals when you were absent from
him ? Certainly not.—" He had not time ?" He had not time,
and he could not walk. The longest time between the periods
of my seeing him did not exceed, in the first instance, five or
ten minutes ; • and in the second, twenty minutes or a quarter
of an hour. His servant, William Cooper, attended him dur-
ing his dinner.
Colonel WOODFORD again examined.—When this charge
was made, I met Mr. Gore (the last witness) at Sir Henry
Bouverie's, in St. James-'square, to hear his statement, in
consequence of the statement of Corporal George. Sir Henry
Bouverie,, Colonel Hamilton, Colonel Gore, Mr. Gore, and a
friend of his were present. At that meeting Mr. Gore gave in
substance the same account he has given this day. I took a
minute of what occurred. (The witness then read his minute,
and its contents confirmed his impression.)
Mr. THOMAS ROSE examined.—l am a surgeon, residing in
Park-place, St. James's. Col. Gore was a patient of mine.
I wrote the prescription produced on the day it bears date
(the 2d of August). It was between half-past four and six
when I saw Col. Gore. Col. Gore was not in a state of health
to be walking about the street on a wet day. I particularly
cautioned him against such a practice, as lig was suffering un-
der a very severe complaint at the time. I heard a report against
Col. Gore, and went to him, informing him of the circumstance,
on the 14th of August, to Ramsgate, where he was for the be-
nefit of sea-air. He came to town the next day.
Mr. J. FAJIDEN, assistant to Mr. Bell, the chemist, in Ox-
ford-street, proved that he had made up the prescription pro-
duced on the2d of August. It was for Col. Gore, and was de-
livered at his house in South Audley-street. Col. Gore called
between six and eight. Witness believed it was past seven.=
Col. Gore delivered the prescription himself. He was dressed
as a private gentleman ; a dark coat and waistcoat. He did
not observe any thingfurther.
John Davis, groom to Colonel Gore, confirmed the evidence
of Mr. Gore, as to the departure from and _return to South
Audley-street with the gig, both before and after dinner.
William Cooper examined.—l am now, and was footman
to Col. Gore in August last. I remember his goirig to Rams-
gate. I remember Friday the 2d of August. I waited upon
him at dinner that day. He dined about half-past six. I car-
ried his dinner up to him in his own room. During dinner I
was up and and down with him several times. I saw him go
out about half-past seven, after he had dined. It was impos-
sible for Colonel Gore, after he came into dinner, and half-past
seven., to have gone out without my knowledge. 'When he did
go out, he went out in the tilbury with his father.
Examined by the Court.-4 saw Colonel Gore several times
that afternoon before he- went out; he was dressed in a red
striped dressing gown. When he went out 1 believe he wore
a blue coat ; I cannot say whether .
he wore blue or white
' trowsers • I believe it was either one or the other. Ido not re-
member whether Colonel Gore's father went up to him during
dinner or not. Ile might have done so without my seeing him.—
Colonel GORE here announced that he had no other witnesses
to call.

The PRESIDENT asked Corporal George whether he had any
other witnesses to call, or any further remarks to make.
Corporal George, in reply, complained that after he had first
mentioned the business in the canteen, he was solemnly charg-
ed, on pain of confinement, to hold ,his tongue on the subject,
even to the peril of his life. or lie might have found some soldier
who had seen him in company with Colonel Gore.
The PRESIDENT remarked, that it was very fit he should be
restrained from circulating such a story till the facts were pro-
perly inquired into.
Col. WOODFORD stated, that so far was Corporal George
from being prevented from looking for witnesses, that he had
full permission to go out whenever he chose for that purpose in
company with a Serjeant.
The Sergeant being present, confirmed Colonel Woodford's,
statement, and said that lie repeatedly asked George whether
he wished to go any where, as lie was ready to accompany him.
The Coy ItT now asked George whether lie could mention
any person whom lie was desirous,of being called to support
his statement, and who he had been prevented from bringing
forward. He answered in the negative.
The proceedings were here closed.—The Court was cleared,
and the Members proceeded to deliberate on their judgment.
Their decision (which was full and honourable acquittal) was
yesterday approved by his MAJESTY.

RELATIVE RANK AND PRECEDENCE (DIRECTED BY
ORDER) OF OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY.
The Admiral or Commander-in-Chief of his Majesty's Fleet,
ranks with a Field Marshal of the Army.
' The Admirals, with their Flags at the MaintOpmast-head,
rank with Generals.
Vice-Admirals rank with Lieutenant-Generals.
Rear-Admirals rank with Major-Generals.
Commodores, with broad Pendants, rank with Brigadier-
Gen eral s.
Captains commanding Post Ships, after three years from
the date of their first Commission for a Post Ship, rank with
Colonels.
All other Captains commanding Post Ships, rank with Lien-
tenant-Colon el s.
Captains of his Majesty's Ships or Vessels, not taking Post,
rank with Majors.
Lieutenants of his Majesty's ships rank With Captains.
The Rank and Precedence of Naval Officers, in the Classes
above-mentioned, take place according to the seniority of their
respective Commissions.
Post Captains, commanding Ships or Vessels, that do . not
give post, rank only with Majors during the time of their com-
manding such Vessels.
'Nothing in these Regulations is to authorize a Military Of-
ficer to command any of his Majesty's Squadrons or ships, nor
a Naval Officer to command Troops on Land.

MILITARY PROMOTIONS.
War-Oifice, Sept. 13, 1822.

17th Regiment of' Light Dragoons—Major-General Lord
Robert Edward Henry Somerset, K.C.B. to be Colonel, vice
General Delancey, deceased.
20th Regiment of Foot—Ensign Ambrose Congreve to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wallace, who retires.
36th Ditto—Lieutenant Evan M'Pherson to be Adjutant,
vice Colcroft, who resigns the Adjutancy only.
38th Ditto—Ensign George Conway Montague Levine Wade
Soutar Johnston, from the 90th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Owen,
Nvho exchanges.
41st Ditto—Gentleman Cadet M'Kenzie Champain, from
the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase.
44th Ditto—Gentleman Cadet George J. Smart, from the
Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase.
46th Ditto—Gentleman Cadet James M. Cuming, from the
Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pUrchase. •
47th Ditto—Gentleman Cadet John Lardner, from the Royal
Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase.
48th Ditto—Ensign William Grove White to be Lieutenant,
by purchase., vice Robinson, promoted,; Benjamin Wadham
Tucker, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice White.
52d Ditto—Lieut.-General Sir George Townshend 'Walker,
G.C.B. from the 84th Foot, to be Colonel, vice Lieut.-General
Sir Hildebrand Oakes, deceased.
84th DittoMajor-General Sir Denis Pack, K.C.B. to be
Colonel, vice Sir George Townshend Walker, appointed to the
command of the 52d Foot.

90th Ditto—Lieut. William Ewbank to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Gamble, who retires ; Ensign Monkhouse Graham
Taylor to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ewbank.
To be Ensigns .Ensign William J. Owen, from the 38th
Foot, vice Johnston, who exchanges ; Frederick Peter Delme
Radcliffe, Gent. by purchase, vice Taylor.
2d 'West India Regiment—Lieut. Henry Noswortliy to be
Captain, without purchase, vice Chisholm, promoted in the
African Colonial Corps.
To be Lieutenants—Ensign 'Warren Luttrell Purvis Mo-
riarty, vice Nosworthy ; Lieut. David Macpherson, from half-
pay sth West India Regiment, vice Henry- Panton 'Williams,
who exchanges.
To be Ensign—J. W. 'Wetherell, Gent. vice Moriarty.
To be Adjutant and Lieutenant—Lieutenant Charles Miller,
from half-pay 4th West India Regiment, vice Laifig, promoted
in the African Colonial Corps.
Royal African Colonial Corps—Lieutenant Thomas Baton,

from the half-pay of the 60th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Joseph
Travers, who exchanges.
RREVET.—Major Edward Hay, Commandant of the Hon.
East India Company's Depot at Chatham, to have the tempo-
rary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, during the. period of his being
so employed.
Commission in the Royal Glamorgan Light Infantry Batta-
lion of Militia—George.Frederick Steel, Gent. to be Quarter-
master, vice Henry Steel, resigned.
CommisSion in the Central 'Glamorgan Troop of Gentlemen
and Yeomanry Cavalry—Christopher Rice Tilansel Talbot,
Gent; to be Second Lieutenant.

Commission in the North Somerset YeomanryCavalry—John
Buller Hippisley Coxe, fient. to be Cornet.

invalids from tile 26th, 27th, 64th, and 75th Regiments of
Foot disembarked at Chatham, on the 12th instant, from his
Majesty's armed ship Dasher, from Gibraltar.
Invalids from the 4th, sth, 21st, and 36th Regiments of Foot,
and from the Staff Corps, also disembarked at Chatham, on the
12th instant, from his Majesty's said armed ship Dasher, from
Barbadoes: