The Sun.
London, England, 1813-09-28 00:00:00

rinisd AT A 'stliti ,OJT.

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On Wednesday hot :Limes I'etlll (mentitintti lit
our Paper of Vriday last) taken outtslops
in order tri supply the men of the l'e;etatO at 'Spit-
head, it ft being pay,tlay 60 Ward, while iiinithigto
be ahtitted lout that ship, Was shot by ,Ltihrente
Finnigaai private of the Itayar Marines, who
discharged a, musket at hint loaded With hall,
Which penetrated tlirotigh the thlifk pith of his ,
thigh; indicting at a dangerous wound. The lila-
rine- 'tired ball against. most positive orders, end is
rlotv in coufinement in f'lnvort Bridewell, to au-
:two. for his conduct. 'The following nepositions
were made by the parties coneertied oh the exami-
nation helore the Magistrate
Lieutenant Tarletani of the Royal Marines,
of the Centaur, deposed, that on the 2tld al
leptember, the said slip was lying at Spit-
head, told that the ship's eompany wete paid
their wages on the 21st ; that it it customary
after the paynletit of ships, to admit slop-sellers
tni board for several days, for the purpose of the
ship's company being supp!ied Av th necessaries ;
and upon these occasions many boats come off
with slops, and the persons are so eager to get
into the ship, that it is with •diffieulty they are
kept off from the ships sides. Guard-boats are
therefore appointed, and orders given to the sen-
tinels to fire blank cartridges, to intimidate per:
sons in the boats train coming.alongside until they
are called. These measures became necessary

to prevent improper intercourse with the ship's
company, and to preVent liquor being introduced
into the ships, which In some cases have produced
great disorder and insubordination. On the 21st,
the day the ship paid, strict order?, were given
that no shore boats should come alongside : the
centinels were ordered. to tire blank cartrid;,...., to
keep them oft;- strict orders were also given that
the sentinels s4oUld on no account be permitted to
have in their possession any running.halls, and
their cartouch,boxes were ordered to be exatn:tred.

On the 22d, these orders were continued, and this
deonent gave them to Scrjeant Thomas W,yborn.
John Rickets, armoufer, deposed, that, on the
22d, he examined and sponged the sentinels mos,
kets forthe relief that went on at eight o'clock in
the morning, and is sure no musket "%vas loaded
either with powder or ball ; at the time, he
vered to• each sentinel two blalle, cartridges, and
examined their eartratch boxes. Corporal Hatt

was ',present, at the same time, anti particularly
cautioned every sentinel against using 'balk, as
did the First LieUtenant, and this deponent is sure
Laurence Finnistao received the same orders, and
the same examination, previous to his going on
his Post at eight o'clock in the morning.
Hancock, private marine, deposed,
that being sentinel on the starboard side of the
poop on the morning of the 22d (opposite to Fin-
nigan's post) ; between nine and ten he heard
Finnigan call out,'" Shove your boat farther at}
front the ship," which he repeated several times,
'1 his deponent heard no answer made, though it
was possible au answer might have been made
without his hearing it. After, Finnigan had or
tiered the boat to shove off two or three times, he
stepped from a carronade-slide upon some ham-
mocks which were stowed. in the -netting,. anti
presented his musket, basing levelliNl. it liovvn.,
wards towards one of the boats, and fired ; upon.
which a man cried out he was wonmled, and ;the,
First Lieutenant instantly hailed the -boat, and
the wounded man was taken into the
.ship, and
attended by a Surgeon's Assistant. When Fin-.
'nigan fired. the First Lieutenant was on the
quarter-deck, as was _Lient..Sullock, the Officer
of the watch, neither of whom gave Finnigan or.
dens to fire. The First Lieutenant had before
given this deponent orders to fire twice with blank
cartridge.
Martin. Wellstead,,of Portsmouth, tailor, de-
posed, that he, in company with John. Davis, of
Portsmouth, slooseller, and William Mutton;-.of
Portsca, also a slopseller, was, on the 2•211 of Sep-
teniher, on hoard a wherry with their slops, at
Spiteful, about thirty or forty yards front the
Centaur, in the expectation of being. admitted
into the ship ; that whilst so lying. alongside,
butes Veal, slopseller of Portsea (.who was. in
partnership w!th this• deponent and John Davis),
came into their wherry from another ;. that a,
guard-boat had been appointed from the ship to
keep off . the • wherries (there being fourteen. Or
fifteen) ; that their wherry was without the gond-
boat ; a sentinel on the poop hailed their wherry,
and desired them to keep otT, though they were
at least thirty yards from the ship, and as befoie
deposed, one side the guard-boat ; the sentinel
added, " You Jew looking ----, f you don't keep
the boat of, Mow your brains out," or words to
that effect ; that Mr. 14. Dickson, one of the per-
sona in the boat, answered, ".sue will directly,"
and the waterman instantly palled the inside oar
to keep the wherry still further off : there was- no
intention before this to get nearer-the ship—how-
ever, the said sentinel levelled his musket at the
persons in the wherry, and fired. Instantly the
said-james-Veall- exclaimed; -Oh ! 1 .= a. dead
man---my poor wife and family," and he fell back
on the hampers on which be was sitting ;' a ball
passed through his right aim, near the eibiv, arid
through` part of his right thigh, in the fore part
near the hip-bone : the Commanding-Officer in-
stantly ordered theta on board, and Veall's wounds
were dressed by the Surgeon's As,istant,. and he
was•aforwards,taken on shore to his own house
in St. James's-street, where he now languishes,
;attended by a stngeou.
It is a remarkable circumstance, that George
Brothers, the .person killed by the Frenchmen,
was the identical waterman who took .off James
Veall,• the person that wits shot alongside the
eelittaur..--s(llanis courier.)

Sunday se*nnight, A female of the name of
Watcrwoteru, of Cambridge, and her child (au
infant) were found drowned at 'Cirerrybinton.
The body of the former was tonna nearly a far-
long front that of the latter. A Jury ‘fietiyed the
bottles on Monday, and returned a vertiiit of fel()
de se as to the mother ; and she wits buried in the
Gross road, near Cherryhinton. A handkerchief
m•as found on the bank near where the child Wfti
drowned, and it is supposed the unnatural-parent
had left the infant there, and that in its utroggle4
it had rolled into the water.