The Sun.
London, England, 1814-12-08 00:00:00

Tali, ARMY.

‘Saturday! detachment of the 23d Foot (200
men) embarked at, Portsmouth for the Mauritius.
Friday, part of- the 66th Regiment arrived at
Southampton, on their route from Bristol to the
,depot in the Isle of Wight; they embarked ill).-
mediately, and are to be followed progressively by
the remainder of the Regiment.
The dep6t of the 20th Light Dragoons will al•_
rive at-Radipole Barracks (to be stationed there)
in the course of this week.

, Part of the 23d Light . Dragoons marched
through town this morning, on their route from
the depot at Maidstone to Birmingham. ..
,The 28th Regiment, and Ist Battalion of the
52d, 71st, and 9lst- Regiments, have received or-
ders to bold themselves in readiness to join the
English Army in America.
A considerable detachment of soldiers, `raised
by Government for the 'East India Company's
service, was last week embarked in the Duncombe
transport, at Gravesend, for the Isle of
.Wight ;
it has been ealcnlated, that• the embarkation of
these men in the neighbourhood of. London, with-
out sending them to the Army Depot, would he
a saving to the Company of twenty thousand
pounds per annum.
Thursday, a General Court Martial assembled
within Edinburgh Castle, for the trial of Assistant
Surgeon LYSTER, of the 7th Dragoon
.Guards, on
charges connected with the management of the •
Depot Hospital at Musselburgh. Dr. SOMER-
VILLE, Deputy Inspector of Hospitals in North
Britain, appeared, as prosecutor. ALEXANDER
LUMSDEN, Esq. Advocate, and Mr. DONAL)) MAC-
LEAN, attended on-behalf of the prisoner.

S UPPOSED MURDER.

On S

aturday evening,- a man about .50 years of
age, was found dead in Greenwich Park, under
very suspicious circamstances of murder. An
Inquest has since been held on, the body before
JOSEPH CARTTAR, Esq. one of the Coroners for
Kent, which, after a• laborious investigation of
two days, 'was unable to satisfy the great pains
and public anxiety that this case' bus produced,
inasmuch as notwithstanding a great number of
witnesses were examined, and every diligence
used, the Jury at last were obliged to find a ver-
dict of---." killed by a gun-Shot, fired by some person
or persons unknown." It appeared befOre the Co-
roner, that the name of the deceased was Thomas
Putnam ; that he was a man retired from bUsi-
ness, and accustomed to walk about the Park and
Blackheath for his amusement ; and that a bullet
from some fire-arms ,had been shot through his-
head from temple to temple, about five o'clock on
Saturday evening, as•is supposed (the report of a
gun havieg been heard at that time in the Park by
several persons); but the body was not found till,
near eight o'clock, when two vagrants, who were
going up the main walk to the Heath-gate,. " dis-
covered it _quite dead, -near •the corner of the.
Princess of Wales's inclosure, and gave an alarm
to the townspeople, who fetched the body away
• the same, evening. Suspicion having 'fell- on the
parties who gave the information, they were de-
tallied and examined before the Jury, but nothing
could be fixed upon them ; nor, indeed, could any
clue be discovered to lead to the least explanation
I
of the. mystery. No fire-arms could be found,
nor any bullet mark near the spot. It is strongly
suspected, however, that mischief was intended
to the Park-keeper (who has lately exerted him-
self very much in preventing disorderly persons
remaining all night in the Park, for which he has
been threatened by some of them), for whom the
deceased tilight have been taken as be was return-
ing from the, Heath that evening. This, however,
is mere suggestion ; and unless a reward, which.
is to be offered by the parish of Greenwich, shall
produce some further evidence,thaa could be ob-
tained before the Jury, it is feared the authors of
this fatal and melancholy event will not be disco-
vered. The deceased was a single man, and-there
is not time slightest cause to think, that he de-
stroyed himself.

LAW INTELLIG.%NCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, DEC. 7.