The Sun.
London, England, 1814-03-01 00:00:00

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The Coart ga'itial on 'Captain John Taylor, d? •
his Majesty's ship Espiegle, which had been sit--
ting at PortSnotith, by 'adjournment, four days,..
closed on Saturday morning. The charges were
brought against him by: the Admiralty, in conse-
quence of eomplaintS, having been made to them,
that his treatment was such to the ship's com-
pany as ,to.keep them in a state bordering upon
mutiny ; refusing them„ when in harbour„. the
usual indulgence of the service, and exer-
cising towards them continual acts of se-
verity and cruelty, such as starliny, the sick,
and flogging persons in the sick. list ; also,
failing in• his oitity, when in pursuit of the
Hornet American sloop, after the capture of the
Peacock ; for neglecting to exercise the ship's
company at the great guns ; for acts of
_tyranny
towards the Officers, particularly towards the
Carpenter ; for using scandalous language towards
them ; for drunkennes. and for unofficerlike and
tmgentlemanlike behaviour. The Court agreed
that some acts of severity towards the sloop's
company ; that he had neglected to exercise
the sloop's company' sufficiently at the great
gnus ; that. he had exercised acts of oppres-
sion towards some of- the Cfficers of the ship ;
that he made use' of most scandalous language to
Lieut. Dyer; and that his conduct had been un-
like at 4 Officer and a Gentleman, had been proved
t-igainst Capt. Taylor—hut that the charges of
ill-treatment of the sloop's company, so as to
keep them in a state bordering on mutiny; that
lie loud refused them, when in harbour, the usual
indulgence of the service ; that he had been fre-
quently ia a state of drunkenness; and that he
had tailed to do his duty when in pursuit of the
Hornet, had not been proved ; but that the-latter
part of the charge was scandalous and unfounded.
The Court therefore dimissed Capt. Taylor from
his Majesty's service ; hut, in consideration of his
long services, and former meritorious conduct-,
did strongly recommend - him to the favourable
consideration of the Admiralty.

MILITARY PROMOTIONS.

ff"ar-Djfice, Feb. 26, 1814.

To be Deputy-Assistant-Commissaries-General to the Forces
—Lionel Davis, Gent. Allleek. Moodie, .Gent. Daniel
Cairns, Gent John Elanner, Gent, - Charles Wos. Bevel--
ley; Gent. William Cordeaux.? Gent. George Hull, Gent.
Ernest Evl, Gent. John Appleton, Gent.—Peter Davies.,
Gent, William Downs, Gent. John Lane, Jun. Gent.
Tt, be Paymas:er of a Recruiting District—Bartholomew.
Nangles, Esq. vice Masserll, missed the svrvice.
Martinis of Backinghir;fs Provisional Battalion of Militia.
Tu be Captain of 'Companies—Captain R. NI. Bates, of the.
Royal Bucks Militia, vice Cape, whose appointm..nt has 'not`
taken place. Captain E. Temple, of the Royal Bucks Mili-
tia, vice Rickards, appointed to the Gdth'Foot ; and Capt.
J. P. Allen, of he Wiltshire Militia.
Tu be Lieutenants—Lieutenant 11. Bowles, ofstbe North-
amptonshire Militia) vice K ingsbnry, whose appoiatinent
has not taken place ; Lieutenant M. Macnamara, of the
Royal. Bucks Militia, rice Kean, whose appointa-,ent has not
taken place ; Lieutenant J. Gillman, of the Royal Bucks
Militia, vice It. J. Mason, whose appointment has not taken
place ; and Lieutenant J. Ames, of the Wiltshire Militia.
To be Ensign—Ensign J. F. Holden, of the Royal Bucks
Militia.
Colonel Bayley's Provisional Battalion of Militia.
Captain .1. Chambars, of the West Mitilesc% Militia, to he

Captain of a Couyany,vice Sir ‘Villiinnliatton, whose ap-
pointment has not taken place.
To be Lientenants—,Lients. J. Pritchett,• of the Leicetter

Nlilitin, vice J. Cooper, whose appointment has not taken
place; A. V. Forster, of the West Middlesex militia,
:vice
W. R. Carter, whose appointment has not taken place W.
• Bolton, of the West :Middlesex • Militia, vice W. Miles,
whose appointment has not taken place; •P. Kennedy, of
• the West Middlesex Militia, vice C. Alavoine, whose ap-
pointment has not taken place; E. Heath, of the West Mid-
dlesex • Militia, vice Grace, appointed to the Royal Waggon
Train; J. A. Forster, of the West Middlesex Militia, vice
J. C. Parker, whose appointment has not taken,place ; and
G. Johnston, of the West Middlesex 51ilitia,Nice J. Abbott,
whose appointment has nut taken place.
To be Assistant-Surgeon—Assistant-Surgeon J.- F.Singleton,
of the Leicester Militia, vice Parker, whose appointment
has not taken place. •
ShlWatlan William Wynne's Provisional Battalion of Militia.
Captain T. Smyth, of the Derby Militia, to he Captain of a
Company, rice J. Lcacroft, whose appointment .not
taken place.
Tu be Lieutenants—Lieutenants J. Sowden, of th:t West-
moreland Militia, vice Wilbraham, whose appointment has
not ta,ken place ; .1. Nicholls, of the Royalbenbigh 'Mili-
tia., vice Boatel, appointed to the 2211 Foot ; P. Junes, of

the Royal Deubigli Militia, vice Morris, appointed the 22d
Foot : and Ensign James Webster, of the 2d West York
Militia, vice Miller, appointed-to the 19th Foot.
. Sd Regiment of Royal East India Volunteers.
Lieutenant IL Rivers to be Captain of a Company, vice
Bishop, who resigns.
To be Lieutenants—Ensigns C. H. Winfield, vice Rivers—and
J. Maitland, vice Gordon, who resigns.
To be Ensigns—George Johnson, Gent. vice Winfield ;
Thomas Brown, Gent. Lice Maitland, and kiln. Henry
-Dobson,' Gent. vice Bell, deceased. • ,
ME Nf ORANDU M-Tilg appointments of Captain Robertson,
Lieutenants Luster, Black, Hepburn, and Ensign Burks,
of the Cambritye Militia, to be Officers in the Marquis
of rinckingham s Provisional Battalion of Militia, as
stated in the Gazette of the 22d ultimo, have not taken
place.
The appointment of Quarter-Master Miles, of the West Mid-
dlesex Militia, to Col. Bayley's Provisional Battalion of Mi-
litia, has not taken place.
The appointments of ',kilts. Briggs, Dakin, and Gould, of
the Derby Militia, to Sin Watkin W. Wynne's Provisional
Battalion of Militia, have not taken place.
The commissions of Officers promoted to the Brevet rank of
Lieutenant-Colonels and Majors in the Army, ask stated in
the .Gazate of 9.5 th ultimo, are antedated to 2fith Decem-
-ber, Ist&
Tho commissions of the under-Mentioned Officers, as stated
-in the Gazettes of 22d January and Ist February, is t 4, are
altered as under-mentioncd.
Capt. Ross's, of 24th Foot, to 24th December, 'lBl3.
Surgeon Watson's, and Assistant-Surgeon Gardner, of lit
Foot Guards ; Surgeon Wimper's, of Coldstream Guards ;
and Surgeon Good's, and Assistant-Surgeon Tyndal's, of
3d Foot,Guards, to 25th December, 1813.
Wiltshire Militia—,Thomas Sturges Mills, Esq. to be Cap-
tain. Jobb 'Turkey, Gent. to be Lieutenant.
Cornwall and Devon Miners—Second Lieut. George P. Smith
to be First Lientenaut, vice Tyacke, appointed a'Lieute-
nanf in the 51st Foot.

George Pearse, Gent. to be Second Lieutenant, vice Smith,
promoted..
Western Regiment of Northumberland Local Militia—James
Moffatt, Geut. to be Surgeon,
3d. or Retford Regiment of, Local Militia—Arthur Mower,
Gent.. to be Ensign.
E'ast.Norfolk Negiment of Militia—EnSign Charles Smith
Boniter to be Lieutenant, vice Franklin, promoted.
To be Ensigns--Joini Morton, Gent. vice Boulter, promoted ;
and Edward Havers, Gent. vice Margetson, resigned.

CASTIA OF CARLOW.—By a correspondent from
Carlow (Ireland) we are informed, that this Mag-
nificent piece of antiquity . fell on the morning of
Sunday sennight. Fortunately there was not a
single soul hurt,, though the noise -terrified the
neighbourhood almost as much as the shock of
an earthquake,
Wednez,day night some thieves broke into; the
premises of 'Mr. Iticm. SUTTON, coach-paitter, in
Margaret-ptreet, Cavendish.=square, and stole se-
veral pair (It landau and chariot plate.glasies,:two
large bacon hams, and various other articleS, with
which they got clear off.