The Sun.
London, England, 1812-02-26 00:00:00

asked if there *ere any proof of a Coluision on
pla of Capt. Tomlinson in Middlesex ? When toll
that Capt: Tomlinson ha I countersigned the bill in
Devonshire, the Judge directed his inunediatd. ac-
quittal. Whether it Captain Tomlinson had been
tried in rieVonshire he might or might not have be; rt
acquitted, he (Mr. C.) would not say; but unqn...,‘
tionably the lion. and Learnt d. Gentleman Lad no
right to call the result of the trial at the Old 13:61,4
83 honourable acquittal. -

Mr (it) explanation) observed, that.
tilest.a' statement lioAm
f the Honourable Getitleman
fered very much from that of his Right Honotiiable
and 'Learned Friend. fits Right Honourable and
Learned Friend had said, that there was no con:
vietion whatever.; the ,notable Gentleman
serted that there hal been a‘comiaion. He rep4'afzd
that Captain Tomlinson was a very respeaable WV;
cer, and .had been promoted since the circom-:
stance alluded to. In a private statement circulated,
by C 'pt. Tomlinson, he declared that he had beeii
acqu'uted because there was no et idence a.;ainst hi
and in no wiso' on account of any flaw in the. india-
ment. He added, that the person tiy.wh9:p th 6
vessel- had been repaired, haplening to have a sledgti
hatntner in his hand, desired another person to sigtr
for him ; a practice .very common with that iudt
vidual. - •

Mr. CROKER did not pledge himself to
,the fact
of the conviction of Tanner ; bui with respell to-
Captain, Totnlinson, he ie4 as unquestionobly.acquit-
ted, in consequence of a flaw in the ,indi;.,-nnent,
and not upon the merits of the case. Ir triad
he hld been prorated, and that the promotion bad
taken place afier the o,xurrent.e alluded to, but,,be:
foie it was olicovered.

Mr. BIiOUGHAiNI sN:sliect to know whether Capt.
Tomlinson Nod not lately been appointild to a coin.
mand in the.SemFetteibles ?

Mr. CROKER rvphed, that not only had no such
appointment laktri place, but fhat there bad bC~rn
no Sea Fey olbles tor the last two years.
Sir II BlGKERToN'stated, that at the trial Capt.
Tomlinson's case was .n 6.1 entered in o •

Alter some observations from Mr. Wi,berforce,,
the (notion vtr,ls put and. tiegatived. •

A new Writ was ordered for Pero, in the rom'
of Lord James Murray; who has vacated his. seal.

LOCAL MILITIA.

Mr. Secretary RYDER, in consequence of the fib.
sence of an Honourable Gentlernan, who was not
able to attend the discussion to-morrow, postponed
the Committee on the Local Militia Bill till Friday.

NOTTINGHAM WATCH AND WARD. BILL.
• ,The Report of the Nottingham WAtch and Waid
Bill was brought up. On the motion fur reconr7
Milting it,

Mr. J. SMITH took-the opportunity of. correa:ng .
a statement that had gone abroad resting thy:
mode of payment to the Nottingham Maontac--
turers by their employers. It had been stated he
had said one of the causes of the disturbances at ose
from the masters paying their' men not in mooey,
but in goods. That pratiice was adopted not by
the great -body of the - masters, but by the lower
classes. In the statement going forth as it had
done, unexplained, reflexions -were thrown upon
the opulent part of the Mauufaaurers, which he
ntver intended.
The House then went into a Committee.
Mr. Secretary RYDER sated, that 'having received
various applications to extend the provisions of the
Bill to all parts of the kingdom, he should propose
so to extend it accoldingly.—Which was done,.
The clause having b:en gone through, Hind some- ,
verbal alterations made,

A clause was proposed by Mr. KECK, for appre-
hending persons frequenting the neighbouting towns
and not giving a proper account of theta elves be-
fore the Magistrates, authorising those Maistratts
to pass them to their parishes.
This clause, after some consideration,wai. ado,
The Report was received, the &II ordered to, be
printed, and to be read a third time on Fr'day.
The House adjourned a► half-Mast i t o'clock.

PERTH, FEB. t?.0.-011 Friday the 3iit ult, abt•ut
tin o'clock. at night, five Highlandinen-
in two small boats, at the 04 i4ige of Garry, abotii..
30 miles beyond this, with a nuniber of casks of
whisky in each boat ; the boats I,roceeded, and gcyt
into the water of Tumble, the- one vci It 14'0 meat-
being considerably ahead of the other. Unfor-
tunately the latter boat got into a violent eddy, by
v‘ hich at was upset, and the three melt", with the
whisky,' Instantly thrown out ; t wosof the men got
hold.of the boat, and called out so loud for assistanot
that the people in the other boat, heard them at the
distance of nearly a -mile, and f..,oing to their aid, a
saved (he two men %Ono ,wnrechnging to theni•set
boat, but the other, a fine young sunk to ri,e
no more.

niAlll.5.
On the 14111 inst. at Streatli.un, the Lady of W. Wills.
of a Son:
On S,iinday last, at his house, tippet Cadqgan-plaCe, the
Lady of Arc:1.10.141 Campell, Esq. or a Daughter.
On Monday last, Mis. 1011 ts, or Grovc-placc, Hackney,
of a Daughter.
The s„ame4lay, at his house in Ilertford-street, May fait,
the Lady 1. Dent, 1.:4 M. P. of a Sou.
Yesterday. at:lit:lt:bourn Park, near Maidstone, the Lady
of Sir lohn Twysden, Fart, of a Soo.