The Sun.
London, England, 1812-11-24 00:00:00

EXECUTION OF ,PUT. GAMAGE;

DEAL, 'Nov: 23.—This morning, at 8 o'clock,
a signal-gun was fired.. from,his Majesty's sloop

Griffon, in the ar,-,:as, and the &flow flag hoisted

at the fore-top-gallant-head; as preparatory to
Punishment. At nine, the_ signal was made for
1.1,v0 boats from each of the men of war-to range
in a line parallel to the Griffbn., to witness the
execution. After the boats, had got into their
station, the shrouds of the ships at anchor
Were manned, and at ten o'clock the fatal gun
was iiruu, and the unhappy man was immediately
hoisted hp to the fore-yard7arm, where he remained
suspende:t for three quarters of an hour, when
the 'o,)ly was lowered down and delivered to
hisTriethis.-1-I.s remains are to be inter] ed in the
bnrying gron,id of our Naval Hospital. The un-
fortunate Odicer, since .his 'cOMlemuation, does
app,.!ar to have entertained the most distant
i(tea cif .recei.lng—a -hitt has constantly
been hrOoding Oyer hip expected fate ; . and" so
taucli had he anticipated his tatal exit, that he, in
Et great measiire, refused the sustenance necessary'
to keep him alive. Indeed, it is thought, had the
execution of his seance been much longer de',-
layed; exhausted nature would have put a period to
his su'iferings. _

Upon this melancholy occasion the following
general' •orders Were transm,tted by the Port Ad-
1/iit.,4 to, the. Captains of the ships in the Dow.ns,
to be read by them to their ships' companies
`The Commander in Chief most, earnestly de-
. sires to direct the particular attention of the Fleet
to the melancholy scene they are. now called to
attend, a scene which offers a strong, and, much
he hopes, an impressive lesSon to every "perso,n
; a lesson to all who are to command, and to
411 who are' to obey:' Lieutenant GAMAGE is re-
presented by every person who knew him, and by
the unanimous voice of the Griffon ship'sFompany,'-
as,a humane, compassionate man—a kind, indul-
gent officer ; yet, for '‘vant of that guard which
every man should keep. -over his passions,
this hints, humane, eompassionite man, com-
Irlits the dreadful crime of murder. Let his
eXample strike deep into„ the minds :of all, who
Witness his unhappy end; and-, whatever their ge-
neral disposition may.be, let.them learn from him,
that if they are not always ‘vatchful to restrain
their passion within its proper bounds, one mo-
ltent of intemperate anger may destroy the hopes
‘l3l' a 'well.4ent liononrable life, and bring them to
'ln untimely and disgraceful death ; and let those
who are to obey, learn, iron the conduct of the
see, eant,, the fatal effects which May- result from'
eontenTl and insolent_ conduct towards their, su-
Perioks : by repeated insolence, the serjeant over-
came the kii;d and gentle disposition of.
,Lieut:
(4AMAGE, and, by irritating and inflaming his pas-.
iort, occasioned his Pwii death.

The Cornmanner. in Chief hopes that the af.7
Ricting lesson may not be off...cd in vain, but se-
tiously contemplating the awful example before_
them, every officer and. every man will learn from
I.t; never to snifer himself to be driven by ill-go-.
l'erned passion to treat with Cruelty or viokelre
over whom he is to command, nor by,dis-
°4edience or disrespect, to rouse the passions of
those whom it is his duty. to Obey and respect.
(Signed) << Tnos. FoLwr.
`` To the respective Captains and 'Commanders of
Lis Majesty's s'aips and vessels in the Downs." .

Arrived the Snap and Boreas sloops of war from
Lath, hound to Portsrnouth.,-
Came down from Sheernoss the. Cygnet and
ue'rntuda sloops of war also the James, PosTLE-
Vri::, for Janiarca, 'from the River.
Arrived his Majesty's sloop Calliope from a

ARAIY.

(C I ;:C: U LAR.)

Bariact Office, Nov. 181,2.

• Sin,-----txperiments having.been made- to ascer-
taid the-quantity of coals lieces?,iry to be issued
to 8.c:11°61-rim:is in Barracks, tam directed by the
Commissioners for he Affairs of Barracks to in-
form you, that one room's. allowance of coals,
acc-sirding to the King's Warrant, may-be issued
to schools' held in barrack-roomf,, originally Con-
structed for eight or twelve men; bur, when the
School is held in a room which is constructed .for
a greater number of mcii, four bushels and a half
per week may be issued.
In barracks where wood is issued, the school-
room will also be intitled to an issue for lighting
the fire:.

As the schools arc to' be kept open in the day-
time only,candles will not be necessary.
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your most obedient Servant, •
FRED. ,MACE.ENZIE, 'Sec.
Barrack-Master, at

.RECRUITING DEPARTMENT.
(cutcuLmt.)

Morse-Guards, islov. '2O, ISI2,

MEmoitATOum.‘officers commanding battalion's,
and regimental and other depts; are referred to the
General Order-of the •22d November, 1808 ;.and
are required to be particularly punctual in return-
ing to the Inspecting Field Officers of the Re-
cruiting Service; the Return of Recruits pointed
out in the above Order, they tare likewise con-
sidered responsible that the Final Approval die
ports, which are prepared by the Pa'rruaster, are
regularly transmitted,
,viz.

Ist. When a Recruit, wider-the, General Regulation, joins
after havingxemaincd a mouth with the party, the Final Ap7
proval Report is to he made up as soon as.. the Recruit arrives
at his battalion or the depot, and is to be. immediately for-
warded under cover to the Inspecti:g Field 011ic'er of the Dis-
trict from whence he joined. •

2. In tite case of a Recruit tieing sent. to his battalion or
the depot immediately after intermediate approval,. as in the
case of Recruits raised in :the London District particularly.
the,Fival Approval Report, roost be forwarded at the expira-
tion of a month from the date of his intermediate ap-
proval.
3. In the case of Recruits raised by parties, which are au-
thorised to send them direct to the of their bat-
talion, or the regimental depot, there arc special instruc,
turns, and nothing herein contained is intended to apply to
Recruits of this description.

•The Inspecting Field Officers will note. in the
Register of Recruits, the daN on which each Re.
emit proceeded to join the depot or battalion,;
_and
in the event of their not receiving, in due time,
the Return and Final Approval Report above al-
luded to, they will report accordingly to theAdju-
tant-General, when an order will. be given for the
allowances being issued, and for the amount being
charged against the pay of the officer whose duty
it was to have seen: the Final Approval Report
duly forwarded:.
Should any tardiness or neglect take place on
the part of the Paymaster, the officer commanding
Must report the circumstance, in -order to- exoner-
ate himself from the yespOnsibility, and that the
Paythaster fray he niade accountable for the
same. • .

- As the payment of—the allowances depends on
the receipt of. the Final Approval Report, and the
success ot•the Recruiting Service is materially in-
vi)ived in proMpt remuneration being made to tire
persons who exert themselves to procure recruits,
any delay which takes place in forwarding the
above documents must consequently prove inju-
rious to the Recruiting Service, and persons guilty
of such neglect will be made strictly responsible.
By Command of
,his Royalliihn6s the Com-
mander in Chief.

HARRY CALVERT, Adj. Gen.

The report that the German Troops in the ser-
vice of this country were to be numbered as Bri-
tish RegimentS, is, we arc assured, without
foundation.

~,unsay sennight General Sir T. GRAHAM ar,.
rived at Fleurs, and after paying a visit to their
Graces the,Duke and Duchess of ROXBURGH, pro-
ceeded on his way to London, with the design of
speedily resuming his 'command in Spain. We
are happy to say, that the complaint in. the Ge-
neral's eyes is .now in a great measure removed,
and that, in other respects, this enterprising ve-
teran continues to enjoy good health.
Lieutenant-General WHETH.kM, Lieutenant-
Governor of Portsmouth, having come to town
for a short time, Major-General PORTER com-
mands the South West District in his absence.

Detachments of the Royal. British and Foreign
Artillery embarked on Friday and Saturday at
Portsmouth ; the former for the West Indies, the
latter for the Cape of Good Hope. Detachments
of the King's German Legion Infantry, about 800
men, are cmharkin; for Spain. The first division
went .on boar() S'aturday. Detachnients of the
17th Light Dragoons, 200 men, are to embark for
the Army Depot.
The. Royal Berkshire Militia, commanded .by
Colonel NINNSITTART, marched a few days- ago
from BlaCkburne, in Lancashire, and have arrived
ac Bideford, in the County of Devon. This was
the first regiment . that marched, into Nottingham
During the late disturbances.

•
As Mrs Irving, landlady of the Bell and Crown
Inn, Taplow, Backs, was crossing her garden,
about eleVen o'clock on Tuesday night last, she
was struck violently Ou the back of her neck,, by
a tall tout man, who had secreted himself in the
garden ; she fell into the fellow's arms, who.seiz-
ed her hands, iiad drew off her rings; attempting
to cry out, she' received a second' blow. from an-,
pther man; which struck her against a tree, and
she fell on the , ground, at which time she sup-
'poses her pockets were cut off, containing 03/.
in notes,-61. in silver, tied up in a canvas bag, and
about 30s. and some halfpence, se-; alsodkin
and a' toothpick case marked-1. I. ; and ihe
mourning-ring of her lately deceased husband.—
She was taken up quite insensible, being found by ,
her servant abut 20 initiates after she had lett
her houSe, who was directed by her groans. Mrs.
Irvin's premises had been robbed the previous
evening of .two pigs, and it is believed the same
villains likewise perpetrated Cie above outrage.—•
Two officers of the Police Office, Hatton-garden,
are gone.down to make inquiry intb this mysterious
affair. Mrs. IrVing, we are sorry to state, is very

LAIV IMPORT., '

COLIIT OF CHANC'EIti, Nov. 23.

MORRIS V. COLMAN.

The CITA tiCELLOA,this -morn ing, said the Mas-
icy was clearly wrong, in kis report; he orOit to

have stated, :is the fact was, that Mr. Cobnan did
consent, though with a protest. llis Lordshi)
said lie should take the fact to be so, leaving the
law upon that feet to. b..! argued : he would ecr-
tninlv take the words of his declaration from Kr.
Colman's 0 Wll statement of facts, and would give
it in the morning. '
Sir S. RomiLLY—" Tben, my Lord, the excep-
tion to be allowed, and the deposit money to be
returned ?"

Loan CITANTELLOR—" With a declaration of
Mr. Cd‘nian's protest."

cOURT OF KING'S BENCH,. Nov. 23.

THE KIZ.G FLEET

Sir W. CiAaitow prayed .the judgment of the
Court against William Fleet, the propr;ctor and
`publisher of Tic Brighton Herald, fot n libel that
had appeared in that Journal, the 21st of March,
on the daughter of Lord H C. Somerset—the
Hon., Miss Elizabeth Somerset. '
The -libel was then' read ; it appeared. in The
Brie.ton fArald on the
.21st of March, in the
shape-of a paragraph, setting forth,. that " a flux
pas had been discovered iii high life, by which
two Noble Families: .had been plunged into the
d:cpeSt distress and affliction—that it had been
occasioned by an Officer in the= Hussars, who had
subseqUently promised the lady marriage, but the
Noble Lcird, his father, bad threatetied him with
disinheritanca, if he complied With any such pro-

mise
Affidavits , made by Lord Somerset and otherS
were read, in which they stated their full belief,
that the above paragraph was intended to fix an
allusion upon 'the Hon. Miss Somerset, stating
their reasons for such belief.
William Patterson, staff clerk to the regiment
of which Lord Somerset was the commander, and
in which. Captain \Vyndham, the ," Officer of the
Hussars:" alluded to, deposed byuffidavit, that h'av-,
ing,bad frequent occasions to- call at The' Brighton.
Herald office, on business, he met with Fleet at
such office, on the 20th March. On entering the
office, Fleet beckoned him to go into a baok roots,
and deponent complied ; when there, Fleet said to
him—" Have you heard 'any thing about Miss
Soracr.iet Encl Capt. 'Wyndham " No," 'replied
deponent. " Oh, you must have' heard," conti-
nued Fieet" Miss Somerset has committer a
slip with Captain Wyndham, and she is-now two
months gone ; he has offered :o marry her, bnt
his -father will not suffei him." To this deponent
replied, " I will not believe it—there is no truth
in it." The next day cleptinent saw in The Brighton
/Jerald the paragraph above given.

In reply to this, Fleet, in his .affidavit, stated,
that the • above,' deponent (Patterson) was in the
procuring,inForrnation,for the Paper, for
whielt he Meet) paid ; and that the conversation
respecting Miss S. had been a private and a con-
fidential one, and that deponent ,had not expected
it to bedivulged in such a manner. • With respect
to the paragraph itself, it was published in the.
hurry o business, and without deponent having
had an opportunity of, reflecting 'on its libellous
and scandalous nature. •

Another affidavit was• put in and read, in Which
Fleet was deposed to have said, when conversing
on the libellous paragraph,- " the licentiousness
and immorality of Brighton are such as to demand
the correction of a free press."
Fleet next deposed, in an affidavit,, that he had
done all in his potter to conciliate and to make,re-
paration to Lord Charles Henry Somerset for the
injury done him, he having ever being deponent's
benefactor and friend. Deponent had written to
his-Lordship by way of atonement; and had stated
therein the circumstances, attendant upon thepul&-
lication. The paragraph, enclosed in a letter, had
been found in deponent's communication box; and
the letter stated, that the intelligence, disclosed
in the libelous paragraph would be " very ac-
ceptable to the fashionable world." The para-
graph was handed to the printers, and deponent
again saw it in a proof of the press, but even then
,he had " no decisive idea that it alluded to Miss
Somerset." He, therefore, suffered it to pass,
and into the Paper it went, but without any thing
like evil or deliberate intention on the part of tlw
deponent. • _

Another affidavit stated that Fleet acknowledg-
ed to the Rev. Mr. Carr, of Brighton, that the
lady alluded to in the paragraph was the Hon.
Miss Sonierset.

. .
A further affidavit, frcm Mr. Fleet, gave an
account of captain 'Wyndham having called on
him, after getting Biro into a priv•ate room,
that
.Captain Wyndham :bad given him a severe
horse-whipping on the 2tith It.grch.

Sir \V. GfiRROW, for the peosecktion, could not
but observe that some of the pai.,groplis' in Mr.
'Fleet's series of afflitaVits, had found way there
Much in the same manner as had the paragraph
into the Paper, according to its proprietor's ac-
count—'.` in the hurry and bustle of bustle of bu-
siness ;", otherwise, he could not account for their
appearance. The defendant and his attorney
seemed much surprised at the. unaccommodating
disposition of the
.noble prosecutor, but did they
suppose it possible to settle such a matter in any.
Other Way than by going befOre their Lord Ships ?
Let their Lordships reflect on what would have
'been the consequences of compromise—" why,
that fashionable world," and those tea -table,
Where the foraier batch of scandal had been so
" very acceptable,'! would have immediately said,
on seeing nothing mere - than a contradictory pa-
ragraph atter such a libel—" aid. this is vastly
pretty—but we see bow it is ; the matter is. quite
evident—!the ,noble families don't like to pursue
the •affair more publicly. Had there not been
something.in the first charge, the Paper would not
have got off so Such would have. been
the surmises and Whisperings, -bad not the No-
ble Lord persevered in calling for a public judg:-
ment. As to the beating of Fleet by Captain
Wyndham, he would act say any thing, the Cap-
tain lie..n;2,- about to be broueht 't7 'or

in f

iltd(rnie;it

by defendant .811er,7ecl- ..i`rryi•tillog, it , was t'lf,

. -
Ce;)Cy Of prOseetiiog. :1111 . 0,1 ii

what was the Character of the :'re.;,?

Itiniseft si.e)01(1 tell tilt•

t i, z

culated to plunge two' No (,!.c
of Sonien;et an:l Egrinont) into t'nt;
tress and afflicts 317. T.lat ww: the deien,:ant'S
own description of it, and it.mis a Co:l:est 0162.
He ridiculed the i,a!ladence of

about correcting the licentious and imnior l people
by his free press ! , however, could nor but
consider, ihat'this mutt, to whom Lord Somerset
had been such a benefactor and friend; did not
stop to examine 'whether t',-2re seas an'. truth hi
this precious morsel ofsscandal before he !•aserttAl
it. - Ent the paper must he made up, to go ori by
the post; and in it most go the sandal, thou it it
wounded a friend, and overwhelmed him yrNt
of Newspapers, if wellconclacte
highiy useful to the community; but otherwise,
they ‘vere the most abolninable nuisances That
any country could be afflicted with. At ail events,
those v.-Ito conducted Newspapers mu.±.t take c..tre
what they insert, or be answerable. -
Mr. BROL7Giii6I Spoke brieflV for the defendant,
submitting that the contrition for, and :orrc :ce
of the libel, evinced by Mr. fleet, gave him a
strong claim to their Lordship' judgment, in
mercy

, ,!re

Mr. Justice LE in deli Bring the
merit of the Court, observed on the value of aa
unlicensed press, the matter only after publication
being an to the laws of the country.
respect to the libel, it was highly culpable ; and,
when some ;lint broke in upoil the defendant as
to the defamatory tendency of the paragraph, he
ought to have disappointed the., mischievous cu-
riosity of particular claSses of his readers. Tho
paragraph was most offensive and misAievous,
cainnaniatity27, that se:.; front \Virtu: calumny-could
scarcely ever be niped away, when it had once
reached them. But the dei.eadant said, the fa-
shionable world must be gratified with such pub:-
lications, and for the sake of gratifying that vicious
appetite helmOcen induced to insert the libellous
paragraph in question. From those eireums:naces
his Lordship could nOt but feel inclined to acquit
the defendant from all chat7e of-having authorised
the publicatTon of such trash from any pet:solid
or malignant motives against Lorel.,‘.iomer,s:A.—
The sentence of the Court was, that the prisoner
was to pay a fine of 1001. and be imprisoned in the
gaol.of liorshana for three calendar months.

The Court was occupied i❑ heat:ink these dud;-.
ments, some few MotiOns .of Course intervening,
till half past font o'clock.
Mr. Justice GROSE was again absent, on ac-
count of indisposition ; but he. is so far recovered.
from his temporary confienment, as to give hopes
that his Lordship will be able to attend the Court
to-mottow (this day).