The Sun.
London, England, 1840-09-30 00:00:00

departure, hut on entering the mess-room he found him
there, and shortly afterwards Mr. Farquhar left the
room with some of the • other officers.
Some time again elapsed, and Captain ril'Adam being
under the impression that Mr. Farquhar had left for
'Montreal, went out of the house, and on advaneine,
few paces to the mincer in front of the officers' barracks,
he perceived him walking op and down, and several of
his brother officers, apparently expecting a scene. He
opened the wicket-gate, and proceeded in a direction
opposite to Mr. Farquhar, who quickly came up to him,
took hold of him by the throat, and told him he was
about to horsewhip him, upon which Captain M'Adam
said that he would shoot him, at the same time taking a
loaded pistol from his pocket.
Mr. Farquhar struck his antagonist once, and in en-
deavouring to wrest the pistol from his grasp, it was
discharged, and the contents were lodged in Mr. Far-
quhar's abdomen, a little under the navel. Captain
M'Adam then went into the house, followed by Mr.
Farquhar, who walked up to the second story. Medical
assistance was immediately proenred, but we believe
there is but little hope entertained of Mr. Farquhar's
recovery. A military court of inquiry was called to in-
vestigate the subject, and we will have it in our power to
lay the substance of the evidence and the decision be-
fore our readers in a day or two. In the meantime we
would recommend our fellow citizens to refrain from
listening to-any ex parte statement, as the most ample
evidence of all the particulars must shortly be made
public Both of the gentlemen connected with this
most melancholy affair arc well known in this city, and
it is universally regretted by all. Indeed we do not
know of any circumstance which has excited so general
a❑ interest since the rebellions.

DECLARATION OF THE BASQUE

PROVINCES:

CIRCULAR ADDRESSED BY THE DEPUTION OF THE PRO-
VINCE OF GUIPUSCOA TO THE MAYORS AND LOCAL
AUTHORITIES OF THEIR TERRITORY.
At the moment when, reunited on the field of recon-
ciliation, the inhabitants of these provinces celebrated
the anniversary of the peace, the frenzy of anarchy was
at work at the other extremity of the Peninsula in of-
fering outrages to the Royal power. It was then that
the deputation,' on looking around them, experienced the
happiness of seeing perfect order firmly established in
the country of their ancestors, deeply rooted in our
moral feelings, and fortified by the enjoyment of our
traditional liberty. The deputation was still striving to
ensure the continuance of this order, alike dear to our
bearts and our recollections, when the Royal ordon-
nanee of the sth instant reaehed us, and was com-
municated to • the province ; but, as events became
daily more important, the deputation assembled
for this sole object, and, is adopting measures
which they judged circumstances to have rendered ne-
cessary, they thought fit to inform the nation of what
they had decided upon. When we gave our words at
the field of Bergara, we swore fidelity to the constitu-
tional throne of her Majesty the Queen, Donna Isabella
11., to the Regency of her august mother, and to the
fueros of our ancestors. The good faith of the Basques
shall not be called in question. It is now as inviolable
as ever. It has strengthened by exercise. The love of
liberty is traditional with us, but it is joined with a sa-
cred respect for the royal authority—thefueros. We
must transmit unimpaired to our children the epithet of
noble and loyal, which history gave us. Such are the
principles of the deputation ; and any
,future measures
shall be in accordance with these principles. The de-
putation hopes that you will assist them to the utmost
of your power by your endeavours to tranquillise the
public mind.--May the Almighty reward you with a
long course of years.
From the deputation at Ascoita, Sept. 15, 1840.
The Count DE MONTENON, President.
RAYMOND GUERRA, Secretary.
A correspondent at Bayonne writes on the 22d inst.
to the Guienuc :—" At a meeting of the Deputies for
tha four Basque Provinces, it has-been resolved to pro-
test against the acts of the Junta of Madrid. Two
Deputies have been sent to Valencia to offer to Queen
Christina the services of these provinces, and invite
her to come into Navarre. The Depitties have also
been instructed to go to Madrid to use energetic re-
monstrances with the Junta, and threaten it with an
insurrection on the first attempt to infringe theirfueros.
When the proposal of Espartero to send twenty batta-
lions into these provinces was known, a strong repre-
sentation was made to the Captain-General Ribero,
desiring him to divert Espartero from his project, as
the
.provinces were determined to resist the measure,
and had already required that the troops which were
in them should be withdrawn. If it were persevered
in 40,000 Navarrese were prepared to take up arms."

COtRT-IVIARTIAL ON CAPTAIN
R. A. REYNOLDS.

BRIGHTON, TUEEDNY.—The Court-martial on Cap-
tain R. Anthony Reynolds, of the II th (Prince Al-
bert's) Ilussars, was resumed this morning, and again
iidj/urned on the application of the accused, for the
purpose of effarding him time to prepare his defence.
I stated in a former letter, that every desire had been
exhibited by the Court to afford accommodation to the
Reporters of the London Press ; and it is but right to
mention, that that desire was most fully carried into
effect by the Judge-Advocate, Major Pipon, through
whose. kindness such facilities were given as must en-
,!ibts,klieM:te fulAl' the task entrusted to them.
71;lae tiine:fiiediforthe sitting Of Ole Court was eleven
,o cock i•. but the members of the Court were not as-
gullibled, nor the litiblio'adMitted, 461 halrpast eleven
a7efock:.
thionthe Order' being given for opening the Court,
there was a great rush into the room, and in less than
half a minute it was crowded to excess. Orders were

given to shut the door, as the room was then quite fu
and as soon as all present were accommodated,
The President of the Court, Major-General Sir
Ihitom,Es PACKENIIAM, rose and said :—" Before be-
ginning our proceedings, I wish to make a few observa-
tions with respect to the contempt of the order of this
Court in the publicat.on of our proceedings by the
press. There is nothing more decidedly ascertained
than the power of a Court-martial to forbid the pub-
lication of its proceedings, nor has, I believe, such
an order been transgressed except upon the present oc-
casion. I see that it has been stated in some of the
papers that have acknowledged that they received the
prohibition of the Court, but who have published not-
withstanding, because they did so in the case of
the trial of the late Queen Caroline—a pro-
ceeding, cert,ir.ly, of much greater importance
than the present ; but that is not p.t all in point;
because, in that case, there was no prohibition. But
then the paper went on farther, and stated that it
did so in cases of recent occurrence. That, with respect
to courts-martial, is unfounded. There is the case, for
instance, of General Whitelock, a recent one—of Colonel
Hay, a recent one—of Colonel Quinton, a recent one ;
and there is also the case of Lieutenant-Colonel John-
stone. There was not the transgression of the order
in these cases, and they were all tried in London,
Tue order was not transgressed, and that at once show's
that the plea does not hold. Another plea has been
sent to we in writing, which was, that the public in-
crest would cool if there was and delay in the publica-

tion of the proceedings. It that were even to happen,
it would not do much mischief. But the question here
was between the gratification of the impatience of public
curiosity, and the dispensing justice between two gallant
officers. It was suggested to the Court that it might
mark its displeasure for this very ungrateful return by
the press in affording accommodation to the reporters,
by withholding that accommodation ; but the Court
thought that would be unbecoming their character en-
tirely. (There was here a general notice of assent on
the part of. the members of the Court.) We have no
complaint to make of the reporters. We deem it to be
our duty to afford them every facility to enable them to
carry on their arduous and useful avocation. With re-
spect now to the prohibition of further publication, it is
obvious that the object of the Court has been frustrated,
and we do not now much care what is done hereafter.
The penalty, however, is another thing (for there is a
penalty), and that is the thing to be considered, and
prove that the Court has a right to make the order, and
the penalty (for violating it) lies in an action in the su-
perior Courts. It is admitted here that the parties are
in contempt ; and it will be my duty to make a report
to the Judge Advocate-General, and leave the matter
in his hands.
The Judge-Advocate then proceeded to read the mi-
nutes, which stated that the Court, being assembled
pursuant to its adjournment, the Court proceeded to
read two letters, addressed to the Judge-Advocate
and to the President of the Court, from Captain Rey-
nolds, requesting a further adjournment, to enable him
to complete his defence, and the Court intimated that
Captain Reynolds should be heard, in order that he
might state his reasons for the application, such appliza
tion being very unusual. The last minute was here
read. The Court had intimated to Capt. Reynolds that
the prosecution was here closed, and asked what time he
would require to prepare for his defence, and Captain
Reynolds had replied to Tuesday morning, and the
Court accordingly adjourned to Tuesday.
Captain Reynolds was about to rise to address the
Court, when
The Judge-Advocate desired that his request should
be given in in writing.
Captain Reynolds then handed in a paper to this
effect : That he begged to say that every exertion had
been made by him to complete his defence, which he
bad hoped to have had ready for that day ; but not
withstanding:the greatest exertions had been made on his
part he had unfortunately found it impossible, without
,
injustice to imam to complete it ; and he hoped, these-
fore, that the time he had requested would be granted
to him. He concluded by expressing his regret that
the Court should in any way be inconvenienced.
1 The President—lf it be granted, then, to what time?
We must consider to what day.
Captain Reynolds—To Thursday morning.
The President—With the perfect understanding o
then proceeding ?
Captain Reynolds—Certainly.