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London, England, 1812-10-29 00:00:00

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At a 'General Cotirt-martial held at Camp Do-
lope, in Gmitialotipe,..On the 27th of Anr 1, 1.812,
Lieutenant Charles \Vitae, of the-4th,, A7est India
Regiment, was arraigned upon die Mulermentioo-
.
ed charges, viz.:-- •"
Ist. For scandalous and infamous behaviour, on
the evening of the, 23d or morning of the 24th
instant, in having `been present'whenan- alterca-
tion took place between two officers,'and instead
of endeavouring to reconcile-them,' did instigate
them to fight a duel.
2d. For scandalous and infamous conduct, such
'as is unbecoming the Character of an officer and
ft. gentleinan,in going intoEmign datrett's room,•
mil there using Opprobrious. language, Upbraid-
ing him with being a coward, and striking him
because he would not agree to -the two gentlemen
fighting a duel.
the Court found the prisoner guilty on tile se-.
Cond ohitrg,'and sentenced him to be cashiered.

HORSE-GUARDS, SEPT. 24.

At a General Court.-Martial, held at Chatham
Barracks, on the 30th of June; 1812, John Ma-
lone, a private: soldier in the Royal West Middle-,
sex Militia, ivas tried upon the undermentioned
charges, viz _

Ist. For mutinous conduct antfdisobedience
orders on Thursday, the 18th day of June, 1812,
-when on a march from Chatham to. Sheerness
fortress, with a division of a battalion composed
of detachments of :.British Militia, by refusing to
go into the Island of Sheppy, or to cross the pas-
sage at the liing's-4eryy, thernsnal communica-
tion into the said island, and road to Sheerness,
to...ing in expiess violation of his duty and
;lance as a soldier, and Contrary to the Articles
of War.
2d. :For mutinous conduct and disobedience of
orders in front of the Mitre Inn', in Chatham, and
on the parade in Chatham Barracks, on 'kursday,'
the 18th day of June, 1812, by persisting iris, and
evincing a determination to persevere in the same
conduct expressed in the first-charge; namely, re-
fusing to march or to go to Sheerness fortress by
crossing into the said Island of Sheppy at the
King's-terry, although repeatedly and publicly ad-
monished by his officers of the nature of such
refusal, being in express rio' lion of his duty and
alleg:ance as a soldier, and contrary to the Articles
of War.

Upon which charges the Court found the pri-
soner Guilty, and sentenced hiin to receive eight
hundred lashes.

HORSE-GUARDS, SEPT. 25.

At a General Court Martial, held at Chatham
Barracks on the 2d of July, 1812; and. continued
by adjournments to the 7th of the same month,
privates Thomas Sloan, John Allison, Robert
Scott,. and Aleiandef Wallace, of the Dumfries-
shire militia ; John Pugh and David-Evans of the,
Montgomery militia Thomas Mitchell, of the
Westmoreland ; Samuel Newton, of the
Nottingham militia : and William Graham, of
the Northumberland militia, were arraigned. upon
the undermentioned charges, vit:—
For mutinous conduct and disobedience of or-
ders, On Thursday, the 18th- day of June, 1812,
when on a march' from Chatham to Sheerness
fortress, with a division of a battalion composed
of detacliMents of British militia, by refusing to
go into.the island of SliejCpy, or to cross the pas 7
s-age at the King's-ferry, the usual communication
into the said island, and road to. Sheerness, be-
ing in express violation of his (and their duty)
as a soldier (and soldiers), and. Contrary to. the
Articles of War.

Upon which charge the Court found all the pri-
soners guilty, and sentenced each-of them to re-
ceive, individually, three hundred lashes on their
bare backs with acat-o'-nine-tails.

The Court, however, taking into considera—
tion the circumstances and evidences set forth by
the prisoners,. of their offering to return to their
duty,• upon the parade in Chatham Barracks, on.
the 18th of June, 1812, by expressing every wil ,
linguess to go to Sheerness, before they were ac-
tually confined, and from a conviction that the
prisoners having refused to do so at the King's.-
ferry, proceeded more from a perfectly erroneous
idea of the island of Sheppy being- unconnected
With, or a separate island-from Great Britain, than
from any premeditated mutinous conduct 'or dial'
obedience of orders, cloth humbly presume to te-
commend them generally as objects of mercy; but
particularly the prisoner William Graham, who
-has proved to the Court, that he was delayed, and
thereby prevented receiving the pardon, which had
been granted to many men
.who returned to their
.duty, by the laudable intention of persuading an
absent comrade to follow him in acknowledging
his error, and to obtain forgiVeness."
-A pardon has been granted, in consequence, to
all the prisoners. •

. .
•The Metropolis was, on Tuesday night, visited
by most dreadful gales, from which we anticipate,
melancholy accounts, as well among the shipping.
as au shore. During the storm, part of the roof
of the elegant villa at Putney, inhabited by Ma-
dame Chery, was unroofed by the wind. Several
persons were enveloped in the ruins, androneper-
son was not dug out until yesterday morning.
We arc happyeto say that. no lives were
town, several huildingssitstained material damage ;
`.the neighbourhood o'i Downing-street was greatly
alarnied. and :terrified from its influence on the
tuinated and uninhabited' remains of a house on
the right hand, the bricks and tiles of which were
forced into the street, to the terror of the. passen—
gers, and the dread of the dwellings contiguous to
Ake desolated fabric, About seven Welock, the
large iron pipe affixed on the chinineyof Colonel
Calvert's apartment in 'the Horse Guards, was
'bi,nin down inl.o.,the front of the building in
Whitehrk foriunasely, doing no injury.
Early on Tuesklaymorning.the Orderly room of
the Gidstream -regiment of G'aardS was 14roke.
open and robhed:' of the silver collarS, gorgets,
wrist •bracelNS, swords, &c. belonging to the Band
of the- 2d regiment of Guards, worth 2001.

PROM TUESDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE.

By his Royal Highness the Princenf Wales, Re-
- gent-of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, in the nanie and on Vehalf of his
Majesty.
A PROCLAMATION,
POR GRANTING THE DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES DUR-
. ING THE _PRESENT HOSTILITIES.
[Concluded from our Paper of Yesterday.)

To the second class of petty officers : viz. mid-
shipmen, ordinary, captains of the fore-top, cap-
. tains of the main-top, captains of the after-
guard, captains of the mast, sail-makers'-mates,
caulkers'-mates, armourer's-mates, ship's cook,
corporals of inarines and of land forces, three
shares each. •

- The quarter-gunners, carpenter's crew, sail-
makers'-crew, coxswain's mates, yeomen of the
boats7ain's store-room, gun-smiths, coopers,
trumpeters, able-seamen, ordinary'-seamen, drum-
mers, private marines, and other soldiers, if doing
duty on board in lieu of marines, one and a halt
share each.

The, landmen, admiral's domestics, and all other
ratings not above enmnerated, together with all
passengers and other persons borne as supernume-
raries, and doing duty and assisting:on board, one
Share each, excepting officers acting by ordex, who
arc to receive the share of that rank hi which they
shall be acting.
And young gentlemen, volunteers by order, and
the bOyS of every description, half a share each.:
And We do hereby further order, that in the
case of cutters, schooners, brigs, and other
armed vessels, commanded by lieutenants, the dis-
tribution shall be as folloWs
First—That the share of such lieutenants shalt
be two -.eighth parts of the priie, unless such
lieutenants shall be under the command of a flag
officer or officers, in which case the flag officer
or officers shall have one-third of the said two-
eighths, to be divided among such flag-officer or
officers, in the same manner as herein directed in
the case of captains serving under flag-officers.
Secondly—We direct, that the share of the sub-
lieutenant, master, and pilot, shall be one-eighth ;
the said eighth, if there be all three such persons
on board, to be divided into four parts, two parts
to 'be,taken by the sub-lieutenant, one part by
the master, and one part by.the pilot ; if there be
Only two such persons on board, then the eighth
to be divided into three parts, of which two-
thirds thall go the person second in command,
and one-third to the other person ; if there be
only a sub-lieutenant or a master, pnxi no pilot,
then the sub-lieutenant or master to take the
Whole eighth ; if there be only a pilot, then such
pilot to have one-half of the eighth, and the other
half to. go' Greenwich Hospital.
Thirdly=-That the share of the surgeon or sur-
geon's-assistant (where there is no surgeon), w:.l-
- clerk, and steward, shall be one-
eighth.
Fourthly—That the remaining four-eighths
Shall be divided into shares and distributed to the
other part of .the crew in the following propor-
tions, viz : thesunner's,.boatswain's, and carpen-
ter's-mates, yeomen of the sheetS, sail-maker,
guacter-master, and quarter-master's-mates, and
serj cant of marines, to receive four and a half
shares each.

The corporals of marines three shares each.
The able seamen,.ordinary seamen, and marines,
one share and a half each.

The landvien, together with passengers and
other persons borne as supernumeraries-,. doing
duty and assisting on board, to receive one share
each.

Boys of all descriptions half a share each.

But it is our intention, nevertheless; that the
above distribution shall only extend to such cap-
tturez as. shalt be made by any. cutter, schooner,
brig, or armed vessel_, •without any of his Ma-
jesty's ships or vessels of war being present, or
within sight of, and adding to the encouragement
of the captors, and terror of the enemy ; but in
case any such ships or vessels of war shall be pre-,
sent or in sight, that then the officers,,pilot,
petty officers, and men on board such cutters,
schooners, brigs or armed vessels, shall share in
the same proportion as is allowed to persons of
the like .rank aild denomination on board of •his
Majesty's ships and vessels of war, the sub-lieu-
tenant and master .to be considered as warrant-
officers, and such cutters, schooners, brigs, or
armed vessels, shall not in respect to such cap-
tures, convey any interest or share to the flag-
officer or officers
.under whose orders such cutters,
schooners,' brigs; and armed vessels may happen
to be.

And whereas it is Judged expedient, during the
present hostilities, to hire into his Majesty's ser-
vice armed vessels, to be employed as cruisers
against the enemy, which vessels are the property
Of, and their masters and crews are paid by, the
Owners Of whom they are hired, although several
of them are commanded by Commissioned Officers
in his Majes,ty!s pay ; it is our further will and
leasure, that 'the net produce of all prizes taken
'by such hired armed vessels (except as hereinafter-
mentioned) shall be for the benefit of such Com-
►wssioned Officers in his Majesty's pay, and- of the
Masters and crews On board the' said hired armed
- vessels at the time of the capture ; and that such
'priies may be lawfully sold and disposed of by
them and their agents, 'after the same have
been to his Majesty finally adjudged lawful prize,
and not otherwise; the distributio❑ whereof shall
he as follows :

The whole of the net prodace being divided into
eight equal parts, the l;flicer commanding any
hired artned vessel aforesaid, who shall be ac-
tually on board at the taking of any prize, shall
have two eighths ; but in case such hired armed
vessel shall be .under the command of -a flag or
flags, the flag-officer or officers being actually
board, 0V difecting or assisting in the capture,
shall have one-third of the said two eighth parts ;
the said one third' of the two eighth parts to be
paid to such flag or flag-officers in such propor-
tions, and subject to such regulations as are'here-
inafter mentioned. In case there be actin g on
board such hired armed'vessel; besides the Offiem•
commanding the same, one or more•comthissiOned

sea lieutenants his Majesty's, '§uA
want or lieutenants.shall. take one eighth.. On
eighth 'shall belong to the master and Mate, of
which the Master shall take two-thirds, and the
Mate one-third ; but in case there shall be acting
'on board such hired armed vessel one or more
midshipmen, in that case the'master shall take' one
half of the eighth, and the other shall be divided
equally between- the mate and midshipmen. The
remaining four eighth parts shall belong to and,
being divided into shares, be distributed among
the other petty officees, men, and boys, 'in the
satrie proportion as herein-before directed with re-
spect to the division of prize-money in his -MajeS-
ty's ships of war. And in case of prizes taken by
any hired armed vessel not• commanded by anv of
his Majesty's commissioned officers,
,one eighth
shall belong to the flag-officers, to be divided as
aforesaid, incase such hired armed vessel shall be
under the command of_ a flag ; one eighth shall
belong to the master and mate, of which the mas-
ter shall take two thirds and the mate one third ;
four eighths shall belong to and be divided among
the petty officers and crew, in manner aforesaid.
The surplus, the distribution of which is not here-
in directed, shall remain at our disposal ; and, if
not disposed of within a year after final adjudica-
tion, the same shall belong and be paid to Green-
wich Hospital.
And in the case of prizes taken jointly by any
of his Majesty's ships of war, or any hired armed
vessel, his Majesty's commissioned officer or of-
ficers on board such hired armed vessel shall share
with the commissioned officer or officers of the
.same rank on board his Majesty's ship Or ships
.of
war, being joint' captors ; the master of suCh hired
armed vessel 'shall share With the warrant of-
ficers
; the mate of such .hired armed vessel with
the first class of petty officers ; 'and the. seamen,
landmen, and boys Of such 'hired armed 'vessel,
with persons of the same description on board his
Majesty's said ship or ships 'of war ; save-and ex-
cept that, in case such hired armed vessel Shall be
commanded by one of his Majesty's commissioned
officers,' having the rank of master anti Commander,
and there shall be none off his Majesty's lieute-
nants on board, or in case such hired armed vessel
shall be commanded. by the master, in both those
cases the master of such hired armed vessel shall
share with the lieutenants of his Majesty's ships
of war, and the mate with the warrant• officers;
and in case any difficulty shall arise in respect to
the said distribution, not ,herein sufficiently pro-
vided for, the same shall be referred to the Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty, whose direction
thereupon shall be final, and have the same force
and effect as 'if herein inserted.

Provided, that it any officer, being on board
any of his Majesty's ships of •war at-the- time of
taking any prize, shall have more commissions or
offices - than one, such officer shall be intitled only
to, the share or shares of the prizes which,
according to the above-mentioned distribution,
shill belong to his superior commission or office.

Provided also, that in all prizes taken by any
of his. Majesty's squadrons, ships, or vessels.
while acting in conjunction with any squadron,
ship, or vessel of any other Power that may be
in alliance with his Majesty, a share of
.such
prizes shall be set apart and be at our further dis-
posal equal to that share which the flag and other
officers and crews of such squadron, ships, or
vessels, would have been entitled to if they had
belonged to his Majesty. " •
And we do' hereby. strictly enjoin all com-
manders of his Majesty's ships and vessels of war,
taking any prize, to rransmit as soon as may he,
or cause to he transmitted to the Commissioners
of the Navy, a true ilk of the names of all the
officers, seamen, marines, soldiers, and others
who were actually on • board hi? Majesty's ships
and vesselS, of war Under their command at the
time of the capture ; which list shall contain the
quality of the service of each person on board,
together with the description of the men, taken
f;:atu the d.!seription'books of the capturing ship
or ships, and their several ratings, and be sub-
scribed by the captains or commanding officer, and
three more of the chief officers on board.

And we do hereby require and direct the Com—
missioners of the Navy, or any three or more of
them, to examine; or cause to he examined, such
lists by the muster-books of such ships and vessels
of war, and lists annexed thereco, to see that such
lists, as to the names, qualities, or ratings of, the .
officers, seamen, marines, soldiers, and others be-
longing to such ships and, vessels of war ; and up-
on request, forthwith to grant a certificate of the
truth of any list transmitted to them, to the agents
nominated and appointed by the captors to take
care and dispose of such prize ; and also upon
application to them (the said Commissioners), to
give or cause to be given, to the said agents, all
such lists from the muster-book,s of any ships of
war, and annexed lists, as the said agents shall
find requisite for their direction in paying the pro-
duce of such prizes ; and otherwise to be aiding
and assisting to the said agents, in all such mat-
ters as shall be necessary.
We do hereby further will and direct, that the
following regulations shall be. observed concern-
ing the one-third part of the two eighths herein•-
before mentioned, to be granted to the flag or
flag-officers; who shall actually be on board at the
takinc; of any prize, or shall be directing or as-
sisting therein :

First—That a captain of,a ship shall be deemed
to be under the command of,a flag, when be shall
actually have received some order directly from,
or be acting in execution of some order issued by'
a flag officer ;
_and' in the event of his being di-
rected to join a flag officer on any station, he shalt
be deemed to be unite': the command of such:flag
officer from the time that he•arrives within the li
mits of the station, and shall 'he considered, to
continue under the command of the flag officer of
such station, until such captain shall have receiv-
ed some order directly from, or be acting. in exe-
cution of some order issued by some other flag
officer, or the Lords Commissioners of the Ad-
niiralty.
Secondly—That a flag Officer commander in
chief; when there is but one flag officer upon ser-
vice, shall have to his own use the one-third, part
of. the said two eighths of the prizes taken by ships
and vessels under his command. .

Thfrdlyrrliat i. flag dfficer sent to c numand
on any statirir; shall have a right to share as con:-
m9nder in chief for all prizes taken by ships or
yessels-ttriployled there, from the time he arrives
within the limits of such station ; hilt if a junior
flag officer be sent to i:elieve a senior, he
pot,be entitled to share as commander in chi i
any prize taken by the squadron, until the com-
mand shall -be resigned to him, but shall sinfre
only as a junior flag officer. until he '.assumes the
coininand. •

.Fourthly--r That a commander in clief-T, or other
flag officer, apPointed or belonging Co any station,
and passing through or into. any other station,
shall not be .entitled to share in any prize 'taken
out' of the limits of the station to which be. is ap-
pointed Or belongs, by'il'fiy ship' or" vessel under'
the command, of a flag officer of any other other
station, or under 'AArairarty orders.
Fifthly—That, when an inferior flag officer is
sent to reinforce a superior flag officer on any-sta-
tion, the superior. fiag(iffic-e-i- Shall have no right
to any share-of taken. by the inferior flag
officer, before the inferior-:flag officer shall arrive
Within .the lintitq of the station, or shall act-Malty
receive some order directly from him, or 'r acting
in execution of some order issued by him ; and
such inferior flag officer shall be intitled to his
Firoportion of all captures niMe by the squadron
which lie is sent toreinforee, from the tirnelie
shall arrive within the limits of the command of
such superior flag officer.
SiXthly—That a chief flag officer quitting a
station, 'either to return home, or. to assume an-
other command,, or otherWrise;.except upon some,
particular. urgent .service, with the intention*
returning to the station as soon as-such -service is
performed, shall have no share:of. prjzotalien. by
the ships or vessels left bellind,afterhe.shall have
surrendered the command to'. another flag;oflicer
appointed by the ;Adiiiiyotyi to be. COininader ip
chief of such station, or after be shall'have pass-
ed the limits of the station, ih the event of -his
leaving the cominalui without beingsuper:seded.
Seventhly—That.an ;nlcrior flag oflicer quitting
a station, except-when" detaChed by orders from
his. commander; in chief outiof the limitsi,thereof,
upon a special . service,, with orders to_ returnSo
such -station as. soon as such service is performed;
shall have no share in prizes taken by the ships
and vessels remaining on the station after he shall
have passed the limits thereof and in iike man-
ner the flag officers remaining on the station shall
have no share of the prizes taken.hysuch inferior
flag officer, or by the ships and vessels under his
immediate command, after he. shall have quitted
the limits of the station, except when detached as
aforesaid. .

. Eighthly,;-That when vessels under the .corn,
.mand of a flag, which belong to separate stations
shall happen to be joint captors, the captain of
each ship shall pay one-third of the share. to whith
he is intitled to -the .flag officers of the station to
n;liich he belongs • but the captains of vessels un-
der Admiralty orders, being joint captors with
other vessels under a flag, shall retain the whole,
of their share.

Ninthly—That if a flag Officer is sent to com-
mand in.the out-ports of this kingdom, he shall
have no share of the prizes take,n.by ships or ves-
sels which have sailed, or shall sail from that porn,
by. order from the Admiralty.
Tenthly—That when more flag officers than
one serve together, the one third part ofthe two-
eighth parts of the prizes taken by any ships or
vessels of the fleet or squadron, shall he divided
in the following proportions : viz. If there be but
two flag officers, the chief shall have two-thiffi
parts of the said third of two-eighths, and the
other shall have the remaining third part ; but if
the number of flag officers be more than two, the.
chief shall have only one-half, and the other half
shall be equally divided among the junior flag
officers.

Eleventhly—That commodores with captains
under them, shall be esteemed as flag officers with
respect to the one-third of the two-eighth parts of
prizes taken, whether commanding in chief or
serving under command.

lwelthly—That the first captain to the adiniral
and commander in chief of his :Majesty's flea,
and -also the first captain ton flag, officer, appoint-
ed, or hereafter to be appointed, to command a
fleet or squadron of ten ships of the line of;hattle,
or upwards, shall be deemed and taken to be a flag
officer, and shall he intitled to a part or share of
prizes as the junior flag officer of .such fleet or
squadron.
Given at the Court at Carlton House, this
twenty-sixth day of October, one thousand
eighth hundred and twelve, in the fifty-third
year of his Majesty's reign.
•
GOD SAVE THE KING.