The Sun.
London, England, 1812-08-22 00:00:00

COURTS MARTIAL.

HORSE GUARDS, JULY 25.--:-.At a General Court
'Martial held.at Chester, on the :21st April, 1812,
and continued by adjournments to the 23dof the
same month, Lieut.-William Nash, of the Royal
North Lincoln Militia,- was arraigned upon the
undermentioned charge, viz.

,For searicialous and infamous behaviour, unbecoaiing the
character of au Officer and a:. Gentleman, in caltunuiouSly
circulating a report at Chester,• in or about the:month of
July, and in or .about the month of Decenwer, 1811, prejudi-
-641 to the honour' character, and reputation of Adjutant
Gibbon Culler, of the same regiment, by falsely stating to se-
vela' persouS,. that Adjutant _Cullen had been brought be-
fore the halberts,. and there stripped to be punished fur
theft, thereby tending to -deprive the said Adjutant Gii)bon
Ctillea of that influence; authority, and command, nece,s,.ry.
to the discharge of his duty -as an Officer in his Majesty's
service.

Upon which.ehargelhe Court came to the fol-
lowing•dechiion:•'---
'"The Court Martial, after the most attentive
consideration of the evidence produced in stip-.
-port' of the charge against Lieut. W. Nash; of
the ft oyal North Lipcoln Regiment ofikiiiitia, and
of the prisoner's defence, are of opinion, that. he
is gtiiity of the crime laid. to his charge, and they
do sentence him, the said Lieut. \ Nash, to be
dismissed froth the regiment."
__ •

• His -Royal Highness the Prince Regent was
pleased, in the name and on the behalf of his Ma-
jesty, to approVe and confirm the finding and sen-
tence of the Court 3 and the Commander in
Chief directs, that the charge preferrvd against
Lieutenant William Nash, together with the
finding and sentence of the Court, shall be read
at the head of every corps, and entered in the
cie nerd Order ,BO ok ' • •
By command • of •his Royal Highness the•Catn
milder is Chief. • •
HARRY CAL.I44T, Aqiziant-General.

HORSE-GUARDS, Amo.'3.—At a General Court
Martial held at Ilythe,' on the 23d March, 1812,
and continued by adjournments to the 13th April,
Lieut. Lewis -Appelius; of the B.sth regiment,
was arraigned upon the 'undermentioned charges,
viz.—

Ist. For scandalous and infamous conduct wabeconfing the
character of an Officer and a Gentleman, in falsely and mall-
eiously asserting to Capt. Hylton,. of
.the ssth regiment, at
Belem, in Portugal, on or about the Ist of June,' 1811, that
he (Lieutenant Appelins).had pulled Major Mein, al the same
Regh/seut, by the nose, and taken his (Lieutenant Appelius's)
feet from the-HudibrasLic seat of honour, or words-to that
effect; and -if Major Mein had added that-to the chaff e,
which he bad given in against him (Lieut. Appelius) on or
about December last, meaning Itll9, it would neve been no-
thing but the truth.
2d. In falsely and maliciously propagating and asserting,
between the 12th and 24th of June, 1811, to' the Odicers of
the 15th re::iment, then serving-in Portugal, that he (Lien;.
tenant ppe!iirs) had Ruffed Major Mein by the nose, and
taken his (Lieutenant Appelius's) feet from thelindibrastio
seat of honour, or words to that elitct ; and 'farther falsely
and Maiieitiusl propagating and -asserting 'the same ca-
lumny. between the Bth of August and 7th of September,
1811, to several of .the Officers of the five companies of the
85th regiment; then under the commana of n:lior Mein, at
the regiarcatal depot at. Haihjuttn, or ; the above
--eipreSs'mlis and a3sertions being ansolutefy false, and greatly
'to the prejudice and dishonour of Major :Min's character,
both as 'an Officer and a Gentleman, and highly subversive
of good order and military discipline, and in breach of the
Articles of War.

elvArgs Ole Court etiefie to the fol-
lowing decision
fr The edurt haviup; maturely Oil :attentively
weighed and considered the evidence adduced in
stliv:,-,rt of the prosecut ou, together with what
the prisoner, Ll:rAtenant Lewis ..I\ppelius, has of-:
fore' iu his" defetice,i,:i of opiluou relative to the
first charge, that tive prisoner is 'guilty of the
same,

" With regard to the.second charge, the Court
is of opinion that ,the pr;soner is nut guilty of the
whole or either part..thereof,' and doth therefore
ai.lquit. him (31' the sanie.
‘.` The Court, ii consideration of having found
the prisoner guilty the scandalous and infa-
limns conduct, as contained in the first charge,
such' being-it breach of the ArticleS 'of War, cloth
therefore sentc•ace • bini-to .be dismissed his Ma-
jesty's Service. _ •
-` The cotirt, a', tine same time- that it acquits.
the prisoner of the second charge, deems it a
duty; ilt justice to Major' Mein's character, to
State,•that in the coursi of the trial seVeral cir
imasunices have, transpired, fully ufficient; in the'
opinion of the Court,- to, exonerate Mijor ?delft
from any impatati6n of being actuate:l .by
liberal <jr improper 'motive" pret:erthig the te-
em:id-Charge." •

SPANISH PAP ERS.

(FROM Tat GONG'S() OF JULY '25.)

'TUNE 25."---ItelTiOTT.-
t-) Don tali:, itcy, Commander
. . excc,lti:)ner and comrnon
bt.._'7%,..rjr;g that they may not
.it,nt in3igniaof the Lgion of
_o:„ L-01l Crown, as-ordered in his
',A.ctilenrq's decree cif the 12th ult.
•Ex " Pelient Sir, _

Jose Faiset, executioner, and Vicente Cau,
:Pedro Neac, and NfehOlas Paris;.comnion criers
t.he former' in his own name, and. the latter in
the name of all others of the same class) exces-
4sivery grieved at your Excellency's decree of the
12th of May, with all due' respect sulinit that they
.flatter themselves they have given no'cause for a
measure so injurious Sand blackening to their cha-
racter, which does nothing less than confound thendi
with the most wicked of all men.

" We, may it please your. Excellency, each in our
own sphere, pique ourselves, on being good Spa-
niards and men of probity. As the latter, have we
done any act, or committed any offence, to eall in
question our character ? As good Spaniards, has
you: Exceildicy heard any complaint of our not
having punctually executed sentences, and pub-
lished the. orders of the Legitimate Government
will .exactness thioughout everf part Of the prtur
cipality ? To .the above are our functions confin-
ed, and in performing them, we fulfil' our duty to
society. The Preiich cannot say that- they .haVe
availed themselves of our assistance, for they have
Often been compelled to have recourse to a male-
factor tOr want of an executioner; and for want
of criers, they have compelled the Curates to
proclaim their iniquitous orders at the foot of the
altar.

But, thou :;Ii ,we should serve both French
and Spaniards at the•same time, (which is'iMpos-
sible according to our Way of thinking) what an
immense distinction would still remain, between
our and tbetr mode of proceeding,, llt is, their's to
-meditate mischief; to give it the Shape of late, and
to compel the people to obey it by violence,--,
while it is our's merely.to, publish it, and leave it
to the people to obey it, qr not, as they please.--
.If the executioner is compared with the French,
you will find a still more palpable distinction be-
tween Clem : the tormer does no. more tban_de7
prive of life a malefactor, convicted after delibe-
rate trial ; but the latter rob, kill, assassin ate, and
even make. a boast of exhibiting their clothel,
dyed with the blood of the innocents whom they
have immolated. Hence- your Excellency must.
perceive that it is peculiarly -injurious-to-us to com-
pel us to vicar the insdgnia of the legion. Of horltr
and of the Trou crown,, with which Buonaparte
disthvoishes those who are the most 'supererni-
pent crime.

" We, theyeforc, your Excellency,
that the above"-rucntiolw:.l eref... may be. recalled ;
and that the eniblems of the iron crown or, the
legion of honour inay only he worn by eVil-
dOers when they are- conducted .to punifibment.—
We expect favour as well as justice from your,
Excelleucy.
" Manresa, Nil), 25, 1812."

. Major CatstAc!is appointed to d; command of
the four troops of, Life Guards, about to embark
for Spain.
Twelve troops' of heavy horse, to he taken from
the Royal Life Guards, and Royal' Horse Guards
or. Blues, are ordered to be in readiness to proceed
for-embarkation for. Portugal. The Hussar Bii-
gade, consistidg of the 7th, 110th, and 18tb-, it is
expcetefl, will accompany them.
Several Officers of the Royal Engineers have
been ordered to proceed immediately to Canada
and Nova Scotia; and we understand that a de-
tachment of artificers, &c. belonging to the same
corps, is to be sent to that quarter. The 3d bat-
talion of the Sgth is- also destined for North Ame-
rica. • •

CORK,,AUG. 13. Yesterday our Assizes con-
cluded. The only criminal trial which excited
much- interest, was that of the men who had been
apprehended by the spirited exertions of Robert
Courtney, Esq. and his corps. Of those, five'
were capitally convicted on the White Boy Act,
and sentenced to, he executed on Saturday, the
22d, instant, viz. Patrick Maraga, atDungburney;
Bartholomew Shea,. at Two Port-house; John
Connel, at Castlelyons ; and David Daly and
Denis Browder at Canno: 'Avis terrible but ne-
cessary example,:. it is to be hoped, will re-esta-
blish trannuility and,security in that part of the
country which has been lately so much disturbed
by lawless associations and nightly outrages. Of
Mr. Courtney and his corps it is unnecessary for
us.to speak. Their merited eulogium
,has been
pronounced in the thanks and praises of the
inge-
nueßepresentatives of the whole cocounty.,-Cork
Advertiser.

'And Pvtili,slwd by WILLIAM AIIMIC;EIL! SCRIPPS, ',South Molt(

At3ifttlitt-..i.t.ki, Iti; .ri.t;c4.

1-Vetine3day,
the-Cork lilstitntion, for the election of a. thiro
part of the Committee took place, and wa.3 re
9pectably attended.
The Right tion. Lord Carbery took the Chair
about one o'clock.

In addition to the usual business of the day'
the Secretary read a letter from Joshua Eirt'Y
Trimmer, Esq. author of two rtnphlets, " On thc
,State.of Agriculture in the South ofireland:'
trouncing a pres,,nt of two rams, of a Mcriro
cross, with a view to the improvement of the 11'4'
Live Irish sheep,.whicb were placed in the hodi
of T. J. C;oppinger, and James Hastie, Esqrs a'
the mode most likely to carry into effect the ill*
tcntions of the donor; But whilst the Meeting vra4
fully sensible of, the liberality o-FMr. TrimnW)
and expressed their grateful :aCknowledgments tQ
him, it was the prevailing opinion-, that 114-ailcasef
of crossing sheep for the improvement of 15'06,.1i.
the ram should be of the pore Merino blood,
this is practicable,,, The importance of saving PP,'
seed was Sp6ken -of, and it was prop‘red to re-
commend it,. but any measure of this kind -10
rendered unnecessary by the -hand'-bills distribilt"
ed throughoat-the coo itry by orders of tbe.tille°
Board.

ak...ssrs. Coppinz.ter, Hiastie, and Webb, havivs
been appointed Judges of the swine shewn for re'
Mili;rl3, gave in their report, that they *bid 10"
judged the. first premium in each of the.four elivF-r-e:
to Dr. -Gilnbings, whose-,tock was much athi p-
Premiums nacre also adikidged to Mr. Shan?.tr-9'
for a.boar the first ; toMr. R. O'Conff,r'
for a sow in the f6urth class. The Rev.
Townsend, and Samuel Martin, E. also
snine pigs, so that there was a respectable
titian.

Gibbir4-_,ls sent three young boars under sZe'
one of which was of the kind distributed iv
Fanning Society of Ireland; and though
preferable to the common breed, it was enell'id,
considered interior to a boar .of the same age,

the Doctor's own stock.
Mr. -John-llawlles also sent a sow under e.;
L.,
months old, the size and excellence of tvhicla
cited much attention. This was bred froi
of Dr.. Gibbings's. There was some extra stac-
sent. for exhibition, a two years bull of the TiolGere,
.ness breed, the .size arid het,.....ity of 7:1.;,..:11 v' e`
much admired, and a heifer of the same brec ,
belonging to Samuel Hawkes,'ESq. ox of,. t
Devon breed, two yelrs old, with the cowlr°-
which it was bred,, belonging to Alderman
son ;. and a fine stallion, belonging to Alsia,",l`):
ner, the sire of which was brought from the 'at
ti:.2ent by the Duke of Marlborough, 'and the (14
was of the celebrated Suffolk breed. of
Mr. Newenham, of Coolmore, sent a sample
fine, oats, raised from seed sown on the 6tl
August, 1811, on a vetch lea. The straw Wil3ix
uncommon height and thickness, being nearii
feet high.
W
e m are sorry to learn that some tuultou r
s st,
ceedings took place at Sheffield, on Tuesday. laof
it being the market-day there. The high pricetrii
flour is assigned as the cause of the riot ; aou
Mob, had compelled a number of the dealeti-t&
that article to. sell it at the price they chose •

affix. _
accounts -
We learn that have been receive-
A
;tbe
town from Manchester, after the deyarture O.' 0
mail, whiCh state that a fire had broken oL'tbc
that to,cvn, occasioned by some accident fronl„f,
illuminations, which had'consumed several lio"
and properr.7 to a considerable amount.