The Sun.
London, England, 1815-08-08 00:00:00

'NAVAL Count MARTIAL.

The Court Martial on Captain I`6n:v WEvi,
late of his Maiesti's Ship Sultan, endefi on.Tnes-
day.- The following are the charges and sentence
of the Court : .

For not p'rtic'eeding to join the expedition
then acting agairM NyWbrleans, with his convoy
of twelve transports, in pnrsuaneeto ordeis rvhich
had been left at Port Royal by sir A. Cochrane,
when the safe aerivAl of these ships with reinforce-
ments and provision's was of vital importance to
the snceess.and safety of the expedition, and When
the presence of the Sultan was necessary upon
that expedition.-2. 'For (relaying the aboVe con-
voy at Jamaica until the Moselle sloop of war
conld be hurried hut of Port Royal harbour, then
not ready for sea ; a force by no means adequate
to the safety of so Valuable a charge, the capture
of which might have been the means of starving
the army..-3. For proceeding to. England Nvith-
otit orders, apparently tor his private advantage.
For preventing Capt. Pyin, of/his Majesty's
ship Niemen, front carrying his orders into exe-
cution, Which was to take specie to England,
which specie was subsegnently taken home in the
Sultan, under pi etence that the Niemen Was unfit
for that service ; though, 5y the report of survey
held on her„it appeared ske was perfectly eligible.
The Court pronotinced that, iu the firSt charge,
Captain West was justified, front circumstanCes,
in not proceeding to join the Vice-Admiral ; thixt
that the second charge was not proved ; that the
third charge was proved, but it was not apparent-
ly done with a .iew to his private einolinneot ;
and that the fourth was proved ; but that Captain
%Vest was justified in taking the specie on ,bcar[!
his 'own ship; in preference to the Niemen, by
reason of her insufficiency, at that season of the
year. And the Court did, ;gun, the whole, ad=
judge Captain West to be.aditionished not, again
to quit his station so hastily.

POLICE 1N 1 ELLI:4LN*.CE.

i;UILDIIALL

•FGAen.--Yesterday a respectable Bill Broker,
residing in the neighbourhood of Broad-street,
underwent an examination,-ciiarged with-frandu-
lently appropriating •several sums of money tn.liis
own use, the property of other individuals. The
defalcations amounted to several thon,and pounds.
The priSOner, it appeared, bad bad consigned to
him a quantity of bills .for diicouint, anithaving
obtained the mo,iey, he,litt4dyti ii couded. inf"'
illation being givei, 'a •warraut was issued,
iliwkins, the sent in pursuit. of the
prisoner, who had :eft the city for the " Elephant
and Castle.'-' F:010--hence he was traced to
Wandsworth,' and again to London, where on
i.sattirday last he was di3covered by the Odic:.r at
a house in Red Lion-street, Holborn, and taken
inio custody. Several cases were gone into against
the prisoner, supported by Mr. ANDREWS,, and
opposed by Mr. GURNEY. UpOn.olle of these-, in
which a -.'‘lr.:Kent. was defrauded of 750/. the evi-
dence was deemed canclosive by the Magistrate,
and the prisoner was held to bail, to abide his trial
at the ensuing Sessions.

MANSION-TIOUSF.. •
Yesterday John Lyons was charg,ed with rob-
bing :Mrs. C. Pike of a lace veil, and a ridicule
containing a purse with i. quantity of silver. and
other articles. The prosccut.ri> deposed, that on
the evening of -the 27th, of July last, she was re-
turning notue through Whiteslepel, accompa-
nied by two other Ladies, When they were met
by the prisoner, who suddenly stopped theta.—
Fier companions instantly tied, but the prisoner
ha‘ing seized and teal-treated her, he succeeded
•in earrying off the properzy in question. Mrs.
Iligg, a Lady %vim witnessed the robbery in tites-
fu,iy identified the person of the prisoner.—
He as rinnanded for a final examination. •

Duel between.- Blucher and Buonaparte !—Last
week, at Smolt Shields, two old Solis of Neptune
differed in political opinions over a can of grog..
One of the heroes Iwito had a wooden kg) main-
aiotarthat' Buonararte was a greater General
than Blucher, which so enraged his opponent,
that he dared him to the field of honour to decide
the gum eel, where it was agreed that each was to
assume the character of his favourite General.—
Before the personifier of Blucher marched out,
he caused epaulettes to be.painted up-on the shoul-
der of his shirt with blood, thrust his head into
tl-our sack in order to resemble the veteran's
hoary locks, and blacked his face with burnt cork
in imitation of mustaches: Each armed with a
thelock, attended by a number of followers,went
to a neighbouring held, where, at no great dis-
tance, they levelled' their pieces at each other and
fired. Blucher's wadding struck poor Boonaparte.
%vim, supposing himself shot by it bullet, gave a
horrid yell, and fell down. 'Some of the specta-
tors who were in the secret, informed .him that
the gun tsar only load with blank cartridge, but
advised Nina to pretend he was mortally wounded ;
and to do him justice, he-imitated the. dying scene
toadiniration— The news that Buonaparte was
dead soon reachedi 131ueher, who wept bitterly
tor the .sirpposed him id murder. -` His friends, at
length, relieved hi,m from his anxiety,. when
.all
animosity was soon drowned in hearty draughts
of grog.
Cottotiga's INQUEST.—Saturday evening an In-
quest was hell at the Queen's Head, High-street,
Mary-le-bone, ..un the body of Mrs. SARAII HEN-
SHAW, the landlady of that house, who was found
-hanging in her ball-room on the preceding evening.
It appeared from•.the evidence of J.Henshaw, the
deceased'S husband, that he was alarmed about six
b'elock on Friday evening by his niece, who call-
.ed him up stairs, and on his entering the bed-
room he was shocked at seeing his wife suspended
by a handkerchief from the tester of the bed ; he
instantly cut her down and called iu a SurgeOn, but
although,the body was still %mint, life, was extinct-.
Miss flenshaw, the niece of the last_witne'ss,
had constantly attended the deceased, who was con-
fined to her room front indisposition until Friday
evening, when she was absent about a quarter of
an hour, and at her return the deceased was found
hanging.—Verdict, Insanity.
Mary Jessop has been committed to Maidstone
gaol, charged with Maliciously administering to
Henry and Elizaheth ‘Voodroffe a qnantify- of
deadly poison, %vitt) intent to murder tow!.