The Sun.
London, England, 1815-05-10 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

esterday these.,Sessions comtnenced before
WM. MAINWAKING, Esq. and a Beuch of Magis-
trates.

CHARGES or ASSAULT.

George Hornby, the -elder, and George ITornby, the
younger, George Neleun, Wm. Pearce, Wm: Tinkler, John
Savage, and tphert Coates, Esi: the Amateur Actor, weae
indicted for assaulting. John Stocking in January last. The
defendants were put to the bar, but'the Prosecutor did not
appear, and tlie disappointment seemed great, as many per-
sons tame there to gratify an idle curiosity.
John Ilenson was indicted for an assault _upon the person
of An:a Ashman, who had been only two days his servant.--
ire was fuund.gnilty, and.fined 301 'half of which was given
to the girl, and her friends took her out 'of Court, to return
Cainnvidge.

Thoinets'Sitellett was found guilty of assaulting C. Tierney.
Ow• of the Jurors, of the name of Richardson, fell own in a
violint fit, and was conveyed out of Court without hopes of
r.covery.
Thwarts Lowland was fined 40s. and ordered to find sureties
for twelve months, lihnself in 1001. and his bail in 501. each,
'for assaulting his wife on the gid August last.

ATTEMPT TO HANG A Cif/ Lri.7--Mary. Welch, a
iiative of Ireland, was brought before Mr. Serjeant
ELLos, at Union-Hall, on a charge of attempting
to bang her own child, a girl about' eleven years
of age. The child, whose situation had providen-
tially been discovered .in time her life,
grated,. that her mother, aided by her father-in-
Jaw, after tying her hands securely behind_ her,
put a rope round her neck, and dragged her to a
book fixed in the wall of the room, Iron) which
they Suspended her in such a manner that.the ends
of 'her toes only just touched the- floor:_ in this
ei:tuirion she was fortunately discovered by.a rela-
Itn of her,father-in-law, who entered the room
-Wince,- and cut the rope by which she was
'dcd,- before the vital spark was extinct.-
-con stated, that the child soon recovered,
led him of what had passed; be imine-
•for a constable, and tbe unnatural
Nken into custody. The father-in•.
what %vas passing, unfortunately
'U!e woman was '.committed for ,

bv

suspe,
This peg
and infolt
diately sent
mother 1083 t
law. having heat
evaded pursuit.
axial at the Quartet.

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Fitom to i LONDON GAZEtrE, MAT 9, BM

)4(imiralty-tVee, May 1815.

Vice-Admiral Sir Alex. Cochrane has trans-
mitted to John Wilson,'Crolter, Esq. the under,
. mentioned letters, which the Vice-Admiral 'had
received from Rear-Admiral Sir Geri. Cockhntn.
Two letters, tiated on board 'tire Albion, in the.
Chesapeake, the 12th of December, transmit re,
ports received by Sir George Cocitburn from Cap
t twin Barrie, of iris Majesty's ship Dragon., data
in the Chesapeake, the 31st of October and 7th of
December 1814.
The former incloses a letter from Captain Alex-
' ander, of his Majesty's bomb-vessel Devastation,
stating', that having landed with about two.hun-
died seamen, and marines at Parker's Point, to
procure 'cattle, he was attacked by au enemy's
force of one !intuited and fourteen'ciiValry and one
thousand infantry, with five field-pieces, which„
by the good conduct of the detaeluneut tinder the
Captain's orders, he repulsed, taking two priSonerS
and twenty horses;
,and afterwards re-embarked
without loss.
The latter reports Captain Barrie's proceedings
in the Happahatioek River; conducted riocipally
with t view to compel the enemy to re-assemble
his militia, and to harass his troops, by keeping
them constantly_ on the alert.
The town of Tappahanock was taken possession
Of on the 29th of November, having been evacu.:.
ated by the force which the enemy had drawn out
to defend it, and which was after Wards drivel/
from .a position it took up on a hill; a stand of
colours, with some arms, ammunition, and bag-
gage, were found in the town, left behind by the
enemy in his hasty retreat, and some flour and. to-
bacco were embarked in oar vessels.
On the 4th of December Captain Barrie landed
with'a detachment of seamen, marines, and sol-
diers, at Rappahanock, and learning that the, ene-
my.had assembled a force of six hundred men at
Farnham Church, about seven miles from the.
place'of landing, he proceeded thither, and attack-
ing the enemy in a strong pOsition he hail taken
'up, drove hirn into the woods, with the loss of a
field" piece, and several killed and wounded; and
released several negroes, who were found confin!.
ed in the woods; in the performance of -which ;
services not a man was hurt on our Side.
A letter frOm Sir George Cockburn to Sir A.
Cochrane, dated at Cumberland Island the 27th
of January, incloses a report from .Captain
merville, of his Majesty's ship Rota; with one
to the latter from Capt. Barrie, ot the Dragon,
stating that with detachments of troops and Ma-
rines placed under Capt. Barrie's orders, he, on
the 11th ot the said month, took possession,
without oppoSition, of the abovementioned island;
and passing over to the main land in Georgia, on I
the 13th, with such troops as were not required
to keep possession of the island, landed at a small'
distance from Point Petre, and after a smart skir-
mish with a party of the enemy, who were quickly
driven front their post in a jungle on the way,
took possessiotrof the fort on Point Petre with-
out
further opposition, and afterwards of the
towertif Saint Mary's. In the skirmish the Bri-
tish had one killed and three woituded : the enemy
had 8 Captain and Lieutenant severely wounded,
and between.fifteen and twenty rank and file killed
or wounded.

•
Sir George Cockburn further states, that Capt.
Ross, of the Albion, was sent up St. Mary's River,
with some armed boats, to bring down such ve—
sels as might be found there, and returned witlra
large ship loaded with timber,, and the Countess
of Ilareourt, Indianian, which had-been captured
by an American- privateer ; and that having en),
barked all the produce collect-eft at St. Mary's in
the vessels takenthere,'and blown up-
the fort at
Point Petrei. and destroyed the guns, Bte,. that
were not deemed fit to bring away, the troops re-
turned without interruption from the enemy'to
Cumberland Island. The enemy had assembled
troops at Jefferson, but did not shew himself
nearer in any force, though occasional skirmish-
ing Orties hovered about the British posts.
With two other letters, -.dated. -at Cumberland
Island the 17th and 27th-of-February, Sir George'
Cockburn transmits to the Vice-Admiralreports•
addressed to him by Captain Ramsay; of his Ala-
jestv's ship Regulus, and Captain Phillott, of his
Majesty's sloop .Primrose.
The former states his baying, with a detach-
ment of seamen and marines, taken possession of
Frederica, on Simon's Island, and, after rentain7_
ing there some days, returned to Cumberland
Island with such merchandise as be had found on
the former island, and a number of negrocs who
.had joined him there.

The latter reports his proeeedirM in St. Mary's
River with a division of armed boats, sent with a
view to surprise a detachment of the enemy.. :The
boats had. proceeded a.considerable, distance up
the river, when they were unexpectedly attacked
from the Spanish side : the enemy's fire was si-
lenced by that from the boats ; .but inconsidera-
tion of the narrowness of the river, with. 4 num-

her of commanding heights
and houses in their

rear, obligee. CaptainPi it..ott to determine on re-

turning, which wait executed with the greatest
coolness and order, though exposed to the enemy's-
fire on both sides of the river, by which three
men were killed and fifteen wounded, including
amongst the latter, Captain Ph illot t, Captain Bar-
tholomew, of the Erebus, Lieutenant Fraser; .of
the Royal Marines, and Mr. Jas. Everinghain and
Mr. J. H. Peel, Midshipmen ()Nile Albion.
In transmitting these dispatches Sir Alexander
Cochrane expresses his satisfaction, at thv zeal,
exertions, and 'ability, •manifested by Sir George
Cockburn, and by Captains Somerville and Bar-
rie,and the other Officers under the Rear-Ad-
miral's directions, employed .on the several occa-
sions referred to.

. .
Admiralty Od'ice,'lllay .9; s! 5.

Vice-Admiral Sir Alexander Coebtvnelt'als trams
twitted to John Wilson Croker, Esq. letter from
Captain Sir George Collier, of his Majv!;,ty''s 014)
Leander, dated the 12th of March, stating that a
variety of untoward circumstances had prevented
him from coming up with the American ship Coti-
stitution of which with his Majesty's late ships Le-
vant and Cyane, lie got sight of off Porto Pruya
on the 11th of the said month ; but that he had
succeeded in recapturing the Levant, which had

been taken by the Constitution on the 20th of Fe-
broaty, off Porto Santo.

Vice-Admiral Sir A. Cochrane has transmitted
to John Wilson Croker; Esq. a letter from 'Capt.
.Nourse,' of his Majesty's ship Severn, giving an
account of his having, on the 20th of December,
captured the American letter of marque schooner
Banyer, of A guns and 31 men.

Foreign-Office, Miry t,
-Flis !loyal Highttess the Prince Regent has been pleased, itt
the natue and oil the behalf of his Majesty. to appoint Alei.
Cockbitrii, Esq. to be his Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary to
the Free and Imp'erial. Hanseatic 'L owns,, to the Circle of
Lower Saxony.

Carl?ou Ifouhe; May 3,
His Royal Highness the Prince Regent ivas thit day pleat-
ed, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, to confer
the honour of Knighthood on Colonel Samuel Ford IVbitting-
hanl► Aitle-tle-Camp to his Royal Highness the Prince Re-
gett, and Lieutenant-GeDe+al in the Spanish Armies.

ce of Optnance, May 5, 14115.
Royal fleginient of Artillery.
Brevet Colonel John Lemoine to be Colonel, vice Cuppage,
Who removes as a General Officer.
Brevet Lieutenalit-Colonel Robert Thornhill to be Lieutenant

Colonel, ,vice Leamine:
Brevet Lieateoarrt-Colonel Alexander Macdonald to be Major,
vice Thorn
Second Captain I-Pznry Light to be Captain of a Company,
• vice Macdonald.
First Lieutenant Falkntr Hope to be Second Captain, vice
Light. •
Brevet ladonel Spencer C. Parry to be Colonel, vice Laye,
who reinoree as, a General Officer.
Brevet Lienteuant-Colonel Sir Augustus S. Frazer to be Lieu-
, terianfoCaloral, vice Parry. -
Brevet Major Al:taboo Clason rCo he Major, vice Frazer.
Second Captain Henry Bates to be Captain of a Company,
rice Clason. • .
First Lieutenant William Pakenham to. be Second Captain,
vice Bates. .
Brevet Colonel Robert Evans to be Colonel, vice Willington,
who removes as a General Officer.
Major lion: William Gardner to be Lieutenant-Colonel, rice
Evans. • •
Brevet Major William M-Leake to be Major, vice Gardner.
Second -Captain Geoege Cobb to be Captain of a Company,
rice Leake. •
First Lieutenant Charles Wilson to be Second Captain, vice
Cobb.'
Brevet Colonel William Millar to be Colonel; vice Terrot,
who removes as a General Officer.
Major Willi:on Scott to .he Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Millar.
Brevet Major• Percy Drumminad to be Major, vice Scott.
Second Captain Frederick Gordon to be Captain of a Com-
. prow, vice Drummond. • - '
First Lieutenant Forbes Macheati to be Second Captain, vice
Gordon. -
Major Charley, Baynes to be Lieutenant-Colonel, rice Bloom-
field, who removes as a General Officer.
.Buret Major Joseph W. Tohin-to be Major, vice Baynes.
Second Captain Samuel Holton to be Captain of a Company,
vice Tobin.
First Lieutenant Robert Newland to be Second Captain, vice
Bolton.
Second Lieutenant William Sharpin to be First Lieutenant,
vice Evans, promoted. '
Second Lieutenant G. W. Charlon to be First Lieutenant,
• rice Chahner, promoted.
Second Lieutenant Henry Dunnicliffe to be ditto, vice Parker,
promoted. s
Second Lieutenant Edward Selwyn to be ditto, vice Hope,
promoted.
Second Lieutenant Hugh Gillespie to be ditto, vice Paken-
ham, promoted.
Second Lieutenant Roberti. Garstin to be ditto, vice Wil- -
son' promoted.
Second Lieutenant John A. Wilson to be ditto, vice Mac-
bean, puoraoted.
Second- Lituteitant R. B. BlackistOu to be ditto, vice New- '
land, promoted.
Second Lieutenant C. R. Dickens to be ditto, vice Williams,
dec'eased. •
Second Lieutenant Geo. F. Dawson to be ditto, vice Ramsay,
deceased.
First Lieutenant Will. H. Stopford so be Second Captain,
vice Ocac bar, resigned.
Second Lieutenant Charles E. Wraiall to be First Lieutenant
vice Stopford, promoted.
First Lieutenant:William ()Mani to be Second Captain, vice
Cruttenden, appointed ...Adjutant.
Second Lieutenant War. C. Lindsey to be First Lieutenant, -
vice Oldham, .promoted.
Second Lieutenant Edward H. Bland to be First Lieutenant,
rice Prescott, superseded, being absent without leave. •
Corps of Rival Sappers and Miners—Jobe Armstrong, Gent.
to be Sub'-lieutenant. John Hoy land, Gent. to be ditto.

Commission in the Royal Chester Local Militia, signed by the
Lord Lieutenant of Glieshire.—To be Quarter-Master, T.
Edwards, 6ent. vice Edwards, deceased.
Commissions signed bythe Lord Lieutenant of the County of
Nottinghain.--,3t1,-.or Retford Regiment of Local Militia,
To he Captain, by Brevet, Robert M. Bates, Esq.
4th, or Newark Regiment, To be Captain, William John
Esq:
Commission in the Royal South Lincoln Militia, signed by
the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Lincoln.—To be En-
sign Robert Brooks, Gent. •

Crown-Offtce,'lllay 9, 1815.
Member returned to serve in this present Parliament.
Borough: of Aldborough.—Granville Venal)les Vernon, of
Great ltusselt-street, in the County of Middlesex, Esq. in the
room of Henry Galty Knight; Esq. wile, has accepted the Chil-
tern Hundreds.

BANKRUPTS.
..Ink, O'Brien,Throgmorton-street, ship-
Mr. John Pate:son, Copthall-court, Throgmor-
.Paul Hewitt, Carey-street, Lincoln's Inn, vintner, May 13,
20, and June 20, at eleven, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr.
'Philip Hurd, King's Bench Walks, 'fern le. tAbrt:it) I:sr,
ti: !tidy 13, 23, and June 20, at une,. at Guildhall.—
ny,
t,
pe e
.Robert Butler, Poultry, glover, May 20, 23, and June 20,
at eleven, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Metcalf, Basing-
hall-street.
Percival-Willis„Romford, artist, May 13, 20, and June 20,
at eleven, at Guildhall, London. Attornies, Messrs. Blunt -
and 13ownian, Old 13ethletn.
Edward Appleton, Manchester, cotton-merchant, May 23,
24,, and June 20, at two,. at the White Bear Inn, Man-
chester.. Attorniei, Mr. Philip Hurd, King's Bench Walks,.
Temple, or Messrs. Hewitt and Kirk, Manchester.
JolitCarliAll andtyl,
2 1.111;, and j
sC arulnilel, Kingstotr-upon-Hull, mer-
chants, 26,
at eleven., at the George
Inn, Kingston-upon-Hull. Attornies, Messrs,.Sykes and
. Knowles, New Inn, or Messrs, Martin and Scholefield,
Lawrence Stephenson, Beverley, Yorkshire, grocer, May 13, •
at eleven, and June 20, at four, at the Tiger, Beverley,
Attornies, Messrs. Hall and Campbell, Beverley.
Pearce and William Westhorp, Liverpool, mer-
chants; June 2,3, and 20, at one, at the George Inn,
LiVerpool. Attornies Mess, s. Avison and Wheeler,
Ha-
ticirer-street,
Walter Durrant,. Maidstone, tanner, May 13, 23, and June.
' *O, at ten; at Guildhall, Lonclum. Attornies, Messrs. Elan
and Waterman, Essex-street, Strand, or Messrs, Burr a- nd-
Hoar,. Maidstone.