The Sun.
London, England, 1848-03-08 00:00:00

CROWTHER.

CILATEAN, MARCH 6.—This day was promulgated to
the 631 Regiment, now lying at these barracks, the sen-
tence of a General Court-martial, held on the 14th of
December last, and which continued by adjournment to
the 21st of the same month, for the trial of Licut.
George L. Crowther, .of the same corps, 'who was ar-
raigned on the under-mentioned charges-:-
1. For having on the 14th November, 1847, at Chat-
ham, absented himself' without permission from the bar-
rack room of his company when it was visited by his
commanding officer, according to the notification in
regimental orders, dated 15th November.

2. For having at the same time and place stated that
he was present at the barrack-room when visited by the
commanding officer, knowing at the time that such
statement was false.

3. For having, on the 15th of November, at Chatham,
he then being subaltern officer of the day, disobeyed
the regimental orders, dated the 15th of November,
requiring him, as such officer of the day, to inspect the
issue of bread and meat of the different messes of the
63d Regiment.
4. For having, on the 16th of November, made a false
report as subaltern officer of the day preceding, as fol-
lows:—" I inspected the bread and meat yesterday
morning, which appesrecl to me of a good and whole
some quality, and I arso saw the same issued to the dif-
ferent messes of the regiment at the proper time," which
report was signed by the said Lieutenant Crowther; such
report and the statement contained therein, that he, the
said Lieutenant Crowther, inspected the bread and meat,
and saw the same issued to the different messes, being
wholly false, and known to the said Lieutenant Crowther
to be false at the time he made such report.
Upon which charges the Court came to the following
decision :—That Lieutenant Crowther is guilty of the
first charge; second charge, not guilty; of the third
charge, that he is guilty, with the exception of that part
of the order which relates to the inspection and issue of
meat to the different messes of the 63d Regiment, of
which the Court acquits him; of the fourth charge, that
he is guilty, with the exception of the word " wholly,"
and that part of the report and statement contained
therein, which regards the meat and bread, of both of
which portions of the charge the Court acquits him.
The Court having found the prisoner guilty of the
first charge, not guilty of the second, and guilty of so
much of the third as is above expressed, and guilty of so
much of the above charge as is above repeated, which
being in breach of the Articles of War, does in virtue
thereof sentence him the said prisoner, Lieutenant W.
G. L. Crowther, of the 63d Regiment, to be severely
reprimanded. The Court having pronounced sentence
upon the prisoner, Lieutenant Crowther, cannot close its
proceedings without moat respectfully remarking upon
the circumstance, that he, the prisoner, was employed
upon certain duties subsequent to the commission of the
charges for which the prisoner has been tried, and
which circumstance came only to light during the pro-
ceedings.
The proceedings of this trial having been laid before
her Majesty the Queen, by Field-Marshal the Com
mender-in-Chief, her Majesty was pleased to approve
and confirm the finding and sentence of the Court.—
Signed J. Macdonald, Adjutant-General.
Lieutenant Crowther, having been reprimanded ac-
cordingly, was released from arrest, to the satisfaction of
his brother officers.

FRENCII NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.

The Moniteur publishes textually the decree respect-
ing the elections and the convocation of the National
Assembly. It is as follows:
" The Provisional Government of the Republic, desir-
ing to remit ns soon as possible to a definitive govern-
ment the powers which it exercises on behalf and by the
command of the people, decreer:—
"Art. 1. The electoral assemblies of cantons are con-
voked for the 9th April next, to elect representatives of
the people to the National Assembly, which is to deer( e
the Constitution.
" Art. 2. The election shall be on the basis of popu-
lation.

" Art. 3. The total number of representatives of the
people shall be nine hundred, including Algeria and the
French Colonies.
" Art. 4. They shall be divided between the depart-
ments in the proportion set forth in the following table.
" Art. 5. The suffrage shall be direct and universal.
" Art. 6. All Frenchman aged twenty-one years, resi-
dents in the commune for six months, and not deprived
of or suspended from the exercise of civic rights by a
Judicial decision are electors.
" Art. 7. All Frenchmen aged twenty-61re years,
and not deprived of or suspended from the exer-
cise of civic rights are qualified to be elected re-
presentatives.
" Art. 8. The ballot shall be secret.
"Art. 9. All the electors shall vote at the chief place
of their cantons, by ballotting lists. Each list shall
contain as many names as there are representatives to
be elected in the department.
" The examination of the votes shall take place at the
chief place in the canton, and the declaration of them at
the chief town of the department. No person can be
nominated a representative of the people if he have not
2,000 votes.
"Art. 10. Each representative of the people shall re-
ceive an indemnity of 25 fr. a day for the duration of the

session.
" Art. 11. An instruection of the Provisional Govern-
ment shall regulate the details of the execution of the
present decree.
" Art. 12. The National. Constituent Assembly shall
•pen on the 20!h of April.
" Art. 13. The present decree shall be immediately
sent to all the departments, and published and placarded
in all the communes of the Republic.
" Done at Paris, in the Government Council, the sth
of March." (Signed)
By the Members of the Provisional government.