The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-10 00:00:00

THE LATE COURT-MARTIAL.

SENTENCE ON PRIVATE MATHEWSON.
On Wednesday afternoon an order was issued 7.
Hounslow Barracks for the lath Lancers, with the pri-
soner Mathewson, and the officers and men of the 7th
Hussars then remaining there, to assemble at four o'clock
that afternoon, and on their doing so the finding of the
late Court-martial was read, with the sentence, the latter
.
being, imprisonment for months, including solitary
confinement at various portionsi of that period, not ex-
ceeding two months. It ,s understood that private
Mathewson objects altogether to the legality of the
proceedings of the Court-martial by which he was tried
and sentenced, on the ground tbat he was tried by
the name of Thomas Mathewson, while his proper name
is John Thomas Mathewson; and it is stated that a re-
port of the objections he has made was to be forwarded,
as yesterday, to the Horse Guards. It is also believed
that formerly that objection would have been fatal to the
proceedings, but since every man entering the army has
latterly had a number given him, by which he is alone
known and tried, it is considered that the objection will
not stand good, although it is said that one or two of
the 12th Lancers have got off throagh having been
tried in a wrong name. Viscount St. Lawrence, the
officer, or Lieutenant, by whom Mathewson's charge
was signed left the barracks yesterday morning with the
other men, who had been left behind for the purpose of
the court-martial, en route to Join the regiment, so that
t selongi the prisoner
to the 12th Lancers, now
prisoner Mathewson. Both
the only soldier of the 7th Hussars now remaining at
theofficers Hounslow
and Barracks
men
at
tatthiee part
thenedatthey have had to act in the matter, and are
barracks, appear to be in no way pleased
very shy at all questions put to them by civilians. A
few days will, however, show whether the objections
taken by Mathewson to the legality of his sentence are
valid or not.

SHIPPING.
, hazy.
LONDON, Sd
S.,w light breeze, and
DEAL, OCT. B.—Wind to W.N.W.—Arrd. Persian,
Edington, Calcutta; Royal Alice, Hopper, ditto; Arminius,
Wiegtneyer, Galverston, for Bremen; Eleanor, Cockburn, St.
10.4cL,T.09.1Y1Dvill
John's, New Brunswick. Arrd. from the River, Hector, Fox,
Jamaica; Pursuit, Spence, New Orleans; Duke of Welling-
ton, O
Leadbeater, St. John's, New Brunswick.
LIVERPOOL, cT. W.N.W.—Arrd. Aspatria,
Little, Porto Cabello; Marnaion, Edwards, New York, sailed
19th ult.; Diadem, Barstow, ditto ; Oregon, St. John's, New
Brunswick; Avon, ditto; Victoria, ditto; David, Prince EC-
ward's Island; Archer, Sarnber, Quebec; Lord Ashburton,
Brown, ditto. Off port, Stephen Whilney, New York.
PLYMOUTH, OCT. B.—The Benoni, of Inverness, struck on
Queen Anne's Battery-reef yesterday, started her stern-
post, and has been got off, making water.
GUERNSEY, OCT. s.—The News, Le lklessurier, parted her
anchors in the roads, and went on shore in Belgrave Bay
this morning, but is not supposed to have suffered much
damage.
NORTH FORELAND, Oc-r. 7.—The Trinity Beacon on the
Goodwin Sand was partly washeddown in the gale yesterday.
NEWHAVEN, OCT. 7.—Several pieces of bulwarks, cabin-
door with brass lock, &c., a head or quarter- board with
"Seline" engraved and gilded, were picked up last evening.
A ship, supposed to be a large Prussian lc,rtch, apparently
waterlogged, with signal of distress flying, and iminanage-
able, drifted past the harbour this morning to the eastward.
PORTSMOUTH, Om. B.—lt has blown a heavy gale all
last night and to-day from W. S.W. to W.N.W., with every
appearance of continaing.—Arrd. her Majesty's ship Croco-
dile, Hudson's Bay, sld. 11th ult.
EASTBOLTEN, OCT.
fhe brigantine Appearance, of Fre-
derickshall, laden with deals, was abandoned by her crew,
drifted on Be achy Head rocks, and went to pieces in a gale
last night ; part of the cargo has been picked up this day.
COWES, OCT. 8.--r
-1e Olive, Richards, from London to
me into Ireland, arrived here, eac) harbour to-day leaky, and
would discharge.
FALNIUUTIL—Arrd. Transit steamer, Southampton, for
Spain, leaky, and with loss of bulwarks.
HanTLEpooL.—Arrd. Plifebe, Greenwell, leaky.
CORE, OCT. 6.--The Margaret Thompson, of Stockton,
with rudder head broken, loss of main-yard, and leaky, was
spoken by the Wave, arrived here.
CARDIFF, 'OCT. B.—The barque Secret, from Prince Ed-
ward's Island to Bideford, was blown up to this roadstead,
with
loss of fore and main-topmasts, mainmast-head, and
mizentnast. The Clifton of Newcastle, was abandoned at
sea, waterlogE'ed ; crew saved b -the Secret, arrived at Cardiff
Road?.

LIVERPOOL, OCT. B.—The Louisa, of and from Quebec, to
Waterford and Liverpo
'ol, was abandoned, waterlogged, 22d
ult; master, one pazscn,:er and five of the crew landed here
in the Lord Sandon, the remainder taken off by the Gypsy,
,
from Clyde, to Newfoundland• The Mary Ann, of Yarmouth,
from St. Jollies, New Brunswick.
to the Clyde, was aban-
doned at sea 22d ult.; crew taken Edward's Island to London, which was spoken 30th
ult., in lat. :50, long. 17, by the Lord Sandon, arrived at this
port. Two dull-rigged , waterlogged, and apparently
e'n off by the Thetis, from
ships
abandoned, w ere seen 22d ult., in lat. 46, long. 47; and
port26th,topmast,. The Aspatria, Little,
arrd. at this. port, passed, on the 28th ult., a vessel of about
200 tons, e'nan4loned : her name appeared to consist of six
letters, of which the three first were supposed to be C E M
or CA M. The Archer, Lamber, arrived at this port from
Quebec, ex perienced fine weather during the passage, till
within the last few days on nearing the land, and saw several
outward bou'.nd vessels disabled in spars, &c. The Marmion
and Diadem,, arrived at this port, experienced a heavy gale
on the 3d .and morning of the 4th inst., in about !on. 35.
The Eben 3 ?redly, from Liverpool to New Orleans, which was
abandoned. 27th August, was taken into Rey West, 7th pdt.,
a..., 4 tin vtri .samara