The Sun.
London, England, 1804-12-27 00:00:00

COURTS MARTIAL

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lits MAIrSTY has been pleased to confirm the
proceedings of a General Court Martial holden at
Brighton on the t zth inst. for the trial of Colonel
ELLIOT, of the Ist Dragoon Guards, on charges
exhibited against him by Captain Son ER, of the
same regiment, whereby he is adjudged to, be dis.
Missed His Majesty's service ;,,,,hich sentence has
been circulated throughout the Army in General
Orders.

Assistant-Surgeon GEO. CROSS, of the Royals,
has also been found guilty of absenting, himself
without leave, and breaking his arrest, by a General
Court Martial, lately holden at Colchester, and
was adjudged to be cashiered ; which sentence has
been approved by His MAJFATY, and notified by
Sir jAmrs CR/tic, under whose orders the Court
Martial was 'assembled.

The KiNG has likewise been graCiously pleased
to ratify the .proceedings of a General Court Mar.
tial lately held at Weymouth, for the trial of Capt.
JOLLIFP.E, of the A. Sorneviet Militia, on certain
charges adduced against him, of which he was
found guilty, and was adjudged • to be dismissed'
His Majesty's service, and to be rendero for the
future incapable of filling any military capacity
whatever ; which sentence has been notified to his
Royal Highness the Duke of Custasiti.Atio, com.
manding His Majesty's forces in the 'South-West
Distrift.

The BEDFORD CUVRT MAR VIAL, ;which has so
long occupied the attention of those who have friends
in the Regimeot, is at last finAly disposed of, and
a printed copy of the documents has been received
by the garrison at Bristol. It appears that the trial
was carried on with the greatest acrimony ; and the
Court seem to have been highly dilusted with the
.state of the 'Regiment, in conhetur!nce of the re-
pePeJ contentions between the Colonel and his
OlEce'rl. We stibjoin the Kt NG'S decision :

flis Majesty noticed, with surprise, theuncommon hulk
of theNlinittes, alai expressed much concern at its appearing
(upon att inspedion), that the aktreme prof rat:lion of the trial
has in a great. 1046 UN, been ,occasioned by the contentions
and'htullie disimillivir of the porths I:.wardr each ober,: which
manifesteditsell almost th I
roatgoont the whole of the pro-
ceedings, in a degree very disgraceful to both ; in conse-
quence of which, His Majesty, upon a comprehensive view
of the whale business, as a measure highly necessary for the
upholding of niscipline, good order, and harmony, in the
Corps, &reds,. That the Prosecutor, Colonel iVioole, as also
the several Defendants, Major Monoux, Captains Carotin,
A li.ton, Smith, and Maddison, and Lieutenant 4.rinstiong,
" be displaced from their respective situations as Officers in
thy Bedfordshire Regiment of Militia."

RE.—Yesterday between Wye And six o'clock
in the morning an•alarming fire broke out at the
house. of Mr. Qadgeon, Sidier Harness.maker,
opposite the London Hospital, in Witir,chapel.road.
A considerable time elapsed before the arrival of
the engines, and the flames spread with so much
rapidity that the premises y ere nearly conmmcki
when the first effort s.were made (0 reduce the 'eon.
flagritinn ; by twelve o'cl.'ck it was, however, got
under, and shortly after cu irely extinguished.—
Besides the total destruft,,,n of Mr. Gudgeon's house,
the adjoining house of Mr. Reeve,
.1-iat ter, and two
others were greatly injured : fortunately no lives,
were lost.

Poor Ltita.—Yeeterday a numerous assemblage
of the holiday folks were ainused with a battle in
St. Pancras Fields, between O'Donnell, a boot_
maker, and Arnott, a brick-maker. The fight, if
not truly scientific, afforded pleloy of amusement
to the pugilists and lovers of the art present.—
At setting to O'Donnell met his adversary without
ceremony, and hit him down before they hail well
began. He repeated this several times during the
first ten rounds; after which the friends of Arnett
interfered, and the pugilists mutually agreed to de_
ride the fight under a shed, which was about five
yards square. There was no room for shifting, and
O'Donnell, who was decidedly the. favourite at the
commencement, received so many hard blows from
his rustic opponent, that he was compelled to resign
the contest, after . fighting nearly an hour. They
were both severely beaten.
Last week three children at Ealverton, Notting.
hainshire, having been sent on an errand, had, in
their way to pass a high and newly erefied stone
wall, which they no sooner reached than it gave
way, from the pressure of the earth on the other
side, and falling upon them killed them all. The
brains of two of them were dashed entirely out, and
the third was foand crushed to death under a large
stone. The eldest of the little sufferers was about
eleven years of age.
Joseph Murae, the famous robber, surnamed the
Devil, who was executed lately at Genoa, had by his
fatal celebrity excited such a degree of curiosity to
see him, that the street through which he was to
pass from the prison, was filled with people by
break of day, He met his fare with resignation,
and without weakness ; and if his youth, for he was
but a 6 years of age, 'and his good appearance, ex..
cited compassion, the recolledion of the many cruel.
ties he had committed, could not but strengthen the
arm of justice. A fad least known of his charader
is, that in the late war Musso had a Captain's Com-
mission under the infamous General Assereto, and
fought against the French and his patriotic Conn.
trymen. Among other measures to facilitate the
success of the English anti the Austrians, he es.
carted some of their Engineers, who drew the plan
of the rOttf4o9 of Genoa,

We are happy to find, by the Nottingham Jour-
nal, that wheat declined 185.,a quarter in Gainsho-
iough market. Fine wheat, which the preceding
vireck sold at to3i, could not obtain mote than 9os.