The Sun.
London, England, 1804-02-15 00:00:00

t-..:,

Cc:Ri

CENERAI. ORDERS.

THE following Copy of a Letter from The Jtnlge
Advocate General, with the Opinion and Sentence
of the General Court Martial to which it refers, are
to be read at the head of every Regiment, and en•-
tered in the Regimental Orderly. Books. By Order
of His Royal Highness the Commander in ,Chief,

HARRY CALVERT,
Adjutant General of the Forces'.
•
...
ll,rie Guava's, Feb. 4, 1804.

Judge Advocate General': Office, Feb. 2, 1304.

SIR,

•
Having had the honour of laying before the King the pro
ceedings of a General Court Nirartiat held at the Royal Hos-
pital of Chelsea on the 23d tif last month, when the Hon
Richatd King, a Captain of . the Gth Regiment of Dragoon
Guards, was tried Upon a charge of having addressed a Letter,
bearing date Chester. NOve,mber the 22d, 1803, to Captain
John Clitherow; a Lieutenant in the 3d Regiment of Foot.
wards, and Aid-de- Camp. to Major-General Napier Christie
Jiiiiton, under whose command-he, the said Captain Richard
King was then serving, conceived in terms highly disre-
speClNl towards the said major General, and to the prejudice
of good order and military discipline • which Letter was
written in reply to an order notified by him; Captain Cli-
therow, as Aide-dc-Camp in the name of Major. General
ißurton ; •I take leave to recite for your Royal Highness's
nformation, the Opinion and Sentence of the Court Mar-
tial as follows:
The -Court Martial is of opinion, that the Letter written
by Capt. K ing, bearing date:- Chester, Nov. 22. 1863, to •
Capt. Clitherow, Aid-de-Cimp to .11.1ajor-General Burton,
was conceived in terms disrespectful to Major-General ,Bur-
ton ~ but is Induced to believe. .that. the disrespect contained
in tie letter proceeded from Captain King's writing it too
lustily, from- his feeling himself Commanding Officer, and
responsible in, the. Garrison of Chester at the time, and hurt
at not appearing to be so considered by Captain Ciitherow, •
Captain King being Senior Officer when Major-General ,
ton .was absent in. London with leave. Captain King haS
expressed his-Contrition to the Court in strong terms, and has
assured it, that he has, and always had, an high respeCt_.
for Major-G(11ml Burton, Nvltich deelaratiOn the Court is
inclined to believe:—with this impression " the Court loth
adjudge, that Captain King be repriinatriled in such man- •
ner as His Majesty may he pleased to direct, and I am to
acquaint your, Royal Highness, that as C;iptain King appears
to have 'condtt&ed himself in a veri hcc,ining manner at the
trial, ingenuously admitting that the letter in question had
been written by him, at the same time disclaiming any deli-
berate intention olotiering an offence to Major-General Bur-
ton, and in consideration of the other circumstances noticed
by the Court Martial in their said Sentence, His Majesty
has been graciously pleased to extend to the said Captain his •
. Royal Pardon, and to direct, that he be restored to the ex-
erase of his duty as a Captain in the 6th Regiment of Dra-
goon Guards. I have the honour further to notify to your
Royal Highness the King's Pleasure, that the Sentence of
the Court Martial be announced in Generai3Orders, together
with,His Majesty's Pardon. I have the Honour to be,
with dutiful respeCl. your Royal Highness's most obedient
and most humble Servant, '

CHARLES MORGAN.
Duke of }'orkf'WieldMar ball,
Commander in Chief ,7fiffi:s Ilfajrny's Forcer.

CLERGY RESIDENCE BILL.

LrTTER FROM THE BISHOP OF ST. ASAPH.'

SIR —An erroneous statement, which lately ap-
peared of one of the enadnymts of the Residence
Bill, is likely to create much unnecessary trouble to
the Clergy of my Diocese and to me. By the para-
graph to which I allude,. many of the Clergy have
been made to believe, that such 'of them is are non-
resident by virtue of any legal f!xe;;lption, inde_ pendent of the Bish,p's Licence, are bound to rep ,rt
them,eives as such, in writing under their hands, to
the Bishop, within 6-weeks of the isr•Jan. 1804;
wher.:as no such report is required hv the Ad, of
any Clergyman, but within six weekS after the Ist
of Jan. 18os. The Ad requires, that " every
person who shall be nonresident in any year subse-
quent to the Ist day of January, 1804. (hy reason of
any
legal exemption independent of :he Bi-,hoVs" Li-
cence) within six weeks from and after theist
dayin
of
writingjaliuryin every folloWing year,' notify the
same
under his hand," &c. Those,
therefore, who ate now non-resident, or shall be
come non-resident in the curse of the present year,
by virtue of any such legal exemptions as 'af)resaid,
must make their notification in writing, within six
weeks from and after the Ist of January, t
And those who shall hocome non-resident in the
course of the year 18os, must make their norifica.
tiun within six weeks from the Ist of January; 806 ;
and soon. And the notification once made, is to
be repeated 4rinually. (See '4.3.Ge0. 111.. cp. 84,
sec. zg). But the notifications now made arc not
only premature, but urless,-and will afford no secu.
rity .to those who make them, against the penalty
of the subsequent clause, sec. 26. As it- is of great
importance to the Clergy that this matter should be
rightly understood, I request that this letter may
be published in your Paper.
I am, Sir, your faithful Seivarit,
York-place, Feb. 1804. ASAPHENS.