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London, England, 1804-04-11 00:00:00

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ist Regiment To be Captain, Lieutenant jatneq Buckler
Biyiy. Dated larrulry 25,.4804, •
To be Ensigars---lohn Rix Birch, Gent. Dated Oe,tober 15,
1803. Samuel Corfichl,•Gent. Dated OCinber z6,.180.3.
zd Regirriento 'To be Captain, • Lieutenant Kels111; Dated
December z 6, Ilio3.
To be Lieutenhnts— Ensign Prower: Dated Oelober 3i, 1803.
Erie,lish Sandiford, Gent. Dated November 1, 1803. Mau-
rice Bishop. Annesley,,Cent.• Dated January A, tS;-4-
sign Roblyn. 'Dated Nlarch 5, 1804. ‘Villi4lrl; waringt
Gent. Dated March 6, 1304. Legge, Gent.
Dated March 17, 1804.
To be •Ensigns—lohn Allen johirsnn, Gent. Dated Nnvent—
ber 28, 1833. William Laycon,Gent: Dated December 15,.
1363; James Or4ntr,Gent. Dated January 6, tOo4. Nathan
Tipson, Gent. Dated January 30, 1804.

Commis.ble,n in the Derbyshire- M ilitia, signed by the Lord Lieu.

rcn„mr. • - •
John Alsager, Gent. to he Lieutenant. Dated larch 8, 1804-
Ccnimissiot in the Derbyltiie Supplementary Militia; signed
by the Lord Lieutenant.
Andrew Ciaawner, Cent, to be Lieutenant. Dated March
14,1804.
Commissions in the Tower-Hamlets Militia, signed by the Lord
Lieutenant.

Ist Royal Regiment. To be Captains—Lieutenant fames
Wood, vice Kent, displaced. Dated March !25, !804.
Lieutenant William Bond, Vice Charnock, displaced. Dated
as above. • '• -
To be Lieutenants—Ensign William Robinson, vice Todd,
resigned. Dated March 13, at+ Ensign William Penne-
', folier, vice Wood, promoted. Dated March 25, 1804-
! Ensign Frederick' Macnamara, vice Bond, promoted. Dated
.1 as above. • -
z:1 Royal- Regiment. Ensign Benjamin Mills to be Lieu-
tenant, vice Richard Swinton, resigned. Dated March at,
2804. !Min Lakon, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Mills, pro-
moted.. Dated as above.

I IFERPOriL DUEL.

FURTHER PARTICULARS CF THE TRIM. OF MR.

SPARLING AND CAPTAIN COLQUITT.

AFTER the Jury were sworn-, and the Prisoners
arraigned in the usual manner, Mr. Serjeant CocK-
E LL, in a very able speech,' addressed the Jury,
and entered at same length into the circumstances
which had occasioned this unfortunate affair. He
then brought forward the evidence in support of the
_Prosecution.

Several letters of Mr. Sparling's to the deceased
were first produced.

Three persons who drove the parties to Park-side
were examined; none of whom saw the•duel; but
each of them ,heard as it were one gun or pistol
fired.

Several other witnesses were exsininecl.

On Mr. Sparling's being called upon
.h for,is de-
fence, he craved the indulgence of the C.)ur't for a
paper which he held in his hand to he read, which
:being acceded to, Mr. PARK, his Counsel, read it
in a very impressive manner. It was of very con-
siderable length, entirely. exr..ulPating himself from
that conduct which had been falsely imputed to him,
and fully explaining several circumstances which
'delicacy alone had hitherto compelled him to be
silent upon. A tong letter which he received from
the Rev. Mr. Renshaw was also read, with his
answer, and observation* upon it. He soleo4ily
asserted his innocence of the crime of murder ;
,paid
high compliments to those exalted persons who had
co.ne•trom all parts of the Kingdom to speak to his
charade( ; he had indeed been, honoured with a let.
ter to that efFeCt froM His Royal Highness the
Prince of Wales, but which the. forms of law would
not permit to he read in evidence. He concluded
with saying, that lie preferkd death to living with.
out honour.

Captain Colquitt received permission to read his
defence, which he did in a very animated and- per-
suasive manner. -He stated his fruitless attempt to
settle the unhappy business amicably ;: even the day
before the duel took place, he had offered to the
deceased, from Mr. S, that if he, Mr. G. would
declare, in the presence of Dr. Macartney anti Capt.
C. and to them only, that he was sorry that he had
made use of the offensive word, that would satisfy
Mr, S. But this was refused.—CaPt. C. trusted
his case to the Court and juryi and -fully trusted
they would -enable him again to assist" in repelling
the attacks of a folmidable foe. He was heard with
great attention during the whole of his speech,
which took him nearly half an hour in the delivery.
Several witnesses were examined, respeaing con-
versations they had had with the deceased ; after
which the following Noblemen and Gentlemen were
called, to speak to ti►e charaaer of Mr. Spading
Each of them spoke in the highest and strongest
terms of his buinanity, mildness of disposition, and
peaceable.Condua, on all 'occasions

fohn Brown, Esq. form /ones, Esq.
Capt. 13:elmer _ Lord Viscount Carleton
Sir Hungerford Hoskins - Major-Gen. Cartwright
Rev. Edward Johnson' Lord Robert Manners
Mr, C. Bolden Lord Charles Manners
Rev. Frothham Hodgson Lord James Murray
Reirl lonathan Brookes Colonel Macdonald
Villiarn, Harper' Esq. ' Major Seymour
Solomon D'Agullar, Esq.

The following Gentlemen appeared on behalf of
Capt. Colquitt, and•no man ever received a better
charader for the above truly amiable qualities, than
each ul them gave him :

Jarnes Bold,. Esq. Rev. Frodsham Hodgson
Rev. Mr. Kitc Admiral Richard Smith
Commissioner Coffin Captain Drewry
Mr. T. Clayton Capt. Brace
Rev. I,mathan Brookes Captain Culverhouse
Thomas lohu Parke, Esq. Mr. Sam. Northeote