The Sun.
London, England, 1804-02-16 00:00:00

COURT MAI:77' AL.

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ivIIIsTER.DAY, pursuant to a Warrant from His
'"Jtsry, a General Court Martial was held at
made
`-lielsea College, to take into consideration a Charge,
by THOMAS KEATE, Esq. Surgeon-General
Io the Army, against RoBER'4GoRDON, Esq. Phy-
4ician to the Forces.
The complaint stated, that Dr. GoRDON, con-
trary, to the Articles of War, lnd in direct violation
.3'
hiS duty (with a view to create insubordination
3n the Army), had wrote a certain letter to Mr.
KEATE, the purport of which was, to excite that
Insubordination, and which letter seemed to have
!such a tendenc,'. by accusing him (Mr. KEATE) of
reSpaSSlng Upon the known customs of the Army,
by Pjael.hg an inferior officer over a superior, i. e.
yuttinga young Surgeon over the head of a Phy-
istflan• The Court was composed of Officers hold_
the the highest respeaability in public opinion, and
it.,ine President was Lieutenant. General the lion. H.
414. F 0 x .
. They went through the evidence on both sides,
at the conclusion of which, a very feeling appeal to
the honour and justice
of the Court was made, by
11,:!.Goanorr, and the report of their opinion will
pUblisheti as shoo as it receives the Royal Sane.
tion.-•

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GENERAL B DYER. .
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proper to
Sour of •the Newspapers have thought
indiilge-in the most rude and vulgar remarks on the
conduct of eneral BOYER, Wilo has been some time a
• prisoner in England. The most unjust and unfounded
stateMents have been advanced, of that Officer public-
ly expressirtg himself in the most disrespettful manner
of the people of this Country, We have every reason
to believe that General BOYER has not been guilty of
these improprieties. Indeed, Ave not
it a disgrace.
t 0 the Country, that one in his situation should perpe-
tually be diaeged before the public in the newspapers,
and that his behaviour, person, birth, charatter, &C.
should be the subjed ofunmannerly remarks, equal!},
false and contemptible. We. hope t
BO YER I ' rliii aVY 'Oitiir foreigner, will judge of the
that neither. Gen.,
Natio6 d)? the coarseness and indelicacy of the News-
papers, kir if the most uncivthey did, we must be condemned as
ed people in Europe.
The -following Letter from General Boy ER to
Lord EADIAY, which we are authorized to poii,
lish, will anew that the General 'bears ample testi-
Nutty to the good treatment
he
places where he has been
quartered,
has received in the
I tered.
Y LOR,
I -Dreceived the letter you did me the honour to write me,
and I lose not a You in answering it, in order to bear tes-
Colony to truth.
The orders given by the French Goyeroment to use repris-
'als against the English Prisoners of distinetion in Franeei
could only have .been occasioned by my departure from Tiver-
ton, and the.ordes of the English Government which confined
me to Castleron,in the. Mountains ot Derbyshire. fitted
hits city, no,„ver, having been revoked in Ti days, and being now
at Chesterfield, -it is with pleasure that I take this. opportu-
•nity to do the most merited justice to the this
of that
town, an.of whom teel towards the Fresh Prisoners of
War the sentiments due to misfortune. '
As soon as I was removed from Castleton I
mite to France, and I have no doubt that 'the
immediately GO-
verimient is, by this time, apprised that far Frenchfroin being
treated with rigour, I experience from th'e Magistrat s and
/nhabitantsi the protedion of the Lavvs, and the feeetings
Which distinguish generous minds.
Accept, my Lord, the sentiments of high -consideration
With Which I have the Honourio be,
, My Lord, •
Your s-Otdshits's most humble, most obedient servant,
,trSiiglnfatary,The 'french General) BOYER.
Chetterfield
The Right flanaterethietord Earidg.
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SOCIETY Cht AxTs.--On Tuesday last the Elec-
tion of Five Vice-Presidents of this excellent Insti-
tution took place, when the following Gentlemen
%vete duly Chosen ;
--- RICRAXP CLARit, Esq. hamberlain.
Sir itorsEa-r PEEL, Bart. M. P.
• NATHANIEL CONANT, Esq.
.
k 4.16 Powtii., Esq. 111. P. •
TKOs. R4o weaor T, Esq. Alderman, P.R.I.
ttitelligente froni Prance, by the last /in
'states Mail, states the extreme reluaance which unbar
smani-
fested by. the Conscripts to the service in. the
-present war. Out of 18.3 Conscripts, forming
the first detachment of the contingent of the De-
Patimnt of the of
14.4. deserted, and of
first
of the second detaChment, only
.66
.ar-
lived at 1 de a .
t,.):i t. lt is natural to Imagine
that under ttle.pres • •
the most
'
ent •tyrannical regime' most
sanguinary . and oppressive laws will be enafted
and enforced. Their parents, relations, and chil-
dren are dragged to Prison, and a .fine •is imposed
upon the family to the amount of Teo° Buses, It
is further asserted that every Conscript is to be shot,
who shall be found in the late ;,/suegent de art
or on his ra:ay to them; . and they are to be
condemned on a summary trial before a DiTilitary
Commission,
The Hottentots are impressed with the idea, that
When they are in foreign countries, and far removed
from their friends and relations, they will imtne-
diately tejoin there on dying. 'Of the existence of
these notions a melancholy proof occurred the other .
day, in a Hottentot boy servant to Lieut. RICH/Ira/-
SON of His Majesty's Ship Zeideztid at the Note ;
who, from the idea that from the continuance of
the war he should never be enabled to see his
mother, who lives at the Cape of Good Hope,
formed the lives
of putting an end to his exist.,
enee by juniping of Accordingly after
~vn attended at-dinner,
the new clothes which he went and took off all
been very indulgent to his master (who had ever
him) had lately given him,
and put on his old ones, when he plunged through
one.o the pot t-holes. Some of the men having
:teen him fall,_ instantly gave thealarm, and there
Was a boat sent to his assistance. He might easily,
have been sirsed, *as he was a remarkable ood sw im-
ter, but it aispeared as if he was resolved.to be no
longer detained from his friends, for instead of
making the smallest exertion to keep himself up,
he kept his hands clasped together, and was ob-
served to have a smile of iilacid content on his coun-
tenance as,he sunk.
Tuesday night a Major, who was employed in the brewhouse of Mr.
SLR, near Milbank, by accident fell into a vat
of boiling liquor ; he was taken out alive, and car-
/led to the Westminster Lifirmary, where he cx.
,
P.ire(l'in the course of the night, in the most excru- ,
elating torture ; he has left a wife and three children
to bewail his loss.