The Sun.
London, England, 1832-08-28 00:00:00

pressing such arena disapprobation of the, letter f—From
the man being then in my room.
By private Somerville—Did yo,i give the orders for
the court-martial and the half-past four o'clock parade at
the same time ?—I gave the orders for the parade when I
was getting into the carriage, and for the court-martial in
ray room ; I should think a quarter of an hour or twenty
minutes before.

►'ere both the orders given within a quarter of an hour
of each other?—Or twenty minutes.
Were the orders given to Adjutant Ricketts ?—Yes—
both orders were given to the Adjutant.
Were they given at the same interview with that gen-
tleman ?—No.

Where did you meet Adjutant Ricketts after giving the
orders for the court. martial, when you gave him direc-
tions for the afternoon parade ?—I met him in the passage
or on the steps of the door, as I was going out.

Had Adjutant Ricketto left tht vicinity of your roombe-
fort., he received both orders should think he had, for
I found him in the passage.
By the JuncE-ADVOCA'FE.—Had he been either in the
room or near about it all that time ?—I should think not,
certainly.
Wini your meeting with him on the steps, or in the
passage, accidental ?—Yes.

If you bad not met him, to whom would you have given
the direction • for the afternoon parade ?—I should have
sent for him.

Should you have delayed getting into the carriage till
you had sent for him ?—I think so.

By private Somerville—lf you had not met the Adjutant
accidentally, would you have given any orders at all for
the quarter-past 4 parade ?—I think I should have waited
till I had seen him.

Were you in any expectation that he would call on you
after you had given the order for the court-martial
lost sight of him ; I did not expect to see him again.
By the JUDGE-ADVOCATE—The question ir, whether,
as you had given him the one order to convene the court-
martial, you expected him to come back if you had
further orders to give ?—I expected to see him again before
I left.

Do you mean that he would come to see you, or that
you would make a point of seeing him ?—That I would
make n point of seeing him.
Ply private Somerville—Did you direct the Adjutant
to see that I was duly apprized of the court-martial, and
properly provided with any defence I might have to make ?
—I did not see him on the subject ; it depended on the
orders I gave him to convene the court-martial ; it would
be a matter of course in the Adjutant to do so.
Is it usual in the regiment to hold regimental courts-
martial at so short a notice ?—Yes; it happens constantly.
Can you recollect any recent instance in which a court-
martial was convened in so short a period before the court-
martial which tried Sonierville?—l cannot.

After the punishment, what induced you to advert again
to the subject of the letter, whoa you addressed the men ?
—To convince the men who the person wag who wrote
the letter.

By the JUDC;E ADVOCATE-Why did you take that op-
portunity ?—Because the men were all present ; I could
not take a better.

By private Somerville—Did it not appear by your ad-
dressing me on tie subject of the letter before I was tried
and punished for another offence, and your again making
the letter the subject of your comment afterwards, that
writing the letter was to be considered a part of my of-
fence ?—Certainly not.
Will you state to the Curt any reason why von should
on either two occasions have so coup], d the fact of my
having written th, letter with the offence for which I
was punished ?—I did not couple the fact in the room.
By the JUDGE ADVOCATE- When you disapproved of
the letter in the Dispach, was it the mere cireumstwee
of a soldier's having written to the editor of a paper, or
was it the nature of the sentiments contained in the parti-
cular letter, which excited your disapprobation ?—The
nature of the sentiments contained in the letter excited my
disapprobation.
By the COURT—Do you recollect whether it was before
or after private Somerville had acknowledged himself the
author of the letter in the Dispatch that you told him the
crime he had committed on the 28th of May could not
pass over without punishment?—Before ; when he first
came into the room.

Have you the copy of the Dispatch of the 27th of May
which you read to Somerville on the 29th ?—No ; it was
not mine.

How came the paper in your possession?—lt was
brought to me by the paymaster.
Was it ever reported or mentioned to you before the
29th of May that Somerville wished to be discharged ?
No, certainly not.

Had any men been discharged during the month of April
or May at their own solicitation ?---Yes, upon what we
call the modified pension.
Is it very difficult for a recruit to obtain his discharge
and payment?—lt depends on his conduct entirely; if lie
is a good soldier lie may get his discharge by the com-
manding officer recommending it.
What would you have done with an officer had he con-
fessed lie had written the letter in the Dispatch ?—I think
I should have spoken to him quietly in my room, and re-
commended hiiit not to have done so again.
Would the officers of the regiment have allowed a per-
son to remain in their society who had written such a let
ter ?—I think they would have rather wished him out of
the regiment.
Was the regiment employed in the field until after the
usual orderly hour on the 28th May ?—We were at the
field at the usual orderly hour.
Were there any orders given out that day ?—Certainly.
. _

By the JUDGE ADVOCATE—When you ordered Somer-
ville to be tried, and afterwards when you confirmed the
sentence of the Court-martial, and suffered half the punish-
ment to be inflicted, did you act in any degree from an in-
ducement to punish him for having written the letter in
the Dispatch ?—Certainly not.
Supposing the letter in the Dispatch had never been
written, would you, or would you not, have proceeded in
the case of Somerville exactly as you did proceed
should, as a matter of course.
The witness was directed to withdraw.

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CHOLERA MORBUS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sia,—The prevalence of the cholera morbus in so many
places in this empire, and tl)e dread entertained by some
of premature interment, in consequence of the powerful
narcotic remedies employed in. the cure of the same, induce
me to request you will make known to the country,
through the medium of your valuable Paper, the following
receipt, which has been used with great success lately in
Quebec, in North America, (where the disorder has been
very malignant,) and which possesses none of the lethargic
qualities of the medicine now used, and by some so much
dreaded.

It was brought here by Captain Robert Cutting, of the
brig Minerva of this place, who is lately arrived from
Quebec, and who witnessed its very successful application
when he was there.

Its happy effects has also been manifested in this neigh-
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salubrity of the air of this very clear and healthy place
prevents this being a harbour for epidemic complaints.
I will mention the case, at a place where I have been,
of a family of four, of whom three died, and the fourth a
child, about four years of age, was considered dead by its
nurse; the jaw, as is common, was tied up, and a person
sent fur to prepare a coffin, when a neighbour, who went
in thought the child exhibited signs of life, administered
this medicine (the first time it had been tried here), and
in one hour the child recovered and is now nearly well—
for myself I have had a severe attack of diarrhimi, and
found almost immediate relief from this medicine.—By
acceding to my request, You will oblige,
Sir, your Constant Reader,
JOHN SHELLY CLARK,
Auctioneer, &c.
Yarmouth, Aug. 26, 1832.

RECEIPT FOR CHOLERA.
oz. cayenne pepper, 15.- oz. mace, oz. allspice, -1 oz.
cinnamon, -.4 oz. cloves, oz. nutmegs, - oz. chamomile
flowers. The spices to be beat up very fine, and then
mixed with a pint of the best brandy And the chamomile
flowers. After standing three hours it is fit for use.