The Sun.
London, England, 1817-12-19 00:00:00

COURT MARTIAL.

On Monday, the Ist instant, a General (%oilri
Martial was held in the Royal Marine Barrack%
Chatham, for the trial of Lieut.-Colonel Richaro
Lee, on the following charges,- viz.— t
ist, For conduct un4coming the character of an Office,
and a Gentleman, having on or about the 31st of ocl"bei
and 3d of November last, in the Office of the CommandOr
of the. Chatham Division of Royal Marines, asserted
Major-General Winter had granted him leave of absence
over Sunday, the 26th of Octobei last.
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2d. For using provoking and disrespectful langu4 •
Major-General Winter, his Commanding °dicer, on or abut 7.
the 31st of October, and 3d of November last, in the office
the said Major-General Winter.
ad. For having been absent from his duty without tale
.from the 26th to the 31st of October last.
The Court found the Lieutenant-Colonel plait
of the charges, with the exception of that part ,A
the Ist charge which imputes to him unoffice
and ungentleman-like conduct ; but in considers'
tion of• their firm conviction that he acted under
the erroneous impression and full persuasion or
having obtained his• Commanding Officer's lead
of absence beyond the return dr,y, together will!
the very excellent testimonials and character laid
before them, the Court only sentenced 'him to 10
publicly admonished by the hesidew.
The admonition was delivered in the nu,st hand'
some manner by Colonel Foley, the hcs!deato
who, on returning Colonel Lee his sword, expl'W
sed that he had no doubt but that he would agaill
wear it with that credit and honour to his cowl'
try and himself he had ever done. .

LIMERICK, DEC. 10.—From Sunday night on'
til Monday evening it blew a most tretnendou,
storm from N. N. W. accompanied with railw'
All the low grounds were flooded, and the (lA'
mage sustained was confined to the shipping i°
our harbour, viz.—a vessel at Mark's Quay fa°
foul of the brig Nancy, of Greenock, which car'
lied away her sprit-sail yard, chain plates, star'
board, and store her two small boats; some of
the, carved work of the head of ti,e brig Hero,
of Chepstow, was carried away, and the stern of
the sloop Raven, of Liverpool, was much injured.
The sloop Neptune, of Yarmouth, lying at Nil"
rush', in the storm, cut both her cables, ran
the liver, and is now at the Quay.

EXTRAORDINARY CHARACTER.-Died lately, 111
Ayr, Mr. James Gregg, at a very advanced age'
who, for many years, was well known in Ayr'
shire, Galloway, and Dumtries-shire, as an erni"
neat teacher of dancing. He was a man of,
happy temper, and of considerable originality 01
genius. He was remarkably skilled in niusic.,
and performed with great taste and execution 01
the violin; and besides " Gregg's pipes" and
" Strathspeys," which'bear his name,. be cony
posed many other excellent pieces, which his mo"
det,.ty prevented him front acknowledging, thong!'
he contributed to many musical publications. 111
had a taste for painting, mechanics, and natural
history, made and improved telescopes, had do in'
considerable knowledge of mathematics, and we's,
frequently employed as a measurer of land, until
his advanced years rendered him incapable
bearing the fatigue. He taught dancing until, •14
old age, he could scarcely see his own pupils, 0f
hear the tones of his own violin.—He was art sf'
fectionate husband and father, sober in his liabi!6,
mild and gentle in his manners, and much esteetn'
eel by all who knew hint. •

The last letters from the Earl and Countess 01
CRAvEN mention, that after a pleasant vovatte
from Malta to Catania, they had a stormy and
ficult passage from that port to Palermo. Tileact
they had a' delightful voyage of
.4 days to Naples..
It was their intention to be at Rome during De'
ceutber, and to proceed from that city by laud
'to Florence. Their yacht, in t'he mean time,
would proceed to Marseilles, and the Earl ;till!
Conntess 'would travel to that port, in the spring,
visiting first Genoa, Milan, Turin, and Nice. Atte%
sailing from Marseilles, their first landing is intend'
ed to be at Gibraltar, their next at Cadiz, and their
third at Lisbon. They may, perhaps, touril at
some of the French ports, in coming home, witich
they hope to reach in July.
• Mr. HUNTER, of Edinburgh; has invented ail
instrument which is of great importance to the
navigator. From two altitudes of the sun, and
the interval of time bet ween the observations, he
can determine, within five minutes after the second
observation, the latitude of the place, the 'boor
from noon, and the variation of the compass.--
According to the common form of calculation for
double altitudes, the latitude by account is suppos-
ed to' be known, which in the use of this instru-
ment is not necessary. It has been tried in se-
veral examples, and always found the results very'
near the. truth. If a vessel is driven frotn her
course by storms or by currents, if the reckoning
is altogether lost, and the' mariner could not get
a meridian observation, -with this instrument and
a chronometer, he could, in a few minutes atter
the second observation, ascertain his pOsition ota
the ocean with accuracy. An invention of so
much utility in navigation is worthy of encourage-
ment from those concerned in the commerce of the
country.
A few days ago a shocking accident happened
at the Marquis of BATH'S. As Lord EDWARD
THYNNE, one ot bis Lordship's sons, about 12
years old, was standing near the fire with a flask
in his right hand almost full of gunpowder, a
spark flew into it, shattered the flask to pieces,
blew the thumb almost off, and tote the hand in
a terrible manner. Mr. HEAVISIDE was sent for
immediately; who entertains some hopes of being
able to save the hand, his Lordship having gone
on hitherto as favourably as could be expected un-
der such circumstances.

DIED.
Yesterday morning., Nancy, the eldest daughter of Mr.
Millar, of Drury-Lane Theatre, aged 8 years.

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