The Sun.
London, England, 1821-01-19 00:00:00

CAUTION TO MILITIAMEN

QITrEN-SQUARE.—Yesterilay a Sioricitor from
the Mini-rah attended :It this office to prefer chances again•st
two privates brlanging to the-Marines, who confessed them-
selves to be deserters front the regular Militia at the time
they enlisted. lie .said the Offence had been of kale so fre-
quent, that the Admiralty Board hail been at c Insider-able ex-
pence iu proseenting'offenders of this^flescoiption, for obtain-
ing the King's Bounty und•er false-pretences; that they now
felt disposed to. relinquish such proceedings. as by-the.ket•of
the 44.1 Geo 111. eap._9o, the Ma4istrmes were em.
powered to comMit such offenders to Brie/riven fol: the space
of Six months, which in -Many iostatices Was adequate to Ma
punishment indicted lay the Sessions.. •

John Reed was then tint to't he star;- -he was enlisted by
serjmot Appleby, of the ChAthant Division of the 1:01,&
rifles, on the l4th of Atignst last,...in Princes-street, Welt—
minster, and attested before W?:t. MARK LAND, E,ll. wtten lie
swore he did not hclong. to any Regiment of• Militia, or otter
corps in his Majesty's service. 'fbe attestation was tott
Seijeant.Bariell, of the.sante Division, proved that the pd.,
sister 'clinfessed to he was a deserter from the south
({once ter Militia, which the prisoner now odiuitteit, auul
told t 'rate he had been confined since the 7th of Oc—
tober in t gilard-room: •

The Alazistrate said, that in consequence of the lenorth of
time the pi imner hat been a'r,..3.1),
went be eOnintlittd to 3 nomnis ; at tlt., ewri......ritot cif
that time he most. be delivered up to the Militia, •au.rhaftel
scoring leis time there-, to he transmitted to, the Marines,
David .tunes was rivet put to the hat, lie acknowledged
him-
self tohe a' deserter front the Ilarkingliamshire Militia, lie
took On as a substitute on the 98th'itly 18 NI, and received 71:
boinity, hoot before he joiiied the IteVlrrrent lie in-listed into ttieo
Alorincs, and reccired 31. bounty..-11e now odniitted the fact,
but he also beret; in confinement since ("I'etober last, he wa 3
only committed for three months to Mildewy 1.

A young woman of Reims, on her return home
after paying some visits in December last, was .
struck -with a dagger on entering. her own door ;
the whalebone in her stays fortunately preserved.
her from being wounded. Ail search to disco-
ver- the perpetrator was at that`time'unsuccessful;
On the 6th-inst. `the same person Was discovered
in her chamber, bound and wounded' in sv.
parts, apparently with a kniff•-,, which shk, --
dared had been inflicted on iher try two indivi-
duals, who nsSaulted. heethe moment she opened.
the door of her apartment. Some fetters that she
had received from a man who was to have mar-
ried.her a long time before these events, and who,
had .subs<Nuently broke his promise, were laid
before the Tribunal ; and .what is most singular-,,
some lines which they caused the young- Woman'
to write, appears to be the same hand-writing as
the letters she: had deposed to. The, yonnq-
woniah peisists:that she has no knowledge of the.
assassin. The affair is now under investigation ;
an the details will be given as soon as possible.
(French Paper.) .
Cora;-Nr.a's .INnursT.-1-resterday an Inquest
Wps taken at the Queen's Head, Lower-street,
Islington, before T; STIRLING, F,sq. on the body
of a Gentleman,l whose name was unknown.—lt
.appeared that-the body was found floating in the.
bason` of the Canal at the end of Maiden-lane,
Bat::le-b-ridge, and f rom the butrid state in which
it, was, it is supposed to be from a month to two
Months in. the water; he was about fifty years of
age ; five feet six inches high; he wore a brown
top-coat, lined with silk, a blue coat,. black
waistcoat; blue- pantaloons, and high-lows ; he,
had 14s-..8d.,-in his-, pocket, but no card of ad—
dress or other paper to lead to a discovery of
who he. Was; there:were no marks of violence on,
his person, and from the circumstance of his
having a handkerchief tied over his mouth, and
chin, it is 'supposed he must have fell in by ac-
cident during the .foggy weather. Verdict—
" Found droWned."

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