The Sun.
London, England, 1817-09-16 00:00:00

THE ARMY;

On the s'econd instant we stated, that a Court
Martial had assembled on the ,previous Wednes-
day in Dublin, on the trial of Capt. JOHN WHITE,
eldest Captain of the 4th Dragoon Guards, on
Mitre different charges, preferred against hire by
'Major °GMBH, and inserted those charges. *The
following is the result of the

SENTENCE OF THE, COURT-MARTIAL• ON CAPTAIN
, _ 'WHITE.
FIRST—The. Court -do find the prisoner, Captait White,
Guilty of disresp.ectful comidet, as far as is connected with

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the matter of the 2d and 3:1-Charges, but not to the extent of
the most disretpectful-conthict, as by the said first Charge is.
charged.

SECOND AND Court do find the prisoner Guilty
of the Second and Third, as above preferred against hint.
Not Guilty of the Fourth Charge, inasmuch as they do not
consider the letter mentioned in this charge in--have been
written with the view-or intention of.conveying- any insinua-
tion aOnst Major Ogilbie.
Fir-rn Crimkoz.—Guilty of having acted improperly and
-disrespectfully before the Regimental Court-Martial which
assembled at :PhilipAown, on the 30th of June, which might
have had a tendency to excite impressions and feelings in the
minds of certain soldiers ; but they acquit the prisoner from
any unjustifiable views 'or intentions, as they consider that
his conduct before the Court-Martial proceeded from a ntis-
directed zeal fur time 'interests of his men, and mit from any
intention to treat that Court with disrespect.

The Court, howeVer, most feel and 'observe,
that a mistake appeAri to have occurred, as to the
privilege given to the Officers of the 4th Dra-
goon Guards, of assent or dissent as to their pre-
sence at the Inspection Dinner, on the terms of
-,ontributiug- thereto, and the expressed compli-
ance of Captain White' to these terms ; 'which
Mistiike occasioned the report on which the strong
letter of rebuke was founded, which, being read
to Captain \Voile before the assembled Officers,

without previous intimation or expectation; pro-
duced in his mind snrprize and agitation, which
in the opinion of the Court may palliate, though
not j isi ify, his subsequent conduct. After these
ahovefinding, and on consideration of the before-
mentiored mitigating circumstances, and also of
the long service of the prisoner, and of the strong
testimonial- of chaiacter appearing On the evi-
dence—the Court do them efure adjudge 'and sen-
tence, that the 'prisoner, Captain John White, of
the 4th Dragoon Guards, shall be severely repri-
manded, before the Officers- of his Regiment, as-
sembled for that purpose, at :such. time, and in
such"place, as the Commander of the Forces shall
please to direct. -

PORBES, Lieut.• Gen. Prosident.

The reprimand given to Captain WHITE differs
from others in this respect, that it is a private one
before the Officers, whereas a'rotWic reprimand is
at the head of the Itegimcbt, and published in the
General Orders of the Army. Captain WHITE
continues in arrest. under another charge, brought
against him for treating the Assistant Surgeon
----; -'isrezDectfr! ;fen—
veting an r,tiicial eommuniCation. t sips. WHITE
was placed under arrest on the 2d of July last,
and continues-so; he will be brought to a second
Court Martial icumediately.--.-(ilibernian Journal)

SHEFFtELD YttomANKY-CAvAtAre..—The Shef-
field troops of Xeomanry.eavalry were inspected
on Thursday last by their Colonel, J.A. S. WORT..
Esq. before whom we're exhibited such 're-
peated proofs ot steady and correct discipline as
r fleeted the highest cretii,t on their military char
lacter.' A dinner was provided.atliealey's Hotel
and partook ot by the officers and privates gene-
rally, whom night separated,' after a day distit-
guised for the harniony and convivialisy that pre=
vaileti on the occasion.

Monday four soldiers of the 88th Regiment were
stilt by heypliee Court to Bridewell for thirty
days, for drunk and drawing their bayonets
on the inhabitants. We understand it is the de-
termination of the Cithrt to visit this crime with
more severe pinnishment in future, being resolved
to put an end to a practice so dangetous to the lives
of the citizens.—(Edinburgh Paper.) _

LATE FIRE AT TEIE MEDICAL BOARD..---The
fire hick broke out at Messrs. CooPsit's and Co.
Surgeons, Charlotte-street, Blackfriars-road, was
caused .by a spark from a lamp the footman held
when shutting up the front parlour, about nine
o'clock. In this room were keptmedicines, me-
dical library, account books, instruments, Sze.
most of which were destroyed, with the valuable
furniture, anatomical drawings, preparations, large
bronzed figures, and a desk containing upwards of
50S. in notes. It may seem miraculous the
flames, which .filled the room and even bornt the
floor, did not extend further ; the circunistances
which prevented so seriqus-a catastrophe ought to
he hive.... Wh.r. the tile.ticul Board was c,ta-
blighed,a second or double door,covered with baize,
was, for the sake of secrecy, fixed to every room,
and those doors were nearly air-tight, this and
the judicious course purSued, on discovering the
fire, saved the premises. One of the Medical
Gentlemen returning about 'twelve o'clOck; 'per-
ceived the room in flames, instantly secured the
double door, gave the alarm, called up his daugh
ter, and all .the servants. Several Gentlemen kind-,
ly lent.their aid, who were 'furnishea buckets
filled with water from the reservoir, these Yoe
thrown.into the room through a hOle made in the
hall door, until the fire vas extinguished. lied
it not been for this caution and skilful manage-
ment, the whole of the extensive premises would:
' have been destroyed, and the young Lady, Coach-
man, and other servants, must have petisbed, for
if the fire lied reached the stair-case, nothing
could have saved. them fram'the devouring ele•
went. We hear the Medical Practice has not
been in the least retarded, as all the other apart-
Ments were immediately appropriated for the ac-
comutottation of patients.

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[.PRIG P, SEVENPENtE.‘

LORD -A 11fFERS-1%

As we pi•ewmetl to •defend this Nobleman

against the Opposition Writers) who thOught that ~
he ought to have degraded the Majesty of the
Btitish 'Empire by Prostrations to the Etnper.Or
CHINA, we are glad:to find that we a're SupPortel
in our opinions by so,.respectOle a Journal as
The Plgmowth Telegraph,' of the 13th Inst: from
which we have extracted the following observa-
tions on the subject 1—

" EMBASSY TO CHINA.

" Some of our contemporaries have been very
facetious -on the refusal of Lord Am El EUST 10 pros-
trate himielf brim e the Chinese E nceror: Now,
it is‘strange that this wit should not, have display-
ed itself until lioonaparte, all,liceoSed as he in
coarseness, had ,laoctio9ed it by his ridiciiie I
Then came forth these minor Sat4istter, Totiotty,
one, however,•who weighs the matter cal!oh y anti
dispassionately, the firmness of his Lordship, so -
far from appearing puerile or unwise, must, oil
the contrary, wear a
:dignified and Meritorious
aspect: What if the King of England hiMself_
were to have en interview with the EMperor of
China Will it be contended that he should de-
mean himself by abject prostrations ? Would not:-
the whole country despise him for such meanness?
Ands yet, on the sweeping doctrine of expediency,
Lord Amherst, the representative of a King in,
ferior to none the world, is required, forsooth,
to do that which the individual he represents
would he universally condemned for doing 1_ How
comes it that what is an abasement in the one is
not equally. so. in the other I On admirable lo."
gicHins

" In the code of morals promnighted by Bno-
naparte on the Continent, and unhappily spread-
ing itself in too many directions, this doctoine of
expediency, it seems, is justification enough, at
any time, for any line tot; conduct, provided the
object in view be desirable! On the same principle
mnrder•might stand excused, and every species of
atrocity offer some palliative in its behalf . In
the eager jostlings of, life, a mart, aspiring to rank
Or rower, finds himself outstripped, or barred in
his_ progress, by some competitor. Expediency
counsels his. removal, and straight poison, the
dagger, or the pistol, performs the office ! Ano-
ther, dissatisfied with the connections of his wife,
Which are not .sufficiently elevated foo his interest,
and perceiving the wife of a friend with loftier

relatives, first seduces her, then coolly shoots his
frien►l, and finally marries the tvidow, atter getting
rid, in sritne ww•ay or other, of his former wife,!
All this, too, proceeds trum expediency ! Athirst
assassinates hi,: kin z ta overturns the Constitution
,! • - _

or—his own advancemerq ! Under this system
oaths bind not, protestations avail not, p!.!dges
are inoperative, and engagements a feather ! On.
its shrine whatsoever things are pure, honest,
lovely, or of good report, if there he any virtue,
or if there be any praise,', all; all are basely sa.-
crificed ! Thus a dark catalogue. of vices and
crimes it rapidly filled up, all On the accomm,,, lac-
ing doctrine of expediency !
",The art of booing forMs a leading' pair' of
this Machiavelian doctrine : but Heaven foretend
its becoming a general one in this manly land;
which boasts more of its sturdy oaks than its pliant
aspens ! Honour to whom honour,' is a Christian
maxim,• worthy of every 'Christian's practice,
while sycopitentism (we blush with indignation
at the word)-involves the lowest degradation of
human nature, and is most decidedly at variance
with all its duties, both moral and religions ;
Justam et tenacera nropositi victim
Non civiutu ardor prava jubenlium,
Noh vtifflis instantis tyranni
Mente quatit; solida.

Si fractus. illabatur urbis
Impacitiurit ferient,ruinae

Virtus, repulsw neKia sorclUlm,
Intaminatis fulget bonoribus "

" -Lord Atr.herst, had he tamely submitted to
Chinese insolence, would have for ever. dif,graced
himself and his country ; and,much as, in the pre-
sent, state of Our, finances, the expellees attendant
on his embassy may be regretted, his return home,
• intanzinatis lidnoribus,' both as regards himself
and the country, fully counterbalances them.—
Persons who complain of his tenacious nicety,
seem to tor;.;et that there is-a national dignity to
be maintained, as well' as a personal one. His
.I.ordship has very properly consulted botbt and
scelerzs purzzs,' may laugh to scorn the sneers of
Buonapartists, and all the servile eipooters f phi-
losopitical expediency

BRIGHTON, SEPT. 15.—This-morning, Mr. St r-
jeant I;UNNINGTON, Mr. 13Arz9, anti Mr. fIOP-
Y.INS presided at the Town-hall, and foliowed up
their determination to suppress till species of
gambling at the plac'es- of public amusement" in
this town. Besides 'Mr. WALKER, of the Marine
Library, Mr. DONALDSON, of the Steine Library,
and Mr. FKTEDEBERG, proprietor of the
.Grand
Bazaar, entered into recognizances, themselves
in 1001. each, with two sureties of 1001. each,
that they would not permit or suffer .any game
whatever in their respective establishments. The
question May now be considered as decided, that
the game of one•card 100, so long permitted, is
.unlaWful.

Cauliflowers and French-beans have this year
been, uncommonly excellent and abundant ; the
latter .favourite vegetable is at this time retailing.
in Covent Garden-market at eight-pence the peck
measure.
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