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London, England, 1816-12-26 00:00:00

fUORSIr•GLI2IRDS, Dec. 11.

At a General Court-Martial held at VVltitatall,
on the 26th of (.4..tober, 1816, and contittited by
..adinornments tO the'3oth t 1 the tame month,---
Lieutenant Robert Robertson, of the 9,11 Itegi-

ment of Light Dragoons, was arvaighed upon the
undermentiOned charges, vii.:--
Ist, For irregular and unofficerlike conduct on or ti`e,nt
turday, the 270 of.litly, 1816, in having nn the plea of
absented himself from his duty in the field, when the 9th
tight Drag‘ions were rerieweck,by his,ittupsl Hightois the
Duke of York, on Hounslow-healb,and having Cnttwitirstand•
ing such plea) niade his appearance .upOti the ground during
the time of the review, to the prejudice of good order and Mi-
litary disciplihe.f •. • .
2d. For insubordinate and unolficerlike conduct, on or
about Tuesday, the auth of Ally, 1644 at Hatiipton-court; is
refusing, on the plea of illness, to comply with the orders of
Lieutenant-Colonel Morland, his Commanding- Officer' re-
quiring.him, Lieutenant Robertson, to repair to the lsead-
quarters at Hounslow barracks, aid for persisting its such
refuSal, until. examined by the two Assistant-Sttrgtons of the
regiment, who reported hint perfectly fit to go there.
ad. For conduct highly, unbecoming the character of en
officer and a gentleman, on or about Tuesday, the :toll, of
July, 1816, ct Hounslow barracks, in uttering to Lieutenant
bonne) Morland, ltis Coniumnding gtlicer, a direct falsehood,
by asserting that he, Lieut.ltobertson, had lost i IN whole of
Ins dress appointments, declaring- the appoisittueots were lust
in consequence of 'the-negligence of Isis hat tnan, Is4gh,
he, Lteut,, Robertson, had actually disposed of tisent.
Upon which charges the :Court came to the
folloWing decision
" Conn having maturely weighed and con-
Sidered the evidence against the prisoner, Lent.
Robertson, of the 9th segiment of Light Dra-
goons, together with that, which he has broaght
forward, and what has beensolfered itt ,defence,
are of opinion, with respect to the first charge',
that liels guilty of irregular conduct.in having
made his appearance upon the ground, d the
time of the l'eVie4V,,pn the 27th of July, .1816,-11)
the prejudice of good order and thilitry Iliicipiilte ;'
but acqUit him of the other'part of the charge.
for. With.respect to the second charge, the Court
fully acquit him. .
" With respect to the third charge, the Court
are of opinirm that he is guilty.'
" The Court having found the prisoner guilty
of part of the first charger and the whole of the
third charge, do adjudge that he he cashiered.
" The Court having found it their painful and
unavoidable duty to pass the above sentence, beg
leave, in the,stronge.t manner, under the various
circumstances which have appeared before them,
and from Lieut. Robertson's lOngser vices, humbly
to recommend him to the most favourable -atilt
.merciful consideration of his Royal 'Highness the
Prince Regent.
His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has
been pleased, in the name and on the behalf of his
Majesty., to approve and confirm the finding and
sentence of the Court ; but in consideration of
the strong manner in which the Court have re.
commended the prisoner to mercy, the Prince lie.
gent has been further pleased!to ,extend to hint,
Lieutenant Robertson, his graciotls cletnency„and
to command, that lie shell be restored to his rank,
and placed' upon half-pay..
The Commander in Chief directs that the rni.e.-
oing All4-rgeSl, 14/k(1;., Robert
Robertson, of the 9th regiment of Light Dr:s-
goons, together with the finding and sentence (1
the Court, and the Prince Regent's pleasure
thereon, shall -he entered in the General alio
Boo'', and read at the head of every regiment in
his Majesty's service.
By Command of his Royal Highness the Com-
mander in Chief,

HAtRY CALVERT, Adj. Gen,

IRELAND.

HORRID MURDER.

WATxnFogo, DEC. 21.---Among the ctiminni
deeds which it is-s? often our painfol duty to- rep
cord. we have seldom `had occasion to state of
occurrence cif suet) wanton and hrntal ferocity es
that of which we have now to, give the 'detail*.
On Wednesday last, a farmer of the name at
Cosker, who residessm the Ross-road, near Rock.
view, went to Ross-market with corn, accompa-
nied part of the way by-a servant man. Having
no farther occasion for his assistance,' Cosker
sent him hack to attend Tiis 4,8112,1 duties,
On his retnrn he locked tip three of the Chil'-
dren in an, upper .roorn; and then wehL to the
Apartment of Mrs. Cosker, whom, with another
child, be foitutlin bed. He had provided himself
with a "hoe, and, with that dreadful instrument.,
heat these unhappy, helpless, and unotrending u(.
feats, in a nonnerwhich language cannot describe.
Tire child expired under the blows, and when last
we heard of the matter, the mother was speech-
less, and not expected to recover. The tempto
tion which:swayed this inhuman fiend wiTs plunder
all the property of the hoase was in his power,
and. he :might have taken it without shedding one
drop of innocent blood. Having obtained .eash
and notes to the amonot of a boot 601. he &d ery..
cipitately, bat in what direction Was , not Ascer-
tained. 'the alarm, however, was soon
and no Active pursuit tgok place. -
On Wednesday evening, James, Supple,.of Crass,
returning from Limerick, was
.met by a to: m !,er
fellows, who demanded if be,waS carav•at
replying to them, they heat Mtn so dreadfully that
we understand his death is hoorlytexpeeted. John
Ryao, agaiottrewhorn ilifarmations Are lotigeti, as
bkhig concerned in' this oiltiage, is committed to

gaol, 7
We feel ,moch.pleasnee in being authorised to
annuttricc that Lord Louthihas, in conformity with,
the xvishes, `partictilarly expressed, of the Lord
Chancellor, again accepted of tine Commission of
the Peace for-tire Connty-of Louth, 'which, some:
years hack, his Lordship, from Motives of-delicacy,
had resigned.
We are concerned to state, that the cpunty of
Louth-has been, for some time past, ill a Situation
that imperiously 41C111211(18 the most active exertion.
of an upright and, residvnt Magistracy.
.On Saturday, Serfreant Jehh nod Assis,tant
Barrister Lloyd, arrived ire Limerick, to hold a
Sessions under the insurrection Act, foe that
County, hot no person being for trial, the Court
adjourned to the Ist of March.'

Fit EN,CH PAPERS,
[Ruck d@a THIS MORNIN.G.3

Fiats, Dec. 422....-The mortal remain' bf Ales-
times Adelaide artd Victoire of France have been
disembarked at Toulon, whence they will be 'car.
?led to St. Denis. We Are assured that orders
have been expedited from the i‘linister of the In-
terior, to render all the honours due to the...rank
of these unfortunate Princesaes. The Bishop of
31oulins, 'the Citrate Of TOtiloti, and the Abb4
Iti accompany the protessit4o, which will be
at St.l)eitis on the 20th of January.
• The Prior of the. Great Convent of Mont• St.
Dernard, M. Morith, is dead at Nlartigny. lie
was known to many travellers in Europe. He
has left interesting collections of natural history

sod nwiquitics.
The ntlts commenced their- Noviciate at
Genoa on the 1 ith of November. Some ancient
Fathers of this older have resumed the 'titbit.
Au altercation irate on the Ifitit of this month
at the Groat Theatre of 'Nantes., between the
and Actors.• One of the latter, prowl of his ta•
lent, was guilty of a sally which might have pro-
tiuced lit* try consequences tor hint. Upon this
occasion the 141avor of Nantes has forbidden for
the fature,aoy Collognial,intescourse between the
public and the performers.

CilAiklTlElt OF M.PUTICS.

SkTTING OF Tin; 2IST.

Although no public sitting hod beett announced,
tit Tribunes Were opened at the termination of a
long Secret Committee relating to the proposition
of General Ernouf Upon the Adwmistration of
the Colonies.

Their Excellencies the Minister of Marine and
the Ittteriorkevre present, and remained in the
Hall when the Sitting became permatient:

After reading the proces.verbal of the day be-
fore yesterday, a number at 'Petitions were gone
Into, of no interest to the British Reader.
The President then fixed the next hitting tor
/Monday next, at 12 precisely, in tvitich will be
considered the two Projects of Law 'relating to
the absent Sr.ldiers and Ecclesiastical Unnations.
PkrEitSVIRGII, Nov. 23,—After frequent Va.
t •
rimi,nrs of ternperature, the, frost Is, at" last fixed,
anti it has frozen for three successive days. The
Neva is coveted with a`thickice.

VIENNA, DEC. 15..--GOVCllitllellt has
that it was impossible in the distressing circum-
stances Of the State to repeal tor 1817, the it -
p6sts which were laid on last year.

cAruk, DF4-;•?..-4-.We-tisnie.nan the moh,t extra
ordinary weather here for some ti►ue. On the
sante day we have had the Oppressive heat of smu-
ttier; a storm, accompanied with lightning,
Haider, and toil :and in the evening, it sharp.
~eold, with Sakes of snow, just as if it were the
Month of Janunry.in Siberia. We have 'tad some
shocks of an earthquake in the direction of the
North. Orders ItaVe been given for public prayers
in all tl►e churches ; the host has been noised;
the relicts of St. Stidget hare bvencarrie4 in
procession; and the ecclesiastics have recom-
wended 'strict observance of fast daring the
Advent.

kENCH FUNDS.

b per Cents. 116 f. $Cc.
Ilauk Action' .•..11651.

FRENCH' HOUSEBREAKERS.

•
A Pacts Journalist, atter announcing the trial
of a baud of uineteen housebreakers, remarks, that
though the multiplicity of offences, notwithstand-
ing all the vigilance of the Police, may form a just
cause of regret, yet it is not calculated to excite
much snrprise, if it he considered that Paris is a
city where 30,000 persona' awoke every 'sunning
without knowing bow they were to procure a
breakfast. But the most dangerous class of
thieves were those who combined for the purpose
of carrying on their depredations- with the
wester security and effect. By this means they
executed robberies which it would be impossible
for an individual to attempt,- and turned the pro-
duce of them to account without leaving any traces
by which they might be discovered. They had
their leaders, their -laws, and their organization
so skilfully combined, as not even to be destroyed
by the imprisonment or condemnation of those
who directed the gang. From the bottom of a
prison they still Issued their orders, were obeyed,
and received a share in the plunder. Among a
great number of facts, going to support this asser-
tion, the writer mentions the following, 'which
occurred to a Paris advocate, who had lung
practised in the •Courts of Criminal Justice
The Wife of this advoCate, ow coming out of
the reydeau Theatre, perceived that a large cut
lied been:made- in the bottom other bag, through
which her purse, scent-box, tooth-pick case, and
a small gold watch, had been softly made to
drop, probably into a bat. Her husband, who had

7-epaired to one of thi-prisons, where he wets toe-
. mcdiately surrounded by a tribe of clients : lie
Aold them with much displ'ea-sure of the robbery
on his %vile*" Alt Sir," all one of the leaders,
'' pardon the mistake; doubtless the Man'who
' played this bid joke had tot the liontme to know
',Madame. -As to yon, Sir," addressing the Adm-
cate, " be assured that nothing shall be neglect-
ed to give you a proof of our esteem anti grati-
tilde' The Advocate departed, tolerably cheered
by his Client's promises. Next morning a person
bronglet R packet addressed to his wife, and con-
taining all she had hitt the evening before, except-
ing the tootli-pick case. A setter accompanying
the packet repeested Aladame to accept the excuses
of a novice who bal. given her a ionment'semeasi-
ness, and to satisfy ,herself by a search whether
she was not mistaken in stating the tootle-pick
case to be one of the trinkets she had lost. In
fact the Lady afterwardsfound it he her work-bag."
The writer then mentions one Delzeve, who had
been brought to justices as oue of the most fa-
mous of these nocturnal depredate); 11. The 114811
jugglers, says this writer, the French jtegglers,the
rope-dancers, the most intrepid vaulters on the
slack-rope, were mere novices and poltroons beside
him. With our spring he used to vault to the shelf nf
a first story,and lie could throw almost to any height
a cord with"' hook at the end of it, by MOMS of
which he contrived, to mount. Ties following feat
would appear a fable, it not supported by, twine-
roils witnesses, • and certified by the registers of
the Coneiergerie': the walls surrounding the
court of that Flinn ore from 50 to 6U feet high,
and at the top are garnished with chew nit-de-
(rise, 'whose points bend downwards. Having
succeeded in eluding the vigilance of his keepers,
ho at night-fall make the prisoners turn its to
emir, rooms, Delzeve, retreating to an angle of
the wall, without. the aid of any instrument, sup.
porting himself merely against the two walls, and
by some inconceivable movententof his feet and
elbows, mounted to the iron spikes. Ic seized
one of them at its extremity, and balanced himself
till the moment whets he thought lie could give
himself sufficient impulsive force. Then making
a spring be threw himself over the chevaux-de-frise
upon the roof of an adjoining bOlge, and succeeded
he making his escape. One of his companions,.
less adroit, leaving tried the same experiment, fell,
and was dashed' to pieces oil the pavement of the
prison.
There is none of the present gang who equal
Deteeve they only resemble him in th.O:Mears
of escalade. Woe to noose who are Iniprirdent
enough to leave their windows open duriug the
night ; they expose themselves to a visit wleith
often costs them dear. A ladder of cords, or even
a single cord with a hook at the etid.of it, Oro Atn
with dexterity, enables the plunderer to mount,
and the chaniner of the sleeper is sometimes strip-
ped' befoe e his sleep is interrupted. To avoid the
Inconvenience of loading their pockets with tat
packet of cords, in the reucounters which they
are liable to, and which might excite suspicion,
they hare devised an easy mode of open* the
small niches in which the cords for suspending
the lamps are enclosed. They cut them, and form
a ladder on the spot.
The gang, who are now in the liands'of jus-
tice, stand accused of leaving, in the course of the
year, conuncitteti, or of being accouiplices In, a
vast number of robberies In tlitreyeot 'quartets,
particularly in the Hotel de Guinea Hotel tie Ca -
roman, Seminary of St. Sulpice, Hoteli Perigord,
&c. An honest fripperer, in die Pauburg_St. Ger-
main, received the pillage produced by the expe-
ditions of the corps. The Police had been long
on the
,watch fur these gentlemen, when one of
the chiefs, failing in. that fidelity which men of
honotir might to maintain with each other, most.
shamefully refused to give to one of Isis associates
the reward of his labour; The latter, offended by
this ungentlemanly conduct, lighted the match,
and the whole mine was speetlily exploded.
The train of connexion which had subsisted
between an infinite number of robberies com-
menced in different quarters of Paris was diet)
discovered, but in other respects the affair was
only extraordinary for the boldness and ingemtity
with whiCh some of the depredations had. been
executed. At' the hotel de Gateman, for'eXanieles
one of the prisoners contrived to get,' whir the
cloud of night, even into the chamber of the
Countess of Ceramist), approached, her bed, awl
finding her asleep, took, out the pins which
tasteued the curtains, drew them, anti without
awaking her ladyship, obtained possestion of a
veoy fine watch which was hanging at the bead of
her bed. He continned,his reconnoissance in the
other apartments, when one of the servants per-
ceiving, from his chamber the there was a light
in the passage, rose and, discoveredinhe robber,
who, on. finding he was noticed, •fled, and suc-
ceeded in tailspin. •
The immense quantit, of property stolen, con-
sisting of watches, clocks, candelabra, mattreSset,
bolsters, feather-beds, &c. was all brought into
the Court, which now has somewhat the appear-
ance of a warehouse to be let. •

The brst robber who underwent 'lnterrogate-
ries is a young man, but a youth of experience,
and the whole of whose attempts were master
`elioits, He frankly explained how he stripped
an apartment, the window of which lie.found ()Pen.
" I carried away," said he, " some chandeliers,
ear-rings, a conch-bed, &c," The email era afford-
ed some amusement to the assembly. Other re-
velations which took place seemed to alftird cots-
sidesable interest to certain auditors, who, for
their particular - instruction, never' fail to at,
tend such investigations, The robber continued
to detail with a very edifying candour • a
'number of circumstances* which some may
think added nothing to his glory : but there
is a manner of viewing every thing and this
wortity,gentleman did not blitbh for his profession,
tie never spoke of other thieves hut with respect
he always used the phrases " my club city
Colleagues." MI the youths in his neighbour=
hood, he ‘aid, were well ittformed of the,eit cont..
stances he stated. A fine educution indeed, and
an excellent eulogy on the youths of that quarter !
The President asked, Whether the youths he
alit4l to belonged to Isis club ? He answered,
'4
yds."

This affair, which will cinuhticss occupy the
Court several 'clays, comes on ltgaia to-morrow.

GENERAL MINA'S EXYEDITIPN.—We'IIarC COU-
vers'ed with n. Geotleman Cho arrived at Norfolk
Oil last Toeiday evening, the sth instat'sr, in .20
dais front Pbrt-au-Prince." This,Gentlemati states
himself to have embark-ed at Baltimore, as an of..
firer under the Spanish Patriot General Mina.
The vessels which composed the exPedition con-
sisted of the ship Caledonia arid a schooner. On
hoard of the Caledonia, in which our informant
was, there were about 100 who bad embarked in
the cause of Spanish patriotism : lust 3-foorths of
the above 100 hail all the rank of officers of dif-
ferent grades..
General Mina Alai! made ample promises to
them of giving regular pay for their services from
tine to time ; but not a dollar had been advanced
to any One of the party *hest 'our informant.canie
away. The cause which he assignS for leaving
General Mina was sickness, having been attacked
with a violent fever immediately upon Ilk landing
at Port-ail-Prince. He however mentions, that
nearly one' half of the whole number had also
forsaken Mina, some trusts sickness, some from
disgust, aud others froin' fatigue, and hail em-
barked fits the United States in different vessels
for their respective homes. Our informant is a
native of Ireland, a young man• of genteel appear-
ance, and well acquainted with several of the Irish
houses in Baltimore and Norfolk.
'He states, that most of Mina's party were young
men like himself, entirely unacquainted with milt-
tart affairs, end who had engaged' with the
Spaniard from the novelty of the sChemey from a
desire of seeing the world, and actuated by the
ambition of signalizing themselves in the cause of
freedom—a passion so natural to the minds at
youth. •
The narrative of our informant' was expressed in
language of such • simplicity, that it was impossible
not to give credit to every sentiment be uttered.
It was the narrative of one who' had evidently vo-
lunteered with the warmescentbusissm, And with
the most sanguine hopes nt success ; but unit-
qttainted with the world, and ignorant of the hard-
ships of a military lite.---,(Petersburgh
BUFFALO, NOV. I`l,—Marshal Grouchy and
suite, oullieir retorts from the Niagara Falls, last
week; visited the Seneca accompanied by
several Gentlemen of this village. •
New YORK, Nov. 25,—Coogress meet at
Washingtoo City on the 21 of December.