The Sun.
London, England, 1820-09-23 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

COURT tiARTIAL.
141 GUARDS, SEPT. 22.—The
fourth day
't.G.('l:,3"titt.-r-INIAItTIAL, held on Lieut.-Colonel
°II It GE FRENCH, of the Gth Dragoon Guards,
I:arfarges Preferred against him by General the
CARii AmpToN, the Colonel of the regi-
itht ale Court met at a quarter past 11 o'clock.
I\l'oebf,:aAri of Carhampton did not attend. The
%Ai, 'censer's Solicitor then proceeded to, elx-
Case .0 witn
„ esses in support of the charges. The
the c the part of the prosecution being closed,
qeveourt
n adjourned at half past two o'clock,until
tieut °‘ clock on Monday morning, to give
Are„ae.naut-Colonel French the opportunity of
to r ring his defence. The Court was crowded
Qxcess.

Tile
--.--
14 first division of the 77th regiment, under
Ila,,e"'n'abd of Major M'Lean, set off on. Satur-
day for
, Dublin. This regiment has been st -
4e4Ni. 1► •
above two years, and we have neverf
hi: a more orderly or better conducted setno
giall They are to be replaced by the 57th e-
(V't•---(Gulloa.y P aper. )
itito" troop
kriotilloriliti of.the Ist Dragoon Guards marched
liekt Ca"th on Thursday, from Monaghan,
Gala.
g proceeded on their route to o
0i,,,t, .her troop nytrched into Cavan on Friday
'II,OIIN, from Enniskillen, on a similar route.
114: detachmepts have been replaced by the 7th
Thars• The head-quarters is to be Dundalk.
of M 12th Royal Lancers, under the
hcommand
cla,e-Vor Steele, landed at Waterford on T u
rs-
-4t c„ast, from Bristol ; they arrived on Friday
-"") which is to be the head-quarters.

Pat
fc,r ti Preparations have been made at
tExeter
iVreeeption IL
of the Hon. Dr. PEL.
m the
rival attshkc'P of that diocese. His Lordship's' ar-
t itue P wag alace expected to take
l'isday last. place on

FOR THE SUN.

CIVIL LIBERTY.

MR. EDITOR—More Wonders ! Look at the
Signs of the TIMES ! There, Sir, in dhe length of
column, you will find the names of the Stewards
of the projected dinner for the Friends of CIVIL
Liberty," to celebrate three Revolutions, all
brought about by the Military!
Surely, Sir, that speaks pretty plain as to the
wishes of our own Reformers ! They would, no
doubt, be happy to avail themselves of the bayo-
nets of the military to get into power ; but, for-
tunately, the military know too well that the
instant that object should be attained, they
would be sent to the right about, or merely re-
tained to tyrannise over their fellow citizens.
The system of Revolution on the Continent is
an easy one ; for the instant the soldiery have
played their part as cat's-paws at home, nothing
more is necessary than to march them into a
neighbouring country to help themselves; but that
is impossible in an island like Britain : for, if
shipped off upon that principle, it would be but
a voyage to certain slaughter. That is well
known and appreciated by the British Army;
and it it were even possible that th9ir spirit of
loyalty were extinct, which I never will believe,
they know that the only chance a soldier has for
pay and maintenance is under a firm and regular
Government.—Your's,

I. G. N.

POLITICAL WASH-TUBS.

Ma. EDITOR-Pray have the goodness to in- ;
form the Marquess and Marchioness of SANGRA-
DO, that " as they are Italians," their. evidence
will be of no avail ! It has already been decided
by HER MAJESTY'S advocates that Italian Wit-
nesses are unworthy of belief, " because they are
Italians, and can be bought for a Napoleon or
for a dollar." This, they ought to be informed,
has been the opinion of every Public Meeting
from the Males and Married Ladies of Mary-
bone—the Unmarried Ladies there take a
less decided opinion in politics. Eastward to
the Single Gentlemen and their Wives at
Wapping. Nay, has ,not Mr. HonnousE,
and he has travelled for his learning, declaim-
ed as much in the House of Commons, as well
as at the little WITTENAGEMOTES which he
has attended in various parts of this wonderful
metropolis ? Pray is not the Marchioness the
ci-dirant COUNTESS OF OLDI ? If so, as lam a
patriotic Tallow-chandler in Westminster, per-
haps you can ask her the price of soap! Pray,
Sir, give her a bit of advice, or perhaps HER
MAJESTY may not be able to lift her out of the
sins so easily as she did at Bergamo!

Your's,
A POLITICAL RUSHLIGHT.

WILLIAM HARWOOD FOLLIOTT, E3Q.-The
attack on this Gentleman was of so gross and
infamous a nature, that it has excited a laudable
spirit of indignation in the City of Chester. On
this occasion private malice has defeated itself, as
it was impossible for it to have selected an object
less likely to suffer in reputation by so venomous
an outrage of truth and probability. Mr. FoL-
LIOTT has for many years been conspicuous in
acts of charity, and in promoting benevolent and
useful Institutions of all kinds, particularly the
Infirmary at Chester, of which he has often been
the Chairman, the Blue Coat Hospital of that
place, and several other meritorious Establish-
ments. The merits of this Gentleman are well
known at Chester; but, after such outrageous
defamation, his character ought to be vindicated
to the public at large.
THE OPERA DANctas.—The sudden and un-
expected close of the King's Theatre left these
performers in a state of embarrassment, difficul-
ty, and distress. The Manager of Covent-Gar-
den Theatre, therefore, with a commendable sense
of humanity, as well as from a desire to gratify
the public in general with an amusement thathad
been chiefly confined to the higher ranks, offered
them an asylum in his Theatre ; but lest this
subject should be mistaken, it is proper the pub-
lic should be informed that the engagement is by
no means of a permanent nature, but merely tem-
porary, and made with the laudable motive of
remunerating these strangers in some measure for
the losses they have sustained by the premature
close of the Opera House ; and it was hoped,
that by affording an additional entertainment to
the regular drama, at a cheaper rate than it could
possibly be procured elsewhere, the expence the
Management had undertaken would be met by
the reward of public approbation. Such liberal
objects surely entitle the Manager to the praise
of humanity and the protection of the Public.
BARON SMYTH'S RIDDLE.--Some men of the
greatest talents have taken delight in composing
or endeavouring to unravel riddles. lleau SWIFT
is a case in point. Sir WILLIAM SMYTII, the
learned Irish Baron of the Exchequer, at one time
spent two days and nights in considering the
answer to this conundrum :—Why is an egg
underdone, like an egg overdone ? He would not
suffer any one to give him the answer, which he
at last discovered. It is a tolerable pun enough—
Because they are both hardly done.
Mr. EvAss, of the Chapel Royal, and

Associates, commence 'their Autumnal Musical
Tour at Petersfield, on the 11th of next month.
They afterwards proceed to the Isle of Wight, '
and other principal towns in Hampshire, and then
go to the West of England.
A bottle thrown into the sea off the coast of
Iceland 27th July, was found near the Cum-
brae Isles 4th September last. It had thus tra-
velled eight hundred miles in forty days ; and if
its course was not influenced by the winds, this
would indicate a current flowing south-eastward,
at the rate of 20 miles a-day. This current is no
doubt a branch of the great gulf stream, which
Humboldt thinks describes a perpetual circle
--passing down the western coast of Europe
and Africa—then across the Atlantic to Ame-
rica—northward along the coast of that continent
to Newfoundland—thence eastward to Iceland,
and then over the same course again.