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London, England, 1830-01-15 00:00:00

COURT NIARTiAL AT COVENTRY.

Monday a General Court Martial, consisting of the following
Officers, assembled at St. Mary's Hail. in the city of Coventry,
(kindly lent by the Mayor and Corporation for the ocatsion.) in
pursuance of an order from the General Commanding in Chief. by
virtue of a "eclat warrant from his Majesty, dated the 191 k Sept.
1999, for the trial of Staff Serjeant Franks, of the Leed► Recnthing
District, " For conduct unbecoming the character of a noo-com-
minimal Seer and soldier ; for that he, Staff Serjeant Samuel
Franks, of the Leeds Recruiting Distrkt, baying marched from
Leeds (by a route on the 95th day of ;June, 11128). via Coventry to
Chatham, Maidstone, and Canterbery,arrived at the last.tnentioned
place on the 18th day of July, and then and there delivered over
the recruits under his escort ; and t►at having done so, the said
Staff Serjeant Samuel Franks, contrary to his duty, which required
his forthwith to have returned to Leeds, went to Chelan, or else.
where, and was absent, without leave, until the 4th or sth of Aug.
when having proceeded by coach, and arrived at Leeds on the 6th
of August. he did not report himself to the Inspecting Field Officer
until the following day, contrary to his duty ; and that the said
Staff Serjeant Samuel Franks then presented, as true and genuine,
a false and counterfeit march route, well knowing the same to be
false and counterfeit, for the purpose of obtaining the customary
allowance on the production of march routes; and that the said
Staff Serjeaot Freaks did receive the sum of dil 75. 6d. as marching
money accordingly, under the said fal.e and forged march route so
presented by him."
The members of the Court consisted of—Major Streatfield,B7.ll
Foot, President; Captain Owen and Lieut. Petre, Ist Royal Dra-
goons; Captains Todd and Meechatn. Lieutenants Peel and War-
rington, 3d Dragoon Guards; Captains Harpuur and Brooke.
Lieutenants Brooks and Whyte, 87th Foot Captain Doyle, Lieut.
Alainwaring, and Second Lieutenant Thompson, 87th Foot ;
P. Jellicoe, Esq. Paymaster on the Coventry Staff, Deputy Judge
Advocate.

The Opiate being sworn, the Deputy Judge Advocate addrested
them thus :

" Mr. President and Gentlemen, Members of this General Court
Martial—The charge brought against the prisoner, Staff Setjeatot
Samuel Franks, has been so plainly and ably drawn up by the Judge
Advocate General, that it is not necessary to say a word in explana-
tion of any Item in it. I will detain you only a moment to draw your
attention to one or two points connected with the subject of the
present inquiry, and principally to the head of service under which
the prisoner is accused of having offended—namely the allowance
of marching money granted to the army. Marching money in
England is not, as it is in Scotland and Ireland, a personal allow-
ance; and, in consequence, the longest and most fatiguing day's
march in England gives no claim, of itself, to the allowance,—
Marching money is only granted for those days on which soldiers
are bllkttcd upon and dieted by innkeepers • and it is allowed to
enable soldiers to repay them the sum prescribed by law for the
meal which they are required to supply to troops so linkman* a
march. If, Mr. President and Gentlemen, I should bring home
to the prisoner the truth of the several charges, it will be your un-
pleasant duty to find the prisoner guilty of all the counts in the
charge of which be stands accused.
The Court adjourned till Tuesday morning, at ten o'clock.
Teatime Moarisa.—The Cowl aseembkd again this morning.
with the eaccption of Captain. Doyle, who was prevented by indis-
position, and heard the evidence of Lieutenant.-Col. Romney, In-
specting Field 015cer no the Leeds district, Stat.Serjeaut White-
bread, Serjeant-llajor Grahame, and Paymaster Adams, after
which they adjourned till twelve o'clock on Wednesday, when the
prisoner will enter on his defence.
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We cannot let the opportunity pass Ifitbout expressing One shaaks
to the President and Gentkttaen compositts the Conn, forl,heis
urbanity and kindness to the Geotletnin of the Press, though the
President particularly resiueited that the evidence in detail might
not be published nil the eeocleeiun of the trial, end it bad received
the buys! sanction.

1.1 NRRICK,JAw. 9.

Ma* &tax. Qoarter- Maeter-Genetal, bas succeeded Major
yinacpt a; Cork. Major Villain; Is appointed quartet-Master-
General In the Dublin District.
lb-re ate now in Ireland, seven Regiment of Cavalry, It
brigades of Artillery, 19 Infantry regiments, and 23 reserve coma
gat ire,, constituting • Siam of 20,700, exclusive of Militia Staff
and Yettinc.nry. Curvs.
The floury Pincher transport sailrd front (libraltar for Maki.
tke ith to December, with two companies of the 734 Regiment.
The 14th itesintent of Foos is, by permission of kis Maje:ty,
to retain on its entity:o amid appidutments the word" Corinna;' in
which bode the accrued battalion nias aniaicAL .
A (Bartlett Coun-Martial assembled this day it dm Castle Dor.
rack's, fur the trial of some sukliera. Major &Oilcloth •ad Me-
Omani, President. • • ••

• _
! iiKKA ATNl.—Specificsikei for. tha regulagoa Of
tMe,Terttle•e fur she ctipphinn n( Borakrer howtil we
ininewed. born 1,,,9$ eNzin to
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motile( Om Abele-Item& at resent omplOyetf ae, however. to
epatimalis ((MO till ilwkater sald fttnatp. 'Mall the con-
tract to completing the work beams taken.—fteneethienneof..

•
BITRACT OF A LF.TTF.II PION Si.
It is not many years since the reduce of the Russian gold
mines amomeed to only 40.puda 41 the SURIOPt : this mentity was
raised, with great expense end went Mae from deep pits. Wh"
would not have mined then at the riendletthat after a *hart time.
on an immense tract of soil, the richest goal beds,—that mattes of
solid gold and plating would be found, in quantities so great, as
have hitherto not been found in the new wield. And yet ritis has
happened : Burn is, is this respect, not behind the countries of
the other hemisphere; which, (rem the discovery of America, were
in some degree the monopolisers of the precious metals. Russia
not hoe* she first to coin motley (rem plating ; yet these countries
had an &detainee over her in the pometrioa of the inminable dia-
mond. Mb she also now has : the first. Russian 41V was
found on the 22d June, 11129, on the western aide of the ral, at
the Diner gold-wash of Countess Polier, by a bey 13 yearsof age,
of the name of Pawel Popov.
• The first well-grounded hint of the probable existence et &a-
wards ia Ramie b dens the Pre/arise of the University of Dot -
pat, Maurice Tomelhardt, who; oh a telentlfie journey whit% he
made in the Ural In the year 1826, wrote from theism about thi.
remarkable object to the rector of the upiveraity. State Councillor
Ewen. In an extract of this letter, which was printed at the time
(1826)in the Journal de R. /Wereeeseg, No. 118. it is said among
other things—" La sable de plaint de Nijny-Torre appartenavt a
la fabrique de la warming Karina. uffre use ressemblatice frap-
pante avec celui du Brezil, nu l'on trouve ordinairement les di.-
mans. D'apres la description de M. d'Reckwege (Geagnostische.
Gentaid Von &ashler', Weymar, 1822), celuici est compose pun.
cipakment de 'atria d'un hydrate de fer (br ilrauneisenstein des
Allemands), et de jaspei et ogre en outre une multitude de petite.
pierces miscroscopiquesde diverse. couleur) et plus de pinkie (pi-
d'or. Le sable des mines de Nijny-Toura offs. le menu melange.
et la presence de l'hydrate de fee est l'autant plus remarquable, que
Ant dans eerie brecbe Teen Bresil on trouve le diamant incrust.;
ce qui fait volt que coy deoz mineraux ne se trouvent pas par ha-
zard ensemble, mar comme debris d'une meow formation de
roches."

As the above-mentbsited gaud strata (sables) extend for more
than 450 square wersts, and are for the most part covered with
wood, sl. Von Engelhardt could not enter into any particular re-
searches for diamonds, which, probably mingled with a quantity
of other little crystals, could not otherwise be separated from the
clayey sand, than by the operation of washing, and where, besides,
all depended upon a happy accident of the Under. But he com-
municated his remarks and the opinion, that doubtless diamonds
must be to be found here, to the director of the Turinsky
works,who were ready to make the necessary preparations for the
discovery of the treasures hidden in the isp of the earth. At the
same time he advised him, as the external quality of rough dia-
monds would probably be little or not at all known to the racers
there, to send some such from Peteraburgh, to serve as specimens
at their warchings.

_
The St. Petirshurgh Scientific Committee for the mines or-
dered the letter of Professor Engelhardt to be printed in a Russian
translation, in the 11th number of the journal for mining science.
In the following year. by order of the Finance Minister, an order
was sent to all mine-directors at the Ural mountains, and also to
the Peru mine administration, to make a search for diamonds
Also, In the year 1829, the director of the Bogaseawsky mines
sent out a peculiar expedition to make such researches, which
indeed did not discover diamonds, but one of the richest bed.
of gold sand.
In September of ibis year finally the Finance Minister got a
report by Count Police, then residing at the estates of his lady,
situated at the Ural, stating, that Baron Humboldt, on his journey
through those parts, had several times found the most striking re-
semblance between the Ural and Brazilian mountains and after
manifold observations and inquiries was persuaded that the Ural
must contain diamonds. This opinion of so celebrated and expe-
rienced a natural historian excited double attention to this object
in all gold-washes visited by him. The washed sand was examined
with microscopes, in the hope that these precious crystals might he
discovered therein. HIMONT. 'luring the presence of Barrio Hum-
boldt, not a trace of them► was found on the whole eastern side t•f
the mountain.

When Barua Humboldt proceeded on his journey, Coast Pu-
ller separated from him, and repaired to the posseseiona of his lady,
situated at the western side of the Ural, where he visited. the 131
of June, a gold-wash situated at 53 wersts from the Mazer manu-
factory. Here, in consequence of an order before given, several
specimens of gold and pintos sand, and of several quarts and mutt-
dick crystals found therein, were laid before hie, among which hr
discovered the first Ural diamond. This crystal, a day before the
arrival of the Count, bad attracted the attention of a peasant boy,
of 13 years, of the name of Pepsi l'opovr, at the wash of the gold-
sand and as a reward is offered for the discesvery of uncommon

remarkable minerals, he had delivered it to the inspector, who
however did not see in It any thing extraordinary, and east it-tbrie-
fore amoag the other crystal specimens. Three days after another
boy found one, and finally a third one. the weight of which was
superior to that of the two for o'er taken together. Afterward.,
according to the notices of Countess Pollee, In the same gold-wash
there have been found yet several diamonds, wbkb, according to
Ore judgment of connoisseurs, are in no respect behind the Bra.
*Man ones. _ _ _

It cannot be doubted that by this success all the test of the gold-
washers will be excited to make a search fur diamm cis their par-
ticular Maims, and that thereby a pew source of riches will Ise
opened to Russia, in which many unknown treasures lie yet con-
cealed.

• About 1,5001 b. avoirdupois.

GERMAN PAPERS.

ODESSA, Ow. Is.

On the 15th, a notice was published by the ilagistrates, an•
nouncing, that as the plague had not again manifested itself for 30
day*, there would be a relaxation of the quarantine regularimt%
Accounts from Bessarabia say, that the first Suntan troops re-
turning from Adrianople. had already passed the Danube, and
were going into winter quartet+.
ST. PETERSBURGII, Dec. 51.

On the 18th instant, an Imperial Ukase eras published. repect-
Mg an increase of the pay of the Ecclesiastics employed in the army
sod navy.
Prince Chaney, Mina arrive.' at Woronesh on the 88th Nov.
Ills Highness having been attacked by a slight indisposhion, re-
mained there tiU the 911 k of December. On the 86.11 December
General Count Pablen left thi. city to go to Satan..va.—Pnissass
Stale Gaulle! Jrn. 9.
. VUPlbilat JAN. No—igetilliqath 103 i ; 4 per Cent.. 944 ; Batik
Shares. I.BB6.—Allgernerne &Mtn, Jan. 8. .
BRUSSELS. Jas. 11.

An Ambits Mums of the Mk contains, an extract of A letter,
dated Smyrna, Dee. 3, wbkb says--On the 224 November Sir.
Pelham, eon of Lad Chichester, delivered ,to Admiral Malcolm
dispatches from London, announcing that, excepting the Mons,
which is lantern to England, there will be no change in the nature
Gestations of the linglisb ships in the Archipelago and the Medi-
torraqesm
On the 22d and 234 Admiral Malcolm received two couriers
from Corfu.

..
On the nth the English and French Admirals were. at Egina,
the Russian Admiral at Pores, the President at Napoli.
The Remise Flees is still at Perces Admiral Hayden will re.
main in the Illed!urnmeas with two 441 td the Wet e Minter and
some smaller vessels ; .nd the remainder of she Stet wi go after
landmass to Malta. anal theme to the Baltic. The breath Sart is
Ist Smyrna. Egioa, and Navarin ; the English Fleet OtlVlttil Egina
land Vieille.
Tranquillity is nearly restored in A.la :Weer ; the rebels have
been driven from the environs of Magnesia.
*The French Consul at Smyrna has been unheated by the Am -
baseador of France, to take under his protection she Greehmessels
which shell appear in that port provided with pipets Irmo their
Government. This protraion is Intended for the security of per-
sons property and. the ships.ead to harder Ow Task, from demand.
WS the Cbaradech. The Ambassador's letter Arms thist.he has
triode arrangements to this effect wish the Porte. The Greek
eessek alp am sq MelstAhab Sag. , week 1111840011011111 are %CU
tKtt under Emden coiner% qt customary before Ohs Inren'entiet:.
The mamma from Egypt are to the loth Ns/amber.
t!n!b. litho* Ettlifee. visigove go we oar lah aremeatia
nodeirareens.eenvey, fee Conwartomple, and most now be in
the having been peen orstealay tier loam. It has
" heard 090,009 Spatial' *sacs foe the Sella*.