The Sun.
London, England, 1818-01-10 00:00:00

SHIP NEWS.

FALNMIITIT) JAN. 7.—Arrived the •Zeila, LANG,
from the river Plate, in 74 days ; she lost both
masts it gale on the 3d inst. ;in lat. 49. 40. N.
long. 13. 30. W., alter laying-to five days, with
the wind at S. E., at 8 P. H. she spoke the John,
CARR, of Prince Ed'A.'ard's Island, who took her
in tow until P. bi., when the tow-rope broke ;
on the 4th, at 9 P. m.; she spoke, and %vas taken
in tow by; the Abeotia transport, from the Cape
of Good Hope, but parted a 7-inch hawser twice.
Put bd•rk the Java, MuLLERg, for Batilvi,.;
Pallas, for the Isle .of France ; and Anne, for
Havannah.

DEAL, JAN. g.—Arrived the Alpha, LUXTON,,-,
front Jamaica ; Woadburn,MAßSH, from Leg-
horn, in -52 days ; Duke of York, FINLASON,
from St. Michael's, in six days; Oak, MARTIN,
from Oporto ; and the Bayne, FERGUSON, front
Bengal; spoke the brig Brilliant, from Pernam-
buco to London, in lat. 45. N. long. 25. W.
which vessel spoke, on the 30th ult. the Minstrel,
from Calcutta; also spoke, on the 6th inst. 20
miles•\Vest of Scilly, the George, of Liverpool.
Came down from the River the Cumberland, for
the South Seas, and remains in the Downs with
the outward;bound. The Barbadoes Packet got
on the Bra,ke, and lost ,her rudder and anchor,
y-e“erday, coming into the Do&nS.
. Fiee o'Clock.—A whaler is just - arrived, and
brought up—particulars unknown.
PO'oTSMOUTII, JAN. 9.—Passed by for London
the Galen, TRACY', from Boston, in 24 days ; she
landed her passengers here. 'Sailed the Medusa
transport for Chatham.
PLYMOUTH, JAN. 8.--Arrived the Young Pbca-
nix, ASPLET, from Galipoli, and- is under quaran-
tine ; Policy, STEVENS, from London fOr the
South Seas ; and William and Mary, BARROW,
from Qiiebec for Weymouth, out 61 days, having.
put into Newfoundland leaky, and with loss -of
boats.

GRAVF.S4ND, JAN. the Felicity,
Pdtchard, for Cork ; Prince of Wales, Stewart,
for Calais ; Vrow, Dowchaud, for Rotterdam;
Marsh, nichten, for Jamaica, and Henry, J.,urie-
son for Dublin. Arrived the Briton, Richards,

from Antwerp ; Marshall, from Rotter-
dam ; Alexandria, Bognai, from Moue►►.; William,
Vialen, from Bayonne; Grace, Stroughton, trout
Rotterdam, an:l Robert Edwards, Sherburn,
from New Yolk.'

AFFAIR OF HONOUR.

Tl3e.6,llowing Statement has been left at our
Office for insertiou

Lientenant-Colonel Ross, 4th Dragoon Guards,
having ascertained that Captain Fottrell, Royal
Marines, was the Author of a Paragraph in Car-
rick's Morning Post, which reflected on the Cha-
racter of "'an Officer high in regimental rank,''
demanded satisfaction of that Gentleman, and they
met accordingly on the Fifteen Acres, attended
by their Seconds, at a late hour on Saturday last.
After'an exchange of four shots . each, their re-
spective friends agl eta thlit Capt. Fotirell should
make the following declaration on the ground :
Colonel Ross, I have been brought here to give yon satis-
factitm for a Paragraph published by me in Carrick's- Morn-
ing Post. We have fired four shots each.—l now declare
:hat I did not know, save from report; to whom the article
alluded, which has give❑ you offence, and' that I did not
otherwise know you to be the " Otheer.of high rank," men-
tioned in that article; and being now told by your friend
Captain Hamilton, that the Paragraph is itscorrect in other
particulars, I now regret my having done su:
Witnessed and signed by

(Dublin Journal, Jan. 5.)

P. HAMILTON,
Captain 4th Magoon Guards,
JAMES MEYLEIt.

ROBBERY AT THE ADMIRALTY.--Yesterday
Anne Jones was charged at P.-owstreet with rob-
bing the house of Mr. CaOKER, in the Admiralt‘y.
—Catherine Rook, a servant to Mr. Croker,
stated, that on Thursday evening, between five
and six o'clock, she met the prisoner in the
passage of her master's house, eading to the
area steps ; she asked her what business she ►iad
there, to which she gave no answer. She then,
Suspecting she was• there for the purpose, of.
robbing, called to a fellow servant, who carne, and
they shut the door upon her. The prisoner then
said she wanted the housekeeper, but she cituld
not tell her name. A bundle was observed under
her cloak, which proved to be a pair of sheets
belonging to Mr. Croker, and a coat belonging
to James Taylor, the footman, which had
been taken out of the kitchen anti. pantry.—
Mr. Croker being in his house, and _ hearing a
noise, went to see the cause, when the prisoner•
said site had been induced to -commit the robbery
through distress, and begged his forgiveness. She
was committed for trial.

SUDDEN DEATH.—(fin Mott-day evening, as Mr.
litanie,'of‘Vtolwich dock-yard, was in the act of-
tasting some soup for the poor inhabitants of that
town, he was seized with a giddiness in his head,
and fdl 'down ; when, notwithstanding. medical
assistance was on the spot, and instantly afford-
ed, he immediately expired. Ile was previously
in perfect health, and has left a widow and family
uo for.

Barrisn LIONS is an appellation ever given to
the heroes of our lslcs. NVe have now to record in
earnest a whole Family of. teal British Lions, bred
and born in the Royal- Menagerie, Extter-
'Chnge.; they•consistof•two males nod a female,
*are now a month old ; nothing can exceed . the
care and attention displayed by the Lioness in
suckling them, who is so kind as to starer LatUs
and Children to take them in their arms and caress
them, which certainly is a treat that may INVer
again occur in the metropolis.

Tllr-; v L.

I: 0;1 SUN.
Mr. EDITOR,-- The of the late cir-

can►stances at, Deal, in regard to a stit,,ggling
transaction at that place, inserted in your rarer

of yesterday, calls Upon myself and every'Oilicer
of the Royal -Navy, whether actually employed at
present or not, for the strongest cNin-es-sion

satisfaction ; no doubt can possibly, exist in my
mind of the result of the application to the Judge
tlluded to-therein, that the rwo Gentlemen com-
mitted to prison will In liberated on bail. Surely,
if Naval men are compelled by th.eir superior Offi-
cer to interfere in the prevention of Smuggling,
they deserve every protection, and I cannot but
express my surprise, that on the late occasion,
when it appears that two young Gentlemen (I
Understand bearing excellent characters as Officers
and Gentlemen) who were attacked in the proper.
discharge of their public duty by ferocious and
daring Smugglers, should be refused
,to be admit-
ted to liberty, in the interval between the alleged
offence and their trial, by the Mayor of Deal, Mr.
EDWARD IGGi/LDEN, and the Magistrates of that
town, aided, as 3 presume they must have been,
by the enlightened assistance of the Recorder,
Mr. EVANCE, a Police Magistrate, appointed by
the Secretary of State. Surely that Gentleman,
from his own experience in London, and his
knowledge of what the character of Sailor Smug-
glers are, if he knew of the circumstances, would
have interfered. Painful as it is; I cannot help
expressing my deep regret in acknowlef'...6ng that
such transactions have been too frequent iipon our
coast, but when I notice so marked a difference is
1 the exercise of the Police Administration butts tea

this-place and Deal, I am bound to observe upo❑
the injury the Public may, receive by a further
endurance of similar ontiages at the latter town.

Retired upon the hard-earned reward of half-pay,
it may be urged, that 1 have nothing to do- with
these concerns, hat I have no hesitation in reply.-
ing, that, without dnediscipline in a man of war,
bravery. and seamanship would be unavailing ;
and if we suffered our regulations to be infringed
by infetiors, and the responsibility of any Officer
to he borne down by the tumultuous violence of
Sailors, an end would be put to the tong boasted
superiority of our Navy. When the Captain or-
ders a reef to be taken, 'or an anchor to
.be let
go, on which the safety of the ship and crew de-

petal, can we rrmit the ship's company, not to
object civilly, but riotously ? Are the safety of all
to he implicated ? Surely not. So VVOUId I ob-
serve opon the extraordinary affair at Deal. The
Officers in question were bound to do their duty,
as directed by ti,eir Commander, and an Officer
of more merit, bravery, or judicious conduct,
every respect, cannot he n:oucd. than Captain
MiCULLOCK, of the severe : all the, coati ry ate
iudebled to hi, exertions in the suppresio'n of a
vile and immoral vratlic. .

But I must just advert again to the. difference
of the Police Administration between this place
and Deal, and refer to the 'frequent becoming
conthict of our Magistracy, particulatly on a.late
Occasion, in most properly lending its aid, in a
public prosecution of a man named Bond, a native
of the town, for purchasing some part of a wrecked
cargo ; every proper facility was given to brie:;.
him to justice, without local feeling- or attach-
ment, and the ends of public iust ice were accoid-
ingly answered. But at Deal, in a case I am in-
formed of the greatest importance, in which no
fewer dials fourteen boatmen of Deal were jai-
plicated,l findiby reference to your valuable Paper,
that only two out of that number have been ap-
prehended, although warrants of the Lord Chief
Justice have been in possession of the Mayor and
Magistrates of Deal, since last 41pril. Surely,
Sir, this calls aloud for, aotuething to be done by
Government to rescue the character of the Coun-
try nom transactions so injurious to it, and I do
hope that Government will now interfere. I ant
acquainted with many respectable people here,
and 1 assure you there is only one sentiment of
the necessity of its interference upon our coast,
in establishing fortltwith a firm, rigorous, and inde-
pendant Police, in protection of the Revenue, and
of the interests of Commerce; as it must and ought
to embrace - both ; this done, and a finishing
stroke would be given to smuggling, plunder and
violence. The Country calls for the interference
of its enlightened Government, and I am persuaded
that the Nobleman who fills so distin g uishe d a part i
it, and has so many advantages in'estAhltshing it its
the high office he holds as. Lord Warden of the
Cinque Ports, has only to consider, and to re-
commend it to his Colleagues. I have the honour
to be, Sir,

Your very humble Servant,
Dover, Jan. 9, 1318. A NAVAL OFFICER.

WINDSOR, JAN. 9.—This morning the Duchess
of GLOUCESTER arrived from Bagshot, on a visit
to her MAJESTY and the I.3aiNcEssos•
Sir JOHN LEACH -..t'as yesterday sworn int"
the Office of Vice-Chancellor, before the Loai
CHANCELLOR, at LILICOIII'S-lon Hall, Sir TnomA:
PLOMEIt having been appointed Master of the
Rolls.
it is said that Admiral Sir RICHARD BICKER-
TON, Bart.succeeds to the vacancy of Lieutenant-
General of the Royal Marines, occasioned by the
death of Admiral Sir, R. .OssLow, and that he
will be succeeded as Major-General of that corps
by Rear-Admiral Sir GEOLKIE 3. HoPE,, one of
the Lords of the Admiralty.
Reductions of Clerks in the several dock-yards
take place ditocay. •
Ott the night of Friday, the 2.6 th ult. as Mr.
SYEa, farmer, of Lindsey, was returning home on
horseback, in company with his son, he was inet on
the Ipswich road, about a mile from Hadleigh, by
a loaded waggon, by some accident thrown from
his horse, and the wheels passing over his bead
killed on the spot. A Corier's Itiqu,:st was held
on the body ou Monday, who fouon a verdict of
Accidental Death." Mr. Syer was about sixty
wears of age, and has left a widow and a hiNe
• e •
Iwily to lament Lib unfortu.uate loss.

THE ARMY.

COURT MARTIAL:

Horse Guards, ill, January, 1818.

At a General Cotitt Martial,• held at Montreal,
in Can:olit, on the 21st July, 1817, and continued
.by adjoornmenrs* to the 311 t of August follow-
it'd, HENRY DRISCOLL, of the 99th Re-
Omen!, was arraigned upon the undermentioned

Charge, viz. :

" Fir having calumniously', and maliciously, tra-
dured.the character of his Commanding Officer, Brevet Major
. Martin, of the said Regiment, in asserting in a Memorial,
Ivlich he the said Lieutenant Henry Driscoll addressed on or
;Joint the 20th January, 1816, to Lieutenant-General Sir
Gordon Drummond, then commanding the Forces in Canada,
that he hail every reason to suppose that the said Brevet
Major Martin, when examined on oath as a witness'before a
Court Martial, held fur the trial pf the said Lieutenant Henry
Driscoll at Niagara, on the 28th October, JBl4, did swear
.what he, the said Brevet Major Martin, knew to be false;
and ill repeating, or endeavouring to support, such accusa-
tion or calumnious insinuation of false swearing, in a certain
paper, writing, or address, which he, the said Lieutenant
Henry Driscoll, submitted to a Court. of Enquiry assembled
at Chairibly on or about the 14th March, 1816: such conduct
on the part of the said Lieutenant Henry Driscoll being
scandalous and infamous, unbecoming the character of an
Officer and a Gentleman, subversive of good order and mili-
tary discipline, and contrary to the Articles of War."

Upon which Charge the Court came to the fol-
lowing Decision

" The Court haying maturely and deliberately weighed the
c,idence in support of the prosecution, together with that
adduced by the prisoner, Lieutenant Henry Driscoll, in his
dijence, is of opinion, that he, the said Lieutenant Henry
Dri;eoll, is Guilty of having asserted in a Mcmtirial addressed
on or the 20th January, 1816, to Lieutenant-General
sin' Gordon Drummond, then commanding the Forces in the
Canadas, that Brevet Major Martin when examined on oath,
a witness before a Court Martial, held for the trial of the
said Lieutenant Henry Driscoll, at Niagara, op the 28th
October, 18A, did swear what he, the said Brevet Major
Martin, knew to be false.

With reference to the second part of- the Charge, the
Court is of opinion, -that in all cases of investigation, the
ptirties principally concerned' are. naturally obliged to urge
their cases as may appear to them most eligible, so in the
present instance the paper feferred to in support thereof,
was not more than a document deemed necessary to chew
rood grounds fur. prayit'r for an inquiry, the Court therefore
conceives that it cannot be deemed improper, that language
nut extraneous to the matter before a Court should be used
in support of an accusation :—it appears to the Court, how-
ever, that the prisoner had some grounds for making his as-
sertifin, but that they were not sufficiently strong to autho-
ri:e his preferring so serious an accusation, it being occasioned
by the inadvertence of Major Martin, having given a cha-
racter to a man which he did not merit; and which he, the
prisoner, considered the. cause of the sentence passed upon
him at his former trial."

" The Court conceives that malice has not been satisfacto-
rily proved, but finding the prisoner Guilty of so much of the
h fit part of the Charge as is above recited, which being in
beach of the Articles of War, does therefore sentence him,
she said Lieutenant Henry Driscoll, to he placed at the bot-
tom of the Lieutenants of the Regiment, and further to be
deprived of tierce years rank, Commission to be-dated the 3d
of March, 1817."

" Previous to closing the proceedings, the Court feels it a
Arty it owes to the character and reputation of Major Mar-
tin, to express its entire conviction than he hail not the
sli,;htest intention of giving Quinn any other character than
what he conceived he deserved at the time he was unex-
pectedly called on at the farmer Trial of Lieutenant Henry
Driscoll."
The-Prince Regent has been, pleased, io the
name and on the behalf of his Majesty, to ap-
prove and confirm the Finding and Sentence of
the Court ; but under all 'circumstances attending
the conduct of the prisoner, in regard to his mali-
cious disposition towards Brevet Major Martin, as
referred to in a dispatch accompanying the pro-
ceedings from the Commander of the Forces in
Canada, dated the 13th September, 1817, the
Prince Regent has been further pleased to consi-
der Lieutenant Henry Driscoll to be an, unfit per-
son to remain in his Majesty's Service, and to
command that his- Name shall be erased from the
List of the Army accordingly.
'Die Commander-in-Chief directs, that the
Charges preferred against Lieut. Henry Driscoll,
together with the Finding and Sentence of the
Court, and the Prince Regent's pleasure thereon,
shall be entered in the General Order Book,. and
teat( at the head of every Regiment in his Ma-
jesty's Service.
By Command of his Royal Highness
The Cowman:Ler-in-Chief,
MIRKY CALVERT, Adjutant-Gen.

The Grenadier Regiment of Guards. now doing
d'+►ty at the Tower, will march for Windsor. in a
few weeki, to take the Royal ►lu►y. •
The 35th, from Bath, &c. is arrived at Plymouth
to do the garrison duty.
UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

CAMBRIDGE, JAN. 9.—The Rev. Dixon Hoste,
Chaplain to the Dowager Countess of Cardigan,
was., on Friday last, instituted to the Rectory of
llopton, Suffolk, on the presentation of the King.
The Rev. Hetbert Phillips, M.A. of Catharine-
hail, late Curate anti Lecturer.of Brentford, Mid-
dlesex, has been instituted by the Lord Bishop of
York to the sinecure Rectory of Folkton, near
Scarborough, on the presentation of Humphrey
o,bawstuni E,q. of Hunmanby Hall.
The lion. and Rev. Augustus Edward Hobart,
brother of the Etrl of Buckinghamshire, ‘vas,on
Friday last, inducted into the Rectory of Bening-
tan, near Bosom, to which he has been lately
pleicuted by the Right Hon. F. J. Robinson.
The Rev.. George Wilkins, Vicar of St. Mary's,
Nottingham,' has been presented, by the Earl of
Mativers, to the perpetual Curacy of Sneinton. -
The Hoskin, Rector of Rempstone,
iras been prosented, by the Lord Chancellor, to
t;.e Vicarage of Boston!, near Nottingham, vacant
by the death of the Rev. R. Ilawk'sworth.
Tile Rev. Samuel Knight, A.M. Curate of Tri-
nity Church,, Halifax, has, et the solicitation of
the Parishioners, been, in the most handsome
wanner, presented to the Vicarage of Halifax, va-
,,,ot by th,e death of the lamented Dr. Coulthurst,
and in the gift of the Crown. There are twelve
chapeifics attached to it.
The Rev. F. Iremonger to be one of the Pre-
-I)codaries of Winchester Cathedral, in the room
of Dr..l.:mkin, deceased; patron, the Bishop of
Diocese.