The Sun.
London, England, 1818-02-05 00:00:00

ROYAL MARINES'.

At a Court-Martial held at Woolwich, on the
7th January, 1818, and cootiouo by adjourn-
niimt until the 19th, for trying Brevet Lieutenant-
Colonel AB Ell SETH IE, cf the IVoolwich Division
of Royal Marines, upon the following charges pre-,
'erred against him by Lientenant-Colonel SAVAGE
of the half-pay of the Corps:— •
_

" 1. For conduct unbecoming. an] Officer and -a Gentle-
man, in snaking use of offensive observations in the coursv of
conversation with Colonel Savage, in the Marine Library at
'Noolwich,, on or about the 15th of July, 1815,, in the pre-
sence of Major St rensham, Captain Thomas Clarke, Captain
Conully, and other Officers, after repeated intimations from
Lieutenant-Colonel Savage, that It he persisted in such ob-
servations, he, (Lieutenant-Colonel Savage) should he com-
pelled to notice them for persevering in such oWensive re-
marks until Lieutenant-Colonel Savage was provoked to call
him (Lieutenant-Colonel Abernethie) an impertinent fellow,
and afterwards to repeat the same."
" 2. For asserting, on or about the 11th of December,
1817, a palpable falsehood, in declaring upon his honour to
Brevet Major, Nicholls, and other Officers, that he, Lieu-
tenant-ColonerAbernethi e, never heard Lieutenant-Colonel
Savage apply to bins the epic hei mentioned in the first charge,
viz. that he, Lieutenant-Colonel Abernethie, was an imper-
tinent fellow,"

.6 A. For conduct unbecoming the character of an Officer
and a Gentleman, in sending, on or about ,the llth of De-
cember, 1817, Captain Rhbert Clarke, 'nearly three years
after the date of the transaction named in the first charge, to
read a paper written by Lieutenant-Colonei Abernethie,
which contained the most scurrilous abuse of Lieutenant-
Colonel Savage, for the obvious purpose of provoking him to
fight a duel ; and for afterwards causing a similar paper to he
put in the Marine Library at Woolwich; and for sending his
brother, Mr. Abernethie, on the 12th December, 1817, to
demand satisfaction of Lieut.-Colonel Savage, respecting,
Lieut.-Colonel Abernethie's character subsequent to the in-
sult mentioned in the first charge, and in Consequence of that
insult not having been noticed by Lieut.-Colonel Abersiethie,
he also knowing that Lieut.-Colonel Savage had declared. to
Captain Robert Clarke that be would not meet. Lieut.-Col.
Abernethie, as he had permitted the insult mentioned in the
first charge to remain so long unresented, and • thereby for-
feited every claim to Satisfaction, as an Otficer and a Gentle-
man ; and for also sending on the following day, the lslh of
December, 1817, Lieut.-Colonel Lynn to demand satisfaction
of Lieutenant-Colonel Savage, notwithstanding the decisive
answers give:4 by Lieut.-Colonel Savage, both to Captain
Robert Clarke and Mr. Abernethie."

" 4th. For conduct unbecoming the character of an Officer
and a Gentleman, in compromising scandalous disputes, in
which he, Lieutenant-Colonel Ahernethie, has been engaged
with junior Officers, snore particularly with_ Lieutenant Pol-
lock, on or about May or June, 1816,'wbo, on that occasion,
threatened to horsewhip him."

• Upon which Charges the Court came-to the
'ollOwing decision :
The Court havingduly considered theevhienee on

the part of the prosecution, and what the prisOner,
Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Abernethiti, had 'to
offer in his defence, is of opinion' that the first
Charge is not proved, and therefore acquits him
of that Charge. •.
The Court is of opinion that the second Charge
is not proved, it appearing that the prisoner,
*hilst he denied haring. heartrthe particular ex-
pressions, impertinent fellow, and d—d impertinent
fellow, admitted in the sac breath, language

equdlly degrading ; anti that lie•evinced no inten-
tion either to conceal or soften down the ()lien-
.:ive expression he had received from Lieutenant-
Colonel Savage : the Court, therefore, acquit
him of palpable or intentional falsehood.
The third Charge not being cognizable before
a Court Martial, the Charge was not entered-into
by the Court. ,
The Court is of opinion that the prisoner is
not guilty of the fourth Charge,. and that the
Charge is•ab•olutely destitute of proof, is vexa-
tious, and malicious, and does therefore acquit
hitn.

The Court feels imperatively called up to com-
ment 'you parts of the matter that has appeared
dining the trial, and wishes •to express, in ths-
stronge3t terms, its disapprobation of the offen-
,ive language which took place in the Marine
Library,.and which for so long a period was suf-
lured to remain without explanation or honour-
able adjustment. Before closing its proceedings
the Colfrt thinks itself imperiously called upon
to refer to the general conduct Of the prosecutor
OW this occasion, and,is of opinion, it cannot in
!culls sufficiently strong convey its reprehension,
of his bringing. forward circutbstances said to have
passed at periods so remote as charges against an
Officer, when nothing appears to the Court to

have prevented the prosecutor front preferring
such, charge' at a certain period, had he been ac
tuated by zeal for his Majesty's service, or tire
honour of the Marine Corps. The Court, there-
fore, thinks it expedit-nt to record in its proceed.:
ings, the high disapprobation it entertains of the

general conduct prosecutor; nor can the
Court conceive that the prosecutor acted under a
proper teg:►rd for his own character, in bringing
forward thoso'charges agaii►st Lientrnant-Colo-

nel Abertfohie, at the monicn: when he (Lien
tenant-CiAohel Abernetbir) was demanding I C
pat anion for reiterated and
,recetit injuries : for i

Lieutenant-Colonel Savage conceived that pro_
tenant Colonel Abernet hie was ent of the pale of
demanding reparation, these reiterated attacks
►very both nt►jusr and unmanly.
His !loyal H;gliness the Prince Regent has
ht en pleased, in the name and on the behalf of his
Majesty, to approve and confirm the finding of the
Court.

His Royal Highness taking into consideration_
the animadversion of the Court upon the offen-
sive language which took place in the Ma-
rine Library at Woolwich, and whiCh for solong
a time was suffered to remain without eNplana-
lion, or honourable adjustment, and which of-
fensive language, it appears by evidence, was
first addressed by Lieutenant-Colonel Savage to
Lieutenant-Colonel Abernethie, his Royal High-
ness feels it to be due to the good order of the
Royal Marine Corps, to take notice ot Lieutenant-
Colonel Aberuethie's conduct, by removing him
to the permanent half-pay at the Corps.
And his Royal Highness further taking into
consideration the conduct of Lieutenant-Colonel
Savage, and concerning in the *trong censure
pronounced upon him by the Court-Martial, is
pleased to direct that the name of Lieuterant-Co-
lone! Savage shall be removed altogether from the
list ot Officers at the Royal Marines.

THE BRISTOL ciiffitcH MISSIONARY
ASSOCIATION.

(Front The Bristol Joxrnal of the 31st ult.)

(COPY.)
•
To the Rev. JOSIAH ThomAs, Archdeacon ofTath.

" Bristol. 24th Jan. 1818.

VEVEREND Resolution having:ap•
geared in the Newspapers of this city, passing a
vote of censure on your• ctithict, to which my
name has been affixed, I hasten ro- intimate to
you, that so far from coneurting in this measure,
I highly approve of the manly pact you havt
taken, and thank you it► behalf of the Establish-
ment. The measure-has me to ‘vithdrawr WV
support from a Society' whpse proceedings I can
no longer approve.
I ant, Reverend Sir, •
" Your most obedient Servant,
" THOMAS DANIEL."

Extract of a Letter from a most respectable Clergyman and
. Magistrate of the County of Gloucester, addressed to the
Right Worshipful JOHN HnY•rrtoane, Esq. Mayor of
this City, an consequence of his Protest, inserted in out-
lasVJournal

"I have seen with much pleasure in the Bristol
Paper• your letter disclaiming any support of the
Church Missionary Society. It is indeed,,high
time that a check sh6tild be given to that system
of intrusion, which, without any pet mission, em-
ploys the names of distiagnished persons, and af-
fixes their• sanction to its measures. On a late
occasion r the Missionary Meeting -had been held
in one of the new Courts at Gloucester, and they
returned thanks to the' Magistrates of the
county for the use of the buildiug. No such
leave had been obtained from proper authority ;
but the formal acknowledgment in the advertise-
meta was intended doubtless to imply, as in the
case of the Town-hall at Bath, that we gave our
sanction to the measure. I proposed, therefore,
the following resolutions, -which were passed last
week :—That the two Courts shall be appropriat-
ed to the purposes of the Assizes, the General
Quarter Sessions, and other ordinary judicial pro-
ceeding,s. That whenever it is wished that the
use of the Cireat Room or Shire Hall shall be oh-
tabled for• any public purpose, not expressly pro-
vided for by Act of Parliament, (.54th (ieo. III.)
application shall. first be made to the Magistrates
in Quarter Sessions, for their permission to hold
any meeting therein."

We need not, •we are sure, apologise to our
readers for•another recurrence to the proceedings
of this Society, after they have pertped the two
important documents inserted above. The first is
a letter from a very worthy Magistrate • and Al-
derninn, of this city, Thomas Daniel, Esq. ; an-
other Gentleman 'whose name was so ostentatious-
ly displayed in the recent Advertisement of the
Committee of the Bristol Church Missionary As.:
sociation ; and in which the Alderman• also boldly
declares, that be has withdrawn his• support
from a Society whose proceedings Le can ito
longer approve." The second document is the
extract-of a. lettez: from a, • Rey.., Gentleman,
Magistrate of the County of Gloucester, thanking
our Mayor for his manly address of last week; Awl

in which this Gentleman depicts, in its true and
proper-colours, the ad'eaptanduln vulgus, the lerci
ust thrown out
cot face,to captivate
iitheis
tve mobility,k
say
littleb y all untieher_
on Associationthe
upon some observations which have apPeer--
s:i)subject.
ttliilisanStoocient
swerable anecdotes, and barefaced frauds btariii:
iya.k e laVrietitinatirikeseortattawedeu:
since our last, with-the signatures to them of tu;
Rev. T. T.. Biddulph and Rev. F. Eliviri.--Ibb,
firstßeverend Gentleman has presented the Oh,
lie with two other versions of the Serpent 1.8".
which will probably furnish the-compiler of a ye* ,
edition of the Missionary Papers with an awl";
ing appendage of various rt.tidings of the fain.
text, such as fill up the columns of those e, lc;
.brated editions of the Classics known under •lb
tills of Variorum .Editions. Oar own incredolitY
is certainly rather strengthened than lessened 1
theseenew au 'willies, and so.-we should thillf
must be the mind of every unprejudiced reader or;
these silly stories. .
To the letter of the Right WorsHpful the 111;1°,!..'
disclaiming the Bristol Church Missionrry A ss"-
-ciation, its Reverend Secretary has iep ic•fl U °
unsatisfactory a manner, and with as la nu' 'l,e
ll
apology, as we expected he must, do. T(' .1.35
noon question of the Mriyor, why his name "j
made use of in an. Advertisement, contaluialtl 4
Vote of Censure iipoil Mr. Archdeacon Tholio'
he cannot or does. not say a word. Did the '4l;
final resolutions, passed at the .form-ition ('t 1111,, •
Society, authorize. any Committee, in the 1''"1,.„—,,
manner which this Committee has dOnt, .U' "-
,
its Patrons' names to such dispute', points "acs,
of censure_ or votes of thaplis generally are, ‘'l'tie7l,
difference of- opinion is linowo to plevaii ? '' '
business of this Committee, at the first 10'1°,;
Pion of its Society, is simply defined to be, " I
promote subscriptions and thimitious, anti
correspond with its Parent SoCiety, and t" Al;
point such persons as shall render es-v.)l'
vices to the Society ,either Member ,i or t--
vernors for Life." An able Correspoodent l'a!t; I-1
however, put this branch of the dispute r
I,
I so clear a point of view, that we cannot al' ,
' better than refer our friends to a letter signe"
" A Constant Reader."—Both these Rev. Get', I.
tlemen, and several anonymous Scribblers on 0.11 - t
occasion, seem most feelingly to lament that lb!!
religious controversy should be carried on thipni4'
the medium of a Newspaper ; and Mr, liht.d"lP.ll
says, lie has for some time past ceased to read otir
Journal for this reason.—Surely, Mr. BidthliPh:
,you forget the importunities whicb you catistd to
be made to the Editor a very few months sine° t":
admit into his -columns.
_and which were ark-sitter.'
at the request of yourself and friends, the letttrs
of the Rev, Mr. Cooper, on a subject which "6
caused as much religious disputation as that f'''vc 1
under discussion. Nay, have -not the columns °'-'
our Journal for years past been irevently filled'.
and earnestly requested to be filled, with reports '
speeches on religious topics. op which :trod' 114,-,
riation of opinion exists. Is your cause SO WeW*
that it: will not bear discussion ? Or are, r-23 ,
fearful that the circulation of a respectable Fr"(i
vincial Print extends through ramifications ata,
‘ocieties where your Sixpenny Pamphlets catty' `
reach ?

FROM
.TUESDAY'S GAzETTS.

DIVIDENDS.

Feb. 25, G. Bowler, sen., G. Bowler, inn., and,
strong, Worcester-street, Borough, hat-maim factnrers—F,cll:
• 21, J. E. and T. Walton, Bread-street, factors-1' `27, ia,
Reid, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, saddler—March 21, T. ('"""oStaines, tailor—Feb. 25, T. Gardner„:jun., Lives 4./.„
—Match It), Stockham, Bristol, batter—Feb• ?-•1'
Charles, St. Alban's-street, Pall-mail, tailor— vlarcli in,.lt.
B. Fisher, Sontbaropton-place, New-road, Anne-ineren2.n::
April 7, J. Hodgson, jun., . Coleman-street,chant--rcIA
24, W. Reed, Fleet-street, law-bookseller—M.ach 7,
Whitehead, M. Howard, and J. fladdUck. Ca,tatoll
bankers—Feb. 23, A. Gompertz, (;realmerehmit—Feb. 28, J. B. Spencer,J. Bowman, ;not J.
Bearbinder•lane, factors—Feb. 7, B. Thompson,
green, Peckham, firmer—Feb. ill, W ~ W. Sherw,,,J, LiverP/,`).;,;.,
soap-manufactterer—Feb. 2,1, E. Craike, H. and T. liigl°ll,
Borough-market, potatoe-inerehant-Feb. 7, W.110:4. al..
Cannon-street, insurance broker—Feb. 24, W. J.
son, Nicholas-lane, merchant—March 21, J. Knight aiwo,
Ashby, (4ough-square, fancy-feat her-manufacturers—Feb',
It. Jones, Northumberland-street. Strand, coal-toerchau`
Feb. 24, W. Potts, Liverpool, builder. • -
CERTIFICATES—Fz.n. /4.
- S. Clements, Boughton, Lincolnshire, corn-merchanl—:R
Elliott, jun. Ihninster, Soniersetshire,
Bilston, Staflordshire, corn-dealer—W. Davy, Norwich, Ott
maker—J. Wilson, Coekbrook, Lancashire, cotton-spina is
.1. Edwards, Knighton, 10(1nm-shire, draper,-.H.J.Northcoie:"
Lime-street, wine-merchant--J.Wrue, 0 Ton.-, Yorkshires W°l-
sted-manufacturer.

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
D. W. Stone and. W. Scholetieid, Rawstorne-street,
well street-road, tin-plate workers-3. Williams and S'
Tor per, Becr-lanc, Tower-street, custom-hene agents
Serner and J. Terry, Leadenhall-market, salesmen—Y•*...
W. B. Gartside, Hooky,. Yorkshire, dyers—J. and .1-r3)
idge, Bowbridge, Gloucestershire, dyers—J. nod J. !WOW*
Bolton-le-Moore, Lancashire, inn-keei)ers—W. Holcomtr.
and C. Viner, Worthing, Sussex, grocers—W. Copp, •
Lord, a 41
rind A. Copp, Exeter, linen-drapers—J. PArker,.o""
H. Gibson, H. Baron; and J. Ellison' Accrington., l'4"4a'
shire, cotton:spinners—C. Moor and J.'l'. Wray, Levlo'r„,l_s
Yorkshire, merchants—C. Davis and J. Matthew:, Brist""
warehouse-keepers—T. Stevens, 'Shaftesbury, and W• tire'
reps, Gilliughaan, Dorsetshire, linen drapers—lt. IVatts ari.;
J. Atkinson,
.Cheapside, warehousemen—M. and B. fiel"
Botolph-lane, wine-merchants—T. Smith and J. Cocker,Pui"
Manchester, cotton waste-dealers.

The Southwark Bridge Compatiy are going' °II
rapidly, with the intended New Briftge ; 01'1
honses-im the lower p4rt of Qnceo-street f". 4:
pulling down as quickly ab possible, as it is.
tendedlo be passable for carriages by his *M'
JESTY'Slth.(hiy, so that the tltail coache4lo/
pass over.
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