Star.
London, England, 1805-01-31 00:00:00

COURT MARTIAL.

A Court Martial was, on Monday latt, held on
two drummers of the Clerkenwell Volunteers, at the
Head-quarters of the Regiment, at Old Bridewell.
The Court confined of
Captain T. It. Smith, Prefident,
Limns. P. Stockton, Limits. Radelytre,
Stedman, Bond
The charge exhibited againft the offenders was
being abfent from duty, without leave ; but it appear-
ed from the evidence on the trial, that they had left
the regiment, and had entered on board the tender,
at the Tower Stairs, where they were difcovered
about ten days ago, and from thence conveyed to the
Savoy, where they remained in dole confinement,
until the day appointed for the Court Martial to lit
upon them. As the proceedings of the Court were
conduaed apertis foribus, a great number of fpeeta
tors attended on the occafion. The fentence was,
that one of the boys thould receive one hundred lathes,
and the other, feventy-five. Preparations were im-
mediately afterwards made for carrying it into effed
in due form. One of the drummers received twenty-
five lathes, and the other, (even ; the remainder of the
fentence having been remitted by Major Maynard, on
the interceffion of the Captains of the companies to
which the boys belonged. The Major very properly
addreffed the delinquents on the nature of the offence
which they had committed ; they owed it, he told
them, to the humane confideration of their Colonel,
that they had not been tried for defertion, inflead
of abfence from duty without leave ; in which cafe
the lenience paired upon them mull have been of a
kind far more fevere than that which the Court had
adjudged. The lenience, however, mild as it was,
he had been difpofed very confiderably to mitigate,
at the requifition of their Captains, milling, that the
punithment which had been intlieled on them would
have the effect of bringing them to a juft fenfe of their
duty, and that they would prove themfclves, by their
future behaviour, worthy of the great lenity which
they had, on the prefent occafion, experienced.
The offenders, on their trial, alledged the info&
ciency of their pay to their fublittence, as the reafon
for having entered into his Moiety's tea fervice, tho'
they received one Chilling a-day from the regiment.
The Major took particular notice of the unreafonable
nets of this plea, for the commitlion of one of the
greateft offences of which a foldier can be guilty.
The far greater portion of their time was unrequi
red by the regiment; but if they defired to better
their circumftances,they had it in their power to do it,
by employing thole hours in fome Ilona and induftri
ous calling, which they could not fail to procure, if
they concluded themfelves as they ought. It appear-
ed that the mother of one of the boys had adviled
him again to abfcond, when let at liberty. Major
Maynard reprobated, in 0(1 terms of feverity, fuch
advice ; and warned the boy, that if, after the mer-
ciful indulgence he had been treated with, in the
prefent infiance, he mould think proper to repeat his
offence, he might be allured of deteftion, and that
r the punithment he would then receive, would be of a
very different kind from that which had that day
been executed upon him ; and that, ;nand of being
fentenced to receive feventy-five lafhec, lie would be
much more likely to receive five hundred. The Ma-
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jor's addrefs feemed to have a faintary effeen on the
offenders, and mull have cperated as a profitable
lefron to the other drummers and the fifers of the re-
giment, who were required to attend on the occafion.
Two companies attended, viz. the iIl light company,
and the 4th battalion.

A eaufe of infinite importance to the Manufaerir-
ing Intereßs of this country, has been tried at the
IZ2arter Seffions at Manchefter. This was an appeal
on a conviftion by the Magillrates, of eight of the
Spinners of the Chorlton Twit! Company, for com-
bining together to controul their employers in the
management of their Fa&nry, by turning out againft
two rules that were placed up to prevent frauds by
the Spinners altering their wheels, &c. The combi-
nation was moft clearly proved ; and, after a moft
impreffive warning from the Chairman to thole de-
luded people, the conviCtion was confirmed, and all'
the eight men fat t to Lancafter Cattle for three months.
—Another caufe by the fame parties, was decided,
againli another Spinner, lot breach of contras.
Yefterday fennight as Mr. RUSDRIDGF, of Lewes,
was on his way to Eaftbourn, in the Rage, he dif-
cerned, fpeedily after leaving Hailtham, that the
honks were without a driver. Alarmed at the cir.
cumliance he contrived to get out and flop the
honks ; he then fought the coachman, who had fallen
from the box, put in vain, on which he returned to
the coach, and led the horfes to Eaftbourne, where
he arrived about three in the morning, when feveral
perfons were difpatched in fearch of the coachman,
whom at day-light they found lying dead in a dirty
droveway, contiguous to the main road, with his
whip clofe by him, from which it is evident that he
received no material injury in his fall ; but in the at-
tempt to recover the coach afterwards, through the
darknefs of the night, and probably inebriety, he mil
took his way, and, falling with his face 'in a deep
wheel-rut fun of water, was fuffocated. The deceaf-
ed, whofe name was SAMUEL SUTTON, has left a
pregnant widow and nine children.
FIREL—On Saturday, the 12th init. a fire broke
out in a barn at Shortlees, parilh of Riccarton, be-
longing to James Wright, which was entirely confum-
ed, with a quantity of grain and oat •meal therein
contained. The flames communicated to the Rack-
yard, but were got under with the lois of one Rack,
and two others a good deal damaged.
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Friday morning, alittle before four o'clock, a moll
alarming fire broke out in a Ream engine houfe in
Ayton Place, Glafgow, which entirely confumed it.

One of the coal mines belonging to Mr. Gallimore,
near Burliem, Stafford(hire, having taken fire about
two months ago, the flames were attempted to be
eitinguifised by Bopping up the tops of the pits to
prevent the accefs of air, which has been the ufual
method on filch occations. Wednefday two of the
workmen incautioufly went down into the coal pit
before the fire was put out, and the impure vapour,
by a current of air, was fuddenly carried upon them,
and fuffocated one in a moment : the other, who
happened to be nearelt the rope by which they de-
feended, had the good fortune to be drawn up alive,
Lend hat: flue recovered.

BIRTHS.
On the 14th inßant, Mrs. Maedow ail !=rant, of Ar: .1.4, o a

daughter.
Thurfday left, Mrs. Campbell of Kilberry, of a Ctn.
In Rutland •fjuarc, Dublin L. lily Francis it andeleur, of a dau7hter.
At Naas, the Lady of Lieutenant-Colonel Knox, of the Dunegall
Militia, of a daughter.
In Dominick-ftreet, Dublin, the Lady of the Lord Bilhop of
Down, of a fon.