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London, England, 1817-07-04 00:00:00

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Yesterday a Omit Martial tinisheld at Wli'.4l,all;
in puistlance of a Wairant issued by the Parscr. RI -
GENT, for the purpcie of inqiiiring into charges pr.
ferret! against C.ironel Gl:Asir, of ,rtie. 18th Hassan-,
by Deputy General OiMeArtA. The
Court met at "'clock ; Gencr d Sir
ALEXANDER CAMPBELL, Pres:de it. charge: irr-
putud to Col .nel GRANT, that in the situati.in of ; n
Officer and a Gentlinnih. he had .übtaitud to per.
scnal ihaitise.tierit, letiliuu takin . those Steps
the *indication ut hi, /inn or whim. Were perempto.
rily demanded; and treat oii aii.inquii y which, tank
place at Bayonne, before the Officers Of his kegi.'
went, respecting the transaction with Mr. O'MeanA,
he had misrepreseree.! the occurrences, with a view
to his own juaification and thy prejudice of his oppo-
nent. Colontl GRANT pleaded Not Guilty; rnJ, at
his suggestion, the President requ• steel th.it no part
of the proceedings of the Court should b published
until their terrnissati,.n.

Friday the Royal Mid Lothian trolutyeer Cavalry
assembled for ten days permanent duty at Portobello
Studs, under :he command of Maj-r Sir J .titt HeYr,
Bart. They are quartered in Edinburgh,
burgh, and D
Oit the 8:11 ot February last, died, at St. Th
masts Menton. Madras, Lieutenant Col(inel Jolt I
EDWARDS. Oi hi. Majesty's 80th Regiment, after a
continued service with it of twenty-tour ye as. twenty-
,,ne of which had been passed in the miming dime
of India ; a loss that the 80th Regiment will neei.r
cease to regret; his worth was wen known to every
011Icer and soldier in it, by whom he WAS respected,
es:reined, and beloved. His illness was filOrt but
acute, such as to preclude all hope ut reoovery, which
knew, and bore with a tirmne.s And resiAnAtin
never surpassed And seldom equalled.
Thursday sesinight, Lieutenant Bnewsern. of the
81st Regiment, having dined with a trienu in Tralee,
returning late in i!le evening to his qaarters at Castle
Island Barr..chs, his horse became restive, a:".:1,
phingiiii4, titre him with such violence, that he was
killrclAin the spin. lit: had served during the whole
of tit= Piminsollir war, and had been twice or thricz
,mended in ac;ion. Lieutenant BREWSTER WAS of A
highly respectable family m the enuu,y4 Wexford.
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Mt. PoemsNes, contifinei seriously indisposed.
The report of the state of the Duke ut CLAars:is
yesterday WAS, " Ilis Royal Highness is !setter."
accouchnivnt of the amiable Princess C 11,14.,
LW Tr. ref Cot:omit; is positively expected to tike
place in October next-411 event that c ,ntiot fail to
give the highest gr.liftic.iiion to the NAtioil.
The Prince ot SA 7: 17.0)!!1; itc; has hired Rendlesharn
fl4ll, in Suffolk. for two years, is order to be ne.ir
if,e rnh, or Princess Cliarl:me of Wales). Regtme,t,
of Dfa..toosf (l:i .rds, of which he is Colonel, now o
their rome fin ip-.wizh, in place of the Royal Dr.. 4
goons, ordered to Edinbargh.
An operation has been performed on the foot of
the Duchess of Gf.rit,cl:sven, which will he the means
of test, ring lwr koyal•Highness to perfect health.
l'he Wide of Colonel PLAttAt't.t is not the only
child of Lord Kern:. flat Lordship has a claugh,er
by his second Lady, the daughter of the late Mr.
, but toe reboot bride is the heit•wppittent
of the lisrony.
It Is not Sir B. Mormons, as was stated in all the
Papers of yesterday, who is appointed to the Office
of Under. Sient try 4 in the tooth of Mr.
Brort, it, but H &NAY iiiinfintisr, Esq a neer relation
• t the worthy Baronet.

A letter from Pi ighton. dated yesterday, says :
" The heavy gales winch we have experienced for
the last two days, have been attended with %tame
damage, but not to tile estent imagined. A Dutch
gsfliot, laden with ti tab: r, was wrecked near New•
haven, and two of the crew drowned. A Svordidt
brig, witn A cargo of bay salt, WAS drove ashore near
Sii, relecni ; her crew Were saved. The packets, and
several other other ve.seis lying in our Roads, safely
put into Newhaven harbour. This morning the wind is
calm, anti the weather has moderated. The &wines"
Packets, the Thomas. Captain CI.LAIt, and the I it., o.
sailed WWI dick passengers for Dieppt : the forrit•T
with 25, Mitt the latter with 15 persens on hoarJ."
On the 29chot May, a letter written on board If!,
Renown, for Quebec, 1at.56. 48. N. long 12. IL. W.
was pm into 4 bottle and :et atlaat, and on the !Vs
ult. it was found on shore oti tt,e island of RiitlanJ, in
the camay of Donegal, lrerind.
Last week. while some lahnurers were digging
gravel on the side of a hill, in the vicinity of Ding.
wall, they discovered, about eight Feet from the :ur.
face, a human skeleton, of more than ordinary di.
inclosrd in a stone corm, which appear, to
have heel tunic round it. A copper dagger waa
found lintied in the %kill!, and within the coll:e,
alongside the ,:i:eleton, was found an earthen jar, of
)1 singular turn, whi.:l4 from the rudeness of the
wurkmatiship, bears evitifmt mark; of great anti city.
hill in which these singistar relignec u :re found,
has more the appearance to a work of art than of
nature, which 40.nts many to. suppose that it writ
have been the 10011t1711ellt of some hero of antiquity
who fell its tiaido, audmas buried 011 this spat. The
solution of this problem, however, remains with the
antiquary ; meantime, the occurence has given ri:e
to much speculatioo among, the ...v.non.rrenti of Dingwall.
L.:Pour/ter To hlearitaww....—ily information lately
received lincn.a Gentleman residing ie Holland, it
appears that the Anmeriean llinish
.r in that country
has-sum-tiled is au ordinance regulating
trade to cfa: Nand of Java, by which it is peovided
that foreign vessels, cloning from that island, are e•:*.•
cmpted from the import duties 'upon enttiing the
pits of Holland and Belgium, upon producing es 4..
dente of their having paid the export duties at Ba.
tavjA. Upell the %AMC authority we have the pin.
,the to state, 6nce the Ist of Janmiry, 'no other or
h:,ll,cr 'on,tay,r duties are imposed 'iron Amerisai
vcsstls.in the Dutch posts than upon their own vt:-
ssli.•—(Nati latelitsmir.)
la iladastwton Market. p e Friday. V.Theat 01 be. peilv/t
tbr thp trier. an I ha. per bt.9 on Mr averao,-; barter watt t
and Usti 6 . vet boll cheap. r than !,etc •Vgate day.
At Alyerilsca Wooi.At.o kir hrl.lou Wuulight.
SOLO either vette &petted ;At Au i few toe vit:c
hunt gth. to at's. pa' moor.
etnte•ENA:lllANtilt, MAIM-LANE, 'MN
itia,Stna;
rfrzt-shlei tor:else:l)qt
uair:yytriearinttvhit,searitt,e. ,sa,z-v.lB
•see tral&, Were opon quite at rood term. Ai 1.41
Wed vstfay...—Ltarley, Pers. Beat s, and Oats ne:e
ter: ht.ry salt, tut u;:'.l.lleaper thee on

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