Star.
London, England, 1810-08-25 00:00:00

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Mr. Ilmmt, Codoelfdt the ptitiseetttioff, skinfitied
that the Act was against the proseentor, and accord-
ingly consented to wave this part of the charge.
William Blunt, a drummer, Oras then called. Ori
or about the 14th of November last, Captaio M
gave witness "11 drive on the elbow," while in the
act of moving a table, calling him at the um. time
a "lazy rascal!' Witness was then very and
from great weakness totild scarcely move the Lible.
This witness, too, had signed a paper, tom after the
Court of Inquiry, saying lie did nut intend to Facer
any charges against Captain Mason, and which piper
had been produced to him by Captain Mason fot sig.
nature.
William Wright, named in the thatge, deposed,
that Captain Mason struck him on the right side of
the head with his sheathed sword, so violently as to
cause great pain in the head, and to knock off his cap.
He had not complained of this conduct, not had he,
ever been advised to complain of it, Indeed every
witness invariably deposed to the same effect. This
witness had, at the instigation of Captain Mason,
signed a paper similar to that signed by Wood and
the other, about the 10th of May last. Witness never
had any conversation with 'Trop on this subject:—
The cause of Captain Mason's conduct was, that
witness was rather late on parade, and when he came
Captain M. said, a, D--ti your blood !" and followed
this anathema with the blow, after which he told
witness to go to his company, but before he got
,there. A serjeant went after him and took him to the
guardroom ; he did not complain, because he had nu
opportunity at that time, having been immediately
billed up.
Here closed the fifth and last charge. and Captain
Mason having been asked when he should be ready to
go on his defence, answered to-morrow (this day) till
when the Court adjourned.

BRIGHTON, AtiOUST U.
The South Cl mcestcr Mil tia wire formed in the
Barrack-yard this morning, and the sentences on the
Serjeant-Major, the Serjeant of the Guard, two CA.-
porals, and eighteen privates, for refusing to obey
Lieutenants Bubb and Wilson, when ordered to take
the Serjeant Major ints custody for disrespectful con•
duct to them, and which had occupied the atten-
tion of a Regimental Court Martial fur two days,
were stated, and are as under:

Serjeant•Major Watkins—To be degraded to the ranks, and to
receive 300 lashes.

Serjeant Grimes (the Serjeant of the Guard)—To be degraded
to the ranks, and to receive 200 lashes.
The two Corpora Hampton and ilumphr;ta—To be essay!**
to the ranks, and to receive 200 lashes each.
The I$ givates, via. William Lewes, William Woodlands,
James Taylor, William Cook, John Leach, William Reynolds,
George Reynolds, Timothy bare John Johnson, Thum4
Chambers, Jeremiah Hayward, Charles Sage, William It; -
William Butler, James Mozham, Hugh Willauss, George
and George Hill, $OO lashes rash.

Lieutenant-Colonel °Lazy pointed out the nature
of the crimes committed in a forcible and feeling
manner, and, in consequence of the recommendations
to the mercy of the Court, he remitted the severe parts
of the awarded punishments, that is to say. the dog.
ging. The Serjeants and Corporals, therefore, were
degraded to the ranks merely, and the eighteen pri-
vates, for that time, forgiven.
The Local Militia for the Eastern Division of this
County, according to the present order. are to be
mustered here on the 17th of September, unless*
countermand should previously appear, and which it
is generally hoped will be the case, or inconve-
nience must be experienced among the fraervatesters, as
'harvest home cannot be celebrated, generally sp.alsf
ing, prior to that time, and the greater part of the
dividuals belonging, to this corps, we believe, are at
this moment actively, and, we may add, most use.
fully employed in the fields ; and, if they can be per-
mitted, will so continue to be, from the backwardness
of the crops, until the end of September at nearest.

Monday, the 4th battalion of the Royals arrived
at Leith, in three smacks.

As Colonel WALSH was passing through the town
of Guildford, in a gig, on Tuesday, the horse took.
fright, and threw the Colonel from his seat on the
stones, by which he was so much bruised, that he died
on the following day. He was a Gentkrean much
respected.
We are happy to state that the two soldiers of the
Dragoon
teuaartds, who were wounded lately in Rut.mptiag to secure a deserter from
the Royal Navy, are considerably recovered.
t2idng ptoran
John Ingledow Allen, the accomplice of the me
,executed for burglary at Lincoln, and by whose evi-
dence they were convicted; has been apprehended as
a deserter, and sent off under a guard to join theWeat
Norfolk Militia.

A melancholy occurrence happened on Friday night to Mr,
Hitchcock, of the North MIII, In Leicester, who, with a party of
young men, went out In a boat on a fishing excursion, so late is
the evening as nine o'clock ; befog somewhat merry, wham ist deep water, Mr. Hitchcock bean to rock the boat, to latinskiele
a stranger who was one of the and at last upset it, when
M otthappily fen a anestyr M Ilia ioieeretien, and was
drowned
the others es
eepsd with grist dilikolty. The body of Mr. mug,.
cock was fouod by his dog, slier • search of two hours.
A few days since, a Lady, who Wended going by water from
Newpoot, to Monmouthshire, to experienced an extraor.
Onary Instance elsidendit puservation Ain, the jaws op
death. The vessel leik the a feet abates before she arrive/La hewn= to part heron board. bet to get into his
boat she was sompelled to desceod in the man's arms several feet
below the slip; while in this situation, the boat unfortunately re.
ceded, and both were precipitated into the tide; the boatman
saved himself by the Lady, on rising to the surface,
realterted reading in a newspaper a caution to penons who cannot
mini, against struggling in use-water, sad remaining quite pm.
sive, never movi hand or foot, was carried down the stream,
and the boatman, going to her assistance, with an possible expo.
dition, succeeded in enabling her to resale the boat, and the reached the shore in safety.
Sunday morning, a young man, belonging to one of the pas.
sage-boats on the Pacidiogton Caoal, in his ea rth:es to ores eau
of tile swing llkidges, Marto ado*, the boat to pus oa its way
se Uxbridge, was bypid approach Odle vessel, knocked
'lato the Canal, and underneath the boat, which passed over him.
The utmost anxiety on the part of the pasiengers was enterta:ned
filar the safety of the young man, particu/arly as he did not appear
11111 the surface of the water after the posing of the vessel. Mr.
;'Thompson, a surgeons' instrument-maker, a most expert swim.
mer, being on board, jumped on shore, threw off his coat. and
dived into that part of the canal where the Min was borne down,
and after being some seconds under water, brought the man up
and on shore, apparently hfeless. The process prescribed by m
Humane Society that
Humane was, however, immediately had recourse to,
and after some time animation was fortunately restart-di and the young man fie likely to do well.
Anthony, the well-known Bon .stmt Officer, died
,yesterday se'nnighs, at his lodgings in Fin,a.
an illness of about two months.
pointed Vickery, the officer of W
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