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London, England, 1818-12-26 00:00:00

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• VIE- ARMY.
Wednesday, the Depots of the 17th, 245, and 47th
Regiments of Infantry moved from Canterbury to
Dover.
On Thursday sennight, the 90th Light Infantry
marched from Chatham for Brighton, and on Satur-
day the 31st Regiment arrive& at Clutham, to re-
place the 90th Regiment. •

GENERAL ORDERS.
HOUK GUAIDS, NO% 116, 1818.
His Riryal Highness the COMMANDER-IN-CH(IT is
pleased to direct, that the following Copy of a Letter.
which, by command of the PRINCE RenENT, acting
in the name and on the behalf of his MAJESTY, has
been addressed to the General Officer commanding
at Portsmouth, respecting the conduct of certain
()Seers of the 25th itegitnent of }not, shall be en-
tered in the General Order Book, and read at the
head of every Regiment.—By order of his Royal
Highness the CON! M A NDSR-IN-CHIST.
HARRY CALVIRI, Adjutant-Genera.
. " Horse Guards, Nov. 20, 1818. :
"Mr Loan--T have laid before the Prince Regent the pro.
ceedings of she Court of Inquiry, of which your Lordship Nr*.dl'
President, held at Portsmouth, on the 2bth September, 1518,
and continued by adjournments until the Ist October following,
for the purpose of investijating certain pecuniary transactions„
and other Matters, statekto have taken place in the 25th ReFt- ,
latent, by the Report of which it appears, that Brevet-Major
Nitta, and Paymaster Smith, of that Corps, have been princi•
pally concerned in very disgraceful impositions upon the Antlers
of Daventry and Portsmouth, by procuring money from thetas,
under false pretences; and I am to acquaint your, Lordship,
*nit bar appeared to his .royal Highness, that the whole truer
eftheir conduct in these pecuniary transaction, partakes so di-
rectly of a swindling nature, as to render them both unworthy
of holding commissions in his Majesty's Service, exclusive of all
considerations to their prejudice as arising in the prominent
share they appear by the proceedings of the Court, to have had
in the dissendons and insubordination, which have been so dis-
creditable to the 25th Regiment, for a long time past.

" Under th::se circurnatancesohe Prince Regent has bten
pleased to command, in the name and on the behalf of his )las
j.ty, that Brevet-10..40r William %Mit. anl Paymaster Philip
Smith shall be dismissed from the Scram.
" It has appeared in the investigation of these transactions,
that Captain Tripp and Lieutenant Hamilton, though not impli-
cated to the same extent, have nevertheless been guilty of aid-
1, encouraging, aod abetting the practiCes which have enabled
Paymaster Smith to commit what the *Court have so properly
termed his depredations upon those who have confided in the
honour of British OlN:ers; and his Royal Highness remarked,
that the conduct in which these Officers are involved, as set forth
in the whole of the Proceedings of the Court of Inquiry, is SO
discreditable and injurious to the character, honour, and dis-
cipline of his Majesty's Service as to merit the severest punish-
ment; but as there appears a distlpetion in their favour, when
compared with the more heinous offences of Brevet-Major Bai-
lie and Paymaster Smith, his Royal Highness is pleased to adopt
towards them (Captain Peter Tripp and Lieutenant R.M.unil-
ton) the more lenient measure of removal from the 25th Regi-
ment to the Half-pay Establishment.
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"' Lieutenant Kean appears to hive advanced considerable
sums of money to Paymaster Smith, and thereby to have aided
that OfSeer in his disgraceful irtesubuities, and his name also ap-
pears implicated with the others in the party dissensions which
have so materially disturbed the harmony and discipline of the
corps ; but in consideration of the losses he has sustained from
being only the dupe of others, th Prince Regent has graciously
commanded that no further punishment shall be visited upon
lieutenant Kean, than a severe reprimand and adnionitinu for
the share he his had in these tnuteactions:
" Captain M'Dongall's name also appears in the Proceedings,
as having imprudently associated with the parties concerned in
these irregularities, though not actually implicated in them, and
his Royal Highness has commanded, that he shall be admonished
in the manner best calculated to make him feel the necessity
more circumspection in future.
" You will therefore acquaint me with the day_upon which
the Prince Regent's pleasure is made known to lfrevet Major.
Bantle and Paymaster Smith, as from that date they will cease
to receive pay in his Majesty's Service ;—and also in regard to
Captain Trip and Lieutenant Hamilton, who will accordingly
be removed the Half-pay Establishment ; and you will carry
is* e severe reprimand and admonition adjudged to
Kean for his conduct, ant warn Captain bl' Mogan
culated the imprudence he has been guilty of is to pro-
mote his future success in the profession. I am, &c.
(Signed) " FREDERICK,

Lord RIVERSDALE, Lady STRANGFORD, the Hon.
Miss &mu, and Colonels COWPER and BROWN, are
in the list of the latest arrivals at Cheltenhani.

Sir EDWARD &I MIT Shropshire Fox-hounds dis-
lodged a fox. on Monday last in Kennel Wood, and
after a very hard tun came to the house of a lady of
the name of PERKS, which the fox tamed, jmnred
upon the dresser of the kitchen, and thence on the
clock. The hounds were at this time a: bay, and
the Lady holding; the poker to protect herself. The
whipper-in brought poor reyitard down with his whip,
who immediately took refuge under Mrs. l'EnKs's
petticoats, but fortunately without doing her the
least injury. The dogs then entered the house, and
soon put an end to the fox's existence. The field was
numerously attended by sportsmen, but only the
huntsman and whipper-in were in at the death.

The East Essex fox-hounds meet on Monday at
Birch-Hall ; on Thursday at General Ea 07ES'S Park.
Sual ty, as a iltlent in of Oxford was walking
in the Park there, he accidentally put up a hare.
Puss, in her alarm, ran into Holywell, from thence
to Broad-street, and into Trinity College, where she
•was taken alive by the son of the Porter of Balliol
College.
Thursday, the Worcester Coach, called the Tele-
graph, which passes through Oxford, was overturned
near Dorchester, in consequence of its being over-
loaded with packages. By this accident the guard,
James Carruthers, had one of his legs broken, and
received many severe bruises. This young nun, by
a similar accident, had both his legs broken, about
three years ago.
Tuesday se'nnight, as Mr. Samuel Smith, jun. shoe-
maker, of Srneeth, in Kent, was passing from the
yard of the George Inn, at Ashford, to the Tap, he
unfortunately opened the door of the cellar which is
just by; fell to the bottom, and received so dreadful a
blow upon the head, that he died upon the spot.
In the Cottage-garden belonging to H. TOWNS.
lIEND, Esq. at Cowes, there is a curious plant now
nearly in Lull bloom, called the Yucca Gloriosa or
broad-leaved Adam's Needle. This plant blows
about once in 20 or 25 years ; the stem which bears
the blossom is about eight feet from the root, and is
quite a novelty, particularly as it stands in the open
ground, it being agreen.house plant.
In the neighbourhood of Plymouth, in the middle
of the present month, were seen, in full bloom, jon-
quils, narcissus, hyacinths, anemonies, pinks, stocks,
• the passion 'flower nd - great perfection.
There
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• NAVAL

FALMOVIII, DECENthr.lt 0.
, Wind S.E. light breezes and fine weather—Ar-
rived the Unity, MOROOCII, tlont Valencia, in 53
days, for London. Sailed the Demerara Packet,
'yaNkatas, for...Demerara. •
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POIITSVfoIUTH, DECESISEtt
. 'Wind W.S.W.--Ar: ived the Alice, —, from
time' ick. Sailed the Charles, Pais; Two Jkothers,
Camilla, Roanarsos ; and Hope,
_ t.ova, for
London; Tantivy, PARROTT, for Poole.

DEAL, DECEMBEB 25.
Wind S.W.—Sailed this morning the Endymion,
Mut:s4 to the northward. Remains the Clarkson,
Ross, for Demerara.
ItitSISCATE, DF.CEUDER 21
S.—Came in the Crown, from Ilfracombe' for
t. and Union, —, from London for Pea-
dip', for shelter. The two boats having returned,.
without seeing or hearing any thing of the brig Effort,
we now conclude that she beat off the Sand and sunk
in deep water. We hear that a boat belonging to
hit, a binnacle, and two water casks, supposed to
belong to her, have been picked up and caniel
haw been.
- • - COWES, DECEMBER 25.
• Arrived the Henze's, WA t.tis, front St. Übe's, with
sails damaged, and is coming into harbour,. being
leaky. Sailed the dames, HA nal; for the Mother-
bank, .having taken in troops. The brig Ellen, Goat.
so,‘,- will ptobably sail to-morrow.
SHEERNESS, DECEMBER 25. •:
The Baring, LAMS, bo:ind to New S ,nth Wales,
with convicts, is arrived at the Fore, having put back
to repair the damage she received on the Brake-sand.
HULL, DECEMBER 22.
The sloop Charles and Mary, of this port, front
Wisbeach, sunk in Chapel Tunnel, on the Lincoln-
shire coast, on Friday last—crew saved.

HARWICH, DECENIIIVR 25.

The Badger, Revenue cutter, Lieut. Itlencan. has
this day brought ia here two lugger boats, with 105
casks of spirits on board, and 16 men.

Sir H. BI,AOKWOOD is to supersede Sir R. KING on
the Jamaica Station.
Orders mere received on Wednesday at Chatham,
for the Sopnin, Sir WILLIAM WIsitMAN, to soul im-

mediately for St. Helena.
The Friendship, Fa It Row, from Glasgow, is stranded
in Buclush harbour.
Tuesday, Lord Met.vttLe, Sir G, COCKBURN, Sir
WILLIAM CONGREVE, and Sir H. BLACKWOOD, with
some other Gentlemen, passed through Chatham
Dock-yard, early in the morning, and took water at
the Commissioner's stairs, to go on board the Li reel-,
Honourable Captain DLn salute was fired on
their near approach to the ship ; on getting on board,
,ether guns were fired at a certain mark, by way of
an experiment of the new sights recently fixed on the
:guns, and for which purpose the visit of these Gen •
demen on board was occasioned. They landed again
,at the same Stairs, at the Dock-yard, early in the
afternoon, in their way back to town. The Admi-
ralty flag was hoisted at the Dock-yard, and on board
the Limper and BULWARK.
A tiny steam-boat, f.-om Delaware to Ncw Or-
leans, has burst its boiler, by which seven persons
lost their lives.
The crew sal' the Marmion, 18 in number, Ameri-
cans, with Captain CuaNsoN, their Commander,
attended Divine Service, at the Church of Sr.
C:emeat, Ipswich, on Sunday week, for the pur-
' pose of returning 'thanks to the ALMIGHTY for their
I deliverance from shipwreck ; a suitable discourse
was delivered by the Officiating Minister from the
107th Psalm, 23 and '24 v. The Marmion lost her
rudder, and was otherwise damaged, on the Sheep
Wash Sands, a short time since. She sailed on her
voyage to New Orleans on Tuesday last.
PIRATICAL CantzxD.—Extract of a letter from
Messrs. ANDREW WARDROP and CO. Agents to
LLOYD'S at Madeira, dated November 29.1818, to
JAMES R. OXEERRY, Esq. Agent for LLOYD'S at Gi-
braltar:—" We beg to inform you cf an outrageous
robbery, which has been lately committed by a pirate
on the English schooner Sir Thomas Hardy, bound
from Gibraltar to Trinid id, which occasioned that
vessel to put in here, in order to repair her
,damage,
and afford the crew and passengers an opportunity
of renewing their stc ck of provisions and clothes. The
occurrence took place on the Bth irrtant, in lat. 33.
40. and long. 8. The pirate plundered and &strayed
about one-third of the cargo, part of which, and the
ship's stores, he threw overboard, cut some of tke
'rigging, and subjected two• Gentlemen who were
passengers, Mr. Suers' and Mr. lltr,L, to shackles
and an almost suffocating confinement for several
rfiours, from which he released them to undergo a
mock execution, which was attended with every
painful circumstance of reality except the loss of lives;
that he granted them, but not until he had taken
frOnt them every thing valuable they possessed.—
That such ;ifresb•.oter may not escape the vigilance
of our cruizers, v e subjoin, for tlicr information,
such description of him and his vessel as we have
been able to obtain. Tic vessel is a ship, painted
black, with a vhite streak, has black quarter-cloths,
and is light and liiL;11 • ut of the water, but her quar-
ters are not real. She has a billet-head, four win-
dows in the stern, with a star painted on one side of
each of the outer ones. She is American-built, and
'is supposed to have been a schooner raised upon.
Her burden is said to be about 300 tons; and she
carries sixteen 12pound carronades, with one hun-
' dred men at least. The pirate commanding calls
himself Alnu ;he speaks English very well, is rather
a short mar, and has a most malicious cast in his eyes.
His first officer has a bluish excrescence under his left
eye ; and in the cabin there is a picture or engraving
of the American schooner Kempt, capturing six sail
of British vessels. That schooner was a privateer
during the late war, and was commanded by a man
of the name of Almeida, who is •aid to be married
in Baltimore. When the pirate attacked the Sir
Thomas Hardy he had a flag hoisted thus—blue,
white, blue—and never shev..td any other. He did
not pretend to be an Insurgent, but boldly declared
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ls, narcissus, hyacinths, anemonies, pinks, stock!,
not Pretend to be an Insurgent, but boldly declared
P assion flower, and roses in great perfection.
himself at war with all nations. We shall rejoice if
There is at thi', time a robin s nest, with four
the altuve, which is all we could learn, may lead. to •
lag ones nearly f1...ige.1 in the thatch of a cottage
his capture."
Remington, near
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