The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-08-09 00:00:00

At a General Court-Martial held at Stafford,
on the 10th of April, 1809, and continued by ad-
journments to the 15th of the same month, Lieu.
tenant Moore, of the .15th Regiment ; Lieutenant
Mayer of the 57th Regiment ; anti Lieutenant
M'Gregor, of the 38th Regiment of Foot, were
arraigned upon the following Charges, viz.
Charge against Lieutenants Moore and Mayer—

" For behaving in a scandalous manner. such as is unbe-
coming the eh:meters of Officer; and Gentlemen, on the nicht
of the 1d of Alurch, 1809, at Stalliird, by abusing each other,
and calling earh other opprobions ictmei, and afterhards
fighting together in the public street, and by appearing in a
state of intoxication, rai-iitg a riot rind disturbaace, ani en-
gaging in an affray iii the public streets."

Charge against Lieutenants Mayer and Al'Gre-
gor—
" For behaving in a scandalous nod infamous manner. such
its is unbecoming the chanicteet of Officers un.l Gentlemen.
sat the night of the id of March, lba.), at Stafford, by abnOng
Lieutenant Moore at the door of a public-house, and in the
Ohne street. and endeavourin4 by opprohious word.; to pr.)-
, woke him, Lieutenant Moore, to ti,•.it with Lieut. Nitser;
,tout afterwards engaging in the public streets, in tousequeoce
of -which they were confined in the Black Holes all ss
condoct is a breneh of their ditty a• and to the pre-
judice of good order and military discipline."

Lieutenants Moore and Mayer were found
Guilty of the first Charge, with the exeeptiun of
the etime of intoxication, as far as relates to Lieu-
tenant Moore. Lieutenant Mayer was also found
Guilty of that part of the second Charge, which
expresses the endeavouring, by opprobious words,
to provoke Lieutenant Moore to fight him.
For which, Lieutenants Moore and Mayer were
sentenced to be Dismissed his Majesty's Service;
bnt the Court were of opinion, that the Chars
alleged against Lieutenant M'Gregor was not suf-
ficiently proved, and therefore acquitted him,
which Sentence his Majesty has been pleased to
approve and confirm. Thu Commander in Chief
has therefore directed, th.►t the ( barges exhibited
against Lieuts. Moore, Mayer, and M'Gregor,
'together with the Sentence of the Court, shall
be read at the head of every Corps, and entered in
the Orderly Books.

FRENCH PRIV) Ellll.—liast Friday evening, mane
of the prisoners on parole at Lattlicevton, made his
escape, and has not slice been heard of. About
three weeks ago, three of the prisoners in the
New Prison on Dartmoor, hid themselves beneath
tinifilth and (Ads of a dung cart. and actuall,
escaped in this manner from the prison ; but soon
after, the boy who drove the cart, perceiving
something move, gave the alarm, when the French-
men were secured by some soldiers who chanced
to be near, and re-conveyed to prison. About
the same time.* general escape was projected from
this great national prison, by perforating the solid
wall, though the massive appearance of the girlie.
tare 'said swan to hid defiance to such au attempt.
A timely discovery marred the project.
Ott Friday evening last, in consequence of an
information, Aimee Wasson, alias Kelly, a noto.
riuus anti desperate offender, was apprehended at
Leith. There were found concealed in his clothes,
three silver watches, two dozen silver tea.spoons,
one gold ring, three gold breastpins, some watch.
chains, seals, and various shawls. gowns, &c.
He has been committed for trial. Ilk accomplice
'unfortunately made his escape.

A most important and serious discovery has.
serted to have been made in France, which, if it
can be realized, and brought into general use,
der the et:unreel of Napoleon, may, in a consi-
derable degree, supersede the use of sugar. On
this subject, peculiarly interesting to a state,
which, like Great Britain, possesses almost all the
sugar colonies of the new world, and which is
competent to furnish all Europe with that commo-
dity, more than one Memoir has appeared in the
Atonitcurs of June last, by Mons. Parmentier, a
Member of the Institute. From the grape he has
successfully attempted to extract a juice, or a
substance—fur it seems to partaLe of both, which,
it is believed in all the ordinary purposes of
consumption, supply the produce of thesugar-caue.
This Memoir is intiticd, " lostruction relative to
Syrups, and Conserves of Grapes, intended to rc.
place sugar in the principal uses of domestic econo-
o;y.,, Tee utmost ingenuity, inilustry,auJ pertiever.
mice have been applied, to va: (pis!' the im pediments,
and to surmount the prejudices, which aid ays op.
pose themselves to new inventions. Tin' detesta-
tiow of the naval tyranny of the English, posses-
sing, as Psrmentier terms it, " (he odious mono.
poly" of the production I. question, a sentiment
which the Corsican Ruler of France has found
means to inspires/num all ranks of people Ore o'gh.
oat his dominions, adds a stimulus to the other
motives deduced (rein economy and neceesity.
The .vlemair begins Is) stating, that tee tract of
land, throughout France alone, adapted to the
cultivation of the vine amounts to elusive one mil.
lion, eight hundred thousand acres ; a pro :actiol,
whicti, since the French Revolution, in defiance
of all discourage:news or prohibitions, on the
part of the Govern neat, has annually increased,
and occupied, (ruin year to year, a larger pm.
portion of the sod. Such has been the fecundity
of late musings, that the proprietors of vines arils
were actually incoevenienced by the load of gr. ess
which the earth jielded; and have been compelled
to abandon, in many districts, the whit pro-
duced, from want of casks in which to keep it.
Under these circumstances, the notification of a
discovery, by which a saccharine matter might ho
extracted from the grape, *which would enable
the French people to submit to the renunciation
of Sugar, in all culinary, or commuuturPu"
of life, was received with enthusiasm. It cum.
partitively electrified the Southern provinces,
in particular those extending from the mouths of
the Rhone, to that of the Aduur, the Tarn, the
Dordogne, and the countries at the fuot of the
Pyrenees. MI the Societies of Arts, Academies"
Prefects, and Public Bodies, from Marseilles
to Narbonne and Perpignan, offered prices
and rewards to encourage the attempts.—Elery
family ms.dis a provision of it, during the last
vintage, for their own private consumption ; and
the little town of Bergerac, in the ancient Guienne,
the wines of which canton or territory are distill-
goished for their sweetness, actually fabricated,
or extracted, above 230,000 pounds weight of
this syrup, fir sale, in the Autumn of IRO&
Every pound was valued at halra-crown, Eng-
I.sh inueoj . If such was the effect of the first
disclosure of this secret; what may not be ex-
pected, says Parmentier, from future efforts and
ameliorations, sided as they arc, and will be, by
all the encouragement and protection of Goren.
ment ? On the lest anniversary of Bona-arte's
Coronation, • splendid entertainment was given
by one of the Municioal Public Functionaries,
in the South of France, where all the pastry,
confectionary, and jellies, were made with the
syrup, newly extracted ; and the guests declared
no less their perfect satin action at the taste and
flavour of these delicacies, than their astonish.
merit, at finding that nut a particle of sugar had
entered into their co:npositione. " The jog off
syrup," adds he, 46 will soon, we trust, supplant
the sugar.bason, iu coffee, tea, and every ilfuoott
of that kind."

'!'ho War Minister, in consegoence of a Report
made to him, by Sarartzi, the Inysiciaii-G-tieral
to the French armies, who, by order of NAro_
ceox, had undertaken a journey for the purposts
of ascertaining the practicability of subs,itiitinK
syrup in the place of su4ar, in the compounding
medicines, has commanded it to be introduced
to all the hospitals of France and of Italy. Aburts
half the sum, antecedently expended in the pur-
chase of sugar, mid of honey, annuallT, fur the
use of the sick, has been already saved. the phy-
sicians and apothecaries attending the hospitals
have taken care to second the views of the Admi-
nistration. Various individuals among the pro-
fessors of the healing art, have even published Re-
ports upon the effects resulting from the prescrip-
tion of medicines in which the syrup formed an
important ingredient, with a view to prove, and
to persuade their countrymen, that it is far more
beneficial, balsamic, and Inticilaqinous, than the
production of the sug,ir-cane. In all diseases of
the lungs, or of the chest, they affect to give it a
decided preference over sugar. Above all, it is
pretended, that, in the disorder of the !looping-
cough, it administers to infants and children fin-
mediate relief.

Great as these pretended benefits or advantages
are, they assert, that as important, if not more
valuable, uses, ma►' he derived from this discover►
Of PARMItaTIER, as tat:Cling articles of commerce
sod of consumption. We shall resume ant con-
tinue the subject with our first !mitre. We be-
lieve that it will be read with universal interest.

Eddard Might, alias Jly nearly, a notorious
character, died on Monday, in the House of Cor-
rection, in the gOth year if his age. He had
been upwards of fifty ycan a thief, and had been
73 times arraigned at the Old flailev and Quarter
Sescions, and as often punished.
Accounts from Tralee mention, that 3firbrel
Murphy, the murderer of the late Rev. Mr. T...
dell, was tried, on Thursday las., in that town,
and the atrocious de ..d being eleaily proved, he
was capitally convicted, and immediately seritencid
for execution ; which sentence took place on Ss-
ords y, and his body delivered for d Nettie

,
LONDON Printed and Piddisbed Av U. Lot am., a: stir
Srattsanan Orrics, 87, rivet-owes.