The Sun. — 1808-07-06 (London, England)

RANCIS. laid great stress upon the exemptiOn from punishment, which marked the 15th Regiment of Lieht Dragoons under the former Colonel,and the frequency of punisatnent under his Royal Highness. Upon this subject the following liberal remarks have been made, whiefewe deem it our duty to insert. That the statement is unfounded may be most Positively asserted : but if it were otherwi what else could be inferred but that the regiment,se, which at the first period had been only two hundred strong,bad been more disorderly, and punishments more frequent, when it was augmented to upwards of 1000 ? It is well known that a Colonel 'has no power of inflicting corporal punishment, which can only be done under the sentence of a Court Martial ; and to have substantiated any charge against the Duke of CUMBERLAND, it was incumbent on Sir FRANCIS to 11:,.ve shewn that such punishment bad been inflicted by his order, without the sentence of a Court Martial. " It would hehighly absurd to attempt enfering into auy defence of the Duke of CUMBERLAND'S euerits as au Officer, or as a man. 'But there are some circumstances of such public notoriety, that they can, neither beelnestioned nor doubted, and must carry-conviEtion To the breast of every unprejudiced man ; the first is, that since his Royal Highness has had the 15th Regiment of Dragoons, it has net been quartered in any city from which, at leavitig it, it ',has. not reeeived' ' thanks for its exemplary good behaviour, which is the most honourable testimony to the gtiod condud of the regiment, and the attention' and care of its " Other proceedings provetheaffealion and attachnient of the privates of the regiment to their Colonel. A great number of the men who had been discharged. at the.peace of Amiens, returned to serve hi the regiment, which was completed, from that circurn: stance, in less time than any other regiment ; and there have .been, since it was completed, fewer instances of desertion from the 15th regiment of Dragoon', than almost from any other in the/service, certaiuly• would be otherwise if they wete "treated with arty degree of uncommon severity by their Colonel,"  mLA it~'.  Dust,. JULY i.—The camp which is at present funned upon the Curragh of Kildare attracts ernwds of visitors, who express the .higheSt gratiAcation at beholding a Military spc63acle so ttilly grand. The tiumber already encamped amounts to aboiit thirteen thousand men, Which number, we understand; iS Still further to be augthented. Gen. Sir D. BAtari otumancli. the whole, and under that gallant Officer the troops are likely to derive the greatest skill in Military discipline. The whole of the troops are daily exercised, from five o'clock in the morning ur til ten, and in the afternoon from five until .between eight and nine. Yesterday. his Majesty's Yacht the ...Dorset, sailed from the Pier-head at the Pigeon-house for Park ate, .with the Right Honourable Lady . BLAYNEY and suite. * •  it is with the greateSl satisfaation we learn from every part of the Country accounts of the prospect of a Most abundant harvest ; the Wheat, however, u;ill,.it is expe&ed, be late, froth the impediment of sowing experienced in the spring; the prospect of hay and oats is very considerable, and if we may form an opinion from the sample of the meadows, now cutting throughout the County of Dublin, the price of hay must fall immediately to a very moderate rate.  ,MuNntN makes his first appearanctt for this season at our Theatre, to-morrow. Miss SMITH'S debut is announced for Monday next, in the part of Beim videra.  DitoGHEDA, JVt z 28.—Air unfortunate trans. aelion took place in Ardee on Saturday evening last : Mr. KILPATRICK, of Dundalk, Excise Otiictr, assisted by a Seljeant's detachment of the Queen's Bays, seized a quantity of malt in the town and neighbourhood of Ardee, and having procured carts to convey the seizure to Dundalk, the party were attacked by a number of men, armed wOli muskets, near the town, who fired on them, anCon the first discharge the. Serjeant was shot dead—the second wounded two men (one dangerously), and a horse. The 'party, .with KIL,PATRICK, then retired; and those misguided melvtook the malt off the carts and threw it_aboin the road. An Inquest was held on. Sunday, and a verdid of ‘.‘ Wilful Murder" found against six inhabitants of the town, who were immediately apprehended and comniitted to Dundalk gaol.