Star. — 1814-03-30 (London, England)

RAMSGATE, MARCH 26.—Late on Thursday afternoon last, a route arrived here for the detachment of the 2d Dragoon Guards, or Queen's Bays, at our ha: racks, to march to the head-quarters, Deal, the next morning, and from thence for Portsmouth, to embark and join Lord WELLINGTON'S Army. Accordingly, between nine and ten o'clock yesterday mottling, the said detachment was on the parade, mule, arms, and left the barracks, at which time, we are sorry to state, a most melancholy circumstance took place. A private dragoon, named George Gregory, was, it seems, pretty much intoxicated, and was reported go by an officer to Major Gordon, who commanded the detachment, and that the said Gre gory was very refractory. On which Major Gordon said to the officer, " it is of no use talking to a drunken man—you will only get abusive language, perhaps: order Gregory into the custody of the rearguard"—this was in the barrack-yard. Immediately after the detachment marched, and the rear-guard not following so soon as it ought, Major Gordn, on inquiry, found that Gregory, the prisoner before-mentioned, refused to go on. He went to him, and Gregory said to the Major, that he would not march until he was told- why he was a prisoner. Major Gordon then said, " Gregory, you are drunk." The man said, " I am not drunk," and made use of mutinous language to the Major, and still kept his horse back, refusing to go on. Major Gordon then seeing the corporal of the rear-guard without a sword, asked him the reason, and he was answered, that his  sword was at head-quarters to be sharpened. The Major then observing that the refractory soldier had a sword, he drew it out of the scabbard, and struck the prisoner's horse several times with the flat part,' to make him go forward, and Gregory still keeping a' tight rein to prevent it. The horse thensturning sharp round, the Major holding the sword out or repeating his stroke, endeavouring to get the horse on, when, melancholy to relate! the point of the sword entered Gregory's left side, just below the ribs, which caused such effusion of blood, that the poor man died in a few minutes. The prisoner, either at the time of receiving the wound, or, as is supposed by some, in pulling up the horse and leaning back, might have met the point of the sword. The poor man cried out, 44 Oh ! oh !" and fell backwards, the horse then going on a few yards. Major Gordon ran and assisted taking him off the horse, saying.64 For Gon's sake—will any person run for medical assistance and a Magistrate ?'.' as he wished to deliver himself up. He then delivered himself up to the Deputy of Ramsgate, saying, he was fearful he had killed the man, and he knew not what he should do, and had no idea how it could possibly have been done; fur he bad not the smallest intention to do so. The Coroner was instantly sent for, and a Jury summoned, who, after hearing a great mass of evidence, returned a verdict of Mintslaughteir against Major Gordon, who was last night committed, and sent to Sandwich to take his trial at the next Sessions in that town, on the 14th of April. The Coroner, R. EMSIERSON, jun. Esq. Mayor of Sandwich, delivered an excellent charge to the Jury, stating, that, in his opinion, the idea of wilful murder was quite opt of the question.