The Sun. — 1817-05-16 (London, England)

PARLIAMENT.  lionsE COUMONS, rbtAV 15.  :11r. r;figNPELL gilve rmtiee, thin on the third reldiug of the Lottery till, he should move to repel! ii ehnse allowing the Bank 3,000/. for the &Awing of the Lottery. After a conversation between Mr. 'FREMAYNE and Mr, FittottaAtm, the third reading of the Salt Bill was postponed till Monday. TIMUER TRADE,.  Sir W. Ct7ItTIS presented a petition from sundry timber merchants, against certain clauses which the Commercial Dock Company are endeavouring 'to intrmlnce in a Bill now pending, the effect of which was to give them the monopoly of warehousing. timber. After'a few words from Mr. BARCLAY, AItICNISII ATKINS expressed. himself strongly against the Bill, and presented a Petition to a similar effect front the Grand Surrey Canal Company. The 'petitions were (Inlet ed to lie on the.tahle. CORRECT STATEMENT OF TEIE CdtitLISLL SOLDIEIt'S CAsE.  Mr. M. SOTrON, sesing a n liononrable Baronet in his.ptice, begged to say, that he had received Rn official statement respecting the soldier found (Irovrned at Carlisle. The lion. Baronet had stated- from the Carlisle Jaurnal,," that this man-haying asked vermission to marry, and having been reftibed, had absented himself without 'raw, and laid married; that for this offence be had been sentenced 1.1 tereive 200 lashes, and after the iniLiction of 100 was ordered to receive the remain der on a future day ; that under the dread of thk tre had drowned himself." ;An official return In :l • been made to the Adjutant -General's Office, and .the loos were as follow.:•---Tlte man, who was n suddier in the 13111 Light Dragoons, hod asked Mpermission to marry, and had been refused. '(The Boole must understand, that a refusal nil the port of the Officer did not prevent a soldier's marrying, or his Marrying without leave constitute any military OtTeno ; tint its the hart neks had only accontmodati4t for a certain number of females, it wits thougTit fit to ieitve a discretionary power in the Officer as to is hat females should be introAticed.; so dolt respectable women already there • tnight Dot be annoyed by the presence of abandoned females.) In the present instance the Commanditig Officer had refused his consent,beeau,e the man • was already marrie&—(llear 1)-110wever, the man absented himself for a considerable time, and pnrhaps went to Gretna-green, for he ret nroetl mar:. tied.. lie was tried for the military offence of be• ing: absent without leave, and wal sentenced to receive 200 lashes : 100 were inflicted,und the remainder were remitted on the spot. Some days afterwards • the man was found droivned, and there was tea son to belieye that his death was occasioned by suicide. Ilere lie should have stopped, but that tic thringlit something was due to the character of Major APAlistey, the commanding officer. lle 'Lad received a letter (which had been written vo-3 nogrily, and without 'tiny iniplity) from Sir J. Lyng, who .commanded in that district, stating the prtienlars of the case, Were the Honourable Alembic read the letter, the statement ire  coincided with that above given, and con• eluded to the following etTect :) " Had there heels any titling blam&ahle in the conduct of Major n, Mister, he should have thought it Isis duty to 'institute an inquiry ; hnt a July hail at on she betty, and %%ere satisfied that the Nilljor had done nothing wrung. They, indeed, eumitivred that the molve inducing the soldier to destroy hOnself was despair at having rashly married a Woman of abamloned character. lie knew Major NpAti„,„„ to be a mild !onetime !Tian, Much eateeased in his 'regiment i and Wes happy in having such an officer an station. Lord Lonsdak COold jry that this was not the first occasion on which he bad thus borne testimony to the Werit3 of that °Aker." •  Sir F.'lluanarrsaid, be had cast no imputation on any officer, and he did not even know the imam of Mdor M'Alister ; but he had gated tie: tact; a 33 ito instance or the mischief of tjifit kind of punidonent. On a former occasion, the House had tety gener.dly agreed that this species of pu. niihmeut was improper, mid could only be justi, Pied in foreign service ; 'but that at home and in peaee, there could he no necessity for it. After ,all,. it seemed that the mau had been punished for,inarrying ; but the commanding officer bud nothing to" chi with his niArrying twice ; an,i thouph it might he proper he should bare a poWer to elichitit abdru.k from the barracks, yet it Was un abase of all military law to punish man for marry=ing. Lie thought that the fear of farther panisloneur was much more likely to prOduee an act of suiehle titan the repentance arising from. a hasty marriage, and he had strong reason to belieVe that the satires sense of honour itad ren. tiered life intolerable after his disgrace ; tie should ,therefore bring the subject of military flogging I,;,;.aiu before the House. ; Vy Mr. MAstuatts Stirropt contended taro the in* noarahle Baronet had entirely mistakenillitn. The otficer's cometit h tcl been refused merely because be could nut give it ;. and surely a mats could be subject imputation because he had refused conlient to all illegal act. It was hard, if it inis'i its- execution of .that act committed-a known military crime and was pnnishett, that the pu,,,,;sment should he attributed to other grounds I,lld surely the officiAt statement of the facts was entit led to more credit than the Carlisle Journal., CLltiWicsl observed, that the Bon. flarenet lord cat no imputation' ou the conduct of Major N'Alister. •• • .  :ir FRANCIS lit/IMETT did not enmplaitt of the °hirer, but of th system of the army..  A:r W. SMUTti atiMitted, that the ,ukilty Would have been punished for a military offence, had it that be had deserted ; but as he !not only irs f.ritott himself, anti his.absence was styled it way; f,iir to infer that he was punished for in.irrying without the consent of his officer. Mr. M. SUTTON replied, that tlie mart was tried and sentenced hy. a Brigade! Court,martini, which not try deserters; lie had therefore been  IMO and 11111.1.1ted tiet Convma tints here ended.)  FURTHbft SUSPENSION OF THE IIiBLAS