Portsmouth, March 9.
. -o^rt-:nasrtual ha heen held ot board his Majesty's ship Q'tIcn C'!or-lot'.. for the trial of Percy Grace, Esq., commander of his M2laxtsrt' s0n- - Cyrenr, on chartes preferred against him by Mr. 'ihoT.mas Colinrs. M1ast.r of that sloop. *re iarrges. as re2d to the Cottrt, were as followr:- For a bresch of parr of the eighth article of war, in taking out t th,e FrenTh 'chooner Li Ca roline. sundry goodl, soineof which Ver-e ven away- the re-T-.st:Jer brought on board, and applied to h- -rn Wle. FFor xt- *e ;n position to the orders of the Admiralty, in se- s.erely rerut.tr manres and seamen, and ftotging others on their hrerc't. without cnterine the Samne in the quarterly report of punish- rn"nts anid chi-a's 1ng-book. * For unoii. er-like conduct, in bringing on board, at Prince's sia_Jd& a mnlLtttn slave-bosv, belonging to one of the inhabitant of tTlatlce. k-uowt inw him to,be 'ucband landintg hihni at Sietra Leone. -- For apllving his Maje"tv's stores to purposes unconnected with the servicc. The Co'rurz were occupied ludri,ue Friday and Saturday in exatnin- inic witnesses in suptport ot the prouectttion, and on Monday Captain C-rac entered on his defence. which havine gone througlh, and the ,ecrV wttflnsaes to suuPoTt it being examined, the Court, after T-a-xu,rc Lclibcration, came to the following decision:- - That it appears that suindry goo(ls were taken out of the French ,Zh,),-er &A Ct r0lpi,r. as stated in the before-mentioned charge, but that cO ;mzt Mrnmf w.rs applird to ltis o-rwn use. but were given avay, and the value thern of satitactorily accounted for with the captain of tbe French schonner, and tnat such charge has ntot been proved aaarUst the s .id Percy (Grace, Esq. ThSt thc chaTgCs of unofficer-like condetct, in brinzingon board, .? prince's Island. a ulatto slave boy, knowing him to be such, and of applying his lajeicty's stores to purposes unconnected with t.7e service, have also iol b':cn pro-ed against the said 1,cy ,race. Eb'q. But that the above-mentionedc ca.rges are unfoutpded,friva!o"s, That the charge of severely starting' marines and seamen, and f=iS-c ptisers on thcir breech, wvithout entering the same in the qartieriv report of punishments and ship's log-book, has been in part pryved again,: the said Percy Grace, Eiq.. and the Court, n conefoucnacc. do only admonish him t to be more eircumspect in ; ;'It appeared in evidencc. that there were only six instances where .in to s place on board the CyrCuZ ; yet, as that was a mode of *j,dne3tlt dicountenanced during the last few years, although exienit than that practisied at the gtangway, and was in no in- !a.e svce. dc Colrt con5idleretd themselves under the.neces- u oinrltiein this deviatioi fir;nm the presentc e5tomof the service, e]} e.ligjt m 3r~ they have dotse.- - - P)RTSM(OUTH. ArIdcul 9.