“between Hilsea and Portsmouth” might imply the Green Post or the Fountain, or a pub even further south at Portsea.
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A general Court Martial assembled at Portsmouth, on Friday, for the trial of several soldiers of the Inverness militia, for rioting at a public-house between Hilsea and Portsmouth, and striking an officer of the 42d regiment, in the execution of his duty; Lieutenant-Colonel Carne, East Essex, President.
— Caledonian Mercury, Saturday 09 January 1813 source
The name of the pub may be in records of the court martial, if they still exist. I’m sure I’ve read a more detailed account of a court martial related to a Hilsea pub - something about treasonous speech - but I can’t put my hand on it right now.
Some possible leads:
- https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N13632891
- https://www.thehighlandersmuseum.com/?page_id=26221
- https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-476103 ???
- https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/44th-east-essex-regiment-foot (this is Carne’s regiment)
- https://www.essexregiment.co.uk/mil1809e.html A Major Samuel Charles Carne on this list in 1809
- Major Samuel Charles Carne to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Rigby. Jan 10, 1810 - London Gazette https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16335/page/102/data.pdf
- https://www.jstor.org/stable/44230101 (if anyone reads this and has jstor access, my email address is below..)
- This is cool - hard to imagine it wandering around Hilsea: https://app.smartify.org/fi/objects/officers-coatee-of-the-inverness-shire-militia