The Sun.
London, England, 1822-09-24 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

•GENERAL COURT-MARTIAL
DUPE OF WELLINGTON'S REGIMENT.DUPE
Hyde-Park Barracks Tuesday morning, 24th Sept.
A General Court-Martial commenced its sit-
h'lngs this morning for the trial of Captain JOHN
E 1", of the Royal Horse Guards (Blue), on
Prose,cution of Col. Sir It. C. HILL, (brother
r. that ,distinguished General, Lord Ihr.t.,)
which was composed of the following officers:—
PRESIDENT.
001. Hon. H. B. Lygon, M.P., Ist Life Guards.
MEMBERS.
R. H. Gds. Lt.-Col. rak, R. H. Gds.
Major Oakes, Ist Life Guards. Col. Vyse,D 2d eLife Guards.
`aPt. Wyatt, ditto. Major Macneil, ditto.
--Cox. ditto. Visct. Barnard, M.P., ditto.
Non, A ditto. Capt. F. Evelyn, ditto.
(I. 11. A. C.
Lege, dge,ito.
Tr (1* d
T. Bing gham,t ditto.
Yore es e, .night` non. J. Becket, udge-Advocate-General to the
.
De
,I,PLItY—J. A. Oldham, Esq.
he proceedings commenced, as usual, by pro-
rnulgatiog his Majesty's- Warrant, after which
v
Members and the Judge Advocate were
sworn.

The Charges were then read, of which the
Following
is a co
at py :
For neglecting to comply with a Regimental Order,
Zecl 18th April, 1821, respecting the settlement of his regi.
mental debts, due to the clerk of his troop ; though fre-
(ltletelitly""-.,applied to by the clerk of the troop for that purpose.
the • For disgraceful conduct, in giving two drafts to
mess-man of the regiment, on tho Agents, which drafts
I,b.ere dishonoured, about the 24th June and 7th July, 1822.
.1t•—" For being repeatedly absent from his Regiment
withoutleave in the year 1822 ;—all such conduct being
b'ghlY prejudicial to good order and military discipline, and,
tbeeotning
the character of an Officer and a Gentleman."

COURT MARTIAL ON CORPORAL GEORGE.
St 4. je°orr Martial was held on Saturday in' the Guard-room,
ItegirnarnesN,_ upon Corporal George, of the 2d or Coldstream
the Wnt of Guards, upon charges arising out of a late Court
4' on-Lieut.-Colonel Gore, which was instituted against
the °lone' upon the report of the Corporal, and terminated in
„Thronourable acquittal of the Colonel. The Court was, oc-
- vault in examining evidence for upwards of two hours. The
t of the Court Martial will be known in a few days.
Oltbrr,
RESPECTING TIIE CORRESPONDENCE

In . OF THE ARMY.
titticonuuctuig the business of the Army, the Military Corre.-
e:tee is to pass through' the Commander-in-Chief's Mill- I
PastZncletary-,, excepting such parts as.r,ela_te to particular de-
and which are hereafter specified.
THE ADJUTANT-GENERAL.
sly
correspondence which has for ita object the Arming and
othint,
13 ul Of the troops—(the supply of great coats to the Army
the excePtion to this order, these articles being issued under
*bleorders of the Secretary at War)—which relates to leave of
ricei the discharging or transporting of soldiers, appoint-
mentstitor removal of General or other Officers -to or from the
1144 the Recruiting the Army, Military Regulations, Che
all 11,g °l' casting, &c. of Horses in Regiments of Cavalry, and
xft Nects connected with the Discipline, Equipment, and
AcilienTcY of the Army, pass through the Adjutant-General.
Get. Lietters, Returns, and Reports, sent to the Adjutant-
to b:ral, which are not of a personal or confidential nature, are
tioat °dressed to the Adjutant-General of the Forces, Horse
Ands, London, without adjoining his name.
berii Ands
Letters, intended for the Deputy Adjutant-Ge-
ttig or other Officer belonging to the Department, are to be
ue 1
~arnaitted under cover, addressed as above, to the Adjutant-
Per
sit,addition to which, it is to be obserhd that all letters ad-
. there st. to the Adjutant-General, on subjects connected with
vice,, hating Service, are to have the words " Recruiting Ser-
written on the left hand corner.
THEqll QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL.
titbit i_aPPlications relating to the Marching, Embarking, Dis- ,
•t0.t.11,;`411,-, g, Quartering, Billetting, and Cantoning of Troops,
to b•- Change of Quarters, and the Relief of Detachments, are
Forces addressed direct to the Quartermaster-General of the
tnera!:'
~hY whom also orders are given relative to Encamp-
kork„T'ne issues of Camp Equipments, and the Supply of
,eataire,,. 'Waggons, Corn Sacks, and Water Pecks to the
'All
To respondence relating to Military Service, Geography,
14_4 - rgt
-aPhy • ' likewise Maps, Plans, and Dispositions for
ate to be transmitted to the Quarter-Master-General.
ft•eriemtitea for the march of Troops (except for the escort of
under es—sk PPlieations for routes for the roarch-of -Deserters
by the are to addressed to the Secretary. at War) to are• acknowf,,e Quarter-master-General, and their receipt is
(1.2•11 ofisci,Tged by return of post.
-vnerai letters intended for the Deputy Quarter-Master-
, or
Other Officers of that Department, are to be trans-
• > under cover, to the Quarter-Master-General.
THE.SECRETARY AT WAR.
eutifitiveafyttePiPaliirocastitoonsparyel,ative to Military Disbursements, or pe-
Allowances, &c. ; and all letters which
of their object the construction and explanation of Acts
fetete !intent
regarding Military science, or which have re-
Y) the eitt.9,tne Civil-Police of the country, are to be addressed
Opphignt Ronburable the Secretary at War.
let Lin o`„`„.COMMANDING DEPOTS AT HOME.
Ite-isi-ances Wherein General Officers, or Officers command-
titst, b•drien
fur letter may
' with hen Foreign Stations, have occasion to commu-
,• rutss, Officers in charge of General or Regimental
be established in Great Britain or Ireland,.
,i'enetaers are to be transmitted under cover to the Adjutant-
ofE
in ,„„,!'al Letters and Reports from General or other Offi-
Inrsaa„„---", roand, which are designed to be laid before the Com-
ing C"n-Chief, are to be signed by the General or Command-
, Jeer theers themselves and each letter is to refer to one sub-
'eorilyl
hed office
Letters from llead Quarters are to be acknow-
. eon,„, "Y the first -opportunity after the receipt thereof ; and
andin
g Officers of Regiments are to report, in their
•Z'realitseturrra, such general orders, official regulations, and
448 m..tilelttors, as they may have received during theeoprecciend-
recehr; pecifying their date and purport, the dat fb g
Oftealui from what department.
tiktif in making written reports or applications, are to
.b s,b,'eh under their signatures, their rank, and the Regiments
th b 1 Appi• eY e ong
Ications from. Regimental Officers must, in the first
eell,tkbe submitted to- the Commanding Officers of their
• tieseaPPlications, which the Commanding Officers of Re-
• tleept inn'aY find it necessary to make on points of duty, are,
LeaSe* of pressing and evident necessity, to be made
General Officers in command. •
("eatZt)uly subjects which are considered to be entirely Regi-
' carntti„l,,aud in which he of the General Officers
• q'ts fruing is not required, are the recommendations of 01E-
iosed Its Promotion or exchange; and the arrangements pro-
the Commanding Officers for the conducting of the
• 4,..41g Service: their recommendations on_the former sub-
pass through the Colonels of their Regiments to the
'keit "'der-in-Chief 's Military Secretary, and those on the
411,eet are to be addressed direct to the Adjutant-Gene-
,. and n the words " Recruiting Service" written on the left-
-4,11-°tuer of the cover, as before directed.
tketets Vlications from Non-Commissioned Officers, Trum-
"llriners, and Private Soldiers, relative to their dis-
Nkttlre,' transfers,' exchanges, and other subjects of a similar
atido, are to be made, through the Captains or Officers corn-
th g the T
e
rooPs or Companies to which they belong, to
ii,Cotorntno,, au,,.ditig Officers of their Regiments.
• tb-eix-Chiefirlcuontusg....oe ffiers, are to forwar.d, for the Commander-
• cOrtiz._,Ul ration, such applications from the men under
it,,Vrapani.:riu, as are deemed to be correct and
.reasonable,
'Aced to`r`' by a statement of' the grounds on which they are
cit,recommend that the requests may be granted.
Aptits
Debi) RESPECTING MILITARY DISCUSSION.
bittett, 'iteravintitl, . discu'ssions, among any class of military
„triarels,
agpptrtioet object of conveyin.g praise, censure, or any
ion towards their superiors, or others, are
eaultnip4tiYoPnronhcibited, as being subversive of discipline, and an as-
. hers to;twe,r which belongs to the King alone, or to those
gland air,sch.isl.Masesty may be pleased to entrust the
• Olt u disc Aline of his troops.
ko•t;Rs
RESPECTING THE EMBARKATION OF
k,,,Wv.hen a Re i SOLDIERS' WIVES.
•the g nient embarks for Garrison Duty on Foreign
eent ...hrtoportiaownfulfsvives of soldiers are permitted embark
l't'r'llssinned see% six to one hundred men, including non-
, hen rs.
4,les, tb„vgc ents are embarked for India, or for New South
m.?,,and, Lw! es of soldiers are permitted to embark with their
'" the
ar
gl. = Portion of twelve to one hundred men.
ment is embarked for active field service, the
Au soeb"aior s ntooldiers' wives is altogether forbidden.
tile bands,um of sold
ierts as are not permitted to embark
the raes of allowance authorized by the

Act of the 58 Geo. 111. chap. 92, will be granted; to enable
them to proceed to their homes, or other places at which they
intend to reside 'during the absence of their husbands on foreign
service.

•
MILITARY RECORD
OF LIEUT.-GEN. SIR S. AUCHMUTY G. C. 8.,
Late Colonel of the 78th Regiment of Foot, and Commander of

the Forces in I;:eland.

This Officer entered the service, in August, 1776, as a
Volunteer in the 45th Regiment of Foot, then with the army
under the command of the lace General Sir William Howe, in
North America.—He served in the campaigns of 1776, 1777,
and 1778, and was present at many of the principal actions,
particularly at Brooklyn and White Plains. On the 11th Jan-
uary, 1777, he received an Ensigncy, and on the 15th August,
1778, a Lieutenancy, in the 45th Foot.—ln November, 1778, he
returned with the 45th Regiment to England, exchanged on
the 21st Feb. 1783, into the 52d Foot, accompanied that regi-
ment to India, and on the Bth of Nov. 1788, he was appointed
to a Company in the 75th Foot.—He served in India from 1783
to 1796, principally in Staffsituations :—as Adjutant to the 52d;
Major of Brigade,. Military Secretary to Sir Robert Aber-
crombie ; Deputy-Quarter-blaster-General to the King's troops
in India; and afterwards Adjatant-General.--He served two
campaigns on the Malabar Coast, and in the Mysore. He was
also at the first siege of Seringapatam, under Lord Cornwallis.—
On the 30th April-, 1794, he received the brevet of Major ; on the
22d of the following September, that of Lieut.-Colonel ; and on.
the 2d September, 1795, the Majority of the 75th Regiment of
Foot.—Sir Samuel returned to England in 1797, received the
brevet of Colonel, the Ist Jan. 1800; and on the 25th of the
following September, was appointed Lieut.-Colonel of the
10th Foot. In the same year he was appointed to the command
of a Corps to be taken from the Cape of Good Hope, consisting
of the 61st Regiment, a troop of Cavalry, and a company of
Artillery. It was destined to attack the, French posts, at Co-
zier and Suez in the Red Sea, and was afterwards to be rein-
forced from India. In November, 1800, he sailed from Eng-
land ; and in the beginning of 1801, from the Cape, with the
troops under his orders. lie found General Baird, with the
Indian army, at Judda, and was appointed Adjutant-General
of the united forces. He landed at Cozier with the army, and
crossed the desert to Upper Egypt, and from thence proceeded
down the Nile to Alexandria. He was present at the surren-
der of Alexandria, and was afterwards appointed Adjutant,
General of Egypt, where be remained till the middle of 1802,
when he returned to England. In August, 1803, he was ap-
pointed Commandant oe the Isle of Thanet, and continued in
that command as Colonel and Brigadier-General till the middle
of 1806, when he was appointed Colonel of the 103 d Foot, and
ordered to served as Brig.-General, in South America, where he
arrived at the end of the year, and assumed the command of the
troops. In the beginning of 1807, he landed near Monte Video,
attacked and defeated the enemy, repulsed them again in a
general sortie from the town, and took that fortress by assault.
He continued in command in South America till the arrival of
Lieut.-General Whitelocke, and was present at the attack on
Buenos Ayres. In October, 1807, he returned to England,
and on the 25th Aug. 1808 he received the rank of Major-
General. Sir Samuel Auclunuty embarked for Madras on the
11th of May, 1810, being appointed Commander-in-Chief of
,the forces, under the Presidency of Fort George, and arrived
there on the 27th of the September following. He sailed from
Madras on the 30th of April, 1811, in command of an expe-
dition against the Island of Java; landed there the 4th of
August, took Batavia on the Bth, and assaulted and carried
the enemy's works at Cornelis on the 28th of the same month.
He again defeated the enemy on the Bth of September, near
Semarang, and on the 18th of the same month, the Island
surrendered by capitulation. He left Java on the Bth of Oct.
1811, and landed at Cannanore, on the Malabar Coast, on the
16th of Nov. from whence he proceeded by land to Madras.—
On the Gth of March, 1813, he embarked at Madras for Eng-
land, and landed on the 16th of the following August, at Deal.
Sir Samuel received the rank of Lieutenant-General in the
Army, on the 4th of June, 1813.