The Sun.
London, England, 1824-01-27 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

etachments belonging to the 54th and the
39ch Regiments of Infantry will march from the Isle of Wigbt,
on Thursday next, for Chatham.
Detachments belonging to the 30th, 46th, and the 41st Rcgi-•
ments of Foot, will march from Portsmouth, on Friday next,
for Chatham, to embark for India.
A division:of recruits belonging to the 95th Regiment of
Infantry will arrive to-day, and another to-morrow, at Win-
chester, from Ireland.

On the arrival of his Majesty's warrant in towriiiii itittho-
rising the raising the 98th Regiment of soot, the recruitintfor
that corps will immediately commence. . . .
Yesterday the Officers of- the Royal J-loree Guards gave a
grand dinner to the Officers of the 34th Regiment, at their
Cavalry. Barracks, Windsor.. The band of the Royal Horse
Guards attended, and played during the evening.

ARMY IN INDIA.

Head-Quarters, on the River, July 7, 1823.

GENERAL ORDERS.

At a General Court-Martial assembled at Fort. William on
the 17th June 1823, Lieut. John Maclean Wood, of his Ma-
jesty's 44th Regiment of Foot, was arraigned upon the under-
mentioned Charge, viz. •
For having in a scandalous, infamous manner, such as is un-
becoming the character of an Officer and a• Gentlemen, in
having on the evening of the 16th or morning of the 17th inst.,
when at the Officer's Mess Table of the 44th Regiment in • the
.Garrison of Fort William, said to Lieut. Scott of the same
Corps, " you lie," or " your are a liar," and immediately
after repeating the same offensive expressions, his former con-
duct as established before a, General Court-Martial, held at
Fort William on the 2d of January of this year, justifying the
conviction that he is habituated to such a departure from- the
rules of good manners.
(Signed) J. W. MORRISON,
Colonel and Lieut.-Colonel 44th Regiment.
Fort William, June 23, 1823.
Upon which Charge the Court came to the folloWing deci-
sion :—.

FINDING. The Court find the prisoner, Lieutenant John
Maclean Mood, of his Majesty's 44th Regiment,
.Guilty of
the Charge preferred against him with exception to the words
" scandalous and infamous" of which they consequently
acquit him, and do therefore sentence him to he.severely repri—
manded, at such time and place as his Excellency the Com-
mander in Chief shall direct.

The Court having passed this lenient sentence; owe it to
themselves to state, that they have been influenced by a consi-
deration of the great provocation which the prisoner received.
under peculiar circumstances, snd by the:very early contrition
accompanied with earnest offer of atonement which he evinced
in his letter to the Commanding Officer of his Regiment on the
following morning, which motives they hope will meet with the
approbation and concurrence of his Excellency.
Confirmed,
•
EDWARD PAGET,
General, Commander in Chief.

(Signed)

REMARKS BY THE, COMMANDER IN CHIEF.

The Commander in Chief confirms the sentence of the Gene-
ral Court Martial upon Lietit. Wood, although he can by no
means make up,his mind to approve it.
It appears that no provocation, no loss of reason resulting
from excess, no subsequent apology, can sufficiently excuse or
atone for the 'utterance of words, such as tHose which issued
from the mouth of Lieut. Wood.
It is thereto re with sentiments of the 'deepest regret, and of
uneasiness for the well being of society, that he finds so grave
an olfence•e,gwinst good manners so leniently and indulgently
visited by the sentence of a General Court Martial.
The Commander in Chief has done his best to vindicate the
honour of the Army from 'afoul stain.. It must rest with higher
authority to determine whether Lieut. Wood is still to continue
in the service, and:to set at defiance the established rules of de—
cenCy and decorum.

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Lieut. Wood. is released from arrest, and will proceed to
Europe in virtue of the leave of absence already granted to' him
for the purpose. ' • , s.
The foregoing Orders to be entered in the General oider
Book, and read at the head okeycry Itegitnent in his Majesty's
service in India.

By order of his Excellency 'the' Commander in Chief.
Mc3lAtty N Col. A. G.