The Sun.
London, England, 1824-01-17 00:00:00

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QUEEN-SQUAB:E.-CAUTION TO RECRUITING SER-
JEANTr..—Yesterday a man named Olaston, who stated him-
self to be a shoemaker at Kensington, entered the office with a
recruiting serjeant, who said he had enlisted him, but that he
was now willing to pay the smart.
The Magistrate asked the man when had he enlistad ?
" Your Worship," said the man, " I got tipsy on Christmas-
day last, and kept up the iprec till the following Saturday,.
when I met this serjeant at a public-house ; he was then in
coloured clothes ; I told him I was out of work, and he said
the best thing I could do would be to become a soldier; that a
shoe-maker could make a fortune in the army; and if I liked
he could get me into a good regiment. I agreed, and he gave
me a shilling, but I spent it upon all the company, and now
he says he will take me up for a deserter."
The Magistrate told the Serjeant this conduct was deroga-
tory to the principles of the Mutiny Act ; he had no right to
enlist a man in coloured clothes without rendering hiensclf
liable to a heavy punishment; and moreover when in a state of
intoxication, even if he was legally enlisted, he should have
'brought him before a Magistrate to be attested in twerity.:four
hours afterwards.

The Serjeant answered, that the man knew him to be a sol-
dier, that he was aware of his being enlisted next day, and pro-
mised to join it any time : he was now prepared to pay the
smart-money, if his Worship pleased.
The Magistrate observed, it was the frst time he had such a
case brought before him, therefore he would now overlook it,
but if such a thing happen again he will treat it differently.
Now lie will express his indignation by discharging the man
without pays :g the smart money.

ARMY IN INDIA.

[From th..l Calcutta Gazctte,ly 24, 1823.1

Heed-quarters en. the River, off Berlmrnpore, Ilth July.

GENERAL. ORDERS.—At a General Court-Martial assem-
bled at Fort William on Monday the 23d June, 1823, Lieute-
nant J. D. Carroll, of his Majesty's 86th Regiment, nominally
a Captain in his Majesty's 6th Regiment, under the yet un-
confirmed appointment of the late Commander in Chief in In-
dia, and Major of Brigade to the King's troops.at Madras, was
arraigned upon the undermentioned charges, viz._
For " behaving in a scandalous, infamous manner, such as is
unbecoming the character of an Of and a Gentleman," is
the following instances :

lon
ohv tie
rvi
n nmge tnrta nisam it tht
ee diut hi
lriot
aurgyh
Dt heen
to the Honourable the Governer-General in t a rlyi ttO st.Or tfarnceen ofa
tllhleemS eocrrica -1
Council, dated the
23th of May, 1823, in which he falsely and fraudulently sets
forth, that at the special desire and request of the Lite Gover-
nor General and Commander in Chief', the most Noble the Mar-
quis of Hastings, he compiled a Work, by which he had lost
the sum of sicca rupees 46,116-12, whilst in his Original Me-
morial to Lord Hastings, dated the 31st of August, 1818, which
has been found in the Office of the Secretary to the Government
in the Military Department, his loss on the same account is
stated to be sicca rupeee e ,
s °6 416-12.
2d. In having transmitted with the above-mentioned Me-
morial to the Honourable the Governor-General in Council,
dated the ,),_..zth of May of the present year, and in support of
' the same a paper purporting, and by him attested, to be a true
Copy of a Memorial, dated the 31st of Aug:lest 1818, and ad-
dressed to the late Governor General and Commander-in-Chief,
which paper is not only in itself an imperfect and fabricated
document, but also falsely and fraudulently sets forth his loss
on the Work in question to amount to Siccs. Rupees 46,116-12,
whereas in his own original Memorial, dated the 31st August I
1818, which has been found in the Office of the Secretary to
Government in the Military Department, the balance against
him is stated to amount to Sicca Rupees 26,416-12.
3d. In having transmitted with the above.mentioned Me-
morial to the Hon. the Governor-General in Council, dated the
28th of May of the Present year, a statement in which he false-
ly sets forth the particulars of the expence of the Work in
question to amount to Sicca Rupees 71,416-12, the return by
subscription and sale to have been Sicca Rupees 25,300, and
the loss to be Sicca Rupees 46,116-12, whereas in an original
statement signed by himself, found in the office of the Secre-
tary to Government in the Military Department, dated the 31st
of August R3lB, and sent up with the Original Memorial to
Lord Hastings Of that date the expence of the work is stated
at Sicca Rupees 51,416-12, the return by subscription and sale,
being in the said Original Memorial, stated to be Sicca Ru-
e,s 000, and the loss Sic 26 416 12 thee by frau-
pees a. , A„ , . ca Rupees , - , --e
clulentlY "
en at. ouring to obtain from the Government a Grant
or Lean to the amount of Rupees 19,700, in excess to the claim
formerly brought forward of Sicca Rupees 26.416-12.
4th. In having obtained from the Office of the Military Se-
cretary to His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, a copy of
a Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Doyle, Military Secretary to
the late Commander-in-Chief, dated the 22d of October, 1818,
and addressed to Lieutenant-Colonel Young, then Secretary to
Government in the Military Department, in which he has with
false and fraudulent intent erased and altered, or caused to be
erased and altered, the figures 26,416 12, to 46,116 12.
All and every part of such conduct being in breach of the
Articles of War.

Upon which charges the Court came to the following de.
cision :

Fispnai—After mature deliberation, the Court do find as
follows

That Lieutenant J. D. Carroll, of his 3lajesty's 86th Regi-
ment, nominally a Captain in his Majesty's 69th Regiment,
under the yet unconfirmed appointment of thelate Comtnarder-
in-Chief in India, and Major of Brigade to the ring's troops
at Madras, is guilty of the first specification of charge against
him—The Court do find him guilty of the second specifica-
tion of charge against him—The Court do find him guilty of
the third specification cf charge against him—The Court
do find him guilty of the fourth specification of charge against
him.

SE NT ENCE.---flaving found the prisoner, Lieutenant Car-
rolls of His Majesty's 86th regiment, nominally a Captain in
His :Majesty's 69th regiment, and Major of Brigade to the
King's Troops at Madras, guilty of the charges exhibited
against him, the Court do sentence him to be discharged from
His Majesty's Service.
Approved and confirmed,
(Signed) - EDWARD AGET, General
and Commander-in-Chief in India.

The foregoing Order to be entered in the Ger.cral Order
Book, }lna read at :he head of 'every Regiment in Hialt.jesty's"
Service in India. -

By Order of His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief.
- THOS. M`MAHON, Col. A. CO.

EXTRAORD/NARY SIMILAkITY OF Twm.,.—A
Mr. Smart, who keeps the Wynstay Arms Inn,
at Ruthin, Denbighshire, has two daughters,
twins : they are so surprisingly alike, that not enly
strangers but even their own parents find it dith-
cult to name them when apart : they seem almost
to possess bnt one mind, are very uneasy, if
not dressed exactly • alike to the smallest
minutia, have each one particular tooth that
stands forward more than the rest, and a few
years back one bed a tooth extracted, and on
examination the other was found to 'have the
same tooth in , nearly the same state of de-
cay ; if a question is asked one of them, they ge-
nerally both answer; their friendships and dislikes
are always the same ; if one is struck. the other
seems toTeel it equally by the distress she evinces ;
if. either of then is unwell the other sickens in
a day or two afterwards ; they are inset arable
companions—eat alike—think alike—act alike,
in short the sympathy existing between these
children, has been the astonishment of the whole
neighbourhood.,