The Sun.
London, England, 1824-03-10 00:00:00

COURT MARTIAL.

Horse Guards Feb. 24 1824,
At a General Court Martial held at Fort-William, in Ben-
gal, on the 23d June, and subsequent days, Lieutenant John
Doyle Carroll, of his Majesty's 86th Regiment, (nominally a
Captain in his Majesty's 69th Regiment, under the yet uncon-
firmed appointment of the late Commander-in-Chief in India')
and Major of brigade to the King's troops at Madras, was tried
upon the following charges, viz.
" For behaving in a scandalous infamous manner, such as is
unbecoming the character of an Officer, and a Gentleman, i°
the following instances :-
Ist. " In having transmitted through the office of the Secre-
tary to Government in the Military Department, a memorial to
the Hon. the Governor-General in Council, dated 28th May,
1823, in which he falsely and fraudulently sets forth, that
at the special desire and request of the late Goveral-Gene-
ral and Commander-in-Chief, the most Noble the Marquis of
Hastings, he compiled a work, by which he had lost the sum
of is. rs. 46116. 12 whilst his original memorial to Lora
Hastings, dated the 31st August, 1818, which has been found
in the office of the Secretary to Government in the Military
Department, his loss on the same account is stated to be
sa. re. 26416.12."
2d. " In having transmitted with the above-mentioned me-
morial to the Hon. the Governor-General in Council, dated the
28th of May, 1823, and in support of the same, a paper, pur-
porting, and by himself attested to be a true copy of a me-
morial, dated 31st August, 1818, and addressed to the late Go-
vernor-General and Commander-in-Chief, which paper is not
only in itself an imperfect and fabricated document, but also
falsely and fraudently sets forth his loss on the work in ques-
tion to amount to sa. rs. 46,116. 12. whereas in his own original
memorial, dated on :31st August, 1818, which has been fount'
in the office of the Secretary to Government in the Military
Department, the balance against him is stated to amount to
sa. rs. 26,416. 12."

I "3d. In having transmitted with the above-mentioned me'
morial to the Hon. the Governor-General in Council, dated
28th May, 1823. a statement, in which he falsely sets forth the
particulars of the expence of the work in question to amount to
sicca rupees 71416. 12. the return by subscription and sale to
have been sicca rupees, 25300. and the loss to be sicca rupees
46116. 12., whereas in an original statement, signed by himself;
found in the Office of the Secretary to Government in the Mi-
litary Department, dated 31st August, 1818, and sent up with
the original memorial to Lord Hastings ofthat date, the expence
of the work is stated sicca rupees 51416. 12. the return by sub-
scription and sale being in the said original memorial stated to
be sicca rupees 25000., and the loss to be sicca rupees 26416.
12., thereby fraudulently endeavouring to obtain from the a grant or loan to the amount of rupees 19700 in
excess to the claim formerly brought forward of sicca rupees
26410. 12."

4th. " In having obtained from the office of the Military
Secretary to his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief a coil/
of a letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Doyle, Military Secretary
to the late Commander-in-Chief, dated 23d 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 figure 26,416. 12. to
46,116. 12.
" After mature deliberation the Court do find as follows
That Lieutenant John Doyle Carroll, of his Majesty 86th
regiment (nominally a Captain in his Majesty's 69th regiment,
under the yet unconfirmed appointment of the late Comman-
der-in-Chief in India), and Major of Brigade to the King's
troops at Madras, is—Guilty of the first specification of charge
against him.
"The Court do find him—Guilty of the second specification
of charge against him.
" The Court do find him--:Guilty of the third specification
of charge against him.
" The Court do find him—Guilty of the fourth specification
of charge against him."
c. Having found the Prisoner, Lieut. John Doyle Carroll, of
his Majesty's 86th Regiment, (nominally a Captain in his Ma-
jesty'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."
Which sentence has been approved and confirmed by the
Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in India.

A SCRAP FOR Tfis CRISDULOUL—A Western
paper (United States) mentions the following as an easy method
of taking owls :—When you discover one on a tree, and find
that it is looking at you, all you have to do is to move quickly
round the tree several times, when the owl's attention will be
so firmly fixed, that, forgetting the necessity of turning its body
with its head, it will follow your motions until it wrings its head
off !=—Well done, Jonathan !

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BIRTH.
On Tuesday, the 9th inst., the lady of Frederick Tyrrell,
Esq., surgeon of St. Thomas's Hospital, of a daughter.

MARRIED.

On Thursday, the 4th inst., at the seat of the Hon. Mrs-
Ramsay, Barnton, near Edinburgh, Sir Thomas 'Woollastoo
White, of Wallingwells, in the county of Nottingham, Bart.,
to Georgiana, daughter of the late George Ramsay, Esq.
On Tuesday, the 9th inst., at St. Mary's, Islington, Richard
Smith, jun., Esq., of Stoke Newington, to Mary Ann, youngest
daughter of the Rev. Adam Clarke, LL.D., F.A.S., of Canon-
bury-square, Islington.
On the 9th inst. at St, :Mary's, Lambeth, George Smith,
Esq., of Basingliall-street, solicitor, to Sophia Mary, second
daughter of the late Christopher Foss, Esq., of Portman-street,
Portman-square.

DIED.
On the 10th December, 1823, on board the Percy, Captain
Sayers, on her passage to St. Vincent's, whither he was pro-
ceeding for the benefit of his health, Mr. William George Rat-
tenbury, aged 21, ledest son of Mr. William Rattenbury,
builder, Fore and Aft Dock, East-lane, Bermondsey.
On Tuesday, the 9th instant, Mr. Thomas Hall, of No. 69-
Bishopsgate-street-without, linen-draper.
On the 7th March, Harriet Rebecca, youngest daughter of
George Joail, Esq., of Dartmouth-row, Blackheath, aged 19._

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