The Sun.
London, England, 1827-10-06 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

AMERICAN LOYALISTS.-The pensions and allowances
which will become due to tie American Loyalists, on the
10th instant, will. be in course of payment on•the follow-
ing days, between eleven and one o'clock :—Wednesday,
the 10th' of October; Wednesday, the 17th inst; and on
the first Wednesday in each succeeding
.month.
Detachments belonging to the 14th and 40th Regiments
of Infantry have reeeiied orders to embark this morning,
on board a steam-vessel in the River, for Gravesend, on
route to Chatham. •

The 2d Division ,of the 70th Regiment of InEtntry ar-
rived on the 30th ult. at Cork, from Quebec.

The Depot of the 18th Regiment of Fobt arrived on the
Sd inst. at Devonport, from .Portsmouth.
`The Depot of the 55th Regiment, of Infantry arrived on
the 4th inst. at ,Chatham.

INDIAN ARMY.

HEAD-QUARTERS, CALCUTTA, ISr MARCH,. 1827.

At an European General Court' Martial assembled at
Fort William, on Friday the 9th of February, 1827, of-
which Lieut.-Colonel-Commandant Mossom Boyd, 65th
Regiment Native Infantry, is President, Assistant-Surgeon
Whitfield Grecnwell, of the Honourable Company's Medi-
cal Service, was arraigned upon the under-mentioned
charges, viz.
Ist Charge.—" Shameful dereliction of duty in the fol-
lowing instances, viz.:,
)Ft Count.<—" Neglecting, when in medical charge of a
Detachment of Artillery, in Sandowy, in Arracan, to
visit his patients iw the hospital, from the afternoon of
the 4th of SePtember until on `or about the 13th of Sep-
tember, 1826; • '
2d Count.—Neglecting, when in medical, charge of ihe
68th (or VOlunteer).Reginient of Native Infantry, at San-
doway, in Arracan, to visit his patients in the hospital,
from the afternoon of the sth September until on or about
the 13th of Septenaber,:lB26, during which period four
.patients died, and about fifty were constantly in hospital.
2d Charge.—" Conduct disgraceful t&the character of
an Officer and a gentleman, and such as to evinces total
disregard of his important professional duties, in being in a
state of continued intoxication, more, or less- under the in-
fluence of liquor, from the afternoon of the sth or Septem-
ber until on.or about the 13th of September, 1626, during
which period be (AsSistant.Surgeon Greenwell) was the
only Medical Officer at th.e station of Sandoway."
Upon which charges the 'Court came to the following
decision :—.

FINDING AND SEt4TENCE..—". :The Court having ma-
turely weighed the evidence beftire then', together with the
defence of the prisoner, do, find him, (Assistant--Surgeon
Whitfield Greenwell), upon the first charge, guilty of the
Ist count, which they consider a dereliction of duty.
Upon the 2d count, guilty of a shameful dereliction of
duty, as set forth in the count, excepting the Mornings of
the' 6th and of September, 1826, upon which As-
iistant-Surgeon Greenwell did visit the Hospital of the 68th
Regiment.
" Upon, the 2d charge, Guilty."
SENTENCE.—" The Court adjudge Assistant-Surgeos
Whitfield'Greenwell to be• discharged from the Service of
the Honourable Company."
Approved and Confirmed,
(Signed) COMRERMERE, General,
Commander-in- Ch ie f.
Remarks by the Right Honourable the Commander-in
Chief : • •
The nature of the charges which have been proved
apinst Mr. Greenwell, render it imperative on the Cern-
ri•ander-in-Chief to confirm the sentence. His Excellency
'cannot, however, refrain from expressing his regret that he
shoUld be so frequently called upon to 'enforce the penalty
awarded for intoxication againet those whose education and
rank in 'society aggravate the character of that deiradlng
vice.

Dir. \V. Greenwell is struck Off the strength of the army
from this date, and placed under charge of the Officiating
Town Major of Fort William. -

By order of hie Excellency the Commander-in Chiel
W. L. WATSON, Adjt.-Gen. of the An

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metamorphosis, and change into small flies ; and it is big
probable that the whole race of animalcules are the W(
stage of some vinegar aerial insect, in all its stages, invis,
to the naked eye.