Star.
London, England, 1825-04-21 00:00:00

THE ARMY AND MILITIA.

What is generally termed the " Mutiny Act," is just printed, in.
its customary form, for circulation through the Army. The follow-
ing are the additions introduced into the Act this year :
" And he it further enactedy That if any officer, set jeant, soldier,
or other person shall at any time wiffuliy and knowingly enlist any
man to serve WM: Majesty's regular forces, or in the forces of
the East India Company, who at the time of such enlisting shall be
enrolled or engaged to scree in the Militia, every such enlisting
shall be deemed null and void ; and every officer terjeant, soldier, or
other pergola, to whom any person !hail offer himself to enlist in his
Majesty's regular forces, sr in the forces of the East India Company,
shall ask such person whether he does or does not belong to the Mi-
litia; and every Justice of die Peace or Magistrate before whom
any person shall be taken, for the purpose of being attested under
the provisions of this Act, shall, before he shall attest or swear the
recruit, read or cause to be,read to him the notice contained in the
schedule to this Act annexed, marked D.D. and shall examine him
as tJ whether he does or does not belong to, the Militia, and shall re-
quire the recruit to sign a declaration in the form in the said sche-
dule; and in case any Militia-man, at the time of offering to enlist
as aforesaid, shall deny to the officer, serjeant, or other person
recruiting for men to enlist and serve in his Majesty's regular
forces, or in the forces of the East India Company; that he is at
the time of his offering so to enlist, a militia-man then actually
enrolled and engaged to serve, or in case any Militia-man'
shall deny to the Justice of the Peace or Magistrate, by or
before whom he shall be taken to be sworn and attested, that be
belongs to the Militia, every Militia-man so offending, shall, on
conviction thereof before any one Justice of the Peace of the county
where the offence was committed, or elsewhere in the United
' Kingdom, either upon oath of one witness, or upon his own con-
fession, or upon the production of the attestation, and the before-
mentioned declaration of such person, certified by the Secretary at
War, or Deputy Secretary at War, be committed to the common
gaol or House of Correction there to remain,withoot bail sr main-
prize, for and during any time not exceeding six Illwatits, over and
above any penalty or punishment to which such pampa so dreading
is or shall be otherwise liable ; and every person so offending shall,
from the day on which his engagement to serve in the Militia shall
end, and not sooner, belong as a soldier to the corps of his Ma-
jesty's regular forces, or of the East India Companys forces, into
which he shall have so enlisted : Provided always, that every such
person shall be liable to serve within the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, in the Regiment, Battalion, or Corps of his
Majesty's regulsr forces in which he has so enlisted, during all the
time the Militia to which he shall belong shall remain disembodied,
or shall not be called out for training or. exercise."
Added to clause regarding " Reward for taking up deserters :"
" Provided also, that no fee or reward shall be taken by any
Justice of the Peace or his Qerk for or in respect of any informa-
tion, examination, commitment, or any such report as aforesaid,
in relation to any deserter.
Fe Any man who is enrolled in the Militia, and,who, upon offer-
ing to enlist into the army, denies that he belongs to the Militia. is
liable, upon conviction before a Magistrate, to be committed to
prism for six months, over and above any other penalty or punish-
ment which he may thereby incur for obtaining money ea false
pretences."—There is no alteration Lithe Articles of War.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE

MANSION-HOUSE.

An Irishman named Carry was charged with causing a disturb-
ance at the General Post-office. It appeared that the clerks not
being able to give Mr. Corry a satisfactory answer to some en-
quiries, he commenced an harangue pro bone public*, and the honour
of his country. Although ragged, and not &farthing in his pocket"
he was equal to the best man amongst them, said MI. Corry. He
was literary, and had read as far as Virgil, and although be was a
Gentleman by birth, if nothing literary turned up, he would go a.
bricklaying, and get something to eat. A Marsbabnan recognised'
him as having brought a Jew to one of the police dices about a
year ago, for selling him a black fur a blue coat, when the Magis-
trate dismissed the complaint, by deciding that the accused was a
Jew, and the complainant an Irishman. " Was this justice r ex- .
claimed Mr. Corry ; and in the same breath requested his Lord-
ship to lend him a trifle to get something to eat. " How much r
said the Loan Marna. " A few halfpence," replied Mr. Curry.,
when his Lordship gave him three half crowns, and Curry went off,
showering his vociferous thanks upon his Lordship.