Star.
London, England, 1825-02-25 00:00:00

THE ARMY IN IRELAND.

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The following movements have lately taken place in the Army in
Ireland :

The 66th Font from Lanesborough to Boyle.
The Ist Veteran Battalion from Cong to Clare, Mayo.
The le Battalion of the Ist Foot from Clare to Caatlebar.

Detachments of the 2d Veterin Battalion front Maghera, Maghe-
rafelt, and Strouian, toLondonderry; and from Ballymena toßelfast.
A Detachment of the 84th Foot from Mullinabac for Clonmel.
A second Draft of the let R )yals, from Castlebar, will shortly
proceed to join the 2d Battalion, in India.
Monday, Major Nl'Douoatt. and Captain Rosnison's Companies
of the 25th Regiment, marched from Ennis for Athlone, to relieve
the 730. The remainder of the 25th will continue at Ennis until
after the Assizes, when they will their proceed to Athlone.
The 7Sth Highlanders will leave Dublin in the course of this
week, and will replace the numerous detachments of the 25th in the
County of Clare.

The LORD LIIIIITNANT of IRELAND has appointed BERREFORD
GROAN, Esq. Brigade-Major of Yeomanry, for the Counties of
Donegal and Londonderry, •ice Thomas Palates, Esq. deceased.
GENERAL COURT-MARTIAL, •
Held at Up• Park Camp, Jamaica, on the Bth of October, 1824,
for the trial of Paymaster JAMII Hors JOHNSTON 11zietraone,
of the 92d Regiment.

Heass GUARDS, 24TH JANUARY' 11125.
At a General Court- Martial held at Up-Park Camp Barracks,
Jamaica, en the Bth of October, 1824. and continued by adjnurn-
mexts the 12th of the same month, Paymaster JAMS! Nora
JOHNSTON Illaccuotos of the 92d Regiment, was arraigned upon
the undermentioned Charges

• Ist. For suppressing, when interrogated before a Court of
Enquiry held at Fort Augusta, on the 10th ultimo (Septem-
ber), for the purpose of investigating the circumstances of an
altercation between Captain Warren aad Ensign Wilton, of
the 924 Regiment, nib following evidence, afterwards given by
him, the prisoner, Paymaster Meiklejohn, before a. General
Court-Martial, convened at Up-Park Camp, for the trial of the
- said Captain Wirren, of the 92d Regiment, viz. ' that they
were then separated, and Captain Warren was going away,
when Mr. Wilton exclaimed, ' Oh, you coward !' I then ob-
served that Captain Was ren was returning, I stopped him by
putting my hand on his breast, and telling him to recollect
himself, I took him by the elbow, and turning him round, ad-
vised him to go away, I followed him a pace or two,
until I saw him go out of the door and turn towards his
own room.' Whereas, on the Court. of Enquiry above al-
luded to, the prisoner, Paymaster Meiklejohn, concludes his
account of the transaction in the following words, viz. that
6 while Mr. Richardson held one hand (Mr. Wilton's), I loos-
ened the other, by which Captain Warren was held, when
Captain Warren went into, his own room.' Such suppres-
sion of evidence being in direct disobedience .of the lawful
commands of his superior Officer. Major Charieton. by whom
be was ordered to state;wkbout reservation, everything he had
witnessed touching the affray between Captain Warren and
Ensign Wilton, and proving especially that that part of his
evidence, namely, when Captain Warren went into his
own room,' was untrue."
"?d. For :hewing an evident disinclination to state anything
which could implicate the said Captain Warren, of the 924
Regiment, when he, the prisoner was interrogated before
the aforesaid Court f Enquiry, assembled at Fort Augusta,
on the 10th of September, to investigate the circumstances
of an altercation between aptain Warren and Ensign Wilton
of the same Corps, such conduct being contrary to good order,
injurious to his Majesty's service, and tending to subvert the
discipline of the 92d Regiment."
Upon which Charges the Court came to the following decision:
" The Court having attentively heard, recorded, and most deli-
berately weighed and considered, the whole of the evidence ad-
duced in support of the Charges preferred against Paymaster
Meiklejohn, of the 92d Regiment, together with all the circum-
stances brought forward in evidence by the prisoner, as wen in
course of the prosecution, as after, and in testimony of his defences,
is of opinion that he, the prisoner, Paymaster James Hope John-
ston Meiklejohn, is Guilty of the whole of the first Charge.
With regard to the second Charge, the Court is of opinion, that
Paymaster Meiklejohn is guilty, to the extent that he did not give
his evidence before the aforesaid Court of Enquiry, either to the
full extent of his knowledge of the transaction, or with that can-
dour and zeal for the public service which be ought to have mani-
fested on such an important occasion.
" But under all the circumstances of the case, and believing,both
from former character and the evidence on record, in course of this
trial, that the prisoner erred from no fixed or premeditated inten-
tion of screening Captain Warren at the Court of Enquiry, the
Court is induced to mitigate its award ; and therefore, for the
Charges as aforesaid, of which the prisoner is found Guilty, the
Court does sentence and adjudge him, Paymaster James Hope John-
ston Meikiejohn, of the 92d Regiment, to be publicly and severely
reprimanded, in such manner as his Majesty may be graciously
pleased to direct."
His Mantsvr has been pleased to approve and confirm the
finding and sentence of the Court, as well as the conclusion
which the Court has drawn in its fair and legitimate judgment
upon the evidence,-so as to induce a more lenient sentence than a
conviction upon such charges would otherwise elicit : and his MA•
a rare has been pleased to command that the reprimand adjudged
by the Court, should be expressed to the prisoner, Paymaster
JANKS Hues Jnnteri n M.JKLIJOHN, of the 92d Regiment, at
such time, and in suck place, as the Commanding General in Ja-
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meicA maY deem proper.
His iteYal Highness the Cosulasnixa-m-Cmtar directs that the
foregoing Charges preferred against Paymaster MOILS/011N,
together with the finding and sentence of the Court, and his Ma-
leer?* Pleasure thereon, shall be entered in the General Order
Hook, and read at the head of every Regiment in his Majesty's
service.—Hy command of his Rcyal Highness the Commander-
in-Chief.
(Signed) HENRY TORRENS, Adjutant-General.

Witibscsa, FEBRUARY 24.—Yesterday afternoon, his
MAJESTY arrived at the Itoyal Lodge in his travelling carriage
and lour, accompanied by the Marquis CONTNOHAI4 with outriders,
and an escort of Ilussars from Hounslow Barracks.
The Princess SoPHIA paid a visit to her Royal
Brother, the Duke of Your, yesterday.
Signor ALvAries, ivho has been appointed Minister
Plenipotentiary for the Government of Buenos Ayres to the Dic-
TATO,. of Perm, proceeded on his mission to Moisvms, on the sth
of December.
DIORAMA.—It v.ith .omem hat of tiv. regret. of
parting with an old friend, that we hear the Proprietors of the
Diorama intend to close their resent attractive Exhibition to-
motrow, in order to produce another novelty—a" View of the
Ruins of liolyrond Chapel." We certainly think that there must
he a great number of pi-reolts who have not yet seen the'Views of
Chartres Cathedral and Brest Harbour; and many others, who
would be tempted by, the present fine weather. again to visit the
Dittrama ' • we aboold therefore huggest to the Proprietors is con-
e mite theEallibition open= a week or two longer.'

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• • ,-041111110+— *: .• "Or .74 ;
The Active, Ihniovaut, from Amsterdam to tie . 4,11$
upset and abindoned 115 d ttit."ln lei. $7. long. IS. Crew me
Pcvssourn, lea. 23.—Wind E.—Arrived the Williatif,
from St. Michael's, in twelve days. Off the port, the Minerva of
New York, from Charleston for Antwerp; and the Honourable
Company's ship Kent, Cosa, fur India. Sailed the Lynx, Flynt,
for Lagnyra.
Pmersarouvo, Fes. !4. —Wind S. E. —Arrived the Noma
transport, from the Mediterranean. Sailed his :Majesty's ship
Courtier, for the Coast of Africa.
DIAL, Fn. 24.-agWiiid E.—Passed through from the River;
L'.lllle, CLAIM, for the !oath Seas Borneo, Russ, for Madras;
and Britannia, fluor, for lAsbon.
Ltrzarocn., FEL S.S.E.a—Arrived the Seaforth,
M‘Dowaz, and Boodle, GRAY, from Demerara—sailed 13th Ja-
nuary; Bristol, BUCKHAU, from Alexandria (64—sailed ul st Jan.
Martins Meattouvr,from Mobile; and Shamrock, Rox,fron•Smyttla.
Amssuasaar, its. 19.—The flora, Tobnv, from London to
Newcastle, has put into Delfzel, with loss of mainmast. The
Beyde Syrenen, Teromasost' sailed from Buzum fur Hull on the
tOth October, and is supposed to be lost, a piece of timber having
been picked up, with her name on it.

CAPTAIN FRANKLIN'S OVERLAND
EXPEDITION.

On leaving New York, Captain Franklin and party
will proceed-by the Lake Erie Canal, through Lake
Huron and Lake Superior, to Fort William, the first of -
the Hudson's Bay Company's settlements ; and from
thence by the river communication to Winipeg, Atha-
basca, Slave, and Great Bev Lakes. Near the latter
place, the winter quarters of the travellers will be fixed,
where the above Company have already built a house,
and laid up provisions, and where they expect to be
met by sixteen able-bodied seamen, all natives of Ar-
gylesiiire, who were sent out last season, and ss ho have
had ample time to forward the instruments and luggage
intrusted to their care. In their voyage through the prin-
cipal lakes, the travellers will be conveyed in Amer cal
steam-boats, and when this accommodation ceases, they
will procute, as formerly, the services of stout Canadian
boatmen. Ankhere we may mention one of the greate•t
evils attendant on the expedition, namely, that it re-
quires upwards of twelve months to convey them to
what may be called the starting point of discovery.
—ln many respects, their winter-quarters will be pretty
comfortable. Fuel and provisions have been provided
in abundance, and• though glass cannot be carried to
such high latitudes, and their windows must be formed
of oiled parchment, a rude sort of candle, which is
made from the fat of the elk and other animals, will
enable them to read arid write, and perform various
other necessary operations. At times, too, they may
venture out of doors, buAle on their sno,v-shoes, and,
by boring holes in the thick ribbed ice of Mackenzie's
River, set, their nets, and drag many kinds of fish " into
day," which, from their enorntous size, would he re-
garded as monsters in the finerclimates of the South.
In this way they may partake of many a savoury meal.
Water must he the sole beverage of both officers and
men, with the exception of two solitary gallons of
wine, included in the Bill of Lading for the Arctic
Circle, and which are husbanded for a carousal at the
approach of spring, and previous to prosecuting the
ulterior objects of the expedition.
In Spring, Captain Franklin, and his old companion
Mr. Back, who goes out on promotion, with one-half
of the party, will proceed down Mackenzie's River,
and from thence explore the coast to the westward, as
far, as Icy Cape and Behring's Straits. here Captain
Beechy is appointed to force a passage by the coast,
meet the patty, and convey them to China in his ves-
sel, the Blossom, which is at present fitting out at
Deptford, and will by and bye proceed to double Cape
Horn, with the view of getting into 'the S mth Sea.
On the other hand, Dr. Richardson's party, including
Mr. Kendal, who was assistant surveyor in Captain
Lyon's late Expedition, will separate from Captain F.
at the mouth of Mac kelizie's River, to explore the
country stretching to the eastward, as far as the Cop-
permine River. In this excursion the extensive track of
mountain country, abounding in copper ore, and fields
of coal, will occupy much of our townsman's attention.-
-The Forfarshire botanist, Mr. Drum-mind, accom-
panies the expedition pat t of the way ►o collect botanical
and zoological specimens, and the liberality of Govern-.
ment has provided an able naturalist to' assist Captain
Beechy, so that the natural history of this division of
oor American dominions bids fair at length to be effec-
tually investigated. Alter landing Captain Franklin
at Canton, Captain Beechy, will take in provisions and
return to Behring's Straits the follnwing season, with
the view of succouring Captain Parry; and should that
hardy mariner appear on the coast, or should he even
leave land marks behind him, w•e need scarcely allude
to the eager interest, we had almost said feeling of
veneration, with . whiCh these monuments of the pro-
gress of science will be approached by our weal y tar-
travelled countrymen.
From the judicious nature of the arrangements that
have been formed, none of the sad disasters ;hat betel
the Expedition on a former occasion are anticipated.—
From the sixteen sailors that went out list year, the
most gratifying accounts have-already been received,
as well as from the agents of the Hudson's Bay Com-
pany, who have formed depots of provisions along the
whole route, and otherwise forwarded the views of the
travellers to the utmost of their power. Indeed,.the
union of the two fur companies into 'one, under the
name of the Hticlson's Bay Company, is a most for tu-
nate circumstance for the interests of science, and has
enabled the Directors to remove stumbling-bloks from
the path of discovery that were neatly as formidable
as the rigours of the climate in the former divided state
of the country. The want of the canoes which asete
abandoned at Cape Tim, again, from weakness and fa-
tigue, proved a terrible bar to the crossing of rivers;
but on this occasion a water-proof canvas boat has been
provided, so admirably contrived that it may be se-
parated into pieces which each of the patty may stow
into his knapsack, or in his pocked—Dumfries Coupler.

CORN EXCHANGE, AIARKAANE, FEB. 21
The arrivali of all sorts of Grain have increased considerauly fate
Wednesday. There is rather more life in the trade for fine
and such samples have obtained rather more money than on A:ess..
day ; bet in other qualities-there is no improt Raley ..f
prime quality alone commands attention at la-t quotations; other
sorts are still very dull. Wan/ and Peas are unaltered. OAS find
sale on much the same terms as Monday. In the Fknr trade there
is rather more life.
Arrivals.—English Wheat, 6,100 qrs. Barley, 9,1.00 qrs. Oats,
9,700 qrs. Irish Oat■, 11,050 qrs. English Flour, 7101) sacks.
SMITHFIELD MARKET, FEBRUARY 25. -
The price of Beef remains nearly as on Monday, the best Oxen
fetching ss. to 51. ed. per stone, few, however, teaching the last price.
Inferior Beasts are dull sale at 45. to 4s: ad. per stone. Ilu.tuts
remains nearly as on fast market-day, fine Downs, Maiden Ewe*,
&c. being quoted at Ss. 9.d to Ss. &I. pet stone; and coarser 40 4d. to
4s. 10d. Veal remains very firm tit 6s. 6d. to 6s: Bd. per store for
the best young Calves, and 5... 6.1. to 6s. 2d. for larger. In Puri
there is no sari"'

Calves, 110.
Bet f, 4s. 4d. toss.
to 6s. od. Pork ss. 2d.
Clover, £4 10s. to A 5

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eariatioa.—Beasts, 454 ; Sluep, 2,40 ; Ytjs, 90 ;
Id. to ss. 9d. Mutton, 41. Bd. to ss. ed. 'foal, ss.
rk ss. 2d. to 6s. per load, AZ se. to 15 Os.
Os. to as 101. Straw, ,C 2 to All 9s.