Star.
London, England, 1829-06-08 00:00:00

GI UAL COULTS 111.11111114 L.

" Head Quarters, Camp Mind, Dec. 49,1543.
In continuation of the proceedings of a European General Court
Martial asaembkd at Agra, on the eth of November, 1828, of which
Lieutenant Colonel W. W. Davis, of the 13th Regiment of Native
Infantry is President, Lieutenant William Herbert Wood Mid-
turd. of the 24 European Regiment, was arraigned on the follow.
Ing charges:
Cuarroa—" With conduct highly insubordinate and prejudicial
to good order and military discipline, in the billowing instances—
viz. :

" 1. In not having mounted regimental quarter guard, on the
Bth of October, 1828, although warned for that duty in regimental
orders of the preceding day, and subsequently directed, officially.
on the Bth of October, by the Adjutant of the Regiment, to pro:
eyed to take the duty.
" 2. In having written to the Adjutant of the Regiment a note,
dated 7th, and received by that Officer on the morning of the Bth
of October, 1828, stating his (Lieutenant Midford's) determination
not to do any more duty, and containing other expressions to the
same purport, and having personally declared to the Adjutant (who
waited upon him by order of the commanding Officer of the Regi-
ment in consequence of the receipt of the abovementioned note)
that be (Lieutenant Medford) would not do any mots duty.
Auniestrasat Caraues.—* For conduct disgraceful to the charac-
ter of an Officer and a ,Gentleman, and in direct violation of the
Articles of War, in haviag, whilst under arrest, on the 24th of
November, / SU (the day fur which be had been previously warned
to attend before a General Court Martial to assemble for his trial),
quitted the cantonments at Agra, and proceeded to the garden of
Rantbagh, on the opposite bank of the river Jumna, from which
place he was brought back, on the afternoon or evening of the same
day, in charge of a party of soldiers sent to apprehend him."
Upon which charges the Court came to the following decision :
FINDING MID Szersoca.—" The Coutt are of opinion that the
prisoner is guilty of both counts of the charge, and that he is also
guilty of the additional charge; and they du sentence him, Lieut
William Hubert Wood Midford. of the ed Euruprait Regiment,
to be cashiered."

Approved and confirmed,
(Signed) COMUER MERE, General.
In continuation of the proceedings of the same G I Court
Martial, &curd Lieutenant John George Campbell, of the Artil-
lery Regiment, was arraigned on the following charge :
Cuaaoa—" With having on the 24th of November. 12210, whilst
under arrest, and awaiting the decision of the Commander in Chief
upon the proceedings of a General Court Martial, which bad re-
cently been held tor his (Lieutenant Campbell's trial, quitted the
cantonments at Agra, and proceeded to the garden of itambagh,
on the oppo-ite bank of the river Jumna,where he was found in a
state ot intozication, on the afternoon or evening of the same day,
by a party of soldiers sent out to apprehend another Officer. Such
conduct bring disgraceful to the character of an Officer and a Gen-
Rennin, and tu direct violation of the Articles of War."
Upon which charge the Court came to the following decision—
Fumes AND Sturrancs—" The Court are of opinion that the
prisoner in guilty of the whole of the charge preferred against him,
and do. thermore' sentence him, Second Lieutenant John George
Campbell, of the Artillery Regiment, to be cashiered."
Approved and confirmed,
(Signed) COM BERPdERII, General,
Commander in Chief.

Lieutenant Midford and Second Lieutenant Campbell are to be
struck off the strength of t►e Army, from the date on which the
Order may be published at Agra, and will proceed without delay
to Fort William. tin their arrival there, the Town Maier will be
pleased to take the necessary steps for providing Mr. Mulford and
Mr. Campbell wit► pa.sages to England.
By order of his Excellency the Commander ill Chief,
CHRIS. PAGAN, Adjutant General of the Army.

Satorday st lad belonging to a livery-stable in Park-
ins, %Sig) exescising a horse up and down the lane;
whew the animal suddenly became restive, threw him,
and killed him on the split. •
Saturday morning, Mr. Parkinson, a young man,
aged 2.5, son of Mr. Parkinson, surveyor. Southampton-
street, Pentonville, went out about seven o'clock. for the
purpose of bathing in the basin of the Regent's Canal.
near Battlebridge, and was shortly afterwards found
drowned. The body was taken to the Maidenhead
public-house, Battlebridge, there to await a Coronet's
Inquest.
Wednesday evening last, the inhuman parent of a
fine female infant, about a month old, abandoned her
offspring by placing it in a ditch in a field called Turn-
ham-green-fields, in the parish of Acton. Between ail
and seven o'clock that evening, as a labouring man was
returning home from his work, he happened to see
something lying in the ditch, and having the curiosity
to ascertain what it was, immediately descended into
the hollow, and to his utter astonishment found an in-
(ant, wrapped op in a piece of old .blaaketting. There
was a piece of dark-coloured ribaod tied so tightly
round its neck, that it would not have survived strati-
'gelation many hours' longer. The man who discovered
the child carried-it to the workhouse 'and deposited it
there. The pasis)t officers have offered ak reward for
theappeekeseiod of the usaatural parent.