Star.
London, England, 1826-07-21 00:00:00

INDIAN ARMY.

It is said that Use 37th and 13th King's are to advance toward
Ummerapoora, taking a route into the interior, on the east bank of
the Irrawuddy, and rvioining Sir Ascirmar.o Camrszu. higher up
the stream. It is bored that in this line of march they will be able
to pick up cattle, and other supplies for the army.

GENERAL COURT MARTIAL

"Head.quarten, January 5, 11122.
At a General Court Martial held at Head-quarters of the Grand
Army, Camp, before Blurtpore' on the 22d day of Dec. 1925,
Lieutenant Edward Griffiths, of his Majesty's S9tb Rev. of Foot,

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was arraigned on the following charges, viz.—
" I st Charge.—For coming to the mess of his Majesty's Sikh:Rev.
on the afternoon of the itstb Nov. 1825, in a state of intoxication,
such conduct being disgraceful to the character of an Officer and a

•` 2d Cbarge.—/Per being drunk on the morning of the 25th No-
vember, 1825, whilst the Regiment was no the march front Fe-
rosabad to Rtamadpore, both charges bast in breach of the Arti-
cles of War."

DZURZIL&TION.—The Court having maturely weighed the evi•
deuce for the prosecution, and for the defence, and what the prisoner
bath urged in his justification—
Futmo—Do nod him, the said Lieutenant Edward Griffiths,
of his Majesty's 59th Not, guilty of the charges, and of every part
thereof.
Sawrincs.—The Court adjudge the prisoner, Lieutenant Edward
GriEtbs, of his Majesty's 59th Foot, to be cashiered.
Approved and confirmed, but, in consideration of his distressed
circumstances, as represented by his Commanding Officer, his
length of service, and his having purchased Ms first Commission,
Mr. Gtifllths will be recommended to be allowed the sale of his
Ensignc y. (Signed) COMBERM ERE, Gen.
Commander-in-Chief in India.

Mr. GriMtbs is to be struck off the strength of the Seth Rep.
from the date of this order being made known to him, and he is to
be directed to repair to Calcutta forthwith, where, upon his arrival,
he will report himself to the Town Major of Fort William.
The foregoing- Order to be entered in the General Order-book,
and read at the bead oikevery Regiment in his Majesty's service-.
in ludia.

The watering-places, 'hitherto' 'the favourite recep-
tacles (or the deposit of loose cub, begin to Acne striking symptoms
of the present scarcity of that commodity. • '
On the 12th of June the baptism or tiint,Grand
ichess ELIZABDTH took place at Moscow, necorting
ceremonial
to the confirmed
Ibtlfetiei 'ropeHal Mal sty.
Her Maissrt the' Panpreis 4 e.wat present, and
was sponsor. 'After the cerem•my het:, Als.rairr gay.s
a grand dinner, and the whole thy lies
.:1t is, reported at Bourdeaux that M. D. Vitt.44;'
brotl,er to the President of the Council nf Mini.ters; Pt-
intended to be the successor of the ArChhishop of Bout-
,
DEAmr, cleceletdr.
Letters fro* Gibraltar, dated the 29th ult: state that
the Republican Colombi.rn frigate has been taken pos-
session of by order of the Governor of the garrisorr,,in
consequence of evidence that some-of the prizes taken
had British property' on Board.- - ,
ENoLIsM OPERA House.—Lest night PATON
made her re-appearancerafter her severe indisposition, as
Rosina, in the Barber. of Seville, and we. were happy to
find that,though some trace of indisposition atilliema ins,
she went -through the 'p.m With her usual ability. In-
deed it is one.admirably suited both to her vocal_ and
dramatic powers, and we know no finer specimen of
both than in the pianoforte song,
.14 44 old man suould be
wooing," which was most enthusiastically-encored, and
her whole performance did her as much credit as an
actress as .a singer. Mr. POISON still continues to
improve, and the Oeera seemed to give the greatest
satisfac kin to a numerous and elegant audience.
The Reports from the Gaols, which were ordered by
the last Parliament, have been lately published. We
most earnestly desire that every person in- the empire
could have it in his power to examine these'Reports. It
would be seen by them how attentive, bow correct, how,
exact, how minute, is the superintendence over every-,
department of p.rison dicipline under the eye of the.
present Government. his now althost impossible that
any abuses should occur without immediate detection;
it is altogether impossible that any vestige of Are tyran-
nical conduct which prevailed in our prisons—as it
indeed prevailed' in all. prisons where, for wbbtever
reasons, the final superintending power was inaccessible.
or accessible with great difficulty, should be• again
complained of. • • • •
A Captain of an Indiaman purchased two Of the
largest draught horses he could get in this kingdom,.
and carried them to Calcutta, where he sold them to

some one, who resold them to the Nawaub ofLucknow
'for 10,000 rupeei (12501.) They were fine animals; and
he took great delight in :hewing them to the native
Gentlemen, calling them the English elephants. F:0! a-
long time he amused ,himself 'daily is seeing what a
quantitj of grain they devoured at each snail; is fact;
they were never put to any use whatever's. mid were;
soon killed by over feeding.. .
Attan is the Fantee name for twin, and all twiatborn
in Fantee bear that name, the mothers of..whorn,aie,flOcl'
in much estimation for being. thus prolific. -.ln Asvisi?,
(on the same coast) the reverse takes plaice; for ihece
the mothers of twins are compared to goats, and they
as well as their offspring, are not unfrequentlydesttoyed.
AFRICAN JuouLaas.—Two massi dubu,,orjniglers,
came to my door. Two snakes were let out of a bag,
when one of the jugglers began to
shoat a little drum.
The snakes immediately reared themselves on their tail.
and made a kind of sham dance. The juggler after-
wards played various tricks with them, sometimes
wreathing them round his neck, coiling them
_in his
bosom, or throwing them among the people. On
pointing his finger at their mouth, they immediately
raised themselves up in an attitude to spring forward,
but after having exasperated them to the irtritost,•be
had only to spit in their face to make them' retreat
quite crest-fallen. I measured one of them—it was six
feet three inches long. The venomous flings had been
extracted ; but still, to guard against all possible injury,
the fellow who played tricks with them hid • a large'
roll of cloth wound round the right arm. Tbeir:bite is
said to be mortals and to prove fatal to a horse c r a cow
•in Milan hour.—depperlon's Discovcrieit in Africa. ,