Star.
London, England, 1828-09-19 00:00:00

AST INDIAN COURTS MARTIAL

CALCUTTA.
Head• Quarters, Camp 'burgher, Feb. 18, DIM
GENEJtAL ORDERS.
At a Court Martial held at Ballary, on the Sd day of January,
1828, Lieutenant James McConchy. of Ms Majesty's 48th Rye*
Inent of Foot, was arraigned on the following charges, viz.—
" Lieutenant James McConchy, of his Majesty's 48th Regiment
of Foot, placed in confinement on the following charges
".Ist. For the wilful murder of Lieutenant James Fraser, of
the llth Regiment of Native Infantry, at Ballary, on the 20th of
October, 1827, by shooting him with a pistol ball, whereof the said
Lieutenant James Fraser died at the same place on the same day.
" 2d. For being present, aiding, and abetting at the wilful mur-
der of Lieutenant James Fraser, of the 11th Regiment of Nativelnfantry, at Ballary, on the 20th of October, 1827."
• Upon which charges the Court came to the following decision!:
• " The Court, having maturely weighed and considered the whole
• or the evidence brought forward in support of the prosecution, as
well as what the prisoner Lieutenant James McConchy bath urged
• in his defence, is of opimion "
Finding on the Ist charge--" That the Khmer is not guilty."
On the 2d charge—" That the prisoner is net guilty."
" The Court, having found the prisoner not *Why, doth acquit
tbAaid Lieutenant Jamer Baca:itchy of the charges preferred
against him." Confirmed,
(Signed) G. T. WALKER, Lieut.-Genera
At a General Court Martial held at Binary on the Sib day of
January, 1828, Lieutenant and Brevet Captain Robert Wood
house, of his Majesty's 48th Foot, was arraigned on the following
charge, viz.—
" Lieutenant and Brevet Captain Robert Woodhouse, of his
Majesty's 48th Regiment of Foot, placed in confinement en the
following charge—
" For being present, aiding, and abetting at the wilful murder of
Lieutenant James Fraser, of the 11th Regiment of Native Infantry,
at Ballary, or. the 20th October, 1827:
Upon which charge the Court canto to the following decision—
" The Court having most maturely weighed and considered the
whale of the evidence brought forward in support of the present-
don, as well as what the prisoner, Captain Robert Weidhome,
bath urged in his defence, is of opinion—
" That the prisoner, Lieutenant and Brevet Captain Robert
Woodhouse, of his Majesty's 48th Regiment of Foot, is not guilty
of the charge preferred against him, and doth therefore acquit him
of the same." Confirmed,
(Signed) G. T. WALKER, Lieut. Gen.
The prisoners, Lieutenant McConchy and Lieutenant and Brevet
Captain Woodhouse, are to be released front arrest, and will re-
turn to their duty.
the foregoing Orders are to be entered in the General Order
Book, and read at the head of every Regiment is his Majesty's
service ler India.

By order of the Commander in Chief.
WI L LOU GH BY COTTON,
Adjutant General of his Majesty's Forms in India.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

sl4ur.s Amnia Tins Day..-Dublin I—Watestord I—France 1—
Hatnburgh 2—Holand I—America 1.
The Laura, Dimwit, bound to London, put back to St. John's,
New Brunswick, 20th July, very leaky, having struck on a rock,
and has discharged to repair.

DIAL, Sanwa& 111.—. Wind R.
Pearswonn, Sorrow's& 13.—Wind
Pormoars. San. 17.—Wind S.S. E.—Arrived the Lady Gor-
don. Bow.. from Bombay. Off port, the Helena, from Calcutta.
Balled the William and Ann, Sivas, and Gasymede, —, ter Hud-
son's Bay.
Fautourn, SZIPT. 17.—Wind E. to S.S.B.—Arrived the Mary,
31‘ flume, from Batavia, with loss of bulwarks, Ate. and one man
overboard; alos arrived the Marquis of Salisbury packet, from
Bermuda—sailed 2d ultimo, and from Halifax 17th.
Liminess. Sart. 17.—Arrived the Charles Forbes, —, from
• either. _ _

• Pinapcs, Scrr. 17.—Arrived the Kell

the Cape of -Good Hope.
Maus, Sarv. 16.—Arrived the Kelton, Moos. from Trinidad ;
Emerald Isle, Mora, from London. in 71 hours from the Downs.
Wavaavoao, Sam 15.—Wind ES Eo—Arrived the Caroline,
Soasato, from Palermo; Jane, Docroa, from St. Petershargh.
- • Cosa, &PT. !R.—Wind EA E.— Arrived the Hopitt, brim
parr, from Kin Janeiro; African, Jonas, from Jamaica.

11110/1 TUB PLTIILOUTM sousarar., Wt. 17.
In Hamoaae, the Britannia, Windsor Castle, Bombay, Trineslo,
laseur, Antelope: at the Island, Bramble. Nightingale; in the
&sad, Pylades, Britomart. Leveret. Prager*, Dutch corvette.
A letter, of which the following is a copy, was at the close of
the late experimental cruise addressed by Sir Hanes Ikacewaos
to Captain Hawses, of the Britannia:
" Prince Regent, off the Lizard, nth Sept. 1828.
" Ste—l request you will accept my thanks for the readiness
with which you have met my views, and for your efforts and eget.-
dens In seconding them in the performance of the various duties
during the last ender ; and I have also to beg you will convey the
sante to the *dicers, seamen, and marines of his Majesty's ship
under your command, whose general zeal I have had much pleasure
io witnessing, and whose bring at marks has been my admiration.
" I am, Sir, your very bumble servant,
" HENRY BLACKWOOD, Vice-Admiral."

SHOAL IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.
• The following communication, respecting a dangerous shoal
lately discovered in the Atlantic Ocean, has been received trawl
Captain James Porter. of the barque Science, of this port : •
" On my passage to Archangel, I was informed by my chief
mate, Alexander Munn, that when be was master of the brig Jo•
sh Hume, of Greenock. Rattray master. on her passage from
. Mobile to Liverpool, on the 224 of August, lint they discovered
a sand bank in lat. 59. North, and longitude calculated back from'
the day on which they sounded on the eastern edge of the Grand
"Bank of Newfoundland, to be 64. 20. West, and that they passed
close to, saw the white sand above water, and sounded where the
vsmisel then was, and found 20 fathoms, sandy bottom, a quarter of
- a mile of. ' '

" The mate requested of the muter permission to go far s few
buckets of sand, but be would not grant it. The bank was ob-
served by the mate from the brig 'S mast-bead to be of a horse-shoe
farm, the opening•of die shoe facing the &W. and appeared in
length to be not more than half or three quarters of a mile. As
this dangerous bank lies directly in tbe tract of all vessels pursuing
a nortb-easterly course from the Gulph of Florida, I deem it my
duty to give• it the earliest publicity, in the hopes that it will be the
means of caving many valuable lives and much property.
" Many of our vessels from Jamaica, Honduras, New °deem,
&c. are supposed to but foundered at sea, when this bank or reef
may have caused the loss of several, as it lies with out-stretched
arms to receive them.
• " I hope you will lose no time in making this publiely known,
as it is of so much importance to shipowners and seamen. The
. longitude here given cannot be supposed to be altogether correct,
as it was not determined by chronometer or lunar observatioe.
think that one of his Majesty's smaller vessels of war on the Ber-
ated& station could not be better employed that in ascertaining the
tree position of this very dangerous shoeL
"JAMES PORTER.
" Greenock, 13th September, 1828.
" P.S.-,-.on interrogating Mr. Munn further, respecting the
above shoo!, be stated that they were obliged to bear up, and sail
is the westward of it in deep water, and supposed it to be on the
awns edge of the Gelph stream."—Gramme Akertiser.

The Princess VoLionsar, accompanied by a large
party of fashionabies, visited the Mint yesterday, and inspected
she copper coinage, to the great satisfaction of her Highness and
suite. _

Yesterday an elderly Lady. named Dirkin, was in
conversation with two other feasales in the road near

Sydney's alley, Leicester fields, when a carriage drove
►y the spot in a furious manner, and the wheel coming
. against bet, she was knocked down oo the road, and
else wheels passed over her. She was taken to a star•
geon's-near the spot for assistance, and afterwards con•
'eyed to the Middle►es Hospital, whete she now lies
in a danferous state, several of her ribs being fractured;
and her person otherwise injured.

DOVER, Sam 17.
On Saturday last the Superb steam venal left Lon-
don for Boulogne, with above two hundred passengers,
but not &trivia; off that port until long after dark, and
the wind blowing strong, the master did not think it
prudent to enter, and bore up for Calais, which port
she reached in safety. At day light, when the passe&
gets were about to go" on shore, various inquiries were
made as to the nearest way to Hotels de Londres, de
rEurope. Bonaparte's Tower, kc. fully conceiving they
were in Boulogne harbour ; they were, however, soon
undeceived, when a curious scene of tumult and con-
fusion took place on board—threats were held out that
the vessel would be taken by force to Boulogne, and
that violence would be done upon the master and mate;
indeed, we were informed that the latter was obliged to
hide himself to prevent some of the live cargo wreaking
their vengeance upon the unlucky wight. To amend
the matter, the packet from hence had landed 153 pas-
sengers the preceding day, the Lord Melville 100 and
upwards, and about a similar number had reached Ca-
lais from Paris, and the line of road from thence, so
that no accommodation could be obtained at the inns
for love or money. Upon this information, the unfor-
tunate passengers were nearly bereft of reason, and
they swore they would take the town vi d amis. ln
their struggle a strange misapplication of upper Benin-
mins, &c. took place, and some of the party went on
shore with one top-boot and one red morocco slipper;
amongst whom was particularly noticed a fat butcher,
from West Smithfield ; others were equally incongru-
ous in their apparel ; at length, by the departure of thel
packets for Dover, and the diligence' for Paris, accom-
modation was afforded to the almost exhausted crew ;
and by dint of a good breakfast, their anger was 'oast
-
what appeased, and the mate enabled to return from
his hiding place.