Star.
London, England, 1829-10-02 00:00:00

Thursday a Garrison Court Martial was held at the Govetn-
mect House, Mount Wise, for the trial of private Martin Houlan,
of the 29th Regiment of Foot, upon the following charges :
for deserting from the reserve companies of that Regiment, when
stationed at Tralee, in the county of Kerry, in Ireland, on the 15th
of April, 1827, and continuing absent till brought back a pri-
soner under escort on the 20th of September, 1829. Secondly, for
at the same time making away with his great coat and all his regi-
mental necessaries. He was found guilty upon both charges, and
sentenced by the Court to three months solitary confinement, to be
kept under stoppages till the great coat and other articles are paid
for, and to be branded with the letter D, in the manner prescribed
by the 10th article of the Mutiny Act.

(CIRCULAR.)—MEMORANDUM.
Horse-Guards, Sept. 24,1829.
With reference to Article 16 of the Regulations of the Bth of
December last, for the Service and Reserve Companies of Regi-
me:its on Foreign Stations, the General Commanding-in-Chief is
pleased to direct that the Regiments serving in Tropical Climates
shall not enlist any Recruits under the age of Twenty years; and
that in consideration of such restriction as to Age, those Regiments
(excepting the Cavalry) shall be permitted to take Recruits of the
height of five feet dx inches, being one inch under the general
standard.

An extract of the Article above alluded to regarding the selec-
tion of Men to be sent out to Regiments in Tropical Climates is
annexed ; and Commanding Officers of Regiments and Depots, and
Officers employed on the Recruiting Service, are enjoined to use
the utmost vigilance in judging the age of such Recruits as offer
themselves, so as to prevent the introduction into the Service of any
under the prescribed age.
By General Lord Hill's command,
H. TAYLOR, Adjutant-General.
Extract from the Regulations for the command, general superin-
tendance, and management of the Reserve Companies of Re-
giments on Foreign Stations, dated Horse Guards, Bth Decem-
ber, 1828 :

" In the selection of men to complete the service companies,
and more especially those stationed in hot climates, attention must
be paid to the age and constitution of the individuals, so that
the draft may consist, as far as possible, of the oldest and most
seasoned recruits, and therefore best qualified to bear the effects of
a change of climate. The opinion of the medical officer must of
course be consulted in the selection."

Lieutenant limier and Ensign O'Grady, with two sergeants and
list? rank and file, from the reserve 27th Foot, and Captain
Stapley and Lieut. Rainforth, with three sergeants, and sixty-one
rank and file, from the reserve of the 35th Foot, embarked on
Saturday morning on borrd the Amphitrite transport, in St. He-
lier's Pier, and sailed immediately for Portsmouth, in order to
proceed to join the service companies of their respective corps in
the West Indies. Captain Johnstone, 27th, and Surgeon Ton-
nere, 35th Foot, join these detachments at Portsmouth.—Jersey
British Prins.

Yesterday the 47th Regiment of Foot, about 500 strong, under
the command of Col. Allington, marched into this town from Chat-
ham, on route to the Isle of Wight. This regiment landed at
Gravesend a week ago from India, where it had been stationed 25
years. About 15 years ago a detachment of 500 men passed
through Maidstone on its way to join the regiment, and of this
number only three have returned, the Adjutant and two privates,
while no less than 30 women belonging to the same detachment
hay.. survived their husbands. A considerable portion of the re-
giment is now composed of convicts, whose terms of transportation
at Van Diemen's Land having expired, they have enlisted, recruit-
ing parties being constantly stationed at Sydney for that purpose.
We understand that this way of reinforcing the regiments in India
is very general, the men having no means of getting to England
when their sentences have been executed, and, we may hope, are
*nosily reformed, after having undergone the punishment of their
offences.—Maidstone Auriga

From the Sydney Gazette, March 28.
GENERAL ORDER.

Sydney, March 18.
The Court of Inquiry, which was assembled on the 11th inst.
for the purpose of investigating the allegations of the Sydney Mender
of the 9:11 inst.—namely, that Capt. Crotty, of the 59ch Regiment,
was in a state of inebriation on the night of the 27th ult. when he,
being on duty, turned out the main guard in George-street three
several times; having reported its proceedings, the Lieut.-General
is pleased to notify that there does not appear to have been any
ground for believing that Captain Crotty was, on the occasion al-
luded to, in a state of inebriation, or in any degree incompetent to
the discharge of his duty. The circumstance of Capt. Crotty having
turned out the mainguard three several times in the course of his
rounds, when Captain of the day, rather furnishes a proof of his at-
tention to his duty than otherwise, conceiving. as he did, that the
guard was not sufficiently alert in receiving him. Capt. Crotty
visited several other guards immediately afterwards; he appears to
have examined them attentively, and to have questioned those non-
commissioned officers respecting their duty. None of these natl.
commissioned officers were reprimanded by Capt. Crotty, nor did
they perceive any thing unusual in his manner or conduct on the
occasion. The Court, in order to obtain still further, and, if possi.
ble, more satisfactory information respecting the allegations con-
tallied in the Sydney Monitor, examined some of the officers who
dined with Captain Crotty, and who had more immediately an
opportunity of observing him, one of whom states he sat near
him, and the other that he sat opposite to hint. .Both these
officers considered Captain Crotty to be perfectly fit for duty.
Desirous as the Lieutenant-General has been to pass without
cotice the various calumnies which have appeared iu the oppo-
sition papers, he has felt it will be impossible, with justice to
Captain Crotty, or the corps to which he belongs, to permit so
serious, and, as it now appears, so foul a charge to be published
without a full and particular investigation of the grounds on
which it rested. The Lieutenant-General cannot dirmias this
subject without expressing a hope that the Officers and soldiers
whom he has the honour to command, will feel that their character
is too well established to be affected by either :la censure or praise
of the Sydney Monitor. The Lieutenant-General is pleased to
direct that the Court, of which Lieutenant-Colonel Allen, of the
57th Regiment, is President, be dissolved.—By command,
(Signed) H. SNODGRASS,
Lieut.-Col. and Major of Brigade.
" GENERAL ORDERS.

" Sydney, March 20, 1829.

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" No. I.—The Lieutenant-General is pleased to order that
private David Wright, of the 57th Regiment, who arrived yester-
day from Moreton Bay, the period of his transportation having
expired, shall rejoin his Regiment.
s' No 3.—The Lieutenant-General is further pleased to order
that private Patrick Thomson, of the 57th Regiment, who was also
transported to Muretun Bay, shall join the detacament of his regi-
ment stationed at that settlement.

" No. 3 —Private David Wright is to be taken on the strength
, of hi. regiment trout the Sd February last, on which day the period
of his transportation expired ; and private Patrick Thomson from
the Yd inst. the day on which orders were given tor his pardon.
" Nu. 4.-1 he Lieut.-General is glad to think that the commis-
sion of felonies has been checked by the measures which have
been adopted, and he trusts that the circumstance, of these men
having been sent back to their regiments, and continuing the other
delinquents in the service who maimed and disabled themselves,
will be a buticient proof that soldiers will not get rid of the ser-
vice by the commission of any crime which they commit with
that view.