Star.
London, England, 1826-01-18 00:00:00

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It was sated in the STIR of the 13th instant, that the Detitit
the 67th Foot, which consiits Of nearly £OO rank and file, ha
been ordered tti march from Gosport to Chatham; they march.
in two Divisions • the Ist Division commenced its maryk.tin Mons
day, the 16th instant, and the second Division testerd4
Forty-five Recruits haye joined the Depot of the sad Font, at
Glasgow, within a feW days, and SO Recruits the Dept* of die
77th Foot, at Paisley, within the same period.
The lit and td Divisions of the td Battalion of the Rill 110-
gade embarked on the 10th ikst. on board the Cato and • Vibelii
transports; and the 3d Division of the earns corps embarked on the
11th init. on board the Sovereign transpoit, at Cork: fOr Melia.
A Detachment, consisting of Officers and privates beicitiging i 4
different Regiments in the West Inilies,emberkod, on the IStk
at Cowes, fur the purpose of joining their respective Capt., - '
The lit Division of the Depot of.the 19th Regiment of Infiniti ,/
has arrived, on board the Zephyr transport, at Chatham, front
Tynt mouth.
The Magistrates of Hams are taking Counsel's opinion to aster=.
tarn whether training and exercising. the Militia be that " active.
service," which entities their wives end fernlike to the County
allowance.

Mit.tria.—A circular letter has been addressed to every Militia
Regiment from the War Office, desiring the Colonels to direct the
&aff Officers to have every Fart of the clothing and bac essa ries iri
stores immediately sorted into lots of serviceable and unserviceable,
with accurate returns, Sac. in readiness for the inspection of Officers
specially appointed by the Board of Ordnance, who it appears are
to be sent all over the kingdom upon this service. It is also con-
templated to embody the Militia for training in the present year.

ORDNANCE-OFFICE, JAN. 14.
Corps of Royal Sappers and Miners.—Second Captain Mtwara
Matson, of the Corps of Royal Engineers, to be Adjutant, vice
Jones, who resigns the Adjutantcy.

COURT-MARTIAL.

At a General Court. Martial, held on the 4th and Sth instant, at
the Men Room of the Royal Marine Barracks, Chatham, com-
posed of Gaiters of the Line and Royal Marines, a private marine
named Foster, was found Guilty of striking Ensign Burnam, of the
19th Regiment. The prisoner having no witnesses to call, pleaded
intoxication' and handed in a written paper, containing a strong
appeal ro the feelings of the Members of the ourt, and submitting
himself to their mercy. He was sentenced to receive 600 lashes;
which sentence was carried into execution on the morning of the
9th instant, at the Spur Battery, near Fort Amherst, in the pre-
sence of the whole garrison, with a view of deterring his fellow
soldiers from the commission of a crime, the most subversive of all
military discipline, and which not unfrequently subjects the offender
o capital punishment.—Rockener Oazetts, Ja*. 17.

THE INDIAN ARMY.—GENERAL ORDER.
Head-quarters, Calcutta, July 27.
His Majesty has been pleased to appoint Major-General Jams
Nzenouo, C.D. to.the Staff of the Army serving in the East In-
dies,vice Major-General who has resigned.
By Order of bis Excelleacy the Commander-in-Chkf,
THOMAS MiIdAHON, Col. A.G.
THE OFF-RECKONING FUND.

Fort William, July 29, 1825.
The Governor-General in Council is pleased to direct that the
following extract of a general letter from the Honoarable the Court
of Directors, in the Military Depattment, under date 113 d March,.
1825, be published in General Orders:
" Para. 2..—With reference to our orders on the future succes-
sion of Officers to the benefit' of the Off-reekoning Fund, we find it
necessary to direct, that the amount of the annual advance to be
made to Officers who may succeed to half shares between the lit of
May, 1824, and the Ist of May, 1828, shall be the same as they
would have received on the old system, namely, p 543 from the
Fund, so long as they would have continued on the junior list, and
that irrso shall be the amount of the advance from the date when
they would have passed through this list ; of this last advance, 4001.
is to be made by the Fund, and 3501. from our Treasury.
" 3. These who succeed to half-shares after the Ist May, 1826,
and who will not be 'added to the benefits of compensation for the
difference between half and a full share, are to receive an advance
from the fund at the rate of 4001. per annum.
" WILLIAM CASEMENT, Lieut.-Colonel,
Secretary to Govt. Military Dept."