Star.
London, England, 1820-09-20 00:00:00

TIIR ARMY.

'A troop of the Royal Irish, or 4th Dragoons, took
up its quarters at Whitehaven on Monday se'nnight.
The .33d Regiment is slim tly expected in Cork
from England.
The 42d Highlanders that went to Waterford to
assist in garrison duty, have marched to head-quar-
ters at Kilkenny.

Monday se'nnight three companies of the 9th
Royal Veteran Battalion marched into Cork from
Wicklow, and embark‘i next morning for England.
111 e 23d (Royal Welsh Fusileeis) and 41st are re-
ported to be the first regiments intended for foreign
service. The 4lst is destined for New South Wales.
The report of the 12th regiMent being ordered for
the -West Indies, is without foundation. This regi-
ment is now in Dublin, and without any orders of
embarking for England, as was also reported.
In consequence of the detached state of the dif-
ferent regiments, and the great difficulty of obtain-
ing suitable medical aid at the out-quarters, it is
determined to add an additional Assistant-Surgeon
to every regiment in the service. Strict orders have
been issued to the Medical Department to refer to the
half-pay list before any new appointments are made.

COURT-MARTIAL.

HORSE GUARDS, SEPTEMBER 19.

• A Court-Martial was held on Lieutenant-Colonel
ST. Gtonoe FRENCH, of the Gth regiment of Dragoon
Guards, on charges preferred against him by. General
the Earl of CA RmAserrom, Colonel of the regiment.
—The members of the Court-Martial met at ten
o'clock in the room on the first floor looking into St.
'James's Park. The following are the names ot. the
Officers commanded by the COMMA SIDER-IN-CHIEF
to try the •alidity of the charges :

Lieutenant-General Baownt President.
Major-General Fraser Colonel Sir G. Campbell
Major-General G. P. Adams Colonel Sir H. C. Hill
"Major-General the Hun. Sir Lieut.-Colonel A. Warburton
Charles GreviUe, K.C.B. Li%Att.-Colonel Sir A. Dickson
Major-General Sir Edw. Ker- Lieut.-Colonel E. Morland
risen, K.C. B. Lieut.-Colonel 11. Wyndham
Colonel fiber Lieut.-Colonel C. M. Baker
Culotta G. Quentin Lieut.-Colonel C. Mann.
WOOLLASTON, Esq. Judge-Advortte.•

The members having been sworn, the JUDGE-
ADVOCATE then read the charges.
First—For conduct highly improper and unbecoming the
character cf a Commanding Officer, in keeping a woman in bar-
racks, calling he; by the name of Mrs. French, though not his
wife, and continually being and taking his meals with her, instead
of presiding at the mess with the Officers of his regiment, and
for travellit!g in all marches with her in an open carriage, in the
uniform of te regiment, and particularly from Manchester to
Birmingham, in the year 1818, and from Birmingham to New-
castle-upon-'Tyne, in July 1819, and for direct disobedience in
still keeping and maintaining her in barracks, after receiving an
order in writing from General the Earl of Carhampton, as
Colonel of the said regiment, while stationed at Newcastle-
upoo-Tyne, dated on or about the 29th of February, 1820, di-
recting him to remove her therefrom, such conduct being a gross
and scandalous outrage on society in general, and particularly to
the married Officers, and shelving a bad example as Command-
ing Officer to the junior Officers of the 6th regiment in parti:ular.
Second—For inflicting a greater punishment on Serjeants
M•Loughlin, Byrne. and Gilroy, than was awarded them by the
sentence of a Regimental Court-Martial, held at Birmingham
Barracks, the 17th June, 1819, by ordering them on guard every
other day during their suspension ; and further, that they should
be confined to the barracks, except when on duty, during the
said period, as an additional punishment.
Third—For conduct highly unbecoming the character of an
Officer, in having, during the last three years, and particularly
between the months of August, in the year 1817, and June, in
the year 1818, while the Regiment was stationed at Manchester
Barracks ' • and also, between the months of June, in the year
1818, and July, in the year 1819, while the Regiment was sta-
tioned at Birmingham; and also, between the months of July,
11819, and July, 1820, while the Regiment was stationed at
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, openly and publicly dealt in horses, by
keeping in his stables at the respective barracks and stations of
the Regiment, divers horses for sale, not only to the Officers of
ale Regiment, but to dicers other persons, and employing Vete-
irinary Surgeon Hayward, of the same Regiment; and more
particularly between the months of January and Jane, 1819, to
proceed from Birmingham to Gloucestershire, to purchase and
procure such horses for the purpose of sale; and having during
the last three years, at the several times and places above stated,
solo such horses to divers purchasers, to the great scandal and
discreair of the service Ind to the prejudice of good order and
military discipline.
Fourth—For fraudulent arid unbecoming conduct in the sale
of a mare to Mr. HsU, before he was Quelled to a Cornetcy in
the Regiment, in the month of July,lBlB, by fixing the price at
£5O, which was agreed to•by Mr. Hall, but afterwards selling
the same mare to another person. which mare lieutenant-Colo-
nel French afterwards again took back in exchange, and some
time between the month of August, 1818, and March,lBl9, sold
the same mare again to Mr. Hall for £6O, and chaeging him
about I's for feeding, without informing Mr. Hall that it was
the same mare he had originally sold him for £5O, such conduct
being unbecoming the character of an Officer and a Gentleman.
Fifth—For unjustifiable conduct as Commanding Officer in
laving selected !torn a lot of remnant horses that joined the
Regiment at Manchester, on the 27th of August, in the year
1817, one brown horse, and selling the same to Major Hartwell,
of the Regiment, about the Ist of September, 1817, for thirty
guineas, thereby making an undue profit of five guineas by a
troop horse, purchased for the public service at 25 guineas, to
the great scandal and discredit of the service, and unbecoming
the character of a Commanding Officer.
SiethFor having cut out and defaced, or caused to be cut
OM and defaced, the leaves of the troop register of horses, rela-
tive to the years 1811, 1812, 1815, and 1814, and part of the
year 1815, without the knowledge of the Captains, thereby de-
stroying all evidence regarding the immense number of horses
that were recommended to be cast and transferred by Lieute-
nant-Colonel French, during those years, all such conduct bring
to the prejudice of good. order and military discipline, and con-
trary to his Majesty's regulations, and in breach of the Articles
of War.

The JuDoe-ADsrocATE then requested, if there
were any persons present who had been summoned
as witnesses, kthat they should withdraw until called
on to give their evidence. He also stated, that it was
the desire •f the Court that no part of the evidence
should be published until the case was concluded on
both sides.—The Court adjourned a few minutes be-
fore four o'clock, until one o'clock this day.

About two o'clock a stone was thrown from the
Park at the window in the room where the Court
Was sitting, it came with such force that it went
through a pane of crown glass, leaving no other frac-
ture in the glass than the aperture it passed through.
It fell in the middle of the loom, and was immedi-
ately picked up by one of the messengers of the office.
The business of the Court was not disturbed, as the
gallant Officers who formed it, never moved from
their seats. The fellow who threw the stone was se-
cured and taken to Queen-square Police-office. It
appears that he is insane ; he is a thin man, about five
feet nine inches in height, dressed in a dark coat, and
his appearance denotes that he has seen better days.
A Court-Martial on Captain CAIRNS, of the 19th
Regiment, assembled on Monday at the Colewort Bar-
racks, Portsmouth. The delay in forming the Court
has been caused by many of tbe witnesses tieing in
distant parts of dat kingdom.