Star.
London, England, 1828-01-11 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

A Detachment belonging to the 57th Regiment of Infantry, em•
haiked on Wednesday, at Deptford, on board.ghe Mangles convict
•abip, for New South Wales.

INDIAN ARMY.
cEMMAL ORDZILS.
Head-quarters, CalcuttakJuns 14.
At a General Court Martial, held at Poonah,nn the 27th day of
April, 1827, Brevet Captain C. O'Connor, of his Majesty's 90th
Regiment, was arraigned upon the under-mentioned Charge—.
For highly disgraceful and dishonourable conduct, unbecom-
ing the character of an Officer and a Gentleman, in the following
instance--

.1 For wilfully asserting, on the 3d of January, 1827, a gross
falsehood, in presence of two soldiers of the Regiment, by which
he induced Lieutenant South, the Acting Paymaster, to transfer the
sum of 150 rupees from his. private account, to his public account
with the late Paymaster, ►'hereby intruding to defraud the estate of
the deceased in that sum of money/'
Upon which charge the Court came to the following decision
AND SIOITENCL••••The Court having maturely weighed
and considered the evidence adduced in Support of the prosecution,
as well at what the prisoner' has brought forward is his own be-
half, are of opinion'that he Is guilty of the eharge preferred against
him with the reception of the concluding allegation, of which he is
acquitted. The Court having found the prisoner guilty of so mach
of the charge as is above described, do adjudge him, Licevet Captain
OCocuber, to be diemiailed his Majesty's Service."
• Confrrned.
• (Signed) COJIBERIIERE, General,
Commander-in-Chief in India.
•
Remarks by his Racelleuey the Right Honourable the Cowman-
der-in-Chief.

The explanation which the Court have given of the grounds on
which they pronounce a partial sequittal of the prisoner, Lieute-
nant and lirevetCapt O'Coonoe, en the charge preferred against hint,
has occasioned to the Commander in Chief some embarrassment;
alma the opinion they have'expressed of the transaction, being, in
his Lordship's judgment, quite incorrect, he is led to suppose that,
bad the Court taken a more proper view
-of the case the prisoner
would have been found guilty. - • -
A consideration of the facmproved in evidence, would, his Lord-
ship regrets to observe, lead to the same conclusion; since, if Brevet
Captain O'Connor had • been satisfied in his own tilled, that the
transaction wags just fable one, or, that he would not, if successful,
have relieved himself from a pent:teal debt by charging the estate
' of the Paymaster to that *mown., he would nut have attimited to
effect his purpose by means of a false amide°.
Again, it appears, though not observed by the Court, tbat.there
was, on the 31st of December (the Paymaster having died on the
.23d of the same month), a balance in favour of Lieut. O'Connor, oh
AM private account, amounting to R 5.157. after dedicting the stem ,
of Iva. 150 advanced to him by the late Paymaster, which thews,
that in eight days after the l'aymaster's decease, he would have had.
ample funds for the repayment of the debt; but that fact does not
disprove the fraudulent imention ;' although it makes it appear that
through his ignorance or fears, he endeavoured to obtain, by • false-
hood, that adjustment of his debt, which he might openly &Oil
'fairly have demanded.
The erroneous opinion which the Court have entertained is, that:
a sum of money due by an Officer to an insolvent Paymaster, on a
private account, can be admitted as a set off against a sum deem
such Officer, on the public account of his Company by the aside
Paymaster.
A Paymaster in his official capacity of a Public Accountant, is
obliged to find security for the due performance of his public duties,
and his sureties are responsible for, and must make good, any defal-
cation in the public accounts of an insolvent Paymaster : for this
purpose, as in every ether transaction with a Public. Accountant,
they are entitled to any assets which may be dun to the estate, to
the amount of their liability; but they cannot, by any rule, be
charged glyph the insolvent's private debts.
When,lberefore, an Officer either borrows money from a Pay-
master, or allows balances to remain in his hands, after they ought
to have been drawn out by the regulations of the service, he makes.
the Paymaster his Private Agent ; becomes personally liable to any
losses from his insolveacy, and is obliged to repay to the estate any,
.advances be may have received ; equally as he would by the insol-
vency of any other Private Agent, and these private claims canon
Am principle, either of, equity or practice, be admitted in the public
*irecounts of the insolvent Paymaster.
• The Court have expressed a hops that the length and nature of
:lass litigant O'Connor's services, his strong testimonials of character,
.bas .t.,ee an, the env...lntones or mu acquittal upon the most die.
grace fulrt of the charge, may operate to procure fee him a =id-
eation of his sentence.
The Commander-in-Chief will not fail to bring tinder the notice
'of hit Majesty, through the proper channel, the Coon's ItCOGIDWD.
dation ; but, considering the very grave nature of the charge which
has been proved, be cannot take upon himself to mitigate the penalty
which has been awarded.
The foregoing Order is to be entered in the General Order Book,
and read at the head of every regiment in his Majesty's service in
WI& By older of the Commander-in-Chief,
A. MACDONALD,
Adjutant-General H. AL Army in India.

Yesterday his Excellency. Baron %mow, Envoy Ex-
traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of his Majesty the King
of Prussia at thy Court of London, jointly with Mr. N. M. ROTE.-
oass" In the presence of Mr. Joss soli, Notary Public, cancelled
and deposited in the Bank of England the sum of 21,5501. in spe-
cial Bonds of tto Prussian Loon of 11121, being the tenth half-
yearly redemption et Bonds, and also the saving ofstbe interest on
174,5501. raloanal to la July last inclusive.
We have received Newfoundland Papers to the 19th
ult. A geotternan appointed to- explore the interior of
the island (W. E. COIIIIWARIC, Esq.)-had returned to St+.
John's, after an expedition of three months. lie was
accompanied by three Indians, and bad explored a
country hitherto unknown, to the extent of two hundred
miles. No particulars of his journey are given, except
that he found- huts and other traces of the Red Indians,
but could Got Sod any of the tribe's. Ass itictrusiderabli
firelhial tabu -place at St. John's.

STAALVORD, JAVVAii

An awful instance of sadden death occurred .at Ifie(l
nenrge Inn, St. Martin's, Stamford, on Wednesday
vening, is the person of Lieutenant Colonel Munro;
vd sixty, whose residence, when alive, is to os Op-
t..ovra The deceased had been on >< visit, to Lord
-Virden, et Grim:tone, and had slept at Doncaster on
''.iestisty night; the next day he took his place in the
limes coach, to travel as far as he thought proper ; but
.:on his arrival at Stamford, about seven in the evening,
is writing desk, which he said contained papers and pro-
.erty of great value, could not be found, and he be-
4tor touch agitated, and went to bed. Mr. Jackson,
usgeon, was immediately sent for, and subsequently
Jr. Arnold, who gave every human aid, but the Colonel
ontinued to get worse, and about nine o'clock breathed
;Ifs last. The writing-desk bad been left in the cham-
.ser where the Colonel s'ept at Doncaster, and arrived
at &plead by tba snail a short time before he died,
-ben it was taken to his room, but the hand of death
ay then too" heavy upon him to permit his taking
le least notice of its recovery. A Coroner's Inquest
will be held this evening or to-morrow. There,
ems to be no doubt but that the unfortunate Gentle.
tuns died of exhaustion, from a high degree of nervous,
natation and debility.