Star.
London, England, 1829-03-13 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

Detachments belonging to the Rase India Company's Artillery
and Infantry embarked this morning on board a StealTlAVSsti in
tie River, for Gravesend. on route to Chatham.
Friday ilse Reserve Companies of the 85d will remove from
Portsmouth to Gosport, and be replaced by the Ride K serve
Companies, and the 52d.
The following is an extract of a letter from an Officer of the
48th Regiment of Foot, at Corfu, dated Ise of January, 1829 :
" Tie day but one after oar arrival here. the whole garrison was
ordered out to witness the execution of a private of the Royal
Military Salmon and Miners. He was sentenced by a Court
Martial to be shot until dead, for having struck a Sergeant of that
Corps with a plea of wood, and thereby endangering his life, so
much so that the Sergeant did not recover sufficiently to give his
evidence for some months. Several soldiers in title gtrriNon had,
for offenses of a similar nature, received the same sentence during
the last year or two, but none of these had been carried into eze-
cation ; they were, I believe, all transported for life. Sir Far
Dams ADAK was determined to make an example of this man, as
the crime wu becoming common ; and he bad before attempted
to drown an Officer, but escaped without punishment. At seven
o'clock on the morning of the execution, the whole garrison
marched out into the outer ditch, where they were drawn up as
well as the nature of the ground would admit ; it was altogether a
most awful and impressive spectacle; the whole of the ramparts
were planted with sentries; the troops formed three sides and a
considerable pan of a fourth side of a square, and in the centre of
the half vacant side the grave was dug. After waiting some time,
the band of the 51st, with milled drums, were heard at a dis
ranee, playing the Dead Merck; from this time it was bait' an
hour before the band appeared; then come six men bearing the
and after them followed the prisoner, with the Chaplain by
his side, and surrounded by his guards, and handcuffed He
moved forward with firmnes=, though he appeared to be quite un-
conscious of everything around him. He walked along the three
, sides of the square. and the coffin baying been placed near the
grave, be was required to kneel upon it, when the Brigade-Major
advanced into the centre of the square, and read aloud the pro.
ceedings of the Court. As soon as this was ended, the prisoner
had a handkerchief tied over his eyes, after which the guard was
withdrawn, and the Chaplain continued• praying with him, gra-
dually raising his voice as he retired a few paces, that the poor
fellow might not be a ware that the last preparations were so nearly
concluded, when, upon a given signal, fifteen men of his corps
advanced a few paces, and Aged, when the body fell back, and
gave no further symptoms of vitality, not even the modes of a
limb. As'ation as he had fallen, fifteen more men stepped forward,
and fired at him u be lay, to all appearance dead. smooths ground.
After this, all the Regiment marched past the dean body, which
appeared dreadfully disfigured."
INDIAN Allnt
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The Bombay Charier, of the 16th of Augut, contains eztncts
from sdiapatch-front the Honourable the Court of Directors to
the Bombay Goverment. dated the 46th of Mar. b, 1847, together
wit► his Majesty's Warrant for the immediate distribution of the
property captured at Kottoor.
The total amount of prise property with simple interest to the
30th of April last, is 1.214,420 Bombay rupees.
Absteacticfor the amount due to those entitled to share are to be
preferred at the office of Messrs. Shona° and Co. Bombay. if the
stale of distribution being according to the principles un which
lthe Cowan Prise Property was distributed in 1481.
The Estate of the late Captain Black, of the Madras Horse Ar-
tillery, and the Officers and men who were mod& his command,
are to participate in the distribution.
The following claims have been deemed by the Court of Di-
rectors inadmissible:

Sir C. Colville, late Commander-in Chief.
Lieut,Colonel Kennedy, C B. in behalf of himself and the De-
tachment under his command. _ _ _

The 6th and 7tb Regiments Madras Light Infantry.
Detachments of the 4th ltegint.•nts Madras Light Cavalry and
of the Ist Bombay European Regiment at Belgians and Vans*:la.
Lieut.-Cul. Pt/dolor, and Brigade-Major Captain Hutchinson.

A numerous and highly te)pectable Meeting was
recently held at New-aide-upon-Tyne. for tbe purpose of taking
into cou.ideration the expediency of the rail-way communicatiou
between that great commercial town and the city of Carlisle. The
measure has just come before Parliament, under the auspices of
Lord LOWTHZIM
A Meeting was held yesterday by the inhabitants of
the parish of St. Pancras, to prepare a Petition to the Legislature
regarding the misapplication of the parochial funds. The Peti-
tioners state thatlbey are ready to prove, before Parliament," tbat
the increased expenditure in the year 1887 beyond that in which
the Bill was passed (1819), is upwards of 2,000, and which has
been raised by an additional asareszneat of fourpenrele the pound
throashout the parish.