Star. — 1815-03-24 (London, England)

COURT MARTIAL.—A Court Martial was lately held at Fort Colomso, in the Island of Ceylon, upon* Lieutenant TIIONIAII ATKINS, 72d regiment of foot, charged with drunkenness when on duty ; and another, at the same place, a mouth or two aftematds, upon Lieutenant ARCIUBALD M`NAUGIITON, of the lst battalion 73d regiment of foot, charged with a similar offence. Both were found guilty, and sentenced to be cashiered, the Court concludinp, their decision with the declaration, " and they are hereby cashiered accordingly." The PRINCE FOMENT has just confirmed the sentences of the Courts, but remarked, " that in the concluding words of the sentences the Courts exceeded the power and authority vested in them."  CORONER'S luoutsT.—Yesterday an Inqtrest was held at. the Green Dragon public-house, in Whitechapel, before J. W. UNWIN, Esq. one of the for the county of Middlesex, on the body of a man of colour, who died in the London Hospital on Sunday Lost, under the following deplorable circumstances It appeared from the evidence of Thomas Humphreys, Surgeon's Mate, at the Hospital, that, about ten o'clock on Sunday morning, the deceased was brought to the Hospital supported by two .men, on of whom was a black man, and the other, witness believes, to be a pauper belonging to Whitechapel workhouse, the deceased was unaMe to support himself,.and was speechless ' • the men said they found him by the London-docks wall, and out ef humanity took the trouble to bring him to the Hospital; he could speak when they first met him, and he told them he fell down the hold of a ship, but what ship they did not know ; witness assisted to carry him up to No. '2B ward, in the cloisters, but he almost in scantly expired. John Francis Tomlinson is Assistant Surgeon at the London Hospital. He was called when the deceased was brought in, but when he came he found him quite dead He, assisted by his colleague, Mr. Rodgers, opened the body on Tuesday ; he could not discover any external marks of violence, the internal parts appeared in a very healthy state; he appeared very much reduced and emaciated.— Witness believes him to have been about 3.5 years of age. The stomach was almost empty, and witness was of opinion he was in want of food. Mr. Henry, Atley, M. 1). of Stepney-square, deposed, that he went to view the body of the deceased, in company with the. last witness. Knows from a certain bandage found upon him, next to his body, that he was of the • Mahometan religion. The Jury returned a verdict of —Died for want of the common necessaries of lift! MURDBR•—On the night of the Bth instant, a gang of ruAlians attacked the house of J. and M. Brogan, on the lands of Knocfcdrin, in the King's county, near Road. They first placed a guard on the barn, in order to prevent any resistance from the servants, and then proceeded to break open the door of the house with a hammer, which they speedily accomplished, and rushed in after firing three shots. On entering the house they attacked M. and J. Brogan, the former of whom they murdered on the spot, and left the latter apparently lifeless.—The villains then broke open a chest, out of which they trok guineas in gold, and ‘IOQ in Bank-notes, drank a bottle of spirits, and departed with their booty. We are glad to learn that J. Brogan is likely to recover. An Inquest was held on tire body of M. Brogan, by the Coroner, who returned a verdict of Murder against some person or person* unknown.