The Express.
London, England, 1863-11-24 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS,

THZ COURT-MARTIAL ON COL. CRALWLZY.

SIXTH DAY.
(Mg ooe owr nignaratO
ALDF29IIOI7, Nov. 23.
Est Major R. Cotton, of the Inuiskillino, wee
called and examined by Sir A. Hanford, the official pour
cater. He deposed—l have bees about ten yarn and ten
menthe in the TOCUM.i. I blew Sergeant-Major
from the time I joined the regiment to his deathil
always considered him • hard-working, indurtrious, sad
sober man. I did sot pines him Is mut. I believe he wee
plead in anert by Lieuteout sad Adjutant Fitmimon.
Do your know what the orders were
Camel Crawley—Was gime orders in writing? if so I
obl'eot to their bong stated without the orders are produced.
Etamination ranuned—Do you know whether there was
• written order for his arrest ?—No.
Did Lieutenant Maims give you an order shout the
arrest on the day the anent took place !—Yes.
Wesel Crawley—l object to the question being put in
that fens, and moon that the wit ms be asked whether
the craws were ar were not Is
The proseeekr wished MT.:towed to conduct the
examination is hL own way. The examination wee quite
.
regular
primmer The should mot object to regular questions
but wait until scene irregular question was put before he in.

kr=bgtit; formally pat in his objection, stating
that he was advised that the inteeruption was in accordance
with the mimed practice. It was a fundamental principle
of @Mclean that the mutants of a written document could
net be given ie evidemee without the decumbent being pro-
duced or lb absence accounted for, otherwise the witness
might &atm that which would, if produced, refute his own
The coact retired to consider, and on their return it was
sessunced that the protest entered by the poisoner wee
withdrawn.
Tie examination accordingly proceeded—l cannot mei-
timely swear whether Lieutenant FS vertally gave
the order, or whether be dictated it to. me from writing. I
took it dews in writing. I 0112/104 moiled what became
of it,. I =pied the order into • mail book I bad at the
tiom. I do not know what has become of the book, but
have a alight remembrance of Lienteseat Famines asking
me for a copy of the order, but I cannot recollect whether
I gave it or Dol.
What were your duties is raped to the smut?
Coked Orawley objected to the queetioa ; those
duties being contained an a written order, which was not
prebend, end far
p tie mon-produetion of width the whams
las maroperly be eisment.
The preseninter apprehended that the nunlike was mis-
apprehended by the prkener. The question in enbenmes is,
what the Mama did in the embiest of tie wrest se a mat-

ter duty.
Cofolonel Crawley pasielal is lie objection, sad
Its prosessisr altered the hem Cl the question to,
whet Id yea do sheet the earl? Wilseee—l paraded the
gaud that was to be plead oar the prilosere, sod reed
thee their anima I the gave the pad oar to the air-
pea el the pad.
Dot am !sailed 'myth* brag add by Oohed Crew
in taw odd* room shoat the paha. of the sentry?—l read-
ied on ase masks °deed Creeks tasking some remake
on the dm smiths% hat I do sot remember the
dew essverestisa.
osaliesed—l reaminbar asking s remark to
him thee flimpent-Msjor Lilley was • married man.
Oohed Crawley said ea how I dared to disobey his
orders, at the major-poorer& He ass ordered me to go
sad see the eireb Weed, lasted ; that a, Made the
11=I west with Cosa Baal to piece the maids&
w Lamy ea the morsing of hie death.
Tell Isad what took plses.—He appeared eery side. The
Mpg. ministmed sane neidisise to hint. and shady
atter be did. Ilia Oates was puma at Lillie. death.
MN is M
Oohed Orreap oppßed SA the areessuoisetics of
this wham be peelposed esti the follariog day, es
is Wilma panses eritesesse.
The Padden' emericed that if tisk ammo were paned
be maw so sad le the tried ; bat bed the promoter any ob.
*lies ?
ThePreseentsr—lt is for the mart to deckle ; we have so

ebrit 017i...Un the. retired to cocrult ; and ma their Men
The Preside= said it was • departure from the cresery
ads, hat the court had nojobjection to prima the noes-
=mnia&
Major Jon Edward Swaim, of the Mk Dragoons, axe'
Mead by the proseoutor—Vivbile the megimatmajors were
molar west I remember barns saissillag seed in the
orairly room by Colonel Crawhaiti the arrest. Ime
qis the orderly room on • . and Coking Claw-
lsrassi camplaimiag to the lima maramimine
bed akin pine with the three imprimis= servialimedeme.
Ha naked the adjoin= if be knew what ekes enema orwat.
A espied be did—that it mean plailaatisentip ea
The seams& mid, no era bet it essent
the iltisenery Mould mom ime eight al primer day
&major Conan, who In standing just
ream Toler • Serjeent-Msfor Ley is • married man ;"
err the I added that he understood Ms. Utley was
I very ill, that her imbued bad to rub Hanna frequently
on. her nersali. Whereapom the colossi mph= that,
oder or anther, married or angle, be did not care ; close
&nest moat close arrest, end be would hire his orders
ended out Quartermaster Noodem, Serjeant-Mulor Cot-
tee, some other elbeers—l think Captain IPi ears wee me of
thimi—ead a corporal or main, or both wore presoak I bee
cellar sonetlaing occurring daring the isonnmutial
on Caption Swabs about a mum named Liddell.
I nerved an order from Colonel Prior to nes=
at the crawl room to deal with the mimes= when
Private L a brought before las, charged with bevies
allowed oommunisatios to take Vass bites... in. Gams
(a alma el the regimmit) sod Sergesat-Meder May. 1
foe= the charge memponed, and I ordered theimunedate
discharge of the men, the erne to be km ap, so that
moth* could be rearded =ant him. The moms I saw
tern up ley the adjutant. On the followingmean( I was
orate= to Mead at 0111 orderly room before Oaken
I Canby, ad then reprimeaded by him foe my denim
The crime was produced, the fragments of it nag
sewn together. I =premed my arrow if Ind erred in
my judgment, but said that I did met that I bed, as I bid
mast carefully mama= the =nem" ad decided that
nee was madam spinet the prises= Calomel Crawley
remarked that from the *Adams he bad heard ha would
have had the man by • court-martial. Colored Crawley,
to the bust of my recollection, said he would have
teed Inn by • district court-martial. Mee. Gibe=
wee apposed to have comermanted with fiusgerst.liejer
May. liwatenmuset was that she was paring Eleermet-
Major LiDey's home with same dowers in her hand. Ser.
gsaat-Mejor Lilley bon the very highest chaiaoter in the
regiment I do not remember using any Argonauts with
=labs= turning Lieutenant ioa out cif In ad.
• I 'eight ben due so for I roe mach dimities&
with way in which Lienteseat Pita ma earn= ea the
duties of the adjateacy, be. I do an remember expeensiag
myself to anyone so. I never said dot Lieutenant Fag-
an= had &donne vision]. I could on possibly have mid
so, for I always believed him to ban very good margin
The proserster having intimated that he bed no me
epragions to ask,
Witness esid—l wish to add la retaloce to the comens-
ties in the orderly room, the wade of Colonel Crawley
were that be did not are • d—, officer or moldier, mar-
ried or saga, dose arrest on dose and errs= he would
have his olden on out.
Oman Archibald WOWS, et the 6th Dragoons, who, on
being
_sworn, emphatically repeated the words " So help me
God." depend—While the seq7.bruajors were under
erred, I remember Colossi Claw being in the orderly
room at idhow. That was about beginning of May,
ISM. Colonel Crawley and the thee adjutant, Mr. Fits-
sines, manse in. The colonel was talking in a loud voice
with Mr. Pitealoon. The colossi mid, '• Mr. Fitssimon, do
yea know what close arrest means T Mr. Mistier:o said,
" I thick I do. air." Colossi Cawley the sated him what
it wee. Mr. Pitaimoo said, " When aa officer at • mas-
onmeninloned °Moir is placed in ohm arrest, and when a
eeotryie pieced over these outside the reindeer, I call that
clam &nor." The colonel replied. "Yon do, do you!" Mr.
Praire= mid, " Yes, sir, I do." The colossi then said,
" Mr. Pinstran, let me tell you when an caw or •
seas ementemed officer is Vora in close arrest,
the win is never to lam fight of him b►. mkt'
er by dey." Mr. Phrases then said, " Ton well, sir.
llerpootellejor Cotton, who wain the orderly room at the
=s ectid souirchiog about Sagewit-Major Lain beinga
num. The colonel told um sergeant.major to hold
leinek, and not cootradiet the orders that he or the
had given, bat go and see thole orders earried out.
Wirp —sergsmimmajor then kit the orderly room. Mr.
shore made some rigout to the colonel that he belief=
Mrs. Mg was very ill, And that her husband had to rub
some Umiment or ointment upon her. The colossi then
• " I dos% care a d—s, Mr. Fitainion ; I can't help
that. Officer or moldier, married or mingle, I'll have my
ordoeinerried oat." Ido not remember the exact date of
thie, but it cues soma Mao very early' is May. Mr. Wooden,
Maim !Wintry, Sergeant-Major Cotton. and the adjutant
and colonel were prevail ; and I think theme was two ear.
rants etambog in the pram but I am not quite certain
whether they were peemat er not fit-Major
al way* bore & nest excellent enesere. I Laveknown him over
bine* he came to Um regiment, and never last sable! him
except during about a year, when we reason to the Crimes,
before he us there. He came out to the Crime as
servant-major.
erossorarnination et this =Mess wee also vei•
ned.
laminar arsterr. Wooden, of thee= Dragoon, confirmed
the widows of the previous wirier as to the conversatioa
is tho orderly room while the sergeant-majors were nadir
arrest. B. stated that Colonel Crawley on that corsairs
sttbe adjutant that he was Odom= that Sereant-Majer
had oramanication with other people, end then fel-
the aosvenatioe already depend to. He thot
Mof a Wale the calomel were, Close erred means ebse
awn, sad by God Ira have it carried out." The witness
mmembaid that Major Elwin*, Captain Wean, tho molanol„
nowiginagt, and the salangsmgestet-major, Cotten, wen pee-
n= es Mr wallow Thor* woo several other encamp
,peat, but he weld not rembellallf who they were B.
meld met ismisrabse meetly when this took places, bat it
woe seem days after the goant-mejer was need alder
iiniseh Whams coatiamed—l had seeneriatenteden
oiler with taken Oink, as the sin. Oe the 3rd of
Osten, lei MK I wesdiested nest new to gem te
the ordesera . I had the newel is the nen he
red es as landassla Boma sad Wakes wen

there, sad rooked at the =lowers request during the
Weise. The colonel asked sae whether 1 had seen or
written to Mr. Nadia. I said I bad not. The colonel
asked me if I had reed • letter ia the Drown Herald, which
appeared is the paper received that day at Mho% signed
by Nr.808148? I said I hid. Bededred to bow %bother
what via elated is the latter wee tree. I replied that it
wee partly bat ask wholly true. He desired m tor mat
oat what was set tree in it. I relined bki I. the LMer
of the letter, where it stated that I led readsded
nos
that, when ha gave the ardor to Lieuteamat !Ur-
sine, la regard to pleg the sentriek Lilley um •
worried sea, sad his wile wee nick. I Uhl the oakum& I
aide no remark myself whatever to him. The esioull thee
said, " I 'appeal not, it wee net your plasm to do so • be-
sides, I knew es well ea everyone else that Mn. Mei was
sick and he added that he could not being it to hie
memory that sari a eenvereation had sued ia the
room, and asked se was I quite offis of what I "stendledi
He then asked see wu preseet at the time. I
answered that I could sot remember co the instant, bat that
several officers were preeset. The coined *pia mined ms
whether I was quite =Ws with mimeos to the order
gives to Liesteasst !Aflame. I answered, "Y gilt.
serials, bat nook more took pleas in tie ZOOM
that I tea resseeber," aid added that it yr a
matter for re to remember that lace plow is
the orderly roma daily, as ILL was oesehrst atteedease.
The colossi the. mid, "If you are certain at what yea have
misted, will yea it doweancl give it to am la midi* 1" I
at doers and wrote • letter.
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The President—Have praised that War ?
The letter Ina Landed is and identified sad tad=
witness. It stated that he was prawn what the
complained el Borgeant-Major Lilley hang bed ammanks.
Nos with wrens odd& ; and there was • peetseript
stating that he had se mulled= of speaking
to Captain Busies w the sib**, although it was
so stated in tie led& is the Deems Herald. Wilms
told the colonel that tit statement that Bergeorat•Majw
IMO wife was sick w • sot made by him, but by the
adjutant or the acting ow mut-major, and salted him if he
should add that to the let or. The colonel implied "No
what you hove elated is quite onfliciaot." Wilmot the.
Lund the Wm give, sad it to the wad n
you have say tonsamioatio• with Colossi
Crawley about derieskajorLnlels change of quarters?
—Yea, I had. The quarters occupied by the sergeent
an* and the gentetnneter-eatgesot were ordered to be
moated, sod those scancetudesioned diem remand into
Weber quarters. There was peat want of ream in Wracks,
end some cerreepoedmoe wee entered into to Ueda more
guiders for the 6th Dragoon& After some days a staff.
emeent's quarters was gins over to the reginasat.
• quarter was about a quarter of • mile
teem barracks, and I soggasted to Colonel Cr=
florjaant-ldajor Liner, in that
the sergeant-major wee wan arnolburieww.oald act be
for aay duty. Colonel Crawley asked me could I
pima him nowhere eke. I replied, I had no ether pate
wad the amend mem% gutters. Oakes' Gawky re-
plied, "Neither will de ; the au is too far ; the alim to too
apes ; and Why will be sp to same mere Mae The colo-
nel Men direeted me to give that Ws/ sergessn's enorters
to the apaateammaterurgoent ; to ninon the troop
_or
prat-major of H Woop ; sod to piece limpaat-Malor lag
in the troop eatgeentrinejor's gutters. I imuleed to him
that those querns were wry sawn. The osismi said,
" The quartets that ere goad /for one 1111W1M4714111 ere
good for another." I masszkod, " Bat the Weep sameas►
major is • angle sera." The colonel get seem
and said, " I don't vast any more • bats; do VIZ
yea.' I them gese ceders lie the troop wergesidentjer
to mode the trangskist he *stupid, sad isseed ilwrad. •
Major Lißey Leto it. The ingeest major's Manater
that of a very good - d cater and 'Wks. He
us always a very sober, Andy aim.
Private Jobs Liddiu add end exandind by the peer
eater, deal wee miry ows SwgesahMajor Linty is
the fia~evr. I balm it wee es the Mb el Nay. I
was posted by Osepoesi Made is the case roam aid the
bedlam. I maid se* me the bed when the woe wee
doom, bat if I mewed two or three pose bees area the
door due I wee posted, and lifted the " " I
digit ibis see the bad. While I wee en man/ Mrs.
son came toithhaarter fun es un cordon efratrf•
thonght I the dealer cagofimgl
those I saw • item to Mr.. . Themeperni
emu up with the at the tame then • reported sae
to the eargesst el the growl, who mortal me to the
sada( seepeaatorejor and wee wind build sed.
As I mega* odd. the dool r, Mrs. Meta ba
get out
of the way to let the raid pun Ime maned for Mrs.
Gibson mesehist to Mrs. May. I did sot sae that Mr.
Gibson brought saything for Mts. May, becalm,/ wee
Maids the roam.

Private James Reynold% of the Rh Dragoons, and orderly.
room clerk of the mimed at the time of Bergeent-llajor
Lamy's meet, esafianed the teatimes, of the previous mi-
asma es to the mavenatice is the orderly-toont whet the i
meting segeeterder reminded Weed Crawley that '
Bergesabliajer Lamy was a married era, sad whim the
colonel replied that idogle or married chity„sanst be doer, or
wards to that Wait.
The mart them adjonmed till this worming, at 10 o'clock.
Antannet the Mara today were the Lard•Lientenant
at Ireland (the id el CarhMt), who attend the meet
about middy, emi remained the greater part el the after-
noon, and the lad el Cartligen. Lord Carlisle was seam.
Weiby Colonel sad the Earl el Cardigan by
Freer, of the llth Ream.