The Express.
London, England, 1849-11-12 00:00:00

THE MILITARY AT NOTTINGHAM.

The proceedinp of the court-martial on Monday
last were interrepted in the wane of the foreseen, for about
an hour, by the arrival of Bari Cadmus. Dario. this inter-
val the whole of the mss in barrack. were assembled for
foot parade. The following scented of what took plass is
from the Vottiephons Review at Friday :
They (the men) were pared through the various ecsta-
tic's* under the eye of Earl Cathcart, who complimented the
men on their appearance, end afterwards addressed them in
a very impressive moaner. He said be bad been wait to
look upon the 3rd Magoon Onside as a model to other regi-
meats is the service, bat sofortunately recent events had an
some sort east • reflection on their good name. On this sub.
feet he had had the honour to receive an autograph letter
from the commander-lit-chief, which he read. Th:e
eentemaieation was rather a lengthy one. It referred to
the cense of the late istuburdinatioe ; namely, the
amilsensent of the whsle regiment to barracks
for nearly • week, for the fault of only a few,
which the noble duke described in very strong language as
being an arbitrary set, and contrary to aU military law, and
qa^ted the regulations of the service relating thereto. His
grace said CAL Arthur's conduct was wrong in every re•
specs ; end one portion of the letter wee, if not verbally, yet
in oedemas as follows - -.

Nis orilisioy eases where one or more of the troops sp-
peer upon parade with appointments dirty and horses badly
p. Gawk what I. the usual course ? Why extra drills and
additional hosts for stable duty. Bat in this ease it MEN
no such remedial nteuttres were adopted. There was no
extra drill, so additional stable hours for the negligent; but
every man in the regiment we+ confined like a prisoner
for awl a whole week, including sons of the best and
steadiest men in the service. If four, or six, or ten, or even
20 men had neglected their hoots that exact number only
ought to have been Subjected to punishment; after each man
had had his name properly entered in • report, and then
only is the way described—not by a lengthened and hada
elite confinement to Wrecks. Nay, if there had only been
one steady and properly appointed man in the regiment, and
all the rest fanny, that man ought to have been allowed the
same indulgence as though the whole regiment were blame-
less. But a yet more serious fault was for the commending
of ear, after so many of the privates had broken from bar-
racks, throne h an arbitrary act of 'his own, to send out
picquts commanded by nos-commissioned clan. For a
eesgeant-msjor to draw kis sword so anceremoniculy upon
his own men insult I. cue is • thing quite unpualleled In
the aerials of the army, and wu well calculated to provoke
the almost unparalleled breach of &WOW* that followed."
The Duke's letter, however, did not exculpate the men.
It itdienatee that a departure from the proper and ordinary
course by a commanding officer did not justify the men in
adopting the line of conduct they bad done. They should
hope taken a different course to remedy their grievances; but
having suffered themselves to be betrayed into acts of in-
subordination, that had become unfortunately amenable to
military law, and must therefore be tried and punished for
theiroffences. After reading the letter, Berl Cathcart dismissed
the regiment, expressing • wish that his next meeting with
them would be under happier circumstances;
On Tuesday raoraing the district court cloud, having
arrived at • decision on the case of Peters. Ws learn that
na general courts-martial are to be held, the commander-in-
chief having refuel to grant them, as the trial oy general
court implies • greater amount of guilt than his Grace is
willing to impute to the offenders is this cue. The know-
,' ledge of this fact has caused the greatest satisfaction in the
regiment. We also understand that application has been
made for further district courts, which will In all likelihood
' be formed in the course of a day or two.