The Express.
London, England, 1849-10-31 00:00:00

THE MILITARY AT NOTTINGIIANI.

On Monday morning the district coure-martial
were resumed, and cor.tinued sitting thr. ugh the day, with
the exception of about an hour ie the forenoon. witch inter-
val was caused by the sudden appearance of Earl C ithc at.
The noble earl sail he bad come expressly at the command
of the Duke el Wellington, for the purpose of reading to the
whole regiment • communication by the Commander-in-
chief on the subject of the recent dioturlance.. Every man
within the b erratic., including prisoners end offi.ers' ser-
' vanes, was instantly summoned tor toot parade.
They were parsed through their ordinary evolutions,
under tho inspection of Earl Cathcart, who is colonel
of tire regiment ; after which the noble earl debr..red a
very energetic end feeling address. Having complimented
the regiment on its appearance, Lord Cathcart said he
had hem wont to I,ok upon the 3rd Dragoon Gusrds as
patterns toe every other regiment in the service, hut unfor.
innately recent events hod in some measure tarnished their
fame. On this subject he had had the honour to receive
an antsgraph letter from his Grace the Duke of Welling-
ton, which he would read. The 1 tier uses addressed to
all in the regiment. In it the noble duke referred to the
cause of the recent insubordination—confinement of the
whole regiment to barracks for nearly a week on mount of
few individuals having neglect. d their duty—which he
described so an mbitrary act, and contrary to all military
law. Ilia Grace said it was wrong in every re.pect, and well
calculated to prove ke breaches of mil:tary discipline, for the
lieutenant colonel of a retimr nt ter act as Li. uteuant-Colonel
Arthur hod done. That there might be no mistake in
future on this subject, the noble Commander-in-Chief quoted
the regulations of the service relative thereto. But still a
dtvi.tims from tho proper course on the port of the com-
manding of -..sr did nut justify the men in adoptirg the line
of conduct they had done. They should have taken a dif-
ferent course to remedy their grievances; hut having suffered
the meshes to be betrayed into acts of Insubordinativn, they
had become, unfortunately, amenable to military law, and
must be tried and punished fur their offences.
After having read this letter and deliver. 4 his &Irina',
Colonel Lord Cathcart dismissed the regiment, hoping when
Oa saw them again ft would be under happier circumstance.
It is cap-cued that these coin's will not be concluded until
to-morrow, and then the general CORTI% will be commenced.
Moffatt, the man who escaped from the guard-bouw on
Saturday morning, a few house previous to his I spec' d tt ial,
less not yet been heard of. The officers in command of the
guard at the time of the prisoner's escape have been placed
under arrest. _ . .

This trnubleenme affair is tem taking another turn. About
nine o'clock on Saturday night Private Broker, who was
sot implicated in any way in the charge of insubordination,
went up to Policemen Gamnigne whilst on duty at the
top of Clumherstrtet. Atter looking at the policeman's
number, he exclaimed, " Oh, you are one of the
that essistsd in taking our men up a few days ago;" and
having ened his jacket began to strike right and left
at the policeman Tne latter deended himself with a stick
as well as ha could, and, Adrian charged some bystanders to
assist, ultimately succeeded in conveying the snldier to the
police office, but not until he had received a black eye and
had his I,irs sadly cut by the plistmer, who kicked backyards
at him with his spurs. It will Le rteolleettd that policeman
Gescolgne was the man who turned his light on the three
fugitive soldiers concealed in the passage, when they were
pursued by a picket on the night the first outbreak occurred.
At the police•ofiim on Monday morning it was stated in
evidence that the prin. ner had repeatedly threattued the
police totes with the vengeance of the whole regiment, and
even on that sat riling he had said to two of the inspectors
that the 3rd Dragoon Guards had determined, beta,: they
left Nottir.gham, to give every policeman they could meet a
thrashing. He was ordered to pay a fine of 21. or suffer a
month's hard Itiliour at the treadmill. He was, however,
need from the latter well,leurved punishment by s asp.
gommnernr of the regiment ermine forward and ;eying the
line. The pris-ner wee then rearcictl off to the harroire.
The &kens anticipate with pleasure the time when the
barracks lease will have expir‘d, as it is said to be the inten-
tion of the Duke of Newcastle (the owner of that property)
not to renew it ; and in that case the headquarters will be
removed to Sheffield.

ACCIDENTS DURING THE ROYAL VISIT TO TILE
COAL EXClLANGE.—Yesterday, I severe accidents oc-
curred rear London-bridge and Southwark bridge, at the
time the royal proceuion was passing down the river to the
new Coal Exchange. Ab int a quarter to one o'clock, a
large number of persons had collected on Southwark bridge,
and there was scarcely any room for any vehicles to pass.
After the procession had paned, a rush was made, by several
hundreds of persona, to have the bridge on the Middlesex
side. On reaching the tollgate, both gates were thrown
open, for the purpose of affording • better egress from the
bridge. A horse and cart, which was being driven at a slow
pace, in frost of the crowd, wm suddenly stopped, while
passing between the gate, in consequence of the rush being
so great from behind, and by persons attempting to pass
on both sides of the cart, which was completely fixed, and
could not move one way or the other. Sever:.) per-
sons were also jammed against the bars, end were
unable to extricate themselves. A respectably dressed per-
son, named James Hollis, who had by some means got his
right leg between the spokes of the wheel, and being unable
to extricate it, was forced to the ground. His cries for assis-
tance were heard by some pawing in front of the crowd,
and after considerable difficulty he was dragged iota the
road and placed in the toll-heuse, where it was found that
he was unable to walk. A stretcher was obtained, and the
unfortunate oung man wee conveyed to St. Bartholomew's
Hospital. lie was found to have received a compound frac-
ture of the right leg. A lady, named Pearce, resitting in
Stamford-terrace, Borough, was also knocked down by
the crowd while attempting to leave the bridge,
and before she could be raised was trampled upon, and
received several severe injuries about the body. Nu-
merous other persons received injuilea, more or lets,
during the struggle to leave the bridge ; and after the crowd
had somewhat spread about, ladies were seen minus their
shawls, and their bonnets and dresses twine much disfigured.
About the same time a man, named William Butler, living
in Itedersou-street, Borough, met with a severe accident,
from which he is now lying dangerously ill at Guy's Hoe-
pital. Shortly after the disembarkation of the royal visitors,
Butler, who had been standing upon the pavement
on Loadon.brioge, else to Feening's Wharf, and not being
aware of bin proximity to the kerb stone, was sudoenly
pushed by the crowd, who were about leaving the bridge,
with considerable force into the road. He fill, and an
immense body of persons pawed over him; some wire
thrown down, and shared 'he same fate, but were not so
severely injured as Butler. After several hundred indivi-
duals had passed, a circle was made by main force, and the
unfortunate men was dragged to the steps of the bridge.
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was perfectly insensible, and was bleeding profuse y from
the nose. He wan at maw removed to day's Hospitai,
where he was quickly attended to by the house surgeon.
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• DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—On Saturday mLroing last,
a serious accideit happened at Messrs.
)knight and Cow
ming's iron foundry, by the ug way. of a large erane
h olding several tons weight 01 iron, by which the c min were
dr. 'Atolls injured. One man, W. Pofid, had bu*.la lefrs
dreadfully fraciured, besides incurring internal injories. Mr.
tgrolattt, w%) eras iam.diatdy swat for, had him re-
moved to tt e iafirtaary, bet he eto,tly after tarred.
Another man had his scup lacerated, and was much iojund
about the upper part of his body, and the third received a
severe contusion of the foot and legi—Maidsione Journal.