The Express.
London, England, 1856-10-13 00:00:00

TRII MILITARY SCANDAL AT BRIGHTON.

Bonin of the daily journals publish thin morning a
statement of the (seta relative to the above case, " collected
with great pains and care," bet couteining few details po-
sitively new. Mr. Thous Hurling Ames, the cornet on
whom the " fresh" in geissiloa so-cried was ;remised, is
shout twentrtwoyease of sge,.and the•on of an independ-
ent gentleman—sot of • elergymaie, as wee enoneostly
states—tesidingie the neighbourhood of the Regeat's-peak,
Leaden. He 0017 joined the regimout so rematly in the 13t't
of August kit, est, aimed from Me veil day ha did so, he
has been eltliegied to • maimed series of " medal
jokes," ri they are designated in common parlance.
As Itaselay, the 21st of September last, he dined as usual at
tie mum, where, es he has complained to his friends, he
received some insulting langasge from Lord Emit', Vacs.
Oa that mealiest Lord Vase sat at the table with Corset
Hirt os his left hand and Ames on his sight; while
Liwat. Winetaaley wee mated conceit*. During dinner, fm
said, Lord Ernest Vane kept op a constant Ere of teas"'
smart Ames in ma **der tone, accompanied will many
offoneiveexpnstionm. After dinner Ames took two or three
glasses of wine, and than, about half-past 9 o'clock, rose to
depart. lie ere ,followed, however, into the passage by
Vane and Bin, both of whom seized hold of his sod
dragged him into Loed Vane's room, Lieut. Winstasley and
Cornet Pyre following. There he we, forcibly held down
oa a sofa by Bitt and Vane, while Winstaeley went into
Vane's bedroom end brought a pair of senors, whisk he
gave to Vane, and with which Vans compleuelr denuded
him of Ws whisks's on the left side of his face, Winless's.
and FIG looking on. This optide cover, he (Ames) i--
dragged along the pe—age tore antechamber adjoia'N;
the moo room, which aft* is 'erred after dinner,
sod fa tisk condition pitied violently in, where some of
' the rest of the ofilcsis were, by Bitt and Vase. Me ap-
poses to have made what TWltiteed be dared to this
treatment, hot 117, overpowered by superior foitn. Hs
Busby lett*, Preston Barracks about half-rot ton o'clock,
and returned to his quarks" at the Pavilion. He had
reached the top of the volts leading to his opal:monk, sod
I was about to apply the aity to the door of his sitttisproom
which he had locked on leaving in the wilier part of the
' day, when be bawl voices at the foot of the stairs which he
recover' S. Not wishing to en.. tooter the puttee, haretired
by soother way to • part of the coats-yard, from which he
beard them burst open the door, and atterws•ds saw • light
in k 4 nom sod the shadows of people inside upon the win.
doer blinds. On their retiring from the barrack', which
they did in no long ems, he pm ceded tt his room, 'where
he found that the furaiture had been tuned topsy-
tarry, his drawers pulled out of their places, end his linen
Shrews shoot the floor, two of his hen smashed, and his bed
esimigletely saturated with water. He slept on the floor of
lids room that night. Other damage was doss, but it is us-
ascssemy to give the detail.. Neat mor.siug he related the
I whole circumstances to the adjutant of the regiment, Lien-
' tenant Jeruings, with a request that he weals report them
oficially to Lieutenant-Colonel Low, in command of the
depot, which be did. Lieutenant-Colonel Low, in his tune,
repoetel theme to the Hoke Onside, which led to the "pedal
inquiry by Geneva Lawrensoa, and to Lord Ernest Vane,
Corset But, and Lieutenant Wiestaaley being called on to
deliver up their swords and being placed seder ekes arrest,
in which they have ramminedaiace Monday week, when the
visit of 0 t 1 Lawreasioes was made.