The Express.
London, England, 1861-11-23 00:00:00

THE BOW MILITARY ACADIHY, WOOLWICH.

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WOOLWICH, Nov. 22.
The decision of his Royal Rightists the General
Oitnnianding-in-Chief in the matter of the cadet inquiry
at Woolwich was contionnicated to the cadets by the Adjn-
Oaf Gehreal, eh Jaws Yolks Sot:lett. to-day. General
Sir Richard Dame eat staff wane present, and also the •
AdjutitaKitenal el. Analogy and Engineers and other oil-
eseo. The annensement wee to the following effect :
1 "The althe Yes decided that the gaunt lament of coo.
*lsle bedsit* the milts is grouadless std frivolous ; sad
that they have eseinitted sets which, in boys of more
tender years, weishLhe *wed with the costigaraon they de- ,
served, but white ware not to be excused in gentlemen of
more matins age. He iviabed them Se oadarstitod that so
amount of salestilla knowledge would bed use, to rash*
thins etlateet edam, talon they bare t tosabiea thernaidves
to fuitiscipline ' 4 that ilbeir *Dialog to the Royal Military Arm-
y was • voluntary set on their part, lead they must coo.
ently submit to the rules in force at the time of their
lidoinaiou. lie finally expressed hie regret that he should
be obliged to visit with punishment the who should, by
Asir influence and example, have prevented their juniors
tifrdm committingguil the" gross breach of discipline of which
t OMNI o have base f
Odeyt.
OD * were then read out, who are ordered
to "rusticated" for the present term, and two of that
napaser for the matt term also.
The Army and .Nary Uazette of today nays:—" With
wet creditable proniptnee on the paid the Commander-
OrChisf, the decision of the board of metal officers,
mated by him, was promulgated yesterday morning to the
patients of the Royal Military Aceiclemy at Woolwich, '
who were meembled on parade, by the Adjotaat-Oeoendtdir
JUDOS Scarlett, K.C.11., and in breathless awe heard their
fats prooonneed on. Great, indeed, was the relief when it
was known that the penalties awarded amounted 0017
to the rustication of two of the students for twelve,
and of eight *therefor she mouths ; and it is most gratify-
tog to be able thus to record the wise, cessidentte, and
aterctful view which these high and experienced officers
took of • easel whisk, is truth, might have been viewed by
but sap is+Wp gp i dilichissfisgrass of the worst descrip-
tion. But Mate wire, as we have pointed out, extenuating
cireumstineen lii fhb nese, and' so far the result gives the
rosed victory sod iatrinaleally to the isdete.
fait Sri Jaaris. . did sot fad to ;Joint oat that the
=mg of . was not to Is attained by the
f ' sod tinges ilia grossest into which tome of
their body had ale rid theaseelres te be dawn; and the
short, few, but pithy words he spoke were not 'oily listispi
to with deep atteeilm, but will hive the bat effect le- the
future. Mar suet It be forgotten that, ter a potatatar
esoeeding • month, the students have been waned to the
aoaloware, • place Of about 150 yards signare • and
the penalty thus inflicted on those who took a Part in
the outbreak has bepo of no slight oluiraclar. The =-
premien gains' ground that in the ensuing
Thaleekr
radical changes, most tirgedtbr needed, will be int
and the interior ecutiomlc
,adified more according to the
5. instances which we lately been forced upon the
etny from without. e easminations commence On
M r, and will mutiny° dining the following weeks.
v-six CAUlllialaoll.l are expected to be given away at the
abanacka, and about the same number will probably
it,.„... war, to replace themat the beginning of