The Express.
London, England, 1850-11-01 00:00:00

Ing been replied to, a furious article was livened
against the rival editor, which on being examined turned
oat to coesiet of a string of plagiarisms from Junius, the
most abusive that could be selected. The Telegraph and
Courier was formerly reenti used aa attacking the private
character of Commodore Lushington—for havicg given up
his paper 1
The past fortnight has been fertile in the resat% of
coorta.martial. Asedstant-Sorgeon Kennedy, filth Foot.
has been dismissed the service, and mast ustly, because
be considered it beneath him to attend the wives and
children of the soldiers of the regiment—aehLng disobedi-
ence of orders to geese inhumanity! Four enters, engeetd
principals Or seconds in a duel at Sandy,—L, eu t. Litchfield,
and Ensigns White, Smith, and fluxham,—hoes been sec.
teemed to dismimal : the last-named has been perdsned—
the others removed from the service fir baying take.
the field am principals or seconds while under arrest. The
quarrel arose from the use of some violent and item.
per language in reference to the commanding dam,
Major Troup, at mew. Some months sines a young
cavalry officer of high connexions stated that he had
come to India a passenger with a Miss --, and that
they had lived as man and wife on the voyage, without the
ceremony of marriage. The corps to which he lie.l.meol
having been moved to a new station, the lady in quq.
lion was found residing in the fam !y of the commit
officer : the slander, having got abroad, was irguired into
when the slanderer admitted it was a pure fabrication.
He was offered the option of standing a court-martial
or retiring from the army, end adopted the latter al.
ternative. Being in no hurry to quit India, his father—an
officer of rank in the Queen's service, is said to have ad.
dressed the Commander-in-Chief of India, and conarnealer
of the station, appealing to their friendship and cumpassioa
in favour of his son, who was enabled by this means to with-
draw his resignation and return to his duties, to the are disgust of every hunourablentioded man in the
service. It now begins to be believed amongst us
that no man, however great a blackguard, an 1 a grea-er than
the wretch referred to can scarcely be imagined, will lose his
commision in India it ho only have iolluenceenough at home.
Oa the present occasion we feel satisfied Sir C. Napier
has not had the case fully before hint: b has
hitherto stood exempt from the suspicion of being
moved by influence, or tolerant of ungentlemanly or tut.
soliterlike bearing. Lieutenant Melvin' cf the fedi.n
navy, ban been sentenced to be dismissed for drunkenette.
An offii.er belonging to the Bengal service hes been coin.
pilled to resign the service for having rent in chirps fox
Sing expenses on a tour of duty it turned out he had
never undertaken.

We take the following• paragraph from the Colcieta
Englishman of the 20th of Sept.:
A priests letter from London mentions that Sir Charles
Napier's friends have written to him to seek a reeonciliati,n
with the lioveroor-General, believing the latter to rie in the
right. They cannot yet know that the breach lit, hem
gradually widening, nor that the last of the Gwernor.Geaa.
rare letters of which the pubic have any kin-'sledge, is so
expressed that those who have seen it declare reconciliation
impossible. The same letter coo firms what we published
months back, that Sir William Doom is considered sure to
be Sir Charles Napier's sueeerenr, the Duke having overly
declared in his favour. Certainly Sir Willem might consider
himself ill-used if he were again to be passed over.
SHIKARPORE.
The subjoined extract from a letter from Shiksr-
pore, dated the 7th of Sept., is of interest :
We are improving the cantonment wonderfully ; we have
planted both sides of every road with fine forest sew, and
have opened a nullah which colve)s abundszce of water all
through camp to water them and the private garden. of all
officers who have made them in their compound., from the
main canal, when filled by the rise of the Indus ; it is now
in full operation, and certainly servos to mliigate the fearful
heat. We are all so perfectly quiet and tear quil iris, on this
frontier, that we have not even a looting ripefition hr •he
hill robbers to relate. Jacob and his gallant &aide llorse
keep them in great order.

CASUALTIES BY DRAM in the Armies of Isdis,
reported ahem the departure of the oval on the 17eh of Sep-
tember

Troops.—Lfeutsment H. Phillpotts, commanding
Royal Eogineen, at Victoria 11 ,og-kong, on 25th JOT.
Bombay Troops.—Ltete. d. H. T. Proctor, 21st Ni,.. at
Noseeerabab, on the Bth September.
Madras Troop.—Lieut. 8. Cameron, 37th N 1., In camp
at Nandatr, on the 31st August. Lieut. W. H. Jarrett, 10th
N. 1., at Bangor, on the 11th September. Lieut. C. I. Bug-
den, 39th N. 1., at sea, on board the B. C. Mena*, Atalanta,
on the gunge to Bombay, on the 17th September.
Bengal Troops.—Lieut. W. Young, 6th L. C., at Landow,
on the 16th September.

APPOINTMENTS, PROMOTIONS, &0., &c., announced
since dispatch of last Overland Mall on the lith
September.

'6 TRoors.

Danooons.-31 rest (light.) Lunteaut G. T. Ricketts
appointed interpreter. 10th do. (hanua.) Lieutenant the
Hon. F. C. G. Fi•nClarence promoted to es ptain,hy purchase
vice Webb, who retiree, and Cornet E. Stacy to lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Fitzelarenos promoted. 14th do. (light.)
Lieutenant J. T. Lit.g appointed for duty with the invalids
proceeding to Europe rid Bombay.
INEAZITET.-10th regt. En•ign T. P. Drone hu obtained
leave in extension from 6th July to 31st December, on ac-
count of ill health. 18th do. (royal Irish.) tad lieutenant
C. W. P. Lillingston, from 60th rig..., to be ensign, vice
Jones, who exchanges. Captain C. A. Edwardes hu obtained
one years' leave to England from Bth Senna, 1851. 24th do.
Lieutenant W. Cumming appfinted adjutant, and Lieutenant
W. D. H. Beillie quartermaster to the wing stationed at Beal-
'tote. 32nd do. Lieut. W. Cumming appointed interpreter
to the 75th foot. Cot do. Lieut. S. 0. Carter has qualified
as interpreter in Hindoostanee. 5 ird do. Captain Li. E.
Hillier nos obtained leave to Allthabad, from 15th Catcher
1850, to 14th February 1851. 60th do. (Mks) Lieutenant
J. P. Battersby app doted adjutant, and Lieut. Freer quar-
termaster, to the wing of the corps at Subatboo. Lieut.
L. C. Travers has obtained leave to proceed to Umbella to
appear before a medical board. 64th do. Lieutenant Fann-
ing and Ensign Flood have obtained sick leave to England
fur two year.. Lieut. W. 11. Cecilia promoted to carain,
without purchase, Iron 28th Augur, vice Cochrane, de-
ceased, and Ensign H. H. Alexander to lieutenant, vice
Candler. 70th do. lieutenant 0. Ryan promoted to Captain,
by purchase, vice Braddell, who retires, and Ensign E. 1).
H. Fairlough to lieutenant, vice Ryan. 78th do. (high-
landers.) Captain Bentley has been directed to rennin in
B mho.. until the arrival of the left wing. 80th. do. Lieut.
U. KiAland has obtained two years' leave to England on
medics' certificate. 83rd do. Csprain 8. A. T. Cary allowed
one year's leave to England. Captain T. Siring has ob-
tained two years' sick leave to England. 86th do. Lieut.
colonel D. Russell has obtained two years leave to England.
98th do. Liens. H. T. Richmond and 8. H. H. Edwards
have two months' leave to proceed to B =bey, and to
England for two years from date of embarkation.
MEDICAL EBTABLIBRIIENT. Assistant Surgeon E. J.
Kennedy, M.D., filth toot, hu bets tried by general court
martial at Kurrachee, and sentenced to be cashiered—en-
tents approved and eonti-med. Assistant-Surgeon Boyce,
appointed to the medical charge of the 83rd feet, from the
date of Burgeon Ledingham's decease. Atiatant Surgeon
R. De Lisle, appointed to medical charge of the 69th foot.
Assistant Surgeon G. C. Meikleham, 51st foot, has
obtained sick leave to Europe fur two years.

Read-quarters, Simle, Sept. 6, 1850.
At a general court martial holden at Kurrachee, on Tues-
day. the 23rd day of July, 1850, Assistant Surgeon Edward
J. Kennedy, M.D., her Ms:jetty's 64th Regiment, was ar-
raigne d on the following charge:
For conduct unbecoming the character of an officer, and
to the prejudice of good order and military discipline, be-
tween the Bth and 17th of May, 1840, in the following In-
stances; vu.:
lit. For neglect of duty and gross disobedience of orders
at camp Kurrachee, in not having attended to hie medical
duties at the hospital of her Majesty'. 61:ti Regiment,although
directed by me to do so in a regimental order, dated the 7th
of May, 1850.
god. For neglect of duty and groin disobedience of orders
at camp Kimmins, in having failed to attend to his medical
duties at the hospital her Majesty's 61th Regiment, although
directed so to do by Surgeon An.her, her Majesty'. 64th Re-
giment, his superior officer, by an order conveyed to him in
a memorandum, dated the Bth of May, 1860.
3rd. For neglect of duty and gross disobedience of orders
at camp Kamchee, in having failed to attend to his medi-
cal duties at the hospital her Majesty's 64th Regiment, on
the 13th of May, 1849, although ordered to de so by his su-
perior officer, Surgeon Archer. her Majesty's 61th Regiment,
conveyed to him in a letter, dated the 13th of May, 1860.
4th. For neglect of duty and gross disobedience of order',
at camp Kurrschee, in having failed to attend to his medical
duties at the hospital of her Majesty's 65th Regiment, on the
16th May, 1850, although ordered by me, his superior officer,
so to do, in a letter dated 16th May, 1850.
sth. For having, at camp Kurrachee, when called upon to
explain his conduct, written a disrespectful letter to sue, his
superior officer, through the adjutant of her Majesty's 64th
Regiment, to the following effect, viz., "In which note I
had meant to imply that I considered the attention to the
detail of the medical treatment of the women and children
as a most annoying end inconsistent duty ter a military sur-
geon, who. I consider, would then find himself, notwith-
standing' his claim to high respect and observance, placed •on
the same level as a village country apothecary.
(Signed) J. STOYFORD,
Lieut.-Col., Commanding ti, M, 64th Rest.
Camp lun June 22, 1850.
Finding and Sentence:—The court, having materially
weighed and considered all that has been adduced in sup-
port of the prosecution, as well as what has been brought
forward on the defence, are of opinion that the prisoner,
Assistant-Surgeon Edward J. Kennedy, M.D., her Ma-
jesty's 64th Regiment, is guilty in the first instance of
the charge, guilty of the second instance of the charge,
guilty of the third instance of the charge, guilty of the
fourth instance of she charge, guilty of the fifth buboes
of the charge, and find him guilty of the whole and every
part of the charge preferred against him, which being in
breach of the articles of war in such Cases made and pro-
vided; and they do therefore adjudge him, Assistant.Sar-
geon Edward J. Kennedy, M.D., her hlejosty's 64th Ree-
-1 ment, to be cashiered.
Approved and confirmed.
(ginned) J. NLYIRE,
ett , C.:namander-in-Chief East Indies.
Read-quarters, August 31, 1850.
lIICOMMREDATIOX TO MERCY.
The court, having thus performed a painful duty in
avoiding a punishment commensurate with the offence of
which the prisoner has been found guilty, beg leave to re-
commend his cue to the merciful coneideration of his excel-
lency the commander-in-chief; fa the court are of ()pima