The Sun.
London, England, 1855-10-11 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

PLYMOUTH, Wednesday.7—A. general Court-martial
will assemble at the Government House, Mount Wise,
this day, for the trial of Lieutenant John Charles H.
Parks, 97th Regiment of Foot, on the serious charges
of drunkenness and insubordination. The court will be
composed of 14 officers of this garrison, members, and
Colonel Bugden, Royal Engineers, president.
INSPECTION OF THE 22D REGIMENT.—The 22d Regi-
ment of Foot was inspected on Monday at Mount Wise,
by Major-General Eden, C. 8., commanding the western
district. The fine soldier-like appearance of this gallant
and veteran regiment, their steadiness under arms, pre-
cision of movement, and the facility with which they
performed the most difficult military evolutions, elicited
the warm admiration of all beholders, and especially of
the military officers present. At the close of the in-
spection, the major-general addressed them in an appro-
priate speech. He said he was proud to see so distin-
guished a body of men under his orders—a regiment
that had covered itself with so much glory and renown
in the East, from which it had so recently returned.
He hoped they would continue in garrison to support
the high character they had hitherto maintained in the
field. The major-general also expressed his entire ap-
probation of all. he had seen to Captain Anderson, the
commanding officer of the regiment, the colonel (Boileau)
being on leave, and the majors being on the staff at the
seat of war.

DUBLIN, Wednesday Morning.—GßAND FIELD DAY.
--Yesterday was the last of the series of garrison field
days, whicn, during the past six months, have proved
so attractive to amateurs and so instructive to our new
levies. The practised eye may not easily become recon-
ciled to anything of military display which realises less
than the perfection to which our tried and seasoned
troops habitually attain ; but we are bound to say that
the §" pomp and circumstance " of mimic war have
never in our recollection been more showily and spi-
ritedly sustained than they have been during the past
summer by the noviciate corps that of late constitute
the chief strength of the garrison ; nor were the admi-
rable facilities, which Dublin especially affords, for
working the three arms of the service in combination,
ever more strikingly exemplified than yesterday.

THE MUTINY IN THE KERRY MILITIA.
The Limerick Reporter gives the following version of
the mutiny in the Kerry Regiment, reported yesterday :
"An order was issued on Saturday that the band
should not in future play to mass ; and it was also
ordered that the band should not play to the Established
Church. The move of the commanding officer of the
Kerrys—Major De Rolles De Molleyns—in preventing
the music of the band, was then seen even by some of
those with whose knowledge and approbation the order
that there should be no music on Sundays had been pro-
mulgated. The regiment was drawn up in line. Entrea-
ties were made to the men to march. The officers of the
corps, not on leave, were in front ; they did all they could
to induce the men to march—but to no purpose, Threats
were had recourse to, but, as well as entreaties, they
utterly failed. At length an orderly of the 16th Lan-
cers was despatched in haste to the deputy adjutant-
general, who, in the absence on military inspection of
the general, at once proceeded to tile barracks. After
an interview with the officers the adjutant-general again
gave the word of command to march ; but there was no
symptom of the slightest desire on the part of the men to
stir. On the contrary, they remained where they had been
from the moment they went on parade, and it was then
acknowledged that they had no notion of moving, and
the cause why they did not stir was bruited about—viz.,
that the band was not allowed to play them to mass, as it
had played them in Tralee, where the regiment was em-
bodied. The adjutant-general then drew from his pocket
the Articles of War and the Mutiny Act, which he
read. Ile spoke of the penalties of the act on those
ringleaders, as he designated them, who had instigated
the men to disobedience. He expressed his deep regret
that a spirit of insubordination had been shown by the
men. He said that the order to the effect that no music
should play either to mass or to church had been issued
on the previous day, and that that order would be adhered
to. He referred to the crowds of people outside the
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