The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-27 00:00:00

SERGEANT BRODIE, OF THE INNIS-
KILLINGS.

CANTERBURY, Thursday Evening.—The arrest and
confinement of Sergeant A. Brodie, of the Ist Royal
Dragoons, for preventing a duel, has created quite a
sensation throughout the city ; all classes, from his wor-
ship the mayor downwards, deeply sympathising with the
injured cornet, Baumgarten, and the equally injured
sergeant, who bears a most exemplary character in his
regiment, and who has already been confined to his
room for six days for his kindness in preventing a
hostile meeting that might have resulted in the sacrifice
of life. As the facts connected with the arrest of
Sergeant Brodie were not all brought out on the ex-
amination before the mayor and magistrates, it may,
be briefly stated that Adjutant Webster (when Ser-
geant Brodie had succeeded in preventing the duel, by
causing the detention of one of the principals) three
times distinctly told the guard "to knock the ser-
geant down with the butt-end of their carbines, if be
resisted them," although the sergeant had then given
himself up as a prisoner. Having been taken to the
room and searched, the sergeant was subsequently
ushered into the presence of the colonel of the
regiment in the orderly-room as a prisoner, when he told
the colonel all the circumstances of the case. The adju-
tant said Sergeant Brodie was drunk at the time. The
colonel then ordered the corporal to be brought in.
When questioned, he said the sergeant was perfectly
sober when he arrested him. After further interro
gatir n=, the colonel ordered the sergeant to be taken
to his room, to await his trial by general court-martial.
The order was obeyed, and asentry placed outside Sergeant
Brodie's room ; but on Sunday a second sentry was added,
and a notice placed outside the room door to the effect—
" That no person was to hold any conversation with Ser-
geant Brodie except in the presence of the acting adjutant
(Webster.)" As soon, however, as the magistrates'
proceedings had terminated, the sentries were removed,
and the notice taken down. Still the serjeant remains
under arrest, and confined to his own room, although in a
debilitated condition. Under these circumstances the
magistrates' clerk wrote to the commanding officer, by
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graphic message to attend at the Horse Guards, and he
left for that purpose to-day, in company, it is said,
with Adjutant Webster, one of the principal actors in
the disreputable proceedings.

FfiSTAL COMMUNICATION WITH LONDON AND DUBLIN.
—A numerous meeting of Irish members and others
teresuid in the pr 'motion of postal facilities between 'n-
England and, Ireland took place yesterday at the
_krms, Palace-yard, Mr. IT. Vance, M.P. for
Dublin, iu the chair, to consider the provisions of the
bill now under discussion in the House of Commons
upon the subject. Mr. G. A. Hamilton explained the
provisions of the bill, and said that clauses had been
introduced to meet the objections made to the original
scheme. Several gentlemen spoke of the present
unsatisfactory state of the postal communication be-
tween England and Ireland, and Sir C. Roney explained
the improvements which it was proposed to introduce. Mr.
Grogan having referred to the trip to the Dublin Exhi-
bition in eleven hours, Sir C. Roney said that was an
exceptional case, and that such a speed could not be
continuously maintained. A resolution was carried,
stating the desire of the meeting to impress upon the
Government the importance and necessity of improving
the postal communication between London and Dublin
as much as possible. It was understood that the mem-
bers present would support the second reading of the
bill, reserving to themselves the right to deal with its
details in committee, in fil;C:i manner as they should
deem desirable.