The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-09 00:00:00

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NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF " COUSIN GEOFFREY."
Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols.,
GUILTY; OR, NOT GUILTY.
By the Author of " Cousin Geoffrey," &C.
Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

Rifle Association commenced at Stanley Burn, near
Chester.le-Street, on Tuesday, and concluded on
Friday, and the result of the shooting has been
eminently satisfactory. Tuesday and Wednesday
were occupied in competition for the association
prizes, of which there was one of £lO, one of £B.
one of £6, eight of £5, nine of £4, and twenty of
£2 each. Private F. 'l'. Wharaw, of the 7th Dur-
ham Rifles, and Sergeant Sanderson, Ist Durham
Rifles, made a tie of 68 points, but iu firing over
Mr. Wharam led with a centre, while hip; opponent
only gained an elver, and Mr. Wharatn got the
first and Sergeant Sanderson the second prize. The
13th Durham, let company, Birtley, won the first
prize, £2O, and Mr. Fen wick's cup, for file and
volley firing; the 13th Durham, 2d company
(Washington), winning the second prize, £lO.
Daring last week Lieutenant-Colonel Middleton,
R.A., the Government inspector, inspected the Ist
Northumberland Artillery Volunteers at Tyne-
mouth, the Hartlepool Artillery at Hartlepool, the
Sunderland Artillery at Sunderland, and the corps
of Artillery Volunteers uncler the command of
Lieutenant-Colonel Ailhusen at Newcastle. The
whole of these corps were found in a most efficient
state, though one or two of them fell short in
numbers.

Now ready at all the Libraries, in 2 vols.,
AGUARDIAN ANGEL.
By the Author of " A Trap to Catch a Sunbeam."
"A peasant story, gracefully told."—Post.
"This story is very inffenious and very Interesting, and
contains a variety of attractive charaoters."—Sun.
Hurst and Blackett, M Great Idarlborouqh-street.

NOTIOE.-THE NUN (LA RELIGIEUSE)
By the Abbe " *, Author of " Le Maudit,"
Will be ready at all Libraries and Booksellers on the 16th
inst., in 3 vols., post Bvo.
Richard Bent!ey, New Burlington-street.

THE LATEST NEW NOVELS.
Now ready at all Libraries,
BER TIE BRAY
By the Author of " Sir Victor's Choice," &c.

DANGEROUS CONNEXIONS,
In Three Vols.

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THE MAN IN CHAINS,
By the Author of " Sackv-ille Chase," &c.
London : John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street.

Now ready, Cheap Edition, price 25., complete,
TRUNG H A N D,
K. 7 A Tale of Mexican Life and Adventure. By G. AIIIARD.
London: Ward and Lock, 15S, Fleet-street.

This Day, Dedicated to Madame Celeste, price 25.,
THE WOMAN IN RED
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BEL DEMONIO. I THE DUKE'S MOTTO.
LEAH, THE JEWISH MAIDEN.
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the armistice shall be allowed
Danish army unhindered in case
of hostilities as soon as they are ca,
Done at Vienna the Ist August, .
(signed)• BISITARCK BRENNts a
WERTHER, QUAADE,
RECHBERG, KAUFFILINN,

Courts-Martiai in the Federal Army,

The courts-martial in the Northern army are
numerous. Wo have no means of knowing hriw
they get on in the Southern army. In the wfts k's
records to July 16z1t, upwards of 120 efficerk. are
mentioned as being cashiered or " dishonon.reJly
dismissed," with the offences specified in eac:
The most common, perhaps, is drunkenness. Oa
the whole, the list is a curious study. Captain
Powers is dismissed for "treachery and cowardice ;'
Captain Jolly, for tendering his resignation ou a
surgeon's certificate thst he was a confirmed ine-
briate; many dismisecl for absence without home;
others for conduct unbecoming an alicer and a. gen-
tleman, such as horze-stealing, and keeping money
belonging to their men ; others for desertion.
Donald Giliies is dismissed " for having tendered
his resignation on the ground that a wound re-
ceived at Gettysburg had so intimidated him that
he has become constitutionally a coward, and unfit
to lead his comrany into action." One unlucky
officer's dismissal for absence without leave is re.
yoked, as it has been " discovered he was killed
in action," and so could not report: Em-
bezzlement of Government property is not
a very rare offence. " Tyrannical and cap-
ricious conduct" costs one John Walters
his commission in the Kentucky cavalry ;
and Lieutenant Cole is dismissed for en—
listing sailors in the service of a foreigr,
power. Lieut. John Devine comes to grica
for ordering the house to be burned; Capt. Mille;
for taking arms from fugitive slaves for his ow: a
men; Capt. Alfred Brooks for representing himee if
to be sick and wounded ; Capt. Ross Deegan fa
playing cards with his men. Many also are di 8-
missed for disobedience of orders and disrespect to
superiors, and a batch of officers in a Misset
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cavalry regiment is turned out for not suppressizag
a mutiny. Lieut. David is turned out for erne:ay
to his coloured troops. In many cases the sentence,
&0., is ordered to be published in the local papers
where the culprit came from. Spri,ggs, 116th 011;o,
is dishonourably dismissed for uttering disrespect-
ful and contemptuous language against " Old Abe,"
alias the President of the United States. Major
Hill is to be publicly stripped of the insignia of
rank in the presence of all the coloured troops at
Port Hudson, and to be confined as a convict witl
hard labour on the Dry Tortugas for a year, "
conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman,,"
Altogether the sentences are what might be tx.
pected, and show a state of things for which we
might be prepared if we considered the mods in
which this enormous army has been raised and
officered. No officer of the regular United States
army figures in the list. —Army and Navy Ga,:zette.