The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-03 00:00:00

THE BALTIC FRENCH FLEET:

His French Majesty's steam-sloop La Place arrived
and anchored in the Downs yesterday morning. She is
from Cherbourg, for the Baltic, and awaits orders prior
to starting to join the squadron under Admiral
Deschenes.
His French Majesty's corvette Licorne arrived in the
'Downs yesterday warning, from the Baltic, and an-
chored. She proceeded at ten a.m. for Cherbourg.
Wind, westerly ; moderate and fine weather.
At one p.m. yesterday, a French line-of-battle ship,
name unknown, arrived in, the Downs from the west-
ward.
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THE. TURKISH STEAM-FRIGATE.
The Turkish steam-frigate Faid Gehaid left Ports-
mouth Harbour at four p.m. yesterday, for Southampton,
to be docked. A correspondent says—" It is much
to be regretted she was not docked in the yard. There
would have .been no difficulty in accomplishing this
by making the fitting basin a dock fer the time being,
and leaving the - gates of the angle dock open. We
regret to see old-womanlike' difficulties thrown in
the way ; nor is it calculated to make the best im-
pression on our gallant friends the Turks, to be handed
about from Southampton to Portsmouth and back
again.

MILITARY.
The head-quarters and four companies of the 35th
Regiment of FOot paraded at half-past eight o'clock
on Monday morning at Brompton-barracks in heavy
marching order, and marched from Brompton to
Chatham-barracks, where they were inspected on the
guard-mounting parade by Major-General '; Marcus
Hill, commandant of the garrison. The head-quarters,
with the band and four companies of this corps, as-
sembled again on Tuesday morning, August 1, and
naarehed from Brompton-barracks under the command of
Major Edward H. Hutchinson,' to the Strood station of
the North-Kent Railway for conveyance to Gravesend,
where they embarked for foreign service in the East
Indies. The troops in Chatham turned out and cheered
them, and they were also cheered as they passed through
the towns of Rochester, Chatham, and Strood.
The Efugnenot, freight-ship, has arrived with the re-
mainder of the 94th Regiment on board from the East
Indies. Eleven deaths occurred on board during the
passage to England. The division landed at Gravesend
yesterday (Wednesday), and proceeded by the North-
Kent Railway to Strood, and marched thence to Bromp-
ton-barracks to join the bead-quarters of the 94th, sta-
tioned there.

Thirty-two young men of the Royal Sappers and
Miners left Woolwich on Monday, and proceeded by the
North-Kent Railway for Chatham, for the purpose of
being instructed in sapping, raising field-works, and
other duties taught at the establishment at Chatham.
The local pensioners of the Medway district completed
their field drill on T9esday,.August 1

Colonel R. R. Ord, Royal Engineers, commanding the
Royal Engineers in the Medway district, will embark for
Montre►►l on the Ist or 2d of September next, to take
the command of the Royal Engineers in Canada. He
will be succeeded in the command of the Medway dis-
trict by Colonel Savage, at present in command of the
Royal Engineers at Halifax, Nova Scotia.

THE 21sT FUSILIERS FOR THE WAR.
The 21st Royal British Fusiliers have received an order
for immediate embarkation for the seat of war. They will
leave Dublin in the following order :—The first division,
under the command of Major J. R. Stuart, with the
under-mentioned officers, will leave Richmond Barracks
at half-past six .o'clock a.m. this day, the 3d instant,
and proceed to the King's Bridge Terminus, for con-
veyance to Cork, viz. : Captains (Brevet Lieutenant-
'Colonel) J. P. Haines, J. T. Dalyall, J. A. B. Kirk-
land ; Lieutenants A. Templeman, A. Stevens, Stewart
H. Ring, H. F. E. Hurt,. and G. W. Beaumont, and
Assistant Surgeon Greer ; together with 24 serjeants,
12 drummers, and 250 rank and file, The second di.

WINDSOR, Aug 2. —Until this morning, the 46th were
under orders to sail from Southampton, in the Golden
Fleece, on Saturday next, provided the proceedings of
the court martial now being held had been finally con-
cluded and confirmed. To-day orders have arrived for
prolonging the stay of the regiment definitively for a
fortnight, and the 21st, now waiting for embarkation at
Dublin, will sail by the Golden Fleece, for the seat of
war in the East. Yesterday the, light company and a
portion of the grenadier company of the 46th arrived
from Kensington Barracks, under the command of
Major Vesey, Lieutenant' Dallas, and Lieutenant
Llewellyn. They were4net at the railway station by the
band of•the regiment, and marched into the Sheet street
barracks about five o'clock in the afternoon.

GALLANT CONDUCT OF A BRITISH:OFFICER ON BOARD
THE FLAG-SHIP VICTORY.-Again within a week we have
to record a gallant act. One of the Victory's boys was
coming down over the main futtock rigging, when the
top rim, which he had hold of; gave way, and the lad
.fell into the sea, having struck something in his descent
which broke his arm and stunned him. The poor boy
must have One to the bottom, but that 'a gallant officer,
Lieutenant Webb, without a moment's hesitatiOn, jumped
overboard all standing, and making a little dive brought
the boy to the surface and saved him. The poor lad has
been sent to Hamlar Hogpitil much injured.-
The Lords of the Admiralty have given directions that,
in consequence of the pressure of work existing in the
various dockyards, the drills of the brigades of -those
establishments will not take place as usual this season,
but that an increased number will be gone through next
year; and that it is their Lordships' intention to take
an opportunity of seeing the men under arms before the
summer is over.

Another Russian ship, called the Ida, Geesen late
master, bound from Rio Janeiro, taken prize by her
Majesty's steamer Gorgon, has been condemned by the
Court of Admiralty, and she, with her cargo, consisting
of 2,160 bags of coffee, is ordered to be sold for the
benefit of her captors.

SECOND COURT-MARTIAL ON LIEUT.
PERRY.

FIFTH DAY-WEDNESDAY.

The Court re-assembled at eleven o'clock, in the officers'
mess-room, at the Infantry Barracks, Windsor, Colonel
Kelly presiding. Mijor-General Wetherall was in his place
as prosecutor : Major Dalgetty officiated as deputy-judge-
advocate. Lieutenant Perry, the prisoner, was attended
by Mr. Darvill, of Windsor, as his legal adviser.
The Court having been formally opened, the prisoner
respectfully asked whether he might be permitted to call
witnesses other than those on the list he had handed in.
The President said that no limitation of witnesses would
be made. The prisoner might call any
_witness for his
defence. -
The cross-examination of Major Maxwell was resumed.
Prisoner—Were there no, instances of officers being
pulled out of bed, after Dunscomba's, at Weedon Bar-
racks ?
Witness—Shortly after that case, several companies of
the regiment went on detachment. I have been present
with head-quitrters up to this date, and I know of no case
at Weedon Barracks of any officer being pulled out of his
bed.

Prisoner—Do you not know of one particular case at
Weedon, in which an officer (Hammond) was brought into
the mess-room, placed upon the table, and asked to sing a
song .

Witness—l have a slight recollection, now it is brought
to-my memory, of something of the kind happening, and
no-more, at Weedon. I think it WAR at Weedon, but it
made no impression on my mind at•the time.,
Prisoner—You admit that you are the person whom the
colonel deputes to look after such matters? How is it
that you did not in this case give a severe reprimand?
Witness—Because the reprimands are only given when
necessary, and I, in this case, cer, ainly never saw any ne-
cessity for a reprimand. If it had been necessary, I should
have given

Prisoner---Did you never receive a private letter from
me, through my servant, when at the Linen-hall Barracks,
Dublin ? *lf so, can you produce it ?
Witness—l have received privata letter's from Lieute-
nant Perry; in the Linen-hall Barracks, asking leave from
parades and drills, but on no other subject that I am aware
of ; and I.never keep such notes.
'Prisoner—l have no further questions to ask Major Max-
well.

By the Court—Was the officer in question brought from
his room at Weedon, and placed on the table, to sing a
song, or was he pulled out of bed, and brought by force ?
itness—l do not know how he was brought down,
where he was brought from, or whether force was used.
But this I know, that the officer in question, during the
time he has been in the regiment, has never made a com-
plaint to me, or to any one else, that I ever beard of, of
ill-us'age or ill-treatment from any person in the regiment.
By the Court— How soon after the settlement of the third
complaint did Lieutenant Perry go from head-quarters on
detachment; and did he make any complaint of ill-treat- '
went after his third complaint ?
Witness—He went on dectachment about five months
after the third complaint, and I never heard of another
complaint from Lieutenant Perry.
By the Court—Was the officer in question (Ensign Ham-
mond). placed on the table, and how was he dressed ?
Witness—l have not the. slightest. recollection or faintest
idea of the circunistanees.of the case, and should have for-
gotten it, had it not been called to my memory. It made
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no impression on my mina. _

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Witness—l have reason. Colonel Garrett never speaks
neverNC- ha
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tnhehparviesenyeornattboebifieve that
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presence of one of the majors or
senior officers, and the adjutant. And I think I was teothaenrywi se,officer
excepton aniyn
the
eint of duty, .such as reprimand or
pre-
sent at the only time, to the best of my knowledge, that
Colonel Garrett spoke to Lieutenant Perry, concerning a
reprimand, in the Linen-hall Barracks. On that occasion
Colonel Garrett never used that expression nor any term
of reproachtowards Lieutenant Perry.
Prisoner (through the Court)—Will you say that Colonel
Garrett never used unmeasured language to another officer
(Lieutenant Dunscombe) when he reported?
Witness— I will.
Prisoner (through the Court.)—How long is it since 11am-
mond's case occurred, and how long since my last com-
plaint, in which I have stated. that Colonel Garrett called
me a fool ?
Witness—llanimond's case must have occurred during
the time the regiment was at. Weedon—during April or
May last. Lieutenant Perry's third and last complaint
was made either in June or July, 1853.
By the Court—LWas• • Lieutenant Perry on detachment
whilst the regiment was at Vireedon, or was he at head-
quarters ?
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WindsorD
ecemb'e.r, 1853, and did not rejoin
Witness—On detachment. He went on detachment in
Major David Fyffe, of the 46th Regiment, was then called
and sworn, the prosecutor stating that, to save time, the
witness would be examined on the first and second charges:
The charges were then read. until June, 1854, at.
Prosecutor—Were you present with the 46th Regiment
at the Linen-hall Barracks, Dublin ?
Witness—l was. • •

Garrett ard reproached any other oc, call of
erraya foolforhirs
Prosecutor—ls it within
within
mcomeaints
your knowledge that Colonel
Garrett did, on
anionn of his making complaint,o
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pains, or repr ach him for makingnot,Cthearttacinsliyonel g , nor did
nant Perry for making complaints, or made use of such
wroledheed-
an expression.
Prosecutor—Do you know that Lieutenant Perry, of the
46th Regiment, ever sent a letter to Colonel Garrett,
threatening that he would appeal to
the general of the
Lieute-
nant eWveirtnleessa;
district, or that he ever threatened,.
Lo do so ?
Witness—l never heard of such a threat, either by letter
or word.
Prisoner—Were you present when Colonel Garrett
adjudicated on my report, andthe .9m_,
"48 were said to have
been used by Colonel Garrett to me ?
Witness—l was not.
Prisoner—Might not Colonel Garrett receive my letter,
threatening to appeal to the General of the district
without your knowledge ? • ,
Witness—He might. ,
Prisoner—Do you not recollect another officer who
actually sent an official letter to Colonel Garrett, threaten-
ing to appeal to the General of the district, and that Cal.
Garrett, the next morning, used unmeasured language
towards him, before all the officers, captains, and sub-
alterns of the regiment ?
The court was here cleared. On the
re-admission of the
public, the President announced that the question might
be put.
Witness—l cannot answer that question on my own
knowledge.
Prisoner—Did any one detail to you anything to that
effect having taken place? And were you.not one of the
officers present when Colonel Garrett read Dunscombe's
letter?
I . Witness—l have no recollection of any person detailing
to me that anything of the Kort had taken place ; nor do I
recollect that I was present when Colonel Garrett read

Dunscombe's letter.
Prisoner—The first 'question on the re-assembling of the
Court was read to you before you left the court. Did you
communicate with any one respecting that quristion when
out of court?
Witness—l mentioned that the question had been put,
certainly.
Prisoner—To whom? And what reply did you receive?
Witness—l rnentionel it to two or 'three officers, but I
received no reply.
Prisoner —State who it was to whom you mentioned the
question.
Witness—Mr. Curtis and Captain Campbell were the
only two officers to whom I mentioned it; others might•
have heard. I merely said the question was about Duns-
combe's business.
Prisoner—Will you say distinctly, one way or the other,
whether you were or were not present when Dunscorribe's
letter was read by Colonel Garrett?
Witness—l cannot amend my former answer. I have
no recollection of being present when the letter was read.
Prisoner—What (lid you mean by Dunscombe's busi-
ness ? Was that a phrase understood by those officers ?
Witness—l alluded to the answer of Colonel Garrett
yesterday, reported in the newspaper?, which has been tho
subject of conversation amongst the officers this morning.
[After a pausel—lt is not to that answer I alluded.
intended to refer to another. I was under a wrong im-
pression as to ,Colonel Garrett's answer. I alluded to an-

' other occurrence, in which I had previously heard of such
a letter having been written by Mr. Drinscombe.
The prisoner drew the attention of the court to the fact
that witness had changed the answer three times ; and he
then put the following question :—To what occurrence do
you refer specifically ?
Witness—l referred to the fact of my having heard,
in the course of casual conversation, that Lieutenant Duns-
combe bad written a letter to Col. Garrett.
Prisoner—Threatening to appeal to the general of the
district ?
'Witness—l mean the letter 'alluded to in the former
question ?
Prisoner—And was not that letter, through Col. Gar-
rett, sent to the general of the district, and was it riot
known, and the subject of conversation' amongst the
officers ?
Witness—l have no recollection of having heard, other-
wise than iu casual conversation, that Lieutenant Duns-
combo had complained to the general of the district by
letter.
Prisoner—Was this complaint made by Dunscombe in
' consequence of having . been brought from his bed in his
shirt into the ante-room? How long ago was that?
Witness—l believe it was made in consequence of his
being brought from his, bed, but whether he was brought
to the ante-room.l do not know. I cannot recollect the
time, nor where it took place.
By the Court—Are you aware of Lieutenant Perry being
persecuted in any way, after the reprimand had been given
by Colonel Garrett to the subaltern officers ?
Witness—Most decidedly not.
Prisoner--Are you aware that I was often called names,
and my company studiously avoided by nearly all the
other officers because I complained to the commanding
officer ? •
Witness—l am not aware that Lieut. Perry was ever
called names. And if his company was studiously avoided,
it was 'not because he had complained. Nor am I aware
that his company was ever studiously avoided.
Prisoner—l must now trouble the Court with another
question. The last answer contains an innuendo, and lam
anxious that everything concerning me should be known,
ever since I joined the regiment.- I wish nothing to be dis-
guised or withheld.
Question from prisoner—If avoided, for what cause ?
Witness—l should say from his general temper. He ap-
peared to me (hesitation)—lt is a difficult question to
answer. (After another pause.) I should cay that I did
not associate with Lieut. Perry much in consequence of
his general temper. I did not know why the others
avoided him. It did not appear to me (hositation)--
The President—What ?
Witness—That his general disposition and temper—they
were such as I did not admire.
The Court here adjourned for ten minutes. On re-
assembling,
Captain Sandwith, of the 46th, was called and sworn.
The first and second charges were read by the President.
Prosecutor—Were you adjutant of the 46th Regiment
when quartered in Dublin, and were you present with it?
Witness—l was adjutant of the 46th Regiment when
quartered in Dublin, but was absent from it some short
time; I think about ten or twelve days.
Prosecutor.—Did you ever hear Colonel Garrett call
Lieutenant Perry a fool for his pains, and reproach him for
making complaints ?
Witness—l never heard Colonel Garrett call Lieutenant
Perry a fool for his pains, nor did I ever hear him reproach
Lieutenant Perry for making complaints.
Prosecutor—Do you know whether Lieutenant Perry
ever sent a letter to Colonel Garrett threaterting to com-
plain to the general of the district ' • or that he ever, by
writing or word of mouth, threatened to do so ?
Witness—l do not.
Prosecutor —Have you any reason to believe that the
persecution, alleged to have taken place towards Lieute-
nant Perry, ceased when that officer threatened to report
Colonel Garrett to the general of the district ?
Witness—l am not aware that such a threat was at any
time made, or that Lieutenant Perry was ever persecuted.
The prosecutor announced that ho had no further ques-
tions to ask.
Prisoner (in cross-examination)—Could not all that you
have negatived take place, you being psat of the time on
leave, and always living out of barracks because a married
officer ?
Witness—A system of persecution towards any officer
could not have existed without my knowledge. It is not
likely that Coloncd Garrett would use such expressions ;
and I am quite sure that such a letter does not exist in the
orderly-room, and never did. I slept out of barracks, as a
married man, but the whole of my day, except going to
meals, was spent at the barracks.
Prisoner—May I suggest to the Court that my qUestions
are argued, not answered.
The President—The answer, be it good or bad, must be
taken. You can contradict it when on your defence.
Prisoner (to witness)—Then do I understand that all you
can Speak to is that I was not systematically persecuted,
the rest of the reply being argumentative ?
At the suggestion of the President, and with the consent
of the prisoner, the question was withdrawn.
Prisoner—Are you not aware that I was pulled out of
bed several times ; Waldey and Knapp's rooms turned up-
side down ; Dunscombe ill-treated more than once ; Ham-
mond placed on the mess-table, whilst at Weedon ?
Witness—l am not aware that Lieutenant Perry was
pulled out of bed several times. I never heard of Waldey
and Knapp's rooms being turned upside down. I know
that Mr. Dunscombe was once pulled out of his bed; and
that ho complained to the commanding officer, who severely
reprimanded the officers of whom ho had complained.
That reprimand was given in the presence of the whole
of the officers. With respect to Mr. Hammond, I have
reason to believe that he never was ill-treated since he
joined the regiment.
Prisoner—What were the words the colonel employed to
Dunscombe the morning after be was pulled out of bed,
when the officers were assembled ?
Witness—When the officers were assembled, which, I
think, w_ts two or three days after the occurrence, the
colonel addressed himself at very considerable length to
the whole of them, but more particularly to those against I
whom the complaint had been made. do not recollect
him addressing himself particularly to Mr. Dunscombe.
Such a time has elapsed that it is impossible for me to re-
collect what the colonel did say.
The President—Does that answer the whole of the ques-
tion ?
The Deputy-Judge-Advocate—l.think it does.
Prisoner (Co witness)—You seem to know something
about Dunscombe's case. Was that letter addressed by
him to the colonel merely, or through the colonel to the
general of the district ?
Witness—To the colonel only.
Prisoner—ls that letter still in the orderly-room, filed ?
Witness—l should think not. The regiment has been
moved three times since that letter was written. On those
occasions all useless letters are destroyed, and I should
think that was destroyed with them.
By the Court—What expression did Colonel Garrett use
In your presence to Lieutenant Perry, when Lieutenant
Perry complained of ill-treatment from other officers of
the regiment ?
Witness -I do not recollect Colonel Garrett ever speak-
ing to Lientent Perry in my presence on such a subject.
By the Court—Was Lieutenant Perry's society shunned;
and if so, why ?
Witness—l can say that Mr. Perry's society was not
sought for, in consequence of his disagaeeable manner—of
his swaggering manner—leading any one to suppose that
he was a man of enormous (witness did not finish the sen-
tence)—his apparent contempt for everything military or
regimental—his supposed debauched habits—and latterly,
from ill-conduct in a money transaction.
The prisoner here intimated a desire to put another
question to the witness, who had attacked his character
-without the slightest chance of proving the truth of his
assertions.
The President—The better way will be to call witnesses
to disprove the testimony of Captain Sandwith.
Question from the Court —Were you not present when
Colonel Garrett assembled the officers and reproved them,
in consequence of a complaint from Lieut. Perry ?
Witness—l should think not, as I have no recollection
of the circumstance. I have already stated as much.
The prisoner here handed in another question, and the
Court decided that it might be put, but
The President (addressing the prisoner) said—Lieut.
Perry, I think you had much better meet the matter in
another way.
The Prisoner—l think so, sir. I must take other steps.
I have very fortunately kept the whole of the letters con-
nected with the money transaction, and I should be sorry
that so •personal a matter- should be brought before the
Court, more especially as it relates to purchasing steps in
the regiment. I shall take other means of publicly refuting
the aspersions cast upon my character by the witness.
The question was then torn up by the President, and
the witness was ordered to withdraw.
Captain Nicholas, of the 46th Regiment, was then
called, and sworn to give evidence on the first and second
charge, which were read over to him.
Prosecutor—Did you act as adjutant of the 46th Regi-
ment during any part of the time that regiment was quar-
tered in Dublin?
Witness—l did ; when they were stationed at the Linen
Hall barracks, and a'so at the Royal barracks.
Prosecutor—Did you ever hear Colonel Garrett call Lieu-
tenant Perry a fool for his pains, or reproach him for
making complaints ?
Witness—l never heard Colonel Garrett call Lieutenant
Perry a fool for his pains • nor did I ever hear him re-
proach Lieutenant Perry ?or making complaints.
Prosecutor—Do you know whether Lieutenant Perry
ever sent a letter to Colonel Garrett, threatening to appeal
to the general of the district, or that he ever did, by word
of month or writing, de so ?
Witness—l never heard of such a thing being done by
Lieutenant Perry.
Prosecutor—Do you believe that the alleged persecution
of Lieutenant Perry ceased in consequence of any such
threat ?
Witness—The alleged persecution of Lieutenant Perry
ceased on Colonel Garret reprimanding an officer of the
46th, who had persecuted Lieutenant Perry. I
heard of any letter or threat by Lieutenant Perrytore
port Colonel Garrett to the general of the district, in con-
sequence of such treatment.
It being now past four o'clock, the Court adjourned
until to-morrow (this day).