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ment, she had her engines, of 160 horse-power, fitted on
board, and working well.. Deducting the time of the ces-
' cation of the men from labour, the engines were fitted in
exactly 54 hours, or little more than five working days of
10 hours each. Tho Lynx worked well on starting, and
proceeded down the river to Woolwich, where she re-
mained about half an hour, to allow the men of the Tar-
tarus to go on shore to take their dinner. On leaving
Woolwich, she proceeded down the river to Lower Hope,
below Gravesend, the engines working well the whole time,
without any appearance of a hot bearing, although they
were working up to 111 revolutions per minute. The time
of passing the measured mile was not taken, as she has
still a portion of the timbers used when launched attached
to her bottom. She is furnished with two boilers; one
constructed so as to be entirely under the water line, and
capable, it is expected, of being able to propel the vessel
at the rate of 10 miles an hour, and when both boilers are
used it is calculated the speed will be 12 miles. The lower
boiler will only be used when in action. Sho passed
Woolwich on her return up the river to Deptford at 6 p-11-1-,
and was loudly cheered by the various groups on shore
She met the Jason, screw steam-ship, going down the
river when opposite Eritb, and the officers and men of the
Royal Artillery, and the crew of that fine steamer, re-
sponded to the cheers of those on board the Lynx. The
Jason had her steam up, and was also assisted by a steam
tog-boat, to accelerate her progress down the river on her
way to the seat of war in the EL •
Tho Snake and Viper, two more of the steam gun-vessels
for service in the Baltic, are nearly ready for launching at
Blackwall. The entry of seamen and stokers for the Beagle,
commissioned byLientenant Hore, the Lynx, commissioned
by Lieutenant Luce, and the Despatch, also put in com-
mission, is making satisfactory progress. The crew of the
kyrmidon have been transferred to the Arrow. The ad-
vanced squadron of this steam gun-vessel flotilla will ap-
pear in the Baltic the second week in August.

DEVONPORT, TUESDAY. •
The Peltona, transport, sailed on Monday with victual-
is alongside the dockyard,
linTghsetorlensdfuosrtrtyh,e BtralanckspoSiota:
making good some defects and making some alterations.
The Meander will be taken out of harbour to-morrow,
when she will be swung for the adjustment of her com-
passes by Mr. Thompson.
Rear-Admiral Hope Johnstone hoisted his flag, blue at
the mizen, this morning on board the Indefatigable.
Twelve shipwrights' and two ropemakers' apprentices
have been selected by their lordships to be examined.

HER MAJESTY'S NEW YACHT WINDSOR CASTLE.
The workmen have resumed their labours upon the con-
struction of the Queen's new steam-yacht, the Windsor
Castle, now building at Pembroke. She is fully half ad-
vanced, and, had not the great demand for small vessels
tak In off the mechanics, she would have been nearly com-
pleted. She will now be fitted for paddle-wheel propulsion,
the report of the commission being in its favour, in prefer-
ence to the screw. Her engines are to be supplied by the
firm of Penn and Co., and they are to be upon their oscil-
lating principle, realizing from 26 to 28 revolutions, and
this, it is calculated, will give a speed of 15 knots, or 17 to
18 statute miles per hour. The diameter of the wheels
will be 30 feet, and the cylinder 84 inches, with a piston
stoke of six feet. The nominal horse power will be 600.
Her estimated tonnage is nearly 2,500, and the following
are the principal dimensions upon which she is built :
Length over all, 315 feet, ditto of keel, 300 feet, breadth of
beam, 40 feet, depth of hold, 22 feet. In order to secure
her rapid completion a large quantity of converted timber
has been sent round from the eastern ports.

MILITARY.

SAILING OF THE HI MALAYA WITH THE SOOTkt

GREYS.

Yesterday forenoon, about 9 o'clock, the Himalaya took
her departure from the Mersey for Varna, with, the Soots
Greys on board. She will call at Constantinople for orders,
and it is expected she will land her human freight at Varna
in 11days. She started with a fine breeze from E.S.E.,
and would make good speed down the channel.

The Jason screw steam-transport ship, having embarked
the materials of Capt. Townsend's field-battery on Tues-
day afternoon, the men and horses were embarked at
Woolwich on Wednesday morning• A detachment of
Me jor Romer's field-battery embarked at the same time, and
also 1 sergeant, 1 corporal, 1 bombadier, and 28 gunners
and drivers of the Royal Horse Artillery—the latter to
form a depot in the East, to fill up any casualties that may
occur in the Royal Horse Artillery branch of the Ordnance
corps already on service in Turkey.

MOUSTACHE REGULATIONS FOR THE ARMY.
It has at last been decided that the moustache shall be
worn throughout the army by men of all ranks who desire
to adopt it. The following is the Horse Guards circular
on the subject :

Horse Guards, 21st July, 1854.
CIRCULAR MEMORANDUM.
A large part of the army being employed in Turkey,
where it has been found beneficial to keep the upper lip
unshaven and allow the moustache to grow, the General
Commanding.in-Chief is pleased to authorise that practise
in the army generally, subject to the following regulations,
which are to be strictly obeyed on home and colonial ser-
vice :

A clear space of two inches must be left between the
corner of the mouth and the whisker—when whiskers are
grown. The chin, the under lip, and at least two inches
of the upper part of the throat must be clean shaven, so
that no hair can be seen above the stock in that place.
The wearing of the moustache is to be optional with all
ranks.

The troops serving in the East will be allowed such
further latitude in respect to shaving their beards and
whiskers as the general officer commanding that army may
deem it expedient to sanction during the continuance of
that service.

By command, GEORGE CATHCART, A.G.
Recruiting parties are actively engaged in the north of
Ireland for the three regiments of Guards. A large num-
ber of men have joined.
The regiments of Royal Rifle Brigade, and 60th Rifles,
and Royal MArines, are being considerably augmented.
46TH REGIMENT.— The 46th Regiment, now doing duty
at Windsor Castle, is under orders to move for the East
one day next week. The Staffordshire militia from Dover
will afterwards do duty at Windsor for a month, only,
when they will be relieved by the glorious 18th Royal
Irish, from Canterbury, which regiment will remain at
Windsor for the winter It is expected the result of the
courts-martial on Lieut. Perry and Lieut. Greer, of the
46th Regiment, will be promulgated to-morrow*.

DIN, EDNEDAY MORNING.
THE 63D REGIMENT The following Sis a list of the offi-
cers of the regiment who embarked on board the Avon,
bound fir Varna :—Lieutenant-Colonel Exham Schomberg
Turner Swyny ; Majors Hon: Robert Alexander George
DAlzell and Patrick Lindesey ; Captains Thomas Harries,
Gustavus Nicolls Harrison, Charles Edward Fairtlough,
William Frederick Carter, John Stilman Gould, Henry
Ferguson Barclay, and Bamford; Lieutenants G. C. W.
Curtois, Charles Le Mesurier Carey, Ttiomas Johns, Wm.
H. Newenham, John Gekin Cockburn, F. T. Logan Peter-
son, Christopher James Illagnay, Vincent Mackesay, Vere
Hunt Bowles; Frederick Lattim Fitzgerald ; Ensigns
Adrian' William Fraser, Fleneage Thomas Twysden,
Archi-
bald Wyberg, James Hilton Clutterbuck, Thomas Kyd
Morgan ; Paymaster John Thorp ; Lieutenant and Adju-
tant Robert Bennett, Quartermaster Henry Ingram,
Surgeon Robert Lewins , Assistant-Surgeons Mills and
Flo si'er.
Major C, C. Young's field battery, of the Royal Artil-
lery, is placed under orders to proc6ed to the Baltic with
the siege guns, and will be the first detachment of Royal
Artillery for that destination.
Captain J. N. A. Freese's No. 7 company, 12th battalion,
has been placed under orders for immediate embarkation
for service in the East, and the greatest exertions are now
being made to have the whole of the six field-batteries now
under orders embarked in the course of the present week.
No. 3 company is to be attached to the siege guns, and
for r will have nine-pounder field-batteries,
oss.e4V i 5 Ce6in a T du key,

...................
DEATH OF GENERAL Sil RENRY KING.—We have to
record the death of another gallant and distinguished
officer of the Peninsular army, General Sir Henry King,
colonel of the 3d Regiment. Sir Henry served at the siege
of Porto Rico and capture of Trinidad in 1797, in the
Egyptian campaign in 1801, including the action at Abou-
kir Bay, and at Rahminie, where he commanded a squad-
ron of the 26th Light Dragoons, and lost his right leg in
the expedition to Walchern and siege of Flushing in 1839.
In 1810 was appointed commandant of Tarifa, and for his
services in its defence his commission of lieut.-colonel•was
ante dated. Served also in the Peninsula, commanded the
82d Regiment at Vittoria, and towards the close of that
brigademlal, and the gold medal
devolved upon him.
for Vittoria, and the decorations of e.g. and K.O.H. and
S.C. In March, 1845, he was appointed colonel of the 3d
E thegyp t
an
Regiment (Buffs), and by the brevet of last month attained
action the
the rank of general.
RECRUITS FOR THE ARMY.—Yesterday • ,
/ morning a large
commandc
e vedth of
men, who arr.
number of fine young
Western and Great Northern, Railways were paraded and
-medically inspe
• etc(' at the principal recruiting-office,
Man of Delahay-street, Westminster.. y them were volun-
teers from regiments of the line on the home establishment
and the militia, for service in the several corps at the seat
of war, and, with only three or four exceptions, were
finally approved and marched to the depots of their re-
spective regimentspreparatory, to embarking
DESERTERS FROM THE MILITIA.—In consequence of the
order for embodying several regiments of militia for per-
manent service, the desertion of fellows who prefer an in-
active life, and who only enlisted for the sake of the bounty
so numerous, that in add t the
authorities have become . the arcso o
usual iusertion of their names in Pokce tte, the
authorities have considered it necessary to forward their
names and descriptions to the parochial officers of the
parishes in which they resided at the time of their enlist-
ment, and also to those of any parishes in which it was
known they had subsequently resided, with a view to
their speedy apprehension, and lists of the defaulters aro
now to be posted up at the church doors of the district in
which they last resided.
VOLUNTEERS FOR THE NAVY.—Yesterday morning 4
large number of able and ordinary seamen and stokers'
were forwarded from her Majesty's ship Crocodile to the flag-ship at Sheerness, for service in the Baltic fleet. The
services of the stokers are principally required for the
steam-boat flotilla, some vessels of which have been
recently commissioned. Commander Greet, of the Croco-
dile, and the officers and petty officers under his com-
mand, have been for the last ten days particularly fortu-
nate in obtaining volunteers for particular ships; but men
for general service are not easily to be got, the blue
jackets considering it only right that they should have the
choice of the vessel in which they are to do duty.
Owing to the unparalleled smallness of Dublin garrison
by reason of the' withdrawal of so many regiments for ser-
vice in the East, the military guards have been reduoed in
number to the minimum point. At the Castle, Bank of
Ireland, and other stations not half the former complement
of men is called upon to do duty, but even with this
marked reduction the life of a soldier in the metropolis is
not an idle one, and, unless some relief is afforded by the
more general aid of the constabulary, or by the employ-
ment of the militia, a still further dimizultion. mot e
elected in the mow gßalid Wit citi.. - - --- - -

THE WINDSOR COURT-MA RTIAL.

(From, the Times.)
Had the Court-martial upon Lieutenant Greer been an
isolated proceeding, it would have been unnecessary for us
to say one word upon the subject. The military prisoner
might have been left to his military judges, who are per-
fectly competent to decide the question of whether or not
the offences with which he stands charged are in harmony
with the character of "an officer and a gentleman." Even
now, as far as he is concerned, we should be perfectly wil-
ling to let the matter pass sub silentio, were it not that the
evidence taken in the last case supplies ninny of the defi-
ciencies too obvious in the minutes of the former investi-
gation. We care very little indeed what his judges and
the Horse Guards may think it right to do with Lieut.
Greer—we have no wish to bring out the strong points of
the case against him, save in so far as they are inseparable
from the conclusions in favour of his antagonist. In a word,
we are not striving for the condemnation of Lieutenant
Greer, but for the acquittal of Lieutenant Perry. Whether
it is right that the former of these two officers should con-
tinue to hold the Queen's commission after the evidence
that has appeared against him is no concern of ours ; but
the case of Lieutenant Perry stands on very different
grounds. Here is a young man arraigned before a military
tribunal for doing that which any man with one spark of
manly feeling left in his composition would have done
upon more *slender provocation. He was subjected to a
long course of bullying ; ho was abused ; he was 'bespat-
tered with the most foul and obscene epithets ; he was
made the object of personal violence by a man far his
superior in physical strength ; and at length indignation
got the better of his indecision or his forbearance,
he seized a candlestick from the table which stood
near, and knocked down his assailant. Who among
us would have clone loss? Who would not have
done much more? Lord Hardinge is at the head
of the army—a man of untarnished honour, a soldier of
courage, bright and polished as his sword; what would he
have done, even now that aga has in some measure checked
the impetuous soldier of Albuhera, had he been selected
by a vulgar bully as the object of insult so intolerable?
The thing might have happened to him in a railway car-
rive—in the public street ; what could he or would he
have done in the last resort but simply what Lieutenant
Perry did the other day ? It is clear enough that this un-
lucky lad had better have kept out of bad company ; that is,
had nothing to do with his brother officer ; but then he is
but a lad just out of his teens, and that must be his excuse
for associating in his private hours with those whom he
met on parade and in the mess-room. There is no evidence
that the lad was an habitual•gambler. Before this trans-
action he had played once or twice for the most trifling
sums of money, and can never be said, in the course of his
short military career, to have "gambled" at all until the
night when he was fairly rallied and bullied into so doing
by the very man who is now seeking his destruction.
It cannot fail to strike the most careless observer that
Lieut. Greer's defence does not shake one single fact ad-
vanced by Lieut. Perry in explanation. We should blush
to write in excuse of his conduct. The greater part of the
defence consists of a wordy attempt to convince the Court
that Lieut. Perry was a witness in his own cause, and
therefore that his evidence was not to be trusted. We
should be curious to know in what predicament Lieut.
Greer considers himself to stand ? What is there that
should induce us to give to his words the credit which he
wishes'us to deny to those of his opponent ? But we do
give credit to the statements of Lieut. Perry; not only be-
cause they have been confirmed, where necessary, by the
statements of most unwilling witnesses, but because Lieut.
Greer has been unable to set them aside in any single im-
portant particular relative to the matter in hand. We
should be well content to rest the justice of Lieut. Perry's
acquittal upon Lieut. Perry's statement of his case. But,
when we look a little further into the second of the two de-
fences, we confess we are not a little surprised to find the
bully bringing the charge of " vindictiveness" against his
victim. Is the first investigation a matter so remote
from memory, that we have forgotten how Greer left it to
the Court to suppose that Perry had attacked him more
than once, at intervals, and when he was in a state of half-
insensibility ? We trust, for the honour of human nature,
that the suggestion came from some older head than his
own, and that he was too great a dolt to calculate the effect
it might produce. It is also not forgotten that in a trial
such as this, in which officers and gentlemen sit to decide
upon the conduct of officers and gentlemen, Greer over and
over again refused to answer the questions which Perry
thought it necessary to put to him. Who, with a feeling
of honour and a consciousness of rectitude, would take ad-
vantage of a parcel of quibbles and technical rules in a case
of that kind ? Lieutenant Greer was not arguing a case
in court, with a Jew attorney on one side of him,
and a special pleader on the Bther, but he was ac-
cusing his brother officer before a roomfull of gentlemen of
ruffianism and disgraceful conduct. In such a case how is
it that the words " I refuse to answer that question" were
so frequently heard from Lieutenant Greer's lips? There
was no conceivable question he should have refused to an-
swer. Above all, it must be remembered that here was
this poor lad Perry fighting his battle with every man's
hand against him ; the Colonel of his regiment the accuser,
and interposing at every moment with any suggestion which
might damnify his case ; the Deputy-Judge-Advocate
pulling him up whenever there was an opportunity, and
professing to be a friend of both sides, while he was in
reality pressing against one ; every man against him, and
yet he had the wit and courage to defend himself—we
should say to justify himself, in a manner which will not
speedily be forgotten.
The matter cannot, we presume, rest with the termina-
tion of the inquiry into the conduct of these two young
officers. The public Neill not readily be brought to believe
that Colonel Garrett, the commanding officer, is not most
deeply to blame for the condition in which his regiment is
found to be.

(Ppm. the keaminer.)
Why was not Lieutenant Greer put upon. his trial, in-
stead of Lieutenant Perry? is the question of every one
who has road the proceedings of the Windsor Court-
Martial.

Lieutenant Greer was the assailant ; and the blows he
received were given by Lieutenant Perry, to free his person
from his persecutor's hands. A long series of provocation
was ended by a sudden and rough act of chastisement.
But the prosecutor, Colonel Garrett, was obviouslyanxions
to keep out of view the facts preceding the violence ; and
this was quite natural on his part, for they are acts dis-
graceful to the discipline and character of his regiment,
and they raise a very grave question against the officer in
command, under whom such conduct could be suffered.
The President of the Court, who hadnot the same obvious
motive for suppressing the disgraceful truths, yet presented
every technical difficulty to the disclosure of the provoca-
tions, atttempting to confine the evidence to the cireum-
stances immediately connected with the assault. This
would in effect have been to exclude Lieutenant ferry's
defence altogether, for his justification was provocation,
and the provocation was a series of outrages.
Mr Greer seems to have seized upon Mr. Perry, who was
what is called, by way of opprobrium, a quiet man, as his
property. He was to play with him at the game of his
choice and upon his own terms, and he was to play till he
lost, or he was to be called the foulest and filthiest names
and hauled about. First, the game was billiards. And
here the character of the man appears ; for, entering the
billiard room, he desires the gentlemen in possession of
the table to finish their game quickly, as, forsooth, he
wishes to play. He plays several games with Mr. Perry,
wins a trifle, and proposes double or quits, at which he
loses. The next proceeding is to bring a woman into the
barracks and Mr. Perry is challenged to toss up—for what?
To treat Mr. Greer's woman to a bottle of wine ! Gre r
was now 51. in Mr. Perry's debt ; so "go and get a pack
of cards and give nie my revenge" is the word, the system
being to go on playing till the luck should turn in Mr.
Greer's favour. Cards could not be got, but Mr. Greer
was not unprovided. / Mr. Greer, an officer in her Ma-
jesty's service, had a snug little roulette table, a thing
liabe to seizure on a race-course, or in a hell • and he im-
portuned Mr. Perry into playing at the unlawful game,
and with such success that at one time they were nearly
quits, when he complimented Perry on losing back his
money in these terms, that " he was the best fellow in the
world, and acted like a gentleman ;"—that is to say, he
lost. But the luck turned again, and then Greer became
abusive. Perry left the room ; Greer followed him, and
dragged him back by main force. The play was resumed,
and Greer repeated his former conduct. Again Perry
escaped and went to his room, again he was seized ; and
Perry having had recourse to the expedient of Joseph,
Greer seized by the waistcoat, and treated him, as
Perry phrases it, " in a most outrageous manner."
After some period of indulgence in this way, Greer or-
dered Perry to go through the sword exercise, but changed
his mind, and instead, insisted on Perry's betting 501. that
he would cut a candle in two, which he did,!andloo/;that
he would cut another in two, which he also did. Now this
was not being a good fellow and acting like a gentleman,
which was to lose ; so Greer commenced an attack upon
Perry, dashing him about, and calling him opprobrious
names. Perry, not being his assailant's equal in strength,
then took up the first thing that came to hand, and applied
it vigorously to Mr. Greer's head, and presently put him
hors de combat.
Greer's sense of Perry's character now appeared ; for,
finding himself severely hurt, he actually sent Perryon the
errand for a surgeon. By this highly significant circum-
stance, he confessed that in his then opinion (when smart-
ing under the blows) Perry was not actuated by any
malignity towards him, and that having done what was
necessary to self-defence, he knew he would do no more,
except in the way of charity and succour.
In this recapitulation we rely in part on Mr. Perry's
defence, which is simple and feeling, and bears every mark
of truth ; and we trust to• it, because it is corroborated in
several important points by the evidence of Greer himself,
and also that of the woman, who was a witness of most of
the scenes of profligacy and outrage.
It cannot be denied that Perry made rather too unmea-
mired use of the candlesticks. But in all such cases
an,
pro-
vocation carries interest; and the much-enduring
blow
who strikes at last, strikes twice or thrice for the n
one
which would have served in prompter season. Lie.u.gteeinrt
Perry ought to have resisted the first personal
toie isivoty,
ni
and if, being the weaker, he had had recourse his
to protect himself against the bully, he.woueltdkhaaevwewbheeerne
thoroughly justified. But he evidently did not
to draw the line, where to oominenceseli-atshseeretaieosne,
hfoerwhaes
had been, it seems, the butt of the regiment eo fateentoroguesethdrueupgihn
!poor and frugal. He states that he
the night by his brother officers and was
mae
the sword exercise naked. He should have made his
sword protect him from such indignity,
We do not mean that he
as he had in vain
appealed to his superior officers.
should have had recourse to dtelling
ie, as every good sub-
but that he should
have defended himself against outrage,
ject is free to do, by all means in his power. Even the
model of forbearance, Sir
Charles Grandisen, has recourse
to force upon a suitable occasion.
Upon the close of Lieutenant Perry's defence the p roe"
cutor, Colonel Garrett, observed that there were statementss
in it which he could contradict, but that he would not
occupy the time of the court with the disproof, as they
were general, and not relevant to the issue. And this pre-
judicial remark passed without the reprehension or notice
of the court !
Colonel Garrett ought to have been told that he had no
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right to impugn the truth of Lieutenant Perry without
instancing the statements disputed, and producing his own
I counter-statements, so that the court might judge between
them. To assert that a part of the defence is false, is to
intimate that the whole may be false—tor a man capable
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others which he is interested to misrepresent. Stich a
charge should not have been breathed without proof, and
the court would have expressed that opinion if it had a
notion of what is due to justice.
But the proceedings of this court throughout bore the
complexion of the court-partial. The Mutiny Act, as in-
terpreted, was everywhere standing between Lieutenant
Perry and his object of complete disclosure of his provoca-
tions, and, on the other hand, screening Lieutenant Greer.
We give a specimen :
After some further questions the prisoner asked, while I
was within your grasp, you being tho stronger man, did I
not, in self-defence, strike you, as you have already stated?
Witness—You did dot strike me in self-defence.
Prisoner-IVhen you say that I did not strike you in
self-defence, do you mean to assert that I was not attacked
by you, and within your grasp at the moment I struck you?
Witness—You were not within my grasp when you
struck me.
Calonel Garrett —You stated that you dragged prisoner
back by the collar into your room ; did you do so in anger
or otherwise?
Witness—lt was not in anger.
Col. Garrett said he merely wished to show the animus.
The prisoner, whose justification is intolerable provoca-
tion, asks Lieut. Greer whether ho had not applied the
most insufferable terrns.to him • he significantly enough
refuses to answer, and the President puts it to Lieutenant
Perry whether it is necessary to his defence to persist in
putting such questions, they all being of the same cha-
racter. To be sure they were all of the same character, as
all proving the same system of provocation. And if the
prisoner had killed his assailant instead of beating him,
the circumstances upon which he laid only due stress
would have taken the act out of the category of murder,
and reduced it to justifiable homicide.
We admire Colonel Garrett's inquiry of Lieutenant
Greer, whether,
when he dragged Mr. Perry back into hi*
room by the collar, it was in anger, or otherwise. The
leading question was,
expected. It is possible,answered as was to be
of
indeed,coursethat Mr. Greer may have
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for, opr
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and with a view only to getting back the money which,
by the bye, he had taken good care not to pay him; but
whether one gentleman drags another by the collar in anger
or not, the one so dragged may be permitted to be angered
thereby, and to knock down his insolent assailant with
the first implement that comes to hand.
The fact is that Colonel Garrett was as much concerned
in this ,prosecution as Mr. Greer, for the defence of Mr.
Perry necessarily went to prove facts incompatible with a
proper state of discipline, and with the conduct which it
is the duty of a commanding officer to maintain.
Prisoner—Was it not found that cards could not be ob-
tained, and did you not produce a roulette box ; and did I
not say that I did not understand the game, but played,
and afterwards won 100/. of you ?
Witness—Yes.

Prisoner—Did I not then leave your room and go to my
own ; and did you not follow me and drag me back again
by the collar?
Witness—Yes, I did.
. .

Prisoner—Did we not play again, at your earnest solici-
tation, and was not I again tho winner
Witness—Yes,

Prisoner—Did you not follow me to my room, and call
me a "-- son of a —," and "a swindler?"
Witness—With the Court's permission, I beg to decline
answering.
The President said—l will put it to the prisoner whether
it is necessary to his defence to persist in putting such
questions ; they are all of the same character.
Prisoner—There were only Lieutenant Greer and myself
present, and lam anxious to show the provocation. Can
I hope to be examined on oath myself ?
The President replied in the negative
Prisoner—Does not the Court think that under the act
of August, 1851, I could be examined on oath ?
The President—Not unless power is given by the Mutiny
Act.

Prisoner—l wish to show that I was most forbearing,
and that the assault was struck in self-defence ; all my
questions go to prove that.