The Sun.
London, England, 1853-09-15 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY E'VENING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1853.

THE ARMY.

TROOPS FOR INDIA.—CHATHAM, Sept. 13.—Th iS MOrn-
ing, at eight, a detachment, consisting of 8 officers, 6
sergeants, 4 buglers, and 250 rank and file of the 43d
Light Infantry, marched from Chatham, en route for
Gravesend, to embark from the Custom-house-quay on
board the ship Earl of Hardwicke, for conveyance to
Madras, to join their head-quarters, which proceed from
the Cape of Good Hope. The undernamed are the offi-
cers who embark :—Lieut.-Colonel Robert N. Phillips,
Capt. T. Hugh Cockburn, Lieut. Henry Wilmot, Lieut.
T. M. Colvile, Ensign Hon. Herbert, Ensign Paken-
ham, Lord Richard Brown, and Assistant-Surgeon J.
M. Browne. On Thursday next, another draft from the
same corps will embark at Gravesend, on board the ship
Adelaide, consisting of 4 sergeants, 3 buglers, and 108
rank and file, with the following officers :—Captain
Donell, Lieut. Walker, and Ensign Richards ; and on
Friday next the 43d will join the provisional battalion.

THREATENING TO SHOOT A COLONEL AT CHOBHAM.—
COHRT-MARTIAL.—A general court-martial was held at
the cavalry barracks, Dorchester, on Monday, to try a
private of the Bth Royal Hussars (two troops of which
regiment, with the head-quarters, are now stationed in
that town), on a charge of insubordination and
threatening to shoot his colonel. The court-martial
was presided over by Major-General Purvis, com-
mandant of the southwestern district, assisted by other
distinguished officers. The prisoner's name is William
Ward, and the offence for which he was arraigned was
the It aepopueratr, e
committed on Chobham-common, during the encamp-
ment. l uFm. i n
Go u.s
sevidence
(lBa
ti
hd
ibefore
that Colonel rathe
Hussars) observing
strange
Of andiu_usingai;oprroper manner, and that he was in the act
questioning I?se, called him forward for the purpose of
that Ward himNvaaon the subject. It was then found
the colonel, he intoxicated, and on being accosted by
and abusive immediately became
, applying to extremely insolent
unmeasured violence of his commanding officer, with
epithets, and concludingmanner, the most insulting
that he would certainly shoot withi.i an impassioned declaration
immediately placed under arrest,
the colonel ; he was then
super offered no defence, andr t ' At the trial the pri-
mercy of the court. The
sentence threw himself on the
until the case has been fully invest..will not be known
Guards. investigated at the Horse
It is believed that a change will shortly
occur
in the
staff of the Horse Guards, by the retirement
officer high in the Adjutant-General's .office,
of an
the lieut.-colonel of a regiment in Ireland wilriird that
him. Since Lord Hardinges accession to the eplace
command
at the Horse Guards, eleven colonelcies have fallen va-
cant—no little pa,trinage for the first year of a min.
mander of the forces. There will shortly be vacant
several commands in the colonies, and, strange to add,
the last four regiments were held by either natives of
Scotland or men of Caledonian origin. By permission
of the Secretary at War, the Commandant of the Royal
Hibernian Military School will be enabled to send a
large proportion of the boys of that admirable school to
see the Great Exhibition. This will be the first oppor-
tunity of their marching through Dublin with colours
flying.--Limerick Chronicle,

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