The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-25 00:00:00

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volunteered the assertion, " That he had seen ma more
drunk than that when on duty," and though the Court
stopped these irrelevant statements the towards
the prisoner was self-evident. The evidence which
Major Maxwell had given showed there was no founda-
tion for such charge. The prisoner would not set him-
self up as an altogether innocent or injured man ; he
should always feel shame and regret as to the occurrences
of that night, but though he (prisoner) might have
been blameable for folly and impropriety, it did not,
therefore, follow that he should be subject to the
heavy penalties consequent on the charge now before
the Court : many officers of maturer age, and honoured
and esteemed both in military and social life, might
have been ruined outcasts if some foolish prank or
culpable excess, committed at the age of twenty-four,
had been dealt with as a grave breach of duty as an
officer and a gentleman. It was quite clear that Lieut.
Perry and he (prisoner) were playing in prisoner's room
on that night, that Mr. Perry left prisoner'! room, and
that he (prisoner) followed him, that they returned and
resumed play, that this again occurred, and that he (pri-
soner) was found bleeding in Mr. Perry's room from
wounds inflicted by Mr. Perry with a pair of heavy
candlesticks. Under these circumstances, Mr. Perry._
being himself under arrest, and awaiting the sentence.
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him (prisoner). Nothing could palliate the violence ad-
mittedly against
used towards him (prisoner), but the assertion
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that he had drawn it on himself by unendurable and per-
severing brutality, in word and deed. He (prisoner)
was sorry to hear Mr. Perry say, there had been ill feel-
ing, for there had been none on his (prisoner's) part to-
wards the witness. Major Maxwell had proved that
day that he (prisoner) had lived on terms of intimacy
and friendship with his brother officers, and though he
(prisoner) might have given temporary offence by a fool-
ish joke, he had trusted no permanent ill will resulted.
[Here the prisoner entered into a dissertation of the fur-
ther portions of Lieut. Perry's evidence, to show that it
proved there having been perfectgood feeling between both
Lieut. Perry and himself until the immediate moment of
the fracas which has occasioned the present inquiry.]
He also alluded, though but slightly, to the evidence of
the dressmaker, Hester Major,
to show that she proved
that there had been a good feeling between them during
almost the whole of the night, an that as regarded the
foulest word used, she might have mistaken the word
" beggar" for a word which no gentleman or officer
ought to have used. He then dwelt upon the injuries
he had received at the hands of Lieutenant Perry, and
to the character which he (prisoner) had received from
Major Maxwell, and after stating that no one could
more regret than himself that such au occurrence had
t-ken place, and that such disgraceful language should
have been used, he left his case with confidence in the
hands of the Court.

At the close of the inquiry Colonel Garrett said the
conduct of the officers of the regiment was now under
the consideration of the highest authorities, and that he
had great pleasure in bearing testimony to the harmony
in which the officers of the regiment had lived together.
[This painful inquiry being now concluded, it is only
right we should state that our correspondent has had
no communication directly or indirectly with Lieutenant
Perry or Mr. Darvill, the town clerk of Windsor,
who appeared as his legal friend. We make this re-
mark because Lieutenant Greer's friends have presumed
to say "the press" has been bribed on behalf of Lieu.
Perry. From all that our correspondent has heard, and
from the tenor of Mr. Greer's defence, " the moneyed
influence" appears to be on Lieutenant Greer's side.)