The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-15 00:00:00

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-THIS DAY.

Amsterdam ............ 11 16 Gibraltar ......
Ditto, three months .. 11 17 10-gtorn .. • • • • • • . • . • • 30 52%
Rotterdam ............ 11 18 Genoa
Antwerp .............. 25 32% Milan : •• • • •• •• • • ••
Prus.'els • • ........ 25 32% Venice.... .... • • ......
Hambargh .......... - 13 7 Naples • • • • ....
Altona ..•• ............ ;Palermo ..... 128
Paris ........ 25 5 !Messina ... ... 128%
Ditto, three months .. 25 32% Lisbon ...... ...• 53
Marseilles .......•. .. 25 32% Oporto • • 53%
Bourdeaux .. • • ........ Rio Janeiro
Fr ankfort.on-M aine 119 Buenos Ayres.... • • • • • •
Berlin ................ New York, 60 days' sight
Vienna.... • ... •..... 12 2 Philadelphia • • • • • •
Trieste........ • • • • .... 12 4 PRICES OF BITLLICN, PER OZ.
Petersburg ............ 361 Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9
Madrid ............... 49% Portugal Gold Coin 0 0 0
Cadiz
.... .. 50 Ylexican Dodars 0 5 2
Barcelona New Dollars • • 0 0 0
Seville • • • •• liver in bars ...... 0 0 0

are now under orders to proceed to Portsmouth on the
23d insi.

The Bedfordshire Light Infantry will march from
Bedford in a few days, and proceed by railway to the
barracks at Berwick-upon-Tweed.

The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have
arranged with her Majesty's Postmaster-General that all
letters received from officers of the royal navy serving
on foreign stations for conveyance to the United King-
dom, upon which the full amount of postage has been
paid in advance in penny postage stamps, will be treated
as paid by the Post-office authorities.
We regret to announce the decease of F. H. Lind
say, Esq., who for a period of nearly fifty years held
an appointment in the Commander-in-Chief's office, a
con4iderable part thereof in the very laborious and re-
sponsible situation of first assistant to the military sec-
retary. He suffered a severe and lingering illness.
The drills of the Royal Dockyard Brigade at Pem-
broke this season will not take place, in consequence of
the great pressure upon the resources of the dockyard,
and the length of time the mechanics and artisans are
now galled upon to labour. Its strength is upwards of
600 effective men between the ages of 20 and 45, and
the whole will, in the course of a short time, be officially
inspected by the Lords of the Admiralty on their annual
tour round the principal naval arsenals.

SECOND COURT-MARTIAL ON LIEUT.
PERRY, AT WINDSOR.

TWELFTH DAY-MONDAY.

The Court appointed to try Lieutenant James Ed-
ward Perry, of the 46th Regiment, assembled this morn-
ing in the officet.,' mess-room at the Infantry Barracks,
Windsor, Colonel Thomas E. Kelly presiding. The
court was more than usually crowded, because it was
understood that Lieutenant Perry was about to enter on
his defence. Mr. H. Darvill, the solicitor to the pri-
soner, was the first witness called.
Prisoner—Will you state to the Court under what cir-
cumstances the letter to Colonel Upton was written ?
Witness—On the morning of the 24th of July, during
the adjournment which was allowed to Lieutenant Greer
to prepare his defence, I saw a friend, a legal friend of
Lieutenant Perry, whose residence is in Ireland, but
who happened to be here and was present at the pro-
ceedings, bat I was not ; and he informed me that the
evidence given by Major Maxwell and others amounted
to a second trial of Lieutenant Perry, and he thought
some letters should be-sent to the Court. I said I had
not been present during the proceedings, and I relied
upon the information that this gentleman gave me for
consenting to the letter being written. There being so
short a period intervening, he requested me to accom-
pany him to a party in the immediate locality. I went
there. The letter addressed to Colonel Uupton was
drawn by myself, and signed by Lieutenant Perry. The
draft of this letter was left on the table, and from that
draft the letter was sent to the papers. Mr. O'Donovan
took the letter, and handed it up to the Court. That is
all I know about it ; but from what I have heard, and
from what I know, the truth of that letter will be proved.
Lieutenant Perry could not have been morally answer-
able for the contents of the letter, inasmuch as he merely
signed it. I wish to state that the letter was to the
effect that if Lieutenant Perry had been allowed to
cross-examine the witness, he would have proved his

I own case.
By the Court—Who gave you the information
Witness—The information I received was incidental ;
it arose out of other matters.
By the Court—Did that letter give you any informa-
tion on the subject ?
Witness—l received no information from that letter,
but I was well acquainted with its contents.
Major-General Wetherell (prosecutor)—Who wrote
the letter, and whose signature was it ?
Witness—l did it. It was signed by Lieutenant Perry.
Prosecutor—Was Lieutenant Perry cognisant of tho
contents of the letter before he signed it ?
Witness—Of the nature, but not of the particulars of
the contents.
By the Court—Who was the third party present when
the letter was written ?
Witness—lie was neither a soldier nor a lawyer, and
I decline to give his name.
By the Court—Was he a reporter for the public papers?
Witness—He was.
Lieutenant Perry—l wish to ask the president to be
allowed to produce the morning state of Captain Womb-
well's, Major Vesey's, and Captain Lyon's companies.
The President—lt shall be done.
Captain and Paymaster Alexis Corcoran was then
called.
Prisoner—Are you paymaster of the 46th Regiment ?
Witness—l am.
Prisoner—How long have you been in the regiment ;
are you in the regiment at present ; and are you about
retiring on half-pay ?
Witness—l have been thirty-one years in the service.
I have been with the regiment in the East Indies, in the
West Indies, at Gibraltar, in Canada, and at home. I
am about retiring on half-pay.
Prisoner—How long have you been paymaster of the'
46th regiment
Witness—About thirteen years.
Prisoner—Do you know of practical j,lces being con-
cocted it, the regiment, and from what period ?
Witness—l wean to say they were common in the
regiment ; arid the first instance I recollect was about
ten years ago.
The Pre,ident —We have nothing to do with ten years
ago, you must speak to the present charge.
Prisoner—Within the last three year 4 have you ever
heard of any practical jokes in the 46th Regiment ?
Witness—Young officers have come to me for advice
under the pressure of circumstances. I may mention,
in addition to that, the names of Mr. Perry, Mr. Knapp,
Mr Duriscombe, and also Mr. Lennard. I recollect
Mr. Perry coming to me frequently in the Linen-hail
Barracks, Dublin, and telling ins of certain annoyances
he was subjected to. I advised him the first four times
to bear it with patience and take it in good part. He
aid so. I reminded him also that when officers younger
than himself joined, they would have the same pranks
played on them. He came again, and told me that he
had been compelled to go through the sword exercise,
naked, in his room ; and the last time that he told me
he had suffered the indignity it was before certain offi-
cers of the 24th Regiment as well as the officers of the
46th. I then pointed out to him his mode of redress.
I showed him page 115 of the Queen's regulations—the
first six paragraphs ; that he ought to report the cir-
cumstance to one of the field-officers of the regiment, in
the first place, and if he did not get satisfaction from him
he should report it officially to Col. Garrett. The an-
noyance was still persisted in, and he threatened to re-
port to the general of the district. I think he did as I
told him, and he came to me the following day after
having written to his commanding officer. Mr. Perry
replied that, at the solicitation of the other officers, he
had withdrawn the letter to the general of the district,
and that if the persecution and annoyance ceased he
would say nothing about it. I at the same time cau-
tioned him, as he seemed to feel the last attack upon
him so acutely, never to join in any practical joke on
any young officer. I endeavoured to impress that upon
the mind of every young officer that I have spoken to.
Prisoner—Do you know, or is it within your know-
ledge, or have you reason to believe, that I did report
to Col. Garrett, arid that Col. Garrett said' I was a fool
for my pains, and like a child just escaped from my
mother's apron strings ?
Witness—The following morning Lieut. Perry told
me that Col. Garrett had made use of those expressions,
and I was induced to believe what he said.
Prisoner--`vas I not greatly distressed at the time ?
Witness—He was very much excited, and in tears.
Prisoner—Did you advise me to apply to the general
of the district, through Colonel Garrett, and have you
reason to believe I did so ?
Witness—l think I did, and I have reason to believe
you did so.
Prisoner—After I bad caused another officer to be
reprimanded, was not my society shunned by the other
officers of my regiment ?
Witness—L was told by the young officers that Mr.
Perry's society was avoided. As a married officer, I
lived a long way from barracks, and had not so good an
opportunity of seeing as others of the officers, but I can
only say that Lieutenant Perry's society was shunned,
and that was in consequence of his making the official
report.
Lieutenant Perry here applied to the Court to have
the minutes of evidence on Lieutenant Greer's trial- pro-
duced.
The President—.you shall have them before we have
done.

and how
Prison, r—Can you state what my general standing
and character have been since I have been in the regi-
ment,duty !
Witness—Mr. Perry was particularly kind and
my time is generally employed when off
obliging in his manner, and spent the greater part of his
time, when off duty, in playing the cornopean with an-
other young officer. I could hear him daily.
Prisoner--I have no further questions to ask the wit-
ness.

By the Prosecutor —Did Lieutenant Perry on any
occasion make an observation to you that would induce
you to believe that he intended to report to the general
of the district I
Witness—Not to my knowledge.
Prosecutor—On' what occasion was it that Colonel
Garrett called Lieut. Perry a fool for his pains ; state
the period ?
Witness—l am not aware of my own knowledge of
Colonel Garrett reproving another officer for annoying
Lieutenant Perry. As to the period, I should say it
was about the end of May, 1853, to the best of my
recollection.
Prosecutor—How did you hear of the circumstance ?
Witness—To the best of my belief a young officer
mentioned the circumstance to me.
Prosecutor—What reason have yon to believe that
Lieutenant Perry did complain to the general of the
district ?
Witness—Lieutenant Perry mentioned it to me, and
that officers wished him to withdraw it.
Prosecutor—•No other officer had any conversation
with you on the subject?
Witness—No ; it is not likely they would come to
tell me about it.
Prosecutor—To the best of your belief did no other
come and tell you about it
Witness—On reconsideration, I think Lieutenant
Knapp did.
By the Court—Did ever Lieutenant Perry receive any
annoyance at the hands of Captain Nicholas to your own
knowledge ?
Witness—Not to my knowledge, DO more than Mr.
Perry relating it to me.
The President—You must only speak as far as your
own knowledge goes.
By the Court—Are you aware that Captain Nicholas
is in the habit of aiding and abetting others in annoying
young officers on their joining the regiment ?

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 15, 1854