The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-29 00:00:00

COURT-MARTIAL.

A garrison court-martial assembled at Sheerness on
Monday to try gunner and driver Edward Bulley on
two charges—the first for having stolen a letter be-
longing to a bombardier, containing 1/. sterling ; the
second for stealing a letter belonging to Bombardier
Owen Develyn, containing .a post-office order for 10s.
The following officers constituted the Court :—Captain
Cannon, President ; Captain Forbes, Lieutenants
Parkin, Smith, Carey, Robinson, and Savage. The pri-
soner was found guilty on the second charge. The first
charge was not proved. The Court sentenced the prisoner
to be imprisoned for two years, and to forfeit all time
and pay at his discharge.

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THE

GENERAL ORDER.-MEDALS FOR
KAFIR WAR.

Houn GUARDS, Nov. 22, 1854.

The Queen baying been pleased to eemmand that a
medal shall be prepared to commemorate the success of
her Majesty's forces in the wars in which they were en-
gaged against the Kafirs, in the years 1834-5, 1846-7,
and in the course of the period between the 24th Dec.,
1850, and the Gth Feb., 1853 ; and to direct that one of
the said medals shall be conferred on every surviving
officer, non-commissioned officer, and soldier of the regu-
lar forces—including the officers of the staff, and the
officers and men of the Royal Artillery, and Royal En-
gineers, and Sappers and Miners, who actually served
in the field against the enemy, in South Africa, at the
periods alluded to—excluding those who may have been
dismissed fer subsequent misconduct, or who haye de-
serted and are absent.

The General Commanding-in-Chief desires that all
claims for the medal in question may be addressed to the
secretary to the Board of General Officers, Whitehall-
yard, London.
Officers who served on the staff of the army—as well
as those now on half-pay, or who may have retired from
the service by the sale of their commissions—are to ad-
dress their applications direct to the board.
The claims of regimental officers, non-commissioned
officers, and soldiers, now serving, are to be forwarded
through their respective commanding officers ; and pen-
sioners and men whe may have purchased their discharge,
are to transmit their applications to the board (tike for-
mer through the staff officers of pensioners), duly certi-
fied. By command of the Right Honourable
General Viscount HARDINGE, Commanding-in-Chief,
G. A. IVErnmaLL, Deputy-Adjutant-General.

FORMATION OF AN ADDITIONAL IRREGU.

LAR FORCE IN INDIA.

FonT-WILLIAM, AUG. 14.--The Most Noble the Go-
vernor-General of India in Council is pleased to direct
that a force shall be embodied in Nagpore, which shall
be denominatud the " Nagpore Irregular Force," and
shall consist of :

One Horse Field Battery.
One Regiment of Irregular Cavalry.
Three Regiments of InfAntry, of 8 companies each

2. The establishment and allowances of the battery,
and of each regiment of cavalry and infantry, will be as
detailed in the table 4.

3. One European officer will be attached to, the
battery ; a commandant, second in command, and adju-
tant to the regiment of cavalry ; and a commandant anti
adjutant to each regiment of infantry.
4. Each senior officer, being commandant of a regi-
ment in the force, will be also commandant of the force,
and as such he will be allowed an additional allowance
of rupees (400) per mensum.
5. A medical officer will be attached to each regiment
of cavalry and infantry.
G. Tho artillery and infantry will be entitled to hutting
money.

7. No additional or extra pay beyond the rates stated
in the tables will be granted to either artillery, cavalry,
or infantry while employed in any part of the British
territories. _ _ _

8. The native officers and men of the force will be
admissible to invalid and to wound and family pensions,
according to the regulations applicable to local and ir-
regular troops.
9. Men who may be transferred from the line, or irre-
gular cavalry, will retain all pensionary claims to which
they may be entitled at the time of transfer.
10. The full proportion of camp equipage will be at-
tached to the artillery and infantry.
Captain Maunsell, 85th Light Infantry, has arrived
at his father's in Limerick, from the Mauritius.
The reserve battalion, 91st, on its passage home from
the Cape, expect to arrive by the end of December, at
Cork.

The depot, 50tb, at Chatham, will embark for Queens-
town, to join the service companies, and move •n with
them to Dublin.

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Watson, 14th, having gone
on leave, the command of the depot at Mullingar has de-
volved upon Captain Newman.
Captain Bushe, 7th Hussars, is on a visit with John
Singleton, Esq., J.P., at Quinville, Clare.