The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-21 00:00:00

COURT-MARTIAL.

A court-martial was held on board her Majesty's ship
Victory, at Portsmouth, yesterday, to try John Dray, a
seaman, on the following charges :-1. For having, on the
13th of September, on board her Majesty's sloop Hornet,
refused to obey the orders of Lieutenant Bush, senior lieu•
tenant of the said sloop. 2. For having behaved in a
mutinous manner towards Lieutenant Bush, by rushing
up to him and using violent language, and threatening to
knock his head off. 3. For having, on the same day,
offered to draw a cutlas upon Lieutenant Bush, and " let

daylight through him." The Court, after hearing the
evidence in support of the charges, and what the prisoner
had to allege in his defence, declared the charges fully
proved, and adjudged the prisoner to receive 50 lashes and
two years' imprisonment with hard labour, and to be
mulcted of all pay and allowances due to him.

DUBLIN", SEPT. 20.

The following communication has been received from
the Horse Guards in reply to a memorial of the gentry of
Kilkenny, praying that Lieut.-General M`Donald may be
continued in command of that district :
Horse Guards, Aug. 29.

Sir,—l am directed by the General Commanding-in-
Chief to acknowledge the receipt of the memorial which
you transmitted to him, very numerously signed by the
magistrates and gentlemen of the county of Kilkenny, re-
questing that Lieut.-General ll`Donald may be continued
in the command of that district notwithstanding his recent
promotion. Viscount Hardinge desires inn to request you
will assure those gentlemen that it is very gratifying to
him to receive this proof of the estimation in which the ;
services of Lieut.-General M`Donald are held in a part of
the country where he has been so long in command. His
lordship regrets, however, that he does not feel at liberty
to accede to the wishes of the memorialists by recommend-
ing her Majesty that Lieut.-General ArDonald should be
retained on the staff at Kilkenny after the Ist of October
next, as his promotion to the rank of lieutenant-general
will,according to the rules of the service, necessarily re-
move him from that command.—l have the honour to be,
sir, your most obedient humble servant, C. yoRKE.
To John Greene, Esq., M.P.

BELFAST, Sept.l9.—Lioutenant-Colonel Lockhart joined
the head-quarters of the 92d depot, at Belfast, on Satur-
day last, from Gibraltar, and proceeded yesterday on a
fortnight's leave of absence. The additional number of
mou mitred tomuk, IQ 124) 410 4ow at C. aireitini

embarkation for Gibraltar, to 100 rank and file, proceeded,
under charge of an officer, by railway to Dublin, yesterday
morning, en route to Cork. Staff Assistant-Surgeon Tit-
terton, attached to the 15th depot, at Londonderry, has
been ordered to proceed immediately to London for em-
barkation for Turkey—a civil practitioner to do the duties
of the medical department.

KILKENNY, Sept. 20.—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Kellett
left Kilkenny on the IGth inst. for London, en, route for
the East, and Surgeon Kearns, of the Kilkenny Dispensary,
has been appointed to the medical charge of the troops in
this garrison. Major-General Eden, C. 8., who has been
appointed to succeed Lieutenant-General McDonald in the
command of the Kilkenny Military District, visited our
city on Saturday, for the purpose of making arrangements
fur hi 4 future residence here. General Eden will assume
the command from the let October. Captain A. McDonald,
92d Regiment, eldest son of Lieut.-General McDonald, has
bcen appointed aide-do-camp to General Pennefsther, in
Turkey.