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

Witness—l never heard of an instance to my know-
ledge.
By the Prosecutor—Did Lieutenant Perry send the
letter he wrote in your office to Colonel Garrett, and
was that letter threatening to complain to the general
officer of the district ?

Witness—lt was in my office I gave him the advice,
but I cannot say that he wrote the letter in my office.
I merely gave him the idea.
By the Court—Who were the officers that Lieutenant
Perry stated persuaded him not to report to the general
of the district ?

Witness—Captain Nicholas and Lieutenant Curtis.
By the Court—Do you know if ever Lieutenant Perry
joined in practical jokes on other officers ?
Witness—l never heard that he did ; and I feel con-
vinced if he did it would not have been lost sight of.
By the Court—From your habits of being in the bar-
racks, was it within your knowledge that practical jokes
were played ?
Witness—No more than seeing the doors that were
smashed in on the previous night, and the water with
which the passages were saturated the next morning.
By the Court—Has any one directly or indirectly
spoken to you, or written to you, or prepared you in
any way as to what you were to say before you came to
this court ?

Witness—No one prepared me. I got a letter with
three questions in it, but I was not prepared for it, be-
cause I was prepared beforehand to tell all I knew.
The information I have given before this court I am
prepared to give in any other court, so that I was not
prepared in any way.
By the Court—What were the three questions ?
Witness- -The first was, was I prlyired to attend the
court-martial ; and the next wad, could .I recollect the
late of Lieutenant Perry's official report to Colonel
Garrett; and the third was, whether I recollected the
name of any officer that had been leprlinanded by
Colonel Garrett ; but no one could give me any infor-
mation on the subject.

By the Court—Did Lieutenant Perry complain of ill
tr:at7nent after certain of had been reprithanded by
Colonel Garrets ?

Witness —I never heard of the officers being repri-
manded by Colonel Garrett.

The witnesq then withdrew.

Captain John H. Chambers, late of the 46th, and now
of the 4th West York Militia, was then called and
sworn, the charges having been previously read over to
hiin by Colonel Fordyce.
Prisoner—Were you in the 46th Regiment when I
was quartered at the Linen-hall Barracks, Dublin, and
when did you leave

WitnesF:—l was in the 46th Regiment during the
time Mr. Perry was in the Linen-hall Barracks; and I
left the regiment on 2Sth April last.

Prisoner—Do you recollect practical jokes being com-
mitted in the regiment, and do you recollect that I was
often subjected to them ? _ _ _

Witnese—l recollect practical jokes being common,
and I know that Mr. Perry has been subjected to them.
Prisoner—Do you recollect Lieutenant Curtis saying
that he had such fun in drawing that d—d fellow Perry,
and making him go through the sword exercise with an
umbrella ?
Witness—Yes, sir.

Prisoner—Do you recollect that you were told by any
officer that Colonel Garrett called me a fool for my
pains for reporting ?

Witness—Yes.
Prisoner—Who was that officer ?
Witness—Lieutenant Curtis.

Prisoner—Was it not openly spoken of at the mess-
table that the colonel had blackguarded Lieut. Perry for
reporting ?
Witness—Not at the mess-table ; after the mess.

Prisoner—Was it not also a common subject, of con-
versation in the regiment that I had reported to the
general of the district ?

- Witness—l never heard that Mr. Perry had reported
to the general of the district. I recollect hearing a
threat that he would report to the general of the district.
It being now four o'clock, the court adjourned until
to-morrow (this morning), the witness being still under
examination.