The Sun.
London, England, 1853-09-15 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

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board the ship Earl of Hardwicke, for conveyance to
Madras, to join their head-quarters, which proceed from
the Cape of Good Hope. The undernamed are the offi-
cers who embark :—Lieut.-Colonel Robert N. Phillips
Capt. T. Hugh Cockburn, Lieut. Henry Wilmot, Lieut:
T. M. Colvile, Ensign Hon. Herbert, Ensign Paken-
ham, Lord Richard Brown, and Assistant-Surgeon J.
M. Browne. On Thursday next, another draft from the
same corps will embark at Gravesend, on board the ship
Adelaide, consisting of 4 sergeants, 3 buglers, and 108
rank and file, with the following officers :—Captain
Donell, Lieut. Walker, and Ensign Richards ; and on
Friday next the 43d will join the provisional battalion.
THREATENING TO SHOOT A COLONEL AT CHOBIIAM.—
COURT-MARTIAL.—A general court-martial was held at
the cavalry barracks, Dorchester, on Monday, to try a
private of the Bth Royal Hussars (two troops of which
regiment, with the head-quarters, are now stationed in
that town), on a charge of insubordination and
threatening to shoot his colonel. The court-martial
was presided over by Major-General Purvis, com-
mandant of the south-western district, assisted by other
distinguished officers. The prisoner's name is William
Ward, and the offence for which he was arraigned was
committed on Chobham-common, during the encamp-
ment. It appeared from the voluminous evidence laid
before the court, that Colonel F. G. Sherwell (Bth
Hussars) observing Ward to conduct himself in a very
strange and improper manner, and that he was in the act
of ill-using a horse, called him forward for the purpose of
questioning him on the subject. It was then found
that Ward was intoxicated, and on being accosted by
the colonel, he immediately became extremely insolent
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epithets, and concluding with an impassioned declaration
that he would certainly shoot the colonel ; he was then
immediately placed under arrest. At the trial the pri-
soner offered no defence, and threw himself on the
mercy of the court. The sentence will not be known
until the case has been fully investigated at the Horse
Guards.

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the lieut.-colonel of a regiment in Ireland will replace
him. Since Lord Hardinge's accession to the command
at the Horse Guards, eleven colonelcies have fallen
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School
patronage for the first, year of a com-
mander of the forces. There will shortly be vacant
several commands in the colonies, and, strange to add,
tHheiblearsitlialonur regiments were held by either natives of
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large prcportion of the boys of that admirable school to
tsueenittiyieoGf rtehaetirExhibition. This will be the first oppor-
marching through Dublin with colours
fiying.—Limerick Chronicle.