The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-19 00:00:00

" The Bonuses assigned to those policies on which the original pre-
miums continue to 14- paid amount to 89,880/ ss. Od. ; this, together
with Bonuses ripportioned at former divisions, makes an aggregate
addition to the sums assured by the Policies in force of 126,5641.
" Notwi the, ending the neat reduction of Pr,m'nm,, the net annual
Income arising, from 12,3t6 existing Policies is 163,9121. 7 . Id.; this
sum, with the interest on invested capital, viz, 37,2981. 75.31.,
shows a total annual income of 201,2101. 4s. 4d."
The amount of Capital exeeds ONE MILLION STERLING.
Members, whose premiums fall due on the Ist July are reminded
that they must be paid within 30 days from that date.
Prospectuses and all other information may be obtained on appli-
cation to the Office.
June 24, 1854.

JOSEPH MARSH, Secretary.

HOLIDAY for PARLIAMENT.—Then Par-
-1 ament is prorogued—the holiday is to be a long one. We
are informed that E. MO-ELI and SO t don't pretend to take the
measure of Parliamentary duties, but are most happy to measure the
members and their dependents for the Dress which is admired in
every station for is excellence, fashion, and cheapn, ss. They don't
wish to make laws, it being their business to make clothes for every
person in the world, and we are assured on eve's, hand that their
efforts have met with the most astonishing success In all parts of the
empire.
The C •nstituerits which have pushed them forward to the repre-
sentation of everybody It the best and most fashionable Dress are
novel and unparalleled materials, Hrst-rate talent, and unequalled
workmanship applied to all Articles of Attire. Having worked hard
through a very long ses,ion on every kind of good and correct
measures, it would be reasonable enough for them to claim a holiday.
This, however, they could not do bout lull cting an Inconvenience
On the public and neglecting their professions, which are to supply
at any moment Dress, Hats, Caps, Hosiery, and Shoes, &e.,
&c., to order or.ready-made, celebrated for superiority, elegance,
neatness, novelty, and cheapness.
• As commercial transactions and shipping business admits of no
Suspension, E. Mons and Sort's Wholesale Clothing, Shirts, Hosiery,
and Boot and Shoe trade is thoroughly efficient, Captains, Mer.
chants, Shippers, and Emigrants finding the greatest advantages are
derived from outlays, to large or small amounts, in the wholesale
department of E. Moses and Sorra Establishment.
Full LISTS. of OUTFITS for Ladies and Gentlemen, with ship.
sailing information, may be had on application, or post free.
CAUTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the
public against Imposition, having learned that the untradesman-like
falseh oI of " Being connected with their Establishment," or " It's
the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, enu for
obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have
NO CONNEXION WITS ANY °TILER souse IN OX OUT OF LONDON,
except their own Establishments, as follows :
London City Establishment 154, 155. 156, and 157, lifinories, 84,
85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite theChurch,all communicating.
London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street,' 1,2,
and 3, Hart-street, all commuleating.
Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street.
Sheffield Branch, 36, Fargate.
Colonial Wholesale Branch, Melbourne, Australia.
Merchant Tailon.Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and
Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen.
IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, it will be
exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned
without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest
price, trom which no abatement can be made, .
The Establishments are closed from sunset on Fridays to sunset
on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock.
A. new Book, with illustrations, entitled" The Echo of Public Opi-
nion," containing hill lists of prices, our system et self.measnre-
ment, BPO., 8r.c.., may be had on application, or post-free.
Ici Pon parle Francais. Qua SI pasta Ital
Hier spricht man Deutsch. Acma.sa habla It ian°.
pana..

ELECTRICITY V. CHOLERA,---Mr, Meinig, of Leaden-
hall-street and 213 A, Piccadilly, who some titne'ago in-
troduced a very ingenious small apparatus called the
" Electro Generator," by which, when worn on the body,
mild currents of electricity are communicated to the
system, has found that this simple means constitutes a
very effectual preventative and check to the premonitory
symptoms of cholera. Mr. Meinig asserts that, during
the last visitation in the north not one single person
who wore an " Electro Generator" was attacked by
cholera; and that within the last few days he has him-
self witnessed the greatest possible benefit derived from
its application in cases of diarrhoea, &c. As there
is no inconvenience whatever attendant upon the wearing
of this small, portable apparatus, and the little known
of the nature of cholera points distinctly to a certain con-
nection between it and the electric state of the body and
atmosphere, it is not improbable that in electricity may
be found the means of. counteracting ,this !dreadful
semirge, and fhe observations of Mr. Meinig are well
worthy of the attention of the profenion. and of .the
POW et 4rgel.

DEATH OF CAPTAIN ROWLEY.
We regret to announce the death of Captain Richard
Freeman Rowley (1830), at Blackheath, yesterday, under
the most melancholy circumstances. Captain Rowley was
the fourth son of the late Admiral Sir Charles Rowley,
Bart., G.C.8., and since quitting the command of the flag-
ship (the St. Vincent) of his father, to whom he was flag
captain, he has devoted his life to acts of piety and practical
benevolence. He was frequently to be found in the chair
at the Bible Society meetings, and was accustomed to visit
Bthieblepotoorthienm.bi
It thatlt
whilst
ireadst i n
the
ed
discharge teach the'
heof
s district,ap
i)ears
these self-imposed duties he was attacked with cholera,
but recovered ; he suffered, however, a relapse, which has
proved fatal to him. His loss will be deeply and widely
deplored. In his profession he was a popular officer; in
his civil and social relations he was beloved as a
sincere friend, and an unaffected Christian. The
following is an epitome of his career in the navy :
He entered the navy Feb. 4, 1819; passed his time as mid-
shipman on board the Medina, 20, and Euryalus, 42 ; ob-
tained his first commission May 17, 1825 ; served from the
21st of that month until promoted to the rank of com-
a
po2.bllffi6oa:antcrele. 1829,d:r1.3,1t0a1,1:0,11,ac5r
ee
Badger,untilln p.pey:
ec
tvi:nadt ntche
himl
wander, May 8, 1827, in the Victory, 104, as flag lieute-
ed
nant at Portsmouth to Sir George Martin ; and from
e catwop Plymouth,at hehiicapacity
hipresentalamnstdthsmeo Nnreatoinrpo
tkni
h6,ecdFeseeoobanf:
"as a lasting testimonial of their esteem, and an
and the Cape of Good Hope. On leaving that vessel the
ex-
pression of their gratitude for the happiness they had
ex-
perienced under hie command!' His
.subsequent appoint-
ments were April 4, 1835, to the Sapphire,2B, •
Mediterranean,
erranean, whence he returned in the summer of
183 i ; .and Dec. 31, 1842, to the St. Vincent, 120, as flag
captain to his father at Portsmouth. He has been on half-
pay since ::ii.eptember, 1845. Captain Rowley married,
July 12, 1838, Elizabeth Julia, daughter of John Anger-
stein, Esq., by whom he has issue seven children.

DEPARTURE OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE.
The magnificent screw-steamer the Golden Fleece, 2,500
tons, Captain Scales, with the service companies of the
21st Royal .Fusiliers, under the command of Lieutenant-
Colonel Ainslie, steamed out of Queenstown, on Tuesday
evening, at seven o'clock, direct for Turkey, After the
2lst had been put on board she moved for her moorings,
anchored abreast of the 'Messrs. Scott's quay, where a long
platform had been erected from the quay to a hulk outside,'
and from the hulk, to the transport, for the purpose of ship-
ping 16 horses: These were put on board safely, in pre-.
sence of several hundred spectators, and she then steamed
out of harbour amidst deafeningcheers from the inhabitants
of Queenstown, warmly acknowledged by those on bilard:
While lying in harbour she took in a large quantity of
ammunition and other warlike stores. She had been pre-
viously freighted with artillery stores for the use of the
Circassians. and she had in Addition a considerable quan-
tity of provisions for the British fleet. There were also 30
of the English and Irish constabulary, with five or six offi-
cer
c, gat oing out
of in her to join the commissariat department
he se wiK. TheSei olicials have been furnished
with instructions to, study for that service, and each is
provided with three different books, to enable him to attain
in a short time a sufficient knowledge of the Turkish
langtiage to communicate with Turks on all matters re-
lating to the provisioning and supplying the',British army
with rations, &c. The depot of the 21st Fusiliers has as..
rived at Buttevant from Dublin.

HER MAJESTY'S NEW STEAM-YACHT.
The first launch next ear will be that of her Majesty's
new steam-yacht, the Windsbr Castle. She is progressing
very rapidly, a great portion of the dockyard force being
actively engaged upon her.

ADMIRALTY.. INSPECTION.
The Board of Admiralty continued their inspection at
Portsmouth yesterday, commencing with the Royal Cla-
rence Victualling Establishment, ,Gosport, under the super--
intendence of Captain Courtenny,-R;N.; the state and re-
sources of which elicited their iord4hips4armest commen.
dation. They subsequently. inspected. the Royal Marines
in divisional order at ,the headNuarter barracks, Forton,
where they were received by Colonel Delacombe, the As-
sistant Deputy-Adjutant-General Wesley, and the various
staff officers of the division. After inspecting the 'men
and their .quarters, also the books, etc., they took their
departure for Hasler Hospital, over which they were con.
ductedy Captain-Superintendent Courtenay and the
medical staff, which occupied them until 4 o'clock, when
they re-embarked in their barge, and "crostiiii. over Ports-
mouth Harbontio the victualling stone barracks to inspect
•

ARRIVALS, &c., AT MALTA.
Our correspondence from halts, . dated the 12th of
August, states :
The operatives in our dockyard are busily employed,
working very late hours, nor are Sundays days of rest, in
preparing for the great event sf the day, the attack on
Sebastopol, by contributing their share of scaling-ladders
'and other things necessary for that service.
"The past week has brought draughts of Horse Artillery
and of Sappers; of the former the beautiful screw steam-
ship Jason has brought 286 rank and file, 230 horses, and
the following officers—Major Townsend, Captains Franklin,
the Hon. D. Fraser, and Hoste ; Lieutenants Lukin, Mil-
lar, and Alderson; Assistant-Surgeon Wright and Vete-
rinary Surgeon Cotherell. Of the latter, the Austrian
steamship Malta has brought from Corfu• a detachment of
32 rank and file of the Royatand Ilifiner corps, under Lieut.
Teesdale' and three sergeants, with eight privates of other
regiments. Thee Were to. haVe teen put on board the
Jason, which Stealned this inorniuguarly en. route to Con-
stantinople, but there was not room for them. "On the 10th the Colgrain transport, No. 12, left port 1
on her passage to England, and last night the Conrad. trans-
port, No. 101, came in. She had on board 24 men of the
(Nth Regiment, who lately left Malta in charge of mules.
They were very much astonished at finding the regiment
had left Halta. . . .
"The Emperor steamer left Malta for Constantinople on
the Bth, having in tow no less than 23 boats. a large quan-
tity having been bought by the Government fur the Eastern
requirements.
• " Three French steam frigates have arrived here front
Toulon, having on board a total of 881 sailors forthe French
fleet, with a view of Supplying any casualties that may
take place during the coming events
" The mail steamer Cairie has brought intelligence of
the most exciting nature from Constantinople up to the
sth inst.
" Everything here,' says a private letter, `is stir and
bustle. .We.muster eight or• nine steamers at present in
these waters, English.and Frerichs all busily occupied in
getting pontoons made, and stowing as many boats as we
possibly can on boards--in a word, getting everything ready
for landing a large force.
' " ' Many pontoons have already been sent to Varna in tow
of our steamers; these pontoons are made of a number of
boats, some five or six 'abreast, and planked over, so as to be
capable of accommodating from 200 to 300 men or a number
of horses. Those planks are joined together by toggles, so
that the whole is portable, and can be taken to pieces in a
short times'
" A write; describing the recent stormn of the Sulina,
says :—' We were surprised to find th tithe defenders of
the stockade were nearly all Greeks, and so of the town.
The Greeks had assembled in considerable numbers, deter-
mined on defending the town, and thinking that nothing
but boats could get over the bar (11 feet water only) ; but
the Spitfire lightenet herself by getting out all her coals
into two paddle-box boats, and steamed over the bar, tow-
ing four gunboats, two rocket boats, and all the seamen and
marines of the vessels When tilt) defenders of the place
saw this they retreated. The Spitfire commenced shelling
without loss of time, and in less than an hour the whole
place was in
inde flames • and a grand sight was presented—
ter tooku t
placeg
he to h
wnn the 7
ig
n owhtas.st illlbt
h, theurning
awfully so, ed—d te
occurrenceaf `This
t days *
:boats of
the Vesuvius and Inflexible being taken in tow of the Spit-
fire up the river. All the forts were destroyed, and the
s Gre
redek church and lighthouse the only parts of the town we ,
p
" Cholera was still effecting its ravages. The Rifle
Brigade and 20th Regiment were detained at Constanti-
nople."
The following are the latest movements in the Black Sea
Fleet, dated from Baltschik, August 2 :
" The fleet arrived here on the 30th ult., from off Sebas-
topol. The Agamemnon left for Constantinople yesterday.
General Sir George Brown went in her. Dr. Elliott, sur-
geon of the Agamemnon, has been Invalided. Dr. Dear,
Deputy afe,lical Inspector, will reside on board the Queen,
as the Britannia could only afford him accommodation by
dispossessing some of the officers of the ship of their cabins.
Mr. Huggins, invalidated from the Albion, takes a passage
in the Aganaemnon as far as Constantinople. The Niger,
with the storeship Apollo in tow, sailed on the 2d from
Constantinople P for the fleet.
The Vulcan, Cyclops, and
Harpy are
lying at Constaninopie.
The Megmra and
Caradoc are
lying off the Stitan's Valley, and the Aga-
memnon off Bujukdere. ReastAdmiral Boxer has taken
up his quarters
on board No. 24 transport, as' his flagship.
bin ed
The officers anti men who be g to the wrecked ,Tiger,
distributed among the ships f the fleet by
and who were . s s, - , o
Commander-in-Chier, are oruereo. to be sent to Eng-
the Commani
first opportunity.s Nearly all the small steam-
land by the
er in the Bospheruspurchased by either te
French have been
or ourselves. Everything
ng argues the immediate
t of the allied armiee, but whither is, of course,
movemen
tle money is b• ' tural Not a lit
s being speculated with
coos ec •
•characters, and long odds are given that we
bp sporting
festivities • shall hold. our Christmas in Sebastopol." .
---. s— ----

ARMY I.NcoTsHrgumE
EA THE ARM

fnaguttheraoitoneis.
The
army
a portion of a letter
from a non-commissioned officer in an infantry regiment
• in Turkey, will be read with interest as il-
now, serving
• The following paragraphs, formin—
lustrative of the feelings of„.the men in reference to-mat-
ters of costume and equipment. The letter is of the date
of July p :-- - '
many alterations
are"plr
i a a b : seePi ohs abolished—namely, 9. - One great evil
Price to the public,
and of sufficient quality for the money au —i puns
ap
themer
es
lc; from r
tothmhi
neßagland,,clothing
tihni
pplied by the
public, without any deductions. I think that this campaign
will now get their clothing at the
,cdst
(if so it may be called) has even already done more ,than
all the experimental camps that could have been formed for
years to cotne. It has taught one lesson—that the cloth-
ing of the 'infantry is not of that description which it
0-
ought to be.
"I will commence with our coatees. According to the
present system, they are made to button up to the chin so
tight as almost to suffocate a man in a hot country like
this. If one wrinkle is seen, they are considered not to
fit, and are ordered immediately to be altered. The collars
are almost as stiff as the,' stock, more especially the Prus-
sian collar, which is worn by many regiments.
" Those regiments which still retain the crossbelts can
confirm my words, that it is au impossibility for a man to
get a free tireath of air with them on him. He may unbut
ton the top buttotis of his coat, he may unhook his coat col—
lar, but scarcely is he one whit the better for it • the belts,
dragging tight across the cliest with the weightofthe pouch,
offio rounds of cartridge, and of the knapsacks, will pre.
vent him from receivino•*relief. The further he marches, too,
as every soldier knows to nis sorrow, the tighter the belts
become. Thebelts are made to cross the coat at about three
buttons from the collar doWnWards. No matter whether
the man be tall or short, whether his • bodily frame Would
properly allow- it or not, the belts must cross there, add
under the breastplate, which serves as a fqcus_ to drag the
Weight And.pressure to one point, an point just about
the Nit Of tJa breath, kg soldier who has over done it,

Major-General Wetherell, the prosecutor, proceeded
with his-reply on the case, which was as follows :—Mr.
President and Gentlemen—After this protracted inquiry,
I should have been content to leave the case in your
hands without further comments, did I not feel it my
duty as manager of the prosecution, to submit it to you
clear of all the extraneous matters which the latitude of
cross-examination permitted to the prisoner has tended .to
introduce into it, and to present to the Court what seems
to me to be a correct view of the evidence as bearing on
the issues .which are to be tried. These issues are.sub-
stantially three in number. 1. Did Lieutenant-Colonel
Garrett, on.the cccasion of the prisoner making some
complaint to him, reproach him for doing so, and 'call
him a fool for his pains ? 2. Did the prisoner serid a
letter to Lieutenant-Colonel Garrett, containing a threat
that he would complain to the commander of the district ?
For the threat in question is now alleged to have heen in
writing, and not by word of mouth. 3. Has Captain
Nicholas been in the habit of ill treating the younger
officers, or of aiding and abetting others in •doing
so ? I say that the issues are substantially these; for
it is obvions.that if the matters therein stated have not
occurred, the prisoner must have asserted what he knivi
to be false; Before proceeding to comment upon the,
evidence,3 may take this opportunity of observing that,
in order to give the prisoner every possible indulgence,
and to make this trial a means of getting at the whole
truth of the case, it has been thought fitting not only to
deviate from the usual practice in such cases, in confor-
mity with which Colonel Garrett would have appeared
before year as a prosecutor, but also, with the cordial
concurrence of Colonel Garrett and Captain Nicholas,
to put them practically. into the eitteetion of defenders.
If Colonel Garrett had appeared before you as prosecutor
as well as witness, he would have heel a right to be 'ere-
pent in court throughout the trial, and it would have been
necessary for him to be so; but as this circumstance
fmight, for many reasons, have been thought oljection-
able by the prisoner, it was deemed right by Viscount
Hardinge that the prosecution should be conducted by
myself. With regard to the position of Col. Garrett and
Captain Nicholas, relatively with that of the prisoner,
it is to be observed that the ordinary course would have
been to have proved the publication of the letter by the
prisoner, to have shown its libellous nature, by reading
it to the court, and to have then called upon the prisoner
to justify his conduct by proving that the statements
therein made werelrue. But by the course which has
been adopted, Cul. Garrett and Capt. Nicholas have not
shrunk from imposing upon themselves a task which,
though ordinarily attended with some difficulty, namely,
that of proving the negative of the issues—is in the present
case comparatively easy. It is foryou to determine whether
it has been done to your satisfaction. Now, on the
part of the prosecution, so far as relates to the first
issue, Colonel Garrett has been called. He denies that
he ever reproached the prisoner for making a complaint
to la:m, or that he ever called him a fool for his pains.
He said he would swear to that as positively as a man's
recollection can go—that his firm conviction is that lie
did not. He says that he could not fail to recollect
these circumstances had they really occurred. Major
Maxwell corroborates the evidence of Colonel Garrett,
and in reply to a question from the Court gave his rea-
sons for believing that Colonel Garrett never did what
the prisoner alleged. He says that he was present on
the occasion that seems to be pointed at in the prisoner's
statetnent, which was the only occasion when such a
circumstance could have taken place, and he is positive
that on that occasion nothing of the kind occurred.
Major Fyffe said that he never heard of the occurrence.
The evidence of Captain Sandwith, Captain Nicholas,
Lieutenant and Adjutant M'Alester, Lieutenant Duns-
combe, Lieutenant Curtis, Lieutenant Hesketh, is to
the same effect. Is Colonel Garrett or Major Maxwell
likely to have forgotten such matters had they really oc-
curred ? Are the other officers likely not to have heard
of them ? or, having heard of them, to have forgotten
them ? Would they not have been the subject of general
remark and conversation among them ? If, then,
these witnesses are speaking the truth, it is impossible
to suppose that the matters set forth in the first issue
ever occurred. Now, with regard to the second issue,
Colonel Garrett denies that he ever received any such
letter. Captain Sandwith says that lie is quite sure
that there neither is now nor ever was such a letter in
the orderly room. The other witnesses all says that
they never heard of such a letter having been sent, or
even written ; and with reference to this matter, it
may be observed that it does not depend on the un-
supported testimony of Colonel Garrett, who might
possibly have forgotten it, for had such a letter been
written and sent to Colonel Garrett, it would probably
have been as generally known as the letter of a like
nature appears to have been which was written by Lieu-
tenant I)unscombe. If, then, no such letter was ever
heard of by any of the witnesses, it probably was be-
cause no such letter ever existed. With regard to the
third issue, viz., whether Captain Nicholas is in the habit
of ill-treating young officers, you have heard the evidence
of Ensigns Lawson, Hammond, Coote, Hutton, Lieu-
tenants W. T. Waldy, A. Waldy, Danscombe, Dallas,
Ford, Curtis, Llewellyn, Fane, Greer, M'Alester, Hes-
keth, Captains Mackay (?) and Campbell—eighteen wit-
nesses. They one and all declare not only that they
never knew a single instance of Captain Nicholas ill-
treating young officers, but they all cordially join in
giving such an account of his character and nature as to
render it incredible that he should have done so. This,
gentlemen, is the substance of the evidence on the part
of the prosecution. I do not propose to trouble. you
with comments on the various irrelevant matters which
have been introduced in the course of the cross-exami-
nation. They seem to me to be quite foreign to the
issues which you have to try, and to tend rather to
embarrass than to assist the judgment of the Court.
I will now briefly examine the evidence for the de-
fence. The first witness, Mr. Dirvill, seems to have
been called rather with a view of stating what he
considered to be a principle of justice than of proving
any matter of fact in favour of the prisoner ; for the only
fact he proves is that he, the prisoner, signed the letter
on which the charge is founded. The principle he puts
forward is that the prisoner could not be morally answer-
able for the contents of that letter, inasmuch as h
merely signed it. If this doctrine is to prevail, an
officer may put his signature to a libellous letter written
expressly for him, and published for him by his lawyer,
and may do his utmost to blast the character
colonel of his regiment, and then, whenhiself under the
called of th
upon to
justify what he has done, may she
plea that, though the officer wrotleterthe signature, the
lawyer wrote the libel. It is for you, gentlemen, to
consider the truth or worth of such a principle as this.
The evidence of the second witness (Captain and Pay-
master Corcoran), so far as it bears on any one of the
issues, is in truth not only hearsay of the most objection-
able sort, being hearsay from the prisoner himself ; and
when the witness was directed to confine his evidence
'within his own knowledge. it appeared that he had no
knowledge on the subject of the first issue, namely,
whether Colonel Garrett had ever done that which is
there alleged ; that he had no knowledge as to wtiether
the prisoner had ever sent or ever written any such'
letter as that which forms the subject of the second
issue ; and as to the third issue his evidence is rather
against the prisoner than in his favour, inasmuch
as he says that he never heard of any instance
which Captain Nicholas ill-treated any officers; Joe'
aided others in so doing, except from the prisoner him-
self.
The evidence, again, of the third witness, Ciptain
Chambers, is mere hearsay throughout, and in reality does
not totioh auv one of the

If there ho the slighest sense of shame left in the officers
of the 46th Regiment, any lingering remnant of that feel-
ing which ordinary men call honesty—for of the chivalric
feeling of honour there is no question—they must be ting-
ling to the ends of their fingers at the rebuke they have
received from the lips of Lieutenant Perry. We have
not the slightest hesitation in saving that before any ordi-
nary court of justice in these kingdoms the young gentle-
mon who has been so cruelly misused and made the victim
of so vindictive and unprincipled a combination would be
triumphantly acquitted. The evidence fur the prosecution
has turned out in part worthless ; in part it has broken
down. The charges against this officer, although four in
number, resolve themselves practically into two. The first
is a question between him and his commanding officer ; the
second a question between him and a certain Capt. Nicholas.
The gist of the first is, that Lieutenant Perry asserts, and
Col. Garrett denies, "that Colonel Garrett reproached and
called Lieutenant Perry a fool for his pains after he had
reported to him, and that he (Lieutenant Perry) threat-
ened to appeal to the General of the District upon the
subject of the ill-usage he had received." The second
question, which refers to Captain Nicholas, is that Lieu-
tenant Perry asserts and Captain Nicholas does not deny
—for he is very jndicionsly kept out of court—" that
Captain Nicholas had ill-treated officers on joining, and
generally that he had ill-treated young officers." Be it
remembered that the youth who has been kept for the last
month upon the sellette virtually before three courts-martial
did not come forward as an accuser out of mere wanton-
defence—he, in fact, not being responsible for anything
advice that th
oefahtaistelmegeanits assistanattributedts t
in
ilheim
his
bunupestosn;hbteh t uet
ruth of the facts.

From the form which this prosecution has assumed it is
not in Mr. Perry's power to meet oath with oath. His
adversary is admitted to the privilege—if the term be not
in such a case misapplied—of calling Heaven to witness—
what ? Colonel Garrett speaks—" Ido not recollect ever
having called Mr. Perry a fool. I don't think I over did.
This exemplary commanding officer, when asked at a sub-
sequent period of the inquiry if he had ever used reproach-
ful language to any other officer who bad been pulled out
of bed, begged to decline answering that question. Now,
in support of the charge are produced a number of officers
who boldly assort that they never heard the Colonel calling
the subaltern a fool On the other hand, Lieutenant
Perry positively as erts that his Colonel did apply to hire
the opprobrious epithet in question on the occasion named.
Even so far the parties are not upon an equality. Lieu-
tenant Perry remembers a fact which is like enough to have
made a deep impression upon him, but which Colonel
Garrett may or way not find it convenient to forget. The
point, however, is not left there. From the nature
of the case the colonel cannot produce a witness who would
much help his case, save he could show that Lieut. Perry
could not, physically speaking, have conversed .with him
in private on the day named. Lieut. Perry, however, on
his side, can heap up probabilities. A third' person might
have been present at the interview. This, unfortunately,
was not the case—at least, as far as any one'
with a memory
is concerned—but, most fortunately, throughout Lieut.
Perry was acting under the advice of another officer of the
regiment in May, 1853, a few weeks after he had joined.
Lieut. Perry produced this officer to show that he was
acquainted with the system of persecution to which he
had been exposed. Paymaster Corcoran—this is the name
—was produced to prove that at the time he had told
Lieut. Perry how to act, that be had advised him to write
through the colonel to the general of the district, that
Lieut. Perry told him he had done so, and that he had,
moreover, reoorted certain officers to Colonel Garrett, and
been called by Col nel Garrett a fool for his pains, and
told that he was like a child escaped from his mother's
apron-strings, and that the upshot of it all was that Lieut.
Perry came to him much excited and in tears, and com-
plained to him of the treatment he had received from his
commanding officer. Lieut. Perry, in the course of his
defence, put it very fairly to the court that i 6 was not
within the limits of credibility that he should have got up
this scone as a piece of comedy more than a twelvemonth
back, where there was no prospect of the recent inquiries.
The evidence of Paymaster Corcoran was confirmed by
that of another officer, who showe.: that the gentle rebuke
administered by the colonel to the young subaltern was the
eommon talk of the regiment, although all the officers have
now found it convenient to fall back upon defective
powers of memory. "I hope you've had enough
of reporting," said one of these riotous, unmannerly
boys, to the unfortunate youth who was made the
sulject of their brutality. Colonel Garrett has forgotten
also all about the letter.which Paymaster Corcoran advised
Lieutenant Perry to write to the General of - the District.,
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