The Sun.
London, England, 1849-10-02 00:00:00

COURT-MARTIAL IN INDIA.

GENERAL ORDERS BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE COM-
MANDER• IN• CHIEF.

Head quarters, Simlah, 14th July, 1849.
At the General Court-martial assembled at Luck-
now, on Wednesday, the 27th day of June, 1849,
Ensign William Henry Hankey, of the 38th Regi-
ment Light Infantry, was arraigned on the following
charge, viz.:—

Fur highly unbecoming conduct.
First—ln having, at Lucknow, on or about the
28th of February, 1849, retained and fraudulently
appropriated to his own u'e the sum of 21 rupee:,
sent by Captain W. J. B. Knyvett, of the same regi-
ment, to Lieutenant J. J. Hockley, of the 66th Re-
giment Native Infantry, with a note addressed to that
officer, which money and note had been taken by
mistake to him, Ensign Hankey, he being well
aware at the time that he had no such money to re-
ceive from Captain Knyvett; and secondly—in
having, a few days subsequently, addressed to Cap-
tain Knyvett a receipt for the money, which he frau-
dulently signed " Hockley," without initials, and
with some of the letters of the name written over to
make it bear some resemblance to his own name, but
so as to deceive Captain Knyvett into the belief that
the money had duly reached its destination, and with
intent so to deceive him.

Finding—The Court, upon the evidence before
them, are of opinion that the prisoner, Ensign
William Henry Hankey, 38th Regiment Light In-
fantry, is
On the first instance of the charge—Guilty.
On the second instance of the charge—Guilty.
The Court are further of opinion, that the con-
duct of which they found the prisoner guilty is
highly unbecoming, as set forth in the preamble to
the charge.

Senten—ce—The Court sentences the prisoner, En-
sign William Henry Hankey, 38th Regiment Light
Infantry, to be dismissed the service.
Approved and confirmed,
(Signed) C. J. NAPIER, General,
Commander-in-Chief.
Head quarters, 9th July, 1849.
RECOMMENDATION.

The Court having performed a painful duty in
awarding the only sentence in their estimation com-
mensurate with the offence committed, beg to recom-
mend the prisoner to the merciful consideration of his
Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, as they think,
from his extreme youth and inexperience, he mad►
have been unaware of the serious nature of the offence,
and in the hope that clemency may have a beneficial
effect on his future condUet.

REkARKS.

On the 21st ultimo, I wrote some remarks on the
recommendation to mercy made by a General Court-
martial which tried Diarem Opediah, a Jemadar in
the 21 Grenadiers. To these remarks I now refer
the officers who have recommended Ensign Hankey
to mercy, a proceeding which does so little credit to
the Court, that I cannot believe it to have been
unanimously voted. What ! pardon and turn back
among the officers of the Indian army, a man con-
victed of felony ! On what grounds, does the ma-
jority of this Court cast upon the Commander-in-
Chief the pain of refusing pardon ? On the grounds
of youth ! Has he not been nearly.a year and a half
in the army ? Has he not a commission ? Is he not,
by the rules of the service, deemed old enough to sit,
and has he not sat, as an officer, in judgment, and as
a magistrate, to try and punish others ? Is he not old
enough to be entrusted, and has he not been entrusted
with the command of men ? With a subaltern's com-
mand in peace and in war ? and when men's lives
and safety depend upon the conduct of a subaltern ?
Has not the glorious uniform which he has dis-
graced by two infamous actions, sufficed, by its re-
cognised honour, to introduce him into the best society,
even into the presence of the Sovereign ? and would the
majority of the Court wish me to leave it on the back of
such a man as the prisoner? Has he been tempted by
misfortune and distress? No ! He avows his wealth,
he has had the education of a gentleman ; his conduct
seems to be the result of innate moral turpitude ! Had
the prisoner been horror-struck at the enormity of his
guilt, avowed his crime, and cast himself, repentant
and conscience-smitten, upon the mercy of the Court,
I could have understood the feelings of those who re-
commended him to mercy. But such is not the case.
On the contrary, while conscious of his guilt, he de-
liberately adds to his crime, by the effrontery, the
sophistry, and the falsehood of his defence ! To pardon
such an offender would be an insult to the army, and
I will not do it.

(Signed) C. J. NAPIER, General,
Commander-in-Chief.

The name of Ensign W. H. Hankey will cease to be
borne on the returns of the 38th Regiment N. L. 1.,
from the date on which this order may be published
at Lucknow, of which a report is to be made to the
Adjutant-General of the army, and the Assistant Ad-
jutant-General of the Presidency. By order of his
Excellency the Commander-in-Chief,
PAT. GRANT, Lieutenant-Colonel,
Adjutant-General of the Army.

PRO,VESSOII WILSON'S ESTATE IN WESTMORELAND.
—The Elleray estate, on the banks of Windermere, a
beautiful little domain, whose natural charms have been
rendered doubly famous by the reputation of its pro-
prietor. Professor Wilson, was put up to auction on
Thursday week, at the Royal lintel, Bowness, by Mr.
E. Barton. A sale was declared to be at 8,000/., but as
the bidding did not reach this amount no sale was
effected,— Car/isle Journal.
Er.iri Grey arrived at his residence in Belgravc-square
last evening.

CRICKET.
ST. JAMES'S CRICKET CLUB V. KINGSTON.

These clubs played their cong;efing at King-
ston on Friday, u hich ended in tavour of the James's
by nine runs on the first inningP, there not bei, g suffi-
cient time to play it out. The smallness of the scores
are only to be accounted for by the superiority of the
bawling and fielding on both sides. On the side of the
St. James's the batting of Barr was much admired, ob-
taining his runs in a style that would hare done credit
to a more older practitioner. The bowling of Payne and
Bentley was excellent, and the wicket-keeping of Mason
beyond all praise, taking three of the finest catches
imaginable. The long-stopping of Adams (who was not
put on until late in the game), was vary good On the
side of the Kingston, Chester, a ho was unfortunate with
his hat (being caught by Mason at the wicket by what
could scarcely be termed a chance) obtained eight runs
in his usual style, and his bowling and fielding elicited
the praise and admiration of every one present. Jones
also bowled exuedingly well. The following is the
score: --

ST. JAMES'S -FIRST INNINGS.
Harrison—b Chester ... •••
Barr—run out
Mason—c Nightingale, b Jones ••• •••
Bentley—c b Jones
Payne—b J(,nes ••• •••
Lockyer—b Jones ...
Lee—bit wick t, b Jones ...
Davis—b Jones •••
Hall—b Jones ... •••
Adams—b Chester , . .••
Reynolds, Esq.—not out ...

b. w3,nb 0 ...

Total
KINGSTON-FIRST
Lio3 cl—b Payne ••• ••• ••• ••• •••
A. Wildc—c Mason, b Payre ••• • • ••• 3
J. Chester—c Mason, b Payne
Wadbrooke, Eq.—c Mason, b Bentley ... 0
Jones—b Bentley ... „,. ... 0
\Vilde—c Harrison, b Bentley
Bishop— C and b Payne
Carter, E,ci —b Payne 1
Anning, Bentley
Nightingale—not out
Fraser—b Payne
813, w 2, n b

Total ... ... ••• ... 33
ST. JAMES'S-SECOND INNINC S.
Harrison—b Chester ... ••• ...
Barr—b Chester ... •••
Mason—c A. Wilde, b Chester ... ... 7
. •
Bentley—b J.nes ••• ..• ••• ... 5
Payne—b Chester . . ... ... ... 2
Lockyer-1 bw, b Chester ...
... ..• ... 1
Lee—c Chester, b Jones ..• ... ... 1
Davis—h w, b Jones ... ...
Hall—not out ... ... ••• . . 1
Adams—run out ••• ••• ••• ... 0
Reynolds, Esq.—b Chester... ••• ••• ... 0
89, w I. •.• ••• ••• 10

Total ...

... 57

In the Kingston second innings, Chester scored, b
Payne, 2; A. Wilde, run out, 5; Nightingale, run out,
1; Bishop, not out, 10.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

WooLwicu' OCT. I.—The Firebrand steam-
frigate was taken out of the basin to day, and will be
tried down the river to-morrow, and, in the event of
being found in good working order in her engines,
will proceed to Sheerness, where she will be stationed
as one of the advanced war-steamers.

The Archer steam-sloop is ordered to be made
ready for another trial down the liver on Wednesday.
She will be taken out of the basin to-morrow, and
the Terrible and Inftxible taken in. The officers,
noncommissioned officers, and men of the Royal
Marines belonging to the two latter, paid off list
week, have proceeded by railway to join the respec-
tive divisions of that corps to which they belonged.
There were only a few supernumeraries amongst
them belonging to the Woolwich divi,ion.

The Drea-dnought hospital ship is now nearly ready
to be taken out of dock here, and removed to her
former station at Greenwich.

PLYMOUTH, SECT. 30.—Her Majesty's steam-
vessel Hecla went this morning from Hamoaze into
Barnpool, where her compa.ses will be adjusted.
She will be paid wages on Monday, prior to sailing
with the mails for Madeira and the coast of Africa.

Her Majesty's steam-vessel Volcano, which car-
ried away the masts of the merchant schooner Elizi,
sailed to day for Portsmouth, where she will be
paid off.
Her Majesty's frigate Alarm, 26, Captain G. Ram-
sey, was paid wages yesterday, and will sail to-morrow
(Sunday) for the \Vest Indies.

Upwards of forty joiners are employed to get
ready the cabins of the Arethusa, 50 gun frigate. It
is understood that she will be sent on a trial cruise, to
test her sailing qualities ag4inst tboe of the Indefati-
gable, 50. The former was designed by Mr. ‘Villiatn
Edye of the Devonport Dockyard the latter by
Sir W. Symonds, late Surveyor of the Navy. She
was recently launchel at Pembroke, and will also be
shortly ready for the pennant.
Wind—Southerly, with rain.

Q fIARTERLY NAVAL OBITUARY.
FLAG OFFICERS.

Admiral—Sir Charles Hamilton, Bait., K C.B.
Rear-Admiral—Hood H. Christian.
Ciiptainx—Alexand,:r B. Branch, KZ. ; J9lin W.
Gabriel, K.H.; William Broughton.

Commanders—Robert Smith, Frederick A. IL Parker,
Alexander Borthwiek, ,Robert Btldey, Philip Graham,
Willis ~a C. Wood, James T. Caldwell, Peter
William Wood;

Lieutenants—Charles Mackenzie, Augustus B. P. P.
Hamilton, James H. Robertson, Gilbert Traill, Edward
Simmons, John Campbell (c), Charles Halford, William
A. Warre, Joseph flume, George Inglis, Edward Good-
lad, Joseph Elwin, William Farquharson, Joseph C.
Townsend, Thomas Harriott, Robert Morgan (b),
Andrew M. Skene, George Morris, John G. Lapenotiore,
George M. Donlevy. Edward J. Voules, Charles A. Van-
sittart, Francis M. Fraser.
Masters—Henry Cock, Wm. Porter, Robert R,gers.