The Sun.
London, England, 1840-09-26 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26. 1840•

'Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the
meeting separated.

COURT CJRCULAR.

WINDSOR, FRIR DAY.— His Royal Highness Prince
Albert, went from the Castle this morning to Frogmore
Lodge, to meet their Royal H.ghnesses the Dukes
of Sussex and Cambridge from town. The Royal
Dukes came to the Castle and visited her Majesty.
The Duchess of Kent ;accompanied by the Princess of
Hohenlohe Langenbourg and the Princess Therese of
Hohenlohe Sehillingsfurst, and attended by Lady Char-
lotte Dundas, is expected to return to dinner this even
ing from town.
The Earl of Surrey took his departure from the Cas-
te this morning, for Farnham, Bury St. Edmunds.
Tae three Princes of Hohenlohe Schillingsfurst left
for town this morning.
The Royal dinner party this evening will he composed
of the party at the Castle, without any additional com-
pany. ,

The Duchess of Kent, accompanied by the Princess
of Hohenlohe Langenbourg, and the Princess Therese
of Hohenlohe Schillingsfurst, arrived at Marlborough
House :shortly before two o'clock yesterday afternoon
from NN'indsor Castle. Her Majesty, the Duchess,
and the two Princesses, went tocether to Gloucester
House to visit the Duchess of Gloucester, and after-
wards wer.t to Kensington to visit the Princess Sophia.
The Duchess of Kent and the Princesses of Hohenlohe
left Kensington at hAlf-past four, in a carriage and four,
f,r Windsor Castle. Her Majesty the Queen Dow-
ager returned to Marlborough House, stopping for some
time at Clarence House, St. James's.

Their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of Sussex and
Cambridge left town yesterday morning for Frogmore
Lodge, near Windsor. Their Royal Highnesses re-
turned in the afternoon to the residence of the Duke of
Sussex, at Kensington Palace.
The remains of the late Princess Augusta were
placed in a shell on Thursday ni;ht, at Clarence House,
St. James's.

The Princes Victor, Clodwo!d, and Philippe Ernest
of Hellenlobe Schillingsfurst, arrived in town yesterday
from Windsor Castle, and visited the Queen Dowager
at Marlborough House. Their Serene Highnesses also
went to Gloucester House to make their inquiries after
the health of the Royal Duchess, and entered their
names for her Royal Highness.
Sir John Macdonald had an interview with the Mar-
quis of Normanby yesterday, at the Home-office.
Earl Brownlow left Marlborough House, Pall-mall,
yesterday, for his seat, Bolton House, Lincolnshire.
The Marquis of Normanby arrived in town yesterday
from his scat, Mu!grave Castle, Yorkshire.

THE LATE PRINCESS AUGUSTA.

It is now intended that the remains of her Royal
Highness should lie in state at Frogmore-lodge about
Wednesday or Thursday next ; the arrangements arc
at present being made for that ceremonial.
Frogmore-ledge, which was the private property of
her Majesty the late Queen Charlotte, was left to her
Royal Highness the Princess Augusta for her life, and
at her death was to become the property of the Princess
Mary, now Duchess of Gloucester.
It was the expressed wish of the Princess Augusta
during her last illness that her funeral obsequies should
be conducted in as private and simple a manner as
should be consistent with her rank and near relation-
ship to the Sovereign of Great Britain.
The deceased Princess, in consequence of the un-
fortuna'e circumstances of her brother, George, with
respect to his wife, was called upon to hold the Draw-
ing-rooms, which State etiquette has prescribed ; and
in the performance of the duty thus imposed, protected
the character of the Court from the contamination and
reproach which it would have incurred but for her
Royal Highness's nice sense of propriety. One of the
occasions on which the deceased Princess was called
upon to act with decision has been reported to us as
follows :—" A certain lady, with whom it. was notorious
the Regent maintained an intercourse by no means con-
sistent with personal lirtue, or respect for public
opinion, was named to her Royal Highness by her
Royal brother as one whom he was anxious to have
gratified by a re-introduction to the Drawing-room, and
urged the matter strongly upon the Princes 3, whose
disinclination to consent was evident by her tone and
manner. At length she said," Does your Royal High-
ness request me as a brother, or command me as my
Sovereign The Royal libertine withdrew, and never
again mentioned the name of the lady in the presence of
the Princess.

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVALS.

COURT-MARTIAL ON CAPTAIN
R. A. REYNOLDS.

BRIGHTON, FRIDAY.—ilic court-martial on Captain
R. A. Reynolds commenced this morning. It was held
in the Hospital, of which the largest ward was appro-
priated to the purposes of the Court. The time ap-
pointed for commencing the business of the day was
eleven o'clock ; but long before that time the doors
were opened for the purpose especially of affording ac-
commodation to the press, to whom it WAg the desire,
very kindly expressed by the President, that it should
be given ; and in the carrying out that desire, every
exertion was made by the Adjutant of the regiment,
Lieutenant Knowles, and Quarter-master Collins.
The morning, which was very unfavourable for those
who were urged bylmere curiosity to see the proceedings,
did not, however, prevent great numbers from attending
the Court, and they began to crowd into the ward-room
a very short time after ten o'clock, so that by the time
the President had taken the chair he place was
filled, it night be said, to excess. The scene,
however, when the Court was full, was well worthy
of being looked upon—independently of the circum-
stances that had occasioned its being brought toge-
ther—for nothing could be more splendid than the ap-
pearance of the different officers who acted as judges,
and who were all arrayed in the most gorgeous uni-
forms. Still, however, more interesting than them was
the demeanour and bearing of the gentleman who came
before them, as one ready to meet the accusation of his
commanding officer. Captain Richard Anthony Rey-
nolds is, I should suppose, about thirty-four years of
age. He has, I understand, served for no less than
fifteen years in the army ; and although his counte-
nance exhibits the deep bronzed colour of one who has
been for many a year exposed to the burning rays of an
Indian sun, still his figure and free buoyant action
prove him to be one still possessed or all the vigour of
youth. His hair and mustachios arc jet black ; and
these, with the dark flashing eyes of one who has en-
countered many a peril (but so different from that to
which he is now exposed), exhibit him to be what he
is—a brave and gallant " Indian officer"—an officer
such as witnessed the fall of Bhurtpore, and that aided
in the destruction of the powers of Affghanistan. On
the appearance of his prosecutor it is not necessary to
make any remark, as he is so very generally known,
excepting that upon this occasion he appeared to be
extremely agitated, and was in the course of his open-
ing address so very much excited, that he actually
began to weep. This burst of passion was elicited
from him when he came to the reading of the second
letter of Captain Reynolds.
At eleven o'clock the Court was opened to the pub-
lic. It was found that net only were all the officers
to try the charge against Captain Reynolds in their
places, but the prosecutor and the accused were also
placed on opposite sides of the room with their counsel.
Mr. Wrangliam was counsel for the Earl of Cardigan,
and Mr. Watson for Captain Reynolds.
The PRESIDENT of the Court, before the business
of the day was proceeded with, rose and said—" I
wish to address myself particularly to the reporters.
The Court have agreed to give them every accommo-
dation to take notes ; but they have one request to
make—namely, that no publication will take place until
the trial is over. The reason for making the request
is this, that by publishing only partial reports, I will
not make use of the terms ex parte statements, the
proceedings may be exposed to comments that may
do injustice. We hope, then, that that this request
will be attended to, as it will be the means of for-
warding that which is our object—ultimately attaining
the ends of justice."
The Judge-Advocate then read the Royal warrant
for holding the Commission—the appointment of the
Judge-Advocate, and the following list of officers ap-
pointed to try the case :
Major. General the Honourable Sir Hercules Paken-
harn, K.C.B. (President), Colonel Mildmay Fane, 44th
Regiment, Colonel Arbuthnot, 72d Highlanders, Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Drummond Fusilier Guards, Lieutenant-
Colonel Vandeleur, 10th Hussars, Lieutenant-Colonel
Sir John Burgoyne, Grenadier Guards, Lieutenant-
Colonel Broadhead, Coldstream Guards, Lieutenant-
Colonel Dyneley, Royal Horse Artillery, Lieutenant-
Colonel Brunton, 13th Light Dragoons, Major Sim-
mons, 61st Regiment, Major Cockburn, 60th Rifles,
Captain Doherty, 13th Light Dragoons, Captain Spot-
tiswood, Oth Lancers, Captain Holkham, Royal Ar-
tillery, the Honourable Captain Pitt, Royal tior:e
Guards Blue.
The Judge-Advocate (Major Peppin) asked Captain
Reynolds if he had any objections to the officers named?
Captain Reynolds—None.
The President and officers of the Court were next
sworn, and all persons about to give evidence for the
defence or prosecution ordered to retire.
The Judge Advocate then read the charge, as fol-
lows :

" For that he, Captain R. A. Reynolds, having at
Brighton, on the 27th August, 1840, written and sent
a letter to Lieutenant-Colonel the Earl of Cardigan, of
the same regiment, his commanding officei , of an impro-
per nature, and being thereupon personally ordered by
the said Earl of Cardigan as his commanding officer to
the effect following, viz., that all letters addressed to him
by Capt. R.:A.:Reynolds should in future be strictly offi-
cial, nevertheless the said Capt. It. A. Reynolds, in -direct
violation and disobedience of such order by his com-
manding officer, did on the same day, viz., the 28th of
August. 1840, write and address to him, Lieut.-Col. the
Earl of Cardigan, a most disrespectful, insubordinate, of-
fensive, and insulting letter, imputing tohim conduct cal-
culated to exeitu him to depart from his duty as command-
ing officer, and which last-mentioned letter is as follows—
[lle then read the letter in full, which is given in the
Earl of Cardigan's speech]. Such conduct as aforesaid
being in the said Captain R. A. Reynolds unbecoming
an officer and a gentleman, prejudicial to the interests
of the service, subversive of good order and military
discipline."
The Earl of Cardigan here proceeded to address the
Court from a written statament, which, as he read very
rapidly, it was exceedingly difficult to follow precisely as
he uttered it. We believe the following to be a pretty
correct version of it :—Mr. President and Gentlemen,
I present myself before this Honourable Court to con-
duct the prosecution in obedience to the order of the
Commander-in-Chief, and therefore, before I enter upon
the immediate matter of the charge before you, I trust I
shall be forgiven for expressing my deep and unaffected
regret that I have to appear in that capacity. The ap-
pearance of any one in that character is at all times pain-
ful, and must be so even under the roost favourable cir-
cumstances—even when they are backed by unanimous
approbation and encouragement ; but must be doubly
so, when one has experienced that to which I have been
subjected ; and when I have been pounced upon, espe-
cially by a portion of the public press, from the very
first moment that these proceedings were announced.
These misrepresentations have been constant, even
when lam deprived of all defence—it being prohibited
to an officer on full pay to communicate with the press
on military affairs. To all these calumnies I submitted
in silence, on a full representation of the whole of this
transaction, and after the deliberate investigation and
judgment of the highest military authority has been pro-
nounced in my favour, in terms the most comprehensive
and decisive. Satisfied, then, with the approbation of
the General Commanding-in-Chief, I can disregard all
the guilty attacks made upon me ; and I could do so
the more easily, when I knew the day must arrive when
I could appeal from the unlicensed aspersions of the
Press to the calm, impartial, and deliberate judgment of
this Honourable Court. Sure I am, that if those who
in their publications, by putting ungenerous or deroga-
tory words into my mouth, which I solemnly declare
never were said by me, and by imputing to me conduct
unworthy of a soldier and a gentleman ; if they hope by
LORD SAYE AND SELE.—\\Te are requested to this to guide my conduct towards the prisoner, or to
state, that the letter inserted in The Sun of yesterday sway me in the prosecution of this trial, then their object
relative to the Horse Guards, and signed " Say and Seal," will be signally defeated. No, surely it is with no ani-
was not written by " Lord Saye and Sac." mosity towards Captain Reynolds, but it is with feelings
SOl‘t ETU IN G ASTONISHING.—We have re- of the most distressful nature, and in obedience to a strict
ceived the following from a correspondent on whose means sense of duty, that I have now to call your attention
of information we can fully rely :—" I give you fair warn- to the very serious offence of which he is accused, and
iig that the situation becomes hourly more eomolicated, I hasten, with reference to myself, into a short, and, 1
owing to the infatuation and obstinacy of Lord Palmerston. trust, temperate statement of the charge against him.
If public meetings are not called in England, protesting My statement must necessarily be short—for the charge
against his Anglo- Russian alliance, war with France is
inevitable. Why does not your city of London take the that Was been read to the Court is so simple and so ex-
plicit, as to leave me little else to do, than to put the
lead in expressing the national will ? Lord Palmerston
now declares, that as Mehemet Ali did not accept the Court in possess'on of the circumstances under which
conditions of the treaty within the time allowed, no fur- i the letter was written by the prisoner, and thus enable
ther terms can be held with him. The Pacha must be you to understand the whole of the transaction on
regarded from henceforth as a rebellious subject in arms which you have to decide. All others I dismiss. On
against the Porte, and as such be pursued to the last ex- Tuesday, the 25th of August, at a private party in my
tremity. As a preparatory step, Meheme: Ali has been own house, in Brighton, I was in conversation with a
cursed by the Ulernas at Constantinople—and thus put young lady, whose name perhaps it is unnecessary to
under the ban of the empire."--Morning Herald. introduce into this transaction, when she remarked that
THE LATE PRINCESS AUGUSTA.—It is im-
she did not see Cie Captains Reynolds—alluding to
possible to speak too highly of the Princess's amiability of to the prisoner and another officer of the regiment ; and
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extended to all who have known her her left hand knew
not what her right gave away ; and laver was any charity
of her's :marred by cstcntation on be part of the giver.
It has just come to our knowledge dm she established in Y
Windsor an annuity of 3001. for she benefit of poor sot- not on good terms'" she asked; and I an-
diers'- wives and children—as one aimng her innumerable swered, " That is a very long story, and Ido
acts of munificence—of anxiety for fhe happinesz (y. her not. wish to enter into it." That is the whole of what
kind! That her. Royal Highness did poor—lic result of occurred ; b sing carried on in the usual style of conver-
a life so nobly spent—there cannot .e a doubt ; and it is sation, exclusively addressed but to one person, and
solely in rnswer questions put by that person. The
certain that she left no will. Clareice House and Frog_
to
more arc now at the disposition of the Princess Sophia,
c•rcumstr.nces, putting all regimental considerations
for they were begwathed to the unmarried daughters of •
aside, are such as that few persons would feel themselves
George 111. ; but it is probable hat the Princess last
named will yield them, for a considtation, to the Crown ; called i limn to make upon me such a demand as that
and then they will become a fitting rsidenca for her Royal which Captain Reynolds addressed to me on Thursday,
Highness the Duchess of Kent ; also at Ingestre House ! the 27.'th of August, which I received on the day fol-
would appear to be alienated from he honours due to her lossirsg, and which letter as it is referred to in the
high station..—Court Circular. 1 Ch
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cal.44e, I shall now read to the Court :
REPRESENTATION OF IbCIIESTER.—II iS ; " Brighton Barracks, August 27th, 1840.
rumoured—and we have reason to knowthat there is some: ! "My Lord—A report has reached me that on Tues.
foundation for the rumour—that it the intention of seve- day
last, at a large party given by your Lordship, when
ral influential electors of Rocheor to solicit Alderman ' asked
why the Captains Reynolds were not present, your
1-11rmer, in the event of a dissoition of Parliament, t r .
Lordship replied, " As long as I live they shall never
join Mr. Bernal in securing the ,iberal interest of th at enter n y house." I cannot but consider this report
City. We know of no gentlen.n whose qualificati,stis
are better suited to the Reform's of that indepets ient hiChlY oujectionable, as it is calculated to convey an irn-
place than Alderman Harmer : his ueeess would be beyond pnession prejudicial to my character, and I therefore
a doubt,—the Tories being at the lowest and mosk des. trust your Lordship will be good enough to authorise
peratc ebb there ;—in fact, the:have no chance.!—but me? to contradict it. I am, my Lord, your Lord-
what will ierl‘Gitirrsy..GrUndy," of th] TitliCs, say 10,1bi5!... ship's obedient servant,
lightish 2i
' ' I,` RICHARD ANTI-lONY REYNOLDS."

The Earl and Countess of Beverl.ey and the Ladies
Percy, from St. Leonard's-on-the-Sea; Lord Jeffrey,
from Scotland; the Marchioness of Clanricarde ; Sir
W. Boothbv, Bart., from Brighton; Major. General Sir
P. Ross, from Cheltenham ; the Rev. Lord A. Fitzela-
rence, at the Burlington Hotel, from Maple Durham;
Hon. Masiey St•inley, M. P., at the Clarendon Hotel,
from the north ; Count St. Martin D'Aglic and suite, at
Thomas's Hotel, from Tu'iu ; Count Survilliers and suite,
at Thornpson's Hotel, from Germany ; his Excellency
Count Woronzow-Dasehhaw and suite, at Mivart's Hotel,
from the Continent; Lord Fitzroy Somerset, in Stanhope.
street, from Walmer Castle; Mr. and Mrs. Strahan, in
Hill street ; Sir Henry Peyton, Bart., in Grosvenor-place,
from Bieestcr.