The Sun.
London, England, 1840-09-22 00:00:00

TRIAL OF CAPTAIN REYNOLDS.

BRIGHTON, SEPT. 21.—The general court-martial,
which will not be held till Friday next, relates to the
conduct of Captain Richard Anthony Reynolds, arising
out of a letter he addressed to his commanding officer,
the Earl of Cardigan, demanding a❑ explanation of cer-
tain terms alleged to have bee❑ used by his Lordship
at a private party in his own house, and supposed to
reflect on the character of Captain R. A. Reynolds as
one who should not be invited to partake of his Lord-
ship's hospitality.
The following is an authentic copy of the
" Charge against Captain Richard Anthony Reynolds
of the 11th regiment of (Prince Albert's) Hussars.
" For that he (Captain Richard Anthony Reynolds)
having, at Brighton, on the 28th of August, 1840, written
and sent a letter to Lieut.. Colonel the Earl of Cardigan
of the same regiment, his commanding officer, of an im-
proper 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 Captain R. A, Reynolds, should in future be
strictly official, nevertheless he, the said Captain R. A.
Reynolds, in direct violation and disobedience of said
order by his commanding officer, did, on the same day,
viz., the 28th of August, 1840, write and address to
him ( Lieutenant-Colonel the Earl of Cardigan) a
most disrespectful, insubordinate, offensive, and insult-
ing letter, imputing to him conduct calculated to excite
him to depart from his duty as commanding oflicar,
and which last-mentioned letter is as follows :
" Brighton, Aug. 28, 1840.
" My Lord,—Having in my letter to your Lordship
of yesterday stated to your Lordship that a report had
reached me that your Lordship had spoken of me in
such a manner as I deemed prejudicial to me, consider-
ing the position in which I am placed, and having in
the most respectful manner requested your Lordship to
allovv me to contradict such report, and your Lord-
ship having this morning positively refused to give
me any answer, I must beg to tell your Lordship
that you ate in nowise justified in speaking of me
at all at a public party given by your Lordship,
and more particularly in soca manner as to
make it appear that my conduct has been
such as to exclude me from your Lordship's
house. Such assertisn is calculated to injure me. Your
Lordship's reputation as a professed duellist, founded on
the having sent Major Jenkins to offer satisfaction to
Mr. Brent, the miller at Canterbury, and your having
sent Captain Forrest to London to call out an attorney's
clerk, does not admit of your privately offering insult to
me, and thou screening yourielf under the cloak of coin-
manding officer ; and I must be allowed to tell your
Lordship, that. it would far better become you to select
a man whose hands are
_untied for the object of your
Lordship's vindictive reproaches ; or to act as many a
more gallant fellow than yourself has done, and waive
hat rank which your wealth and earldom alone entitle
rou to hold.—l am, my Lord, your Lordship's obedient

servant.
" RICHARD ANTHONY REYNOLDS.
" 45, Brunswick-square, Brighton.
" To the Right Hon. the Earl of Cardirn.
" Such conduct as aforesaid being in the said Captain
Richard Anthony Reynolds unbecoming an officer mid
a gentleman, prejudicial to the interests of the service,
subversive of good order and military discipline."