The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-16 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

We are sorry to hear that the use of the beat-skin cap,
hitherto worn by Fusileer regiments, is to be discontinued
so soon as the caps now in possession of those corps are word
out. w s
The old colours the 36th Regiment havlicbeen received
at Chelsea Colege:To which4stablishment they were trans-
mitted by'Lieut-Col. Ashmore, the commanding officer of
that excellent co s, with a request that they may be der-
sited there, and iced by.tht nteterins of the army with
the same jeahr care and veal as protected and defended them
when nufurled before the enemy.
A report prevails that Major-General the Hon. Charles]
Gore, who was promoted in the last Brevet, has been ap-.
pointed to the command of the eastern district of Canada,
in succession to Major-General Sir James Archibald Hope,
K.C.B.

We learn from a friend in India that the gallant veteran,
Lord Gough, is in the enjoyment of excellent health arid
spirits. He never fails to take his daily walk of seven miles,
and hence his continuance in such robust strength, for exec.
cise in India has always proved the best preventive to sick.
ness. His Lordship will not return to this country until the
expiration of his full term of service as Commander-in.Chio
of the Forces stationed in the East Indies.
The Bill relative to limited enlistment, intended to be laid
before the House of Commons, will probably provide that fot
the future those enlistments shall be confined, for Infantry to
ten years, for the Cavalry to twelve, and for the Royal Ar-
tillery to fourteen, with the option, if fit for further service,
of enlisting for a renewed period, at the expiration of the first,
or of becoming enrolled for occasional duty, upon the same,
plan as the present embodied out-pensioners, receiving a
pension two years for one of such enrolment, added to their
service as soldiers. The men already enlisted are, we be.
lieve, to a certain extent to be allowed their discharge under
the same regulation.— Uvited Service Gazette.
SENTENCE OF THE COURT-MARTIAL ON CAPTAIN

BULL, 57TH REGIMENT.
(EXTRACT FROM GARRISON ORDERS, FZB. 12, 1847)
Field Marshal the Commander-in-Chief having had thy
honour to lay before her Majesty the Queen the proceedings
of a general court-martial, held at Chatham, on the lOUs
December, :846, and continued by adjournment to the 21st
of the same month, for the trial of Captain John James Bulk,
of the 57th Regiment, who was arraigned upon the under•
mentioned charge, viz.:—
For conduct prejudicial to good order and military discip.
line in the following instances :

Ist Instance—ln having, on the 9th of July, 1846, on
board the barque Mary Anne, then at anchor at Simon's Bay„
Cape of Good Hope, ordered Major Shadforth, 57th Regiment,
then being his commanding officer, into arrest.
• 2d Instance—ln having, at the same time and place,
without authority, assumed the command of the head-quar-
ters of the 57th Regiment, by ordering Lieutenant Sweeten
Grant, the acting adjutant to the corps, to place Capt. Stan-
ley in arrest.
3d Instance—ln having, on the 10th July, on board the
barque Mary Anne, without authority, assumed the command
of the head-quarters of the 57th Regiment, by issuing regi-
mental orders, and relieving himself from duty as captain of
the day for which he had been detailed.
4th Instance—ln having, on the said 10th of July, and at
the same place, refused to sign a pass-order fbr calling a
meeting of the officers which had been issued by Major Shad.
forth, then being his commanding officer.
sth Instance— In having, on the said 10th of July, after
he had been detailed in regimental orders as captain of the
day, left the said barque Mary Anne, although express orders
had been given by Major Shadforth, then being his com-
manding officer, to him, Captain Bull, that no officer was to
leave the said barque without his, Major Shadforth's, per.
mission.
Upon which charge the Court came to the following de-
cision :
The Court having maturely weighed and considered the
evidence in support of the prosecution, together with what
the prisoner has urged in his defence, is of opinion that he,
Captain John James Bull, of the 57th Regiment, is guilty of
the charge upon which he is arraigned in each of the five
instances.
The Court having found the prisoner guilty of the charge
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preferred against him, which being in breach of the Articles
of ar, do sentence him, Captain John James Bull, f the
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57th Regiment to be cashiered.
The Court having, by its finding and sentence, pro-
nounced the strongest condemnation of the conduct of
the prisoner, Captain John James Bull, cannot but remark
upon the total want of jwlgment and energy evinced
by the prosecutor, Major Shadfortb, under grave and
trying circumstances that called for that degree of firm.
ness and decision which alone could check and suppress
such an outrageous violation of military discipline as oc-
curred on board the Mary Anne on the night of the 9tb.
July, 1846.
The Court having passed sentence upon Captain Bull,
the prisoner, commensurate with the serious offences f
which he has been found guilty, begs to recommend hiso
case to the favourable consideration of her Most Gracious
Majesty, on account of the high character he has re-
ceived from his colonel and the officers with whom he hat
served.

Her Majesty was pleased to approve and confirm the find•
ing and sentence of the Court ; in consideration, however, of
the recommendation of the Court, and the ground of that
recommendation, her Majesty was further pleased to extent
her most gracious clemency to the prisioner, and to command
that he be restored to the functions of his commission, and
removed to another regiment of the line, and seriously admo-
nished as to his future conduct.
( gned ) J. MACDONALD, Adj.-General.

Lieutenants the Hon. Percy Fielding and Plunkett Burton
were presented on Friday, at the levee, on their appointment
to the Coldstream Guards, by his Bo) al Highness the Duke
of Cambridge.

SHOCKING ACCIDENT ON THE GRAVESEND AND
ROCHESTER RAILWAY.—On Thursday evening Benjamin
Ballard, one of the labourers employed in this undertaking,
left his barrow filled with chalk, and on resuming his labour
on Friday morning proceeded towards the opening, for the
purpose of shooting his load, when, it appears, from the
intensity of the frost the mass had become frozen together,
and adhered to the barrow, which drew him headlong down
the shaft, a depth of 160 feet, by which he was killed on the
spot. Deceased was a single man, about 23 years of age.
The body was conveyed to the North Aylesford Union
workhouse, at Strood, to await a coroner's inquest.