The Sun.
London, England, 1824-05-03 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The remainder of the 95th Regiment has embarked, with
Col. Gustavus Brown, in the Surrey transport, Lieut. R. Coates.
Agent, for Malta.--The Success, Lieut. S. P. Prichard, is to
take part of the 34th Regiment from Portsmouth garrisbn, to
Dublin, and bring back part of the 2cl Regiment, which corps
is to take the duty at Windsor for a short period, previous to
embarkation for the East.--The Prince of Orange, Lieut. T.
Williams, Agent, and the Cato, Lieut. S. Meredith, are or-
dered to Cork, to take the 71st Regiment to Quebec, and bring
home the Ist Battalion, 60th Regiment. These ships will sail
on a change of wind.
On Wednesday last the remainder of the 95th Regiment of
Foot (except a few left on the recruiting service) marched from
Winchester. A great many Officers appointed to the new
97th have arrived, and a large supply of recruits is shortly ex-
pected. There are now in the Winchester Barracks about IN
men of the 97th.

Another company of the 3d Royal Veteran Battalion, in ad-
dition to the two companies belonging to the same corps, that
hove already arrived at Sheerness from Cork, is ordered to the.
mine station.,
One company belonging to the 3d Royal Veteran Battalion
has received orders to 'proceed to Harwich.
Detachments of recruits marched on Friday morning from
the Recruiting Department in Westminster for Winchester
and the Isle of Wight.
'We understand that orders are come for assembling the 2d
Regiment of Bucks Yeomanry Hussars on the 24th of May,
for the usual annual exercise, during, which time the regiment
is to be inspected by a Field Officer, in Stowe Park.— The
regiment will be in quarters as usual in Buckingham. .
The Tyne Yeomanry Hussars, commanded by Lieut.-Col.
Sir Thomas Burdcin ; and the ltavensworth Volunteer Cavalry,
commanded by the Hon. Captain Liddell, have received direc-
tions from the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Durham, to
'
go on permanent duty at Gateshead, for eight days ,on Wed-
nesday the sth inst.—The Northumberland and Newcastle-
upon-Tyne Yeomanry, under the command of -Lieut.-Colonel
-Brandling, M. P. will go on permanent ditty at • Newcastle-
upon-Tyne, on the 7th proximo. It is reported that Major
Grey (of the Scots Greys) will be the Inspecting Officer of the
Yeomanry Corps in Durham and Northumberland..

THE ARMY IN INDIA.
COURT MARTIAL.

Head-quarters, Camp Mahomedabad, Nor. 15, 1823.
At-an European General-court-martial assembled at Secole
Benares, on Monday the 29th of, September, 1823, of which
Major-General Thomas BroWn, Commandant of Buxar, is
President. Major. (now .Lieut.-Colonel,) J. S. Harriet, 2d
itegiment 'Native Infantry, was arraigned, upon the under-
mentioned charges, viz. -r
`bit, For oppression and cruelty to the.invaljds,placed.unger.
his command, particularly in the following instances,,v#, in
hayingin or about the month of December, 1822, used cruel
and illegal methods of punishment to European And native
soldiers by .chaining them to a log, or holding out threats to do
so; in having on or about the month of April, 1823, persisted.
in compelling Gunga Deen Dhobie, Seapoy; 1 company, 2d
battalion native invalids (though incapacitated by the,i.oss of
othfeaurseeguotafriissorlidgihert?iaaritiddtoayrnegrforni military duty in full dress
system driven, the said GungaJObeeYri','DiTorliaiselninagftr nvsTwitei:'oisf
18 years,_ to take his discharge from the Invalid Establiainnenti
also in baying, on or about the,,same perie4,liarraasedsnaAa-
noyed some of the pioneers corpa,aade.o.l4,:-F4en.frcat'-gw, (inn
Lascars, by compelling them, to,Taq.e,a4;.#loll-7Withlitlt4q4ets,
arms which they neves had heetiaccustomed to.
2nd, For disobedience of orders, in:having, ,oa,-(ir,nbout the
Month, of April, 1823; interfsred.with the lialf-mouilting of the
and endeavoured_to effect a, change, hy.tliregting . that
various articles of dress shoulibe made ~up, according..to par,
ticular patterns shown on. parade. • - , - •
3rd, For having, on or about.,tha__middle of December last,
conipelled helpless.and Maimed European invalids to do. duty,
althinigh they p.resented, dertificates signed by the garrison
surgeon of their incapacity:and inability to do 89 ; :also forforc-
ing .the Individuals or Alk,gensiOrt company. to. do - Military,
duty, though labouring urn parAytic affections;, blindness,
and other causes, rendering.thenit-phyficeli-LuAt liar such em-
ployment.
4th," For encouraging inebriati2n among the men, by grant-
ing them, on pr about the; mbnibs of December and January
last, orders On the commissariat sircar, for large.. quantities of
liquor, without discrimination, and by giving them passes to
cross the Jergoo,' to procure deliterious spirits in unlimited
quantities.
sth, For, on or about the months of December, 1822, and
January, 1823, punishing men for intoxication, after having
given them encouragement and opportunity to get drunk ; also
for punishing men illegally, and refusing ;o. allow their con-
act to be investigated by a Court-martial.
eth, For'scandalous and infainous conduct, unbecoming the
character of on officer and a gentleman, in having repeatedly,
between the 2d Of November, 1822, and lst-of May, 1823, used
opprobrious and abusive language to the European soldiers un-
der his command, comparing them to parish dogs, styling them
skulkersoihammers, who ought to be doing duty in the field,
rnaligerers, and not worthy of the name of soldiers ; also occa-
sionally shaking a stick in their faces, and violently threatening
them, thereby exciting a degree of irritation in their minds,
highly prejudicial to the service--all of which charges, or any
part of them, being in breach of the articles of war.
(Signed) THOMAS ROBERTSON,
Lieut.-Col. Commanding.
Chunar, August 23, 1822.
Additional Charges.—For groas contempt of my station, as
commanding officer of the garriscn of Chunar, and for conduct
unbecoming the character of an officer and a gentleman in the
following instances:-
Ist, For falsely asserting, in a letter dated Sept. 15, 1823,
and addressed to Captain Baldock, M. B. Benares, that I had
encouraged men tinder his command, not only to make every
possible unfounded complaint, and to state every imaginary
grievance, without the power of a reply on his part, but to dis-
pute his authority afterwards as their commanding officer.
lind, For accusing rile, in the aboye-mentioned letter, of
abuse of authority,. and imputing dishonourable motives to me,
his superior officer by stating as follows, " where an officer
in command or this garrison and station thus uses his tempor-
ary power" committed to his charge, the ends of substantial jus-
tice can never be answered; and in thus sending for men, by
scores at a time, in order, by private examination at his own
house, to encourage those men to come forward, not on their
own account certainly, but merely to establish, if possible,
something like a case to support these grbundless allegations,
with which he has voluntrily come forward, without the slight-
est consideration."

3d, For having in the same letter falsely and maliciously in-
sinuated and stated as follows :—" For Lieut.-Col. Robertson
has no right to adopt such arbitrary, and, In military annals,
unheard of measures as that of privately inviting every possible
i n dlehriss,
present whom it is
temporary his dutyan asd
much
so as n
my
er
complaint against them on the part of acknowledged malinger-
ers,
oeraw t o drunkards,
res restrain, and
using
sg
i
au-
thority to the former Purpose alone, while he has issued_an
order to Capt. Weston and Jeffreys, if I understand thernght
not toallow me to Make a reference to any one official dom.'
meat or book contained in my late office--all and every part of
which conduct being 4graceful to the character of an officer
and a gentleman, and in breach of the articles of war."
(Signed) THOMAS ROBERTSON,
Lieutenant-Colonel Commandin
Chunar 17th Sept. 1823.
Upon which charges the Court came the following decision
Finding and Sentence.—" The Court having materially
weighed the whole of the evidence before it, together with
what the prisoner has urged in his defence, is of opinion, that
he is not guilty of the Ist charge; that he is not guilty of the
2d charge ; that he is guilty in a lesser degree of the 3d
charge, inasmuch as Gunner Gall was compelled by him to do
duty which he from his infirmities was unequal to, that he is
not guilty of the 4th charge; that he is not guilty of the sth
charge ; that he is not guilty of the 6th charge; with respect
to the additional charge—that he is guilty of the Ist charge ;
that he is guilty of the 2d charge ; that he is guilty of the 3d
charge."
The Court having found the prisoner guilty in part of the
3d original charge, and of the three additional charges, but
not to the extent contemplated by the 211th article of the 12th
Section of the Company's Articles of -War, does sentence him,
the late Major, now Lieutenant-Colonel Jelin.Staples Harriot,
32t1 regiment of Native Infantry, to be Suspended from rank
and pay for six calendar months, and to ,he reprimanded- in