The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-15 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER.

In our impression of Monday, under this head, will
be found the particulars of a case, which, from its pecu-
liarity, appears to have excited considerable intere)t in
the public mind. Immediately after the disposal of the
night charges yesterday, a sergeant major of the Grena-
dier Guards, accompanied by Francis Bowen, the private
whose enlistment has occupied so much attention, ap-
peared before the magistrate. The sergeant-major
having put Mr. Bond in possession of the circumstances
which transpired, and which have been already detailed,
said that the first enlistment of the soldier (about seven
years ago), from which he had never been discharged,
was perfectly legal. The private had alleged that it was
otherwise, upon the ground that it had taken place on
a Sunday. The authorities at the Horse Guards had
been consulted on the subject, and the commanding
officer had comniunicatfrd to the private some days ago
that his first enlistment was perfectly valid, notwith-
standing which, secreting this fact and taking advantage
of the order to re-enlist all those who were willing, and
whose original enlistment was allowed to be defective,
he again enlisted, hut on coming before the magistrate
for attestation he objected, and wished to pay the smart.
The difficulty in this case had-arisen from some of the
authorities at the Horse Guards having neglected to
make the return at the 'Wellington Barracks with refer-
nce to the legali.y of the private's first enlistment.
Mr. Boisn wished to know the object of their appli-
cation to him, as if the first enlistment was legal, there
could be no doubt the man was a soldier. The second
enlistment was perfectly useless.
The sergeant-major said that be had attended with
the private on his own application, he having expressed
a wish to his officers to be brought before the magis-

trate.
Mr. BOND wished to know when the sergeant-major
became acquainted with the fact, that the original en-
listment was valid? The sergeant major replied that it
was not until after he had left that court on Thursday.
Had he, or the adjutant at the Wellington Barracks,
been aware of the fact, of course tr.e soldier would not
have been re-enlisted.
The soldier wanted to know why he had been brought
to that court to be attested, if he was considered a sol-
dier. The Magistrate had told him on that occasion
of his regiment,
that he was not.
. Mr. BOND said it was easily enough accounted for, as
it was considered at that time that he had been illegally
On the soldier's
attested on the first occasion, and it was, therefore, pre-
sumed at the time of his appearance at that court that
he was a
. - civilian. He (Mr. Bond) was confident that
thef private was perfectly safe in the hands of the officers
justice,.and who would not insist upon his remaining in
whose desire was to afford him every
the regiment unless they thought he had a right so to do.
onSaturday application the smart which he paid
for the second enlistment was returned to
him, al!d he then left with the sergeant-major to join
his regiment.

which w HAMMERSMITH.
g assaulted a girl named Mary Ana Meades, only
Thomas Leehayin, a man 75 years of age, was charged with
the children, saw
ninelt years " age, with intent, &c.
appeared from the evidence gone into that the pri-
soner was a Pauper inmate of the workhouse of the
parish of Kensington, where he acted as gardener, of
evening
ledged that the
of Thursday last, just before dusk, a woman,
workhouse the girl was also an inmate. On the
named Mary E. Watson one of the nurses attending
the garden, and watched him take her in the direction
of the tool house, and her suspicions having been pre-
viously excited, she called the girl back, and questioned
the rfsoner call the girl Meades into
her as to the prisoner's object, when the girl acknow-
tempted her violation, which act Watson sub-equently
last time haring
,communicated to Mr. Blackwell, the master of the work-
prisoner had, on several occasions at-
"llse, who caused the prisoner to be taken into custody.
The girl Meades, after having been questioned by the
magistrate as to her knowledge of the obligations of an
oath, and answered satisfactorily, was sworn, and de-
posed to the prisoner having made three attempts, the
taking her again into the garden.
Mr. Guazzaroni, the surgeon to the workhouse, de-
II posed to having been just before the nurse saw him
examined the girl Meades, and the re-
sult of the examination was confirmatory of her state-