The Sun.
London, England, 1833-11-21 00:00:00

COURTMARTIAL IN INDIA.

A courtmartial was held at Meerut, March 18, on
Lieutenant S.
..Boileau Goad, Ist Light Cavalry, for—

" Ist. Insubordinate conduct towards the Commander-in.
Chief, in having addressed a Memorial to the Governor-
General, in which he states that ' the utter hopelessness of
redress from his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief is
one of the cau.es which compel the adoption of a step

From which he would otherwise have shrunk with the na.

turd reluctance of one assured that in appealing from the
supreme military authority he must contend against appal-
ling influence and power ; and that he, despairing of all
redress through the prescribed military channel, borne
down by infl ction which it is impossible for human feeling
longer to endure, reckless of consequences, throws himself
upon the protection of that Government which be has
faithfuliy served in his limited sphere, and appeals to your
Lordship, as the ',presentative of British power and jus-
tice, for that protection which his individu,l wrong and

the welfare of the Indian army imperatively ell( for.' Such
statements of hopelessness and despair of redress being
totally unfounded.

" 2(1. For conduct highly insubordinate, and wilfully
disrespectful to his immediate Commanding Officer, Lieut.
Colonel Sreplien Reid, co:nmanding the Ist Regiment
L. C., in having in the said Memorial characterised the
conduct of Lieut. Colonel Reid towards him (Lieut. Goad)
as ' a vindictive persecution,' a malicious and unceasing
tyranny.' a ' system of degradation and insult,' n' un
principled assumption of power,' a malignant hatred,
forcing memorialist ' (Lieutenant Goad) ' to proceed ' (on
the late march of the regiment) unsheltered, unsupplied,
though still suffering from severe indisposition.' Such
statements being in reality unfounded, and the sufferings
complained of by Lieutenant Goad, in the said Memorial,
having, so far as concerns Lieutenant-C,lonel Reid, all
resulted from Lieutenant Goad's own insubordinate and
improper conduct, and the necessity imposed on Lieut.-
Colonel Reid of maintaining the siscipline of the regiment
under his c immand."

The Court found him guilty of the Ist charge, acquit-
ting hins of the second. The sentence was that he be sus-
pended from rank and pay for twelve months.—Approved
and confirmed by the Commander-in-Chief.
Remarks by his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief:—

" The Commander-Chief would have been glad to have
contented himself with the verdict of the Court on the
first charge, without enforcing the sentence, as being
sufficient to convince the officers of the army that whilst
they are at full liberty to appeal to higher authority
against his acts, still that they are not warranted in
making such appeal a vehicle for unjustifiable accusations,
or the introduction of unbecoming language ; but the
state of the Ist Light Cavalry does not justify any modifi-
catio❑ of the sentence of the Courtmartial."
GENERAL ORDER.

FORT WILLIAM, JUNE 21.—The Governor-General in
Courcil directs that paragraphs of letters 105 and 7, from
the Court of Directors, in the Military Department, be
published in General Orders:—
" We are extremely sorry to observe, from the pro-
ceedings of the courtmartial on Lieutenant Wilkinson,
that our repeated threats of taking the most serious
❑otice of officers maltreating the naives of India have
not had their due effect in preventing such misconduct
as had been proved against Lieut. 'Wilkinson. That officer
was convicted not only of having be iten but of having
threatened the life of his native servant, without any
provocation which could in the remotest degree palliate
such a proceeding. The punishment awarded by the
Court, of five months' imprisonment, is in our opinio❑
much too lenient. We desire that you will inform Lieut.
Wilkinson that be will certainly be removed from our
service if any similar misconduct shall hereafter be proved
against him."

" Solicit Court's attention to the misconduct of Lieut.
H. Wilkinson, who within eighteen months has been three
times arraigned before a courtmartial, and who, notwith-
standing the lenity shown him, has persevered in a course
of incorrigible misbehaviour, ascribed by his commanding
officer to habitual intoxication, state that he has been
suspended, and recommend Court's cotnpliance with the
application of the Commander-in-Chief, for his removal
from the service."

Para. 1. " In a late letter (dated 21st November, 1832,
No. 105) we informed you that the sentence passed upon
Lieut. Wilkinson for maltreating the natives was, in our
opinion, much too lenient, and we desired that you would
inform Lieutenant Wilkinson that he would certainly be
removed from our service, if any similar misconduct should
hereafter be proved against him.
2. " The continued misconduct of that offic•er, as
brought to our notice in the letter now before us, caused,
as appears, by habitual intoxication, compels us to direct
that his name be immediately erased from our army list."
In conformity with these instructions, Lieut. Wilkinson,
at present under suspension, is erased from the list of the
Bengal army from this date (Jan. 30, 1833).

GREECE.