The Sun.
London, England, 1860-06-29 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The anniversary of her Majesty's coronation was
celebrated at Chatham garrison yesterday in the
customary manner. At 10 o'clock a.m. a parade of
the whole of the troops of the garrison took place
t on their respective parade-grounds ; after which
the non-commissioned officers and men were dis-
missed from all parades and duty for the remainder
of the day. The whole of the vessels of war in
harbour were decorated with the flags of all nations,
and at sunrise the Wellesley, 72, guard ship of or-
dinary, dressed. At 12 o'clock a royal salute of 21
guns was fired from the Cornwallis battery by a
party of the 12th Kent (Brompton) Volunteer
Artillery Corps, permission having been granted
them by Major-Gen. Eyre, in command of the gar-
rison. The whole of the enzployes connected with
the dockyard and ordnance were granted a day's
holiday, and all the public establishments connected
with the various departiPnts were closed.
Lieut.-General Sir J. M. F. Smith, M.P., arrived
at Chatham dockyard yesterday, for the purpose of
making an inspection of the gun and mortar vessels
at that port and dockyard. The gallant general
first inspected the mortar boats which have been
hauled up on the slip at the eastern end of the
yard, all of which have been scraped and cleaned
by the convicts, several hundreds of whom were
employed at that work. Lieut.-General Smith was
accompanied by Captain G. Goldsmith, C. 8., Mr.
Moore, assistant master shipwright, and Mr. Drake,
foreman ; and, having completed his examination
of the iron mortar boats, embarked on board the
Adder, steamer, Mr. M unchin, master-commander,
accompanied by Mr. Drake, and proceeded down

the river to Yantlett Creek, to inspect the fleet of
mortar-boats laid up there. After spending some
time in his exanaimaion, General Smith returned
to the dockyard.

This morning a numerous party of convalescent
wounded and disabled cavalry and infantry troops,
who have recently arrived at this garrison from
India, left St. Mary's barracks, Chatham, for their
respective homes, having received then:discharge
from the Horse Guards. A number of troops who
have recovered from their wounds or sickness also
left the invalid establishment at the same time, and
proceeded to join their respective depots.

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN THE ROUSE

OF LORDS BY A HINDOO.

Yesterday the Lords met, and, assisted by the
Common Law Judges, proceeded to hear appeals
from the courts below, and in one case Mr. Bovill,
Q.C., was addressing their lordships, when at about
half-past one, as they were about to adjourn for the
purpose of lune...eon, suddenly a person dressed in
Eastern garb, with a turban of various colours,
emerged from the crowd of persons behind the bar,
and began an harangue in Hindostanee, throwing
up papers, and gesticulating in the most frightful
manner. The Lord Chancellor ordered his imme-
diate removal, but before that could be effected, to
the consternation of those present, he drew a small
knife, and with cries of " Allah, Allah !" passed it
across his throat, inflicting severe injuries. His
yelling continued to such an extent that their lord-
ships were compelled to rise, and the unfortunate
man being secured, he was-conveyed to Westminster
Hospital by Sergeant Drake, where he received
every attention from Mr. Win. Allen, the house-
surgeon, and although the wound was not danger-
ous, he was permitted to remain. Singularly enough,
one of the porters at the hospital, Wm. Allen, had
served some years iu India, and was familiar with
the Hindostanee language, but was enabled only to
elicit that his name was Mohammed Ali Khan, and
that he belonged to the Bengal Presidency. He
had formerly belonged to one of the districts, and
had acted as secretary to the Nawaub Bahadoor,
but from some cause had been removed and replaced
by an Englishman, and being denied redress in his
native country, he came over to petition the Queen
and the Inaia Board in furtherame of his claims for
compensation. He had some time ago laid his case
before the India Board, but, getting no redress,
he had petitions prepared to the Queen and the
House of Lords, and supposing that he had no other
means of presentation, he went to the house. The
petitions, which are in the possession of the police,
disclose a large amount of grievances to which he
states he has been subjected.
For some time past it has been observed that
this man had haunted the various offices connected
with the India Board, and had importuned persons
upon his claims • but little notice was taken of his
appeals. He had resided since his arrival in this
country in the neighbourhood of -Westminster, and
was known as a person who had claims on the
Indian Government. This extraordinary event,
caused for some time a cessation of their lordships
proceedings, which were afterwards resumed.