The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-06 00:00:00

THE FINALE OF THIS NENAGH MITTINY.

The charge preferred against the officers of the
Tipperary Militia, embodied in the general order of
Lord Seaton read at the disembodiment of the re-
giment on Monday, has, of course, excited an angry
feeling among the parties implicated. The official
rebuke has already drawn forth the following letter
from the Adjutant of the corps, addressed to the
local journal (the Nenagh Guardian) :
" No efficient measures, however, appear' to have
been adopted to restore the discipline of the regiment,
mr do the influence and control that officers should
have bad in their reepective companies seem to have been
zealously exercised in endeavouring to remove the
alleged causes of complaint, nor sufficient exertion made
to explain the militia regulations is respect to the cloth-
ing and bounty.'
" Sir,—The above is an extract of a letter from the
Deputy-Adietant-General in Ireland, real to our regi-
ment on disembodiment yesterday, and as that corps
have, I regret to say, pined an unfortunate notoriety,
I feel sure the above paragraph will give a handle (if un-
contradicted) to the many who wish to cast a slur on
the officers, and thereby save Government from the con-
sequences of their own folly in attempting to save a few
paltry pounds.
" Now, to review my text in detail. It is first stated
—it is to be presumed, on the report, of Colonel Irwin's
Court, 'no efficient measures' were adopted to restore
'discipline.' The outbreak took place, and 'discipline'
was at an end in a few minutes, and every endeavour
that men could make was made by the officers and the
well-disposed non-commissioned officers of the regi-
ment. I admit that the step by which Colonel Irwin
thought it might be suppressed was not taken. It
is au old saying, ' the best hurler is on the ditch,'
and it is easy to talk, but I should much like to
have seen Colonel Irvyin endeavour to arrest the
ringleaders on that morning. Had he done so, I be-
lieve ho never would have lived to ha President of the
Court of Inquiry. It is a very fine thing to state
that we (the officers) did not sufficiently exert our 'in-
fluence' to explain the militia le gulations regarding
bounty' and clothing.' It is hard to explain things that
are not. No intimation reached the corps as to what
the men were to get on disembodiment until after the
mutiny had taken place ; aye, and been heard of at the
Horse Guards, too ; and up to this moment there is a
circular which has never reached this regiment even yet,
which was beard by us, for the first time, when read by
the counsel for the defence in the recent trials before the
civil power. As to exertions, I can only say that for
36 hours the officers were with the men, accompanying
them all night at great personal risk, and suoceeded, I
believe, in saving a great portion of the property which
the rabble of the town were wishing to destroy under
cloak of the mutiny of our men.
"I think, Sir, that you, and all other editors, ought
to insist on the whole proceedings of that court of in-
quiry being published, and let the world, who have heard
imputations cast on the officers of our regiment, also see
and judge for themselves on the evidence adduced before
that Court as to whether we are guilty of the charge of
deserting our men,' until actually called, as I was, to
lead them against her Majesty's troops. Hoping that,
in common fairness, other journals will copy this letter,

"I remain your obedient servant,
"J. G. HORT, Captain,
"Tipperary Light Infantry.

"Nenagh, Sept. 2."

The concluding ceremonies and arrangement&
previous to the dispersion of the corps on Monday
are thus described by the Nenagh paper :
"The usual formalities—such as the calling over the
names of the iegimeuts, nominating the permanent staff,
&c.—were then gone through ; after which the men were
marched in companies into their respective rooms to
have their accounts settled and to receive their allow.
antes. Before separating they gave three hearty and
stentorian cheers for 'Gallant Tipperary.' Each elan
got 255. id. This included 10s. balance of bounty for
1856, 14s. gratuity for 14 days from disembodiment of
regiment, and is. id. pay and liquor money for last Sep-
tember. In addition the men received marching-money
at the rate of 41 each for every clear 10 miles they 110
to travel to reach their homes, if in the country ; if out
of it, they got to the nearest point to their homes on
the borders of the county. For every woman 'legally'
married, marching money at the rate of lid. per mile
was given, and, if she had children, ld. per mile was
granted for each child. As the wen were paid off they
left the barrack in the most peaceable and orderly man
ner, and all seemed well satisfied. Having doffed the
old regimentals, such of them as still wore the last rem.
rants of the soldier's garb—many of them havinq had to
purchase clothes beforehand for want of something to
shelter them from the weather—and substituted in their
stead the more comfortable apparel of the civilian, they
took their departure for their several homes."

The mortality in the penitentiary establishments of
Saxony is described by the Emancipation of Brussels as
terrible.
LIVERrOOL DOCKS.—The annual statement of the
accounts bas jn-t been issued by the Liverpool Dock
Committee. Under the heading "tonnage and light
dues " it appears that there have been received during
June 23, 148,9771. on foreie,n sailing-
ships 15,9701. on foreign steamers ; 9,9321. on coast
the
sailing-ships ; 17,8561. on coast.steamers ; on vessels to
and from Runcorn, 8231. ; making in all 193,5591. re-
ceived under that head. The amount of dock-dues on
goods entered inwards was 119,8791., and on goods en-
tered outwards 32,5891. The other amounts received
and entered in the revenue account—on account of
graving-docks, 152,4621.; graving-blocks, 2,546/. ; extra
dock rent, 2,3241. ; Albert Dock warehouses, 19,000/. ;
Stanley Dock warehouses, 5,000/. ; rents of property,
13,9231. ; miscellaneous (canal rates, cranes, weights,
and scales, damages, weighing machines, dock stages,
&c.), 11,0751.; interest allowed in bank account, 4,7411.;
less commission, 1,285/.-3,4561. ; making a grand total
of receipts on revenue account of 431,5251, for the year.

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