The Sun.
London, England, 1860-01-10 00:00:00

stances :

Ist Instance—ln having, at Cawnpore, shortly
before 12 o'clock on the night of the 18th of
August, 1859, entered into an unseemly alternation,
on the public road, with Sergeant-Maj it G. H.
Fleury, of the Cawnpore Depot, who, by his (Lieu-
tenant Taylor's) order, was taken a prisoner to the
main guard of the Ist Light Cavalry, and there
handcuffed and leg-ironed, the leg-irons being re-
moved in about an hour, and the sergeant-major,
still handcuffed, then placed in confinement in one
of the regimental cells, and kept there till about 11
o'clock on the morning of the 19th of August ; he,
Sergeant-Major Fleury, having done nothing what-
ever to justify the indignities to which ho was
thus subjected by Lieutenant Taylor.
2d Instance—ln having at Cawnpore, shortly
before twelve o'clock on the night of the 18th
of August, 1859, entered into an unseemly alter-
cation on the public road with Mr. J. Wilson,
engine driver of the East Indian Railwsy,
who by his (Lieutenant Taylor's) order, was taken a
prisoner to the main guard of the Ist Light Cavalry
and there leg-ironed, the leg-irons being removed
in about an hour, and Mr. Wilson then placed in
confinement in ono of the regimental cells, and
kept there till about eleven o'clock on the morning
of the 13th August, he, sir. Wilson, having done
nothing whatever to justify the indignities to which
he was thus subjected by Lieutenant Taylor.
Finding—The court find the prisoner, Lieut.
George Cortlandt Buller Taylor, of her Majesty's
Ist Regiment of Bengal European Light Cavalry,
guilty of the charge brought against him ; and on
the Ist instance of the charge guilty, with the ex-
ception of having entered into an unseemly alterca-
tion on the public road with Sergeant-Major
Fleury, of the Cawnpore Depot, of which he (vie
prisoner) is n )t guilty, and is acquitted ; and on the
2d instance of the charge guilty, with the eaceptioa
of having entered into an unseemly alterchtion on
the public road with Mr. J. Wilson, engine driver
of the East Indian Railway, of which he (the pri-
soner) is not guilty, and is acquitted.
Sentence—The court sentences the prisoner,
Lieutenant George Cortlandt Buller Taylor, of her
Majesty's Ist Regiment of Bengal European Light
Cavalry, to be reprimanded in such way as his Ex-
cellency the Commander-in-Chief may direct.
Revised Sentence—The court respectfully ad-
heres to its original sentence.
" The finding is approved, but the sentence is not
confirmed."

(Signed) CLYDE,
General, Commander-in-Chief, East Indies.
Lucknow, Oct. 27, 1859.

REMARKS BY THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF IN

INDIA.

The sentence is, in Lord Clyde's opinion, quite
inadequate to the very serious offence of which
Lieutenant Taylor has been correctly convicted. It
is true that this officer has expressed his deep sor-
row for what has occurred, pleading youth and in-
experience for his improper conduct, which he
allows that he cannot, for an instant, attempt to
defend. He also states, that on becoming aware of
the impropriety of his behaviour, he endeavoured to
atone for the outrage he had committed, by doing
everything in bis power to appease the wounded
feelings of the aggrieved parties, but that his
endeavours were unsuccessful ; and Lieutenant
Taylor adds that he is threatened with an action in
the Supreme Court, at the instance of Mr. Wilson,
unless the matter is compromised by the immediate
payment of 5,000 rupees.
The Court, it may be presumed, had these cir-
cumstances under their consideration when they
awarded punishment; but a sentence of simple
reprimand is so manifestly insufficient under the
mildest view of the case, that the Commander•in-
Chief is unable to sanction it in any way, and de-
clines to order its infliction.
The Court having had the opportunity of re_
consi.iering its sentence, has now the full respon-
sibility of the result of this trial.
It is by such inadequate proceedings that the re-
putation of military tribunals islowercd in the eyes
of the public, to the prejudice of discipline, and the
good name of her Majesty's forces.
Lieutenant Taylor is to be released from arrest,
and directed to return to his duty.
By order of the Right Hon. the Commander-in-
Chief.

D. M. STEWART, Lieutenant-Colonel,
Assistant Adjutant-General of the Army.

Major-General Cameron, C. 8., who has resigned
the Vice-Presidency of the Council of Army Education for
the command of a brigade at Aldershot, will in all probabi-
lity be succeeded in the former office by Major-General
Rumley, who now commands a brigade at Gibraltar.—
Army and .Navy Gazette.
Mr. Cardwell, M.P., intends (says the Oxford
Ckroniele) sojourning at St. Leonard's-on-Sea until the
roasting of Parliament, for the purpose of recruiting his
health,