The Sun.
London, England, 1860-08-01 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The colonelcy of the 14th Light Dragoons has
become vacant by the death of General the Hon.
Sir Henry Murray, K.C.8., which gallant officer
died on Sunday last at his residence at Wimbledon.
He was one of the few surviving Waterloo officers,
and had been sixty years in the army, his commis-
sion as Cornet dating as far back as May, 1800. In
1806-7 the gallant deceased served in Naples, Sicily,
and Calabria, and in March, in the last-mentioned
year, he accompanied the expedition to Egypt, as
aide-de-camp, and was present at the attack on
Alexandria, siege and storming of Rosetta, and on
every other occasion where our troops were en-
gaged. He was also in the Walcheren expedition
in 1809, and was at the siege and surrender of
Flushing. In January, 1813, he went, as Lieute-
nant-Colonel, with his regiment, the 18th Hussars,
to the Peninsula, and was present at the crossing
of the Eslar, and commanded the regiment in sup-
port of the 10th Hussars at the action of Morales
de Toro. The deceased served in the campaign of
1815 in command of his regiment, which was in the
6th Brigade of Cavalry, under the command of
Major-General Sir Henry Vivian. He commanded
the rear regiment of the column in the retreat the
day after the battle of Quatre Bras, and at Water-
oo took part in the brilliant charge of his brigade
at the conclusion of the action. For his services at
Waterloo he was made a Companion of the Order
of the Bath, and on the 18th of May last was made
a Knight Commander of that most honourable
order of knighthood. On the 18th of March, 1853,
he was appointed Colonel of the 14th (the King's)
Regiment of Light Dragoons.

Yesterday morning a full parade of the whole
of the officers and men of the Chatham Division
of Royal Marine Light Infantry took place on
the barrack parade ground, on the occasion of
the promulgation of the finding and sentences
passed by the general courts-martial which
recently assembled at the Royal Marine Bar-
racks, under the presidency of Colonel T. C.
C. Moore, for the trial of two men of incorrigible
character, named Patrick Washington and John
Hogan, for the grossest acts of insubordination.
The charges on which the prisoner Washington was
tried were for having struck Sergeant Julius Bur-
ton while in the execution of his duty ; for having
subsequently threatened to " do" for that non-com-
missioned officer, and for having, when taken out
of the cells where he had been confined, hurled a
heavy stone at him ; and when before the comman-
dant, having threatened to murder the sergeant, re-
marking that he "could not sleep nor die happy
until he had taken his life, as it was a pity he
should litre any longer." During the time the pri-
soner has been in the corps his conduct has been
exceedingly bad,rand altogether he is a man of most
depraved character. The Court found him guilty
of an-the charges, and sentenced him to be kept in
penal servitude for life. The prisoner John Hogan
was tried for having attempted to go out of bar-
racks after tattoo without leave.; for refusing to
undress for medical inspection at Melville Hospital;
for behaving in a disrespectful manner to the field
officer in not taking off his cap; and for having,
when taken before Col. Rea, the Commandant,
threatened to run his bayonet through that officer.
The prisoner, who has, only been a comparatively
short time in the service, bears a bad character.
The Court foUnd him guilty, and sentenced him to
be kept in penal servitude for 21 years. After the
sentences had been read both prisoners were handed
over to the custody of a strong escort, and removed
to Milbank convict establishment.

MONTHLY MILITARY OBITUARY.

General—John M'Kenzie.

Lieutenant-General—Arthur W.M.Lord Sandys,
Col. 2 Drs.; Sir Geo. Judd Harding, K.C.8., Col.
Comm. Royal Eugineer3 ; Thomas James Wemyss,
C• 73., Col. 17 F.
Royal Richard Wright, r f p
11-°Yal Artillery ; Daniel Bolton, from Royal Engi-
neers; Godfrey Charles Mundy, Lieutenant-Go-
vernor of Jet sey.
Lieutenant-Colonel—
Foot. Collingwood Fenwick, 75th

Major—Hugh Morgan, r f p Royal Artillery,
Cheltenham.

Captains—John Carrav
i a,nitoylgal tli Foot ; William
F. Lindsay, Carnegie. A Artillery ; Peter
Powell, h p 2d West Ilzdi4.lteg
itn•u
Lieutenants—Charles Thomas
Conte,
er
nth
3.ohn Bruen Rutledge, 34th Foot;
James Foot;
.
Alfred Colebrooke, 83d Foot ; 'William
Davis,o beThorn; is Dillon, r f p Bth2rl
West India Reginant;
Veteran Battalion; John New ton, h p 15th Dra-
goons ; john O'Reit/y, h p I.lth Foot ; Daniel
Grueber, la p 39th Foot; Willis un Howard Gilman,