The Sun.
London, England, 1866-10-08 00:00:00

till it has made itself acquainted with the commonest
fads of Turkish history. But though the smart
young daily in the antique guise, pulls up its con-
temporaries for errors, with what the sailors call " a
round turn," it stumbles sometimes while so
jauntily tripping along. On Thursday last it told a
story under the head of "Military Law in Bengal,"
a well-known story, considering that three years ago
it made as much noise in India as the Jervis case
does now. It is affectation, therefore, to give
dashes for the names. The Pall Mall Gazette tells
the tale as having occurred in 1853, while it puts
into the mouth of one of his actors the words, " in
" these days of Sir CHARLES WOOD, one must think
of oneself. If I tell everything, Sir CHARLES will
abolish my appointment." In 1853, and for years
after, Sir CHARLES had nothing to do with the
officers of the East India Company's Army. The
East India House was flourishing in Leadenhall-
street, little dreaming of its end then so quickly
approaching. We would not notice this mistake if
the questions of fact were correctly told. The story
is simply as follows:--Col. Burney commanded at
Dinapore in 1863. He was a very gallant old officer,
and assiduous in his attentions to young and pretty
women. The friends of a lady construed a note
written to her by the brigadier as being insulting.
It was a curious production, but it might not have
meant anything. The husband of the lady being
absent, the adjutant of the regiment to which he
belonged and another gentleman called for an ex-
planation on the brigadier. Their tone, considering
they were addressing their commanding officer, was
anything but respectful. They gained their point
and left the old officer, having extracted a promise
that he would not again address the lady. A
scandal like this could not in India remain
in such a half developed state. Further cor-
respondence and interviews took place. In one
of these Captain EYRE openly spoke of
himself as having called on the brigadier and
threatened to horsewhip him. He stated that
Colonel BURNEY submitted to this insult, and de-
scribed himself as sitting on the stool of repentance.
The real question hinged on this interview, at which
no one was present but the two principals. Cap-
tain EYRE was not the young sub. as represented by
the Gazette, but an able and gallant officer who had
raised himself through every grade of the British
army to the post of adjutant. A court of inquiry
was directed to investigate the circumstances, and,
acting on its report, Colonel BURNEY was advised
to resign. The Brigadier resisted, and complied
only on a strong pressure being brought to bear.
He retired to Calcutta and filed a complaint in the
Supreme Court, and the case shortly after was tried
by Sir MORDAUNT WELLES. Unfortunately for Mr.
EYRE, he had been sent home in charge of troops,
and as the question was one which turned solely on
the interview, the trial scarcely gave him a fair
opportunity of vindicating his assertions. To read
the story in the Pall Mall Gazette, one would sup-
pose that Mr. EYRE had been cross-examined in
court, and had not told the truth, when, unfortu-
nately for him, be was in England or at sea on his
way there, while the court was sitting in Calcutta.
Sir MORDAUNT WELLES had to weigh the testimony
of Colonel BURNEY against that of Mr. EYRE. There
was not a particle of evidence on either side
beyond these statements. The Chief Justice had
to make up his mind from the balance of
probabilities. A guard was within call, a
sentry in the verandah, and the judge held that
no officer in such command would have borne such

insolence as that Mr. EYRE alleged he had offered,
and which Colonel BURNEY denied. On such points
Sir MORDAUNT arrived at his decision, and it is
highly improbable that he would have spoken of an
absent man on evidence like this, as having per-
jured himself. The trial only deserves notice from
the cross-examination of Colonel TURNER, DOpUty
Judge-Advocate-General. He stated that his sole
anxiety " had been to carry out the Commander-in-
" Chief's wishes, bywhose breath only he existed, and
" who could remove him from office in a moment if lie
",were to forfeit his Excellency's confidence. That
" he considered it his duty as Judge-Advocate
"blindly to obey orders ; to obey orders first, and
"then to do justice. He admitted that be
"did not know exactly what the duty of a judge-
" advocate was, and that his chief anxiety in the whole
" business had been to protect himself against the dis-
" pleasure of the Commander-in-Chief, which would
be fatal to his future prospects." In justice to this
officer we must state that he was ill at the time,
and bullied by the plaintiff's counsel beyond Eng-
lish endurance in the climate of Calcutta. The
Commander-in-Chief held that he was quite as good
a judge. as Sir MORDANT WELLES as to who was
likely to be right and who wrong in this military
case. He promoted Mr. EYRE to a company
when his turn arrived, showing that he differed
both from Sir MORDANT WELLES and the Pall-
Mall Gazette. Mr. EYRE'S offence consisted solely
in having carried his defence of a lady to too ex-
treme a point. No doubt, between the evidence of
Major-General BURNEY and Captain EYRE there
was a wide discrepancy, and that the Chief Justice
held the General to be right and the Captain to be
wrong, but there were a great many people, very
good judges, who thought differently ; and, there-
fore, we consider the comments on that officer to
be most unfair, which is our reason for following
the Pall Mall Gazette in commenting on a story
that had better be forgotten.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

NORWICH- SATURDAY.

There was an increased supply of wheat at market to-
day, but the millers not being eager buyers, and the far-
mers unwilling to make any concession, little business was
done, at a slight reduction from last Saturday's prices.
larger supply of barley was offered, but the quality o
many of the samples was very secondary, and the trade
was slow. _

: ..
White wheat (weighing 631 b), 54s to 56s ; old red aitto
weighing 631 b), 47s to 52s ; new red ditto
11:eighing
601 b to 631 b), 51s to 52s ; best malting barley weighing
521 b to 531 b), 42s to 45s ; runs ditto (weighing 511 to 521 b),
40s to 41s ; distilling ditto (weighing bOlb to 521 b), 34s t°
36s ; oats, 24s to 268 ; beans, -b7s to 39s ; peas (maple), 5'
to 38s per qr. Flour, 38s Od per sack.

LEIOESTER—SATURDAY.
Our market was fairly supplied with wheat to-day'
condition of new, samples irregular. The turnip and maw
gold crops are looking exceedingly well around here.
There was a limited demand for wheat, and late prices hard
to realise. A fair demand for fine sorts of barley, at elv
treme rates ; inferior kinds not much altered. Oats TWA
a moderate show, and sold steadily at high prices. P"
small supply of beans, which met a ready sale, at price°
about is per qr. over those of last week.
New white wheat, 50s to 55s ' • new red, 46s to 53s ; old'
white, 52s to 60s ; old red, 49s to 56s per 36 stone. 13", r
ley, for malting, 39s to 43s per qr.; grinding, 31s to 31
per 30 stone. Oats, old, 30s to 34s ; new, 24s to 30s per 2
stone. Beans, old, 53s to 54s ; new, 53s to 54s per 88 stone
Fine flour, 42s ; seconds, 38s to 40s per 20 stone.

YORK—SATURDAY.
There was a moderate supply of wheat at our market
to-day, the show consisting of old and new sorts. Tlle..
supply of barley was fair, and there was a good demand fo`
selected lots at a small advance in prices. Oats were pretty
well taken off, and prices ruled very firm. Beans in litnit,,e;
supply, and fair demand, at an advance on last wee"
prices.
New white wheat, 50s to 60s ; new red, 45s to 52s per 96
stone. Barley, for maltin
Og, 38s to 42s per fir. • grind lII'
r

33s to 34s pei3o stone. Jats, old, 28s to 30s per 24 stop`
Beans, new, 50s to 52s per 38 stone. Malt, 68s to 7"'
Flour, 38s to 42s per sack of 2801bs.

NOT T INGHAM-SATURDAY.

At to-day's market the supply of wheat was middliugio
principally now, the condition of which was very variew
The pastures are looking very healthy in this localitP
Turnips continue to be favourably reported of. In bald
a fair amount of business was transacted, and in some ifis;
stances an advance of is per qr. was realised. The sh°
of oats was not large, and the demand ruled firm, at fu
prices.
Old white wheat, 58s to 64s ; old red, 55s to 60s ; 11°`
white, 50s to 546 ; new red, 50s to 56s per 36 stone. 01
old, 31s to 35s ; new, 23s to 30s per 24 stone. Beans. °l9;
52s to 55s ; new, 48s to 51s per 38s stone. Fine flour, 5
to 42s per sack.

Births.
RINGROSE—On the 4th inst., at Tillingham, Essex, the
wife of Basil Ringrose, Esq., of a daughter.
WALPOLE—On the 3d inst., at 3, Queen-street, Mayfair, the
wife cf F. G. Walpole, Esq., of a daughter.
Wimax--- On the 3d inst., at High Bickingston, N. Pev°°'
the wife of Captain S. J. Wilkin, of a daughter.
VICKERS—On the 6th inst., the wife of C. Vickers, Esq., °
Farrborough, Kent, of a daughter.

Marriages.
ASTLEY SCHREIBER—On the 4th inst., at the Pa:it,c
church, Rushmere, near Ipswich, Frederick B. As';‘,-p,"'
Esq., son of the late Lt.-Colonel F. L'Estrange Ast'lo
late of Burgh Hall, Norfolk, and 7, Cavendish-squareli,d,
Emma Augusta, elder daughter of Charles A. Schlep
Esq., of the Roundwood, Ipswich. igh
HARNAGE —EGREMONT—On the 4th inst., at the P,- ot
church of Wroxeter, Sir Henry G. Harnage, 130"; jet
Belswardyne Hall, Salop, to Elizabeth Sarah MO, of
third daughter of the Rev. Edward Egremont, vica
Worcester.

Deaths.
ALLEN—On the 2d inst., Wm. Allen, Esq., of Soutboi6' '
Middlesex, aged 71.
BELL—On the 2d inst., at 4, Portland-place, HammersTV„r
road, B. J. Bell, of the Local Marine Board, port of J-4"
don, aged 66. n ff.
FREEMAN—On the 3d inst., at 361, Mile-end-road, Jo--
Freeman, Esq., M.R.C.S., aged 54. lA°
LUDLOW—On the 2d inst., at Dulwich, John Ludlovrt
of Chelsea, aged 96. ner
RAITT—On the 3d inst., at Titcbfield-terrace, Robe-
park, A. C. H. Raitt, Esq., aged 42. 0114
SCRIVENER—On the 2d inst., at Theberton Hall, S
I. F. Pike Scrivener, Esq., of Sibton Abbey, au"
Bryanston-square, London.

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