The Sun.
London, England, 1861-01-03 00:00:00

TILE ARIIII.

The Bth (King's Own) Regiment, stationed at
Gosport, have been supplied with the new experi-
mental greatcoat, which it is in contemplation to
serve out to the whole of the infantry. It is very
superior i❑ quality and colour to the coat at present
in use, compared with which it is, in fact, a really
handsome and soldierly garment. It has no cape,
but is double over the shoulders and partly down
the back, as also in the sleeves to below the elbows.'•
It is fitted with two capacious pockets behind, with
the edges piped with red, a band, also piped with
red, confines the coat to the wearer's back at his
pleasure. Shoulderstraps for the belts, also piped
with red. The forepart of the skirts are made to
loop back to the waist when on the march, Alto-
gether it bears the appearance of being the greatest
improvement made in the soldiers' clothing for
many years. The Bth are also furnished with the
new shako, which has a light snug look
and must be far more comfortable than the old
Pat-
tern, but it does not carry so military an appear-
ance with it as the new greatcoat. •
After a considerable interval, the punishment; of
the lash has again been resorted to at Chatb
garrison, the culprit being a private of the lst'Be.t•
talion of the 19th Regiment, named Franci s B ray;
a man of incorrigible and abandoned. char acter,
About a fortnight since the prisoner N as tr led by
district court-martial at Chatham on a chi Lrge of

' striking Serpant Tanner, a non-commissioned
officer of his regiment, while in the execution of his
duty. On the occasion of his trial the prisoner
behaved in the most outrageous manner, assailing
the president and members of the Court with the
foulest language and the most horrible oaths. lr.
consideration of the bad character he bore in the
regiment, the Court sentenced him to be impri-
soned in the Military Prison at Rochester for
two years, leaving his conduct before the Court to
form the subject of another trial. The prisoner,
after his sentence, was heard to make use of the
most fearful threats, and shortly after his admission
in to the prison at Fort Clarence he carried his threats
into execution by making a murderous attack
on one of the warders of that establishment,
named Cockaday, whom he struck over the
head with a metal vessel used in the cell, in the
most savage manner. A board of field officers was
directed to assemble to investigate the case, and at
the close of the inquiry they sentenced the prisoner
to receive 50 lashes, and to be imprisoned for a
further period of six months. The prisoners hav-
ing accordingly been drawn up in the prison yard,
Brady, who behaved with the greatest bravado, was
fastened to the triangle, and the corporal punish-
ment administered. After 25 lashes had been
inflicted he was observed to faint away, when the
surgeon, who is always present on these occasions,
immediately ordered the punishment to be stopped,
and the prisoner was at once released and conveyed
to the prison infirmary, where he shortly afterwards
recovered. The remainder of the corporal punish-
ment will, under the circumstances, be remitted,
but he will undergo his full term of two years and
six months' imprisonment, and be again tried for
his conduct before the court martial.