The Sun.
London, England, 1850-12-09 00:00:00

COURT-MARTIAL ON AN OFFICER
OF THE FOURTH REGIMENT.
' A general, court-martial assembled on Tuesday at the
Cavalry Barracks, Exeter, to try Lieut. Arthur Vaughan
Donnithorne Harris, 4th King's Own Regiment, on the
following charge of unofficerlike and insubordinate con-
duct, to the prejudice of good order and discipline, in
the following instances:—
First Instance—For having on or about the 19th of
November, 1850, be bring at that tine on duty as re•
gimental detachment orderly cfficer, 4th King's Own
Regiment, stationed in the citadel of Plymouth, ex-
hibited, or caused to be exhibited, at the window of his
barrack-room, and in the same, within the above-men-
tioned fortress, a placard of a highly insulting tendency
towards his superior officer, Captain John Josiah Hort,
of the 4th King's Own Regiment, to wit:—" I hereby
proclaim Captain Hort, of the 4th King's Own Regiment,
to be a liar and a coward—Signed, Christopher Arthur
Harris;" or words to the like effect.
Second Instance—In having, on or about the 19th of
November, 1850, spoken to a non-commissioned officer,
Reg. No. 1,302, Corporal John Mcßride, 4th King's
Own Regiment. in words to the following effect :—That
Captain John Josiah Hort, of the 4th King's Own Re-
giment, was a scoundrel and a bully, and had behaved
so to him; that he could nut and would not fight--"I
could make a drummer-boy beat him," or words to that
Effect—he, the said Captain John Josiah Hort, being his
(Lieutenant Harzis'b) superior officer.
The court having been opened with the usual forma-
lities, and the members duly sworn, Lieut. Harris
pleaded not guilty to tle chaige. Lient.-Col. Gold, of
the 4th (King's Own) Regiment, appeared as prose-
cutor ; the prisoner was professionally assisted by Mr.
J. 13,:er.
Ensign P. N. Beeton, saw the placard in Lieut.
Harris's room, and he described it as printed in large
letters on yellow paper. The question as to what was
on the placard was objected to by the accused, on the
ground that it ought to bo produced, and the, court was
cleared. (It may be stated here, once for all, that ob-
jection to a question was followed invariably by clear-
ing the court, and was of very frequent occurrence.)
On re-opening, the President over-ruled the objection,
end the witness said from recollection he thought the
words were—" I hereby proclaim Captain Hort to be a
liar, and a coward, signed Christopher Arthur Harris."
Witness said he thought it was currying things too far.
The placard was stuck against the wall, at the upper end
of Lieut. Harris's room, and was conspicuous to all en-
tering it. A question by the accused, whether similar
placards had not been posted over the three towns of
Plymouth, Devonport, and Stonehouse, was objected to,
and not permitted to be put.
At tour o'clock the court rose.
The trial was continued on Wednesday and Thursday,
when witnesses were examined to prove the case against
the accused; but they were ordered not to answer ques-
tions put ter the purpose of bringing before the court the
circumstances out of which the quarrel between Captain
Hort and Lieutenant Harris muse. After the case for
the prosecution had been closed,
Mr. Beer was permitted to read a written defence, ex-
pressing Lieutenant Harris's regret for what had oc-
curred, but ascribing it entirely to the treatment he had
received from Captain Hort, whilst at Drake's Island.
That treatment consisted of many trifling things, and
many of a more serious nature, but he refrained from
going into them, as all the other officers who bad been
implicated in it had apologised to him. He expressed
his regret also that he had not left the quarrel in the
hands of hie father, instead of rushing into it himself.
Several officers eave Lieutenant Harris a good cha-
racter; and the defence being concluded, the court rose.
The sentence will not be known till confirmed at head-
quarters. A correspondent says—
" The history of the circumstances leading to this un-
pleasant branch was not permitted to transpire through
the defendant's witnesses, but rumour ascribes it to
Lieutenant's Harris having been made the butt of the
mess, with the sanction of Captain Hort, and subjected to
the most disagreeable system of practical joking; wine
being poured over his shirt and rum and water down his
back, and himself thrown into the water whilst the regi-
ment was at Drake's Island. His father, to whom he
complained, sent a challenge to Captain Hort; but that
officer wrote denying any cognisance of the treatment
complained of, and refused a meeting, whereupon Chris-
topher Arthur Harris, the father, posted bim as a liar
and coward, in the manner disclosed, which has brought
the son into a position which may cost him his com-
mission."

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.
PAPAL AGGRESSION.
CAMBRIDGE, DEC. t 7.—Members of the University
who purpose attending at the presentation of the address
lately voted to her Majesty on this subject, are re-
quested to meet the Vice-Chancellor on Tuesday, the
loth instant, at the White Hart Hotel in Windsor, in
their proper academical dress. The hour fixed by her
Majesty for receiving the address is a quarter-past
twelve o'clock. The following order of precedency is
to be strictly observed by all members of the University
who join in the procession to Windsor Castle:---
The Bedells.
The Vice-Chancellor,
accompanied by the Registrary.
ip The High Steward.
The Commissary.
Noblemen.
Privy Councillors.
Heeds of Colleges.
M mbers of the Caput.
Public Orator.
Proctors.
Doctors in Divinity.
Duct.rs in Civil Law.
D,ctors in Medicine.
Assesor to the Vice-Chancellor.
Professors.
Scrutators.

Taxors.
Librarian.
Bachelors of Divinity.
Masters of Arts, Non Regents.
Masters of Arts, Regents.
Bachelors of Law.
Bachelors of Medicine.
Bachelors of Arts.

THE CHURCH.
The undermentioned preterrnenta and appointments of
gentlemen connected with this University have recently
taken plbce:
TRINITY COLLEGE.—The Rev. W. T. Blathwayte,
8.A., appointed curate cf Fiaherton•de-la-Mere Writs.
rho Rev. E. R Frat,ki-, 8.A., ro the rectory of Down-
ham blarke., Norfolk. 'lhe Rev. Alexander Ronald
Grant, M.A.. to the vicarage of Belion Bunrpstead,
Essex. The Rev. W. Esdaile Richardson, 8.A., licensed
to All Semis' curacy, Northamptonshire. The Rev.
John Montague Valpy, 8.A., to Crossthwaite curacy,
Keswick, Cumberland.

PETER'S COLLEGE.—The Rev. John Townsbend
ntlett, &LA., to the aun-d-anery and of first minor
a,.(inry in Sr. Paul's Ca,badrdl.

T. JOHN'S COLLEGE.—The R.- v. G. G. Holmes, M.A.,
to West..,,b by-Welland curacy., Nuithatuptoe.hite. The
Rev. Charles 1V atkinm Le* Is, 8.A., to Lilbourne and
Claycotou curacy, Isivrtbstbptobbhirc. The Rev. Y. P.
Smith, 8.A., to Kingtt:rndale perpetual curacy, Derby-
shire.

QUEENS COLLEGE.--The Rev. James Be:Cht110, 8.A.,
to cur ,c). Northurev (mist:ire. The Rev. Alfred
Augu4tusLungbur.lt, to Mitch Brampton curtsey, North-
atnoto!,shire.

k3IMANUEL COLLEGE.—TheRMv. Edward Gillottv
M.A., Lo 13ru.ufip.o Georg curacy, ::.ufloik.

POST- OFFICE .N °TICE. - GENERAL POST-oFFICE,
DEC., 1850.-011 and atter the 15th inst. mails will be made
up monthly for the Gape of Good Hope, to be cony« yeti from
Plymouth by the packets ot the Gentral Screw Steam Ship-
ping (.;ompany, under contract with her Majesty's Govern-
ment All letters and newspapers addressed to the Cape of
Good Hope, as well as those fur Sierra Leone, which have
hitherto be sent, as a general ruse, by one of her Majesty's
ships dispatched at the beginning of each month to the West
Coast of Africa, will be forwarded on and from the 15th
inst. by the contract packets front Plymouth, unless speci-
ally addressed to be otherwise sent. Letters and newspapers
fur the Cape de Verd Islands will also be forwarded by these
packets, as well as by the new line of Brazil packets, about
to commence running neat month, according as such corres-
pondence may be posted in time for either line of packets.
The mails to be conveyed by the General Screw Steam-ships
will be mane up in London on the evening of the 14th of
e4ch month, aid in Plymouth on the morning of the 15th.
Those postmasters whose instructions direct them to send
their letters for Plymouth by cross post will of course for-
ward the correspondence intended for these mails in the
same manner. The postage chargeable on letters and news-
papers, which must in each case be paid in advance, will be
as follows, viz.:—

Letters not exceeding
mince in weight. Newspaper!.
s d.
Cape of Good Hope ... 1 0 ... free
Sierra Leone ... 1 0 ... free
Cape de Verds ... 110 ... 2d.
DERBYSHIRE, STAFFORDSHIRE, AND WORCESTER..
SHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY.—The ordinary half-yearly meet-
ing of this company w..,s held on Saturday, at the offices in
Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street ; Mr. R. G. Alston in
the chair. A report was presented from the directors, which
stated at some length the result of certain legal proceedings.
These proceedings it was stated, would, in the course of a
few weeks, place the shareholders in a condition to consider
their ulterior measures; and it was, therefore, suggested that
the meeting should be adjourned to an early day in March.
The report added that Mr. Wintour Harris had been ap-
pointed secretary in the place of Dr. Mackenzie, resigned;
and, in conclusion, the directors expressed a confident hope
that the difficulties they had to contend with, when they
took office in December, 1847, were rapidly approaching their
termination, and that the time was not distant when mea-
sures of permanent benefit to the shareholders might be
devised and carried out. lu accordance with the suggestion
in the report, the meeting was adjourned to the 7th of March.
INTENDED .ERFCTI,,N IN LFICYSTEII-SQUARE.-1113
protracted litigation between the Tulk family and the repre-
sentatives of the late Mr. Moxhav as to the title to the
area of Leicester-square, and the light to build thereon, has
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ILLNTSS OF THE BISHOP OF OXFORD.—The Bishop
'of Oxford arrived at the Palace, Fulham, on Saturday, on a
visit to the Bishop of London, with the intention of preaching
at Lambeth Old Church yesterday morning, on behalf of the
Sduth'wark fund fur building churches and schools (in that
deanery), .The Bishop was suffering from a cough and vio-
lent irritation of the windpipe on Saturday; but it was
hoped by nursing and-a night's rest his Lordship would have
been relieved; but on Sunday morning he was much worse
and quite incapable of exertion. The sermon at Lambeth
Church was preached by the senior curate, the Rev. J. Cav
Browne. The church waa crowded, and a veiw
lectiou made.