The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-22 00:00:00

The Government will not retain in their service men
who have thus shown themselves, at such a juncture,
either unwilling or unable to do their duty, and with the
sanction of the Most Noble the Governor in Council, I
have accordingly ordered the summary discharge of the
following :
Subadar Alum Khan,
Subadar Bawooddeen,
Jemadar Daood Beg,
Jemadar and Native Adjutant Sheikh Abdool Kadir,
in addition to
Subadar Syed Elraheem, and
Subadar Ismail Khan,
who have been already dismissed for the same reasons.
Subadar Major Kadir Beg was not present with the
regiment at Jubbulpoor, and was consequently not im
plicated with the rest in their misconduct ; but he has
been with the regiment ever since, and although urged
to exert himself in obtaining information which might
lead to the detection of the ringleaders, he has constantly
evaded the duty—pretending that he has tried, but has
never been able to elicit anything. He has thus proved
himself altogether unfit for the responsible station which
he occapies in the regiment, and has exposed himself to
the serious suspicion of desiring to screen the guilty par-
ties in the corps,
I have considered it necessary that this native officer
should be punished, though not to the same extent as
the others; and under the authority of Government I
now direct his removal to the Pension List, upon a re-
duced stipend of one-half of what he would otherwise
have been allowed.
The native officers of this army will learn from the
' fate of those of the 6th Cav_alry that they cannot ever
remain passive on such occasions without the risk,
perhaps, of their lives,and certainly of their commissions.
There is hardly one of them, especially in the cavalry,
who has not numerous near connections of all grades in
the ranks, through whom he must at all times be able to
obtain information, and over whom at least, if over no
others, he must be able to exercise influence--and it can
hardly ever be possible for him, under such circum-
stances, to be ignorant of the feelings and intentions of
his corps.
Let the native officers of the army, therefore, distinctly
understand, that it is not enough for them to be able is
prove that they have not been parties in the men's mis-
conduct, they must be able also to prove that they have
kept their European officers fully and promptly informed
of every act or intention of misconduct from its very be-
ginning, and that they have exerted themselves actively
and heartily for the maintenance of order, or they will
be dealt with themselves as guilty.
I further direct the discharge from the service of the
under-mentioned Havildars and others, in addition to
Troop Havildar Major Mahoodeen Khan .. A troop
Havildar Ghoolam-ood-been, Ist —
Havildar Ghoolam-ood-been, 2d —
Naigue Nagogee Row —
already discharged on the same account ;
Troop Havildar Major Shabaz Khan
Havildar Mahomed Khan
B -
- Syed Hajee —
Meer Subder flossain E
Naigue Sheikh Imaun
A ---
- Syed Ali -
- Sheikh Ali . —
Sheikh llyder D
Private Mahomed Kasin
A
Sheikh Ahmed, Ist —
Hoossemee Beg —
Muctoon Khan B -
- Mahomed Ibrahant
Syed Ruza
-
- Sheikh Ibrahim, Ist -
- Lal Khan —
Mahomed Kasim, 2d
Kadir Ali Beg
--
Zynoolabdeen, Ist
Sheikh Ibrahim, 3d
Ghoolam-ood-Deep
D -
- Mahomed Esoof —
Hoossein Nuwaz Khan
--
Mahomed Hossein, Ist
E
Moortiza Khan
Kasim Beg ... —
Abdool Russool
Kurreem-ood-Deen
F -
- Pureed Beg —
Synd Adum
Sheikh 13urrey
Hossein Khan —
Regimental Moonshee Mahomed Khan.
The delay which has taken place in the present case,
occasioned by the difficulty of relief by the distance from
the Presidency, and by other causes, rendering it neces-
sary to bring the regiment within our own frontier, but,
above all, by my own anxious desire, by a full inquiry,
to discriminate between the innocent and the guilty, has
possibly been the means of enabling some of the native
officers of the; 6th Light Cavalry to escape severer pu-
nishment than they have now incurred ; but it has been
unavoidable, and the nature of the combination which
has existed in the corps made it impossible for me to fix
upon the individuals to be selected for punishment, until
the court of inquiry had succeeded, with much difficulty,
in establishing sufficient proof against them.
It may, however, serve to prove to the army, that
although secret oaths, and an unwillingness to expose
the ringleaders, may delay and impede the Commander-
in-Chief in eliciting the truth, and punishing the guilty,
yet no lapse of time within the limitation of the law
will secure the instigators, when discovered, from the
penalty due to their misconduct. It will also show that
while in the desire to dispense strict justice, I have re-
frained from inflicting punishment until after the most
deliberate and patient investigation. lam inflexibly de-
termined that in no case shall those who are guilty of
such a breach of discipline escape, particularly when
committed in such a position, and under such circum-
stances,
so utterly in defiance of their obligations as
soldiers.

The men of the 6th Light Cavalry appeared to have
deluded themselves with the idea that so long as they
acted in a body they were safe, for that none of the body
could be separately punished, and that thus all would

escape.
They now understand, and all the army will under-
stand from their example, that no combination, however
extensive, can screen them from punishment, and that
every individual of the whole body becomes personally
guilty, and personally liable to suffer for the whole.
The sentence of death on privates Mahomed Booden and
Abdool Ruhman, second, of the C troop (the two men
who swore in the Sepoys, by a solemn oath, to combine
and disobey the orders of their commanding officer),
will be carried into execution by the officer commanding
the centre division of the army, under detailed instruc-
tions which will be sent to him through the Adjutant-
General of the army.
The sentence of death on the 11 following prisoners,
privates Mahomed Malik, of the A troop ; Syed Shabaz
and Syed Fusil of the B troop, Mahomed Jamaul, first,
Ismael Khan, second, and Shekh Feakroode of the C
troop, Ismael Khan of the D troop, Surwar Khan, and
Yuswant Rao, of the E troop, and Syed Ahmeen and
Daood Khan of the F troop, I commute to transportation
beyond seas for the terms of their natural lives.
The sentence of imprisonment and hard labour against
privates Syed Ghouse of the A troop, and Syed Ahmeed,
and Syed Khadir of the D troop, will be carried into
effect under the civil authorities at Chittoor.
I pardon Mahomed Wazeer, as I believe what he
states in his defence, that the cause of his appearing
forward in these mutinous proceedings was his having
been desired by Jemadar Sheikh Ibrahim to obtain in-
formation of what was going on amongst the Sepoys of
the regiment.
I have felt it to be my duty, by the measures I have
adopted on this occasion, to make evident to the army
the consequences which must inevitably follow such
breaches of discipline and failure of duty as have oc-
curred in the 6th Light Cavalry, which, if passed over,
would sap the discipline and efficiency of the whole army.
With these measures, however, all proceedings
against the native ranks of the 6th Light Cavalry
will cease.
I have no wish any longer to remember their miscon-
duct ; I am well acquainted with the history of the
corps, and I know well what have been its services.
I believe that all in its ranks are now deeply sensible
of the guilt into which they have been betrayed, and I
feel fall confidence in their desire, by their future ceurse,
to restore and maintain its former high and honourable
reputation. TWEEDDALE,
Lieutenant-General, Commander-in• Chief.
The above charge and sentence, together with the re-
marks of the Most Noble the Commander-in-Chief, are
to be translated and carefully, explained to every native
corps and detachment in the Madras army.
head-quarters, and are
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visions of Regulation 111. of 1829), of which Major T.
A. Duke, of the Ist Madras Fusileers, is President, is
dissolved. C. A. BROWNE,
Acting Adjutant-General of the

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THE EXECUTION OF THE TWO SENTENCES.
(From the Madras 4pectator, Nov. 9.)
ARCOT, Nov. 7, 1844.—The whole of the troops in
cantonment paraded this morning, to witness the execu-
tion of two troopers of the 6th Light Cavalry, condemned
to be shot. The ground was kept by a party of the
Hussars, and everything was in readiness to prevent an
outbreak amongst the thousands who came to witness
the sad scene. However, all passed off quietly. The
poor fellows met their death very firmly, though at the
first fire only one fell, the other remaining firm in his
kneeling position; however, at the second fire he fell
also, though it took several more shots to finish him.
After the execution, four native officers (two Subadars
and two Jamudars), with a number of privates and non-
commissioned officers, and the regimental Moonshee,
were called to the front, and their sentence of discharge
from the service read to Wm. The other prisoners had