The Sun. — 1860-08-01 (London, England)

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 commission 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 engaged. He was also in the Walcheren expedition in 1809, and was at the siege and surrender of Flushing. In January, 1813, he went, as Lieutenant-Colonel, with his regiment, the 18th Hussars, to the Peninsula, and was present at the crossing of the Eslar, and commanded the regiment in support 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 Wateroo 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 Barracks, 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 Burton while in the execution of his duty ; for having subsequently threatened to " do" for that non-commissioned 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 commandant, having threatened to murder the sergeant, remarking 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 prisoner 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 barracks 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.