The Sun. — 1850-09-02 (London, England)

CIDE PARIC..— i /am an- , 100, lir, re of Hamburgh, was placed at the bar be-the reColonel, and in p 1 and abusive, rushed up to the lietself b t°Rhare, charged with attempting to drown i Bence of the whole regiment, repeated his former rpe titi y throwing himself from the 11,1,10 b, 11'1 1194-park. bridge into the i charge, fur which he was again placed in confine; ment and sentenced by a court-martial to transportaarsons 0111 %Lb , one of the beitmen rmployed by the ' tion for seven years, which sentence the Commander-41a%, of r° Society, stated that about two o'clock on 1 in-Chief refused, under the circumstances of the case, hen lie,ftw.r,Peuti he was near the receiving-house toPtat of the bride defendant throw himself from the ua- : to sanction, and ordered the man to return to his 4044:114 boat endinto the water. Witness immediately i troop: The remarks of the Commander-in-Chief on 1 this trial, added to what be said .at Lahore (" that pleaitt-rlll tit that moment rowed to .the spot, butil a gentlemania the men of the 14th would go anywhere if properly defendantcing under thet e bridge in tioiltas 4.4.b°olnadeized the... by collar A ! led"), stung Colonel King so deeply as to induce i, %pet 0- . Pulled him into his boat, and with the i him to commit suicide. moo ,N, ( witness conveyed him to the receiving- The following are the general orders which are 141'10 4"1 the I . thip, 4, and _.. Una remedies were applied by the i said to have led to the sad event. „"1 tee,: lIJ ter an hour or so defendant was suffi- l " Head-quarters, Simla, July 8. A4koo".'erecl as to allow them to take him to the ' " No. 43.-1. At a general court-martial assembled s fono_ . . 1 at Lahore, on Monday, the 3d of June, 1850, Private wipg letter was found in his pocket:— John M`Lean No. 756, of her Majesty's 14th (or King's) et" /4414 " London, August 31st, 1850. I Regiment of 'Light Dragoons, was arraigned on the ohicatioo 2.7"-Yor .the purpose of relieving you from following liarge:— nte n 117.114 anxiety this evening, I deem it prefer- "For highly outrageous and .insubordinate conduct, of ~`,llareVlnt you by these means of my intentions. in having, on a parade of the regiment at Lahore, on the faqvutaioin eerl disappointed, and it is cot in my power 20th of March, 1850, after having undergone corporal kff"etlge 1 the sum I promised you to-night, I punishment, by sentence of a court-martial, advanced topot;.tno nave !lee you and the world any more. My wards Lieutenant-Colonel King, C.B.,.command-4•%e n, e been too great of lstir, as to be able to sup- ing the regiment, in a threatening manner, using groisly the quest more, so I have resolved to destroy myself. abusive language to that officer; and in having violently tionPtQafa at° You, Madame, is, that as soon as you have resisted the escort which secured him. tit 'set R;b,tll9 death you will intimate it to my rela- "Finding=The Court is of opinion that the prisoner, I,ietNkit—gaurgb, who I have no doubt will remit you No. 756, Private John M'Lean, of her Majesty's 14th You Itoe?;f Iny debt owing; tell them it is my dying (or King's) Regiment of Light Dragoons, is guilty of the 40-6,4 ire ,1,..40 my thanks for the kindness and leniency charge preferred against him. ' Your ii"ntYB evinced towards me, and the farewell " Sentence—The Court sentence the prisoner, N 0.756, . ' eanpy Private John M•Lean, of her Majesty's 14th. (or King's) 1,0 .._ r 84". Dunn "