The remarks of the Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief on the Crawley case
have been published, and are sensible, though feeble. Lieutenant-Colonel Crawley, having been fully acquitted, is retained in command of the 6th Dragoons, and the officers most opposed to him, Major Swindley, Surgeon Turnbull, and Adjutant Fitzsimon, are all removed, the surgeon being, moreover, threatened, " should his explanations not prove satisfactory," with a court- martial. The Duke of Cambridge, moreover, pronounces "the general tone and temper evinced by a portion of the officers of the Inniskilling Dragoons to be most deplorable," and excuses his memorandum on the Mhow Court-Martial on the ground that he " was not aware of the extent of ill-feeling which actually pre- vailed." The change must have been caused by " bad elements
introduced into the corps." His Royal Highness, moreover apologizes to the Commander-Chief in India for the previous censure passed on his remarks as to Serjeant-Major Lilley's sobriety, observing that though he still believes him to have been a sober man, Sir H. Rose was borne out by the metrical officers.
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