Captain C. S. Maunsell, captain on half-pay, who last week
struck the Duke of Cambridge in Pall Mall, was on Wednesday committed for trial. His defence was that he had served at the Cape, in India, in China, and in Abyssinia, and had served so well as to obtain special commendation, which was admitted to. be true, but as he could not purchase steps, he was left till he was senior subaltern in the Army save one. When he sold out, he thought his long services should have earned for him promo- tion to a brevet majority, and repeatedly importuned the Horse- Guards. His request being refused, not unkindly, but with some remarks about his attacks on other men, he became ulce- rated, and as a last chance of bringing his case before the public,.
struck the Commander-in-Chief. He had no wish to hurt bi- -
He was, as we said, committed, but released on two recog; nisances of £500 each and his own of /1,000. There seems to be no doubt that his story is true, and though of course the Commander-in-Chief must be protected like any other great officer of State, the immense bail demanded appears to indicate that the sentence will be unusually heavy. Has the comparative rank of the parties—the Queen and the Prince of Wales excepted —anything to do with the law ?
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