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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 13, Issue 1012, 9 January 1869, Page 3

A Cukious Case op " Insolence and Insubordination." — Lieutenant M'Donnell, of the 12th Begiment, who was tried by court martial at Chinsurah, on the 4th July, for refusing to inspect his men for the purpose of seeing whether they had cholera belts on, has been found guilty and reprimanded. Lieutenant M'Donnell alleged that he could find no book of regulations which declared it to be " the duty of a gentleman to make a daily inspection of half-naked soldiers," and he maintained that the duty should bo per* formed by a non-commissioned officer. " The bringing of an officer into so close a contact with his men," he added, " is the beginning af that familiarity which is the destruction of discipline, and an order, to be obeyed, must bo just as well as legal." The court considered that a " more flagrant and deliberate instance of insolence and insubordination" had never been brought to the notice of the military authorities. Canterbury Baces. — Tho Lyttelton Times of Dec. 26th says : — " A meeting of the Jockey Club was held at Tattersall's Booms on Thursday afternoon, when the usual preliminary arrangements were made for the forthcoming races. It is now certain that His Excellency the Governor will be present, as a telegram has been received by His Honor the Superintendent to the effect that he will reach Lyttelton on tho 10th January. Wo aro glad to learn that the races are likely to bfj, equal to those of last year, both in regard to the number and character of the horses entered. A new race has been added to the list, and will be run on the third day. The prizes consist of a saddle and bridle for the first horse, and whip and spurs for the second. These are the gifts of Mr. J. O. Gilchrisfc, and are to bo competed for by members of the Cavalry Cadet Corps,"