and gardens had promoted good discipline in the army. The use of flogging in the army was restricted in 1859 so that, in peacetime, only those men considered of "bad character" could be flogged; the sentence remained freely available to court-martials held in wartime. The 1868 Cardwell Reforms further restricted the peacetime use to cases of mutiny and "aggravated insubordination and disgraceful conduct". It remained available in times of war for these two offences plus desertion, drunkenness while on duty or line of march, misbehaviour and neglect of duty. Flogging sentences were restricted to 25 lashes in 1879, by which time the punishment was little used. The use of all corporal punishment in the army was abolished as part of the 1881 Childers Reforms. References 1846 deaths 1846 in England Deaths by person in London July 1846 events Whipping 19th-century history of the British Army