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LONDON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3.

A Corer MARTIAL WU last week held at Ports-
mouth, which painfully recalls to recollection the very
wont periods of our naval service. The facts of the
case are, ss usual ou such oceasiaos, somewhat imper-
fectly reported, but enough appears to show that a
great and scandalous wrong has lx en done, which
ought not to be permitted to rest where the Ad-
miralty has left it, in the simple private reprimand
of the offender.

The pries:Mß wan Mr. Hcoo BIAITNONT
First Lieutenant of her Manscr's ship Juno, which
has recently returned from the Pacific and Australia,
and the prosecutor wan Captain S. C. FILZBLANni,
his commanding officer. The charges on which
Lieutenant BURNABY wan brought by Captain
FRILILANTLE to trial were:

I. Ifw hove g, es the 27th of March, 1836, behaved
Maud with osalempt towards Captain S. C. Iftwestice
his sedareflest dim, by performs( sa bawdiest sad
pevokiss adios Om ~cal fres ids easswadiad
officer usetrecticas side, le ardls Aida the es bard
tbe mid ship, sad by peareedaelfsi the depardire of the
said viatone, be hada( ben previotaly versed sad per
aware of his ootsalsadisg oilioses wady to hem the
ship cleared of draws sad prepared for the duties of the
following utorsing.
2. For berets, ow or sheet lb. b.& of Jose, 5566, leasysi
himself rah disrespect towards hie essessedidsf CAM by
gulag alto hie osbla with s frivolous grievesse, sad ettempt-
tag to der isle sharestios with, sid is tritiede the essiset
at, hie commeadtsi akar Is •ow sobeassimg s Wks
sew. with Monaco le • palatal beaddiechlef, sad to his
ses dudes am maks Ilionialost et the ship.
1. For leering, as or about the llth 1 January, 15.57, be-
hoved la s ware asbeemiss the desseribe of sa taker by
bmaking Ire wed.

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ernes et the orates by brwerdieg to hie emoregisi armor
• reseembeses wpm weinetztlelge `rosy, eilgemei le IM
Cceseatler-ht-CIINI ia • cover* letter usismAky hely
sea gieteletiel.

The mead= sat of which the first charge
nesse to have bees one of those entertaiams
hoard the Juno, by which British officers endeavour
to repay the courtesies and civilities they receive
from British colonists when in colonial ports. The
Juno's visitors, among whom were several ladies,
were being regaled with a nautical theatrical repre-
sentation, when the evening's amusements were
cut short by Captain FREMANTLE ordering the ship
to be cleared. Lieutenant BtLYABr executed this ex-
traordinary and sudden order with all the speed that
attention and consideration for the ladies permitted
—so much so, that there is no imputation against
him that the Captain's directions in this respect,
however unnecessary and disagreeable, were not
obeyed as became the First Lieutenant of the ship.
The order was given by Captain FREMANTLE in his
own cabin, when only himself and Lieutenant Boa-
PAST were present and Captain FRIMASTLE
charges the Lieutenant with contempt towards his
commanding officer " by performing an impertinent
and provoking action." What the alleged action
was, is neither stated, nor did it appear on the trial.
Lieutenant BURNABY, however, pledged his honour
as an officer and a gentleman to the Court Martial
that he committed no act of impropriety ; and he is,
we shall see, entitled to fall credence.
This occurrence took place on the 27th March,
1838. On this pretence Captain FREMANTLE ini-
sediately placed his First Lieutenant under arrest ;
and in arrest Lieutenant BURNABY remained until
the 23rd November, 18.57, when he appeared a pri-
soner before the Court Martial assembled on board
the St. Vincent, in Portsmouth Harbour. During
these eighteen months, wherein Lieutenant BUR-
NABY was suspended from the performance of his
duties, held up to the odium of his ship and brother
officers, and deprived of personal freedom, Captain
litinUltrin managed to get up three other charges
gauss him, all of a frivolous and vexations kind ;
and ea thsee four charges he wan brought to trial. 1
Of coarse Captain FRILMANYLI was, or ought to
have been, the principal witness. He had preferred
the charges, and presented himself as prosecutor
baton the Court Martial. On being directed by the
President to state to the Court what he knew about
Or emirs, the following extraordinary and painful
sum tea place :

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nilmegt he resew* spa oath with say degree of fidelity,
tttei w the .roads ot the oath, what transpired
an has sow I maw the pitiless will 'Bow 13111 to it