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ieing called upon for opinion of the pi. con-
duct during the time he had been under his command,
spoke most satisfactorily thereof, and stated that up to
the time of the present charge he had faithfully performed
the duties of a lieutenant.
The court was cleared at 10-40 a.m. for the members
to deliberate on the evidence brought before them. On
its being re-opened at 11-15 a.m., the Judge-Advocate,
by order of the president, announced the charge against
the prisoner to have been fully proven, and the sentence
of the Court to be, that " he, the said Lieutenant God—
frey Taylor, be severely reprimanded, and placed at the
bottom of the list of the lieutenants of the Royal Navy?
This case being disposed of, the Court then proceeded
to try Mr. George Duff Gordon, clerk in charge of the
Rosamond, on a charge of drunkenness, preferred against
him by Acting Commander Crawford. The evidence in
support thereof was conclusive, and the prisoner ad-
, judged to be dismissed the service.
A court-martial will be holden on Mr. John Forbes,
surgeon of the Rosamond, and at the present time in
hospital, as soon as his health is sufficiently restored to
enable him to undergo the ordeal. The chief engineer
and boatswain were also to have been tried, but they
have contrived to leave the country. The former is sup-
posed to have gone to Cherbourg to enter the French
navy, in which he was formerly employed. The boat-
swain, it is stated, has decamped to America, to join the
naval service of that country.

EPRIcE SD.

NAVAL

FENCE.

We are glad to hear that some very fine seamen are
daily coming forward for entry into the navy. Captain
Goldsmith has almost manned his steam-frigate, the
Sidon, at Portsmouth ; and Captain Glasse has picked
up a great many men for his steam-frigate, the Vulture,
at Devonport. If skilled seamen were paid wages in
proportion to wages paid to skilled mechanics, as they
ought to be, there would be no difficulty in manning the
navy. It is simply a pounds, shillings, and pence ques-
tion. Pay the wages and the men will be forthcoming
quick enough.
We believe that it is not proposed to enlist the 1,500
marines all at once, but that one-half will be raised in
December and January, and the other half in February
and March, so that by the beginning of the next finan-
cial year, when we trust we shall have our screw line-of-
battle-ships ready, we shall have a fine body of young
marines to form part complement ; the expense of the
additional marines will be about 110,000/.

WOOLWICH, DEC. 3.
APPOINTMENTS.
Lieutenants.—Samuel Fowell (1842), to the Vulture
steam-frigate, at Devonport ; Edward H. H. D'Aeth
(1845), and Patrick Johnson (1847), to the Sidon steam-
frigate at Portsmouth • John Hanmer (1848), to the
Dido, 18, on the Pacific station; Thomas C. Brice, to
the Magicienne, steam-frigate at Devonport.
Mates.—Josiah H. Hatchard, to the London, 90, at
Sheerness ; J. G. Thompson to the Sidon.
Midshipmen.—C. H. Hatton to the Sidon ;J. H.
Spalding to the Bellerophon, 78, on the Mediterranean
station.
Carpenter.—Edward H. Vincent to the Sidon.
The Monkey steam-vessel is under orders to leave
Woolwich at an early hour to-morrow for Portsmouth
and Plymouth. She will take round a number of en-
gineers-from the steam reserve here for service in the
steam-frigates recently commissioned.
The Rhadamanthus, paddle-wheel steam-transport,
Master-Commanding John Belem, arriveil here yesterday
from the Cape of Good Hope, Sierra Leone, and St.
.Helena. 'She br6ught home six • privates from Pie •
Helena corps, who have been invalided, and they pro-
ceeded
immediately after landing, with their wives and
children, to Chatham. The Rhadamanthus was taken
into dock to-day to have her bottom examined.
The Imp4rieuse, 50, has been taken into dock, and was
visited to-day by Mr. Watt, assistant to the Surveyor of
the Navy, and Mr. Dinnen, of the steam department of
the Admiralty at Somerset-house.

PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 5.

The Fairy Royal yacht, Captain Crispin, embarked
their Highnesses the Duke de Brabant and the Count de
Flandres, under the usual ceremonies, at the Royal Cla-
rence-yard, yesterday afternoon, and conveyed them to
Osborne, on a visit to her Majesty.
The Turkish Ambassador, M. Musurus, and the Tur-
kish Consul-General, M. Zohrab, arrived at the Portland
Hotel, Southsea, on Friday, and in the afternoon in-
spected this dockyard. Yesterday 'morning his Excel-
lency inspected the Victory, Arrogant, Neptune, and
Blenheim in the harbour, and was duly saluted as the
representative of the Turkish nation by the Victory,
Neptune, and Blenheim, each hoisting the Turkish flag
at the fore on firing the complement of 17 guns. The
Ambassador and Consul left yesterday afternoon at
four o'clock, for 'London. Flag,Lientenant Pasley,
the Commander-in-Chiefs barge, attended upon them
while here.
Rear-Admiral the Hon. Sir Fleetwood Barrington
• Reynolds Pellew, C. 8., K.C.H., is nominated to suc-
ceed the late Rear-Admiral Austen, C. 8., in the com-
mand-in chief on the East India and China station. He
is second son of the the late celebrated Admiral Viscount
Exmouth, and is aged 63, and only four from his vice-
admiral's flag, so that, if the regulation of resigning the
command on promotion be observed in this case, he will
have about entered upon his command when he will be
superseded.

DEC. 4.

Commander Hyde Parker (1847), to command the
Cruiser, steam-sloop, fitted with a screw-propeller and
engines of 60-horse power, commissioned this day at
Woolwich. The pendant of the Cruiser will be hoisted
on Monday, and she will be tried down the river in the
course of next week, as she is now completed by the
shipwrights and engineers.
Paymaster Henry Cooper (1850), to the Cruiser.
Clerk C. W. Tuke (1848), recently serving in the Ter-
rible steam-frigate, to the Cruiser.
Master James Bodie (1844), from the Indefatigable,
50, to the Arrogant steam-frigate, at Portsmouth.
The Fisgard, flag-ship of Commodore Henry Eden, was
paid wages on Friday down to September last.
The Firebrand steam-frigate, Captain Edward Codd,
was pa id off to-day at this port, and several of the crew
left at once to join some of the steam-frigates recently
commissioned at the eastern ports. There does not ap-
pear to be any unwillingness on the part of the men to
serve again, as they have a conviction that the commit-
tee now sitting on the best means of manning the navy
will improve their condition on board, and they say
almost unanimously that if they only get their gill again
they will not only be ready to serve, but also to fight
if required, and follow their officers wherever they may

SHEERNESS, DEC. 3.

Her Majesty's paddlewheel steam-vessel Fearless,
Captain Frederick Bullock, having coaled, &c., left port
on Wednesday to resume her surveying duties.
Her Majesty's paddlewheel steam-vessel Adder, Mr.
James Watt in charge, arrived from Chatham on the Ist
inst., and, after communicating with the dockyard, re-
turned up the Medway.
Her Majesty's paddlewheel steam-transport Rhada-
manthus, Mr. John Belem, Master-Commanding, made
her number on Wednesday afternoon as she passed the
Nore en route to Woolwich. She was built by Robarts,
and launched at Plymouth 20 years since. She is of
813 tons burden ; her engines are of the nominal power
of 220 horses. Her present commission is of two years
and eight months' duration, the principal portion of
which period she has been at the Cape station.
Her Majesty's paddlewheel steam-vessel Zephyr ar-
rived from Woolwich yesterday forenoon with super-
numeraries for the ships fittinc, out.
Her Majesty's cutter Chatham, yacht to Captain Peter
Richards, C. 8., arrived yesterday at 8-30 a.m., with offi-
cers from the Pay-office department, who, accompanied
by the Master-Attendant of the dockyard, proceeded on
board the London, 90, Captain G. R. Mundy, to pay
the crew of that ship their wages up to the 30th of Sep-
tember. Shortly after noon they re-embarked in the
.yacht and sailed for Chatham.
Her Majesty's screw steam-sloop Miranda, 14, has
completed caulking, and is ready to have new copper
put on her bottom.
Her Majesty's screw steam line-of-battle ship Aga-
memnon, 91, Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, has her
lower and top-mast rigging rattlined down. Notwith-
standing the great exertions used in expediting her
equipment, she will not be ready for sea in all respects
before the latter end of January.
Her Majesty's screw steam-frigate Tribune, 30, will
be brought forward for commission immediately after
her being launched in January next.
Her Majesty's ship Wellesley, 72, having undergone
necessary repairs at Chatham-yard, was removed from
the dock on Wednesday.
Her Majesty's ship Ocean, 84, was docked at Chatham
on the 30th ult., to be converted into a depot for coal for
the supply of the steam squadron of reserve at this port.
Her Majesty's brigantine Dolphin, 3, Lieutenant-
Commanding William Wood, is to be paid to-morrow
(this day). Thirty hands from the Waterloo flag-ship
have been employed in assisting to strip her, and return
her stores, &C.
Her Majesty's steam-sloop Driver, 6, took her powder
in yesterday.
Captain C. Hope, superintendent of the dockyard, has
been granted leave of absence for the space of five
weeks.
Two officers (one a lieutenant, the other the clerk) of
the Rosamond, Commander Crawford, are to undergo
the ordeal of courts-martial. The trial of the former is
ordered to take place on board the Waterloo flag-ship
to-morrow, the 4th inst.

lead them.
The 24 Africans who came over here in the Dover
steam-vessel from the river Gambia are to be paid off in
a fortnight, and will return home in one of the vessels
commissioned for service on the coast of Africa.

DEC. 5.
Her Majesty's ship London,. 90, Captain G. R.
Mundy, was suddenly ordered, on Friday last, to
prepare to proceed to Spithead with all possible
dispatch. Her removal from this port is most un-
expected, it having been determined she should re-
main here until April next. She is to take on board
one month's provisions for 500 men, and, on arriving
at Spithead, to complete her full complement of 850.
Commander Octavius Cumberland will supersede Com-
mander George Hancock to-day. Captain Mundy, on
leave of absence for the benefit of his health, will return
on Monday. The London, according to present ar-
rangements, will proceed to the Nore on Thursday, be
inspected on Friday by Vice-Admiral the Hon. Josceline
Percy, C.B.,Commander-in-Chief, and leave for Spit-
head on the following day, in tow of the Barracouta.
Her Majesty's screw steam line-of-battle ship Aga-
memnon, 91, Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, has taken
on board 2,200 of olive-oil for the use of her machinery.
The engines, although only of 500 nominal horse-power,
will work up to 1,400, with a pressure of 141 b. to the
square inch ; if that be increased to 201 b., they are
equal to 1,800.
Her Majesty's paddlewheel steam-vessel Monkey ar-
rived from Woolwich yesterday. After communicating
with the Admiral, she proceeded on her voyage to
Portsmouth with a detachment of Artillery.
Her Majesty's cutter Chatham, yacht to Captain
Peter Richards, C. 8., Superintendent of Chatham Dock-
yard, arrived yesterday morning with officers from the
Pay-office department.
Her Majesty's paddlewheel steam-vessel Adder, Mr.
James Watt in charge, arrived from Chatham yesterday
at half-past 8 a.m., with officers ordered to attend the
court-martial on several of the officers of the Rosamond.
Her Majesty's brigantine Dolphin, 3, Lieutenant Com-
manding William Wood (b), was paid off yesterday in
the dockyard, according to the new system, whereby all
the disgraceful scenes of intoxication, formerly so preva-
lent on such an occasion, have been avoided. Several
of her crew volunteered for the Excellent, the s-
guard, and for entry as seamen riggers in her
Majesty's
dockyard. Not one has volunteered for any ship fitting
out here, or at any other port.
Her Majesty's screw steam-frigate Amphion, 34, one
of the advanced steam squadron of reserve, will be com-
missioned at this port during the present week.
The report in circulation during the past week, that
six commanders were to be promoted to the rank of
captain, is without foundation.
Her Majesty's ship Cressy, 80, is now under the hands
of the artificers of Chatham Dockyard. Report says she
will be fitted for
.screw propulsion. Nearly two years
have elapsed since any work was done on her.
Commander Price, of the Monarch, 84, guard-ship of
the ordinary, has been ordered to Shields for the pur-
pose of raising men for the London, Waterloo, and other
ships. The Waterloo, it is stated, is ordered to be made
ready for sea in case her services should be required.
A court-martial was holden yesterday on board the
Waterloo, 120, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral the Hon.
Josceline Percy, C. 8., Commander-in-Chief at the Nore,
for the trial of Lieutenant Godfrey Taylor, of the Rosa-
mond steam-sloop, Acting Commander Crawford, re-
cently paid off at Woolwich. The Court comprised the
following officers :—The Hon. Montagu Stopford, flag-
Captain of the Waterloo, president ; Captain Sir T.
Maitland, of the screw steam line-of-battle-shipo,fAfhae-
memnon ; Captain the Hon. S. T. hur
Horatio, screw steam guard-ship • Commander Art
Morrell, of the Boscawen, guard-ship of the ordinary at
Chatham ; and Commander Hall, of the
tAg9araernnon.
a.m. The
The Court was opened punctualdly
Judge-Advocate having administhr.e
having been gone
the usual oath to
the members, and other preliminarrs
through, the charge against the pr
nsotnear was read,
averred " that the said Lieutena
on the 20th of November last, whiltehothheulskaindtvwesnsoi
the Rosamond, was lashed alongside
id off,
was off deck
with preparatory to its being
during
,his, the middle watch, apnad below asleep in his
cabin. the Quartermaster and
In support of the charge,
sentry of the watch were called by the prosecutor.
Quartermaster The deposed that, on Commander Craw-
ford's coming on board at three bells (1 30 a m.), in the
middle watch, he was sent below to order Lieutenant
Taylor on deck. The sentry bore testimony to the
prisoner's making his appearance on deck in the
space of five minutes after he received the order from
his commanding officer. The case for the prosecutionbeing
closed, the prisoner was called upon for his defence, in
which ho admitted that feeling much fatigued from his
having been present at the funeral of the Duke of Wel-
lington, walking a considerable distance to visit his
parents, whom he had not seen since he left England in
the Rosamond, and having on his return on board to
keep the middle watch he had lain down on his cloak
and fallen asleep. He produced testimonials of cha-
racter from the various officers under whom he had
served, all of which certified his zeal, attention to his
duties, and respect to his superiors. The prosecutor