The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-17 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 17, 1863.

Do NO r FORGET YOUR APPOINTMENT.
—We Sup at EVANS', Covent-garden, after Jullien's
Concert.

THE LUDGATE HILL VIADUCT.-
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NOTICE OF REMOVAL.
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Chatham, and Dover Railway, the Committee have been
compelled to REMOVE their OFFICES to 100, FLEE r-
:,TREET, where all communications are to be addressed.
By Order of the Committee,
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Offices-100, Fleet-street, E.C.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

The Battlefield Handicap of 6 soya each, with 30 added ;
the second to save his stake. Winners extra. Three-
quarters of a mile. 33 subs.
Lord Uxbridge's Liston, 3 yrs, 7st 31b (in. 101 b extra)
(T. French) 1
Mr F. Fisher's Reindeer, 5 yrs, 7st (Prior) 2
Mr Bryan's Zora, 5 yrs, 7st lllb (Challoner) 3
Mr C. Peck's Bernice, 5 yrs, Bst slb (E. Harrison) 4
Betting—Even on Zora, 3 to 1 agst Liston, and 5 to 1
agst Bernice.

They ran together to the turn into the straight, when
Bernice dropped away and Zeta came on with a clear lead to
the stand, when she died away to nothing and was headed
by Liston and Reindeer, the former winning cleverly :by a
length—a neck separating the second and third. Bernice
beaten off.

TATFERSALL'B.—LAsT EVENING.

DERBY.
14 to 1 agst Paris (taken)
20 to 1 agst Blair Athol (taken)
20 to 1 agst Forager (taken)

RACING FIXTURES FOR 1864.
FEBRUARY.
Chelmsford Spring
MARCH.
Nottingham Spring .... 1 Shrewsbury
Derby Spring 3 I Northampton 29
Liverpool

Newmarket Craven ll
APRIL.
Croxton-park 1 I Newmarket First Spring 25

Chester
3 I Harpenden 2O
Salisbury l2 Epsom 24
Bath

JUNE.
Ascot
Chelmsford 7l Ne wcastle-ott-Tyne 29
28 1 Worcester (Summer) ..

JULY.
19
Newmarket July ...... 5 I Nottingham

Leicester
...........
....... AUGUST.
Reading
30
........
Egham
NLichfield 3O
Doncaster ............ ..
... SEPTEMBER.
em
aMonmouthrket y
irst October 2227

OCTOBER.
Newmarket Second Oct. 10 I Newmarket Houghton.. 24

NOVEMBER.
Worcester Autumn 1

STEEPLECHASING FIXTURES FOR 1864.

JANUARY.

Manchester

FEBJUAIY.

Lincoln

MARCH.

Liverpool 9

The Royal Mail Steamship Africa.

The following official report has been presented to the
Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council
for Trade :—" My Lords, I have the honour to report that
I have, in conjunction with Captains Harris and Baker, the
nautical assessors of your lordships' board, held an inquiry
into the casualty which occurred to the steamship Africa,
off Cape Race, on the 12th of October last. The Africa is a
paddlewheel steamer, built of wood, at Greenock, in 1850,
of 2,226 gross and 1,216 registered tonnage, and was under
the command of Mr, James Stone, who held a certificate of
competency as master, dated January 7, 1851. She had a
crew of 130 hands, all told, and was in every respect
thoroughly equipped, The Africa left Liverpool Oct. 3,
carrying the mails, 120 cabin passengers, and a general
cargo, bound for Halifax and New York. After touching
at Queenstown on the following day, she sailed again at
3 38 p.m. ; made the Fastnet at 10 20 p.m., and thence
took her departure on her voyage to America. Observa-
tions for latitude and longitude were obtained daily frow
the sth to the 11th inclusive, and up to that date nothing
occurred which calls for comment. At noon on the 12th a
good observation was obtained for latitude, which placed
them in 47 11 N. ; but as no sights had been obtained for
the chronometers, the longitude was caloulated to be 50 21
W., and Cape Race was estimated to bear S. 73 2G W. true,
distant 112 miles. The weather at noon is represented in
the log-book to have been strong from S.S. W. At 6 p.m.
increasing winds and stormy weather, sea rising, and tail
was shortened. At 7 3) p.m. wind shifted to W., and all
sail was taken in. At 8 p.m. moderating breezes and thick
foggy weather, with rain. From noon to 6 p.m. the course
steered was W. by N. 1 N., and the speed of the vessel wee
121 knots an hour. At 6 p.m. the course was altered to
W. N., and so continued at a speed of 11 knots an hour,
until she struck about 9 50 p.m., somewhere, probably, in
the vicinity of the extreme point of Cape Race ; but the
exact position was never ascertained. Immediately
before striking, the master, who was on deck,
states that he saw a whitish line on the edge of the water
on the starboard bow which he knew could not at that
season be ice, and instantly gave orders to put his helm
hard a-starboard. Almost simultaneously the first mate gave
a similar order, having seen the same object, which was
also at the same time reported by the Took-out men. The
vessel played off under her starboard helm two or three
points, when she took the ground. The engines were then
stopped, and it would appear from the evidence that she re-
mained there for about 20 minutes, during which time her
head payed off to port. Shortly after striking the water was
discovered to have filled the fore peak, and also to have
found its way into the engine-room. The engines were
moved slowly a-head, which had the effect of casting her
head more to seaward, and the captain having discovered
that the channel ahead appeared free from danger, gave
orders to go on at full speed, which was done, and the ves-
sel went off apparently into deep water ; but neither previ-
ously nor subsequently to the accident was the load used.
After consultation with the chief engineer, the captain de-
termined to run for St. John's, Newfoundland, the then
nearest port. In proceeding thither the vessel became
almost unmanageable from the injured state of the rudder
and the quantity of water in the forehold ; but the master
succeeded, notwithstanding the stormy state of the weather,
in getting her into St. John's on the 13th, about two p.m.
and beached her in the harbour. After some repairs were
erected by means of divers, and the construction of a tank
in the fore part of the ship, she sailed from St. John's on
the 27th Oct., and, after a very stormy passage across the
Atlantic was brought safely into Liverpool on the 3d of
Nov. inst. I should here mention that the captain, who,
at the request of his legal adviser, was sworn to give evi-
dence, does not agree with the mate's entries in the log-
book as to the state of the weather on the evening of the
accident. The terms he used to describe the weather were
' dark and hazy,' not foggy, a little rain occasionally, some-
times clearing up ; and the mate, in his evidence, dis-
claims any intention of implying by the entry in the log that
the weather was what would be called dense fog.' But
the united testimony of the witnesses certainly goes to prove
that the night was very dark and thick, with drizzling rain ;
and in confirmation of this fact, several of them give it as
their opinion that a ship's light might have been seen at a
distance of from one to two miles, In my opinion the
strongest indication of the dark and thick state of the
weather is the circumstance that the danger was scarcely
seen before the ship struck. I cannot dismiss the question
of discrepancy between the entries in the log-book and the
evidence of the witnesses without a word of comment on the
statement made by the master, that he was not in the habit
of examining the log-book--a duty which, I am informed
by the assessors, he ought to consider as incumbent on him,
both for his own protection and for the benefit of his owners,
in case of accident or loss, It is with regret that I am corn•
pelled to pronounce the master in default. By a reference to
the chart, and from his own 'ttidence, the courses steered
would have taken him within six or seven miles of Cape
Race, assuming that he had no lateral current, as the
compasses appear to have been perfectly correct, The
course, in the estimation of my assessors, is too fine in such
weather, and in a vicinity so notoriously dangerous. I am
opinion that a cast of the lead should have been taken about
nine p.m., when the computed distance from noon had been
run. This precaution would have shown the captain that
ho was not justified in assuming his position to be such as
he too confidently concluded, and that instead of being, as
he supposed, 16 miles to the southward of the Cape, he was
in reality close upon the land. The neglect to use the lead
under such circumstances, and the navigation of his vessel
at full speed off this coast in thick weather, undoubtedly
caused this accident; and after the repeated warnings
which commanders of vessels on the North American sta-
tions have received in reference to both these points, I
am bound to visit him with severe censure. I confess
that it is painful to me to do so in this, as in every
other case, when the commander is a man of great
experience ; and Captain Stone appears to have
hitherto navigated his ships in safety for 115 voyages across
the Atlantic. The result proves that such a man even may
get into difficulties with all his experience, and shows
the necessity which is laid upon all commanders to use
every precaution in their power. And why these pre-
cautions should be invariably used in the Royal Navy,
and the neglect of them visited with most severe penalties,
while in the merchant service they are so frequently
omitted, I am at a loss to understand. In the sentence
which the court has deemed it to be their painful duty
to pass on Captain Stone, every consideration has been
given to his long and hitherto successful career, and the
court has borne in mind his subsequent and laii.dable_.l.s
ex-
ertions in bringing home safely his disabled si2ll).
case differs ftom others of a recent date, in the feet thatae
I
there has been no loss of life or of the ship, and have
therefore felt justified in passing a lighter sentence. But
I have, with the lull concumince of the nautical assess

sore, suspended the certificate of Mr. James Stone for
six calendar months from this date.—l have, &c.,

. .
"T. S. RAFFLES, Police Magistrate.
}
" Nov. 12, 1863.
" Wo concur in this report.
"H. HARRIS,
Nautical Assessors."
"H. B. BAKER,

The Court-martial on Colonel Crawley,

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sir,—Mr. Samuel Lilley, the brother of the late
Sergeant Major John Lilley, has instructed us to
request you to give publicity to the accompanying
correspondence we have had with the adjutant
general on behalf of his family, as he is naturally
anxious the public should know it has not been for
the want of any effort on the part of the family that
they will not be properly represented at this court-
martial, or that the issues on that inquiry have been
confined to such narrow limits, and have failed to
embrace the important question as to the legality
of the arrest of the three sergeant-majors without
trial.—We are, sir, your obedient servants,

THORNDIKE and SMITH.
11, Staple-inn, London, W.C., NOV. 16.

6g 11, Staple-inn, London, W.C., Oct. 30, 1863.

"Sir,—We are instructed by Mr. Samuel Lilley,
of Llandudno, the brother of the late Regimental
Sergeant Major John Lilley, of the 6th Inniskil-
ling Dragoons, to apply to you, on behalf of
himself and the other members of the family of
the deceased sergeant major, to be furnished with
a copy of the charges upon which his Royal
Highness the Field Marshal Commanding in Chief
has ordered Lieut.-Col. T. R. Crawley to be tried
at the general courtmartial about to be held.

"As it is quite obvious that the full and impar-
tial trial which his Royal Highness pledged himself
should be had cannot take place without the ques-
tion as to the arrest and imprisonment of the de-
ceased sergeant major being justifiable or other-
wise being a matter for consideration, and as this
obviously involves an inquiry into the character and
conduct of the deceased Sergeant Major Lilley, Mr.
Samuel Lilley instructs us also to request that Cols.
White and Shute and Lieut.-Col. Fitzwygram, for-
merly commanding officers of the 6th Dragoons, and
the lion. Capt. E. R. Bourke, also of that regiment,
may be summoned to give evidence on the court-
martial as to their knowledge of the character and
antecedents of the late Sergeant Major Lilley.
We have also, on Mr. Lilley's behalf, to request
that, for the reasons we have before stated, his
Royal Highness the Field Marshal Commanding in
Chief will authorise him to attend the trial on the
courtmartial, with his legal adviser, to watch the
proceedings and protect the memory of his deceased
brother from being improperly assailed.—We have
the honour to be, sir, your obedient servants,

" THORNDIKF and SMITH.
it To the Hon. Major General Sir J. Y: Scarlett,
Adjutant General of her Majesty's Forces,
Horse Guards, S.W.,'

"Horse Guards, S.W., Nov. 3, 1863.
" Gentlemen,—ln reply to your letter of the 30th
It., lam
Commandingdirected
in Chief to acquaint you that
it is not in accordance with the practice of courts-
martial to furnish a copy of the charges on
which a prisoner is to be arraigned to any one
except to the prisoner himsslf, or to summon
any other witnesses than those who arc required ou
by his Royal Highness the Field
Marshal
u
the part both of the prosecution and of the prisoner ;
and that as a courtmartial is an open court it is
competent for any one to attend it and to take notes
the proceedings.
~ I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant,
"J. YORKE SCARLETT, A.G.
"Messrs. Thorndike and Smith,
11, Staple-inn, W.C."

" 11, Staple-inn, London, W.C., Nov. 11, 1863.
" Sir,—Wc arc in receipt of your letters of the 3d
inst., which we have communicated to Mr. Samuel
Lilley. .

Lilley requests us to express his regret and
disappointment that in a case in which he and his
relatives have so great and manifest an interest his
Royal Highness the Field Marshal Commanding in
Chief should allow the practice:of courts martial'
to interfere in preventing the concession to. him of
the very reasonable requests we made on his behalf
in our letter of the 30th ult., especially as we again
repeat that the full and impartial trial promised by
his Royal Highness cannot be had if the relatives of
the deceased sergeant-major are not properly repre-
sented thereat. _ _ _

" In consequence of the refusal of his Royal High-
ness to allow our clients to be furnished with a copy
of the charges upon which Lieut.-Colonel Crawley
is to be tried, for (as we venture to think) the very
insufficient reason that it is not in accordance with
the practice of courts martial to do so, the reports in
the public journals are the only source from which
the relatives of the deceased sergeant-mejor can de-
rive any information on the subject.
" We are instructed to urge upon his Royal High-
ness that the proposed charges, as contained in those
reports are wholly insufficient to meet the justice of
the case in the present instance, and do not embrace
to the full extent the wrong alleged to have been
done by Lieut.-Colonel Crawley upon his unfortu-
nate deceased subordinate officer.
• We are, therefore, instructed by Mr. Samuel
Lilley, on behalf of himself and of his family, as
well as in the interest of the public, to demand as a
right that the accompanying t wo additional charges
may be preferred against Lieut.-Colonel Crawley,
of the 6th Inniskilling Dragoons, at the approach-
ing court martial.
"The charges the Lilley family are prepared to
prove on the testimony of various witnesses now in
England ; and as his Royal Highness the Com-
mander-
in-Chief, in his place in the House of Lords,
pledged himself that a full and thorough investi-
gation
should take place into all the circumstances
attending the Mhow court martial, we are certain
that his Royal Highness will not fail to redeem his
pledge when our clients call upon him, as they now
do, to fulfil his promise Iby at once directing that
the inquiry shall be extended by adding the two
charges we have been instructed to require at his
hands.
"As the meeting of the court martial is stated to
be so shortly to take place, we must request that
this letter be immediately brought under the notice
of his Royal Highness, that an omission which we
are confident will excite as much surprise with the
public generally as it has done with the parties in-
terested, may be remedied before the assembling of
the court.—We have the honour to be, your obedient
servants,

" THORNDIKE AND SUITII.

" To Major-General Sir J. Yorke Scarlett,
G.C.8., Adjutant-General of her Ma-
jesty's Forces, Horse Guards, S.W."
" ADDITIONAL CHARGES TO BE PREFERRED AGAINST
LIEUT.-COLONEL T. R. CRAWLEY OF THE 6TH
INNISKILLING DRAGOONS.
"1. For highly unofficerlike conduct in placing
Regimental Sergeant-Major Lilley, of the oth In-
niskilling Dragoons, in confinement, and keeping
prejudicial t
the ofliciaol
him there for upwards of a month, without, as the
Articles of War direct, bringing him to a court-
martial, and which illegal conduct on the Part of
li7lorse Guards,
Lieut. Col. Crawley was especially
military discipline, in so far as
atthedat
confinementd of the said
well as that memorandum of his Royal Highness the Field
Mar-
sl troll Cea
December,udi t, g 1
si6n2 , Colitei e f,
3 had not the shadow
Sergeant-Major Lilley, as
Sergeant-
Majors Wakefield and Duval, of
of evidence to justify it.

4, 2. For highly disgraceful conduct in having
prohibited any woman or nurse to attend on the
wife of the late Sergeant-Major John Lilley during
her illness, and when occupying the same room as
her husband, and who was suffering under a severe
attack of diarrhco, whereby the late 6ergeaot-

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Major Lilley was himself compelled to perform
all the painful offices which the state of his
wife required, and this under the eyes of sen-
tries posted day and night, within two feet of
his wife's bed, as sworn to by the late
Sergeant-Major Lilley when giving his evidence at
the Mhow courtmartial, and by such inhuman con-
duct causing, or mainly bringing about, the death
of the said Sergeant Major Sohn Lilley."

Horse Guards, S.W., Nov. 12, 1863.

" Gentlemen, —I have had the honour to receive
and to lay before the Field Marshal Commanding
in Chief your letter of the 11th inst., in which you
request that the two additional charges therewith
transmitted may be preferred against Lieut.-Colonel
Crawley, of the 6th Dragoons, at the approaching
court-martial.

" In reply, I am directed to acquaint you that his
Royal Highness does not propose to make any addi-
tion to or alteration'in the charges upon which
Lieut.-Colonel Crawley has already been informed
that he will be arraigned.—l have the honour to
be, gentlemen, your obedient, humble servant,

" I. YORKE SCARLETT, A.G.
" Messrs. Thorndike and Smith, 11, Staple-
inn, W.C."

Naval and Military Intelligence,

THE NAVY.

VALETTA, Nov. 10.—Her Majesty's ship Queen,
76, Capt. C. F. Hillyar, left Athens on the 31st ult.
for Corfu, Malta, and England. She arrived at Corfu
on the morning of the 4th inst., and having em-
barked military invalids, women, and children, loft
under steam on the 6th. She arrived at Malta on
the morning of the Bth, after a fine passage. The
following is a list of the naval and military super-
numeraries, &c., on board—Eight seamen, pen-
sioned ; 12 ditto, dismissed the service as objection-
able characters; one man under sentence of court-
martial ; 25 naval invalids ; 63 seamen for disposal
in England ; 3 ditto for Malta Hospital ; 10 dis-
tressed British seamen, crew of the late British
bark Star of the North ; 3 military officers, 93 sol-
diers, 14 women, and 23 children. The Star of the
North, John Watson, master, 370 tons, belonging to
Charles Alcock and Co., London, laden with Indian
corn, from Kustendji for Cork or Falmouth, was
wrecked on Oct. 13 last at Mandilli, during the
night, the master having mistaken one light for
another. The ship went to pieces the following day.
Her Majesty's ship Trident brought the crew to the
Pirreus, and they are to proceed home in the Queen.
There were at Corfu her Majesty's ship Liffey, 35,
screw frigate, Capt. G. Parker, and the Firefly,
surveying ship, Commvider A. Mansell. The Wan-
derer, 4, gunvessel, Commander M. C. Seymour,
and the Surprise gunves3el, Commander W. H.
Whyte, were on the west coast of Greece. It was
reported that the Liffey was about to be sent to the
coast of Syria. Her Majesty's despatch vessel
Psyche, 2, Lieut.-Commander R. Sterne, left Malta
on the Bth inst. with despatches for the Commander-
in-Chief at the Pincus. The Queen is under orders
to leave for England on Wednesday or Thursday to
be paid off, _ _ .

On Sunday night a telegram from: the Prussian
Government was received at Plymouth, ordering
the immediate return to I)antsic of the Prussian
ships of war, Niobe, 24, Captain Kuper ; Musquito,
12, Captain HassensZein ; and Rover, 10, Captain
Warpfan. The Rover arrived in the Sound on the
21st Oct.; the two others on the 24th. The three
ships were then bound to Madeira, the West Indies,
and New York, for the exercise of their crews,
among whom there are mark- cadets, and would
have left as usual in a few days but for the course
of political events in the North of Europe. They
will probably leave the Sound at noon today.
The Warrior, 40, iron frigate, Uapt. Artnur A.
Cochrane, C. 8., in the Warrior dock at Portsmouth,
has, according to established custom, had her hull
below the water-line and the compositions and ex-
perimental sheathings with which it is coated exa-
mined and reported upon to the Admiralty by the
officials of the dockyard. It is four and a half
months since the Warrior was in dock. She was
then coated below the water-line with the preser-
vative and anti-fouling compositions prepared by
the Admiralty's Chemical Assistant, and at the
same time had three patches of" Brown's vitreous
sheathing" attached to her port side. The ship's
bottom, as she now lies in dock, has the appearance
of a well-made thrummed-mat, being covered with
a fine crop of tuft weed, which must hace grown
at the rate of about three-quarters of an inch per
month since the ship has been afloat to reach its
present condition. The vitreous sheathing had less
of this weed upon it than the compositions, and
they have adhered to the ship's bottom with two
exceptions. It is impossible, however, to say how
far these small plates (which are about 12 or 14in.
in length and about 4in. in width, and are attached
to the ship's bottom by a hot cement) have pro-
tected the iron until they have been removed, and
the surface has been laid bare and examined. The
same remark will also apply to the composi-
tions, for there are signs of corrosion,
over the lines of rivet heads at the ship's
bows that require to very closely looked
into. On one occasion of the Black Prince being
docked at Portsmouth it was discovere,d that not
only had the ati-foing composition attacked the
lower edges theof ti uler of armour
had been bevelled off with the cold chisel and file,
and the fibre of the iron thus laid bare, but that
the majority of the rivet heads throughout the
bottom were also attacked in a similar manner. It
may be, perhaps, a matter of a great moment whe-
ther a ship's lower tier of armour-plates is slowly
eaten into by anti-fouling compositions and pitted
with innumerable holes ; but it is a matter of serious
moment when the rivets of a ship's bottom plates
are being thus gradually and surely destroyed, that
is, so far as their holding powers are concerned, and
this is precisely what remains to be ascertained in
the case of the Warrior. Nothing certain, however,
can be stated on the subject until the compositions
have been scraped off, and an opportunity
afforded for a full examinationoefrte aherse xhepissting
i tthus
afforded bottom
plates and their fastenings. 'There
in-
dications of mischief to the rivet heads at the bows
of the ship to warrant a careful Scraping and ex-
amination of every part of the ship's bottom
e ,8
is b.in splendid
order. to water-line. In board the ship
order. Many improvements hav been made since
the ship last lay in dock at Portsmouth, but the one
possessing the greatest novelty is the introduction
of " ozone gas" into the engine-room and screw
alley. Two small copper reservoirs, holding about
a quart imperial measure each, contain a supply of
spirituous oil which flows by a pipe, after the
manner of a caged bird's water fountain, into a
small copper enclosed tray filled with sponge.
Through this a stream of atmospheric air is blown
by a pipe from a pump (the latter set in motion
by a wei ht
g and pulley), which, passing
a discharge tray,
PiPe at the opposite end of the
out by
Passes direct to tho burners. There it gives out a
beautiful white light, with comparatively no heat.
An apparatus for the supply of a dozen burners may
be carried under the arm. It requires no gasome•
ter, and its use entails no danger to the ship. It
emits no smell when burning, nor does the vapour
the
nozzle when allowed to escape unburnt from
nozzle of the burner.. Its use entails no attention
beyond the winding-up, once
machin in 24 h
eryouofrs,
thof the
small weight which actS the machinery of the air
is
from ;h© one-fourth
paymaster's that o f t h the
e ai
small weight which sets the
pump in motion. Its cost
candles served out for use
stores of the ship.
17 guns, screw corvette, 200 horse
The Malacca,
power, Captain Gerard J. Napier, arrived at Spit-
head yesterday afternoon, from Malta and Gibral-
tar, sailing from the latter place on the 29th ult.
The passage from Gibraltar has been made chiefly
under sail. Fine weather was experienced until

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rally foul winds. A few naval in'ty'N4-4..:•.'-ii;,:zw-
sioners have arrived in the ship;'. ~.*:34Wes::: , 144;,.P-i
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1861, and has conoequently not yet. ~:.“3,.;L.,!,;:i,,;,, ,i,
ordinary term of a commission. HeKret TT --E ii.c-
England is in consequence of legal proceedmga
arising out of a recent naval courtmartiel, by the
sentence of which one of her lieutenants was dis-
missed the service.
At the sittings of a naval court-martiai: assem-
bled yesterday on board her Majesty's ship "V ,ictory,
under the presidency of Capt. A. A. Cochrane, C... 8.,
William Bishop and William Neville, seamen, dolt, g
duty on board her Majesty's ship Edgar, were few,'
guilty of quitting the ship without leave, and ben-,
teneed to ten weeks' imprisonment, with hard
labour. Carl Macket, bandsmen, also serving on
board her Majesty's ship Edgar, was sentenced to
six months' imprisonment, with hard labour, and
dismissal with disgrace from the service, for steal-
ing two pairs of trousers from Lieut. E. Wondem-
falls, of the Royal Swedish ,navy, doing duty as
supernumerary lieutenant on board her Majesty's
ship Edgar.,

The iron-ship Black Prince, 41, Capt. James F.
B. Wainwright, having received a mplete coating
of Hay's composition, will bo removed from the
Prince's dock at Devonport to-day.
The screw steam-sloop Falcon, 17, c
m. G. H.
Parkin, left Plymouth Sound on Saturdayr for Au-
stralia.
The screw steam frigate Liverpool, 39, ca.otain
Rowley Lambert, was appointed to leave Plyincoth
yesterday afternoon for the West Indies.
The screw steam corvette Pelorns, 21, Capt.
Boys, having been repaired and refitted, and having
had her machinery tested in Keyham basin on
Saturday, was removed yesterday into Hamoaze,
and placed alongside the hulk Pique to receive her
crew. She will probably to-day make a trial of her
engines at sea, preparatory to departure for her
destination.
One of the new 300 pounder guns intended for
experiment on board the gunnery ship Excellent
was yesterday mounted on its carriage and slide on,
the wharf at Woolwich for trial, in the presence of
Brigadier-Gen. St. George, president, and the other
members of the Ordnance Select Committee of
Woolwich Arsenal. The breech of the gun is raised
or depressed on Lieut. Roche's system. The appa-
ratus is worked and is moved by a small pinion
working into a rack formed on a hoop encircling
the gun, and a quoin is thrust under the breech.
when
appeared
aproper
toa be
tachtaon and thesrbeenm gunade. Theana
trial
fittings are to be forwarded by an early opportunity
to Portsmouth.

Her Majesty's screw steamship Racer,
11 guns,
150 horse power, at Woolwich, is ordered to be
taken up by the shipwright department, and put in
progress for commission.

In consequence of the great amount of work con-
nect
andedw theiththea
audit department at Chatham dock-
yard,
incompleteness of thereturns relatingb
to that branch of the establishment,
shipwrights were yesterday transferreda n number
erthe
of
audit-office in the dockyard, to assist in the com-
pletion of the accounts
,and documents relating to
that department.
We are requested to state that the hammered
plates supplied to the Caledonia at Woolwich were
manufactured by Messrs. Hill and Smith, of B rierly-
hill Works, Staffordshire.
The following appointments were made yesterday'
at the Admiralty :—Capt, Sir F. L. M'Clintock to
the Aurora, commissioned ; Capt. A. C. Strode to
the Vulcan; Lieut. Henry N. Knox, Lieut. Thomas
Hooper, Lieut. F. W. B. H. M. Heron, and Lieut.
John C. Smail, to the Aurora; Lieut. T. M. M.
Wynyard to the Royal Adelaide; Lieut. Chas. B.
Theobald to the Wasp; Thomas W. Sevreil, staff-
surg., to the Aurora ; Philip W. Govett, surg., to
the Wasp; J. F. Kynsey, assist.-surg., to the
Aurora ; James C. Allen, assist.-surg., to the Wasp ;
J. A. Macdonald, acting assist.-surg., to the Aurora;
Henry C. Pool, paymaster, to the Aurora; Henry.
Knight, assist.-paymaster, to the Aurora; Reginald
J. Meek, clerk, to the Aurora; aud Mozart Win-
ning, assist. clerk, to the Aurora.

f heading

BONNET'S SILKS a LYON.—Every Article of
commerce takes fts title either from the inventor or
manufacturer. and the more perfect the production the
grater is the credit which attaches to the originator.
BONNET'S SILKS are said to be incapable of identifica-
tion in England ; but the fallacy of such an assertion is ex-
pos dby the very trade mark of the firm. as exhibited by

Messrs. JAY, of nev,ent-street.
The following interwoven mark may be seen at the end
of each piece —" Manufacture de C. J. Bonnet et Cie., a Lyon
eta Injurieux." We.r guaranteed.

LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the recent
heavy gales some of the boats of the Na ional Lifeboat
institution saved 67 persons from different wrecks. The
Committee of the Institution earnest y APPEAL to the
public for ASSISTANUE to enable them to meet the con-
tinued hes, y demands on the Institution's 125 Web 'at estab-
lishments. Contributions are received by all the Lonnon
and country bankers ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis,
at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, W.C.

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA,
COVENT-GARDEN.
Under the Management of Miss Louisa ryae and
Mr. W. Harrison.
THIS EVENING, Wallace's Romantic Opera, THE
DESERT FLOWER : Miss Louisa Fyne, Miss Susan Pyne
Messrs. W. H. Weiss, H. Corti. A. Cook, and W. Harrison.
To conclude with THE MARRIAGE OF GEORGETTE.
Miss Thirlwall and 3l r H. Corn.
Conductor, Mr. A. Mellon.
Doors open at half-past Six— :ommence at Seven.

THEATRE ROYAL DRURY - LANE,
Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton.
THIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform a.
New and Original Farce, by Messrs. Wm Brough and A.
Halliday, entitled MY HEART'S IN THE lUGHLANDs:
characters by Mr. J. 'Neville, Mr. G. Weston, Mr. Warde,
Mr. J. Marris ; Mrs. C. Melville, and Miss flarfleur.
After which, Lord Byron's Choral Tragedy, MANFRED.
Cicely
C
Messrs. r helps, Ryder. Rayner, Meag,reson, Ward, Spencer
Miss Eburne, Miss E. Atkinson, Miss Leclerc, M
and
Mis rs. .E!
Falconer. Vocalists—Miss Poole, Miss nitteqr,
J. Oxen ford,'
Nott, Miss Heywood, and Mr. Swift.
To conclude with an Original Farce, by
Esq., entitled BEAUTY ott THE BEAST. Principal
racters by Messrs. Addison, G. E. Neville, Barre, cha-
and
G. Weston ; Mrs Edmund Falconer and Miss it Pencer,
. Leclerq.

THEATRE ROYAL HA YNI ARKET.-
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone.
THIS EVENING, SILKEN FETTERS : Messrs. Chas.
Mathews, Chippendale, W. Farren, Howe, Sc.; Mesdames
C. Mathews and M. Hams.
Followed by THE GOLDEN FLEECE. Messrs. Charles
l‘lathews, Compton,Weathersby, ttc. ; Mesdames C. Mathews,
L Keeley. Griffith, Stc.
Followed by COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Mr. C. Mathews.
And MY HUSBAND'S GtiOST.
Commence at 7.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the Sole Management of ➢ir. Fechter.
BEL DEMONIO (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated
Every Eyening until further notice.

THIS EVENING, the Cornedieila, by W. Gilbert, entitled
UNCLE BABY: Mess- s. Widdicombe, J. G. Shore, Charles ;
Miss P. LeAercq, and Carlotta Leclercq.
After which, at Eight o'clock, BEL DEMONIO, a Love
Story, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from Stendhal's "Italian
Chronicle ," by Mr. John Brougham. Principal charac-
ter by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles,
Br3ugham, Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford,
Collett, Andrews, Sims ; Miss Kate Terry, E. Lavenue, Mrs.
Lee, and Miss Elsworthy.

Doors open at half-past 6—commence at 7.

LEAH.-EVERY NIGHT.