The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-10 00:00:00

DESERTIONS PROM THE NAVY.

Three captains, with their mates, have lately figured
before the police magistrates, charged with harbouring
deserters from her Majesty's navy on board, viz.—Capt.
Wm. Jarvis, of the Wasp, for harbouring a sailor of the
Britannia (Thomas Richardson) ; Captain Thomson, of
the Kate, for harbouring Joseph Blanchard, of the Rod-
ney ; and Captain Graham, of the Amphitrite, for har-
bouring a midshipman of the Albion, by name Arthur
0. Webbe. With the exception of Captain Jarvis, who
was liberated, the others were committed for trial, but
the Crown Advocate, having examined the evidence,
entered a nolle prosequi, and they were dismissed from
confinement. The stories, indeed, told by the deserters
were in the highest degree plausible, particularly that of
the midshipman, who took his passage, for which he was
to pay the simple expense of board, and told the captain
that he had two months' leave of absence to go home to
pass, and did not scruple to say so at a public-house in
presence of several persons, and some of them his own
messmates.

The Taurus steamer is just coming into port. She is
to be employed between Liverpool and ports in the
Levant.

The idea of running the vessels of the Peninsular and
Oriental Company to Naples has been at present
abandoned. One is generally lying idle between her
arrival from Marseilles and the return of the boat from
Alexandria.

A General Court-martial assembled on Friday last on
board her Majesty's ship Albion, Rear-Admiral Harvey
President ; Captains Graham, Carter, Greville, Lord
Paulet, Jones, Symonds, and Drummond ; Mr. Pullen,
Officiating Deputy-Judge-Advocate, when Arthur Orme-
rode Webbe was arraigned on the three following
charges :
" L For that he, the said 0. A. Webbe, being in actual
service and full pay in the fleet, and midshipman of and
belongincr to her Majesty's ship Albion, did, on Friday,
April 22, 1853, between the hours of 6 and 8 pan., go out
of the ship without permission of the commanding officer,
knowing'his leave to be stopped at the time.
" 2. For that he, the saidA.O.Webbe, being on full pay,
&c., did, on the 22d of April, attempt to desert by going
on board the merchant vessel Amphitrite, and hiding him-
self away, with the intention of leaving the port in her.
" 3. For that he, the said A. 0. Webbe, did, on the 22d
of April, commit a robbery on board her Majesty's ship
Albion, by taking a sextant, the property of Lieutenant
Nolloth, out of his cabin, and carrying it out of the ship
with him."
The prisoner pleaded guilty to all the charges, and
would not retract his plea. lie was sentenced to two
years' imprisonment in one of her Majesty's gaols, to be
dismissed the service, and rendered incapable of ever
again serving her Majesty.
John Nichols, a boy of the Albion, met his death o'
the 26th ult. by falling from the mizentop of that vessel.'
His death was instantaneous.

HER MAJESTY'S SHIP DAUNTLESS.—Now that the
Dauntless is about to be paid off, we trust that the
Admiralty will not be unmindful of those officers, who,
in that vessel, witnessed the fatal epidemic by which she
was visited during her late service in the West Indies.
Death has unfortunately removed more than one officer
of this ship well entitled to the highest consideration of
their lordships ; but a sufficient number still remain to
enable the Admiralty to show that they can appreciate
other services besides those of actual warfare. When all
vied with each other in kindness and attention to their
sick messmates, it would be an impossibility to point out
the most deserving ; but surely an act of grace, either in
promotion or in some other shape, conferred upon such
men would not be misapplied by their lordships. On
such an occasion We may, without subjecting ourselves
to the charge of invidiousness, allude to the immense
amount of labour and responsibility that must have de-
I volved upon Dr. Woodcock, the surgeon, and Dr.