The Sun.
London, England, 1853-09-01 00:00:00

TITE MEDEA COURTS-MARTIAL.

From private advices we learn something of Com-
mander John Crawshay Bailey, of her Majesty's ship
Medea, and the circumstances that have been brought
out at the court-martial, but we refrain from comment
until after the conclusion of the court-martial on the
commander, the first lieutenant of the Medea, T. D.
Williams, at the termination of his trial having instantly
preferred the following charges against the said Com-
mander J. C. Bailey :
" 1. For that Commander John Cra wshay Bailey, being
in actual service and full pay in the fleet, and in command
of her Majesty's steam-sloop Medea, did, on or about the
18th of March, 1853, after Lieut. Thomas Drinkwater
Williams's complaining to the said commander, conduct
himself in an unofficer-like manner towards me, tending
to bring me into contempt with the officers and ship's
company.

Por that the said commander did on or about the
22d of March, at Havannah, conduct himself in an oppres-
sive and overbearing manner towards me, the said Lieut.
T. D Williams, in having superseded me from the usual
duties devolving on the senior lieutenant, formally on the
quarter deck, in consequnce of my giving to him, for the
senior officer, a letter requesting an inquiry into my
conduct.

"3. For that the said commander did, on the 26th of
March, 1853, conduct himself in an oppressive, over-
bearing, and unofficer-like manner, in compelling me, the
said Lieut. T. D. Williams, by order to sign the ship's
log, such log not being a correct copy of the deck or rough
log.
" 4. For that the said commander did, on or about the
2Sth of March, 1853, at Havannah, conduct himself to-
wards me, the said Lieut. T. D. T7illiams, in an oppressive
and overbearing manner, in having reprimanded me on the
quarter-deck for an alleged offence, in the presence of part
of the officers and ship's company, without any previous
investigation.
" 5. For that the said commander did, on or about the
28th of March, 1853, at Havannah, conduct himself in an
oppressive and overbearing manner, in having placed me
in close arrest for an alleged offence, after holding a par-
tial investigation, and deducing conclusions therefrom
quite contrary to the evide-ce given, I, the said Lieut.
T. D. Williams, having eer'ed the charge; and that the
said Commander John Crawsl- ay Bailey did enter, or cause
to be entered, the same falsely in the log.
" 6. For that the said commander did, on or about the
-6tlawat April, 1853, conduct himself in an overbearing and
oppressive manner, in confining me, the said Lieut. T. D.
Williams, to my cabin for the space of ten days for au un-
intentional breach of etiquette, notwithstanding I had
verbally, on the quarter-deck, and afterwards in writing,
apologised for the same.

" 7 For that the said commander did, on or about the
2d of May, 1853, conduct himself towards me, Lieut. T.
D. Williams, in an uno%cer-like manner, in having sent
me an improper message, such message tending to bring
me into contempt with the officers and ship's company.
" 8. For that the said commander did, on or about the
23d May, 1853, at sea, conduct himself towards me, the said
T. D. Williams' in an oppressive and unofficerlike manner,
in refusing to take notice of a complaint of insolence to
myself, when reported by me through the officer of the
watch, such message tending to encourage disrespect to-
wards myself.

" 9. For that the said commander did, on or about the
213th May, 1553, at sea, conduct himself towards me, the
said Lieut. T. D. Williams, in an oppressive and over-
bearing manner, in confining me to my cabin for an al-
leged offence, and refusing me, in an unofficer-like and
ungentlemanly tone, to allow me to explain the circum-
stances.

" 10. For that the said commander did, on or about the
28th May, 1853, conduct himself towards me, the said
Lieut. T. D. Williams, in an oppressive and overbearing
manner, in ordering by memorandum that no ono in the
ship was to hold any communication with me except the
surgeon, gun-room steward, and my servant, with( ut his
(Commander J. C. Bailey) giving me any reason for such
order, and in keeping me in solitary confinement for the
space of 25 days, from the 28th of May to the 22d of June,
and only releasing me therefrom when advised of the ne-
eessity of so doing by the surgeon.
" 11. For that the said commander did, on or about the
22d of June, 1853, at Port Royal, conduct himself in an
oppressive and overbearing manner to me, Lieut. T. D.
Williams, in continuing to refuse me the society of my
messmates, although recommended the said society by the
surgeon, for the benefit of my health, and notwithstand-
ing the expressed wish of Captain Walter Reid, the senior
officer at Port Royal.
" 12. For that the said commander did, on or about the
16th and 22d of June, 1853, conduct himself towards me,
the said Lieut. T. D. Williams, in an oppressive manner,
in suppressing or not transmitting letters on her Majesty's
service, forwarded by me, through him, to the senior
officer at Port Royal.
" 13. For that the said commander did, between the
dates of the 22d of March and the sth of July, 1853, con-
duct himself in a general unofficer-like manner towards the
officers of the said steam-ship Medea, tending to bring
them into contempt, and to produce a general discontent."
We leave our readers to digest the contents of the
charges, and await the result of the four days' require-
ment of Commander John Crawshay Bailey to prepare
his defence.

CHATHAM, AUG. 31.
CONTINUATION OF THE ADMIRALTY INSPECTION.
The Right Hon. Sir James Graham, First Lord o.
the Admiralty, and the members of the board who
visited Chatham dockyard yesterday, left Rochester
this morning in the Captain Superintendent's barge, in
charge of Lieutenant Whipple, First Lieutenant of the
Boscawen, 70, guard-ship of ordinary, and carrying the
pendant of Captain Superintendent Peter Richards,
C.B. Their lordships arrived at the landing place at
the dockyard at half-past 10 o'clock, and were re-
ceived by the Captain Superintendent and the heads of
the various departments, and then proceeded with Capt.
Richards on board the Boscawen, at moorings in
the Medway. The crew of the ship manned the yards
to receive their lordships, who, on going on board, had
the crew mustered and each man and boy's name called
over by the Paymaster, as they passed for inspection.
Their lordships remained upwards of an hour on board
to inspect the books and documents connected with the
service afloat at this dockyard. On landing from the
Boscawen, they proceeded, accompanied by Captain
Richards, Wise, RN., Director of Police, and
the heads of the departments, to the metal mills, where
they witnessed the entire process of making sheet cop- •
CAPTAIN SANDOM AND HIS VAGARIES.—We have re-
per for sheathing the whole of the vessels in the royal
ceived complaints from several correspondents of the
navy, Chatham dockyard producing all that is required
over zeal of this newly-appointed official. On one oc-
at all her Majesty's dockyards. They then witnessed
the
the
of copper nails for attaching the sheathing. casion, it is stated, he took upon himself to order
to the bottoms of ships and for other purposes, Chatham a gentleman—a member of a Royal Yacht Club—
dockyard to cast his yacht off a buoy to which she was lying.
steam, and produce naval service all the other yards and the royal
ice with that article. The mills are worked by The gentleman, however, more acquainted with the re-
on and admirablymachinery arranged, under Mr. Laurie, the by whom he was informed that the superintendent
, mut
jeinr Lordships then entered the drilling
departureof the Victualling Yard was eve ate' iing the bounds of
machines intipected large room above the drilling his du'..y—a fact he at osce commanicated to Captain
arilleased a very
finishing oars, -wh new, and ingenious machine for Sandom, who ahe dared to touch his yacht "at his
mills yesterday, themyoeir lordships visited the saw-
for giving the outline simple operation peril." Another complaint against Captain Sandom is,
that he has taken upon himself to rescind the privilege
intended to he made into oar to the pieces of timber of inspecting the yard, hitherto enjoyed by the public,
the timber is run along
arsr, bY the manner in which and now confines their visits to the bakery only. This
saw. The piece of timber, aftagittT is circular is the more felt, inasmuch as it forms a sad contrast to
of the oar by the circular saw, is cut to the shape the urbanity at all tin- es displayed by Captain Sandom's
but it is then taken to the room stills quare-sided ; predecessors. We must hope that the severity of this
machines and passed through the anzhe. the drilling regulation will be at once relaxed, as an excursion-
which, by closing and expanding while it ilking machine, train from the metropolis last night brought to the
bevelling the blade of the oar from the centre of
„d town a number of visitors from London and the inter-
pa art tapers it to the required form of the moo the fsent mediate places—out of whose heavy fiscal contributions
c,ar used for men-of-war's gunboats and others, The not only is Captain Sandom liberally paid for his ser-
slight bend of the blade and the fine curve on the back vaices, but t• ie whole establishment they may, perhaps,
are accomplished with great nicety ;and, on passing the desire to visit, supported.—Plymouth Mail.
another finishing e DESIMTIONS F
round part of the oar through machine, from De ROM THE NAVY.—We regret to hear
with the necessary description of cutting and finishing *Alba wenvtoonport that the Leander, 50, Captain King,
the hand end is produced, and the oar ready for re tttraed •
over to America with a full complement, has
tools,
six inches
in length of the hand end is con with 35 men and boys shortof
after about six
of
use One man can the other sidethe numerous desertions at the p rts on
reduced to about two inches in diameter. .
Sc.er of the Atlantic.- o
the usual plan of making them 6-tc,"
make two oars per day by
Wth " SE/am
machine invented by Mr. Laurie 1 etz Icanß that- the FOR THE ROYAL NAVY.—Not-
by hand labour, but the d'Acre 101- - the fine
size used in
day of the full
will make 100 oars in onetaro the
metal mills their lordships pro- Hon. R. ii eu by a very popular officer, Can-
service. On leaving the .
the the 21st M 1 ePpel, ha h • . . -
the yard, passing ay
en i s een in commission since
ceeded to the south-west end of
above 130
80, screw steam -ship, was seamen short B,fnaore than 14 weeks—she is
slip from which the Cressy,
is_ . .. . every exertion has been ° her complement, although
now being stnps
recently launched, the roof of which and encouragement held rno ade, and every inducement
a covering
of the copper with which it was covered, and`
ing The new acts, therefore dout t°
good seamen to join.
of galvanised iron is in progress of being substituted
build.
ceived with that approl;ationnwol-seem to have been re-
its place. They then visited extensive range of
mons was led to belie .% the ch the
ley would House of Com-
ings recently used for holding the new iron until the
Captain Warden, who was n . 44,
metal mills and store adjoining were completed. The store
of the Retribution, 21, st3ami• from
' command
rigate, and Is n
building was erected in 1783, and is 666 feet in length by
very anonalonq position connected with the Diced i - a
45 feet in breadth, and in excellent condition. At the Somerset De rtni?nt, House, has been dmiralty
rear of these stores there are others of still greater - ePa , , , • . nominated to
length, re_mar sere ice again. He 1,4 to COITInc • 0
which their lordships
entered, the laying-room,
A 'ax, 58, screw-ship, at Rye 'port, as the 1881011 the
in w •suPerinten-
hich the ropes for the • "
/login.. and cables are manu-
jofthe steam service at that port. Anew factdent
s being 170 fathoms * 1 020 feet in length. On
a floor , or
' tendentship of the new steam dock establishment
above of equal Isu perm
and spun h fourlength hemp is hackled or carded. ect.
at Keyhain is, perhaps, in prosy .l .
a,
Y
in each gan gangs of men and boys, 24 being
der•in Chief Vice-Admira Sir eorge F.
g ; and as the The Comman - - ,
through troughs of s hemp is spun it passes
C C H arrived at Halifax, in his flap.
immediately after it passes
tar in a boiling state, and Seymour, C. 8.. T• • •t
on the 18th 'of
I *o Cumberland, 70, Captain Seymour,
sit?erfluous tar and
diroltares through is cleansed of the sAn. ,
all walk backwards while sol? large iron pirns. The men Ilugus" Admiral Bruce, the Corn-
of the floor renders it P-I"ing' and the great length The last accounts from Rear-Admiral
him, in his
forward left
requisite for li mander-in•Chief on the coast of Africa,._
their spinning wheel and work end
gang to change back • Captain Lyster, at
forward so great a distance,
,B iiii•netead of walking, flag-ship Penelope, 8, steam-frigate,
time is lost from their labtittre.y Ar all -' '- ' , t Loando, July 17. rumu•
,henrailway c 0
'• ' One would imagine that there was no
f ' .