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London, England, 1849-09-04 00:00:00

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INTELLIGENCE.
I..—Her Majesty's brig Flying
Portsmouth on Saturday; after be-
Monday, she will take the Septem-
)ast of Africa and Madeira.
packet Crane, Lieutenant Parson.,
was paid advance to-day at the Pay-office in the
Dockyard. She sails on Sunday for Falmouth, to
take the South American mails.

The Diligence transport, Mr. Tozer, sailed to-day
with stores for Pembroke.

Her Majesty's frigate Arethusa had her jury masts
taken out to day preparatory to her being laid up in
ordinary. _ _

Her -Majesty's frigate Dmdalus, Captain Wellesley,
has all her guns and stores on board ; her sales were
b3nt to-day, and she will be ready on Tuesday to pro-
ceed from Hamoaze into the Sound.
Wind—S.E., blowing fresh.

COURT-MARTIALon COMMANDER

PITMAN.

THIRD DAY, AUG. 30.—At the opening of the
Court this day, the President, Sir John Louis, stated
that there was no desire on the part of the
Court to prevent reporters from taking notes of the
proceedings, but the Court wished these notes not to
be published until the whole of the witnesses had
given their evidence. As yesterday, so to day, the
entire time was occupied in the cross-examination of
the master, Mr. Elliott, by the prisoner, Commander
Pitman. Many of the questions tended to criminate
the witness, who was excused by the Court from
answering them ; others were of no great importance,
only wearying the members of the Court and all
concerned, and several were merely repetitions of the
Caine questions asked in a different way. Regarding
the marine, White, who jumped overboard, the pri-
soner's questions tended to show that White was
threatened with prospective and not immediate
punishment. Witness, however, still persisted that
it was fear of instant flogging which caused the
suicide. On the production of the original order
book, witness was desired to point out any order
which he considered cruel, inconsistent, or severe. He
considered none severe hut some were inconsistent—
for instance, one clakil Hong-Kong, December 16,
1846, when a positive order was inserted that no
officer should sleep out of the Childers ; and another,
Hong-Kong, December 25, 1845, no officer to leave
while the ship was at single anchor, without permis-
sion,and then to return by 10 re M.
After considerable loss of time to the Court, several
suitable orders for securing the comfort of the ship's
company were read by the Judge-Advocate.
ll'itness said that First Lieutenant Tremlett was
present when Commander Pitman threatened to take
witness's commission from him, for refusing to draw
a hammock cloth. On the request of particulars of
cases of oppression towards Mr. Elliott, he said they
were so numerous he could nut give them all, but re-
ferred to two in which he had been publicly repri-
manded, the first for not giving exact chronometer
time; and the second when piloting the ship by night
through the passage at Fisherman's Group. The
weather was thick and foggy, ship going over the
ground very fast, under all plain sail, except royals
and flying jib, water about five fathoms, cur-
rent at least our or five knots. To prevent destruc-
t tion it was requisite to alter ship's course, when he
was reprimanded for not having first consulted Coin-
mender Pitman, who was below. Another act of
severity was when witness was brought before the
Commander in Chief in China, for having, eighteen
months previously, gone ashore from the Childers
without leave, and for being absent several days.
Prisoner produced a letter from Sir F. Collier, in
which Mr. Elliott was admonished to be more cir-
cumspect, but that no further notice need be taken
in consequence of the great exertions which he used
during the ship's perilous position at the Prata
Shoals.

To Commander Pitman's questions on another
charge, Mr. Elliott said that when their ship struck
on the occasion referred to, he was not below through
intoxication, but had left the ship's deck because the
commander refused to adopt his advice with regard
to her being moved before the pinnace was sent to
sound the depth of water.
FOURTII DAY, AUG. 31.—Lieutenant Graham, tho
prosecutor, and Mr. Elliott, the witness, complaincd
of the length of the cross examination. Commander
Pitman requested, with consent of the prosecutors,
that as part of the evidence was in print, the publica-
tion might b? continued ; but the Court determined
to adhere to their former decision.

Mr. Elliott was cross-examined by Lieutenant
Graham, the Court, and the prisoner, with regard to
the marines Haigh and i‘rhite, the boy Cleverton,
the midshipmen's steward, Matthews, and the false
entries in the log. Matthews, the midshipmen's
steward, jumped overboard in the river Nimpoo.
The officers of the watch signed the log, knowing it
to be incorrect, within the knowledge of Commander
Pitman. The officers of the watch occasionally did
not sign the log. The fact of Whites jumping over-
board is so inserted in the log.
John James Smith, master's assistant, was serving
in the Childers when she ran on the Prate Shoals ;
the day previously he had, by reckoning, ascertained
the ships position to be within 50 miles of the shoals ;
had kept the log during the illness of Mr. Elliot, and
entered the ship's position the day before in pencil
(fearing at the time that it was incorrect), but
altered it the next day when the ship struck. Ile
believed the entry as it now stands to be correct. It
was La Plata Island, 38 miles south, 50 west. The
first entry was incorrect, but he (witness) attributed
the vessel's getting on the Prata Shoals to the weather
and the ship not being under control. The subse-
quent entry was made after the ship struck. There
was another erasure in the log about the " force of the
wind on the 9th of October," which he had made at
the order of the commander, who, in his cabin, said
he should be sorry for any one to read the log and see
that the ship was in such a state, with the wind
blowing at only such a force. He then altered the
force of the wind from 7 to 10. Another erasure
occurred under the words " bearing" and " distance,"
28 being altered to 38. He did it himself, the cap-
tain having found an error in the work by a mistake
in taking the distance out of the traverse-table. On
the 9th of' October Lieutenant Graham gave him a
copy on half a sheet of paper, and not on the slate.
The force of the wind, as altered, is correct. They
had no observation for two days.

Commander Pitman examined witness relative to
his dismissal from the Childers, which took place on
the 10th of February, 1849, at the order of Sir P.
Collier, the Commander-in-Chief. Witness spoke to
the oppressive treatment he had received from Com-
mander Pitman, who placed him under arrest for
striking a second-class boy. The letter of the Com-
mander•in•Chief stated that he was to be discharged,
but Commander Pitman entered in the log and on his
pay-ticket that he was discharged from the service in
disgrace. Commander Pitman, in this instance,
exceeded his instructions, added to which he at one
time recommended his messmates to turn him out of
the mess, which they, however, did not do.

THE WEATHER AND HARVEST.-Last week the
weather has been very variable—one day cold and
threatening frost, and anotherhrwighhth bsunesahtindeowannd
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casional heavy showers of rain, which
crops whore these were heavy. Although several fields
of barley and oats have been cut down, harvest opera-
tions will not be general till next week. The wheat
crop will be about a fortnight later than the others, but
it promises to be very abundant. There are, however,
complaints of smut and hone}-comb being more than
usually prevalent among the wheat, caused by the con-
tinued wet weather and the want of sunshine. The bar-
ley, both in bulk and quality, will be very fine; oats are
if anything rather short in the straw, and thin on the
ground. The turnip crop never looked better at this
period, and has no doubt been much benefited by the
showery- weather. The potato crop will also be heavy,
though about a month later in coming to maturity.
The disease of former years, which we stated bad
again appeared here some few weeks ago, does not seem
to bo making much progress. In regard to the weather
in England, the Mark Lane Express states that it has
teen highly favourable for the harvest, and the grain
a crop is now out of danger. The yield will, it
isneowa.
be-
lieved, be a good average. Yorkshire is
rather ltetrade has
j Reports of the potato disease increase. T
been dull; barley is in demand, and good
their value.—Elgin Courant be
maintain
wheat
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recommended "". Li
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stead of being economical—that it would not meet the
cases of persons committed for short periods, or of pri-
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saenpdaraatesystem, delusion. The Rev. Gentleman then defended the
which he contended had proved more
successful than any other iu accomplishing the grand
objects of efficiency and economy. Tho discussion was
ultimately adjourned till the following evening, when
several gentlemen delivered their opinions on the sub-
ject, and expressed a desire for further explanation from
Mr. Pearson with regard to particular parts of his
scheme. Mr. Pearson addressed the meeting at consi-
derable length, giving in further detail the nature of his
plan, and answering the objections taken to it by Mr.
o=borne. At the conclusion a vote of thanks were given
to Mr. Pearson, arid also to Mr. Osborne, for their re-
spective addresses ; and the services of the Chairman
having likewise been similarly acknowledged, the meet-
ing separated.
The Bishop of Oxford met with an accident a few
days since, while visiting Baron Alderson at his seat near
Lowestoft. Ilia Lordship was riding in company with
acme friends, when his horse fell and rolled over the
Right
his Lordship sustained
no serious
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„Morning paper.