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Ist Charge. That the said John Wilmot Young,
acting master of the Lily, and serving on board her at
the island of Ascension on the 21st April, 1847, was ot;
the evening of that day in a state of drunkenness
2d Charge. That he, the said John Wilmot Young, did
on the 21st of April behave towards his commander, the
said Charles J. F. Newton, with great disrespect.
3d Charge. That he, the said John Wilmot Young,
being in charge of the watch on board the Lily at sea on
the Ist of June, 1847, did sleep on his watch.
The court was most numerously attended, there being
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o less than nine members—viz., Rear-Admiral Super-
inondent Hyde Parker, C. 8., president ; Rear-Admirall
Sir
(Marks Napier, K.C.B.
Victo,"y ; Captain Sir James Stirling,' of the Howe, 120 ;
Captain .H. D. Chads, C. 8., of the Excellent ; Captain
Luchingtoo,
Cof the Vengeance ; Captain Miller, of the
Vincent ; mtain Hon. J. Pelham, of the Odin,
steam-frigate ; and Captain Dacres, of the Avenger,
steam-frigate.
Mr. Greatham, Judge Advocate, and Mr. Hoskins,
solicitor, assisted the prisoner.
Commander Newton, the prosecutor, was first sworn,
and gave evidence, of which we give a brief e.xtract. It
appeared that the Lily arrived at Ascension on the
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mender told Mr. Tonng he would report the circum-
stance to the senior officer in command, to which Mr.
You:lg replied he might do so, and take his (Mr.
Young'g) commission with him, Mr. Young leaving the
cabin at the same time and slamming the door. The
commander went on deck with the first lieutenant, Mr.
Williams, and some further altercation taking place,
Commander Newton sent Mr. Young below under arrest.
The commander's evidence went to pr,Dve that on this _
,occasion Mr. Young was both drunk and disrespectful.
On the third charge, the Commander gave evidence of
his having come up on deck at half-past eleven, on the
first watch, on the Ist of June last, the Lily being at
sea, on her way home, under all plain sail to royals, and
with the foretopmast studdingsail set, the vessel going et
the rate of nine knots through the water, when he found
Mr. Toting (then officer of the watch) fast asleep on the
after grating, rolled up in a blanket.
Mr. George R Williams, the senior lieutenant, corro-
borated, In every particular, Commander Newton's
evidence, both as to Mr. Young's being drunk and dis-
respectful on the 24'1 of April, and also to Mr. Young's
being found asleep in his watch on the Ist of June.
Mr. Telliss, the clerk' of the ship, was present on the
21st of April, when the occurrence took place. To the
best of his judgment, Mr. Young was sober at the time,
and that he was disrespectful to Commander Hawkins,
but not highly so.
Mr. Devonshire, gunner of the Lily, proved that Mr.
Young was disrespectful to his commander, but said he
was sober at the time. He also proved to having roused
up
Mr.
Young when asleep on the after grating in his
first watch, on the Ist of June.
With this closed the evidence for the prosecution, and
Mr. Young, having asked an hour to prepare his de-
fence, at the expiration of that time the Court was re-
opened, and
Mr. Hoskins read a short defence, stating that the
harsh treatment Mr. Young had received at the hands
of his commander had occasioned his replies, which
were called disrespectful. He admitted sleeping on
his watch, but pleaded excessive fatigue and illness,
from arduous duties, that occasioned it. He called
several witnesses as to character, who spoke in his
favour ; among them Captain Brisbane, of the Larne,
and Commander Morrell, late Governor of Ascension ;
he also read the certificates he had received from offi-
cers under whom he had served ; he also called seve-
ral persons, amongst whom were Lieutenant Branch,
the gun-room steward, and several others, who gave
evidence that Mr. Young was sober on the evening of
the 21st April.
At two o'clock the evidence for the prisoner closed,
and the court was cleared. After an hour's deliberation
it was re-opened, and the Judge Advocate read the
sentence :

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That the Court adjudged the first charge not proved,
and did, therefore, acquit the prisoner, Mr. Young, of
the charge of drunkenness.
That the Court adjudged the second charge, that of
being disrespectful to his commander, fully proved.
And that the Court adjudged the third charge, that of
sleeping on his watch, fully proved; and did sentence the
said John Wilmot Young to be dismissed from her Ma-
jesty's service.

COURT-MARTIAL ON LIEUTENANT BRANCH.

At three P.M., the same members assembled to try
the second lieutenant of the Lily, Mr. John S. Branch,
on charges preferred against him by Commander
Newton.

First charge—For highly disrespectful and insubordi-
nate conduct, while serving on board the Lily, between
October, 1845, and Msy, 1846, on several occasions.
Second charge—For highly disrespectful conduct to
his commander on the 17th of June 1846.
Th. J...3cannituci2 Capuitlir-Drfstmuci mixti tits
first lieutenant of the Lily, on the first of these charges,
when our report was sent off.
WOOLWICH, JULY 1 —The Rifleman, wooden steam-
vessel, and Sharpshooter, iron steam-vessel, both fitted
with screw propellers, left Woolwich this morning for
Portsmouth, to be fitted at that port for service on the
coast of Africa.
The Dragon steam-frigate, Captain Hall, is now ready
for sea, and will proceed to Portsmouth to form one of
the vessels of the experimental squadron, which is to
assemble at Spithead about the 10th of the present
month, under the command of Rear-Admiral Sir Charles

Napier. It is highly to the credit of the officers of the
Dragon to be able to state that not one of her numerous
crew has been lost or absent without leave since she was
commissioned.

The Vixen steam-sloop, Commander Ryder, is pre-
paring for sea with the greatest dispatch, and is to be
attached to the experimental squadron. Each ship of
war is to have a steam-vessel as a tender during the ex-
periments.
LIFE PRESERVERS.—Numerous inventors have re-
cently submitted their views of what they consider the
simplest and most efficient modes of saving lives, in
cases of shipwreck. Amongst others, Lieutenant Irvine,
R.N., attended yesterday afternoon at Woolwich Dock-
yard, and submitted to Commodore Sir Gordon Bremer,
K.C.B. and K.C.H. ; Captain Sir John Ross, C.B. ;
Lieut.-Colonel Dundas, C. 8., Director of the Foundry
Department at the Royal Arsenal; Lieutenant-Colonel.
Cator, of the Royal Artillery • Lieutenant Fowler, and
several officers of the Royal Marines, his travelling
trunks and leather bags, made on his principle, and
lined with cork and Mackintosh cloth in such a manner
as to preserve their contents dry, and at the same time
become an important auxiliary in saving lives when ship-
wrecks take place. A trunk 27 inches long by 15 inches
broad and 15 inches deep, had its loose mackintosh lining
tied so as to exclude water, and on being thrown into the
basin, was found to sustain 751bs. weight of solid iron,
sufficient to sustain the weight of sixteen men immersed
in water, and to be capable of conveying them through
any surf to the shore. The leather bag was also tied
in the same way inside, and possessed a buoyancy which
would be of great advantage to travellers by water in
case of accidents. The articles are the same in appear-
ance as those necessary appendages to every traveller,
and the fitting of common trunks and bags on Lieu.
tenant Irvine's plan would enable all who undertake
voyages by rivers or by sea to travel with little risk of
danger from accidents by water.
TREASURE FOUND IN THE ROYAL ARSENAL. The
workmen in the storekeeper's department of the Royal
Arsenal, while engaged in moving some boxes which
have remained in the stores since they were sent home
after the battle of Waterloo, found one of them
weightier than they could account for in abox
boxes
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COMMITTEbS ON RAILWAYS.
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.occasion with a journal that on this,
and on other occasions, has shown so laudable a desire to
collect the
.earliest and most varied information for the
instruction and amusement of its readers. But I trust
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I may be allowed to impress on the mind of your
reporter the extreme care and discrimination that ought
to be observed in the necessarily brief selection of the
leading facts of the evidence, that its general meaning
and ot.ject be preserved. I make these observations in
consequence of having had my attention called, a few
days ago, to certain statements contained) in The Sun
of the 14th inst., purporting to be evidence given by me
before a Committee of the House of Commons, in favour
of the Great Northern (Axholme Extension) Railway,
which contains several inaccuracies, and is calculated toconvey an erroneous impression to the generalreaderto".
am made, incorrectly, to use the word "middleman
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designate the factors who attend Doncaster mar t .
though that may not have been intended as
exposure by.
reproach, it has, nevertheless, since. the able
Ireland, been
the Times of the conacre sptemn_
tale. There are among
con-
sidered anything but an enviable
1 entertain feelings of the
that body men for whom. rit
of purpose intelligence
highest respect, whose.integ y
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and usefulness in soclaietityn,
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probriousi more respectful type!,
of middleman." The Doncasterians
taunt
inferred that my evidence was calculated to in-
juriously
affect their market, by its being stated that the
current of trade would be diverted from its present chan-
nel, and reach the great consuming markets of the west,
without first touching at the intermediate market of
: Doncaster. The opinion I expressed was quite the
contrary of this; but I will not further trespass on the
valuable space of your columns. By inserting these few
remarks you will disabuse the minds of many, and do a
service to, Sir, your humble servant,
J. BLADWORTH.
West Hall, Stainforth, June 30, 1847.

CONVICTS.—The Queen has granted a free pardon
to Charles Butler, the eminent chemist, formerly of
Cheapside, Edinburgh, and Dublin, who was convicted
on 29th September last.