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London, England, 1841-02-25 00:00:00

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COURT-MARTIAL.

On Monday last a Court-martial took place on board of i or
Majesty's ship San Josef, lying off Plymouth, before Rear-
Admiral Warren, president ; Captain :John Forrest, and Cap-
tain J. M. Taylor, C. 8., Captain 111,irse, Captain Eden, and
Captain T. Nicholas, C. 8., to investigate the charge laid
against Lieu`.-Corn. Bastard James, and the circumstances at-
tendirg the loss of her Majesty's packet brig Spey, which oc-
curred in November las'. The mater, Mr. Barratt, and the
officon,' were also tried for their conduct on that occasion.
The Judge Advocate stated that the Spey was lost en her
passage from the Crocked llands to Llavennah, on the 26th of
November last, by striking on a coral reef. The charge against
Lieut. James, Sze., was, that by imprudently attempting a
passage between the Racoon and Bona Mesta Keys, instead of
the of l Bahama channel, the vessel was lost. From a letter dated
the 26th of November, received by the Lords of the Admi-
ralty, from the defendant, Lieutenant James, it appeared that
the Spey arrived at Crooked I-linds on the 23d of that
month, and proceeded on her way to Ilavannah by a passage
between the Racoon and Bona Vesta Keys. On the they
arrived in sight of the lirecon on Racoon Key, w Len sail was
shortened arid a good look-out was kept. The ship was mak-
ing about five knots an 11.)w—the lead at the time W 3.3 going
all the time, and every precaution was adopted to prevent the
ship running on any rock. A few seconds before the ship
struck the soundings showed nine fathoms of water, and before
the lezoisman could o alec another cast the vesiiel had run into
a dangerous coral reef. The officers and crew worked day and
night to save her ; but on the following day she became a wreck.
Evidence was given in support of the charge, and the
parties were heard in their defence, when the Judge-Advocate
delivered the following verdigt and sentence :—" The Court,
having attentively considered the evidence on the circum-
stances attending the loss of her Majesty's packet Spey, and
having heard thee' defence of Lieutenant James, and the mas-
ter, Mr. Bai raft, was of opinion that nothing had been shown
to justify the attempt to make the passage they did, instead of
the old Bahama channel, and that great blame was therefore
imputed to the commander and master on that occasion. That
no blame was imputed to the rest of the officers and crew.
But, in consideration of the exertion of the lieutenant and
master after the ship struck, and of their former high charac-
ter and creditable service, the Court only adjudged Lieutenant
James to be severely reprimanded, and be placed at the bottom,
of the list of lieutenants. That Mr. Barratt be also repri-
manded, and be placed at the bottom of the list of masters.

IMPORT DLITIES.—We shall probably be en-
abled to judge from the extent of support which the re-
solutions of Saturday meet with amongst the Tories, of
the degree in which they are fiiendly upon principle to
the liberalization of our commercial code. If they are,
it will be an encourAiog siga of the recent prowess of
sound principles, inasmuch as hitherto they have, with
scarcely an exception, been the firm f iends of monopoly
and restriction. Should the course of events, however,
throw the reins of power into their hands, we are pre-
pared to find them not only bidding for popularity by
the adeptim and extension of the principles of freedom
as applied to foreign trade, but in other ways attempting
to obtain the credit of measures which, when advocated
by the Wh'gs, they have bitterly and undeviatirigiy op-
posed. The Minister, me conceive, have, at this time, a
valuab!e opportunity—which, once lost, may not soon (if
ever) recur—of strengthening themselves in the good
opinion of a very influential portion of thee public, by cor-
dially embracing, and doing their utmost to forward the
views which the inquiry of last Session, upon evidence so
strong and preguant, clearly developed, and which have
evidently made an impression upon the country not
altogether incommensurate with their intrinsic importance.
One thing is certain; that; if the institution of revenue
duties for protecting and prelfbitory duties should fail
(which we do not think it could, ultimately) as a direct
fiscal expedient, the impmition of new taxes would be
rendered leas unpopular, if it had previously been tried,
and the new taxes themselves wcull doubtless become
more productiva, if the public had previously received the
reef of such a large remission of &de.] on the principal
articles of consumption,. as greatly to increase the extent
of their use ; whilst, at the same time, the bold and
judicious reduction of taxes on articles of foreign mer-
chandise would increase, to an unknown extent, the de-
mand for artier s of British manufacture, and, cowo-
quently, the demand for the labour of our anisans. We
cannot for a momet.t doubt, that Government are quite
alive to these facto ; but whether they will be able to act
upon their convictions must, we repeat, depend upon the
degree of encouragement they receive from the commercial
intere4s.—illuitchester. Guardian.

rq.ul'estion of :he repeat
AF lavn .
2,
great importance, connected with the MEETINGTEto i .
Court-house, at Stock-
port, o ANTI-CORN-LAW
. N—TSI ; -STOCKPORT, OK
PRoNs T- I:
of tho Corn laws, took place at
is AT m
eSeTtion
gc Ko-f
pursuance of a reso-
port, this evening. Anti-Corn-law League
for communicaling with
t Promote the return of Members '
kingdom, with a view of
fvaibrfous constituencies of the
the Ccr...-laws. The meeting
lution passed by the ChollwntasoCoiphilec
abcli ion of
number of deputies front
as attended by a P.
k dom, and by a considerable
of rho ing ,
difftrent Partsmerchants from Mancheacr, Liverpool.
pwledged to the
numter of districts of Ashton, Bolton, Black-
and tlThe Court-house, the largest
burn, ll.Ocin *in the town, was completely crowded at
public bu g
fi d the meeting. Alderman Baker took the
t The meeting was addressed by a numbtr of able
chair.
k r., wise urged tl -e hardship and injustice imposed
speaker=, `the manufacturkg interests to benefit the laud-
meeting r—'"rhat in the
P° The org resolution containe the spirit f
r,
0 wh
the
ehro
uy . er
..i surroundingos.,t.,,,ri, i
fi rii.
pravi3ions laws are
otipi ei
rle:ntiinfictnlit:ss tirr'.acteptieurgvaidheedctehren en d
based on injustice; they confer flet ticg• advautiges on one
elast cf the cornrau7 ity, at the expense of all other classes;
they are at v.trance with Scripture, with cvtry sound prin-
ciple of political economy, and EN e-y maxim of wise legit-
htion ; and tl is meeting if the elects of Stockport
pltd„e fnernseves to t,upperi-,, at the next elcoion, such
candidates only a wit vi.tt for the immediat6 abolition of
the corn and previiion laws." This, and all the tither re-
sclutions proposed, vte.-e unanimously carried, and the
meeticg ajourned.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.—Richard Law,
late Manager of the Imperial Bank of England era.
blished bt Mar,chuter, %las brought up on WcelnesdaY,
and passod hi; final examination. The Solicitor, in an.
seer to questims from the Court Paid the bank had been
a very bad a.id ruinous c mcerr, for the debtv,iabilities
and losses amount .d in less t'ian f)ur years to nearly
190,0001., while the azsets, estimated at about 29,0001.,
were net likely to rearze 15,0001 fie had been no.v the
receiver for two months, and hid been oily able to obtain
2,000/. Mr. Law was taken Lack to the Fleet ['thou in
custody; but it is said that tie Learned Commissioner
having allowed him to " pass his final examination" will,
operatl to his d;bcharge.
AWFUL, IF TrtuE.--The Courrier Suisse
asserts that a woman was e iught up by a hurricane in tbo
canton of Uri, onedacyl
leagues. Fiermonth,ts y
baon
jd aecarriedfouuthd somarough
space
of two iallh all her bones broken 1
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