The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-23 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY.—A court-martial, comprising
Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker, president; Captains—
Paseo, of the Victory; Sir B. W. Walker, of the Con
stance; George Elliot, of the Eurydice; Commander
Willcox, of the Victory; and Mr. G. L. Greetham, De-
puty' Judge Advocate of the fleet; assembled this morn-
ing on board the Victory, to try, at the instance of Com-
mander Sherringham, Mr. Alexander Sanderson, As-
sistant Master of the Dasher surveying steam-vessel, on
the following charge:—
For that he, the said Mr. Alexander Sanderson, then
being Master's Assistant of her Majesty's steam vessel
the Dasher, and in actual service and full pay of her
Majesty's fleet, did, on the 16th day of June, 1846, ab-
sent himself from the said steam vessel, and from his
duty, without leave, and did not come on the board the
said steam vessel until the 6th of July."
It appeared that the prisoner was sent ashore from
the Dasher at Totland Bay in the Needles' passage, Isle
of Wight, to assist in surveying, but that when the recal
was made he did not return to the ship, and was not
seen again until the 22d of June, as the Dasher was
going out of Portsmouth harbour, when the prisoner
was seen in a watermau's boat, but he did not attempt to
go on board then; he, however, went on board the ship
on the 6th instant, only two days before his name would
have appeared on the books of the Dasher as " run."
Mr. Field, of Gosport, the prisoner's solicitor, made an
elaborate defence on behalf of his youthful client, alleg-
ing that unkindness and neglect on the part of Com-
mander Sherringham was, in chief, the cause of his
client's absenting himself from the ship ; that on the
day he so absented himself, he had been occupied i❑
the chart-room of the Dasher from half-past seven in the
morning until two in the afternoon, without any refresh-
ment, and when he was going to partake of dinner, Com-
mander Sherringham sent for him, and asked him
if he had plotted all his work ? He (the prisoner) re-
plied, he had done all he could do, until he could get a
new set of angles; that thereupon Commander Sherring-
ham ordered him ashore on duty; on getting ashore he
at once went to an hotel, and partook of refreshment,
at the same time ordering a boy to go to the beach and
report when the " recal" was made; this, it was alleged,
the boy neglected to do. The defence also set forth
that the prisoner was at the above time in a weak state
of health, and had been recently five weeks in Haslar
Hospital.
How the prisoner occupied his time from the 16th of
June until the 6th of July, without attempting to get on
board his ship until the latter date, was not exhibited to
the satisfaction of the Court.
The Court, after due deliberation, agreed that the
charge had been fully proved, and adjudged the prisoner
to be dismissed from her Majesty's service, and to be
mulcted, or to forfeit all the pay or wages duo to him for
his services done in the Royal Navy. Mr. Sanderson is
only 19.
The royal yachts did not start to-day for Liverpool,
as was expected, the weather being foul, and the health
of Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence not being sufficiently
good to admit of his putting to sea.
The Comet steam vessel, Commander Pretyman, left
this afternoon for Plymouth with supernumeraries for
the Spartan, the Channel squadron, and for general

service.
The Eurydice, 26, Captain G. Elliott, was undocked,
after new coppering, this morning, and hauled off to
moorings on the Gosport side to complete her painting.
The President, 50, Captain Stanley, flag of Rear-Ad-
miral Dacres, the Sappho, 16, Commander Gambier, the
Mutine, 12, Commander Crawford, and a prize of hers,
in charge of Lieutenant Furneaux, were in Simon's Bay,
Cape of Good Ho, on the 14th of May.

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THE CHINA SQUADRON.
In Victoria Harbour, May 25.—The Vestal, 26, Cap
tail( Talbot ; the Daedalus, 20, Captain M'Quhte; the
Vulture, first-class steam frigate, Captain M'llougall ;
the Alligator troop ship, Master King; the Sapphire
troop ship, Master Commander Fittock; and the Min-
den, hospital and store ship.
The Espiegle, 12, Commander Thompson, sailed from
Amoy for Foochowfoo on the sth of April.
The Wolf, 46, Commander Gordon, sailed from Shan-
ghai for Chusan on the 30th of April.
The Wolverine, 16, Commander Clifford, arrived at
Shanghai from Amoy on the 20th of April.

The German journals relate numerous instances 01
the Christian humility of the new Pope. " His cook (sass
one of these journals) one day served for his dinner seven
different dishes. Pius IX. sent for him, and told him that
when cardinal he never had more than three, and that he
would not now change his habit. His Holiness has reduced
almost all the expenses of his household. Four thousand
Roman scudi, which were annually spent in rare plants, has
been cut off from the budget, and half of the horses of the
pontifical stables have been sold."
MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.—CHATHAM, JULY 21.
The undermentioned detachments of regiments serving. in
India were selected yesterday from the provisional battalion
by the officer commanding (Colonel Thomas Weare, K..H.),
for embarkation on the 31st instant, when the troops will
march to Gravesend, and embark on board the ship Bengal
Merchant, 503 tons, Captain Pearce Lowan, to proceed to
Bengal:—The 9th Foot furnishes 6 men, 32td
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total of 182 men. The following officers are under orders
to proceed with the above :—Ensign R. H. Travers, 10th
Foot; Ensign A. R. Mowbray, 29th Foot; Ensign H. F. H.
Parker and Ensign F. Cleave, 53d Regiment ; Ensign R. A.
Wood, 62d Regiment ; and Ensign H. N. Kippen, 98th Re
gimegt. There are two officers attached to the 51st King's
Own Light Infantry ordered to embark with these corps; their
names are not vet placed in the general orders. A detach-
ment of the Royal Sappers and Miners left the Artillery-
barracks at Brompton this morning, and proceeded by the
Rochester and Gravesend Railway, and embarked on board
one of the steam-boats for Woolwich. This day a detachment
of Sappers and Miners, to the number of 140, arrived from
1 oolwich, and joined the division at this garrison, for the
purpose of being instructed in the field works, under the coin-
mand of Lieut.-Colonel Sir F. Smith, K.H.
ELECTRO MAGNETISM AT LENGTH. APPLIED TO
RAILWATS.—The anticipated application of the power of
electro-magnetism applied to railway lc tomotion is beginning
to show itself in a practical for;:n, at least, whether prac-
ticable or not in the 12,resent instance. Taylor and
Condor's patent invent/Ai consists in " the application
of electro-magnetic poN4er to what is commonly known
by the name of the atmospheric system of railway propul-
sion, in order to '.:orinect the piston carriage of a train
with the drivinK -piston within the tube ;" and this is
done through Is series of electro-magnets of course
acting atttacti:vely on a parallel series of ar-
matures with, iron, in the interior of the tube,
and projecting through the slit; which, however, is
covered air-tight with " copper, brass. or some other sub-
stance not susceptible of the electro-magnetic influence,"
and, therefom, offers little or no obstacle to the electro-
magnetic indtvztion between the exterior magnets and the
interior armatsfares.— The Builder.