The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-01 00:00:00

COURTS MARTIAL IN THE NAVY.

On the order of the day for the House resolving itse
into a Committee of Supply,
Mr. WILLIAMS rose for the purpose of calling the
attention of the House to the manner in which courts
martial were constituted and conducted in the British
navy, and in doing so he said he was very unwilling to
detain the Speaker in the chair, but he considered him-
self called upon to entreat the House to condemn the
present management of courts martial in the navy.
Gentlemen connected with the navy stated that the ex-
isting laws inflicted the punishment of death for the most
trivial offences; and with the view of making those courts
more in accordance with the feelings of the time,
and with the present state of criminal law in this
country, he begged to call the attention of the House
to the law as it at present existed with regard to the
holding of courts•martial in the British navy. That
law, he contended, required a most extensive alteration.
The law with regard to holding, and the powers of,
courts-martial was to be found in the 22d Act of Geo. 11.,
passed 97 years ago. The law, since that time, had
undergone a material alteration with regard to holding
courts-martial in the army, and he thought it was high
time that so important a branch of the public service as
that of the navy should also receive a proper considera-
tion. The present law with regard to the holding of
courts-martial required five officers at least to be present
at a court, and of those it was requisite that three should
be post captains. Now it happened that if a ship were
out at a foreign station, and charges were brought
against the officer, three post captains could not be
found, and the consequence was that in many instances
el
the accused.
accused ,uas
Indeed,. many
justice
months wasoften
delayed
elapsed t oth
before t
his trial. One case of recent occurrence hadput ulapeeonn
lieutenantentl who had
h;ohtiecewo;isfconsequ
y di
been brought
put
underu nd er a
r hisre s t
from the performance of his duty; he was kept in a state
4014 utmost enxiety for a period of twenty-two months.
That gentleman was stationed at the coast of Africa.
Tne Right lion. Gentleman the Secretary of the Admi-
ralty, it appeared, denied the truth of the statement, but
he (Mr. Williams)ea able to t proveresp
eiott
abuyi
itthye.
I l e
couldtestimonyb of
bring
gentleman would
of b
the
highest g e s
many cases of a similar descrip-
tion, but he was not willing to trespass on the time of
the House. Now, if the same
withlaw prevailed in the navy
as that in the army,courts-martial, there needbreespct to
neounnect
In the army lieutenants were permitted toehses ft.tohrr3og
m, din
delays.of
mem-
bers of the courts, aril he submitted that the first
lieutenants in the navy were quite as capable of deter-
mining on the cases occurring in the navy as lieutenants
in the army were of judging upon cases occuring in that
department of the public service.--(Hear, hear.)
The Admiralty were bound in common justice
to have sent out a ship with an officer
for the purpose of forming a court-martial to determine
on the case of the gentleman to whom he had referred.
The present system was based on a most erroneous and
unjust principle, and it might be altered in the simplest-

manner possible, by qualifying firlit lieutenants to sit
upon cases that came before courts-martial, Tbey sYsri
quite es capable of discharging the duties of judges 0
young men of twenty-two who had purchased their
commissions. The Hon. Gentleman then quoted some
.aces in which great Injus:ice had been done to officers_
in the navy charged with non- ob:crvance of the rules of
the Admiralty, in consequence of the great delay which
took place in the holding of courts-martial.
Colonel FOX said he did not think it quite in order
for the Hon. Member to bring forward a subject which
occurred fourteen years ago without notice, and when
the Board of Admiralty had just entered into the per'
furmanee of their duties.
Admiral DUNDAS said that, if the Hon. Member
would move fur any papers with reference to the trans'
action, he would be happy to furnish them to the Heusei;
Mr. WILLIAMS said that lie was imputing blame to,. nu,
person whatever in the matter. He was merely stating Is°`'
which lie called upon the Government to disprove. The 11°T
Member then alluded to the case of another court-martial►
which had been held contrary to the rules of the Admiraltyt
upon Lieutenant Bridge ; the result of which was that the young
officer was dismissed from his ship in a manner which was per-
fectly illegal. All he wanted was, that there should be some
check upoa these proceedims, and that with reference to the
of courts-martial, the navy should be placed uponb
same footing as the army.
An HON. MEMBER. here moved that the House be counted.
Strangers were then ordered to withdraw. There were,
however, 40 Members present.
Upon our re-admission to the gallery, we found Aikr;
WI LLIA NIS on his legs, still addressing the House upond
subject of the navy. The Hon. Member then said that be "Ls
to apologise for trespassing so long on the attention of act
House. He would not have done so upon any other Obi"
than the present.
the
Mr. WARD was quite surprised to hear the speech 0f . f
Hon. Member. He had quoted the cases of two abuse' a(sl
authority, which occurred thirteen and seven years sgrl'uld
reasons why the whole system should be changed. He '11e: a
only say that the subject should receive the early considerstl°
of her Majesty's Government.
Captain BERKELEY said that the case referred to Or.
much worse than had been referred to by the Hon. Me„.°°,.eks,
The crew of the vessel had " kicked up a row" with t! e I°'
nd
and they were taken by the Turkish authorities. .11..
ed
brought to the Commodore's ship, where the case was intlgh
into by the captain in presence of the heutenant. gore '
Sir G. COCKBURN said that the statement of the
o $
Member—that there was no appeal from the sentence
court-martial—was incorrect. As to courts-martial not be 70
competent authorities, he admitted that they were o°t .
learned in the law as the barristers and judges of Westmiester
hall. They were courts of honour, as well as courts of laieb
There were a number of quirks, and catches, and flaws, 'tot
were taken advantage of in the one case, but were not allowe" 0
the other; and with reference to the case of Lieut. Bridge. it w,
proved that he had insulted the Vice-Consul, but upon bisulis-
turn home the Admiralty considered the case, re-instatedhe
to his position, and gave him the command of a gib.
Hon. Member was only incorrect in his statement that the `"to
miralty had set out a ship with a post-captain, in order, 0
complete the number necessary for a court-martial, for it „a
happened that there were enough captains on the station.;_, s'-on
as a proof there were enough, the captain of that ship station.;
to
sit upon the court-martial at all. He warned thew no
meddle with the discipline of the navy.—( Hear, hear.) is
Captain PECHELL reprobated the present ssteole
abe
pursued in the navy. When a court martial is heldbiDc
present time, the parties are sent far to the captain's 11.001
and the evidence is taken down by the clerk, but the se°,l
is not allowed to be present. Such was the course pursoe'lo,
the case which was alluded to by the Right lion. Gentle the
and it could not be denied but that it was the source 0
greatest hardship. der'
Sir CHARLES NAPIER said that he had alwar usiaiss
stood that there existed a great superiority in courts-war,- la
held in the navy to those in the army.—( Hear, hesil'i the
the one case the accused was kept in confinement co:l.tad
sentence was confirmed by the Commander-in-Chief'
whether the party was condemned or acquitted, he was ~°, sao
to remain in confinement until the sentence came bae"'rder
more than that, the Commander-in-Chief had a power too,,bss
that a revision of the sentence should take place. We',"ileart
a power was that to place in the hands of any person.--thesr.)
hear.) But such was not the case in the navy.—(Haar'
COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY.

The House then went into a Committee o 7 Supply of the
On the vote of 154,938!. for defraying the expense'
disembodied militia in Great Britain and Ireland, ever
Mr. HUME thought the militia should be put on $ tretlier,
footing or disbanded altogether, and wished to know W beroi
the Bill referred to some time ago by a Right Hon. Mein ais'
the late Government was to be proceeded with for the re''
tion of the militia, or what was to be done? •
Mr. FOX MAULE said that the present GovernirleVlll4
0
not intend to adopt that Bill, but the whole question 0810-plet°
inquired into, and steps taken to place the militit in a C°
state of
WlLLlAMSficiency. tile°
Mr. expressed a hope that something sr°
done to make the body efficient. 10°
Captain HARRIS said, that if the militia were not 'septet
in an effective condition by the present Government' In wbsC
Committee of the House should be appointed to ascertain
steps should be taken for that purpose.
The vote was then agreed to. neeS
80,800/. was voted to defray the superannuation &Howl--
of persons formerly employed in the public service. optS•
5,500/. was voted for the Toulonese and Corsican emig
The following votes were also agreed
nal for ths
1,850/. for the National Vaccine Institution, 3,C,•.• {the
Refuge for the Destitute, and 11,500/. for the subsistence
Polish refugees and distressed Spaniards. vari°
On the vote of 7,051/. for the purpose of defraying
small expenses chargeable upon the revenue of the Crow for
Mr. WILLIAMS objected to the grant of 401. charg". tipg
the purpose of granting gowns to a class of persons subsisber
on charity, and called bedemen. He wished to know ereits;pet
the charge was a permanent one, and if so he should ow
to it.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said thtwthi:
grant was formerly made by Charles the Second, and it for•
chargeable on the revenues of the Crown. The • sum was
_34
merly 1081., and it was now only 40/., so that it was op
decline.
Mr. HUME did not see why Charles 11. had a right to mstierna noynpd etrhpee tsuuaml gorfa nI
st
nHtehehdaudt
ygornar
ctoeda
Is oa
ntdh et
hDukeo
ve ofr
vnßiecep:
were afterwards obliged to buy it up fur 795,0001., gi g
revenue 0119,5001. to the Duke of Richmond.
The vote was then agreed to, as were also
The sum of 3,',72/., to defray the expenses of the
of lb;
Foundling Hospital ; 13,226!. to defray the expense:oes °
Hou.:e of Industry, Dublin ; 1,000/. to defray the exP ,
the Female Orphan House, Dublin. is° I/41'
2,500/ to defray the expenses of the Westo3ol
Hospital.
The following votes were next agreed to :-
1,000/. for the Lying-in Ho-pital, Dublin.
1,500/. for Dr. Stevens's Hospital, Dublin.
3,500/. for the Fever Hospital, Dublin.
5001. for the Hospital of Incurables, Dublin.
35,7301. for certain Protestant Di
(the regions donum). ssenting
'nted t°
3,4001. for the expenses of the Commission appal
digest the Criminal Statutes. d.
35,000/ for the execution of Public Works in 're--n
736/. for the expenses of the Shannon Commission' use
1,000!. for the rep t
airs of the British Ambassador s
Paris, h
After a few words from Mr. WILLIAMS
ug , "a°
the Ambassador was paid well enoh to pay for hi l „;,0
pairs. Ministers in Irelaed
pgbt
The following votes were then agreed to : Anible
12,0001. for completing the building of the British
DOS
sador's house at Constantinole. to
50,000/ to defray the expenses of steam navigation
by way of the Red Sea.
15,500/. to pay the militia and volunteers in Canads%t
3.)4,8011. to defray the ex enses of the comlllOsar'.
• ! • t
partment.
32,404'. for half-pay pensions in the commissar
partment. b•
partment. d er to
`"
The House then resumed, and the report was °r
brought up on Monday next.D IRE
JOINT-STOCK BANKS (SCOTLANe-n A
LAND) BILL. reed to,
The report on this Bill was brought up and 4,g BILL.
SPIRIT LICENSE AND DUTIES to be
This Bill went, through Committee. doted
ro
The House resomed, and the report Was
brought up on Monday. ILL.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS 14- Bill ssli,
On the motion of Sir GEORGE GREY, In' __tpittliedvi
read a second time, and the Bat• was ordered to be con! e
The Burial Service Bill (No. 2) was read a third time
passed. W. SONISIP
The following Bills were brought in. by Sir ,
rVeLILLa emveeroanllymorenaddayafirst time, and ordered to
:
Bill toEsCeOctlaotnnidndUtesi an Act to amend the laws relating to 9)°gl
Bill t
ocieties.
oo'
to continue the exemption of inhabitants of parishes' , few
ships, and villages, from liability to be rated as such, alibi
spect of stock in trade, or other property, to the relief
poor.
Bill to continue the Copyhold Commission.
Bill to continue certain Turnpike Acts. f high
Bill to continue an Act for authorising the application °
way rates to turnpike roads. at°
The other orders of the day were then disposed o 4
all
House adjourned at a Quarter to Twelve o'clock.

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CONSECRATION OF PADDINGTON CHDRCII. the ieff
day morning the Bishop of London consecrat‘Wvibe
church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, in the 1315„re, in f
Paddington. The church is an elegant struc'"ibe P—ar-
perpendicular gothic style of the period of flail"' eigbbne of
and is a great ornament to a rapidly improving:llo°,oi-
hood. It has been erected at a cost of 13,000 L, -b."-een n-
oflp-
nramtae
dm
beyn t
ti emro
Bishop Theto %
the ;n.
ep-
TIIE APPROACHING PARTRIDGE SEASON- to the eIII
counts in Surrey and Suss f rable 50°701
Susses are very twou erf
proaching partridge season. The broods are sect On
the wing, and the coveys are large, and the P`r 00 it re-
early hat vest will enable the sportsman to ente• 5 Wit
restrict
the Ist of S
, ptember without the usual rest:'
cJu.mAblielnese,yA„...l.A., has
spect to standing crops.

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26th of Jul at Whit It Hall, Goole, - bter•
Capta. ' •
11l Sir James Clark gi f a d9llg lb'
Ross, Royal Navy, 0f Dote r
On the 2-
4th of July, Mrs. James Johnston, °
lane, Lowe Oen/
r Thames-street. 111.
On the 27th of July, at the Grove, Camberwell, 3
Goss,of the
On, a daughter.ore,
the 28th' Russell-gl
of July, at Koppel-street,of
wife '• of Gillen, Pi ' -ISile'
_ c Pigott, Esq., of a son.
on the 28th of July, Mrs. E. Paulson, of Chancel
a daughter.
the
MARRIED• Fields, birvick,
On the 27th ult , at St. Martin's-in-the
R _.v. S. Rant:ey, Mr.. C. Webb, of Judd- street, Bruee_f the
s itcre, to Emily, eldest daughter of Mr. Isascsov, u
Regent's-park. Dr,, °
Ou the 21st of July, at Cambridge, the Rev. Jo hn
t 1;;,,, f
t oo
B Gibsor, .A., of Trinity College, Curate of Ham, S.,
Ann.], youngest daughter of the late Swann Harrell, I,'`s
Foxton, Cambridgeshire.
tiare,
On the 29th of July, at St. George's,
Henover-sy
oiee
Captain Sir Richard Grant, R.N., to Lydia' widow
of
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Lambert, Esq., of Fowlers, Hawkhurst, Kent.
DIED. tare,
On the 24th nit., at M Cavendish-en
argaret-street,
George Homer F
, ,sq.
0.1 the 28th •
ult., in Regent-street, T. Vick s, Esq. , liff,
On the 29th ult., Emily H • infant daughter or P-
George Winter, Hawley-road,
d esiVetinces,h.town.
Lucy
_ On the 29th ult., at drovoea-end-road, St. John's-Wood,
Amelia eldest daughter of J R Hall, Es q• .ll ti d 71.
On the 30th I.____..LLL
~ at Deptford, Mr. G. Pear age
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1, 1546.

At the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, in the
•
City of London, July 28, 1846.
AT a GENERAL MEETING of the SHARE-
or
,NOLDERS of the LONDON AND MANCi-
.`
INDEPENDENT RAILWAY COMPANY, duly convened
"-4443,°ertisementa in the " London Gazette," and in three London
•tiileWspapers, that is to say, the "Morning Herald," the
the fdee,n and • The Sun," and respectively published on Tuesday,
,C.`,l day ofJuly, instant, held here pursuant to the provisions of
;,` Of Parliament made and passed in the 9th and 10th years of
die Of her present Majesty, intituled "AR Act to facilitate the
tniti„."loll of certain Railway Companies," for the purpose of deter-
he ?hml deciding whether the said partnership •or company shall
ee t,s;?l,ved, or otherwise, and whether such resolution shall or shall
It ~,,-"xen to be an act of bankruptcy—
'3,le 1,7 Unanimously resolved, by the Shareholders present within
tsll`h,P.nt. the time fixed for the meeting.
Mr. Michael Thomas Bass, as one of the Shareholders of the
%la '°°tlnt'
nv be appointed Chairman of this meeting as such
rehold
er•
That,.4lBo unanimouslrsolved— •
messrs. Daniel Whittle Harvey, Thomas Pocock, and Archi-
!re hp,.d• three of the Shareholders of th Coman, be, and they
reit, „—„°l3Y appointed Scrutineers of this meis eting,p
to verily and take
several; Shareholders present and entitled to vote.
Tom Unanimously resolved—
It '`` the Company be dissolved.
Was resolved—
pr-rlitnruatpttheevresolution to dissolve this Company shall not be an act of
The s_ • •
urutineers reported as follows :
144 at the number of votes recorded is seven thousand three hun-
mand twenty-one, voted for this Company being dissolved ;
tesv,, at Six thousand' eight hundred and sixty-one voted that the.
Altion to dissolve this Company shall not be an act of bank-
"icy ; and
at four hundred and sixty voted that such resolution to dissolve
thi
I,Company shall be an act of bankruptcy.
th.nat in
consequence of the quorum of Shareholders prescribed
tined
f_,ed Ac
fort otPa'rthis day, esuch meetly not
ging pwas adjourned byresent voting at t
the Chairman to
LtESDAL NEXT, the fourth day of August, at eleven o'clock for twelve
'teisely, in the forenoon, to be held at the place above-mentioned.
M. T. BASS. Chairman.

LOUVAIN A LA SAMBRE RAILWAY.-
Direct to NAMUR and CHARLEROY.
NOTICE OF CALL.
krtv-ec is hereby given, that the Directors of this Company (lately
4411 '4 as the Louvain and Jemeppe Railway), made on the Ist of
N_last a further call of 2/. per share on each and every share in
tr‘leVertaking, payable in manner following, viz., 11. per share on
nAgs_o43r of July, and the remaining 11. per share on the 2d day of
1.1,11 r in this year.
eitu. Proprietors were required to pay the above instalments to
Drewett and Fowler, banker,, London, or the Societe
4,,„(7,, Brussels, the first moiety of 11. per share on or before the
3' of o' duly, and the remaining moiety of 11. per share on the 2d
Ij,rketober.
floc month after the above date, interest at the rate of 5
th,' ,I)cr annum is charged on all sums then remaining unpaid,
talk, uirectors beg further to apprise the Shareholders that the
vmll4efl during whih the said first instalment of 11. per share is
'so to be recceived, will be Monday, 3d August, 1846.
JOHN BARNES, President.
GEORGE DANCE, Secretary.
".....'l:!...!.Lieedle-street, July 31, 1846.
tikvr
lON to PERFUMERS, and OTHERS.
HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY.
-'•qe
ittr ssrs ROWLAND AND SONS, v. PENN.
'l)Biv it°WL AND and SONS, 20, Hatton Garden, London,
e notice, that they have lately adopted proceedings in the
' aou
,hay% rt,,,?1 Chancery against thi.s defendant and other parties.
sen(n"ained a perpetual injunction to restrain the defendants
firm liquid in bottles, having covers or labels,f being
or ii by ieelAles, or imitations, with colourable variations, o hose
alla "11. Rowland and Sons for the sale of their MACASSAR
ti:rom using any trade marks of the same description as those
,„'A Of ih'trn, and the defendants, in all cases, have had to pay the
thje3sr;:t'ult•
pbittesi and Sons have also adopted proceedings against
fires of fraudulent labels or wrappers, and have obtained the
'lilt
,tThl Which the same have been printed, together with the
Partiee to whom the same have been sold.
any ,s.. are, therefore, cautioned against selling or exposing
ifor
,I'l'44_ by
ororieoParations in wrappers or labels, being fraudulent im ta-
tht;;lttlen thd by marks, ass
and Sons, or containing any
and full eir trade marks, as proceedingswill be adopted agains
4:ell bottledamages and costs
enforced.
it ed mid _Of the genuine " Macassar Oil" is enclosed in an en-
-<!Asa ?Thamented wrapper, having the words " ROWLAND'S
''n• OIL" in Two lines, and their signatnrein RED INK, thus—
A. ROWLAND & SON.
ALEXii. ROWLAND.

40,,,.-
401!,t,EA.1171FYING THE SHOT
Goy
~ PLOure• EXTRACT ELDER
imp.,
th' "satttp--- ES is strang,ly recommended for softening.
6 and `'Yirig,and preserving the SKIN, and in giving and d tbarritin - • mast fragrant perfume
red e'Rhtf.." g appearance, being aft once a m it a b100m-
.,.. het. ..,_ '-u cosmetic. It will completely remove tan, sunburn,
!v"144 n. &e, and by its balsamic and healing qualities, render the
ery i.,_Pliatile, and free from dryness, scurf, &a., clear it from
:','}lori.4,°_'°ur, Pnaple, or eruption, and by continuing its use only
‘ze con:1";lae, the skin will becomo and continue soft and smooth, and
Stia ,•I',4•10o perfectly clear and beautiful.
4144444, Dottle, Dric, 2s. 9d., with dlrect,,,, 1-,..: 4.,,,,,
~,, it, by al
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