The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-18 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

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WOOLIA7CII, AUG. 17.—The following circulars higYe
been issu3d for the guidance of officers of the Royal Nai:Y ;"-`

" MEMORANDUM.
"Admiralty, July 21, 1846:
" Initanca.s having been brought to the notice of my Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty in which salt meat issued to
the crews of her Majesty's ships, in warm climates, has from
its inferiority or other causes, lost more than half its weight.
by boiling, it is their Lordships' direction, that when the salt
meat supplied to any of her Majesty'S ships shall prove to
have lost more than half its 'weight in boiling, the captain
or commander of such ship shall, on satisfying himself of
the correctness of the fact, authorise the paymaster and purser
to issue to the ship's company an additional portion of raw
salt meat, equal to half the original u.llowance.
" By command of their Lordships,
"IL G. WARD.
" To all Captains and Commanders, Pay masters,
and Pursers of her Majesty's ships and ves&.‘ds."
" Admiralty, Aug. 7, 1846.

" MEMORANDUM.
" With a view to encourage boys to continue in he Ma-
jesty's service, nay Lords Commissioners of the Admir:lty
are pleased to direct that when any of her Majesty's ve3sei.s
shall have entered and completed the full complement as-
signed to her, and shall have been mustered and inspected
before sailing, the captain or commander of such ship shall
not make any fresh entry of men, but shall fill up all vacan-
cies that may occur in his ship's company by bringing for-
ward the most meritorious and serviceable first-class boys to
the ratings of men, and promoting second-class boys to the
first class, if eligible.
" Fresh entries of boys only are to be permitted. This
rule is never to be departed from except under special cir-
cumstances, which are to be reported to the commanders-in-
chief either at home or abroad, whose previous sanction is to
be obtained when circumstances will permit.
(Signed) " 11. G. WARD-
" To all Flag Officers, Commanders-in-Chief,
Captains, and Commanding Officers, of her Ma-
jesty's ships and vessels."

THE ARMY.
COURT-MARTIAL OF MAJOR DEANE.
The following is the finding of the court-martial on Major
Deane, which lately sat at the Royal Barracks, to hear a list
of 18 charges preferred against that officer by Mr. John
M'Court, late of the Royals, who was himself dismissed the
service on charges preferred against him by the Gallant
Major. The charges of which Major Deane has been pro-
nounced guilty are trivial, while all the rest are, in as
opinion of the Court, " most vexatious, harassing, and vin-
dictive :"

(Cons.)
"' The Court is of opinion that he is guilty of the first
additional charge. The Court is of opinion that he is guilty
of the second additional charge.
" The Court-martial adjudges, that the prisoner, Major
Charles Deane, li.H., of the Ist battalion of the let, or
Royal Regiment, be reprimanded, at such time and in
such manner as his Grace the Commander-in-Chief may direct.
" The Court begs respectfully to state, that in passing
this sentence, intended to be the mildest in its power to ad-
judge, it did not take into consideration the third and first
and second additional charges, inasmuch as these charges had
been previously inquired into, and disposed of by competent
authority.
" "Phe Court cannot separate without expressing its de-
cided opinion, that during the entire investigation of an accu-
mulation of charges, most vexatious, harassing, and vindic-
tive, not a particle of evidence has been elicited reflecting in
the slightest degree upon the honour and purity of Major
Deane's motives, and that the honourable testimonials, both
oral and written, brought forward by Major Deane, as to
his zealous, active, and gallant services, as an officer, and
to his high bearing as a gentleman, have not in the slight-
est degree been impaired or affected by the result of these
proceedings.'
" I have his Grace the Commander-in-Chief's directions
to acquaint you that her Majesty was pleased to approve and
confirm the finding and sentence of the Court.
" J. MACDONALD, Adjutant. General."
Major Deane has resumed the command of the Royal
depOt in the Pigeon-house Fort.