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

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY.—A court-martial, comprising
R;_mr-Adtriral Hyde Parker, president; Captains—
Paseo, of the Victory; Sir B. W. Walker, of the Con
stince; George Eliot, 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, 411 r. 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 iwt
seen again until the 22d of June, as the Dasher was
going out of Portsmouth harbour, when the prisoner
was seen in a waterman'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 in
the chart-room of the Dasher from half-past seven in the
mcrning 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 ba'l 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 nut exhibited to
the satisfaelion of the Court.

The Court, af''r due deliberation, agreed that the
charge had been fully proved, and adjudged the prisoner
to b.i dismissed from her Majesty's service, and to be
mulcted, or to forfeit all the pay or wages due toihirn for
his services done in the Royal Navy. Mr. Sanderson is
only 19.

The royal yachts did not start to-d:ty for Liverpool,
as was expmed, the weather being foul, and the health
of Laird Adolphus Fitaclarence not being sufficiently
good to admit of his putting to sea.
The Comet steam vessel, Commander Pretyman, lest
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 Rear-Ad-
miral Dacres, the Sappho, 16, Commander Gambier, the
Mutine, 12, Commander Crawford, and a prize of hers,
in charge of Lieutenant Purneaux, were in Simon's Bay,
Cape of Good [lope, on the 14th of May.
THE CHINA SQUADRON.
In Victoria Harbour, May 25.—The Vestal, 26, Cap-
tain ir,dhot ; the Dmltlus, 20, Captain M-Quhas; the
Vulture, first-class steam frig ite, Captain M‘Dolig,,ll;
the Alligator troop ship, Master King; tho Sapphire
Amoy
reom,nro,oipiyi
eisohrEs:i
;pip;
Fai CommanderelolNgoelleacehs,atolews2rt,feocroeoo:rit Fittock; and the Min-
nedsetrh TefhoAmpprsilo.n, sailed from
The Wolf, 46, Commander Gordon, sailed from Shan-
ghai for Chusan on the 30th of April.
The Wolverine, 16, Commander Clifford, arrived at
Shanghai frum Amoy on the 20th of April.

The German journals relate numerous instances of
the Christian humility of the new Pope. "His cook (says
one of these journals) one day served for his dinner seven
different dishes. Pins IX. sent for him, and told him that
when cardinul he never had more than
.three, and that he
awlrnouolsdt all the
notnowchange
expenses
of hishishab household.it.Hiso Fourliness ii
thousandasreduced
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."
irIILITARY INTELLIGENCE.--CHATHAM, JULY 21.
The undermentioned detachments of regiments serving in
India were selected yesterday from the provisional battalion
by the officer commanding (Colonel Thames Weare,
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 Lowse to proceed to
Bengal:—The 9th Foot furnishfs 6 men, 32d Regiment 29
omen, 50th Regiment 21 men, 53d Regiment 51 men, G2d •
Regiment 58 men, and 98th Regiment 18 men, making a
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. 11.
Parker and Ensign F. Cleave, 53d Regiment; Ensign IL A.
Wood, 62d Regiment ; and Ensign 11. N. Kippen, 98th Re
gimerit. There are two officers attached to the 51st King's
Own Light Infantry ordered to embark with these corps • their
names are not yet placed in the general orders. A detach-
ment of the Royal Suppers and Miners left the Artillery-
barracks at Brompton this mornintr., anti proceeded by the
Rochester and Gravesend arid embarked on hoard
one of the steam-bouts for ‘Voi.lwieli. This thy a deraehment
of Sappers and Ainers, to tin' rnuwier I,IC, arrived trom
%)roolwich, and joined the division at this garrison, fur the
purpose of being instructed in the field works, under theC9lll-
mand of Lieut.-Colonel Sir F. Smith, K.H.