The Sun.
London, England, 1834-09-08 00:00:00

THE BODY

Borne by eight seamen.
On the pall were placed the naval hat and sword of the deceased.
Pall bearers—The senior Captain of a British corvette. The Bri-
tish Consul. The American Commodore. Commodore Taylor.
Commander of H.I.M. frigate Principe Iniperiale. Mr. l'ex,
the British Minister, and the French Rear-Admiral, Baron Le
Freyte.

Lieut. Seymour, as chief mourner.
Principal officers of the British men-of-war.
Brazilian Authorities.
Diplomatic Corps.
Foreign Consuls.
British Merchants—four abreast.
Warrant and Petty Officers.
" The ceremony was closed with three rounds of musketry from
two companies of Marines.
" In consequence of the death of Sir M. Seymour, the command
of the British naval force devolves on Capt. Robt. Tait."

COURT MARTIAL on LORD JOHN HAY, the
OFFICERS AND CREW
OF HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP CASTOR.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.
PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 6.
The court-martial on Captain Lord John Hay, the officers,
and crew of the Castor, for running down the revenue cutter
Carneleon, off Dover, was opened to-day, on board the guard-
ship San Josef, in Hamoaze. The s;gnal gun was fired at
eight A. M., and the Jack hoisted at the peak-end, and at nine
the Court assembled ; it consisted of Captain Superintendent
Ross, President ; Captains Falcon, Sir Wm. Montague,
Lockyer, and Fennel.
One of the Reporters for the Press, in the name of those
who attended, requested permission of the President to take
notes of the evidence ; this was readily granted " with the
usual restrictions," which is understood to imply that the
minutes of evidence were not to be made public until the trial
is over. _ _

In consequence of a letter of Lord John Hay's to the Ad-
miralty, dispatched immediately after the accident had occurred,
their Lordships had directed the Court to be held, in a letter
addressed to Captain Superintendent Ross.
The four survivors of the crew of the Canzeleon, viz., Wm.
Gibbon, gunner ; Thomas Newman, mariner ; George Drew,
a lad of 16 years, and Charles Yates, aged 15, with George
Lamerton, the chief boatswain on the Coast Guard Station,
Townshend Batteries, Dover, were examined on the part of
prosecution, after which the Court was cleared.
On re-admission Lord John Hay was called upon for his
defence, upon which a question arose, and the Court was again
cleared. On resuming Lord John addressed the Court, which
consented to receive evidence from any of the officers or crew
of the Castor, exclusive of the following (who were on the
watch at the time of the accident, and were named by Lord
John as willing to take upon themselves the responsibility of
defending the conduct of the officers and crew of the Castor,
on the deplorable occasion that had given rise to the present
inquiry), viz., James M'Cleverty, 3d Lieutenant, officer of the
watch ; Alexander Weare, master ; Robert Hopkins, midship-
man of the watch ; Thomas Carmichael, signal midshipman ;
and Joseph Hopkins, yeoman of the signals.
It was intimated by the Court to Lord John, that in con-
senting to this the Court was not to be considered as making
any pledge, but they saw no probability of Lord John being
deprived of the advantage of calling all or any of the officers.
Lord John then applied for an adjournment till Monday,
which was assented to, and the Court broke up about half-
past three.