The Sun.
London, England, 1859-02-25 00:00:00

THE NAVY.

A court-martial was held on board the Royal
Albert at Berehaven on Friday, the 18th inst., for
the trial of Lieut. A. Helby and the officers and
crew of her Majesty's late brig Wizard for the loss
of that vessel on the Roancarrig Rocks in a heavy
squall of wind and rain on the night of the Bth
inst. The court consisted of Rear-Admiral Sir C.
Fremantle, K.C.8., commanding the Channel squa-
dron ; Capts. Forbes, of the Renown ; Ommanney,
of the Brunswick; Houstoun, of the Orion, Willcox,
C. 8., of the Victor Emmanuel; Paynter, of the
Racoon ; and Price, of the Royal Albert. Mr. C.
Pritchard, secretary, officiated as judge-advocate.
Lieut. Helby was assisted by Mr. K. L. Suther-
land, paymaster of the flagship. After a lengthened
trial the court sentenced Lieut. Helby to be admo-
nished for error of judgment, by putting the helm
to port on a cry from the lookout-man from for-
ward, saying "Port, port ; hard a-port," instead of
keeping it to starboard, as he had already ordered
it to be done. The rest of the officers and men were
fully acquitted. The President of the Court, on re-
turning Lieut. Helby his sword, said -he had much
pleasure in doing so, and that he left that court
without any stain on his character as an officer or
seaman.

Her Majesty's screw steam transport Himalaya,
Capt. J. Seccombe, embarked at Portsmouth, on
Wednesday, the 2d battalion, 13th Foot, previously
enumerated in The Suva—excepting that Paymaster
Brown embarked in lieu of H. L. Carter, and Capt.
Cobbe and Lieut. J. C. Conington,who did not join.
The Himalaya shipped a mail yesterday morning,
and sailed at 1 p.m. for the Cape of Good Hope.
Commodore Drummond having forwarded a re-
quisition to the Board of Admiralty for an increase
of labourers in Woolwich Dockyard, 35 extra
hands were taken on yesterday, and an additional
20 are to be engaged to-day.
The following ships were yesterday taken up by
the War Department as store transports,—namely,
the N3reid, for Sierra Leone ; the Lady Shelburne,
for Colombo ; the New Great Britain, for Algoa
Bay ; and the Koh-i-noor, for Bermuda.
Her Majesty's screw steam frigate Termaf ant,
25, Capt. It. Hall, which was placed in No. 7 Dock
at Portsmouth, on Wednesday, to stop a small leak
in the vicinity of her stern-post, and remove the
impediment which prevented the proper shipping
of her screw, had a portion of her inner stern-post
stripped, caulked, and recoppered. A piece of iron
bolt was found in the " seat" of, her screw frame.
She was removed out of -dock yesterday at high
water and steamed out to Spithead, where she will
take in her powder and shell, and afterwards be in-
spected by Admiral Sir G. F. Seymour, prior to her
crew being paid their advance and the ship sailing
for her destination—West Coast of Africa.

The Bullfinch screw steam gunboat yesterday
made a trial at the measured mile in Stokes Bay of
Philps's propeller, which, comparatively speaking,
is at present a failure, as compared with the corn-
mon screw.

The Fire Queen paddlewheel steamer was yes-
terday taken into No. .7 dock at Portsmouth to stop
a leak in her bow.

The new naval cadet training ship at Portsmouth
(the Britannia, Capt. R. Harris) was yesterday
officially inspected by Admiral Sir G. F. Seymour,
K.C.8., G.C.H., whose term of command at Ports-
mouth expires on the 28th inst. At the close of the
inspection, and on the gallant admiral leaving the
ship, he cordially shook hands with Capt. Harris
and his officers, expressing his entire satisfaction
with everything he had witnessed. Then, turning
to the cadets, and wishing them " good bye," he said
that he trusted that while they were in the Bri-
tannia they would continue to deserve the same
good accounts which he had always received about
them while they were in the Illustrious.

DR. BUNTING'S NEW SYSTEM OF HORSE-BREAK-
ING.-Dr. Bunting had the honour of appearing before her
Majesty, the Prince Consort, and the members of the royal
family, by command, on Thursday, the 17th inst., for the
purpose of displaying his new method of subduing- horses.
The exhibition took place at the riding-school, Bucking-
ham Palace, under the superintendence of Mr. Meyer.
One of the royal carriage horses was first put into the
break, 'and her Majesty and,his Royal Highness expressed
their entire satisfaction of the' simplicity of the construction
of the machine, as well as of its great utility. A horse be-
longing to Colonel Mountjoy Martyh, 2d Life Guards, on
which every previous effort to tame had proved unavailing,
was then exhildited, when Dr. Bunting, without the use of
straps, induced the animal to lie down, get up, follow him,
curve, pivot, and stand on a sort of platform. This exhibi-
tion elicited the warm approval of the royal party, and the
horse is now, we understand, rendered so perfectly tractable
as to be ridden with the greatest ease. The doctor
operated upon one, of the royal ponies belonging to
her Majesty, without the assistance of the break, with
which - her Majesty - and the Prince also expressed
their great satisfaction. Many of the nobility and
others interestea in the management of horses have_ since
witnessed the advantages to be derived from the use of Dr.
Bu.nting's invention, at Mr. East's stables, White Horse-
street, Piccadilly, and from the simplicity and inexpensive
nature of the machine it will no doubt be generally adopted.
By its use, the breaking and bitting of colts and other
horses, which have hitherto been a work of time, and
attended with considerable expense, may be performed in a
few-days, and at trifling cost, with the certainty of the most
vicioustractable, withkint the adoptionof either violence or punish-
ment. animal .
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Bunting, rendered perfectly and permanently
who has recently arrived from Mofi-
treal, will shortly take his departure to exhibit his inven-
tion to the Crowned Heads of Europe.