The Sun.
London, England, 1859-11-09 00:00:00

21LE 11.TAVI',

The Havannah, 19, Captain Thomas Harvey,
which arrived in Plymouth Sound on Monday
morning from Panama, as already reported in The
Sun, spoke September 11, lat. 4 S., long. 55 W.,
the American clipper Christopher Hall, for Cork,
and was eleven days in company with her ;
lat. 4 S., long. 26.65 W„ the barque Hope, from
London, 40 days out, with passengers. The Ha-
vannah experienced very heavy weather off Cape
Horn and in the latitude of the River Plate, and
for the last fortnight has had a succession of gales
from every quarter, but sustained no damage. She
was commissioned at Devonport in August, 1855,
and is after inspection to go up Hamoaze. Her
crew will be paid off at Plymouth.
A c mrt-martial assembled on Monday on board
her Majesty's ship Impregnable at Plymouth for
the trial of Lieut. Marcus Patrick Costello, of the
Diadem, 32, screw steamvessel, for having been
drunk on hoard between the hours of 9 and 10
o'clock in the forenoon of the 28th of October, and
incapable of performing his duty. The following,
composed the court :--Capt. It. S. Robinson, Wel-
lington, president; Capt. W. J. Williams, Royal
Adelaide ; Capt. E. W. Jerningham, Cambridge ;
Capt. W. H. Stewart, C. 8., Impregnable; and
Capt. Roderick Dew, Encounter. Capt. J. H.
Cockburn, of the Diadem, prosecuted. The prisoner
pleaded guilty to the charge, and in extenuation
said he attended a ball on shore on the night of the
27th of October, and attributed his being intoxi-
cated to this circumstance, and not having had rest
for the-night. He bad drunk but very little, but,
having received a sunstroke some time back, a small
quantity of liquor took effect on him. In reply to
the Court, the prosecutor said the prisoner was not
offensive, but, on the contrary, his demeanour was
quite respectful. The Court sentenced the prisoner
to be dismissed her Majesty's service.
Her Majesty's screw ship Tartar, 20, arrived at
Spithead yesterday morning from Halifax, from
which port she sailed on the 13th of October, in
company with the Devastation. Since the 17th of
October she has experienced very heavy gales from
the south-east to north-west. Oa the 18th she
carried away her bowsprit, with jibbooin and gear
attached, and sprang a leak, which has since kept
the men almost continuously at the pumps. From
the 17th to the 26th she had constant south-easterly
winds, with heavy gales and tremendous seas, shift-
ing occasionally without the slightest warning to the
N.W. Since the 26th the wind has been chiefly from
the westward, with a heavy sea on until well in the
Channel. From the continual working and strain-
ing of the ship consequent on the rough weather
during her passage home she is making a deal of
water. The last fortnight of the passage all hands
had been on short allowance. Captain Dunlop has
recently been appointed Commodore of the first
class at Jamaica. The Tartar has been upwards of
five years in commission, three of which she has
been on the North America and West India station,
and has been during the past summer actively en-
gaged on the Newfoundland fishery commission.
The following are the only officers remaining of the
original appointments to her :—Captain Dunlop,
Mr. Penfold, paymaster; Mr. Oakshott, engineer;
Mr. Fairbairn, assist.-surgeon ; and Mr. Haynes,
carpenter.
The Princess Royal, 91, screw, Capt. T. Baillie,
and the Queen, 86, screw, both steamed into Ports-
mouth harbour yesterday from Spithead.
The Vulcan, screw troopship, Commander Strode,
yesterday crossed her topsail yards, which have been
fitted with Cunningham's patent- topsails and reef-
ing gear.
The troopship Himalaya sailed from Kingstown
on Monday, for Portsmouth, nt 3.30 p.m., having
on board 800 men of the Royal Elthorne Militia.
She was delayed till 5.40 p.m. by her grounding in
the mouth of the harbour. She sustained little
injury.
The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty : Commander H. D. Selby, to the
Odin ; Lieut. H. C. Onslow,. to the Cernwallis ;
John Nihill, Surgeon-additional, to the Chesapeake;
Alfred King, Assist.-Surg., to the James Watt ;
William Yarde and Robert L. Bett, Acting Assist.-
Surg., to the Chesapeake ; Benjamin Harding,
Master's-Assist., to the Fawn ; Thomas H. Elliott,
Master's-Assist., to the Mutine ; Richard E. Deni-
son, third-class Assist.-Engineer, to the Wellington,
as supernumerary; John Peach, acting third class
Assist.-Engineer, to the Centaur ; J. K. Pierce,
Assist.-Paymaster, to the Mutine ; and Arthur
Hughes, clerk, to the Victory.