The Sun.
London, England, 1859-02-07 00:00:00

THE NAVY,

A court-martial assembled on board her Majesty's
ship Victory, 104, flagship of Admiral Sir George
F. Seymour, in Portsmouth harbour, on Saturday,
for the trial of Lieut. Henry Moore, of her Ma-
lesty's ship Cornwallis, and commanding her Ma-
jesty's gunboat Sandfly, tender to that vessel, on
charges preferred against him—firstly, "for having
on the 3d of January, in the Naval Barracks in
Sheernesg Dockyard, behaved in an unofficerlike
manner by striking Mr. Charles Ford, additional
boatswain of her Majesty's ship Cornwallis,
and doing duty on board her :Nlajesty's gunboat
Sandfly ;" and, secondly, " for being drunk on
shore on the same day.' The CoUrt consisted of
Captains Seymour, C.B. (Victory), president, Gor-
don (the Hannibal), Harris (the Britannia), Hew-
lett, C.B. (the EXcellent), and Hall (the Terma-
gant) ; Mr. W. J. Hillyer, Deputy Judge-Advocate
of the Fleet. The Court, after examining the wit-
nesses on the part of the prosecution, and hearing
the evidence adduced for the defence, found the
charge of drunkenness not proved, and fully ac-
quitted the prisoner thereon ; but with regard to
the other charge it was of opinion that the same
was proved ; yet, " entertaining•reasonable doubts
as to whether great provocation may not have been
given by the boatswain when in the wardroom, in
the said Naval_ Barracks, on the day in question,
when no one else was present, and takinn, into con-
sideration the previous high character sustained by
the prisoner, as shown by his certificates of service
produced, the Court, in respect of such first charge,
only sentences the prisoner to be severely repri-
manded."

Col. Greene, R.E., Lord Loraine, the Hon. Capt.
Drummond, RN., and Sir G. F. Seymour visited.
the gunboat sheds and slip way at Haslar on Sa-
turday, to witness the operation of removing one of
the gunboats from under the sheds, and, by means
of a cradle, tramway, and incline, launching it into
the water. The whole operation occupied 27
minutes. The previous experiment, on the 2d inst.
was effected in 38 minutes 40 seconds.
The Nankin, 50, Commodore the Hon. Keith
Stewart, came up the river on Saturday, towed by
the Lizard and Addar, from the Nore, to be dis-
mantled and paid off, after four years' service in
China. The Commodore struck his broad pen-
dant on his arrival at the Nore, according to the
custom of the service, being in the presence of
senior captains, after which the ship was minutely
inspected by Vice-Admiral Harvey, the Cora
mauder-in-Chief at Sheerness, who expressed his
approbation of the general order of the ship,
especially her practice and efficiency in gunnery,
stating that it was " the best firing he had seen for
many years." Two targets (casks) were soon sunk
at 900 and 400 yards respectively by the precision 2
of her fire ; and too much credit cannot be attached
to the captains of the guns, whose unerring aim
would have proved most fatal in areal engagement.
Her Majesty's steam transport Himalaya, Com-
mander John Seccombe, arrived at Spithead. on
Saturday morning, from Malta, Gibraltar, and

Tangier: She would have arrived at Spithead on
Friday evening, but in coming up the West Channel
she torched tire ground on the Peelbank, it being
nearly low water at the time ; she came off a„ tin
in about two hours. without sustaining the slightest
injury. The weather was exceedingly thick at the
time, raining heavily, and blowing hard from S.W.
On coming off the ground, Captain Seccombe
anchored his ves3el at the Motherbank for the
&ght, getting under way again the next morning
for Spithead. The Himalaya's dates are—sailed
from Malta at 2 p.m. on the 24th of January,
arrived at Gibraltar on the 2Sth, at 8 a.m.; sailed
from Gibraltar for Tangier at 2 p.m. on the 29th,
and arrived there at 5 p.m. the same day. The next
morning embarked the presents of horses and wild
animals sent from the Emperor of •Morocco to her
Majesty, consisting- of one lion, one leopard, six
ostriches, one gazelle, six horses; two mares, and an
animal called by the Moorish attendants " ire: y,"
but which in ap;:earance much resembles the moun-
tain sheep of California; known by the trapper
name of " bighorn." The horses and animals have
come to England in charge of four Mdors, who form
•no slight attraction, dressed in their Moorish
co,turne. The somewhat unusual spectacle of a" lion
hunt" took place on board on the 2d inst. One of
the Moors was eng.:gcd in feeding the lion through
a door which opened for that purpose in a part
of his cage or dui, when, with a sudden Spring,
the an itnal dashed through the opening on to the
strainer's main deck. w:iich, iS may be ima-
gined, was soon " cleared." The hatchways were at
once elo2cd, and measures promptly taken' by Com-
mander Seccombe to secure the animal •as speedily
as possible. For this purpose the commandtr, with
the senior lieutenant, boatswain, sergeant of
Marines, and two men, &Tended to the main deck,
taking with them the end of a stout line; this was
riven through a ringbolt in the deck, and a run-
ning noose formed with the end. After some con-
siderable manceuvring the noose was thrown over
the lion's head, the word given to the hands on
deck, who ran away with the other end of the line,
and the lion was pinned down to the ringbolt in
the deck. His legs were immediately secured, and
he was dragged back to his den in safety. The
animals will be landed at the sheer jetty, Ports-
mouth Dockyard, this morning.. The military in-
valids were-disembarked on Saturday and conveyed
to the Military Hospital.. The following passengers
have come home by her :.L-From Malta : Captain
Tottenham, Rifle Brigade; Mr. M‘Dougal, *thirty-
military invalids, and one distressed British sub-
ject. 'From Gibraltar: Major-General Savage,
RE., wife,-and seven children, one man-servant
and three children, and four female servants ; Col.
Wynyard, wife, three children, and two female
servants; Lieut. Hall; 2d battalion 6th Regiment;
Lieut. Merritt, Mr. and Mrs. Moore, Mr. Cabbage,
Mr. Dispenser Jepper, 'Mrs. Cabbage,ell, child, and
servant ; Mrs. Aldridge, Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. Good-
riche and child, Mr. Bolltam, Mr. Godwin, Bar-
rack-Sergeant Merritt and wife, two—sergeants'
wives, Mrs. Wiblin, Dr. Williams's female servant,
and one private 2d battalion 7th Fusilcers. The
Saturday at
Himalaya. steamed
rbat:ja:lticid,-; into -Portsmouth harbour on
high water andruialle fast alongside
Pullen, sailed. Her ..latestv's steamer Dee, Master-Commander
Her Majesty's
from Portsmouth to Devonport on
Saturday-.
screw steam-frigate'Termagant, ~
li, fitting.
has received orders
25, Capt. Robert s out_ at .Portsmouth,
to
_complete for sea with all ..
dell:it:lY a*.i es' ta-' sletr: eio's,,,t_r t,,,;:). sport Perseverance
Co7u&tntkr C.- .
Portsmouth, with troe.
one sergeant 2
of Saturday, with the additionuoTfni
11,3,.ai r,,,cd. yesterday from
Musketry to join
rated in The Sun
aeut. Terry, 25th
dn'hiaooahonf., •
Foot; one sergeant instructor of
911 battalion -15th Foot ;
21 days'
2d Foot ; and Lieut. Wiles, embarked i
Lieut. Packe. Capt. Millett was left behind smick°
The Northumberland fishermen enrolled as Naval: •
Coastguard Volunteers are undergoing 21
drill. aboard the Spanker gunboat,
har-
bow% They are a fipe.stout•body of young fellows
and are making satisfactory progress.
. The Wasp, 13 guns, screw steam sloop,
.Com.
mander F. H. Stirling, from the south east coast of
America, arrived at the -Little:_Nore on Saturday
last, where she was inspected by the Commander-
in-Chief.. She afterwards came into harbour, and
was Moored at the. doCking basin buoy, preparatory
to her stores being returned and paid. O.
The Swallow, 9 guns, screw steam sloop, Com-
mander Charles L. -Waddilove, arrived at Sheerness
yesterday, from the Mediterranean, to be paid off.
The screw steamship James Watt, 91, at Devon-
port, has her topmasts on end, and is ready to be
docked.

The screw steam sloop Racer, 12, Commander the

Hon. T. A. Pakenham, was unlocked at Plymouth
_
on Fride.y.‘. ,
Captain Sernin ftham, of the gunnery ship Cam-
brigde, mustered° and inspected' the crew of the
paddlewheel steam sloop Heela, 5, Commander
Elphinstone Aplin, on Friday morning in Plymouth
Sound. .After discharging powder she steamed into
Hamm ze.

The ichool ship Conway, in charge of Mr. Paul,
Assistant-Master at Devonport Dockyard, and in
tow of the steamship Virago, Commander Dunn, left
Plymouth on Saturday morning for Liverpool.
The screw steamship Curagoa, 31, Captain Thos.
H. Mason, which left Spithead on Thursday even-
ing, and came in contact, on Friday afternoon, off
Duristone Point, as stated in The Sun of Saturday,
entered Plymouth Sound on Saturday morning, with
loss of bowsprit, and with topgallantmast and fore-
topmast struck. She received orders to " bank up"
her fires so as to steam into Hamoaze, and be
docked yesterday, preparatory to the embarkation
of Lord Lyons and suite.

The screw steam sloop Gannet, 11, Commander
E. 11. S. Lambert, was put in dock at Keyham on
Friday, and undockcd on Saturday-.
An increase of artificers and labourers for the
yard and factories at Sheerness is ordered to take
place forthwith. Great activity prevails in all
departments of the yard.
Mr. George Arnold, a clerk in the Military Store
Department of Woolwich Arsenal, has been ap-
pointed Sub-Inspector of Military Stores at the
India Council Department in Leadenhall-street, at
a salary of £350 per annum.