The Sun.
London, England, 1859-01-14 00:00:00

THE NAVY.

The Shannon, M, screw, Captain Francis Marten,
has stripped to the stumps, under the shears of
Portsmouth Dockyard, and has nearly completed
returning the whole of her rigging, fittings, and
stores, preparatory to paying off to-morrow, after
which she will be placed in dock, to repair defects,
and in all probability will be re-commissioned in
the spring. _ _ .

Three hundred and fifty of the men belonging to
the Naval Brigade, who so highly distinguished
themselves at Lucknow, will be presented gratuit-
ously by Messrs. Graves and Co., with an engraving
of the likeness of their late lamented captain, Sir
William Peel. This generous conduct on the part
of the above eminent engravers cannot be too highly
commended.

The paddlewheel steam frigate Leopard, 18, Capt.
James Wainwright, reported in The Sun of yester-
day as having arrived from Port Royal, was com-
missioned at Plymouth 28th of April, 1857. ' She
has been principally occupied on the West India.
station, from which she was called off to assist the:
Agamemnon and Niagara in laying the Atlantic
cable. Considerable sickness has been experienced
by her crew, who have incurred three attacks oC
yellow fever. In April, 1858, at Belize, she lost four
officers and three men. In August, at Greytown,
there were 100 in sick bay, with two deaths, and in
November at Greytown 105 cases, with four deaths.
Altogether in 13 months she lost 20 men and four
officers—viz., Mr. Cole, clerk ; Mr. Everard and Mr.
Bay field, midshipmen ; and Mr. Smirke, cadet. The
crew is now healthy. The ship is very defective,
and will go up Hamoaze, Plymouth, for repair.
The Imaum, 72, was at Port Royal Dec. 9.
A court-martial took place on board her Majesty's
flag-ship Victory, in Portsmouth harbour, yester-
day, to try Mr. Henry Gardiner, an assistant third
class engineer, belonging to her Majesty's screw
frigate Shannon, of 51 guns. The Court was
composed of Rear-Admiral/ Superintendent the
Hon. George Grey, of her. Majesty's dockyard, Ports-
mouth, President; Captains George Henry Sey-
mour, her Majesty's ship Victory ; , George T. Gor-
don, her Majesty's ship Hannibal; and Superinten-
dent of the .Steam Reserve •, Robert Harris, her
Majesty's ship Britannia, naval cadet training ship ;
Thomas H. Mason, her Majesty's ship Curacoa ;
Robert S. Hewlett, C. 8., her Majesty's ship Excel-
lent ; and Mr. Wm. H. Hellyer, Deputy Judge
Advocate of her Majesty's Fleet. The charge was
read against the prisoner to the effect that he had
taken from a messmate, Mr. B9ne, a gold watch,
and had pledged the same at Calcutta in the name
of Brown, a messmate ; that he had also taken a
gold seal for the like purpose. After the evidence
of the witnesses had been taken, and the prisoner
asked by the President if he had any defence to
make, the court was cleared, and on being reopened
the finding was read by the Deputy Judge Advo-
cate—That the Court did not consiner the first
charge to be proved ; that the Court did find the
second charge proved as to the gold seal,, and sen-
tenced the prisoner to be dismissed her Majesty's
service. ,He was dismissed accordingly-.
Mr. John Penn, late master of her Majesty's
flagship Victory, at Portsmouth, has retired from
active service on board that ship, having served. so
much time in her Majesty's service as to give him
13s. a day. He is succeeded by Mr. Parker.
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :-
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Lieutenants—Anthony Wing, to the Hannibal ; 'l3
Teller, to the Argus ; C. G. S.Stanley to the Perseverance ;
A. 0. Sutton to the Russells H. B. Burnaby to the,St.
Vincent.