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THE NAVY.

A court-martial was held on board her Majesty's
ship Victory, in Portsmouth harbour, yesterday, to
try Mr.' Charles Ford, boatswain, third class, addi,
tional to ber Majesty's ship Cornwallis, at Sheer-
ness, but doing duty in the Sandfly gunboat, on the
charge " of having on the 3d inst., in the naval
barracks at Sheerness Dockyard, at the quarters
occupied by Lieut. H. Moore, Commander of the
Sandfly, behaved towards the said Lieut. H. Moore
in a violent and mutinous manner, using foul and
insulting language, and refusing to leave the quar-
ters of that officer when requested by him to do so."
The Court was presided over by Rear-Admiral the
Hon. George Grey, and, after hearing the evidence
for the -prosecution and defence, found the charge
not proved.
Her Majesty's screwline-of-battle ship Sanspareil,
70, Capt. R. Maguire, arrived yesterday morning
at Spithead from the East India and China station.
She left Hong Kong Sept. 26, Singapore Oct. 17,
Anjer Oct. 26, Cape of Good Hope Dec. 5, St.
Helena -Dec..lB, and Ascension Dec. 26. The fol-
lowing invalids and passengers have arrived in her :
--From Hong- Kong, Capt. Slight, R.N. Lieuts.
Foster and Grubbe, Rev. C. J. Armistead ' • Chief
Engineers Green, -Lamont, and Pitt ; Lieut. de Vir-
gine, Swedish Navy; Assistant-Paymaster Good-
man, several assistant- engineers, warramt officers,
together with prisoners, and 70invalids. From Sin-
a pore, Master Commander. Richards, Messrs. Ins-
lap, Hill, Noble, Christian, and Covery, and the
crew of her Majesty's surveying ship Saracen, paid
off at Singapore. From Simon's Bay, Commander
Bedingfield, lately attached to Dr. Livingstone's
expedition. From Ascension, four invalids and child.
Eleven deaths occurred during the homeward pas-
sage. The Sanspareil experienced light and baffling
winds from the Cape to the Azores, and thence to
Spithead strong westerly breezes. This latter part
of the passage was performed in little more than
six days. The
.Sanspareil left England for China
in March, 1857, under the command of Captain A.
C. Key, C. 8., taking with her a battalion of Marines,
commanded by Lieut.-Colonel Lemon. On the out-
break of the Indian mutiny being known at Hong
Kong, the Sanspareil was despatched to Calcutta,
where, at the request of the Governor-General, she
remained for the defence of the city during the
months of September and October, her Marines
during this time forming part of the garrison of
Fort William. Having returned to China, her
officers and crew formed a portion of the Naval
Brigade, whose services, when commanded by Capt.
Key at the storming of Canton and capture of Yeh,
are now matters of history. Captain Key's health
having suffered severely from exposure to the
Indian and Chinese climates, he was compelled to
invalid in April, 1858, when Commander Slight re-
ceived an acting order as captain of the Sanspareil.
While under his command the ship's company were
employed in garrisoning the forts of the Canton
river, as well as proceeding in July again to form a
brigade at Canton, and being a large portion of the
force which attacked and destroyed the city of
Nantow in August. Commander Slight was pro-
moted in September by Admiral Seymour to the
vacancy occasioned by the death of Captain Sir W.
Peel, having been superseded at the end of the
preceding month by Captain Rochfort Maguire.
The ship is ordered to leave immediately for Ply-
mouth.

Her Majesty's steam-transport Urgent, Com-
mander J. W. D. M'Donald, arrived at Portsmouth
from Waterford yesterday. She has on board the
Tipperary Militia Artillery, consisting of two field
batteries, four captains, 13 subalterns, five staff, 31
sergeants, 11 trumpeters, 592 rank and file. The
troops will land this morning at the jetty, Ports-
mouth Dockyard, and march into quarters at the
forts of Browndon, Monckton, Blockhouse, and
Haslar barracks.

Rear-Admiral James Hope, C. 8., hoisted his
flag, blue at the mizen, on board the receiving
ship Fisgard at Woolwich on Thursday last, on
his appointment to succeed Rear-Admiral Sir
Michael Seymour, K. C. 8., Commander-in-
Chief in the East Indies and China, about to retire
on sick leave.

The screw steam sloop Racer, 11, 'Commander the
Hon. T. A. Pakenham, which arrived at Plymouth
on Thursday, is ordered to prepare for foreign ser-
vice immediately.
The screw steamship James Watt, 91, is to be
masted forthwith, at Devonport, and got ready for
the pendant ; it is expected that this will require
14 days. All the riggers and the men of the steam
reserve are to be put on her.
The screw steam sloop Gannet, 11, has been
masted in Devonport, and is placed alongside the
dockyard, to be fitted with all despatch.
The paddlewheel steam sloop Argus, 6, arrived
at Plymouth on Thursday.
On the arrival of the Nankin, 90, Commodore the
Hon. Keith Stewart, from the East Indies, she is
to proceed to Portsmouth.
The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—Lieut. F. H. Hastings, to the
Exmouth; Lieut. C. R. Gayer, to the Gannet; S.
Winnicott, master, to the Gannet ; J. Waye, mas-
ter, additional, to the Exmouth ; J. A. Miller, sur-
geon, to the Diadem ; Thos. T. Wise, paymaster, to
the Termagant ; F. P. Lyne, clerk, to the Gannet ;
W. S. Whittaker, clerk, to the Termagant; and H.
T. Seale, assistant clerk, to the Termagant.

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ADEN, Jan. B.—There is little of intefegt to-eoM-
municate from this quarter. Mr. H. Gisborne, of
the Red Sea Telegraph Company, arrived here
about three weeks ago, and still awaits the return
of the Cyclops from the Red Sea: The Cyclops left
Jeddah on the 2d ult.. proposing to visit Suakin,
Massouah, and Kamaran, on her way to Aden, and
Captain Pullen expected to be here towards the
middle of last month. It is supposed he has run
short of coals, and, should he be obliged to sail
down, he may be a month making the passage dur-
ing this season of the year. The- Roebuck took 14
days lately to make Aden from JTeddah, and the
small French•Egyptain steamer Yemen was nearli
three months accomplishing the same-distance. It
is to be hoped that the supporters of M. Lessepa'
canal scheme have taken such items as these into
serious consideration. For four months in the year,
at least, it requires powerful steamers to make the
passage from Suez to Aden ; and for five months
—i.e., during the prevalence of the southwest mon-
soon—the Peninsular and Oriental -steamers from
Calcutta and Bombay take nearly double the
ordinary time from those ports to Aden. The
Yemen has just left for ilodeida, where it is said a
British ship, in ballast from Suez, has lately been
wrecked. The news of this disaster `came over-
land, and, as far as I can make out, the name of the
vessel is the Island Prince.
When Captain Pullen arrives he is to survey the
south-east coast of Arabia, and, in conjunction with
Mr. Gisborne, fix the telegraphic station along
that line. The points 'proposed are Macullah, the
Kooria Mooria Islands, and Ras el Had, froth which
latter place the cable is to be taken direct to
Kurrachee. There will be no difficulty at Maeullah,
since the Nakeeb there is most friendly towards the
British, and maintains a regular Government. But
when once the guano is removed from the . Kooria
Mooria islands, a station there would not'be safe
'for a day from the lawless Arabs of the
mainland, unless adequately protected, and the
same may be said of Ras el Had. Indeed, unless the
cable can be taken direct from Macullah to Bombay
or Kurracheo, any stations on this 'Coatittnust be
under the constant protection of Government. Such
is my firm conviction, but we shall see what Capt.
Pullen reports after he has surveyed the line.
The Arabs in this neighbourhood are on their
best behaviour at present—the result, no doubt, of
the little chastisement which they received at our
hands last year. The station is remarkably healthy,
not more than four in hospital out of a force of 300
Europeans—viz., two companies of her Majesty's
57th, and one company of Royal Artillery. A
more orderly set of men could not be found any-
where. There is scarcely any drunkenness among
them, they are on the best terms with the people of
the town, and go about their duties and pastimes
with a hearty good-will. The same may be said of
her Majesty's 29th Native Infantry, also stationed
here. in fact, a most healthy tone pervades the
entire garrison.
The Nubia is still here, disabled, waiting for a
new shaft from Calcutta. The ships of her Ma-
jesty's Indian navy in harbour are the Lidy Can-
ning steam sloop and the schooner Constance.