The Sun.
London, England, 1866-11-02 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

On Wednesday afternoon Admiral Sir W. F.
Martin, K.C.8., hoisted his flag at Devonport, as
Commander-in-Chief on board the gunnery ship
Cambridge. Yesterday (Thursday) morning his
predecessor Sir C. Freemantle, struck his flag on
board the Royal Adelaide, to which Admiral Mar-
tin then shifted his flag from the Cambridge.
The screw steam gun-vessel Star, 4, Commander
Bradshaw, at Plymouth, has been inspected by Capt.
Ewart, preparatory to her departure for the East
Indies.

The screw steamship Zealous, 20, Capt. Richard
Dawkins, is now in dock at Devonport, for the pur-
pose of being supplied with a four-bladed propeller.
A court-martial was held on board the Royal
Adelaide on Monday and Tuesday, before the Presi-
dent (Capt. Napier, of her Majesty's ship Canopus) ;
Capt. Seccomb, her Majesty's ship Liverpool; Capt.
Dawkins, her Majesty's ship Zealous ; and Captain
Tremlett, her Majesty's ship Impregnable, for the trial
of John Mackenzie, second captain of the foretop and
seaman gunner, on board her Majesty's ship Bristol,
31, for having on several occasions feigned to be suf-
fering from rheumatism and pretended to be unable to
perform his duty. Capt. Seymour, prosecutor, stated
that while on the coast of Africa, a great many of the
crew being ill at the time, the prisoner complained of
pain in his limbs night and day. He.visited the sick
daily, and there was a marked contrast between him
and others who were suffering from the same disease.
He seemed to have lost no flesh nor any of his ruddy
colour, while the others were shockingly emaciated,
and when he was alone his countenance was calm,
but on his catching the eye of any one he would im-
mediately contort his features as if in great agony.
He again saw him in the hospital in Ascension when
he told him he had a suspicion of his not being ill.
He then answered him in an impertinent manner,
and, the surgeon being near at the time, said he
believed him to be feigning illness, and he should
report him. Several other witnesses were called for
the prosecution, and after their evidence the priso-
ner put in his defence, which stated he had been in
her Majesty's service for 16 years, had a Sebastopol
medal and two clasps, and that he had not feigned
illness ; that he, having described the symptoms to
the doctor, was treated for rheumatism ; that the
only evidence against him was that of the master-
at-arms, who had a grudge against him, through
his having quarrelled with him. The court having
heard the evidenee in support of the charge, as well
as the defence, found that the prisoner did feign to
be suffering froin rheumatism, and pretended to be
unable to perform his duty. The court then sen-
tenced him to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour
in the Naval Prison at Lewes for 12 months.

The Admiralty paddle yacht Enchantress, Com-
mander Petley, sailed yesterday from Portsmouth
for Woolwich, it is understood, for the winter.
The crew of the Terrible, paddle corvette, Capt.
Commerell, V.C., have been transferred to a hulk
at Portsmouth while their vessel is in dock and
under repair at that yard.
Route marching exercise by the troops at Chatham
for the winter months commenced at Chatham yes-
terday, and will be continued until the commence-
ment of the spring drills. The 2d depot battalion,
under the command of Col. W. Rickman, marched
out yesterday, and each corps will take marching
out exercise twice a week. On these occasions the
troops are to be occasionally halted, and such man-
oeuvres undertaken as the nature of the ground will
admit of. The junior officers accompanying the
corps are also required to frame reports on the
character of the district through which the troops
pass, and its adaptability, or otherwise, for military
movements on a large scale.

The remains of the late Col. J. T. Maulever were
interred at the Kensington Cemetery yesterday
He served with the 17th Regiment throughout the
campaign in Affghanistan and Beloochistan under
Lord Keane, and was present at the storm and
capture of Chuznee (medal), also of Khelat. He
served throughout the whole of the Crimean war of
1854-5 in command of the 30th Regiment, in which
gallant corps he was not only respected and esteemed
but beloved by all ranks. At the Alma he had his
horse shot under him, at the battle of lnkerman ,
where the 2d Division bore the brunt of that me-
morable fight, he was severely wounded at the head
of the regiment ; he was present also with the re-
giment during the whole of the siege of Sebastopol,
at the repulse of the Russian sortie on 26th of Oc-
tober, 1854, the assaults on the Redan on the 18th
of June and Bth of September, 1855, at which lat-
ter he was again wounded. For his services he was
mentioned in despatches, created a C. 8., an officer
of the Legion of Honour, and of the Turkish Order
of the Medjidie, and was in possession of the fol-
lowing medals :—Ghuznee, English Crimean and
three clasps, Sardinian Medal for military valour,
and Turkish Crimean.

Dr. W. H. Burrell, Deputy Inspector of Hos-
pitals, died on the 31st ult. at Exmouth, aged 71.
In 1849 Dr. Burrell sat as one of the members of a
Board appointed by the War-office to make in-
quiries concerning yellow fever, and contributed a
valuable paper on the subject, which was after-
wards published by the General Board of Health
with their second report on quarantine. Subse-
quently Dr. Burrell, while principal medical officer
at Malta, drew up an elaborate account, from official
records then at his command, of the plague, which
ravaged that Wand in 1813. On the appointment of
the Barrack and Hospital Commission Dr. Burrell was
appointed by Lord Herbert to act in conjunction with
Dr. Sutherland and Capt. Galion, and he contri-
buted in no slight degree to the success of an in-
quiry which has since led to so great an improve-
ment as regards the comfort and sanitary wellbeing
of the soldier.