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NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE,

Captain Saunders, in command of a conipany of
Royal Artillery, consisting of Major Davis, Lieuts.
Pitt; Maunsell, and Isaacson, and 120 non-commis-
sioned officers and gunners,left Woolwich garrison
yesterday morning for duty at Northampton. Two
companies of Royal Artillery emlarked yesterday
at Woolwich pier on-board the screw steam-tram-
port Leopold, Captain Luning, for Kurraehee—No.
2 and No. 7 Companies, 11th Battalion. No. 2
Company consists of Capt. B tyly,•Capt. Johnson,
Lieuts. Elton, Storey, and Wottham, and 120 non_
commiudoned officers and gunners • and No. 7
Company—of Major Grant, Major Hope Lieu, a.
Rideout, Budd; -and Arbuthnot, and a similar num-
ber of non-commissioned officers and gunners. In
consequence of.the heavy fog on the river, the de-
parture of the Leopold is uncertain.
The promotion of Col. Brown, Commandant of
Woolwich Marie Garrison, to the rank of Major 7
General, was yesterday announced at Woolwich. ,
The Calypso, 18, attached to the reserve at
Chatham, is to be commissioned at that port, and
will have a complement of 185, men, including offi-
cers and Marines. . .
The Abeona, steam-transport, arrived at Ports-
mouth from Irel tnd yesterday, with the second
battalion of the 3d Buffs, who landed at the dock-
yard and proceeded thence to quarters at Canter-
bury.
The American ship Ocean Steed arrived at Ports-
mouth from Calcutta, last from Mauritius, yester-
day. She spoke the United States' ship-of-war
Portsmouth, in at. 28.33, long. 34.40,,,a.11 well,
frcitin4horitt she brouglit a small mail. We have
Port Louis papers to the 25th of August by this
arrival.

The court-martial en Lieut. Burnaby, of her
Majesty's ship Juno, on the charges preferred by
Captain Fremantle, of that ship, which we pub-
lished yesterday, terminated on board the St. Vin-
cent-yesterday evening. -The-- prosecution opened
on Monday morning, after the detention of the
prisoner under arrest for 17 months. On Captai❑
Fremantle being ordered bythe President to "state
to the Court what you know relative to the
charges," he replied, " I know nothing. I in
prepared, sir, with your permission, to abandon
this proiecuton. I ani prepared to indemnify the
prisoner by corporeal pains.' " The Court at this
point stopped the prosecutor and cleared the cabin.
On its being reopened, the President said—" Tue
Court has been cleared to give you time to consider.
You have been sworn," Ike. The prosecutor re-
plied, " I feel myself totally unable at the present
time to collect my ideas to give the required evi-
dence as to matters which transpired so long ago,
I feel so impresed that my views of the service
have been mistaken and wrong."
President—Captain Fremantle, you ara there as
a witness, and must answer a plain Ty scion.
Captain Fremantle—There is a confusion in my
bead, and I cannot proceed.
President—Respecting what has been Said about
the views

Captain Fremantle—l feel so confused that I
cannot attempt to recount upon oath with any de-
gree of fidelity, and, agreeably to the words of the
oath, what transpired so long ago. I request the
president will a11.,w me to sit down.
The Court here informed Captain Fremantle
that in consequence of his statements of his in-
ability to give evidence he might retire and give
evidence by and by," when the Court had ex-
amined the other witnesses. The case then pro-
cee fed, and the prosecution closed at 1 p.m. yes-
terday, when the prisoner was granted two hours
to prepare his defence.
Ti e prisoner read a clear statement, and put in
his certificates of service since joining the navy, all
of which were highly meritorious. With respect
to the first charge he urged " that the former part
of it related to an alleged contempt towards his
captain by p-rforming au impertinent and provok-
ing action. It was olavious that, as no other person
was present when he received the intimation from
Captain Fremantle that visitors should leave the
ship, be had no means of calling any witness to
prove that his manner was then as it had been on
all occasions—respectful to his captain, and he
could only declare upon his honour as an officer
and a gentleman that he had nut the remotest
intention of performing any action that could be
considered contemptuous or disrespectful; bad it
been either the one or the other it seemed strange
that Captain Fremautle never put him under
arrest until four months afterwards. With refer ence
to the second part of the first charge he would call
witnesses to prove that he caused the visitors to
leave the ship (it appeared there bad been, a play
enacted on board on the day or evening inquest on)
Tars soon-as the courtesy due to ladies would enable
him to do so, and that other persons for the shore
left the ship in the same boat as his friends.
With regard to the second charge he begged to
state that, having reported himself on his return
from leave to the captain, the captain then having
made so reference to his returning to duty, he (the
prisoner) was anxiously expecting the whole even-
ing to receive a message in reference to it, and, not
having done so, at about 9 p.m. he went to the
captain's cabin to ask his directions, which he did
in a respectful manlier. Captain Fremantle in-
formed him he did not intend to ans,ver his ques-
tion ; that he (the captain) found himself p,ofactly
able to carry on the duties of First Lieutenant,
and it agreed with his health, and he should con-
tinue to do so. With regard to the painted hand-
kerchief, he (the prisoner) considered it to be im-
proper, and therefore felt it his duty to report it.
With reference to the third charge, prisone •
admitted being mistaken with regard to the time
(having overstepped his leave 10 minutes, having
no watch with him), not deeming it so near sunset,
and that he was therefore unfortunately to late by
10 minutes in his return to the ship, for which
casualty he wrote a letter of explanation and
apology to Captain Fremantle. With reference to
the fourth charge, the prisoner submitted to the
Court that, from the evidence already adduced, it
had been shown he had justifiable grounds for a
remonstrance to the Commander-in-Chief ; but he
should further substantiate the point by showing
that the surgeon of the ship had repeatedly repre
sented to the captain that his health required re-
laxation on shore, and that those representations
were not attended to, and he therefore left the
Court to judge whether the covering letter en-
closing the open letter to the Commander in-Chief
could be in the least degree hasty or disobedient.
• George Strickland, gun-room steward, Lieut.
Bradford, and Surgeon Nicholls then gave evi-
dence, at the expiration of which time (5 p.m.), the
Court adj turned until this morning at 9.
The Goliath, 80, which has been for some time
under repairs at Chatham in order to lie converted
into a screw steamer, is nearly completed, and will
be taken out of dock early iu the ensuing month,
when she will be navigated to Sheerness to be
fitted with her machinery, which will be of 400-
horse power.
The Bacchante and the Unite, old. 42-gun fri-
gates, are to be taken to pieces at Chatham.
The Juno, 26, Captain S. G. Freemautle, lately
returned from the Australian station, is ordered to
be paid off at Chatham.
Captain Charles Eden, C.B.,hasbeen appointed
naval Aide-de-Camp to her ajesty, vice Captain
Erskine promoted to flag-rank.
The following appointments were made yest'.3r-
day at the Admiralty :
Captains—Charles Eden, C. 8., to be aide-de-camp to
her Majesty. E. C. T. D'Eyncourt, to the Curacaa ;
J. J. M'Cleverty, to the Cambrian ; F. B. Mortimer,
to the Calypso.
Masters—Charles A. Cleveland, to the Calypso ;
William H. Harris, to the Cambrian; E. N. Shacklock,
to the Lyra.
Paymasters—Francis G. Pearse, to the Cambrian ;
John M. J.fferson, to the Calypso.
Midshipmen—C. J. Vidal, to the Lyra ;R.De B.
Hawtrey, to the Racoon ; the Hon. M. F. Murray, to
the Cambrian. .41,
Clerks—J. S. Andrews, to the Calypso ; William
Walker, to the CaMbrian.
Assistant Clerks—John W. Thompson, to the Water-
loo ; Thomas Johnston, to the Impregnable.

Ia Ross-shire, last week, when the su,pcnsion of the
City of Glasgow Bank caused eo much needless alarm,
inan yof the poor Highlanders who held notes of that
hank were going about anEously " Do you
Ws' the notes R t the pownie on them ? alluding to
the engraving of the equestrian statue of the Duke of
Wellington which ornaments the bank-notes. A. few
were disposed of at reduced rates, but most of our coun-
trymen prudently waited till the panic subsided.—Aba-
clevn
A. DETECTIVE SHOT ON BOARD THE CALEDONIA
STICAMER. SHEERNESS, Monday. The Caledonia,
steamer, of London, C. W. Frost, "peter, ran into
Sheerness Harbour about ten a.m. yesterday, from Ham-
burgh, with a general cargo, for London. It appears
from what could be gathered that a London detective
had been shot by a pi ironer, on the passage over from
ELo.mburgh. The assistant surgeon of 41.1M.5. Water-
loo proceeded on board, and although the man was
won.nded in the breast by the pistol-shot, yet nothing
fatal. is apprehended, the vessel poly remaining here one
hour.