The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-09 00:00:00

MR. BRIG.

THE NAVY.

The Urgent, screw steam troopship, Commander
Hire, sailed from Spithead yesterday morning at
daylight for Devonport.
Ihe Perseverance, screw steam transport, Com-
mander Blower, will embark a portion of her troops
for the Cape of Hopo at Portsmouth.this day.
She will afterwards call at Milford and Queens-
town to embark the remainder.
A court-martial was held yesterday on board her
Majesty's ship Victory, flagship of Admiral W.
Bowles, C. 8., in Portsmouth Harbour, to try an
ordinary seaman of her Majesty's ship Blenheim,
on a charge of having attempted to stab with a
knife the captain of the afterguard of that ship, and
making use of foul and disgusting language. The
court was comprised of Captain George T. Gordon,
her Majesty's ship Hannibal, commanding steam
reserve, President ; Captains Scott, Harris Far-
quhar, Wilson, and Hewlett ; with Mr. Hillier, as
Deputy Jurlge-Advocate. The Court, after hearing
the evidence adduced against the prisoner, and
what he had to say in his defence, (which was
tantamount to nothing, as he acknowledged the
chief part of the charge preferred against 'him),
sentenced him to receive 40 lashes on board her
Majesty's ship Blenheim, and to be afterwards im-
prisoned for 12 months in Winchester Gaol, with
received by the 2d bat-
hard labour.
daatYliam, for the non-commis-
sionedlnfantry,were officers and men belonging to the St.:Helena
Regiment to embark at Gravesend, for the purpose
of joining the head-quarters of that regiment. The
troops belonging to the Cape Mounted Rifles now
at Chatham are also to embark at the mine place
for the Cape of Good Hope. Both detachments
will leave Chatham garrison this day. -‘

COLUMBIAN MlSSlONS.—Yesterday afternoon, at
half-past two o'clock, a public meeting, attended by nume-
rous military officers and othts, was held at the garrison
school-room Woolwich, when the Lord Bishop of Columbia
delivered an address on behalf of the Church
,Missions to
that colony, and a collection was made in aid of the funds.
MESSRS. HURST AND BLACKETT'S LITERARY
ANNOtNCEMENTS.—Among the New Works included in
Messrs. Hurst and Blackett's List for the ensuing Season
are " Sixteen Years of an Artist's Life in Morocco, Spain,
and the Canary Islands," by Mrs. Elizabeth Murray, with
coloured illustrations.—" Lectures on Art, Literature, and
Social Science," by Cardinal Wiseman.—" Realities of
Paris Life," by the Author of "Flemish Interiots," &c.—
"The Life and Times of George Villiers, First Duke of
Buckingham," by Mrs. Thomson.—" The Jews in the
East," from the German, by the Rev. P. Beaton, M.A.—
" Nathalie," by Julia Kavanagh, forming the Fourth
Volume of Hurst and Blackett's "Standard Library.'.'—
Messrs. Hurst and Blacked also announce the following
new Works of Fiction :—" A Life for a Life," by. he
Author of " John Halifax, Gentleman."—"poodle ohs~
by the Author of "Wildflower."—" A G,00d,,
ime
Coming," by the Author of "Mathew paxton.
New-
ton Dogvane," by Francis Francis, with illustrtlhor poyf
Leech.—" A Mother's Trial," 1 vol. by the u
h the Shadows,"
" Miriam "The Discipine of Life," &c.-7,,h7:ucg
by the Author
Cop-
by the Author of 4, Siibiey Grey,
Story
ley," by Mr. Jeaffreson,—.and a No_c
of "Margaret and Her Bridesnaids,"