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June, 1804, we!,-find
.him graiatitensly. devoting his
time to the formation of a line of telegrgphs from
Dublin to Galway. On June-016'511y 1805, he
obtained command of the woofiYieti',l4, armee en
flute, in which ship hafirstpxoceeded to the East
Indus, then to the,Rio de la Platarief which he
made a very accurate survey during -the-Tanipaign
ef 1807—and afterwards to the Cape of Good Hive
and the Mediterranean. His net apiiiii:ntments
were .:—May 23, 1809, to the BlOsiom sloop, ' em-
ployed on the coast of Spain, at Quebec, and in an-
noying various fleets of merchantmen ; and May
30, 1810, on promotion to post rank, to the Fre-
derickstem frigate. Capt. Beaufort did not, how-
ever, join the latter ship until Dec. 1,2 following,
beingin the interval employed protecting the out-
ward-bound trade to Portugal, Cadiz, and Gibral-
tar, in accompanying two Spanish line-of-battle
ships from the latter place to Minorca, and in dis'
charging the duties from Sept. 27 to Oct. 21 of
acting
captain of the Ville de Paris, 110. During
the two following years he was actively engaged in
a survey of the coastof Karamania, in Asia Minor,
an employment he was obliged to relinquish in con-
sequence of a nearly fatal gtrashof wound he • re-
ceived from the hands of a fanatical Turk, June
20, 1812. Captain Beaufort, who had previously
contributed to the extirpation of a band of
pirates from the southern part of the Mores,
then returned home with convoy, and on the 29th
of October in the same year was paid off, For
several years after his arrival inn-England Rear-Ad-
miral Beaufort appears to have been fully occupied
in laying down the results of his labours, and in
constructing, under the Lords of the Admiralty, a
variety of charts, of which we may enumerate one
of the Archipelago, three of the Black Sea, dm,
including the Coast of Africa, and seven of Kara-
mania. He became hydrographeiv to the Admi-
ralty in July, 1832 ; was nominated in April,
1835, a commissioner for inquiry into the laws, &c.
under which pilots were appointed, governed, and
paid ; and again, in January, 1845, for inquiring
into the state of harbours, shores, and rivers of
the united kingdom. He accepted the rank of
retired rear-admiral on the Ist of October; 1846.

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achieved, "the ports, bays, and harbours"—for
Russia grows minute in her insolence—of the east-
ern coast are "interdicted to foreign flags.v The
Treaty of Paris opened all these " ports, bays, and
hrrbours" to commerce ; the Court of St. Peters-
burg, taking advantage of the alienation between
France and England, "interdiots them to all foreign
flags." But the Treaty of Paris was signed by
England, France, Turkey, Austria, Prussia, Sar-
dinia, as well as by Russia ; and the question is
whether the interests of Europe and good faith have '
to prevail, or the interests of Russia and bad faith.
Such is the dilemma into which Lord Clarendon,
by his unskilful diplomacy in the Conference of
Paris, and his careless redaction tf the Treaty of
Paris, has plunged us. Is Lord Palmerston, that
sworn foe of Russia, ready to confront these pre-
tensions of her in the interests of England and of
Europe, or will he in this instance again truckle to
Russia with the same subservience as be did in that
affair of the Vixen, which Lord Stratford de Red-
cliffe long ago brought under the consideration of
the House of Commons ?

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGiNCE.

A General Order issued by his Royal Highness
the Commander-in-Chief reprehending the lenity of
members of General Courts-niavtial on the trial of
officers convicted of grave offences, was yesterday
morning read in the garrison messroom at Wool-
wich, and desired to be pnerally made known, as
follows :

" Horse-Guards, Dec. 8.
." Upon two 000asionsAoerkwho have been convicted
upon the clearest evidence of most severe offences against
military discipline have been recommended bykeneral
courts-martial to her -Majesty's merciful consideration
In one case the individual was found guilty of having ab-
sented himself from his corps without leave for a consi-
derable time—setting at defiance all military subordina-
tion. In the other case the prisoner was convicted of
habitual con'enapt of the orders of his commanding
officer, and was moreover found guilty of scandalous
conduct uubecoming the character of an officer and a
gentleman. In other instances there were no mitigating
circumstances, but in both the courts-martial having
adjudged the prisoners the punishment doe to their
crimes, accompanying the sentence by a recommendation
to mercy, the General Commanding-in-Chief, in the exer-
cise of his judgment, did not feel justified in supporting
such recommendation, based upon the youth and inexpe-
rience of the offender. There have been—and there may
hereafter be—occasions where youth and inexperience
may be urged in mitigation of punishment, but persevering
and systematic disobedience of orders and deliberate
falsehood can admit of no palliation, snd his Royal
Ilighnees the Duke of Cambridge most earnestly desires
that, where officers are called upon to adjudicate upon
matters involving such serious offences, they will pause
and seriously reflect before they recommend to her Ma-
jesty's clemency individuals who have been found guilty,
and thereby have been proved unworthy of serving their
Queen and country in a pr .fession which must be upheld
by the principles of honour and discipline."

THE FORCE AT SHEERNESS, &c.
The greatest possible activity still continues in
her Majesty's dockyard, Sheerness, principally, if
not wholly, we may say, fitting out the following
screw line-of-battle ships, &c., for a Channel fleet,
thereby keeping on our shores a body of seamen
available for any service that, may be required of
them, viz. :—Renown, 90, screw, Captain Arthur
Forbes, 800-horse power ; Royal George, 102, for
first-class steam reserve, 400-horse power ; Terrible,
21, paddle, 800-horse power ; Scout, 20, screw, 400-
horse rower ; Snake, 4, screw, 160-horse power.
In addition to the above, we have in Sheerness
Basin ac., the following vessels, to be made avail-
able for sea service, viz. ;—Meanee' 80 ; Goliath,
80 ; Cressy, 80. In Sheerness Harbour we have
—Waterloo, 120, Captain H. Harvey ; Formidable,
84, Captain Superintendent J. C. Fitzgerald ; and
Edinburgh, 60, screw, Captain E: •P. Halsted,
under whose superintendence, assisted by • Com
'milder C. H. Lloyd, late commander of the Wasp
at Sebastopol, the following steam reserve squad-
rons aro placed, a great portion of which force is
ready for sea, viz. :

The detachment of 13th Light Infantry, needed
to o-nnplete the Argo's allotment of troops for
India, having w rived at Portsmouth yesterday from
Wales, and the medicine chest having also found
its way on board from Devon, the ship will leave
Portsmouth harbour for Spithead this forenoon,
and sail thence to-morrow morning for India, wea-
ther permitting.
A court-martial, comprising Capt. H. Eyres,
C. 8., of H.M. ship St. Vincent, president ; Capts.
the Hon. J. Denman, of the Victoria and Albert ;
G. H. Seymour, C. 8., of the Victory ; R Harris,
of the Illustrious ; T. M. Mason, of the Curacoa ;
It. S. Hewlett, C 8., of the Excellent; R. Moor-
soom, C. 8., of the Diadem; W. Crispin, additional
of the Victoria and Albert ; and W. J. Hellyer,
deputy-judge-advocate of the fleet, assembled yes-
terday morning an board the St. Vincent, in Ports-
mouth harbour to try Lieut. It. Chambers, of H. M.
ship Blenheim, on a charge of returning on board
that ship on the morning of the 10th inst., from
leave, in a state of drunkenness. Captain the Hon.
G. F. Hastings, of the Blenheim, prosecuted. The
Court, after hearing the evidence in support of the
charge; called upon the prisoner for his defence,
which was an able composition. He handed in a
great number of certificates of character from the
commanding officers under whom he had served, all
which were testimonials of the highest order in his
ftvour, and remark tbly so as regards his habitual
sobriety and gautlemanly demeanour. The Court
found the charge proved, but in consideration of
th," prisoner's previime4righ citiract-cr "only *-
judged him to be severely reprimanded and dis-
missed her Majesty's ship Blenheim."
Lieut.. W. S. C. Pinwill, 27th Enniskillins, has
been appointed to the command of the troops gar-
risoning Upnor Castle, Chatham.
Yesterday 270 recruits arrived from the Northern
and North-western districts, and, having been sur-
gically inspected at the hief recruiting depot,
Delallay-street, Westminster, proceeded to Chat-
ham to join the Provisional Battalion. The re-
cruits are fur the 10th, 19th, 25th, 43d (Light In-
fantry), BGth, 87th, and 93d regiments of Foot.
At a meeting held last night in the Freemasoii;
hall, Woolwich, a collection was sot on foot in
aid of the fund for the relief of the wives and
families of the soldiers of the garrison now or here-
after to proceed on duty to India. The amount col-
lected was stated to exceed 501., which is to be
handed over to Mrs. Tulloch, the lady president of
the relief committee in Woolwich Arsenal.
her Majesty's paddlewheel steamsloop Arden 7
Commander J. H. Cave, will leave Greenhithe
to-day forthe West Coast of Africa, calling at Ports-
mouth. On proceeding from Woolwich to Green-
lithe she was accompanied in the measuted mile
by an engineer officer of the dockyard to verify her
rate of staam, which was nine knots per hour.
Her ship's company, in command of Cap:. Cave,
consists of Thomas Stackhouse, senior lieutenant ;
N. D. F. Lillingston, junior lieutenant ; Geo. P.
Heather, master ; Dr. T. B. Purchass ; Willis
Price, paymaster ; W. Baillie, mate ; T. D. Daw-
son, clerk ; G. Barnes, master's assistant ; 4 engi-
neers and 87 seamen ; 1 corporal, 5 gunners of the
Royal Marine Artillery, and 4 privates of the Ma-
rine Light Infantry. The Ardent was specially
ordered to be provided with every modern applica-
tion which has been sanctioned by the service—
viz , the water condensers, Clifford's boat lowering
gear, S.T.c., and is provided with a four and a half
months sea stock.

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First Division.
Royal George, s 102...400
Terrible, p ... 21...800
Scout, s.
Snake, . .....
Screw Gun Boats.
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Louisa
Sand fly
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Ruby
Second Division.
Cressy, s 80...400
Colossus, a 8.1...400
Majestic, a... 80...40D
Mars, a 80...400
Frigates.
Emerald, s 56...600'
Horatio, a. mortar 12...250
Amphion, a 34...300!
Dragon, p 6...560
Corvettes
Scylla, s 20...400
Cossack, a 20...250
Malacca, p 17...200
Fawn, s
Screw Dispatch Gunboats.
Victor

GUNS. H.P.
Foxhound - 4...200
Wrangler . - 4...100
Screw Gun Boats.
Magnet
Mayflower 2.. 60
Bullfrog 2... 60
Carnation
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Third Division.
Meanee, a 80...400
Goliath, s. " 80...400
Russell, a 6O. .200
lEurotas, s 12...200
Clio, s 2l. .400
Driver, p. 6..280
Miranda, 5.... l4. .250
Argus, 1) 6...300
Hydra, p . 6...220
Screw Gun Boats.
Dwarf
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Fly 2... 60
Griper
Hasty 2... 60
Herring ...
Julia
Mastiff
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Palter
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SOREW GIIN BOATS. &O.- -Mistletoe, Surly, Spey,
Sepoy, Tickler, Thrasher, Traveller, Thistle, Lively; also,
Phoenix. screw, and Salamander, paddle.

STATION ^ D AT CAITEIAM:

SCREW Gu N Bo kTf3.—Wyo, :Tiny, Midge, Growler,
Ca ►mii3 (with the floating batteries Thunderbolt, Thun-
der, Etnl.)

THE MILITIA.

Between 8 and 9 a.m. on Wednesday 27 officers
and nearly 400 men of the Worce3tetshire Militia
arrived in Dublin, from Eric;land, in the Duke of
Cambridge and Trafalgar steamers, and proceeded
at once to the Curragh. Between 3 arid 4 p.m. the
same ve,ssls took on board 21 officers and betvieen
500 and GOO men of the Donegal Militia, and left
wi'h them for Aldershott.
The First Divisism of the Fermanagh Militia also
arrived in Dublin on Wednesday night shortly after
2 o'clock. The regiment, which numbers over 600'
men, left Enniskillen on Monday and stayed at
Clones on Tuesday night, from which _the first divi-
sion proceeded to Dunlin on Wednesday.
On Tuesday morning the steamer Elk arrived at
Belfast at 4 o'clock, and the steamer Lynx at 6
o'clock, having on board the Forfar and Kincar-
dineshire Regiment of Militia Artillery, under the
command of Lieut.-Colonel Layard, Major Lannies
and Bothby, an.l Adjutant Mackay. The regiment,
which hi 800 strong, marched to the barracks,
where the headquarters will be, but each company
in rotation for month is to occupy the Castle of
Carrickfergus, to be there instructed in the use of
artillery guns. At half-past 1 o'clock the 80th, or
Royal Tyrone Fusiliers, arrived in Belfast, from
Armagh and embark. I on board the Elk, which was
in readiness, and iu about two hours afterwards
they sailed for Scotland. The regiment is 700
strong, and was under the command of A. W. C.
Hamilton, in the absence of the Lieut.-Colonel.
The following- officers were with their regiment ;
Captains White, Stuart, Irwin, A. F. Knox, Arm-
strong, and Lindsay. .Between 1 and 2 o'clock the
102 d, orPrinee of Wales Own Donegal Regiment of
Militia, arrived in Belfast from Derry, and marched
at once to the Ulster Railway, from which they
were conveyed to Dublin for England. This regi-
ment is to be 1,100 strong.

The experiments ordered to take place to-dap
with the monster mortar at Woolwich will com-
mence at 9 a.m. in the arsenal marsh. The shells,
averaging 26& cwt., will be filled with sand, saw-
dust, tltc., so as to augment the weight by an extra
2 cwt. Some officers connected with the East India
Board, together with various members of her Ma-
jtsty's Government, are expected to be in attend-
ance. It is contemplated to oontinue the firing un-
til nightfall (it practicable), and, if successful, the
experiments will be repeated, and the weapon sub.
jeoted to a more severe test early in the ensuing
month.
The following appointments were made yester-
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PARLIAMENTARY NOTICES-AFTER
THE RECESS.

Sir Do Lacy Evans—lndia (Reinforcement of Troops)
—Select committee to inquire concerning the measures
resorted to or which were available, as to the lines of
communication ,dopted for reinforcing our army, during
the pending revolt in India, and to report thereon to
this house ; with a view to ascertaining the arrange-
ments which should be made, towards meeting any future
important emergencies involving the security of our
Eastern dominions.

day at the Admiralty
Lieutenant—Jobn Trevener, to the Caracoa.

Mr. Griffiths—To auk tha First Lord of the Treasury,
whether it be the case, that M. Thouvenel, the French
Ambassador at Constantinople, or any other person au-
thorised by the French Government, has lately applied
to the Porte for permission for the execution of the pro.
ject of the Isthmus of Suez Canal ; and, if so, whether
her Majesty's Government consider that the true inte-
re-ts of this country require them to offer a positive
opposition to the success of that application.
Mr. T. Dancombe—ltaron da Rothschild—To call
the attention of the hones to the fact that, during the
present and two preceding Parliaments, only three of the
members returned by the City of London have taken
their seats; and to move the following resolution:—That
Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild, a member of the
Jewish persuasion, and returned by the City of London,
be permitted to take the oaths appointed by law, in such
aeonn
sa vcialni
form as shall be binding upon his conscience, and in
accordance with the faith he professes.
Sir H. Verney—Netley Hospital—Address that the
whether Hospital
cot corridor,
dporr:Commission,seanntd foundations
eupwnadi
rtahatti
plan proposed for Netley Hospital may be referred to
loeysewfoirthapinti.nquoilibrs:
containing tkhiengwtaornd_s
Ebudiulteaattiorill,LhtTaonmg
instruc-
tionut ls'eedtfo Barrackr a
connectinga considernd
into the state of national education in England.
Mr. Campbell—East India (Army, te Detailed
statements of the entire strength and cost, on the Ist of
January last, of the three native Indian armies, regular
and irregular and distinguishing their allowances from
their pay ; of the total strength and cost of the European
Company's army in the three Presidencies, distinguish-
ing allowances from pay ; of the strength and cost of
the glieeti's troops employed in India at the same date,
distinguishing allowances from pay ; of the cost of main-
taining the camp equipage, tents, camels, elephants,
horses, bullocks, Kiassies, Lascars, &c., for the armies of
ludia, the governor-general, governors, commandera-in.
chief, and heads of departments, civil and military,
annually for the past five years ; and of the barrack
accommodation now existing foriEuropeart troops, the
stations occupied and abandoned, and cause of abandon.
ment, between 180
and 1557 ; and a detail of proposed
new stations for European troops in the hills or plains,
and whether or not railway contiguity is being made a
principle in this extension of European barrack accom-
modation.
Mr. Greer—Bank Acts—lnstruction to the committee
to inquire into the operation of all the laws affecting the
currency in Great Britain and Ireland, and report what
• amendments, if any, they may consider desirable.

Mates— P. W. Pellew, to the Calypso ; L. C. Keppel
(acting), to the Renown ; L. M. Mallett, to the Cam-
brian.

Midshipmen—A. F. Collier, to the et:lmm ; H.
M'lnroy, to the Renown; W. Stewart, to the Renown;
G. J. B. Elphinstone, to the Cambrian.

DEATH OF ADMIRAL SIR F. BEAUFORT.
We have to announce the death of Rear-Admiral
Slr F. Beaufort, F. R. S. , F. G.S., F. R. A. S., etc.,
which
took place at Brighton on Wednesday. Real.-
Ad miral Beafort was the son of the late Rev. D.
Augustus Beaufort, D.D., rector of Navau, county
Meath, and vicar of Colon, county Louth. He
entered the navy Juno 21, 1787, as a volunteer on
board the Colossus, 74, Capt. H. C. Christian, sta-
tioned in the Channel ; ho became midshipman, in
June, 1790, of the Latona, 38, Capt. A. Bertie.
He next served for three years in the Aquilon, 32,
Capt. the Hon. R. Stopford, one of Lord Howe's
repeaters in the action of June 1, 1794 ; and while
attached to the Phieton, 38, commanded in suc-
cession by the latter officer and Capt. lames Nicoll
Morris, was present in Cornwallis's celebrated
retreat, June 17, 1795 ; assisted in the course of
the same year in driving on shore on the Isle de Re
and destroying L'Echou, of 28 guns ; took part in
the capture, March 10, 1796, of La Bonne Citoy-
dune, of 20 guns ; fought in a partial action, March
s
23, 1798, with the Fiench 36-gun frigate La
teU was instrumental, Sept. 8 following,
first
to
t
re of La Flore, 36 • and witnessed the
theel iarceanpt
taking on various occasions oinine privateers and
other armed vessels. On Oct. 28, 1800, while
lieutenant of the Phaeton, he performed an exploit
of great spirit and gallantry in boarding, with the
barge and cutters under his orders, andcapturing,
after an obstinate resistance, the Spanish polacre-
sreigageedils,hainpdS2a2nsJolodsieefr,sc, marroyoirnegd 14 brass guns, 34
m
under the protec-
tion of five guns on the fortress of Fuengirola, near
Malaga, and flanked
nwounded,ththe
by a Frenchtr privateer. For
his determined braveryein is a inwhichthe
19 m
enemy badandßritish
Quie man killed and 4 wounded, he, who, form-