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London, England, 1857-12-18 00:00:00

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achieved, "the ports, bays, and harbours"—for
RiFsia grows minute in her insolence—of the east-
ern c')ast aro " interdicted to foreign fi10..." Th-
Treaty of Paris opened all these " ports, bays, and
rbours" to commerce ; the Court of St. Peters-
, burg, taking advantage of the alienation between
France and England, "interdicts them to all foreiz,L.
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 of 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 he did in that
affair of the Vixen, which Lord Stratford de Red-
cliff° long ago brought under the consideration of
the House of Commons

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

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

" Horse-Guardg, Dec. 8.

"Upon two occasions officers who have been convicted
aeon the clearest evidence of most severe offences against
military discipline have been recommended byjgeneral
courts-martial to' her Majesty's merciful ionsideration
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'empt of the orders of his commanding
officer, and was moreover found guilty of scandalous
conduct unbecoming 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 due 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, and his Royal
Highness 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 principle of honour and discipline."

The de+achment of 13th Light Infantry, needed
to complete the Argo's allotment of troops for
India, having arrived 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 Cipt. H. Eyres,
C. 8., of H.M. ship St. Vincent, president ; Capts.
the lon. 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 ;
R. S. Hewlett, dB., of the Excellent ; R. Moor-
seom, 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- ,
terdsy morning an board the St. Vincent, in Ports-
mouth harbour to try Lieut. R. 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. Ho 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
favour, and remarkably so as regards his habitual
sobriety and gentlemanly demeanour. The Court
found the charge proved, but in consideration of
the prisoner's .previous high character "only ad-
judged 'him to- be severely reprimanded and dis-
missed her Majesty's ship Blenheim."
Lieut. W. S. C. Pinwill, 27th Enniskilline, has
been appointed to the command of the troops gar-
risonieg Upnor Castle, Chatham.
Yesterday 270 recruits arrived from the Northern
and North-western districts, and, having been sur-
gically inspected at the Chief recruiting depot,
Delahay-street, Westminster, proceeded to Chat-
ham to join the Provisional Battalion. The re-
cruits are for the loth, 19th, 25th, 43d (Light In-
fantry), 86th, 87th, and 93d regiments of Foot.
At a meeting held last night in the Freemasons'-
hall, Woolwich, a collection was set 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 stoamsloop Ardent,
Commander J. H. Cave, will leave Greenbithe
to-day fortbe West Coast of Africa, calling at Ports-
mouth. On proceeding from Woolwich to Green-
hithe she was accompanied in the measured mile
by, an engineer officer of the dockyard to-verify her
rate of steam, which was nine knots per hour.
Her ship's company, in command of Capt. Cave,
consists of Thomas Stackhouse, senior lieutenant ;
N. D. F. Lillingaton, 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, Arc., and is provided with a four and a half
months' sea stock.
The experiments ordered to take place to-day
with the monster mortar at Woolwich will com-
mence at 9 a.m. in the arsenal marsh. The shells,
averaging 261 cwt., will be filled with sand, saw-
dust, &c., so as to augment the weight by au extra
2 cwt. Some officers connected with the East India
Board, together with various members of her Ma-
ji sty's Government, are expected to be in attend-
ance. It is contemplated to continue the firing un-
til nightfall (it practicable), and, if succe=sful, the
experiments will be repeated, and the weapon sub
jetted to a more severe test early in the ensuing
month.
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty

Lieutenant—John Trevener, to the Curacoa.
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 Curacoa ; H.
Moray, 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
Sir F. Beaufort, F.R. S., F.G.S. F. R. A.S.' &c.,
which took place at Brighton on Wednesday. Rear-
Admiral Beafort was the son of the late Rev. D.
Augustus Beaufort, D.D., rector of Navan, county
Meath, and vicar of Collon, county Louth. He
entered the navy June 21, 1787, as a volunteer on
board the Colossus, 74, Capt. H. C. Christian, sta-
tioned in the Channel ; he 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 Phaeton, 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 iu 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-
enne, of 20 guns ; fought in a partial action, March
23, 1798, with the Fi ench 36-gun frigate La
Charente ; was instrumental, Sept. 8 following, to
the capture of La Flore, 36 • and witnessed the
taking on various occasions oinine privateers and
other armed vessels. On Oct. 28, 1800, while first
lieutenant of the Phaeton, he performed an exploit
of great spirit and gallantry in boarding, with the
barge and cutters under his orders, and capturing,
after an obstinate resistance, the Spanish polacre-
rigged ship San Josef, carrying 14 bra
seamen, and 22 soldiers, moored under the protec-
tionnghgeu,4
of five guns on the fortress of Fuengirola, near
Malaga, and flanked by a French privateer. For
his determined bravery iii this affair, in which the
1 enemy had 19 men wounded, and the British
One man killed and 4 wounded, he, who, form-

ene- of the latte'e liv,l • eivod
the head and . several sirp. I'. •', ; 1.%75712rtn
and body,' wet, on -the 13- L
month, d.servedly rewardcd wi : meets -
*0 tumis,:ion, and far h is,,spue re sufferni w a,11.1-rAi•Cipd
a pension of 451. 12s. did, • From
June, 1804, we; find .him gratni to n sly devoting ha
time to the fOrmation'of Erie of tad- grr' j!is from
.Dublin'to.'Galway. Oil' June. the 5 11, 1305, he
obtained command of Woolw;c'), 44; .arntee en
flute, in which ship he first prcweeded ti • Eait
Indies, then to-the Rio -de la Plata, of
made a very accurate survey during Ihe campaign.
of 1807:—and afterwards to the Cape of Good Hope
and the Mediterranean. His next alpointmeuta
were :—May 23, 1809, to the Blossom sloop, em-
ployed on the coast of Spain, at Quebec, and in an-
noying various,fleets of melchantmen ; and M,sy,
3;),.181.0, on promotion to post rank, to the Fre-
dericiostein frigate. Capt. Beaufort did nor, how-
ever, join the latter ship until Dec. 12 following,
being in 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 do Paris, 110. During
the two following years he was actively engaged in
a survey of the coastof Karammia, in Asia Minor,
an employment he was obliged to relingir i-h in con-
sequence of a nearly fatal gunshot wcarnii he re-
ceived from the hands of a fanatical Turk, Juno
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 Ootober in the same year was paid of; Por
several years after his arrival in England Rear-Ad-
miral Beaufort appears to have been fully occupied
in laying down the results of his labours, and in
LunStructing, under the Lords of the Admiralty, a
variety of charts, of which we may enumerate one
of the; Archipelagn, three of the Black Sea, &c.,
including the Coast of Afric9, and seven of Kara-
mania. He became hydrographer 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, arid
paid ; and again, in January, 1845, for inquiring
into the state of the harbours, shores, and rivers of
the united kingdom. He accepted the rank of
retired rear-admiral on the Ist of October, 1846.

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 power ; Snake, 4, screw, 160-horso power.

In iddition to the above, we have in Sheerness
Basin &c., 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 Superintndent.j. C. Fitzgerald ; and
Edinburgh, 60, screw, Cktain E. P. Halsted,
under whose superintendence, assisted by Coin
mander C. H. Lloyd, late comniauder of the Wasp
at Sebastopol, the following steam reserve squad.
rons are placed,. a great portion of which force is
ready for sea, viz.:—

GUNS. U.P. , GUNS. II P.
- First Division. Foxhound 4...200
Royal George, 5......102...400 Wrangler .... ......
Terrible, p...... ... 21...800 Screw Gun Boats.
Scout, 5.... 20...4001 Magnet
Snake, 5........ ...... 4 _l6Ol Mayflower 2.. 60
Screw Gun Boats. I Bullfrog 2... 60
Erne.. - 2... 60
Loui.a
Sandfly
Spanker
'
Ruby. 2... 60 Goliath, s 80...400
Second Division. Russell, s
Cressy, s 80...400 Eurotas, p l2 .200
Colossus, s 8 5...400 Clio, s 2l .400
Majestic, s BO-400 Driver, p .. 6 ..280
Mars, a 80...400 Miranda, 8
Frigates. Argus, p 6...300
Emerald, s 56. .600 Hydra, p . . 6...220
Horatio, s. mortar 12...250 i Screw Gun Boats.
Amphion, s 34. .300 I Dwarf
Dragon, p 6...560 ' Fidget • 2... 20
Corvettes. Fly
Scylla, s 20...400 Griper
Cossack,l s 20...250 Hasty 2... 60
Malacca, p l7. 200 Herring
Fawn, s
Screw Dispatch Gunboats. Mastiff .
Victor
Renard
FOURTH DIVISION.

SCREW GUN BOATS. &c.--9.tistletoe, Surly, Spey,
Sepoy, Tickler, Thrasher, Traveller, Thistle, Lively ; also,
Phoenix, screw, and Salamander, paddle.

STATION, D AT 611ATHAK

SCREW GUN BOATS.—Wye Tiny, Midi" Growler,
Calulus (with the floating batteries Thunderbolt, Thun-
der, Etnr..)

THE MILITIA.

Between 8 and 9 a.m. on Wednesday 27 offic;:rs
and nearly 400 men of the Worcestersnire Militia
arrived in Dublin, from England, in the Duke of
Cambridge and Trafalgar steamers, and proceeded
at once to the Curragb. Between 3 and 4 p.m. the
same vessels took on board 21 officers and between
500 and 600 men of the Donegal Militia, and left
with them for Aldershott.

The First Divisi':n 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 Tuesdaynight, from which the first divi-
sion proceeded to Dublin 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 Year and Kincar-
dineshire Regiment of Militia Artillery, under the
command of Lieut.-Colonel Layard, Major Lannies
and Bothby, and Adjutant Mackay. The regiment,
which is 800 strong, marched to the barracks,
where the head-quarters will be, but eac'i company
in rotation for month is to occupy the Castle of
Carrickfergus, to be there instructed in the use of
artillery guns. At half--pant 1 o'clock the 80 h, or
Royal Tyrone Fusiliers, arrived in Belftst, from
Armagh and embarks I on board the Elk, which was
in readiness, and in about two hours afterwards
they sailed for Sectland. The. regiment is 700
strong,
.and was under the c numaud of A. W. C.
Hamilton, in the absence of the Lieut.-Colonel.
The following officers were with their regim-nt
Captaiils. White, Stuart, Irwin, A. F. Knox, Arm-
strongoand Lindsay. Between 1 and 2 o'clock the
102 d, drPrince of Wales OWn Donegal Regiment of
Militia, arrived in Belfast from Derry, and marched
at once to the Ulwer Railway, from which they
were conveyed to Dublin for Englind. This regi-
ment is to be 1,100 strong.

P RLI AME N TARY NOTICES-AFTER
THE RECESS.

•
Sir De Lacy Evers —lndia (Reinforcement of Troops)
—Select committee to inquire concerning the measures
resorted to or which were available, as to the lines of
communication adopted for reinforcing eur 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.

Mr. Griffiths—To ask the 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-
rests of this country require them to offer a positive
opposition to the success of that application.
Mr. T. Dancombe—Baron de Rothschild— To call
the attention of the house 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
form as shall be binding upon his conscience, and in
accordance with the faith he professes.
Sir H. Verney—Netley Hospital—Address that the
plan proposed for }Tetley Hospital may be referred to
the Barrack and Hospital Commission, with an instruc-
tion to consider whether the present foundations can be
used for a connecting corridor, and separate pavilions
containingir J. p
atkhingewtaornt bEuliulteaattio right angles
mngloevse for
it.
Sir inquiry
into the state of national education in England.
Mr, Campbell—East India (Army,
&c
statements of the entire strength and cost,o)—nthpeeltaistleodf
January last, of the three native Indian armlet, regular
and irregular and distinguishing their allowances frog
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 Queen'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, Lasoars,'
&c., for the armies of
India, the governor-general, governors, commanders-in-
chief, and heads of departments, civil and military,
annually for the past five years ; and of the barrack
ti,:commodation now existing foriEuropean trope, the
stations occupied and abandoneda,nadnad
detailcanse ooff •apbroapndosoenci
nuleewn ts, tba teitownese BE3uor oapnen danlBtsr7oo;ps in the bills or I•lains,
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.