The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-24 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 21. THE LATE REAR-ADMIRAL
MAITLAND.—A very beautiful white marble memorial has
been placed in the chapel of this dockyard to the memory of
the above gallant and distinguished officer, who presided in
the office of Admiral-Superintendent in this great arsenal
from 1832 to 1837, and left behind him a reputation for
benevolence, goodness of heart, and humanity towards all
those placed under him, which will never be forgotten while
a man remains in the establishment who was employed dur-
ing the time of his government.
With other circumstances which have atta2ted fame and
honour to the name of the gallant deceased is associated one
which must hand down Isis name to posterity, as connected
with the most remarkable events of modern times; we al-
lude to the fact of Napoleon having surrendered to him on
board the Bellerophon, 78, after the disastrous affair of
Waterloo, when off Rochfort, on the 15th of July, 1815, as
inscribed at the foot of the memorial.
The work does infinite credit to the abilities and taste of
the artist (Mr. T. Campbell, of Great Marlborough-street,
London), and represents, in alto reliero, the bust of the Ad-
miral in his uniform beneath the folds of a cloak. The like-
ness is very correct, exhibiting the staid and determined
character of the officer, yet blended with that expression of
kindness for which the man was so well known and beloved.
'i he work will for years to come recal many recollections of
bygone days in the memory of very many among the arti-
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The following inscription is chiselled on the base :
" To the memory of
" Rear-Admiral Sir Frederick Lewis Maitland,
"K.C.8., S.T., F.il., and B.G.
" This gallant and distinguished officer was most actively
employed during the wiro!e period of his career, and served
in every clime. He entered the naval setvice early in life ;
was a midshipman on board the Southampton in the action
of the Ist of June, 1794 ; commanded a division of gun-
boats in Egypt in 1801; and when in command of the
Bellerophon, off Rochfort, Napo!ettn Bonaparte, after his de-
feat at Waterloo, surrendered to him on the 15th of July,
1815. He was Admiral-Superintendent of Portsmouth
Dockyard from the year 1832 to 1837, and Commander-in-
Chief in India from that date to the period of his decease.
"He died at sea, off Bombay, on the 30th of November,
1839, aged sixty-two.
"In testimony (,f their deep sorrow, and to record their
admiration of his talents, his firmness, his gallantry, and his
worth, this memorial was placed here by his brother-officers,
followers, and friends."
A court martial, comprising Rear-Admiral Sir Lucius Cur-
tis, Bart., Superintendent of Malta dockyard, President ;
Captain Rich, of the Formidable; Captain Richards, of the
Hibernia; Commander Harry Edgell, of the Siren; Com-
mander Wise, of the Formidable ; and Mr. W. H. Brown,
Purser, of the Ceylon, Judge-Advocate ; assembled on board
the Amazon,; 26,
,Pptain Stopford, in Valetta Harbour,
Malta, on the' melting of the 27th ult., to try Geo. White,
of the Amazon. able seaman, on the following charges, pre-

feired by his captain, Jame. Stopford
" 1. That on the evening of the 29th of May, the ship
being at anchor off the town of Smyrna, he did, when doing
duty as coxswain of the gig, make use of mutinous language
when ordered by Lieutenant Thomas R. Downes, the senior
Lieutenant, to pull a certain number of times round the
nearest vessel, as a punishment for making a noise in coming
alongside, and that he took the command of the said gig out
of the hands of the Hon. H. F. Deane, naval cadet, under
whose orders she had been placed, and obliged him, the said
Hon. H. F. Deane, to land.
" 2. That he did on the same evening desert, and entice the
rest of the boat's crew to desert, and run away with the said
gig, and did not return until brought back to the ship on the
afternoon of the 31st."
The Court, having heard the evidence of the first-lieutenant
and the Hon. Mr. Deane, of the Amazon, and what the
prisoner had to say in reply to the charges, was of opinion
that the prisoner was not guilty of having used mutinous
language to Lieutenant Downes when ordered punishment,
but that he was guilty of having used mutinous words to the
Hon. Mr. Deane, whom he had disobeyed and dispossessed in
his command of, and landed him from the boat; and that he
had deserted and enticed others to desert, in breach of the
first part of the 16th, the 19th, and the latter part of the 22d
Articles of War (excluding any breach of the 15th).
The sentence of the Court, therefore, was, that the said
George White should suffer death by being hanged by the
neck from the yard-arm of such vessel as tl:e Commander-in-
Chief might be pleased to order and direct; but from the
circumstances of the case, the Court strongly recommended
the prisoner to the merciful consideration of the Admiralty.
The Mutine, 12, Commander Cranford, put into '1 able
Bay on the 17th ult , having been ashore while chasing a
slaver, which she made a prize of, with 450 slaves on board.
Owing to her leaking very much she was to be hove down,
when, if her damage was discovered to be considerable, she
was to sail for England to repair it.
The Vindictive, 50, Captain Seymour, bearing the flag of
the Commander-in-Chief, Vice-Admiral Austen, was at Ha-
lifax on the Ist it:stant. The Scylla, 16, Commander Sharpe,
was to sail on the sth for England, her period of service hav-

ing expired.
The Comet, steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Pretty-
man, left yesterday for Plymouth, with supernumeraries for

the experiinental squadron.
The Wasp, 16, commander Ussher, captured on the Ist of
June, off Lagos, a Brazilian slaver, a new and beautiful ves-
sel. She sent her to Sierra Leone, where she arrived on the
16th, and was condemned on the 24th.
APPOINTMENTS.
Rear-Admiral.—Sir Samuel Pym, K.C.8., to command
he experimental squadron, -vice Parker, resigned from ill
health.
Commodore.—Captain C. Pring, C. 8., to be commodore of
the second class, to hoist his broad pennant on board the
Imaum. 72, at Jamaica, as second in command on the West
India and North American station, vice Sharpe, resigned.
Lieutenants.—lL Stuart, to the Apollo; G. K. E. Wright,
W. G. Mansfield, C. Rainer, and W. N. Lockyer, to the Pe-
nelope, the three latter additional; W. G. Deane, to the
Vindictive; W. Moorsom, from the Excellent, to the Rod-
ney.
Paymasters and Pursers.—A. Jones, to the Helena; G. T.
Plueubly, to the Juno.
Mates.—M. H. M. Munday, to the Excellent; H. Nelson,
to the Heroine.
Second Master.—H. Clements, to the Alban.
Master's Assistant. —A. C. Webb, to the Victory.
Midshipmen.--N. F. Spencer, to the Mutine ;R. B. Webb,
to the Victory; F. Moresby, to the Canopus; J. A. Sandfurd,
to the St. Vincent.
Naval Cadets.—G. T. Gordon, to the Kingfisher; C. J.
Lindsay, to the President.
COAST-GUARD.
api:-
Appointments.—Lieutenant C. W. Pears, to command a
( Dpacoinrets men
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station, and appointed to St. Alban's-head, vice Hill; Lieu.
tenant W. R. Broomall, to Dunbar station
Boßurnemmovouaitsh.nnvc.eclluedde,ivs,iccehliVef o ffi
yld, deceased.
Removals eaKseidlkearne, Galway,
to Milkcove, vice Corydon, superseded.
PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY.—Rear-Admiral
mander-in- Chief on the Cape of Good Hope station,Com-
mander-in-
and
acting Commander-in-Chief and Admiral-Superintendent at
this port, has gone on Admiralty leave this day. His flag
was struck on board the President, 50, Captain Stanley (his
flag-ship), this evening at sunset.'
Four of the advanced ships at this port are ordered to be
still further advanced by leaving their topmasts fitted. They
are the Britannia, 120; 'Vengeance, 84; .Bellerophon, 78 ; and
the Pembroke. 72.
The Nelson, 120, advancing in the basin, is ordered to be
docked to have her bottom examined, and to complete repairs.
The Admiralty have not yet decided whether the Neptune,
120, or this ship shall be the flag-ship for Admiral Sir Charles
Ogle, the nominated successor to Sir Charles Rowley, as Corw
mander-in-Chief at this port ; or whether the St. Vincent
shall be retained for that duty.
The Carysiort, 26, has been removed from the basin under
the shears to be masted, when she will be ready for commission.
The Harlequin. 16, was taken into dock this morning to be
fitted for the pendant.
The Nautilus, 10, Lieutenant-Commander Macdonald, hav-
ing completed her refit, and replenished stores and provisions,
sailed this morning to resume her protection of the fisheries on
the Sussex coast.
'the Dasher steamer, Commander Sherrineharre left this
morning to resume her surveying duties in the Solent.
The Fairy, royal yacht tender, Master-Commander Ro-
berts, came up on Saturday from Cowes. She returned this
morning, and again came into harbour at noon. She came
as far as Fort Moncton under canvass as well as steam. Her
speed appeared extraordinarily great. She landed dispatches
and returned to Osborne this afternoon. She will shortly be
laid up for the winter.
The Apollo troop-ship, Commander Radcliffe, sailed from
Spithead this morning for Cork, where she will embark de-
tachments of the 73d for service at the Cape of Good Hope.
She got under way about half-past ten o'clock.
The Earl of Hardwicke, In liaman, Captain Drew, a splen-
dled vessel of 1,300 tons, the property of Mr. Green, of
Blackwell, got under way three-quarters of an hour before
the Apollo, and waited for her to have a trial of sailing down
the Channel. They both stood off on the starboard tack
together, close hauled, wind W.N.W., then stood in again,
when the wind shifted to W.S.W., they stood off again at
2 40 P.M., when the wind again changed to W.N.W.,_ as at
starting. The Earl of Hardwi, ke went to windward until
3 lest., when the Apollo went to windward of her, hand over
hand. The Apollo is considered a " crack" sailer, and was
chosen in 1819 by George IV. f.a. the royal yacht, and fitted
up with- great magnificence in this harbour for the royal
especial service, but she never carried his Majesty to sea, and
was dismantled, after vast sums of money had been expended
upon her.
A screw-propelled steam-frigate, to carry 36 guns, is or-
dered to be laid down on the design of Mr. Finchato, master
shipwright of this dockyard, in the same dock the Centaur
now occupies, on the latter vessel being floated out. Her tim-
bers are-ready, and arranged on either side of the dock.
The Lame, 18, Commander Brisbane, arrived at St. He-
lena on the 24th of July from the Island of Ascension.
The Princeza, the prize captured by the Mu'ine, 12, Com-
mander Crawford, arrived at St. Helena from Madagascar on
the 23d of July, and was sent on the following day to Sierra
Leone for adjudication.
The Albatross, 16, Commander Yorke, arrived at St. He
lena from Benguela on the 25th of July.
The Batt naval lighter, Sweetman master, arrived last
night from Deptford, with victualling stores for the Royal
Clarence-yard. She reports that on Friday afternoon, as she
was coming down Sea-reach, on her way from Deptford to
Gosport, a seaman named Alexander Germain, whilst heav-
ing the lead, fell overboard and sank immediately. The
mate, Thomas Hassard, who was at the helm, instantly
jumped into a boat astern to render assistanee, but his promp-
titude was unavailing, as be never saw Germain again. The
under-current runs very strong at the spot where the unfor-
tunate man went overboard, and is supposed to have carried
him beyond the reach of human aid. The crew of the Batt
" crepe' f.,r the body for some hours, but without success.
The drowned man was aged twenty-six, a native of Alver.
stoke, near Gosport, and a very steady character. He has
unfortunately left a wife and three young children nap has
for.
The Athol troy-ship. Master -Commander Pearn, remains
at Spithead awaiting orders.
DEVONPORT.—The Experimental Squadron arrived here
before daylight on Saturday morning, the St. Vincent lead-
ing, attended by the Rattler and Stromboli steamers. The
St. Vincent saluted the flag of Admiral Sir John West, Com-
mander-in. Cief; and the Urania (Neapolitan frigate) sa-
luted the flag of Rear-Admiral Parker (who continues very
unwell).
The Commander in-Chief, Sir John West, struck his flag
(blue at the main) on board the
an Sylph tehoisted itnder,on at half-past
ten o'clock on Saturday morning, d board the
Queen, 110—his intended flag-shipas Commander-in-Chief of
Admiral Parker struck his flag,
the Experimental Squadron, at sunset on Saturday evening;
and Rear-Admiral Sir Samuel Pyea took up the command,
hoisting his flag (red at the wizen) on board the St. Vincent.
During the absence of Rear-Admiral Pym in commend of
the squadron, the duties of Superintendent of this Dockyard
will be conducted by Mr. Lonsdale, Master-Attendant.
The court-martial ordered to be held at Co.k on Lieutenant
Leigh, of the Stromboli steam-sloop, for st. ikieg a stoker,
but postponed in consequence of an informality in the war-
rant, will now be held on board the flag-ship at this port.
Mr. Mills, late Master of the San Josef, is appointed addi-
tional Master to the Caledonia for service ashore, for which
be will receive, in addition to his pay, W. per snow.