The Sun.
London, England, 1828-08-25 00:00:00

COURT MARTIAL.

A Court Martial was held on board the Revenge,
off Navarin, on the 16th of June, to try Commander
G. F. Hotham, the officers, and crew, of his 'Majcs;-
ty's, ship Parthian, for the loss of that vessel near
Alexandria, on the coast of Egypt, on the 16th of
May : President, Captain Norborne Thompson;
present, Captains William Parker, C. 8., Hon. 'T.
A. Mande, C. 8., Commanders Garland and Bruce,
when the following sentence was delivered :—" And
having heard Commander liotham's narrative of the
circumstances, and examined witnesses produced in
support of it, and maturely and deliberately weighed
and considered the whole—the Cfratt is of opinion
that the loss of the Parthian is imputable to a
southerly current, setting. the sloop out of her:course,
and to the neglect of heaving the lead. But as it
appears that said sloop on all former occasions, and
with the exception of heaving the lead on the pre-
sent, has been conducted in the most exemplary
manner, and that the omission of the lead arose from
too great confidence n the position of the ship, de-
duced from the sight of the land obtained in the
morning, corresponding with the observations am!
chronometers, and that preparations were actually
made for heaving the lead, together with the very
great exertions which appear to have been made by
the said Commander Hotham, his officers, and com-
pany, is their endeavours to save the ship and
stores, the Court does, in consideration thereof, only
adjudge the.said Commander Hotham, and Mr..E.
Sawkins, the Master, to be admonished to be more
careful in future, No blame attaching to the rest of
the officers and ship's company, they arc hereby ac-
quitted."

STEAM OUT-DONE.—AII ingemousmechanist,
of the name of WALKER, residing at Little Colwell, near
this town, Las invented a mechanical carriage, which is
expected to out-do all the out-doings of steam. It is said
the least possible velocity of its movement is at the rate of
twelve miles an hour.—Berhs Chronicle.

A CoNFLAGII.IIION !—A few evenings ago,
at a party, a lady wearing one of those expansive bonnets,
having incautiously approached within four feet and a
half of the candle, the millinery structure became en •
velvet' in flames. Tho active assistance of some gentle-
men, who were of the company, is beyond all praise, aial
though we (regret to state, that their fingers were severely
scorched in the attempt, yet fortunately the devouring
element was got under with no further damage than the
loss of some floral ornaments on the exterior of the fashion
able pile,—Stockport Advertiser.

The weather has been less favourable for the
harvest since Tuesday than previously ; but having
fine drying winds, reaping has proceeded, and nearly
the whole of the crop in this district is now cut, and
some quantity carried, and the grain in better con-
dition than might have been expected. The-great
advance in Mark-lane, and many other inarkets,
caused a speculative disposition here; and inther an
extensive business was transacted in the early part
of the week, both in Wheat and Oats, the latter
commanding fully Id. per 451 b. advance. Flour
and Oatmeal are also each rather dearer ;- the former
ls. to 25., and Oatmeal 6d. per sack. At to-day's
market the sales were limited, and .the• 'inferior
qualities of Wheat scarcely brought so good a.price,
but holders were generally firm. Bonded Wheat is
3d. per bushel, and Flour ls. per barrel dearer, and
very little of either article in the Market. Barley
under lock has also brought Id. to 2d. per 601 b. gd-
,vante.

We continue to experience a steady demand for
British. Plantation Sugar from• the grocers' and 're-
finers, and a. few lots of low pan qualities have been
taken for export. The quantity sold is 1100 hhds.,
for which very full prices_ were obtained, and in some
instances a small advance was paid, In Foreign and
East India Sugar nothing done. Nearly 70Q
puncheons West India Molasses have been sold—
Grenada and St. Vincent at 255., Demerara at 245.
3d. to 245. 6d., and Berbice at 225. 6d. per cwt.
Our Coffee Market . remains, dull, the business done
being still confined to the home trade, for which
purpose about 120 Ices. Jamaica have been 'taken.
Cocoa and Ginger without demand.—Pimento is in
partial request. Rums remain firm at the prices
quoted; sales limited.
We have experienced a limited demand for Cpt-
ton : the prices of American and Brazil descriptions
are again rather lower than last week, and establish a
decline of about id. per lb. from our quotations of
this day fortnight. The sales amount to 9,270
bags. The arrivals are 10,584 bags.
There has again been- a dull week in our Tobacco
market, the few sales made having been for small
orders for the manufacturers.

A speculative demand having appeared at the
close of last week for Rice, some considerable pur-
chases were made, and prices have since become
stiffer; the total sales are about 600 tees. Carolina,
and 3,200 bags East India; the prices of the Caro-1
lina were from 15s. 6d. to 195., but the bulk was at
17s, 6d.: a large portionof the Bengal was bought
at 12s. 9d., with some portion to 15s 9d. per cwt.
Turpentine sells steadily; 1,850 brls. have
been disposed of at 10s. 9d. per cwt., for good
quality.
The sales in Tar are 400 brls. roany American,
at 12s. 6d., and 400 brls. Stockholm at 12s. 9d.
to 13s. per brl.
There has been a better demand for Pot Ashes,
and in some instances rathenhigher prices have been
obtained for the new imp&fts.