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her captain had met 1,
with ; but " she had been 111'rj
pos,ely kept light, her water-casks were not fillid,lo
she was rather short of three zn-nths' previsioir"
she started. This was her trial with the serveY'ell
frigate Vernon, when it was trumpeted forth ts the
world that additional " laurels had been added to
oa
surveyor's brow " by the Queen beating the 'Verve
which was stated to be " the fastest frigate in Os or
vice." Now it' the Queen, by beating this frigate,' tde
ferred so much honour on Sir W. Symonds, wsl.4
gree of mortal praise is due to the venerable constru,:ve
of the St. Vincent, which vessel has proved so 510
rior to the Queen ? And, allowing the Albion
credit of putsailing the three-deckers, it 11151
to
asked how shall we estimate the sailing qualities OJ,
he:
Vernon, " the fastest frigate, in the service," two
we find that the old Fox, 49, frigate, heat the Alo
that ship, having beat the three-deckers, :aniong,.ta
the Queen, which ship was said to be superior in
to the Vernon ? bG
THE SURVEYOR'S SAFETY VESSELS.--!-OR two 0,
occasions, to bolster up ano claim a superiority Orbiel
" intuitive" vessels of the survey or, the disasters as
betel the Acorn, and some of 'the old 10-gus bor
were triumphantly pointedout by a morning CO
porary. That journal, however, would seem ~,,P
'bee/
oblivious of the loss of life and property which Woe.
sustained by the surveyor's ships, although their tier
have been preserved. hout Taking into consioet
the narrow escape of the Pique, 36, from total wrsc/10
her voyage from Canada, when she was saved eel IV,
indomitable skill and perseverance of Capt. Rous
officers, we may allude to the mishaps of the Star Plc,
Three times w.,s this vessel thrown on her bearn-esuidil
frightful loss of life ; on one occasion a lieutenants°
odj
men—a whole watch—were washed out of 13601
drowned; and she was saved from going down by eV)
away the masts, which, fortunately, they were eu„swipd
do from the channels of the Star having been IDit..„'"'-iof
a principle to the patentee of which the 511,„'ii,
and his officials have offered very great 013P''fico'
The Racer. 16, was also thrown on her beans7endsll4
with loss of life. The Mercury, tender, neterlYdr°viilei
the pay clerks at Chatham-yard, and as nearly
1
their money, off Sheerness, and afterwards ter-40
with loss of many lives, a similar specimen of ber'iti
qualities in the Bristol, hannel. On this occasi°ll'4oo
mate in command, by almost superhuman eier:noe
saved the tender, and his meritorious service was 6_,,, c'•opei
ledged by his promotion. The causes which 00010
such losses as those of the old Acorn and Martill •ttiJ
been properly explained in the House of Com Mons
the above-mentioned instances will show that the. •
d;
little reason for boasting of the safety of the "
vessels.—Herold.

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COURT-MARTIAL ON LIE
STOKES. s fel
Some little time since we were led to offer terl
remarks upon the case of Barnes, the carPel3„o44
mate of the Resistance, and especially with refe'ty
to the extraordinary determiation come to hioo
Lords of the Admiralty, in incarcerating the
for two years, for the commission of an offenee2o
cognised indeed by the articles of war, but fel
would have been scouted out of an civil court 0.410
governed by the principles of justice and 01101
sense. Barnes, it will be remembered, was c°ll,ool
of lifting an adze against the boatswain (Lee).90100,,
in a state of insensibility, the effect of Lee's riale.
and was sentenced to be hanged at the yarcroftle
such one of her Majesty's ships as the Lords aeei
Admiralty might direct. We then stated, that
there was a case showing the necessity fora re 10
of the articles of war, that of Barnes g',Ji ti,
identical one. We have, however, this nos!
record a still greater anomaly, in the ,010
of the trial of an officer upon a charge
~,i tY
in a civil court of law would have involvufiei
liberty of the accused for a considerable P;5O
An officer of the Tartarus, Lieutenant Stokes9,.,l (11'
Tuesday brought to a court-martial upon eer'td,
gusting charges, preferred :'against him
named Terry, belonging to the same ship. J-i'
beisi
for us to question the judgment of the raeln
that court who tried the prisoner, in coming teed
decision they did, but certainly the conserluelneor
that decision shows a lamentable amount of rcbtli
gruity in the various degrees of punishment vili.jeat!
articles of war prescribe for offences recognlg
the service. Thus, in the one case, where 6,
proved to have been insensible, and by coney
irresponsible, lifted a weapon in self-defence !,te
a brutal boatswain, the punishment was, accorwl,,y
these precious articles, death. In the present'," cO,
the court is of opinion that an officer is guilty ,rid'
of the most disgusting offences known to et e sr!
man, the sentence is, we presume, by the stli% to
Iles, simply dismissal from the ship in vviLl:o;
offender was serving at the time of the comma,
the offence. Thus much with regard to the ifo)°,oeri°
and folly of those articles of war ; now for the ottr
of the case in question. We have said it does eor
come us to impugn the judgment of the oe,br
of the court on Tuesday last, but it 071
come us as public iiurnalists to exPreajellei,
opinion as to the nature of the eli Pu"
adduced in support of the charge agai,"sr try
officer, and, -if possible, to discover whewei,
prisoner's guilt was rendered as conclusive iltd
made by the sentence of the court. The PI; it!
upon whose evidence alone the charge rest m'br.
proved by witnesses of irreproachable credit "-bell
been anything but a good character—to briete
guilty of falsehood, and to have evinced not our'
many times, a spirit of hostility to the accuseufor fir
himself admitted that he had been punished oaf,
glect of duty, and, what was of still greateavl
quence, that Lieutenant Stokes was obnoxia,
crew, who desired to get him out of the ship,
he was too strict a disciplinarian. These wester
portant facts drawn from the prosecutor, allu,a eetes'i
what jury of conscientious Englishmen voll'
taro such a charge after admissions of so une(1.404,,,,)
a nature ? Again, it was proved that the nitiPi
had exulted in the belief that by his instrument:dote(
prisoner was " in for it," and this, too, irnlll4
after the commission of the alleged disgusr be rA
For the credit of human nature, it is not to00r".
lieved that an individual, under such circtinng ifird
could have acted with the gross levity white",
distinctly sworn the prosecutor did._ The coin,
of the Tartarus and the brother officers of PrPai
soner gave him the highest character for 111%,
religious bearing, and the medical officer of 1101
entirely disproved the statement made by thenc , 01;
cutor as to indications of the offence having er.4
'flitted. Ought such a prosecutor to have 1"-f .0!:$
dited ? Was not the testimony to character °l;gr,.,
importance, and was not the evidence of the! 0., Prc
of the highest importance? Notwithstaudielfest
court thought 'the charge proved, and Lieu
w...r Stokes was sentenced to be dismissed his 9e;
of two things is certain—either the prisoner vno (11:4
of the imputed offence, and ought to have rt.; ore
missed her Majesty's service, and subjected 5 islif
punishment, no matter how severe ; or he 0411:1,41
cent of the charge—that it was a foul cleft
against him, and that he ought to have heen,iett
to his previous honourable position in s"-
Devonport Independent.
Alov,
DEAFNESS—ACOUSTIC INSTRuMENT9 —3onduCt
marle-street, Piccadilly.—lnvisible Voice C!!
when fixed in the cavity of the ears, are not m,(); pieceol'
fortable nor perceptible than having a solntt 0130'
wool in its place. They enable individuals
vanced age, and of forty or fifty years' stamilllerOtill
treme deafness, instantly to join in general cun:sler6t)
and to catch the sound of a distant, sP"tion
church, theatre, &c. They pour the converea
re cir,or
the ears to such an extent, that in most segel;fedi
deafness cannot be observed. Also original vacs, 'Ol
nets, French, German, and Spani-h Artificial 'v.., Wet
improved Hearing Trumpets of every deseripti;tioori.
of those instruments have received the aPP,.l.°Gre
_at telt
the Royal Society and Royal Institution of
.„e4lott
taro. The Newly Invented Spectacles, i0";oior)so
they are placed before extremely imperfect... 5;4r
is brought to its youthful, natural, and orig1"110'00
Also Achromatic Telescopes, Opera-glose9ooilo
scopes, &c.—Caution : Messrs. S. and 13'
late
41 ;1 Opticians and Aurists, are not in any way 0- tie'eol
a person of the same name in their immeaui
ii•e`
bourhood, nor in any part of the country'. be dte'
mistakes, be cautious, and observe—Only tairari"
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