The Sun.
London, England, 1829-09-02 00:00:00

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COURT-MARTIAL UPON CAPT. DIC.
SON, R.N.-(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)

PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY—(SIXTH DAY.) I
The Court again assembled this morning at the used
hour. It is thought the case for the prosecution will clod
to-morrow (thiS. day), when an adjournment will 141/1
place till Monday, to give Captain Dickenson an opporte;
nity to prepare his defence, and it is supposed he will bins'
in less than two days.
The Court now proceeded to enquire into the 6th 1111 j
7th charges. That the refitting of the Genoa for leAviog
Navarin was unjustifiably slow, and the same slacknetiq
prevailed on her way to Malta. That the Genoa's mast
was suffered to go by the board for want of being secured.
The JUDGE-ADVOCATE requested Sir E. Codringtoo
to state to the Court what information he could as to the
6th and 7th charges.
Sir E. CODRINGTON--My opinion is that the Goat
has not suffered so much as other ships of the English line'
At daylight in the morning of the 21st of October, e°
looking round the fleet with my glass to observe the ceo'
tion of the various ships and their exertions in refitting'
appeared to me that the Genoa was more slack than Or
other; there appeared a want of activity in securing the,
masts and fitting the rigging ; whilst I was looking stbef;
with anxiety to see how she got on, I observed the 00.4.-
mast, about eight o'clock in the morning, to go overhce"o
I did not see any measures adopted to prevent such
1t
event ; to the best of my recollection the mizen toe
had not been struck. r?
By the PRESIDENT—What was the state of the wet'ea,
Sir EDWARD-There was no swell, the wind was 00,71:
land. It was the beginning of a severe gale. I ant
persuaded the strength of the wind was the cause of t'
mizen mast going overboard.
nea
The ADVOCATE-GENERAI,-.-Did you send the ...-
assistance, Sir Edward ?
Sir E. CODRINGTON-I did. I begged Capt. Ominseelf
would go to the quarterdeck and desire Captain Curia so,
any other officer on deck, to make a signal to the Ges,
that she would send an officer and watch of the
shiPe
company to assist her, and notwithstanding that assistaie
she was the last ship reported to me ready to quiti.t,„o
harbour. The next, or some subsequent day, the Aly,..'",t
and the Genoa came up with the Asia, and seeing tr,-11
the Genoa had the means of using all her plain sails, he'i
upon her foremast and mainmast, by way of ascertsieini, I
her condition in this respect, I made a signal to make s„i
possible sail, in consequence of which she made addition'
sail, and ran a-head of the Asia without the least diffic°4;
Considering, therefore, it was no injury to the ship of era
geer which retarded her progress, but that it arose fn: j
the same slackness which I observed throughout, I order'',
her by signal to make the best of her way to Malta. kne
the Asia arriving there, I found her at anchor, suda%e
was reported to me to have arrived the day before.--( of
numerous extracts of the log were read, corroborative
Sir Edward's evidence.)
By Captain INGLEFIELD-Will Sir Edward Codtieg;
ton state to the Court, whether the signals he made to o;,i
Genoa were obeyed as far as the means of that ship neui
permit? Sir EDWARD-They were obeyed immediateic
Captain GORDON-Did you find any fault otliei'.lo
with Captain Dickenson verbally, or otherwise, reepecti r
the slackness of the Genoa, either in her refittal Or ,0),
passage to Malta? Sir EDWARD—I do not think I
except in the manner which I have already deposed toile ,
Cross-examined by Captain DrcxElasow—l think at r
first of your examination this morning, which is not it
serted in the minutes, you stated that, in your public 0*
spatches with an account of the battle, yon said the Gei'iot
was not injured so much as the other ships ; was not t.di
your statement? sir: E. CODRINGTON-I did not
with the account of the battle; I think I wrote to ty
Admiralty to that effect after our arrival at Malta. 01,
What was the amount of the return of the
wounded on board the Asia ?—The list was staffprodu.
Captain 03111ANEY being called was requested to 0
to the Court what he knew of the 6th and 7th charge k
stated as follows. On the morning of the 24th of
Called
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as I was going from the Albion to the Asia,
board the Genoa as soon as the people had had 031:0
breakfast. The ship seemed to be in great confusion.iti,
soon as I got on board the Asia, I was taken to the tbli
miral in his cabin, and I told him it appeared to Ins
the Genoa would not be ready for some time, and !iir,
gested to him that it might expedite the Genoa's eq—'ol
ment, if he would order . an officer and a watcbrosr,:o
either of the large frigates to assist her. He replied, je
to Captain Curzon, and tell him to make a signal to
Glasgow to that effect." Which I did. I cannot et.,
if there was any unjustifiable tardiness or not inw
equipment. Alter sailing from Navarin, the Gene
astern three days, and it was on the evening of the
day the Admiral telegraphed the Albion not to lose Big
tk
of her. On the following morning signal was res, tbt,
the Genoa to make all possible sail to proceed itesoA
port of Malta rendezvous. Shortly after the f tbel
passed the Admiral and Albion, before the close of
day. Upon the Albion's arrival at Malta, we :Veer—
that the Genoa had arrived on the day before. orefr
That the Genoa's mizen mast was suffered to go du
board was the next part of the charge, on the day th
the battle. Capt. Ommaney was unable to speak
part of the charge. u,as
PRESIDENT-Do you know that the squadron beit
tarried sailing in consequence of the Genoa net_ ,„vii
ready ? Captain Ommaney—l had no means of k to,
whether she was ready for sea as soon as the Ala°.
Asia.
To a question from Captain Elliott as to whether t
Genoa was in such a state on the morning he 'vie:
board her, he would satisfy him that she was equal ";$l,
own ship, he said it would be impossible to give an 8b•I'
without he knew the comparative capabilities of theel/
company, ;but he was certainly of opinion that the
was much better regulated than the Genoa. leas ryas
board the Asia, and in that vessel every thing r_l o.°
as/i
Ii
on with regularity and silence, while on board the ueoi
there was a great deal of noise, and he was of opinild
the affairs of a ship can be more speedily executed in si
The Hon. Capt. ASHLEY MAUDE, of the Glasg°,le,:id
called, and proved having, pursuant to the Aut',o
orders by signal, having sent Lieut. Shombetg, wko.l-
- the Cape of Good Hope, and Mr. Oliver a xidship,.o:
to assist the Genoa, and went on board himselt 'it
observed the Glasgow's men regulating the It
stay on deck was very short; there were from 80 `-ae
men from the Glasgow went on board the Genoa' -
the best of his recollection remained part of one daY•
By the PRESIDENT-During the time you were 0.:jo,
deck of the Genoa did you think the duty was care'?
in an officer-like and seaman-like way, or the reverse/
Captain MAUDE—The time I was on deck I eb e,
more noise than I had been accustomed to hear on
ships in which discipline was regarded.
PRESIDENT-To the best of your opinion, did Y°.,jo'
Bider the crew of the Genoa to be actively and I
employed ?
Captain MAUDE—Yes, as far as I could see. ?'
PRESIDENT-What was the state of the weather
Captain MAUDE-It was squally ; it was nlY,,yll;"
the squadron was retarded by the slackness of the uo,
It being four o'clock, the Court adjourned to to-0'
morning (this day.)

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by the crew of the schooner Dolphin, AreEN,
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list Session, and is expected to pass in the next, /
i‘e
than eight new District Surveyorships are to be i
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