13th Jan, Rose of our readers who have followed the evidence given at the Naval Court of Engniry into the loss of the Yunnan near Swatow will certainly not consider that the Captain and chief officer of that vessel were too heavily punished by having their certificates suspended for six months. But it cannot but strike all who take an interest in such matters how curiously unequal Naval Courts are in their sentences. In the case of the loss of the Nepaul off Plymouth, the commander, Capt. Brady, was navigating his ship into Plymouth with his usual extreme caution. It was thick weather and he had been unsuccessful in finding a pilot. He
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