"تاريخ البحرية الهندية. (١٦١٣- ١٨٦٣)." [‎١‎٦‎٠] (٦٢٢/١٧٩)

100 histoey of the indian nayy.
whilom first-lieutenant of the ' Medusa/ throughout his career,
employed no more than did the commander of that vessel. On
the 16th of February, 1846, Lieutenant Hewett was placed in
temporary charge of the Draughtsman's Office, vice Lieutenant
Montriou, who had sailed in the 'Taptee,' on the 22nd of
October preceding, to prosecute the survey of the west coast as
far as Beypore; but, on the 15th of July, he proceeded to
Europe for three years on sick leave. While in England, the
Court of Directors, in acknowledgment of the ability and zeal
he had uniformly displayed during the period he was in com
mand of the 6 Medusa,' presented him with a sword of the value
of one hundred guineas, bearing the following inscription
" Presented by the Court of Directors of the East India Com
pany to Lieutenant Harry Heald Hewett, of the Indian Navy,
in testimony of the high sense the Court entertains of his
services in command of the Honourable Company's steam-
vessel 4 Medusa,' while employed with the Naval Expedition
in China, and in the China Seas, to the close of the year
1845."
The career of another ship, which arrived in China only to
witness the closing scenes of the war, was as brief as it was
unfortunate. The steam frigate 6 Memnon,' under the command
of Commander F. T. Powell, sailed from England for China
early in 1842. Before leaving the Thames, an event occurred
which negatived the prevalent opinion that the ships of the
Indian Navy could not legally fly the pennant to the westward
of the Cape of Good Hope, if this privilege was regarded
as the evidence of authority to exercise Martial Law. A sea
man behaved disrespectfully to the first-lieutenant, and, when
seized, fell down the hatchway and broke his arm. He brought
a complaint before the magistrate of the Thames Poliee Court,
who, after looking at the Articles of War, intimated that he
must dismiss the case, as it was beyond his jurisdiction and
amenable to Martial Law. While on this point of Naval
Discipline, we may mention a cognate case. In 1846, the
Honourable Company's steam-frigate 6 xAjdaha,' while on her
way to India, proceeded into Portsmouth harbour flying the
pennant; and, on her right to do so being referred to the
Admiralty, a reply was received to the effect, that the Naval
Commander-in-chief had better not interfere with this privilege
of the Indian Navy.
The 4 Memnon' arrived at Bombay, on her return from Hong
Kong, on the 26th of January, 1843. She was then employed
in carrying the mails to Suez, and, on the 22nd of July, for the
last time, left Bombay for that port. The wind and sea were
not worse than during ordinary monsoon weather, up to the
31st of July, when the ship being off the coast of Africa, it
blew a strong gale with a heavy sea; at four p.m., sea and wind