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 264 LORD GAMBIER. 



trial of Lord Gambler, through the instru- 

 mentality of the Judge- Advocate, or some 

 one in his office, he obtained a standing- 

 place in the cabin of the " Gladiator," as 

 close to the president as the court allowed 

 to spectators, and which, from the confined 

 accommodation, might almost be said to 

 be beside him. 



In my early tuition in the Royal 

 Navy, and from my experience, short as it 

 was, I had been always led to believe that 

 a proper submission and a respectful de- 

 meanour to our superiors was not only 

 looked for from all grades, but established 

 by the articles of war, as the very ground- 

 work of discipline, and as such had become 

 the rule of the service. I had also been 

 taught to look upon a Naval court-martial 

 as a most august, if not an awful tribunal ; 

 and when I saw in that assemblage so many 

 distinguished veterans, I could but feel sur- 

 prised at the very off-hand manner, and 

 what appeared to me, to say the least, the 



