Monthly Chronicle.

Captain Moiloy began his defence on the 6 th of May . By permission of the Court , Mr . Fielding , the barrister , read a very able and eloquent speech for the Captain , who , from being much agitated , was unable to * ead it himself . _ tn the course of this speech Mr . Fielding read the following sentence : — " He left it with the Court to determine ; whether , after having been thirty-three years in the service , and in nine several actions , he was then , for the first time in his life , to be dubbed a coward , and made to suffer an ignominious death . "—¦

[ Here Mr . Fielding was so overcome , that he was silent , and in tears , for a few moments . ]—When Mr . Fielding had conclhded reading the speech , witnesses for the defence were examined , and these were continued till the 15 th;—their cxaminations went to prove the anxiety of Captain Moiloy to get into action , the incapacity of his ship for doing more than she did , and his earnestness in direct nr her lire while she was engaged . THE SENTENCE . —The Court having heard the evidence on the part of the prosecution , and that on behalf of Captain Moiloy , and having . duly weighed and

considered the same , were of opinion— " That the said charges have been made good against the said Captain Anthony James Pye Moiloy . But having found that , on the said 29 th of May , and 1 st of June , as well as on many former occasions , Captain Moiloy ' s courage had always been unimpeachable , the Court was of opinion , that Captain Moiloy , then commanding the Ca ; sar , should be dismissed from his Majesty ' s said ship the Ca ; sar ; and ordered that he be accordingly forthwith dismissed . " Loss or THE BOYNE . —Portsmouth , May 1 . —This day , between eleven and twelve o ' clock , by some accidenthis Majesty ' s ship Boyne , of 9 8 guns , Captain - Grey , caught fire . The marines had-been exercising and firing to windward , and it is thought some of their wadding having been blown into one ofthe ports in the

admiral ' s cabin , set lire to some papers which . were lying there : which communicating toother parts of the vessel , the flames spread so rapidly , that in less than half an hour this noble ship , only five years old , was on fire both fore and aft . The flames burst through the poop before the fire was discovered . When the fire broke out , there was a fresh breeze at S . W . and it being ebb tide , the ships were riding with their sterns to windward . Within half an hour afteithe fire broke out , the tops of ail the rigging were in a blaze . About twelve the tide turned . ) and the position of the ships was changed , but it was now too late

to make any attempt , or even for tiie boats to come near her , which had been sent to render her assistance . The Marries raged with great fury ; and unfortunately all her guns were loaded , and as they became heated they went off , the shot falling amongst the shipping , and some of them even reached the shore . It was upwards of two hours from the first discharge till all the guns had gone oft ' . About two , her cables were burnt , and she went adrift , the fire blazing through every port-hole . The sight , though at noon-Say , was awfully grand . The ships to leeward of her having got under weigh , to get clear of her , ran down to St .

Helen's , an 4 she drifted slowly to the Eastward , her mizen mast and top mast having fallen before she began to drift . At five a very considerable shock was felt all over the town of Portsmouth ; at that moment the after magazine blew up , wilh a great explosion ; and shot , and pieces of timber , were thrown to a very considerable distance all around her . By advices received at the Admiralty from Portsmouth , the total loss was twenty men killed and wounded ; of these two men were killed and one wounded onboard the Queen Charlotte , from the shot ofthe cannon ofthe Boyne , which were left loaded ever since she arrived from the West Indies , and of course went oil'as above-mentioned . The crew of the ship escaped by jumping overboard and all the boats cf ( he ships at Soithead . were out to their assistance .

4 . Arrived at Yarmouth , under convoy of the Leopard man of war , and three frigates , one hundred transports with twenty regiments of infantry , besides the guards and artillery , with the Hon . General de Burgh , from the Continent . Some ofthe regiments disembarked at Yarmouth , andothars at Harwich ; the guards and artillery came up the Thames to Greenwich , & c . On mustering these troops , previous to embarkation , there tvas found one-third more than were known to be