The Sun.
London, England, 1852-02-18 00:00:00

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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE:
The follotvingbfficeie attended the levee cif the First
Lord of the Admiralty at Whitehall yesterffey:—Rear-
Admiralsa-ProyererValeei
and J. N. Taylor, CAB. Cdp-
tains—WalliewHoustoe, C. J. Bosaapiet, J. Robb, J.
H. Drummond, W. 11, Lapideee, C..E,imundse W. S.Castle, Sir Bartea Meeteneeeieo„ J. Macdonnell, G:
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Ilotham, Ee.f. Carptinter, Jereinghatn F. B'.
lifontresor, IL 'Schomberg. Conathanderea-E. %V, lied
N. Vansittart, 0. Geytee,
Thomas Wilson, A. C. May,
A. Inglefield,
W. H. Maitlind. Lieutenante—W; E.
L10yd,,0.11. Ydu6a."'S. Woolridge, G. Ma
son. Colonel Mercer, Reee.
The followieg officer& 'attende.d- the first leVee of the
senior need Lord, hear. Admiral the Hon., M. F. F.
Berkeley, C. 8., at Whitehall,• y esterday i—Caeteins—
Mr' Chumb"''' lL Schr)mh,rte, G. li. wilson, W. Hou,
t:ItIr:1107;,1;°Afing:Ilefffie°er171:110:111::::(7..
Lieutenatstse--APline 'Williams, A. Wodehoase, G. 8.
Nara. Master S. Luke. e - •
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4 PARING AND GALLANT
ACT.—We have been fa-
Oared with no
_et:collet of the gallant conduct acidgenerous divotednees to e anesaaateis fate, which still
distinguishes, as ii ever'diesingutihed, tbe British navy.
Fiera a full report of the circumstances it appears that
on the sth - iest., on board the Trafalgar, 120 e Captain
Groville, when going very fast through the water, and
with a heavy sea running,
a navy cadet of. the name-of
Sheepshanks fell from the stern gallery. Mr. 'Skead,
second master, who happened to be in the gun-room at
the time, hearing the cry of':A
man overboard," with-
out hsi
chair in hand, and immediatelyerm in the direction of
his drowningtation leaped
shipmaref,romlltish,e egun-room port with a
uitentioi.vms
at the same
time anticipated be, Mr. Lambe, a midshipman of the
ship, who spranginto the sea from the poop; a height of
sonde 40 feet.. • A-boat was lowered, but in the meantime
the two gallant young men had reached their messmate,
and succeeded in keeping him afloat till a more effectual
aid had reached them. Mr. Skead was taken on board
in a very exhausted state, bat we are happy to say that
no lives ,-were lost. Mr. Skead
is a most promising
officer, and has on more occasions than one shown him-
self to be a smart, ready, and efficient seaman, and bas
proYed himself to be deeerving of advancement at the
hands of the Lords of the Admiralty• We are sure,
also, that Mr. Lambe's most courageous conduct will
not pass without some substantial notiee.__
Herald.
• CAPTURE OF LAG 05.....-" Her *Majesty's ship Penelope,
tagoe, Jan. 4, 1852.—1 t would be useless for me to at-
tempt to describe the bloody scenes that took place on
Christmas-day between the natives of Lagos and the
ships' boats of the Penelope, Sampson, Volcano, Water-
'witch, Bloodhound, and Teaser. Up the river the loss
of lives has been very awful. Two men belonging to the
Penelope, in particular, were brutally massacred by the
natives, their heads chopped off and stuck up in the
King's house as ornaments. They were eventually taken
down and buried by Captain Lyster, who, with a party
amen, landed and spiked their gums, but, in doing so, I
regret to say, our-ship's company suffered much in the
landing and relanding of our men. There were fourteen
killed and 'seventy wounded, making a total, of our ship's
company alone eighty-four. This mail will crush the
feelings of many.a poor wife and mother when the Samp-
son arrives. The. Sampson leaves here for England this ,
evening. We have taken from the, enemy forty-seven
guns, and set fire to and burned the town down about
their heads."
Orders were received at Devonport on Monday morn-
ing to. refit the Arethuste' 50, Captain Thomas Symonds,
with all possible dispatch.. She landed thirteeb invalids
oriBaturday evening (twelve seaman and a second mas•
ter), who were taken to the Royal. Naval Hospital. In
conssquenoe of its being dead low water the- invalids
were obliged to be landed at the Admiral's Hard, Stone-
house, and taken through the town, It
is a matter of
great surprise that some
steps are not taken by the Go-
vernment to dredge the channel, so that boats at least
might be taken to'th hospital at all times of the tide.
The Arethuia has been inspected by the dockyard, and
is found tot be in a-condition to require her being brought
into harbour, and probably docked.' Her defects,how-
ever, do hot exceed what might have been expected
after two years' service, except that her fore-knee is
cons; iertibly strained. She is staid to be horribly infested
with rats.
Captain rt. M., Denham did not commission the He-
reld., corvette ou Monday as stated. He only received
hit commission yesterday. - Lieutenant William Chevers (1815), reserved half-pay
list, died on the sth instant, aged seventy-eight.
Lieutenant Benjamin Worthington (1813), reserved
half-pay list, died at Dover on the 13th instant, aged
sixty-nine years.
Lieutenant-Colonel Hewes, Royal Marines, on the
retired full-pay list, died on the 21 instant at Epper-
atone, Notts. The commissions ofethiskfficer bear' date
as follows:—Second Lieutenant, 4th July, 1803; First
Lieutenant, 15th August, 1805; Captain, 31st July,
1826; Brevet Major, 23d November, 1841; Lieutenant-
Colonel, 12th February, 1842. He served on board her
Majesty's ship Salvador del Mundo, 20th April, 1800,
and 30th January, 1805; her Majesty's ship Crescent,
31st January, 1805, and 27th October, 1807; her Ma-
jesty's ship Rainbow, 9th August, 1809, and Bth No-
vember, 1814; her Majesty's ship Enterprise, 3d August,
1815, and 29th May, 1816; convict ship Exmouth, Fe-
bruary and March, 1831; her Majesty's ship Winches-
ter, 18th Jane, 1831, and 13th June, 1833; her
Majesey's ship Southampton, 20th May 1840; and 15th
November, 1842;• at the blockading 'f
Brest and the
Texe.tain action with a large French o off Cape,
frigate
i:aerate; ott the coast 'of Spain, harassing the French
convoys, and frequently engaged with the batteries at
Barcelona, Mougut, &c.; employed
on the Sardinian sta-
tion; often., landed ;in Corsica, and on one occasion cut
out La Paix,4 guns, °from the port of Geraglio; was
present chasing the Alacrite into Port Langone, in Elba,
and engaged with her the gun-boats and batteries of the
town; landed in company with the marines _of her Ma-
jesty's shipe Resistance and Pylaeles, at the attack of
Massenageee; landed at Leghorn., under Sir J. Rowley,
and was sthe capture of Genoa be Lord William Ben
the 17th of December. -
tinck: .Lieutenant-Colonel retired en u pay on
full , 1846.
Vulture; advanced st • f into Chan-
Pain- rtgate, went the '
net on Manday morning in charge. of Mr. Brown, ase
•
sistant malter-attendant of a' to try her
t dockyard,
machinery. .
Sprightly steam-tender, ala t °mmender Allen,
with
sailedthe forbod Irelan
of d
Mon Monday Sever.en' gat five o'clock,
y a shell
on aoaelen•-*but as the wind
was blowieg, a gale all night from the westward, it is pro-
'balite she is still at Yarmouth Roads
Merlin steam-packet, Lieutenant. Commander *
nant-Commander Turner,
wish.
&ailed from Portsmouth yesterday morning, for Wool-

-Sidon steam-frigate, at Portsmouth, is having her guns
reserve are being forwarded for service by
pladed on board by the den of the Blenheim. The steam
crew. This ship should be allowed a much larger com-
plement for the work they
have to perform.
Fury, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Tatham, arrived at
Lisbon in a deplorable state, having experienced ex-
the Blenheim's
treately boisterous weather in her passage oat, in ern"'
log the Bay of. Biscay.
Diligence transport, mitohni, Inaster,' is ordered to sail
Lisbon. from Devonport with stores for Commodore Martin's
She proceeded
yesterday.
Pilot, 12, Commander Elickley, will lee paid off at
Davenport this day.
Captain liingeome, has been swung
ge Simoom, Dew iron
who navigated the Argus to Devonport.
compasses.
The Avon,steam-vessel, Master-Commander Vojta,
atss ()trC ;PI Sai
val:edYß-dr steam-slip
4:nt
i3ro, PI
-Ott dielc PORTSMOUTH,
(scare;
laoefdr:wjkou)m:s itEni
n1:8 le: In 1 natll: .f-e—°: herI
f 3
: with a few volunteers for
the Rodin, 92, Captain Graham, 0.8.,
and Mr. Davey
gate, Captain Gif-
fard, dated Lishon, the 8 thinst. state that she is stored
for four months, but for what purpose is unknown. Her
and
eptaterrt'ya from the Dragon ateam.fri_
bouroilershavin are said
burst on tho short to be in a deplorablo state, three out
of
Passage from the rock. of
Gibraltar to Lisbon.
The Vixen, 6, steam-sloop, will be brought down from
the ordinary to-morrow to be wasted and fitted out.: '
four
The 'Odin, first-class advanced steam-frigate, was
engines. She is reported to be shortly re-commisaioned.
trying her
m oTo; eed,
Rapid,
ffa
ptil icie,
at Madeira on
the 3ci bast., having arrived on the 2d, 16 days from Ply-
mouth. She encountered a very heavy gale of wind from
BK,l7:ms-mataanirdserYßealatenred,Eaaef_te:
days, washing away her stem-boat. After psesin—
g Cape
Finisterre she had a fair wind into
S.W. in lat 47,10 .N., long. 8 26 W., which Noted five
Madeira. The
Rtipid. was to sail for Madeira for Rio and Ldia oat the
Bth inst.

(1850), to
APPOINTMENTS.,,
• .....•
WOOLWICH, rED. 17. Lieutenants
Payne (1848), and John Hutchinson ....... Charles B.
838 and J
illiam Parsons h
W.
the
Smith (1851), additional to the herald. P
Herald.
Surgeon—Frederick M. &quer (1851) to the
Mates
to the Torch—John Forster (1851) to the Herald.
Davy Herald,
John
.
Assistant-Surgeon—A. M'Donald (1841)to the Torch.
Second At asters—William D. Strong 0848) to the
Fisgard flagship, at Woolwich; E. J. Kemp to the Vic-
tory W. E. TIOUtb I,
flagship, or, Portsmouth; ee... (1848)
Herald;E Wilds (1848) to the Torch.
to the E ,E.
Clerk—J. ti. Wilson to the Herald.
Assistant Engineer—Peter Cowans to the s;„,_
steam tropp-ship at Portsmouth. ._ , ..mucm

THE ARCTIC 'EXPEDITION.
, Boatswain—William Taylor to the Assistanee.
' . Carpenter—Willis Dean to the Resolute.
expLcts
Two sergeants, two corporals, two bombardiers (artil-
lery), and twenty
,privateS, are to be selected from volun-
teers, of good character, belonging to • the• Woolwich
evicte,eakudin
April.
division,.with .the exception of the artillery bombardiers,
to having histheawr arrangements who come from' Portsmouth, and they are to embark
on
Friday on board the 43sistance and Resolute.
Captain Sir,Edward Belcher, C. 8., is 'most active in
The Gallant Officer intends taking out twenty -minis
rifles with bin; to supply one, at least, to .each sledge.
and he is still ' •exertion to obtain a third an '
using every
0
more af th. PoA`rbrfUlueamer tba4,Pithe4-- --se cown3is.
cmomePptlse tceadrrbi by carried
the ttoi resift
sioned foir the 'Arctic expedition, and there is very little
doubt the request will be acceded to when the vote for
the expedition is brought forward. By the aid of an.

other steamier more exertions could bo Made and more
search" accomplished'in tivo than would be otherw4e
effected in three 'years.' • "
_The Cormorant, Commaricler W. C. Chamberlain,
arrived at Woolvvieh on Monday, and again: made a
short rundown the river 'to'show the state of her en-
gims,-that Mr. Trickett, a9sittlit to the chief engineer,
might be able to report as to their condition. Comino•
.lore Henry Eden inspected her, and she wk,s remarkably
'clean, with a fine crew. She: was taken into'the basin
'and commencrd dismantling, bat on the return of her
comnritider 110013 to-day she is not to be paid off,
end het crew have again replaced the parts that were
di.srn,ntled of her rigging.
•
The .P6l.T'phernus Steam-sloop,Corrinander Phillips, is
int2rderl for service on the coast of Africa.
Captain Rtltl4d the factory Randle kageatrsyona,t C. 13. (1842), is appointed to
study steam

LAW INTELLIGENCE,
COUI?T OF.EXCHEQUEI?, Feb. 17,

HILL V. PHILP,.
Thiseaso; which has occupied the Court for iwo days,
wa3`eoncluded this evening, when the jury, after retiring
for some time, returned the following verdict •—" We
fEd for the defendant on all the counts; and, after giving
a great deal of attention to the subject, we wish to im-
press on the mind of Dr. Philp the necessity of paying
more attention to his keepers and the permanent medical
attendance at his establishment."

AfIDN,ESEX SESSIQNS, Feb. 17.
(Before Mr. Sergeant ADAMS, Assistant-Judge, and a
Bench of Magistrates, at Clerkenwell.)
oEBERrIeRoM LIBR/EY 9F THE BEITISH AtirEEtal.
Charle.o Pickwing, 33, a man of highly-respectable
appearance, was this morning placed at the bar, charged
on an indictment with having stolen 240 printed plates,
the property of the Right Hon. Lord John Russell and
others, trustees of the British Museum. Another
count varied the offence, alleging the robbery to have
been committed in the dwelling-house of Sir Henry
Ellis.

Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Parry conducted the prosecution;
Mr. Clarkson appeared for the prisoner.
The prisoner withdrew a former plea, and pleaded
guilty to the indictment.
Mr. Bright Smith, a magistrate in the commission of
the peace for the county of Sussex, knew the gentleman
at the bar, who had been tutor to his children for the
last two or three years. He was a man of the greatest
accomplishments, and he had every confidence in him as
a man of unblemished character.

The ASSISTANT JUDGE said that this was a very pain-
ful case, and the sentence the Court was about to pro-
nounce was very likely to be unsatisfactory, and misun-
derstood by the public at large, who generally looked to
the equality of the punishment, and not to the number
of circumstances, which, combined, might render a
punishment just that might not at first seem to be so.
Under all the circumstances, the court would do its duty,
fearless on the one hand of those who might think the
punishment too light, and on the other equally tearless
of those who might consider the sentence too severe. In
exercising a merciful consideration to the prisoner, the
sentence was that he be imprisoned in the House of
Correction, and kept to hard labour for three calendar
months.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
A man named Robert Thompson was brought before
Alderman Cubitt, charged with having committed frauds,
in practising which, it is believed, he has been very suc-
cessful.
His plan is this—he knocks at an office-door at twelve
o'clock at night with a
postman's rap, when the people
of business are gone. calls out " Late post;" and when
admitted by the servants, to whom he makes an apology
for the unavoidable disturbance at such an hour, pro-
duces.a small bundle with a letter attached, directed to
the proprietor, and stating on the envelope that three or
four shillings are to be paid. He departs upon receiving
the amount, and the party to whom the parcel is ad-
dressed finds a piece of an old newspaper carefully
packed up, and a letter, which he considers to be Greek
or Latin, and which, therefore, aggravates the disappoint-
ment and the fraud.
R. Phillips, who looks after the house No. 40, Seeth-
ing-lane, said he heard a ring at the bell at twelve the
night before, and throwing up the window was informed
by the prisoner, who was below, that it was the " late
post," and that be had a parcel for Messrs. Denham,
Smart, and Co. Witness went down, opened the door,
and received from the hand of the prisoner a piece of
pasteboard sealed up, to which was fastened a letter ad-
dressed to the firm. The prisoner at the same time pro-
duced a book, and said there was 3s. 6d. to be paid, and
that witness must sign the book. Witness said he had
no more than 3s. about him, and the prisoner then hesi-
tated, but after a little while he said, as it was late, and
he was tired, he would take the 3e. if witness would
sign. The 3F. were accordingly given, the book was
signed, and the prisoner said ho would call again for
the 6d. The parcel and the letter were, of course, equally
valuable.
Alderman CUBITT said that in all probability the pub-
lication of the fraud would bring together severel losers
by the system, and remanded the prisoner till Friday.
MARYLEBONE.
ADMINISTERING NOXIOUS MEDICINE TO A FEMALE.
—Tne two young men, Henry Smith and Robert Denny
Christmas, were again placed at the.bar, charged with
having administered a certain noxious medicine to a
female named Anne Obee with intent to procure abortion.
The particulars of what transpired upon the former
occasions have already appeared.
Mr. Humphreys attended, as before, for Smith; and
Mr. Parry, the barrister, for Christmas.
The whole of the evidence was read over by the chief
clerk, Mr. Fell, and the accused parties were committed
for trial.
Upon the application of the Learned Gentlemen their
clients were allowed to put in bail, each in his personal
recognisance to the amount of 2001., and to find two
sureties in 1501. each.
The required bail was tendered and accepted by the
magistrate.

ARRIVAL OF THE BODY OF THE LATE Mr. SHEIL.
—PoaTamounr, MONDAY. The Merlin steam-packet,
Lieutenant Commander J. H. Turner, arrived this morning
from the Mediterranean having on board the remains of the
Right Hon. L. Shell, late Ambassador at Florence. The
Merlin left Gibraltar laft Saturday week, the Janus being
the only vessel at anchor there. The body of Mr. Shell,
which is enclosed in a leaden coffin, will be trausferred to
the Sprightly steamer, Master-Commander Allen, for con-
veyance to Kingstown, Ireland. She will sail with the body
this evening. The Merlin will, it is supposed, go to Wool-
wich to pay off, but no orders were down here.

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THE COLLISION IN THE CHANNEL.-DEVONPOET,
SUNDAY.—The American barque Delta, of New York, from
London to Cardiff, to load iron for the States, put in here
last evening with loss of bowsprit and jibboom, and bows
stoved, having been in contact on Thursday night off the
Start with a brig, name unknown. From the accounts given
.by the American it was feared the brig had sunk, and all
hands on board her perished; but intelligence has since been
received that the crew had been picked up and taken into
Brigham. Further reports state that the brig survived the
shock so far as to keep afloat, nd that she has since been
towed into Dartmouth.

RIFLE Cuuns.—Her Majesty's Government, ac-
cording to a recent official announcement, are prepared in
certain cases to advise her Majesty to accept the services of
`volunteer rifle corps, provided that the proposed formation
Of such corps is recommended by the Lord-Lieutenant of the
County, and that the members of the corps undertake to
provide their own arms and equipments, and to defray all
the expenses attending it, except in the event of the corps
being assembled for actual service. Messrs. Nicoll, army
clothiers, are prepared to forward, on bon4 fide application,
the Act of Parliament, viz., 44th George' M., c. 54, by which
they will be governed; a copy of rules adopted by several
corps already forming; also sketches and estimates for uni-
forms and accoutrements, with or without the rifle and
sword-bayonet, improved on the French principle. The
clothing they_propose to supply for a superior order of volun-
teers shall not exceed the cost of plain dress or ordinary
clothes, and shall in every respect be such as a gentleman
may wear with satisfaction. Samples for the outfit of a sub-
scribing club may be viewed on application at the ware-
rooms, 114, 116, 118, and 120, Regent-street, or at the City
depot, 22, Cornhill. Eight and five guineas are quoted for
these samples, but the tastes and wishes of any body of gen-
tlemen will be readily, adopted and estimated for by Messrs.
Nicoll, who will send competent persons for instructions to
any part of the country, where a fair amount of business will
be insured.

A MISCREANT.—An Italian calling himself Euge-
nio Briard, has for a few weeks past been living in the High-
-street, Southampton, professing to teach drawing. The
window of his shop has been covered with specimens of his
art. He has also been exhibiting a picture of the burning of
the Amazon. It has now been discovered that he has been
allowing children to witness his exhibition gratuitously, and
has been behaving in the most disgusting and outrageous
manner towards them. A few days since two little girls, be-
tween five -and six years of age, were enticed behind the
screen on which the picture was exhibited, underpretence of
holding lights so that the children outside might witness the
picture. The children behind the picture were heard to cry,
and a bigger girl who was present at the exhibition endea-
vouring to ascertain what was the matter, saw the abomi-
nable conduct of the Italian, and for thus interfering was
brutally kicked by him. As soon as the parents of the
children heard of the offences they had the scoundrel appre.
headed, and brought before the borough magistrates, by
whom he was sentenced to pay a fine of 54, or suffer three
months' imprisonment. The fine was paid. As it is not im-
probable be may attempt the same offences by the same
-
means in other towns, the public cannot be too much on
their guard. The fellow is very tall, and apparently about
40 years of age.
On the 11th inst., the Hon. and Rev. Lara Al
Compton, M.A., .was instituted to the rectory of wyne
Castle
Ashley, in the county of Northampton, and diocese of Peer
tiborough, the same havinSpeg
ncer
on of the 'Rev. George Cbecome
oun vacant by, ley
the; ti t
patron. th the
presenta-
tion of the Marquis of Northampton,
e
same day, the Rev. George R. Clark, BA • , Was On th
institutede
to the rectory of Saxlebye, in the county of Leicester, and
diocese of Peterborough, which had become vacant by the
death of the Rev. Thomas Coker Adams, on the presentation
of the Earl of Aylesford, the patron.
GOLD IN THE HIGHLANDS. —A correspondent of
the Norm
_British Mail, in reference to the reports which
have appeared oflate in the paper of gold being in abundance
in the Isle of Skye, proposes that a searching party be got
up immediately, or as soon as possible, to seek the precious
metal.