The Sun.
London, England, 1852-01-12 00:00:00

APPOINTMENT.

WOOLWICH, JAN. 10.—Conrnancler George Ll G.
Bowyear (1851), recently first lieutenant of the Mean-
der, 44, on the Pacific station, to study steam at the
factory at Woolwich Dockye.rd.
Lieutenant John W. Pike (1848), having completed a
course of study of marine steam engines at the factory
at Woolwich Dackyard, was examined by Mr. Atherton,
chief engineer, on Thursday and Friday last, and on
passing satisfactorily received his certificate.
The whole of the officers studying steam at the Wool-
wich factory wont down the river on Friday as far as
Greenwich in the Fury steam-sloop, Commander Ed-
ward Tatham, to witness the working cf her engines.
The Fury remained at Greenhithe to-day, to have her
compasses adjusted by Captain Johnson, and will be
tried at the measured mile in Sea Reach on Monday, and
then proceed to Portsmouth, where she will be paid
advance wages before leaving for the Mediterranean.
Tho vessel could have been doubly manned before leaving
Woolwich with ordinary seamen, and she is but a few
short of able seamen, who are only to be obtained with
difficulty at the usual ports.
The Dee steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander West,
was paid off here today.
The Avon West India Royal Mail steamer has been
taken out of the East India Docks at Blackwell, and
proceeds round to Southampton, to take out the next
mails for the West Indies.

TUE CARD CHEATING AT BRIGHTON.
On Saturday this case came on again beforo Mr. Jus-

tico Erie, at Chambers, on an aJjou"rned hearing, upon
the summons taken out calling upon Mr. Sill to show
cause why Hump, the prosecutor, should not substitute
Mr. Dunn, another attorney, in his stead, to conduct the
prosecution against Broome and others, the defendants
in the case.
Mr. SILL, after having called his Lordship's attention
to the important points put forward as a ground for the
proposed change of solicitors, proceeded to read an affi-
davit of considerable length in reply to the statements
made in support of the summons. Documents were also
referred to of much interest, and which, he said, he cited
for the purpose of throwing light upon this part of the
proceedings, and of bearing him out in the allegations
he had made when this summons first came beta° his
Lordship, that the application was made for the purpon
of stifling the prosecution.
After some discussion, _ _ .

Mr. Justice ERLE said, that although there was no
doubt that Mr. Hump had a perfect right to appoint any
attorney M chcse to manage his private affairs, he (the
Learned Judge) felt that after the magistrates at
Brighton, who were fully cognisant of the case, had
thought it right to appoint the head officer of police of
that town prosecutor, ;instead of Mr. Hemp, he could
not nominate Mr. Dunn to be tho attorney to conduct
the prosecution.
The matter therefore ended by the Learned Judge
making an order that Mr. Sill should deliver his bill of
costs within four days to Mr. limp, and that on pay-
ment of the costs by the latter, Mr. Sill should deliver
any papers, the private property of Mr. Ilamp, but not
such as were essential to the conduct of the prosecution.

SEVERE GALES IN THE NORTH.
During the last six or eight days there have been
some violent gales in the Frith of Forth and St. George's
Channel. There has been such a heavy sea off White-
haven that the fishing boats have not been able to ven-
ture out, and but few trading vesself have left the har-
bour. A good deal of damage has been sustained by
vessels at sea, but happily no lives have been lost. On
Wednesday morning the Earl of Lonsdale steamer loft
Whitehaven for Liverpool, but there was such a tre-
mendous sea, the head wind from the south-west was so
terrific, and the vessel pitched with so much violence
and made so little way, that it was a long time before
she could make the headland off St. Bees, and the gale
was then so violent that Captain Richards was discreet
enough to order the steamer to be put back, and acco
with
rd-
ingly returned to Whitehaven after boating about
great violence for nearly three hours. The Earl of
Lonsdale, which belongs to the Whitehaven Steam Na.
vigation Company, is considered a very good boat, and
has weathered many a gale; but so Vielent was that of
Wednesday that it was not safe to proceed to Liverpool.
She was to sail, however, on Thursday evening, but the
gale still prevailed, and probably it would not be comi-
dered safe for her then to proceed to Liverpool. During
the whole of Thursday themeas a tremendous ea off
Whitehaven. The Queen,lendid boat, belonn
going out on
to
the same company, made Whitehaven harbour safely at
tete:assailed again for
the time when the Earl of Lonsdale
Wednesday, and in spite of a heavy
Belfast on the same night.

PARKS FOR ------_
pEorLE.—The fureA of Hain-
ault, in Essor, on the borders of
London, is about to be alie-
nated from the Crown. Before this is done, I would propose
that three or four hundred acres should be reserved, to form
a public park. The close neighbourhood of this disposable
remnant of the folcland of our Saxon forefathers makes it
very degrable that a portion of it, as a breathing place of
pure air, should be dedicated to the community. How much
places for healthy recreation are needed, it is superfluous to
tell. In the
proposed, there might be, hereafter, raised an-
other ferrovitrcous temple—of statuary, for example, wherein
the history of our country might be read in marble and
bronze—Where the memories of illustrious men of our land
migm pe gratefully Ke§eryed... Correspondent of the Baler.