The Sun.
London, England, 1830-05-10 00:00:00

M ARYLEBONE.

On Saturday, five countrymen, each carrying a
bundle of hawthorn in bloom, were brought before
Mr. HostuNs, and charged by officers of the new
police, who apprehended them very early in the
morning, on Hampstead-kheath, and at West-end,
with stealing the same.
The first, John Coxson, from Boston, in Lincoln-
shire, "hudno other way to get a bit of bread," till
tile hay seasOuiYfor which he came into " the upper
country," began.
Mr. flosiaNs told him he must not get his bread
by thieving.—" Thieving, Sir," replied Coxson, "it
ben't no robbery to get a bit of May."
Mr. HosKiNs—lt is a robbery, for it is not yours.
The next, Joseph Nicholson, was another Lin-
colnshire.nran, from Barton,upon-Humber, and he
made the same excuse.

Johirigiaanons came out of Norfolk to make bay
in Middlesex, and "get a bit of a living till the
season came-on" by gathering ground ivy, cowslips,
primroses, and May.
Robert Lloyd, from Hereford, " niver had a kay
turned upon him afare in all his blessed life," and
" niver know'd gathering hedge-flowers was thieving."
The filth was a man from Essex, named illann,
and he expressed his sorrow at being in such a si-
tuation.

No owner appeared; the prisoners were deprived
of the hawthorn, liberated, and cautioned against
pulling hedges again.

QUEEN-SQUARE.
A police constable brought before the Magistrate
one Mrs. Afary married woman, of great
volubility of tongue, and charged her with creating
a riot in York-street, Westminster, and causing a
mob to assemble by abusing her husband, and when
he interfered, and desired her to go home, she com-
menced abusing him in a similar manner.
" What have you to say to such conduct ?" in-
quired the Magistrate.—" My passion overcomes
my reason, your Worship," replied Mrs. Hill,
" when I see my husband associating with common
prostitutes. I cannot help being in a passion when
I see him act sc,."

Mr. WHITE—" I'll give you a remedy. The next
time you find your passion rising, take a mouthful of
cold water, and hold it in your mouth till your pas-
sion is over:'—" Hold cold water in my mouth !"
exclaimed the astonished Mrs. Bill; " mercy on me,
I never heard of such a thing before."
Mr. WI ITE—" Perbaps not ; you may, perhaps,
think it a whimsical remedy, but it is a most excel-
lent one."—" Well, if your Worship thinks it will
do .good, faith I'll try it," replied Mrs. Hill ; "but
he is enough to vex a saint. How long should I
hold the water in my mot4ll ?"
Mr. WHITE—" Until you find yourself in a calm
serene temper. You will find the remedy to have a
most wonderful effecr."—Mrs. Hill began to smile
at the novelty of the remedy, and promised to follow
the advice,

Mr. WIIITE—" And now go home to your hus-
band, and speak in the kindest manner possible to
him,- and I have no doubt but you will completely
astonish him; it will be something perhaps he is not
used

Mrs. Hill thanked his 'Worship for the advice,
and left the office in a much better humour than she
entered it.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, MAY S.—Passed by for London
late this evening the ship Neptune, Capt. Cumber-
lege, from Madras, sailed the 13th of Jan., from the
Cape the IGthof March, and St. Helena the 26th
of March. Passengers landed here—C. Bayard,
Esq. M.C.S,; Lieutenant-Colonel G. Hunter, Capt.
Capt. Hammond, Capt. Hodge,
/4;, ' Lieut. Lushington, Capt. Daniel,
end five children. She brings also
oidieis. Also arrived, late this
• sloop Pelorus, Capt. M.
,edirerranean.
Commanderll. lngram, arrived
:\lays'from Malta. When she
Castle,
Mane
iast
d
vessel), were lying in La Valotte
'4.litannia and Revenge were
and Sicily. Sir Pulteney

color had hoisted his flag on board the Britannia,
and in a short cruise was tnuch pleased with her
s tiling and working qualities. The Madagascar hail
left Malta for Tripoli, with Captain Jones, of the
Engineers, on board, who had some scientific object
in view. The Wellesley, Rifleman, and Weazle
were at Corfu and Zante. The Gloucester, Erebus
and Rapid were at SMyrna; the Favourite, at
Alexandria; the Infernal, at Marseilles. The Rat-
tlesnake and 'Mosquito had been sent to Algiers, for
the personal accommodation of the English Consul
and subjects, and their property, during the intended
attack on that city by the French armament. The
'Etna left the Pelorus sloop-of-war, Capt. Quin, at
Gibraltar, from which place she was to proceed to
England in a few days. She brings mails from
Malta and Gibraltar. On her way home, the lEtna
passed several French men-of•war, steering for
Toulon; five large frigates, in the Gut of Gibraltar,
and a line-of-battle-ship, in the Bay. The Echo
steam-vessel arrived at Gibraltar on the 19th April,
and sailed for Malta on the 21st, where it was pre-
sumed she would arrive befi re the March packet
returned to England, which p; cket was spoken with
off Sardinia, on the .sth of April. By this oppor-
tunity, we hear that the Dey of Algiers is fully
prepared to receive the French. lie speaks lightly
of the matter, saying, if the French 'beat hint, he
shall have to pay for it : if he beat the French, he
will exact from them. The Conquerant, of eighty
guns, Admiral de Rigny, had gone to Toulon, to
join the expedition.

The Britomart transport arrived this morning,
from Gibraltar, having landed there Captain Prince's
company of Royal Sappers and Miners, which she
embarked at this place the first week in April. She
has brought back Captain Grierson's company of
the same corps, to replace Captain Prince s ; and
fifty-eight discharged men of the 23d, 42d, 53d,
and 94th Regiments. She sailed from Gibraltar on
the 22d ult. The garrison was suite healthy.
A letter received from his Majesty's ship Sybille,
dated at sea, January 23,1830, states, that after a
chace of about twenty-sev€n hours, she had that
day captured a brigantine from Logos, with 282
slaves on board.

We extract the following from a private letter,
dated Toulon, April 29:—" Despatches from Go-
vernment arrived yesterday, to inform Admiral
Duperre, that 2,000 sailors were placed at his dis-
posal, in order to man every ship up to its full com-
plement, to which measure Ministers are evidently
inclined, although they leave it wholly to the discre-
tion of the Admiral. We, however, have nothing
to fear from the Algerines. We have three ships
of the line and eight frigates complete for war, and
these, with all the brigs, are sufficient to cannonade
all the fortifications of Algiers. We cannot therefore
imagine whence the apprehensions of Government
arise, unless it be from the presence of the English
and Russian fleets in the Mediterranean, and
these, it should seem, have some influence on
Admiral Duperre, as he seems disposed to
arm every one of the ships and frigates
en guerre. The Admiral yesterday ordered an
experiment to be made to ascertain whether the en-
gine of a steam-vessel would sustain serious injury
by the great guns being fired in her. The Sphynx
went out to sea with all the engineers and port of-
ficers on board : thirty rounds of shot, and, at last,
a whole broadside at once, were fired without de-
ranging the engine in the slightest degree. The ex-
pedition against Algiers is conducted in its detail en-
tirely on the notified observations of Col. Boretin,
Who, 20 years ago, was sent by Buonaparte to make
a map of that country, and who, under the disguise
of insanity, effected the object he was sent for, and
who sounded the depth of water in the harbour and
neighbourhood, while affecting to be amusing him-
self with fishing. The mink of his labours was de-
posited in the office of the Minister for Foreign M..
fairs, and his map and notes are now published. He
was subsequently sent into Syria, where he lived
some time with Lady Stanhope, but fell by the
knife of an Arabian assassin at Damascus in 1821.
All the infantry ships carry a blue flag: above 200
carrying a white flag are charged with the convey-
ance of 4,000 horses. The Commissariat vessels
carry a yellow flag. Some hospital ships have been
fitted out at Marseilles, and are intended to lie, at
Mahon with the consent of the Spanish Govern-
ment."

The Journal du Havre publishes the following
letter, which betrays the lamentable perseverance
with which a certain portion of the French Press
endeavours to excite a feeling of hostility towards
England, on the gratuitous assumption of its bad
faith and Machiavelian policy. " The arrival in this
port of a vessel which left St. Mary's, in the island
of Madagascar, on the 13th of January, affords the
means of rectifying the details contained in a letter
previously received from Bourbon on the subject of
the French expedition on that coast, which has
given rise to so many contradictory statements. It
appears from the accounts received by this convey-
ance, that on the 12th January, the Governor of St.
Mary's, M. Barauon, was informed by the officer
left in command of Tintinque, with a detachment
of only twenty-five men, that the natives, in great
numbers, were preparing to attack his post; and,
notwithstanding the force entrusted to him was so
trifling, he was prepared to offer the most vigorous
resistance. During the last attack by our ships
against Lara, we are assured that nearly two thou-
sand shots were fired, and the natives entirely de-
feated. But what induces us to imagine that this
enterprise, which was first looked upon as a mere
skirmish, will turn out in the end of a more serious
nature, is the rapidity with which the natives repair
their defeats, and hasten to renew the war, in spite
of their solemn vows'and treaties. Only fifteen days
after the destruction of the forts of Tamatave and
Foulpoint, the batteries were repaired and capable
of opposing a greater resistance than had been ex-
perienced on the first attack. It is the opinion of
the French and other inhabitants of Madagascar,
that it is the English who repair the fortifications of
the natives, and encourage them to defend the posi-
tions of which we are anxious to obtain possession.
It is even asserted that English officers are sent there
for the purpose of disciplining and arming thenatives.
Whenever France Sires a shot to avenge its honour
or vindicate its rights, there she must invariably
expect the opposition of England, with all its feel-
ings of enmity, its bad faith, and incurable jealousy.
Algiers will yet afford proofs of the truth of this
assertion. When the erpsichore quitted Mada-
gascar for Bourbon, she brought a Deputy from the
07as, charged in the name of his Sovereign with
the signature of the treaty to be ratified by the Go-
vernor of the latter island. The Terpsichore also
brought back the troops which had been landed at
Madagascar; and on his arrival the Commander of
that ship will not he a little surprised to find the
war rekindled in a country which, he had so lately
subdued. He will now have to retrace his steps,
unless the object of the expedition is to be totally
abandoned."

The same Journal of the 3d instant hai the fol-
lowing :—" The vessel Les deux Amities artived
from Hayti, has brought letters up to the 22d of
February, from which we learn
.that preparations
continue to be made for repelling the expected
attack from the Spaniards. The panic which was
at first felt on the news of. this pendlgitheigeneavr:a'aci:rublnivattss
fernotinireillyuysutibshiad%e,ed,loonn: thbeeepnro:iencetds o:viSthpaienomarie)linlionltv,
viewed with the utmost indifference.
on the precarious state of affairs in
latterly they have become more and more alarming.

The Lieutenants employed at the different Sem -
phore establishments, whose emoluments hitherto,
in addition to their half-pay, have been 34. per diem,
are in finite to receive each a salary of 1504 per
annum. This to the Officers oa the lialr-pay of
five shillings per diem, will be a small increase,
while to the older officers upon the six shilling list,
it will be a trifling abatement of their present allov--
ance.77l-/alypshire Telegraph.
DEVONPORT, MAY B.—Admiral Sir Manly
Dixon, K.C.B. our Naval Commander-in-Chief,
hoisted his flag on board the Caledonia, 120, Cap:.
R. Curry, on Saturday last. Capt. Hyde Parker
took the command of the St. Vincent, 120, on
Wednesday. This ship will shortly proceed to
Portsmouth, to receive the flag of Admiral Sir T.
Foley, and we understand that our late respected
Port Admiral, Capt. hawker, and their families,
will proceed in the St. Vincent to Portsmouth, on
their way to their respective residences. His Ma-
jesty's ship Galatea, 42, Capt. C. Napier, C.ll. ar-
rived on Tuesday, to attend the St. Vincent to
Portsmouth.

His Majesty's ship Clio, 18, was commissioned
yes'erday by Lieut. Archibald Sinclair. for foreign
service—lt is reported that the iEtna bomb, from tire
Mediterranean, passed up Channel on Thursday.--
The Leveret brig, 10, Lieut. Worth, sailed on
Thursday to the westward.

Mr. J. E. Risk, late of the St. Vincent, is ap-
pointed Surgeon of the Caledonia; Mr. J. R. Rees
is appointed Assistant-Surgeon, and Mr. J. M.
Roned is appointed to the latter ship as supvt,
numerary Assistant-Surgeon.
His Majesty's cutter Sylvia, Lieut. Morgan, ar-
rived at Portsmouth, from Jersey, on Saturday last,
to be paid off and recommissioned. The Coil:ince
steam-vessel, Lieut. W. Richardson, put into Ports-
mouth on the following day, in consequence of some
of her machinery requiring to be repaired. She will
proceed for this port and Falmouth the beginning of
next week. The Arrow cutter, Lieut. Threckton,
also arrived from Swansea.

The Russian ships which had been expected to
put into Portsmouth, having met with a fair wind,
have proceeded on without touching at that port.
The Pallas, 46, Captain Fitzelarence, has been
taken into Portsmouth harbour, for the purpose of
undergoing a general refit.
The undermentioned midshipmen passed their
examination in seamanship on board the flag-ship at
Po tsmouth, on the sth instant, via.:—Mr. J. H.
Murray, Mr. Grey Skipwith, Hon. George Hope,
Mr. John W. Spear.
Mr. Forbes M'Bean Chevers, Surgeon, and
Messrs. Andrew Russell and Andrew Millar, are
appointed to the Talbot. Messrs. H. H. Hammond,
Francis Osborne, and David Deans, Supernumerary
Assistant-Surgeons, have been appointed to the
St. Vincent.

His Majesty's sloop Cadmus, Commander Sir T.
Thompson, was paid off into ordinary at Portsmouth
yesterday.

The Scylla IS, Commander John Hindmarsb,
will sail for the Mediterranean in about a fortnight.'
Mr. James Veitch (6),1809, is appointed-Aesist- -
ant-Surgeon of the Caledonia. Mr. Sadler,-1810,
to be Master of the St. Vincent.

The Stare revenue cruiser, at Portsmouth, is
found unfit for service; and it is expected that Lieut.
Barret and her crew will be transferred to a new
cutter buildiok at Hastings.
The Meteor steam-vessel, Lieut. Symons, sailed
for Falmouth on Sudnay, to be in readiness to take
out the next Mediterranean Mail.

In Hansom—Caledonia, St. Yiucent, Kent, Ocean,
Blanche, Conflict, Royalist, GoMach, Clio, Antelope ten—
der, Carron steam-vessel.
In Eisrnpool—Undaunted.
At the Island—Vigilant.
In the Sound—Galatea.
In Catwater—laabe la (Brazilian).—Devonport