The Sun.
London, England, 1853-07-29 00:00:00

THE CABMEN'S HOLIDAY.

At the Clerkenwell Police Court, Richard Johnson,
John Jackson, Richard Gurney, Robert Franklin, and
John Leary, cabmen, and Dennis Shehan, beer-shop-
keeper, were charged with being drunk and disorderly.
Mr. Wakeling was for the defence. It appeared in
evidence that in consequence of the strike of the cab
proprietors, Inspector Champney, with several other
officers of the S division stationed themselves at the
Great Northern Railway terminus, on Wednesday, to
preserve the peace. Nothing, however, in particular
occurred until between six and seven o'clock, when the
defendants, who were in an open phaeton, in which was
carried a flag decorated with blue ribbons, &c., drove
furiously into a snob of from 600 to 700 men, women,
and children, who had congregated to witness the con-
fusion and inconvenience felt by passengers arriving by
the different trains, and commenced hallooing and
making all sorts of discordant sounds to create excite-
ment, frequently calling out " Cabs for ever." The de-
fendants shortly drove away, but returning again, wit-
ness locked them up. Mr. Wakeling contended that
his clients had done no wrong, and were justified in
making an exhibition of any fancied injury. Mr.
Tyrwhitt said that the officers had done well to appre-
hend the defendants, whom he cautioned, and held to
bail for three months to keep the peace.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, JULY 28.

The Gefion, 48, Captain Sundewall, bearing the broad
pendant of Commodore Schrseder, and the Amazone cor-
vette, 14, Captain Schirmecher, arrived this morning at
Spithead, from Norfolk, United States, which place
they sailed from on the 9th of July on a cruise. They
sailed from Flushing on the 10th of November last, and
have touched at Madeira, Teneriffe, Liberia, Rio de
Janeiro, Monte Video, Barbadoes, Carthagena, and called
off the Havannah, but would not have any communi-
cation, owing to the prevalence of the yellow fever.
The Gefion is a frigate, mounting 48 guns—six 8-inch
and the remainder long 24's—with a complement of 381,
including officers and men, who are a remarkably fine
athletic ship's company. The captain is a fine-looking
officer. This ship was captured by a Prussian battery
when the Danish 74 was sunk, during the Schleswig-
Holstein war. The corvette mounts 14 12-pounders,
and was at this port in 1845. Her crew is 138. The
Commodore saluted the Governor with 21 guns on
bringing up, which was immediately acknowledged by a
like compliment from the platform battery. Ho then
saluted the acting Port-Admiral (Rear-Admiral Super-
intendent Fanshawe, C. 8.) with 13 guns, which the
Neptune 120 (Admiral Fanshawe's flag-ship), returned.
The Chevalier Vandenbergh, his Prussian Majesty's Vice-
Consul at this port, went off to the Commodore in the
Liverpool cutter (the revenue vessel), accompanied by
Mr. Trestrail, Tide•surveyor of Customs, to receive the
gallant officer's commands and pay his respects. Under
the Consul's guidance, the Commodore and officers will
have landed and been presented to the naval and military
chiefs by M. Vandenbergh by the time this report leaves,
and they will be hospitably entertained during their
sojourn at this port by both services. The Consul was
saluted with seven guns on leaving the side of the
Gefion. These ships have come to this port to await
orders from their Government.

Her Majesty's steam-vessel, Bloodhound, 3, Lieute-
nant-Commander H. Christie, from the coast of Africa,
to-day took coal on board in the Sound, and proceeded
this evening to Portsmouth. She left Madeira on the
12th inst., and Lisbon on the Ist. Spoke, June 24th,
in lat. 21 24 N., long. 22 08 W., the emigrant-barque
Protomelia ; June 26, in lat. 24 N., long. 20 W., the
Danish brig John ; and July 15, in lat. 36 30 N., long.
12 11 W., the brig Amaranth—all outward bound.
There were no men-of-war at Lisbon.
The Vulture steam-sloop, with the Devon lighter in
tow, left yesterday for Pembroke, to assist in floating
the Caesar.

- The ship
Windermere, 601 tons, Captain Robert
Ross, with 9,000 ounces of gold dust and 16 passengers,
which left Geelong on the 29th of March, and rounded
Cetpe Horn on the Bth of May, is in Channel. The
Windermere signalled on the 3d of June, in lat. 22 52
S., long. 2S 50 W., the John Pink, from London. On
the 7th of June, in lat. 11 40 S., long. 0, the ship Emi-
grant, and a Dutch vessel, No. 4,076, second distin-
guishing pennant and flag R 41. On the 26th of July,
in lat. 49 10 N., long. 8 30 W., the schooner Chimera,.
The Windermere has experienced six weeks' dead calm,
three of which were outside the north-east trades.

WOOLWICH, JULY 28.
APPOINTMENTS.
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day at Portsmouth.
Lieutenants—Thomas C. 0. D'Whipple (1840), from
service in a contract steam-vessel, to be First Lieuten.
ant of the Boscawen, 70, guard-ship of ordinary, vice
Richard Williams, appointed Flag Lieutenant to the
Commander-in-Chief at Cork ; W. H. Edye, promoted
this day from the rank of mate, and lately serving in the
Hastings, 72, on the East India station, to the St. Jean
D'Acre, 101, at Devonport.
Second Masters—Valentine F. Johnson (1851), from
the Impregnable flag-ship, at Devonport; to the Ante.
lope steam-vessel, at Devonport, vice W. G. M. Stent,
sentenced by court-martial to 12 months' imprisonment,
and be dismissed the service ; George W. Grey (1848),
from the Coast Guard service, to the Impregnable, vice
V. F. Johnson ; George H. Allen (1851), recently serv-
ing in the Hastings, 72, when flag-ship on the East In-
dia station, to the Cumberland, 70, flag-ship on the West
Indies and North American Station.

PROMOTIONS.

Mate—William H. Edye (1851), to the rank of Lieu.
tenant.

Second Master—Charles Burney (1847), serving in
the Dasher steam-vessel, at.the Channel Islands, since
July, 1851, to the rank of master.

PEMBROKE.—THE FAILURE TO LAUNCH THE CESAR.
—This vessel still occupies her former position, and we
are sorry to observe that she has received very heavy
damage. About two-thirds of her length are still upon
the ways and sliding planks, and 70 or 80 feet have
passed over and sunk into a yielding material, and the
her
keel has been very much bent. This forces r
keel to present an appearance of being much strained,
and leads some to suppose that her "back "
is broken.he;
Her upper timbers have been much twisted,
and
deck planks present evident signs of overstraining. it is,
however, impossible to calculate, or even ascertain, the
amount of damage she has received ; and until she has
been got off, and the frame, works, and ways thoroughly
examined, the real cause of the mishap must remain un.
explained. The riba,n& of the launching ways are quite
free, so nothing can be attributed to the vessel having
become jammed against them, as was at first supposed.
The ground underneath the cradle and ways likewise
appears firm and hard, and has every appearance of
being quite sound. Whatever may prove to be the
cause of the disaster, one thing is certain—that the ship
will have to be taken into dock, and undergo thorough
overhauling ; and, as she is rather short for her breadth
of beam, it is said that the best thing that can be done
with her will be to cut her in two at the midship section,
and. by inserting 20 or 30 feet, make a first-rate, of 116
or 120 guns, of her. She is now shored and blocked up,
and must remain as she lies until the next spring tides.
Proper purchases and falls, and necessary tackle, have
been sent round from Devonport to aid in getting her
off, and camels are being placed under her stern. The
greatest excitement and anxiety have been evinced by
all parties relative to this untoward mischance, and
thousands of persons have been to see the vessel as she
lies. The inhabitants have been unanimous in volun.
Leering their aid and assistance,