The Sun.
London, England, 1853-12-30 00:00:00

Mr. Ingham thought the overcharge for the mould-
ings was open to an explanation, and that the want of
sufficient checks in Mr. Mare's yard, and the unlimited
confidence placed in the prisoner and his coadjutor Har-
rison would render it most difficult to establish the case
against them. There certainly was some evidence that
a large system of fraud had been carried on, but the
general laxity which prevailed in the yard as .to the
foremen's accounts, and the extensive nature of Mr.
Mare's operations, would embarrass the matter very
much.

The prisoner, who said that he had been taken by
surprise, was then bound over in the sum of 2001. and
one surety in 1001. to appear on Thursday, the 19th of
January.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 29,

Her Majesty's steam yacht Fairy went out of harbour
to Stoke's Bay this morning under the command of Capt
Crispin, for the purpose of trying Sir Thomas Mitchell's
boomerang propeller. The average speed of six runs
along the measured mile was 111 knots. This is a much
less rate than was anticipated by those who had wit-
nessed the performance of the boomerang on board Her
Majesty's ship Conflict and other vessels. The reason
assigned by Sir Thomas Mitchell and his attendant-
engineer for this diminished speed, was the diminu-
tion of the diameter of the screw to suit the
Fairy's fabric ; eight inches of diameter were thus
abridged, and that from the portion of the screw
in which the propelling power chiefly resides. We
think it is a pity that Sir Thomas Mitchell had not taken
precautions against this disadvantage by suggesting the
slight alterations in the. Fairy's aperture necessary be-
fore hand, or had not declined exhibiting his screw in a
mutilated form. Sir Thomas takes his departure for
Australia on Tuesday next from Glasgow, in a new
sea ship of 750 tons, propelled by one of his boomerangs.
This voyage, on which his propeller will work under
his own immediate inspection, will afford a far better
field for testing its efficiency than runs in Stoke's Bay.
The Diamond, 20, Captain William Peel, will sail
from Spithead ou Friday for the Pacific, calling at Ply-
mouth.

The Geyser, 6, paddle-sloop, was placed in No. 3
dock of the fitting-basin to-day for repair.
The Frolic, 10, Commander Nolloth, was paid ad-
vance wages at Spithead on Saturday.
The Princess Royal, 90, Captain Lord Clarence Paget,
came out of the fitting-basin to-day, and took up the
moorings of the Victorious. •

The Termagant, 24, screw-frigate, and the Gladiator,
6, paddle-frigate, are ordered to be brought forward for
commission, the latter with all despatch.

PLYMOUTH, DEC. 29.

Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam-frigate Magicienne,
16, Captain T. Fisher, came into Hamoaze on Tuesday
afternoon, to complete coal and undergo some repairs.
On passing the flag-ship Impregnable, 104, Captain
A. Lowe, a sudden squall heeled her over so much as to
throw the starboard paddlewheel completely out of the
water. In order to prevent her falling too much to
leeward it was necessary instantly to quicken her speed ;
this was scarcely done when the squall as suddenly
ceased. However, before her rate could again be slack-
ened sufficiently to come alongside the coal hulk easily,
she had run the distance, and, although every possible
means were taken to prevent a collision, the port anchor
stock (iron) took the bow of the hulk, and snapped short
off, as did also the cathead, causing some trifling damage
to the hammock netting.

WOOLWICH, DEC. 29.
The fisgard flag-ship, at this port, is to be paid off to-
morrow, and will be recommissioned on Saturday, by
Commodore John Shepherd, Superintendent of Wool-
wich dockyard. Mr. Thomas Pidcock (1846) is appointed
paymaster under the new commission of the Fisgard.
Captain George B. Martin, C. 8., Superintendent
of Deptford aockyard, with Mr. Pearn, master-attendant
of that yard, visited Woolwich dockyard yesterday, and
remained some time on official duty.
Captain A. P. Ryder, who was yesterday appointed to
command the Dauntless, 24, screw steam-frigate at Ports-
mouth, studied steam at the factory at Woolwich dock-
yard. The Dauntless was built in Portsmouth dockyard,
from a design by John Fincham, then master shipwright,
and launched in 1847. Her tonnage is 1,496, and she is
fitted with a screw-propeller and engines of 580-horse
power. .
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Captain Sir Frederick W. E, Nicolson, who was ap.

soner denied having done anything of the sort, but he
was given into custody.
Hall, 204 S, found the paper in prisoner's hat. He
said that he had purchased it for 2d. in the street.
The prisoner was committed for trial.

• LAMBETH.—George Izzapd, a member of a gang of
burglars, was further examined on a charge of being
concerned with others in the commission of an extensive
robbery at the dwelling-house of Mr. Thompson, a gen-
tleman residing at No. 5, Williams's-terrace, Peckliam.
The robbery was committed by means of skeleton-keys
during the absence of the family, and jewellery, plate,
and other property to the amount of 401. carried away
by the thieves, and the prisoner was distinctly sworn to
as having been making some inquiries about Mrs.
Thompson a short time before the robbery. By this in-
quiry he had ascertained from the servant of the house
next door that that lady was out, and that there was no
person in the house, and no moral doubt could exist as
to the object for which he had made the inquiries, and
of his being one of the plunderers. Yesterday Mr. In-
spector Coward informed the magistrate that there was
no further evidence to offer in the case of the robbery of
Mr. Thompson ; but since the last examination a con-.
stable and himself had been engaged in endeavouring to
trace and bring forward a witness who would be able to
identify the prisoner as having been connected with
another robbery committed under circumstances similar
to that at the residence of Mr. Thompson, but unfor-
tunately, they had not as yet succeeded. The rob-
bery he alluded to took place at the house of Mr.
Moore, and the thief in making a somewhat hurried
retreat from the house passed through the back door,
and from thence into the yard of a school in Arthur-
street, then kept by a Mr. Lambert. The thief was seen
by Mr. Lambert, and when asked by the latter what had
brought him there, he represented himself as a constable
in disguise, and begged he would allow him to pass
through kis school-room into Arthur-street, as he was in
pursuit of a thief that had broken into the next house
and gone in that direction. Mr. Lambert, believing his
statement, allowed him to pass through his school room
as requested, and he got clear off. From inquiries then
made by the police no doubt was entertained that the
person so accommodated was one of the thieves, and the,
description given of him by Mr. Lambert corresponded
to a nicety with the person and appearance of the pri-
soner. Unfortunately Mr. Lambert had removed from
Arthur-street to the west-end of the town, and neither
himself, Mr. Coward, nor the constable engaged in the
case with him, had been able to trace his present re-
sidence.

Mr. Norton observed that the public press so fre-
quently and so materially assisted in promoting the ends
of justice that he had no doubt it would afford its aid in
the present instance. If the reporter would kindly men-
tion the difficulty which the police experienced in tracing
Mr. Lambert, he doubted not that that gentleman would
be in attendance at the next examination, and to give him
an opportunity he should remand the prisoner to this
day (Friday) week.
solicitor, who attended on behalf of the prisoner,
atjected to lil4l3eing remanded for the mere purpose of
trying an experiment to bring forward a witness.
Mr. Norton observed that the evidence at present was
sufficiently strong to commit the prisoner as a rogue and
vagabond, and he certainly should remand the prisoner
to the day he had mentioned.

Mr. Coward remarked that at the last examination
the prisoner declared he had been in work since his dis-
charge from prison on his last conviction ; but this was
found to be false, though his lodgings at 62,We115-street,
Oxford-streft, were most expensively furnished, and be-
sides a savings bank-book was seen there for a sum of
money placed there..

The prisoner, who had all through the examination
conducted himself in a most impertinent and insolent
manner to the magistrate and witnesses, here broke out
into a perfect phrensy, and told the magistrate that he
had better make out to hang him at once.
Mr. Norton told him that if he had the power the
privilege might be very properly exercised in his case ;
for from all that had been stated of him, lie did not
think society would be much damaged by his loss. And
as regarded his conduct while before him, he did not re-
collect an instance of one of his class behaving himself
with anything approaching his assurance.
This rebuke had not the slightest effect on the pri-
soner. lie continued his violent denunciation of the
police, and the injustice of keeping him in custody, and
was obliged to be removed by force to the cells.

THAMES.—SamueI Reed, 34, of No. 5, Broadway,
Deptford, ship joiner, was charged with embezzlement.
Mr. Newbon, for the prosecution, stated that the pri-
soner and another man named Harrison, had been lung
in the service of the prosecutor, Mr. C. J. Mare, the
shipbuilder, at Blackwell, and both had occupied very
responsible situations as foremen; About three years
ago Mr. Mare invented a plaining machine, driven by a
steam engine, but which required a certain amount of
hand labour and attendance. Mr. Mare made a con-
tract with Reed and Harrison that they should be paid
at first a fourth, and afterwards a fifth, of all the earnings
of the machine, to be estimated according to the old
prices, and that Reed and Harrison should find all the
labour. The two foremen had also had the superinten-
dence of other artificers employed on the machine and
elsewhere, and it had been their duty to take account of
the men's time and return it to the pay-office, with the
amount earned by them. It had been lately discovered,
however, that they had been sending in false estimates,
and committing other frauds, ever since the plaining ma-
chine had been in operation. Last Saturday night both
Reed and Harrison attempted another fraud. They had
rendered an account at the countinghouse, on the previ-
ous Thursday, of the work done, or pretended to be done,
for the fortnight ending December 21, in which various
quantities were stated, and sums charged, making a
total of 1341. 3s. Pd. The fifth part to which the two
foremen were entitled was 261. 15s. Pd. In the account
rendered for the fortnight ending December 21, there
were 3,000 feet of moulding, called Grecian ogee, and
300 feet of throat moulding was charged for, which had
never been executed or returned into the stores. The
storekeeper had checked the accounts with the items
for the last twelve months, and found that they had
received during the last twelve months 1671. 14s. more
than they were entitled to on account of work which
had never been executed. Mr. Newbon, after alleging
other frauds, called a number of witnesses to substantiate
his statement.