The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-02 00:00:00

Mr. Price's b f Maria Bell
Mr. Stevens's b f Indiana .
Mr. Owen's b f Voucher

(Aldcroft) 1
(C. Prior) 2
(Cliffe) 3

The following also ran :—Mr. Gulliver's ch c Ley-
bourne (Wakefield), Mr. R. Nelson's b c Priam the
Third (Whitehouse), Mr. George Taylor's Game Chicken
(Meesham), Mr. R. Walker's b g Radcliffe Hero
(Charlton.) _ _

Won cleverly.
ORDER OF RUNNING—THIS DAY.
1.30 Free Handicap Hurdle Race.
2.30 Grand Annual Steeple Chase.
3.30 Selling Steeple Chase.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS COURT.
The sittings of the courts were resumed yesterday
after the long vacation.

(Before Chief Commissioner Law.)
IN THE MATTER OF JOSEPH STAMMERS.

The case of this insolvent, the originator of the Wed-
nesday Concerts at Exeter Hall, was appointed to be
heard to-day. He applied for an adjournment, with the
view of settling with his creditors.
The case was adjourned for a month, and Mr. Stam-
mers allowed to remain on bail.

(Before Mr. Commissioner Phillips.)
IN THE MATTER OF, JOHN BALLARD LLOYD.

This insolvent, who was described as the promoter of
"The City of London Brewing and Malting Company,"
applied to be discharged under the act.

Mr. Sargood opposed for Messrs. Sarl, silversmiths,
of Gornbill.

It appeared that the insolvent had been a commercial
traveller, and in 1852 conceived a project called "The
City of London Brewing and Malting Company." He
advertised and got names which he set forth in a pros-
pectus, and the company was provisionally registered,
but nothing further was done. The object of the com-
pany, when formed, was to obtain cheap beer. He
obtained 521. of plated-silver articles of Messrs. Sarl,
which he pledged within a fortnight to sustain the com-
pany. He got the articles for the intended company.
Mr. Sargood questioned the insolvent on the project,
and on the money be bad raised by pledging property to
support the offices, and he afterwards gave the tickets to
Mr. Denton, who had employed him as a traveller,
The learned counsel prayed the attendance of the secre-
tary of the company.

Mr. Commissioner Phillips acquiesced in the applica-
tion of the learned counsel, and adjourned the case for
several purposes, including the attendance of the secre-
tary. _ _

The insolvent was remanded to prison.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

GIIILDHALL.—George Morgan, a carman in the
employ of Mr. Drummond, the dust contractor, was
charged with driving a horse that was unfit for work.
The animal had a sore back and was in such a weak and
exhausted condition that it fell down and for some time
was not able to rise.

Mr. Drummond said the horse was a rest-horse, and
only used for extra work. The sore on its back was an
old one, but the saddle had been newly padded to pre-
vent its galling the animal. Mr. Drummond also said
he was out of town at the time the horse was taken out,
or it would not have occurred.

Alderman Finnis said there were no extenuating cir-
cumstances in the case, and fined Mr. Drummond 20s.
end 6s. costs.
The fine was immediately paid.
Two lads, named Molloney and Flicker, were charged
with stealing a sovereign.
Launcelot Harris, a lad about 12 years of age, said lie
was in the employ of Mr. Hammond, of 29, Beach-street,
Barbican, and on Saturday la 4 he went with a bill to
receive some money of Mr. Mount-Stevens, of 72, West
Smithfield. In Aldersgate-street he met with Molloney
and inquired of him the way to West Smithfield.
Molloney seeing witness had a bill in his hand, said
"let me look at your paper," and on reading it he said,
" Oh, I work there ;" and accompanied him to Mr.
Mount-Stevens. Molloney knocked at the door, and
the witness gave the servant the bill, which was already
receipted, and asked for some wrappers, that were to be
returned. The servant thinking Molloney came from
Mr. Hammonds, gave him the wrappers, and Mr.
Mount-Stevens' son, seeing him with them in his pos-
session gave him the money. The two boys then came
away, and Molloney took an opportunity of getting rid
of his companion. Molloney said he certainly had the
money, but had given Flicker half of it.
Alderman Finnis said there was nothing against
Flicker, and discharged him, but ho remanded Mol-
loney.

SOUTHWARK. William Charles Humphreys, a
smart-looking lad, 15 years of age (not related to the
Alderman), was charged with absconding with twenty-
five pounds in gold and silver, the property of Messrs.
Humphreys and Son, Hibernian-wharf, Southwark.
It appeared that on the 25th of October the prisoner
was sent by Alderman Humphrey with a cheque for 251.
to get cashed at the branch of the London and Westmin-
ster Bank, Southwark. Ho obtained from the cashier.
101. in gold and the remainder in silver, with which he
absconded, and nothing was heard of him until Satur-
day, when it was ascertained that a young gentleman,
answering the prisoner's description, was living in style
at a lodging-house in Bath, where he told the landlady
that he expected to meet his father in a few days Ac-
cordingly, Hunt, 34 M, and Mr. Humphery, jun., pro-
ceeded to Bath on Monday, and on arriving at the
lodging-house, they were informed that the young gen-
tleman was out riding in the fashionable promenades.
They waited for him, and a few minutes elapsed
before he returned, " booted and spurred, " with
riding whip in hand, dressed in the first style of
juvenile fashion. He was, however, much surprised
at being greeted by his young master, who at
once handed him over to the constable. He was
searched, and in his pockets were found a very hand-
some port-monnaie containing 4t. 10s. in gold, a bag
containing a small silver watch, and 15s. in silver. Be-
sides a new suit, which he wore, the officer found in a
leather travelling bag three coats, one pair of trousers,
two vests, a pair of Wellington boots, two pair of golo-
shes, twelve books, a new cap and hat, a bottle of wine,
and a pair of false moustachious.
Proof having been given of his-receiving the money at
the Bank, Mr. Combe remanded him for a week.
He had only lately been taken from a charity school
by the alderman, and placed in his counting-house.

LAMBETH.—John Revelle, a lighterman, was charged
with deserting his wife and two children.
The unfortunate wife, on getting into the witness box
to give her evidence, presented a most distressing spec-
tacle from the effects of a loathsome disease. She said
that she was married to the prisoner for five years, and
during the whole of that time he treated her with the
greatest cruelty. He had frequently left her, and com-
pelled her to support herself and her two children ; but
her health became so impaired by his gross conduct, and
communicating a disgusting disease to her, that she
became totally unable to do so. On Monday fortnight
he left herself and her two children without the means
of providing a pennyworth of bread, and she was com-
pelled to apply to the parish for relief. In reply to the
questions of the magistrate, she said her husband was in
reiplar employment, and earned as much as from two
pounds to two guineas per week.
The defendant did not deny this, but said his wife was
in the habit of going away from him without any cause.
I The wife declared she had never left home except to
go to the hospital, where her husband's irregularities
drove her to.
Mr. Elliott observed that there could be no doubt
that the defendant had neglected his wife and children, so
that they were compelled to become chargeable to the
parish, and his conduct altogether appeared to be of the
most disgusting and abominable character. He' then
committed hint to one month's hard labour.

THAMES.--John Ringelmoot and Richard Homans,
German seamen, belonging to the ship Admiral Copias,
in the London Dock, and Peter Trelboom, a French
sailor, were charged with being drunk and disoiderly at
the Angel and Crown, Wellclose•square.
The case was involved in the greatest possible confu-
sion, and the investigation was conducted in three lan-
guages.

Niles-sergeant Meloy, whose attention was attracted
by the disturbance, went into the public-house. He
said—l found a large number of German, French,
Italian Greek, and Swedish sailors all fighting,
scratching, and tearing each other, and when
the landlord (Mr. Dittman) and waiter appeared
they fell upon them. I advised the land-
lord to go out, and I tried to make peace. In the con-
fusion my he ml was knocked against the looking glass,

although I believe it was accidental. I was thrown
down. I got up again, and was thrown over another
man's back. I was down five or six The land:
lord and waiter were then set upon 'again and kicked
out of the room, and then the foreigners beat the musi-
cians in the room, and at last set to and broke up all
the music. I was pinned in a corner for ten minutes,
and could not get out. At least M'Cready, No. 93 H,
an officer of this court, came to my assistance, and we
suppressed the row, and took the most active into cus-
tody. The landlord and waiter were seized by the head
and legs and thrown down, and I saw the landlord pinned
on the music-stool, and the Frenchman hammering
away at him.

The prisoners made long and violent harangues in
German and French, and said Mr. Dittmar's waiters
beat them, which, however, was denied.
Mr. Ingham • sentenced the prisoners to pay a fine of
40s. each, and in default to be imprisoned 21 days.
The fines were paid.

NAVAL INT ELLIGENCE.

APPOINTMENTS.

Surgeon—Philip Toms, M.D. (1834), to the Royal
George, 120, screw steam-ship, at Sheerness.
Paymaster—James W. P. Foord (1849), to the Juno,
26, at Chatham.
Naval Cadet—P. Maddock, to the Juno.

WOOLWICH, Nov. I.
The Rhadamanthus steam store vessel, Master Com-
mander Belam, is taking on board at this port a further
portion of the machinery of the Nile, 90, screw steam-
sl ip, for conveyance to Devonport, and will be ready to
leave about the end of the week.
One sergeant, one corporal, one drummer, and 28
privates of the Woolwich division of the Royal Marines
left head-quarters here to-day, to join for service in the
Diamond, 28, Captain Witham Peel, at Sheerness.
One corporal and nine privates of the Woolwich divi-
sion of Royal Marines embarked at the dockyard here
to-day, on board the Rifleman, screw steam-sloop, Lieut.
Commander Christian. The Rifleman is expected to
proceed for service on the coast of Africa.

PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 1.
SAILING OF THE CHANNEL FLEET.—We believe Rear-
Admiral Corry will put to sea with his fine fleet from
Spithead in about a fortnight, and cruise towards Lisbon,
unless hostilities in the East should require him to serve
elsewhere. The fleet is refitting for sea service.
A court-martial was held this morning, on board her
Majesty's ship Victory, consisting of Rear-Admiral
Corry, C. 8., president; Captain Chads, C. 8., her Ma-
jesty's ship Excellent; Commodore H. Byam Martin,
C. 8., Duke of Wellington • Captain Sir Thomas Mait-
land, Victory ; Captain the Hon. H. Keppel, St. Jean
d'Acre ; Captain Scott, Neptune ; Captain the Hon. F.
Pelham, Blenheim ; Captain Eden, London ; Captain
Goldsmith, Sidon ; Captain Yelverton, Arrogant ; Capt.
Hutton, Prince Regent ; Captain the Hon. S. T. Car-
negie, Tribune ; Captain M'Cleverty, Terrible ; to try
Second-Lieutenant Alexander Tait, R.M., of her Ma-
jesty's ship St. Jean d'Acre, on a charge of drunkenness.
Commander Cracroft, of the St. Jean ci'Acre, prosecuted
for the Admiralty. Lieut. Turner, R.M., of the same
ship, deposed to having seen the prisoner on the 19th
ult. in such a state of intoxication that he fell down the
after ladder ; he afterwards got on board a boat, but
was brought back and placed under arrest. This evi-
dence was confirmed by Lieutenant Dodson, R.M., and
by the sergeant of the guard. The prisoner in his defence
stated that he had just obtained two days' leave of
absence for the purpose of visiting his relatives, and was
dressed in plain clothes, and on the point of going on
shore ; and that the excitement occasioned by this pro-
spect, and the wine he had taken at luncheon, had over-
come him. He further pleaded the long and meritorious
services of his late father, and produced testimonials to
his previous exemplary conduct from Captain Chads, of
the Excellent ; Captain Hamlin, R.M. ; Captain Mar-
ryatt, R.M., Agamemnon; and Captain Rodney, R.M.
Captain the Hon. H. Keppel, of the St. Jean d'Acre,
and Commander Cracroft, the prosecutor, also bore the
highest testimony to the prisoner's previous character as
an officer and a gentleman. The court adjudged the
charge to be proved, but in consequence of the prisoner's
previous good character, and the high testimonials pro-
duced, sentenced him to be dismissed his ship, and to
lose one year's rank.

Another officer (the clerk) of her Majesty's ship St.
Jean d'Acre was to have been tried on a similar charge,
but he has gone into the sick list, and been sent to the
Naval Hospital at Haslar.

Her Majesty's screw-ship Princess Royal, 90, was put
into commission this afternoon by Captain Lord Clarence
Paget, R.N., who arrived this day from London. Her
complement of men and officers will be 900, and she will
make a trial of her machinery and speed to-morrow out-
side the harbour, if the weather proves favourable.
Her Majesty's frigate Eurydice, 26, one of the best
sailing frigates of her class in the navy, was removed
from her moorings in ordinary this morning to the dock-
yard wharf, ready for being fitted for the pendant, which
it is expected she will speedily re-hoist.

THE CAPTAIN OF THE DIAMOND.
• Captain William Peel, who has commissioned the new
and comparatively useless sailing corvette, the Diamond,
26, is about the youngest officer of his seniot-ity in the
navy. He has served about 10 years afloat, but in ships
of all sizes and on all stations ; born Nov. 2, 1824, and
is third son of the late Right Hon. Sir R. Peel, Bart.,
' by Julia, youngest daughter of General Sir John Floyd,
Bart. ; be entered the navy 7th of April, 1238, as mid-
shipman, on board the Princess Charlotte, 104, Cap-
tain Arthur Fanshawe, bearing the flag in the Mediter-
-ranean of the Hon. Sir Robert Stopford, under whom, in
November 1840, he witnessed the fall of St. Jean d'Acre.
Towards the close of 1841, after having been further
employed on the Mediterranean station in the Monarch,
84, Captain Samuel Chambers, he successively joined the
the William and Mary yacht, Captain Phipps Hornby,
and Cambrian, 36, in which latter ship, commanded by
Captain Henry Ducie Chads, we find him, until April,
1843, attached to the force in China. On his return
home. in the following September in the Belleisle
-troop-ship, Captain John Kingcome, he was received
on board the Camperdown, 104, bearing the flag of
Sir Edward Brace at the Nore ; and in the
following November he joined the Excellent, gunnery
ship at Portsmouth, Captain Sir Thomas Hastings.
On the 13th of May, 1844, a week after he had
passed his examination—an examination so brilliant (says
O'Byrne) that it called forth a public eulogium of Sir
Thomas Hastings, and a very flattering notice from Sir
Charles Napier in the House of Commons—(both officers
had appointments not very long subsequently)— Mr.
Peel was promoted to the rank of lieutenant. His suc-
ceeding appointments appear to have been—May 15,
1844, to the Winchester, 50, flag-ship of Hon. Josceline
Percy, at the Cape of Good Hope ; June 13, following,
as additional to the Cormorant, steam-sloop, Captain
George Thos. Gordon, in the Pacific ; Aug. 29, in the
same year, to the Thalia, 42, Captain Charles Hope,
similarly stationed ; next, we believe, to the America,
50, Captain Hon. John Gordon, y whom he was sent
in charge of dispatches from gan Blas to Vera Cruz ;
Feb. 27, 1846, after a brief interval of half-pay, to the
Devastation, steam-sloop, Captain' Edward Crouch,
equipping at Woolwich ; and May 15, ensuing, to the
Constance, 50, Captain Sir Baldwin Wake Walker,
lying at Devonport. He attained his commander's rank
June 27, 1846, and on Feb. 11, 1847, succeeded the late
Captain Matson in command of the Daring, 12, on the
North America and West India station. He paid off
that ship, and was promoted soon afterwards. Captain
Peel must have acquired considerable experience in his
profession, and although he has risen so rapidly in the
service, it was not too much to expect that he should
have the opportunity early of serving for his flag-rank.
It will be admitted by the most neglected officer in the i
navy, that there is a wide difference between the Parkers
and the late ex-Premier's son in every respect.—Morning
Herald.