The Sun.
London, England, 1849-10-03 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, TRMSDAY.—The Leander was masted
yesterday and commissioned by Captain Dacres.
The Serpent was taken into the sea-basin this
morning. She has not yet hoisted the p3ndant.
The Myrtle steam-tender arrived this morning from
Plymouth, and the Falmouth lighter sailed for that
port with stores
The Victory flag ship has been moved over to the
west shore to have her moorings inspected.
Wind—N.E., light breezes and cloudy.
PLYMOUTH, OCT. I.—Her Majesty's ship Ganges,
84, Captain Henry Smith, and the Trident steamer,
Lieutenant-Commander Richard H. Risk, came in
this afternoon from Cork.

A survey was held on Saturday on board the dis-
masted schooner Eliza, in Barnpool. The master and
the carpenter of her Majesty's ship Impregnable, and
a gentleman officially connected with the Admiralty-
office, on the part of the Government, were met by
Mr. W. B. Cuming, Lloyd's surveyor, and Mr. Cundy,
master mariner, on the part of the owners, and drew
up a joint report. This afternoon 25 seamen from the
Impregnable went on board the Eliza to clear away
the wreck preparatory to the repairs of the damage
done by the collision with her Majesty's steam•vessel
"Volcano.

The emigrant-ship Maitland, Captain Henry, ar-
rived here on Friday last, with loss of four emigrants
during her passage from London. One man died on
Friday, and a woman and child on Saturday. Is
consequence of the sickness, application was made to
the Admiralty, and permission given to transfer the
people to the hulk Tyne, now moored in the Sound.
'The rain fell heavily on Saturday, and the wind was
very high yesterday (Sunday), which prevented the
intended transfer. In the meantime the sickness
totally disappeared on board the Maitland, and she
will probably sail for Port Philip to-morrow. She
brought 112 passengers from London, and will ship
about 130 at this port. In connexion with emigration
from Plymouth, it may be stated, that although
cholera has prevailed here for the last three months,
no case has occurred among the Government emi-
grants on shore. The number of persons received at
the depot from May 31 to September 16 is 3,688
souls, equal to 3,108 statute adults, who came from
various parts of England, Ireland, Scotland, and
Wales. During that period there has been no caso of
illness, with the exception of two or three confine-
ments.
ind—S.S.W., with showers.

[ADVERTISEMENT.]—The extensive publication of
The Observer commences at four o'clock Sunday morn-
ings. Newspaper agents can have any number of copies
before five o'clock on Sunday morning in time to supply
passengers going by all the railway trains, as well as by
early steam-vessels. Price of The Observer, 40 folio
columns, 6d. Published by Mr. Clement, junior, 170,
Strand. Monday Edition of The Observer is regularly
Published at four o'clock Monday afternoons.

ENGLISH PICKFOCKETS IN PARIS.—Some time ago
we gave an account of the arrest of a noted English
pickpocket at the station of the Rouen railway. Oa
Saturday this man, named Joseph Wood, was brought
to trial before the tribunal of Correctional Police. Dr.
Itizamier stated that on the 23d of August last, as he,
his family, and domestics, were about to enter the
waiting-room of the station of the Havre railway, he
was pressed upon, and pushed by two individuals, one
in front, the other behind, and almost at the same mo-
ment his man servant seized by the collar one of the
men, the prisoner at the bar, who had plunged his hand
into the Doctor's pocket. There was no crowd at the
time. The prisoner, who did not speak a word of
French, appeared indignant at the accusation, and, to
to prove his respectability, produced papers and a hand-
full of gold. He was, however, secured by the police.
At the trial the Doctor's man-servant, Angraud, said
that, seeing the prisoner and another man press close on
his master, he entertained some suspicion, nod,
having drawn closer, he positively saw the former
plunge his hand into the Doctor's pocket, and ho seized
him whilst the hand was still there. Mr. Pickford,
English Consul at Paris, stated, that when the
prisoner was arrested, two superior officers of the
English police, who hal come over to look after the Man-
ning, told him that he was well-known to them as one
of the most celebrated and dangerous pickpockets of
London, and they added that, having met him in Paris,
he sneeringly told them that they had not done their
duty, since they had not arrested him, Mr. Pickford
further said that the police could not positively state to
him whether the prisoner had undergone any condem-
nation in England, but they believed he had been arrested
in some county. Mr. Pickford concluded by saying that
he had ascertained that the prisoner belonged to a re-
spectable family, and that one of his brothers is a rich
tradesman established at Boulogne. The prisoner, who
was questioned through an interpreter, denied his guilt,
and said ho was the chief of an omnibus establishment in
London, and that if he had been dishonest it would have
been madness for him to have accosted the police in the
manner described. The prisoner's advocate contended
that he was the victim of a deplorable error, and he
earnestly insisted on the improbality of a man like the
prisoner, proprietor of an establishment in London
which produced large profits, and for which he paid
13,000 f, rent, committing a robbery. The tribunal,
however, condemned Wood to a year's imprisonment.
The Turkish Ambassador transacted business yester-
day afternoon at the Foreign-office.