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LONDON THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 1, 1849.

question for 71. 103. to pay for the hire, and he
obtained the difference. It was proved that the body
of this cheque was written by La vves, and that it
was signed by Frazer, and there were other circum-
stances which left no doubt that they were all guilty
participators in the fraud.
The witness Collins, called in the former case, was
again placed in the witness box, but, after one or
two questions had been put to him he refused to
answer any more, on the ground that he might
eliminate himself.
The jury returned a verdict of Guilty against all
the defendants.
The RECORDER observed, that this result placed
him in a situation of some difficulty with regard to
the promise he had made Mr. Ballantine, who he saw
had left the court, that he would postpone the judg-
ment upon Smith until the next session. The nature
of the connexion between the parties was now, how-
ever, clearly established, and he did not see any
ground for postponing the sentence. He added that,
under the circumstances, he would, however, only
pass sentence upon Smith upon the last indictment,
and Mr. Ballantine would have an opportunity of
placing before the Court, if he was in a condition
to do so, such facts as he might consider would in
duce it not to pass any further judgment upon the
first indictment. _

The prisoners Lawes and Frazer were then sen-
tenced to he imprisoned and kept to hard labour for
18 months, and Smith was sentenced to 12 months'
imprisonment and hard labour.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSIO2V-HOUSE.

Benjamin H. Bond, the clerk in Messrs. Currie's
banking•hcuse, who was some days since charged
upon suspicion of baying stolen 701., the property of
his employers, was brought before Alderman Carden
for final examination.

At the examination of yesterday the prisoner re-
tracted, through his solicitor, the plea of guilty, and
stated that he laboured under the disadvantage at the
previous examination of being without legal assistance,
as well as of not having distinctly heard the Alder-
man's questions and observations, and of being him-
self misunderstood as to the words he had uttered.
He was committed for trial.

G. B. Walker' a clerk in the London and County
Bank in Lombard street, was charged with Laying
stolen a 101. note, the property of his employers.
The prisoner was remanded.
WESTMINSTER.

Richard Fidler, a police-constable of the D
and William Wheelor, a man in the employment of
Mr. France, a timber- merchant at Paddington, under-
went a lengthened examination before Mr. Broderip,
the former charged with stealing a cheque for 351., a
51. note, and some sovereigns and silver, under cir-
cumstances of an aggravated nature, and the latter
with feloniously receiving the cheque.
Mr. Games appeared on behalf of Fidler, and a
gentleman from Mr. Wontner's appeared for
W heeler. _ _ _ _

The following is a brief narrative of the volumi-
nous evidence of the several witnesses examined :
On the night of the 11th of October, at a late hour,
Mr. W. Watson, a gentleman of property, residing at
Putney, was thrown from his horse in Westbourne-
park road, and severely injured. Mr. Collard, the
superintendent of the Great Western Railway, who
resides immediately opposite where the accident hap
pened, and who was awoke by the noise made by the
horse, immediately jumped out of bed, and proceeding
to the road found Mr. NVatson lying insensible and
bleeding profusely from the head. He immediately
procured medical aid, and then sent the gentleman,
whose injuries were of a very serious description, to
St. George's Hospital, previously to which, however,
fur the better security of his property he took from
his person a cheque for 351., two Si. notes, some
silver, his watch, ring, and other valuables. At four
o'clock in the morning, after assisting the woundtd
gentleman to St. George's Hospital, the prisoner
Fidler, who had been distinctly ordered by Mr.
Wreggins, his inspector,to bring the gentleman's groom
to him in order that he might send some person with
him to Mr. Collard's for the property, went to Put-
ney to the groom, brought him away with him, and
taking him, at seven o'clock in the morning to Mr.
Collard's told the latter that Mr. Wreggins had di-
rected him to come for the valuables, which Mr.
Collard believing immediately gave up, the prisoner
at that time wearing his police uniform. After that
Fidler and the groom, who is an elderly man, went
to some public-houses and to St. George's Hospital,
when Mr. Watson asked for his property; but Fidler
refused to give it up to him, alleging, as an excuse,
that he was not in a proper condition to receive it ;
but nevertheless considered him competent to take
charge of a portion of it, and to order his groom to
receive the remainder, the constable Fidler receiving
10s. for his trouble. Fidler and the groom then pro-
ceeded to the White Horse Inn, at Knightsbridge,
when, after putting up Mr. Watson's horse and
another which the groom had brought from home,
they calledr`or some refreshment, and Fidler handed
the groom ',the cheque and other property, taking a
receipt from him for it. Shortly after this a gentle-
man named Cole, who was in the same room and
who had observed the groom place the cheque, a 51.
note, and some sovereigns in a purse in his breast
pocket, witnessed a circumstance which induced him
to make some observation to the landlord, but the
suspicions of the landlord were disarmed by
the circumstance of Fidler being a policeman.
The groom, it appears, a few minutes after he had
received the money and had finished his repast fell
asleep, evidently from the effects of liquor, when Fid-
ler imaged from another table at which he bad been
seated, and was distinctly observed by Mr. Cole to
place his hand under the groom's coat towards his
breast pocket, and to withdraw it; but not, as the
gentleman observed, with anything in it. Mr. Cole
then went to the bar, and almost immediately after-
wards, just as the proprietor of the house, who had
drawn the receipt out for the groom, was goingjto the
parlour to see what was going on, they came out, and
having mounted the two horses rode away. How the
groom got home safely it is difficult to conjecture, as
he positively declares in his testimony that the liquor
had taken so great an effect upon him that he was
perfectly unconscious of leaving the public-house with
the policeman, or of anything that occurred until he
found himself in his master's harness-room at Putney,
and discovered that he was minus the purse and its
contents. Nothing occurred to throw any light upon
the transaction until the following Monday evening,
when the prisoner Wheeler, who has been for up-
wards of twenty years in the service of Mr. France,
at Paddington, met a Mr. Zeller, an attorney's clerk,
who Lad been many years a neighbour of his, and
showing him the cheque for thirty-five pounds,
told him that a friend of his, a policeman, had
picked it up near St. George's Hospital, after con-
veying a gentleman thither who had been much in-
jured by a fall from his horse. Mr. Zeller not only
recommended the prisoner Wheeler to endeavour to
find the drawer of the cheque, but having shortly
afterwards made some inquiries at the hospital, and
ascertained Mr. Watson's address, communicated the
circumstances he was in possession of, and, upon
Wheeler being told by a constable that he must ac-
company him to the station, he altered his story with
respect to the cheque, by declaring that he himself
had picked it up at twelve o'clock on the day it was
missed, flying about the road near Sloane-street,which
Fidler, who was at the station door at the time
IVheeler gave this account, endeavoured to correct by
saying that it must have been about three o'clock in
the day, not twelve; and then Wheeler alleged that
it was between twelve and three. Fidler declared to
Mr. Hughes, his superintendent, that he never saw
the groom on the day of the robbery, after they
arrived at the Clock-house, Knightsbridge, nor had
anything to drink with him after leaving the White
Horse ; but it was distinctly proved that they were
seen together in the Brompton-road as late as four
o'clock in the afternoon ; and that Fidler, who did
not exhibit any symptoms of being effected by
liquor, was seen to dismount at a public-house,
arid bring out some spirits to the groom, which the
latter drunk off, although evidently much intoxicated
before. It was clearly shown in the course of the
evidence, in addition to the above facts, that Fidler
and Wheeler were on very intimate terms, and had
frequently of late been seen together, and that
Wheeler had also given another version of the means
by which he became possessed of the cheque, by
telling his master, to whom he showed it on the
morning of the 15th or IGth, that it had been picked
up by a dustman.
The prisoners, who by the advice of their solicitor
declined saying anything in defence, were fully com-
mitted for trial at the Central Criminal Court, Mr.
Broderip refusing to accept bail, which he was soli-
cited to do for Fidler.
CLERKENWELL.
John Hill, a middle-aged man, was placed at the
bar before Mr. Tyr whitt, charged by Mr. George
Hill, veterinary surgeon, of Lower-road, Islington,
and carrying on business in Isobinhood-yard,
Hatton-garden, with embezzling moneys to a consi-
derable amount.
The prisoner was committed to Newgate for trial.

LARGE IMPORTATION OF AUSTRALIAN SEED
WUEAT.—We are informed that an important and novel
importation of seed wheat from Australia took place at
this port on Friday. The import amountcdito upwards
of six thousand bushels, of excellent qualty, brought
by the Juana, from Port Adelai:le; wo understand it
forms the first large importation of the kind from the
colony in question. From au inspection it would appear
to be extremely fine in quality, and likely to prove valu-
able to the landed and farming interests. By. the same
vessel, also, fifty tons of flour, the growth and manu-
facture of the same dependency, and of extraordinary
fine quality, have been receivril.—Liverpool Albion.
The Baron and Baroness Tuyll and Count Lin-
bergstoin embarked at the St. Katherine's Wharf, yes-
terday morning, on beard the steam-ship Ocean, for
Rotterdam.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Admiral of the Fleet, Sir James Hawkins
Whitshed, Bart, G.C.8., dial on Monday night.
Sir James Hawkins Whitshed, horn in 1762, was
third son of the late Jas. Hawkins, D.D., Lord Bishop
of Raphoe. His grandfather and great grandfather,
William and John Hawkins, each filled the appoint-
ment of Ulster King of Arms. He assumed the
surname and arms of Whitshed, by an Act of the
Irish Legislature, in 1791. This officer entered the
navy in 1773, on board the Ranger sloop, on the
Irish station. He removed soon to the Kent, 74,
Captain Fielding, guardship at Plymouth, and he was
afterwards, until rewarded for the zeal and alacrity
he had displayed in the discharge of his duties, with
a commission, dated Sept. 4, 1778, employed chiefly
at Newfoundland and on the coast of North
America, in the Aldhorough, Captain Bennett ;
Canada schooner, commanded by the late Admiral
Sampson Edwards ; Romney, flag ship of Admiral
Duff; Diamond frigate, Captain Fielding ; and as
acting-lieutenant in the Rainbow, Captain Sir George
Collier. While he was on board the Kent an
explosion took place, which killed and wounded 42
men, and destroyed eight of the poop and seven
of the quarter deck beams. He was wrecked
in the Canada during a violent gale, and in the
Diamond he was engaged, during the war with our
revolted colonies, in a variety of hazardous enter-
prises. After serving for some time as a lieutenant
in the Amazon, in the Channel, he joined the Sand-
wich, PO, flag-ship of Sir George Bridges Rodney,
and sailed in December, 1779, for the relief of
Gibraltar. On his passage he assisted at the capture
of a 64-gun ship, 6 armed vessels belonging to the
Royal Caraccas Company, and 14 sail of transports
from St. Sebastian, bound to Cadiz, laden with naval
stores, provisions, tee. ; and also at the defeat of the
armament under Don Juan de Langara, January 16,
1780. Having reached Gibraltar, he was made com-
mander into the San Vincente, one of the prizes
recently added to the British navy ; and on his sub-
sequent arrival with Sir G. B. Rodney in the West
Indies, he was posted April 18, 1780, into the Deal
Castle. While lying, in the following October, with
the Camelion sloop, in Gros Islet Bay, Sainte Lucie,
as well to complete the fortifications of Pigeon Island
as to give timely notice to Commodore llotham, in
the Carenage, of the approach of an enemy, the
Deal Castle (the Camelion was driven to sea and
not heard of more) was forced in a dreadful hurri-
' cane from her anchorage, and in a few days after-
, wards, despite the utmost exertion made to keep her
afloat, wrecked on the island of Puerto Rico, with
only her foremast and bowsprit standing. Through the
presence of mind, howev'r, of Captain Hawking, and
hip detarratined and meritorious conduct, all but
three of the crew were enabled to reach the shore
upon rafts. At the end of two months they were
liberated and sent to Tortola. On his recovery from
a dangerous fever, produced by the fatigue he had
undergone, Captain Hawkins, whom a court-martial
honourably acquitted of all blame on account of the
loss of the ship, returned to England in a packet
with dispatches from the Commander-in-Chief. His
next appointment was in July 25, 1781, to the Ceres,
32, in which frigate he conveyed Sir Guy Carleton,
the military Commander-in-Chief, to New York. On
the evacuation of that place he returned with Sir Guy
to England, and in February, 1784, was paid off.
Shortly after this he assumed command of the Rose,
28, and was ordered to the east coast of Scotland,
where he remained until 1786. On the renewal of
hostilities with France he obtained an appointment
to the Arrogant, 74. in her, under Rear-Admiral
George Montagu, he accompanied, in May, 1794, the
outward bound East India trade, and other convoys,
amounting in the whole to about 800 sail, as far to the
southward as Cape Finisterre-a service which
deprived him of the opportunity of sharing in Lord
Howe's famous action. In the spring of 1795 he
removed to the Namur, 98 ; and in 1796, after having
cruised with the Channel fleet, he proceeded with
Rear-Admiral William Parker to reinforce
the fleet under Sir John Jervis, off Lisbon.
He was subsequently present in the battle fought
off Cape St. Vincent, Feb. 14, 1797, and for his con-
duct on that day he was presented with a gold medal,
and included in the thanks of Parliament. He com-
manded next in the Ajax, 74, and Formidable, 98, on
the Channel station. Attaining the rank of rear-
admiral Feb. 14, 1799, he was sent in the following
April, with his flag in the Queen Charlotte, 100, and
with four ships of the line and two frigates under his
orders, to join Lord St. Vincent in the Mediter-
ranean, whence we find him returning with Lord
Keith in quest of the French fleet, which was pursued
into Brest. Rear-Admiral Whitshed was afterwards,
until 1801, employed again in the Channel, with his
flag in the Terneraire, 98. He was then nominated
to the chief command at Halifax; but the peace
taking place, he declined it. In 1803 he was ap-
pointed naval adviser to the Viceroy of Ireland, for
the purpose of superintending the coasts of that
country, of organizing the Sea Fencibles, of selecting
and establishing signal stations, and of erecting mar-
ten() towers at certain distances and at proper points
to the northward and southward of Dublin, for the
security of the capital. On this service he continued
until the spring of 1807. He then (lie had been
promoted to the rank of vice. admiral April 23, 1804)
succeeded Lord Gardner in the chief command at
Cork, where he remained until the autumn of
1810; on July 31, in which year he was made a
full admiral. He was nominated a K.C.8., January
2, 1815, and a G.C.8., November 17, 1830, and was
created a baronet in May, 1834. He commanded in
chief at Portsmouth from January 31, 1821, until
April 12, 1824, and became Admiral of the Fleet
January 8, 1844. Sir James Hawkins Whitshed
married, December 11, 1791, Sophia Henrietta,
daughter of Captain John Albert Bentinck, R.N.
(the inventor of chain-pumps, who died in command
of the Centaur, 74, in 1775), sister of Vice-Admiral
William Bentinck, who died February 21, 1813, and
sister-in-law of the late Admiral Sir George Martin,
G.C.B. By that lady, a great grand-daughter of
the first Earl of Portland, he has had issue two
sons and four daughters. His eldest son,
James Bentinck Hawkins Whitshed, was killed
when a midshipman of the Berwick, 74, Captain
Edward Brace, in a gallant boat affair in the Medi-
terranean, Dec. 11, 1818.. [lfs only surviving son,
St. Vincent KeeneWhitshed, is married to a daughter
of Lord Erskine.

By the death of the Admiral of the Fleet, Sir
Edward King, K.C.11., becomes admiral of the blue ;
Rear-Admiral Sir Josiah Coghill Coghill, Bart., be-
comes vice-admiral of the blue ; and the Hon. Captain
Berkeley, C. 8., M.P., one of the Lords of the Adria-
hecomes roar admiral of the blue.
Rear-Admiral the Hon. M. F. F. Berkeley, C. 8.,
M P., has left the Admiralty for Fairford Park,
Hants. This Gallant Officer, so well known to the
service as a member of the Board of Admiralty under
Lord Auckland, then under Lord Minto, and again
as a member of the Board of Admiralty since the
accession of the present Government to office, accord-
ing to " O'Byrne's Biography," entered the Navy in
June, 1802, as a first-class volunteer, on board the
Constance, 24, Captain Zachary Mudge, on accom-
panying whom to the West Indies, as midshipman of
the Blanche, 36, he " behaved nobly and was much
to be envied for his conduct," at the capture, Nov. 4,
1803, by a boat belonging to that ship, of an armed
schooner, carrying thirty men, whose obstinate re-
sistance occasioned a loss to themselves, in ten
minutes, of one man killed and five wounded, and to
the British, who numbered twenty- eight, of one
killed and two wounded. During his continuance
in the Blanche, Mr. Berkeley witnessed the
surrender to a force under Commodore John
Loring, of a French squadron with the remains
of General Rocharnbeau's army, from Cape
Francois ; served on shore, as aide-de-camp to
Captain Charles Bayne Hodson Ross, in the unfor-
tunate attack on Curagoa ; and in command of a
tender took a French privateer. Between the summer
of 1805, at which period he returned home an invalid
in th© Thesus, 74, Captain Francis Temple, and the
date of his promotion to the rank of lieutenant, July
9, 1808, we find him continuously employed in the
Cygnet sloop, Captain Dan M'Leod ; the Phenix
frigate, Captain Z. Mudge; the Milan, Leander, and
Leopard, flag-ships, on the Newfoundland station of
his uncle, the Hon. G. C. Berkeley, the Driver, Captain
Wm. Dove (which sloop was totally dismasted during a
violent hurricane, and compelled to have her guns
thrown overboard) ; and as master's mate in the
Triumph, 74, Captain Sir Thomas iNetasterman Hardy.
Being then appointed to Hydrae, 38, Captain George
Mundy, he was constantly employed, during a period
of 18 months, on detached service off Barcelona and
other parts of the coast of Spain; and on one occasion,
in command of the boats, he captured an armed
felucca. In February, 1810, Mr. Berkeley became
fisg-lieutenant to his uncle, who had been
appointed to the chief command at Lisbon,
on board the Barfleur, ; and in the following
autumn was sent up the Tagus in charge of a
division of gun-boats, for the purpose of co-operating
with the troops occupying the lines of Torres
Vedras. The ability he displayed in the performance
of the various duties which there devolved upon him,
and the gallant and successful manner in which he
made a descent, on the 13th October, upon the town
of Ville Franca, obtained for him the thanks of Lord
Wellington in public orders. He was promoted from
the Barfleur to the command, DEC. 19, 1810, of the
Vestal, troop ship ; but left that vesel, after serving
for some months at the defence of Cadiz, in November,
1311. As a post captain, which rank he obtained
June 7, 1814, Captain 13erkeley commanded, from
May 27, 1828, until 1831 the Semiramis, 24, bearing
the flag, at Cork, of Sir Chaales Paget; and from
Jan. 31, 1840, until superseded, July 21, 1841, the
Thunderer, 84. In the latter ship he took part in all
the operations of the Syrian Campaign, and was matt
efficiently present at the camp at D'Journi, the born-
bardment of Be.yrout, the storming of Sidon, and the
capture of St. Jean d'Acre. He was in consequence

nominated a C. 8., and presented, in common with the
other commanding officers, with the Turkish gu!d
medal.

By the death of Sir James Hawkins Wbitshed,
Bart., G.O 8., Admiral Sir Thomas Byatn Martin,
G.C.8., now in his 75th year (father of Captains W.
F. Martin, of the Prince Itegent, and William Bohun
Martin, Grampus) becomes Admiral of the Fleet,
rtlinquishing the appointment of Vice-Admiral of the
United Kingdom.
The Right Hon. Sir George Cockburn, G.C.8., is
now senior admiral of the red, and will doubtless
succeed to be Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom.
Sir George is 76 years of age.
Sir Edward Ccdrington, G.C.8., G.C.M.G., is
now the second admiral of the red, and will most
likely succeed to the appointment of Rear-Admiral of
the United Kingdom. Sir Edward is 79 years of age.
Admiral of the White Joseph Bullen now becomes
admiral of the red.

Admiral of the Blue, the Hon. Sir Thomas Bidden
Capel, K.C.8., becomes admiral of the white, and as
commander in chief at Portsmouth shifts his flag
from blue to white at the main on board the Victory.
Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Durnford King, K.C.H.,
as we stated yesterday, obtains his promotion to the
rank of admiral of the blue, leaving Sir George
Mundy, K.C.8., as senior vice•admiral.

VicC-Admiral of the White, Christopher John
Williams Nesham, becomes vice admiral of the red.
Vice Admiral Henry Gordon becomes vice admiral
of the white.

Rear-Admiral Sir Josiah Coghill Coghill, Bart., es
we stated yesterday, obtains his promotion to the rank
of vice-admiral of the blue, leaving Rear-Admiral
John Ayscough as senior on the list for promotion.
Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Troubridge, Bart ,C. 8.,
becomes rear• admiral of the red ; Rear-Admiral
Edward Harvey, superintendent of Malta Dockyard,
shifts his flag on board the Ceylon, from blue to
white, and as stated above, the Hon. I`. M. Berkeley
succeeds to his flag rank. By the promotion of Rear-
Admiral Berkeley an appointment of naval aide de-
camp to the Queen is vacant.
The senior captain now on the list is Sir David
Dunn, R.C.H. Captain Charles Greville Randolph
(1827) succeeds to the half-pay list of 14s. del, per
diem, and Captain Joseph Nias, C.B. (1835) succeeds
to the half: pay list of 12s. 6d. per diem.
There are also, at least, two promotions due to the
captains' list.
It is now generally understood that Captain Lord
John Hay, C. 8., succeeds Vice-Admiral Sir John
Louis as superintendent of Devonport Dockyard.
This appointment creates a vacancy in the Board of
Admiralty,which will be filled up by Captain Houston
Stewart, C. 8., from the coast guard, and will also
make a vacancy in the representation of the borough
of Windsor.

Commander Bedford, promoted by the late brevet,
has been re-appointed to the Impregnable, flag ship,
at Devonport, for surveying service.
MALTA, OCT. 25.—Her Majesty's steamer Medusa,
with the Indian mails, has arrived, and they will be
dispatched early to Marseilles.
The Oberon, from Argostoli, arrived on Monday
last, and by that vessel news arrived that the two
rebels, Vlacco and Nodaro, the priest, had been taken,
the former, it is added, by Sir G. H. Ward in person.
Having had an opportunity of destroying the Lord
High Commissioner, he having covered him for some
minutes with his rifle, he made his forbearance a plea
for the extension of mercy. In person be was a fine
man. A council of war condemned them both to be
hung, and the sentence was carried out on the 19th.
Vlaceo showed himself a wretched coward in the hour
of death ; the priest was more indifferent to his fate.
He had had his head shaved, and was divested of his
clerical garb belore his ignominious punishment was
carried into execution. The hanging of the priest
has caused much excitement. The result of the
capture is the restoration of tranquillity, the embargo
laid on the island has been removed, and military law
has given place to the usual routine.
The Rosamond steamer left yesterday for the fleet.
She had provisions for the fleet, and a large quantity
of shot and shell. The Thetis frigate, similarly
loaded, also left yesterday; and the Ardent, also with
similar supplies, will leave to-day. Their destination
is Besica-bay, to which place the Admiral has gone.
The French steamer from Italy, due on the 15th
inst., has not yet appeared. We hear of her arrival
at, and departure from, Leghorn, Civita Vecchia,
Naples, and Messina, only a day's run from Malta;
but beyond this nothing is known. The boat due to-
day from Italy has not yet appeared.
The Magellan French steam-frigate is still here,
and waiting for orders where to proceed. These will
probably have been brought by the French mail-boat
this morning.
General Ellice is expected to-day by the Erin, not
yet in sight.