The Sun.
London, England, 1841-05-15 00:00:00

No. 15,191.

LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 15, 1841.

THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION,
REGENT-STREET.

HORTICULTURAL SHOW, CHISWICK.
THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE of
SATURDAY NJ= will contain full particulars of the
MEETING and the AWARD of MEDALS.

CHINA.
(From the Gazette of last night.)
ADMIRALTY, MAY 12, 1841.
Despatches were yesterday received at thts office from
Commodore Sir J. J. Bremer, C. 8., addressed to R. More
O'Ferrall, Esq., of which the following are copies
Her Majesty's Ship Wellesley, off Anunhoy,
January 18, 1841.
Sir,—l have the honour to forward, for their lordships' in-
formation, copy of an amended return of ordnance captured,
on the 7th instant, at Chuenpee and Tycocktow, by which
they will perceive that two eight and a half-inch howitzers
were taken ; they are nearly like the new pattern eight-inch
howitzer now in use in our service.
The examination of the entrenchments and field.batteries in
front of the position of Chnenpee, has caused me much sur-
prise ; they display considerable science, and are so formidable,
that they must have cost us many men to carry, if the Chi-
nese had not been forcedAfroin them by shells, with which they
are entirely unacquainted.
I beg to acquaint their Lordships, that Lieutenant Bingham,
senior of Modeste, received a most severe and painful wound
(fracture of the leg, in blowing up the fort of Tycocktow),
which will cause his loss to the service for some time. Mr.
Arthur Vyner, mate of the Blenheim, is also suffering much,
but is not in any danger ; he was blown up by the springing of
one of the enerry's mines. I beg to recommend these officers
and Lieutenant Watson, senior of Calliope (who was employed
in that ;ship's boats), and Lieutenant Harrison and Mr. Ed-
wards, mate of the Larne (employed in her boats in the de-
struction of the junks), to their Lordships' notice.
I avail myself of this occasion to express my hope that their
Lordships may be pleased to bestow some mark of their favour
on Captain Ellis, Royal Marines, of this ship ; this meritorious
oh officer was in Sir Robert Calder's action at Trafalgar, in
the Potomac, and in very many other brilliant affairs. The
order which he established in the battalion of Royal Marines,
and the gallantry with which he led the advance of the force on
the 7th, was such as to entitle him to my thanks and admiration,
and I venture to recommend him to their Lordships accord-
ingly. I ha►e, Scc.
(Signed) J. J. G. BREMER,
Commodore First Class, and Commander-in-Chief.
To R. More O'Ferrall, Esq., &v., Admiralty.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
SHIFFNAL RA CES. —FRI DAY.
Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, and 35 added. Two miles.
Mr. Collins's Query, 6 yrs (Marlow) I
Mr. Jackson's Wings, 5 yrs
Lugwardine, St. Botolph, and George were not placed.
The South Shropshire. Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 25 added.
Mile and half heats.
Mr. Skerreth's bc by Newton, 3 yrs (Dodgson) 0 1 1
Mr. Saunders's Lady Caroline, 3 yrs
Mr. Peel's Meerut, 4 yrs
Mr. Flantoff's Constance, 4 yrs .
Several others started.
A Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, and 25 added, were won by
Mr. Hughes's Sportsman (owner), beating four others ; and
the Hurdle Race by Mr. Hollinshead's Mischief.

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KELSO SPRING MEETING..-WEDNESDAY.
The Hunters' Stakes of 5 sovs. each, two miles, were won in
two heats by Mr. Fairlie's Zohrab.
The Duke of Roxburgh's Plate of 50 guineas, two miles, in
two heats, by Mr. Ramsay's Neptune, beating Zohrab and
Col wick.

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.IGHTS, SHADOWS, AND REFLEC•
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REMARKS ON A LETTER FROM
TTIE REV. W. PALMER, M.A., of Worcester
College, Oxford, by N. WISEMAN, D.D., Bishop of Meli-
potamus.

BEVERLEY RACES—(CoNcLunsn).
THURSDAY.

The Hotham Stakes of liso;.each, 5 ft, with 25 added.
Once round and a distancs.
Mr. Wormald's Millepede, 3 yrs (Heseltine) 1
Mr. Brook's Moonbeam, 3 yrs ..
Mr. Clarke's Playfellow, 3 yrs
.. bolted
The Beverley Stakes of 7 sovs. each, 5 ft, with 20 added.
Once round and a distance.
Mr. Simpson's Aggravator, aged (Owner) 1
Mr. Bell's Sister to Fernelev, 6 yrs
Mr. Robson's The Romp, 6 yr 5........
Mr. Oxtoby's gr c by Falcon, 4 yrs
Three others started.
The Kingston Stakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft, and 20 added.
Kingston Course.
Mr. Peek's Tournament, 3 yrs . (Westerhill) 1
Mr. Simpson's The Chaldean Princess, 3 yrs
Mr. J. Scott nd Mary O'More, 3 yrs
Mr. Robinson's Basto, 3 yrs 4
Plate of 501. Mile and half heats.
Mr. Heseltine's The Shadow, 5 yrs (Owner) I I
Lord Chesterfield's Henri Quatre, 3 yrs
Captain Elmsall's Selina, 6 yrs ...... .. ...............

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AMENDED RETURN OF ORDNANCE MOUNTED ON THE PORTS
AND INTRENCHMENTG AT CHUENPEE, WHEN STORMED
AND CAPTURED ON THE 7TH OP JANUARY, 1841.
Upper fort, 9 iron guns ; lower fort, 19 iron guns ; in the
intrenchments, 16 iron guns—total mounted, 44. Iron guns
not mounted, 38. Total, 82.
The guns in the forts were nearly of the same calibre as the
British eighteen and twelve pounders. Those in the intrench-
ments, six pounders. They were all rendered unserviceable,
and the carriages destroyed.
Taken by tamarang from the wrtck of one of the junks,
2 brass eight and half inch howitzers , on Tycocktow, 25 iron
guns ; in the junks, 82 iron and brass guns. Junks destroyed.
Total, 109.

NEWTON ABBOT RACES.—THURSDAY.
The Harcombe Hunt Stakes of 5 sovs each, 3 ft. Two Miles
Heats.
Mr. Down's Harmodial, 5 yrs... (Kingsland) 1 1
Mr. Lay's Abracadbra, 4 yrs
Mr. Whiteway nd be by Rajah, 3 yrs 3 3
The Teignmouth Stakes were won by Mr. Reid's c by Hin-
dostan.
The Newton Plate of 40/., with a 5 sovs. Sweepstakes added.
Heats once round and a dis.
_ _ _

RECAPITULATION.
Chuenpee and its dependencies, 82; howitzers, 2; Tycock.
Low, 25; in the junks, 82.—Grand total, 191.
(Signed) J. KNOWLES, Capt., Royal Artillery.

Mr. Taunton's Jewess, 4 yrs (Moon) 1 1
Mr. Ley's Pergamus, 5 yrs' 2 2

Calliope, Jan. 23,1841, Macao Roads.
Stu—The Calliope having been detached with the advanced
squadron, the accompanying copy of a letter from Capt. Her-
bert did not reach me until after my last despatch was closed.
I seize with infinite pleasure the first opportunity to lay it be-
fore their Lordships, and to assure them that the service therein
mentioned was admirably performed, and the officer condueting
it worthy of their notice.—l have, &c.
(Signed) J. J. GORDON BREMER,
Commodore First Class, Commander-in-Chief.
To R. More O'Ferrall, Esq., &c., Admiralty,

BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FRIDAY.
DERRY.-5i to 1 agst Van Amburgh, 6to 4 agst Ralph.
(taken), 8 to 1 agst Coronation, 9 to 1 against Marshal
Soult, 15 to 1 against Prince Caradoc, 16 to 1 agst Belgrade,
16 to 1 agst Galaor, and 20 to 1 agst Ermangardis. sto 4
on Van Amburgh agst Ralph, (taken).

HORSES ARRIVED OR EXPECTED AT EPSOM.
Satirist, Mehemet Ali, All Fours, Black Beck, brother to
Phosporus and the Corsair c, by Exquisite, out of Mansfield d,
c by Plenipo, and ch c by Plenipo, d by Pioneer ; Nagus
Portsokon the rest of Scott's lot, viz. Van Amburgh, Mar-
shal Soult, Knight of the Whistle, Duke of Wellington,
Ghueznee, and Lampoon, havo left York for Epsom ; also
Galaor, Lady Liverpool, and f by Muley Molock, out of
Mystery.

Her Majesty's ships Calliope, Chuenpee,
China, Jan. 7, 1841.
Ste,--You witnessed the manner the ships you did me the
honour to place under my orders, took up their position within
pistol-shot of the batteries of Chuenpee, the rapidity with
which the) were silenced, and the union jack hoisted in the
forts, and how nobly they were stormed on the land side by our
gallant troops (land forces and marines). •
This service performed, the war junks, agreeably to your
orders, were my next object ; and I directed the steamers, as-
sisted by the boats of the ships under my orders, to their at-
tack; but, from the shoalness of the water, the Nemesis and
boats could be only employed; they were efficiently conducted,
and, from their fire, soon caused the crews of the junks
to desert them, succeeded in capturing ten out of thir-
teen. The Admiral's junk was blown up by a rocket from
the Nemesis, thus crippling the naval armament of the Chinese
in this quarter. _

This i)art of the force operating against the enemy was most
ably and efficiently conducted by Commander Belcher, of the
Sulphur, showing to every advantage the powerful force of
this description of war-steamer, combining, as she does, a
commanding armament with light draft of water. He speaks
in terms of high commendation of Lieutenant Kellett, of the
Starling, conducting the Queen steamer, assisted by Mr.
Crouch, gunnery mate of the Wellesley, and has expressed his
high admiration of the most gallant manner in which the boats
of the Calliope and Larne passed on to a veryi mpressive at-
tack on the war-junks to the northward of the Nemesis, which
he found, in coming up, in the possession of a, seaman, each
as prize masters, reflecting great credit on Lieutenant Wat-
son, of the Calliope, and Harrison, of the Larne, assisted
by five mates (Messrs. Daly, St. Leger, Rivers, and Eger-
ton, of the Calliope, and Mr. Rowland Edwards, of the'
Larne).
. .

From the vessels being captured in a narrow channel, and
close to the villages, the ebb tide running strong, with an im-
perfect knowledge of the channel, Commander Belcher con-
sidered it too great a risk to wait the uncertainty of getting the
junks out of the different positions in which they were taken,
and gave directions for their being destroyed.
To Commanders Blake and Warren, of the Larne and Hya-
cinth, my best thanks are due for their co-operation, as well as
all employed on this occasion.
I have the honour, &c..
(Signed) T. HERBERT, Captain.
To Commodore Sir J. J. Gordon, Bremer,
K. C. B. , Commander-in- Chief, &c.

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, Aram 19.
Notice is hereby given that her Majesty will hold a Draw-
ing-room at St. James's Palace, on Friday the 21st of May
next, to celebrate her Majesty's birth-day, and on Thursday
the 17th of June next, each day at two o'clock.
N.B. The Knights of the several Orders are to appear in
their Cellars at her Majesty's Drawing-room, on Friday the
21st of May next, it being a Collar-day.

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PRICE sd.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

OLD COURT.
George Hockey, aged 23, described as a dealer, was in-
dicted for stealing five horses and other articles, value
100/., the property of Wm. Barnes.
Mr. Phillips conducted the prosecution and Mr. Clark-
son defended the prisoner.
The prosecutor stated that he was a proprietor of cabs
in Henrietta-street, Brunswick-square. The prisoner
hired a cab from him in the month of March
last, at four pounds a week, and subsequently he
had some horses. He paid for them regularly
up to the 7th April, when the witness discovered that
the prisoner had absconded with the horses. The wit-
ness proceeded, from information he received, to Robin-
son's Repository, and there discovered his property. He
gave information to the police, and the prisoner was
taken into custody.
Cross-examined.—Has borne his present name ever
since he came to London in October last. Lived in Ips-
wich before he came to London. Kept the Golden Lion
there. His name was Creesey there. Left Ipswich in
consequence of his becoming involved in debts contracted
by his wife before his marriage. His wife was a widow,
and kept the Golden Lion before the witness married her.
Mr. CLARICSON—I suppose you married the widow ex-
pecting to get something from her ? Witness—l did ;
but I had to pay 1,000/.
Several witnesses were examined, and in the course of
the examination it transpired that there was a kind of
partnership concern existing between the prosecutor and
the prisoner, and Mr. Clarkson having addressed the
Jury they immediately returned a verdict of Not Guilty.
Louise Mirabello, aged 22, a Frenchwoman, respectably
attired, was indicted for stealing three watches, and a
guard-chain, the property of John Austin, in the dwell-
ing-house of Caroline Pudney.
Mr. Bodkin conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Clark-
son appeared for the prisoner.
Mrs. Caroline Pudney deposed that she
Presided in
Bond-street, and on the 24th of April, in the morning,
the prisoner came to her house and hired apartments,
which she said were for the Baroness Monval, who was
expected from Dover that evening at six o'clock. The
prisoner did not take possession of the apartments, neither
did she ever hear of the Baroness Monval.
Thomas Webb, shopman to Mr. Austin, a jeweller in
Oxford-street, proved that, on the day in ,question, the
prisoner came to his employer's shop, and asked to look
at some watches, and she ultimately selected three
watches, valued at about 331., and a gold chain, worth
five guineas, and she requested that they might be sent to
the house of Mrs. Pudney, for the Baroness Monval to
choose which she preferred. Witness took the jewellery,
and saw the prisoner, and he handed her the property,
and she left the room, and after he had waited for some
time in the expectation of her returning, he made in-
quiries, and ascertained that she left the house with the
property, which was afterwards found at the pawn-
broker's.

The Jury found the prisoner Guilty, but at the same
time recommended her to mercy.
Mr. Justice COLTMAN said he observed there was an-
other charge against the prisoner, and he inquired
whether Mr. Bodkin considered it necessary to proceed
with it ?

Mr. BODKIN said he was not instructed in that casl,

The Learned JUDGE then ordered the prisoner to
be kept to hard labour in the House of Correction for
one year.
The prosecutor of the second indictment appeared dis-
satisfied at the course that was adopted, and said that he
considered the second case should be gone into.
Mr. Justice COLTMAN inquired whether there were
any additional facts in that case which might induce the
Court to take a different view of the offence the prisoner
had committed.

1 The prosecutor replied that he considered it was a case
of a more aggravated character.
The prisoner was then again placed at the bar, and in-
dicted for- stealing some silk stockings, and other articles,
the property of Michael John Geoghegan.
After evidence had been heard, Mr. Justice COLTMAN
said he did not think the case that had just been disposed
of at all altered the complexion of the case, and there-
fore he should not alter the original sentence he had
passed upc n her, of a year's imprisonment.
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POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

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